New Year Celebrations Planned by Hotels and Clubs in Indy
Indianapolis clubs and hotels announce a dry New Year’s Eve with extensive parties for 1926 start. About 1,200 reservations at the Columbia Club and Hoosier Athletic Club, with plans for dinner at 10 p m and dancing to multiple orchestras. Federal officers will supervise, with admission fees ranging 3 to 5 dollars and total spending per person expected 10 to 25 dollars.
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A. R. Harris
Indiana
William Paulsel
BH. P. Akin
Columbia Club
Akin
Indianapolis Athletic Club
Edna Kuhn Martin
Gus
Mil Seidel
Howard Griffith
Ata Sisters
Celia Wilson
Martie Rogers
Tonia Nasero
Hoosier Athletic Club
Carl Patterson
Iowa Farmers Distrust Aims Of Samaritan Administration
Iowa farmers and state leaders meet with bankers to push a relief agenda amid farm credit fears and a call to oppose protective tariffs. Senator Brookhart warns against plans without immediate aid while criticism of Jardine and the Coolidge administration grows nationwide.
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Harold C. Place Wimes
Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Bankers Association
Coolide Administration
Smith Brookhart
Jardine
Chicago
Coohige
Central
Northwest
Miners and Operators Resume Talks on Coal Strike
Negotiations resumed in New York after August talks broke off in Atlantic City. Union leaders and mine operators planned a joint conference at Union League Club to seek a settlement ending sixteen weeks of strike. The operators favored returning to the old wage scale with a later five year contract and arbitration. Miners backed Governor Pinchot's plan for a modified check off, price restraint, a five year contract, and wage increases if profits justified by arbitrators.
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United Press
New York
Atlantic City
Coal Hills
Union League Club
Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Radio to Broadcast Butler Missouri Basketball Tonight
WFBM will air the Butler versus Missouri game from the auto show building at the State fairgrounds. The 8 p.m. kickoff will feature Blythe Hendricks on play by play, following the Pettis Light Ensemble postponement.
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Indianapolis
Merchants Heat and Light
State Fairground
WFBM
Blythe Hendricks
Hendricks
Pettis Light Ensemble
Two Hurt in $70,000 Fires in Muncie and Yorktown
In Muncie a Nash auto distributor fire left only walls of a three story building standing and 50 cars burned with $60,000 loss. In Yorktown Payton Burgess restaurant escaped major damage though firemen suffered minor injuries. Frank Keys and Daniel Cox were hurt aiding operations and two Muncie firefighters endured frostbite.
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United Press
Muncie
Ind
Yorktown
Muncie Motor Sales Company
Nash Automobiles
Payton Burgess
Frank Keys
Daniel Cox
Motor Company
Court Quashes Wheeler Indictments in Oil Permit Case
Senator Burton K Wheeler faced charges of conspiring with private clients to gain more oil well drilling permits from the Interior Department. Justice Jennings Bailey dismissed the indictments for insufficient legal violation details, ending the prosecutions tied to the senatorial DOJ probe.
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United Press
Washington
Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
Jennings Bailey
District Court of Appeals
Wheeler
Interior Department
Bailey
Department of Justice
Fragmentary schedule notes unclear timing to decipher
Readable parts show scattered times and initials but no coherent event, place, or person. The fragmentary OCR lacks sufficient names or context to form a factual summary card.
Night Life Prohibition Raids Give Agents Inside View
Three federal prohibition agents spent six weeks gathering evidence for raids in Indianapolis night life. They observed bootleggers selling liquor and used undercover tricks to prove actual sales. Agents faced dangers of poisoning and possible shootings while drinking with suspects.
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Federal
Indianapolis
A. R. Harris
Prohibition
Coolidge Will Not Withdraw From Tacna Arica Arbitration
President Coolidge will not withdraw as arbitrator in the Tacna Arica dispute between Chile and Peru. The White House official statement confirms his continued role in mediating the conflict.
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Coolidge
United Press
Washington
Chile
Peru
White House
Haughville raid on soft drink parlor nets arrests
A wartime era raid by a joint U S Indiana and Indianapolis task force swept Haughville West of the river searching for illicit liquor at Frank Turk’s saloon. Employee Joe Keegan and proprietor Turk were arrested. a pint of cut alcohol and a whisky glass were seized.
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Indiana
Indianapolis
Omer Hawkins
Charles Mann
Elmer Petty
Charles R. Liebert
William Marshall
French Lick
R. E
Westbay
Frank.Turk
Joe Keegan
Haugh St
Joe
Hawkine
Temperature rises after bitter cold wave ends
Indianapolis exits the deep freeze as temperatures climb from six above at 7 am to 14 by noon. Meteorologist J H Armington predicts a 20 degree plus rise today with continued warming through Wednesday and uncertain New Year weather due to shifting conditions. Chicago reports 19 deaths from three days of subzero weather and many hospitalizations for exposure.
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Indianapolis
J. H. Armington
United States Weather Bureau
Armington
Chicago
Cardinal Mercier Undergoes Stomach Ulcer Operation
Cardinal Mercier, noted for opposing German occupation in Belgium, underwent an operation for stomach ulcers. His condition was later reported as good.
