Storm Grip Halts Air Mail and City Transit
Indianapolis tackles a heavy snow storm with air mail halted and trains slowed. Street crews and 150 workers clear drifts while nine sweepers salt rails to keep rush hour on schedule. Interurbans run on time. aviation suspended and plans to deploy extra crews tonight if snow persists.
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Indianapolis
J. H. Armington
Armington
Indianapolis Street Railway
Interstate Public Service Company
Louisville
Chicago
Charles A. Grossart
Hill to Face Second Trial in Streator Murder Case
In Ottawa Illinois State's Attorney announced a second murder trial for Harry A. Hill seventeen, 21, for killing his mother Mrs Eliza A Hill whose body was found in a basement shallow grave in Streator last August 22 The first trial ended with a hung jury after deliberating for almost seventy hours and 43 ballots. Hill's lawyers seek bail pending the second trial.
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Ottawa
Harry A. Hill
Russell O. Hanson
Joe A. Davis
Hill
Eliza A. Hill
Streator
Ill
Three in Autos Meet Death at Richmond
In Richmond Indiana on a Friday three auto fatalities occurred when an auto was struck by a Chesapeake and Ohio switch engine. Victims included Clarence Wessell 25 and his mother Mrs George Wessell 54. Edgar Loehr 28 was killed and Otto Hiatt 26 likely to die from a collision with a freight train. Mrs Mary Imhoff 15 and Mrs Leona Jones 34 were injured.
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Times
Richmond
Ind
Clarence Wessell
George Wessell
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
Mary Imhoff
Leona Jones
Edgar Loehr
Otto Hiatt
Loehr
Women plead guilty to first degree arson in Indiana
Mrs Juliana Hummer 26 of Montpelier and Mrs Lillie Chapman 25 also of Montpelier confessed to setting fire to Hummer home Saturday night to collect insurance. Both received two to fourteen year terms in Blackford Circuit Court with Chapman's sentence suspended on good behavior.
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Timea
Hartford City
Ind
Juliana Hummer
Montpelier
Indiana Woman’s Prison
Blackford
Lillie Chapman
Jail Breaker Surrenders After Indiana Escape
George Reynolds a 23 year old from Brooklyn New York surrendered at the city jail today after a five day hunger and cold ordeal following a breakout from the Indiana State Farm at Putnamville Reynolds and eight others overpowered a guard and escaped using keys Reynolds said he hoped a transfer to another prison would reward his escape plan He had worked in the stone quarry and was sentenced in Warsaw Indiana for railroad scar breaking minutes the escape sentence is one to five years the other men remain at large
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Indiana
Putnamville
George Reynolds
Brooklyn
N. Y
Reynolds
Fred Drinkut
Warsaw
Ind
Hog Market Steady to Five Cents Higher
The week closed on the Indianapolis livestock exchange with hogs steady to five cents higher. Top price reached $8.55 while week opened at $8.65. Early receipts were about 5,000. calves were irregular and down $1. Other livestock held steady locally. Chicago bids were 10 cents higher early, with medium weights at $8.40 and highs at $8.50 amid about 12,000 receipts.
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Indianapolis
Postal men to meet Indiana association members in Evansville
The Joint Association of Postal Employees of Indiana will convene in Evansville tonight with speakers from Indianapolis including A. W. Demree association chairman Louis A. Reynolds railway branch president Carl L. Stimpson national vice president and George F. Klinker secretary National Federation of Rural Route Letter Carriers Charles C. Covert Evansville post master will give the welcome address.
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Ind
Joint
Association of Postal Employes of Indiana
Indianapolis
A. W. Demree
Association
Louis A. Reynolds
Carl L. Stimpson
The
Federation of Postoffice Clerks
George F. Klinker
National Federation of Rural Route Letter Carriers
Charles C. Covert
Five Women in Box for Hickman Jury
Five women and seven men will occupy the jury box when the Hickman and Hunt murder trial resumes. The state holds twenty two peremptory challenges and the defense nine, so a jury may not be selected for at least one more session. District Attorney Asa Keyes expects evidence to begin by Tuesday.
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Los Angeles
Cal
William Edward Hickman
Wesby Hunt
Ivy Thoms
Veniremen
Hickman
Marion Parker
Asa Keyes
Hunt
Two Convicts Searched For In Deputy Sheriffs Slayings
Police chase two fugitives Sam Baxter and John Burns linked to the death of Indiana deputies John Grove and Wallace McClure. Investigators traced a revolver believed used in the killings to the suspects as deputies’ bodies were found after a bullet riddled car discovery. Authorities in Lafayette circulate photos and fingerprints while pursuing tips from Chicago and Benton Harbor leads.
