United States Faces Mexican Policy Clash Over Seizure Law
At the start of the new year the United States weighs potential threats to sever diplomatic ties with Mexico over Mexico’s seizure law. Officials expect a strong arm approach only after property seizures occur, with observers noting the dispute may drag on and could end amicably.
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Mexico
Kellogg i
Chiles
ITV
United Area
Calles
Tes
United States
Hogle Elected President of Marion County Board
Cassius L. Hogle was elected president of the Marion county board of commissioners in a brief morning meeting. He previously served on the board and, with Republican Charles O. Sutton, forms the Republican majority. George Snider, new to the board, is a Republican, making the board wholly Republican. Clinton H. Givan will be Marion County attorney, succeeding Schuyler C. Haas, with Givan a former judge and legislator.
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Cassius L. Hogle
Marion County Board of Commissioners
Charles O. Sutton
George Snider
John McCloskey
Clinton H. Givan
Superior Court
Marion County
Schuyler C. Haas
Givan
Downtown properties leased to ten-year terms in city deal
Klein and Kuhn announces two downtown properties leased for ten years with total rent of 260000 dollars. Petor Shoe Company takes space at 8 KE Washington Street for 160000 dollars now used by Emerson Shoe Company. Two rooms at 119 121 North Pennsylvania Street leased to Jaffe and Sons optometrists, replacing Thompson's restaurant.
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Klein & Kuhn, Inc
Petor Shoe Company
Washington St
Emerson Shoe Company
Pennsylvania St
Jaffe & Sons, Optometrists
Thompson’s Restaurant
Large Indiana tax refunds totaling nearly 360000 announced
The Treasury Department disclosed a batch of substantial refunds to Indiana firms and individuals. Highlights include Indianapolis Water Company 44509, Davis Coal and Coke 82998, Indiana Condensed Milk 39524, and Nordyke & Marion Marble 142. Also listed are Stutz Motor Car Indianapolis 4214 and West Baden Springs Company 7124 among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National City Bank
Indianapolis
Stutz Motor Car Company
Dickinson Trust Company
Richmond
Arysdale Coal Company
Terre Haute
Merchants Heat and Light Company
Cole Motor Car Company
Union Assurance Company of Indiana
Sanitary Milk Products Company
Turner Brothers Company
Mme
C. J. Walker Manufacturing Company
Nancy
Braddock
Greenfield
Enos Porter
Shelbyville
F. and N. Lawn Mower Company
R. V. Law Motor Company
N. Meridian St
Fire Loss Per Capita Drops in 1926 City Report
Indianapolis reports per capita fire loss fell to 1.80 in 1925 from 3.35 in 1924, with total fire prevention funding of 23,971.50 and expenditures of 23,901.50 leaving a 70 dollar balance. Carey notes daily door to door inspections in the downtown mile square are the division's key routine duty.
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Indianapolis
Horace W. Carey
Carey
Mile Square
Song Recital Sunday at John Herron Institute
Edward LaShelle is set for a Sunday afternoon recital at the John Herron Art Institute at 3 o clock. He will perform four song groups starting with Invocation to Isis from the Magic Flute and ending with Cap n Stratton s Fancy by Deems Taylor. The concert is free to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward LaShelle
John Herron Art Institute
Isis
Cap'n Stratton
Fancy
Deems Taylor
Local Weather Fragments Provide Sporadic Readings
Readable OCR items show scattered hourly temperatures with unclear coordinates and illegible units. The fragmentary data mentions times and numbers but lacks complete context for a full forecast or location.
No Trace Found of Ralph Lee Flees with 2 Others
Ralph Lee Indiana's most notorious jail breaker escapes from Franklin county jail with William Rowe and Thomas Snedeger after over powering Deputy Losey. They take three guns and drag jail cook Hedrick to a cell before walking out. Previous escapes listed including 1911 Plainfield juvenile jail break and multiple later escapes up to 1924.
