Jackson Advises Against Primary Law Repeal Farewell Address
Governor Ed Jackson used his farewell message to the seventy sixth Indiana General Assembly to oppose repealing the primary law. He urged voters have the largest voice in choosing party candidates and proposed a $6 million annual boost to highway funding via higher motor license fees. He praised state finances, tax cuts, and department accomplishments while calling for budget discipline and reform of corporation laws. The session opened with joint remarks, followed by adjournment to reconvene Monday. Separately a man’s body was found atop a gas tank with a photo inside clothing reading Your loving wife Ada.
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R. Earl Peters
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Treasury
State Tax Board
Indiana National Guard
Adjutant General
Armory Board
Agricultural Board
State
House of Representatives
Times Special
Ind
Ada
Houdini Spirit Message Sparks Publicity Controversy
The Houdini seance tale ignited debate as The New York Graphic labeled the message a hoax and a publicity stunt. Arthur Ford denied the accusation, calling the Graphic’s piece an attempt at blackmail, while the newspaper persisted that its report was correct.
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United Press
New York
Harry Houdini
Arthur Ford
New York Graphic
Ford
Rea Jaure
Graphic
Frank H. Towsley
Houdini Widow Challenges Critics Over Spirit Message
Mrs Beatrice Houdini defended the authenticity of a spirit message from Harry Houdini and promised two more coded messages as proof. She named targets Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Remegius Weiss and tied the code to a 1928 publication she supported.
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New York
Beatrice Houdini
Harry Houdini
Arthur Conan Doyle
England
Remegius Weiss
Philadelphia
Joseph Dunninger
Dunninger
Science and Invention
Houdini
Queen Marie of Romania Struck by Influenza Again
Queen Marie of Romania was ill with influenza for the second time in recent months. Doctors expected a swift recovery. the previous attack was mild, it was understood.
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Rumania
Marie
University Presidents Named as Conciliators in Indiana Mine Dispute
Presidents Charles O'Donnell of Notre Dame and Edward C. Elliott of Purdue will serve as conciliators to settle differences between operators and miners in Indiana District 11 of the United Mine Workers of America under a contract signed by both sides. Dr. Robert J. Aley of Butler University was asked but declined, per district president James H. Terry.
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Purdue Universities
Indiana
United Mine Workers of America
Charles O'Donnell
Edward C. Elliott
Burdue
Robert J. Aley
Butler University
James H. Terry
Grand Jury Probes Moral Slaying In Canton Case
Canton Ohio January 10 The grand jury examined charges of moral murder against Wilbur Heldman a Lorain furnace salesman in connection with the death of his wife Margaret the phantom gun woman. A dozen witnesses from Duboie Pennsylvania where the gungiri once lived were summoned.
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Canton
Wilbur Heldman
Lorain
Margaret
Duboie
Gungiri
Indiana Legislature Opens 61st Biennial Session
The Seventy sixth general assembly of Indiana convenes with 50 Senate seats split 38 Republicans 12 Democrats and 100 House seats 80 Republicans 20 Democrats. Session runs sixty one days from 10 a m with daily cost about 2000 dollars and resumes real business Monday after Governor Elect Harry G Leslie delivers the address.
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House of Representatives
Harry G. Leslie
Health officers warn of more severe flu after current epidemic
Washington reports from a national conference warn that a deadlier influenza type may follow the present outbreak. Surgeon-General Cummings, ill, prepared a paper read by W F Draper noting the rise from 4,000 West Coast cases in early November to 196,000 weekly new cases last week. Dr Edwin O Jordan called influenza knowledge mostly folklore before 1918.
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Washington
Cummings
United States Public Health Service
Cumming
W. F. Draper
West Coast
Edwin O. Jordan
University of Chicago
Dirigible Los Angeles Reaches Safe Mooring in St Joseph
After forty hours aloft battling a storm the navy dirigible Los Angeles was moored to the Patoka's mast in St Joseph bay Florida ending hours of anxiety as its position had been unknown.
