Romany Chieftain Demands Return of Abducted 16 Year Old Wife
A Romany chief based in South Halstead Chicago issues a warning to recover Sophia Dimetro a 16 year old abducted wife of Dronka son of Franka. The crime occurred on South Illinois street as gypsies swarmed the area and seized Sophia then fled in blue and cream touring cars. Franka offers a 25 dollar reward and the tribe mobilizes to locate her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Qophia
Dimetro
Gorgio
Tina Bimb
South Halstead
Chicago
Franka
Fred Thompson
Arnold Street
Indianapolis
Sophia Dimetro
Sophia
Dronka
Rosie Gimbo
South
Ilinois Street
Rosie
South Illinois Street
Thompson
Arnolda Street
Hompson
Flames Devour Elevator and Two Warehouses in Dakota Street
A morning blaze at the National Elevator Company complex on Dakota Street near Morris destroyed the grain elevator and two warehouses, with losses estimated at 250000. Fire crews battled the flames with ten water lines, while Li eutenant Paul Bolling was briefly overcome. John Jordan of the National Elevator Company attributed most damage to electrical wiring and oats storage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Elevator Company
Dakota Street
Morris Street
Arthur Kenson
van Camp Packing Company
Dilling & Co
Elevator Company
van Camp
Paul Bolling
No. 6
R. H. Young
City Hospital
Kenson
Dilling
John Jordan
Jordan
Harry Weschell
The Clown in Me A Circus Dawn Remembers
Arch Steinel recalls a Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey visit in Columbus Ohio. The narrator, a novice clown, describes joining Felix Adler in clown alley learning makeup and pratfalls, leading an elephant and getting laughed at by a Little Girl in G. The memory shows clowns crave a child’s laughter as the heart of circus life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ringling Brothers
Barnum & Bailey
Felix Adler
Ringlings
Felix
Dolly
Jules Tourner
Charles Weber
Clown Alley
Columbus
Jules
Jack
Barnum & Bailey's Circus
Arch Steinel
Indianapolis Times
Adler
Steinel
Baseball Box Scores First Game Summary
Kansas City 4 Toledo 0 in first game with Sheehan and Peters pitching for KC and Wingard McCurdy for Toledo. St Louis 0 0 0 Chicago 3 0 0 Sherdel Smith for Chicago. Malone Gonzales for St Louis. New York 3 Philadelphia 1 0 5. N Y Fitzsimmons Hogan. Phil Collins Lerian.
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Kansas City
Toledo
K. C
Sheehan
Peters
Wingard
McCurdy
St. Louis
Chicago
St. Lo
New York
Philadelphia
N. Y
Dynamite Accident Behind Woodlawn Home Sparks Alarm
Two sticks of dynamite and four fuses fell from an ash can overturned by Mrs. L. Doyle in the rear alley of 742 Woodlawn Avenue. She fled to call police as investigators searched for the source, unsure how the explosive arrived there.
Honeymoon Drama Delays Marion County Grand Jury
The January Marion county grand jury adjourned a week early as jurors completed their service. Emil Kottkamp of 1353 Union Street plans to wed Edna Summers Thursday night, prompting courthouse chatter about the missed session and the wedding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion County Grand Jury
James A. Collins
Emil Kottkampp
Union Street
Edna Summers
West
Juvenile Court Home Site Debate Nears Decision
Marion county officials debate locating a new juvenile courthouse and detention home at the northwest corner of Alabama and Walnut streets with a $100000 appropriation. John Osbon proposes $99000 for his site, while R H Acre offers the Market and East site at $120000. The commission may favor Osbon or Acre as social workers note proximity to the courthouse for Judge Lahr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion County
County Council
Alabama and
Walnut Streets
Walnut Street
John Osbon
West Thirty-third Street
R. H. Acre
Market and
East Streets
Frank J. Lahr
Market
East Street
Osbon
Acre
East
Acres
Central Christian Church
Delaware
William A. Shullenberger
Hungary Ratifies Kellogg Pact by United Arena
Budapest June 19 Hungarian parliament unanimously ratified the Kellogg antiwar pact. The historic vote consolidates the nation’s commitment to peaceful resolution of disputes and enshrines the agreement within national law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hungary
United Arena
Budapest
Showers Today May Give Temporary Relief
Thundershowers promised only temporary relief from the city's first heat wave blamed for two fatalities, prostration and drowning. Forecaster J H Armington warned cooler weather may not arrive before Friday as heat temperatures flirt with a seasonal high. Meteorologist notes high and low pressure shifts failed to bring relief. readings showed 70 at 6 am and 86 by 1 pm. The heat prostration victim Joseph Caesar, 35, collapsed Tuesday while working on Kentucky street and died at St Vincent's hospital. Robert Bailey, 18, drowned in Eagle Creek near the Pennsylvania railroad bridge after stepping into a deep hole while wading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Armington
