Leslie Will Stand By His Parole Policy
Governor Harry G. Leslie affirms continued parole policy while defending actions in Hagerstown bank bandits case. He cites bankers' support and notes letters from Oswald Ryan and Arthur G. Brown as influences in clemency discussions. The parole of Roberts and Pritchard drew statewide criticism yet Sixty years ago the governor insisted on responsibility in decisions.
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Leslie
Harry G. Leslie
Arthur G. Brown
Greencastle
Indiana Bankers’ Association
Hagerstown Bank
Bankers’ Association
Bankers
Brown
Richmond
Hagerstown
Anderson
Carl W. Roberts
John Pritchard
Ft. Wayne
Indiana State Reformatory
Gaylord Morton
Oswald Ryan
Pritchard
Roberts
Ryan
Death jurors questioned in Sutton murder case
In Marion criminal court a venire of fifty prospective jurors was examined for the trial of George Sutton, 29, charged with fleeing after his auto struck and killed Elsteth Urquhart, 16, at Haugh and West Tenth streets January 29. Sutton is defended by Alva Rucker. state prosecutors are William R. Ringer and George W. Eggleston.
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Marion Criminal Court
George Sutton
West Tenth Street
Sutton
Elsteth Urquhart
Haugh
West Tenth Streets
Robert Dalton
William R. Ringer
George W. Eggleston
Alva Rucker
City Plans Purchase of Jose Balz Tract for Boulevard
The city aims to buy the Jose Balz track north of the Delaware street bridge for a boulevard project. Plans include a retaining wall and widening of connecting streets, with purchase of two lots between Washington boulevard and Talbott street at a favorable price after three years of negotiations.
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Jose-Balz
Delaware Street
Park and Works Boards
Washington Boulevard
Talbott Street
Eighteen Dead as Toll of Violence Diet Divorce
Mrs Lucille Black won a divorce from her husband after testimony that he forced her to subsist on a diet of tomatoes rice macaroni and rolled oats The claim was supported in part by Dr J W Denham and reports from Columbus Indiana June 22 The brief notes a sensational lone court case amid violent events inviting further details.
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United Press
Columbus
Ind
Lucille Black
J. W. Denham
Officers Camp Opens at Fort Harrison
Reserve officers from Indiana Kentucky Ohio and West Virginia join the annual summer school encampment at Fort Benjamin Harrison. Indianapolis attendees include Majors Andrews Beem and others with many lieutenants and captains listed by address.
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Indiana
Kentucky
Ohio
West Virginia
Ft. Benjamin Harrison
Cromwell Stacey
Jason M. Welling
Toledo
Robert H. Neely
Indianapolis
Myron M. Andrews
Peoples Bank
Levi Beem
College Avenue
George S. Blue
Boulevard Place
West Twenty Eighth Street
Charles H. Vance
Funeral services for Marion architect Hiram Elder
Funeral services for Hiram Elder Marion architect will be held Monday at the family home with Rev. Frank Dougherty of the First Methodist church in charge. Burial was made in the I O O F cemetery.
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Pi Times
Marion
Ind
Hiram Elder
Frank Dougherty
First Methodist Church
Eighteen Die in Indiana Violence Toll Includes Two Richmond Families
Eighteen people die over a violent weekend in Indiana and nearby states. Seven victims are from two Richmond families wiped out when a train hit their car near Eaton Ohio. The list includes siblings and young children, plus other road and water accidents across several towns.
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Indiana
Eaton
Kokomo Man Feared Slain in Southwest
Delbert W. Butz, 44, president of the Indiana Lumber Co., disappeared seven teen days after leaving Phoenix July 5 with two strangers on a trip toward Yuma. His wife suspects foul play or mental derangement. daughter Josephine, a Kokomo High School graduate, remains in Phoenix awaiting word.
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Bu Times
Kokomo
Ind
Delbert W. Butz
Indiana Lumber Company
Phoenix
Ariz
Butz
Yuma
Desert
George L. Davis
Howard National Bank
Otis C. Howard
Josephine Butz
Kokomo High School
New Sears Roebuck Store to Open in Indianapolis
Local readers will see familiar faces as Sears Roebuck & Co. prepares a new department store in Indianapolis opening Thursday. John Burke acts as general manager with W C O Mara as sales superintendent and F M Gyger as operating superintendent. About 300 on staff. six are not Indianapolis residents.
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Indianapolis
Sears, Roebuck & Co
John Burke
W. C. O'Mara
H. P. Wasson
Pettis Dry Goods
Rink
F. M. Gyger
Widow Dorthea Laut Dies at 78 in Indianapolis
Indianapolis widow Dorthea Laut 78 wife of former city councilman Henry W Laut died Sunday at 316 South Noble Street. Survived by three daughters Anna Gale Flora Laut and F W Wehling and three sons William Henry and C W Laut all of Indianapolis. She was a member of St Pauls Evangelical Lutheran church.
