Murder Hunt Centered on Auto Search
Police hunt for a large dark blue sedan linked to the death of 24 year old Pearl Jarboe after she was pushed from a moving car. Witnesses doubt alibis of two men while detectives press for a definitive description and license details.
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Pearl Jarboey
Worley
Jerry Kinney
Kinney
Joseph Jarboe
North St
Buick
Oldsmobile
Pontiac
Joseph
Sixteenth St
Colorado Ave
Streetcar Change of Venue Granted in Irvington Suit
The Indianapolis Street Railway Company wins a venue change for an injunction case filed by Irvington citizens against suspending street car service on Audibon Rd south of Washington St. The case moves to Shelbyville Circuit Court. City granted abandonment, citizens challenge legality.
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Indianapolis Street Railway Company
Irvington
Audibon Rd
Washington St
Byron K. Elliott
Shelbyville
Ind
Citizens
City Trucker Curbs Targeted By Police Chief Order
Police Chief Claude M Worley ordered officers to arrest coal ice and delivery truck drivers for driving over curbs and sidewalks. Badger Williamson city civil engineer chief clerk said drivers are bumping curbs and breaking them faster than the street department can repair.
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Claude M Worley
Badger Williamson
City Civil Engineer's Office
City
Garage Burglary Report Sees $600 Loss Across Two Vehicles
Joseph Donato reports burglars broke into his garage at 1010 Ashland Ave Friday night. Loot included tires and tubes worth 300 dollars and a service truck valued at 300 dollars, loaded and driven away.
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Joseph Donato
Massachusetts Ave
Ashland Ave
Police Warn Dealers on Blank Cartridge Revolvers
Police Chief Claude M Worley said blank cartridge revolvers fall under firearm laws. Officers were told to warn novelty shop dealers and to act against anyone found shooting them, with permits required from the county clerk for possession and use.
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Claude M. Worley
Hourly Temperatures Snapshot 55 Bs
Temperatures recorded hourly show 68 degrees at 9 a m and 68 degrees at 10 a m with prior reading 574 at 8 a m.
Hoover Faces Mocking Fashion Critique On Nomination Day
Herbert Hoover drew mockery from fashion watchers on his first day as Republican presidential nominee. He wore white shoes with a dark suit and a gray felt hat, while the well dressed man prefers white shoes with straw hats and light summer attire. Hoover usually favors double breasted gray or blue suits.
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United Press
Washington
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Curtis greeted in home town
Topeka Kans June 16 An old fashioned celebration welcomed Senator Charles Curtis Republican vice presidential nominee back to his home town Citizens decorated streets flags and bunting Statehouse steps hosted a speakers stand two bands joined the parade Curtis arrived with his son and Mayor W O Rigby Thousands cheered as Governor Ben S Paulen addressed locals Curtis said he hoped to bring the presidential nomination to Topeka and praised Merbert Hoover as a statesman and builder
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United Press
Topeka
Kas
Charles Curtis
Curtis
Kansas City
W. O. Rigby
Statehouse
Ben S. Paulent
Washington
Merbert Hoover
Wets Win In Poll In Delaware As Prohibition Faces Change
Washington reports results of a Delaware poll of 100000 citizens showing 87 percent of 37951 respondents favor changing the dry laws. Pierre S. Du Pont, tied to a major manufacturing firm, organized the survey in April and says the anti prohibition sentiment suggests repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment.
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United Press
Washington
Delaware
Association Against the Prohibition
Pierre S. du Pont
Explosive and Automobile Manufacturing Company
du Pont
Brule Welcomes Coolidge in a Townwide Parade
Brule Wisconsin hosted President Calvin Coolidge in a brief visit that drew 302 residents to Main Street. The town boosted its facilities and morale as Cedar Island Lodge provided a calm backdrop while locals prepared concessions and speculation ran high about the president’s day-long journey.
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Brule
Wis
United States
Coolidge
Washington
Florida
President Coolidge
White House
Allen T. Golder
Webster
Henry Denny
A. J. Webster
Blue River
Main Street
Superior
Cedar Island Lodge
Flier Faces Trial in 1926 Plane Theft Case
Steve Lacey of Illinois stands trial in federal court on charges of stealing a Waco biplane from Richmond airport in 1926. The case ties to Walter Anderson, killed in a later crash while instructing a 17 year old, and Milton Hershberger, another aircraft theft linked aviator.
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Steve Lacey
Illinois
Robert ©. Baltzell
Lacey
Waco
Walter Anderson
Richmond
Anderson
Montana
Milton
Red) Hershberger
Hershberger
Sandusky Field
Action On Hospital Expected Monday
Mayor L. Ert Slack and the board of health declined to discuss Friday's closed conference on the city hospital building program. They indicated general plans were discussed and expect the health board to move Monday night to implement the council ordinance authorizing selection of an architect, engineer and consultant. Slack urged choosing high-class professionals.
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L. Ert Slack
Board of Health
Slack
Health Board
Treasurer to Get Profits Despite Edict
Marion County Treasurer Clyde E Robinson will handle delinquent tax collection himself this year to retain profits from Barrett law deposits. The 1927 Barrett law change ended county treasurers' interest. collectors previously earned about $40 000 yearly. Robinson plans to save about half by foregoing a separate collector and will add roughly $20 000 to his 1928 salary. J D Henderson and others switch to salary based work under Robinson for the collection year.
