Mother seeks to save lives in hazings at Indiana Univ
The Indiana University hazing case follows the death of George Bud Steinmetz Jr. in 1928 after Rough Week initiations. His mother Mrs George Steinmetz pledges a life to stop fraternity cruelties, keeping Buds room as a memorial and pushing officials to halt hazing practices. A second note reports Evansville College receiving a $150000 endowment from Preston Kumler.
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Arch Steinel
Indianapolis Times
Ashland Avenue
Indiana
George Steinmetz
George
Bud' Steinmetz Jr
Indiana University
Bud
Shortridge
Delta Chi
Boydom
Billy
Knickers
Billys
Evansville
Ind
Evansville College
Preston Kumler
Washington, Ac
George Steinmetz Sr
George Jr
Indianapolis
Bud” Steinmetz
Steinmetz
Diary of Hell Week Victim at Indiana University
A diary kept by George Bud Steinmetz 29 notes brutal hell week rituals at Indiana University. The entries describe pledges punished with demeaning tasks including forced dancing, bullying by upperclassmen, paddling, and fearsomely laxative meals. The sequence ends with a rat incident and his death on May 2, warning other youths.
County Attorney Seeks Suspension Of Border Agent In Slaying
Koochiching County Attorney David Hurlburt said he would request Washington customs chiefs to suspend Emmett J. White, border customs agent, who is held on a manslaughter charge in the death of Henry Virkula, a Big Falls confectioner. State and county officials and Henry L. Roberts, treasury department agent, called the shooting wholly unjustified and warned of a flawed enforcement system along rural roads.
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United Press International
Virkula
Big Falls
David Hurlburt
Koochiching County
U S Moves to Ban Deaths v United Press
Treasury officials moved to tighten firearms rules for dry agents and customs men after a shooting near the Canadian border. Seymour Lowman, assistant secretary, stressed stringent regulations and vowed swift punishment for violations.
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United Press
Washington
Treasury
Seymour Lowman
United States Wins League Council Vote on World Court Pact
The Elihu Root protocol to admit U.S. adhesion to the world court was unanimously approved by the League of Nations council in Madrid on June 12. The measure now awaits unanimous assembly consent and follows Senate reservations.
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United Preae
Madrid
United States
Council of the
League of Nations
Assembly
Senate
Bell System to Spend 1,750,000 Daily in 1929
N T Guernsey of American Telephone and Telegraph addressed the Rotary Club on the Bell System's job, building a great public service. He stated the system will spend 1,750,000 daily for maintenance in 1929.
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Bell System
N. T. Guernsey
New York
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Rotary Club
Guernsey
Death claims W. D. Boyce former Indiana Daily Times owner
W. D. Boyce, 70, former owner of the Indiana Daily Times and promoter of the Boy Scout movement in America, died in Chicago of pneumonia. He lived in Chicago but was active in Indianapolis business and civic life as publisher of The Times and real estate investor. He renamed the paper in 1912 after buying it as the Indianapolis Sun. He built a fortune through papers like the Saturday Blade and Chicago Ledger. Survived by widow and two daughters. his son Ben Boyce died recently.
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Indiana Daily Times
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America
England
Chicago
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Indianapolis
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Indianapolis Sun
Rudolph Leeds
Leeds
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Sun
Scripps-Howard
Saturday Blade
Chicago Ledger
Ben Boyce
Stimson Receives NYU Honorary Law Degree
Henry L. Stimson secretary of state was awarded the honorary degree of doctor of laws at New York University during the ninety seventh annual commencement exercises in New York.
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United Press
NEW York
Henry L. Stimson
New York University
Torch murder trial testimony recalls amnesia and blame
Henry Colin Campbell testified he could not recall many statements about the torch murder of his wife Mildred Mowry. The engineer, nervously on the stand, said he carried the pistol because she threatened suicide and to protect his children. Prosecutor Abe J. David began summation as Campbell’s earlier account of a bigamous marriage and the arson were reviewed.
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United Press
Elizabeth
N. J
Henry Colin Campbell
Mildred Mowry
Abe J. David
Campbell
Lawyer Slain Case Ends As Indiana Law Dismissed
Judge Hutchinson rules the life and death statute muddied homicide law. John Van Hook of Terre Haute freed on first degree murder charge in the Austin Sweet slaying and rearrested on related counts. Prosecutor Miller seeks dismissal. case may be reindicted in Vigo county.
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Ben Stern
Brazil
Ind
Indiana General Assembly
John van Hook
Terre Haute
Austin Sweet
Kenneth C. Miller
Clay County
Miller
van Hook
Hutchinson
Vigo County
Vigo
Rhinelander Seeks Divorce in Nevada
Leonard Kip Rhinelander of a prominent New York family has moved to Las Vegas and will file for divorce from Alice Rhinelander, daughter of a Negro hack driver, his attorney Harley Harmon said today.
