King George Receives Five Power Naval Delegates at Buckingham Palace
Delegates from the United States Britain France Italy Japan and an empire English group met with King George at Buckingham Palace ahead of the naval conference opening in the House of Lords. The audience was informal with a dinner tonight and formal sessions planned for Tuesday.
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Buckingham Palace
Raymond Clapper
United Press
London
King George
Royal Gallery
House of Lords
Stimson
Sandringham
MacDonald
No. 10
Downing Street
St. James Palace
Nations on war brink in South America clash report
Bolivian troops attacked Paraguayan forces at Isla Poi in the Gran Chaco region prompting Paraguayan officials to inform the U S State Department. Pablo Yasfran chargé d affaires delivered a cable reporting the attack and a Paraguayan fatality.
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United Ir
Washington
State Department
Isla Poi
Gran Chaco
Pablo Yasfran
Paraguayan Legation
White
State Official Speaks At Purdue Road School
Arthur P. Melton of the state highway commission addressed the fifteenth annual road school at Purdue University today. He spoke on problems of the highway commission from the viewpoint of a member. Director John J. Brown will address the school Thursday on protecting the state's investment in paved roads. Chief Engineer William J. Titus is listed to speak forthcoming.
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Purdue University
Arthur P. Melton
State Highway Commission
Highway Commission
John J. Brown
Department
William J. Titus
46 Planes Search for Missing Pilot Maury Graham
Las Vegas Nevada January 20 United Press reports led by flying mates forty six planes participate in a search for Maury Graham a missing air pilot last seen near Caliente Nevada after a blizzard on January 10. Ground parties also sweep near Fillmore Utah and signals of a campfire being seen near Ely Nevada are investigated.
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United Press
Las Vegas
Nev
Maury Graham
Caliente
Ely
Fillmore
Utah
Meadow Hills
Woman bound for 25 year term in Rogers ward deaths
Gladys May Parks was found guilty of manslaughter and second degree murder in the deaths of her wards Timothy and Dorothy Rogers. Judge Frank T. Lloyd sentenced her to twenty-five years concurrently, ten years for manslaughter and twenty-five for murder.
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United Press
Camden
N. J
Gladys May Parks
Timothy
Dorothy Rogers
Criminal Court
Frank T. Lloyd
Marion County blocks formation of detective union
Marion county commissioners refused a petition to form the International Detective Association of Indianapolis led by Carl J. Parham and Raymond R. Wrighton. They ruled no constable powers would be granted, noting existing officers bear that name. Parham, discharged in 1929 for unbecoming conduct, had been tied to horse thief detective claims.
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Marion County
Carl J. Parham
Raymond R. Wrighton
Parham
Wrighton
International Detective Association of Indianapolis
Indianapolis
Gas Kills Man and Wife in Toledo Apartment
Elton Saylor 35 and his wife Zella 31 were found murdered by gas in their Toledo apartment. Neighbors heard the man’s dog Cinders bark for hours and later lay unconscious beside the victims. The bulldog fought for life as authorities investigated the incident.
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United Press
Toledo
Elton Saylor
Zella
Saylor
Meningitis Outbreak Reported at Indiana State Prison
An outbreak of cerebrospinal meningitis is disclosed at the Indiana state prison with Virgil Mitchell dying in a five to twenty one year robbery term and Clarence Pease in hospital. Dr Weeks says precautions include separate wards and nasal sprays for affected prisoners.
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United Press
Michigan City
Ind
Indiana
Virgil Mitchell
Marion County
Mitchell
Clarence Pease
Lake County
P. H. Weeks
Indianapolis
Wilking Music Company
East
Ohio Street
Lecture Series Ends With Dr Emanuel Gameran Talk
Dr Emanuel Gameran of Cincinnati educational director of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations will deliver the final of six lectures at Kirshbaum Center at 8 15 on Tuesday. The talk titled The Future of Jewish Life will explore the role of Jewish education.
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Emanuel Gameran
Cincinnati
Department of Synagogue and
Union of American Hebrew Congregations
Kirshbaum Center
City Is Promised Rise in Mercury
A United States weather bureau meteorologist forecast snow flurries and a sharp temperature rise in Indianapolis with highs near 25 degrees by Tuesday. One death near Indianapolis from the coldest wave since 1918 was reported, James C. Bray of Anderson dying from heart disease believed caused by the cold. Flood waters in central Indiana were receding to normal levels.
