Shank halts city government petition drive in Indianapolis
Mayor Shank orders halt on circulation of petitions for the commission form of government. Police Captain John Zener is told to stop and ensure the real estate board can pursue what it wants. Zener has reportedly exceeded the 20 000 signatures needed to call an election on the commission form. Real estate board plans to petition for city manager form circulation next week.
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Indianapolis
Shank
John
John Zener
Real Estate Board
O. K
Zener
Commission
Civic Affairs Committee
Real Batate Board
Civic Club
Federation of Community Clubs
Edward O. Snetchen
Police consider advisability of elocution lessons and rubber soles
Capt. Fred Drinkut reports complaints from St. Clair and Pennsylvania Streets about noisy police telephone reports disturbing a sick person. The force weighs voice training and quieter footwear to reduce noise while patrolling and reporting.
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Fred Drinkut
St. Clair
Pennsylvania
Drinkut
Five Girls Escape From Clermont Indiana Girls School
Indianapolis police and five county sheriffs hunt for five girls who escaped from the Indiana Girls School at Clermont. Eight fled Thursday night after picking a lock on the second floor. three were later captured between the school and the Speedway. Names include Alma Joyce, Doris Miller, Lula Carrencer, Lela Gerard, and Phoebe Gentry. others remain at large in school garb.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Clermont
Ind
Kenosha Sessions
Alma Joyce
Warsaw
Doris Miller
Angola
Lula Carrence
Arctic-tinged forecast with unsettled weekend ahead
The forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies and unsettled conditions tonight and Saturday. It will warm slightly tonight with low temperatures just above freezing.
Principals in County Embezzlement Conspiracy Trial
ICHARD V. SIPE former county clerk testified for the State in the trial of Edwin A. Hunt real estate dealer 3939 Washington Blvd on a charge of conspiring with Sipe and Will H Latta attorney Claypool to embezzle 10000 Marion county funds in 1921. Attorneys Eph Inman and Charles S Wiltsie defend Hunt before Criminal Judge James A Collins.
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Sipe
Will H. Latta
Claypool
Marion County
Eph Inman
Charles S. Wiltsie
Hunt 'N
James A. Collins
Edwin A. Hunt
Washington Blvd
Ira Chase Koehne
New York
Hunt
Koehne
Inman
L. H. Wright
Aetna Trust Company
Harry Holland
State Board of Accounts
Charles
Wiltsie
Remy
General Calls Sinking of SniP Farce
Brig. Gen. William Mitchell testifies before the House aviation committee accusing the Navy of a faulty sinking test of the battleship Washington. He claims only three 1,000‑pound bombs plus two 100‑pound charges were used and that sandbags pierced the deck. He asserts anti aircraft defenses were ineffective.
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Dalssa Preas
Washington
William Mitchell
House
Navy Department
Careers of Three Men Halted OP. Sweeps State and County
Indianapolis readers saw Richard V. Sipe elected county clerk after 1918. He congratulated by William H. Latta and Edwin A. Hunt, with prosecutor William H. Remy inheriting the Hunt Latta case. The trio later faced disaster and long legal battles ending in prison and ongoing strife for their families.
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Indianapolis
Richard V. Sipe
General Assembly
William H. Remy
William P.vans
Hunt and Latta
Riade
Sipe
Latta
Hunt
Indiana
State bill creates boiler inspection panel in Indiana
A bill introduced in the Indiana House by Rep. Buchanan proposes a pressure vessel committee under the State industrial board to inspect boilers. Members would include a boilermaker, an insurer representative, a boiler user, an operating engineer, and the chief boiler inspector, with five to seven inspectors, referral to the sinking fund committee.
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State Industrial Board
Buchanan
Indianapolis
Boiler Insurance Company
Sinking Fund Committee
G O P Leader Buried After Notable Funeral
Frederick W. Upham former treasurer of the national Republican committee was remembered in Chicago as politicians and financiers paid final tribute. Senator William M. Butler led a Washington delegation at the simple funeral in Florida with pallbearers James A. Patton Samuel Insull William Wrigley Jr. and A D Lasker among those in attendance.
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United Press
Chicago
Poltics and Finance
Frederick W. Upham
National Republican Committee
Upham
Florida
William M. Butler
Massachusetts
National Committee
Washington
James A. Patton
Samuel Insull
William Wrigley Jr
A. D. Lasker
Arrest Made in farmer William Campbell murder
William Grant Neal, 58, was arrested in Kokomo Indiana on charges of killing farmer William Campbell near Winchester last Monday. Sheriff Daily said Campbell's wife recognized Neal the night of the shooting after Neal had lived near the farm. Campbell was shot five times when he hesitated to raise his hands. Neal was found asleep in his brother’s home.
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Kokomo
Ind
William Grant Neal
William Campbell
Winchester
Randolph County
Neal
Campbell
John Neal
Michigan House Rejects Federal Child Labor Amendment
The Michigan House voted 61 to 24 against the proposed federal child labor amendment. The measure remains before the State Senate Labor Committee.
