State pounds Kolb defense in poison case
In Greenfield Indiana the prosecution urged that George Kolb murdered his wife Edna Dagler Kolb by placing strychnine in a quinine capsule. The state plans to introduce testimony on insurance and a prior death as part of a case that could take weeks.
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Greenfield
Ind
Edna Dagler Kolb
George Kolb
Rushville Farmer
Kolb
Michigan City
Eva Offutt
Mrs. Kolk
Rush County Grand Jury
Edna
Maggie Kolb
Rush County
Arthur C. van Duyn
Fisherman Rescued After Five Days on a Rock
Edward Garvey, a fisherman from Ketchikan Alaska, spent five days stranded on a rock near James before rescue. Surviving on sea gull eggs and raw mussels he was found after signals from his clothing were seen by a passing ship.
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United Press
Ketchikan
Alaska
Edward Garvey
James
Hmself
Hoover Urges Senate to Pass Navy Treaty
Hollywood couple Alice Day and John Cohn wed in Santa Barbara. Actress Day and broker Cohn, who announced their engagement recently, married here Sunday with Day's sister Marceline Day in attendance.
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Hoover
Senate
United Presse
Santa Barbara
Cal
Alice Day
Hollywood
John Cohn
Los Angeles
Marceline Day
60 Days Given to Close Fire Trap at City Hospital
State Fire Marshal Alfred M. Hogston announced a sixty day limit for moving patients from the condemned old city hospital building deemed a fire hazard. An order for immediate patient removal was issued but not served, as Hogston and City Fire Chief Hi Veshell discuss a gentlemans agreement with Mayor Sullivan. Patients must vacate by Sept 7 and will be moved to the laundry building. the dispensary will operate in the old site until removal. The structure was condemned eighteen months ago but remained in use due to a meningitis epidemic last winter.
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Old City Hospital
Alfred M. Hogston
Hogston
Hi Veshell
Reginald H. Sullivan
Houston
Goodyear Zeppelin Wins 1030 National Balloon Race
The Goodyear Zeppelin of Akron appears the winner after landing at Greensburg Kentucky about 850 miles from the start. Pilots R J Blair and F A Trotter reported the landing and time was not given. Other entrants landed across Arkansas Texas and Kentucky. A separate note says Charles Flowers was wounded in a knee by an accidental pistol discharge during target practice at Sherman Drive and Twenty first Street.
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United Press
Houston
Tex
Goodyear Zeppelin
Akron
Goodyear
Greensburg
R. J. Blair
F. A. Trotter
Spodyear Zeppelin
Arkansas
Texas
Kentucky
Charles Flowers
Ludlow Avenue
Sherman Drive
Twenty-first Street
City Hospital
Tarzan Movie Feature The Jewels of Opar
The Times begins a new Tarzan story on page 12 with Edgar Rice Burroughs tale The Jewels of Opar. Readers are invited to follow the suspenseful jungle adventure as Tarzan encounters peril and heroes in a breathless serial format.
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The
Times
Health rule issued to limit pool occupancy hourly
Dr. Herman G. Morgan city health commissioner ordered city pools cleared of occupants hourly to prevent overcrowding. He said pools have run 20 percent over capacity, with a plan to guarantee each child at least one hour in the water and to issue a second swim daily if possible.
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Herman G. Morgan
Indianapolis
Morgan
Mrs. Hoover Resumes White House Duties After Back Injury
Mrs. Hoover assumed today her duties as mistress of the White House, apparently recovered from a strained back that had incapacitated her for nearly two months. She returned from a visit to the Rapida lodge in Virginia with her presidential party and is accompanied by guest Mrs. Stark McMillan of Palo Alto California.
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White House
United Press
Washington
Hoover
Stoover
Rapida
Stark McMillan
Palo Alto
Cal
Times Offers Cash for Best Vacation Letters
The Indianapolis Times invites readers to submit 100 word letters on why their vacation benefited them mentally and physically for a $5 weekly prize. A separate $5 prize will be awarded for the best vacation picture, with winners announced each Tuesday.
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Times
The
Indianapolis Times
Hoover vows swift action on London naval treaty
President Hoover tells the senate the London naval treaty is essential for world peace. He argues failure would revive naval arms races and distrust, urging prompt ratification amid staunch opposition in the Senate.
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Hoover
Senate
Curtis
Watson
Rep
Ind
Walsh
Dem
Mont
Johnson
Cal
Moses
N. H
Robinson
Oddie
Nev
Hale
Naval Affairs Committee
Borah
Foreign Relations Committee
Swanson
Virginia
Foreign Relations
Allen
Kan
Young Turk
Admiralties of
All Nations
Self service gas fight escalates with new rail ban order
State Fire Marshal Alfred E. Houston issued a rule to stop self service gas by barring rail transport of gasoline to self service stations. He aims to starve the outlets into closure, hoping railroads will comply after his June order was ignored. Thomas Jenkins of Richmond originated the idea. his Twenty second Street station prospers.
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Alfred E. Houston
Houston
Thomas Jenkins
Richmond
Ind
Twenty-second Street
North Capitol Avenue
Hoodlums Kill Two in Detroit Gang Violence
Two unidentified men were shot dead on a city street as a car sprayed bullets in a gang related attack. The shootings marked the sixth death in four days amid ongoing gang tactics in Detroit.
