Constitutional convention vote face injunction battle
Indiana opponents plan to seek an injunction from the state supreme court to stop a November constitutional convention referendum. They argue the 1929 law wording “this proposition” governs the required majority and cite 1816 and 1851 precedents to challenge the voting rule. Judge Spencer notes regulators proceed unless an injunction is issued.
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Indiana Supreme Court
Charles Kettleborough
Indiana
Kettleborough
Supreme Court
W. W. Spencer
Grain Elevator Fire Destroys Cottrell Brothers Facility
An early morning blaze two miles south of Terre Haute wiped out the Cottrell Brothers grain elevator with an estimated 100000 dollars in damages. About 50000 bushels of corn were consumed, with insurance expected to cover the loss. The fire authority investigation proceeds.
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United Press
Terre Haute
Ind
Cottrell Brothers
Here
Two Held in Death of Verne Hogue in Michigan
United Press reports two people are jailed over the mysterious poisoning death of 46 year old Verne Hogue in Grand Rapids. Mrs. Manette Moehl, living with Hogue to support her three children, and Harold Townsend, her secret lover, were taken into custody.
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United Press
Grand Rapids, Mich
Verne Hogue
Manette Moehl
Hogue
Harold Townsend
Beauty and Books in Indianapolis Public Library Parade
The central public library showcases typography and a bustling system with over one million circulations in 1929. Doris Bernstein checks in Mother Goose Rhymes in the children's room while Miriam Atkinson catalogues 56,642 new volumes and Opal P. Buck edits 1,066,977 multigraph lists. L. E. Dickerson is city librarian.
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Beauty
Central Public Library
Indianapolis
Doris Bernstein
Sutherland Avenue
Miriam Atkinson
Plainfield
Opal P. Buck
Ashland Avenue
L. E. Dickerson
Motorists Told to Obtain 1930 License Plates Now
William P. Schmidt announced no arrests before Monday for missing 1930 plates and said enforcement starts Feb 1 with no grace. Thousands crowd the state house basement and six city branches as the license bureau prepares to halt cars lacking new licenses.
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William P. Schmidt
Otto G. Fifield
Statehouse
Smith
Indiana
Fifield
Hearing Set On Murder Charge In Deputy Sheriff Death
Vernon Ackerman faces a February 6 hearing on first degree murder charges after Deputy Sheriff Lee Wright died Wednesday. Indictments for similar charges name Irene Schroeder and Glenn Dague, arrested with Ackerman and held in Pennsylvania on a separate case involving Corporal Brady Paul of the highway police.
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United Press Phoenix
Ariz
Vernon Ackerman
Lee Wright
Irene Schroeder
Glenn Dague
Pennsylvania
Brady Paul
Highway Police
Eighty Flee Hotel Fire in Indiana Harbor
Eighty guests fled a three story Regent hotel after a fire swept through the building in Indiana Harbor Indiana. The blaze caused about 100000 dollars in damage and is believed to have started in the furnace room.
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Indiana Harbor
United Press
Ind
Regent Hotel
Joe Cantillon Dies Veteran Baseball Figure
Joseph Cantillon known as Pongo, longtime player manager and umpire, died at his Hickman home after a paralytic stroke. He had been bedridden, and family members were at his bedside.
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United Press
Hickman, Ky
Joseph (Pongo) Cantillon
Four Powers Outline Limitation Views At Naval Conference
London January 31 four of the five nations presented views on limiting warships at St James palace. Britain France Italy and Japan outlined class by class limits or total naval strength with France proposing a compromise plan. The United States held its position pending study while leaders including Albert Alexander Andre Tardieu Guisseppi Sirianni Wakatsuki Rene Massigli and Navy Secretary Adams detailed national stances. The committee planned to reconvene next week.
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Raymond Clapper
United Press
London
Fivepower
St. James Palace
Great Britain
France
Italy
Japan
United States
Albert V. Alexander
Andre Tardieu
Gieuseppi Sirianni
Wakatsuki
Rene Massigli
Navy
Charles F. Adams
J. Ramsay MacDonald
City Man Kidnapped by Gunmen In Downtown Robbery
Two gunmen abducted and robbed Daniel De Long 1712 Spruce Street employment director of the Indianapolis Wire Bound Box Company at Ohio and Delaware Streets, forcing him to drive to the outskirts and surrendering $200. Earlier Delbert Gossett 20 of 553 North Dearborn Street, assistant cashier of Gibson Company, was likewise kidnapped at Meridian and Michigan Streets and robbed of $850.
