Highway payroll cuts save Indiana highway funds says McNutt
The Times reports Governor McNutt cites a 29 percent saving in the Indiana highway department for the first five months of 1933. Payroll reductions include 1,100 maintenance workers dropped, higher contractor employment, and a focus on federally funded pavement projects to provide jobs.
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State Highway Department
Paul V. McNutt
The
Times Today
Highway Department
James D. Adams
New Commission
Department
Adams
Indiana
State Police Officer Injured In Motorcycle Crash
Patrolman Eugene Teague of the state police was thrown from his motorcycle at Hammond early today. He was treated for minor cuts and bruises at a Hammond hospital and will resume duty. The accident was blamed on a tire blowout.
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Eugene Teague
State Police
Hammond
al Feeney
State Safety Department
Feeney
Italian Air Fleet Lands at Montreal
General Italo Balbo led twenty four seaplanes into Montreal on the final leg of a 6100 mile Rome to Chicago flight. Lead planes landed at 11 51 am after smooth travel through New Brunswick and Maine. Crowds greeted the jetty at Fairchild airport as the arrival unfolded.
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Italo Balbo
Rome
Chicago
New Brunswick
Maine
Quebec
Balbo
Shediac
N. B
Fairchild
McKinney Named Head of Home Bank in Indiana
E Kirk McKinney president of the city works board was announced in Washington as manager of the federal home loan bank in Indiana. He will take the oath in Washington and help appoint a chief appraiser and chief attorney as branches form in Indianapolis Evansville Fort Wayne and South Bend with a likely $5000 annual salary. Walter C Boetcher will succeed him as Marion county works board head in a move announced by Mayor Reginald H Sullivan.
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City Works Board
Federal Home Loan Bank
Indiana
Washington
Bank Board
McKinney
Telegraph
Indiana Bank
Indianapolis
Evansville
Ft. Wayne
South Bend
Walter C. Boetcher
Marion County Council
Reginald H. Sullivan
Boetch
City Woman Leaves Estate of 540000 in Will
Mrs Henriettta West Roberts of Indianapolis dies with an estate valued at 540000 dis posed of in probate. Executors named are Harry Van Hummell of Denver and Union Trust Company. The bank assigns trust duties to M M Dunbar and Arthur V Brown Jr. Beneficiaries include relatives servants and several institutions such as Christamore Settlement School for Crippled Children Indianapolis Free Kindergarten and St Pauls Episcopal church.
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Henrietta West Roberts
North Meridian Street
James E. Roberts
Harry van Hummell
Denver
Union Trust Company
M. M. Dunbar
Arthur V. Brown Jr
Christamore Settlement
School For Crippled Children
Indianapolis
Brothers Roy and Charles Watkins Jailed for Pigeon Theft
Roy and Charles Watkins, jailed six months each at the Indiana state farm since March 15, sought clemency today by relatives before the state clemency commission. Mayor John C. Perkins of Lebanon refused to sign the request. The pigeons had been returned.
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Roy and
Charles Watkins
Indiana
State
John C. Perkins
Lebanon
Stock cars favored for 300 mile Indianapolis race plan
Colonel Eddie Rickenbacker urged limiting Indianapolis 500 entries to stock cars to improve safety and reduce costs. Drivers Leon Duray and Barney Oldfield endorsed the idea, citing lower costs to enter and maintain stock vehicles. The plan sparked debate among AA A contest board members and speedway directors, with a vote expected after further discussion.
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United Press
Detroit
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
FE. W
Eddie) Rickenbacker
Speedway Corporation
Rickenbacker
A. A. A. Contest Board
Indianapolis Speedway Corporation
Leon Duray
Barney Oldfield
Duray
Oldfield
Speedway
Indianapolis
E. V. Rickenbacker
Court injunction sought to stop tenant from removing partitions
Isaac Marks owner seeks restraining order and $500 damages in superior court four. He alleges tenant John A. Shroyer who leased the Market and Noble street building for two years starting Feb 14 is attempting interior alterations.
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Market and
Noble Streets
Isaac Marks
Superior Court Four
Marks
John A. Shroyer
Robbed victim captures car thief in city chase
Dale Miller of 5235 Park Avenue, a basketball official and club secretary, tracked down Hubert Hampshire after a car looting spree. Hampshire, 23, was arrested after Miller described a thief in a white cap and green suspenders. In municipal court Judge Myers sent Hampshire to the state penal farm for 90 days and fined $10 plus costs.
