Watson Indicates 1932 Retirement Not a Run for Re election
Indiana Senator James E. Watson signaled he will not seek re election in 1932 and may retire rather than risk another campaign. He cited a desire to “make my personal fortune” after 36 years in public service and discussed a potential successor to internal revenue collector George Foote with Indiana leaders, naming Dorothy Cunningham and Harry Nichols as candidates.
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James E. Watson
United States
Indiana
Senate
Watson
M. Burt Thurman
Columbia Club
Hoosier
Florida
Winchester
Indianapolis
Governor's Mansion
Arthur R. Robinson
Washington
George Foote
Internal Revenue Collector
Robinson
Dorothy Cunningham
Harry Nichols
Madison
N. M. King
Lake County
Ravh Romance 1 Server Jetty BY ate LOU nee
Judith Cameron, a new stenographer at Hunter Brothers, faces ostracism from colleagues after withholding answers about herself. She receives mixed attention from Tim Mulligan, a friendly office boy, while Arthur Knight is rumored to show favoritism toward her as tensions rise.
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Ate Lou Nee
Judith Cameron
Judith
Hunter Brothers’ Publishing House
Carla Morrison
Carla
Miss Ritz
New York
Hunter Brothers
Miss Cameron
Tim
Tim Mulligan
Mulligans
Arthur Knight
Prison Warden Quits After Auburn Prison Riots
Edgar S. Jennings resigns as warden of Auburn prison citing ill health. He has been under medical care since the December 11 riot that left eight convicts dead and chief keeper George A. Durnford killed. Jennings would have reached retirement eligibility next year under the state system.
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Jennings
Auburn
United Press
Albany
N. Y
Edgar S. Jennings
Warde
George A. Durnford
Tech High Pupil Dies of Spinal Meningitis
Frederick E J Schneider 15 a freshman at Arsenal Technical High School died in city hospital at 2 30 am today from spinal meningitis. Funeral 2 30 pm Friday at home burial Crown Hill Cemetery. Survived by parents Mr and Mrs Fred W Schneider and sister Irma.
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Frederick E. J. Schneider
Fred W. Schneider
Evison Street
City Hospital
Crown Hill Cemetery
Arsenal Technical High School
Irma
Twelve US district attorneys resign or dismissed since March
Attorney General Mitchell announced that twelve United States district attorneys have either resigned or been dismissed from government service since last March 4 following a nationwide survey by the Justice Department. The report lists times in the morning and early afternoon with no further explanatory details.
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United Press
Washington
United States
Justice Department
Mitchell
Sullivan Man Named Bandit Robbery Case In Sullivan
Deputy prosecuting attorney Harry Gause filed an affidavit charging Walter Shepard age 23 of Sullivan with highway robbery on June 6. Gause identified Shepard as the man who held him up for $5 and his car while Gause was en route to a country club to golf. Shepard was arrested in Sullivan after a family quarrel led authorities to identify him. the gun used in the holdup was found in Gause's car. Detectives went to Sullivan to bring Shepard for trial.
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Harry Gause
North
Pennsylvania Street
Walter Shepard
Sullivan
Gause
Shepard
Indiana Bus Crash Kills Two on Richmond Dayton Pike
Two dead and seven injured when a Greyhound bus left the road four miles east of Eaton Indiana and struck an iron bridge. Deceased are Thomas Kar ney 50 Alexandria and Esther Masters 30 Connersville.
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United Press
EATON
Suicide ends broker Max Dimentz’s losses in Chicago
Max Dimentz, 46, who lost his own money and funds of merchants, shot himself as the year closed after identification of his body. He had appeared penniless in New Orleans two weeks earlier and received help to return to Chicago. Green urges Negro unionization to raise labor standards in an editorial in the American Federationist.
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Chicago
United Press
Max Dimentz
New Orleans
Green
Washington
William Green
American Federation of Labor
American Federationist
Meningitis Death Toll Rises to 43 in City
Frederick Schneider age 15 dies at city hospital as spinal meningitis toll reaches 43 with 62 total cases. Other fatalities include Charles Moody and Robert Griffin. Health officials warn of sporadic cases for 90 days while smallpox outbreaks surge elsewhere in Indiana with 25 cases in Clark County and 24 in Allen County during the week.
