Insull's Aid Buys Union Traction Co in Public Auction
The Union Traction Company of Indiana, in receiver hands since December 31, 1924, with 400 miles of interurban lines from Indianapolis, was sold at public auction in Anderson. B. P. Shearon of Midland Utility Co. bought the principal properties for 3 923 933 11, and W. S. Gorman acquired the Muncie to Union City and Marion to Wabash, Kokomo to Logansport lines. The petition remains before the Public Service Commission.
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Union Traction Company of
Indiana
B. P. Shearon
Midland Utility Company
Insull
W. Ss. Gorman
Union Traction Company
Indianapolis
Anderson
Arthur W. Brady
Carl F. Morrow
Madison
Shearon
Indianapolis Northern Traction Company
Kokomo
Logansport
Indiana Union Traction Company
Indianapolis, Newcastle and Eastern Traction Company
Muncie
Hartford
Ft. Wayne
Gorman
Union City
Marion
Wabash
Public Service Commission
Traction Company
Midland United Company
Union Traction
Peru
Indiana Service Corporation
Union
Bluffton
Jewish Unity Called Menace to Britain
At the thirty third annual American Zionist convention in Cleveland three leading Jews warned that unity among Zionists will threaten Britain if its Palestine policy persists. The meeting closed after resolving a long feud between Louis Lipsky supporters and Brandeis followers.
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United Press
Cleveland
Great Britain
Louis Lipsky
Louis D. Brandeis
Supreme Court
Bullet Stray Wound Hits La Porte Boy During Practice
In La Porte Indiana a stray bullet from target practice by two young women wounded Donald Crapser a Chicago teen at Pine Lake cottage. The bullet fractured ribs near the spine and was removed after anti tetanus serum was given. The boy is recovering.
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Times Special
Laporte
Ind
Donald Crapser
Chicago
Pine Lake
Larceny Charge Dropped as Dress Accidentally Committed
Mrs. Strayer a 19 year old woman was acquitted in Goshen city court of larceny after defense showed the dress found with her coat in a dark closet was an accidental removal. She testified she intended to return the dress to Mrs. Leona Felix and was arrested while preparing to do so.
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Times Special
Goshen
Ind
No Hurry Divorce Granted After Twenty-Five Years
Oscar Ferguson aged 51 of 1231 Marlowe Avenue was granted a divorce today from Margarette Ferguson of 1931 Wilcox Street by Special Judge Alvah Rucker in Superior Court One. They had separated in 1905 after ten years of marriage and Ferguson said he has no plans to remarry.
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Fter
Oscar Ferguson
Marlowe Avenue
Margarette
Wilcox Street
Ferguson
Alvah Rucker
Superior Court
JURY SEATED IN POISON CASE AT KOLB TRIAL
Seven jurors selected in the Hancock County murder trial of George Kolb 55 of Rushville as court recessed for lunch after questioning. Prosecutors plan to prove he poisoned his third wife Edna Dagler Kolb and seek to introduce evidence of alleged polygamous intent. Defense will present witnesses to portray him as a respectable farmer.
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Greenfield
Ind
Hancock County
George Kolb
Rushville Farmer
Kolb
Edna Dagler Kolb
Maggie Kolb
Rush County
Don Juan
Edna Kolb
Coldest July 2 Recorded At 56 Degrees
The United States Weather Bureau logged 56 degrees at 6 a m marking the coldest July 2 in six years. J H Armington senior meteorologist noted the reading fourteen degrees below normal and within seven degrees of all-time coldest July 2 records, with 1904’s 50 degrees the record low. Warmer weather expected by Friday with temperatures rising tonight.
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United States Weather Bureau
J. H. Armington
Mercury
Arm
Ruth belts 31st homer as Yankees top White Sox
Babe Ruth hit his thirty first home run of the season in the fifth inning of the first game of a double header between the Chicago White Sox and the New York Yankees. Byrd was on and Frank Henry was pitching. Barber pole stolen from Louis Venuti’s shop on Main Street in Malden Massachusetts.