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Ohio
Delaware
Daniel DeLong
Spruce Street
Indianapolis
DeLong
Pleasant Run Boulevard
Prospect Street
Delbert Gossett
Dearborn Street
Gibson Company
Meridian
Michigan
Ozark Youth Mabry Dies On Improvised Gallows
Lawrence Mabry a 19 year old Ozark resident died at a barn loft gallows in a jail district after a failed attempted holdup and the killing of William Busch a young law student at Sedalia on February 4 1928.
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United Press Boo
Lawrence Mabry
Ozark
Mabry
William Busch
Sedalia
Radio Stations Merge in Des Moines and Davenport
Federal radio commission approves consolidation of WHO Des Moines and WOC Davenport into Central Broadcasting Company valued at 500000 dollars. E Bremer of Des Moines to head the new unit.
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Des Moines
Davenport Broadcasting
United Press
Washington
WOC
Davenport
Central Broadcasting Company
Federal Radio Commission
E. Bremer
Officials Get New Record in Pay Probe
Grand jury probe into a county record linked to a $600 annual pay boost for court reporters continued as County Auditor Harry Dunn produced a 1929 county council ordinance signed by Commissioners Snider Shearer and Sutton approving the raise. Judges Chamberlin Milner Leathers and Hay testified as the probe resumes, with Dunn seeking to present his side.
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Harry Dunn
Dunn
George Snider
John E. Shearer
Charles O. Sutton
Harry O. Chamberlin
Joseph M. Milner
James M. Leathers
Linn D. Hay
Judson L. Stark
Milner
Chamberlin
Stark
House panel to revisit transfer of prohibition bureau
Washington January 31 the house expenditures committee met informally to reconsider a vote favorable to moving the prohibition bureau from the treasury to the justice department Opposition to an amendment granting the attorney general power to regulate industrial alcohol permits prompted the move Representatives Cochrane threatened a minority report though the amendment kept the division in the treasury The committee will reconvene Saturday with little expectation of agreement In a separate incident Otha Gaber 23 and George C Adams 15 were injured in a collision between Gabers car and a machine driven by George Blackwell 23 of East Thirty-third street Both were treated at St Vincent s hospital
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United Press
Washington
House Expenditures Committee
Prohibition Bureau
Treasury
Justice Department
Cochrane
Dem. Mo
Industrial Alcohol Division
Treasury Department
Otha Gaber
North Harding Street
George C. Adams
Edgemont Avenue
Gaber
George Blackwell
East Thirty-third Street
Twenty-fifth Street
Boulevard Place
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Hoover spokesman backs beer and wine for homes
Representative Franklin Fort of New Jersey urged clarification of the Volstead Act to permit home production of light wines and beer, arguing they may fall under non intoxicating provisions. He noted potential jury questions and said his view aligns with preserving industry and homes while maintaining temperance education.
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United Prear
Washington
Franklin Fort
Rep
N. J
Hoover
Fort
New Jersey
Pantages seeks bail as appeal looms. Maher jailed for fiancée death
In Los Angeles attorneys for Alexander Pantages announce a third bail bid while doctors warn incarceration worsens his heart ailment after a conviction for attacking Eunice Pringle. In Jersey City Edward Maher, 23, is sentenced to ten years in prison and fined $1000 for killing his fiancée Helen Wittpenn.
