Lobbyist Traces 1927 Indiana Legislature Expenses
Frank O. Cuppey of Lafayette testified to the FTC that he spent about 3500 in the 1927 Indiana session entertaining legislators and others to influence bills favoring utilities. He claimed most funds covered meals and theater, with some taxi rides, while denying direct payments to lawmakers.
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United Press
Washington
Frank O. Cuppey
Lafayette
Ind
Indiana
Federal Trade Commission
Cuppey
Indiana Committee For Public Utility
Public Service Commission
Healy
Indiana Telephone Association
Lafayette Telephone Company
Indianapolis
The
Telephone Association
State Utility Committee
Cupper
McCullough
Funeral rites held for Jesse L. Voris in Indianapolis
Jesse L. Voris fifty five? four five? was slain in Terre Haute and burial took place at Crown Hill Cemetery after services at Finn Brothers parlors in Indianapolis. The victim an interior decorator had a dispute over drink with George W. Sulser of Terre Haute who struck him with an ax. The family includes a sister and brother Carl Voris and Mrs Florence ian mare.
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Jesse L. Voris
Terre Haute
Finn Brothers Undertaking
Meridian St
Crown Hill Cemetery
Voris
George W. Sulser
Carl Voris
Florence Ian Mare
Midnight Duel Ends in Slaying Over Boy
In Missoula area, 17 year old Sylvia Thurston is jailed on first degree murder charges after a late night roadside fight with 16 year old Doris Wentworth ended with Doris dying from gunfire. The girls, involved over a young man named Kolppa, stepped from a car after an auto joyride and exchanged blows before shots rang out.
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NEA Service
Issoula
Mont
Sylvia Thurston
Doris Wentworth
Missoula
Doris
Earhart and crew feted in New York reception plans
Amelia Earhart Wilmer Stultz and Lou Gordon were hosted by the Women's City Club in New York with a luncheon and theater visit before a Boston welcome. Earhart spoke briefly about smoking and enjoying flying tennis and riding. The group viewed their trans Atlantic flight footage and attended a charity benefit at the Olympic fund event. An American flag from the flight was auctioned for 650 dollars.
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United Press
New York
Amelia Earhart
Atlantic
Boston
Miss Earhart
Wilmer Stultz
Lou Gordon
Women’s City Club
Florenz Ziegfield
George Palmer Putnam
Rye
Westchester Biltmore
Paramount
Palace
Olympic Fund
Eva la Gallienne
Charles Winninger
Market Outlook Holds Until Clarity Returns
In New York July 7 observers note a stalled price trend as buying and selling lack strength. Credit conditions stay sensitive and money rates fluctuate, while gold purchases and shipments continue, though trade activity remains solid and profits look higher than last year.
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Thomson & McKinnon
New York
Quiet Early Tools Drive Stocks Mostly Narrow In New York
Early stock dealings in New York July 7 showed little feature with prices moving within a narrow trading range. Buyers pushed speculative leaders like General Motors Steel and Radio slightly higher while special issues Warner Brothers Nash Studebaker edged up and rail shares led by Missouri-Kansas-Texas hit new highs. Illinois Central and Pan American Petroleum aided gains as Atlantic Refining held around 148.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press New York
General Motors
Steel and
Radio
Warner Brothers
Nash and Studebaker
Missouri- Kansas-Texas
Illinois Central
Pan-American B. Atlantic Refining
Farmhouse screams trigger aid as kidnap tale unfolds
A 36 year old woman, Mrs Doris Mathews, was kidnapped by two men after leaving a Ravenswood meeting and driven toward Beville Avenue where she escaped after screams drew help. A 12 year old picnic attendee was pursued by Alex Samardzieff, later arrested for attempting to lure her into his car. A man named Goble, once labeled a tin horn sheik, was freed on a charge of aiding in Nora Lee’s kidnapping after judges ruled no force occurred.
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Gashawks
Kentucky Ave
Riverside Park
Doris Mathews
N. Bevillle Ave
Indiana Theater
Poice
Circle Motor Inn
Ravenswood
Washington St
Beville Ave
Burton
Alex Samardzieff
Tenth St
Riverside Golf Cours
Samardzieft
Lewis Goble
Stewart St
Theophilus Moll
Nora Lee
E. Twenty-First St
Moll
Goble
Lester Bright
Bright
Danville
Ind
Magnate Loewenstein Fate Debated After Plane Disappearance
Reports from London and Paris discuss Captain Alfred Loewenstein's sudden vanishing during a trans channel flight. Tests show cabin door obstruction prevents exit, while markets in Berlin London Paris Brussels recover on muted hope of his fate.
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Paris
Lebourget Field
Fokker
Loewenstein
Loewensteins
Berlin
London
Brussels
Loewenstein Bank
Aes Loewenstein
PLAN STATE NOMINEES Referendum for National party ballots
John Zahad, presidential candidate, announced plans to start a referendum to select state National party candidates for the fall election. The process begins immediately and ends July 15 with petitions circulated by party members to place names on ballots and filed with the Secretary of State.
