Marines Begin Final Push in NicaraguaConflict
Reports from Washington say U S Marines reinforced at Quilali with 120 machine gun troops are poised to crush Sandino quickly. Sandino vows in a letter to a friend he will not be captured alive and will blow himself up with five tons of dynamite.
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Managua
Lindbergh
Quilali
Sandino
Washington
Carl D. Groat
Nicaragua
Nica
United States
Senate
Bingham
Connecticut
Norris
Nebraska
Ireland
Senatr Heffin
Alabama
Catholic Hierarchy
Wall Street
House
Congress
Jose Patanagus
Moses J. Gould
Teyico City
Mexico
Augustino Sandino
Tegucigalpa
Pedro Zeppeda
Durant Enters Low-Price Car War With Star and Durants
W C Durant announces a new Star model to debut at the New York show and a Durant six line priced from 795 to 1550 dollars. Star models range 495 for roadster coupe and sedans, with 107 inch wheelbase. Hupp introduces Century Eights priced 1825 to 1955, broader impact on higher priced cars.
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New York
Durant
Hupp Motor Car Corporation
Stephenson pursues new murder trial via coram nobis petition
Kokomo attorney Olin R. Holt announces a writ of error coram nobis to seek a new trial for D. C. Stephenson, convicted in Noblesville in 1925. Affidavits and resolutions condemn Stephenson, plus a rebuke to Special Prosecutor Cox, will be offered as the petition argues fear prevented him from testifying. If granted, a new trial is ordered. if denied, appeal rights remain.
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D. C. Stephenson
Noblesville
Stephenson
Olin R. Holt
Kokomo
Holt
Indiana
Fred Hines
Charles E. Cox
Cox
Madge Oberholtzer
Indianapolis
Indiana State Prison
Will M. Sparks
Sparks
Supreme Court
Dry drive planned to join Indiana Ohio as district
W H Walker of Columbus Ohio prohibition administrator for Ohio and George L Winkler Indiana deputy dry administrator discussed continuing efforts to dry up Indiana. Indiana and Ohio will be joined as the twelfth district under Walker Feb 1. Walker praised Winkler and noted Indiana’s dry force would rise to twenty seven agents with Winkler likely to remain as deputy.
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Indiana
W. H. Walker
Columbus
Ohio
George L. Winkler
Walker
Winkler
Explosions Hit Two Mills at Hercules Powder Plant
Two Hercules Powder Company mills in Valley Falls New York were struck by blasts causing heavy damage. Initial reports indicated no fatalities though casualties and injuries were not yet confirmed.
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United Press
County to Ask Loan to Cover Current Debts
The county plans a Saturday morning vote on a $350 000 temporary loan to pay current county debts while spring tax installments are collected. County Auditor Harry Dunn submitted the appropriation request, with additional requests including $4000 for tax data collection salaries and supplies, $125 for garage repairs, $1400 for linoleum in new courtrooms, and $600 for electrical fixtures for four courtrooms.
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Harry Dunn
Jackson launches new judge fight
Governor Ed Jackson and allies seek a change of judge in the McCray case, with Special Judge Oscar Montgomery ready to hear the motion. Prosecutors oppose, arguing the defense is delaying the trial set for February seven.
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Jackson
Ed Jackson
George W. Coffin
Robert I. Marsh
Warren T. McCray
Oscar H. Montgomery
Seymour
Vial
James A. Collins
Montgomery
Emsley W. Johnson
Collins
Johnson
Clyde Jones
Defense
William R. Remy Tartly
Jones
Unclear Weather Row With Fragmented Numbers
Fragmented hourly temperatures and readings from an old weather fragment show 6 am and noon entries with values like 34 10 1.002 40 33.11 and 46 36. The legibility is poor and precise times and locations are not recoverable.
Protest Fire in Coal Heap at Indianapolis Plant
Residents near the Indianapolis Power and Light plant protest a month long smoke screen as a steam shovel reduces a large smouldering coal pile started by spontaneous combustion. Officials say the blaze should end in a day or two as cleanup continues. Raymond Hilton, 9, is missing after school.
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Indianapolis Power and Light Company
Washington Ave
Bright
Geisendorf Sts
New York St
Power and Light Company
City Health Board
H. J. Sneeden
General Power Plant
Sneeden
Mines to resume work after lost coal strike
Terre Haute Indiana workers will resume work Saturday at three mines involved in a strike over lost coal. Indianapolis officials relayed the plan via long distance telephone to mine headquarters today.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Indianapolis
Lindbergh Honored by Managua Crowds on Central American Tour
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh received a massive welcome in Managua as 40 000 to 50 000 residents lined streets to applaud him on his Central American itinerary. Bells horns flowers and cheers accompanied his arrival from Tegucigalpa. He spoke briefly thanking the crowd before continuing to the presidential mansion en route to San Jose Costa Rica.
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United Press
Managua
Nicaragua
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
United States
Lindbergh
Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Presidential
Coolidge
San Jose
Costa Rica
Plan Symons Defense Over Bank Crash Investigation
Plan Symons state bank commissioner and Thomas Barr will argue they acted within law by seeking receivers for American Trust Company Bank in Kokomo. They assert 1921 statute repealed 1893 rules forcing reports to prosecutors, citing Attorney General Gilliam’s opinion. Times Special URG Ind Jan 6 reports four tanks and 800 barrels of oil burned on Henry J Wiggs lease Patoka township due to a boy thawing a pipeline.