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United Press
Detroit
Indictment Won By Magistrate Ewald In Cotter Butte Stock Case
Magistrate George F. Ewald and five others were indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of conspiracy and using the mails to defraud in connection with the sale of Cotter Butte Mining Company stock.
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United Press
New York
George F. Ewald
Cotter Butte
School Bonds Sold for City Projects at Indiana Banks
The 174000 bond issue for School 81 at Nineteenth street and Brookside parkway and for new boilers at School 15 was sold to Indiana Trust Company and Merchants National Bank on a joint bid of 179500 with a 5500 premium. Harris Trust of Chicago offered 179493. About 165000 will fund School 81, while Service Construction Company handles general construction and bond sale administration.
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School 81
Nineteenth Street
Brookside Parkway
Indiana Trust Company
Merchants National Bank
Harris Trust and Savings Company
Chicago
Service Construction Company
General Construction
Conan Doyle Dies Believed He Will Speak From Beyond
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle died at Windlesham near Crowborough at 71 after a two month illness. A devout spiritualist since his son’s death he believed he would communicate from beyond death and had written on spiritualist topics before passing in his country home.
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Sherlock Holmes
Crowborough
France
Arthur
Windlesham
Sir Arthur
South America
Heat wave grips city as near 90 degree days predicted
A blistering July weekend left one man exposed to extreme heat. William Heid, 19, of 563 Jones street, was overcome at Riley Park and treated at City Hospital before returning home. The Weather Bureau recorded a high of 89 degrees Sunday afternoon. Senior meteorologist J. H. Armington warned relief before Tuesday night was unlikely as Indiana stayed generally warm and fair.
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William Heid
Jones Street
Riley Park
City Hospital
United States Weather Bureau
J. H. Armington
The
Weather Bureau
Indiana
Mrs. Edison Criticizes Modern Women On Radio
Mrs Thomas A Edison spoke in a radio broadcast at Chautauqua New York deploring the modern woman's drift from the home She said women have lost prestige in home making and have yet to gain an equivalent status in the men's sphere noting women still lag behind men in achieving equal success
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United Press
Chautauqua
N. Y
Thomas A. Edison
Hunters to Perform Four a Day Vaudeville in Chicago
The Hunter brothers holders of the air refueling endurance record appear in a four a day vaudeville act in Chicago for three weeks as they negotiate a Hollywood contract. If movies fail, a national vaudeville tour may follow. Mother Hunter is the only one not in the skit. Irene Kenneth John and the refueling pilots Albert and Walter participate with brief speeches.
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United Press
Chicago
Hunter Brothers
Hollywood
Talking Pictures
Mother Hunter
Irene
Kenneth
John
Albert
Walter
Lightning Strikes Home of Captain Ray as Fire Hits Store
A lightning bolt struck Captain Jesse B. Ray’s house at fire engine house No. 3 Sunday, injuring the couple, destroying a radio and electric piano, and igniting curtains and a rug. Damage estimated in the hundreds of dollars. A separate fire at the Big Business store in Waverly caused over 10 000 dollars in losses, while Albert Tate’s Morgan Street home suffered fire damage early today.
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Jesse B. Ray
Ray
Waverly
Albert Tate
Morgan Street
Striking Fisher Body workers blocked from picketing plant
In Flint Michigan police deputies and state troopers blocked striking Fisher Body Company workers from picketing the plant. About a thousand employees returned to work as plans for a parade and plant picket were thwarted by police guarding the factory and removing signs.
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United Press
Flint
Mich
Fisher Body Company
City approves 65009 bond for hospital outpatient building
A bond issue of 65009 dollars for the third story of the new city hospital outpatient building was sanctioned today. The approval came after a conference with Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan, City Controller William L. Tider, hospital and health board authorities, and the city council finance committee.
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City Hospital
Reginald H. Sullivan
William L. Tider
Hospital and Health Board
City Concil Finance Committee
Gentle Hint to Owners Rough on Chicks
Four chickens trespassed into a neighbor’s yard in Washing ton Place causing hostility among residents. They ate garden produce and flowers, then returned home with notes attached to kernels reading Please keep your chickens at home. The tale ends as a satirical yarn about garden raids and neighborhood tension.
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Washington Place
Third degree banned in torch probe in Indiana case
Harold Herbert Schroeder, accused of arson and murder in Mobile tied to a charred body in a burning car, faced an arraignment delay and court protection from alleged third degree methods. He appeared in chains, denied rights claimed by his attorney, and awaited a grand jury probe and possible new charges.
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Harold Herbert Schroeder
Schroeder
Wan
Haggard
James A. Collins
Judson L. Stark
Ira M. Holmes
High School
Mobile
Indianapolis
Holmes
Collins
Federal
Jair
Oelling
Stark
Indiana
George L. Winkler
Royal couple marks 37th wedding anniversary at Buckingham
King George and Queen Mary observed their thirty seventh anniversary with services at the palace chapel and greetings from royal family members. Princess Victoria, the king's sister, also celebrated her sixty second birthday during the visit. In Jeffersonville Indiana an 80 percent insurance on a $70,000 loss covered a furniture store fire.
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United Press
London
George
Mary
Buckingham Palace
Palace Chapel
Palace
Victoria
A &Pect
Jeffersonville
Ind
Clifford Bensinger Furniture Company
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