Duncan Ordered Back to Prison in Check Theft Case
Federal Judge Lindley denied Rus sell V Duncan’s clemency petition and ordered him into marshal custody. Duncan admitted receiving a $5,000 internal revenue tax refund check from John W Smith, an associate of D C Stephenson, and testified about other related checks while detailing his role and motives amid a 1920s era guilt-related probe.
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D. C
John W. Smith
Walter Smith
Stephenson
Duncan
M. L. Clawson
Clawson
Albert Ward
Internal Revenue
Ward
Revenue Office
Smith
Indianapolis
D. C. Stephenson
University Avenue
Harry C. Gilbert
Gilbert
J. F. Wild & Co
W. Lee Smith
Demands Facts on Armory Bonds Investigation
Senator Lindley today urged President McWhirter to submit full data on sales of armory bonds issued for state armory buildings. The issue, tied to Ostrom Realty, Peoples State Bank, and a tax exemption letter, is under a Senate subcommittee probe with claims of bonds sold below par and gains added to contracts.
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Alonzo H. Lindley
Kingman
Peoples State Bank
Felix M. McWhirter
State Armory Board
Ostrom Realty and Construction Company
Senate
Lindley
State Securities Commission
Indianapolis Times
Times
John J. Brown
State Tax Commission
People State Bank
William H. Kershner
Securities Commission
Carl M. Gray
Petersburg
Adjutant General
Three Die From Car Gas In Batavia Auto Deaths
A defective heater releasing carbon monoxide is blamed for the deaths of Delmar Richards 21, Mrs Mildred C Storer 17 and her eight month old Frances Jeane in an automobile near Batavia Ohio on Sunday. The trio died from asphyxiation in the vehicle.
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United Preas Batavia
Here
Delmar Richards
Mildred C. Storer
Frances Jeane
Euchre tragedy ends in murder suicide on scorecard
Times Special reports on a Valentine’s eve tragedy in Indiana. Hec tor Vandelle, 34, shot his sweetheart Julia Colpeart, 21, after learning she had a date, then killed himself. A scorecard from a euchre game lay in his pocket showing wins and losses and the fatal motive etched in his final note. The drama ended with Vandelle hanging in the Colepeart barn, the family recalling his words of heartbreak and despair.
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Times Special
Pee ‘Ind
Hector R. Vandelle
Julia Colpeart
Julia
Vandelle
Colepeart
Heroes of Oxygen Battle Lose to Death
Topeka firemen Dean Way and Ray Schuberg, famed for saving Margaret Brown earlier, attempted to save Mrs. Maude Doerschlag with oxygen for fourteen hours but could not prevent her death. Doerschlag, 44, suffered extensive lung failure during the prolonged intervention.
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Heroes OF
Bu United Press
Topeka
Dean Way
Ray Schuberg
Margaret Brown
Maude Doerschlag
Hadeen
Fire kills two as Madison theater walls are torn down
United Press reports in Mansfield Ohio that two structural steel workers died when pulling down standing walls hours after a Sunday blaze destroyed the Madison theater. Fire damage was estimated at $250,000.
Lindbergh Lands at Belize on Northbound Air Mail Flight
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh arrived in Belize British Honduras at 10 50 a m on his northbound air mail flight from Cristobal Panama Canal Zone He left Managua Nicaragua at 7 20 a m accompanied by a second Sikorsky amphibian mail plane piloted by Lyman K Merritt Lindbergh skipped the Tela Honduras stop that had been planned.
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United Press
Belize
British Honduras
Charles A. Lindbergh
Cristobal
Panama Canal Zone
Lindbergh
Managua
Nicaragua
Lyman K. Merritt
Tela
Honduras
Edison Club telegram to Edison on eighty second birthday
The Edison Club, made up of Indianapolis Power and Light Company workers with ten or more years of service, sent a telegram to Thomas A. Edison in Ft Myers Florida congratulating him on his eighty second birthday. The message wished him happiness and service to country and fellow man. Last year Edison sent the club a large picture of himself.
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Edison Club
Mndianapolis Power and Light Company
Thomas A. Edison
Ft. Myers
Fila
Edison
John Cherry Dies From Bus Collision Injuries Near Clayton
John Cherry of Blocton Alabama died in city hospital from injuries received a week earlier when the bus he rode collided with another vehicle near Clayton Indiana.
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John Cherry
Blocton
Ala
City Hospital
Clayton
Ind
Quiz on booze oil link asked
Washington Feb 11 Rep Sproul introduced a resolution demanding a federal trade commission inquiry into whether legitimate manufacturing and merchandising outfits aid bootlegging. He cited Stanolax oils from Standard Oil Indiana sold to bootleggers for liquor production and asserted the issue intersects with Rockefeller Steward tensions. One dead ten hurt in bus crash Oxford Feb 11 a bus crash into a culvert rail left Rev James M Work dead and ten injured, one perhaps fatally.
