Jury selection in Klinck trial advances slowly
Slow progress marked the Klinck murder case jury selection as Judge Garvin urged business leaders to perform jury duty. A new venire of fifty names was drawn while fifteen summoned but not excused were polled. eleven jurors upheld, while several potential jurors faced challenges or biases amid allegations of a forged affidavit tied to political rivals.
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Earl Klinck
Evansville
D. C
France
Talesmen
Garvin
Pacific Fliers Near Goal in Pacific Crossing
United Press reports two air teams nearing Australia and New York to Australia leg of Pacific crossings. The Southern Cross nears Brisbane after Fiji departure easing to near 8:30 a m arrival. Amelia Earhart and Mabel Bell race faces delays from fog and mechanical issues.
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United Press
Brisbane
Australia
Southern Cross
Fiji Islands
Pacific
Sydney
Suva
Charles Kingsford-Smith
Kingsford-Smith
Naselai Beach
United Preen
Trepassey
TALK HOSPITAL PLANS
Herbert Foltz of Foltz Osler and Thompson met today with Mayor L Ert Slack to discuss the city hospital building program. Slack and the health board consider selecting an architect to draft plans and specs for new hospital units. Foltz's firm won second prize in 1912 for hospital improvements. Charles Brossman, consulting engineer, conferred with Slack on the proposed new power.
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Herbert Foltz
Foltz
Defense Witness Testifies to Threats in Martinsville Murder Trial
In Martinsville Indiana June 8 defense attorneys in the Charles Blackstone case push evidence that Blackstone shot Ed Stewart after threats from Ed and Wayne Stewart. Wayne Stewart was wounded when Ed was killed as the defense argues. Witnesses say the Stewarts threatened to wreck Blackstone's property.
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Martinsville
United Press
Ind
Charles Blackstone
Blackstone
Ed Stewart
Wayne Stewart
Stewarts
Methodist conference endorses nonpartisan city for President
In Chattanooga on June 3 the district conference of Methodist Episcopal Churches South passed a resolution urging a city for President free of party lines. Speakers attacked Governors Alfred E. Smith and Ritchie and Senator Reed for their stances.
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Tenn
Pectin
District Conference of Methodist Episcopal Churches
South
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New York
Ritchie
Maryland
Reed
Missouri
Restrictions on Firework Displays and Sales Announced
Alfred Houston state fire marshal announces fireworks may be displayed after June 20 but not delivered until July 1. He warns displays must avoid sun exposure and use non inflammable containers, with禁止 sale of fireworks that can injure people and bans sales to children under 12.
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Alfred Houston
Houston
Sixty four aliens receive US citizenship papers
Federal Judge Robert C Baltzell administered the oath of allegiance to sixty four applicants who were granted final citizenship papers today. The ceremony marked their naturalization as United States citizens under federal supervision.
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United States
Robert C. Baltzell
Two Robbers Hold Up Store on Washington Boulevard
Two masked bandits robbed Nathan Wolf's general store at 1214 N Senate Ave seizing a portion of winnings from a payday. Wolf saved $3,000 in pocket cash while clerks were secured in a rear room. The trio fled in an old Ford roadster as an anonymous boy released the employees.
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Indianapolis Country Club
Nathan Wolf
Washington Blvd
Senate Ave
Wolf
Wolf Altos
Stutz Motor Car Company
John Culp
Fletcher Savings and Trust Company
Sixteenth and
Illinois Sts
Claude McLean
Eugene St
Robert Young
Twelfth St
Charles Heaton
Gold Discovered in Snyder County Mountains Near Selinsgrove
Gold has been found in the mountains of Snyder County near Selinsgrove Pennsylvania and is paying. Chemists at Susquehanna University analyzed the ore with certified values from 31.50 to 40 dollars per ton for gold and 9.36 dollars per ton for silk content.
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United Press
City Families Marooned by Water in Indiana
Several families are marooned in homes near Twenty-Third Street and Keystone Avenue due to water in swampy lowlands. Police ordered patrols and potential rescue by boat while warning of seepage risks along the White River levee. Weather Service notes from 7 a.m. to noon show 0.63 inch rainfall and a river at 7.4 feet, with forecasts of colder weather and more rain Saturday.
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Keystone Ave
Jesse McMurtry
Claude M. Worley
White River
Warfleigh
Indiana
J. H. Armington
United State Weather Bureau
Weather Bureau
Tenth St
Edwardsport
West Fork
Armington
Drowning on White River Halts Search for Youth
The Butterfield family mourns as high waters keep the body of 16 year old Merrill Butterfield missing after he fell from the Monon trestle north of Broad Ripple into White River while fleeing a train whistle. Police could not launch a boat due to swift floodwaters. recovery awaits lower waters.
