Reed Leaves for East 10 Meet Smith for Votes
United States Senator James A. Reed of Missouri travels to Albany to join Governor Alfred E. Smith and aid in the Democratic campaign. Reed signals prohibition will be a major issue and plans to attack prohibition alongside a push to remove the current leadership. He avoids tariff emphasis while pledging to unify wet Missouri behind James Collett in the Senate race.
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James A. Reed
United States
Missouri
Alfred E. Smith
Albany
New York
Reed
Houston
Smith
James A. Collett
Charles M. Hay
United Press
Republican National Committee
Plans for Alfred E. Smith campaign week in Albany
Governor Alfred E. Smith begins his presidential campaign with meetings at the Capitol and in New York. He will confer with national leaders, then prepare his acceptance speech after a sequence of meetings Wednesday through Friday. Smith has undergone a positive physical examination by Dr Raymond J Sullivan and plans an intensive campaigning schedule.
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New York
Smith
Raymond J Sullivan
Joseph T. Robinson
Jesse Jones
Texas
National Democratic Committee
National Committee
York
Wife Admits Fire Then Joins Man in Marital Fallout
Mrs. Frank Wilson 49 admits setting fire to a Lawrenceburg home awarded to her ex husband Emil Schonegg after their divorce. She confessed to deputy state fire marshal George E. Coogan. Wilson married Frank Wilson after the divorce and pleaded guilty. Her daughter Elenora Dell and sons Eddie and Leroy Schonegg also signed confessions. Dell aided in placing kerosene soaked paper in the basement to start the blaze.
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Ngry
Dearborn
Lawrenceburg
Emil Schonegg
Frank Wilson
George E. Coogan
Elenora Dell
Eddie
Leroy Schonegg
Dell
Throat Illness Epidemic Strikes Lee Mass Town
Nine people have died and about 450 residents are ill as an epidemic of septic sore throats spreads through Lee Massachusetts. State and local authorities intensify efforts, with church and theater closures and medical aid from multiple cities. Health officials attribute the outbreak to milk supply and order pasteurization.
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United Press
Lee
Mass
Death by own action in city dump
The body of Charles B. Wilson, 48, of 434 S Rural St, was found on a dump bank at Southeastern Ave and Rural St rear of School 21. Wilson, partner in Empire Hat Company, committed death by own action, an acid bottle found nearby. Notes to his mother and daughter mention being double cross and farewell. His wife Mamie Wilson fainted at the scene. They left home about 4 p.m. Saturday after she said he had business troubles.
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Charles B. Wilson
S. Rural St
Southeastern Ave
Rural St
Wilson
Empire Hat Company, Inc
Maryland St
Charlotte
Mamie Wilson
Improvement Plan to Double Track Pennsylvan ia Main Line
Pennsylvania railroad authorizes 1,000,000 dollars for three miles of main line track widening between St Louis and Indianapolis. The project eliminates two reverse curves near Griffith and Adenmoor. Three miles cost about 63 dollars per foot with half the funds for grading and a quarter for bridge work. Current operation includes 230.11 miles of first track and 107.13 miles of second track.
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St. Louis
Indianapolis
Pennsylvania Railroad
Griffith
Adenmoor
St Louis
New Bedford Mills Reopen But Strike Continues
New Bedford cotton manufacturers failed to end the twelve week textile strike that idled more than 25,000 workers. Twenty six mills closed by the walkout reopened yet none of the strikers accepted the wage cut plan of ten percent to return to work.
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Bai United Press
New Bedford
Mass
Hoover to accept Republican nomination at Stanford August 11
Washington July 9 Secretary of Commerce Hoover will accept the Republican nomination for President at Stanford University California on August 11 Senator Curtis the vice presidential nominee will deliver his acceptance speech at Topeka Kansas a few days later The date followed a conference with Curtis who returned from a vacation in New England Hoover plans to leave Washington Saturday evening to confer with President Coolidge at the summer White House at Brule Wisconsin according to the Commerce Department statement
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Washington
Secretary of Commerce
Hoover
Stanford University
California
Curtis
Topeka
Kas
New England
Coolidge
White House
Brule
Wis
Commerce Department
Road Contracts Awarded by County Commissioners
County commissioners awarded three contracts for gravel and concrete roads after receiving fifteen bids. John E. McCray won the W. P. Holmes Rd project on Oliver Ave in Wayne Township for 4236.84, American Construction Company won the Grover C. Ewing Rd extension on S.75th St to Sargent Rd for 6260.67, and William D. Vogel won the John C. Lankford Rd segment on Forty-Sixth St to Allisonville Rd for 9132.16.
