Kolb Murder Case May Seek Extra Jurors in Idaho Trial
In Hancock County court, George Kolb of Rushville faces a first degree murder charge for poisoned death of his third wife Edna Dagler Kolb. The state seeks the death penalty. defense plans to argue other causes and delay.
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Greenfield
Talesmen
George Kolb
Rushville Farmer
Hancock Rcult
Dhe
Ques Olling
Kolb
Edna Dagler Kolb
Bush
Maggie Kolb
State
John H. Kiplinger
Louise Kolb
Washington Broke Congress Must Act
Washington faced a penniless start as the new year began without an appropriation. The failure to pass funding left the district unable to meet fire and police payrolls for fifteen days, with Congress expected to provide the missing funds.
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Washington
Congress
United Press
Ashington
Capitol Loan Company sale valued near two million dollars
Confirmation of the sale of seven Indiana chattel mortgage firms to Hill and Osborn operating the Equity System with headquarters in Columbus Ohio. The Capitol Loan Company entities in Indianapolis Franklin Seymour Columbus Shelbyville Rushville Greensburg Martinsville are included. Sale price is rumored around 2 million dollars.
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Indiana
Hill and Osborn
Columbus
William R. Teel
Indianapolis
Capitol Loan Company
Franklin
Seymour
Shelbyville
Rushville
Greensburg
Martinsville
Teel
Columbus Company
Ohio
Michigan
Illinois
National Loan Companies
William Zumpfe
Merchants’ and Manufacturers’ Securities Company of
Chicago
Zumpfe
John. A. Austerheide
Boston Stock Exchange Banned From Indiana List
Indiana securitise commissioner Mark W. Rhoades ordered banning the Boston Stock Exchange from an approved list after officials refused to appear and provide records. Directors, per attorney Maurice Mendenhall, voted not to respond or submit evidence demanded by the commissioner.
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Boston Stock Exchange
Indiana
Mark W. Rhoades
Exchange
Rhoades
Stock Exchange
Maurice Mendenhall
Recreation Chief Reported Ready to Quit Before Park Board Meeting
Davis S Kilgore city recreation director expected to resign before the park boards July 10 meeting. Mayor Sullivan announced Charles Sallee will have final say over park and recreation matters, signaling a shift amid friction over playground and pool policies.
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Recreation
Park Board
Davis S. Kilgore
Sullivan
City Hall
Kilgore
Reginald H. Sullivan
Charles Sallee
Parks and Recreation
Sallee
Patrick Bain
Brookside
Bain
Adolph G. Emhardt
Emhardt
William Harrison Marsh
Ellenberger
Garfield Parks
Marsh
Saliee
Irving Webster Goes On Trial In Extortion Case
Irving Webster Indianapolis newspaper publisher stands trial on extortion and blackmail charges linked to pressuring a sanatorium operator over advertising. State witness Ben Newman named prominent figures targeted, including Governor Harry G. Leslie and Judge James A. Collins. Trial proceedings, courtroom nerves, and anticipated further testimonies described.
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Irving Webster
Indianapolis
Webster
Floyd Mattice
Thomas O. Sines
North
Delaware Street
Ben Newman
Judson L. Stark
Newman
Harry G. Leslie
James A. Collins
Roy T. Wisehart
George L. Winkler
Norman Perry
Indianapolis Power and Light Company
Progress of
Indiana Journal
Ira Holmes
Stark
Case Near Jury Deliberations in Lewark Involuntary Manslaughter
Robert Lewark 21 of 2162 Station Street faces a possible one to ten year term after a drunken driving crash that killed 9 year old Dilma McAfee near his home. The case rests on Sewark's testimony about a companion's alleged steering error and the court will give jury instructions before closing arguments.
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Robert Lewark
Station Street
Sewark
James A. Collins
Dilma McAfee
T. W. McAfee
Torch Man Linked to Three in Mystery Auto Death
Investigators tie Harold Herbert Schroeder to a blaze and an unidentified body found May 31. Witnesses report three men from Chicago and a large black sedan at a rooming house May 29. Schroeder used a fictitious name at a hotel May 24 to May 28, and left owing $8. The torch car may be linked to a Capone allied liquor ring, with gunmen from Chicago Heights suspected.
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Harold Herbert Schroecer
Chicago
Rooming Place
Schroeder
South Meridian Street
H. G. Flow
Fred Simons
George Winkler
Jack Allen
Clayton
Ruby Blue
North
Delaware Street
Chicago Heights
Postal Receipts Rise In Indianapolis Post Office Report
Robert H. Bryson announces a $64 750 65 rise in postal receipts for the year ending June 30 1930, bringing totals to $4 735 292 13 up from $4 670 541 48. Increases come mainly from permit mail without stamps. box rents and envelope excess fall. All post office departments open except general delivery windows will close Friday July 4.
