Mooney Billings Pardon Hearings Spotlight San Francisco Figures
Testimony in the Mooney Billings case centers on former police officials Duncan Matheson and Charles Goff. Governor Young pledges a pardon board hearing for MacDonald as exculpatory claims resurface amid the San Francisco redness day bombing investigation.
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United Prep
San Francisco
Charles Goff
Warren K. Billings
Thomas J. Mooney
Goff
Duncan Matheson
Billings
Mooney
Cal
Mooney- Billings
Supreme Court
Charles H. Fickert
Fred Berry
John MacDonald
Fickert
Matheson
Mooneys
MacDonald
Indiana to oppose wage cutting in state road work
Indiana's highway commission plans to go on record to condemn low wages paid to state road workers. The Times revealed contractors paying 15 to 20 cents an hour under current contracts. A 50 cent minimum was set. next week a resolution may be introduced to oppose wage cutting and push for safeguards.
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Indiana
Highway Commission
The
Times
Jess Murden
Rep
Peru
State Highway Commission
Harry G. Leslie
John J. Brown
State Highway Department
Murden
Alleged Knifer Held After Street Brawl Injures Man
Evelyn Bowling, 20, is arrested on charges of assault and battery with intent to kill after a brawl at 713 North Senate avenue left Sherman Orange, 45, wounded. Police found Bowling in a residence in the 1400 block on Missouri street following the incident.
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Sherman Orange
East Seventeenth Street
Evelyn Bowling
Missouri Street
Orange
North
Senate Avenue
Time Tells By United Press
Lewiston Maine July 31 James Demack 71 and Mrs Demack 74 filed marriage intentions here. they would have celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in 1928 if not divorced thirty years ago.
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United Press
Lewiston
James Demack
Demack
Man charged in assault case involving 14-year-old girl
Frank Jones, 19, is arrested by Motor Police near Southeastern and Arlington avenues after allegedly enticing a 14-year-old to a Meredith Avenue home. He faces assault and battery with intent to commit a statutory offense and weapons charges. officers say he drew a .38 revolver during arrest. Two companions fled but were released after proving no involvement.
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Meredith Avenue
Frank Jones
William R. Fisher
John L. Wilson
Southeastern
Arlington Avenues
Jones
Fisher
Stamm twins third set born in Chardon
The Stamm family welcomed their third set of twins, a boy and a girl, born Wednesday night in Chardon Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. O W Stamm previously had twins twenty years ago and a second pair three years ago.
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Science Service
Chardon
O. W. Stamm
Stamms
Webster Is Given Two to Fourteen Year Prison Term
Irving Webster publisher of the Indiana Journal was sentenced by Special Judge Floyd Mattice to two to fourteen years in the Indiana state prison plus a $25 fine. Webster, 46, was convicted of conspiracy to extort money from business political and civic leaders by threatening to publish damaging stories unless they bought advertising. Bond set at $1,000 pending appeal. Mattice criticized the legislature for limiting judicial discretion and indicated he would not suspend the sentence despite objections from Webster and his supporters. Holmes granted 60 days to file a bill of exceptions for appeal.
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Irving Webster
Indiana Journal
Indiana State
Floyd Mattice
Webster
Mattice
Ira M. Holmes
Judson L. Stark
Holmes
Hoover Plans Three Day Visit to Camp Washington
President Hoover will depart Friday for a three day stay at the Virginia mountain camp. Mrs. Hoover traveled to the camp to ready the lodge for the presidential party.
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Virginia Lodge
United Press
Washington
Hoover
Virginia Mountain
White House
Fail to Indict on Brundidge Story
Chicago report on the Alfred J. Lingle murder and racketeering charges shows the Cook county grand jury crediting some Brundidge allegations but declining to indict any named newspaper men. The jury urged citizens to aid investigators while noting Brundidge testimony was hearsay. A supplementary report later urged Mayor Thompson to reinstate Captain John Stege as chief of detectives.
