Mayor Hale and 14 Others Convicted in Rum Plot
Calumet district mayor Raleigh P. Hale of East Chicago and fourteen associates were found guilty in a federal conspiracy case tied to bootlegging. Nineteen defendants faced sentencing February 15, with four acquittals. Defense plans an appeal.
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Hammond
Ind
Calumet
Raleigh P. Hale
East Chicago
Thomas W. Slick
Thore
James Regan
Hale
Chicago
Aan
Martin Zarkovich
Patsey Ramey
Philip Collenger
al Capone
Nick Sudovich
King of
Grice Chandler
Eldridge White
Sanford Overall
Tom Thomas
John Antonion
Berths Popp
Joz Deangelo
Tony Zaleska
Enrikue Orta
Walter Conroy
Ralph Hart
Frank Bonaventura
Saladad Merano
Slick
Lester Offenheimer
Kiwanis Club
Thomas Metovina
Julius Kovach
Joe Kowalski
Mayor Hale
Safety Board
Regan
Gary
Atlanta
Franklin sermon honors a founding thinker at temple services
Rabbi Morris M. Feuerlicht spoke at Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation Friday services praising Benjamin Franklin as a man who lives on in America and the world through his achievements. He noted Franklin’s 224th birthday and described him as a free thinking yet believing figure.
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Benjamin Franklin
America
Morris M. Feuerlicht
Indianapolis
Hebrew Congregation Temple
Franklin
Republicans to Meet for Policy and Candidate Talks
Republican county advisory committee members along with county chair Martin M. Hugg will meet next week to discuss party policy and potential candidates for the primary and fall elections. Committeemen include Harry Dunn Charles Roemler Norman Perry and George Denny.
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Republican County Advisory Committee
Martin M. Hugg
Harry Dunn
Charles O. Roemler
Norman A. Perry
George L. Denny
Indianapolis Records Break Cold as Mercury Dips to 15 Below
A new low for twelve years, 15 degrees below zero, was logged at 7 a.m. at the U S Weather Bureau in Indianapolis. The cold wave extended to Galveston with 14 above, while Dakota areas showed sharp rises. Muncie registered 17 below, the state’s lowest. The frost followed a snowstorm.
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Mercury
Indianapolis
United States Weather Bureau
United States
J. H. Armington
Dakotas
Indiana
Muncie
Snowstorm Hits City With Three Inch Blanket
A blizzard delivered three inches of snow over the city while southern Indiana flood victims faced severe suffering. Many were marooned without heat as relief efforts began to arrive today.
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Indiana
Burke linked to Chicago mob murders in intercity plot
New York police tie Brooklyn racketeer Frank Yale's 1 year old death to a Benton Harbor gun linked to Frederick Burke. Tests show the same submachine gun used in Chicago s St Valentine s Day massacre. Burke, Chicago Capone ally figure, faces multiple killings and robberies as investigators pursue him.
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Brooklyn
Chicago
Whalen
Benton Harbor
Mich
Frederick Burke
St. Valentine’s Day
Burke
Secret Service
Moran Gang
Scarface al Capone
Yale
Capone
GUNWOMAN AND MATE REPORTEDLY TO BE EXTRADITED
Arizona authorities said Pennsylvanian officers would bring extradition papers for Mrs Irene Schroeder and her gunman consort Glenn Dague who were captured after a mountain gun battle. They are wanted in connection with the December 27 slaying of state highway patrolman Brady Paul. Schroeder and Dague reunited upon capture and refused to answer questions.
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Rulport Enix Phenix. Ariz
Pennskoor
Irene Schroeder
Trigger
Glenn Dague
Arizona
Brady Paul
Pennsylvania
Auto Injury Fatality in Meridian Street Crash
Mrs. Sarah K. Wiggins 55 of 3841 North Meridian Street died from a fractured skull after an auto wreck Friday afternoon. Thrown in her car driven by chauffeur A M James a Negro, she struck her head on a seat when another vehicle struck theirs at Fall Creek boulevard and Meridian street. Coroner C H Keever opened an investigation.
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Sarah K. Wiggins
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A. M. James
Wiggins
Fall Creek Boulevard
M. W. Wiggins
Crescent Paper Company
West Georgia Street
C. H. Keever
Flier Hunt Sours for Maury Graham in Piute Country
Search efforts for Maury Graham the missing United States air mail pilot continued in the wintery hills between Las Vegas and Salt Lake City. United States army navy and marine air forces joined private planes and commercial groups as search squads split into teams and expanded the area, yet no trace of Graham was found.
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Sheltets
Western Air Express
Here
Salt Lake City
Utah
United States Army
Navy
Marine
Graham
Senate to vote on repeal of eighteenth amendment test
United Press reports wets and drys in the Senate plan a test vote on the Blaine resolution to repeal the eighteenth amendment. Borah and Blaine push for a record vote while Norris signals committee action. House support remains uncertain as Tilson vows to let members decide.
