Brake tests ordered as wrecks gain
Police chief Claude M Worley announced an intensive brake inspection drive this week led by Lieutenant Frank Owens to stop vehicles and test brakes. Cars with faulty brakes must be adjusted or face court, with inspections also on all cars involved in accidents.
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Claude M. Worley
Frank Owens
Owen
Hoosier Motor Club
Owens
Worley
North Capitol Avenue
North Meridian
North Delaware
Theater Cashier Robbed As Armored Car Waits Outside
Detroit July 22 United Press reports bandits struck cashier Mrs Marjorie Moseley during a theater robbery, knocking her unconscious and taking receipts totaling 2884 dollars. An armored car waited at the curb to collect the money.
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United Press
Detroit
Marjorie Moseley
Kidnapping Hoax Unmasked in Darien Case
Harry Sparks a private detective with a hero complex was discharged after police proved his tale of fending off an armed kidnapper was a hoax. A special policeman remains as body guard to 2 year old James S McCarthy Jr. at the Tokeneke estate.
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Darien
Conn
Harry Sparks
James S. McCarthy Jr
Sparks
James S§. McCarthy
Tokeneke
Truck Hits Street Car In Illinois City Crash
A grocery truck collided with a North Illinois street car at the Illinois and Twenty second streets junction this afternoon. Fred Sedan aged 19 of 107 East Hoefgen street sustained internal injuries and was taken to city hospital. The street car stopped to discharge passengers and was pushed forward ten feet by the impact.
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North Illinois
Fred
East Hoefgen Street
Illinois
City Hospital
Police Offer Vacation Home Guard in City
Indianapolis residents going on vacations can have police protection for their homes. Police Chief Claude Worley urged citizens to inform headquarters with their name address destination and return time so patrolmen will monitor their residences. He said burglars target vacant homes and newspapers and milk bottles announce absence, inviting break-ins.
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Indianapolis
Claude M. Worley
Worley
Stomach Ache From Eating Blanket Ends in Cincinnati Zoo
Canton Ohio July 22 reports a 32 foot python named Big Samson suffered a severe stomach ache after swallowing a red Indian blanket with a pigeon. Veterinarians feared surgery as the giant snake was shipped to the Cincinnati zoo for further care.
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United Press
Anton, O
Big Samson
Canton
Samson
Cincinnati Zoo
St Louis Robin Extends Endurance Flight Record
The St Louis Robin endurance monoplane, carrying Dale Jackson and Forrest O Brine, pressed on toward a new world record after the Missouri Robin failed due to an oil line leak. It had logged 117 hours earlier and reached 218 hours by 9 17 a.m., marking a daily progress milestone in the endurance challenge.
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United Press
ST. Louis
Aged couple found murdered in Barbourville home
In Barbourville Kentucky an elderly couple James Foreman and his wife May were found dead at their isolated home. They had been shot and bludgeoned with an ax handle and authorities suspect robbers. Foreman was said to keep large sums of money at the house. Neighbors noticed the open door during a heavy rainstorm.
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United Press
Barbourville, Ky
James Foreman
Foreman
Great Bosco Sent To Charity Hospital To Die
Bosco, real name Michael Moran, 75, once a Pan American Exposition showman famous for eating nails and glass, was committed by Judge Samuel J. Dickey to Charity Hospital to die. He appealed for awaiting death and said he had little time left as doctors cited stomach ailments likely to cause swift death.
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United Press
Buffalo
Samuel J. Dickey
Bosco
Michael Moran
Dickey
Two Baby Slayers of Orphan Freed in West Virginia
Cornell Hamilton age 10 and Hobart Hamilton age 9 were released from an indictment for the murder of 9 year old Raymond Colley in Welch West Virginia. Judge James A. Strother sent them to their parents with probation officer W T Farley as guardian. Colley was beaten to death near English June 11 and found in Dry Fork river. The boys had lived with the Hamiltons and faced a month in jail. fellow inmates complained of pranks by the pair.
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United Press
WELCH
W. Va
Cornell Hamilton
Hobart
Raymond Colley
James A. Strother
Ben Hamilton
W. T. Farley
Colley
English
Dry Fork River
Hamilton
Bremen Liner Breaks Ocean Speed Record in Transatlantic Run
The German liner Bremen completes a Cherbourg to Ambrose Light crossing, aiming to beat the Mauretania’s 1907 speed record. Reports show Bremen covering up to 704 miles in a day, with mail and a radio catapult flight marking the maiden voyage as it nears New York.
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United Press
New York
Germany
Great Britain
Bremen
Cherbourg
France
Ambrose
England
Atlantic
New York Harbor
United States
Mauretania
Maurétania
White Star Lines
Cunard
Lloyd Lines
Fire Island
Brooklyn Army Base
Brooklyn
Pier 4
Fifty-eighth Street
Ambrose Light
China Reaffirms Kellogg Pact Pledge Aid Talks With Moscow
Chinese Minister Wu delivered China's reply to Secretary Stimson affirming full adherence to the Kellogg peace pact and seeking direct talks with the Soviet Union to settle the Chinese Eastern railroad dispute. Wu noted disrupted Moscow contact and said Wu was ordered to go to Moscow. Troops mass along the Manchuria border as railway traffic remains cut and Russian workers are removed.
