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Indianapolis Times

Location

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Feb 15, 1930

Page

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Americans Oppose Maritime Security Pact at London Talks

London diplomats report the United States resists any binding security pact for the Mediterranean or other seas. The Americans demand no joint war action unless the Senate approves and France first trims naval tonnage. A Pacific-style framework or moral agreement may satisfy Washington if France leads.

London Mediterranean Senate France United States America

Hog Prices End Week Unchanged at Union Stock Yards

Hogs at the Union stock yards closed the week steady with bulk 160 to 300 pounds at 11.15 to 11.50, top 11.60. Receipts 2,000 with 242 holdovers. cattle 100. calves 150 steady at 15. sheep 309. Chicago hogs 15,000 receipts with 5,000 holdovers. market slow with few bids steady to 10 cents lower than Priday's.

Union Chicago Priday

Insanity Suspect Held After Train Jump

Henry Bache of Chicago is in the county hospital for the insane after leaping from a Lackawanna passenger train in Scranton. A taxi driver, whom Bache ordered to Philadelphia, took him to city hall before the jump was reported.

United Press Scranton Henry Bache Chicago County Hospital For Lackawanna City Hall Philadelphia

Meningitis Toll Rises as City Reports New Cases

Total meningitis cases reached 108 today. Ramus Yount, 20, of 1231 North Olney Street was hospitalized with meningitis, and 3 year old Robert Morgan of 977 West Pearl Street was also admitted after a clinical diagnosis. Culture results pending to confirm the disease nature.

Ramus Yount North Olney Street City Hospital Robert Morgan West Pearl Street

Miriam Crosby Seeks Divorce After 10,000 Mile Journey

Hollywood star Miriam Crosby traveled 10,000 miles to obtain a divorce from Roland Tevlin a New York businessman. The decree was granted in Reno Nevada after failed attempts in Paris courts last week.

United Reas Hollywood Cal Miriam Crosby Roland Tevlin New York Reno Nev Paris

Madonna statue sparks tense car chase in Chicago

Oskar J. Hansen the sculptor revealed a marble statue titled The Madonna inside a taxicab as six men in a pursuing limousine confronted him with revolvers. He mused they could be prohibition officers or plainclothes police, adding to the tense moment.

Ty United Prea Hi Cagu Chicago Oskar J. W. Hansen Art Institute Hansen Prohibition

Snow Blankets Indianapolis As Cold Wave Returns

Weather expert JaH Armington of the U S weather bureau says a thin snow cover will linger into the weekend with nighttime lows between 5 and 10 degrees. Temperatures rise after the weekend likely erasing the first frost of winter and bringing clearer skies.

Indianapolis Jah. Armington United States Weather Bureau

Midwest Snowstorm Kills 70-Year-Old in Minnesota Crash

A powerful cold front blanks the central US with heavy snow from the Rocky Mountains to the Alleghenies. Duluth records 18 degrees below zero as a snow plow crash in St. Cloud, Minnesota, fatally injuries a 70-year-old man and seriously hurts the car driver.

Middle West

Wounded youth identified as Beech Grove bandit

Joseph Facconi, 17, of 112 South Davidson street, identified as one of two bandits who robbed the E A Newcomer Lumber Co. at Beech Grove on December 12, 1929, escaping with 600 dollars. Facconi wounded in a Terre Haute gun battle with two motorcycle officers. accomplice Roscoe Parsons was killed. Police say Henry Schekels confessed to four holdups and burglaries and implicated three other youths. The gang is linked to many unsolved crimes. another burglary occurred Friday night at the Newcomer office but the safe door resisted.

Joseph Facconi Davidson Street E. A. Newcomer Lumber Company Beech Grove Facconi Terre Haute Roscoe Parsons Lord Street Henry Schekels West Vermont Street Danville Em-Roe Sporting Goods West Washington Street Newcomer

Byrd Antarctic Expedition Talks End At Little America

The Byrd party signal from Little America concluded after a lengthy Friday night radio chat with MIT station in South Dartmouth Massachusetts. The operator said it would be the last contact from the base as the team endures 10 below zero temperatures.

