Barker calm at ballyhoo for his life in Elkhart trial
Harvey L. Smith former carnival barker evangelist and private detective faces the electric chair in Elkhart Superior Court for the murder of Genevieve Stults whose body was found in a shallow grave near the city. The defense seeks corpus delicti and questions the unsigned jail letter while state witnesses tie Smith to the alleged plot. Court crowds fill the chambers as jury selection continues.
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Arch Steines
Elkhart
Ind
Robert E. Proctor
Smith
Stults
Three Lost Hikers Sought After Blizzard On Longs Peak
A five man search party led by Preston hunts three unidentified men feared lost in a blizzard on Longs Peak Colorado. The group departed Estes Park Wednesday night to join rescue efforts at Rocky Mountain National Park.
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United Press
Denver
Cole
Long's Peak
Eee See
Preston
Estes Park
Rocky ‘Mountain National Park
Eight injured in truck sideswipe of bus near Bowling Green
Thirty two persons were injured when a truck sideswiped a Greyhound bus from Cincinnati to Detroit near Bowling Green Ohio Wednesday midnight. The truck skidded and caused the collision injuring several passengers. Local authorities investigated the crash and treated the injured at the scene.
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Toledo
Greyhound
Cincinnati
Detroit
Bowling Green
Wil
Saeed
Mercury Rises From Slump Amid Forecast Warmup
The low of 5 above at 8 a.m. Wednesday climbs to 25 by 8 a.m. today as temps rise into the thirties. United States Weather Bureau head J H Armington predicts another slight drop Friday with highs around 30 and a nightly low near 25.
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J. H. Armington
United States Weather Bureau
Armington
Toy in Baby's Throat Removed Life Saved
In Cincinnati Ohio an 18 month old boy Frankie Brooks swallowed a toy motorcycle from a prize pack. After a three week fight pneumonia delayed surgery until Dr. H. H. Haggert finally removed the toy from his throat saving the child's life. He was kept alive by small doses of milk.
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United Press
Cincinnati
Frankie Brooks
H. H. Haggert
Frankie
Name of Peking is changed to Peping by Nanking government
The Nanking government’s post office department announces that Pekin will be spelled Peping. The move mirrors other regimes' name changes such as Petrograd to Leningrad and Queenstown to Cobh, noting Peking means northern capital and should only apply to Nanking as the southern capital.
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Peping
China
Pekin
Nanking
Post Office Department
Petrograd
Leningrad
Russia
Queenstown
Ireland
Cobh
Peking
Convict Ship Sails for Ushuaia Prison
One hundred convicts sail from Buenos Aires on the transport Pampa bound for Ushuaia on Tierra Del Fuego. Among them ten homicide convicts travel in the group. A 1927 escapee once crossed glaciers and mountains to Punta Arenas after slipping through barriers.
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United Press
Buenos Aires
Pampa
Ushuaia
Tierra del Fuego
Straits of Magellan
Punta Arenas
Chile
Senate seeks extra 20000 for Vare-Ware contest
Chairman Shortridge asked the senate for an additional 20000 to fund the privileges and elections committee investigation of the Wilson Vare election contest. The resolution went to committee without debate. The sub committee reportedly has exhausted the prior funds allocated to hear the Ware Wilson contest for the senate seat.
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United Press
Washington
Privileges and Elections Committee
Senate
Shortridge
William S. Ware
William B. Wilson
Farm relief unlikely this session says Snell
Washington January 3 chairman Snell of the house rules committee told the president it did not appear likely that any farm relief legislation would be enacted during the session that ends March 4. The president did not comment on the report.
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United Press
Washington
Snell
House Rules Committee
Coolidge
Congress
Party Faces Deficit as Democrats Close 1928
The Democratic national committee ends 1928 with a deficit of 1,497,392 dollars, per detailed campaign statistics filed with the House clerk. The figures reflect the party's financial status and campaign accounting for the year.
