Question Mark Endurance Flight Opens From Van Nuys
The Army attempts the world endurance record as the tri motor Question Mark leaves Van Nuys for a 128 mile coast to coast cruise toward Rockwell Field San Diego. Captain Ira Eaker pilots with Major Carl Spatz and Lt Elwood in shifts as refueling ships supply the craft.
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United Presse
Los Angeles
Cal
Army
United States
van Nuys
Tan Field
San Diego
Rockwell Field
Imperial Valley
Ira Eaker
H. A. Halverson
Carl Spatz
Elwood
Roy W. Hope
Rye
Pasanera
Spatz
Lieutenant
Eaker and
Halverson
Mident
Eaker-Hal
Mant Quesada
Dennison Reappointed to Instate Prison Board of Trustees
Arthur L. Dennison of Rochester is reappointed to the Instate prison board of trustees by Governor Ed Jackson. The four year term starts immediately and expires today. Also named are Judge Cyrus E. Pat South Bend to the state probation advisory committee and Mrs. Harriett Pierce Clinton to the secretaryship.
Celebrant Wounded In New Year Shot Incident
A neighbor watch party during New Year celebrations turned tense when Iva Hicks fired a shotgun to mark 1929. John Stewart, at 651 North M Street, was not hurt though the blast caused injuries to a celebrant present at 549 Orth Lynn Street. An advertisement notes Chicago telephone rates.
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Iva Hicks
Orth Lynn Street
John Stewj
North m Street
Turns Over a New Leaf Miss Mary Wagner
Miss Mary Wagner of 2489 Kenwood avenue vows not to bite the end off any pencil or brush again and embraces a calmer artistic path.
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Mary Wagner
Kenwood Avenue
Woman Confesses Death Farm Murder to Save Son
Mrs. Louisa Northcott confesses to killing 9 year old Walter Collins at a Riverside chicken house claiming her grandson Sanford Clark first assaulted the child. She pleads guilty to murder to save her son Gordon Stewart Northcott, who was sentenced to life imprisonment. She writes a note urging him to seek an out of court settlement. He rejects the message and faces trial tomorrow in Riverside for another murder.
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United Press
San Quentin State Prison
Cal
San Quentin Prison
Louisa Northcott
Gordon Stewart Northcott
Walter Collins
Sanford Clark
Collins
New York
San Bernardino
Stay! Stay! Corset Save Miss Ayres From Gunfire
Mrs. Edith Ayres, 35, of 2015 Barth avenue, was seated indoors after a New Year party when two .38 caliber shots were fired through her door. One bullet deflected. the other struck her side but was stopped by a corset stay. Police investigate motive.
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Edith Ayres
Barth Avenue
Cold Wave Expected With Light Snow Across Area
Weather bureau forecast calls for a cold wave today with temperatures 10 to 15 degrees above freezing by Wednesday morning. Traffic not expected to be hampered. Temperatures start around the low 30s and rise to moderate levels by Thursday.
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Weather Bureau
Roosevelt Inaugurated Governor of New York
Franklin D Roosevelt was sworn in as Governor of New York marking the second time a Roosevelt has led the state. He accepted responsibility from Governor Alfred E Smith and became the 44th New York chief executive.
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United Press State Capitol
Albany
N. Y
Franklin
Roosevelt
New York State
New York
Alfred E. Smith
International Harvester announces $1 million NY vacation gift
About 40,000 employees will receive a two weeks paid vacation as a New Year present. The cost is estimated near $1,000,000 and will be offset by anticipated improved employee goodwill. The vacation coverage will extend to workers in all departments.
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United Press
Chicago
International Harvester Company
Rikhoff Passes on Courthouse Deputy Sheriff Post
Harry Alford named courthouse deputy sheriff by Sheriff George L. Winkler after Herman Rikhoff declined the post. Alford is son of Fremont Alford, former criminal court judge, and he previously served in local law enforcement.
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Harry Alford
George L. Winkler
Herman Rikhoff
Lew Shank
Alford
Fremont Alford
City Controller Reports $396000 General Fund Deficit
City controller documents show a 396000 shortfall in the city general fund after the levy was cut from 61.25 to 56.08 cents per 100 of assessed value and a court ruling forced salary boosts for police and fire departments. Utilities bills and unpaid accounts drive most of the arrears, with bond issuance suggested as the only path to payment.