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United Press
Chicago
Alfred J. Lingle
Cook County Grand Jury Today
Harry T. Brundidge
St. Louis Star
Brundidge
Lingle
Bernard DeVry
Dennis J. Normoyle
Criminal Court
Thompson
Cappan John Stege
Detecves
Insull Aims to Speed Indiana Interurban Lines
Feustel leader of Insull utilities outlines Ford like modernization to Indiana interurban railways. He seeks faster one man cars and selective line pruning to revive electric transport. The plan includes swapping Northern Indiana and Interstate properties with a cash difference of about $820000 under public service scrutiny.
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Indiana Railroad
Old
Union Traction Company
Interstate
Ft. Wayne
Indianapolis
Louisville
Eectric
Indiana
Feustel
John W. McCardle
Public Service Commission
Indiana Public Service Company
Lafayette
Kokomo
Crawfordsville
Interstate Public Service Company
Goshen
Monticello
Warsaw
Murder charge filed in Buckley slaying at LaSalle Hotel
Angelo Livecchi was charged with murder in Detroit after the July 23 slaying of Gerald E. Buckley at the LaSalle hotel. Prosecutor James E. Chenot recommended the murder warrant. Livecchi had been held since the crime, with a habeas corpus release planned.
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United Press
Detroit
Angelo Livecchi
LaSalle
Gerald E. Buckley
James E. Chenot
Livecchi
Funeral services for Howard County's oldest resident
Times Special reports in Kokomo Indiana that funeral services were held today for Mrs. Sarah Ann Artis a 102 year old Negress and Howard County's oldest resident who died Tuesday.
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Times
Kokomo
Ind
Sarah Ann Artis
Negress
Howard County
Drought Ravages Corn Belt As Wheat Harvest Rises
July drought devastates corn, pasture, tobacco and cotton across the belt. Rainless skies harm crops and stock, while wheat harvest pours into storage and prices edge toward pre war depressions. Farm Board chief Legge plans tours to push wheat acreage reductions and dairy talks with Hyde.
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United Press
Washington
Corn
Weather Bureau
Legge
Farm Board
Indianapolis
Chicago
Caldwell
Ida
Hyde
Missouri
Ohio
Illinois
Indiana
Kansas
Oklahoma
Iowa
Nebraska
South Dakota
Wheat Prices Fall to Pre War Lows Across Markets
United Press reports wheat futures slipped to multi market lows on Wednesday with July wheat at Minneapolis 81 ½ cents and Chicago 83 ½ cents a bushel. September prices fell to 83 ½ cents at Milwaukee and 85 cents at Chicago due to freight differences.
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United Press
Chicago
Minneapolis
Milwaukee
Indiana Weather Officials Forecast Ongoing Dry Spell
United States Weather Bureau officials stated that drought conditions will persist for the next twenty four to forty eight hours with no rainfall expected. They predicted fair weather and little temperature change for the same period.
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Indiana
United States Weather Bureau
Missing Man Feared Victim of Violence
Friends of John L. McElroy 45 of 511 Bosart Avenue report he has been missing since July 21. He left home and was due back the following Saturday. His stripped car was found July 27 at South West Street and White River.
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John L. McElroy
Bosart Avenue
McElroy
South West Street
White River
Times Toy Golf Tourney Opens Qualifying Soon
The Times announces a city toy golf tourney with open entry for men and women except staff. Qualifying runs Aug 14 to Aug 12 at each course, with unlimited 18 hole rounds. The four lowest rounds advance to elimination and eight finalists per gender compete for prizes.
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Times
the Times
Times Tay Golf Page
Opening of Squirrel Season Declared by Officials
Conservation department officials say plenty of fox squirrels this year as the season opens Friday. The period runs through October with a five squirrels per day bag limit.
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Conservation Department
Hallway gang robs Chateau apartments in elaborate theft
A well organized group raided the Chateau apartments at 1501 East Maple Road on Wednesday night, taking hall furnishings floor lamps rugs and drapes valued at over 2000. The spree has pushed two week losses to over 5000 across nine similar burglaries and police suspect Chicago bound shipments.