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National Party
John Zahad
Baptists Vote on War at National Union Meeting
The 1928 Baptist Young People's Union convention in Kansas City votes on resolutions favoring prohibition and world peace by outlawing war. Dr John W Elliott of Philadelphia places prohibition as a top American issue. Detroit chosen for 1929 convention and San Francisco for 1930.
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United Press
Kansas City
The
Baptist Young People’s Union
John W. Elliott
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Detroit
Mexican beauty refuses to wed South Sea king
A Mexican beauty rejects a monarchs proposal despite a lavish offer of pearls and wealth. The story portrays a defiant stance against royal marriage arrangements framed as a test of independence and personal choice.
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South Sea Island
Raquel Torres Chooses Home Over Island Pearl Wealth
Raquel Torres, Mexico's latest cinema export, returns from four months in the South Seas after being offered a chief’s throne and a $2,000,000 pearl fortune. She says she would rather own a modest home and choose a young husband over island riches.
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tee NEA_ Service
Ollywood
Cal
South Sea Island
Raquel Torres
Mexico
America
Miss Torres
Papeete
South Seas
Mehevi
Raquel
Hehevi
Arsenal Tech High School auditorium bids approved
The Indianapolis board of school commissioners approved bids totaling 195 955 for the Arsenal Technical High School auditorium project. General construction goes to William P Jungclaus Company for 130 506 with completion in 120 working days. Additional bids for heating ventilation plumbing and electrical work were also approved and a bond issue study was authorized to ease crowded conditions.
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Arsenal Technical High
Board of School Commissioners
William P. Jungclaus Company
Freya Bros
Strong Bros
C. L. Smith Electric Company
Robbins Electric Company
Vonnegut, Bohn and Mueller
J. M. Rotz Engineering Company
Albert F. Walthan
State Tax Board
Sixty-Second
Bellefontaine Sts
Hawthorne Group Forms Committees After Fatal Five on Washington St
The Hawthorne Community Association creates several committees at a Friday meeting to address traffic, lighting, school athletic field improvements, street upgrades, and tax investigation after five fatal crashes in five weeks on W Washington St. The lineup includes Rev Clarence G Baker Mrs P C Kelly Rev T J Simpson E C Wheeler Dr L M Sartor W H Oliver Homer Gaddy and others.
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Washington St
Hawthorne Community Association
Ohio St
Clarence G. Baker
P. C. Kelly
T. J. Simpson
E. C. Wheeler
L. M. Sartor
W. H. Oliver
Homer Gaddy
Widen Search For Myrtle Tutter Body In River Drift
Police extended the hunt for Myrtle Tutter, 16, of 2192 North Oxford Street, who drowned Wednesday in the White River at Ravenswood. They dragged the river to Broad Ripple and beyond to Rocky Ripple Friday without finding her.
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Myrtle Tutter
Oxford St
White River
Ravenswood
Rocky Ripple
Broad Ripple
Warren Park Incorporation Election Set August 14
County Auditor Harry Dunn set August 14 as the election date on the proposed incorporation of Warren Park an addition between Sixteenth Street and Tenth Street east of Arlington Avenue Residents petitioned for the election William H Cooper Warren township trustee said there are 157 adult residents in the addition
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Harry Dunn
Warren Park
Sixteenth St
Tenth St
Arlington Ave
William H. Cooper
Warren Township
Fireworks Display Tonight at Ellenberger Park
Irvington American Legion post plans a 9 pm fireworks show at Ellenberger Park after postponement from July 4. Committee members in charge include Ray T Milburn Robert D Kendrick and James E Mendenhall, per post commander Merrill Woods.
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Irvington American Legion Post
Ellenberger Park
Merrill Woods
Ray T. Milburn
Robert D. Kendrick
James E. Mendenhall
Fawn Taken From Crippled Boy Pleads For Return
Charles Carroll of Indian Lake N Y says his son a wheelchair bound boy bonded with a month old fawn found near their hotel. The fawn was given to Governor Smith by the conservation department and removed to Albany. Carroll claims the move was to curry favor and awaits word on its return.
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United Preas BW
York
New York State
State Conservation Department
Alfred E. Smith
Albany
Charles
Carroll
Indian Lake
N. Y
Charles 8. Carroll
Leland
Conservation Department
Graves
Poisoning Death Reported In Burnettsville
Ardella Bonnell aged 2 died in Burnettsville Indiana after swallowing part of a bottle of medicinal tablets. The Times special reports a brief weather note with hourly temperatures and atmospheric observations accompanying the item.
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Times Special
Burnettsville
Ind
Ardella Bonnell
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Dover
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Plan State
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U. G. Keener
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