Confession of Franks Boy to Get Death Penalty, Defense Says
Leopold and Loeb murder case unfolds as Darrow argues no signed confession exists. State relies on stenographer notes and witness testimony to prove guilt. Crowe plans comprehensive grand jury witness calls and perjury prosecutions if stories shift. Allen Loeb visits Richard Loeb at the jail as the pair adjust to prison life.
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United Press
Chicago
Nathan Leopold
Richard Loeb
Robert Franks
Clarence Darrow
Darrow
Leopold
Loeb
Robert E. Crowe
Crowe
Grove
Hey
Opold
Cressy and Storm to cover Republican convention
A. M. Cressy, famed vaudeville writer, will cover the Republican convention for The Indianapolis Times with a humorous, politically clueless perspective. George Storm will provide the accompanying drawings, delivering sharp satire as the event unfolds.
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A. M. Cressy
Indianapolis Times
Cressy
George Storm
Armington Girl Aims for Foreign Trade Career
Miss Mary Armington, daughter of John H. Armington of Indianapolis, is a University of Illinois junior majoring in foreign trade. She is president of Gamma Epsilon Phi and the first female vice president of the Foreign Trade Club, with a notable high school record from Shortridge. Her father heads the Indianapolis weather bureau.
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Hong Kong
Madrid
Athens
M. Armington
Mary Armington
John H. Armington
N. Arling
College of Commerce
University of Illinois
Miss Armington
Shortridge High School
Illinois
Gamma _ Epsilon Phi
Foreign Trade Club
Indianapolis ‘Weather Bureau
Campaign Spending Reveals Shank and Jackson Gubernatorial Race
Ed Jackson won the Republican primary and spent 8213.55 in expenses including 7500 for the Jackson for Governor Club and 488.55 travel costs. Lew Shank totaled 912.79 with 312.50 going to the Shank for Governor Club and the rest for ads travel and hotel costs.
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Ed Jackson
Lew Shank
Shank
Jackson
Jackson-for-Governor Club
Arm in Arm They Go After Suspended Sentence
City Judge Pro Tem Vinson Manifold sentenced John W. Moorhead to ninety days on the penal farm with two hundred dollars in costs suspended if he lives with and supports his wife Robena Moorhead. Moorhead agreed and left the courtroom arm in arm with his spouse. Robena stated in a warrant that they married in October 1923 and have had no financial support since their separation on November 5.
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Vinson Manifold
John W. Moorhead
N. Sherman Drive
Robena Moorhead
New Jersey St
Judge Suspends Ten Day Jail for Larceny Case
City Judge Pro Tem Vinson Manifold suspended a ten day jail sentence for Irvin Rothert 755 N Riley Ave on a petit larceny charge. Rothert was fined 25 dollars and costs. burglary charge was continued. Evidence showed Robert stole 23 dollars from Edward Morman 757 N Riley Ave on May 27 after a six month penal farm sentence for vehicle taking.
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Vinson Manifold
Irvin Rothert
N. Riley Ave
Rotert
Robert
Edward Morman
Driving Jis Erratic Results in Intoxication Fines
City judge pro tem Vinson Mani imposed fines on two drivers. C. V. Spaulding of 955 W Washington St paid 50 dollars plus costs for operating a vehicle while intoxicated and 5 dollars plus costs for drunkenness. Charles Coons of 337 E Morris St had fines suspended during good behavior.
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Vinson Manifold
C. V. Spaulding
Washington St
Charles Coons
E. Morris St
Jobs Didn’t Suit Girl as Judge Hears Case
Ruby Hammond 18 of 746 N Sheffield Ave faced vagrancy charges from a warrant by her father. She said fear and drill press pain led to quitting multiple jobs. Judge Vinson Manifold placed her in probation with a decision due Saturday.
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Ruby Hammond
Sheffield Ave
Vinson Manifold
George A. Hammond
Ruby
Hammond
Laurel Thayer
Presbyterians Adjourn After Turbulent General Assembly
Richmond Ind June 4 Delegates and commissioners to the sixty sixth general assembly of the United Presbyterian Church adjourned after stormy sessions. Resolutions endorsing the Harding Hughes world court plan were adopted as they closed the gathering Tuesday night.
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Richmond
Ind
General Assembly
Niled Presbyteriana
Harding-Hughes
Daugherty Refuses to Be Witness Before Committee
A terse statement reports that Daugherty declines to testify at a committee hearing citing ethical concerns and perceived unfairness. The action frames the ongoing inquiry as contentious and the witness as avoiding questioning.