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United Press
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Senate
Borah
Rep
Idaho
Blaine
Wis
Norris
Judiciary Committee
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House
Drys
Tilson
Joseph Grundy
Pennsylvania
West
Grundy
Bob LaFollette
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Hiram Johnson
California
Smoot
Thomas
McNary
Oregon
Wesley L. Jones
Gerald P. Nye
North Dakota
Frazier
Stimson Meets MacDonald as Naval Parity Talks Open
London dispatch reports Premier Ramsay MacDonald hosts the American delegation at Downing Street as the naval talks begin. Secretary Stimson and aides arrive after a day of pre conference tasks and sightseeing, with press questions yielding little new information.
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J. Ramsay MacDonald
No. 10
Downing Street
Ishbel MacDonald
United States
Stimson
America
Dwight W. Morrow
J. P. Morgan & Co
Charles Francis Adams
Navy
England
David A. Reed
Joseph T. Robinson
Hugh
Gibson
Premeir MacDonald
Piccadilly
Strand
MacDonald
Ritz
Explosion damages Prospect theater in midnight blaze
Fire at 2117 Prospect Avenue caused 2500 dollars in damage to the theater and film stock. Seven residents fled into subzero air as firemen in gas masks battled dense fumes. Two small dogs suffocated in apartments above the theater. others escaped unharmed. The blaze spread from film ignition blamed on spontaneous combustion. a separate stove fire at 523 South Fleming extinguished by neighbors prior to firefighters.
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Prospect Avenue
Jacob Friedman
Exsons
Sam
Leo
Gertrude
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eLo
Robert Easter
Squad No. 30
Flossie
Fleming Avenue
Doctor Summersville Resigns as Ball Memorial Hospital Supt
MUNCIE Ind Jan 18 Dr Harry T Summersville superintendent of Ball Memorial Hospital for a year resigned today Miss Nellie ...
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Muncie
Ind
Harry T. Summersville
Ball Memorial Hospital
Nellie
Hearings Set Resumption Date in Insull Merger Case
Hearings in the 70 million dollar Insull utilities merger, affecting seventy two Indiana cities, will resume February 24. Commissioner Howell Ellis announced the date at a Friday conference with approval from interested parties. The date remains tentative until Commissioner Calvin McIntosh, ill for weeks, returns.
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Indiana
Howell Ellis
Commission
Ellis
Calvin McIntosh
Receiver Seeks Fox Film in Gast Suit
Ira M. Gast a class A stockholder filed a suit in New York on January 18 charging Fox Film Corporation with improperly contracting and assuming obligations totaling 91 million dollars. The case seeks to challenge corporate actions and recover damages.
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New York
Fox Film Corporation
Ira M. Gast
Aid rushed by planes to Decker Chapel rescue
Flood relief reached twenty five families near Decker Chapel as White and Wabash rivers rose to flood levels. National guard planes scouted the area while boats aided marooned residents on upper floors. Vincennes businessmen George Black and Thomas Ryan were injured in a capsized rescue boat and treated for exposure.
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Decker Chapel
National Guard
George Black
Thomas Ryan
Vincennes
Decker Township
Black
Ryan
Rce
Fire destroys Solon's home in Washington
Ridge Sands, the Washington home of Senator Key Pittman of Tonopah Nevada, was destroyed by fire early today. The Pittmans escaped uninjured from the eighteen room mansion as damage reached about 150000 dollars. Firemen faced water shortages and a cold snowstorm. three were injured. Pittman had no insurance.
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United Press
Washington
Ridge Sands
Key Pittman
Tonopah
Nev
How the Market Opened
New York stock market opened mixed amid reassuring weekend business reviews. Major decliners included General Electric Bethlehem Steel Union Carbide and Gold Dust while U S Steel dipped to 168 1 2 and many others showed small losses. Radio shares weakened with Crosley and Kolster at lows.
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New York
General Electric
Bethlehem Steel
Union Carbide
U. S Steel
Radio Corporation
Paramount
Standard Brands
Standard of New Jersey
Public Service
United States Industrial Alcohol
General Motors
Anaconda
Chrysler
Sears-Roebuck
Westinghouse Electric
American Telephone
Chesapeake & Ohio
Columbia Gas
Radio
Grigsby-Grunow
Crosley
Kolster
Pork Market Rises on Low Receipts at Union Stock Yards
Hogs were mostly 25 cents higher than Friday with 150 to 275 head trading at 9.90 to 10.25. Receipts about 2,000 plus 631 holdovers. Cattle scarce with weak shealers at 17. Receipts 200. Sheep and lambs scarce. prices similar to Friday. Chicago hog receipts 7,000 with 6,000 directs and holdovers 3,000. bids higher early, 10.15 to 10.50 for various weights.
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Chicago
Weather Report From The Field At Nine Thirty
In the air at 9:30 a.m. a southwest wind 9 mph, sea level pressure 30.30 inches, temperature 9 below zero, unlimited ceiling and visibility, field frozen with three inches snow drifted across the ground.
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