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United Press
Washington
Democratic National Committee
House of Representatives
Plane Passes 48 Hour Mark in Time Test
The army monoplane Question Mark with a crew of five stays aloft past forty eight hours over Los Angeles and San Diego. Major Carl Spatz, Captain Ira Eaker, Lieutenants Equesada and Halverson, and Sergeant Roy Hope report confidence as refueling from Van Nuys ships continues. The craft already broke the 37 hour 15 minute American endurance record set in 1923, and will keep flying until engines fail or crew fatigue ends the mission.
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Los Angeles
Cal
San Diego
van Nuys
Carl Spatz
Ira Eaker
E. Quesada
Harry Halverson
Roy Hope
L. Smith
Paul Richter
Major Spatz
Girl Smashes Record in Endurance Flight
Miss Bobbie Trout an 18 year old Los Angeles aviatrix becomes the world's champion woman endurance flier by flying continuously twelve hours eleven minutes landing at Van Nuys Metropolitan Airport at 6 36 after starting at 6 25 The prior record was nine hours six minutes set by Viola Gentry at Mitchel Field New York Mrs L D Trout says her daughter took up aviation after leaving the University of Southern California to avoid housework
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United Press
Los Angeles
Cal
Bobbie Trout
van Nuys
Viola Gentry
Mitchel Field
N. Y
L. D. Trout
University of Southern California
Endurance Flight Ends in MARSHALL Barling NB-3 Refuels from Ground
The Barling NB-3 attempted a sustained flight of ten hours and fifty four minutes near Marshall Missouri. Pilot Leonard Rhiner of Kansas City nearly touched down by mistake while dropping a note. The crew carried out ten fuel drops using a synchronized ejector pickup system to refuel midair.
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United Press
Marshall
Leonard Rhiner
Kansas City
Lawlessness Threatens America, Governor Allen Warns
In his inaugural address Governor Frank G. Allen denounces indifference to laws as a grave peril to the nation. He cites open violation and evasion of law as dangers facing Massachusetts and the country.
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United Press
Boston
America
Frank G. Allen
Bus Firm Faces Franchise Loss Over Elkhart Crash
Indiana Public Service Commissioner Howell Ellis said he will seek a show cause order to bar Pony Express Line from roads after an investigator's report blamed a sleep deprived driver who had worked three days for the deadly December 23 accident in Elkhart that killed one and wounded thirteen.
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Pony Express
Elkhart
Howell Ellis
Public Service Commission
Indiana
Ellis
Traffic police educate motorists under new code
Additional police were assigned to educate motorists on provisions of the new traffic code. No arrests were made Wednesday during a leniency period set by Police Chief Claude M. Worley to help motorists learn the rules. The code copies, exhausted Wednesday, were replenished today.
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Claude M. Worley
Five Thousand Line Up At Fordson Job Office
Five thousand men stormed the Fordson plant employment office as Ford resumes hiring for a 30 000 new payroll expansion at five dollars daily for a five day week. Despite eight degree cold, lines formed since midnight with hundreds to be hired daily. One fence was pushed down by the crowd.
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United Press
Detroit
Mich
Fordson
Ford Motor Company
Ford
Mexican government accepts surrender terms from bandit Mendoza
President Portes Gil informed the military chief that Mendoza and 1200 of his men surrendered on Wednesday. Rebels who accept land grants receive money and immunity for their horses. Mendoza sought land grants and immunity for his followers.
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United Press
Mexico City
Emilio Portes Gil
Benjamin Mendoza
Mendoza
No Beer Found After Capitol Search in Wisconsin
Federal prohibition agents swept the Wisconsin state capitol on January 3 looking for beer. Despite a thorough search of every nook and cranny, officials failed to find a truckload of beer reported stored in the building for a celebration.
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United Press
Madison
Wis
Wisconsin Capitol
Federal Prohibition
Capitol
C. B. Ballard
County Clerk Denies Holding Trust Funds for Interest
County Clerk George O. Hutsell told Superior Judge Byron K. Elliott he collects 2.5 percent interest on funds in his custody, about five dollars a year, and any Marion Club trust money distributed to stockholders on court orders yields only a few dollars in interest. W. R. Waddell, the attorney charged with swindling stockholders, made the accusation in court.
