Ruth Ruth death case reopens as medical exam ordered
District attorney Robert T. Bushnell ordered a careful examination of Mrs. Babe Ruth's stomach contents after a fire death ruled accidental. The move delays burial pending ruling out foul play and follows a consultation with medical examiner George L. West.
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W. Town
Mass
Robert T. Bushnell
Babe Ruth
George L. West
Bushnell
Ruth
Edward Kinder
Mary Kinder
West Newton
Jury Quiz Sought in Road Job
County commissioners announced a grand jury investigation into the Alvin O. Smith road project in the northwest county. They questioned contractor John E. McCray road inspector Carl Williams and estimator Arthur Grissom over changes to a 12 foot roadway and a $4,000 cost to avoid tax board review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin O. Smith
West Fifty-fourth Street
John E. McCray
Carl Williams
Arthur Grissom
State Tax Board
Grissom
Henry R. Campbell
Marion County Sand and Gravel Company
C. O. Dodson
Bastian O'Hair
Rockefeller Jr and party arrive in Naples aboard Augustus
Mr and Mrs John D Rockefeller Jr arrive in Naples with Egyptologist James H Breasted director of the Oriental Institute. The group plans immediate departure for Egypt after a brief stopover aboard the liner Augustus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Naples
Italy
John D. Rockefeller Jr
Augustus
James H. Breasted
Oriental Institute of the
University of Chicago
Egypt
Boy Saves 7 From Carbon Monoxide Deaths
In Brooklyn on January 14 a four year old boy named Vincent Gerry alerted neighbors after noticing a flat full of victims from carbon monoxide. His rapping on a window drew help from passersby and police who treated the stricken families and two women and five children were saved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Brooklyn
N. Y
Vincent Gerry
Vincent
Bethel Woman Kills Self in Garage Fire
Mabel Stolle wife of Danbury Tool Company president John W. Stolle killed herself after setting a garage blaze and firing a .22 rifle. Her note asked others to care for her children as the body was found hours later, partially consumed in the garage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Bethel
Mabel Stolle
John W. Stolle
Danbury Unbreakable Tool Company
Tailoring Men Meet
Tailoring workers at the Fairbanks Tailoring Company local office 14 hold a meeting to discuss operations and workforce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairbanks’ Tailoring Company
Winter’s deadly chill grips nations as flu toll climbs
Across the United States and Europe a bitter cold wave brings subzero temps from the Midwest to the Atlantic. Reports flag dozens frozen to death from Chicago to Paris while influenza and pneumonia deaths rise, with Urban Ledoux aiding the homeless in New York amid worsening conditions.
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United Press
United States
Europe
Atlantic
France
Cary
Ill
St. Ste. Marie
Mich
Escanaba
Detroit
Cleveland
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
New York City
Nineveh
Greenville
Chicago
Urban Ledoux
Mr. Zero
New York
Paris
Wiesbaden
American
Cold Wave Grips Central U S Leaving Deaths and Isolation
Wind and snow drove temperatures to 40 degrees below zero as nine deaths in Chicago and the Midwest were linked to the cold. Record snows isolated the northwest, halted trains, and froze roads. In Viroqua Wisconsin, a stalled Milwaukee Chicago St Paul and Pacific train faced bucking drifts. the mercury hit 20 below zero. Duluth and the Upper Michigan peninsula saw similar conditions. Denver rose to 60 above, St. Louis reported no subzero readings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Chicago
Middlewest
Viroqua
Wis
Milwaukee
City Sees New Cold Record As Temperature Drops
The mercury fell to 1 below zero at 8 Sunday night marking a season low. Forecaster J H Armington of the Weather Bureau predicted brief relief tonight with south and southwest winds. Lows tonight near 2 to 23 above and snow likely tonight or Tuesday. Tuesday NW winds push temps back to about 5 above. Ft Wayne reported the state's coldest at 6 below zero.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Armington
United States Weather Bureau
Armington
Weather Bureau
Ft. Wayne
Rockefeller Kin’s Niece Weds Rye Club Manager
Almira Rockefeller, 31, niece of John D. Rockefeller, married Leroy M. Jackson, 54, former manager of the Westchester Country Club at Rye, N. Y. The wedding occurred in Scarsdale, N. Y., last Saturday after a friendship begun on Greenwich bridle paths in Connecticut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
NEW York
Greenwich
Conn
Almira G. Rockefeller
Leroy M. Jackson
Westchester Country Club
Rye
N. Y
Miss Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller
William G. Rockefeller
Standard Oil Company of New York
Jackson
Scarsdale
King Zogu Reported Ill With Stomach Trouble
TIRANA Albania Jan 14 King Zogu has been ill lately with stomach trouble and remains under medical care. Local officials say his condition is being monitored and no further details are available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albania
al Bu United Presse
Tirana
Zogu
Lindbergh Drops In En Route to St Louis
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh circled Indianapolis then landed at the local airport for a brief warming stop before continuing to St. Louis. He was joined by James A. Perry and Captain H Weir Cook as they discussed T A T passenger service plans and airport arrangements for an air rail line starting April 1.
