Lindbergh Honored as King by Guatemala City Visit
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh was welcomed as a monarch at the Guatemalan presidential palace, with government leaders and diplomats in attendance. He praised the warm reception and planned to visit San Salvador next as his Latin American goodwill tour continues.
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United Presa
Uatemala City
Guatemala
Charles A. Lindbergh
Republic of Guatemala
Chacon
Lindbergh
Ora Airdrome
Mexico City
Ndbergh
Mexiity
United
Ufsited
G O P Starts Move for Cleanup of County
A new Republican Reorganization League forms in Marion County to back a clean administration and challenge County Chairman George W Coffin in May. Organizers seek 1000 signatures on declarations of political independence, featuring bankers merchants and civic leaders in support of a “new deal” Republicanism.
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Republican Reorganization League
Marion County
George W. Coffin
Columbia Club
Republican Party
Spann
Perry
John K. Ruckelshaus
Wallace O. Lee
Harvey Hartsock
Scott R. Brewer
John J. Darmody
Garrett Olds
Publisher to Succeed Late New Mexican Senator
Taft era report from Santa Fe shows Governor Dillon naming Bronson Cutting publisher of the Santa Fe New Mexican to succeed the late United States Senator A. A. Jones. Decision announced in Santa Fe on December 29. Cutting, a prominent publisher, will assume the seat once approved.
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Late
New Mexican
Ted Presa
TA Fe, N. M
Bronson Cutting
Santa Fe New Mexican
Dillon
Ceed
United States
A. A. Jones
Reed Senate committee to hear Smith in Washington
In Washington on January 7 Frank L. Smith will appear before the Reed Senate committee. His attorney Doyle said today. Also noted Mariora Grace plans a ball early next year as a second child is expected. E Wheelwright, 70, former ally of Eamon De Valera, died at his New York home.
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Ted Presaingfield
Ill
Frank L. Smith
Reed Senate
Washington
J. Doyle
Smith
Ted Preas Grace
Mariora
Ted Prvas
Edwin J. Boring
Harvard
S. S. Robinson
Yale
Samuel L. Feinberger
Pennsylvania
Weather Forecast Predicts 25-Degree Drop by Friday
U S weather bureau head J H Armington forecast a 25 degree fall in the next day, bringing nighttime lows and Friday morning to 20 to 25 degrees above zero. Today's 7 am temp was 48 degrees, 20 above normal, with Wednesday average at 42 degrees, 12 above normal.
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J. H. Armington
United States Weather Bureau
Armington
Clad in Snake Actress Draws Capacity Houses
In Budapest on December 29, dancer Arimande Banu performed as Nature wearing a live snake around her neck. Police feared to approach during the act as crowds packed the venue. Afterward authorities pursued legal action against the theater director for staging the show.
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Pu United Press Udapest
Arimande Banu
Mlle. Banu
Mile. Banu
Nine Are Dismissed by Sanitary Board
The sanitary board ordered the dismissal of nine sanitary department employees after a council recommendation. The vote included a 30 day trial plan over opposition from retiring president Russell T. MacFall, with City Engineer A. H. Moore supporting. Salaries changed for several workers, including L. E. Smiley and Brant Mansfield, while Walter Harvey was discharged for lack of sufficient construction work. MacFall criticized the move as a bad precedent and illegal, while Superintendent E. W. McCullough urged against it.
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Sanitary Department
Sanitary Board
O. C. Ross
Russell T. MacFall
A. H. Moore
Ross
George Kirkpatrick
L. E. Smiley
Dillman
Smiley
Brant Mansfield
Walter Harvey
Harvey
State Tax Board
John J. Brown
Operating Council
Francis Mansfield
Feeder
Jules Delaby
Glenn Cobb
William F. Drake
Terry Davis
George Hullets
Cecil Crane
Pat Ash
MacFall
E. W. McCullough
Walb Not Called Before Grand Jury In La Grange Bank Probe
Clyde A. Walb, former Walb Construction manager and Republican State chairman, was not summoned by the federal grand jury probing the First National Bank of La Grange. Walb had been vice president and organizer of the defunct bank but was not in an official role when it closed. Witnesses from Walb Construction appeared. session to end Friday with other cases to be heard. The grand jury had earlier returned a partial report with 200 indictments naming 347 persons.
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Clyde A. Walb
First National Bank of
la Grange
Walb Construction Company
Walb
Radio Party Invites Limerick Fans by WKBF
The Times hosts a radio party tomorrow at 8 p m with Hoosier Athletic Club for limerick fans. WKBF will broadcast readings of eighteen contest limericks and announce winning lines. The grand prize winner will be named tomorrow in The Times.
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the Times
WKBF
Hoosier Athletic Club
Limerick
Larry’s
Times
Jury's Report Delayed As Juror and Deputy Fail To Return
Marion County grand jury may stay in session Saturday as juror Harry Wangelin and Deputy Prosecutor William H. Sheaffer fail to return from a secret Detroit mission. It is unclear if the jury planned to subpoena United States Senator James E. Watson or pursue talks with Ralph Rigdon regarding documents from D. C. Stephenson's letter.
