Mob assault at Bono mine spurs 45 affidavits and arrests
A factional fight at the Bono Coal Company mine near Dana escalated into a mob attack on non union workers. Forty five affidavits were sworn for alleged mob members, with Neal Ream and Thomas Sharp charged with felonies. Governor Leslie ordered a round up as investigators prepare Vermillion circuit court cases.
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Bono Coal Company
Dana
George W. Hufsmith
Statehouse
Neal Ream
Thomas Sharp
Ronies
Vermilion County
Harry C. Leslie
Harry Newland
Homer D. Ingram
Indiana
Hafsmith
Merle Wall
Vermillion Circuit
Hufsmith
Beam
Sharp
James Ewing
Leslie
Ewing
Bono
Dana Fields
Ex-Senator Bruce Rescues Aged Friend At Ruxton Station
Former U S Senator William Cabell Bruce saved his 82 year old friend H F Myers at Ruxton station when Myers stepped onto the tracks unaware of an oncoming train. Bruce pulled Myers to safety just as the locomotive passed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Prep
Baltimore
Ruxton Station
Here
William Cabell Bruce
United States
H. F. Myers
Myers
Bruce
Husband Is Sentenced for Beating Wife in Domestic Case
Charles Baxter, 59, was sentenced to one to ten years in state prison for assault and battery with intent to kill against his wife Sadie Baxter of 926 Union Street. The incident followed a domestic struggle on May 26 and left Mrs. Baxter seriously injured. Baxter was found sane before trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Baxter
Sadie Baxter
Union Street
Fremont Alford
Baxter
Edsel Ford urges free trade in auto industry
Edsel Ford told the Senate Finance Committee that free trade in autos is favored by Ford Motor Company aide R I Roberge. Packard's Alvan MacAuley and GM's Alfred P Sloan urged tariffs of 10 percent or more, while Henry Ford was absent for invitation reasons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edsel Ford
United Press
Washington
R. I. Roberge
Ford Motor Company
Senate Finance Committee
Roberge
Motor World
Alvan MacAuley
Packard Motor Company
MacAuley
Alfred P. Sloan
General Motors
Henry Ford
Ford
Sheriff Warns Dog Bookies at Indiana Kennel Club Track
Sheriff George L. Winkler ordered suspected bookmakers to leave the Allisonville road track after learning they were soliciting bets. Club officials are not implicated. Promoters seek a Hancock circuit court injunction to block police interference while awaiting venue change.
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Indiana Kennel Club, Ltd
Allisonville Road
Indianapolis
George L. Winkler
Winkler
Kennel Club
Hancock Circuit Court
Greenfield
Earl Cox
Five Die After Erie Train Collision Near Corning
Five people were killed and several injured in a derailment and collision on the Erie railroad two miles east of Corning New York. Victims include F E Blake Hornell NY engineer W Latonick Susquehanna PA fireman Morris Hurlburt Lockport NY mail clerk P A Fagan Salamanca NY mail clerk and Swan Berger 38 of Moline Illinois. The west bound freight derailed then blocked the east bound track, igniting multiple cars as the passenger train struck. Fire spread through the wreckage and killed the crew and others aboard.
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United Press
Corning
N. Y
Erie
Here
F. E. Blake
Hornell
W. Latonick
Susquehanna
Morris
Hurlburt
Lockport
P. A. Fagan
Salamanca
Swan Berger
Moline
Dead Beaters Sought After Wages Faked Releases
Two men who deprived two mothers of wages for a drowned boy and girl were sought. One used a ruse at a Woolworth store posing as the sister of Florence Conrad to obtain 6.70 in back wages. The other induced Charles Figelberger’s mother to sign a release for 17 in wages.
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Ryu United Press
ST. Louis
Mississippi River
Florence Conrad
Charles Figelberger
Two Missing Men in River Near Evansville
Allen C. Yeager, a businessman, and 13 year old Russell Morris were reported drowned after a motor boat overturned on the Ohio River. Police doubt the deaths, continuing search. Yeager's affairs show $3,000 debt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen C. Yeager
Russell Morris
Ohio River
Yeager
Morris Boy
Poison Food Kills Six in Graham Mountains Camp
Six people died in a Graham mountains lumber camp thirty five miles from Safford as investigators diagnosed the illness today as ptomaine poisoning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Safford
Ariz
Graham Mountains
Cashier Identifies Western Slayer as Bank Bandit Hero
Alfred M. Oliver of Richmond Heights Missouri was identified in St. Louis by cashier Ted Campbell as one of the bandits who stole 21000 from the Irvington State bank on January 8 Campbell said Oliver will likely be taken to Lamar Colorado for trial on a murder charge Oliver was linked to the Lamar bank holdup where the president and cashier were killed Campbell also noted prior sightings May 24 and an earlier Fountain Square holdup May 23 none of which was conclusively tied to Oliver The Irvington bank remodeling was completed with new safety fixtures and opening planned for Friday
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Alfred M. Oliver
Richmond Height
St. Louis
Ted Campbell
North Layman Street
Indianapolis
Irvington State Bank
Irvington Bank
Campbell
Oliver
Lamar
Colo
Richmond Heights
Fountain Square State Bank
East Side State Bank
East Side Bank
East Washington Street
Italian King to Decorate U S Airmen
Rome welcomes American fliers Roger Q Williams and Lewis A Yancey. King Victor Emmanuel will award a top Italian crown decoration for their flight from Old Orchard Maine to Rome via Santander Spain aboard the Pathfinder. Reception details and ceremonies follow in Rome with Mussolini at Villa Torlonian.
