Young killer identified as bank robber
Edward Prater, 21, on parole, was positively identified by a bank cashier as one of two men who held up the Citizens bank of Southport for 2300 dollars on December 20. Police said his accomplice was being sought after an earlier Fairland bank holdup.
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State Reformatory
Citizens Bank of Southport
Edward Prater
East Maryland Street
Sid E. Wright
Southport Bank
Fairland National Bank of Fairland
Prater
D. G. Gordon
Fairland Bank
Lawrence Cottle
Forrest van Devere
Lexington Avenue
Southport
Cashier Wright
van Devere
Loren McMinds
Shelbyville
Fairland
McMinds
Five Indicted in Wiggins Textile Strike Death
Gastonia North Carolina January 15 Five of fourteen men held in the fatal shooting of Mrs Ella May Wiggins during a textile strike were indicted by the Gaston County grand jury Fred Morrow Troy Jones O H Lunsford Lowry Davis and Horace Wheeler were named Wheeler allegedly fired the fatal shot Nine others were freed in the proceeding
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United Press
Gastonia
N. C
Ella May Wiggins
Gaston County
Grand Jury
Fred Morrow
Troy Jones
O. H. Lunsford
Lowry Davis
Horace Wheeler
Big News and Page References Highlight Hoover Reform and Plans
The notice previews Hoover dry reform efforts in Congress. It notes a U S delegation leaving a Plymouth ship for London to attend the five power naval parley starting soon. It mentions a large flood photos spread from Indianapolis and southern Indiana and other features on pages 2 and 3.
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Congress
Hoover
United States
Plymouth
London
Indianapolis
Indiana
The
Times
Rescue effort shines in snowbound western blizzards
United Press report from Chicago dated January 15 details rescue crews in western mountains aiding hundreds marooned by fierce blizzards. Kip Rhinelander and three companions were saved near Las Vegas after a week trapped in a Campbell Park cabin, aided by a tractor path.
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United Preen
Chicago
Central
America
Kip Rhinelander
Las Vegas
Nev
Campbell Park
Harley Harmon
Robert Griffith
Rhinelander
Mike Mahlan
Jay Simmons
Pat Rooney
Pioche
Maury Graham
Western Air Express Mail
Salt Lake City
Utah
Cleveland City Council Plans Ouster Charges Against Hopkins
Charges to oust former city manager William R. Hopkins are to be drafted at a special council meeting in Cleveland. The Republican majority voted to discharge Hopkins, with upcoming complaints to address alleged land scandals from his last year, though he faces no direct participation allegations.
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United Press
Cleveland
William R. Hopkins
Hopkins
Flood threat recedes as cold weather aids relief
Indiana flood danger eases after noon as White river near 18 feet in Indianapolis begins to fall. Warfleigh levees reinforced by 150 workers with sandbags amid widespread flooded roads and submerged summer resorts.
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Indianapolis
United States Weather Bureau
White River
Fall Creek
Big Eagle Creek
Warfleigh
City Street Department
Lagoon Park
Ravenswood
Riverview Park
Rocky Ripple
City Streets Department
West New York Street
West Raymond Street
Belt Railway
U.S. Road 31
Broad Ripple
Akron
Silverlake
Geneva
United States
Seymour
Columbus
North Vernon
Waverly
Bloomington
Bedford
Martinsville
Nashville
Medora
Washington
Vincennes
Shoals
Switz City
Newberry
Clay City
Petersburg
Leavenworth
Clinton
Lyford
Worthington
West Baden
Bluffton
Decatur
Ohio Line
Peru
Ft. Wayne
Kokomo
U. S
Blond Gunwoman Captured After Running Battle
Three transcontinental fugitives including Irene Schroeder flee murder charges in Pennsylvania. After a pistol duel with deputy sheriffs in a wilderness standoff, Schroeder admitted identity and claimed ignorance of killings. Her companions were Glen Dague and Joe Wells. authorities say they killed Highway Patrol Corporal Brady Paul at Butler on December 27.
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United Press
Phoenix
Ariz
Pennsylvania
Irene Schroeder
Butler
Glen Dargue
Joel Wells
Texas
Pittsburgh
Dague
Crawford
Brady Paul
Watson Dinner Is Called Off In Washington Feud
A skirmish between factions backing Senator James E. Watson and Arthur R. Robinson led to a draw as a committee postponed its midwinter meeting to March and secured Vice President Charles Curtis as main speaker. The Watson dinner with Mrs Dolly Gann as guest was abandoned amid social rivalries centered on precedence.
