Hawkins in Jail in New Attempt to Evade Trial
Morton S. Hawkins former president of Hawkins Mortgage Company Portland Indiana voluntarily surrendered to Montgomery County jail to thwart removal to Indianapolis for trial on an indictment accusing him of heading a $6 million stock swindle conspiracy. He faces habeas corpus challenges and possible appeals to higher courts.
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Ohio
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Hawkins Mortgage Company
Portland
Ind
Montgomery County
Hawkins
Indianapolis
United States
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Iddings
Smith Hickenlooper
Cincinnati
Fred S. Warner
Marion
Hickenlooper
Fight to Save Girl Slayer Turns to Juvenile Court
Dorothy Ellingson a 16 year old known as a jazz maniac faces murder charges for her mother's death in San Francisco. Attorneys relying on her age won a move to juvenile court where prosecutors may seek curative treatment rather than punishment.
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Dorothy Ellingson
Dorothy
Teresa Mieke
Ward favored for U S district attorney post in Indiana
Albert Ward of Peru Indiana is practically certain to become United States district attorney for Indiana succeeding Homer Biddt who resigned. Claude A Wald Republican state chairman said arrangements are under discussion to pay Ward’s travel expenses under the new Indiana Federal Court law. Thomas A Slick of South Bend likely named as second Indiana district judge. Ward and Slick recently in Washington.
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Peru
Ind
Miami County
United States
Indiana
Homer Bidtt
Claude A. Wald
Ward
Indiana Federal Court
Thomas A. Slick
South Bend
Slick
Washington
Port Ind. man ends life after craps loss
A Times Special reports in La Porte Indiana on January 23 that a man attempted suicide following a cash loss in a craps game. The incident ends with the man’s death attributed to his own act.
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LA ‘Porte
Ind
Dewe
Eclipse Viewing Safeguards and Weather Watch Amid Sun Event
City officials urge protection for eclipse watchers with police patrols and lights on until the event ends. Dr Herman Morgan cautions use of sun glasses during partial phases while timing and weather forecasts drive preparations. Ohio State Univ notes the sun will dim to 15000 full moons equivalent, with peak around 8 am and end by 9 07 am as observers monitor the sky against a northwest storm.
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Rikoff
Herman G. Morgan
J. H. Armington
Weather Bureau
Armington
Washington
United States
Ohio State University Astronomy Department
Ohio
Riddle Dialog Pokes Fun At School Misfits
A playful dialogue mocks a student and a clownish figure as clues to a hidden school setting. The lad recalls safe strolling past a place of benches used by spooners and a local institution where truants play hooky.
Ohio Indiana state rights clash prompts arrest resolution
State Senator Hill of Carthage introduces a resolution calling on state police to arrest commercial bus and truck drivers entering Indiana. The measure reacts to the Ohio Public Service Commission threat to detain operators of the Hiner Red Bull Line for lacking Ohio permits to run weekend trips.
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Indiana
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Carthage
Oho Public Service Commission
Hiner
Red Bull Line
Shank criticizes speeders as 114 cases heard in court
Court session with Mayor Shank and Judge Wilmeth fined 63 motorists including Oliver Hayworth 25 of 861 Bradshaw St who paid 10 dollars and costs for 28 mph. Forty cases continued one dismissed one discharged three bonds forfeited and four rearrested. One sentence to Indiana State Farm. Names several planned violators for Wednesday night.
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Delbert O. Wilmeth
Oliver Hayworth
Bradshaw St
Indiana State Farm
Jury Deadlock in New Jersey Liquor Case
In Jersey City on June 22 the jury failed to reach a verdict in the squor ring prosecution after a first trial ended today. Ten Weehawken policemen and two civilians faced trial. prosecutors urged federal action while officials suggested a county court retrial. Jurors reported a nine to three vote for conviction before adjourning.
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N. J
New Jersey
Weehawken
McMahon
Washington
Attorney General's Office
Court Bill Presented In Indianapolis Proposed Court Reforms
Indianapolis lawmakers introduced 21 bills including a plan by State Senator Harrison to create a court of common pleas replacing most justices of the peace and adding a second city judge with concurrent powers. Senator O Rourke proposed bond and note issue changes for taxing units. Senator English's auto drunk driving penalties and statewide injunction were sent back for technical reasons.
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O'Rourke
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English
Fire Causes 700 Dollar Damage At Home
A two story frame house at 1657 Cornell Ave owned by Flavis Garnett sustained about 700 dollars in damage today. Fire is believed to have started from spontaneous combustion in waste paper.
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Cornell Ave
Action on Mortgage Bill Passes in Indiana House
The Indiana House today approved a mortgage bill amid debate. Lawmakers endorsed the proposal addressing lending standards and borrower protections, sending it toward consideration in the Senate.
