New Bill Puts City Manager Plan Under fire in Indiana
Lawmakers in Indianapolis face a fight as Senator Sumner Clancy backs a bill to overturn city manager government and raise key salaries. The measure would appoint nine city aldermen at large, grant the mayor higher pay, and place board control under the manager with court hearing on dismissals. The Noll bill for clarifying the city manager law also heads to thirds reading in the House today.
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Indianapolis
Sumner Clancy
George W. Coffin Henchman
Senate
Clancy
George W. Sims
Terre Haute
J. Clyde Hoffman
Lloyd Claycombe
Oil furnace blast endangers three in store basement
A blast from an exploding furnace in the Freeman Brothers Furniture store basement at 1250 Oliver avenue risked the lives of two bookkeepers, Georgiana Baker and Ellen Trout, and radio man Lon Kitchen. Flames and smoke caused about 15 000 dollars in damage to stock and glass storefront. The trio escaped up a stairway as fire spread through the building.
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Freeman Brothers Furniture Company
Oliver Avenue
George Freeman
Division Street
Freeman
Georgiana Baker
St. Paul Street
Ellen Trout
West
Michigan Street
Lon Kitchen
Lee Street
Morris Freeman
Absent Voters Bill Favored by House Amid Debate
The house favored the amended majority report for passage to second reading amid warnings that the absent voters bill could repeat frauds from the 1927 repeal. Rep J Glenn Harris of Gary urged the bill be shaped into a suitable form so the people may have suffrage.
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House of Representatives
J. Glenn Harris
Gary
Signs Three Bills Signed by Governor Leslie
Governor Harry G. Leslie signed three bills widening civil action venue change rights for defendants and allowing county hospitals by petition, and extending lien filing windows for warehousing firms. A zoning appeal case bill moved to appellate final decision on third reading. Four highwaymen were executed after a postponed reprieve due to snowbound conditions.
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House
Harry G. Leslie
Claycombe
Senate
Beating Guard Triggers Jail Break and Robbery
Six prisoners escaped Kanawha county jail after beating a guard into unconsciousness. They fled to the west end, robbed a grocery of $50, then disappeared into the hills. Three inmates were being held for a Cabin Creek interurban robbery on a recent date.
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United Press
Charleston
W. Va
Kanawha County
Cabin Creek
Hale Mau Mau pit belches fire at Kilauea volcano
Hale Mau Mau pit on Kilauea volcano began belching fire today. At dawn the lava flow was increasing steadily and had covered an area in the pit of approximately thirty five acres.
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Hilo
T. H
Hale Maumau
Kilauea
Cold wave chills city. mother and three children rescued
A severe cold snap left the thermometer at 3 degrees above zero and caused fourteen fires, damaging two thousand dollars. Firemen rescued a mother and her three children from a burning home on Buckle Street, and revived a smoke-affected bull dog. Relief is expected tonight with gradual warmup next day.
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J. H
Armington
United States Weather Bureau
Anna Jacobs
Buckle Street
Congressman Sworn In To House In Washington
David Hopkins of St. Joseph Missouri was sworn in as a member of the house by Speaker Longworth, succeeding the late Charles L Faust of Indiana. In Center Indiana the weather bureau logged nine degrees below zero early today.
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United Press
Washington
David Hopkins
St. Joseph
House
Longworth
Charles L. Faust
Indiana
Uweed Press Center
Ind
Ena States Weather Bureau
Miners Train Wreck Near Peoria Kills Five and Injures Seventy
Five men died and seventy plus were injured when five cars of the Peoria Railway Terminal Company miners special derailed near Peoria Illinois. Fire followed but was fought. rescuers labored in 6 degree below zero conditions. Identified dead include William Brown Lester Jones Cecil Walker George Wilkinson Charles Luthy.
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United Press
Peoria
Peoria Railway Terminal Company
Here
William Brown
Lester Jones
Cecil Walker
George Wilkinson
Charles Luthy
Senators Tackle Armored Car Threat On Indiana Highways
Senator Carl M. Gray of Petersburg introduced a bill barring armored cars on state highways Indiana calling it a felony with five to twenty one years in prison. The measure exempts peace officers bank messengers and common carriers protecting valuables and was referred to the committee on public morals.
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Hoosier
Senate
Carl M. Gray
Petersburg
Committee On Public Morals
Ford outlines global plants and aviation plans
In an interview with United Press at his Florida winter home in Myers Ford declares himself an internationalist and discusses plans for factories worldwide including a major Russian plant. He envisions an amphibian dirigible aircraft and notes Edison’s rubber project while stressing health routines and skepticism about golf's health benefits.