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Luther F. Symons
Thomas Barr
American Trust Company Bank
Kokomo
Symons
Arthur L. Gilliam
State Banking Department
Ind
Henry J. Wiggs
Patoka
Flier Accused in Theft of Plane
Steve Lacey an aviation instructor at Hinckley School of Aviation is sought on a federal warrant the first on interstate transportation of a stolen airplane. The charge says he stole a Waco aircraft from Richmond Indiana and flew it to Galena Illinois on July 14. Investigators say he is now in New York preparing a nonstop flight over the Gulf Stream with a South American destination.
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Timea
Richmond
Ind
Steve Lacey
Hinckley School of Aviation
Hinckley
Lacey
Waco Airplane Company
Galena
Ill
Hinckley Field
New York
Gulf Stream
South America
Youth Sees His Last Day Dawn at Ohio Penitentiary
Floyd Hewitt a 17 year old condemned for killing a woman and her son in Conneaut Ohio will be electrocuted after sundown at the Ohio State Penitentiary in Columbus. The State clemency board refused to extend executive mercy and Governor Donahey agreed to follow that recommendation.
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United Press
Ohio State Penitentiary
Columbus
Ohio
Floyd Hewitt
Conneaut
Fred Brown
Fred Jr
P. E. Thomas
Hewitt
State Board of Clemency
Donahey
City May Buy Butler Site for East Side Schools
A proposal to transfer Butler University buildings and campus in Irvington to the city for grade and high schools was to be sent to the school board by President Theodore F. Vonnegut. The plan includes leasing options and a potential purchase price by appraisers, with the college also offering grounds and equipment from athletic facilities and the Bernard Thompson library.
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Butler University
Irvington
Theodore F. Vonnegut
Far East Side
Butler
Bernard Thompson Library
Remus Loses Habeas Corpus Fight Over insanity ruling
Common Pleas Judge Charles Bell denied George Remus petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The former bootlegger, found not guilty by insanity for the murder of his wife Imogene, is ordered committed to Lima State Hospital for the criminally insane. Bell held the probate court may commit an acquitted man to an asylum if sane but dangerous, so Remus must prove sanity to avoid confinement.
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United Press
Cincinnati
Common Pleas
Charles Bell
George Remus
Lima State Hospital
Remus
Imogene
Lima
William H. Lueders
Bell
Pearl Necklace Lost in Millinery Shop Found After 24 Hours
A $10,000 pearl necklace left by Mrs. William C. Hubbard disappeared in a Chicago millinery shop. It dropped into a waste basket and stayed there as police questioned patrons and staff. The piece was recovered twenty four hours later.
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Chicago
William C. Hubbard
Last Message From S-4 Submarine Log Made Public
Navy releases complete log of signals from the S-4 describing the final hours seals of the torpedo room. Six men trapped tapped messages to surface ships as oxygen ran low and water leaked in, ending with no rescue.
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United Press
Ashington
Navy Department
Provincetown
Mass
Coast Guard
Paulding
Onion odor mystery linked to tunnel in court building
Special from Columbia City Ind on January 6 reports investigators traced a strong onion smell to a tunnel feeding heating pipes into a building used as an onion storehouse, solving the Whitley Circuit Court room mystery.
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Columbia City
Ind
Whitley Circuit Court Room
City Judges Change Looms For Police Court Benches
Newly appointed Judge C R Cameron a Democrat took the bench in Court Three as Governor Jackson fills Court One to replace Judge Thomas E Garvin who resigned for a four year post. Court Two sits vacant after Judge Fred McCallister killed himself last week. Judge White may move to Court One leaving Cameron to handle police arraignments with Republican Paul C Wetter as the other police court judge. Courts One and Two handle civil cases at the courthouse.
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C. R. Cameron
Dan V. White
Jackson
Cameron
Thomas E. Garvin
Fred McCallister
White
Paul C. Wetter
Judge Allows Bail for Harry Pilz in Murder Case
Harry Pilz of 923 S Illinois St freed on 25000 bond after a hearing before Criminal Judge James A Collins. Pilz, bound over on a first degree murder charge for the fatal shooting of Samuel Fasman at 805 S Illinois St two weeks earlier, is in county jail awaiting grand jury action as Ira Holmes says friends will post bail. Evidence showed Fasman was shot while interceding in an argument between Pilz and another man.
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Harry Pilz
Illinois St
Samuel Fasman
S. Illinois St
James A. Collins
Pilz
Ira Holmes
Fasman
Ruth Snyder Plea Aims at High Court Stay
Ruth Snyder and her lover Judd Gray face execution in a Jan. 12 date. Chief counsel Edgar Hazelton pursues a Supreme Court stay and a Prudential Insurance suit jury trial to delay the sentence on the murder case.
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United Press
NEW York
Ruth Snyder
Supreme Court
Edgar F. Hazelton
Prudential Insurance Company
Albert Snyder
Judd Gray
Hazelton
Prudential
Snyder
Ruth Snyder Faces Another Death Row Week After Double Execution
News from Ossining New York reports that Charles Doran and Louis Mason were executed in the death chamber as Ruth Snyder and her lover Henry Judd Gray await their turn. Governor Al Smith had denied clemency. Doran expressed remorse and Mason proclaimed innocence before the chair. Gray and Mrs. Snyder were kept in their cells under strict watch as the executions unfolded nearby.
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United Arena
Doran
Mason
Buffalo
Peterson
Gray
Governor Neath’s clemency chances dim for Mrs Snyder
Albany dispatch reports slim hope that Governor Al Smith will grant clemency to Ruth Snyder and Henry Judd Gray, with no indication of a commuting decision. Attorneys urged consideration of mental condition though Smith insists law must be enforced. The governor will study weekend arguments and may delay decision into next week.
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Albany
N. Y
Pasternor al Smith
Ruth Snyder
Henry Judd Gray
Edgar F. Hazelton
Snyder
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