Democrats Tackle Platform At State Convention Prep
Fifteen Democrats led by R Earl Peters meet to draft the Democratic State platform as convention debates tax and tariff stances. The adjourned committee will choose a secretary and treasurer while factions push for income tax support and tariff denunciations.
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R. Earl Peters
Ft. Wayne
James K. Watson
Gertrude Fanning McHugh
Bowman Elder
Republican Convention Resolutions Committee
Farm Bureau Federation
Evans Woollen
Indianapolis
John Wredrick
Kokomo
Gentry Requests Early Trial In Arson Conspiracy Case
Earl Gentry former deputy sheriff and ally of D C Stephenson asked Prosecutor William H Remy and Judge James A Collins for an early trial on the indictment charging him and Earl Klinck with conspiring to commit arson connected to the burning of Stephen son’s former Irvington mansion Klinck had sought an early hearing two weeks earlier Gentry said he cannot find work since the Noblesville murder trial where he and Klinck were acquitted of murder
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Earl Gentry
D. C
Twenty Admitted To Bar In Indiana University Law Class
Twenty graduates of the Indiana University School of Law were admitted to practice today before the State Supreme and Appellate Courts. Indianapolis members of the class were Theodore L. Sedwick and Bruce Wy. Sillery.
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Indiana University School of Law
Indianapolis
Theodore L. Sedwick
Bruce Wy. Sillery
Ko komo High seniors face money raised from games
Principal Hinshaw warns against unneeded spending as Ko komo High School wrestles with more than 4000 dollars in a senior class fund raised from candy and ice cream sales during basketball season. The school already has pianos stage trophy cases and rest rooms.
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Kokomo
Ind
Hinshaw
Kokomo High School
Crothersville Bank Robbery Leaves $6000 Loot in Hoosier Heist
Two masked bandits robbed the Union State Bank in Crothersville with drawn revolvers. Bank officials say about $6000 in cash was taken. The president and cashier, held at gunpoint, were ordered to lie on the floor as the robbers fled toward Scottsburg in a car.
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United Press
Seymour
Ind
Union State Bank
Crothersville
Robert A. Harmon
Scottsburg
Union Men Demand Delay as Daylight Saving Fight Grows
Officials of the Building Trades Council representing 5,000 men will urge Mayor John L. Duvall not to sign the daylight saving ordinance approved by the city council. The union argues the measure brings hardship by cutting an hour of sleep during hot months and forces workers living far from jobs to rise even earlier as they report for work. Duvall has not yet decided but will rule soon.
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John L. Duvall
Building Trades Council
Duvall
Senate panel to probe campaign spending across states
Five senators named to a task force will meet to plan a thorough investigation of senatorial campaign expenditures. Senator James A. Reed of Missouri is expected to chair and push for visiting state capitals with large campaign money and expenditures. Reports from Pennsylvania claim state spending surpassed previous nationwide totals for a single campaign effort.
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Times
Washington Bureau
New York Avenue
Washington
James A. Reed
Missouri
Reed
Pennsylvania
United States
Calvin Coolidge
Hunger Hike Begins as Johnson Walks to New York
Chicago June 1 George Hazler Johnson 26 year old gym instructor starts a thirty day hunger march from city hall toward New York. He will walk highways to the Atlantic coast surviving on water only and plans to drink twenty quarts daily.
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United Press
Chicago
George Hazler Johnson
New York
City Hall
Atlantic Coast
Bandits Routed In Early Morning Drug Store Bid
Deserted auto riddled with bullets and blood found at South and Henry Streets after bandits tried to enter the Merschat drug store on E Michigan Street. Merchant Policeman George Culley exchanged fire with the assailants, wounding at least one, as the trio fled in a Nash touring car. Police say Everett Jarrett remains in good condition after being shot near Malott Park Road and Keystone Avenue. officers Br uges and Bridges hid and returned fire as a third bandit opened fire. Wives of two bandits cried at the city jail, while one suspect, Edward Garner, faces murder charges in the Anderson case against Leonard Clay.