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Herry Ford
United Press Today
Ford
Russia
South America
Ireland
Thomas A. Edison
Edison
Oklahoma group seeks KWKH wavelength shift to KVOO
A strong Oklahoma delegation urged the federal radio commission to cede KWKH Kennonwood Louisiana’s wavelengths to KVOO Tulsa owned by Skelly Oil Company citing profane and blasphemous broadcasts. W. B. Estes led the effort. W. K. Henderson of KWKH attended unperturbed.
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United Press
Washington
Oklahoma
Federal Radio Commission
KWKH
Kennonwood
W. B. Estes
Oklahoma Chamber of Commerce
KVOO
Skelly Oil Company
Tulsa
W. K. Henderson
W. G. Skelly
Skelley Oil Company
Henderson
Louisiana
Wife Trade Alleged in Fugitive Case Before Judge
The trial of David E. Lindsey before Municipal Judge Paul C. Wetter centers on a fugitive removal to South Bend to face a neglect charge. Lindsey’s wife Irene testified he has provided no support for their son Harry since February 1928 and that a divorce suit failed. Lindsey claimed he left his wife in 1925 over a plan to trade wives for a night at their home.
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Paul C. Wetter
David E. Lindsey
Salem
Lindsey
South Bend
Irene Lindsey
Harry
Bya
Senate blocks naval cruiser funds amid cruiser bill dispute
Washington Feb 20 Senate debates over the naval appropriations bill to start cruiser construction. Senator John J Blaine of Wisconsin blocked immediate action saying the measure violates a cruiser bill previously passed by Congress. He warned the program may be halted.
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United Press
Washington
Senate
John J. Blaine
Wis
Blaine
Congress
MISSES DEATH AT GROSSING
George Busler of 1815 Hoyt avenue escaped serious harm after two locomotives struck his milk wagon on Belmont avenue near the Big Four tracks. His horses were killed and the wagon SPLINTERED. Busler, blinded by a frosted windshield, drove onto the tracks and was thrown clear, suffering only minor bruises.
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Belmont Avenue
George Busler
Hoyt Avenue
Busler
Robinson Attacks Walsh Over Salt Creek Oil Leases
Times Special reports Senator Arthur R. Robinson of Indiana denounces Senator Thomas J. Walsh in the Senate over Salt Creek Wyoming leases. He urges a thorough probe, calls the leases rotten and says much government money could be recovered. He brands Walsh’s report as a smokescreen opposing Work and Sargent's critique. Salt Creek, billed as the world’s richest oil field, was leased in 1920-21.
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Times
Washington
Arthur R. Robinson
Indiana
Senate
Thomas J. Walsh
Montana
Salt Creek
Wyoming
Robinson
Walsh
Interior
Work
Sargent
Sinclair
Committee On Public Lands
Wilson
Temperatures by Hour in Local Observations
The readable fragments show hourly temperature readings from 6 am to noon with multiple values and unclear labels. Not enough context for a precise summary.
Fight Over Coffin Rule of Poor Funds Debate
Clinton H. Givan county attorney defends Marion county welfare bill as necessary while opposing a nonpartisan six member board to administer poor relief. Homer W. Borst and other backers argue current system is outdated and needs reform. The measure would curtail Coffin controlled officials and shift power and funds to a new court appointed board.
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Marion County Welfare Board
Treasury
Clinton H. Givan
Givan
George W. Coffin County
Republican
Coffin
Senate Committee On Affairs
Indianapolis
Homer W. Borst
Community Fund
Borst
Marion County
Circuit Court
Sunnyside Sanatorium
Board of Children’s Guardians Home
Thomas R. Marshall
Ad agency to open Indianapolis branch May first
The P. R. Mallory Company of Indiana will begin production in the National Lamp Company building at Gray and Washington streets and bring its advertising firm Dauby Company Advertising Agency of New York to establish a branch here about May 1. George V Rockey and L Wood Howell will head the new operation.
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P. R. Mallory Company
Indiana
National Lamp Company
Gray and
Washington Streets
Indianapolis
Chamber of Commerce
Dauby Company Advertising Agency
New York
Mallory Concern
Chamber
George V. Rockey
L. Wood Howell
Last Indiana Shoe Buyers Convention Ends With Ball
The final session of the Indiana Shoe Buyers convention wrapped up at noon at the Claypool with a luncheon, led by president George L. Tovey, as members sang together. A grand ball featuring Connie and his band was planned for tonight in the assembly room, with card-only admission and Waltz prizes. A two hour shoe style show preceded it Tuesday night with models on an illuminated runway.
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Indiana Shoe Buyer's Convention
Claypool
George L. Tovey
Association
Connie
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