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James E. Watson
Arthur R. Robinson
Charles Curtis
Watson
Moses
Dolly Gann
Robinson
Gann
Washington
Indianapolis
Mrs Parks Loses Calm as Murder Trial Proceeds
Gladys May Parks, once known as Midnight May, faces murder charges in Camden New Jersey as Alan B Rogers testifies about the deaths of Dorothy and Timothy Rogers. Parks showed brief emotional distress during the testimony before quickly recovering. In New York John D Rockefeller Sr donates 800000 to ministers board bringing total clergy relief gifts to nearly 7000000.
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United Press
Camden
N. J
Gladys May Parks
Midnight May
Atlantic City Brightlight District
Dorothy
Timothy Rogers
Alan B. Rogers
Woodbury
Rockefeller
New York
John D. Rockefeller Sr
The
Northern Baptist Convention
Vincennes Flood District Captured In Timely Photo Feature
The Times published first and best flood images from Vincennes and southern Indiana on Tuesday, delivering complete details of the perilous district ahead of rivals. The vivid pictures highlight the severity and urgency of the disaster response.
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Vincennes
Times
Indiana
Britain to seek battleship abolition at naval conference
Prime Minister MacDonald announced that England will propose abolition of battleships at the forthcoming naval conference. If not accepted, Britain will propose extending their life with drastic reductions in tonnage and gun calibers.
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United Press
London
England
MacDonald
Britain
World to Hear Hoover Address for Washington Birthday
Plans for broadcasting a radio address by President Hoover around the world during the 1932 George Washington birthday bicentennial were discussed at a planning committee meeting. Hoover presided as chairman in the East Room of the White House.
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Emvasheneton
Hoover
George Washington
White House
License Deadline Urged by City Inspector
Otto Ray city license inspector warns that Feb 1 is the deadline for all types of city licenses under 33 ordinances. He notes only 200 of 300 pool rooms have applied for new licenses under the revised rule, with arrests to follow for violations after Feb 1. The process requires filings with the city controller.
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Otto Ray
Ray
Clemency Cuts Michigan Life For Pint Offenders
Governor Fred Green commuted life sentences of Mrs. Etta Mae Miller and four others convicted as fourth offenders under the Michigan life for a pint law. The sentences were reduced to seven and a half to fifteen years to align with the amended code.
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United Preen
Sugar tariff change attacked as tax on farmers
Senator Barkley of Kentucky condemned the proposed sugar tariff increase in the senate charging it would tax 99 percent of farmers to aid 1 percent. He urged adopting the Harrison amendment to keep the present duty of 1.76 cents a pound, calling the sugar business a hot house industry.
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United Prev
Washington
Senate Today
Barkley
Dem
Harrison
First Call for Mobilization Over Indiana Flood Crisis
National guardsmen moved from Princeton to guard the Hazelton fill on U S highway 41 amid threats of dynamiting flood barriers. Officials described rising Wabash and White rivers, extensive levee breaks, and preparations by Red Cross and Salvation Army as southern Indiana braces for ongoing flood waters.
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Indiana
Norman A. Hart
Evansville
Nicholas
Harry G. Leslie
J. W. Kimmel
Vincennes
Kruse
Knox County
William J. Titus
State Highway Department
Federal Bureau
White River
Logrt
Bluffton
Lafayette
Terre Haute
Red Cross
H. B. Williamson
National Disaster Relief Division
Williamson
Peru
J. H. Armington
United States Weather Bureau
Mt. Carmel
Armington
Andereson
Elliston
West Fork
East Fork
Decker
Wabash
Lyford Levee Association
Clinton
Virginia Jencks
Wabash-Maumee Improvement Association
Farmers In Flight
National
H. G. Robb
Salvation Army
New Albany
Parrot Fever War Drives U S to Seek South American Cultures
In a bid to curb psittacosis outbreaks and rising deaths, Surgeon General Hugh S. Cumming asked Argentina to send psittacosis organisms to Washington via the Pan American Sanitary Bureau. Dr. Vance Murray in Buenos Aires was to obtain cultures, aiding scientific study and treatment development.
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William W. Chance JR
United Press
Washington
United States
South America
Pan-American Sanitary Bureau
Hugh S. Cumming
Argentina
Gil Borges
Pan-American Union
Cumming
Vance Murray
Buenos Aires
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