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Harry Wangelin
William H. Sheaffer
Detroit
Mich
Marion Courty Grand Jury
United Press
United States
James E. Watson
Chicago
Indianapolis
Watson
Wangelin
Sheaffer
D. C
Jury Box Is Morgue Draws Dead Names for County Jury
Sheriff and jury commissioner disclosed that four deceased men appeared on the prospective county grand jury list for the January 1928 term. Names include Otto S. Fischer and Andrew R. Caldwell. only two of the six served, with ages listed for Cottman and Ellenberger.
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Omer Hawkins
E. A. Hendrickson
Otto S. Fischer
C. H. Brackett
Fletcher Savings and Trust Bldg
Broken Dam Floods Green River Valley Cowboys Called
A concrete irrigation dam near Rock Springs Wyoming burst early today sending a wall of water down the upper Green River valley. The flood threatened large cattle herds and damaged ranches with no damage total yet estimated. An emergency call asked cowboys to help move cattle to safety as ice and noise echoed for miles.
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United Press
Rock Springs
Wyo
Green River
Hearing Set for Special Police Badges
The board of safety will interview applicants at city hall at 10 a.m. Friday to prevent abuse of special police powers. Old badges are being recalled and new shields issued to track holders. Previously many badges were issued on written applications without personal interview.
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Board of Safety
City Hall
Park board members refuse to resign after talk with mayor
Mrs Mary Hoss Republican and Adolph G Emhardt Democrat said they would not resign Jan 1 as mayor L Ert Slack requested. After a conference with Slack they announced the decision while Slack said administrations may select their own personnel and continue in office, with successors named.
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Mary Hoss
Adolph G. Emhardt
Park Board
L .Ert Slack
Slack
Hoss
Emhardt
Park Post
No Mail On Monday Holiday At Indianapolis Post Office
New Year’s Day falls on Sunday prompting a Monday closure at the Indianapolis postoffice. Postmaster Robert H. Bryson says all departments and stations will be closed with no carrier deliveries though perishable parcel post and special delivery mail will be delivered. Holiday collections will be made.
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Indianapolis
Old Steps Triumph Waltz Winners In Indiana Ballroom Contest
Mr and Mrs Harry Henningson won the final prizes in a ballroom contest featuring the kinkajou and a flat footed waltz. The couple, aged 55 and 46, danced with 21 couples to In the Valley by the Old Mill Stream, earning wrist watches as first prizes.
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Harry Henningar
S. Mount St
Indiana
Mill
Willys to Enter Price War With Cheaper Cars
United Press reports Willys-Overland plans a January 6 Whippet price cut and improvements to enter the lower-priced car market. Ford price cuts spurred preparations among GM, Dodge, Durant, and others as competition tightens in the light car field. Willys aims to compete without a direct price war, strengthening its position amid price-cutting expectations.
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Henry Ford
John N. Willys
Willys-Overland Company
Ford
General Motors
Chevrolet
Durant Motor Company
Willys
Times Boys to Frolic at Circle Theater Party
The Indianapolis Times arranges a holiday theater party for its 800 carriers tomorrow at 9. Allan S. Glenn Circle Theater manager organized a surprise feature film comics and Vitaphone presentations with music. Carriers meet at The Times office 8 30 then parade to the theater for a special show.
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The
Indianapolis Times
Circle Theater
Allan S. Glenn
Times Office
Mellon Declines Run for President Nomination
Washington Dec 29 Secretary of Treasury Mellon said he is not a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination and knows nothing about a boom reportedly started for him.
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United Press
Washington
Secretary of Treasury
Mellon
Mystery in Minds Revealed At Psychology Meeting
About 300 psychologists at the thirty-sixth annual American Psychological Association convention in Columbus Ohio examined emotions and learning. Findings include rural students matching city peers, differences in reactions to words like kiss and love, and the cheeky claim children resemble mother more than father in intelligence.
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American Psychological Association
Crossroads
Mama
Papa
VA Fillmore
Iowa
Second Death Confession by Hickman in Parker Case
William Edward Hickman, 19, faces arraignment for the Marion Parker murder after confessing to a string of robberies and killings including the Christmas Eve hold-up of a Rose Hill drug store in 1926 in which Ivy Thoms was shot dead. Accomplice Welby Hunt also confessed, as police link the crimes to Hickman using a California license car and autopsy reports.
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Los Angeles
Cal
William Edward Hickman
Marion Parker
Hickman
Ivy Thoms
Parker
Kansas City
Rose Hill
Thoms
Don J. Oliver
Welby Hunt
Alhambra
Hunt
Benjamin Blank
S. Hunt
Laubenheimer
Milwaukee
Lillian Graf
Cottonwood Falls
Kan
Ace Soee
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