Louisiana couple to die in Jan as Snyder-Gray case echoes
Franklin Louisiana December 31 A physician and his wife arrested for a Snyder-Gray style murder will hang on January 5 in Franklin jail unless Governor Huey P. Long intercedes. The woman, Ada Boeuf, would be Louisiana's first woman executed if spared. The case drew national attention after a Christmas reprieve.
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Franklin
Snyder-Gray
Gover Huey P. Long
Thomas E. Dreher
Morgan City
Ada Bonner
Boeuf
Louisiana
State Pardons Board
Ernor
Dreher
le Boeuf
Pensioner Poet Jess SH Marks 63rd Birthday at Sussex Estate
In Sussex, Jess SH celebrated his sixty third birthday at his estate, visiting with his wife. The famed poet, now reclusive, lingered in the valley near Sussex town and avoided sightseers in recent years, appearing briefly and walking about today.
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Jess SH
Sussex
Pling
Com- Batesman
1929 Employment Outlook Amid Labor Department Update
The labor department director stated 1929 will bring better employment prospects, especially for skilled workers, with confidence rising as the world enters a stronger employment basis. Jones noted expectations at a national convention meeting in Baltimore and Bethel sites.
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Bethel c
Baltimore
Al Smith Leaves Governor Mansion On Birthday Move
Governor Alfred E. Smith and his family moved from the brownstone governor's mansion to the DeWitt Clinton hotel on his 55th birthday. He will stay there until Roosevelt's inauguration and then travel to New York, possibly in William Kenny's private car, with plans undisclosed.
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United Press
Albany
N. Y
Alfred £. Smith
DeWitt Clinton
Smith
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York
William Kenny
Railroad Pensioned Workers Among 94 Retired on New Year
Four Indiana employees of the Pennsylvania railroad will be among ninety four to be retired on pension New Year s day. They include George W. Weaver Logansport Charles W. Miller Jeffersonville William F. Long Terre Haute and James H Currie New Albany. The railroad has retired 21 935 employees since 1900 of which 9 132 are living and receiving pensions.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
George W. Weaver
Logansport
Charles W. Miller
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Jeffersonville
William F. Long
Terre Haute
James H. Currie
New Albany
Railroad
Negro Slayer Arrest Ends Long New Jersey Manhunt
David Ware a 51 year old Black man wanted for the murder of state trooper Peter Glaydes was captured in Carteret after a 48 hour search by volunteers, troopers, bloodhounds, aircraft and a dirigible. He surrendered after revealing he had killed a man and attacked Glaydes during transport.
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Trenton
N. J
David Ware
Peter Glaydes
Carteret
New Jersey
Ware
Pansy Keaton
Robbinsville
Highstown
Glaydes
Keaton
Gladges
Retires Fireman George G Toon After 34 Years Service
George G Toon 69 of 1128 North Oakland avenue retired today from the Indianapolis fire department after thirty four years of service. He was stationed at Engine House 25 and had served as captain from 1899 to 1924. His comrades presented him a smoking stand and cigars.
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George G. Toon
North
Oakland Avenue
Indianapolis
Bank Heist in Cleveland: Two Bandits Escape with Cash
Two bandits robbed a Franklin Savings and Loan branch in Cleveland Ohio, taking about $1,500 in cash and currency. Manager Mary Roseberry instructed staff to remain quiet for fifteen minutes as they fled.
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United Press
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Franklin Savings and Loan Company
Mary Roseberry
Question Mark to attempt world endurance flight from Van Nuys
At dawn on New Year day the army plane Question Mark with five fliers will depart Metropolitan airport to attempt a new world endurance flight by staying aloft until the engines fail. Refueling will be done midair with a smaller plane while the two ships circle above Los Angeles.
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van Nuys
Cal
San Diego
Carl Spatz
Woman Captures Negro Slayer in Parchman Area
In Parchman Mississippi Laura May Keiler, a local woman, used a shotgun to force Charles Shepherd to surrender after he murdered guard J. D. Duvall and abducted 18 year old Ruth Duvall. Ruth escaped and returned to the prison farm. Authorities planned to keep Shepherd in custody amid tallied tensions.
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Copy Boy Jimmy Durkin Dies After 33 Years at Tribune
Chicago December 31 Jimmy Durkin known as the worlds greatest copy boy died of heart disease at 49 after thirty three years in the Tribune editorial rooms He signaled reporters off with all right there gents and helped launch many cub reporters who rose to prominence in the field.
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Robbers Loot Home Of Blind Vendor Taking Cash
R L Summers a blind newspaper vendor returned to his home at 945 North Illinois street Sunday night to find the residence ransacked and a radio and 25 dollars in cash missing.
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R. L. Summers
North Illinois Street
Talkie Derby Flops Ends in Financial Failure
The world's only talking marathon ended at 11 45 p m Saturday with contestants still talking. Herbert A Voss 24 of the Bronx spoke from a cell while Albert Hartz of Brooklyn spoke from a Bellevue hospital cat. Hartz collapsed before the finish. Betty Wilson and Howard Williams tied for first but miss the $1,000 prize and each collect $500. Promoter Milton C Crandall called the show a financial flop.
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New York
Herbert A. Voss
Bronx
Albert Hartz
Brooklyn
Bellevue Hospital
Voss
Hartz
Marth
Betty Wilson
Howard Williams
Milton C. Crandall
Plan for new Monument Circle office building announced
Leo M. Rappaport of Tower Realty Company announced a modern office building on the southeast corner of Monument Circle and East Market street. The project costs over $1,000,000, rises more than ten stories, and starts April 1. State Savings and Trust Company will lease its East Market street quarters for 99 years to Tower Realty in a deal around $2,000,000, with President Scott R. Brewer commenting. Rubush and Hunter are the architects.