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United Press
Port ST. Joe
Fla
Los Angeles
St. Joseph Bay
County Venire Drawn to Fill Grand Jury Vacancies
Ten men were drawn today by county jury commissioners to report Friday to fill the three remaining grand jury seats for service through June 30. Reportees include Martin Rafalco Edward M Matthews Paul E Rominger Ray Smith Fred Swartz George King Harry P Haislup James L Houston James M Niedheimer and Vance May.
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Martin Rafalco
Roosevelt Avenue
Edward M. Matthews
Bosart Avenue
Paul E. Rominger
R. R
Ray Smith
Fred Swartz
Wanamaker
George King
Harry P. Haislup
Mansfield Avenue
James L. Houston
James M. Niedheimer
East Tenth Street
Vance May
North Meridian Street
Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce Sets Civic Affairs Meet
The new civic affairs committee of the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce convenes at 12 15 p m Friday with Chairman William Fortune presiding. Associate members from over seventy civic, business and professional groups invited to attend. James W Noel announces a joint luncheon Saturday with the City Manager League committee to discuss proposed legislation affecting the city manager form of government.
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Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce
William Fortune
Chamber
James W. Noel
City Manager League Legislative Committee
Actress Florence Baker Found Dead in Little Rock Garage
Florence Newsace Baker of 30, once a musical comedy star, was found dead by gunshot in the garage of her divorced husband Robert A. Baker, a prominent Little Rock businessman. Authorities believe she died by her own hand.
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United Press
Firebug blamed for string of blazes on North Side
Incendiary fires struck three apartment buildings near Thirty sixth and North Illinois within two days risking about fifty families. The Hazelton at 3606 North Illinois suffered $10 000 plus in damage. one couple was rescued from smoke and heat. A second blaze at 18 West Thirty fourth and a third at Ellis apartments bore similar signs of arson with combined losses around $500. Fourteen smaller fires were contained by 7 a.m. today.
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Washington Bank and Trust Company
R. S. Heaton
Knightstown
Ind
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E. E. Dickerson
Pumper Company 28
Dickerson
Earl Brown
Bernard Mann
Michael Mulvihill
West Thirty-fourth Street
Meridian and
Thirty-fourth
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E. A. Watts
Bardon
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Ellis Apartment
Illinois Street
Ellis Building
Bank Heist in Hawthorne Net $14300
Two bandits robbed the cashier of the First National Bank of Hawthorne New Jersey and escaped with fourteen thousand three hundred dollars. The robbery occurred today in Hawthorne. No suspects named.
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United Press
Hawthorne
N. J
First National Bank of
Booze Blinds Girl By United Eve Presa
Revenge airplane rum runners along the Mexican border is believed to be the motive behind the blinding of 19 year old Thelma Sanford of El Paso Texas. Mrs Sanford who aided in the capture of airplane bootleggers near Roswell New Mexico a year ago was invited to an apartment here for a drink. The liquor turned out to be poison and Mrs Sanford is losing her sight.
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Thelma Sanford
el Paso
Tex
South Bend Detectives Cite Kimball in Stults Slaying Trial
In Elkhart the trial of Harvey L. Smith hears Kuespert accuse Kimball of aiding the murder of Mrs Genevieve Stults with letters from Reyher and a $50 payoff. Smith claims he used aliases and handed money to two strangers to remove Mrs Stults from town.
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Elkhart
Ind
Smith
Jack Kimball
Stults
Kimball
John B. Kuespert
South Bend
Harvey L. Smith
Genevieve Stults
Charles Reyher
Kuespert
Atlanta
Uespert
John Sanders
Carnival
Woman to Congress Elected in Arkansas Special Election
Mrs. Pearl Peden Oldfield wins Arkansas special election to succeed her husband becoming the first woman in Congress from the state. Lou Mish en alias Cohen, Detroit diamond thief, arrested in Toronto for stealing and cashing in 2500 in gems while employed by a local jeweler.
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Arkansas
United Press
Ba’ Ark
Pearl Peden Oldfield
Toronto
Ontario
Lou
Misch
Cohen
Detroit
Mich
Witness Narrates Car Ride That Ended In Tragedy
Mrs. Gertrude Bartozek testifies for the state at Elkhart in the Harvey L. Smith murder trial. She recounts chasing her sister Genevieve Stults by car and seeing her alive during the ride before the fatal outcome.
