Senate inquiry reveals Smith campaign spent about 250000
Frank L. Smith testified before the Senate primary investigation committee that his successful bid for the Illinois Senate cost about 250000. Samuel Insull, utility magnate, contributed about 100000 while personally advancing only about 6000. The inquiry notes Newberry’s 195000 expenditure and Smith’s ties to Chicago leaders amid debates on campaign financing.
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United P
Insull
West
King
Caraway
Arkansas
Senate
Smith
Illinois
William Hale Thompson
Chicago
Robert E. Crowe
Charles Barrett
Cook County
United States
Crowe-Barrett
Bundles To Firehouses For Near East Relief Drive
Indianapolis firehouses will collect old clothes and shoes for shipment to Syria Palestine and Greece for the Near East Relief. Fire Chief Jesse Hutsell announced the effort and churches may serve as additional collection sites. Bundle day HQ opened at 428 Peoples Bank Building with Miss Kile as secretary and Mrs Hugh McGibney leading the campaign.
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Indianapolis
Syria
Palestine
Greece
Jesse Hutsell
Hugh MecGibney
Peoples Bank
Miss Kile
Missing man slain in Indiana found decomposed body
The decomposed body of Frank Rohsmeisle, 25, of Louisville, Kentucky, missing since last April, was found in a woods near New Albany Indiana. A bullet hole was found under the left arm, and the circumstances remained a mystery today.
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United Press
New Albany
Ind
Frank Rohsmeisle
Louisville
Rohsmeisle
Here
Burglar Uses Pass Key to Loot Home and Market
Martin Bretz awoke to a burglar using a pass key gaining entry to his home at 3046 Kenwood Ave and stealing a purse $20 and an $81 watch along with missing trousers. A meat market run by Ray Taylor at 2504 N Dearborn St reported theft of two fifty pound cans of lard.
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Martin Bretz
Kenwood Ave
Ray Taylor
N. Dearborn St
Riot at Washington Pykea ircton injures two men
A riot in Washington Pykea ircton left two men seriously injured after a motorist struck a child and fled. Police are investigating the incident and assessing crowd threats as the city braces for further unrest.
Woman Governor Is Defeated In Texas Primary
Dallas telegram reports Dan Moody won the Democratic nomination for governor, defeating Miriam A. Ferguson amid calls for highway department reform. Moody led with 349,502 votes to Ferguson's 256,569 from 241 of 252 counties. Col. A. H. Haines claimed the Republican gubernatorial nomination over B. P. Scott.
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Dan Moody
Miriam A. Ferguson
United Press
Dallas
Tex
Ma Ferguson
State Highway Department
Texas
Moody
Ferguson
Lynth Davidson
Col. A. H. Haines
B. P. Scott
Turmoil as War Nears in Mexico Church Crisis
Mexico faces religious upheaval as anti Catholic laws loom. A pastoral letter by all bishops, approved by Pope Pius XI, denounces the measures and vows passive resistance. Government troops stand ready to enforce decrees as priests shift status and church property potentiality changes unfold. Pilgrims converge on the Basilica of Guadalupe amid fervent rites and mass ceremonies.
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United Press
Mexico City
Mexico
Pius XI
Calles
Guadalupe Hidalgo
Robbery at Standard Grocery on 930 West Michigan Street
A man described as about 39, wearing horn rim glasses, held up Standard Grocery manager C. A. Smith at 930 W. Michigan Street after asking for bread milk and meat. The bandit took about $10 from the till and fled through an alley, with police linking him to prior district hold ups and a recent assault on a woman.
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Michigan St
C. A. Smith
W. Ray Sr
Smith
Patterson
Agnes Sts
Fred Winkler
Cleveland man and daughter rescued from Lake Erie
John Vogel, a chauffeur, rescued B. B. Scerson and his 14 year old daughter Cleston from Lake Erie on Sunday night. He brought them ashore just as the father sank while responding to his daughter's cries for help.
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United Preat Erie
B. B. Scerison
Cleveland
Cleston
Lake Erie
John Vogel
Reopening Aimee Semple McPherson disappearance probe in Carmel
Deputy District Attorney Joseph Ryan and Chief William Gabrielson led investigators into a Carmel cottage case tied to the Aimee Semple McPherson disappearance. Officials said new stagling evidence emerged after identifying Kenneth G. Ormison, ex Angelus Temple radio operator, and a mysterious woman who rented the Carmel cottage twelve hours after the evangelist vanished at Ocean Park.
