Showdown pledge in tax graft probe fuels state case
Louis H. Joers of Michigan City and J. D. Conner of Chicago appear in the probe touching state officials, including former State Senator Bruce E. Cooper. Attorney General James M. Ogden vows to press testimony to expose graft in the bootleg gasoline scheme and ensure officials face consequences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis H. Joers
Michigan City
James M. Ogden
Joers
Dunes Oil Company
Poole Harrison
Chicago
J. D. Conner
Bruce E. Cooper
Stewartsville
Ogden
Conner
Cooper
Archie Bobbitt
Congress
Knickerbocker Refining Company
Bobbitt
South Bend
Clarence Fate
Secretary of
Otto G. Fifield
Indiana
Fate
Malcolm Clark
Crown Point
Soviet Premier Rykoff Reported Resigning in Moscow
Unconfirmed reports from Moscow indicate Alexis Rykoff resigned as chairman of the council of Soviet commissars, effectively the Soviet premier. Rumors of removal by Joseph Stalin circulated for months, despite Rykoff's July 13 reelection to the Politburo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Berlin
Moscow
Alexis Rykoff
Council of Soviet Commissars
Soviet Union
Rykoff
Joseph Stalin
Communist Party
Politbureau
School Official Charged with Drunken Driving
Lewis E. Whiteman 40 a city schools commissioner and insurance broker was to be arraigned today in municipal court on drunken driving charges after a Tuesday night crash at Washington and Illinois. Driving his son's car he struck barriers and ran over loose boards at a street excavation. traffic officer Follie Shaw arrested him. Bond set at 500 dollars signed by John Walker. Whiteman's term on the school board expires January 1 1931.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis E. Whiteman
Washington
Illinois
Whiteman
Follie F. Shaw
Shaw
Butram Walker
John
Bull Moose) Walker
Yoke Avenue
Statehouse
Robert Whiteman
Lewis Whiteman
38 Plunge to Death in River
In Coblenz Germany a weakened iron bridge crowded with holidaymakers collapsed into the Moselle killing 38 people and injuring many more. The governor reports 38 dead and 16 badly hurt as authorities brace for relief efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Coblenz
Germany
Rhineland
Moselle
Paul von Hindenburg
Berlin
Services Held for Civil War Veteran Jennings Branham
Last rites were conducted for Jennings Branham a Civil War veteran who died Tuesday at his son Ernest J Branham's home 1027 Newman Street Burial was set for North Madison Branham reportedly fell ill after sun exposure and died from complications He formerly worked for the Pennsylvania railroad and retired twenty three years ago after being shot by box car thieves He was wounded twice in the Civil War
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennings Branham
Ernest J. Branham
Newman Street
North
Madison
Branham
Pennsylvania Railroad
Thresher Sabotage Found in Indiana Wheat Field
In Greensburg Indiana on July 23 a sabotage attempt was found on the William Leimgruber farm as a man feeding a wheat threshing separator struck a horseshoe tied inside a bundle and a car spring clip hidden in another. The field’s fifteen acres were inspected and all bundles checked to prevent further damage. Will Jackson, owner of the thrashing outfit, is under investigation. Dupont man Frank O Hoyt dies at age something as a former Coal City Greenwood businessman and local lodge member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dar Timea Soerat
Greensburg
Ind
William Leimgruber
Will Jackson
Boy survives fall from car running board
Albert Christi son nine of 232 Beauty Avenue fell from a car running board beneath a trailer's wheels Tuesday afternoon. He escaped with a sore jaw bruised body and a few broken teeth. Driver Floyd Smock said he did not know the boy had hopped the running board. Albert was returning home from Rhodius Park pool with his brother when he rode along.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Christison
Beauty Avenue
Floyd Smock
R. R
Albert
Rhodius Park
Leo Doos
Cor+well avenue
Fifty-second Street
Broadway
Mary Louise Minnick
Pennsylvania Street
Weather report for 9 a.m. wind and visibility
A northwestern wind at 5 mph, sea level pressure 30.10 inches, temperature 78 degrees, unlimited ceiling, visibility 12 miles, field conditions good.
