Gang Terror Strikes Chicago as Police Seek Arrests
Chicago faces a gang driven crime wave with seven killings in one week. Police, led by State's Attorney Swan, move to close speakeasies near the Loop and indict gunmen connected to Capone associates. Meagher shot on campus and Healey dies after Monday gun attack add to the violence.
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Chicago
John A. Swanson
William Russell
Jack McGurn
Capone
Danny Stanton
Capone Clique
Tony Acardo
Frank Diamond
University of Chicago
Philip H. Meagher
William Healey
South Side
Brill Sues Greenbaum for 20000 Damages Over Bond Sale
Henry Brill of Indianapolis files suit in superior court five against Greenbaum Investment Company of Chicago seeking 20000 in damages plus 5000 interest. He alleges purchase of 15000 in company bonds last year, with interest defaulted and claims of fraud and misrepresentation. Some bonds allegedly were unregistered with the Indiana securities commission.
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Superior Court
Henry Brill
Indianapolis
Greenbaum Sons Investment Company
Chicago
Brill
Indiana Securities Commission
Bank cashier cleared of manslaughter in fatal crash
Albert Scholz, cashier of a Whiting bank, was absolved in Porter circuit court after the state dismissed manslaughter charges tied to a June Dunes highway crash that killed Theodore Turner. Scholz had settled with the victim’s widow for 3500 dollars after initial reports of intoxication.
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Whiting Bank
All Timea
Valparaiso
Ind
Albert Scholz
Porter
Scholz
Dunes
Theodore Turner
Car Crash Leads to Arrest After Collision on Forty sixth Street
Herbert Ash 41 of Guilford Avenue was arrested on charges of failing to stop after a crash at Forty sixth Street and Winthrop Avenue. Charles W. Miller 58 of South Pershing Avenue suffered a fractured shoulder when Ash’s car and Herschel Seaman 23 of Pershing Avenue an opposing vehicle collided. Miller was a passenger in Seaman’s car.
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Herbert Ash
Guilford Avenue
Charles W. Miller
South Pershing Avenue
Ash
Herschel Seaman
Forty-sixth Street
Winthrop Avenue
Miller
Seaman
Michigan's Hiccoughing Champion Bids Fair to Shatter Own Mark
William Phillips a 72 year old farmer in Lansing is in a hospital with eight days of hiccoughing and his doctors seek a cure. He was brought from Portland after previous long spells and doctors plan X ray tests of his stomach as they monitor his condition.
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Michigan
United Prena
Portland
Mich
Phillips
Forty Children Saved From Fire at Public School
In Washington on February 6 more than forty crippled children were carried or wheeled to safety as a fire struck Weightman public school. About 125 students escaped through smoke filled halls while some able students helped their less mobile peers. Teachers kept calm to prevent panic as flames and smoke issued from a hot air register nearby.
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United Press
Washington
Weightman
Maury Graham Missing Flier Found Report
Unconfirmed reports say Maury Graham air mail pilot missing since January 10 was found alive in a desolate area between Las Vegas and Caliente Nevada. Union Pacific offices in Los Angeles said an employee at Las Vegas heard the rumor but could not authenticate it.
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United Press
Los Angeles
Feo
Maury Graham
Air Mail
Las Vegas
Caliente
Nev
Union Pacific Railroad
Funds for battlefield pilgrimage of Gold Star mothers approved
Congress authorized funds for a battlefield pilgrimage to France for Gold Star mothers. The Senate adopted the house joint resolution allocating 5,386,367 dollars for the trip, and the measure proceeds to the President for signature.
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United Press
Washington
Congress
Senate
France
Taft Shows Improvement After Restful Night
Former Chief Justice William Howard Taft, critically ill at his Washington home, improved with a restful night and nearly eight hours of sleep. Attendants noted better condition than 24 hours earlier though sleep had been elusive earlier in the evening.
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United Press
Washington
William Howard Taft
Taft
FPR
Ind
Senate approves resolution expressing regret over Taft illness
Washington Feb 6 A resolution expressing regret at former Chief Justice Taft illness and wishing him speedy recovery was introduced in the Senate today by Senator Harris and adopted unanimously. Such action is extremely unusual.
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United Press
Washington
Taft
Senate
Harris
Dem
Nash official Walter Alford dies at 53 in Kenosha
Walter H. Alford vice president of Nash Motors died at his Kenosha home after a two day illness from a heart attack. The 53 year old philanthropist reportedly donated about 1 million dollars to social agencies and civic groups in the past five years. He had been with Nash since its formation.
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United Press
Kenosha, Wis
Walter H. Alford
Nash Motors Company
Alford
Nesh Company
Royal couple to depart April 21 for London visit
TOKIO February 6 The Prince and Princess Takamatsu will leave April 21 for London to return the Duke of Gloucester's recent Tokio visit. They are to arrive in London on June 26 for an official royal visit.