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United Press
Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Sproul
Kan
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
John D. Rockefeller
Robert W. Steward
Indiana Standard Oil Company
Oxford
James M. Work
Father Rescues Family as Fire Spreads from Garage
In NDville Ind on February 11 officials probed a garage fire that destroyed fifteen automobiles and spread to nearby homes and a hotel. Oaktown and Carlisle fire crews aided local firefighters as damage was pegged at about $30,000.
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United Press
Ndville
Ind
Oaktown
Carlisle
Kellogg Plans Vacation and Law Return After March
Secretary of State Kellogg said he will take a vacation after March 4 and resume practice at his St. Paul firm. He noted he would head the firm and spend most time in Washington. It is understood he plans to visit Europe soon after leaving office.
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United Press
Washington
Kellogg
St. Paul (Minn
State Department
St. Paul
Europe
Father rescues family from near freezing house fire
A father led his four children and wife to safety through an upstairs window and across a slippery roof as flames trapped them in a near zero temperature blaze at 4 a m. The Widdop family of 3105 Bellfontaine Street and the C C Cook family escaped with heavy damage to both halves of the double house.
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R. W. Widdop
Bellfontaine Street
Jane
Mary Ellen
Helen
Joan
Widdop
Body in pond may be lost in Indiana girl
Growsome discovery at Villa Grove Illinois may solve the Edith Mae Deardorf mystery. A body found in the C E I railroad reservoir is believed to be the 14 year old missing West Terre Haute girl. Officers in grappling attempts were blocked by ice. A $3000 reward remains but the West Terre Haute mayor will not finance a diving expedition.
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United Press
Villa Grove
Ill
West Terre Haute
Ind
Train boiler explosion kills two engineers at Ashtabula
A boiler explosion on a locomotive at Ashtabula on Sunday killed engineer William Baumgardner and fireman L P Hibbs, both of Cleveland. Brakeman G E Fisher of Wesleyville, Pa., was injured.
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United Press
Ashtabula
William Baumgardner
L. P. Hibbs
Cleveland
G. E. Fisher
Wesleyville
Tax sales drag as owners redeem kept properties
The court house sale of delinquent tax real estate moves slowly. Over 400 owners paid taxes since Saturday, yet more than 4000 parcels remain from $2.26 to $7000. Chief deputy Harris valuates total at about 1 million dollars. Redeem rights allow owners two years to reclaim by paying taxes, fees plus 25 percent.
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Clyde Robinson
Robinson
C. O. Harris
Auditor Testifies in Probe of Marion County Poor Farm
County Auditor Harry Dunn testified before the county grand jury in the Marion county poor farm investigation. He was subpoenaed to produce records and orders related to the institution’s management. The jury is expected to report on the case soon.
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Harry Dunn
Grand Jury
Marion County Poor Farm
Dunn
Neff Nomination for Mediation Board Approved
The Senate Interstate Commerce Committee voted 8 to 6 to favorably report Former Texas Governor Pat M. Neff for reappointment to the board of mediation. The action was announced from Washington on February 11.
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Texas
Board of Mediation
United Press
Washington
Pat M. Neff
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Flying Flapper Breaks Air Endurance Record
Los Angeles. Miss Bobby Trout, 18, lands after 17 hours 12 minutes aloft breaking women’s air endurance record. She exceeded prior mark of 13 hours 16 minutes 45 seconds set by Miss Elinor Smith of New York, at 7:27:30 a.m. Pacific time.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Bobby Trout
Elinor Smith
New York
Vatican Italy Sign Pact Opens Papal Sovereignty Era
Rome Feb 11 Peace between the Vatican and Italy concluded at noon as Mussolini signed for Italy and Cardinal Gasparri for the Holy See The pope becomes a temporal sovereign and a tiny state is created The king and pope recognize each other Italy to pay indemnity about 82634000 dollars A gold pen from Cardinal Gasparri to Mussolini marked the historic moment
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Vatican
Italy
St. John Lateran Palace
Lateran
Mussolini
Benito Mussolini
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri
Holy See
Papal
Gasparri
Robber Trails Victim From Church For Nighttime HoldUp
Clarence Mac Intyre of 1310 North Keystone Avenue was robbed of 8 dollars by a bandit who followed him from the Gospel Tabernacle and North streets Sunday night. The assailant tapped him from behind and ordered him not to look back, wielding a pistol a block from the Tabernacle.
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Gospel Tabernacle
North Streets
Clarence MacIntyre
Keystone Avenue
Tabernacle
MacIntyre
Flaming Pajamas Reagan Butler Fraternity Fire Rescues
A Delta Tau Delta house at 4950 Graceland avenue in Butler University district woke sixteen students at 4:08 a m when a grate fire sparked smoke. Sergeant Clifford Richter witnessed a colorful rush of pijamas and bath robes as he rescued residents, praising the spectacle as unforgettable.
