Police claim confession in hold up series
Henry Schekels 19 of 3322 West Vermont Street alleged third member of a bandit gang confessed to two recent holdups in Terre Haute and robbery at Em-Roe Sporting Goods last Sunday. He reportedly admitted driving the car during Terre Haute filling station robberies and denied firing at officers.
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Henry Schekels
West
Vermont Street
Terre Haute
Em-Roe Sporting Goods
Washington Street
Belmont
Spencer Avenue
Belmont Avenue
Morris Street
Danville
Schekels
Joseph Burray
East
Georgia Street
Scheckels
Joseph Facconi
Arsenal Technical High School
Roscoe Varsons
Lord Street
Joseph Gostello
Parsons
Facconi
Robert van
Ralph Warner
Thornburg-Lewis Motor Company
Indianapolis
Warner
Burray
Patrick Roache
Louis Fossali
Kennedy Pharmacy
Shelby Street
State Penal Farm
Three Die In Flames Near Brush Creek West of Here
A rural fire at J Harm Mullins home in Brush Creek Virginia killed his wife and two children Emma Lee 14 and Vernie James 12 and left three others with serious injuries. The blaze occurred near Bluefields West Virginia. The UPI report lists the victims and notes the family was injured.
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United Press Bluefields
W. Va
J. Harmon Mullins
Brush Creek
Here
Cleaners Elect Leaders at Indiana Association Session
Officers of the Indiana Association of Dyers and Cleaners were elected at the closing session in Lincoln Tuesday. Elected were Charles Mabins as president, Walter Bono and Ruel M. Beebe as vice presidents, George L. Turner as secretary, David Anderson as sergeant at arms, and Charles Eichel James Powers Ernest Schubert Albert C. Schoen and C E Worrell as directors.
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Indiana Association of Dyers and Cleaners
Lincoln
Charles Mabins
Walter Bono
Ruel M. Beebe
George L. Turner
David Anderson
Charles Eichel
James Powers
Ernest Schubert
Albert C. Schoen
C. E. Worrell
City Park Project Sought Near Capitol and Graceland
The Butler-Fairview Civic Association urged creation of a city park in a district bounded by Capitol Avenue Forty ninth Street Graceland Avenue and Forty seventh Street. A committee will meet with the park board Thursday. Real estate dealer Low Rice owns substantial property in the area. H. O. Cherry also commented.
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Capitol Avenue
Fortyninth Street
Graceland Avenue
Forty-seventh Street
Butler-Fairview Civic Association
Park Board
Bats Sone Low Rice
H. O. Cherry
Inefficient brand stamped on city fire department
Investigators attribute most of a 1.084 million dollar loss from three major fires in ten months to alleged inefficiency at the Indianapolis Fire Department. Reports cite slow alarm responses, rule violations, and altered records to portray firefighters more favorably, with forthcoming pension actions for two veteran officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Miller
Indianapolis
Central Wall Paper Company
South Meridian Street
U. S
Corrugated Box Company
American Foundry Company
South Warman Avenue
Western bloc blocks Hughes confirmation in Senate
Washington voters watch as Senators Dill and Brookhart attack Charles Evans Hughes. They accuse Hughes of favoring property rights over public rights and cite his brief for General Electric in the WGY case.
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United Press
Washington
Charles Evans Hughes
United States
Senate
Dill
Dem
Wash
Brookhart
Rep
Hughes
Jefferson
Jackson
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
General Electric Company
WGY
Taft remains in grave condition after week long illness
Washington reports little change in William Howard Taft's condition as doctors note his breakdown is complete and improvement will be gradual. Robert A. Taft visited his father for a day before returning to Cincinnati.
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United Press
Washington
William Howard Taft
Taft
Robert A. Taft
Cincinnati
Fragmented OCR Summary Card
A partial OCR snippet shows numeric patterns and times like 8 m 43 12 noon 45 9 am 42 55, with unclear context or subjects. No identifiable people or organizations are clearly present to establish a full event or notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AK Wises
T & Mice, Se
Riot Police Guard California Town After Race Turmoil
In La Verne California an augmented police force guards the town after a race riot left a Mexican stabbed and a Filipino clubbed unconscious. Tensions rose when Mexicans jeered Filipinos who were attending school on Tuesday night.
