Grand Jurors Probe Pay Order in County Salary Case
Grand jurors opened a probe into a pay raise record alleging disappearance or removal from the County Auditor’s files. Judges Chamberlin Milner and others testified as Dunn and council members faced questions amid a political backdrop led by Republican officials. Hearing set Feb 6.
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Harry O. Chamberlin
Joseph M. Milner
Harry Dunn
James A. Collins
Criminal Court
Dunn
William L. Taylor
Givan
Taylor
Stark
Paul Dunn
John E. Shearer
Charles O. Sutton
Roche on Warpath
Patrick Roche chief investigator for the state's attorney's office vows quick action after a bomb plot aimed at his car. He says he has in formation the identities and will pursue the assailants with coroner's inquests rather than formal trials.
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United Press
Chicago
Patrick Roche
State's Attorney's Office
Roche
Gas Storage Expansion Discussed for Citizens Gas Plant
Mayor Reginald Sulivan and Citizens Gas Company manager Clarence Kirk discussed erecting a 6 000 000 cubic foot gas container at the Prospect street plant. The $350 000 tank would add surplus storage as the plant now holds 7 000 900 cubic feet.
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Prospect Street
Citizens Gas Company
Reginald Sulivan
Clarence L. Kirk
Gangster Genero names the gunmen in hospital shooting
Johnny Genero, a Chicago gangster, named Louis De Luca and Angela Lucci as his assailants after five bullet wounds left him on a hospital cot. He described treachery linked to James Belcastro and warned that retaliation against him and his brother Joseph Genero is likely.
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United Arena
Hicago
Johnny Genero
Tony Genna
Genna Brothers
Cavalliera
Genero
Joseph
Peppi) Genero
West Third Street
Louis de Luca
Angela Lucci
James Belcastro
Black Bag Clue to Gem Bandits
Detectives traced a daring diamond robbery at the Claypool hotel. A black bag with a new revolver and men’s clothes, bearing laundry marks erased, was seized from a downtown hotel. Police inspect fingerprints as Bodenheimer, a New York gem dealer, was bound and robbed of gems worth 85000 dollars outside his Claypool room. A tagged necktie and discarded stick pin hint at motive and method.
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Claypool
Lawrence Bodenheimer
New York
Chicago
Detroit
Bodenheimer
Contest Winners Make Good in Cinema World
Six stars profiled as proof that winning contests can launch film careers. Clara Bow, Corinne Griffith, Bernice Claire, Helen Morgan, Ginger Rogers, and Anna Q Nilsson each gained opportunities after beauty or personality contests, with their paths summarized and Page 9 detailing entries.
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Cinema World
Hoosierdom
Indiana Theater
Clara Bow
Brooklyn
California
Corinne Griffith
Santa Monica
Cal
Bernice Claire
Chicago
Helen Morgan
Ginger Rogers
Indianapolis
Charleston
Anna Q. Nilsson
London naval conference agenda outlines disarmament steps
Premier MacDonald presided at a London session with a formal agenda arranged alphabetically by delegations. France seeks armament apportionment by global tonnage and transfer rules, Britain desires category based armament limits, Italy presses ratios and total tonnage levels while reserving on two key points.
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J. Ramsay MacDonald
Great Britain
St. James Palace
MacDonald
France
Italy
Dino Grandi
Prohibition Bureau Move Clears House Step
Washington Jan 30 The House Expenditure Committee approved the Williamson bill to transfer the prohibition bureau from the Treasury to the Justice Department with no major changes. The measure moves to early action in the House and Chairman Williamson plans to bring it up next week under a priority ruling.
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United Press
Washington
Hoover
Law Enforcement Commission
House Expenditure Committee
Williamson
Prohibition Bureau
Treasury
Justice Department
House
Ice Gorge Holds Back Wabash River Floodwater Threat
An eight mile ice gorge on the Wabash river dammed a twelve foot wall of water at New Haven Posey county Indiana. Residents on both sides fled as thaw hopes rose while National Guard planes dropped food and aid to refugees. A barn birth and weary travelers reached Griffin as supplies dwindled.
