Taxpayer to Be Taxed Heavily as Budget Slashed
Indiana budget chiefs slash 1929 1930 government spending to 52 million for general expenses. Highway director Williams’ request cut from 40 million to about 24 thousand, with total revenue sources and special levies shaping a lean two year plan. Extra levies include 1 million for a state library and 300 thousand for a World War memorial.
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John D. Williams
Highway Commission
Ial
Indiana
Purdue
Mystery wedding veiled as ordinary city event ends in hush
Miss Ruth McConnell and Kenneth Coulter prepared for a private ceremony after obtaining a license. Security around the McConnell home stayed tight as details remained undisclosed and townsfolk watched for any public sign of the nuptials.
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Ruth McConnell
Kenneth B. Coulter
Clifton Springs
N. Y
Coulter
Henry Earl McConnell
Broadway
McConnell
Miss McConnell
Oxygen Girl to Get Doll After Balloon Brightens Recovery
Seven year old Margaret Brown, once in a twelve day coma from pneumonia congested lungs, regained strength after oxygen therapy waned. Doctors say a balloon and a Christmas doll may aid her ongoing recovery as two firemen who cared for her at the tank muralized the moment with hope.
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Ty United P
Kan
Margaret Brown
Sena Aftre
Margaret
Society Woman Found Calm After Shooting Husband
Esther Evans Wilson, a society woman convicted of shooting her husband, was described by a examining physician as calm and normal. The report surfaced as details emerged from the case in New York.
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United Press
New York
Esther Evans Wilson
The Black Pigeon serial mystery begins in The Times
Anne Austin launches a new mystery thriller The Black Pigeon in The Times on page 7. Readers are invited to follow each installment daily and submit their own solutions for a prize. An upcoming announcement will interest all readers.
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Anne Austins
the Times
Times
Cold wave grips Indiana with snow on ground
Weather bureau head J H Armington predicts a cold wave for Indianapolis with near zero temperatures by morning and snow totaling about 2.5 inches at 7 am. Snow remains widespread statewide but should end by evening and give way to fair conditions Friday.
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Indianapolis
J. H. Armington
United States Weather Bureau
Weather Bureau
Armington
Indiana
Des Moines
Montana
Medicine Hat
Alberta
Two Get Life for Murder in Elizabeth Trip Killing
Canice Neary and William Fanning were found guilty of first degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment for the killing of John Enz, a mail truck driver, and the wounding of two guards in Elizabeth on October 14, 1926. The jury recommended mercy.
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United Press
Elizabeth
N. J
Canice Neary
William Fanning
John Enz
Indianapolis School Bond Bids Sought For Real Estate Purchases
The Indianapolis school board will receive bids at 11 a m Saturday for a 185000 bond issue to fund real estate purchases. The plan adds grounds at Crispus Attucks and Washington high schools and sites for Schools 69 86 87 88 88 and 90 with bonds bearing 4 percent interest.
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Indianapolis
Crispus Attucks
Washington High Schools
Indiana farmers urge drastic tax revision for relief
A 1927 Indiana committee reports a plan for agricultural relief including a 4 cent gasoline tax and elimination of many state boards. It calls for a general sales or income tax, revised mortgage exemptions, expansion of highway miles, and streamlined government to cut education costs and reduce taxes on farms.
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Indiana General Assembly
Indiana Farmers’ Plan
Senate
Alonzo H. Lindley
Kingman
J. Francis Lochard
Milan
Andrew E. Durham
Greencastle
High School Girl Dartha Hopkins Dies After Forbidden Party
In Darlington Indiana on January 31 Miss Dartha Hopkins age 17 died after drinking poison when her foster parents forbade her from attending a high school party. The tragedy underscores the strain of family disputes on a teenager.
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United Press
Darlington
Ind
Dartha Hopkins
Politician Bobbie Kennedy Changes Political Allegiance
Bobbie Kennedy of Nashville spans parties from Democrat to Republican via friendship with Frank Gentry. He claims allegiance to a self founded party called the Republican-Democrat party, while peers debate his current politics and neutrality.
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Brown County
Bobbie Kennedy
Nashville
Bobbie
Frank Gentry
Gentry
Republican- Democrat Party
City Boxing Act nullified by court ruling
Superior Judge Byron K. Elliott halted the city boxing commission as unconstitutional and void. The American Legion Benefit Association trustees won a permanent injunction against supervision of legion matches and the city must refund $675 collected as a 5 percent fee. The council delays action pending state control legislation.
