Indiana high school cage title eyes eight regional battles
Sixty four sectional tournaments begin Friday with 760 teams across 64 centers. Top contenders include Technical and Shortridge in Indianapolis, Columbus and Shelbyville in Shelbyville, and Delphi and Logansport in regional play. Final rounds arrive at Butler University on March 14 and 15 for the Hoosier championship.
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Indiana
Hoosier
Indianapolis
Shortridge
Arsenal
Ben Davis
Marion
Shelbyville
Columbus
Shelby
Calumet
Anderson
Technical
Logansport
Logan
Delphi
Mammoth Butler University
State Bank Closure Reported for Tyner Institution
Farmers State Bank of Tyner was closed today by the state banking department. Luther F. Symons, state banking commissioner, said directors expect to pay depositors if allowed to close on schedule. A. F. Burke is president and Ailes Miller cashier. bank capitalization listed at $25,000.
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Farmers State Bank of
Tyner
State Banking Department
Luther F. Symons
Symons
A. F. Burke
Ailes Miller
I Wolf Auto opens used car store on East Washington
The I Wolf Auto Company opens a new used car showroom at 3164 East Washington Street with over 2000 square feet of display space. Operations continue at the main store 561 North Capitol Avenue.
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IL Wolf Company
Washington
I. Wolf Auto Company
East Washington Street
North Capitol Avenue
Times Editor Seeks Signed Letters for Public Column
The Times received over twenty unsigned letters in two days for the people's column. The paper states anonymous communications will not be considered or published. Readers are urged to sign letters before sending, with names optional for publication.
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Times
Dry Bonehead
Shumaker
Gou
Buddy
Bonehead
Putnamville
Lord's Legion
The Times Sets Pace for Indiana Basketball Coverage
The Times will broadcast the state finals from Butler's fieldhouse on WFBM and WFEM with Blythe Hendricks at the microphone. Dick Miller reports ringside across sectional and regional games, while Vern Boxell predicts Frankfort to win and Off the Backboard features continue.
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Indiana
Times
Butler
WFBM
Indianapolis Power and Light Company
Blythe Q. Hendricks
WFEM
Dick Miller
Vern Boxell
Frankfort
Boxell
the Times
White House cancels reception as Taft’s life ebbs
President Hoover cancels a White House reception for House members after a noon bulletin reports former President Taft in critical condition. Mrs Taft and daughter Helen Manning remain at the Taft home as doctors warn death could come at any moment.
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White House
Taft
United Press
Washington
William Howard Taft
Hoover
House of Representatives
Executive Office
United States
Helen Taft Manning
Bryn Mawr College
America
Pentecost Disciples of Christ Convention Planned in Washington
Church leaders finalize plans for the world Pentecost convention to be held in Washington from October 20 to 23. The Disciples pension fund allocates an $8 million reserve and aims to finish enrollment soon. Dr W A Shhullenberger was elected chair of the budgets and promotional relationships commission succeeding Dr A E Cory.
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The
Disciples of Christ Church
Washington
Severin
Disciples’ Pension Fund
Columbia Club
W. A. Shhullenberger
Central Christian Church
Commission On
A. E. Cory
Faithful Collie Slain After Guarding Shop
Chicago reports Rex the collie died protecting a shoe repair shop as two robbers rifled the safe. Vito Pannarie commanded the dog with Sic em Rex, and police captured James Thornton after the canine set its bite on his leg.
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Rul Atted
Chicago
Foil Payroll Hold Up Foiled by Patrolman Firefight
Five men, one posing as a special policeman, tried to ambush a mail truck driver in New Jersey before 4 am. A patrolman guarding the truck fired one shot, scattering the bandits. Police estimate the payroll inside the truck ranged from 150 000 to 250 000 for Standard Oil and Tidewater Oil payrolls.
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United Preas Avenue
N. J
Standard Oil Company
Tidewater Oil Company
McGarrah Named Head of War Debt Clearing Bank
Gates W. McGarrah chairman of the board of the New York Federal Reserve Bank has been chosen to head the International Bank and Clearing House for war debts. The organization will establish its headquarters in Switzerland soon, authorities said.
