Senate Votes Against Delay On Warships
Senate rejects delay on building fifteen cruisers as House leaders refuse to compromise on the dry fund measure. Coolidge to sign a $274 million cruiser bill despite its schedule. Borah Reed amendment seeks neutral rights treaties. naval and deficiency bills amid party division and conferees prepare to push the main measures.
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Paul R. Mallon
United Press
Washington
Coolidge
Senate
White House
State Department
Great Britain
House
Warren
Romance Returns in Hoboken as Liners Arrive
The George Washington liner arrives in Hoboken bringing Lamar Armstrong of Youngstown Ohio and Josephine Widener of Kew Gardens L. I. who became engaged at sea. Esther Friend of Chicago and Marcus Jelinek of Vienna also announced their engagement.
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New York
Hoboken
George Washington
Lamar Armstrong
Youngstown
Josephine Widener
Kew Gardens
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Esther Friend
Chicago
Marcus Jelinek
Vienna
Move to Oust Ohio Official
Ohio legislature moves to impeach State Treasurer Bert Buckley after federal conviction for conspiring to bribe a prohibition officer. A seven member committee investigates Buckley’s case and reports to the House after he refuses Governor Cooper’s resignation request.
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United Press
Columbus
Ohio
Bert B. Buckley
House of Representatives
Buckley
Myers V. Cooper
Republican Party
Cambridge aviator faces possible dual sentence for liquor transport
Rollin Stewart, 24, of Cambridge apartments, was sentenced by Criminal Judge James A. Collins to one to two years for transporting liquor. Stewart, in sheriff custody until Saturday, plans no appeal while awaiting state reformatory placement, with questions on whether sentences run concurrently or consecutively based on appeals. Stewart is identified as an aviator.
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Rollin Stewart
Cambridge
James A. Collins
Stewart
State Reformatory
Collins
Supreme Court
Newton Brown
James H. Lowry
Indianapolis
Indiana
Bainbridge Crew Rescued in Heavy Seas Near Bathe Island
The four masted schooner Bainbridge carrying lumber from Jacksonville Florida to Fairhaven Massachusetts broke up after coast guards rescued eight crew members. They braved three high seas to bring the men ashore at Elizabeth City North Carolina.
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United Preas
Elizabeth City
N. C
Bainbridge
Coast Guards
Fairhaven
Mass
Jacksonville
Fla
Opening Friendship Week lecture by Rev Stephen J Corey
The Rev Stephen J Corey opens Friendship Week lectures at the YWCA with a dinner and talk titled Beginning Again at Jerusalem With a World Program of Christ. The event is conducted under the auspices of the YWCA WC T the Church Federation of Indianapolis and the Women's Missionary Council.
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Stephen J. Corey
Church Federation of Indianapolis
Women’s Missionary Council
Jerusalem
Wisconsin Senate weighs Volstead reform and state repeal
Madison Feb 5 The Wisconsin Senate considers two resolutions asking for a nationwide referendum on modifying the Volstead Act and a state referendum on repealing the Wisconsin city liquor law, with votes awaited.
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Wisconsin ‘Senate
United Presse
Madison
Wis
Amie Senate
Hawks Aims For Transcontinental Nonstop Flight Record
Captain Frank Hawks in the Air Express failed to land at Roosevelt field before 1 p m Eastern time while chasing Art Goebel and Harry Tucker’s 18 hour 58 minute cross continental record. He departed Los Angeles with 6600 pounds including 450 gallons of gas and was sighted near Tucson as officials expected daylight to reveal his progress toward New York.
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New York
Frank Hawks
Roosevelt Field
Los Angeles
Curtiss
Long Island
Art Goebel
Harry Tucker
Hawks
Metropolitan
Air Express
Oscar Grubb
E “Air Express
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Ariz
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Louisville
Portsmouth
Middleport
Ohio
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W. Va
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Harrisburg
Reading
Venue Change Granted in Duvall Suit Trial
A $6,000 civil suit against John L. Duvall former mayor by Century Building Company will be heard in Hendricks county circuit court. Superior Judge Linn D. Hay granted a change of venue due to prejudice concerns in Marion county over unpaid rent of $5,175 on yearly rented rooms in the Century building.
