Grim Drama Trails Gang Firing Squad in Chicago
Chicago reels as police search own ranks for the firing squad that killed seven of the Moran gang. Aldermen welcome back Polack Joe Saltis after a 60 day gun charge, while Titus Haffa fights a federal liquor conviction. A patrol returns to duty over the massacre as police seek two gunmen in a blue sedan. John Suscioie, 30, dies returning for a forgotten dinner pail at a mine in Ashland, Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl J. Johnson
United Press
Chicago
Maurine Watkins
Bartlett Cormack
Police Department
Moran Beer Running
William Russell
Detective Bureau
Russell
Florida
John Stege
Palm Island
Scarface al Capone
Stege
Bridewell
Polack
Joe” Saltis
South Side
Joe
Alderman
Chamber of the
John A. Swanson
Titus Haffa
Forty
Leavenworth
Haffa
West Side
United Presse
Ashland
John Suscioie
Mt. Carmel
Iron Man of South Fights for Radio Air Slot
W. K. Henderson of Kenwood Louisiana known as the iron man of the south travels to Washington to defend KWKH against Skelly Oil’s KVOO petition for 850 kilocycles. Supporters flood the commission with letters praising his programs while critics condemn the request as oil interests contesting airwaves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iron Man of
South
Joseph H. Baird
United Press
Washington
Federal Radio Commission
W. K. Henderson
Kenwood
KWKH
Henderson
KVOO
Skelly Oil Company of
Tulsa
Okla
Commission
Radio Commission
Paderewski
Caruso
Iron Foundryman
Tulsa Oil Company
Skelly Oil Company
Oklahoma
J. N. Grimmill
Louisiana
Brace and Bit Burglar Held After Piggly Wiggly Break
Police trap a suspect named William E. Sorrell after a string of burglaries. Six holes in a rear door led to a shed where he was found with brace and bit and a hammer. Mrs. Laura Sorrell says he has been out of work. He faces burglary charges to follow and is held on vagrancy with $5,000 bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Thirteenth Street
Laura Sorrell
Sorrell
Idaho Dry Fight Outpaces New York Says Borah
United Press reports from Washington that Idaho under Senator Borah shows worse prohibition conditions than New York as Senator Bruce of Maryland resumes a three day forum on the merits of the dry act in the Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Washington
Idaho
Borah
New York
Bruce
Maryland
Senate
Politics plot charge in Shumaker case denied
Indiana Anti Saloon League attorney E A Miles says a South Bend ministerial association report claiming a political plot to send Dr E S Shumaker to the penal farm was false He says a reform bootlegger hinted at the plan but no official or banquet was announced Miles notes Shumaker the league's longtime state superintendent is due to be released from a sixty day sentence for contempt of the Indiana supreme court
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deniel
E. A. Miles
Indiana
Anti-Saloon League
Indianapolis
E. S. Shumaker
Miles
South Bend
League
Dr. Shumaker
Shumaker
Indiana Supreme Court
Veteran Hamilton County Lawyer Dies At 75
Walter R. Fertig, 75, oldest member of the Hamilton county bar, died at his Noblesville home from influenza. He had practiced law in Hamilton County for fifty years and was widely known among central Indiana attorneys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter R. Fertig
Noblesville
Ind
Hamilton County
Indiana
Senate armory probe eyed halt on closed corporation plan
The Indiana Senate armory probe committee plans to urge stopping the closed corporation method of armory construction. The report will advise halting new projects, protecting bondholders, and funding lease rentals to preserve existing armories. Leaders questioned include William H. Kershner and Alonzo H. Lindley who pushed reforms and a competing open bidding bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Senate Armory Probe Committee
Indianapolis Times
State Armory Board
Adjutant-General
Ostrom Realty and Construction Company
Peoples State Bank
Alonzo H. Lindley
State Board of Accounts
William H. Kershner
Felix M. McWhir
Lindley
Sinclair Plea Fought in Senate Contempt Appeal
The government opposed Harry F. Sinclair’s appeal from a three month jail sentence for contempt of the senate. It argued the Teapot Dome era investigations were authorized by at least four senate resolutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Washington
Supreme Court
Harry F. Sinclair
Senate
Teapot Dome Committee
Hoover Arrives in Washington for Cabinet, Address Prep
President elect Herbert Hoover landed in Washington at 1 17 p m from a Florida fishing vacation. He plans two weeks before the March 4 inauguration to finalize his cabinet revise his inaugural address and tidy up routine details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Washington
Herbert Hoover
Florida
Alchemy With Freesias in a College Greenhouse Show