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American Legion Benefit Association
Legion
Armory
New City Boxing Commission
Byron K. Elliottt
League
Boxing Commission
Fred W. Connell
Board of Safety
Smiley N. Chambers
Lovers to Die Friday in Noose
Defense attorneys concede defeat as Ada Bonner Leboeuf and Dr. Thomas Dreher face execution for the murder of Leboeuf’s husband. After three failed stay attempts, the court of appeals denied habeas corpus relief and no further appeals are planned. The case stirs Franklin Louisiana, where wide shop closures marked the earlier delay and reprieve.
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United Presse
Orleans
Ada Bonner Leboeuf
Thomas Dreher
Court of Appeals
Huey P. Long
Daly
Louisiana
Franklin
Long
State Supreme Court
Dawes backs vote on abolishing senate secrecy rule
Vice President Dawes endorsed a majority vote method to adopt the Jones amendment to end secret sessions unless two thirds oppose it. The move drew praise from Jones supporters and protests from Republicans seeking to delay the proposal by sending it to the rules committee.
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United Press
Washington
Dawes
Senate
Rules Committee
Buckley Bribery Trial Charges Allege Campaign Mask
Columbus dispatch reports District Attorney Haroth E. May accused Bert B. Buckley state treasurer of attempting to mask a bribe as a campaign contribution as federal probes into the Jackson Brewery Cincinnati proceed Buckley faces charges of trying to bribe John Eckhart federal prohibition chief and associates ahead of planned brewery raids.
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United Press
Columbus
Bert B. Buckley
Jackson
Cincinnati
Haroth E. May
Buckley
John Eckhart
Camel Glide Dance Takes Nation by Storm
The Camel Glide dance step spreads across America as instructors in Indiana offer lessons. The new, graceful move contrasts with recent fast paced forms and aims to fit easily to popular sweet tunes, reflecting dancers demand for something fresh rather than promoter driven. Tomorrow The Times will explain how to learn it.
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Indiana
America
Two Planes Aid Hunt For Missing Girl In Indiana
A massive search for Edith Mae Dierdorf, 10, intensivly aided by two planes over Busseron Creek near Paxton, with 500 to 600 men, police, and state investigators involved. A chewing gum clue and a newspaper bag were found, and a $500 reward was posted.
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A. Terre, Haute
Ind
Edith Mae Dierdorf
West Terre Haute
Indiana
Clarence Brothers
Edith
Busseron Creek
Paxton
Here
West
Terre Haute
Jack Smock
Harry Musick
Paul Cox
Clarence Bridges
State Bureau of Criminal Investigation and Identification
Edgar D. Maple
Sullivan
Vigo
Henry P. Smith
Ebby Vale Coal Company
St. Leonard’s Church
Quiet House Grieves Over Missing Edith Dierdorf
Miss Edith Mae Dierdorf 10 vanished after leaving for a newspaper route and Sunday school five days ago. Her family, friends, and neighbors search the Terre Haute home front while worry grows and prayers rise for the Catholic and Protestant girls who knew her.
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Times
Terre Haute
Ind
Pred Dierdorf
Edith Mae Dierdorf
Edith Mae
Final brief filed in Atkins tax refund injunction case
Attorneys for E. C. Atkins & Co. filed a final brief in federal court to stop refund of 8 million dollars collected in 1919 1920 and 1921 under a horizontal increase order. Oral arguments set for February 8. Defendants include officials of the civil city school city and Marion county. The brief argues refunds would be illegal as Atkins and 600 Marion county corporations were state assessed and would not receive refunds but would be taxed to cover refunds for township assessors and other taxpayers.
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E. C. Atkins & Co
School City
Marion County
Atkins Company
State Tax Board
U S Cigars and Tobacco Use Totals Reported
United States smokers consumed more than 100000000000 cigarettes 353000000 pounds of manufactured tobacco and snuff and 7000000000 cigars last year according to the stamp tax report of the internal revenue bureau.
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United Press
Washington
United States
Internal Revenue Bureau
Mystery surrounds Edith Mae West disappearance
The 10 year old West Terre Haute case remains unsolved with no new leads found. Edith Mae West, last seen visiting her aunt and uncles in Indianapolis, is believed possibly slain. In a separate note, Rear Admiral Francis H. Delano, U S Navy retired, died at the naval hospital in Washington.
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Edith Mae West Terre
United Preas
Washington
Francis H. Delano
United States
Navy
Naval Hospital
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