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George O. Hutsell
Marion Club
W. R. Waddell
Republican Organization
Byron K. Elliott
Hutsell
Marion Club Trust
Auto Man Arrives From England to Open Meeting
A mechanical aluminum man arrived from England aboard the Bergenaria in New York. Sponsored by Captain W. H. Richards the figure, described as standing and talking, opened the Engineering Society meeting after a speech. The Duke of York was unable to open last year’s event, prompting the creation of the figure.
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United Preas
New York
Berengaria
England
W. H. Richards
Duke of York
Engineering Society
Richards
Banks Buy $500000 In Marion County Bonds
The Merchants National Bank and the Indiana Trust Company purchased 350000 in Marion county general fund bonds and 150000 in county sinking fund bonds. County Auditor Harry Dunn said the banks will hold them until June 1 at 4.39 percent interest. Proceeds fund current county expenses in anticipation of the May tax payment.
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Merchants National Bank
The
Indiana Trust Company
Marion County General Fund
County
Harry Dunn
Jewelry theft hits Koenig & Friedrichs store
Thieves smashed a window at Koenig & Friedrichs, 22 North Meridian, looting gems worth about 1500 dollars. A padded brick caused the alarm. ADT operatives arrived within minutes after the 4:19 a.m. break. L. C. Koenig, manager at 1018 High Street, estimated the loss and noted other pieces remained untouched.
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Koenig & Friedrichs
North
Meridian Street
American District Telegraph Company
L. C. Koenig
High Street
Talmadges Deny Marital Rumors on Berengaria
Constance and Norma Talmadge arrived in New York from England aboard the Berengaria and rejected reports of marital plans. Norma denied a Paris divorce or separation from her husband Schenck of United Artists, while Constance said she would not marry Townsend Netcher, calling him merely an old friend.
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United Press
New York
Constance
Norma Talmadge
England
Norma
Paris
Schenck
United Artists
Townsend Netcher
Chicago
Bankers Trust Named Executor in Carter Will
The Bankers Trust Company was named executor in the will of William W. Carter of 1615 North Talbott Street filed in probate court. The estate is valued at about 250000 with 35000 in specific bequests. The remainder goes to a trust for the widow Nellie E Carter and other named relatives.
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Bankers Trust Company
William W. Carter
North Talbott Street
Nellie E. Carter
Mary T. Carter
Anna E. Sturtevant
Arthella C. Fishback
Balbo Arrives in New York Under Guard Amid Protests
General Italo Balbo, air minister in Mussolini's cabinet, landed in New York escorted by anti radical squad detectives amid reports of planned anti fascist demonstrations. He traveled from major cities and was taken to a hotel for security.
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United Press
New York
Italo Balbo
Mussolini
Two Keefe Brothers Die Weeks Apart in Chicago
In Chicago on January 3 former U S Shipping Board member Daniel J Keefe died three hours before his brother Thomas J Keefe a retired capitalist, the two men dying within a single day in separate incidents as announced.
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Shipping Board
United Press
Chicago
Daniel J. Keefe
United States Shipping Board
Thomas J.keefe
Ex Congressman's Death in New York and Louisville
Charles L. Knapp 81 former three term congressman died at his Louisville home from heart trouble after years of illness. Knapp served in the U.S. House and was later elected to the state senate in 1886 for one term before leaving public life.
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United Press
Death feast of cafe owner Tom Perisch shocks Seattle
In Seattle a 48 year old cafe owner Tom Perisch arranged a funeral party for 300 friends and family to convene after his death. He left about $30 000 from his estate to fund the event and requested they eat drink and be merry. The funeral occurred on Wednesday as a stark finale to his life.
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United Press
Seattle
Wash
Tom Perisch
Perisch
Den of Iniquity Named in Milwaukee Divorce Petition
A Milwaukee divorce petition alleges a Night Owl Club lunch room used as a den of iniquity frequented by women of the underworld and patrons high in social public and political life. The petition names Frances Wojnowski as filing party and her husband as proprietor.