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Indianapolis
J. H. Armington
United States Weather Bureau
Indiana
James C
Bray
Anderson
Weather Bureau
Ice jams worsen flood threat along Wabash and area
Ice jams on the Wabash north of Vincennes dammed waters and sparked fears of fresh torrents toward Palestine. Fifty families abandoned homes as water breached levees while Riverton residents urged a National Guard plane to break the ice. A southern Indiana flood-control committee was proposed by Representative Harry E. Rowbottom to seek federal action.
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Wabash
Vincennes
Palestine
Riverton
Illinois Central
Harry G. Leslie
National Guard
Vaeganes
Indiana
Washington
Harry E. Rowbottom
Evansville
Levee Threat Gathers Momentum in Decker Chapel Area
Levee guards and landowners in Decker Chapel district prepare to dynamite a Wabash levee nine miles southwest of Vincennes to ease a flood covering thousands of acres. The river stood 23 feet at Vincennes, with ice and frozen dikes backing backwater. Rescue boats from Indiana Refining Company and American Legion members fought through ice to reach refugees, while supplies head toward Gibson county families stranded inland.
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United Press
Vincennes
Decker Chapel
Wabash River
B. H. Anglin
Indiana Refining Company
Lawrenceville
Ill
American Legion
Anglin
Princeton
Gibson County
City Man Hurt in Fatal Auto Crash near Brazil
Dan McIntyre of Indianapolis was injured probably fatally when his son in law Sam Nation drove their car into a coal truck stalled on the highway at Brazil Sunday night. McIntyre was thrown through the windshield with internal injuries a broken leg and severe scalp wounds. He was taken to Clay county hospital. Nation was hurt slightly.
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United Press
Brazil
Ind
Dan McIntyre
Indianapolis
Sam Nation
McIntyre
Clay County
Nation
Supreme Court to Adjourn After Jan. 27 Session
The Supreme Court announced it would adjourn on January 27 and resume on February 24. The announcement came from Washington as justices set the winter schedule.
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Supreme Court
United Press
Washington
Fortune in a Fiddle at WKBF Display and Concert
The 1731 Stradivarius violin from Rudolph Wurlitzer’s private collection is shown with Mrs. W. C. Bussing of 5231 North Delaware Street. Thomas Poggianni will play the instrument Thursday at 10 p.m. on WKBF, spotlighting a private violin collection and radio event.
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W. C. Bussing
North
Delaware Street
WKBF
Thomas Poggiani
Rudolph Wurlitzer
Cincinnati
Woman Solon Seeks Popular Vote Referendum on Prohibition
Mrs. Mary T. Norton introduces a resolution for a national referendum on prohibition. A majority nationwide vote would repeal the eighteenth amendment automatically. The plan ties repeal to a concurrent ban on interstate liquor transport and saloon operation if repealed. Army policy also bans intoxicants at military sites except for medicine.
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United Press
Washington
Mary T. Norton
Dem
House
Wet Bloc
Norton
Senate Judiciary Committee
Hoover
War Department
War Hurley
Congress
Hurley
Capitol
Army
Ogden to Confer on Lake County Overcharges
Attorney-General James M. Ogden and Deputy A G Charles Edwards fly to Hammond to discuss a Lake County board of accounts report showing 250000 in overcharges paid by Lake County commissioners. Lawrence F. Orr and field examiners are already in Lake County to pursue recoveries. Both officials speak at a Lake County Taxpayers Association dinner in Hammond with State Senator C Oliver Holmes presiding.
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James M. Ogden
Charles Edwards
Hammond
Ogden
Lake County
Board of Accounts
Lawrence F. Orr
Orr
Lake County Taxpayers’ Association
C. Oliver Holmes
Kelly 10 AID SOX Coach Named By White Sox Boss
Chicago White Sox manager Ownie Bush appoints Barney Mike Kelly of Spartanburg South Atlantic League as Sox coach. Kelly, a 14 year baseball veteran, will coach first base and assist with young players on a one year contract. He will travel south with the first squad.
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Ownie Bush
Chicago White Sox
Windy City
Sox
Barney
Mike) Kelly
Indianapolis
Spartanburg
S. C
Kelly
Toledo
Mike
Bush
St. Louis Cardinals
Fear Eielson Starving Arctic Aviator Hope Dwindles
In NAME Alaska on January 20 veterans of the far north fear Lieutenant Carl Ben Eielson may be starving after exhausting food supplies if he cannot find a trapper's cabin. The aviator's survival hinges on locating shelter and provisions in the frozen wilderness.
