Mooneys Key Witness Heads West for California
John MacDonald prepares to depart for California with two lawyers to testify that his earlier Mooney Billings statements were perjured. He aims to secure new hearings before Governor Young and the state supreme court while offering fresh affidavits denying seeing Mooney or Billings at the bombing scene.
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California Hearings Loom In Mooney Billings Case
John Macdonald, key witness in the Mooney Billings case, plans a California move as hearings before the state supreme court and pardon board gain prominence. Governor Young declined to set dates or comment on possible impacts of the move.
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Tom Mooney-Warren Billings
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State Advisory Pardon Board
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Young
Charles Ruzicka
Hilary Gans
Shipwreck Kelly Stays Aloft On 225-Foot Pole
Alvin Shipwreck Kelly remains perched atop a 225 foot pole on the Atlantic City boardwalk for a 25th day despite no sign of preparation to descend. He had set an original objective of 28 days and appears likely to exceed it.
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N. J
Alvin
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Rumors of Mussolini Health Debunked by Government
The Italian government dismissed rumors of Premier Benito Mussolini’s illness and alleged surgery. Officials said foreign newspapers spread baseless reports while thousands of Romans recently saw him about town and visiting Ostia and Cerveteri, laughter rising at the sensational tale.
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Cerveteri
Woman Foils Prowler at Holy Rosary Church
Mrs. Rose Carlson aided by Father Marino Priori and her son Bud trapped a red haired man at Holy Rosary Church 520 Stevens Street Tuesday night. Clif ford A Hughes 21 Atlanta Ga was captured after a struggle near the altar and poor box. He is in city jail on a vag rancy charge with $1000 bond as detectives probe a possible police record.
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Russell Dagier
Naval Treaty Sparks War Breeder Accusations in Senate
Senator McKellar charged the London naval treaty nearly provoked a war between France and Italy and urged rejection. He criticized Hoover for secrecy and linked the talks to the Harding era arms conference, asserting the Washington agreement was unjust and left the U.S. inferior to Britain.
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Great Britain
Tax Board Cuts Million From Indiana Power Valuation
The Indiana State Tax Board reduced Indianapolis Power and Light Company property valuation by one million dollars on rehearing. The 1930 valuation dropped from 33 758 850 to 32 758 775, while 1929 value stood at 31 508 775, an increase of 1 250 000 over 1929. Chairman James Showalter explained the initial hearing overestimated the increase by 1 000 000.
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Kingsford Smith narrowly escapes as engine trouble grounds plane
Major Charles Kingsford Smith and Captain J Patrick Saul faced engine trouble in a small biplane near San Francisco on Tuesday. The Southern Cross crew were unharmed and a relief plane arrived to fly them to safety in the city.
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Charles Kingsford-Smith
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J. Patrick Saul
Southern Cross
Scouts and radio aid search for missing boy
In Whiting Indiana July 16 Scouts and radio units joined police in a search for Orville Helpingstine eight who did not return from a fishing trip. The boy reportedly fell into Lake Michigan and drowned.
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Ind
Boy Scouts
Orville Helpingstine
Lake Michigan
Saunders to Fight for New Fortune
Memphis July 16 Clarence Saunders former Piggy Wiggly head and founder of Clarence Saunders Stores Inc insolvency today and plans to fight back. He aims to reorganize the insolvent company with help from Pacific coast groups and continues to control more than 400 stores. He portrays his career as a persistent battle and vows to rise again.
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Memphis
Clarence Saunders
Piggly Wiggly Grocery Chain
Wall Street
Rest Governor G. Leslie to Vacation at Indiana Dunes Park
Governor G. Leslie left Tuesday to join his family at Indiana Dunes state park for his annual summer outing. He expects to return July 22 for an extradition hearing and will resume office hours August 4. During his absence, office redecorating will proceed. He returned last week from the Governors' conference in Salt Lake City, Utah, and spent his winter vacation on the Florida gulf.