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United Press
Los Angeles
Alexander Pantages
Eunice Pringle
Pantages
Charles A. Fricke
Jersey City
N. J
Edward Maher
Helen Wittpenn
Doran Demands Move By Borah
Washington January 31 Prohibition Commissioner Doran sent Idaho Senator Borah a letter asking him to specify charges supporting his demand for an investigation of Prohibition Administrator John F C Herbert now in the Montana Idaho district Borah said the charges were already in Dorans possession Flynn the former prohibition employee had submitted the same charges to Doran
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United Press
Washington
Borah
Idaho
Prohibition
Doran
John F. C. Herbert
Baltimore
Montana-Idaho
Frank Flynn
Prohibition Unit
Flynn
Stump Named City Plan Commission Attorney
Albert Stump, prominent Democratic attorney, will succeed Lloyd Claycomb as city plan commission attorney. Mayor Reginald Sullivan announced the appointment after Claycomb resigned. William Kern, formerly plan commission attorney, said he would not apply. Stump has twice been the Democratic nominee for United States senator.
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Albert Stump
Lloyd Claycomb
City Plan Commission
Reginald H. Sullivan
Claycomb
William Kern
Plan Commission
Stump
United States
Priests Arrested in Viatka Cathedral Closure Case
Twenty three people including Viatka's leading priests were seized by the Soviet secret service over the shutdown of the Cathedral of the Resurrection. The mother superior was detained and all face counter revolutionary charges with death often imposed. Priest Gregory Popivanov built garden catacombs and held clandestine services to protest Soviet religious persecution.
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United Press
Viatka
U. S
Secret Service
Cathedral of the Resurrection
Gregory Popivanov
Moran Loser in Court Denied Injunction Over Team Name
George Moran former partner of Charles E Mack known as Black Crow failed to stop Mack from using the professional name Moran and Mack. Judge Gates denied the injunction but allowed Moran to amend and refile with corrected technical flaws in Los Angeles.
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Black Crow
United Press
LOS Angeles
George Moran
Charles E. Mack
Aged Man Loses Life Savings in Street Robbery
A 76 year old man Alonzo Leidherdt was robbed by a man posing as a police officer near his North New Jersey Street home. The bandit took 1000 dollars in cash from Leidherdt including five 100 dollar bills and 500 in 20 dollar notes. Leidherdt fainted or was injured and lay unconscious for hours before the crime was reported.
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Alonzo Leidherdt
New Jersey Street
Leidherdt
Leidhert
Sunshine Girl Contest Opens With $200 in Awards
The Times Indiana theater announces a Sunshine Girl contest with $200 total cash prizes. Entry blanks must be mailed before 12 o clock Monday night, Feb 2. Five winners from the Wednesday preliminary will perform in Indiana theater shows the following week and are chosen by audience vote.
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Times-Indiana Theater
TIMES
Indiana Theater and
the Times
Indiana
State broker shot by gangsters in Greenfield holdup
Ralph Scott a 40 year old greens field rice broker had his right hand shot off during a taxi hold up in front of his Greenfield home. bandits ordered kill him amid a second shot that struck his heel and foot. George Pennington a Greenfield taxi driver is held for questioning. bandits fled toward Indianapolis after forcing Scott to lie in the snow.
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Ralph Scott
Greensfield
Greenfield
Scott
Methodist Hospital
George Pennington
Lindeq Hotel
Harry G. Leslie
Arkansas
Indianapolis
Union Station
Pennington
Traction Terminal
John Nigh
Ted W. West
Emerson and
English Avenues
Glider Flight Makes Naval History at Lakehurst
Lieutenant Ralph Barnaby, sole licensed navy glider pilot, piloted a glider from the Los Angeles dirigible at 3000 feet over Lakehurst Naval Air Station. The first of its kind, the flight ended with a perfect snowfield landing just thirteen minutes after takeoff.
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United Press
Lakehurst
N. J
Ralph Barnaby
Los Angeles
Naval Air Station
Barnaby
Navy
Thireteen
Dirige Ible
Marriage Report True Holyoke to Barnard Student Elopes
Mrs James M Ramage of Holyoke reports her daughter Mary Risley Ramage, Barnard College student, wed Amherst junior Robert Morris Swaney after an elopement on January 21 in Mt Vernon New York. The couple’s marriage follows confirmed reports from United Press.
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United Press
Holyoke
Mass
James M. Ramage
Mary Risley Ramage
Barnard College
Robert Morris Swaney
Amherst College
J. A. Swaney
Avaelon
Pittsburgh
Mt. Vernon
N. Y
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