Blaze at Creosote Plant Aftermath of 6000 Ties Destroyed
Firemen from about a dozen companies battled a large blaze at the Republic Creosoting Company plant near Minnesota street and Tibbs avenue. Dense smoke filled the area as 35 to 40 foot high piles of creosoted ties threatened buildings. 6,000 ties valued at $1.25 each were involved. Sparks from a locomotive likely started the fire.
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The
Republic Creosoting Company
Minnesota Street
Tibbs Avenue
City Hospital
Indianapolis
Minnesota
Twin Wives of Wealth and Intrigue in Colliers Weekly
Arthur Somers Roche portrays Tessie Curwood, a glamorous socialite, and her husband Randolph Curwood as a powerful yet hollow pairing. Eleanor Sawver and Rannie Curwood reflect tension, ambition, and status symbols amid sharp social satire and hints of scandal.
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Arthur Somers Roche
Essie Curwood
Kimberley
Tessie Curwood
Dean Carey
Eleanor
Rannie Curwood
Lower rates offered at state G. A. R. convention
Delegates at the fifty second annual state G. A. R. convention in Wabash will receive reduced traction line fares of 2.68 dollars. The concession was announced today.
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Wabash
Bishop Cannon Still Defiant Before Senate Panel
Fort Washington June 4 Bishop James Cannon Jr defied a senate lobby committee over $48000 from E C Jameson for the 1928 anti Smith drive. He called the panel's inquiry none of their business and demanded a subpoena while waving a crutch. The panel debated his refusal as Senators Walsh Blaine reported an impasse and Borah and Robinson skipped meetings.
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Fort B Washington
James Cannon Jr
Senate Lobby Committee
E. C. Jameson
New York
Walsh
Dem
Mont
Caraway
Ark
Cannon
Blaine
Borah
Rep
Ida
Robinson
Ind
Ruth Owen Leads in Florida Democratic Primary
United Press reports in Tallahassee that Congresswoman Ruth Bryan Owen held a sizable early lead over her wet opponent De Witt Dean as returns from Tuesday's Democratic primary came in slowly. An initial margin around six thousand and ongoing tallies suggested a strong position for Owen.
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Mary
United Press
Tallahassee
Fla
Ruth Bryan Owen
de Witt Dean
Seek 10 oust candidate in judge race
Cass County leads a push to force T Morton McDonald from the three cornered race for supreme court judge in the First district. McDonald refuses to withdraw as rivals split delegates with Willoughby and Coulter favored by Marion county. Coffin backs Cavins with 200 delegates. Barnes boom declares 1932 gubernatorial bid, Cass county lines up. Landis wary of 1932 shift.
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T. Morton McDonald
Princeton
Supreme Court
McDonald
First
Pike County
Benjamin Willoughby
Vincennes
Thomas B. Coulter
Knox
Marion County
Willoughby
Coulter
Alex Cavins
United States District Attorney
George W. Coffin
Cavins
Charles F. Remy
Schuyler Haas
Severin
James L. Barnes
Cass County
Barnes
Frederick L. Landis
Logansport
Landis
Eleventh District
Coffin
Remy
William H. Remy
Warren T. McCray
Ed Jackson
Robert I. Marsh
Graf Zeppelin Crosses Mid Atlantic On Rapid Flight
United Press dispatch from Horta Azores reports the Graf Zeppelin flying over Fayal Island at 7 30 central time during a trip from New York to Seville after visiting Brazil and the United States. The airship covered about 2500 miles since Monday night with average speeds near 80 mph aided by tail winds, and may beat its record 50 hours 24 minutes for the 4200 mile Lakehurst Friedrichshafen crossing.
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United Presa
Lakehurst
Freidrichshafen
City Man Car Victim Leatherman Fatally Hurt Near Geneva
B C Leatherman of 2506 North Alabama Street was injured fatally in an auto accident near Geneva Illinois Tuesday according to relatives. His mother Mrs Margaret Leatherman resides at the same address.
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B. C. Leatherman
North Alabama Street
Geneva
Ill
Margaret Leatherman
Split on Time of Tariff Vote In Senate
Washington June 4 An attempt to fix a voting time for the tariff bill conference report was blocked by Democratic independent Republican coalition leaders. McNary proposed 4 o clock Thursday for the first conference report, but Borah and Simmons objected and urged a later time. Barkley aimed to raise points of order against other conference reports, hindering progress.
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United Press
Washington
Senate
Democratic Independent Republican Coalition
McNary
Rep
Ore
Borah
Ida
Simmons
Dem
N. C
Barkley
Man’s death thwarted by wife poisoning attempt
Euclid Bayse reports his wife Ruth Bayse fled after a quarrel over poison. He wrestled a bottle from her to stop her plan to take more poison. Ruth Bayse, 24, left the 309 North East street home and had not returned by early afternoon.
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Euclid Bayse
North East Street
Ruth Bayse
Torch car owner linked to air rides before torch death
Mobile businessman Harold Schroeder, 35, sought in a high school road torch murder, spent 75 dollars on Cap itol Airways flights a day before the burning car was found near Rockville road. Investigators tie him to a hotel stay, a raincoat and blanket found in the city, and a plan to depart for Chicago under an assumed name.
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Harold Herbert Schroeder
Mobile
Ala
High School Road
Capitol Airways, Inc
Indianapolis
Schroeder
Rockville Road
Capitol Airways
Embry-Riddle Air Field
Chicago
The
Indianapolis Times
Senate Avenue
Jack Allen
Clayton
Miss Ruby Blue
Delaware Street
Speedway
High School
George Winkler
Embry-Riddle
Evanston
Service Truck Sales Company
Fred C. Fouts
East Sixteenth Street
Ruby Blue
North
Allen
Miss Blue
Washington Street
Pana Schroeder
Mobile man alive disbelief as wife holds line
A Mobile radiator dealer Harold Herbert Schroeder 35 remains missing after torching his car in Indianapolis to fake death for insurance. His wife Leah Schroeder 40 refuses to claim the $25,000 policy until body identification proves his death, while his sweetheart Miss Gertrude Kittell 19 reveals he planned disappearance and discussed funds for their children.
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Mobile
Ala
Harold
Herbert Schroeder
Indianapolis
Leah Schroeder
Indianpolis
Schroeder
Gertrude Kittell
Miss Kittell
Harold’s
Wets and drys battle over courthouse fountain issue
Edward C Fulke reports a county dispute over reactivating the courthouse fish pond fountain. The “wet” and “dry” camps argue over water, fish, and safety versus beauty, with a two-year expense of about 150 dollars yearly cited and a fence and nuisance concerns raised by commissioner John E Shearer who quips about monkeys.
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Edward C. Fulke
John E. Shearer
Shearer
Bridge Contract Awarded for Epileptics Village Indiana
The state awarding a bridge contract near Newcastle to Albert B. Hash Construction Company of Sanborn. The value of the contract was not disclosed in the readable text.
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Sanborn
Indiana
Newcastle
Albert B. Hash
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