Rescuer Rushes to Save Entombed Cave Explorer 300 Feet Deep
Lee Collins, trapped 300 feet underground in a Mammoth Cave passage, fights for life as gravel pours from the roof. A Louisville rescue crew arrives with machinery after his father offered a $500 reward to the surgeon who will amputate his foot. Collins begs to be saved as workers chisel away rock and clear a path.
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Floyd Collins
United Press
Cave City
Lee Collins
W. J. Fields
Floyd
Louisville
Collins
Indianapolis City Manager Plan Readied For Legislature
The fight to replace Indianapolis city government with city manager or commission forms moved to the Indiana House with a repeal bill. Leaders including Blaine McGrath and James W. Mellon push civic groups to study the plan, while Mayor Shank notes broad support and a rush to prepare petitions. Dr Frank Garland of Dayton will speak at the Real Estate Board luncheon.
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Indianapolis
House of Representatives
Claremont H. Smith
Lake County
Chamber of Commerce
Blaine McGrath
The
Sever
At & P.m
James W. Mellon
Indianapolis Real Estate Board
Frank Garland
Dayton
Ohio
Dayton Council
Shank
John Zener
City Manager form urged in Indianapolis debate
Editorial warns against confusion with the commission form in Indianapolis. It contrasts seven council members hiring a city manager with a five-commissioner system and a mayor chosen from within the commission, arguing the manager form is more practical for a large city and urging voters to sign only for the city manager proposal.
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Aly
Indianapolis
Shank
Suspense at Union Station as bags and grip loose in checkrooms
Alvin Beese, a Union Station checker, warns that many checked bags leak and misidentifications occur daily. He recalls a bottle he found in a grip and a nervous owner claiming the item was medicine for sick Kentucky horses. He notes frequent ticket-forgetters and warns brides and grooms should not trust friends with baggage checks.
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Alvin H. Beese
N. Liberty St
Kentucky
Beese
Milk Truck Collision Near Whit town Causes Dairy Spill
A milk truck collided with a car driven by E. T. Treen of Whit town today, creating a frozen milk pond at Vermont and Delaware Street. Roland 5131 Baltimore Ave. driver died. Milk valued at tit En.
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E. T. Treen
Whit ‘Town
Vermont Jand
Delaware Sta
Roland
Baltimore Ave
Hearing on Delaware Street improvement plan proceeds
Taxpayers from the north side oppose a project on Delaware Street from Twenty-Second to Twenty-Ninth Streets. The board of works approves the benefit and damage rolls for the work including removal of jogs and condemning land for Fall Creek bridge approaches. Damages total 96587 against the district bounded by Thirty-Eighth, Pennsylvania, Alabama and Ft. Wayne. dispute centers on paying about 30000 for a filling station at Twenty-Second Street, Sinclair Refining reportedly paid about 10000.
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North Side
Delaware St
Twenty-Second
Twenty-Ninth Sts
Board of Works
Twenty-Ninth
New Fall Creek Bridge
Thirty-Eighth
Pennsylvania
Alabama Sts
Ft. Wayne Ave
Twenty-Second St
Sinclair Refining Company
Capable Popular and Beautiful at Butler University Contest
Indianapolis girls compete for most beautiful most capable and most popular student titles at Butler University. Miss Irma Ulrich leads the capability contest Miss Helena Sieloff tops popularity and Miss Lorene Whitham leads in beauty with more than 600 entrants statewide.
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Ndianapolis
Butler University
Irma Ulrich
Winthrop Ave
Helena Sieloff
Lorene
Misses Irma Ulrich
Lorene Whitham
Father offers life for son in scaffold plea
In Chicago a father Thoerss Scott cried to reporters he would take his son Russell Scott's place on the scaffold to spare him death. Russell, 30, convicted of murder in the hold up killing of Joseph Maurer, faces execution as defense lawyers seek a new trial and Judge Lynch delays ruling to February 14. Russell was once thought a millionaire.
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United Press
Chicago
Thoerss Scott
Russell Scott
Thomas J. Lynch
Russell
Joseph Maurer
Lynch
Scott
Budget Making Slow As Budget Conference Delays Jackson Bill
A state budget advisory committee and Governor Ed Jackson held a formal conference on budget requests from about eighty departments. The data and board recommendations are being ready for a bill to be presented to the Legislature this week, though the budget has not yet been formally presented to Jackson.