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United Press
Ashington
Demand Aid in Miners Revolt
The United Mine Workers executive board asks the American Federation of Labor to stop open rebellion by Illinois miners and to revoke the Illinois State Federation of Labor charter if a rump convention is held in Springfield on March 10. They accuse John H. Walker of aiding the insurrectionists seeking a dual union and say he signed the call for the Springfield rump convention.
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American Federation of Labor
United Mine Workers of America Today
American Federation
Illinois
William Green
A. F. of L
Springfield
Ill
Illinois State Federation of Labor
John H. Walker
Illinois Federation
United Mine Workers
Walker
Indianapolis
Low Bid Required for Troy Avenue Road Project
Marion county authorities must accept the lowest bid for the Troy avenue county unit road pavement or the $53,000 bond issue will be turned down. State Tax Commissioner Phil Zoercher warned that awarding to any bid other than the lowest will be rejected by the state tax board. He accused commissioners of permitting a contractor to submit a noncompliant bid to gain the award, decrying unfair competition.
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Marion
Troy Avenue
Phil Zoercher
State Tax Board
Zoercher
Mumps Delays Trial in Gastonia Textile Case
In Charlotte on Feb 27 a mumps outbreak halted the trial of five nonunion textile workers charged in the death of Mrs. Ella May Wiggins during an anti Communist disturbance at Gastonia on Sept 14. Judge J H Clements rescheduled to Monday March 3 after doctors reported defendant O H Lunsford afflicted.
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Bu United Rrese
Charlotte
N. C
Ella May Wiggins
Gastonia
J. H. Clements
Moday
W. B. Hunter
Lee Johnson
O. H. Lunsford
Rockefeller Jr Denies Senior Rockefeller Directs Oil Policies
John D. Rockefeller Jr issued a statement denying that his father, John D. Rockefeller Sr, 91, dictates Standard Oil crude and gasoline price cuts or directs recent mergers. The claim had circulated in New York reporting on February 27.
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New York
John D. Rockefeller Sr
Standard Oil
Standard
John D. Rockefeller Jr
Rockefeller
Wright resigns from securities post and House seat
Frank E Wright announces he will not seek re election to the Indiana House from Marion county and resigns from the state securities commission. A longtime dry movement figure he cites no reflections on the administration and says the move is to avoid embarrassment amid party nomination pressures. He cites loyalty to the Anti Saloon League and his long service in the House since 1915.
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Frank E
Bone Dry
Wright
The
Securities Commission
Indiana Real Estate Securities Corporation
Fifield
Republican Party
Indiana
Dry
E. S. Shumaker
Indiana Anti-Saloon League
Clemency Plea Sought for Dr James H Snook
Helen Marple Snook made a personal appeal to Governor Myers Y Cooper for clemency for her husband Dr James Howard Snook scheduled for execution Friday for the murder of college girl Theora Hix. The governor postponed action pending a clemency conference with Snook's lawyer, prosecutor and state board members.
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United Prene
Isaac Miller
King Avenue Methodist Church
Mr. Miller
Snook
State Penitentiary
Cold Wave Persists Into Weekend Says Weather Bureau
United States weather bureau meteorologist J. H. Armington warned Indiana residents that spring will not arrive before Saturday. After two weeks of warmth, temperatures fell from the 50s to around 30 degrees with a 32 degree reading at 7 am. A further drop to about 25 degrees was anticipated tonight as Friday looked unsettled.
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Indiana
J. H. Armington
United States Weather Bureau
Armington
Governor Leslie declines beefsteak dinner over Landis row
Indiana Governor Harry G. Leslie voorg into the Fortieth annual beefsteak dinner at the Columbia Club as a principal speaker Frederick Landis Loganport editor and former congressman is named. Leslie says he will not attend to avoid possible criticism from Landis. Other officials echo political reservations and some will be absent.
