Detroit Man Tells of Eight Murders in Calm Detail
James Baker a 25 year old Detroit suspect calmly recounts eight killings worldwide blaming impulse. He admits poisoning victims in Houston Hamburg Bombay Iloilo and aboard a Bayonne bound tanker and says he killed for the effects, testing poison cyanide. He is to be sent to New York police for the Guggenheim lab murder of Henry Gaw.
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United Presse
Detroit
James Baker
Baker
Farmington
Mich
New York
Henry Gaw
Guggenheim Laboratories
Gaw
Honneycutt
Hamburg
Germany
Bombay
Iloilo
Philippines
Bayonne
N. P
South America
No Murder Tale Linked to Poison Death Claim
Houston dispatch reports a United Press check of police records dating to 1919 finds no murder tale matching James Baker of Detroit who described Honeycutt's poisoning death as murder.
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United Press
Houston
Tex
James Baker
Detroit
Chuck Klein Starts Pink Times Series On Home Run Legend
Indianapolis star Chuck Klein renowned NL home run champion begins a series in The Times pink editions this afternoon. The first tale recalls the day Ft Wayne manager Punch Knoll learned Klein had been sold to Philadelphia.
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Times
Chuck Klein
Indianapolis
Diamond
Chuck
Punch Knoll
Ft. Wayne
Philly
Oxnam may face ouster amid D A R opposition at DePauw
Daughters of the American Revolution oppose Dr. G Bromley Oxnam at DePauw University over pacifist speeches. Trustees meet Friday to decide whether to warn him to tone down rhetoric while focusing on education. Roy O West leads the board with Henry H Hornbrook as secretary and L B Town as treasurer.
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Daughters of the American Revolution
G. Bromley Oxnam
de Pauw University
Greencastle Institution
Oxnam
de Pauw
Norman Thomas
Thomas
New York
Roy O. West
Chicago
Senate
Coolidge
Henry H. Hornbrook
Indianapolis
L. B. Town
Greencastle
Pumper Engine Collides With Car in City Crash
Assistant Fire Chief Michael Murphy and crew from pumper engine No. 8 escaped injuries after a collision with a large car at Twenty-fifth Street and Sherman Drive. Captain William Arther and six firefighters were aboard. several were thrown from the engine as it struck the center of the track. They were en route to a two alarm fire at St George's Syrian Orthodox church. The accident is under investigation by Fire Chief Harry Voshell.
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Michael Murphy
St. George’s Syrian Orthodox Church
North
Sherman Drive
Harry Voshell
Man Posts Perfect Bridge Hand In Indianapolis
John E. Fehsenfeld of the Great Western Oil Company achieved a rare perfect bridge hand. At Miles T. Niman’s home on Pleasant Run boulevard, Fehsenfeld received a hand of all spades, bid seven spades, and scored 388 points in a Wednesday night game.
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Indianapolis
John E. Fehsenfeld
Great Western Oil Company
Miles T. Niman
Pleasant Run Boulevard
Fehsenfeld
K of C Official to Address Indianapolis Members
Knights of Columbus supreme council representative D E Butler will come from New Haven Connecticut to Indianapolis to address local members and discuss lodge problems.
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D. E. Butler
Supreme Council
Knights of Columbus
Indianapolis
New Haven
Conn
Park department set for leadership changes
The park board, after talks with Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan, planned to appoint A. Charles Sallee as park superintendent to replace resigning R. Walter Jarvis this afternoon. Park president Adolph G. Emhardt said other changes will be minor, with about three hundred recreation positions affected.
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Park Department
Reginald H. Sullivan
A. Charles Sallee
R. Walter Jarvis
Adolph G. Emhardt
Sallee
Sanitary Board OKs 32000 for Dehydration Plant Upgrade
The city sanitary board adopted a resolution providing expenditure of 32000 dollars for improvements to the dehydration plant at the sewage disposal facility.
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City
City Sanitary Board
Fragmented OCR Data On Timed Measurements
A sequence of unreadable OCR fragments shows times and numbers such as 10 a.m. 61, 7:6 Weise Be JT-8, 8 a.m. 52, noon 65, 9 a.m. 55, 1 p.m. 66. Details are unclear and no coherent event or entities are identifiable.