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New York
Babe Ruth
Chicago White Sox
New York Yankees
Byrd
Frank Henry
Malden
Mass
Louis Venuti
Main
Black sedan unnamed in torch car mystery
Sheriff Winkler appeals for witnesses who saw a large black sedan near the High School road torch car blaze on May 31. Investigators questioned three youths who saw the fire. authorities keep the black sedan unnamed while probing possible occupants and links to Harold Schroeder in the murder arson case.
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Winkler
George Winkler
C. H. Keever
Jack Allen
Clayton
Ruby Blue
North
Delaware Street
Allen
Harold Herbert Schroeder
James A. Collins
Ira Holmes
Schroeder
Holmes
Raymond Weir
Raymond Larsh
Avon
Hendricks County
Keever
Raymond Calment
Miss Blue
P. H. Driesbach
Brownsburg
Vote booths on beach used as bathhouses in Cambridge
Cambridge Massachusetts officials repurposed city voting booths as bathhouses at a municipal beach. The move was reported by United Press.
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Bu United Prep
Cambridge
Mass
No S Parking No S Parking Incident at Butler Fieldhouse
William Heid 19 of the Salvation Army hotel lies in city hospital after a park bench incident on Raymond Street and Madison Avenue Tuesday night Heid attempted romance on a bench with his lady friend whose brothers tipped the bench causing a wrench ed back and an ambulance to transport him The brothers fled the scene and no charges are reported
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Illiam Heid
Salvation Army
City Hospital
Butler Fieldhouse
Heid
Raymond Street
Madison Avenue
Chicago gangster Foster indicted in Lingle murder
Frank Foster, linked to the Alfred J. Lingle slaying, was indicted by the Cook county grand jury for the reporter's murder. The indictment aids extradition from Los Angeles where Foster was captured for questioning about the case.
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United Press
Chicago
Frank Foster
Alfred J. Lingle
Cook County
Grand Jury
Foster
Los Angeles
Lingle
Gun linked to Lingle shooting may have been seized in theft
Chicago gangster claimed the stubby pistol used to kill Alfred J. Lingle, Chicago Tribune reporter, might be the same gun he says was taken from Frankie Foster by a Chicago police officer a year earlier and never returned. Foster said he believed it could be the firearm in the Lingle case.
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United Press
Los Angeles
Alfred J. Lingle
Chicago Tribune
Frankie Foster
Chicago
Lingle
Bank Calls Issued On Bank Condition Reports
State and national banks were ordered to report their condition as of June 30. J. W. Pole, comptroller of currency, issued the call from Washington. Luther F. Symons, state banking commissioner, issued a similar call for state banks.
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J. W. Pole
Comptroller of Currency
Washington, D. C
Luther F. Symons
Cadet Class at West Point Reaches 320 for First Day
Cadet class at the United States Military Academy in West Point numbers 320 for the first day of duty, the smallest class admitted in several years. Cadets come from nearly every state in the Union.
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United Press
West Point
N. Y
United States Military Academy
Union
Supreme Court Still to Hear Brubaker Case Rehearing
Connor Ross deputy attorney general in charge of state highway department legal affairs argued for rehearing before the supreme court of the Brubaker case. The high court previously held benefits should not be considered in damages for state road right of way. Ross contends the opinion violates the just compensation clause of the Indiana constitution.
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Connor Ross
State Highway Department
Supreme Court of
Brubaker
High Court
Ross
Indiana
City Hospital Structure Labeled Fire Hazard by State Marshal
The state fire marshal declares the second floor building at City Hospital a veritable fire trap and orders it forbidden for hospital use. A special Board of Health meeting is planned to consider the crisis as a new dispensary and out patient building nears completion by Jan 1.
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City Hospital
Alfred E. Hogston
Hogston
William Coeppers
Herman Morgan
City Health Board
Houston
Coeppers
Board of Health
General Hospital
Harry Stiner
Cash Graham
Fire Marshal’s Office
State Fire Department
Court House
Kokomo
Marion
Twin Cities Lead In Census Population Gain
The Twin Cities joined other communities filing preliminary 1920 census data, reporting a combined population increase of 118,214. Minneapolis rose to 462,611, up 82,089, and St Paul reached 270,883, up 36,185.