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United Press
Las Vegas
Nev
Leonard Kip Rhinelander
New York
Alice Rhinelander
Harley Harmon
Times Offers Free Driver License Applications to 3000 Drivers
The Indianapolis Times notes 3000 driver license applications filed for free notarization at the paper’s office since Monday. The service aims to save money and protest political fee practices tied to the secretary of state. After notarization, applicants must appear to swear the form, then may pay 25 cents for a license or mail the form with a freeholder’s signature.
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Indianapolis Times Office
Times Notaries
the Times
Secretary of State
Cambridge women seek city shoes after tar street incident
Miss Bessie Baker and Mrs Celia Myers asked the Cambridge city council to buy them shoes and stockings after stepping into fresh tar on a construction street. They removed their shoes and stockings, were stuck again, and finally reached the sidewalk in bare feet.
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United Press
Cambridge
Mass
Bessie Baker
Celia Myers
Lone Sailor's Tiny Boat Reaches Azores in World Voyage
Allan Gerbault's tiny sloop Firecrest arrived at the Azores as part of his solo world circumnavigation. He telegraphed friends in Paris that the voyage will continue from the Azores.
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Paris
Allan Gerbault
Firecrest
Gerbault
Brookhart Presses Third Party Plan in Farm Relief Row
Senator Brookhart urged a third party if farm relief lacks a debenture provision and proposed keeping the debenture in the tariff bill. The dispute widens between Hoover allies and Borah over the farm relief measure as the Senate votes on the debenture plan and the House prepares to act.
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Ashington
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William E. Borah
Idaho
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Herbert Hoover
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House
Federal Farm Board
Plane crashes into house at Seagirt New Jersey
An airplane piloted by William Taff from Red Bank crashed into a bedroom at a summer home in Seagirt, New Jersey, two hours before Governor Morgan F. Larson arrived. Pilot and two passengers Mrs. Allen Jasmine and her 3-year-old son escaped unharmed.
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United Press
Seagirt
N. J
Morgan F. Larson
William Taff
Red Bank
Allen Jasmine
Fortune Ties to a Ten-Room House in New Augusta Derby Luck
Arthur Court wins big from a British derby sweepstakes after moving to a mansion in New Augusta near Indianapolis. Attorney Emsley W. Johnson, owner of the house, recalls a string of tenants who grew rich while living there and muses whether fortune will next move to Court or another family. Johnson contemplates renting out the property as a chance to attract fame and fortune.
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New Augusta
Indianapolis
Emsley W. Johnson
Board of Public Works
Chance
Johnson
Phoebe Smelter
David Brown
Columbus Jones
Jones
William Berry
Thomas O’mahlie
Court
Widow seeks lesson from tragedy after fatal shooting
Mrs Henry Virkula prays her husband Henry's death will curb police violence after a federal agent killed him near Veleton Minnesota. She spoke as the family attended the funeral and recalled the car ride when buckshot shattered the rear window. Their daughters Alice Marie and Denise De Lane slept through the perilous ride.
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United Press
Veleth, Minn
Henry Virkula
Henry #5
Ruling upholds city manager form in Indiana case
Superior Judge William O. Dunlavy sustained the demurrer for the Keane faction, ruling the city manager law is not local or unconstitutional. He said elections under the manager form must be nonpartisan and that the 1927 adoption vote was not illegal, noting perfection of the law takes time and an appeal may be filed to the state supreme court.
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Coffin Group
State Supreme Court
William O. Dunlavy
Indianapolis
Clifford H. Keane
George W. Coffin
Keane
William A. Boyce Jr
William H. Remy
Reginald Sullivan
Clinton H. Givan
Coffin Organization
Dunlavy
Boyce
Ira M. Holmes
Carl E. Wood
New Election Commission
Givan
Commission
Harry O. Chamberlin
Supreme Court
Hall-Mills Killing Witness Sentenced in Detroit
Kenneth Ciedase, 31, who said he witnessed the Hall and Mills killings in New Jersey seven years ago, is ordered to serve six more years in prison. Federal Judge Charles C. Simone gives four years for violating the automobile act and two years for a Mann Act charge. His testimony on Hall Mills could not be substantiated.
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Kenneth Ciedase
Edward Hall
Eleanor Mills
New Jersey
Gladeau
Charles C. Simone
Hall-Mills
Love Tragedy Fails Self-Destruction Attempt
Paul Earhart, 24, of 1530 East Ohio Street, told a state police officer he was glad he missed after a self harm attempt inspired by a failed romance. He was wounded by a .32 caliber bullet Tuesday night, the bullet passing near his heart and exiting eight inches from entry. He is hospitalized in stable condition.
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East Ohio Street
Arch Ball
Earhart
City Hospital
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