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Daugherty
Daugherty Refuses Senate Hearing Calls Wheeler Indictment a Frame-up
Former Attorney General Daugherty declines to attend hearings in protest of the Senate inquiry. He withdraws his counsel, denounces the charges as unethical and unfair, and says no evidence supports them. Senator Brookhart accuses Daugherty of evading explanation and cites Jess Smith’s criminal ties.
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United Press
Washington
Senate
Daugherty
Tally
Department of Justice
Mal Daugherty
Brookhart
Paul F. Howland
George Chamberlain
Wheeler
Jess Smith
Mayor Shank Opposes Pay Rise For Police Sergeants
Mayor Shank vows to veto ordinances raising three policemen in the accident prevention division to sergeant if approved by the council. He demands rigid economy elsewhere and says any salary change should raise patrolmen’s pay rather than officials.
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Shank
Brookhart Wins Iowa Republican Senate Nomination
United States Senator Smith W. Brookhart defeats Burton E. Sweet for the Republican nomination in Iowa. With 2,822 of 2,412 precincts reported, Brookhart leads by about 30,000 votes, tallying 188,341 to Sweet's 157,921.
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United Press
Des Moines
Iowa
United States
Smith W. Brookhart
Burton E. Sweet
Brookhart
Sweet
Runaway Bloomington Boys Caught in Greencastle
Smith Wesner and Yudon Spencer, Bloomington youths, ran away from home on Tuesday night in the Wesner auto and were apprehended in Greencastle. They said they fled because they were in bad at school and were returned home.
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Times
Greencastle
Ind
Smith Wesner
Yudon Spencer
Bloomington
Wives and Women Leaders Active at Democratic Convention
Democratic women are taking a keen interest in the state convention and many campaign in the lobby of the Claypool. Candidates wives work the halls while delegates mingle, with specific figures including Mrs A P Flynn Logansport vice chair of the state central committee and others from Covington Ft Wayne Sanborn Greencastle Princeton and Liberty.
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Claypool
A. P. Flynn
Logansport
State Central Committee
W. E. Livengood
Covington
John H. Aiken
McAdoo Leads Florida Primary as Returns Trickled In
Jackson ville Florida June 4 William G McAdoo held a substantial lead in returns in about one fourth of the states Tuesday primary McAdoo and Senator Underwood of Alabama were the only Democratic presidential candidates The returns indicated John W Martin and Frank E Jennings both of Jacksonville would contest the gubernatorial race Bryan led his ticket as delegate at large to the New York convention
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United Press
Jacksonville
Fla
William G. McAdoo
McAdoo
Senator Underwood
Alabama
John W. Martin
Frank E. Jennings
William Jennings Bryan
New York
Balloonists Die In Storm Afterfield Find
Weather data gathered by Dr Le roy Meisinger and Lt James Neely will be tabulated and sent to Washington for study. The bodies were recovered at Monticello Illinois near the balloon ruins after a likely lightning strike.
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United Preas
Bundle Day aid sent to Near East relief effort
Thirty two fire houses and forty churches collected clothing today for Near East Relief Bundle Day. Donations will aid destitute children and refugees in the Near East, with the Palace Theater lobby and the YMCA lobby serving as downtown collection stations.
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Near East
Palace Theater
Bridge workers proceed on Fall Creek project amid land dispute
County engineer John J. Griffith ordered M. E. White Company to begin south abutment work on the Fall Creek bridge at Delaware Street. Neighbors complain the city has not bought Spann property yet. Spann's attorney Merle N. A. Walker warned of injunctions, while appraisers fail to reach agreement.
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John J. Griffith
M. E. White Company
Chicago
Fall Creek
Delaware St
Charlies B. Spann
Fall Creek Blvd
Griffith
Merle N. A. Walker
Spann
Walker
Richard Loeb Affable In Madison County War Farm Work
Richard Loeb, one of the Chicago youths tied to the Robert Franks murder case, was described by A B McCarty of Pendleton area as affable and quiet after recalling Loeb working on his farm in Madison County during the war.
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Speci
al Anderson
Ind
Richard Loeb
Chicago
Robert Franks
Madison County
McCarty
Pendleton
Loeb
Painleve Elected President of French Chamber
Paris June 4 A former Premier Painleve known as peacemaker for left parties won the election to be president of the French Chamber of Deputies.
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Chamber
United Press Paris
Painleve
Parties of the Left
Chamber of Deputies
Kennard Ong Reaches National Marble Semi Finals
Kennard Ong, 13, winner of the Indianapolis Times city marble championship, will represent the Midland section in the national marble tournament semis in New Jersey this Thursday. Ong defeated Walter Lane 12 to 1 and earlier beat Lester Oakley 10 to 3 and Pascal Iannone 10 to 3, boosting his Midland lead as he seeks the national title. Other leaders include Carl McCallum Dallas and Thomas Wright Springfield, with Ong’s record seven wins to one loss.
