Democrats Aid Navy Cruiser Bill In Senate Debate
Democratic support helped advance the administration cruiser bill in the Senate. Senator Swanson urged adoption of a plan to build fifteen 10,000 ton cruisers and an aircraft carrier, arguing the measure would promote disarmament and parity with Britain. The vote and speech followed a shift in coalition dynamics as the treaty fight evolved and opposition to the plan emerged.
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Paul BR. Mallon
Washington
Naval Affairs Committee
United States
Great Britain
Swanson
Japan
Senate
Borah
Foreign Relations Committee
Kellogg
Coolidge
White House
Paris
Hale
Ruths Never Had Child Family Says Dorothy Not Ruth's Daughter
Boston January 16 United Prize reports Major Judson Hannigan attorney for Mrs Babe Ruths family says there is sound reason to believe Dorothy was not the Ruths child by birth or adoption He notes no breach with Babe Ruth and that the Ruths will cooperate for Dorothys welfare Funeral plans and estate actions are outlined with expectations of a private school future and continued co operation with Babe Ruth and counsel Feeney
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United Prize
Boston
Judson Hannigan
Babe Ruth
Dorothy
Babe
Ruth
William Woodford
Helen
Mrs. Ruth
Feeney
Mr. Feeney
Automobile crash injures George Hartwick near Lawrence
George Hartwick aged 35 of the Shef Field Inn and manager of the C I T Company automobile finance house at 516 Chamber of Commerce was seriously injured this afternoon when his car was demolished in a skidding crash near Lawrence on the Pendleton Pike.
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George Hartwick
Sheffield Inn
C. I. T. Company
Automobile Finance House
Chamber of Commerce
Lawrence
Pendleton
Banker is Slain in Bank Robbery Attempt at National Bank
United Press dispatch from Sullivan Indiana reports the body of Don Maple vice president was found by assistant cashier William Jamison in a pool of blood after bandits attempted a robbery at the National bank. A forehead wound from a revolver was noted and a side door had been opened during the incident. No money amount announced while officials check records. the National Bank and Peoples Bank and Trust Company had recently consolidated but not yet moved together.
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United Press
National Bank and Peoples Bank and Trust Company
Auto Plant Speeds Up in Connersville Ind
United Press reports Auburn Automobile Company began production at its Connersville plant with officials stating daily output will rise to about 200 cars within three months. The plan accelerates assembly as demand grows and signals expansion for the Auburn line locally.
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United Press
Connersville
Ind
Auburn Automobile Company
Indiana Standard Stock Soars Amid Stewart Rockefeller Bid
The Indiana Standard Oil battle heats up as John D. Rockefeller Jr. and Robert W. Stewart vie for control. Early trading sees 10,000 shares at 99 1/2, surging to 103 amid high volume. Market activity shows heavy orders and a looming March 7 board meeting where Rockefeller seeks to unseat Stewart.
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Indiana Standard
Stewart
John D
United Press
New York
John D. Rockefeller Jr
Robert W. Stewart
Standard Oil of
Indiana
Curb Exchange
Indiana Standard Board
Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller Sr
Standard of Indiana
Temperature Readings Across Morning Hours
Hourly temperatures listed from 6 a m to 1 p m show values: 6 a m six, 7 a m fourteen, 8 a m seventeen, 9 a m nineteen, 10 a m twenty, 11 a m twenty three, 12 noon twenty five, with a moon symbol noted at 12 moon.
Broad Ripple fire ladder crew earns animal rescue nickname
The Broad Ripple fire house ladder company led by Lieutenant John Miller earned the nickname animal rescue squad after rescuing a dog from canal ice last week and a cat from a tree at Otis Dodson’s home on Fifty third street and Central avenue. Firemen used a thirty foot ladder and the cat dangled forty feet high before jumping to safety.
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John Miller
Broad Ripple
Otis Dodson
Fifty Third Street
Central Avenue
Prather on trial for murder in 1927 Big Four roundhouse death
Harry Prather aged 28 from 1448 Fletcher avenue faces criminal court today before Special Judge Frank Symmes in the alleged murder of 36 year old William Scooler at the Dolly Madison apartments. Prather is accused of beating Scooler to death with a sledge handle at the Big Four roundhouse on February 3, 1927. Jury was expected to be completed this afternoon.
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Harry Prather
Fletcher Avenue
Frank Symmes
William Scooler
Dolly Madison Apartments
Prather
Big Four Roundhouse
Jury Probes County Farm Investigation Underway
The grand jury visited the county poor farm inf irmary after dark to investigate conditions. Criminal Judge James A. Collins instructed the probe and inmates who spoke to reporters may testify. Several local patriotic women may be called, while Superintendent John V. Carter was unaware of the visit.
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James A. Collins
Hitve
John V. Carter
Earthquake Devastates Northwest Shansi Killing Hundreds
Dispatches from China report a major earthquake near the Mongolian border in the famine-stricken northwest Shansi region, resulting in hundreds of deaths. Authorities warn of extensive damage across remote counties as relief efforts begin.