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Indiana Dunes State Park
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Salt Lake City
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Florida Gulf
Speedway Sewer Protest Heard in Circuit Court
A hearing on a petition by Speedway taxpayers to enjoin town trustees from building a sewer opened in circuit court before Special Judge James Berryhill. Taxpayers contend the $45,860 project would not benefit those assessed and allege the trustees ignored a remonstrance and plan to proceed with assessments.
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James Berryhill
Harding Portrait Hung in White House Entrance Hall
Washington July 16. A portrait of the late President Harding has been placed in the White House on President Hoover's order. The oil painting by Luis Mora hangs in the entrance hall opposite President Coolidge, with Coolidge on the right and Harding on the left.
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President Harding
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Luis Mora
President Coolidge
Mr. Coolidge
Mr. Harding
Army flier killed in Mooresville Virginia training flight
Lieutenant Frank B. Tyndall a veteran Army Air Corps flyer was killed Tuesday night near Mooresville Virginia when his plane struck a tree during a practice night flight announced at Langley field. In South Bend Indiana Herman R. Giesing 13 died from an infection after a minor burn from Fourth of July fireworks discharge.
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Washington
Frank B.tyndall
Army Air Corps
Mooresville
Langley Field
South Bend
Ind
Herman R. Giesing
Pacifism Fails at Ravenswood on Local Board Clash
Ravenswood tensions rise as town board member Robert Stamm refuses to meet residents’ attorney Godfrey Yeager at a time of dispute over blue laws. Board meeting set for Thursday with fellow member Charles Ford absent. William Hubbs away. Stamm hints possible moderation on beach concessions groceries and bath house closures.
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Robert Stamm
Godfrey Yeager
White River
Stamms
William Hubbs
Charles Ford
Hubbs
Stamm
Galen Secures Republican Senate Nomination in Montana
Butte Montana July 16 Justice Albert J Galen appears to have won the Republican nomination for the U S Senate to face Democrat T J Walsh Shelly Red Lodge publisher trailed with Shelley about 2 500 votes to Galens over 5 000 after 159 precincts in 28 counties.
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Butte
Mont
Albert J. Galen
United States
Montana
T. J. Walsh
Galen
O. H. P. Shelley
Red Lodge
Shelley
Patrolman Edward Haas Discharged by Safety Board
Patrolman Edward Haas was discharged from the police force today by the safety board after his conviction on conduct unbecoming an officer. Evidence from the trial showed Mahan, an insurance agent, arresting Haas on disorderly conduct charges June 2 in the 3000 block of East Minnesota Street.
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Charles R. Myers
Shortage Found in National Bank of Commerce Assets
Federal bank examiners report a $246,000 shortage in the accounts of the National Bank of Commerce of Providence. Officials admitted the discrepancy today.
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Providence
R. I
Federal Bank
National Bank of Commerce
Longest nonstop flight to Argentina ends in crash near Bostwick
The Stinson-Detroiter monoplane K flying New York to Buenos Aires crashed near Bostwick, Georgia, after four refueling contacts and two hours circling in heavy clouds. Pilots Garland Peed Jimmy Garrigan and radio operator Randy Enslow parachuted to safety with only minor injuries while the plane was wrecked. If successful, the flight would have marked the longest nonstop air trip, routing via Panama Lima and Mendoza.
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Roosevelt Field
Garland Peed
Jimmy Garrigan
Randy Enslow
Havana
Panama
Lima
Peru
Mendoza
Argentina
Airport budget ready for next year
The municipal airport budget likely requests 100000 for operation in the first year. Superintendent Paul H. Moore and the works board along with Deputy Controller Francis Coleman met to decide if lighting costs should be funded from the budget or a bond issue. The proposal also calls for fourteen employees including an assistant superintendent at 3500 and a superintendent at 3600.