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Robert H. Bryson
Indianapolis
Dry Army 18 Turned Over to Mitchell
Washington July 1 Prohibition enforcement moved to the Justice Department as Ames W. Woodcock was sworn in as director. The transfer of 2,700 agents and staff from the Treasury followed Hoover's pledge to make the nation supremely dry.
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United Press
Washington
Ames W. W. Woodcock
Maryland
Prohibition
Treasury
Justice Department
Hoover
United States
Law Enforcement Commission
Senate Judiciary Committee
Celler
Campbell
Ritz Carlton
Central Park
New York
Treasury Lowman
Onslaught
William H. O'Neill
Toledo
Ohio
Mitchell
Lock in Eye Her Caress From Hubby Says Billie Dove
Billie Dove, the screen actress, won a divorce from director Irvin Willat in Los Angeles. She testified of repeated physical and mental abuse, including being knocked down, struck with fists, and left with black and blue marks over years of marriage.
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Hubby
Billie
United Press
OS Angeles
Billie Dove
Irvin Willat
Archhbald
Angor
Ambulance Crash in Indianapolis Leaves Stillborn Baby
An expectant mother, Mrs. Hazel Huffman of Jasper, was en route to Indianapolis when the private ambulance overturned after a collision at North and Meridian. The baby was stillborn during cesarean surgery hours later. The ambulance driver Randall Perrat, 18, was fined for disobeying a traffic signal. the other car driver Fred Bronnenberg was not held. Mrs Huffman and her husband, both uninjured except for shock, were in the ambulance.
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Indianapolis
Methodist Hospital
North
Meridian
Hazel Huffman
Jasper
Randall Perrat
Washington
Ind
Trucker Killed in Elevator Accident at Block Company Store
Frank Davis aged 38 of 2187 Dexter Avenue died after grabbing a rope and causing an elevator to surge upward, crushing him between the elevator floor and a steel safety door in the William H. Block Company basement. Davis left a widow and two children. he had worked five years as a store truck driver. His body was taken to the city morgue.
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Frank Davis
Dexter Avenue
William H. Block Company
Davis
City
Auto driver sought after head on collision near Pendleton Pike
Deputy sheriffs searched all night for the driver and occupants of two autos that met head on on Pendleton pike east of Shadeland avenue an hour before midnight. A. A. Mitchell of 1421 North Belleview place the driver and Bland Reed of 1424 North Belleview place the passenger in one car were injured slightly.
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Pendleton Pike
Shadeland Avenue
A. A. Mitchell
North Belleview Place
Bland Reed
Police renew warnings on use of fireworks
Police and safety boards reiterate Fourth of July rules delaying fireworks until after 4 a m Friday and barring firing within twenty feet of vehicles. Indications urge parents to supervise and offer safer entertainment options such as Mars Hill airport shows American Legion Ellenberger park events and city park programs. Government offices banks close Friday with two day holiday. post office maintains normal service.
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Board of Safety
Indianapolis Safety Council
Mars Hill
American Legion
Ellenberger Park
Split season rejected by baseball association
The Ameri can Association votes against a split season plan in Chicago. President T. J. Hickey is instructed to inform Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis of the association's full support for his final decisions on all disputed baseball matters.
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United Press
Chicago
American Association
T. J. Hickey
Kenesaw Mountain
City Neglects Equal Rights Say Indiana Chief Justice
Chief Justice Wil loughby contends the fourteenth amendment does not guarantee equal rights for Negroes, citing Indianapolis hotels churches and theaters. The Gary case involves Albert Cheeks a schoolgirl barred from Emerson high school amid 1927 segregation tensions and redistricting claims.
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Indiana
William A. Wirt
Gary Public Schools
Emerson High School
Gary
Emerson
Cheeks Girl
Hunter brothers sustain record flight amid fog and rain
At Chicago Sky Harbor the City of Chicago nears 500 hours aloft in a sustained endurance flight piloted by John and Kenneth Hunter. Refueling amid hazardous fog, gusts, and fuel leaks, the crew plans to stay aloft through Friday while receiving sporadic meals from sister Irene and keeping pace with mechanical issues.
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Chicago
Sky Harbor
Hunter Brothers
Albert Hunter
John
Kenneth Hunter
Irene
Kenneth
Big Ben
Walter
Paroled Electrician Joins Ohio Prison Staff
William Adams, formerly at Indiana state prison, is paroled to work as electrician at Ohio State Penitentiary in Columbus. The parole was requested by Ohio Governor Myers Y Cooper and Warden P E Thomas, who praised Adams as one of the best electricians among custodial staff.
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William Adams
Indiana
Ohio State
Columbus
O. Johnson
Ohio Institution
Johnson County
Myers Y. Cooper
Ohio
P. E. Thomas
Ohio Penitentiary
Thomas
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