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United Press
Tokio
Prince
Takamatsu
London
England
Duke of Gloucester
Local News Item Fragment Highlighting Morning Schedule
Fragmentary OCR note lists times and figures with unclear context. No clear persons or organizations are identifiable.
Robbers Hold Up Anderson Grocer and Take Cash
In Anderson Indiana two bandits robbed Floyd Colvin’s grocery as his son Arthur aged nine stood nearby. They took 77 dollars 30 cents from the register and fled in a waiting car. A bystander, Robert Shrader, was robbed three miles east of the city of an overcoat a wrist watch and five dollars after visiting his mother.
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Robert Shrader
Marion
Anderson
Explosion at Bloomington plant kills night fireman
A Bloomington Showers Brothers furniture plant blast in plant No 1 killed John Kent aged 50 a night fireman. Officials say spontaneous combustion triggered the explosion and fire causing about 2000 dollars damage to the boiler room.
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United Arena
Bloomington
Ind
John Kent
Showers Brothers Furniture
Grocers File Voluntary Bankruptcies in Federal Court
Walter E. Weddle of 1570 College Avenue and 2101 South East Street lists assets of 1252 dollars and liabilities of 4094 dollars. Lawrence C. Kirkendall of Kokomo reports 1280 dollars in assets and 12297 dollars in liabilities.
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Walter E. Weddle
College Avenue
South East Street
Lawrence C. Kirkendall
Kokomo
Muncie approves $50,000 bond to cover current expenses
All Times 8 Te in MUN Ind Feb 6 The city of Muncie authorizes a $50,000 bond issue by the city council to meet current expenses until the spring tax settlement.
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Mun
Ind
Muncie
Healer Failed to Heal Marital Breach in Court
In Porter circuit court East Chicago man Louis Kish testified of healing a baby’s broken rib by laying on hands as his divorce case with Mrs. Mary Kish proceeded. The decree gave custody of the 2 year old to Mary, weekly support of 6 dollars, and 100 dollars in attorney fees. Kish claimed cruelty, intoxication, and threats by his wife while she accused him of threats and infidelity. an Indian healer named Dr Clayton testified Kish had cured paralysis cases and a woman with asthma.
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United Press
Alparaiso
Ind
Louis Kish
East Chicago
Porter Circuit Court
Mary Kish
Kish
Chicago
Clayton
Porter County
Britain Ready to Scrap Ships Under Washington Treaty
London reports Britain will begin immediate scrapping of battleships to a total of fifteen if other powers agree under the Washington pact. Scrapping would take two years and could start before 1936 if consensus holds, as naval committee debates classing light cruisers and destroyers. Experts meet Friday to resolve the issue.
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United Press
London
Great Britain
Britain
St. James Palace
France
Japan
Indiana Supreme Court Grants Stay for Vincennes Slayer
The Indiana Supreme Court granted Dreyfus Rhoads a stay of execution until July 11. Rhoads, twice convicted of killing a Vincennes policeman, faced an electric chair sentence set for February 28 while his appeal was before the court.
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Indiana Supreme Court
Dreyfus Rhoads
Vincennes
Rhoads
Supreme Court
Life term for Slayer in Noblesville Case
Thomas Smith, Negro, was found guilty of second degree murder in the killing of Luther Hunt, Negro, in Hamilton county circuit court. Judge Fred E. Hines sentenced Smith to life imprisonment after a brief jury deliberation. The crime occurred in Indianapolis July 1928 over a craps game dispute.
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United Press
Noblesville
Ind
Thomas Smith
Luther Hunt
Hamilton County
Fred E. Hines
Smith
Indianapolis
Denial of Health Board Sewage Order Controversy in Muncie
Muncie Indiana February 6 Officials deny charges that Mayor George Dale and Health Commissioner Dr H D Fair coerced the state board of health to order sewage disposal work. Councilman Ora Shroyer claimed opposition to the plant and intercepting sewer system costing about 500000 dollars, accusing the officials of pushing its construction.
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Muncie
Health Board
Times Special
Ind
George Dale
H. D. Fair
State Board of Health
Ora Ahroyer
Shroyer
Gas Death Accidental in Newcastle Veteran
Coroner Ralph Noblock rules accidental asphyxiation in the death of 84 year old Civil War veteran Peter Michael. His body was found at home with a disconnected gas stove tubing, believed to have grasped it to steady himself after turning on the gas.
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Newcastle
Ind
Ralph Noblock
Peter Michael
Grant county purchases trucks and equipment
Grant county board of commissioners bought four trucks including three 2% ton and one 1% ton models and a grader for the highway department. The sale also included a tractor, plow and disc for the county infirmary at a bid of 690 dollars.
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Nn Timer
Ind
Highway Department
Grant County Board of Commissioners
Oie
Two Negro men held in abduction and assault case
Police report a confession by Edward Davis 43 and James Walker 39 in the January 11 kidnapping of Mary Conrad 45. Davis allegedly implicated two other suspects in similar attacks, while Conrad could not identify the defendants. Detectives noted the case as difficult and detailed their investigative team.