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Covington
Ind
Decatur
United Preas Lafayette
John Burns
Samuel Baxter
John Grove
Wallace McClure
C. F. Jonston
How the Market Opened
New York markets opened with Friday’s sharp break extending today as selling persisted. Bears targeted Freeport Texas and United States Steel led losses while some issues steadied briefly before dropping again.
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Pullman
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Green Cananea
Wall Street Journal
Financial Review Today
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Vanderlip backs Hoover as capable financial president
Frank Vanderlip former National City Bank president declares Hoover financially brilliant and favored for U.S. presidency. He cautions big business may oppose Hoover for directness, while noting Governor Smith of New York is capable but Hoover earns strongest backing as a financial genius.
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ARIS
Herbert Hoover
Frank Vanderlip
The
National City Bank
United States
Vanderlip
Hoover
Smith
New York
Inspection at Culver by Military Academy Heads
Culver Indiana February 18 25 leaders of military schools conducted an inspection at Culver Military Academy. Col G A Lynch of the U S Army noted that ROTC has no openings and none will open unless Congress approves more War Department funding.
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Culver Military Academy
The
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Congress
Snow aids capture of two bandits in midnight trail
Snow-covered streets helped police track two armed bandits who planned street car hold ups. Artie Moulton of 2905 Chester Ave and Eugene Whitfield of Decatur Ill were arrested after a desolate auto left tracks led to their location. Whitfield identified as the man who held up Cook at Fifty-Second and Pennsylvania Sts. earlier.
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Tra Cook
Fifty-Second
Pennsylvania Sts
Victor Houston
Artie Moulton
Chester Ave
Eugene Whitfield
Decatur, Ill
Forty-Third
Meridian Sts
Cook
Whitfield
James Honnold
Alabama St
E. Pearl St
Honnold
Market Talk Skeptical of Congressional Loans Fear
In New York on February 18 a Thomson McKinnon column notes stock market chatter about a possible Congressional probe into brokers loans. The writer urges realism over excuses and warns against overoptimistic phrases, predicting a rally but advising selling on bulges.
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New York
Europe
Chicago Grain Opening Prices Dip in Mixed Trade
Wheat March and May steady with July down 4 percent. Corn March and May unchanged, July down 4 percent. Oats May down 2 percent, July up 46 cents. Provisions unchanged.
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Don’t Word Hurts Child Character Sayings Warn Experts
Dr William Kilpatrick urged parents at the Mid West Conference to stop telling children not to fight letting them face life’s battles early to build caution. R George A Dorey added that delaying responsibility distorts character and fosters lying. The three day conference drew over 2000 parents and educators nationwide.
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Cena
William Kilpatrick
Teachers’ College
Columbia University
R. George A. Dorey
United States
Bomb hits Chicago judge home and associates in spree
Chicago police investigated a wave of bombings targeting Judge John A. Sbarbaro and related sites. The judge and his wife were shaken but unharmed when their apartment was struck. a smoke shop owned by a friend and a nearby garage linked to bootleggers were also damaged in the same onslaught.
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Chicago
Thompson
John A. Sbarbaro
Judge Sbarbaro
Louis Barsotti
William Hale Thompson
Two Aviators Launch for Endurance Flight Record
Alvin K. Peterson and Charles F. Rocheville flew from Imperial County Airport at 6:54 PM on their second attempt to break the world endurance flight record. Radio operator Jack Reed accompanied the Albatross crew on the mission.
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Cal
Alvin K. Peterson
Charles F. Rocheville
Jack Reed
Two Arrested in Raid On Suspected Liquor Ring
Federal agents charged they purchased liquor from Clifford Harris a 29 year old Negro of 510 W Twenty Ninth Street arrested Friday by a government police squad. John N Crosby a 22 year old of 1546 N Senate Ave was found delivering liquor. Beer gin apricot brandy and liquor accessories were confiscated. Both held on Federal charges.
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Clifford Harris
W. Twenty-Ninth St
John N. Crosby
N. Senate Ave
Weber Is Improved After Hospitalization
The Rev. Joseph F. Weber pastor of the Church of the Union at 1121 Blaine Ave is in St. Vincent's Hospital today from heart trouble suffered earlier this week Attaches report he is resting easily and will likely go home in a few days He has been active in West Indianapolis civic affairs for years
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Church of the Uiton
Blaine Ave
Iun
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Father Weber
Indianapolis
Raya Eels
Editors call for impeachment but GOP resists in Indiana
Amid Gov Ed Jackson's acquittal on bribery charges, editorials praise public opinion as condemning him. Republican lawmakers seek a special session to impeach, while the state party organization fights the move. Democrats remain largely quiet, noting failures to purge corruption.
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