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Weise
Norris Seeks Senate Campaign Expenditure Probe
Senator Norris of Nebraska introduced a resolution demanding a Senate investigation into the campaign expenditures of the 35 senatorial candidates in the upcoming primaries. He asked for $100,000 in appropriations to fund the inquiry.
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Norris
Senate
United Press
Washington
Rep
Rum runners shoot Coast Guardsman on Detroit river
Canadian provincial police and local federal officers hunted two rum runners after they shot and wounded Walter Whittoe, 26, a United States coast guardsman, in the Detroit river area on Wednesday night.
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United Press Etroit
Detroit River District
Walter Whittoe
United States Coast Guardsman
Adventurous trio blamed for Cumberland bank robbery and crimes
Harry Reed and George Swift along with William Stone confessed to a $737 Cumberland State Bank holdup and auto banditry. They said cheap sandwiches and rent money driven them to crime after a flagpole stunt and dance marathons. Police recovered $496 of stolen funds and bonds burned at Swift's sister's home.
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Harry Reed
Canton
George E. Swift
Post Road
Reed
Detroit
Columbus
Monroe
Mich
Swift
William H. Stone
Justus
Cumberland State Bank
Gladys Wilson
Riley Avenue
Wilson
Meyers Lake Park
Stone
Cambridge
Richmond
Jail Break Thwarted in Portland Bank Robbery Case
Charles O. Ross, convicted of robbing the Pennville State bank, was found attempting to saw his way out of Portland jail early today. He remains held on appeal to the state supreme court. Ross is sentenced to ten years in the state prison.
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United Press
Portland
Ind
Charles O. Ross
Pennville State Bank
State Supreme Court
Ross
Snook Plea Loses as Ohio Governer Denies Reprieve
Governor Myers Y. Cooper refused a reprieve for Dr. James Howard Snook the former Ohio State University professor sentenced to death for the murder of Theora Hix his co ed inamorata Snook was slated for execution on February 28 after his counsel sought a reprieve pending a United States Supreme Court appeal deemed pending upon formal receipt around February 24.
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United Press
Columbus
Myers Y. Cooper
James Howard Snook
Ohio State University
Theora Hix
Inamorata
Snook
United States Supreme Court
Ee Wales Tes Court
WRECKAGE OF EIELSON PLANE YIELDS BODY FOUND
The body of aviator Carl Ben Eielson, missing since November 1929, was found in the wreckage of his plane about ninety miles southeast of North Cape, Siberia. Rescue pilot Joe Crosson confirmed both Eielson and mechanic Earl Borland were killed instantly. Their bodies will be sent to Fairbanks, and poor visibility is blamed for the fatal crash near the Nanuk fur ship at North Cape.
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United Press Nome
Alaska
Carl Ben Eielson
Nanuk
Eielson
North Cape
Siberia
Earl Borland
Teller
Borland
Joe Crosson
Fairbanks
Crosson
Fielson
Far North
Indianapolis cuts work week to four days adds jobs
Mor mon Motor Car Company halves the workweek, adding 135 workers. President G. M. Williams says Indianapolis employment rises by 500 in a week, with total gains expected to exceed 1,000 as firms adopt the plan. Officials urge out of town workers to avoid coming for jobs.
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Mormon Motor Car Company
G. M. Williams
Indianapolis
Williams
Chamber of Commerce
Prisoner admits slaying Ohio lad in 1928 case
Charles Hannah aged 61 confessed to killing Melvin Horst, four, with a wood club on December 27, 1928, saying it was “for spite.” He named Arthur Arnold in a plot to murder the boy, with Akron Italians delivering the body after instructions for whisky. Lefatch was jailed. Tressko remains at large. Hannah’s sworn confession also clears Earl Donald of involvement.
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United Press Wooster
Charles Hannah
Melvin Horst
Hannah
Roy Horst
Melvin
Horst
Orrville
Blue
Ohio
Arthur Arnold
Elias
Arnold
Arthur
Hanna
Akron
Tony Lefatch
Carl Tressko
Lefatch
Wayne County
Tressko
Earl Donald
Believe Graham Alive Sought in Utah Nevada Sky Lanes
Two people search for missing air mail pilot Maury Graham. Mrs Maurice Graham and Jimmy Carson of Western Air Express were identified when they landed at Ely Nevada en route, as hope persists they may locate him.
