Sex of body questioned in murder trial at Elkhart
In Elkhart Indiana during a sleet storm the defense questioned whether the lime pit torso is a woman or a man amid the murder trial of Harvey L Smith accused in the death of Genevieve Stults. The undertaker and embalmers testified about the body while relatives prepared to identify items linked to Stults. The trial included cross examination over the skull and wrist watch findings. Local police noted a missing man case tied to the skull.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arch Steines
Elkhart
Ind
Harvey L. Smith
Genevieve Stults
Robert E. Proctor
Snow State
Charles Walley
Walley
William B. Hile
Waller
Frank Tucker
Warsaw
Tucker
Proctor
Yorick
Seth Spilman
Spilman
Stults
Arden J. Westbrook
Bon Air Acres
Gen” Stults
Mishawaka
Charles Reyher
South Bend
Reyher
Butler University intramural players Miss Katter Henry and Miss Ayers
Two women, Miss Marion Katter Henry of 4109 Guilford Avenue and Miss Grace Ayers of 4810 Guilford Avenue, participate in Delta Delta basketball and volleyball in Butler University's intramural leagues while maintaining their feminine style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Katterhenry
Guilford Avenue
Grace Ayers
Delta Delta
Butler University
Debate Over Women in Competitive Sports
New York state health director Dr Frederick Rand Rogers urged barring women from competitive sports claiming it harms feminine beauty. Respondents from Shortridge High School Butler University and others defend female athletics noting social value, health or no impact on beauty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Rand Rogers
Health and Physical Education
New York
Kate R. Steichmann
Shortridge High School
Shortridge
Louise Schulmeyer
Butler University
Helen H. Earp
Physical Education Department
Public Schools
Oy Manly
Louise
R. ©. Patenguth
Indianapolis Athletic Club
Rogers
Time Fliers Stay Close To Port Near Engine Failure
The army monoplane Question Mark, cruising near Metropolitan airport at Van Nuys, enters its second week aloft while crews fear engine failure. It remains within reach of the home base and will land at Metropolitan field to credit the sustained flight record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iiy Dwiled
Los Angeles
van Nuys
Metropolitan Field
San Fernando Valley
Spatz
Warns Skaters of Dangers on Fall Creek and White River
Park superintendent R. Walter Jarvis warns skaters about dangerous ice on Fall Creek and White River. He notes South Grove lagoon and Pogue's run are safe as guards stay on duty. Fire department will flood lagoons and casting pool to improve skating while recalling Barton Bradley who died last year saving a child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fall Creek
White River
R. Walter Jarvis
Skatin
South Grove Lagoon
Pogue
Brookside Park
Jarvis
Park Board
Thirtieth Street
Rescue 35 at sea
About thirty five seamen were rescued Sunday night when the German steamer Roderheim sank off Cape Racer. Wireless advices say the entire crew is safe aboard the American Scantic line steamer Saguache, which is due to arrive at Portland Wednesday.