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Works Board
Francis Coleman
Missionary pastor sentenced for alien smuggling
In Jamestown New York on July 16 the Rev. Stephen Vznturos pastor of the Magyar Presbyterian church in Cleveland received a suspended sentence of one year and a day and a $500 fine after pleading guilty to smuggling aliens into the United States before Federal Judge Simon P Adler.
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Jamestown
N. Y
Stephen Vznturos
Magyar Presbyterian Church of
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United States
Simon P. Adler
Bandit is slain gunfire. officer shot and $60,000 recovered
In Canton on July 16 a bank messenger holdup near the post office ended with a bandit killed and a special policeman wounded. Police recovered $60,000 from the bandits' lodgings. one suspect, James Romeo, was held. The dead bandit was Charles Williams alias Charles Tish, a Cleveland gunman.
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Tceday
James Romeo
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Charles Williams
Charles Tish
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N. R.riblett
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Mercury Rises After Cold July Wave In Indianapolis
The mercury began returning to normal as temperatures climbed from 61 degrees at 6 a m to 75 degrees at 9 a m in Indianapolis. Forecasters predicted above 80 degrees by afternoon with continued fair weather through Thursday in the city and state.
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Post Office Veto Hit Proposal For Unaddressed Ads
Washington July 16 Postmaster General Brown vetoed a plan from local business houses to have the post office deliver unaddressed advertising matter to city homes. He said the proposal would flood the mails with such material.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Brown
Local radio stars spotlight Indianapolis entertainers
The Times begins a series on hometown radio stars with Dessa Kyrd, whose organ programs delighted thousands. John T Hawkins, the Times radio editor, will present the first profile in the series on Thursday.
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Dessa Kyrd
John T. Hawkins
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Boy Pilot Semiconscious After Gorge Crash In Vermont
Frank Goldsborough a 19 year old aviator and holder of the junior transcontinental flight record lies unconscious in Putnam hospital Bennington Vermont after a fog bound crash in a mountain forest. He was pinned under wreckage for about eighteen hours before aid arrived and was found by Donald Mockler who had been escorting him to Keene New Hampshire for a lecture.
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Frank Goldsborough
Putnam Hospital
Donald Mockler
New York
Goldsborough
Keene, N. H
Hooveres Honor Heroes at White House Garden Party
Eight hundred crippled World War II veterans were invited to the White House garden party for President Hoover and Mrs. Hoover. Veterans on crutches and in wheelchairs will process past the President and First Lady as Mrs. Hoover makes her first public appearance since a fall.
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Washington
Bruening Granted Broad Cabinet Power by Hindenburg
Sulited Prees B reports that President Hindenburg gave Chancellor Bruening sweeping authority to keep the cabinet in power regardless of Reichstag actions. The brief item notes the dramatic political development in Germany amid ongoing constitutional tension.
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Heinrich Bruening
Paul von Hindenburg
Man Offers Eyes for Trachoma Study to Save Wife
Chester Taylor, a World War I veteran from Ridgeport, offers to donate his eyes for medical experiments in New Mexico to fund his wife Ruth's support. He laments poverty and unemployment after bakery work ended, saying he would endure any risk for treatment and a way to care for his wife.
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Conn
Chester Taylor
Taylor
Albuquerque
N. M
Last Meal May Fix Fate in Kolb Murder Trial
Defense experts testified that a lethal dose of strychnine would have killed Mrs. Edna Dagler Kolb within about thirty minutes under normal conditions. The trial in Greenfield, Indiana, focuses on whether George Kolb administered the poison or if death resulted from other causes.
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Rushville
Unconscious Man Found in Coach Yard Near Union Station
Hildred Howard, 50, of 1133 West New York Street, was found severely injured in the coach yard west of Union station early today. He could not explain his injuries and stated he intended to board a train. Howard had a cut over the left eye, possible skull fracture, and broken ribs. He was found by Big Four railroad switchmen F. B. Shane, H. T. Gray, and Steven Allen.
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Hildred Howard
New York Street
Howard
F. B. Shane
H. T. Gray
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Big Four
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