Indiana Defers Defense Day Over Short Preparation Time
Governor Jackson declines War Department defense Test Day for Indiana citing insufficient time for proper prep. He notes a September demonstration as a precedent and pledges cooperation when adequate planning is possible. Stephenson seeks fifty more policemen as guards protect banks against bandits.
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Jackson
War Department
Indiana
Dwight F. Davis
Military Department of the State
Reserve Officers’ Organization
Canton Troops Capture City and Rebels Routed
United Press reports Cantonese troops crossed the river into Canton by 3 p m driving Yunnanese forces from the city. Cantonese officials began restoring communications with Hong Kong as Hong Kong cable confirms. In Hankow a general strike followed eight deaths amid ongoing civil war in Canton, with foreign powers warning China of responsibility to maintain order nationwide.
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United Press
San Francisco
Canton
Chung Sai Yat Po
Hong Kong
United Press Pekin
Hankow
China
Chinese Foreign Office
Pekin
Shanghai
Osgood Deputy Oil Inspector Ousted. Governor Asked
J C Row of Osgood, recently discharged as deputy state oil inspector, has appealed to Governor Jackson to determine the cause. William Griffith of Versailles was appointed to succeed Row, it was announced.
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J. C. Row
Osgood
Jackson
William Griffth
Versailles
Row
Judge halts guessing in Morris Street filling station case
Criminal Judge James A. Collins continued the trial of Jacon Clouse James Anderson alias James E Smithers and Herbert Smithers of 1809 Highland Ave for conspiracy to commit a felony. Continuation until Wednesday allows Deputy Prosecutor Judson Stark to procure more witnesses. The trio is accused of entering a filling station at Morris and Harding Streets.
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James A. Collins
Jacon Clouse
James Anderson
Alais
James E. Smithers
Herbert ©. Smithers
Highland Ave
Judson Lt. Stark
Morris and
Harding Sts
Recreation survey on Wor started by Coolidge era
L H Weir formerly of Scottsburg Indiana, special investigator for the American Playground and Recreation Association, and R Walter Jarvis, superintendent of public parks, conduct a two day survey of Indianapolis park and recreation facilities with national scope tied to the Coolidge era outdoor recreation push.
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L. H. Weir
Scottsburg
Ind
American Playground and Recreation Association
Indianapolis
R. Walter Jarvis
Coolidge
Girl's Statement and Hotel Register Page In Dispute
A high profile hearing centers on disputed handwritten documents including a girl's statement and a hotel register page. Attorneys argue over authenticity and relevance while courtroom dynamics hinge on these pieces as state defense moves occur.
Judge Hines hears defense bid for Oberholtzer evidence
Noblesville Indiana June 12. Defense and State attorneys argued over access to two crucial items in the Stephenson Klinck Gentry murder case Miss Madge Oberholtzer’s death bed statement and a Hammond hotel register page. Judge Fred E Hines did not rule and adjourned at noon with court set to resume at 1 30 p m. The defendants remained jailed as Eph Inman Floyd Christian and Ira M Holmes led the defense and William H Remy Marion County prosecutor and Charles Cox opposed. Ralph K Kane will close for the State this afternoon. About 100 townspeople filled the courtroom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blythe Q. Hendricks
Noblesvelle
Ind
D. C. Stephenson
Earl Klinck
Eail Gentry
Madge Oberholtzer
Indianapolis
Fred E. Hines
Hamilton
Eph Inman
Floyd Christian
Ira M. Holmes
William H. Remy
Marion County
Charles Cox
Ralph K. Kane
Remy
Noblesville
Contempt Case in Court Today for Buck Sumner
Judge Clinton H. Givan of Superior Court Four would rule this afternoon on a general denial petition filed by William Bosson, city attorney, over police officer Captain Charles Buck Sumner charged with contempt. Affidavits allege Sumner spoke against the court when restraining order blocked arrests at the polls. Sumner says he directed polls to obey the ruling.
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Clinton H. Givan
Superior Court Four
William Bosson
Charles “Buck” Sumner
Sumner
Horse Thief Detective Association
Ford Motor Company Sued Over $50 000 Damage Claim
A transcript of a $50 000 damage suit against Ford Motor Company was filed in Federal Court today after transfer from Marion County Circuit Court. William E. Ruhl of Carmel Road near Broad Ripple claims health damage from gas fumes while employed at the Indianapolis branch.