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City General Fund
State Tax Board
Old City
Board of Works
Emmanuel Wetter
Indianapolis Water Company
Diann
Bell ‘Telephone Company
Mob Burns Convicted Killer At Stake In Mississippi Lynching
Charles Shepherd, a Negro convict, was captured after the murder of prison guard J D Duvall and abduction of Ruth Duvall. A mob seized him near Rome Mississippi, tied him to a stake, and burned him in a field two miles north of town, as National Guardsmen watched. The lynching marked Mississippi’s fourth of the year and followed Shepherd’s capture on a plantation near Mound Bayou.
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Buy United Preas
Rome
Miss
Charles Shepherd
Here
J. D. Duvall
Duvall
Ruth
Shepherd
Mississippi
Laura May Keiler
Ruth Duvall
J. R. Walters
Sumner
Walters
Camp No. 21
Parchman
Keiler
Miss Keiler
Mound Bayou
New Year Festivities Mark Low Arrest Toll Across City
New Year celebrations featured plentiful liquor but only twelve arrests on liquor charges, four for driving while intoxicated and two for operating a blind tiger. Federal agents were scarce as deputies expired at midnight. Revelers packed clubs and public events while churches observed the holiday with prayers and songs.
Slack Urges Immediate Mortgage to Seize Gas Plant
Mayor Le Ert Slack outlined a plan to mortgagize Citizens Gas Company property to retire 2,000,000 in outstanding common stock certificates as a first step in city takeover under the 1905 franchise. Trustees should act first, with safeguards and court action only if opponents resist. The plan aims to avoid political or private control and protect citizens.
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Citizens Gas Company
le ° Ert Slack
Gas Company
John W. Holtzman
Fred C. Gause
Board of Works
Sheriff I M Stanley Retires After Pouring Party
In Monticello Indiana a retirement party for White County Sheriff I M Stanley ended with 395 pint bottles of various intoxicants dumped at the city dump. A box of bottle caps and two cappers were also destroyed at the event.
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Specinal
Monticello
Ind
I. M. Stanley
White County
Guilty Verdict in F W Hohlt & Son Store Robbery Case
Carl Amos found guilty by a criminal court jury of auto banditry and robbery in the Dec 8 holdup at 1239 Kentucky Ave. He faces a five to twenty-one year sentence to be imposed by Judge James A. Collins. The case tied to three other alleged robbers. police entrapped them after a fatal shootout that killed Carl Kittrell and Otto Price.
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Carl Amos
F. W. Hohlt & Son
James A. Collins
Amos
Hend
Kentucky Avenue
Carl Kittrell
Otto Price
A. G. Manning
William H. Remy
Judson L. Stark
Manning
Herman Armfield
Alma Rubens to Face Arraignment on Disturbing the Peace
Alma Rubens the film star is scheduled to be arraigned tomorrow on charges of disturbing the peace. The complaint cites wild parties and prowling the court at night with a flashlight. Witnesses include Leroy Mason Rita Carew and Mr and Mrs Finis Fox.
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United Press
Los Angeles
Alma Rubens
M. Uhl
Bungalow Court
Miss Rubens
Leroy Mason
Rita Carew
Mrs
Finis Fox
Screen Colony
CUT PHONE RATES INDIANA BELL ANNOUNCES THIRD CUT
C. H. Rottger of Indiana Bell says long distance rates drop again, mainly day station-to-station calls. The plan trim messages from 10 to 25 cents on most circuits, saving Indiana users over 100000 dollars yearly. Specific cuts include Indianapolis to Evansville from 1.05 to .95, Michigan City 1.05 to .90, and South Bend .95 to .85. No evening or night rate change.
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C. H. Rottger
Indiana Bell Telephone Company
Indiana
Indianapolis
New York
Evansville
Michigan City
South Bend
Break In At A and P And Johnson Auto Livery
Thieves shattered the front glass of the A. and P. grocery at 1283 West Bay street at 1 50 a m and stole a few pennies. Later the Johnson Auto Livery Company at 725 North Illinois street had its front glass broken at 2 50 a m but the intruders fled when confronted by Carl McDaniels an employee.