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Delta Tau Delta
Graceland. Avenue
Butler University
Clifford Richter
Melville Somers
Ft. Wayne
Somers
Notre Dame
Richter
Jud Paul
Paul
Alan Fromuth
Minister Leads Liquor Raids in Nashville District
The Rev C H Kluge an evangelical minister and deputy sheriff preached from his pulpit in Nashville Illinois on Sunday night hours after directing three liquor raids in the district. Three men were arrested and 1000 gallons of beer ten gallons of whisky and 48 pints of moonshine were confiscated.
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Nashville
C. H. Kluge
Sherif
Warm Weekend Ends with Light Rise in Temperatures
The weather forecast notes a slow rise in temperatures Tuesday without a rapid warm spell. Tonight will see lows around 10 degrees above zero after a 4:30 am low of 9. The weekend set a zero-degree low at 7 am, with Sunday highs near 20. Indianapolis crowds flocked to coasting spots and Riverside Park, where skiers in colorful costumes entertained spectators.
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Armington
Riverside Park
Riverside
Coffin
Indianapolis
Solons Get Passes From Bus Lines Probed by PSC
Bus passes sent to state legislators by at least one company trigger a PSC inquiry upon request of several lawmakers. Chairman Frank Singleton seeks Attorney General James M. Ogden's opinion on legality. Free passes by electric and steam roads were long barred. Lawless at passage due to absence of bus lines. Commission members deem the practice a potential violation of the spirit or letter of the law and may order an immediate stop if empowered.
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Public Service Commission
Frank Singleton
James M. Ogden
Buckley Bribery Case Denied New Trial In Ohio Court
Former State Treasurer Bert B. Buckley had his motion for a new trial denied by Judge Benson W. Hough in Columbus Ohio. Buckley previously faced conviction for offering a bribe and now faces a potential twenty eight year term and a twenty seven thousand dollar fine with sentencing set for March 11.
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United Press
Columbus
Bert B. Buckley
Benson W. Hough
Buckley
Girls Chorus to Sing on Franklin Home Broadcast
The Indiana Masonic home at Franklin presents the girls chorus on a weekly program aired Tuesday at 8 pm over station WFBM in Shelbyville. Sixty girls sing under director William Preston McHenry on the Kennedy Car Liner and Bag Company sponsored broadcast.
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Indiana Masonic
Franklin
Kennedy Car Liner and Bag Company
Shelbyville
WFBM
William Preston McHenry
Shumaker Faces Prison Time Over Contempt Sentence
The Rev E S Shumaker superintendent of the Indiana Anti Saloon League may begin a sixty day contempt sentence Tuesday. Sheriff Resener will take him to the state farm after quashing pending federal appeals. Baltzell stay and habeas petition complicate orders as return from Chicago Tuesday looms.
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E. S. Shumaker
Indiana
Anti- Saloon League
William Resener
Supreme Court
Indiana State Farm
Resener
Supreme Court Clerk’s Office
Shumaker
United States Supreme Court
Statehouse
Plains
State Supreme Court
Indiana Anti-Saloon League
League
Robert C. Baltzell
Federal Building
Baltzeli
Chicago
ASK TAX BILL RECALL Would Repeal Tax Funding Measure Reopened
Marion county faced about 8 million dollars in tax refunds under a bill proposed by Merrill Moores. He planned to ask Senator Sumner A. Clancy of Indianapolis to recall the bill. The measure would repeal the ten year filing limit for excess tax claims and allow reopening disputes over 1919 horizontal assessment increases.
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Marion County
Sumner A. Clancy
Indianapolis
Merrill Moores
Seventh District
Clancy
Plans for Indianapolis dog pound submitted by mayor
Plans for the proposed dog pound were submitted to building commissioner William F. Hurd today by Mayor L. Ert Slack. The project is estimated to cost about 25000 dollars and will be considered by the board of safety on Tuesday. The pound may be placed near the current humane society property or at the sewage disposal plant southwest of the city.
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Gray
French Clements
Evansville
Senate
Thurman A. Gottschlak
Berne
Kershner
National
William F. Hurd
L. Ert Slack
Board of Safety
Indianapolis Humane Society
Mother and daughter held on shoplifting charge
A mother and her 18 year old daughter were arrested Saturday in a downtown department store and held on a shoplifting charge. Names given are Mrs Creacy Zachary, 52, and Mrs Delorese Humphrey, of 1552 West Washington Street.
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Creacy Zachary
Wanted Bull Puppies For Sale Ad In Times
Bull pups wanted ad shows male pups with gore markings priced at five dollars each. The notice mentions quick sellouts and urges buyers to place dog for sale ads to reach over 230 000 readers daily. Phone RI 5551 to speak with an adtaker.
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Times
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