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United Press
Peping
China
Shansi
Northcott seeks Q&A to break nephew testimony in farm killings
Riverside California January 16 New details loom as Gordon Stewart Northcott requests a personally conducted cross examination of his 15 year old nephew Sanford Clark the key witness in the Northcott murder farm trial Sanford testified over two days about ax killings a bonfire head burning and a victim buried alive prosecutors say Northcott hopes to undermine the boy s credibility while the court weighs the request Prosecution argues the cross examination aims to trim Sanford s damning testimony through influence over the witness
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United Press
Riverside
Cal
Gordon Stewart Northcott
Sanford Clark
Northcott
Sanford
Wineville
Walter Collins
Winslow Boys
Hoover to name experts for day quiz on prohibition
President-Elect Hoover plans an impartial nine-member expert commission to study enforcement and the Volstead act, focusing on enforcement conditions and fundamental questions. He will probe relations with law general attitude, with Senators Edge and Jones and Treasury officials weighing stronger state roles and coast guard readiness.
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United Press
Washington
Prohibition
Hoover
Edge
N. J
Jones
Harris
Dem
Treasury Mellon
F. Scott McBride
Anti-Saloon League
Mellon
McBride
Treasury
Coast Guard
Poison sold to boy leads to $5000 damages verdict
A superior court jury awarded Mrs. Mary G. Wray $5000 against Riesbeck Drug Company for selling carbolic acid to 8 year old Russell Wray of Norman E. and Mrs. Wray. The father later drank the acid and died. The jury found the drug company liable for selling to a minor.
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Superior Court
Mary G. Wray
Olive Street
Riesbeck Drug Company
Virginia Avenue
Russell Wray
Norman E
Senators at White House breakfast guests of Coolidge
Senator Arthur Robinson of Indiana joined twenty one senators at a White House breakfast hosted by President Coolidge marking the third breakfast in a week. Nineteen of the guests were Democrats with Robinson and Senator Green of Vermont the only Republicans attending.
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United Press
Washington
Arthur Robinson
Indiana
Coolidge
White House
Robinson
Green
Vermont
Plead Mind Quirk in Slaying Trial at Atlanta
In Atlanta on January 16, the trial of George Harsh for the thrill holdup killing of Willard Smith began. Harsh’s boyhood is described by Dr. George R. Carhart as indicating a "deft mind." Attorneys seek to prove mental unbalance as the defense plans to finish quickly. jurors may have the case before nightfall.
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United Press
Tlanta
George Harsh
Willard Smith
George R. Carhart
Milwaukee
Harsh
City prosecutor says traffic sticker law exempts corporations
City Prosecutor Herbert Spencer announced that automobiles owned by corporations or multiple owners are exempt from sticker provisions of the new traffic ordinance. Affidavits were issued against individual drivers, not firms, and no affidavits will target Sheriff George Winkler. Police will serve 204 affidavits on Thursday, with 650 names referred for possible action, while the board of safety and mayor insist no exemptions exist for law enforcers or businesses.
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Herbert Spencer
Spencer
George Winkler
Winkler
Arundred
Claude M. Worley
Clifton R. Cameron
Worley
Board of Safety
Times
Smiley M. Chambers
Board of Safety and Council
Albert F. Meurer
Police Department
Oren D. Hack
Eee
Hack Sascote
Two Young Boys Held as North Side Firebugs
Fire prevention officers say two boys aged 9 and 13 will be turned over to juvenile court authorities. They are linked to five north side apartment fires last week, including the Hazelton at Thirty-sixth and Illinois with an estimated $15,000 in damage.
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North Side
Fire Prevention Bureau
Juvenile Court
Bernard Lynch
Bureau
Lynch
Harry Voshell
Virgil T. Furguson
Hazelton
Thirty-sixth
Illinois Street
Majestic Storm Tolls One Death Aboard Ocean Liner
In a fierce Atlantic storm last week the White Star liner Majestic lost a hatch cover, flooded the third class, and washed nine crew from bunks. One man was killed and many injured as waves battered the ship near the promenade deck. Of 1171 passengers, 439 were first class with Russians among the third class travelers. Leonardo Fiori, 54, among the third class, is named in the report.
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Liner Majestic
York
Majestic
Atlantic Ocean
Leonardo Fiori
Hazardous Roads Sweep Southwest of Indianapolis
A telegram from state highway engineers states sleet covers roads southwest of Indianapolis while a slow freezing rain makes travel hazardous. Ice on the White River has closed the ferry on Road 61 between Petersburg and Vincennes amid worsening conditions.
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State Highway Department
Indianapolis
White River
Petersburg
Vincennes
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Sullivan
Auburn
Roundhouse
Nephew
Office
U. S
Frank Abbott King
James M. Knapp
Indiana House of Representatives
Frank
John E. King
Pleasant Street
L. Ert Slack
Indianapolis Times
Edward W. Harris
Slack
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