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United Press
Boston
Cape Racer
Rogers & Webb
Portland
Horse drawn wagon overturns injuring two men
Archie Thomas of 1514 Martindale Avenue and Max Gregory of 1550 Arsenal Avenue were riding a horse drawn wagon on Twenty fifth Street Saturday afternoon when the horse became unruly and overturned the wagon. Their injuries were not serious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archie Thomas
Martindale Avenue
Max Gregory
Arsenal Avenue
Twenty-fifth Street
Chiropractors push for a separate state exam board
Indiana Chiropractors' Association directors and committees plan to renew the fight for a separate five member chiropractic board to issue licenses. The proposed act would require high school education and 18 months of training, set fees, and repeal the 1927 provisions granting chiropractors a seat on the state medical board, arguing the current law blocks entry for new practitioners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Assembly
Board of
Chiropractic Examiners
State Board of Medical Registration and Examination
Indiana Chiropractors’ Association
George G. Rinner
Association
Chiropractic
Airport Purchase Up For Council Tonight
The city council is set to introduce an ordinance approving the purchase of Site 8 for a municipal airport. Earlier the board of works was advised to act first, after two prior special meetings on the airport project. The works board approved buying 1,000 acres south of Ben Davis last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T c Rush
Board of Works
Works Board
Ben Davis
Cop Halts Auto Theft on Central Avenue
Police arrested two youths, aged 19 and 14, after an attempt to steal a car on Central avenue near Twelfth street Sunday evening. The younger admitted the attempt and was taken home to appear in juvenile court. Richard Dickerson of 3164 Station street was jailed in city prison on a vagrancy charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Avenue
Twelfth Street
Mangus
Richard Dickerson
Station Street
City
Bush in Conference with State Senators
Lieutenant-Governor-Elect Edgar D. Bush hosted state senators at his quarters for pre-session talks. Mrs Bertha Van Camp of Brookville Indiana was named secretary to the incoming lieutenant governor, and she reported Mrs Bush improving from influenza after her illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar D. Bush
Bertha van Camp
Brookville
Ind
Franklin Circuit Court
van Camp
Wreck Plot Charged in Lebanon. Two Indianapolis Men Held
Lebanon Ind January 7 Two Indianapolis men Herbert White age 22 and Ivan Morris age 19 are held for questioning in a plot to wreck a Pennsylvania train and near four robberies at Welland authorities said they found several gallons of alleged liquor and a rifle in their car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Indianapolis
United Preae Lebanon
Ind
Herbert White
Ivan Morris
Whiteland
George L. Rickard Dies at 59 in Miami Beach
United Press reports promoter George L. Rickard dies at 59 in Miami Beach from infection after an appendectomy. His body to be returned to New York aboard a fast train with widow Mrs. Rickard and Jack Dempsey in attendance. Dempsey will handle funeral and business affairs while Rickard’s autocratic, influential role in boxing is noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Getty
United Press
SW York
George L
Tex) Rickard
Miami Beach
Fla
Rickard
Luib
YY Culcouny
Jack Dempsey
Far West
Richard
Dempsey
Florida
Tex Rickard Dies After Battle With Illness and Gambling Life
Tex Rickard born January 2, 1870 in Kansas City, a famed boxing promoter and “square shooter,” fought appendicitis delays at Allison hospital Miami Beach. He rallied after operation then died following a relapse as Dempsey reached his bedside. Rickard’s early life included Yukon hardships, Goldfield gambling, and leading a colorful boxing era.
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Tex
Allison Hospital
Miami Beach
Dempsey
Jack
Kansas City
George Lewis Rickard
Panhandle
Rickard
Yukon
Chilkoot Pass
Nevada
Texas
Arctic Circle
Goldfield
Tex Rickard and the Goldfield Fight Map Legacy
The article recounts Tex Rickard’s promoter career from the 1906 Goldfield Gans Nelson fight to his 1910 Reno relocation for the Jeffries Johnson bout. It notes his role in putting Goldfield on the map, outbidding rivals for the 1910 stakes, earning about $100,000 personally, and adapting to political bans by moving the arena and event to Reno.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rickard
Tex
Goldfield
Jim Jeffries
Jack Johnson
Jeff
San Francisco
Richard
Reno, Ney
Temperatures Plunge Across City as Cold Wave Hits
The mercury sinks to four above zero marking a season low with forecasts of near zero readings and slow warmup. School closures occur in three districts as rooms fail to heat. Fort Wayne records two below in Winnipeg reports and Red River valley hits thirty below. Weather bureau head Armington warns of possible zero and expects relief Tuesday with a rise of about 20 degrees.