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United Press
Milwaukee
Wis
Frances Wojnowski
Night Owl Club
Brookside to formally open Community House Friday night
Brookside prepares a formal dedication of its new Community House Friday at 8 p m. Mayor L Ert Slack park board members and civic leaders will participate Clyde Montgomery and L H Harlow from local civic leagues are coordinating the event M E Foley park commissioner and Slack will speak an orchestra will provide music
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Brookside
L. Ert Slack
Park Board
Clyde Montgomery
Brookside Civic League
L. H. Harlow
Sherman-Emerson Civic League
M. E. Foley
Slack
Zahnd Re-elected National Chairman at Party Meeting
John Zahnd of Indianapolis was re elected national chairman at the eleventh annual executive meeting held at Hotel English. Other officers chosen include Levi Steven Lewis of Denver as first vice chairman and Florence Garvin of Lonsdale as secretary vice-chairman.
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John Zahnd
Indianapolis
National Party
English
Levi Steven Lewis
Denver
Cole
Florence Garvin
Lonsdale
R. L
Mabel la Rue
Wiley J. Rominger
Kansas City
Driver Max Kos Charged in Double Street Fatality
An affidavit charging Max 8 Kos, 34, of 245 West Thirty-eighth Street apartment 110, with man slaughter for a Dec 31 crash at Linwood Avenue and Washington Street is to be filed in criminal court. Victims were Carl Sulker son 43 of 1236 West Washington Street and William R. Osborne 55 of 817 Rybolt Street, an Indianapolis Street Railway Co. employee, who were working on street car tracks.
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Max
Kos
West Thirty-eighth Street
Linwood Avenue
Washington Street
Carl Sulkerson
West
William R. Osborne
Rybolt Street
Indianapolis Street Railway Company
Supreme Court rejects plea in disbarment case against W. Lee Smith
The Supreme Court refused Milton Clawson's petition on behalf of W. Lee Smith to dismiss disbarment proceedings filed by former Attorney General Arthur L. Gilliam. Smith, a former Ku Klux Klan leader, is serving a federal term for conspiracy in an interstate motor theft ring. The petition was filed Wednesday by Clawson.
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Supreme Court
Milton Clawson
W. Lee Smith
Federal Penitentiary
Fitch
Arthur L. Gilliam
Clawson
Use for Congressional Record Paper Startup Proposal
Representative LaGuardia introduced a resolution in the House to print the Congressional Record on cornstalk paper. He argued it would create a new market for corn farmers and reduce waste, replacing the current $2,500,000 paper appropriation with a new producer option.
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LaGuardia
Rep
N. Y
House
Congressional Record
Cops Close On Trail In Pettis Store Robbery Case
Indianapolis detectives and a Chicago officer have arrested three men in Indianapolis and one in Chicago as they close in on eight to ten suspects tied to the Pettis department store safe robbery last Thursday night. The gang stole $25 in cash, $900 in stamps, and 102 unsigned money order blanks from the Pettis post office substation. Authorities say an inside man may have aided the theft and that indictments are likely in federal court if state sentences are not severe.
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Indianapolis
Chicago
Pettis Department
Claude F. Johnson
George Stone
James E. Burke
Burke
Claude M. Worley
Jerry Kinney
Worley
Pettis
Roy Petts
al Schulz
John Marren
Donald Tooley
A. D.T
Reward posted for capture of killer who attacked June Nelson
Salt Lake CityUtah January 3 Rewards totaling fifteen hundred dollars have been offered for the capture of the fiend who assaulted and murdered 12 year old June Nelson on New Years day Riley M Beckstead chief of detectives has notified police from the west to round up all suspects
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Salt Lake City
Utah
June Nelson
Riley M. Beckstead
Indiana Legionnaires Meet for State Conference at Elks Club
More than five hundred American Legion post officials from across Indiana gather at the Elks Club for the annual state conference. The proceedings begin at 10:30 a.m. with installation of new officers.
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American Legion
Indiana
The
Elks Club
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Glen Sawyer
Ohio
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World's End Prison
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Sheriff's Rangers
Harvey Shipp
George Winkler
Harry Bendel
Ford Plant
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U. S
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Connie
Carter Will
Bankers Trust
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Charles L. Knapp
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Zahnd
Lee Smith
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Pearl Street
Everett M. Garrison
James Hughes
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