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Chateau Apartments
East Maple Road
Chicago
Cupid Uses Calliope At Martinsville Wedding
Joseph Kessler of Alexandria Indiana and Miss Mary Shell of Dayton Ohio wed at a Martinsville justice of the peace home. Music came from the Harvey Gibson Amusement carnival caliope and band with carnival staff in attendance. Both newlyweds are carnival employees and plan to stay through the season to October 1 before moving to Kansas City Missouri for new positions.
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Martinsville
Ind
Joseph Kessler
Alexandria
Mary Shell
Dayton
Helen Bain
Harvey & Gibson Amusement Company
Carnival Caliope
Kessler
Kansas City
Lantern Fete Lights Park In Fifteenth Annual Feast
Workers decorate Spades park and nearby homes with thousands of lanterns for the fifteenth annual feast of lanterns. Residents compete for home decoration prizes as crowds gather. Brookside Civic League sponsors with William Demmary announcing prizes. streets will be closed for dancing and Brookside Night Hawks provide music. Children from multiple playgrounds perform dances and a minuet.
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Brookside Night Hawks
Brookside
Brightwood
Spades
Oak Hill
Morris Square
Young New York woman offers marriage for a home
Miss Catherine Charron, 24, of Troy New York, writes to a Yuma Arizona newspaper offering herself in marriage to any young man willing to provide a home for her parents. She says she is not a gold digger and simply seeks a place for her father and mother.
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United Press
Yuma
Ariz
Troy
N. Y
Catherine Charron
Memphis woman linked to highway bandit plan in confession
Charlene Powers alias Charlene Wiggins 22 of Memphis and Lexington Ky along with two hitchhikers planned to rob an elderly man after a ride police say in Lebanon Indiana. Hogan a 62 year old man from Pennsylvania was left beaten and unconscious after the trio stopped him. The group was arrested by Detective Sergeant George Hubbard and all three confessed in varying detail.
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Charlene Powers
Charlene Wiggins
Memphis
Tenn
Lexington
Lebanon
Ind
W. E. Hogan
Pennsylvania
George Hubbard
Frank Mancuso
Hibbing
Minn
Helmuth Smith
Lima
Smith
Chicago
Hogan
Miss Powers
Lafayette
Mancuso
Kansas City
Transfer jobs on the courthouse stone wall
A poised scene at the Marion county courthouse shows transfer wagons at the southeast curb while job seekers line the stone wall. One- Eye recalls higher pay in better times as men discuss hitching rides to work and the threat of upheaval from radicals.
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Marion County
Giant Airship R-100 Approaches Montreal Across Atlantic Flight
The R-100 dirigible continued its 3500 mile journey toward Montreal at about 50 mph after departing St. Hubert Quebec. Commander R S Booth steered the ship through fog and favorable winds toward Seven Islands bay then Montreal. Arrival expected near 7 p m local time with mooring possible within an hour of landing.
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ST. Hubert
Quebec
Montreal
Atlantic
British Empire
St. Lawrence
R. S. Booth
Cape Magdelaine
Seven Islands Bay
Los Angeles
Friedrichshafen
Lakehurst
God«bout
Trinity, Bay
Trinity Bay
Godbout River
Father Point
James Ralston
Defense
Camillien House
A. S. L. McNaughton
W. E. N. King
Montreal Military District
Leniency Granted by Pardon Board in Michigan City
Two of sixteen applicants received relief from the state prison pardon board in Michigan City. William E. Cook of St Joseph County won parole from a two to fourteen year first degree murder sentence. Milton Warren of Morgan County saw his forgery term reduced from two to fourteen years on a commuted sentence. his wife and children urged clemency.
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United Press
Michigan City
Ind
William E. Cook
St. Joseph County
Milton Warren
Morgan County
Boy sets cactus sitting world record in Arizona heat
Lawrence Peters, 13, a Yuma newsboy, claimed a world record after remaining on a thorny perch for 118 hours and 47 minutes. His parents urged him down as the 112 degree heat continued.
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United Press
Yuma
Ariz
Lawrence Peters
Lawrence
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