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Frederick Schneider
Evison Street
City Hospital
Health Department
Charles Ross
North Illinois Street
Melvin Merkcle
South West Street
Charles Moody
Brookville
Robert Griffin
Noblesville
State Health Board
Herman G. Morgan
William F. King
South Bend
Martinsville
State Board of Health
Clark County
Allen
Delaware
Fayette
Grant
Green
Henry
Knox
la Porte
Swift action promised in Gary Muddle
Garys ongoing mayoral dispute moves to the Indiana Supreme Court as Henry G. Hay seeks to block Johnson and White from taking office January 6. Arguments focus on eligibility after Johnsons pardon and possible illegal acts, with Chief Justice Travis signaling immediate relief.
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Gary Muddle
Gary
State Supreme Court
Julius Travis
Henry G. Hay
Floyd E. Williams
Supreme Court
Hay
Lake County
R. O. Johnson
Emmet N. White
Johnson
White
Indiana
Coolidge
Travis
United States
Work Resumed at Ford Plant with Hiring Ramp
Several hundred unemployed workers gathered outside the Ford Motor Company at 1315 East Washington Street as production restarted. Rex Hayes, assistant manager, said about half of the 1,100-worker force was recalled initially with more to return as materials arrive and output increases. 25 to 50 cars are being assembled daily.
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Ford Motor Company
East
Washington Street
Rex Hayes
Hayes
Buick and Chevrolet Plants Plan Quick Restart in Flint
Flint plants of Buick and Chevrolet resume production within days. Fisher Body Plant No 1 reopened and other Buick and Chevrolet subsidiaries follow. Charles S Barth says 11,000 of 14,000 workers will return to five day schedules next week after months of shortened hours.
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United Press
Flint
Mich
Buick
Chevrolet Motor Company
Fisher Body
Buick Company
Chevrolet
Charles S. Barth
Morrow Welcomed by 4000 at Jersey New Year Reception
Dwight W. Morrow ambassador to Mexico and London naval conference delegate was greeted by over four thousand admirers and friends from sixty Jersey towns and cities at a New Year reception in the Armory at Englewood New Jersey.
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United Press
Englewood
N. J
Dwight W. Morrow
Mexico
Jersey
Police chase after gunmen in Garvin shooting
Inspector James G. Garvin was wounded in head and chest when a gunmen opened fire to kill him in Detroit this morning. A nearby 11 year old girl Lois Bartlett was struck by four bullets and later died. Police seek the assailants in a black car after the attack.
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Buetroit
James G. Garvin
Lois Bartlett
Garvin
Mary
Lois
Murray and
Omegrees
Detroit
Ind
Wales Ready to Sail for Africa Hunt
The luggage of the prince of Wales, excluding ceremonial dress, was aboard the Kenilworth Castle at Southampton as he prepared to depart Friday for an African big game hunting expedition. He had paused the trek last year to rush home to his father’s bedside.
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Burnited
Preas Loin
Prince of Wales
Kenilworth Castle
Southampton
Africa
382 New Year Revelers Arrested in Berlin
Three hundred eighty two revelers were arrested mainly for drunk and disorderly conduct in Berlin as New Year events ended. The police and fire department logged fifty two calls with ten calls identified as practical jokes.
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Jens Berlin
Court Decides Insurance Suit in Indiana State Ruling
Superior Judge Linn D. Hay ruled sale of nonassessable automobile insurance in Indiana legal in the case Automobile Underwriters, Inc. v. Clarence Wysong. The decision permanently enjoins Wysong from enforcing his ruling against reciprocal insurance companies in Indiana. The lengthy opinion spans about fifty pages.