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East Market Street
Leo M. Rappaport
Tower Realty Company
State Savings and Trust Company
Eest Market Street
Scott R. Brewer
Rubush & Hunter
Chemist Declares New Gas Would Trigger International Death
London reports Milton Jones, a renowned chemist, announced the discovery of a gas so deadly that war would become international death by own action. He said the gas causes instant death from even the slightest inhalation.
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United Press
London
Milton Jones
Dentist Death Triggers Caution After Extraction
Robert Williamson aged 55 of 317 East St Clair Street died at Indiana Christian Hospital two days after two teeth were pulled. Doctors attributed the fatal heart attack to complications possibly induced by the dental procedure.
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Robert Williamson
East St. Clair Street
Indiana Christian Hospital
Realty Deal Announced for 463 West Washington Street
Ira P. Haymaker of Boyd M. Ralston real estate agency announced the sale of property at 463 West Washington Street to Mrs. Frank D. Stalnaker. Ora Powell sold the lot at about $1,000 a front foot.
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Ira P. Haymaker
Boyd M. Ralston Real Estate Agency
West
Washington Street
Frank D. Stalnaker
Ora Powell
Chicago to curb liquor crime in last New Year’s eve drive
Federal, county and city authorities will join a crackdown on illegal alcohol as 1929 ends. U S district attorney George E Q Johnson says the last New Year’s eve for easy access to liquor will come with a drive starting tonight. Minor liquor cases will move to a racketeer court while agents in tuxedos raid cafes hotels and cabarets. Saloons will be targeted first, then distributors manufacturers and smugglers.
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Chicago
Government Prohibition Department
George E. Q. Johnson
United States
Municipal Court
John A. Swanson
Johnson
Raids in Gotham target speakeasies as year ends
New York police commissioner Grover Whalen vows continued raids on crime breeding speakeasies but not night clubs. On Sunday 454 people were jailed, many from speakeasy raids across the five boroughs. William Bailey, tied to the Frankie Yale murder case, is held for possible information.
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United Press
New York
Grover Whalen
Broadway
William Bailey
Frankie Yale
Brooklyn
Bailey
Yale
Whalen
Youth Stops Death by Action Near Meridian Street Bridge
A 15 year old boy intervened to prevent a woman from committing suicide by jumping into Fall Creek from the Meridian Street bridge Sunday night. The woman, Mrs Maude Hodnick 33 of Chicago, wore a dress and slippers and was aided by Marshall Moore of 1226 Ashland Avenue who shouted for help after grabbing her. Mrs Hodnick previously lived at the Graystone hotel 239 North Illinois Street and is now held in the city hospital detention ward.
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Maude Hodnick
Chicago
Marshall Moore
Ashland Avenue
20 Tips on Traffic to Help YOU
Twenty motorist tips to follow a new traffic code effective New Year's Day. Highlights include right of way rules for drivers and pedestrians, signal use, parking limits, streetcar courtesy, and lighting requirements for all vehicles.
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Death takes engineer with rites arranged
William K. Eldridge 70 of 3515 North Pennsylvania Street Indianapolis died Sunday afternoon. Purdue University’s first engineering graduate, former Lafayette city engineer, he was supervising architect for E. G. Spink Company fifteen years and a member of Eldridge & Fox. Surviving are his widow, daughter Helen Eldridge Pohlman, two granddaughters, a sister in Glendale and a brother in Troy.
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Indianapolis
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Purdue University Engineering School
Lafayette City
E. G. Spink Company
Eldridge & Fox
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Glendale
Cal
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Troy
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Grandmother in Muncie Attempted Poison Death
Mrs. Emma Way aged 58 attempted suicide by poisoning amid rent fears and eviction. She also gave poison to her grandson Estel Hopper, 10, who did not ingest it and notified neighbors. Her condition was reported fair by hospital staff.
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Buy Times
Muncie
Ind
Emma Way
Estel Hopper
England a smoking paradise with liberties in public spaces
Milton Bronner reports from London that England allows widespread smoking in restaurants hotels trains and theaters with few restrictions. The piece contrasts liberal British practice with New York Berlin Vienna and Paris stricter rules and notes police rules limiting smoking in amusements unless managers obtain approval and ventilation checks.
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America
New York
Paris
Berlin
Vienna
Chiappe
City Adopts New Traffic Code With Monday or Tuesday Start
The city council approved a radical traffic code to take effect at 7 am Tuesday. Police Chief Worley expects smooth enforcement as citizens learn the changes. The plan, led by Robert Springsteen, adapts a model ordinance with local tweaks and aims to improve safety though signs are not yet all up due to budget limits.
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Claude M. Worley
Robert E. Springsteen
Worley
Lester E. Jones
Illinois
Meridian
Pennsylvania
Washington Street
Federal Buildings Seek 25 Million More From Congress
The joint post office treasury public buildings commission plans to ask Congress for an additional 25 million dollars to fund construction of new federal buildings nationwide. The move follows authorization of 265 million in total funds and aims to serve over 300 cities, though large cities may still need more money while smaller towns risk being left out. The Shelbyville population is estimated at 10,671, up 10 percent from the 1920 census.
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Washington
Joint Post Office-Treasury Public Buildings Commission
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Shelbyville
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