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United Press
Washington
C. C. Wu
Henry L. Stimson
China
Stimson
Russia
Moscow
Finland
France
Great Britain
Manchuria
Europe
Nanking
Kidnapers Executed in Mexico City Case
Six kidnappers who tormented Colima for months have been captured and executed, as announced today. In Evansville Indiana, Ollie C Reeves the special judge overruled George Pontatelli motion for a change of venue in his conspiracy to commit a felony trial tied to a $1 000 000 sewer project.
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United Press
Mexico City
Colima
Evansville
Ind
Ollie C. Reeves
George Pontatelli
Chicago
Bogie Holds Lead in New Orleans to St Louis Boat Race
In Natchez Mississippi on July 22 the speed boat Bogie piloted by Dr Louis Leroy led the Martha Jane commanded by Colonel George M Cox through Natchez by about thirty minutes in the New Orleans to St Louis race. Both boats have averaged more than seventeen miles per hour for the 275 mile course.
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United Press
Natchez
Miss
Bogie
Louis Leroy
Martha Jane
George M. Cox
New Orleans
St. Louis
Miss Edith Blackledge Sues for 15000 Damages Over Fall
Indiana university student Miss Edith Blackledge filed in superior court for 15000 damages against Skouras Public Company operators of the Indiana theater. She alleges two girls dancing in the Indiana ballroom on May 18 bumped her causing a fall that injured her ankle permanently crippled.
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Edith Blackledge
Bellefontaine Street
Indiana University
Skouras Public Company
Indiana Theater
Blackledge
Indiana
Prison riot at Clinton prison in Cannemora burns carpentry shop
More than 1,000 inmates rioted at Clinton state prison ruing to escape. They burned the carpenter shop, two dozen guards and several convicts wounded, three prisoners killed attempting to scale the wall as troops, border patrol, and local forces aided officials.
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United Press
Cannemora
N. Y
Clinton State Prison
Herman Reese
Erie County
Harold F. Brunner
Tioga
Clyde Shackleford
Albany County
Reginald Werrenwrath
Thomas R. Shipp
Washington
Dannemora
Twenty-sixth Infantry
City Fire Department
Plattsburgh
Liquor Ward Cases Rise Among Women in Chicago Area
Semi annual reports from three Chicago area hospitals show more liquor patients, with a notable rise among women. Dr. Frances J. Gerty notes 1169 mental derangement cases from alcohol last year, while Dwight Keeley Institute adds a new women’s ward as female drinkers increase.
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United Press
Chicago
Frances J. Gerty
Psychopathic Hospital
Gerty
Dwight, Ill
Keeley Institute
Karl A. Meyer
Cook County Hospital
Meyer
Dwight
Ill
Martin Nelson
Nelson
Kaiser’s Exile Ends as Return to Germany Possible
Berlin reports that after midnight a special law lifting the veto ends. Former Kaiser Wilhelm of Hohenzollern could travel from Doorn Netherlands to Berlin without visa or passport if he chooses. Close associates say he would return only as the Kaiser, which is considered unlikely.
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United Press
Berlin
Kaiser Wilhelm
House of Hohenzollern
Doorn
Holland
Germany
Wilhelm
The
United Press Today
Kaiser
Jurors May Taste Liquor Evidence in Kos Death Trial
Judge Harvey Grabill rules jurors may sniff and inspect liquor used as evidence in the Kos automobile manslaughter case. Max S. Kos, 34, a 보험 salesman, is on trial after state closing its case amid questions over the bottle’s contents and handling.
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Harvey Grabill
Max S. Kos
West Thirty Eighth Street
Judge Grabill
Ira M. Holmes
Grabill
Stark
Wayne Citizens Seek To Enjoin Tax Rate In Wayne
Four property owners filed suit in superior court to restrain County Auditor Harry Dunn and County Treasurer Clyde Robinson from collecting the 98 cent tax rate for the year. They contend the rate was improperly increased from 75 cents after a prior court order. The suit seeks to overturn the higher levy and restore funding for township schools. Names include William Bornkamp William E Harding Christopher C Wade and William Owens.
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Wayne Township
Superior Court
Harry Dunn
Clyde E. Robinson
Dunn
William Bornkamp
William E. Harding
Christopher C. Wade
William Owens
Governor Leslie Plans Flight to Camp Knox for Training Visit
Governor Harry G. Leslie will take Indiana's first flight to Camp Knox Kentucky on Tuesday. H Weir Cook of Curtiss Flying Service will pilot the governor to review Purdue University students in officers training and address a banquet that night. Leslie previously refused to ride with Charles Lindbergh.
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J. H. Trumbull
Connecticut
Harry G. Leslie
Indiana
H. Weir Cook
Curtiss Flying Service
Stoutfield
Mars Hill
Camp Knox
Purdue University
Leslie
Charles Lindbergh
Trumbull
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Paul Rhoadarmer
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Frank Owen
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