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Merschat
Michigan St
George Culley
South and
Henry Sts
Culley
Graham and
Metevier
Laura Taylor
Paulsel
Boston
Mass
William Vollmer
Pershing Ave
Senate Ave
Market St
Everett Jarrett
N. Temple Ave
Malott Park Road
Keystone Ave
Methodist Hospital
Jarrett
Charles Bridges
City
Dorothey Garner
Brooklyn
N. Y
Edward J. Garner
Greencastle
Anderson
Ind
Leonard Clay
Clay
Garner
Lloyd Shenneman
Wauseon
Ohio
Shenneman
Florence Shenneman
Florence Carrollton
Bluffton
E. Washington Street
Sylvest Station
Rugenstein
J. White
Bomb Slayer of 3 Given Life in Michigan
In Muskegon Michigan Asa K Bartlett 28 a Blue Lake Township constable received life imprisonment for the confessed bomb murders of three people at Three Lakes Tavern last Thursday The motive cited political enmity Bartlett confessed to Prosecutor Dunnofak that he mailed the device which killed August Krubaeck 48 his political rival Janet Krubaeck 19 and William Frank 22 of Chicago the girl's fiancé The prosecutor said Bartlett admitted he did not like the elder Krubaeck
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United Press
Muskegon
Mich
Michigan
Asa K. Bartlett
Blue Lake Township
Three Lakes Tavern
Dunnofak
August Kxrubaeck
Janet Sxrubaeck
William Frank
Chicago
Bartlett
Krubaeck
Cred Tates
Iow
Eames Township
Prayer for Sign From God Fails at Tamarack
A group of pilgrims in Tamarack Minnesota prayed for an hour for a miracle to confirm faith. As skies clouded and trees swayed there was no sign, and leader Vernon Swing acknowledged the absence of a divine response while Ew ing pledged to continue the search for true religion through abiding faith.
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United Press
Tamarack
Minn
Vernon Swing
Minnesota Wilds
Ewing
Durkin Goes On Trial As Scott Wins Another Delay
Chicago, June 1. Martin Durkin the shooting sheik faces a sanity hearing while Russell Scott wins a further postponement. Judge William V. Brothers delays until June 14 to decide if Scott is sane for hanging or insane and recommittal. Durkin’s trial commenced with questions showing the prosecution’s intent to seek the death penalty. Durkin’s mother and sister cried as he noted missing Betty Werner and Irma Sullivan.
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United Press
Chicago
Martin Durking
Sheik
Russell Scott
Durkin
William Scott Stewart
Scott
William V. Brothers
Chester
Edward C. Shanahan
Department of Justice
Betty Werner
Irma Sullivan
St. Louis
Irma
Betty
Woman Is Sentenced for Selling Liquor
Susie Davey, 54, of 551 Wilkins Street, was sentenced to sixty days in the Indiana Women's Prison by Federal Judge Robert C. Baltzell for violating the prohibition law and maintaining a nuisance. She pleaded guilty before the judge two weeks earlier after prohibition officials reported she sold liquor four times. Oscar Holman, agent, noted reports began with high school students. Davey requested a delay after learning her son-in-law had died just before sentencing.
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Susie Davey
Wilkins St
Indiana Women’s Prison
Robert C. Baltzell
Baltzell
Oscar Holman
Electric drill stolen in Northwestern Ave burglary
Police believe safe crackers at the North western Avenue Machine Company on Northwestern Ave and Fall Creek burglarized Monday night stealing an electric drill and a battery valued at 100 dollars.
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Northwestern Avenue Machine Company
Northwestern Ave
Fall Creek
Lockhart Wins Gas Derby In Abbreviated Race
Vedder Gard reports that youth sensation Lockhart won the shortened speedway race after 161 laps. Official results show a 400 mile finish with a time of 4 10 17.95 and an average speed near 95.88 mph, despite earlier broadcast figures.
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Lockhart
Passenger steamer Priscilla towed into New London harbor
The passenger steamer Priscilla of the Fall River line went aground in fog on Gull Island in Long Island Sound and was towed into New London harbor. All 568 passengers were transferred to a special train and sent to Fall River and Boston.
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United Press
Hoboken
N. J
Hudson River
Washington Irving
New London
June 21 Set as Lee Trial Date
Ralph Lee, a jail breaker and alleged murderer of Abner Peek a Speedway City grocer, will be tried in Franklin June 21. Judge Freemont Miller set the date and ordered a formal agreement with Lee and prosecutors by June 7. Prosecutor William H. Remy and Ira M. Holmes, Lee's attorney, said readiness for trial.
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Ralph Lee
Abner Peek
Speedway City
Franklin
Freemont Miller
John L Nnblack
Miller
Lee
William H. Remy
Remy
Ira M. Holmes
Marion County
Buffalo
N. Y
Prodigy Ellen Elizabeth Benson to Earn Own Living Next Fall
Ellen Elizabeth Benson, age 12, graduates from Gardner school beside 18 year olds, marking an end to a shared journey with her mother Anne Austin. She has completed college prep work early and is known for record high intellect, prompting wide national attention.