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J. H. Armington
United States Weather Bureau
Armington
Miller and
Reisner
West Morris Street
Wade and
Boyde
Mercury
Wayne
Evansville
Weather Bureau
Winnipeg
Canada
Red River Valley
Dakotas
Big Vacant Shoes
The passage recalls the influence of promoter Tex Rickard on Madison Square Garden Corporation and its ventures. It notes the recent Boston Madison Square Garden opening, Rickard’s control, potential leadership struggles after his death, and references his key milestone promoting the Gans Nelson fight in Goldfield, Nevada, earning a large upfront guarantee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rickard
Madison Square Garden Corporation
Madison Square Garden
Boston
Richard
Tex
Dempsey
Corporation
Gans-Nelson
Goldfield
Nev
Triumph Over Foes A Plot Then Rise of Rickard
The article recalls Richard Rickard’s ascent after five million dollars from Wall Street backers funded a new Madison Square Garden venture. His triumph followed intense rivalries and near ruin, propelling him to autocratic influence in boxing, with his word surpassing that of any boxing commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ickard
Madison Square Garden
Wall Street
Rickard
Boxing Commission
Promoter Tex Rickard’s Historic NYC Boxing Ambitions
The article recalls promoter Tex Rickard’s rise after staging the Willard Moran fight at Madison Square Garden, his record-setting gates including the 90 000 seat Boyle’s Thirty Acres arena for the Dempsey Carpentier bout and the $2 million Dempsey Tunney fights. It notes his marriages, daughter, and a lingering plan to remain active despite wealth and leisure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Tex
Willard-Moran
Madison Square Garden
Rickard
Georges Carpentier
Jack Dempsey
Boyle
Maxine Hodges
Chicago
Richard
Bessie
Maxine
Florida
Officials to be called on Oklahoma Barnett case
U S officials former Interior Secretary Work Attorney General Sargent and Indian commissioner Charles Burke will testify before the Senate Indian affairs committee about why a proposed grand jury probe of the Jackson Barnett case in Oklahoma was dropped last summer. Senator Thomas requested the summons after Charles B Selby outlined the case history at a bureau of Indian affairs hearing. Selby said he was ready to seek indictments against Fall Burke and others for criminal conspiracy over Barnett estate handling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Washington
Interior
Sargent
Charles Burke
Senate Indian Affairs Committee
Jackson-Barnett
Oklahoma
Thomas
Dem
Charles B. Selby
Oklahoma City
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Selby
Grand Jury
Fall, Burke
Barnett
Government prison system in need of modernization says official
Washington January 7 The government prison system has long been treated as a red headed step child and needs modernizing A H Conner federal superintendent of prisons told the house prison investigating committee He said the system will be compelled to provide jail facilities in all large cities especially New York Cleveland St Louis and San Francisco Miami county jails housing federal prisoners were called a disgrace to the country by Conner He cited the Cuyahoga Ohio county jail visited by the committee last summer as among the worst institutions housing government prisoners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Washington
A. H. Conner
House Prison Investigating Committee
New York
Cleveland
St. Louis
San Francisco
Conner
Miami
Cuyahoga,‘O
Miner Dies After Crush at Standard Coal Mine
By Times Xnevial WHEA Ind Jan 7 Mc Dowell Baker 22 died minutes after being crushed between two cars in Standard coal mine where he worked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ind
McDowell Baker
Indiana crime probe unfolds in Steuben county
In Angola Indiana January 7 a wife reports her husband offered $2000 to stay silent about a bank robbery and murder. Investigators pursue corruption involving law officers and officials linked to bootlegging arson and conspiracy with grand jury set to hear extensive evidence. Lawmen question Ft Wayne and Indianapolis bootleggers and review Sheriff Zimmerman’s confiscations while Mayor Stevens faces possible felonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Stern
Angola
Ind
Steuben County
Indiana
Ft. Wayne
Indianapolis
Charles Zimmerman
Zimmerman
Orville Stevens
Justice of the Peace
Stevens
Detroit
Mich
Milo Thompson
Dog Attack Leaves Man Injured on Christmas Day
Chicago January 17 report says Joseph Schur befriended a hungry mongrel on Christmas. The dog leaped at him after he stepped on its tail, tearing flesh on both arms as his daughter watched nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ey United
Chicago
Joseph Schur
Schur
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