City Court weighs whipping in school discipline case
Principal Homer G. Knight of School 34 faced assault and battery charges after whipping 12 year old Jesse Canter with a paddle following repeated infractions and truancy. The boy, described as bright but boisterous, blamed fights in hallways and lacking shoes forabsences. Judge Clifton R. Cameron kept decision under advisement after hearing evidence and defense of disciplinarian methods.
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Clifton R. Cameron
Cameron
Homer G. Knight
North
Delaware Street
Wade and
Boyd Streets
Jesse Canter
Reformer Avenue
Ida Canter
Knight
Jesse
Edna
Pope Pius XI blesses world from St Peter's balcony
United Press reports in Rome that Pope Pius XI appeared atop the St Peter's balcony to bless the world marking the seventh anniversary of his coronation and the restoration of Vatican Italy relations. About 100000 worshippers filled the square as silver trumpets sounded and a medieval pageant unfolded inside the basilica.
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Rome
St. Peter's
Pius XI
Vatican
Italy
St. Peter
Apostle
College of Cardinals
Pope
Indiana Names Poet Laureate Richardson Known as Big Rich
At a Lincoln program joint session of the Indiana House and Senate named E. A. Richardson of Evansville poet laureate after his poem Lincoln, the Hoosier. Richardson is popularly known as Big Rich.
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Indiana
House of Representatives
Senate
Lincoln
E. A. Richardson
Evansville
Richardson
Big Rich
Fire in shed kills bulldogs near Cooley home
A shed near A. Cooley’s residence on Forty sixth street in Lawrence Indiana burned early today killing two valuable bulldogs and causing two hundred dollars in shed damage.
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A. Cooley
Forty-sixth Street
Lawrence
Ind
Cooley
Marion sale of MacBeth-Evans property to Maxwell Andalman
Times Special reports in Marion Indiana that the MacBeth Evans Glass Company property was sold to Maxwell Andalman of Chicago. The exact purchase price was not disclosed.
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Times
Marion
Ind
MacBeth-Evans Glass Company
Maxwell N. Andalman
Chicago
Marion Association of Commerce
Love in a sleigh ends in winter spill on Guilford avenue
On Guilford avenue a runaway horse drags a sleigh into a back yard. A couple from a riding academy rented the sleigh and were last seen skimming icy streets hand in hand. The horse bolted after a motor car, overturning the sleigh and leaving the pair in a snow pile near the porch. Police traced the tale to the academy rental.
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George Cornwell
Guilford Avenue
Cornwell
Dobbin
Coal Survey Sought by Indiana Senator for Purdue Study
Senator Carl M. Gray of Petersburg introduced a bill seeking a 25 000 annual appropriation for two years to fund a Purdue university engineers survey of Indiana coal lands. He argued state coal output lags behind Kentucky and West Virginia due to a belief Indiana coal is inferior and said the survey would prove its quality.
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Indiana
Purdue University Engineers
Carl M. Gray
Petersburg
Gray
Kentucky
West Virginia
Missing Men Reported By Police
Two men, Henry A. Southrich aged 69 of 2010 Mabel Street and James E. Ratliffe aged 47 of 173 Kimber Street, are reported missing to police. Southrich’s disappearance was reported by his guardian attorney H. N. Meyer, and Ratliffe’s by his wife.
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Henry A. Southrich
Mabel Street
James E. Ratliffe
Kimber’ Street
Southrich
H. N. Meyer
Ratliffe
War Declared on Coffin by G O P Leaders
Governor Harry G. Leslie and state Republican chairman Elza O. Rogers move to strip Marion county boss George W. Coffin of power by altering county and city organization rules. The plan aims to replace Coffin aligned control with duly elected precinct committeemen and a presiding county chairman, challenging Coffin’s grip and setting the stage for a broader purge within the party machinery across the Seventh district.
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Harry G. Leslie
Elza O. Rogers
George W. Coffin
Marion County
G. O. P. State Committee
Coffin
Rogers
Leslie
State Committee
Omer Hawkins
Grace of Coffin
Cmes
Offin
Republican State Committee
Clyde A. Walb
Leavenworth
Tooi
Court House
Police to Regain Sticker Control in City Ordinance
City council backs amendment to traffic rules restoring discretion on violation notices to the board of safety. New ordinance requires reporting of sticker dispositions, prompts challenges to exemptions, and sparks council criticism of police enforcement. Climax came after council and safety board meetings with Chief Worley and city attorney. Temperature data and stray figures follow unrelated.
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Board of Safety
C. R. Cameron
Claude M. Worley
Indianapolis Times
Edward Harris
Worley
Paul E. Rothert
Albert ¥. Meurer
Meredith Nicholson
Harris
Herman P. Lieber
John F. White
the Safety Board
Smiley Chambers
Chambers
The
Safety Board
Lenten Series to Publish Devotional Articles
The Times will publish the devotional articles of The Fellowship of Prayer for 1929 during Lent from Ash Wednesday February 13 to Easter Sunday March 31. The series aims to guide readers through reflection and prayer each day of the season.
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Fellowship of Prayer
the Times
South Side Boosters condemn moves against city manager law
The South Side Boosters Club approved resolutions condemning Marion county lawmakers for amendments and speeches aimed at hampering the city manager movement. Secretary Otho Burkhart criticized representatives who oppose the law while claiming support. Marion county Rep. Lloyd D. Claycombe is named as trying to thwart the effort.
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South Side Boosters Club, Inc
Marion County
State House of Representatives
Otho Burkhart
Lloyd D. Claycombe
Shumaker Starts Term at State Farm Dairy Barn
Rev E S Shumaker superintendent of the Indiana Anti Saloon League began a sixty day sentence for contempt by working in the dairy barns at Putnamville State Farm. He joined 150 prisoners, faced early rising, roll calls, and strict routines, with limited visitors and letters, while medical checks and vaccination prep took place.
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Shumaker
State Farm Dairy Barn
Putnamville
Tid
Supreme Court
William T. Resoner
Resoner
Isahoem
J. F. Gillespie
Greencastle
Nazarene Church
Arment
Dr. Shumak
Ollie Maysaccom
Boots stay on next time says girl flier Bobby Trout
Miss Bobby Trout, who set two women endurance flying records by staying aloft for seventeen hours, said her feet froze despite moccasins. She plans to keep boots on next time, noting how cold and tiring the rudder work was and that she needed more food on the flight. Elinor Smith sent warm congratulations.
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United Press
Los Angeles
Cal
Bobby Trout
Miss Trout
Elinor Smith
New York
Bobby
Five New Jersey Radium Girls Gain New Hope From Science
Five young New Jersey women who suffered radium poisoning while painting watch dials may have life extension thanks to a new scientific view blaming mesotherium rather than radium. Doctor R. Humphries says their life expectancy could be prolonged as the theory gains support.
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United Press
York
New Jersey
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