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Dorthea Laut
Henry W. Laut
South Noble Street
Laut
St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church
Anna Gale
Flora H. Laut
F. W. Wehling
William F. Laut
Henry W. Laut Jr
C. W. Laut
Indianapolis
Indiana Contest Seeks America’s Physical Culture Girl
The Times partners with Physical Culture Magazine to find a near perfect athletic young woman from Indianapolis area candidates. Unmarried ages 16 to 25 may enter with photos and measurements by Aug 10. The winner’s mother receives 1000 dollars for sharing the story. finalists travel to New York for finals with expenses covered.
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the Times
Physical Culture Magazine
Indianapolis
The
MacFadden Publications
America
New York
Times
Rural power lines ordered by public commission
Norman C. Evans of Evans Electric Co was ordered by Public Service Commission Commissioner Howell Ellis to energize two rural lines promptly. The Clayton Hadley line should be activated within a week, and the Reelsville Pleasant Gardens line within a month. The case cites customer funds unpaid for line erection and disputes over old poles leased from Postal Telegraph. Also noted are services for Mrs. Harriett Lane, 74, with two sons and two daughters.
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Norman C. Evans
Evans Electric Company
Indianapolis
Howell Ellis
Public Service Commission
Ellis
Clayton
Hadley
Reelsville
Pleasant Gardens
Evans
W. F. Lebo
Commission
Postal Telegraph Company
Fire devastates Ft. Wayne Waste Paper building
A four story Ft. Wayne Waste Paper Company building was ruined by a July 22 fire. Officials estimated damage at $35,000 with the fourth floor collapsing and endangering several firemen amid efforts to control the blaze.
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Ft. Wayne
United Press
Ind
Ft. Wayne Waste Paper Company
Drunken Drivers to Face Vehicle Forfeiture Campaign
In South Bend Indiana a joint drive enforce a 1925 statute allowing confiscation of automobiles of drunken drivers alongside fines and jail terms Officials expect a tough legal fight over the first seizure Finance companies financing auto sales share proceeds with the sheriff after costs and a $25 fee.
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South Bend
Ind
St. Joseph County
Indiana
Harry S. Taylor
Tarzan of the Apes: Greystokes vanish at sea
In 1888 Lord Greystoke and his wife depart Dover for Africa to study alleged atrocities but vanish after reaching Freetown. A mutiny and a mysterious chain of events begin with Greystoke's revolver and ammunition missing, foretelling disaster at sea.
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Lord Greystoke
Dover
Africa
Helper Sues 'Great Pasha' Over Back Pay in Mundane Suit
Edward Turner sues the Oriental mystic known as the Great Pasha for 281 dollars in a municipal court. Turner alleges back salary and attorney fees after performing digging duties and acting as valet while Pasha entertained at Broad Ripple amusement park where Turner was paid 20 dollars weekly for digging a burial hole.
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Pasha
Edward Turner
Broad Ripple
Plaza Hotel
Turner
Indiana smoke inspector named J. T. Brown
J. T. Brown, 539 Fletcher Avenue, appointed smoke inspector of the Indianapolis Smoke Abatement League Inc. by secretary Roy Johnson. He will educate firemen and janitors on firing furnaces with less smoke and supervise furnace installations with three full time inspectors by January. He works with City Building Commissioner William F. Hurd and all league inspections go to Hurd for investigation.
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J. T. Brown
Fletcher Avenue
Samuel Lewis Shank
Charles A. Bookwalter
Indianapolis
William F. Hurd
League
Hurd
Britain's Air Chief Sees Aviation as Key Weapon
Lord Thomson of Cardington outlines a broad program including a London to Cape Town air route and extended London to India service. He says air power hinges on mobility, aims for R 101 flights this year, and envisions dirigibles and airplanes sharing the future of transoceanic flight.
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United Press
London
Great Britain
Lord Thomson
Cardington
Austria
Air Ministry
Britain
Baron Thomson
Tudor Teacher Dies at Tudor Hall
Miss Geneva Carpenter forty four head of history at Tudor Hall for eleven years died Sunday night at St. Vincent's hospital after a three month illness. Born in Waterville Maine she was a Smith College graduate and earned a Columbia University master’s. Funeral by Rev George S Southworth at Flanner Buchanan West Fall Creek Dr. Body sent to Yarmouth Maine for burial. She left no direct relatives.
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Geneva Carpenter
North
Meridian Street
Tudor Hall
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Miss Carpenter
Waterville
Smith College
Northampton
Mass
Columbia University
New York City
George S. Southworth
Church of the Advent
Flanner & Buchanan
West Fall Creek Drive
Yarmouth
Carpenter
Husband shoots wife in quarrel over man
John Irvin, 49, shot his wife Leila Irvin, 38, in her home at 1508 Martindale avenue after she refused to return to him. Wounded in the abdomen, she was not expected to survive. Irvin is held on charges of shooting with intent to kill.
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Lois Pantages
Joe Rokumoto
Pantages
Alexander Pantages
Roday
Carmen
John Irvin
Patterson Street
Leila Irvin
Martindale Avenue
City Hospital
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