City police crack down as 49 motorists jailed in speed drive
Police motorcycle squads conducted a city wide operation to curb traffic crashes amid recent fatalities. Forty nine motorists were arrested Thursday night, including alleged speeders and violators for failing to stop after accidents. Names and addresses of those charged include Frank J. Forth victim of a fatal crash and several speeding suspects with varied ages and streets in Indianapolis.
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Claude F. Johnson
Frank J. Forth
Alabama St
Twenty-Second St
Central Ave
Howard Adams
Holmes Ave
City Hospital
Michigan St
Walter Wright
Clifford Jenkins
William Witt
N. Keystone Ave
E. J. Bledsoe
Perkins St
A. C. Moneymaker
Jackson St
Joe Seeley
R. R. O. Box
Frank Dorn
Stubbins Hotel
Seeley
Moneymaker
Walter Ridout
Ludlow Ave
Grover Davis
Casey's Bat Is Broom At Special Sessions Court
New York report describes a case where Be atrice Casey sues husband John J. Casey. The groom and the broom figure in court with John J. Casey remanded to Tombs Prison until probation officers report.
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United Press
New York
Casey
Mighty Casey
Beatrice Casey
John J. Casey
Tombs Prison
Cruel act costs brickyard workers six months labor
In Prydgewater England on June 17 three brick workers were sentenced to six weeks at hard labor for cruelty to a swan. Their charge stemmed from injuring the protected bird at a local site.
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Ted Pres
Prydgewater
England
Fishin Time Opens Indiana Waters With Bait Bars Open
Hundreds of sportsmen flock to lakes and river banks at dawn as fishing season opens under the 1927 statute. Closed periods cover bass bluegill perch pike pickerel May 1 to June 15, trout September to April. Tackle shops report crowds and licenses issued, per George N. Mannfeld, fish and game superintendent.
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Indiana
Izaak Walton
George N. Mannfeld
Fish and Game
Coolidge Returns to Work in Rapid City School Room
President Coolidge arrives in Rapid City to set up offices in a new two story high school. He reads mail, dispatches telegrams to Washington officials, and meets local delegations including Deadwood Mayor Howe. Mrs Coolidge strokes elk at the lodge and promises sugar.
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Paul R. Mallon
United Press
Rapid City
S. D
Coolidge
White House
Howe
Deadwood
Washington
Violinist Held Over Missing New York Girl case
Miss Jean Thompson an 18 year old from New York is held in Chicago as police await her mother’s arrival. Jacques Gasselin a 27 year old violinist arrested with her says they planned to marry soon after disappearing from New York on June 2.
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United Press
Chicago
Jean Thompson
W. Seventy- Fourth St
New York
Jacques Gasselin
Gasselin
France
Jean
California 103-Year-Old Louisa McGovern Dies
Mrs. Louisa McGovern, aged 103, longtime Marin County resident, dies in San Rafael. Claimed as the first white child born in northern California, she lived in the region for a century. Her father Gregorio Brientes served as an early California governor.
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Marin County
Louisa McGovern
California
New Custodian Named at Court House
John A. Fox appointed Court House custodian succeeding George Yanthis who was killed last week in the elevator shaft incident. Fox previously served as Tomlinson Hall custodian and has worked as elevator operator at the Court House.
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John A. Fox
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George Yanthis
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Tomlinson Hall
Hopes Rise for Actor John Drew in Critical Condition
San Francisco June 17 reports say actor John Drew rested well overnight. Physicians caution his condition remains critical but improvement is noted in his health since yesterday.
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United Press
San Francisco
John Drew
Peril in Pushmobile At Home Injury Reported
A six year old boy Ollie Cox Negro of 626 Hiawatha Street was cut on the back by a pushmobile near his home. The injury was about three inches and happened today as the device rolled over.
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Ollie Cox
Hiawatha St
Low bid on Pleasant Run sewer project announced
Krenn and Data Building and Construction Company of Chicago submitted the low preliminary bid of 634 229 for the Pleasant Run main sanitary interceptor sewer from Arlington Ave to Bean Creek at Garfield Park. City estimates total cost 782 521. engineer reviews three bids and specs call for 430 days to completion.