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United Presa
Coolidge District Goes Democratic in Special Election
In Massachusetts second district former President Coolidge home area Northampton shifts to Democrat William J. Granfield over Republican Fred D. Griggs by 31 170 to 24 749 after a special race to fill the late Kirk Raynor seat. A third candidate Whitfield Reid won 1 082 votes and Feiker 87.
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Springfield
Mass
Massachusetts
Calvin Coolidge
Kirk Raynor
Washington
William J. Granfield
Longmeadow
Fred D. Griggs
Granfield
Griggs
Congress
Whitfield Reid
West Springfield
William H. Feiker
Northampton
President Coolidge
Walsh
Hoover
Oxnam Speech Praised By Indiana Reformatory Official
Indiana state reformatory superintendent A F Miles credits Dr G Bromley Oxnam's Pendleton talk with boosting prison discipline and patriotism. Miles, with 30 years in reformatories, disputed a D A R accusation calling the speech an outrage, saying prisoners valued the lecture as a positive influence. Oxnam dismissed the attack as based on partial reports and urged listening to Miles for the full context.
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Indiana State
James M. Ogden
Electa Chase Murphy
Muncie
National Defense
Indiana Society, Daughters of the American Revolution
Ogden
Oxnam
Pendleton Institution
de Pauw
America
Greencastle
Murphy
Miles
Reformatory
Market Repair Recommendation From City Building Official
Building Commissioner William Hurd urged the Board of Safety to repair the refrigeration system at the city market. He said the fixes would cut operating costs significantly.
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City Market
Board of Safety Today
William Hurd
Hurd
American Oil Vessels Reported Fired On by Chinese Bandits
American vessels of the Standard Oil Company were fired upon by Chinese bandits on the Yangtze river. Consul general Frank P. Lockhart at Hankow notified the state department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard Oil
Burnited
Washington
Standard Oil Company
Yangtze River
Frank P. Lockhart
Hankow
State Department
Mass for Dead Ignites Haiti Riot in Port au Prince
In Port au Prince Haiti a crowd protested after a memorial mass for natives killed by US marines in December. Police broke up the demonstration arresting thirty one. A later crowd urged liberty before being dispersed. Hoover aide announced Haiti commission sails February 25 from Key West aboard the Rochester.
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United Press
Port Aurince
Haiti
Aux Cayes
Vinited
Washington
State Department
Hoover
Key West
Fla
U. S. S. Rochester
Daugherty Son Dies After Emergency Operation
Dra per Daugherty son of former Attorney General Harry M. Daugherty died at Halton hospital Sarasota after emergency surgery to relieve complications from a prior appendicitis operation two weeks earlier.
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United Press
Institute Arranged for Home Garden Institute at Tomlinson Hall
The annual Home Garden Institute scheduled for March 3 4 and 5 at Tomlinson hall is announced by C A Henry Marion county agricultural agent on behalf of Purdue University.
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Tomlinson Hall
Purdue University
C. A. Henry
Marion County
Shift of tonnage big parley point at conference
London February 12 delegates at the fire power naval conference examined how to apportion naval tonnage among nations. A subcommittee report on limiting ships by global tonnage or by class strength was reviewed, with a compromise in view. The British spokesman said agreement reached on some points but actual figures were reserved for the committee of the whole.
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United Press
London
Whirling Machine Death Claims Father of Eight
William McKinney a 49 year old millwright at Superior Tool and Machine Company died in an industrial accident in Okomo Indiana when his clothing was pulled into a high speed line shaft. Edgar Hendy foreman shut off power and McKinney fell to a concrete floor after being drawn into the shaft. He leaves a widow and eight children.
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United Press Okomo
Ind
William McKinney
Superior Tool and Machine Company
Edgar Hendy
McKinney
Britain will not scrap latest battleships say UK official
In the House of Commons Albert V. Alexander states the British government has no plan to scrap the newest British battleships. A tentative U S proposal floated the idea of the United States building a new battleship while trading an older vessel, or Britain sacrificing newer ships, such as the Royal class, to balance navies.