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Clyde E. Robinson
Barrett Law Fund
Robinson
Marion
General Assembly
J. D. Henderson
Webster to Trial for Hit and Run in Municipal Court
Irving Webster editor of the Indiana Journal faced a Municipal Court trial on charges of failing to stop after an accident. Special Judge Thomas C. Whallon, Republican ward chairman, was to hear the case with witnesses for the State after Deputy Prosecutor Miller sought dismissal or continuation.
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Irving Webster
Indiana Journal
Thomas C. Whallon
Sixth Ward
Webster
George W. Coffin
Whallon
E. New York St
Bertram Walker
William E. Miller
Miller
Flood Breaks Stevens Levee Forcing Ark Families to Flee
Several hundred families fled to higher ground as the Stevens levee on the White River broke, flooding a large area. Four towns in the flood path were threatened: Tupeka Weldon Shoffner and Auverne.
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Pewport
Ark
Stevens Levee
White River
Tupeka
Weldon
Shoffner
Auverne
Italian premier hears immigrant rise to Stein Bloch head
Premier Mussolini received Harry G Dannunzio of Rochester New York who told how he started as an immigrant and climbed to the top of the Stein Bloch Tailoring Company.
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United Press
Rome
Mussolini
Harry G. Dannunzio
Rochester
N. Y
Dannunzio
Stein Bloch Tailoring Company
Earhart Flight Delayed by Weather at St Johns
Amelia Earhart Wilmer Stultz and Lou Gordon remain grounded in St Johns Newfoundland as adverse weather blocks a trans Atlantic takeoff in the flying trio’s tri motor plane Friend ship. Dawn conditions show no improvement, though a dawn test flight may occur if weather clears.
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ST. Johns
N. F
Amelia Earhart
Wilmer Stultz
Lou Gordon
Bell Flight to France By Columbia With Miss Bell
Bell aircraft Columbia set for trans Atlantic departure toward France from Harbour Grace Newfoundland June 16. Weather hindered takeoff yet crew optimism remained high as Miss Mabel Bell voiced confidence she will be first woman to cross the Atlantic by air. Captain Leboutillier compared Columbia speed to the Friendship noting 110 mph versus 90 mph.
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United
Atlantic
Miss Bell
Oliver C. Leboutillieer
Columbia
Frankfort Man Kills Self in Despondent Health Crisis
Edward B. Cochran, 60, of Frankfort Indiana, died by suicide from a gunshot amid ill health. He had served as a locomotive engineer in France during World War II.
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Frankfort
Ind
Edward B. Cochran
France
Beer Beauty Miss Berne Arrives for MGM Contract
Evanmyron Berne, a 17 year old German actress, arrives in New York aboard the S S George Washington, signed by Metro Goldwyn Mayer. Her contract requires real beer on set and her aim is to be photographed with President Coolidge. Discovered by Norma Shearer during her European trip.
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United Press
New York
Evanmyron Berne
Hollywood
George Washington
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Miss Berne
President Coolidge
Norma Shearer
Stock Market Opens Flat with Mixed Rails Strength
The New York market showed irregular early trading with lenders selling and many issues down. Rails stayed firm while United States Steel dipped to 137 percent then rose to 138 percent, General Motors touched 177 percent, and American Telephone gained a point to 179 percent amid a dull session. Missouri-Kansas-Texas, New York Central and Atchison were among stronger rail issues.
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United Press New York
United States Steel
General Motors
American Telephone & Telegraph
Radio Corporation
Montgomery Ward
Southern Lawyer Honored With Notre Dame Laetare Medal
In South Bend on June 16 1928 Jack J. Spalding of Atlanta Georgia was named the Laetare medal recipient at the University of Notre Dame. He is the first Southern man to win the award, the highest honor for Catholic laity.
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Speviat
South Bend
Ind
Jack J. Spalding
Atlanta
University of Notre Dame
Spalding
Hoover and Hoople Find Convention a Success
Hoople reports a great convention for Hoover and Curtis marked by a $73 poker win from a marked deck and a humorous narration of misadventures. He jokes about gambling, Halley’s comet, and a laundry room stumble, noting the four day gathering and expectations for Houston. He muses on a future Hoover Hoople campaign duo.
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Ansas City
Hoover to meet leaders on campaign plans after nomination
President hopeful Hoover will hold a series of conferences with Republican leaders starting Monday to map campaign strategy. James W. Good arrives Sunday to brief on the Kansas City convention while Hoover remains at work and plans to resign from the Commerce post only after formal campaign plans are set.
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Washington
Herebert Hoover
James W. Good
Hoover
Kansas City
Interior Work
Treasury Mellon
Agriculture Jardine
Edgart Richard
New York
Commission For Relief
Belgium
Secretary of Commerce
Hoovers
Friends Meeting House
I St
Hersbert Hoover, Jr
Hebert Hoover, Jr
Federal raid nets seized liquor at Muskingum Street homes
Federal agents and police confiscated sixteen quarts of white mule hidden behind a basement brick wall and five half gallons under a front room floor during a raid on Ruth Follis’s home at 522 Muskingum Street. Wallace Holeman and Nelson Woods were present. all residents are Black.
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Ruth Follis
Muskingum St
Wallace Holeman
Nelson Woods
Follis
Market Hints Of Moderate Improvement Across Sectors
Looking back at the week the political scene has partly cleared after a convention. Oil copper railroad and export industries point to continued improvement while steel motor and seasonal employment slacken less severe. Overall business is good on solid foundations as speculation necessitates market adjustment with stock offerings on strength and money market improvements awaited. Andrew Roesch, 74, killed by a Terre Haute tram near his home in Terre Haute Indiana.
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Thomson & McKinnon
New York
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