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United Press
MT. Vernon
Ind
Wabash River
Indiana
Illinois
New Haven
Posey County
National Guard
Evansville
Charles Hoitzclaw
George Warner
Mary
Griffin
Weather forecast predicts unsettled with rain or snow
United States Weather Bureau meteorologist J H Armington forecast unsettled conditions with possible rain or snow and a gradual temperature rise. Temperatures tonight are expected to fall to 15 to 20 degrees as a minimum reading.
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J. H. Armington
United State Weather Bureau
Armington
Gas Tank Blast Kills Man in Coalinga California
A 12,000 gallon gasoline tank at Felixwell No 1 Kettleman Hills district exploded sending flames over the countryside. One man, Charles L. Phillips, operator in charge, is dead. Four others are missing. A second 12,000 gallon tank also exploded causing further fires. Separately in Darlington Indiana the frozen body of Silas Cosby 72 was found in his home from presumed natural causes. He had been dead about twelve days and lived alone.
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United Press Coalinga
Cal
Felixwell No. 1
Kettleman Hills
Charles L. Phillips
United Press
Darlington
Ind
Silas Cosby
Here
E. M. Gross
Cosby
Bishop Charles P. Anderson Dies After Heart Attack
Chicago Feb 30 Bishop Charles P. Anderson primate of the Episcopal Church in America died at his home after a two week illness from a heart attack. He signed a last act requesting election of a bishop coadjutor for Chicago diocese at a Feb 4 5 convention. He was 66 born in Ontario ordained in 1887 and 1838. He led the church in America since November and was praised for world peace work and church unity. He married Janet Glass and had five children one of whom was killed in France.
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United Press
Chicago
Charles P. Anderson
Episcopal Church In
Episcopal Diocese of
Anderson
Ontario
Canada
Grace Church
Oak Park
McLaren
Church In
America
Bishop Anderson
Janet Glass
Belleville
France
George Boyer
Toronto
Haven Requa
Lake Forest
Lester Frankenthal
Nancy
Child Shot in Bank HoldUp In Detroit
Georgia Eldridge, five, was wounded by a cashier’s bullet during a noon holdup at the Highland Park branch of the People’s Wayne County Bank in Detroit. The bandit fled with $700 after the cashier turned over the money. the child’s injury was not serious.
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United Press
Detroit
Georgia Eldridge
Highland Park
People’s
Wayne County Bank
Hospital Gift Fulfills Last Wish of Wife
Hartford City artist Joseph Buzbee deeded a forty acre farm southeast of Hartford City to the James Whitcomb Riley Memorial Association. The gift, announced in Mrs Cassie Anna Buzbee’s name, funds a Riley hospital for children in Indianapolis. A roadside memorial marker will stand at the farmhouse. The association operates two other similar farms.
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Joseph Buzbee
Hartford City
James Whitcomb Riley
Pantages Bail Plea Denied by Los Angeles Judge
Alexander Pantages multi millionaire showman had a second bail plea denied by Superior Judge Charles Fricke who also condemned Pantages family efforts to influence the court. Shipstead to Take Rest in Panama Trip Planned Feb 4 for a month following medical rest order.
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United Presa Los Angeles
Alexander Pantages
Charles Fricke
Pantages
Shipstead
United Press
Washington
Hendrik Shipstead
Minnesota
Senate
Farmer-Labor Party
Panama
New Cabinet Formed in Madrid After Rivera Resignation
General Damaso Berenguer announced the formation of a new Madrid cabinet to replace the dictatorship of General Primo de Rivera. The lineup lists Berenguer as premier and war minister, with Manuel Aguelles in finance, Leopoldo Matos in public works, Jose Estrade in justice, the Duke of Alba in public instruction, Sangres Bos de Olano in labor, Admiral Salvador Carvajal in marine, and Enrique Marzo in interior.
