Bank Policy Clash Blamed for Indiana Bank Failures
Senator C Oliver Holmes leveling political blame on the Ninth district for Indiana bank collapses. He named Andrew Durham and Edward Bowen as key figures pressing banking measures, arguing directors are criminally liable and that political interference blocks receivership. Bill advances with 30 to 11 vote after amendment granting stockholders right to petition for receivership.
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Indiana
C. Oliver Holmes
Gary
Indiana Bankers’ Association
Senate
Andrew E. Durham
Greencastle
Edward Bowen
Delphi
Holmes
Durham
Statehouse
Times
Ninth District
Scarlet fever cases rise in city this month
More than 125 scarlet fever cases were reported to the city board of health this month. Health secretary Dr Herman G. Morgan said the number is above normal and urged early diagnosis and serum treatment to prevent complications. He also cited a wave of respiratory infections from rapid weather changes.
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City Board of Health
Herman G. Morgan
Health Board
Morgan
JAIL 400 STRIKERS Arrests At 5000-Strong Parade
A 5000 to 6000 strong protest by Industrial Needle Workers Union members and supporters shut down garment district streets. Police arrested 400 to 500 marchers, including Mrs Rose Pastor Stokes, noted socialist and wife of G T Phelps Stokes.
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United Press
NEW York
Industrial Needle Workers Union
Rose Pastor Stokes
Dp Aen
G. T. Phelps Stokes
Dorothy Reid backs Alma Rubens in narcotics battle
Dorothy Davenport Reid widow of Wallace Reid says Alma Rubens can beat morphine addiction and regain stardom. She calls narcotics a disease, notes Rubens is in a sanitarium, and cites public kindness to Wally Reid as support for Rubens. Federal authorities may pursue drug suppliers.
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United Press
Ollywood
Dorothy Davenport Reid
Wallace Reid
Alma Rubens
Theresa Rubens
Rubens
Ricardo Cortez
Lafayette piano tuner dies leaping from Puritan Hotel
Carl Schramm fifty of Lafayette Ind after an all night vigil leaped from the sixth floor of the Puritan hotel Market and New Jersey streets his body found on a first floor court ledge by Mr and Mrs Emory Knight. A unsigned note blamed a former friend and said death was preferable to suspicion. He had stayed at the hotel since Jan 29 and worked as a piano tuner with a large Lafayette Loan and Trust Company account.
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Carl Schramm
Lafayette
Ind
Puritan
Market
New Jersey
Emory Knight
Knights
Schramm
Bert Atkins
Atkins
Lafayette Loan and Trust Company
Rockefeller Buys Washington Birthplace Estate for Shrine
John D. Rockefeller Jr. purchases 267 acres linked to George Washington’s birthplace and backs the Wakefield National Memorial Association in rebuilding the Washington family home. The plan envisions a national shrine on 365 acres stretching from Bridges Creek and Potomac River to Pope’s Creek.
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United Press
New York
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
George Washington
Wakefield National Memorial Association, Inc
Washington
Wakefield Association
Bridges Creek
Potomac River
Pope's Creek
Boy May Eat Again After Lye Injury
Eight year old Winton Strickland on a New Orleans hospital cot shows optimism about eating for the first time in six years. A rye ingestion in Magnolia Mississippi caused esophageal closure. a chest wall tube aids feeding and doctors plan a delicate operation soon.
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United Press
New Orleans
Winton Strickland
Winton
Magnolia
Miss
Stickers Law Change Drafted by City Council
An amendment to the city traffic code would shift control of traffic stickers to the board of safety. It also redefines the term person to hold firms liable for violations by joint owned drivers or cars and introduces a boxing ordinance with a $50 license fee.
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Board of Safety
William A. Boyce Jr
Safety Board
Council and Safety Board
Smiley N. Chambers
Chambers
Cold Wave Forecast From Northwest Hits Indiana Tonight
A cold wave from the northwest will drop Indiana temperatures to 5 above zero tonight as J H Armington of the Weather Bureau warns of 20 to 38 degrees below zero in North Dakota and parts of Canada. The outlook shows little chance of snow and continuing fair cold weather Tuesday. Weekend warmth returned with Sunday averages at 39 above zero, nine above normal.
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Indiana
J. H. Armington
United States Weather Bureau
North Dakota
Canada
Armington
Suit Seeks Receiver for Crandall-Donnell Corp
Frederick L. Donnell, president, files in superior court for appointment of a receiver for Crandall Donnell Corp at 325 North Pennsylvania to recover a $27,734 salary claim. The oil heating equipment distributor faces action filed today.
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Crandall-Donnell Corporation
Pennsylvania Street
Superior Court
Frederick L. Donnell
Donnell
Curb on Inside Bank Robberies Sought by Indiana Bill
State Senator John H. Hewitt of Terre Haute urged a bill to raise defalcation penalties for bank employees from two to twenty one years. He argued that inside robberies have surpassed outside crimes and that stiffer penalties are needed to protect banks from insider thieves.