Prisoner in Home
George King of the Cuba neighborhood is under arrest after a raid on his home found home brew. Paralyzed from the waist down, he cannot be moved to the county jail and remains bedridden after a back injury from a fall. No arraignment date has been set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Times Special
Columbus
Ind
George King
Cuba
King
Indiana Drives License Law Faces Constitutional Challenge
The Indiana attorney general prepares to defend the 1929 drivers license law in Marion circuit court. Plaintiff George Moss challenges the act as unconstitutional for denying jury trial, limiting driver attendance of witnesses, and enabling forfeiture without due process. Moss was represented by Baker Baker and Jacobs, not Baker and Daniels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Attorney-General
Indiana
Marion Circuit
George Moss
Indianapolis
John G. McCord
Secretary
Stat
Otto G. Fifield
Moss
Fifield
James L. Bradley
Auto License Department
William Schmidt
Baker, Baker and Jacobs
Baker and Daniels
Mother of Nine Sentenced in Washington Ind
Edith Fox mother of nine was fined 100 dollars and sentenced to ninety days in the Daviess circuit court for contributing to the delinquency of her children. Two daughters Thelma thirteen and Agnes nine testified. Five younger children will be made county wards, while two sons await removal to institutions Earl seventeen to the colony for the feeble minded and Orville fifteen to the state boys school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Times Special
Washington
Ind
Edith Fox
Daviess Circuit Court
Thelma
Agnes
M. S. Hastings
Drunk driving charges filed in two separate city crashes
Joseph Campbell, 37, of Anderson faces drunken driving charges after a Massachusetts Avenue Alabama Street crash that damaged a streetcar booth. Cliff Udell, 42, and two others were injured, with injuries to Mrs. Dale Jackson and her husband in a Meridian Street Madison Avenue collision. A separate accident on Fifty-second Street Broadway left Leo Doos with a fractured collar bone. A Gary water record shows three days of 49,355,000 gallons used, averaging over 16,000,000 daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Campbell
Anderson
Massachusetts Avenue
Alabama Street
Campbell
Cliff Udell
West Thirty-second Street
Udell
Robert Campbell
Harry H. Haden
Dale Jackson
South Temple Avenue
Jackson
Glen Johnson
Edgewood
Ind
Meridian Street
Madison Avenue
James Jackson
Robert Jackson
Gary
Dummy joke ends with scare in Huntington stairway
In Huntington four policemen followed a frightened boy to a dark stairway after he spoke of discovering a dead woman. They found legs protruding from clothing and then a display dummy used for windows turned into a jokey scene. Heavily sensationalized, the report notes the odd twist before the arrest or inquiry. Samuel W. Morris, 89, dies of cancer in Newcastle at his son Roy Morris’s home. Burial will be in Simmons cemetery near Greenfield. he leaves ten children and relatives in multiple towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Times Special
Huntington
Ind
Newcastle
Samuel W. Morris
Roy Morris
Simmons Cemetery
Greenfield
Jane McCormick
Benton Morris
Colbert Morris
City
Alonzo Craig
Oil Armstrong
Daye Brewer
Knightstown
John Blessing
Carthage
Charles Holiday
Willow Branch
Wayne McMeans
Freesoil
Mich
Suit to halt two course concrete paving in Marion
A suit filed in Marion superior court by asphalt interests seeks an injunction to stop the city’s Works Board from proceeding with Shepard street paving. Merle N A Walker leads property owners contending the eight inch monolithic pavement violates the state paving law. The board delayed work after Walker’s challenge and questions about ten day filing waivers and contract awards to Indiana Paving Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Superior Court
Works Board
Merle N. A. Walker
A. H. Moore
Moore
Walker
Udell Street
Indiana Paving Company