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United Press
Brussels
Cardinal Mercier
Three Arrested After Knife Fight At Adair Home
Mrs. La Von Adair 24 of 2024 N Harding St is held on assault and battery with intent to kill charges. Her husband Robert 32 and John Ribelin 30 of 124 E New York St are charged with assault and battery. Ribelin is in city hospital with a neck stab wound. Police say a fight at the Adair residence ended when Mrs. Adair struck Ribelin with a knife. The defendants claim Ribelin fell and injured himself.
Hoover hints at rubber reprisal against Britain
Secretary Herbert Hoover floated the idea of U S retaliation against Britain for rubber pricing by cutting rubber use and raising prices of other commodities. He proposed a 25 percent reduction in rubber consumption in the first year without limiting car use, and suggested possible price demands for wheat and cotton if needed.
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United Press
Washington
Great Britain
America
Secretary of Commerce
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
United States
Britain
Commerce Secretary
Those Arrested in Dry Raids
A list of individuals and residences raided in a dry raids sweep is provided. Names include Cornelius Durant Emil Kiser Nistor Potcova and many others at locations across the city such as 511 W Washington St 441 W Washington St 334 Blackford St 21 W North St and 702 N Holmes St among others. The report notes a mix of colored and white defendants at restaurants poolrooms saloons and lodging houses.
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Cornelius Durant
Colonial Hotel
Emil Kiser
Washington St
Nistor
Potcova
Louie
Frank Turk
King Ave
Doe Koegen
Haugh St
N. Holmes St
Albert Roberts
Herman Johnson
Georgia Collins
Helen Donahue
Blackford St
Albert Parrish
New York St
McGlenn
New York
Blake Sts
Otto Marcum
Roscoe Rodgers
S. Meridian St
Paul T. Kemphill
Meridian St
Ralph Hamilton
Ashland Ave
William Covington
Orval Simons
Stillwell St
Frank Tracey
E. Washington St
W. North St
Lige Carpenter
Missouri St
Nathan Cohen
Harry Bardman
Tony Berkoff
W. Tenth St
John Borger
Virginia Ave
Pleasant
Nettie Butler
Liberty St. Louis
Pete and Mary Parvy
California St
Charles McMurray
Fannie Weatherspoon
Muskingum St
Vern Klansoff
Boris Plach
Speedway Ave
Belt Railroad
Clarence Sleets
Eighteenth St
Peter Hieff
John Mlieff
Chris Dimetris
Goss Manson
John Vaughn
Alias Hazard
E. Court St
Harry J. Simpson
Capitol Ave
Henry King
West St
John Burns
W. Merrill St
Alfred Hummel
Oliver Ave
William Gavin
William Miller
S. West St
John White
W. Merrill
Laura Edwards
N. East St
Apt
John King
Massachusettes Ave
Irene Holtkemeyer
Ohio
John H. Johnson
James A. Johnson
Senate Ave
Lewis Warden
Chris Braun
Sixteenth Street
Hall Brady
Euclid Ave
R. C. Humble
Betty Humble
Vermont St
John Price
Mill St
Willis McKinley
Lulius Kartenspein
Prospect St
Five Raids Net 591 Arrested in Detroit Gambling Bust
In five simultaneous raids on downtown gambling resorts 591 men were arrested and about $15 000 in cash seized. Police used sledge hammer entries to smash bolted doors and searched secret rooms accessed via concealed passages. Gambling implements and equipment were also found.
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United Preas
Detroit
Mich
Nee
Indianapolis Liquor Raid Targets 65 Suspects
Federal, city, and county officers conducted a massive raid in Indianapolis aiming to shut down sixty-five alleged bootleggers, poolrooms, and private homes as part of a broad dry-up effort. Sixty-nine arrests followed, with many venues padlocked pending federal action and arraignments set for the Criminal Court.
Forty-Eight Men Added to Police Force Amid Tensions
Forty eight men, many reportedly Klansmen, were to be added to the police force today by Mayor Shank and the board of safety. The move aims to cement the Shank faction alliance against control of the Republican party led by George V. Republican chairman. Shank said there is room for fifty five more and that funds exist to pay them, bringing the force to 669. Mayor-Elect John L. Duvall may dismiss some officers on January 4 to fit the budget. Action was delayed until 2 p.m. for board trials.
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Shank
Board of Safety
Th Shank
Publican Party
George V. Republican City
John L. Duvall
Duvall
Court upholds salary limits for state commissioners
Judge Harry O. Chamberlin sustains demurrers in an injunction suit by Lowell H. Patterson. He rules only a new legislative act can change commissioner salaries. Bowman states he will follow the ruling. other trimmed salaries stay in effect.
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Harry O. Chamberlin
Circuit Court
Lewis
Bowman
Public Service Commissioners
Lowell H. Patterson
Patterson
Chamberlin
School suit seeks venue change in Marion County
A petition filed for Superior Judge Clinton Givan by Kay K. Wark asks for a change of venue to block Indianapolis school building plans. The case targets six new schools Nos 9 14 35 37 42 and 72 and seeks to reinstate a restraining order blocking negotiations with architects.
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Marion County
Clinton Givan
Kay K. Wark
Indiianapolis
Givan
Wark
Thieves Loot Mitchell Warehouse For Cigars and Cigarets
Thieves used a truck to break into the Mitchell wholesale grocery warehouse at 125 N Davidson Street during the night and made off with $200 in cigars and $600 in cigarets. Superintendent Ray mond Crichlow reported the theft to police today.
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Mitchell Wholesale
N. Davidson
Raymond Crichlow
George Holtman
Hall
W. Maryland
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