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Harry G. Leslie
Columbia Club
Frederick Landis
Logansport
Charles L. Biederwolf
Supreme
Appellate Courts
Leslie
Landis
John Ruckelshaus
Harry Boggs
Wallace O. Lee
Nine Hurt in Two City Car Crashes Reported
Police say two automobile accidents Friday night injured nine people. In the Market and New Jersey crash drivers were Jess Willson and Dick Yager and seven passengers suffered cuts and bruises. Names include Anna Yager and June Van Dyke with children. Kate Heringe. In the Illinois and Ohio wreck a truck hit Jennie Ingram and daughter Janis. both were taken to Theodora Home.
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Jess Willson
Parker Avenue
Dick Yager
R. R
Market
New Jersey
Yager
Anna Yager
James
Charles
June van Dyke
John
Robert
Kate Heringe
Jess Robin
Northwestern Avenue
Illinois
Ohio
Jennie Ingram
Janis
Theodora
North
Illinois Street
Cardinal Merry Del Val Lies In State In Rome
The body of Cardinal Merry Del Val former secretary of state of the Holy See lay in state today in the hall of St Matha mansion Rome viewed by church leaders and diplomats. Funeral services are set for Saturday at St Peter's before the altar where Cardinal Rampolla was massed.
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United Press
Rome
Cardinal Merry del Val
Holy See
St. Matha Mansion
St. Peter's
Merry del Val
Cardinal Rampolla
St. Peter’s
George Haven Putnam Dies At 85 In New York Home
Major George Haven Putnam, famed American publisher and Civil War veteran, died in New York at age 85 after an autumn operation and a brief period of declining health. He led George Putnam & Sons and was son of publisher George Palmer Putnam.
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New York
United Press New York
George Haven Putnam
American Publishers
George Putnam & Sons
George Palmer Putnam
Port
Bog
Holt to resign as city controller after long service
Sterling R. Holt, veteran Democratic city controller, plans to retire March 15. He will stay on sixty days at Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan’s request. Holt, turning eighty March 26, was appointed in 1927 to fill the unexpired term of John Duvall.
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Sterling R. Holt
Holt
Reginald H. Sullivan
Sullivan
L. Ert Slack
John Duvall
Divorce Suit Filed by Mrs Alura Rhinock Guisti
Mrs Alura Rhinock Guisti, previously divorced from Roy D Arcy now on file for a second divorce suit in Los Angeles. She claims D Arcy whose real name is Guisti is egotistical and his alleged supreme superiority led to their separation five months after their second marriage.
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Los Angeles
Alura Rhinock Guisti
Roy D'Arcy
D'Arcy
Guisti
Dog Hero in Blaze Saves Two From Fire in Cleveland
A homeless dog befriended by Cleveland man Ernest Burman awakened the couple as fire broke out in their home. The pup tugged at the bedclothes, alerting Burman and his wife, who escaped with no serious injuries as the blaze raged.
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Clevelander
Cleveland, O
Ernest Burman
Burman
Fire Tears Through Beech Grove Big Four R R Paint Shop
A spectacular Wednesday night blaze at the Big Four railway coach paint shop in Beech Grove destroyed the 480 by 300 foot facility and damaged 26 coaches. Spontaneous paint stock combustion caused the inferno. losses exceed 1 million dollars. Two night watchmen aided firefighters despite severe heat and smoke.
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Big Four
Beech Grove
Benjamin Orr
Orr
C. Lester Parret
North Fifth Avenue
Russell Jordan
East Sixteenth Street
Parrett
Jordan
Railway Fire Department
Indianapolis
Convention Date Set for Indiana Brotherhood Trainees Meet
The Indiana state convention of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen will be in Indianapolis on October 11 and 12. About 1,000 visitors are expected and a closing banquet will feature the event. Also, exiled Persian Shah Ahmad Mirza dies in Paris.
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Indiana
the Brotherhood of Railway Trainemen
Indianapolis
Trainmen’s Hall
Cruse
Washington Streets
Inside pages showcase four big Times features
The Times highlights four major features in addition to regular items. The second part of When $50,000,000 Goes to Jail recounts Harry Sinclair's imprisonment on Page 3. Murder Backstairs by Anne Austin appears on Page 7, followed by Arthur Murray's Stepping in Style on Page 8 and Ripley's Believe It or on Page 16.
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Times
Harry Sinclair
Anne Austin
Arthur Murray
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