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NEA
New York
Ellen Elizabeth Benson
Annie Austin
Anne Austin
Ellen Elizabeth
Gardner School
Elizabeth
America
Anne
Waco
Texas
Middle West
California
Fragmentary OCR Summary of Timed Scores and Times
Fragmented text lists various times and scores: 6 a.m. 63 10 a.m. 87 T ms. Mhessss 62 IL M.2 00 8 a.m. 65 12 noon Tl 9 a.m.6. 66 1 pe mieeeee 73.
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A&m
IL & M
Drive for Jewish relief under way in Indiana
Miss Irma May of New York urged ten cents a day to save a life at a Claypool luncheon launching a 500000 drive for starving Jewish children of eastern Europe. Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver spoke as did Mrs Isaac Born, with men’s team captains set for a Claypool dinner and a Murat Theater mass meeting. Louis J. Borinstein led as chairman amid growing interest.
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Irma May
New York
Claypool
Indiana
Europe
May
Abba Hillel Silver
Cleveland
Ohio
Isaac Born
Murat Theater
Louis J. Borinstein
Ellen Elizabeth Benson The World’s Brightest Child
Anne Austin, a longtime newspaper woman and Ellen Elizabeth Benson’s mother, recounts their struggle for existence and the girl’s dawning genius. The serial narrative shares health, discipline, and education rules intended for all children, not just a super child.
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Ellen Elizabeth
Benson
New York
Anne Austin
NEA Service
Indianapolis Times
Times
Moscicki Elected Poland's President by Parliament
Ignace Moscicki, backed by Marshal Pilsudski, was elected president of Poland today by the parliament. The middle party candidate edged the vote following the recent revolution.
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Ignace Moscicki
Pilsudski
United Press
Warsaw
Josef Pilsudski
Poland
Senate Rejects Cloture on Migratory Third Measure
The Senate refused to adopt the drastic cloture rule by a two thirds majority to force a vote on the migratory third bill. The measure has deadlocked the upper house for three weeks and farm relief and other key legislation are stalled.
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United Press
Washington
Senate
Speedway Tickets Left Scarcity Hits Scalpers After Race Start
Ticket scalpers failed to cash in on Speedway tickets as hotel staff and detectives kept pressure. Downtown lobbies housed their operations but twelve scalpers remained with unsold tickets when the big race began. One dealer carried about $300 in tickets and sought to offload grand stand seats for a dollar.
Taxi license fees to rise in May drive
May. Raise taxi license fees. Majority faction councilmen plan an ordinance to charge 109 dollars for the first bus or cab and 25 dollars for each additional vehicle, up from the present 2 dollars, said president Boynton J. Moore.
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Boynton J. Moore
State Supreme Court upholds possession clause in Wright dry law
The Indiana Supreme Court rejects Matthew Guetling’s plea and sustains the possession provision of the Wright bone-dry statute. Guetling, convicted after a raid found fifty-seven quarts of home brew, must serve sixty days at the state farm and pay a $200 fine. The ruling notes time to dispose of liquor and signals other appeals on the act’s sections.
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Wright Bonedty
State Supreme Court
Matthew Guetling
Evansville
Guetling
Vanderburg
Jackson
Indiana State Farm
Willard B. Gemmills
Supreme Court
Ruling Allows Maguire Trial In City Dispute
Judge Harry Chamberlin sustained a motion to dissolve a temporary restraining order halting hearings against Albert Maguire. Maguire, a park board member, sued Mayor Duvall and City Controller Buser alleging a conspiracy to oust him without a fair hearing. The court said it had no jurisdiction and set Maguire's trial for 9:30 a.m. Friday in the city council chamber.
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Harry ©. Chamberlin
Circuit Court Today
Alvah J. Rucker
City Corporation
John L. Duvall
Albert M. Maguire
Park Board
Maguire
Duvall
William C. Buser
Chamberlin
Rucker
No Hope for Tax Cuts Says Coolidge
Washington dispatch reports President Coolidge sees scant chance of federal tax reductions in the near future. The White House spokesman says the nation must pay down the national debt and use every available cent toward that goal.
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Coolidge
White House
Hoosier 1s Dengue Fever Hero
Leonard Hughes of Richmond Indiana cited by Surgeon General Ireland with seventy five other enlisted men for unselfish conduct in submitting to inoculation and experiment to conquer dengue fever. Army surgeons say the experiments helped reduce the disease prevalence.
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United Preas
Washington
Leonard Hughes
Richmond
Ind
Ireland
Tropics
Hughes
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