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Arlington Ave
Bean Creek
Garfield Park
Frank C. Lingenfelter
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Sheehan Construction Company
Holliday Bldg
Eugene Sheehan
Sheehan
Kruse Construction Company, Inc
Agriculture Dept Drives Fight Against Corn Borer
The Agriculture Department resumes battle with the corn borer using five parasite species bred at the Arlington experimental farms. Parasites are being distributed already in New England Ohio and Michigan to curb the pest.
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United Press Pnashington
Agriculture Department
Arlington
New England
Ohio
Mcihhigan
When Your Tenant Leaves
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Hearse Driver Held After Beer Confiscation
A heated argument on a hearse led Detective Walsh to intervene. He found ten barrels of beer in the repository instead of a casket and arrested driver John Miller and his helper Phillip Miller.
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Philadelphia
Walsh
John Miller
Phillip Miller
Judge to Rule on City Manager Law Soon
Superior Court Judge Linn D. Hay prepares his opinion on the city manager law's validity and expects to publish it late today or Saturday. A demurrer to an injunction suit by James R. Collier seeks to block Tuesday's election. Arguments were heard Wednesday by city manager attorneys and opposition counsel on constitutionality.
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Linn D. Hay
James R. Collier
E. Fiftieth St
Fred Gause
Clinton H. Givan
Louis B. Ewbank
Samuel Ashby
Thomas McGee
Wilbur Rouse
Demurrer
Chang Tso-Lin Accepts North China Dictatorship
Marshal Chang Tso-Lin, warlord of Manchuria and Pekin ruler, accepted civil and military dictatorship over North China effective tomorrow afternoon, taking the title generalis simo. The move was officially announced.
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United Press
PEKIN
Chang Tso-Lin
Manchuria
North China
Chang
Famous bulldog dead from the trenches to Calgary
Charlie, a thoroughbred English bulldog born in a shell hole at Vimy Ridge, has died in Calgary. Owned by Private E J O'Hara, the white brindle hound traced its sire to Ypres and its mother was killed at the front.
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Alta
Canada
Charlie
Vimy Ridge
E. J. O’hara
Ypres
Death Seemingly Near For 7 Year Old Julia Cruz
Emergency squad members recall the bravery of Julia Cruz 7 as they rushed her from La Salle Street and Roosevelt Avenue to city hospital after being struck by a Brightwood streetcar. Doctors declared a frontal skull fracture and the child remained in critical condition.
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Sergt. Clifford Richter
Julia Cruz
Ramon A. Cruz
Roosevelt Ave
Julia
City Hospital
la Salle St
Brightwood
Hero of Sky to Be Hailed in St Louis
Col Charles A Lindbergh lands the Spirit of St Louis at Lambert Field on June 17 as St Louis prepares a homecoming parade downtown led by city officials and military groups. The crowd braves rain as Mrs Evangeline Lindbergh awaits and events include banquets, opera, and a Forest Park ceremony.
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United Press Lambert
St. Louis
Charles A. Lindbergh
Evangeline Lindbergh
Lindbergh
Sportsman's Park
St. Louis Cardinals
New York Giants
Forest Park
Municipal Opera
L Ndbergh
Harry K. Knight
Lindbergh Leaves New York Bound for St Louis
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, lauded for the nonstop New York to Paris flight, departed Mitchel Field at 6 17 a m aboard The Spirit of St Louis for St. Louis after brief official goodbyes. He wore a blue serge suit with leather windbreaker and gave a final interview to press before takeoff.
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United Press
New York
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lindbergh
Spirit of
Washington
St. Louis
Grover Whalen
Walker
Fleeing horse drowns after canal plunge on Elmira Ave
A Wells and Wells Milk Co wagon and its runaway horse plunged into the canal on Thirty-Fourth Street at 3 a.m. The horse drowned and was recovered with the wagon after twenty men and an auto using block and tackle. Walter Jones aided by jumping from his nearby property at 1156 Udell Street.