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United Press
Monterey
Cal
Aimee Semple
McPherson
Joseph Ryan
Los Angeles
William Gabrielson
Carmel
Kenneth G. Ormison
Angelus Temple
Carmel Cottage
Ocean Park
Robert Todd Lincoln Dies at Summer Home in Vermont
Robert Todd Lincoln, eldest son of Abraham Lincoln and last surviving Lincoln descendant, was found dead at his Manchester Vermont summer home. He appeared healthy Sunday and had just completed his daily automobile ride. He is survived by his widow and two daughters, Mrs Isham of New York and Mrs Johnson of Washington. The funeral plans were not announced. Born August 1, 1843, Lincoln studied at Phillips Academy Exeter and Harvard College and spent summers in Manchester for 25 years.
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United Press
Manchester
Robert Todd Lincoln
President Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Charles Isham
New York
F. E. Johnson
Washington
Roberts Todd Lincoln
Phillips Academy
Exeter
N. J
Harvard College
James
Henderson
Robert
Marion
Meleena
John
Delight Youngs
W. Twenty-Eighth St
City Hospital
Theresa Hoopis
N. Delaware St
St. Vincent's Hospital
Rors
Thief Breaks Into Judge’s Garage Stole Auto Horn
Police report Sunday night thieves broke into the home garage of Municipal Judge Paul C. Wetter at 1150 Cottage Ave stealing an auto horn a flashlight and a pillow. The judge told detectives of the burglary.
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Paul C. Wetter
Cottage Ave
Five Die When Car Plunges Over Wall on Baltimore & Ohio Tracks
Five people died and another was seriously injured when a car left a Cleveland street and plunged 20 feet over a wall onto Baltimore and Ohio railroad tracks. All victims were residents of Cleveland.
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United Press
Cleveland
Ohio
Baltimore & Ohio
Kicked by His Horse Fractures Man in Barn Hitching
Joseph Cowas aged 35 of 410 N Minerva St was kicked by a horse while hitching in a barn and sustained a fractured leg. He was taken to the city hospital.
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Joseph Cowas
Minerva St
Cowas
Forgets She Swam Poorly Saves Girl in Potomac Undertow
Vida Henderson 22, caught in Potomac undertow, overcame her own poor swimming to reach and hold Grace Byrne afloat until aid arrived. The incident occurred in Washington on July 26.
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Bu Chited
Washington
Vida Henderson
Potomac
Grace Byrne
Miss Henderson
Miss Byrne
Rotary luncheon speaker to address public railroads issue
John M. Fitzgerald of New York will speak at the Rotary Club luncheon at the Clay Pool Tuesday on whether American railroads run in the public interest. Fitzgerald has thirty years in railroad work, started at 17, and has led the Western Maryland Railroad and served on the eastern railroads public relations committee.
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John M. Fitzgerald
New York
Rotary Club
Claypool
Fitzgerald
Eastern Railroads
Western Maryland Railroad
Joyce Hawley Admitted After Sleeping Tablets Overdose
Joyce Hawley, known from Earl Carroll's bath tub party, was in the Chicago Psychopathic Hospital for examination after taking sleeping tablets in a Chicago hotel. She cited inability to flee and distress over insulting remarks following the New York producer's party, and said a large hotel bill and a cabaret closure contributed to her distress.
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United Press
Chicago
Joyce Hawley
Earl Carroll
New York
Joyce
Churchill challenges Borah to long debate on war debts
London July 26 Winston Churchill chancellor of the exchequer issued a challenge to Senator William E Borah for a long distance debate. Borah had accused Churchill of vilification regarding war debts with the United States. Churchill invited Borah to cite any statement he relied on to justify the complaint.
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United Press
London
Winston Churchill
William E. Borah
Churchill
United States
King George jokes with US dry boss at garden party
At a garden party in London on July 26 King George told Lincoln C. Andrews United States dry boss that he has a tough job on his hands Andrews revealed today about the encounter during the social event in the British capital.
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United Press
London
King George
Lincoln C. Andrews
United States
Andrews
Murder Trial Opens in Shelbyville for Pollard Brother-in-Law Slaying
In Shelbyville Indiana on July 26 the trial of Henry Pollard of Moral Township began in Shelby Circuit Court. Pollard faces charges of shooting his brother-in-law John Edward Thomas on Sunday evening May 30 at Fairland.
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United Press
Shelbyville
Ind
Henry Pollard
Moral Township
John Edward Thomas
Shelby Circuit Court
Pollard
Thomas
Fairland
Trage of Mellett Death Auto Details Unearthed
Investigators in July report obtain license number of the car used by slayers of Canton publisher Don R. Mellett. Descriptions of three men and the gunmen’s route are traced, with two shooters and a lookout in an auto across the street. Akron detectives say the vehicle belonged to a Canton man as probe continues.