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John E. McCray
W. P. Holmes
Wayne Township
Oliver Ave
Holt Rd
Reena &J
American Construction Company
Grover C. Ewing
Lawrence Township
E. Seventy-Fifth St
Sargent Rd
William D. Vogel
John C. Lankford
Forty-Sixth St
Keystone Ave
Allisonville Rd
Suspect Held in Shooting of Detective at Central Ave Garage
Detectives charged Ray Caldwell 32 of 2119 Bolton St with taking and assault and battery after a gun battle May 28 wounded Detective Charles Russell in the hand. Russell and Detective Robert Taylor were watching a stolen car in a garage behind 1456 Central Ave when Caldwell fired. Caldwell was arrested Sunday night at his home by Detectives Stone and Beecher. another man at the scene is being sought.
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Ray Caldwell
Bolton St. Caldwell
Charles Russell
Russell
Robert Taylor
Central Ave
Caldwell
Stone
Beecher
City chiefs enjoy Lake Wawasee weekend outing
Mayor L Ert Slack and Police Chief Claude M Worley returned from a week end trip to Lake Wawasee with their wives and Dr L R Clark as guests. They formed a foursome on the golf links at the Wawasee Hotel and Country Club Saturday and engaged in water sports Sunday with Mike Moroney, owner of Yellow Cab Company, who has a cottage at the resort.
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L. Ert Slack
Claude M. Worley
Lake Wawasee
L. R. Clark
Mike Moroney
Yellow Cab Company
Wawasee Hotel and Country Club
Bribery Trial Set For July 24 In City Council Scandal
Martin Frankfort, local real estate dealer, faces bribery charges tied to last week’s city council scandals. Trial scheduled for July 24 in Criminal Court. if the docket is cleared earlier, trial will be held sooner per attorney agreement.
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Martin Frankfort
Parachute Rumo r suspected in banker mystery
London July 9 reports say a parachute seen near France during Capt Alfred Loewensteins disappearance adds to suspicions he did not die. Witness account notes a parachute drop about the time of the plane incident and a Dunkirk trawler resumes Channel search for the missing financier, third wealthiest man.
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United Press
London
France
Alfred Loewenstein
International High Finance
E Oe
Paris
Loewenstein
Mme. Loewenstein
Dunkirk
Big $600000 School Expansion Approved by State
State tax board approves a $20 000 temporary loan from Shortridge bond funds to draw up plans for enlarging three crowded public grade schools and building a new structure at Bellefontaine and Sixty-Second streets. Open competitive bids on heating and ventilating systems may unlock a $600 000 bond issue, with plans ready in ten days and bids sought by fall.
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State
Shortridge
State Board
Alfred F. Walsman
William H. Book
Chamber of Commerce Civic Affairs Committee
Walsman
Shortridge High School
Rail Executive Dies at 69 in Massachusetts
Howard Elliott a leading railroad figure died of heart disease in Defunis Mass at 69 He formerly served as president and chairman of the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad and began his career with the Burlington system at age 20 He later headed the New Haven again from 1913 to 1917 and was a director of Western Union Telegraph Company
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Bu United Press
Defnis
Mass
Howard Elliott
Elliott
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Burlington System
New Haven
Western Union Telegraph Company
Gladden Begins City School Duties in Indianapolis
Fred T. Gladden, former assistant state superintendent of public instruction, today assumed control of Indianapolis public schools. He will oversee budget expenditures and districting of schools, having joined the city system July 1 but delayed by the National Education Association convention in Minneapolis.
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Fred T. Gladden
Indianapolis Public Schools
Gladden
National Education Association
Minneapolis
Ruth Elder to start motion picture contract work
Ruth Elder the aviatrix will begin work in Hollywood on Tuesday under a contract to appear opposite Richard Dix in an as yet untitled production. The project follows her Atlantic flight attempt and marks a return to the screen for Elder.
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United Press
Hollywood
Cal
Ruth Elder
Aviatrix
Atlantic Ocean
Richard Dix
Mother on Death Bed Sees Kidnap Plot and Rescue
A dying mother, Mrs Jordan, claimed a vision saved her daughter Clara Jordan and friend Trula Carden from two attackers who abducted them Sunday near Shelby Street. The teens, forced into a car, escaped after 30 miles of pursuit as police traced the vehicle’s license. The captors warned of another Hickman case if they spoke.