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Ford Motor Company
Marion County
William E. Ruhl
Carmel Rd
Broad Ripple
Ruhl
Indianapolis
Ford Company
Unclear OCR Time Fragments From Newspaper Page
Readable parts show early morning times such as 6 A M 66 10 A M 7 A M 69 11 A M but no full article context or events. The fragment appears to be a timetable or schedule snippet with multiple time entries.
Firemen Hurt in $35 000 Kingan Plant Blaze
A one story brick meat market building at Maryland and Blackford streets part of the Kingan & Co plant burned today in a blaze estimated at 35 000 to 40 000. Three firemen were slightly hurt and several employees were overcome as flames were fought with 14 lines of hose. Spontaneous combustion is listed as probable cause and a fire wall saved an adjacent four story building.
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Maryland and
Blackford Sts
Kingan & Co
Clarence Amos
Pumper Company G
Robert Sims
Headquarters Truck Company
Harry Harrod
Pumper Company 7
Harold Williams
Southport
Ind
King An
Frank Hopper
John R. Kingan
Local Man Faces Vagrancy Charge in Theft Probe
Vincent Roberts aged 25 of 443 East Market Street faces a vagrancy charge as police investigate a reported theft of a $100 diamond ring from the room of Mrs. Elizabeth Ennis at 440 Washington Street.
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Vincent Roberts
Market St
Elizabeth Ennis
Washington St
New Rules Post In Noblesville Jail For Murder Suspects
In Noblesville Indiana on June 12 new jail rules went into effect for D C Stephenson Earl Klinck and Earl Gentry jailed for the murder of Miss Madge Oberholtzer. Prisoners must make beds keep cells clean and aid sanitation. Spitting defacing walls or allowing tramps to sleep overnight are prohibited.
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Noblesville
Ind
D. C. Stephenson
Earl Klinck
Earl Gentry
Madge Oberholtzer
Fred B. Hines
O.R. Mann
Charles Gooding
Butler Student Man Without Country
Butler State student Joseph Matyas 22 of 129 W McCarty St has been ordered to leave the United States by June 23 after renouncing allegiance to Romania. Matyas, admitted as a student in 1924, wants to stay and finish Butler College, plans to study at Purdue, and seeks citizenship. He has appealed through officials and written to Baker and Labor Secretary Davis.
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William A. Evans
Joseph Matyas
Butler
W. McCarty
United States
Mayias
Ferdinand I of
Roumania
Indianapolis
P. A. Baker
the Commissioner of Immigration
Ellis Island
Matyas
Romania
America
Clugy
Purdue
Robert C. Baltzell
Baker
Labor Davis
Robert J. Aley
William P. Kappes
Federal Court
Printer School to Be Tasked at Indianapolis Dinner
The Future of the Typothetae School of Printing on the Technical School grounds will be discussed at a 6 tonight dinner at the Indianapolis Athletic Club. Carl C. Gibbs leads the committee seeking to keep the school locally while considering removal to consolidate the international offices now in Chicago. George B. Hebb of Detroit and other officers attended graduation for sixty students earlier in the day and Hebb and Harry Hillman were set to speak.
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Typotheae School of Printing
Technical
Indianapolis Athletic Club
United Typothetae of America
Indianapols
Carl C. Gibbs
Hypothetae
International
Chicago
George B. Hebb
Detroit
Mich
Hebb
Harry Hillman
Inland Printer
Indianapolis
Lincoln
School Let Out For Summer In Indianapolis
About 40,000 grade school children were dismissed at noon for summer. Grades closed with ceremonies and programs held across schools after long final days. High school students had finished classwork earlier, with graduates in commencement activities.
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Indianapolis
Missing Man in McIntock Case Returns to Testify
Robert A. White, key State witness in the Shepherd murder trial, reappears at the Chicago State's Attorney's office after weeks of disappearance. He accuses defense of buying him off and says he fled in fear, vowing to continue testifying. Jerome Mattillo from Indianapolis travels to Chicago via Indianapolis.
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United Press
Chicago
Robert A. White
White
Robert Lk. Crowe
Savage
Jerome Mattillo
Indianapolis
Shepherd
Bob McMillan
Oysters Tied to Typhoid in Murder Case
In Chicago, June 12, the defense argued Billy McClintock died of typhoid fever from raw oysters eaten two weeks earlier. Dr. Stolp and typhoid specialist Dr. Herrick testified the illness grew malignant, while attorney William D. Shepherd contends the banquet with his fiancée Isabelle Pope caused the fever.