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John L. Duvall
Century Building Company
Century
Pennsylvania
Maryland Streets
Duvall
Indianapolis Post
Hendricks County
Linn D. Hay
Marion County
Three Stores Robbed In Monday Night Burglary Spree
Three Standard grocery stores were entered by burglars Monday night. At 2705 College avenue thieves broke down a rear door and took $62 cash. The Rockville road store's loot is undetermined but believed small. The East Twenty-fifth Street store lost $35 cash and $25 in groceries.
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Whalen Takes Private Car Trip to Palm Beach
Police Commissioner Grover Whalen left New York for a vacation in Palm Beach. He departed in a private car an hour before schedule to avoid potential threats after a month of intensified newspaper coverage of his campaigns.
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New York
Grover Whalen
Palm Beach
Whalen
Lindbergh Resumes Mail Flight to Central America
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh pilots the first North to Central American air mail leg for Pan American Airways. He resumes from Miami to Belize and Managua with Havana and Tela stops, celebrating his 27th birthday, aiming to Cristobal on Wednesday and return by February 10.
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United Press
Belize
British Honduras
Charles A. Lindbergh
Central America
Miami
Fla
Lindbergh
Managua
Nicaragua
Pan-American Airways Company
Tela
Honduras
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Cristobal
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Caribbean
Mexico
United States
Houdini Note Fake Declared By Psychic Expert
J Malcolm Bird, Houdini confidant and skeptic, branded the alleged Houdini spirit message to his wife as fake. At a Rotary Club luncheon in Indianapolis he described Houdini’s tests of spiritualism and noted no messages have been received.
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Harry Houdini
Indianapolis
J. Malcom Bird
Houdini
Rome Texas air race approved in Italy plans set
Colonel William Easterwood of Dallas conferred with Italo Balbo in Rome on a Rome to Dallas air race via New York with a $25,000 prize. Balbo approved the idea and Easterwood expects Italy to supply a plane for its competitor. He will meet Premier Mussolini Wednesday.
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United Press
Rome
William Easterwood
Dallas
Tex
Italo Balbo
New York
Easterwood
Balbo
Benito Mussolini
One Cent Damages Awarded in Dixon Estate Dispute
Marion Ind February 5 One cent damages were awarded to George Dix as administrator of the estate of Pearl Dixon under an order that certain property be returned. If not returned, Dix may receive up to 275 dollars by Circuit Judge J D Clawson's ruling in the case.
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Marion
Ind
George Dixon
Pearl Dixon
Dixon
J. D. Clawson
Embezzler Carnes, Baptist Board Treasurer, Sentenced Five Years
Clinton S. Carnes former treasurer of the Southern Baptist Home Mission board pleaded guilty to embezzling over 529000 from church funds. He received five to seven years in prison with restitution. The case covered nine years of complex transactions and a large shortage blamed on Carnes.
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Clinton S. Carnes
Southern Baptist Home Missionary Society
United Press
Atlanta
Southern Baptist Home Mission Board
John Boykin
Home Mission Board
Winnipeg
Canda
Virlyn B. Moore
Boykin
Carnes
Samuel
Mission Board
Raleigh
N. C
Georgia
United States
Missouri
Voice Doctor Sues New York Opera Singer For Fees
Frieda Hempel, the concert and opera singer, is sued for 50000 by Johannes Adler a singing teacher who says he restored charm to her voice as her powers waned Adler claims she failed to prove adequate gratitude offering recommendations and pupils and promised to transfer his operations from Berlin to New York.