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Ralph Lee
Indiana
Franklin
Ind
Abner Peak
Speedway
Carl Losey
Lee
William Rowe
Drover St
Indianapolis
Thomas Snedeger
Rowe
Losey
Arthur Craig
Roy Woods
Kokomo
Craig
Hedrick
Cook
Tennessee
Nashville
Buffalo
N. Y
Plainfield
Bluffton
Washington State
Gilbert Heads Bureau of Indiana Public Service Commission
Official notice names Webb Gilbert acting head of the accounting department at the Indiana Public Service Commission after the weekly meeting. He replaces Chief Accountant Johr Powell, who resigns to practice law in Indianapolis. No secretary appointment announced. reports say Reed Cain of Delphi may receive the post pending legislative influence.
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Webb Gilbert
Indiana Public Service Commission
Gilbert
Johr Powell
Powell
Indianapolis
Howell Ellis
Jackson
Reed Cain
Delphi
LINK BUYS APARTMENTS INDIANAPOLIS DEAL
The Rink and Savoy apartment buildings at Illinois and Vermont Streets were bought Friday from Gibraltar Realty Company by Dr. Goethe Link of 4207 N Pennsylvania St for about 225000. The Rink is seven stories with twenty six units and the Savoy six stories with twelve units. The property fronts 32.5 feet on Illinois Street and extends 130 feet on Vermont Street.
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Rink
Savoy
Illinois and
Vermont Sts
Gibraltar Realty Company
Goethe Link
Pennsylvania St
Illinois St
Vermont
Pretty Miss Indianapolis Keeps New Year Resolutions
A brief note portrays a young woman in Indianapolis drafting New Year resolutions. Readers wonder how long she will keep them, whether she will curb flirtations or excesses, and what role parties may play in her 1927 plan as she wishes her daughter luck in upholding the aims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Bank embezzler Orwig claims relief in prison cell
Lloyd Orwig, 34, teller at Fletcher Savings and Trust, is charged with embezzling 4800 dollars. He told reporters he suffered for two years, tried to end his life last Sunday, and says the funds were used for general purchases with only whisky purchases noted. He awaits bank and police actions after a hospital pledge.
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Lloyd Orwig
Parker Ave
Fletcher Savings and Trust Company
City
Indiana Christan Hospital
Orwiig
Orwig
Hassel Hopes For Electric Chair On New Year Day
Plainview Texas January. George Hassel, a confessed murderer of thirteen, lay on a jail cot on New Year’s Day hoping to recover from knife wounds to be fit for the electric chair when his time comes. He told his doctor he did not want a mob to get him and spoke after being brought from Farwell where his wife and eight stepchildren were found murdered and buried in a farm cave. He admitted disposing of his former wife and three adopted children in California by a similar method about ten years ago.
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United Press
Plainview
Texas
George Hassel
Hassel
Farwell
California
Fanatic threatens judge and jurors in Stephenson case
Police in Noblesville Indiana search for a man believed to be a fanatic who sent threatening letters to Circuit Judge Fred Hines and four jurors who convicted D C Stephenson, former leader of the Indiana Ku Klux Klan, with some letters demanding money and others threatening bodily harm. The judge labelled the letters crank activity and jurors reported the threats to him.
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Times
Noblesville
Ind
Fred Hines
D. C. Stephenson
Gooding
Sheets Appointed to Indiana State Board of Agriculture
Governor Ed Jackson announced Austin H. Sheets a Marion County farmer will replace Charles J. Murphy in Indianapolis as a member of the Indiana State board of agriculture. J. E. Green of Muncie and John R. Nash of Tipton were reappointed to the board.
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Ed Jackson
Austin H. Sheets
Marion County
Charles J. Murphy
Indianapolis
State Board of Agriculture
J. E. Green
Muncie
John R. Nash
Tipton
Methodist View Board Sees Prohibition Stronger Nationwide
The board of temperance, prohibition and public morals of the Methodist Episcopal Church says enforcement is better across the board in the New Year. It notes moonshine production remains too general and should be controlled by local authorities.