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Indiana
Linn D. Hay
Automobile Underwriters, Inc
Clarence Wysong
Hay
Wysong
Hoover Does Not Suffer After New Year’s Reception
President Hoover appeared at his desk shortly after 9 a.m. stating he was unshaken after greeting more than 6,000 people at the White House New Year’s reception. He reported no disability and said he was feeling fine.
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United Press
Washington
Hoover
White House
Board of Works picks Sullivan ally and McKinney president
Reginald H. Sullivan announces three new Board of Works members led by E. Kirk McKinney, younger element pick, with Britton and Brandt joining. McKinney to earn 3000 dollars. others 2500. McKinney, 36, heads real estate dept at State Savings and Trust Co. Brandt, 60, runs Brandt Bros. Co. Britton, 60, long-time Indianapolis attorney, Republican. he has wartime service and town ties. Retainment of City Engineer A H Moore, and others, slated to continue.
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E. Kirk McKinney
Charles O. Britton
North Meridian Street
Louis C. Brandt
Pleasant Street
Board of Public Works
Reginald H. Sullivan
Theodore Dammeyer
John C. McCloskey
Emsley W. Johnson
Slack
Jan. G. McKinney
Britton
Board of Works
City Hall
Works Board
McKinney
Dammeyer
East Washington Street
South New Jersey
405
East Washington Realty Company
Sullivan
Evans Woollen
Charles Remster
Charles Cox
Supreme Court
State Savings and Trust Company
Indianapolis Real Estate Board
First Friends Church
Earlham College
Richmond
Ind
Brandt
Brandt Bros. & Co
Germany
South Side
Indianapolis
Zion Evangelical Church
Champaign
Tfl
Shortridge High School
Harvard College
Arthur W. Brown
The
Union Trust Company
Central Christian Church
Mystic Tie Lodge of Masons
Scottish Rite
Shrine
Indiana Bar Association
Columbia Club
Highland Golf and Country Club
Union National Savings and Loan Association
North Meridian
A. H. Moore
Grossart
Fabian Biemer
Dorr faces death in court for sweetheart’s husband murder
Samuel Howard Dorr goes to trial for murder of his sweetheart’s husband as Mrs Genevieve O’Brien sobs through proceedings. The state seeks the death penalty while jurors are qualified. The O’Brien and Dorr families share seating in a crowded Chicago courtroom.
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United Press
Chicago
Samuel Howard Dorr
Dorr
Genevieve O’brien
O’brien
Indianapolis Post Office Receipts Rise 1929
Postal receipts in Indianapolis climbed 1.09 percent in 1929 to 4,761,653.27, up from 4,709,862.68 in 1928, with a net gain of 51,790.59. December 1929 totals showed strong Christmas mail, 489,197.98 versus 465,062.33 in December 1928.
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Indianapolis
Robbert H. Bryson
Rosa Raisa to Open Civic Music Series Tonight
Times Special reports that world famous soprano Mme Rosa Raisa will perform tonight in the first concert of a series organized by the newly formed Civic Music Association in Mun Ind.
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Mme
Rosa Raisa
Civic Music Association
Willson Named Head of Indianapolis School Board
Russell Willson became president of the Indianapolis school board as the new board took office. Julian Wetzel named vice president and Albert Baker board attorney, all elected unanimously along with holdover members. Several resignations followed, including Superintendent Charles F Miller, to be replaced by Daniel T Weir as acting superintendent.
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Russell Willson
Indianapolis School Board
Julian Wetzel
Albert Baker
Lewis E. Whiteman
Fred Kepner
Willson
Wetzel
J. Don Miller
Charles F. Miller
Daniel T. Weir
Arsenal Technical High School
Charlies C. York
A. B. Good
H. F. Osler
Carl W. Burton
Margaret K. Tyler
Marie E. Hansen
South East Street
Prince the Airdale Warned Fire, Dies Guarding Dry Goods
New York January 2. A six month old airdale named Prince left on guard raised the alarm when a fire broke out in a dry goods store room but Prince died before firefighters arrived. The dog alerted workers and helped save the building from greater damage.
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United Press
New York
Prince
Airdale
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