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Wells and Wells Milk Company
Thirty-Fourth St
Walter Jones
Udell St
Elmira Ave
Jones
Bus Petition Opposed on Guilford Avenue Line
A second motion to dismiss the petition of the Peoples Motor Coach Company to establish a bus line on Guilford Ave was filed with the Public Service Commission today by Attorneys Cronk and Wilde. They entered appearance for objecting residents of the street.
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Peoples Motor Coach Company
Guilford Ave
Public Service Commission
Cronk and Wilde
Suit Aims to Stop Election Hauling Contract
Floyd G. Owens filed an injunction in Superior Court Five to prevent the city manager election commissioners from awarding a hauling voting equipment contract to W. S. Frye Transfer Company for polling places. Owens seeks $2,500 in damages, alleging clerk William A. Boyce Jr. fraudulently awarded the bid, knowing it was not the lowest. Frye bid was 1233 dollars and Gaphol bid 474.
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W.S. Frye
Gaphol
Lindbergh salutes Wright plant during St Louis flight
Charles Lindbergh paused on his St. Louis flight to salute the Wright Aeronautical Corporation Plant in Paterson New Jersey. He circled the plant three times at about 200 feet and workers who helped build the Spirit of St. Louis motor cheered before he continued westward.
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Paterson
N. J
Charles Lindbergh
St. Louis
Wright Aeronautical Corporation
Wright
Spirit of
Lindbergh Receives Orteig Prize After New York Visit
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh wrapped a week of homage in New York with a final departure from New York, saying the visit was great. He thanked Americans for their support and accepted the Raymond Orteig prize of 25000 in person at a last function.
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Bnew York
Charles A. Lindbergh
Washington
France
New York
Lindbergh
Raymond Orteig
Paris
Orteig
Negotiations Rose For Southwest Lines Merger
Kansas City Southern Missouri Kansas and Texas and St Louis Southwestern negotiate a new merger. L F Loree promoter of the Southwestern system said sponsors aim for an acceptable combination to pass the Interstate Commerce Commission after rejection of the first plan. Directors of the M K and T discussed the new merger this week.
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United Press
New York
L. F. Loree
Interstate Commerce Commission
Loree
Publicity Ruins John Coolidge and Florence Trumbull Visit
In Conn June 17 John Coolidge and Florence Trumbull, daughter of the governor, toured in the Trumbull home area and were constantly watched by a Secret Service agent. The couple complained that media coverage spoils their privacy but say they are now accustomed to it.
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United Press Usain Conn
Florence Trumbull
John Coolidge
Connecticut
Trumbull
Coolidge
United States Secret Service
Public Drinking Cup Ban Passed by City
A new city ordinance passed June 6 prohibits firms and corporations from using public drinking cups or glasses unless sterilized after each use. The health department will pass on all cases, with fines up to 50 dollars and costs, and each day of violation counts as a separate offense.
Dry raid sweep targets East Chicago liquor dens
Seventeen federal agents began raids in East Chicago today with expected total arrests of seventy five to eighty. Deputy Prohibition Administrator George Winkler announced the plan and said fifty locations would be raided after undercover work in East Chicago steel mills over five weeks. Pads of thirty locations are to be padlocked by Federal Judge Thomas W. Slick in Hammond.
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George Winkler
Federal Prohibition Administration
Winkler
Thomas W. Slick
Hammond
Temperatures From Early Morning Readings
Hourly temperature readings show values from 57 at 6 a m to 74 by noon 8 a m 71 9 a m 69 10 a m 69 11 a m 74 12 noon.
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Lindbergh Thrills Indianapolis With City Wide Flyover
Crowds jammed downtown Indianapolis as Charles Lindbergh’s convoy of planes circled Monument Circle and glided along Washington Street. Police and volunteers from Dayton and Fort Benjamin Harrison joined nine local planes in a dramatic, minutes long display thrilling residents before Lindbergh flew on toward St Louis.
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