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A. and P. Grocery
West Bay Street
Johnson Auto Livery Company
North Illinois Street
Carl McDaniels
Gas Tax Begins In Massachusetts On New Year
Massachusetts imposes a two cent per gallon gasoline tax effective at midnight. State Tax Commissioner Henry F. Long estimates the new levy will raise about 11 million dollars in the current year.
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United Press
Boston
Massachusetts
Henry F. Long
Commonwealth
New Year Celebrations Quiet Amid Prohibition Crackdown
Federal state and city officers patrolled major cities on New Year Eve creating one of the quietest celebrations. Despite warnings liquor flowed in some areas with raids and arrests in New York Boston Philadelphia and other cities. Weather aided restraint with snow in the Midwest and home celebrations in St Louis and Kansas City.
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Midwest
New York City
Chicago
New York
St. Louis
Kansas City
Cleveland
Washington
Philadelphia
Boston
Detroit
Accident Probed After Shooting at Phares Farm
Police probe a hunting accident involving Arthur Price of 835 East Georgia. Henry Paris on the H E Phares farm fired at prowlers. buckshot hit a man, and a bullet lodged in Paris’s kitchen wall. Price says he was shot by a man named Slim during a prior expedition in the White River bottoms.
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Arthur Price
East
Georgia Street
H. E. Phares
State Road 29
Shelbyville
Henry Paris
Phares
Paris
Price
Otto Price
Hohlt Dry
Slim
White River
Niblack Chooses Vandiver as Law Partner in Indianapolis
State senator elect John L. Niblack and retiring deputy tor form a law partnership with Carl Vandiver at 41 Indiana Trust building. Niblack previously worked as an Indianapolis newspaper man and served as deputy prosecutor. Paul Rhoadarmer begins as chief deputy prosecutor after retiring from the Vandiver-Niblack firm.
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John L. Niblack
Tor
Carl Vandiver
Indiana Trust Building
Niblack
Indianapolis
Paul Rhoadarmer
Vandiver
New City Traffic Code Causes Downtown Confusion
Police chief says strict enforcement will wait a few days as motorists adjust to the new rules. The change introduces flat to curb parking at 45 degrees downtown and affects Monument Circle while Washington street parking is affected.
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Claude M. Worley
Worlhy
Washington Street
Monument Circle
Three Killed in New Year Eve Crashes
Three people died and four were injured in New Year’s Eve crashes in Indianapolis. Foreman Carl Sulkerson and track laborer William Osborne died after their car struck them on Washington Street. Sam Shirley died later at city hospital after hitting a freight train. Four others were injured in a separate collision on Northwestern Avenue. Local authorities reported speeding and driving under the influence in these incidents.
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Indianapolis
Carl Sulkerson
West
Washington Street
William Riley Osborne
Rybolt Street
Sam Shirley
Wilkens Street
Frances Cameron
West Thirty Fourth Street
Margaret Miller
Buckle Street
Eugene Bender
College Avenue
Aldine Meyers
Central Avenue
Max S. Kos
West Thirty-eighth Street
Linwood Avenue
Osborne and Sulkerson
Ira Holmes
Kos
Paw Wetter
Sulkerson
Borne
Indianapolis Street Rail Company
Washington
Richmond
Ind
Pol
Shirley
Pital
Lie
Northwestern Avenue
Second Street
Edson Wood
Forty-third Street
Egbert
Bell
East Twentieth Street
Frances C.i
Methodist
John Jones
Flete Avenue
Madison Avenue
Morris
Jones
City Hospital
Mother Sentenced in Prohibition Violation Case
Mrs. Lizzie Beck, 53, jailed for violating national prohibition laws, faces days to devise a plan to pay for her home. The court gave her until Thursday to address 14 matters at her home and she remains in the county jail under the watch of her deaf husband.
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Lizzie Beck
Beck
Robert ©. Baltzell
Baby girl born to Cayto family in Indianapolis
A baby girl arrived at 12:01 at City Hospital in Indianapolis born to Mr and Mrs C R Cayto of 880 Twenty-fifth Street. The notice records the first arrival of the infant and notes the birth time and location.
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C. R. Cayto
Twenty-fifth Street
Indianapolis
City Hospital
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Cosmopolitan Clab
Indiana University School of Dentistry
Shriners
Murat Temple
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Jack Westfield
Tomlinson Hall
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