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United Preas
Criminal Court
Chicago
William D. Shepherd
Billy McClintock
Rufus B. Stolp
Billy
Shepherd
Isabelle Pope
Stolp
James Herrick
Naval nurses go on trial for liquor importation
Two young women members of the United States naval nurses corps face a general court martial at the Navy yard on a charge of importing intoxicating liquor into the United States. The trial begins Wednesday.
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United Press
Washington
United States Naval Nurses Corps
Navy Yard
United States
Mercury Rises Marking Warmer Weather Expect Thunderstorms
After several cool days the U S weather bureau thermometer reached 69 at 7 am, two degrees above normal. Forecasters expect a warmer night with possible local thunderstorms and a cooler drop Saturday night, but no rain yet to ease the severe drought.
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United States Weather Bureau
Order Restored After Coal Miner Riots in Nova Scotia
Fifty Halifax police arrive to quell riots in New Waterford Core Brenton. One man killed and many wounded in clashes with strikers. The New Waterford power station, held by strikers since Thursday, is abandoned only after wrecking its equipment.
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United Presse
Halifax
N. S
New Waterford
Brenton
Arson Division Reports May Confessions and Convictions
The arson division of the State fire marshal's office investigated 34 fires in May. Ten confession cases and nine convictions were obtained. There were no acquittals dismissals or disagreements, according to Newman T. Miller, State fire marshal.
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Newman T. Miller
Miller
Speeding Charge Filed Against Donald Gordon
Donald Gordon aged 19 of 1634 Ludlow Avenue was slated on a speeding charge today in the county court.
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Donald Gordon
Ludlow Ave
Measles Still Tops Contagious Disease Count
Measles led contagious diseases in the state last week with 245 cases as reported by Dr. William F. King secretary of the State board of health. Scarlet fever rose to 134 cases signaling a flare-up.
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William F. King
State Board of Health
Payment for Protection to Be Asked of Institutions
Indianapolis Mayor Shank announced a plan to add fifty police to protect banks amid a surge of bank banditry. Twenty six will guard banks with thirty eight total in the detail. others patrol the underworld and search for suspects. The move aims to force bankers to pay for protection and to stamp out bank robberies.
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Indianapolis
Shank
Roy A. Pope
John Zener
Sixteenth St. State Bank
Fletcher Savings and Trust Company
Pope
Captain Pope
Indiana Ave
Hudson
Cox
Eisenhut
Army
Orville
Jigger) Hudson
Tiree
H. Fields
H. Shea
Pagett
J. Dowling
Woodward
F. Allison
Park
Blumberg
O. Smith
Wenz
T. Elisenhut
Ray
C. Monniger
Nellis
Fahey
Stricker
Stoddard
Coleman
Wesley
Vanhoy
Zener
Allison Smith
Bledsoe
Roach
Fossatti
Feeney Rollison
Clarey
H the Fletcher and Company
Motorcyclist Officer Reported Unarmed During Bank Robbery Pursuit
Witnesses say Motorcycle Policeman Hiram Fisher may have been unarmed as he pursued two bandits from Sixteenth Street Meridian Street starting point. He allegedly lost his revolver early. shots were fired at him near Nineteenth Street and Central Avenue, with one bullet hitting a dry goods building. Fisher later obtained a loaded gun at a hardware store after stopping at Ferger’s drug store and J T Coffer’s restaurant.
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Hiram Fisher
Sixteenth St. State Bank
Fletcher Savings and Trust Company
Fisher
Nineteenth St
Central Ave
Sixteenth
Meridian Sts
George L. Turner
College Ave
Broadway
Ferger
Sidney Friedman
Leland Lawson
Buckle St
Friedman
J. T. Coffer
Coffer
M. J. Peer
Poer
Road bond denials as county roads face concrete plan
State tax commissioners denied two Marion County road bond issues citing no need to tear up good roads for concrete. They approved a third project, a $45,000 bond, while disapproving Claude E. Williamson Rd in Wayne township at $58,500 and William A. Beasley Rd in Wayne and Decatur townships at $56,600.
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Marion County
Claude E. Williamson
Wayne Township
William A. Beasley
Wayne
Decatur
Williamson
Beasely
Charles I. Steinmeter
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Collins
National SR
Portant
Inman
Givan
Kingan’s
Kingan
U. S
Printer School
Typothetae
M’clintock
Robert A
McClintock
Girl
Mercury
Bureau
Nova Scotia
Speeder
Special Division
City Grimly
Mnarmen
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