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Ae City
N. J
Kennard Ong
Indianapolis
Midland
America
Ong
Walter Lane
Columbus
Ohio
Lester Oakley
Terre Haute
Pasquale Iannone
Chicago
Kennard
Carl McCallum
Dallas
Texas
Thomas Wright
Springfield
Mass
Harlin McCoy
McCoy
Norman Jasper
Toledo
New England
Western
Northeastern
Billy Hall
Youngstown
Atlantic
George Lennox
Baltimore
Southern
Martin Eblescher
Louisville
Ford celebrates ten millionth car milestone in Detroit
In Detroit on June 4, Ford Motor Company marked the production of its ten millionth Ford car. The vehicle was completed, assembled, and prepared for shipment to New York before a cross country trip to San Francisco. The company noted it took seven years for the first million cars and 132 working days for the most recent million.
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Vnted Press
Etroit
Mich
Ford Motor Company
New York
San
Sandsen
Ford
Marx to pursue experts' plan in foreign policy stance
June 4 Berlin report says Chancellor Marx announced at the Reichstag that Germany will follow the experts' foreign policy plan and constrain international issues for now. He plans to resume with his cabinet if possible and to prioritize implementing the expert recommendations.
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Berlin
Marx
Reichstag
Germany
Election and installation of grand officers ends Druids' session
The sixty third annual session of the Grand Grove of the United Ancient Order of Druids closed at Druids Hall in Indianapolis. Frank A. Engel rises to noble grand arch, F Earl Geider becomes grand marshal, Frank L. Shallenberg advances to grand marshal, Jacob Hilkene named junior past noble grand arch, with most officers from Indianapolis and Shallenberg from Richmond.
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The
United Ancient Order of Druids
Order
Druids’ Hall
Ohio St
Frank A. Engelking
F. Earl Geider
Frank L. Shallenberg
Jacob Hilkene
Shallenberg
Richmond
Indianapolis
NOW THEY'LL SHIVER Heat shutoff hits 700 district homes in spring rush
Residents in the Twenty Second to Broadway district faced a heat outage after Merchants Heat and Light Co cut service for today. About seven hundred consumers were affected as the heating contract, normally set to expire May 20, was extended two weeks without charge due to the cold spell.
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Twenty-Second
Eleventh
Illinois Sts
Broadway
Merchants Heat and Light Co
Boy Bandit Arrested Near School After Hold Up
Eight year old Walter Bendler of 223 Geisendorff Street said a colored boy approached him on the way to a drug store with five dollars and took the money. Police arrested the bandit near a school and recovered all the cash.
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Walter Bendler
Geisendorff St
Hourly Temperature Readout from Morning Forecast
The table lists hourly readings from 6 a m to 1 p m with temperatures ranging from 46 to 67 degrees. Moon phase noted as part of the morning forecast.
Harmony Democrats Rally Addresses Troubling Klan Plank
A packed scene reports parties settling disputed Klan plank to satisfaction of all coteries. Hotels fill as Harmony signals unity among Democrats with keynotes and endorsements.
Ralston Boom Moves On With High Speed
Democratic delegates at the state convention in Indianapolis convene Thursday morning at 9. The Klan plank is reportedly resolved, and leaders express optimism for state issues. Campaign activity fills the Claypool lobby as candidates gather on district headquarters rows amid high turnout and party unity efforts.
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Claypool
State Central Committee
John Shea
Rotary club entertains at Fairbanks home in Indianapolis
Members of the Indianapolis Rotary Club their wives and families were guests of Frank P. Manly and Joseph R. Raub at Fairbanks the home of the Indianapolis Life Insurance Company Thirtieth and Meridian Streets Tuesday night Dancing mahjong and cards followed a buffet supper.
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Indianapolis Rotary Club
Frank P. Manly
Joseph R. Raub
Fairbanks
Indianapolis Life Insurance Company
Thirtieth
Meridian Sts
Shenandoah Lands At Lakehurst After Fog Delays
The Navy airship Shenandoah landed in its hangar at Lakehurst New Jersey after drifting four hours in fog between Trenton and the base. It had four failed attempts to land earlier as fuel loss during battles above New York and Pennsylvania left it light.
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United Press
Lakehurst
Trenton
Naval Air Base
Shenandoah
New York
Pennsylvania
Fall Down Shaft Fatal in Nobleville Casting Block
Harry Layton, 52, contractor, died after a fall through an elevator shaft in the Castor Block during remodeling. He died from a fractured skull. Widow and one daughter survive.
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Times
Nobleville
Ind
Harry Layton
Castor Block
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