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Charles A. Lindbergh
Indianapolis
Mars Hill
Columbus
St. Louis
Lindbergh
James A. Perry
H. Weir Cook
Curtiss Flying Service of
Indiana
Perry
Cook
Jones
Curtis Flying Service, Inc
Frank Hale
W. ©. Davis
Richmond
Ind
L. A. Watkins
John Collins
C. A. Pradley
Harry Leslie
Leslie
City issues 4047 plumbing permits in 1928 reports
Plumbing inspector Joseph Swain announced 4 047 permits were granted during 1928, down from 4 281 the previous year. Swain told board secretary Dr. Herman G. Morgan that 25 584 fixtures were installed and fees totalled 17 233 dollars.
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Joseph Swain
Swain
Herman G. Morgan
Hoagland State Bank Closed After Fake Checks Discovered
State Bank examiner Thomas P Barr closed Hoagland Indiana State Bank fourteen miles south of Fort Wayne after a December 3 1928 exam found 75000 in kited checks and last week another 19000 in similar checks. J S Youse led as president and M Smith as vice president with 25000 capital and 300000 assets.
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Thomas P. Barr
State Bank
Hoagland (Ind.) State Bank
Ft. Wayne
Barr
C. H. Buesching
Lincoln National Bank of
Smith
J. S. Youse
M. Smith
Marshal Foch Near Death After Prolonged Illness
Paris January 14 Marshal Ferdinand Foch Allied commander in World War I lies gravely ill at home after a month of illness and heart attack. He is 77 and surrounded by family with six doctors in attendance as crisis moments threaten his life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Paris
Marshal Ferdinand Foch
Foch
England
France
Marne
Phillips Gets Post in Indiana After Gov Jackson Resigns
Edgar E. Phillips named to succeed Ed Jackson as Indiana governor. Logan Sport resigns as building and loan examiner. U S Senate judiciary committee approves Smith nomination as U S marshal for northern Indiana district to replace Frank Rozelle who quit amid mail order house scandal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Jackson
Indiana
Edgar E. Phillips
Logansport
Charles Smith
Building and Loan Association
State Banking Department
United States Senate Judiciary Committee
Smith
United States
Washington
Frank E. Rozelle
Together in Death for New Haven Couple
A double funeral will be held in New Haven for John H. Ashton and his wife both about 60. Ashton, a well known local Democrat, died Friday and his wife, expressing she would not be parted, died Sunday after his death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
New Haven
Conn
John H. Ashton
Ashton
Dirigible Los Angeles Heads Back to Lakehurst
The naval airship Los Angeles slipped from its hangar in Port St. Joe at 11 30 a m standard time and began the long voyage back to its home hangar at Lakehurst New Jersey with Patoka in attendance and observers noting the return flight on January 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
New Jersey
United Press
ST. Joe
Fla
Patoka
Lakehurst
N. J
Police duo respond to distress call on cold Ashland address
Motor policemen Frank Seifert and Andy Heller answered a Sunday night plea from a young woman at 2114 Ashland Avenue. She asked for help with a broken furnace and water shutoff, and the officers assisted her at once.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Seifert
Andy Heller
Seifert
Heller
Ashland Avenue
King Ama nullah Abdicates Afghan Throne
London reports Afghanistan's King Ama nullah has abdicated after mounting unrest from his westernization efforts. Officials say attempts at reform triggered a widespread uprising and his departure from power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
London
Amanullah
Afghanistan
Leslies Delay Moving Into Executive Mansion
Governor Leslie and his wife will delay moving into the Fall Creek location with Pennsylvania street until after the school semester ends John J Brown secretary to the Governor said Ex Governor and Mrs Jackson have moved out The Leslies want to keep their sons in Lafayette for the remaining school term
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry G. Leslie
Fall Creek
Pennsylvania Street
John J. Brown
Jackson
Leslie
Lafayette
Watson III With Flu
Senator Jim Watson of Indiana has influenza and will be in bed for two or three days. He was absent from the senate Saturday, as stated by his office today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timea
Ashington
Jim Watson
Indiana
Watson
Senate
Dean Coulter
Leslie
Martin
Ed Jackson
Inherits Day Pledge From Father to Downey Jr
John W. Downey Jr., one of the four fighting Downeys, will receive $10,000 if he abstains from drinking as stipulated by his late father’s will. The challenge hinges on the pledge described in the inheritance.
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United Arena
Columbus
John W. Downey Jr
Leslie inaugurates Indiana governorship pledging fair state name
Harry G. Leslie of Lafayette sworn in as thirty second Governor of Indiana in the statehouse rotunda. He pledges to reestablish the state’s fair name, calls for public cooperation, strict law enforcement, and urges parents to teach respect for law while condemning unscrupulous lawyers and campaign attacks.
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Ustice
Clarence R. Martin
Harry G. Leslie
Leslie
Indiana
Lafayette
Statehouse
Ed Jackson
Commonwealth
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