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Henry Navarra
Broad Ripple High School
Henry
Monon
White River
Merrill
Erwin Butterfield
R. R. M. Box
Broad Ripple
Navarra
Cold Spring Rd
Hearst Endorses Hoover for Republican Nomination
Hearst in a Los Angeles statement endorses Herbert Hoover for the Republican national convention in Kansas City. He argues President Coolidge will not seek the nomination and Secretary Mellon will not permit his name.
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Times
Los Angeles
William Randolph Hearst
Herbert Hoover
Kansas City
Coolidge
Heart
Mellon
Hearst
Secretary of Commerce
Washington
Theodore E. Burton
Hoover
Ohio
President Coolidge
Everett Sanders
Mr. Coolidge
Safety Board Discusses 1929 Budget With Mayor Slack
Robert F. Miller Ira P. Haymaker and Fred W. Connell safety board members met with Mayor L Ert Slack to review the 1929 budget. The board directed department heads to prepare estimates for next year and plans to abolish right and left turns at downtown Washington Street intersections to aid pedestrians.
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Ira P. Haymaker
Fred W. Connell
Board of Safety
L. Ert
Connell
Washington St
Capitol Ave
Pennsylvania St
Chamber of Commerce honors Times for Pulitzer win
The Chamber of Commerce paid tribute to The Indianapolis Times for winning the 1928 Pulitzer prize at a weekly luncheon. Boyd Gurley and Roy W. Howard attended, with remarks praising the paper and its role in public service and progressive goals.
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Roy W. Howard
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Indianapolis
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Gurley
Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce
Scripps-Howard
Flat Earth advocate Voliva touts world tour conclusions
Wilbur Glenn Voliva of Zion City declares the earth is a pancake after a 19000 mile world tour. He predicts disaster for Byrd if he attempts polar flight, and boasts a personal fortune story while outlining plans to send workers to Africa.
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Magistrate rules kissing in cinema legal in New York
In New York on June 8 Magistrate F J Kroehl ruled it lawful for a man to kiss his sweetheart during a motion picture if the kiss occurs in the theater. Dennis McMorrow had complained after usher Albert Reynolds threatened eviction following the kiss.
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F. J. Kroehl
Dennis McMorrow
Albert Reynolds
Usher
McMorrow
Indiana Woman Admits Slaying in Ohio Case Declined
Marguerite Bumbaugh of Warsaw Indiana pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the slaying of Walter H Cook of Niles Michigan ending a trial where her brothers Harry and Judd faced first degree murder charges. Prosecutor George H Bookwalter agreed to drop the murder counts. Bumbaugh faces three to fifteen years in the Detroit House of Correction and will be moved there Monday.
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United Preas
Ballots Recount Shifts Votes in Twenty third Precinct
Recount commissioners threw out 220 Republican and 53 Democratic ballots. Ralph Updike gains 83 votes, Archibald Hall's recount adds 47 for Henry R. Campbell, county surveyor, who lost to Paul R. Brown.
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Fourth Ward
Ralph Updike
Archibald M. Hall
Henry R. Campbell
Paul R. Brown
Hoosier Dies in Crash Near Detroit
A motor bus carrying the Detroit police band from Kalamazoo collided with a sedan one mile west of Detroit early today. The sedan driver, Dean P. Robinson, 40, of 650 St Gary Ind, was killed. His car was split in two.
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Detroit
Kalamazoo
Here
Dean P. Robertson
Gary
Ind
Tax hearings set for real estate tax appeals by township
The county board of review set hearing dates for tax assessment appeals. Pike June 11 Decatur June 12 Lawrence June 13 Franklin June 14 Warren June 15 Perry June 16 Washington June 18 19 20 Wayne June 21 22 23 Center June 28 29.
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Pike
Decatur
Lawrence
Franklin
Warren
Perry
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Wayne
Center
Hoover Gains Strength as Parley Nears
Washington dispatch reports Hoover backers claim 640 votes on first ballot with Pennsylvania’s 79 votes. Mellon expected to back Hoover. Coolidge forces face internal divisions as delegates contest outcome and Borah planks shape platform.
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Hoover
Royal Betrothal of Spanish Dictator Canceled
The engagement between Gen Primo de Rivera and heiress Senorita Mercedes de Castellana is canceled definitively. Hendaye reports the monarchial frontier city confirms the break with a brief note to readers.
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Hendaye
Primo de Rivera
Spain
Senorita Mercedes de Castellana
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