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Indiana
John H. Hewitt
Terre Haute
Navy official and British ace escape after De Haviland Moth nose dive
Assistant Secretary of the Navy for aeronautics Warner and Capt. Frank Courtney owner of the De Haviland Moth narrowly escaped injury when the plane nose dived into mud after a landing at Bolling Field. Wheels bogged in mud and an attempt to free the craft failed.
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United Press
Washington
Navy
Warner
Frank Courtney
Bollingfield
Intruder Fails to Find Money in Eggleston Home
A prowler woke Ben Eggleston at 1350 Quill Street by flashing a light and demanding cash. Eggleston said he had none. The suspect examined his face, then said he was not the man he sought and left.
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Ben Eggleston
Quill Street
Eggleston
Dawes Family Nephew’s Car Stolen in Evansstone
The sedan owned by Palmer Dawes son of Rufus Dawes and nephew of Vice President Charles G Dawes was stolen from in front of the First Presbyterian church in Evansstone Illinois February 18.
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United Preas Evanstone
Ill
Palmer Dawes
Rufus Dawes
Charles G. Dawes
First Presbyterian
Doheny Broken by Son's Death
Prostrated by grief over the murder of his only son E. L. Doheny oil man lay critically ill at his Los Angeles home. Doheny Jr. was shot by his private secretary Hugh Plunkett who then shot himself after a breakdown. Plunkett had anger toward Doheny over a sanitarium. The elder Doheny aged 73 had entrusted his son with most duties in his oil empire and hoped to preserve the family name.
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United Press
Los Angeles
Cal
E. L. Doheny
Comge L. Doheny Jr
Iti
Hugh Plunkett
Plunkett
Doheny
Junior
Edie Mae Dierdorfs Disappearance Sparks Kidnap Probe
Two hitchhikers reported spotting a girl matching Edith Mae Dierdorfs description in Burlington station in custody of a dark complexioned man. They said the child appeared afraid, wore a dark fur collared coat and dark hat, and both identified her from a photo.
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Edie Mae Dierdorf
West Terre Haute
Burlington (Jr
C. E. Luke
Morris Saperstein
Edith Mae
Burned Child Improves in City Hospital
Ethel Viola Armstrong seven of 20 North Oxford Street was seriously burned Saturday when her coat brushed a stove and caught fire as she removed it. She was reported slightly improved with a chance for recovery at city hospital today.
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Ethel Viola Armstrong
Oxford Street
City Hospital
Lenroot Nomination Held Up By Senate Committee
The nomination of former Senator Lenroot of Wisconsin to the court of customs appeals was referred to a sub committee for investigation after challenges citing his past work for public utilities. Rep Finis J Garrett was reported favorably to the full Senate. Henry H Glassie was also referred for temperamental qualification objections.
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Washington
Lenroot
Wisconsin
Court of Customs Appeals
Senate Judiciary Committee
Norris
Power Trust
Finis J. Garrett
Dem
Tenn
Senate
Henry H. Glassie
Louisiana
Justic
District Supreme Court
Glassie
Seek Ugly Girl to Show Beauty at Grand Central Palace
New York reports that a national beauty exhibition will be held at Grand Central Palace on March 27. Heywood Broun claimed beauty is accidental and cannot be created by aids. the plan aims to prove otherwise with a contest open to all but redheads, while the clause about titians remains unexplained.
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United Press
New York
Grand Central Palace
Heywood Broun
Quarriers Headed to New Orleans Conference
Operators from the Bloomington Bedford district left by a Monon train in a special car for New Orleans to attend the stonemen national conference.
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Bloomington
Ind
Bloomington-Bedford
New Orleans
Prohibition Debate Sparks Sharp Critique by Reed
Senator Reed attacks the prohibition law as cruel and hypocritical saying it harms justice and enables corruption. He cites forced punishments and abuses by enforcement agents while Borah readies to counter the Jones bill with penalties.
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Jim Reed
Paul R. Mallon
United Press
Washington
Senate
James A. Reed
Dem
Fight for Hospital in Congress Over Million-Dollar Bill
Washington dispatch reports Representative Rankin will seek a House meeting of the World War veterans committee to consider a 10 million dollar hospitalization bill tied to an Indianapolis veteran hospital project. Subcommittee chair Luce says the bill is against. Royal Johnson backs that stance. In Anderson Indiana George Mullen 71 grocer died from burns after a heater stove fire.
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Washington
Rankin
Mississippi
Longworth
World War Veterans Committee
Indianapolis
Luce
Massachusetts
House
Royal Johnson
South Dakota
Johnson
Fasting Martyr Fred Conrad to End Fast as Father Joins Church
Fred Conrad the fasting 27 year old ticket agent in Hampshire Ohio plans to eat Friday after his grocer father George promises to join the local Methodist church. The pledge comes after a revival led by Rev Ray Dotson whose methods sparked church membership declines and questions about the stunt’s publicity value.
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United Press
En Hampshire
Fred Conrad
New Hampshire
George
Conrad
New Hampshire Methodist Church
Ray Dotson
Lima (O
George Conrad
Fred
Christ
Dotson
E. S. Weaver
D. F. Helms
Lima
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