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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1923
Page
3
Clayton New York June 6 M J Linnell mayor says there are 500 bootleggers to one Federal officer along the Canadian border. He says the booze situation is unchanged since repeal of the state prohibition enforcement law. Dry agents are active and smugglers operate at isolated sites.
Paris reports the French ministry of marines learned the United States is prepared to show wide latitude in enforcing its ruling against ships carrying liquor within the three mile limit. It may include provisions to meet French crews demand for wine rations in American waters.
Washington June 6 a conference between Treasury Secretary Mellon Internal Revenue Commissioner Blake and Prohibition Commissioner Haynes was convened to address the prohibition problem in New York. Officials said plans to strengthen fines against bootleggers operating across the Canadian border into New York would not be published or broadcast.
New York June 6 church groups representing 60 000 000 Catholics Jews and Protestants condemn the twelve hour day as morally indefensible in a report issued today. The document answers Judge Elbert H Gary chairman of the United States Steel Corporation who had defended the twelve hour day in a steel industry address.
Americanization classes of the American Settlement present two short plays at 617 W. Pearl St Thursday evening directed by Judson L. Clark of the city school board. Steve Johnson a Greek student will play Abraham Lincoln Rail Splitter and Stafa Dukalovich leads The Americanization of Mr Kovatich. Community singing directed by Ralph W. Hills and music by the Serbian orchestra will be featured.
Lafayette Ind June 6 H E Deming of 1545 Barth Ave Indianapolis has completed experiments on a battery taken from a captured submarine. With students completing the restoration D D Ewing professor of electrical engineering plans to use the former German battery for railway experiments.
United States charges Kraus and Apfelbaum of Ft Wayne wool merchants with illegal war profits. A federal suit seeks $24,278.08 judgment after alleging the firm earned $41,000 in excess of permitted profits and paid $17,026. Hymer Elliott, U.S. district attorney, filed the complaint Tuesday.
The Indianapolis Church Federation protested a move to permit Sunday dancing. An executive session created a committee to oppose action by the city council on an ordinance removing Sunday and after midnight dancing restrictions. Hopkinsville Bay missing case note mentions a search request from Mrs. Inest Washington for her son John Habey.
A man has a total number of wooden cubical blocks. He takes half and stacks them into a perfect cube. The remaining half lie around the cube to form a perfect square. The problem asks for the total count of blocks. The second puzzle notes a clock that chimes twenty six single strokes in a day, with twenty four half hours and two single-hour strikes.
A humorous diary style piece notes a poet who published a book of poems at her own expense and hosted a buffet for friends who she felt were rude. She hints at genius not being appreciated and muses on new flavors while mentioning cod liver oil.
A small rat terrier alerted Jerry Tingle and led to Mrs. Mattie Hartman, 50, found in a poison stupor near Leslie Avenue and East Tenth Street. She, formerly of 629 North East Street, is hospitalized and held on vagrancy charges. authorities investigate the attempted self harm tied to her missing husband. Mrs Hartman and her daughter Erma, 14, had been staying with Florence Males.
Newark New Jersey June 6 a second murder indictment is returned against Mrs Mary Creighton already awaiting trial for poisoning her brother Charles Raymond Avery A new count claims she poisoned her mother in law chemists study the father in law who died two years ago Mrs Creighton who became a mother again after arrest is set to stand trial June 18 for the brother killing her husband John faces the same charge and will stand trial with her
Washington reports more than one million freight cars loaded and moved during the last week of May, a new season record. The figure has only been exceeded twice in any season, with the two larger weeks occurring in the fall crop peak.
Graduation exercises are planned at Cable Tabernacle for June 11 12 and 13. Indiana University president Dr William Lowe Bryan will address Emmerich Manual Training High School on June 11. Purdue University president E C Elliott will speak at Arsenal Technical High School on June 12. Chicago University Dr Nathaniel Butler will speak at Shortridge on June 13.
The Minnesota Supreme Court ordered the special primary and election to fill the late Senator Knute Nelsons seat. An absolute writ of prohibition barred the District Court from further injunction actions to restrain the election.
Crawfordsville Ind June 6 Clayton Rice six miles south of town held by police charged with implication in the Linnsburg Bank robbery. Charles Linn banker present at the time believes Rice is one of two unmasked bandits. Rice says he never was in Linnsburg.
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