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City
Edward Davis
Paca Street
James Walker
Boulevard Place
Davis
Walker
Arsenal Technical High School
Drexel
Michigan
Mary Conrad
Drexel Avenue
Police
Submarine Crew Liberates via Closed Diving Bell
In Key West Florida on February 6 members of a submerged submarine crew escaped using a closed diving bell that can hold up to twenty men. Tests were performed in the gulf stream seventy feet deep near Key West with the S-4 and the submarine tender U S S Falcon. The diving bell was vented by the Electric Boat Company of Groton Connecticut.
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United Press
Key West
Fla
Gulf Stream
U. S. S. Falcon
Electric Boat Company
Groton
Fear for Wilkins on Antarctic Flight Expedition
New York American dispatch reports Captain Sir Hubert Wilkins not heard from for eight days. He leads a polar cap flight expedition aboard the steam ship William Scoresby near Deception Island. A relief ship would be sent south if no word arrives soon.
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United Preas
New York
New York American Today
Hearst
Deception Island
Sir Hubert Wilkins
Wilkins
Antarctica
Polar Cap
William Scoresby
Burns Cause Death In Fluid Explosion In Gary
In Gary Indiana Mrs Louise Gray 55 died after a naphtha cleaning fluid she used exploded causing fatal burns in a local hospital. She leaves husband Otto Gray president of the Gary city council and assistant manager at the American Sheet and Tin Plate Company mills. Also noted is Admiral Gordon Campbell of the British navy who devised the World War I mystery ships.
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United Press
Gary
Ind
Burns
Louise Gray
Washington
Gordon Campbell
North Sea
Mexico President Wounded by Young Radical
President Pascual Ortiz Rubio was shot as his car left the presidential palace in Mexico City after his inauguration. Six shots from Daniel Flores wounded his jaw, with others injured by shattered glass. authorities pursued political suspects and sought motive while the president recovered.
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Mexico
United Press
Mexico City
Pascual Ortiz Rubio
Dniel Flores
Emilio Portes Gil
Flores
National Stadium
Senora
Josefina Ortiz de Rubio
Peterson Denies Death Rumor In Connecticut City
Theodore Peterson son of a local councilman in Loraine Ohio denied his death after reports linked a Hartford restaurant worker to a youth found hanging near Westbrook Branford police identified the body. He contacted authorities to clarify.
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United Press
Westbrook
Conn
Theodore Peterson
Peterson
Hartford
Branford
Hoover Expresses Regret Over Mexican Leaders Injuries
President Hoover sent a telegram to President Rubio of Mexico expressing regret for the injuries suffered by him and Senora Rubio in an assassination incident on Wednesday. He congratulated them on escaping more serious harm and extended best wishes for recovery.
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United Press
Washington
Hoover
President Rubio
Mexico
Senora Rubio
Man Ends Life at Home in Fulton Street Basement
Frank Kinder aged 47 died by self inflicted gunshot to the heart with a twelve gauge shotgun in the basement of 229 Fulton Street. His wife, Mrs. Kinder, found the body upon returning from work Tuesday night. Coroner C. H. Keever noted ill health as a probable motive.
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Frank Kinder
Fulton Street
Despondent Mrs Stern Falls to Death from Hospital Window
In Washington on February 6, Mrs Gladys Stern 25 once of Philadelphia leapt from her hospital room seven stories to a coal pile below dying from injuries. It marks a second jump in six months as she attempted to end her life.
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United Press
Washington
Gladys Stern
Philadelphia
Overdrafts in Indiana Highway Fund Attributed to Gas Tax Lapse
State Auditor Archie Bobbitt and Treasurer Grace Reynolds say overdrafts totaling 389 437 dollars from October to December arose from funding highway construction before tax receipts. Director John Brown used general funds despite a 1 cent gas tax, with $20 million yearly spending and $400 million potential overdrafts cited.
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John J. Brown
State Highway Department
Highway Department
Archie Bobbitt
Bobbitt
Grace Banta Reynolds
Lawrence F. Orr
State Board of Accounts
Indiana
Brown
Owen
Boling
Budget Committee
Reynolds
Girl held for fraud accused of defrauding downtown stores
Susie Johnson a 19 year old resident of 1524 West Washington street faced charges for defrauding several downtown stores of merchandise valued at over 2000 dollars. Deputies say she opened store accounts under aliases, obtained goods, and sold them before bills were due. She was arrested on her 19th birthday and released on her own recognizance after detectives traced her. Criminal Judge James A. Collins granted release without bond.
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Susie Johnson
West
Washington Street
Liberty
James A. Collins
Informer Ruth Murray Shot In Akron Murder Probe
Ruth Murray a federal narcotic informer died in Akron Ohio city hospital after a fractured skull coroner M B Crafts ruled the death a murder. Federal authorities police and county detectives hunted the underworld as a suspect was questioned.
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United Press
Akron
Ruth Murray
City Hospital
M. B. Crafts
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Helen Hitch
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Butler University
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