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United Press
Washington
Twin Cities
Census Bureau
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Mail plane crashes near Middlebury with pilots safe
An air mail aircraft from Cleveland to Chicago crashed and burned at Middlebury Indiana early today. Pilot Robert P Hodkins escaped unharmed and 850 pounds of mail were destroyed as thick weather forced a low flight path and caused the collision with power lines.
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United Press
Chicago
Cleveland-Chicago Air Mail
Middlebury
Ind
Robert P. Hodkins
National Air Transport
Hodkins
Family of Six Found in Street After Desertion Charge
Pearl Blackburn of Indianapolis faces arrest on a desertion charge for leaving his wife Ordella and five children without food shelter or clothing. Police found the family Wednesday and neighbors cared for them at 838 Buchanan Street as welfare workers prepared to take custody.
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Humane Society
Pearl Blackburn
Indianapolis
Allisonville
Blackburn
Ordella Blackburn
Thomas Bledsoe
P. Quack
Humane
Philadelphia population rises but stays under two million
Philadelphia gains about 74,776 residents since the 1920 census reaching an unofficial total of 1,902,555, announced July 2 by Harry J. Imber, chairman of the local board of censor supervisors.
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United Press
Philadelphia
Harry J. Imber
Board of Censor Supervisors
Imber
Bombshell Hints in Gary Vote Fraud Case
Sensational testimony emerged in the Gary primary fraud trial as the defense neared the end of questioning Milton Marquardt the confessed leader. Joseph Carlson and Owen O Ma lia are charged with conspiracy to violate election laws while Charles Parker may be the next witness. The defendants worked for William Fulton who shot himself after defeat and disclosures of the frauds.
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Gary
Ind
Crown Point
Milton Marquardt
Joseph Carlson
Owen O’malia
Marquardt
Charles Parker
William Fulton
Needle Found Amid Hospital Ashes After Radium Needle Loss
A $1,000 radium needle was recovered at Mercy Hospital Springfield from ashes of a ton of bandages using an electroscope. The discovery solved a notable missing item incident reported from the facility.
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United Press
Springfield
Mass
Mercy Hospital
Sallee Eyes Free Pool Check Rooms For City Pools
Charles Sallee superintendent of parks and recreation begins survey of city pools to study free clothing check rooms for swimmers. He orders park custodians to inspect playground equipment daily to prevent repeats of a recent fatality at Mapole Spades Park.
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Charles Sallee
Sallee
Park Board
Spades Park
Senator Reed Smoot Weds Alice Taylor Sheets in Mormon Temple
Senator Reed Smoot and Mrs. Alice Taylor Sheets were married today in the Mormon temple with Heber J. Grant officiating. A luncheon followed before the couple urged to Provo then San Francisco for a voyage to Honolulu, with future residence plans disclosed.
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United Press
Salt Lake City
Reed Smoot
Alice Taylor Sheets
Heber J. Grant
Kiwanis International elects new leaders at annual convention
Raymond M. Crossman of Omaha Neb was unanimously elected president succeeding Horace McDavid of Decatur Ill at the fourteenth Kiwanis International convention. Harper Gatton of Madisonville Ky and C E Jenkins of Brantford Ontario were elected vice presidents with Walter W Weiser of Daytona Beach Fla chosen treasurer.
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United Press
Atlantic City
N. J
Raymond M. Crossman
Omaha
Neb
Kiwanis International
Horace McDavid
Decatur
Ill
Harper Gatton
Madisonville
C. E. Jenkins
Brantford
Ontario
Walter W. Weiser
Daytona Beach
Fla
Crossman
Hunters Reach 501 Hours In Endurance Flight
John and Kenneth Hunter extended the City of Chicago monoplane’s endurance flight beyond 500 hours at Sky Harbor. They plan daily national broadcasts from 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. Indianapolis time via a microphone lowered from an army bomber.
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United Press
Chicago
John
Kenneth Hunter
City of Chicago
Columbia Broadcasting System
Indianapolis
Flying Hunters
Sky Harbor
Kenneth
Wright Motor
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Miss Burch
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George
Hannah
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Charles E. Carll
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Edgar Rice
the Times
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al Hunter
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