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United Press
New York
Frieda Hempel
Johannes Adler
Mme. Hempel
Adler
Berlin
Stimson Slated as Secretary of State by Hoover
President-elect Hoover selects Henry L. Stimson, governor general of the Philippines, for secretary of state. The choice follows discussions with Elihu Root, Charles Evans Hughes, and Chief Justice Taft. Stimson’s prior work in Central America praised. Wilbur named possible secretary of the interior.
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Wham Beach
Fla
Hoover
Henry L. Stimson
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Philippines
Stimson
Elihu Root
Charles Evans Hughes
Taft
Supreme Court
Washington
Coolidge
Central America
Central
South America
Corinto
Firemen Rescue Nine from Bombed Soft-Drink Parlor Blaze
In Chicago on February 5 nine people were overcome by smoke and rescued from a burning building wrecked by an explosion in a soft-drink parlor. The blast damaged the main floor and fire spread to upstairs apartments. police consider the parlor likely bombed.
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United Press
Chicago
Baker bars marriages of undergrads at W and J
Washington and Jefferson college President S S Baker announces in a campus address that the ban on marriages of undergraduates remains in effect with the start of the second semester. He warns that any students who marry must face him personally.
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United Press
Washington
S. S. Baker
Washington and Jefferson College
Wages of Lie Lucidly Tells of Juvenile Purse Snatcher
Washington February 5 John Rutherford Chambers became a purse snatcher after telling his mother a lie He told police he believed his work as a messenger would earn him wages and he stole purses to fund his need for money The arrest followed his confession to police Monday night.
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United Press
Washington
John Rutherford Chambers
Ryan heir to marry in Washington society wedding
Miss Janet Newbold, society girl of Washington, will wed Aan Ryan, grandson and heir of the late Thomas Fortune Ryan of New York, in a ceremony expected to attract attendance from New York and Washington society leaders.
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United Ngs
Washington
Janet Newbold
Aan Ryan
Thomas Fortune Ryan
New York
Tooth Removed From Girl's Lung At Philadelphia Clinic
Esther Elizabeth Groat 11 of Wichita Kansas had a tooth removed from her left lung today at Dr Chevalier Jackson clinic University of Pennsylvania Hospital. Doctors will keep her under observation for a few days as she recovers from the bronchoscopic procedure performed with a lighted tube and X ray guidance.
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United Press
Philadelphia
Esther Elizabeth Groat
Wichita
Kan
Chevalier Jackson
Graduate Hospital
University of Pennsylvania
Esther
Doctor Jackson Clinic
Dunn Asks Quash Perjury Indictment In County Council Case
Dunn moves to quash the perjury indictment against a County Council member. Defense attorney Clinton H. Givan argues the offense is not a public offense and not clearly stated. He also contends Superior Judge Byron K. Elliott lacks qualification to rule on Dunn's eligibility. Arguments set for February.
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Dunn
Fremont Alford
Clinton H. Givan
Byron K. Elliott
Poor Farm Probe Nears Completion in Marion County
Marion County grand jury nears completion of investigation into conditions at the poor farm. A report will be made to Criminal Judge James A. Collins after hearing testimony from many inmates and questioning several women from a local patriotic organization who visited the infirmary with gifts before and after Christmas.
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Marion County
James A. Collins
Utility Bill Defeated in Indiana House After Bitter Fight
The Indiana House defeated the McKesson Murden bill to let municipalities run utility plants, with a 52 to 42 postponement vote. Key figures included Rep. Oscar Ahlgren and Rep. Truman Murden, backed by James A. Cooper and the Indiana State Chamber of Commerce. The vote ends the bill and signals a tough lobby fight on public utility control.
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Proutility
House of Representatives
McKesson-Murden
Public Service Commission
House
Oscar A. Ahlgren
Whiting
Truman G. Murden
Twelve Mile
Ahlgren
James A. Cooper
Terre Haute
William McIinerny
South Bend
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B. F. Geyer
Ft. Wayne
Cooper
Hopkins Ahlgren
Ahrens Huber
Babcock Hopkins
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