Klan Backing Sends Detroit Mayor to Recall Battle
Bruce Catton paints Detroit political upheaval as Mayor Bowles, backed by a dormant Klan ghost, faces recall after a reform town open to vice. Bowles rose from obscurity to power in six years, amid fights over bus fares, city contracts, and gambling raids, with the recall gaining momentum after a Derby-era absence.
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NEA Service, Inc
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Gerald Buckley
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Yale
Mich
Ku Klux Klan
Can
H. H. Emmons
Riches Face Love Too Gate Given Mr Lee
An Evansville born Howard Lee travels to Hollywood and Los Angeles after a quick courthouse marriage to Eugenia Bankhead Hoyt Butt Lee. Eugenia, daughter of Congressman Bankhead, seeks nullification of the union claiming zero social standing and minimal wealth. He vows to choose a simpler bride next time.
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Evansville
Levi
Angeles
Howard Lee
Howard
California
Ind
Fulton Street
Old Town
Levi Department
Hollywood
Los Angeles
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William B. Bankhead
Alabama
Tallulah Bankhead
Eugene
Reno
Eugenia
Eugenia Bankhead-Hoyt- Butt-Lee
Lee
Peggy Hopkins Joyce
State may seek aid in Bono mine fire case near Clinton
Governor Harry G. Leslie may be appealed for state aid to capture and prosecute those who fired the Bono mine at Wana near Clinton Indiana Friday night. Fire Marshal Houston said his department will investigate with Deputy George Coogan assigned. Attorney General Ogden was asked to assist but noted such action must come from the Governor. The mine operates below union scale on a cooperative plan.
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Clinton
Ind
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George Coogan
James M. Ogden
Ogden
Fight pigmy links to file supplemental complaint
Corporation Counsel Edward H. Knight and plan commission attorney Albert Stump decided today to add Meridian Park Golf and Athletic Club Inc as a party defendant in the restraining order suit over the miniature golf course at Thirtieth and Pennsylvania. The move follows the city obtaining an injunction against operator Paul O Brown and a lease transfer to a newly formed private club to evade zoning rules, with the additional complaint to be filed before Circuit Judge Harry O Chamberlin where the original suit was first filed.
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Meridian Park Golf and Athletic Club, Inc
Edward H. Knight
Albert Stump
Plan Commission
Thirtieth
Pennsylvania
Paul O. Brown
Harry O. Chamberlin
Recess Steel Trial Delayed by Heat in Youngstown
United Press reports the trial of Cyrus S. Eaton seeking to block the $1 billion Youngstown Sheet and Tube Bethlehem Steel merger adjourned after a two hour session due to heat. Judge David G. Jenkins granted the adjournment. Eaton contends Bethlehem terms are unfair in the proposed consolidation.
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Youngstown
Cyrus S. Eaton
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
David G. Jenkins
Eaton
Bethlehem
Syd Chaplin Accused of Assault Libel Slander
A writ charging assault libel and slander has been served on Syd Chaplin motion picture star by Molly Wright a promising young talkie artist. Both worked on the same picture at a studio recently in London according to the Sunday Dispatch.
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Molly Wright
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Sunday Dispatch
Bishop Defends His Ownership of Public Bar
London July 28 Bishop A G Rawstorne of Whalley Lancashire defends owning a fully licensed public house near Blackburn. He says a public house, run properly, can be as clean a business as any other and that his purchase was a normal investment like any other.
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A. G. Rawstorne
Whalley
Lancashire
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Man Ends Life Attempt As Gun Misfires In Home
James Wilson, 21, of 811 North Pennsylvania, aimed a revolver at his chest in his brother Joseph Wilson’s home at 1421 Broadway. A cartridge failed, then exploded on the second try, burying the bullet in the ceiling. A third attempt was thwarted when C. A. Morris rushed in and knocked the gun away. Wilson, who said he had ingested poison, was taken to city hospital. Domestic troubles are blamed.
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Noted flier Roger Williams grounded in suspension
The commerce department suspended trans-Atlantic flyer Roger Q. Williams of New York for ninety days for violating federal air commerce rules. The action cites a June 29 Bermuda flight without island authorities' approval as the basis for the penalty.
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Washington
Roger Q. Williams
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New York
Commerce Department
Williams
Bermuda
Boat Goes To Rescue
The fishing smack Mary Ann saved the fishing boat Starlight and its twenty five passengers and crew of three in heavy seas. It towed Starlight to the Anacapa Islands after finding the craft floundering in rough water near the islands.