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Trula Carden
Trula
Fred Carden
English Ave
Clara
Carden
Mrs. Jordan
Hickman
Miss Jordan
Miss Carden
Jury sworn in attack trial for 18 year old suspect
The criminal court panel seated to try Joseph Alstatt of 552 Highland Ave for leading an 11 year old girl to a secluded southeast Indianapolis spot and assaulting her. Prosecution by William H. Remy and Judson L. Stark seeks life imprisonment. Alstatt represented by Bess Robbins who argues he had no involvement. Two fugitive co defendants are named in the case.
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Joseph Alstatt
Highland Ave
Indianapolis
Alstatt
William H. Remy
Judson L. Stark
Bess Robbins
Miss Robbins
Stark
Kidnappers Nabbed Girls Then Release Descriptions
Miss Jordan and Miss Carden were abducted, then released near Morgantown after being dumped at the Fogelson home. The captors, nicknamed Whitey and the other man in a light pinstripe suit, fled as police search for gas hawks cruising youths.
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Harry Fogelson
R. R
Morgantown
Fogelson
Miss Jordan
Miss Carden
Whitey
Claude M. Worley
Veteran Actor Joseph J Dowling Dies at 80 in Los Angeles
Joseph J Dowling aged 80 a lifelong stage performer and film actor died after a two year illness at his Los Angeles home He appeared in hundreds of pictures notably portraying the title role in The Miracle Man He leaves a widow and a son Joseph J Dowling Jr of Mount Clemens Michigan as survivors
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United Press
Los Angeles
Joseph J. Dowling
Dowling
Joseph J. Dowling, Jr
Mount Clemens
Mich
Wheat Crop On Way To Market In Kansas City
Kansas City July 9 The handling of the Kansas wheat crop on the Kansas City market began today with trainloads arriving hourly at railroad terminals. Buyers dumped grain into storage elevators or shipped it to new destinations on reassignments. Railroads rushed available cars into the wheat country aiming for a midweek peak of about 2000 cars daily. Eastern cars routed to assist movement. Concentration points at Hutchison Great Bend Welling Clay Center Salina and Dodge City serve as temporary unloading, weighing, and inspection hubs. An estimated 135,000 bushels will reach the Kansas City market.
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United Press
Kansas City
Kansas
Hutchison
Great Bend
Welling
Clay Center
Salina
Dodge City
Hard Day for Tour Pilots Headed to Texas Stops
United Press dispatch from San Antonio reports pilots on the national air tour brace for the day’s hardest flight. They plan emergency landings as a precaution in southern Texas and held talks with Army officers on signaling. The route includes Marfa to El Paso with a scheduled halt around 3 p.m. for a 150 mile leg.
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United Preas
San Antonio
Texas
National Air Tour
Maria
el Paso
Army
Marfa
Smith Leads In Tally In Chicago Straw Vote
Governor Alfred E. Smith leads Herbert Hoover 3649 to 2885 in a Chicago newspaper straw poll. In nineteen West Side theaters Smith has three votes to Hoover's two. Norman M. Thomas secures 2.21 percent. Times Special reports from Bicknell Indiana on a separate incident where a 5 year old’s sharpened stick struck his father, piercing his tongue.
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United Press
Chicago
Alfred E. Smith
Herbert Hoover
Smith
Hoover
Norman M. Thomas
Times Special
Bicknell, Ind
Heat Wave Scorches Midwest and East as Death Toll Rises
The vast heat wave across the Eastern half of the United States leads to at least twenty-nine deaths in Chicago with ten drownings. Beaches flood with crowds of over 200,000 while 500,000 picnickers seek shade in the countryside. Ohio reports sixteen dead from heat and accidents, and Detroit records a 93 degree heat peak.
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United Press
Hheago
United States
Midwest
Atlantic
Ohio
Chicago
Mercury
Weather Bureau
New York
Coney Island
Detroit
Belle Island
Kansas Storm Toll Rises With Floods and Losses
Rain storms hail and high winds across Kansas over the past two days have claimed two lives, damaged crops, and delayed the wheat harvest. Mrs. Wayne Wilkerson and her infant drowned escaping flooding on Coon Creek near Luray. Western Kansas heavy rains injure wheat fields where harvesting was active.
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United Presse
Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Wayne Wilkerson
Luray
Coon Creek
Wife with too much time ends in murder at Denver home
Alpheus E. Dickson and Zella Dickson were jailed as Herbert Hadley Powell was shot to death in the Dicksons' Denver residence. Zella Dickson says she had too much time on her hands and flirted with Powell to amuse herself. Dickson claims a fake trip was planned to confront Powell but a scuffle led to the fatal shooting.
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United Press
Denver
Alpheus E. Dickson
Zella
Herbert Hadley
Pete) Powell
Powell
Dickson
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