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PY Linton Unio
Don R. Mellett
Canton
S. A. Lengel
Mellett
Pat Hutchinson
W. R. Smith
Akron
Akron Automobile Club
Ora Slater
Earl Hexamer
Underworld
Ohio
Crowley
Carl Studer
Two Men Escape After Auto Theft Attempt
J W Taylor 1139 E Thirty Fifth St reports two men tried to steal his car. He ran from his home when he heard the motor start and the thieves fled in another auto. The car struck a tree after they deserted it. Mrs Millett 4177 Carrolton Ave and others at the scene heard tampering and alerted authorities.
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J. W. Taylor
E. Thirty-Fifth St
Taylor
G. A. Millett
Carrollton Ave
Poison liquor toll rises across Niagara frontier
At least twenty nine people died from tainted alcohol over the weekend across the Niagara frontier with four blinded. Police raided three homes and two saloons seizing large quantities of liquor while an international hunt for James Voelker unfolds. Eight arrests have been made and two people faced charges of first degree on slaughter.
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Offalo
N. Y
Niagara Frontier
Lockport
Hamilton
Ontario
Toronto
Niagara Peninsula
James Voelker
Voelker
Onslaughter
Carrie Sucharski
Joseph Sucharski
Joseph
Patsey
Banes
Despondent Indianapolis men die by suicide
Two Indianapolis men ended their lives Sunday night and today. Morris Henderson, 28, of 1525 Garfield Pl died after taking poison in hospital. James A Shively, 70, of 3002 Carson St hanged himself in a nearby lot. found by his daughter in law. Coroner and police investigated, with details of family deaths and prior despondency. Additional reports note two attempted poisonings locally.
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Indianapolis
Morris Henderson
Garfield
Ernest Shively
Ernest
Henderson
Federal agents trace clews in car bombing near arrests expected
Federal investigators led by Department of Justice agents probed the Sunday night dynamiting of an E. Michigan St. car injuring six passengers. Arrests may come today as leads are traced. contempt actions against union officials progressed in federal court.
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E. Michigan St
Department of Justice
Ward
John J. Maroney
Lieut
George Winkler
Police Department
Aids
John Gillispie
Anna Gillispie
Dearborn St
City Hospital
John Fricke
Michigan St
Francis Prose
Keystone Ave
Frank E. Kinney
N. la Salle St
ELOPERS SOUGHT HEADING FOR THIS CITY
Georgetown Kentucky sheriff asks local police to detain John Mclissar 27 and Miss Elma Riddle 15 believed to have eloped and travel toward this city. Police here were instructed to hold them.
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Georgetown
John Mclissar
Miss Elma
Riddle
Road to widen N Ritter Ave approved by commissioners
Petitioners for widening N Ritter Ave from Tenth to Thirtieth Streets received approval from the Marion County commissioners. The free gravel roadway project may begin soon. A separate petition to open a new road in Warren Township from Sixteenth to Thirtieth Streets was rejected on counsel’s advice for lack of a clear location.
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N. Ritter Ave
Marion County
Warren Township
Schuyler Haas
Prison probe ordered after Lansing escape deaths
Governor Paulen announced an investigation of conditions at Kansas State Prison in Lansing after a Saturday night escape attempt left two convicts dead. The prison had a troubled month with a second escape incident and a prior mass protest by more than 300 inmates who confined themselves in a mine shaft for 36 hours claiming impossible living conditions.
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United Press
Topeka
Kas
Kansas State
Lansing
Paulen
U S Envoy Slapped for Coffing Coat
William Co Culbertson United States minister to Roumania was slapped by a Roumanian captain on a train to Bessarabia for appearing in shirt sleeves due to heat A court martial has been ordered.
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United Press
Bucharest
William Co. Culbertson
United States
Roumania
Bessarabia
Girl 13 Injured When Caught in Clothes Wringer
Anna Travis, 13, of 229 North State Avenue, suffered multiple fractures in her right hand after her hand was caught in a clothes wringer while at home. Her mother, who is also deaf and mute, was washing, and motor policemen were informed. The girl was taken to the city hospital.
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Anna Travis
N. State Ave
Graham and
Meteziler
City Hospital
Davis says today’s youth hold strong faith in religion
James J. Davis secretary of labor told a Crown Point community gathering that complaints about the younger generation losing faith are exaggerated and that there may have never been an age when people believed in religion more than today.
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United Press
Crown Point
Ind
James J. Davis
Secretary of
Labor
Davis
Dry Law Penalties Termed Outrageous by Judge in Court
Judge Pro Tem Earl Cox called the Wright bone dry law penalties outrageous in municipal court this morning. James Troy of 541 W Merrill St was fined 10 dollars plus costs totaling 40 dollars for drunkenness. judgment was held on Lee Oliphant of 136 W New York St who claimed only a few drinks and that he was helping Troy home.
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Earl Cox
James Troy
W. Merrill St
Lee Oliphant
New York St
Troy
Oliphant
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