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Thomas B. Morgan
United Press
Rome
Roger Q. Williams
Lewis A. Yancey
Victor Emanuel
Italy
Old Orchard
Santander
Spain
Excelsior
Alexander C. Kirk
Henry P. Fletcher
Lockjaw Boy Struggles After Toy Cap Gun Injury
Harold Coble, 11, of 325 North Bright, remains gravely ill from tetanus after a cap pistol explosion. He waited to tell his parents about the accident, swelled arm revealed the truth. His mother, scratched while aiding his jaw, is treated with anti tetanus serum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hospital
Harold Coble
North Bright Street
Hourly Temperatures and Readings Chart
A fragmented weather data entry lists temperatures at 6 to 12 with times and numbers. It notes morning readings around 74 degrees and noon around 80 degrees with additional figures that are partially obscured.
Ice Company Truck Overturns. Driver Hurt in City Crash
A Capitol Ice Company truck overturned on Harding and Howard streets injuring Harvey Moore aged 48 of 907 Arbor Avenue. The accident also involved its driver and a heavily loaded gravel truck that veered off the curb into a pole.
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Harding and
Howard _ streets
Capitol Ice Company
Harvey Moore
Arbor Avenue
Eleven Notices and a Jail Term Arising in Municipal Court
Paul Gray, 32, of 4105 Graceland avenue, was arrested today on orders of Police Chief Claude Worlevy for tossing eleven improper parking notices bearing seven policemen’s names into the wastebasket. He was released on his own recognizance and ordered to explain in municipal court Friday why he ignored the notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Gray
Graceland Avenue
Claude M. Worlevy
Lester Jones
Gray
Giant Killer Admits Death in Brooklyn Hallway
Anthony Constantine staggered into the Butler Street police station claiming he killed Rosario Einstalai known as the giant. He said his niece Fannie Buda from Nebraska with two children vanished years ago and that Rosario terrorized neighbors. He proclaimed the killing occurred after Rosario laughed at him.
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New York
Anthony Constantine
Butler Street
Brooklyn
Teday
Fannie Buda
Nebraska
Rosario Einstalai
Rosario
Constantine
Parole Board Paroles 81 Indiana Prisoners
Indiana reformors parole 81 prisoners from a list of 133 who had served their minimum sentences. The parole board met with Governor Leslie, and on Wednesday forty more prisoners were paroled from a group of 121 named on the final list awaiting signature.
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Indiana State Reformatory Trustees
Pendleton
Harry G. Leslie
Gaylord Morton
Statehouse
Morton
Jones Out of Danger After Kidney Operation
Senator Wesley Jones of Washington, who underwent kidney surgery on Wednesday, was reported resting easily today and in stable condition.
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Jones
United Press
Washington
Wesley Jones
Rep
Wash
Ferry Fire Rescue Saves Twenty Passengers in Jacksonville
Timely actions by pilots of boats on the St. Johns river enabled the rescue of twenty passengers from a burning ferry crossing from South Jacksonville to Jacksonville.
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United Press
Jacksonville
Fla
St. Johns River
Air Grind of Fliers Near End
Culver City July 11 an ambulance stands by at the airport to take Loreen Mendell and Pete Reinhart to the hospital after their sustained flight in the Angeleno They plan to reach 300 hours by 7 30 p m Sunday and may land early due to engine noises The fliers expect to continue the record flight if possible
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United Press
Culver City
Cal
Loreen Mendell
Pete Reinhart
Mendell
Reinhart
Similarity in Name Triggers Insurance Suit
The American Automobile Insurance Company of St Louis sues the American Automobile Indemnity Company of Indianapolis in federal court alleging unfair competition through name similarity. The suit seeks an injunction to bar use of American, American Insurance, or American Automobile Insurance due to public confusion.
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American Automobile Insurance Company
St. Louis
American Automobile Indemnity Company
Indianapolis
St. Louis Company
American
American Insurance
American Automobile Insurance
Indianapolis Company
Auto deaths top 11 thousand in first half year
Hartford officials report more than 11,000 people were killed in automobile accidents in the first six months of the year per official figures compiled by the Travelers Insurance Company.