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United Press
Washington
Board of Temperance, Prohibition and Public Morals
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Dorsett Withdraws From City Council Race
Walter R. Dorsett declares he will withdraw from the presidency race in favor of Otis E. Bartholomew who is described as the council's favorite. The council president vote is scheduled for Monday noon.
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Walter R. Dorsett
Otis E. Bartholomew
Bartholomew
Dorsett
Dillon Appointment to Fill Dillon’s Place Set for Week
Mayor Duvall says no board changes will occur at year start except to fill Thomas Dillon’s expiring term on the city plan commission. The Dillon vacancy will be filled the first of the week, he added.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Dillon
City Plan Commission
Duvall
Dillon
Missing Mother Seeks Help to Find Helen May
Mrs. Robert May of Muncie asks police to search the city for her daughter Helen May 21 who has been missing four months. Helen is described with gray eyes chestnut brown hair and a light tailored suit. Hamet M Hinkle 22 of Vincennes is also reported missing by his father who asks a search be conducted for him.
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Robert May
Muncie
Helen
Hamet M. Hinkle
Vincennes
H. D. Hinkle
Engineer Revives Flood Prevention Plan for City Bridge
The Board of Works approved Chester C. Oberleas plans for the W Morris Street bridge and levees along the White River. The full flood prevention project costs 1 132 000 with 45 percent city, 45 percent county, and 10 percent abutting landowner contributions. The channel will be widened to 600 feet and shortened by 1 750 feet, with a new reinforced concrete bridge costing 450 000 included in the estimate. Land acquisition and appraisers are to be arranged.
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Board of Works
Chester C. Oberleas
W. Morris St
White River
Oberleas
Roy C. Shaneberger
Shank
Indianapolis Real Estate Board
Belt Railroad
Morris St
Alcoholic cases few on New Year in Indianapolis
Reports from Indianapolis hospitals say no alcoholic cases were admitted after 6:45 p.m. on New Year’s Day and the city had a remarkably quiet holiday. Eighteen people were treated for alcoholic poisoning in the previous twenty four hours, a contrast to the silent morning.
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Indianapolis
Methodist Hospital
Three Holdups Baffle Police Friday Night
Police seek leads after three separate hold ups Friday night. L P Judd manager of Domestic Coal at 331 W Walnut St reported $9.25 in cash and a $25 check taken. J H Price proprietor at 1409 N Missouri St said $45 stolen by two armed men. Ira Dyre and August Mitchell of Apt 2 522 Massach Ave reported clothing theft.
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L. P. Judd
N. Temple Ave
W. Walnut
J. H. Price
Missouri St
Ira Dyre
August Mitchell
Apt
Massach
New Year revels in Indianapolis fuel rowdy scene
Police and federal agents failed to curb a wild New Year’s Eve in Indianapolis as crowds packed hotels clubs and roadhouses drank freely. Revelers spilled into snow covered streets with fights bottle tossing and rides on auto bumpers while crowds surged late into the early morning hours.
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Thirtieth St
Park
Directors weigh new secretary as Reynolds tenure ends
The board of directors debates appointing a new secretary as John B. Reynolds, general secretary of the chamber of commerce, nears contract expiry. A provisional arrangement is considered while a successor is chosen, amid internal dissension and a broader push for an industrial engineer to attract locations.
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John B. Reynolds
Chamber of Commerce
Reynolds
Pecmed
Dic Ir
Indianapolis
Reynolds Mig
Postmaster General Sees Strong Year Prospects
United Press dispatch from Washington reports Postmaster General New says 140 year outlook holds promise of prosperity. He notes money orders totaling 7 406 662 dollars, up 12 percent from the prior year period, and December postal receipts rising across regions. New points to holiday mail surges and varied gains by city as signs of improving economic conditions.
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United Prensa
Washington
New
Atlanta
Gay
Biham
Ala
Tenn
Charle C
Nashville
Jacksonville
Fla
Dallas
Texas
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