United Press Dartmouth Mass Massachusetts Institute of Technology Little America South Pole

Bandit Identified in Western Union Office Slaying

Detroit dispatch reports the slain bandit in the Western Union Telegraph Office holdup identified as Raymond O Laughlin alias Hickey a Chicago racketeer and murderer. Detectives continue search for two other bandits who escaped as two guards were fatally wounded. O Laughlin was sought for the June murder of Benjamin Pfluger and was known to Chicago police as a racketeer.

United Prear Detroit Western Union Telegraph Company Chicago Raymond O'Laughlin Hickey O'Laughlin Illinois Benjamin

Ambassador Moore gravely ill in Los Angeles hospital

Alexander P. Moore newly appointed United States ambassador to Poland was brought to a California hospital from Monrovia’s Pottenger sanitarium. Doctors said a cold worsened by throat complications led to the serious condition requiring hospital care.

Beery Still In Danger After Appendicitis Operation

Noah Beery, screen actor, had a comfortable night after surgery at the Hollywood hospital but doctors warned he was not entirely out of danger today.

Hollywood Noah Beery Hollywood Hospital

Fund Campaign Test for City by Chamber

Division No 2 of the Sales army led by J J Fitzgerald raised 3212 in three days of the 170000 drive. The sales army and activities group totaled 41569. Paul Q Richey said the Forward In dianapolis drive tests city goals of industrial activity and employment. Next report luncheon set at the Chamber Monday.

Sales Army J. J. Fitzgerald Chamber of Commerce Indianapolis Paul Q. Richey

Greek church synod appeals to League over Soviet religious persecution

The synod of the Greek church in Athens filed a protest with the League of Nations today accusing the Soviet government of religious oppression. It asks the league to intervene to safeguard religious liberty.

United Press Athens Greece Synod of the Greek Church Today League of Nations League

Urges Session for School Aid Action

Indiana awaits relief as the state faces dire school aid shortages. Senator Alonzo H. Lindley urged a special General Assembly session, arguing tax changes including an income tax without constitutional amendments could fund school aid and expand taxable property by taxing church and fraternal holdings. The state aid commission notes about $1,000,000 owed to aid units and warns many southern Indiana schools may close without relief.

Indiana Alonzo H. Lindley State Aid Commission Harry G. Leslie General Assembly Lindley

Final decree upholds tax ruling against chain store tax

Federal court in Lafayette sustains earlier opinion finding the 1929 law taxing chain stores illegal. Judge Will M. Sparks of the circuit court of appeals in Chicago, along with District Judges Baltzell and Slic, entered the decree affirming the ruling against the state board of tax commissioners.

Lafayette A. Jackson State Board of Tax Commissioners Will M. Sparks Circuit Court of Appeals Chicago Eek Cc. Baltzell Thomas W. Slic

Hughes resigns from permanent court of international justice

Charles Evans Hughes quits the League of Nations permanent court of international justice effective immediately. The resignation was cabled to the league secretariat in Geneva.

United Press Geneva Charles Evans Hughes League of Nations Permanent Court of International Justice League

Wrong address given for arrested man in fatal accident

The Times reported Harry Clark 29 gave 3916 East Washington street as address but Mrs. Gillespie says his correct address is 811 Vv avenue. Clark was arrested on drunkenness and manslaughter charges after a Wednesday night accident that killed Miss Viva Brown, 23.

Harry Clark Times East Washington Street T. J. Gillespie Clark Vv Avenue Gillespie Viva Brown

Weather Bulletin North Wind Brings Light Snow

In the air at 9 30 a m conditions show a north wind of 17 mph sea level pressure 343 inches temperature 16 ceiling unlimited visibility 2 miles light snow at the field.

Nobile Found Lacking In Command After Italia Crash

An official committee concluded Umberto Nobile showed limited technical ability and failed to command after the Italia dirigible crash on Arctic ice. Eight expedition members and nine rescuers died. Cannibalism charges were rejected. Nobile had saved himself first and was deemed invalided from front service before piloting dirigibles as a tester.