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Michigan
United Presse
Lansing
M'th
Michigan Hpouse of Representatives
State Senate Labor Committee
Period bill codifying Indiana fish and game laws advances
The Period bill codifying Indiana fish and game laws was approved for passage in the House today on Seomaite 6. It sets statewide rules for hunting and fishing practices and enforcement. The measure now moves to the Senate for consideration.
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Indiana
One Way Traffic Rules Implemented on Meridian and Capitol
One way traffic rules for Meridian Street and Capitol Avenue from New York to Thirty Eighth Street went into effect today during rush hours. Traffic inspectors report the program caused little confusion and worked better than expected with no arrests and smooth enforcement.
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Meridian St
Capitol Ave
New York
Thirty-Eighth Sts
Michael Glerin
Traffc
Lawyers battle at death probe in Chicago inquest
Chief Justice Harry Olson was punched by Edwin Hedrick during a death inquest into William McClintock the millionaire orphan. A deputy sheriff separated them after Hedrick shouted You dirty rat. Miss Kehling testified Shepherd had sought a gift of valuable property but was refused.
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Chicago
Harry Olson
Municipal Court
Edwin Hedrick
William D. Shepherd
William McClintock
Estelle Kehling
Shepherd
Olson
Hedrick
Big Four Worker Fatally Injured at Beech Grove Shops
Earl De Pew, 40, of 825 N. Capitol Ave., died at Methodist Hospital about an hour after being struck on the head by a traveling crane at the Big Four shops in Beech Grove where he was employed.
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Earl de Pew
Capitol Ave
Methodist Hospital
Big Four
Beech Grove
Ema
Indictment Surge Hits Federal Court In Eight Day Term
One hundred and sixteen true bills indicting 184 persons were announced by the federal grand jury after an eight day session. Of those indicted 142 face liquor law violations with the rest split among counterfeiting impersonating an officer white slavery postal embezzlement auto theft forgery and narcotics. Judge Baltzell set February 27 for arraignment. Thirty-six Indianapolis residents were indicted mostly on minor offenses including liquor offenses impersonation and theft. Eleven named from Bicknell Indiana face conspiracy to violate prohibition laws. All but twenty-eight have been arrested. capiases issued for the remaining targets.
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Federal Grand Jury
Robert C. Baltzell
Bicknell (Ind
Moose and Eagles Lodges
A. B. Anderson
Bicknell
Jay Bonham
Oscar Dodds
Thomas Kinney
Peter Zopels
Frank Prrces
Indianapolis
Barney Helman
Hattie Dint
Valko Tasich
John Grose
Gladys Bennett
Albert Wisthmeyer
Edward Pohlman
Kate Rule
Cyril Bolin
Ernest Price
James Watts
Bernard Reed
James Zakourov
Alex Alexander
Henry
Mary Slick
Steve Batt
Archie M. Dickson
Norman Zolezzi
Fred Thomas
Charles Kinsley
Ed Griffith
John Chester
Miller
Robert J. Dawson
Charles L. Norris
George Kelly
Gordon Rankin
Charles Higgins
Olin Polder
Mike McGuire
Jesse Jackson
Leon Williams
William Miller
Carl Lowe
John B. Ritchie
John L. O’hearn
Explosion Traps Fifty Miners in Sullivan Coal Mine
About fifty miners were trapped after a blast at City coal mine one mile east of Sullivan Indiana. Gas fills the mine as a twenty man rescue squad with gas masks enters to reach the trapped workers amid a statewide coal field mobilization.
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United Press Sullivan
Ind
City
Here
Indiana
Sullivan County
Sullivan
Defense Scores Point in Edwin A Hunt Case
Edwin A Hunt charged with conspiracy to embezzle 10000 of Marion county funds faces trial in Criminal Court. Judge Collings sustains defense objections to a letter about 5100,000 in frozen assets at Aetna Trust and Savings. The State contends Hunt and Latta borrowed county funds from Sipe to replace frozen assets, with Hunt receiving a 10000 check. The case proceeds to jury soon, with witnesses detailing Sipe, the loan, and bank directors' actions.
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James A. Collings
Eph Inman
Hunt
Charles W. Camp
State Bank
James ©. Parker
Aetna Trust and Savings Company
Parker
H. M. Johnson
State Bank Examiner
Will H. Latta
Claypool
Aetna Bank
Richard V. Sipe
Sipe
William H. Remy Oxted
L. H. Wright
Latta
Johnson
Security’ Trust Company
Wright
Remy
Richard “ V. Sipe
Trust Company
Theodore Stein Jr
Inman
Collins
Auto Hits Girl in Maryland Street Incident
Mary Pesut age 12 of 521 W Pearl St was struck by a coupe driven by Harry W Marshall 1933 Rerun Ave as she stepped from between parked cars near Maryland St west of Kentucky Ave. She sustained a broken arm and was taken to a city hospital for treatment.
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Mary Pesut
Pearl St
Maryland
Kentucky Ave
Harry W. Marshall
City Hospital
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