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Gertrude Bartozek
State Today
Elkhart
Harvey L. Smith
Genevieve Stults
New Traffic Ordinance Copies Available at Gas Stations
Indianapolis safety council officials announced copies of the new traffic ordinance will be distributed at filling stations starting Monday. The council has 12 000 copies distributed so far and 8 000 remain at the council office in the Meyer-Kiser Bank building for pickup, with 20 000 more to be distributed to stations at 100 per station.
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Indianapolis Safety Council
Meyer-Kiser Bank
Back in Jail Drunk Otis Owens Receives Suspended Sentence
Otis Owens a 38 year old World War veteran was jailed for drunkenness in city prison. Municipal Judge Clinton R Cameron suspended a thirty day State farm sentence on condition he attend church each Sunday for six months and remain sober. Owens had just completed a forty day farm sentence for drunkenness and asked that a relative be notified to collect a $35 government insurance check due at general delivery.
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Clifton R. Cameron
Owens
Work Defends Self in Senate on Burke Prosecution Halt
Former Secretary of Interior Work told the Senate affairs committee he halted the prosecution of Indian Commissioner Burke in the Jackson Barnett Indian case because Burke believed he was being used. He said the case was handled before his administration and he had no personal knowledge, and he asked the Attorney General to stay the prosecution of Burke's request for an impartial DOJ investigation into gifts from Barnett's Indian fund.
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Interior
Work
Senate Affairs Committee
Burke
Sargent
Justice Department
Barnett
British Steamer Shetland Aids Sinking Vessel
The steamship Shetland reported sinking ninety miles southeast of Aberdeen. A life boat was sent to assist the ailing vessel. The Shetland is rated at 1 846 tons burden.
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INDON
Shetland
Aberdeen
Local OCR fragment notes irregular times and scores
Fragmentary text shows times such as 6 a.m. 35 and 10 4. m marks, with 8 a. m and noon entries. Mentions Ta m 35 11 and 28, plus 9 & Mirees 29 1p and Moose. No clear event or identifiable entities emerge.
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Moose
Steuben County Grand Jury Probes Local Crime Ring Ties
Nellie Coleman testifies before a Steuben county grand jury about ties to ex Sheriff Charles Zimmerman and the Tommy Burke case. Bernice Dando sits nearby as both face questions while records and deposits are examined for misdirected fines. Merle Wall, sworn special deputy prosecutor, travels to Richmond, then back to Ogden. The investigation expands to include Zimmermans records and mayor Orville Stevens. Facial and body measurements of Tommy O Connor are checked to see if Burke was the outlaw.
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Angola
Ind
Charles Zimmerman
Colon
Mich
Tommy Burke
Nellie Coleman
Zimmerman
Steuben County
Miss Coleman
Bernice Dando
Miss Dando
Dando
Merle Wall
Richmond
James M. Ogden
Orville Stevens
Wall
Bertillon
Tommy O’connor
Chicago
Thomas Burke
O'Connor
Two Drunken Bandits Rob Street Car Crew In Columbus
Two drunken bandits halted a street car in Columbus on Wednesday night and abducted the motorman and conductor for an all night robbery before fleeing with their seized cash and valuables.
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United Preaes
Columbus
Councilman Targets 10 Beat Traffic Law Case
City councilman Harris exposed how an official advised airtight enforcement of the traffic ordinance to bar exemptions for business friends. 225 affidavits threaten Sheriff Winkler and police, amid planned arrests including officers and lawyers.
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George L. Winkler
Ralph Dean
Michael Morrisey
Carl Kimberlin
Calvin Simons
Clifford Richter
Thomas Regeris
Roy Pope
Lester Jones
Edward W. Harris
Harris
Rdbert E. Springsteen
Traffic Committee
Stark Names Vandivier Deputy Divorce Prosecutor in Court
Attorney J. Carl Vandivier of 411 Indiana Trust Building was appointed deputy divorce prosecutor in superior court five. Prosecutor Judson L. Stark announced the decision, noting Vandivier’s prior work as court deputy and his association with John L. Niblack, state senator, in legal practice.
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Indiana Trust Building
Superior Court Five
Judson L. Stark
Vandivier
the Court
John L. Niblack
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