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United Press
Hartford
Conn
Travelers Insurance Company
Perry Will Filed in Court Over Indiana Club President Estate
The will of James A. Perry, longtime Indianapolis Baseball Club president and Curtiss Flying Service official, places his estate in trust with William C. Richardson. A preliminary schedule lists $50,000 in personal property. real holdings to be detailed. The trust provides $500 monthly to former wife Dorothy Dorsey Perry for life, with remainder to Richardson, then to his son Alfred EF Richardson after both ends. Administrators named include Richardson and Norman A. Perry.
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James A. Perry
Indianapolis Baseball Club
Curtiss Flying Service of Indiana, Inc
William C. Richardson
Indianapolis Power and Light Company
Perry
Royal Palm Hotel
Havana
Cuba
Florida
Dorothy Dorsey Perry
Richardson
Alfred EF. Richardson
Norman A. Perry
Park board seeks 8 cent levy for 1930 to fund parks
John E. Milner says the city park board will ask for an eight cent tax levy in 1930 to raise about $528,000, up from the 1929 six cent levy that brought in roughly $395,000. The extra funds would expand playgrounds community houses and swimming pools with Ellenberger pool and 31 playgrounds and 15 community houses added this year.
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City Park Board
John E. Milner
Park Board
Milner
Ellenberger
Milnor
Wilson Considered for Federal Farm Board Seat
President Hoover weighs Charles A. Wilson former New York agriculture commissioner for membership on the federal farm board. White House officials disclosed the inquiry as of July 11.
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United Arena
Washington
Charles A. Wilson
New York State
Herbert Hoover
Federal Farm Board
White House
Frat Flea Circus Sparks Evanston Legal Snarl
University of Chicago law student Victor Neumark defends his trained fleas as harmless while Evanston officials seek injunctions to bar the show. Police, dogs, and attorneys weigh cruelty laws as the quarrel over the flea act grows.
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Ritzy
Evanston
Hicago
Victor Neumark
Humane Society
Neumark
University of Chicago
Phi Sigma Delta Fraternity
Lillian Lundahl
Charles Paasch
Police Department
Yeggs Loot Florists Safe In Broad Day Burglary
Burglars forced open doors at Bertermann Brothers Florists on Massachusetts Avenue and stole 1452.94 in new currency mostly ones and fives. Insurance covers 1000 of the loss. checks totaling 466 remained. three suspects sighted nearby were described as young and roughly dressed. An unrelated theft further included a radio valued at 90 from a residence, and five gallons of oil stolen from a Standard Oil station.
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Yeggs
Bertermann Brothers Company, Inc
Massachusetts Avenue
Albert E. Joachimi
College Avenue
Walter H. Bettermann
Ted C. Brown
Park Avenue
Cleve Rodgers
Rockville Road
Standard Oil Company
Washington and
Harding Streets
Second Marion man admits firing house
John Johnson, who moved from a mortgaged home at Landers eight miles west of Marion, confessed that he returned on June 21 and burned the house to collect insurance money to pay off the mortgage. He is jailed in Marion facing arson charges.
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Times
Marion
Ind
John Johnson
Landers
George Coogan
State Fire Marshall
J. C. Campbell
Johnson
Car Crash Injures Man at City Market
Joseph Klein aged 39 of 4009 Broadway was hurt when his car struck the city market building at 125 North Alabama street while trying to avoid another vehicle. Market employee C A Smulyan, 36 of 1059 South Capitol avenue, was struck on the head by falling timber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Klein
Broadway
North Alabama Street
C. A. Smulyan
South Capitol Avenue
Ohio State University summer term new enrollments
City youths at Ohio State University enrollments list Dorothy L. Brown Eleanor R. Cohn Hugh J. Baker Lee C. Cassell and Dora A. Hodge arriving from Indianapolis for arts engineering commerce and administration and graduate studies. Three youths once charged with robbery now indicted for the murder of Dr. George W. Thile in a December holdup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pu Times
Columbus
Ohio State University
Indianapolis
Dorothy L. Brown
Eleanor R. Cohn
Hugh J. Baker
Lee C. Cassell
Dora A. Hodge
United Press
Chicago
George W. Thile
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Union
Clinton
United Mine Workers
Newport
Herrin
Ww. C. Bruce
Nirvington Bank
Evansville
Evansville, Ind
Mountain
U.S
Pathfinder
Duce
America
Eternal City
Williams and Yancey
Air Ministry
Italo Balbo
Littorio
Mussolini
Villa Torlonian
Lockjaw Boy
Cable Tabernacle
Ohio
New Jersey
Potter & Hawley Company
Paragon
Giant Killer
Slayer
State Reformatory Board
American Automobile Indemnity Co
J. A. Perry
U. S. Post
Farm Board
W. F. Sullivan
United Press Staff
David Harum
Irvin Stole
Delaware Street
Indiana National Bank
Ohio U
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