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Starlight
Anacapa Islands
Pups Born at Riley Hospital Mischance Noted
A mother dog misplaced her maternity plans last week, delivering a litter of wire-haired puppies at Riley instead of Coleman. The birth occurred under the porch of the sun house on the playground.
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Riley
Babies Shuffle Deadlock Split Over Baby Mixup
In Chicago July 28 the Wat kin s Bamberger baby mixup remains unresolved as both families claim ownership. The Bambergers cite a christened name George Edward Bamberger. Watkins contend their baby, born June 30 at Englewood Hospital, is theirs but unchristened. Watkins hints at habeas corpus and a possible jury science opinion to decide custody or exchange.
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United Press
Chicago
Watkins-Bamberger
Charles Bamberger
William Watkins
Bambergers
George Edward Bamberger
Watkins
Englewood Hospital
Bamberger
Curtis Holds Tongue At Topeka Primary Visit
Vice President Charles Curtis arrived in Topeka for the Kansas primaries and refused to discuss state or national politics saying he is not supposed to talk. He stayed with his sister Mrs. Rome Colvin since Saturday night.
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United Press
Topeka
Kas
Charles Curtis
Kansas
Curtis
Rome Colvin
Mooney and Billings Pardon Case Heads for California Supreme Court
The California Supreme Court will rehear Warren K. Billings’s bombing conviction with John MacDonald recanting as a key witness. Mooney petitions for a pardon remain with Governor Young who previously denied his plea, citing parallel cases.
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California Supreme Court
Warren K. Billings
John MacDonald
Baltimore
Supreme Court
Billings
Thomas J. Mooney
MacDonald
Charles M. Fickert
Mooney
C. C. Young
Young
Bandits Shot Dead By Sodo At Chicago Roadhouse
Two bandits were killed as they fled after holding up patrons at Tony Sodo's roadhouse on Chicago's outskirts. Milton Simon, 20, and Alex Zill alias Zilenski, a paroled convict, died. A third bandit escaped.
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Chicago
Tony Sodo
Sodo
Milton Simon
Alex Zill
Zilenski
Fifth day of 100 hour bicycle marathon update
On the fifth day the ten hour run nears the 700 mile mark at noon. Leaders Ray Kealing and Byron Conroy reached 645 miles by Sunday night, with James Baon and George Worley in second place.
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Byron Conroy
James Baon
George Worley
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Bud Kroeger
Edward Dahl
Thief alarm foils capture of burglar
Elmer Glaze at 1527 Chester avenue startled by a home made burglar alarm and fired a premature shotgun shot at a prowler after the coop had been looted twice last week. His wife saw the thief Sunday as Glaze stalked him, and the intruder fled unharmed.
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Glaze
Heat Wave Break Promised Tonight In Indiana
With readings near 98 degrees in Indianapolis and across Indiana the U S Weather Bureau expected a cooling break tonight or Tuesday as thunderstorms move in Local rainfall over the weekend eased drought in northern and east central areas while corn and melon crops suffered Posey county melon crop valued at about 750000 annually faces near total loss Municipal beaches drew more than 24000 visitors Sunday recreation director David Kilgore reported Garfield Ellenberger Rhodius pools and McClure beach welcomed thousands with Warfleigh Willard and Douglass pools serving many more
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Indiana
J. H. Armington
India
Royal Center
South Bend
Wheatfield
Ft. Wayne
Marion
Lafayette
Farmland
Cambridge City
Madison
Posey County
David B. Kilgore
Garfield
Ellenberger
Rhodius Pools
McClure Beach
Warfleigh
Willard
Douglass
Hollywood Story and Birthright Teasers in The Times
The Times promotes two serials starting Tuesday July 29. The Hollywood Story by Ernest Lynn reveals Hollywood life behind the scenes and the romance of Anne Winter and Dan Rorimer. Birthright by Kathleen Norris follows themes of society gate crashing. Order via Riley 5551.
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Anne Winter
Tulsa
Anne
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Gary identifies Black man as hatchet killer in 1929 cases
In Gary Indiana on July 28 a Black man long sought as "the man with the limp" in a string of hatcht serious robberies and assaults on women in 1929 was identified by Mrs Leola Calloway as one of two Negro assailants. The suspect, unnamed, was moved from Richmond Indiana where he was arrested Saturday. Ulysses Mack, believed to be his companion, is jailed in Poiret prison awaiting sentence after three convictions.