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Indiana
Nerve That Led Young Mother to Robberies Ends in Prison
Mrs May Conrad 21 of Riverview Pa sobbed as she faces two to fourteen years in Indiana Woman's Prison for joining brothers Charles and George Maggard in a coast to coast bandit tour across eight states. She helped as look-out in almost a hundred robberies and claimed she started at twenty, driven by influence. Her children aged four and eighteen months are cared for by her mother and know nothing of their mother's fate.
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Riverview
Marion County
Indiana Woman’s Prison
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Conrad
Charles Maggard
George Maggard
Kenneth Merill
Keystone Ave
Union Station
Indiana State Reformatory
Methods Probed In Turman Forgery Scheme Case
New York January 22 continuing investigation into the financial web surrounding Mae Turman who forged notes totaling over 1.3 million dollars. Assistant District Attorney Ferdinand Pecora aims to secure a full list of victims as Turman faces a second degree forgery charge. Turman says he held a 10 thousand dollar bank account and claims he kept only twenty thousand of the funds, much of which he gave to charity.
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United Press
New York
Mae Turman
Ferdinand Pecora
Turman
Jurman
Husband is Released in Death of Wife at Gary
Gary Indiana January 22 Police released Bert W Cox a Terre Haute barber held in connection with his wife s death in a local hotel room The coroner s jury will render a verdict within two days The wife is believed to have committed suicide by poison injections not indicated
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United Preas
Ind
Bert W. Cox
Terre Haute
Alaska Cold Wave Reaches Canadian Provinces
The cold wave from Alaska pushes into Saskatchewan and Manitoba with Prince Albert at 28 below zero and Minneapolis at 14 below. Weather bureau in Chicago reports the plunge expanding southward toward the central plains and Midwest.
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Minnedosa
Tax extension rule under new internal revenue law
Thurman Indiana collector says extensions beyond March 15 cannot be granted by local collectors. Requests for extensions must be filed with the Commissioner of Internal Revenue in Washington under the new income tax law.
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Internal Revenue Law
al. Bert . Thurman
Internal Revenue
Indiana
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Washington
Thurman
Make Smokers Pay Says Ma Ferguson Texas Governor Proposal
Miriam Ferguson proposes to tax cigars and cigarettes to fund education. She urges smokers to quit until education funding improves while also seeking to cut state taxes and raise gasoline taxes. She says enforcement of prohibition will depend on public demand.
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United Press
Ustin
Texas
Miriam Ferguson
Ferguson
Neff
Two Parks Proposed as Indiana Bills Introduced
A bill authorizing purchases of two new State parks and creating a 1 mill levy for each, effective 1925 and 1926, was introduced in the Indiana House by Representative Knepper of Warsaw. The Isaak Walton League sponsors the measure naming Tippecanoe River State Park in Kosciusko, Marshall and Fulton counties and Pigeon River State Park in LaGrange County. A second bill moves to increase the State Conservation Commission from four to five members.
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Warsaw
Isaak Walton League
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Marshall
Fulton
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Lagrange County
State Conservation Commission
Nurse Estelle Gehling Ties to McClintock Death Probe
Chicago January 22 A graduate nurse named Estelle Gehling enters the McClintock death inquiry. Letters from William D. Shepherd to Gehling will be used as evidence at the inquest next month. Olson says Gehling may testify and letters, four in number, were written before McClintock’s death showing a friendship between Shepherd and the nurse.
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Estelle Gehling
McClintock
Miss Gehling
William D. Shepherd
Roian
William McClintock
Harry Olson
Olson
Shepherd
Senate Fight Forecast on Sims Education Bill
The Senate expected a fight over a bill by Senator Sims from Terre Haute a Republican. The measure would require public school teachers to be graduates of public common and high schools. A divided committee report was anticipated with Senator Nejdl as chair signaling a likely minority report. The majority favored indefinite postponement.
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Sims
Terre Haute
Committee On Education
Nejdl
Indiana Democrats Plan Feb. 7 City Convention
Democratic city conventions in Indiana are set for February 7 per the announcement from Democratic State headquarters. Russell Ryan, Marion County Democratic chairman, will preside in Indianapolis if Thomas Meeker is absent.
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Indiana
Russell
Hourly Temperature Reading Notes
A clipped weather update records hourly temperature readings. The fragment mentions Beeson but provides no clear times, locations, or measurements to confirm full details.