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United Press
Salt Lake City
Utah
Maury Graham
Nevada
Air Mail
Maurice Graham
Jimmy Carson
Western Air Express
Ely
Nev
Dogert Couple Wins $1250 in Movie Theater Ouster Case
In Chicago on February 20 Mr Peter Dogert and his wife won a $1250 verdict after being ousted from a moving picture theater by management. The jury awarded damages to the wife and several couples laughed at the outcome as a blanket insurance policy against future interference. The couple did not bring their marriage license to the theater.
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United Press
Chicago
Peter Dogert
Dogerts
Tariff Rise Defeated in Senate Brookhart Amendment to Lard Rate Fails
Senate Democrats defeat Senator Brookhart’s amendment to raise lard tariff to four cents a pound as part of farm food rate boosts. The vote ends at 23 to 53. Marion county offices and courts close Saturday for George Washington’s birthday per County Commissioner Shearer.
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Brookhart
Rep
Marion County Courthouse
George Washington
John &. Shearer
State Tax Parley Gets Under Way in Indiana
Indiana's state tax conference begins with an organization meeting this afternoon in the L. Ayres & Co. directors’ room. State Senator J Clyde Hoffman chairs with Senator Joe Rand Beckett as key movers. The group aims to study how a tax commission should function, planning many sessions and potential public hearings in the future.
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Indiana
Legislative Reference Bureau
Indiana University Bureau of Economic Research
State Tax Board
Hoffman
Meningitis Cases Rise in Indianapolis Area
Two more children fall ill with spinal meningitis raising the total to 126 in Indianapolis and vicinity since December 9. No new deaths since Wednesday. Infant Sarah Bratton and child June Smith were admitted to city hospital as doctors note a possible easing of the outbreak but expect cases to continue into March.
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Indianapolis
Sarah Bratton
East Morris Street
June Smith
East Ohio Street
City Hospital
Wisconsin native held on insanity charge in Bartholomew jail
By Times Special Columbus Ind February 20 a man giving the name Leslie Harris thirty six from Harrodsburg Kentucky who says he is a World War veteran is held in the Bartholomew county jail on an insanity complaint Deputy Sheriff Wynn Thompson arrested him after citizens at Azalia reported him pushing part of an old buggy a set
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Times
Columbus
Ind
Leslie Harris
Harrodsburg
Bartholomew County
Wynn Thompson
Azalia
Harris
Protest Rusk Sacrilege in Church Order
A movement seeks a general meeting of all religious denominations in Washington to protest Soviet persecutions of Christians and Jews. The gathering, led by Bishop James E. Freeman, may be held March 2 or March 9 at the D A R Constitution Hall, echoing appeals from Pope Pius XI and other church leaders for prayer and unity.
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United Press
Washington
D. A. R. Constitution Hall
James E. Freeman
Washington Episcopal Cathedral
Pope Pius XI
Canterbury
Manning
New York
Russian Villagers Close Churches in Wave of Anti Religious Crackdown
Mass meetings in Lotoshinsk Sergeyevsk and nearby areas vote to close churches and melt bells for metal. The anti religious drive accelerates, with hundreds of churches repurposed and bells removed for industry as press links it to broader anti Soviet campaigns overseas.
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Buy
United Press
Moscow
Lotoshinsk
Sergeyevsk
Russia
Kerensky
Canterbury
Henry Deterding
Alexander Koutepoff
United States
Birkenhead attacks anti religious movement in Soviet Russia
Lord Birkenhead opened a strong attack in the House of Lords on Russia s anti religious campaign. He accused persecutions of churchmen of political motives and urged the government to protest. He called the massacre of innocents a political act and noted his varied roles.
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United Press
London
Lord Birkenhead
House of Lords
Soviet
Russia
India
Greek Church Leader Urges World Unity Against Bolshevik Threat
Athens Feb 20 The metropolitan of the Orthodox church in Greece called on the civilized world to unite against the enemies of modern civilization citing Russia as the source of Bolshevik atrocities. He said protests aim to prompt global action to halt the spread of Bolshevik ideas.
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Preas Athens
Orthodox Church
Greece
Russia
State cage tourney finals set for March in the region
The Times previews the state basketball tournament with sectional drawings planned for Saturday morning and a complete sixty four section list to follow. Blythe Hendricks will announce the drawings on WFBM with a full broadcast of the finals to come.
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Times
WFBM
Blythe Hendricks
Hendricks
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