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Gary
Ind
Wcomen
Leola Calloway
Richmond
Ulysses Mack
Poiret
Britain backs Otto restoration to Hungarian throne
London July 28 The British government will offer no objections to Archduke Otto's restoration to the Hungarian throne provided conditions are met. A London Sunday Referee diplomatic writer said Britain would demand no internal disorder no re linking of Austria and Hungary under Habsburg rule and consent of all powers concerned.
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Wolf litter found earns bounty in Brainard report
Kieth Williams of Ideal township reported seven wolf cubs found while blue berrying near Brainard Minn on July 28. He traveled to town to claim a 342 dollar bounty for the wolves.
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United Press
Brainard
Minn
Kieth Williams
Ideal Township
Warns on Licenses for Indianapolis Truckers
Captain Otto Ray city license inspector announces that 1500 Indianapolis truck owners were found not to have local licenses after checking against the state list. Trucker must obtain licenses at the city controller's office within a reasonable period or face prosecution, Ray said.
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Indianapolis
Otto Ray
Ray
Peace Pact Signed Between Siblings and Opera Star
In Chicago on July 28 Otto and Walter Schultze signed a peace pact with opera singer Mme Ada Paggi. The agreement forbids loud early morning radio music by the Schultzes and any more flower pot throwing by Paggi after a dispute over drifting tunes led to one pot being hurled through a window.
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Chicago
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Mme
Ada Paggi
Otto
Walter
Mme. Paggi
Voorhis Reaches 101 at White Plains Home
John R. Voorhis, New York's famed centenarian and head of the city board of elections, celebrated his 101st birthday at the White Plains home of his daughter Mrs. William H. Newell. Surrounded by relatives, he eluded reporters as he left New York for the birthday gathering.
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New York
John R. Voorhis
William H. Newell
White Plains
Voorhis
New York City
White defendants found guilty in slaying of divinity student
In Atlanta on July 28 T L Martin among seven white men was convicted of voluntary manslaughter for killing Dennis Hubert a Negro divinity student. The jury recommended 12 to 15 years in the penitentiary. The slaying followed an alleged insult to a white woman on June 15. Hubert allegedly insulted them and threatened their lives when they attempted to arrest him. Two days after bond denial, Hubert's father's home a Negro Baptist preacher was burned under mysterious circumstances.
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United Press
Atlanta
T. L. Martin
Dennis Hubert
Hubert
South
Marion man held on auto theft tied to Norfolk Virginia
Marion Indiana July 28 George Smith 24 is held by Marion police with a stolen vehicle reported taken from the U-Drive Company Norfolk Virginia in his possession. He waived extradition.
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Marion
Ind
George Smith
U-Drive
Norfolk
Arctic cold wave forecast reaches Indianapolis area
A special Weather Bureau forecast says an arctic cold wave moving from Alaska toward Idaho and Montana will cross the Canadian border, breaking a long heat pattern. The northern half of the United States may see August cooler than July, with north winds cooling the region though electrical storms and thunder showers are possible in the next 48 hours.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
United States
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United States Weather Bureau
Alaska
Idaho
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Canadian
Mitchell
North Dakota
Midwest swelters as heat wave bakes crops across several states
Sweltering Midwest residents hoped for a cooling shift as forecast winds from the southwest were expected to turn northwest bringing widespread showers. Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Iowa and possibly Kansas and Nebraska saw new high readings above 100 degrees. Crops in southern Illinois and Iowa suffered extensive damage valued in the millions. Notable highs included Carbondale 110, St. Louis 106, Evansville 106, Des Moines 106, Quincy 107.
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Midwest
Illinois
Indiana
Missouri
Iowa
Kansas
Nebraska
Carbondale
Ill
St. Louis
Evansville
Hopi Green Corn Dance Halted by Desert Thunderstorms
United Press reports in Polacca Arizona that the Hopi ceremonial fires for the green corn dance were put out by overnight storms. The rain interrupted the rain appeal to Omesree after hours, signaling a likely abundant maize crop. In Brazil Indiana Roy Brown and Richard Bennett, both 13, began a six hour rocking chair endurance challenge at a drug store, followed by a 15 minute rest.
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Polacca
Ariz
Omesree
Brazil
Ind
Roy Brown
Richard Bennett
Negro Shoots Night Watchman in Hobart
A posse of Hobart city and Kiowa county officers hunted a negro who shot night watchman Al Trentham in the Ngr district late Sunday night. Trentham died after reaching a hospital.
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