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Dale Miller
Park Avenue
Indianapolis Basball Club
State
Miller
Hubert Hampshire
Market Street
Willard Genner
Ft. Wayne
Dewey E. Myers
Hampshire
State Farm
Court Orders Smash on Alleged Baseball Pool
A grand jury investigation is ordered into Emil Rahke known as the baseball lottery king after a raid on his Silent Salesmen Company at 14 North East street. Rahke was freed on a technicality, and two defendants in municipal court received fines and new trials were denied.
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Emil Rahke
Frank P. Baker
Rahke
Silent Salesmen Company
North East Street
Edwin Kruse
William H. Sheaffer
Harvey Grabill
Baker
Albert Bedy
South Illinois Street
William Fifer
North Illinois Street
Bedy
Fifer
Kruse
World Parley Plans Two-Week Recess
The world economic conference steering committee announced a recess for July 27 after stating they cannot make progress. The decision comes amid stalled talks in London on July 14.
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United Press
London
Little Bureau
Boat overturns drown 70 at Volga excursion trip
Seventy people die when an excursion boat carrying 250 workers and families overturns at Jaroslavl on the Volga river. In Moscow July 14 a street car operator Ira Cook reports a gunman robbed him of 7 76 in cash and 160 tokens on Northwestern street car.
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United Press
Moscow
Jaroslavl
Volga River
Ira Cook
Kenwood Avenue
Northwestern
Prisoner describes torture in Indiana state farm hole
Indiana political prisoner Theodore Luesse details a long stretch in the state farm hole, where beatings and harsh punishments followed his eviction protest. He accuses assistant superintendent Arment of clubbing and restricting meals and reading material while restrained from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily.
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Luesse
Arch Steinel
Indiana State Penal Farm
Armett
Arment
Craig
Theodore Luesse
Indiana
Frank P. Baker
Indianapolis
E. L. Arment
Clifford W. Craig
State Farm
State Reformatory
No. 10
Flying Squad
Miles
Dared fires gun injuring boy in stray backyard incident
Ten year old Charles Richards was wounded in the elbow when Joe Strout fired a .38 revolver Charles dared him to shoot at the Strout home backyard. A tourniquet stopped the bleeding before they sought help at a drug store. Charles was treated then returned home. Joe told police a stray bullet had struck Charles before confessing the taunt prompted the shot.
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Charles Richards
Hoyt Avenue
Charles
Joseph Strout
Strout
Joe
Chuck
City Hospital
Richards
Ambitious Robins Hatch Four Broods in Kokomo Cherry Tree
In Kokomo Indiana Presley Alexander watches a bold robin couple raising multiple broods. The mother robin has hatched three broods this year and is believed to be preparing for a fourth family in the cherry tree on Alexander property.
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United Pr
Kokomo
Ind
Presley Alexander
Robin
Alexander
Roosevelt son sues for divorce in Nevada
Elliott Roosevelt, 22, son of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, filed for divorce from Elizabeth Donner Roosevelt in INDEN Nevada alleging extreme mental cruelty. A cross suit by Mrs Roosevelt was expected to follow, with decree to be granted. The filing revealed only bare details in typical Nevada fashion.
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Inden
Nev
Elliott Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Elizabeth Donner Roosevelt
Kentucky mint julep verdict stirs broad debate
Irvin S. Cobb's Kentucky bourbon julep wins a contentious contest judged by Heywood Broun in Cobb's Park Avenue apartment. Eddie of the Astor faces verdict on lime brandy basing. Doc H R Allen condemns rye and tobacco notes as unsuitable for connoisseurs.
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Greece
Rome
Irvin S. Cobb
Eddie
Astor
Heywood Broun
Broun
Cobb
Park Avenue
Kentucky
Boise Penrose
Pennsylvania
United States
Louie Smith
Colonel Smith
Charles Lamb
Lamb
China
Ajax
Plymouth Rock
Great Southland
American Commonwealth
Allen
H. R. Allen
Illinois Street
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Georgia
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Betty Bryant
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