Strothenk Case Goes To Trial In Indiana Court
John Strothenk a 47 year old resident of 605 East Market Street is jailed on a high bond charged with involuntary manslaughter after allegedly driving into the rear of Chester Haase s parked car on a road near Maywood Oct 22 1924 killing Haase s wife Edith Maude and their children Paul and Doris A juror panel of eight had been seated at noon Prosecutor William H Remy said the state would seek the maximum penalty of two to fourteen years in Indiana State Prison if convicted The defense contends Strothenk may have been intoxicated at the time and driving about thirty miles per hour
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E. Market St
Strothenk
Chester Haase
Blaine Ave
Maywood
Haase
Edith Maude Haase
Paul
Doris
Stratheak
William H. Remy
Indiana State
Burned mother and infant die in Bemidji house fire
Mrs Lewis T. De Lezene, 33, and her infant daughter Dorothy perished when their Bemidji Minnesota home burned today. Neighbors said the doors were locked from the inside as flames engulfed the building.
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United Press Bemidji
Piano agency sale regional expansion in Indiana
The Pearson Piano Company announces purchase of Steinway branch piano store at 225 N Pennsylvania St and the Indiana agency for Steinway pianos. Pearson will sell stock at the current Steinway branch and relocate the line to its own store, also selling Steinways in five other Indiana branches.
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Pennsylvania St
Stein Way Pianos
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Kokomo
Pearson P*ano Company
N. Penn
Sylvania St
J. 8.Pearson
Pearson Company
Steinway
Steinways
Motor Speedway Bill Killed by Unanimous Vote in Indiana House
Indiana General Assembly defeats measure aimed at blocking Memorial Day speedway race with a unanimous house vote. The action ends a nearly successful effort to curb the annual event.
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Indiana
Indiana House kills Memorial Day racing bill
The Public Morals Committee recommended indefinite postponement and the Indiana House accepted it by voice vote. The bill aimed to ban commercialized racing on Memorial Day and had been introduced by E. Miller of Kokomo. It was unclear if the measure would be brought to the Senate.
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Indiana House Today
Committee On Public Morals
Senate
E. Miller
Kokomo
McCray
Habeas Corpus Writ Filed in Federal Court
Morton S. Hawkins of Portland Indiana demanded a writ of habeas corpus in Federal Court here through his attorney on January 22 in Cincinnati. The action seeks relief from custody with details not disclosed in the brief report.
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Cincinnati
United Press
Mortons. Hawkins
Portland
Ind
Speeders Escape Second Penalty in Indiana Farm Case
Two auto drivers with prior speeding convictions avoided mandatory sentences at the Indiana State Farm due to an oversight and a misspelled name. Fred Rhees, 26, of 648 Division St., paid a $30 fine plus costs after records showed four prior convictions. he was arraigned as Reese. Henry Brooks, 18, of 326 E North St., paid $35 plus costs with a secured conviction noted. Police Chief Rikhoff warned officers may be dismissed for careless restating of records.
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Indiana
Herman F. Rikhoff
Fred Rhees
Division St
Reese
Henry Brooks
E. ‘North St
Wilmeth
Reception by Jacksons at Governor's Mansion Tonight
Governor and Mrs. Jackson host a reception for legislators at the Governor's mansion from 8 to 10 tonight. The event invites state lawmakers to mingle with the administration in a formal gathering at the executive residence.
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Governor’s Mansion
Jackson
Luther Wins Confidence for New German Chancellor Plan
In Berlin on January 22 United Press reports Dr. Max Luther’s coalition government securing approval in the Reichstag to back his new chancellor program amid early political storms.
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United Press
Berlin
Max Luther
Utility hearing 70 will resume after adjournment
The Indiana Senate Judiciary A committee will continue hearings on bills to regulate public utilities. Senator Quillen argued holding companies should fall under the Public Service Commission, while utility representatives warned of credit loss and higher rates. Samuel R. Artman supported the amendment.
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Indiana Senate
Quillen
Indianapolis
Public Service Commission
Cleveland
Samuel R. Artman
Public Utilities
Mayfield Retains Senate Seat Amid Election Contest
Washington Jan 22 Queen Earle B Mayfield of Texas will be seated by the Senate despite a contest from Republican George E B Peddy over the 1922 election. The challenge citing intimidation, money expenditure and alleged Ku Klux support was dismissed by a Senate sub committee.
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United Press
Washington
Earle B. Mayfield
Texas
Senate
George E. B Peddy
Peddy
Mayfield
Ku Klux
Editors Meet at Indiana Republican Session and Banquet
The Indiana Republican Editorial Association holds a noon session today at Severin with Herbert C. Willis of Waterloo to call order in place of Ellott of Newcastle. The annual banquet features Senator Frank B. Ohio as principal speaker and will be hosted by the Republican State Committee tonight at Severin.
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Severin
Herbert C. Willis
Waterloo
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Ellott
Newcastle
States
Frank B
Ohio
Funeral plans for Charlies OC Haffey of Logansport
Funeral services are announced for Charlies OC Haffey who died at Methodist Hospital. He formerly worked with TInsurance Company in Logansport. Details of time and place will be provided by the family.
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