Dr W P Morgan a zoology professor at Indiana Central College conducts a flower experiments with freias developed by him. He won the grand prize at a national flower show. His seven year old daughter Betty Ann Morgan helps by carrying freesia blossoms in a greenhouse near the campus owned by Elder Brothers wholesale florists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. P. Morgan
Indiana Central College
Betty Ann Morgan
Dr. Morgan
Elder Brothers, Wholesale Florists
Pat McDermott Key Man In Mellett Murder Flees Ohio Prison
Ohio prison records show Pat McDermott among five inmates who escaped at dawn aided by an insider. Others in the breakout included William Young James Walton Mike Jacko and Joe Russo. Seven companions stayed behind. Prison officials and guards face inquiry over lax security.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat M'Dermott
Mellett
Ohio
Pat McDermott
Don R. Meller
Canton Daily News
William W. Young
Marietta
William W. Boyd
James A. Walton
Cuyahoga Falls
Mike Jacko
Cleveland
Joe Russo
Two Carmel youths killed in State Road 31 crash
A car skid into a parked truck on State Road 31 injuring four Carmel high school boys and a New Albany truck driver. Paul Ely 18 and Merritt Murphy 16 may die from skull fractures and chest injuries. William Hendricks 15 serious head injuries. Howard Middleton 16 with severe cuts. Driver Clifford Hinshaw 17 unharmed. Elmer Haas 31 severely injured and treated at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Road 31
Carmel High School
Indianapolis
Paul Ely
Merritt Murphy
Carmel
William Hendricks
Howard Middleton
Elmer Haas
New Albany
Clifford Hinshaw
Haas
Cold snap brings up to two inches of snow to Indianapolis
The northwest cold wave dumped 1.9 inches of snow in the eastern Indianapolis area while downtown recorded .9 inch. A low of zero to 5 above was forecast with more snow possible and a gradual warmup expected by Wednesday. The north central region posted subzero readings with Bismarck recording 42 below.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
J. H. Armington
United States Weather Bureau
Armington
Bismark
N. D
Marriage with bathing beauty leads to grief in divorce suit
Cecil Eddleman testified in superior court that his wife Mary left after their July 21 1927 wedding during bathing season. He said she returned with shoes he did not buy, then she attended public dances with strange men. He and Mary lived at 531 East Pratt street and 40 Jackson place before the divorce was granted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Eddleman
Mary
Eddleman
Superior Court
East
Pratt Street
Jackson Place
Dry pledge drive to be distributed by W C T U
February 19 report from Des Moines notes every male aged 14 to 30 will be asked to sign a dry pledge. Questionnaires will be distributed through churches high schools and colleges. Ida B Wise King head of the national organization outlines plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Preas
Escapes Kidnapper Targeting School Girls
Fifth attempt to abduct schoolgirls reported to police. Mary Rebecca Gordon, seven, daughter of Mrs. Gilby Gordon of 1036 West Twenty-eighth Street and pupil at School 41, was approached while walking home for lunch. The man seized her arm and urged her to come with him. she broke free and ran home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Rebecca Gordon
Gilby Gordon
West Twenty-eighth Street
Thirtieth
Rader Streets
Enveloped by Flames Woman Saves Own Life
Mrs. Della Carpenter 34 of 1310 Villa avenue escaped flames that engulfed her clothing by wrapping a table cloth around her. Naptha used to clean her daughter's sweater ignited, igniting Catherine Carpenter 18. They fled to a neighbor then called the fire department. Damages estimated at 1800 dollars. Mrs. Carpenter received emergency treatment and remained at home with non dangerous condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Della Carpenter
Villa Avenue
Catherine Carpenter
Robbed of Grave Earned in Lifetime by Wrong Dead Man
John Connelly, 75, says a body buried as him used his insurance and burial funds. He asks Congress and Representative Emanuel Celler to restore his supposed retirement pay and resolve misidentified remains and insurance issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Tucker
Ashington
John Connelly
Brooklyn State Hospital
Congress
Potter's Field
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Mian
Emanuel Celler
Celler
Burns Fatal to Child at Home
Ethel Viola Armstrong seven year old of 30 North Oxford Street died this morning at city hospital from burns received at home Saturday when her coat brushed against a stove as she was removing it. Weather data appears after the report with hourly temperatures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Viola Armstrong
Oxford Street
City Hospital
Also Mentioned on This Page
Polace
Joe Sakes
Blasts Commission
Sinclair
Hoover
Capital
Washngton
Columbus
State Penitentiary
P. E. Thomas
McDermott
Thomas
J. B. Isaacs
Charles Shibley
On Board of Clemency
Nanty Glo
Benner
Kings County
Broooklyn State Hspital
Cas Giheri
Burns
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!