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United Press
London
Albert V. Alexander
Admiralty
House of Commons
United States
Britain
Royal
Goodness of Emancipator Impresses Itself on His Students
At the Lincoln Memorial a legend grows as visitors absorb Lincoln’s legacy. John W. Wheeler, a 30 year guard, notes how Lincoln inspires not only reverence but personal transformation in visitors and staff alike. Royal Cortissoz’s inscription crowns the memorial’s message of Union preservation.
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Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln Memorial
John W. Wheeler
United States Army
Lincoln
Wheeler
Royal Cortissoz
Injured in Car Smash on Hanna Road
Mrs. Samuel Jordan 26 of R. R. 4 Box 514 suffered severe cuts when a car driven by her husband struck a machine driven by Miss Dorothy Deineke 19 of R. R. 4 Box 628 on the Hanna road this morning.
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Samuel Jordan
Dorothy Deineke
Hanna Road
Mercury Drop Forecast Weighs on Indianapolis Weather
Weather bureau meteorologist J. H. Armington predicts a mercury drop in Indianapolis over the next few days with a likely cold wave by mid February. He notes zero temperatures in western Canada and the Dakotas moving east, bringing cooler air by Friday as Thursday turns cloudy and rainy.
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Indianapolis
J. H. Armington
United States Weather Bureau
Canada
Dakotas
Armington
Wreck injures 19 in Chicago commuter train crash
Nineteen people were injured, eleven seriously, when an incoming Chicago and Northwestern suburban train from Aurora was struck and derailed today by an empty passenger train backing out of the northwestern station. The rear coach of the backing train smashed into the second car, demolishing it and throwing the nine car special from the rails. Passengers in the second coach suffered severe bruises cuts leg fractures and internal injuries.
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Chicago
Chicago & Northwestern
Aurora
Northwestern
Man Dies From Poison After Mental Break
Clifford L. Masterson age 36 of 2 Plum Street died Tuesday night at City Hospital after taking a large quantity of poison Monday at his home. Authorities believe his death by his own action was caused by worry over his father's Mental breakdown.
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Clifford L. Masterson
Plum Street
American envoy presents credentials to Hindenburg in Berlin
Frederic M. Sackett, new U S ambassador to Germany, presented his credentials to President Paul von Hindenburg in Berlin. He stated that his instructions aim to increase friendly intercourse between Germany and the United States and that he will devote every effort to this goal.
Weidauer Family Tragedy In Queens Gas Fatal
A German immigrant couple in Ozone Park Queens face financial ruin after Oscar Weidauer kills himself following a note on a suicide pact with his wife and three sons. The note mentions a lost mortgage money of 100 dollars and a plan to join the wife in death. Gas burners were found open around the scene, with the family later linked to the Bayside cemetery nearby.
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United Press
York
America
Oscar Weidauer
Germany
Weidauers
Ozone Park
Queens
Bayside Cemetery
Weidauer
Saxony
Goodhart
Harvey
Hans
Mother
Oscar
Martha
Weidenee
Police smash radio theft ring in Chicago area
Seven Negro men are under arrest in Indianapolis for burglary and receiving stolen radio sets valued at about 2500 dollars. Leonard Davis, 33, led the gang operating from 4206 College avenue garage with Chicago disposal links. Federal agents may trace a truck of stolen goods from Gary and Indian apolis to Chicago dealers.
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Middle West
Chicago
Leonard Davis
West Twenty-sixth Street
Davis
College Avenue
Gary
Indianapolis
Wilton Allison
West St. Clair Street
Carl Carson
West Twenty-seventh Street
Harold Newbolt
Edgemont Street
Oliver McClellan
Balsam Avenue
Robert Dudley Hooks
Jesse Bryant
West Twelfth Street
Curtis E. Burke Hardware and Plumbing Company
East Forty-ninth Street
Keeness
J. B. Messler
Messler
James Dunbar
Fairfield Avenue
Allison
McClellan
Carson
Burke
Nevices
George Hubbard
Edgar Deeter
Bryant
Edward Best
South Capitol Avenue
Best
James Hill
Boulevard Place
M. Aberhardt
East Fifty-second Street
Hughey Watts
Burton Avenue
Weinke Seeks Democratic Nomination for Secretary of State
Herman J. Weinke of South Bend and St. Joseph county announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for secretary of state. He previously sought the nomination at the 1923 state convention in the 1927 general assembly context.
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Herman J. Weinke
South Bend
St. Joseph County
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