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State Budget Advisory Committee
Ed Jackson
Board of Accounts
Jackson
Building Permits Rise in City Construction Value
In January seven hundred seventy-one permits for construction work valued at 944526 were issued, announced by Frans F. Hamilton, building commissioner. The permits cover 18 activities, with about 70000 in valuation from January 1924 noted as a comparison.
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Frans F. Hamilton
Aciae
Death Driver Fund Favored By City Council
Resolution proposing a reward fund for the capture of reckless motorists who injure or kill persons likely will be adopted tonight. Councilman Heydon W. Buchanan suggested the fund, but it may be declared unlawful. The council may instead go on record opposing the reward idea while all-night safety ordinances and railroad parking restrictions are discussed.
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Heydon
B. New York St
Monon
Big Four
Postal receipts rise in Indianapolis January totals
Indianapolis post office January receipts rise 6.22 percent from January 1924. Postmaster Robert H. Bryson reports January 1925 receipts at 328,775.28 dollars, up from 309,510.58 dollars in January 1924, an increase of 19,264.75 dollars.
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Indianapolis
Robert H. Bryson
Mystery to Ralston in Indiana Politics
United States Senator Samuel M. Ralston finds Indiana politics deeply unfathomable after arriving to stay through the week. He plans to speak to Democratic editors Thursday evening and admits he is out of touch with the local situation.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
United States
Samuel M. Ralston
Local Candy Jobber Files for Bankruptcy in South Bend
Aloysius A. Humphrey of South Bend Indiana a candy jobber filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition in federal court today. His listed assets total 503 dollars while debts amount to 3663 dollars and 62 cents.
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Aloysius A. Humphrey
South Bend
Ind
Candy Jobber
Groundhog Weather Banter Spins Forecast Tale
A humorous scene centers on a chief weather forecasting groundhog at a public prediction, with scientists and officials crowding the stage. The exchange mocks weather science’s certainty as the groundhog clashes with a weather bureau skeptic about predictions and beliefs.
Porcine Prophet Foretells Cloudy Week Ahead
Weather notes report a hogs prophetic call predicting cloudy skies and a cold snap. Armington forecasts a chilly sequence with temperatures near ten degrees and a colder Tuesday night as a cold wave looms.
Indiana House Debates Budget Move to Abolish Special Funds
The Indiana House considers a measure by Rep Pittenger to transfer most state special funds into a general fund and establish a permanent governor budget advisory commission. The bill lists numerous boards and receipts to be included in the general fund, including taxes, licenses, fees, and balances from special funds. It preserves certain constitutional, special, and trust funds.
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Governor’s
Indiana
House of Representatives
Pittenger
Selma
Dawes
Board of Medical Registration and Examination
Indiana Board of Pharmacy
State Board of Dental Examination
State Board of Education
State Board of Registration and Examination
State Board of Embalmers
State Board of Registration of Engineers and Land Surveyors
State Board of Certified Accountants
Industrial School For
Adjutant General
State Highway Commission
The
Conservation Department
Public Service Commission
Cars Crash Downtown on Washington Street
An eastbound city streetcar collided with a Richmond bound interurban at Delaware and Washington Streets. Police said the interurban was turning onto Delaware Street when its rear swung into the city car’s path. Both vehicles suffered heavy damage and passengers were shaken.
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Washington
Magnus Johnson files contest against Schall election
United Press reports Senator Magnus Johnson of Minnesota files with the Senate a contest alleging unlawful means and corrupt methods in the election of Republican opponent Thomas D. Schall. The filing follows Johnson’s farm labor background and clashes in the Senate race as of February 2.
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United
Preas
Washington
Magnus Johnson
Minnesota Farm-Laborite
Senate
Thomas D. Schall
Death toll from Williamson County hate wars rises
The death toll in the Williamson County clashes reaches thirty six. The Herrin massacre of 1922 left twenty two miners dead, and by 1923 fourteen more had been killed in Klan and anti-Klan fighting.
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Errin
Williamson County
Herrin
Indiana law upheld on disqualification of office holders
The U S Supreme Court ruled states may bar persons convicted of infamous crimes from public office. It dismissed Indiana’s appeal over Joseph O Mara who was alleged to be illegally elected to Terre Haute city council after a federal conspiracy conviction. The court found no jurisdiction and noted ex post facto challenges.
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United Press
Washington
United States Supreme Court
Indiana Supreme Court
Joseph O’mara
Terre Haute
Ind
O'Mara
H. C. Crampton
Indiana
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