E. Kirk McKinney
Charles O. Britton
McKinney
Lewis fined for contempt in Illinois court
John L. Lewis of Indianapolis head of the United Mine Workers of America was fined $500 by Judge Charles G. Briggle in Springfield Illinois for contempt of court. Fourteen associated officers were found guilty but not fined while Lewis faces an appeal and the case centers on injunction violations tied to a "rump union" organized in Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Lewis
Indianapolis
United Mine Workers of America
Charles G. Briggle
Springfield
Ill
Lewis
Briggle
L. Trotter
anti-Lewis Union of
Trotter
Lewis Union
Illinois
Harry Fishwick
Alexander Howatt
Kansas
Woodcock Suspends Two Prohibition Agents
Amos W. W. Woodcock, federal prohibition director, suspended for three days without pay two agents, Charles R. McCartney and John T. Weigel, after Maryland state engineer E. G. Duncan alleged they stopped their automobile and fired two shots. Investigation found no evidence of gunfire by the agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Washington
Amos W. W. Woodcock
Prohibition
E. G. Duncan
Maryland
Woodcock
Duncan
Charles R. McCartney
John T. Weigel
State Bridge Commission
Governor Denies Clemency for Edward Kraft in Manslaughter Case
Governor Harry G. Leslie refused clemency for Edward W Kraft of Ft Wayne who was sentenced in Allen circuit court to one to ten years in state prison for involuntary manslaughter. Kraft, his wife, and attorney Samuel D Jackson argued for mercy after the Jan 16 1928 factory worker fatality. Supreme Court had affirmed the conviction but papers await the Governor’s action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry G. Leslie
Edward W. Kraft
Ft. Wayne
Allen
Kraft
Samuel D. Jackson
Supreme Court
Veteran showman to train dogs for comeback act in Indianapolis visit
Retired showman Henry V Gentry plans a spring tour using seventy five dogs and forty ponies after selecting talents at the Indianapolis dog pound. His sons Robert and Henry will manage the act as they gear up to revive the era defining Gentry Dog and Pony show with lessons on kindness and eye spark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry V. Gentry
Robert
City Dog Pound
Gentry Dog and Pony Show
Sheldon Key
Indianapolis
City
Gentry
Bloomington
Gentry Circus
Henry
Talen
Labor to Take Active Part in Indiana Ballot
William L. Green of the American Federation of Labor urged organized labor to back candidates this year who support anti injunction bills and unemployment relief. He cited gains in southern unionism and warned against machines replacing skilled workers as he spoke before the International Stereotypers and Electrotypers Union at the Claypool.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
American Federation of Labor
Parker
Supreme Court
Organized Labor
William L. Green
International Stereotypers and Electrotypers’ Union
Claypool
A. F. of L
Green
Congress
Garage thieves haul sporting goods from residence
Police comment that the theft occurred at a sporting goods store location rather than a garage after W. J. Nave of 1333 South Belmont avenue reported a large supply of athletic goods missing. Items taken include fishing reels tackle box hip boots two baseball suits baseball shoes baseball glove football suit football shoes and a bathing suit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Nave
South
Belmont Avenue
Also Mentioned on This Page
Backer
Russia
Stalin
Welch
Welch's Grape Juice
Harding Street
Indianapolis Power and Light Company
Illinois Central Railroad
Jen
Shepard Street
Fine Lewis
Pennsylvania
Bryce Service
Meridian and
South Sts
E. Washington St
Marlowe
New York
Cor. Highland
Deny Kraft
Wayne
Leslie
Party
News and Times
The
Daily Star
Sears-Roebuck Co
Pound
Louisville
Monument Place
United States
Fletcher Crust Banks
Meyer-Kiser Bank
E, Washington ST
Buescher Band Instruments
Pearson Piano Co
Pennsylvanis
Vonnegut
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!