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United Press
Madrid
Damaso Berenguer
Primo de Rivera
Ad Inmerim
Manuel Aguelles
Leopoldo Matos
Jose Estrade
Duke of Alba
Sangres
Bos de Olano
Salvador Carvia
Enrique Marzo
Disease lull broken as child contract meningitis
Mildred Pope a five year old Black girl was taken to city hospital today with cerebro spinal meningitis. Dr. Herman G. Morgan city health officer said there had been a lull in the spread of the illness prior to this case.
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Mildred Pope
City Hospital
Herman G. Morgan
Two deaths in taxicab war shock Chicago scene
Union officials report a taxicab war turned deadly as Barney Kitchell, 35, treasurer of the Checker Cab Company, and Eglen Jackson, 28, a driver, were killed in a pre-dawn shooting. Jackson died at the wheel while Kitchell died after being rushed to a hospital. Police say a fusillade of bullets struck the cab as a big sedan sped away. motives point to internal politics within the Checker Cab Company amid ongoing taxicab violence.
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United Press
Chicago
Barney Kitchell
Checker Cab Company
Eglen Jackson
Mitchell
Jackson
Alma Rubens Triumph Over Narcotics Fight In Hollywood
Alma Rubens, famed screen star, recounts her seven year battle with narcotics, the Patton state asylum ordeal, and her comeback at the Hollywood Writers' Club. She recalls being in a ward with maniacs, the agony of confinement, and her vow never to use narcotics again as she receives standing applause and curtain calls.
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Liyollywood
Cal
Alma Rubens
Patton
United Press
Hollywood Writers’ Club
Miss Rubens
Hollywood
Richmond Pastoral Nomination Seeks Church Leader
Times Special reports from Richmond Indiana dated January 30 indicate that the appointment of Reverend E. E. Leone has been accepted as pastor of Zeist? Ab Geista church, a move expected to shape local spiritual leadership and parish activities.
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Times Special
Richmond
Ind
Aor
Saouanet E. Eee Leone
ZeiSe Ab Geista
Diver Frozen to Death in Icy Waters
Montreal Jan 30 Peter Trans a Scandinavian diver died after becoming trapped twenty feet down in Rivier Aux Outardes during a coffer dam project. He failed to surface for over sixty hours as coworkers and divers battled cold and entanglement in his gear.
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United Prevx
Montreal
Peter Trans
Rivier Aux Outardes
Trans
Fear Labor Outburst In Pontiac After Beal Arrest
Police quell two demonstrations by unemployed in Pontiac after labor organizer Fred Beal, linked to the Gastonia murder case, is arrested following a speech denouncing the American Federation of Labor. John McGrath, 24, is seized for alleged incitement as the crowd reacts.
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United Press
Pontiac
Mich
Fred Beal
Gastonia
N. C
Beal
American Federation of Labor
John McGrath
New five cent air mail stamp to debut February tenth
Washington postal officials announced a new five cent air mail stamp will go on sale February 10 in Washington D C. It replaces the 1928 air mail issue and features a purple globe emblem with extended wings and a rays background.
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Air Mail
Washington, D. C
Rock slide in Ashland tunnel kills four workers
A rock slide caused by blasting in a railroad tunnel in Ashland Kentucky today killed four workmen and seriously injured three others. Identified victims include Beecher Wells Ray Conley Taylor Miller and an unidentified man. Injured are Jack Withdrow Charles Scott and John Conley.
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United Press
Ashland
Beecher Wellsman
Ray Conley
Taylor Miller
Jack Withdrow
Charles Scott
John Conley
Relief Fund Grows For Southwestern Indiana Flood Refugees
Indianapolis Red Cross chapter reports contributions totaling about $15,301 by noon with nearly $900 received since Wednesday night. Funds will aid flood refugees as church societies across the city continue giving substantial support, chairman William Fortune said today.
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Indianapolis
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Norman Metcalf
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Belcastro
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GEM
BY Webb Miller
London
Episcopal
Bandit
Riley
de Rivera
George H. Beale
Ponysight
United Gag
Dane
Ontario Paper Company
Monetreal
Point Outardes
Rock Slide
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