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United Press
Alaska
Far North
Carl Ben Eielson
Bootlegger held after fatal search raid on home
A longtime bootlegging suspect, George W. Moore, is jailed on a blanket charge of murdering two federal prohibition agents, Frank R. Patterson and Robert K. Moncure, who were seeking to search his Florida home Saturday night under a federal warrant. Moore plans to challenge the warrant as invalid for a night search, while prosecutors insist the agents acted within their rights and duties.
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United Press
West Palm Beach
Fia
Prohibition
George W. Moore
E. M. Baynes
Moore
Frank R. Patterson
Robert K. Moncure
Tragic Pacific Plane Crash Blamed on Sudden Squall
A Pasific squall toppled a Transcontinental Air Transport Maddux tri motor over a San Clemente field killing sixteen aboard including fourteen passengers and two pilots. Lindbergh aided the San Diego board in the investigation as crews recovered bodies and authorities probed the wreckage for cause.
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Agua Caliente
Mexico
California
Los Angeles
Air Board
Forest J. Eaton
San Clemente
Schuyler L. Kelleyn
San Diego
Charles A. Lindbergh
T. A. T. Fares
San Diego Board
Three Die In Florida Crash In Lake Worth
A cabin monoplane crashed into Lake Worth near West Palm Beach killing pilot William Lindley and mechanics Kur Umps and Al Lipsky. Two passengers Elvir Stosswell and Edward Butler were injured, suspected fatally. The Florida Airways plane was en route from West End Bahamas to Daytona Beach and witnesses reported it appeared disabled during landing, with rescue attempts failing.
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United Preas
West Palm Beach
Fla
Lake Worth
William Lindley
Daytona Beach
Kur Umps
al Lipsky
Elvir Stosswell
Edward Butler
Miami
Palm Beach
Florida Airways Company
West End
Bahamas
College botanist dies in Cincinnati at 42
Dr. Caroline Black former Indiana resident and longtime professor of botany at Connecticut College New London died at her brother Robert Black's home in Cincinnati on Sunday from pneumonia She was 42 and had taught twelve years at the Connecticut school.
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Caroline Black
Indiana
Bu United Pres
Cincinnati
Connecticut College
New London
Three Bandits Captured After Fierce Macon Gun Battle
In Macon Georgia a thirty minute battle with more than 200 rounds ended with three bandits captured near a swamp. The men Adrian and Dana Bias and Basil Childress claimed WV penitentiary escapees serving forty years for highway robbery. Adrian Bias died of wounds. Dana Bias and Basil Childress were wounded.
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United Press
Macon
Jacksonvill
Jacksonville
Wethersfield (Conn
Adrian
Dana Bias
Basil Childress
West Virginia State Penitentiary
Adrian Bias
Dana
Childress
Will Rogers on Robinsons Seat At Naval Conference
Will Rogers jokes about Senator Joseph T. Robinson attending the naval conference. He quips the biggest issue is whether London tailors can fit Robinson to resemble King Snee, notes Robinson has never seen the sea, and jokes about Dawes and the royal gallery.
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United Press
Joseph T. Robinson
Will Rogers
London
Joe Robinson
Snee Ah
Robinson
Reed
United States Senate
Dawes
Royal Gallery
United States
Record of Deadliest Air Crashes Cited in 1929 History
The article lists major 1929 airliner and aircraft accidents with high fatalities. It names the Maddux T A T tri motor crash near San Clemente California killing sixteen, plus other deadly incidents in Newark Ven ice New Mexico and the English Channel among the worst aviation disasters of that era.
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United Press
San Clemente
Cal
Newark
N. J
Venice
New Mexico
Imperial Airways
English Channel
Middletown
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Graham
State Line
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Solon
AID Sox
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T. A. T.maddux
Lindberg
Basil Russell
Russell
San
Diego
Edward Brown
Benjamin Miller
San Francisco
Sedric Brown
William Paden
Doris Cantillon
Ada Glover
Edward Small
Frances Jameson
Pasadena
Elizabeth Squibb
Hannan Colliston
Fairhope
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Charles Rabold
Fred Walker
Florida
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