Rome Umberto Nobile North Pole Pole Nobile Committee of Investigation Einar Lundborg

DAY RALLY IN LAW DEFENSE

Washington February 15 proponents of modification or repeal of the eighteenth amendment rallied for a strong defense campaign. In the house Reps Reedy and Sproul spoke for the dry cause while Rep La Guardia argued for wets. Dr Dinwiddie outlined action plans for the judiciary committee ahead of next Wednesday’s hearing.

United Press Washington Congress House Reedy Rep Representative Sproul Kani Representative la Guardia N. Y E. C. Dinwiddie National Conference of Organizations House Judiciary Committee

Bandit Steals Providence Hospital Payroll in Detroit

A lone robber brandished a revolver to quiet two sisters and three employees at Providence Hospital and seized the $5,000 payroll. He waited in line with workers, then drew his gun at the cashier’s window, wrested the cash box from Sister Rosario, and escaped.

United Press Detroit Providence Hospital Rosario

Talk on Films Heard by Society

C E K Mees of Eastman Kodak told the American Chemical Society dinner that there are more microscopic silver crystals on a square inch of motion picture film than people on earth. He said the crystals resemble coke fragments under a microscope and that film sensitivity comes from a gelatin impurity, not the silver bromide grains.

C. E. K. Mees Eastman Kodak Company Research Laboratory Rochester N. Y American Chemical Society Lincoln Mees

Hourly Temperature Readings

The report lists temperatures at six intervals with values for 6 am 22, 9 am 15, 10 am 19, 11 am 16, and 8 am 16 degrees. It documents a chilly morning pattern.

Tariff bill expected to pass in two weeks

Washington reports Republican Floor Leader Watson says the tariff bill should clear the Senate within two weeks with no filibuster. Most major issues have been acted on, though disputes over sugar duty and brick and cement schedules remain. One more confirmation fight, for Hugh M. Tate to the Interstate Commerce Commission, is anticipated next Tuesday.

Washington Senate Watson House Hugh M. Tate Knoxville Tenn Interstate Commerce Commission Black Dem Ala Hughes Tate Senate Interstate Commerce Committee

Opening Markets Show Mixed Trading As Profit-Taking Sinks Prices

New York investors pared gains with many stocks slipping modestly while several rail and industrial issues gained. Pack and Motor fell 4 percent to 16 1 2, Kennecott rose over a point, and Gillette climbed after management denied rumors of aggressive competition.

New York Stock Exchange Abcve Pack Alleghany Corporation United States Steel American Machine and Foundry Stone & Webster Lima Locomotive Moon Motor New York Central North American Montgomery Ward Continental Baking A Standard Gas Yellow Truck Westinghouse Electric Westinghouse Air Brake United States Industrial Alcohol Allied Chemical Public Service American Can General Motors Radio Corporation Texas Gulf Sulphur Anaconda Atlantic Refining Radio Keith Orpheum Standard of New Jersey Fox Vanadium Gold Dust Sinclair New Haven Sears Roebuck Kennecott Youngstown Sheet and Tube Republic Iron and Steel Gillette

Gary Senator Attacks Educator Oxnam Speech Controversy

State Senator C Oliver Holmes of Gary condemns Mrs Electa Chase Murphy and the D A R leadership over the Murphy Oxnam dispute. He cites Mexican oil tensions bread riots and warns against patriotism used to attack civil liberty while opposing a D A R oath bill for teachers.

Daughters of American Reaction Electa Chase Murphy Muncie C. Oliver Holmes Gary Murphy-Oxnam Dr. Oxnam Mexico Holmes

Stock market outlook buoyant on steel and auto recovery

A leading Midwestern banker, in his monthly digest, says evidence supports a bottom in the business decline and a definite improvement ahead. Weekend trade reviews are encouraging, signaling a sustained recuperation across most sectors and urging investors to buy sound stocks at temporary price concessions.

Thomson & McKinnon New York

Fifty Stitches After Fight at Tyler Home

Fifty stitches were needed to close a head wound on a War field Hoosier a Negro after a dispute with Cyrus Tyler a Negro at Tyler’s residence 1503 Columbia Avenue Both were charged with assault and battery and fled the scene

Nego Warfield Hoosier Hoosier Cyrus Tyler Columbia Tyler

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