Weather Bureau
Indianapolis
Armington
Joseph Caesar
New Jersey
Kentucky Street
Marion County Construction Company
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Italy
Robert Bailey
Harris Street
Eagle Creek
Pennsylvania Railroad Bridge
Dog Wounds Rescuer After Sewer Pipe Rescue
Wallace Miner, an Indiana Central college graduate living on campus, attempted to free a dog from a sewer pipe on campus Tuesday night. He was bitten on the hand and police ordered H L Allison to confine the dog for ten days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace Miner
Indiana Central College
H. L. Allison
Hanna Avenue
Lions Enter Morocco as Heat Drives Animals North
In a rare movement the ex tremely hot conditions in Africa push lions into Morocco near Sefrou. Moroccan troops were sent to hunt the animal after it partly devoured a woman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
FEI
Morocco
Africa
Sefrou
Youths Win Liberty in Burglary Case Request
William White and Grace Ogle both of Winchester Indiana were granted suspended sentences after former Governor James P. Goodrich asked Judge James A. Collins to show leniency. The pair pleaded guilty to breaking into Monterey Percifield’s drug store on Boulevard Place and stealing $160 on March 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William White
Grace Ogle
Winchester
Ind
James P. Goodrich
James A. Collins
Goodrich
Collins
Monterey Percifield
Boulevard Place
Bus Driver Held After Morning Collision
Allan Stranz of 320 East Vermont street driving a People's Motor Coach Brightwood bus was arrested for assault and battery and reckless driving after a head on crash with Mrs Minnie McHenry 26 of 1523 Central avenue near New York and New Jersey streets at about 1045 am. Mrs McHenry suffered serious head and neck injuries, her car was demolished, while the bus sustained no damage and its passengers were unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allan Stranz
East
Vermont Street
People’s Motor Coach Company
Brightwood Bus
Minnie McHenry
Central Avenue
New York
New Jersey
City
Notary Fees Free to 7800 Drivers in Indy Protest
The Indianapolis Times offered free notarization of driver license application blanks drawing 7800 motorists by noon. The move reduced notary fees by about $2,000 and served as a silent protest against a political funding plan. Citizens urged neighbors to visit for their blanks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Indianapolis Times
Times
Detroit Council Protests Day Patrol Gun Use on River
Detroit city council debates protest against promiscuous firearm use by customs border patrol coast guard and federal prohibition agents on the Detroit river. Resolution to Mellon urges safer enforcement as a patrol boat is damaged in a gun battle with ram runners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit Council
Glass
Hoover
Treasury
Justice Department
Virginian
Congress
Copeland
Senate
New York
United
Detroit
Detroit River
Customs Border Patrol
Coast Guard
Federal Prohibition Agents
John A. Kronk
Andrew W. Mellon
the Treasury
Fred Castator
Secretary of the Treasury
William P. Bradley
Worthless Pup Saves Family From Fire in Edgewood Blaze
Rex the mixed breed dog alerted the Kuhlman family to a blaze that destroyed their two story bungalow on Dudley street near Shelby in Edgewood just before 3 am. The dog’s barking woke Harry and Mrs. Kuhlman and allowed Herbert, Ruth, 7, and Herbert’s grandmother 70 to escape before neighbors and two Indianapolis fire engines arrived too late.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pup
Harry Kuhlman
Dudley Street
Shelby Street
Edgewood
Rex
Kuhlman
RS. Kuhlman
Ruth
Herbert
Amelia Weber
Indianapolis
Kuhlmans
George Skinner
Carl Hutsell
International Falls Man arraigned on murder charge in killing
Emmet White, customs patrolman, arraigned before Municipal Judge Harvey Palmer on second degree murder charges in the Henry Virkula case. White waived examination and was bound over to the October grand jury. County attorney Dvid Hurlburt predicted a mass slaughter indictment and possible trial in federal or state court, with White seeking transfer to federal court. Virkula and his family were along a road near International Falls when he was shot after being ordered to halt, according to White.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Hoover
Presbyterian Church
Hoover
New York State
Binghamton, N. Y
John B. Harris
Watertown
International Falls
Henry Virkula
Hugh Reidy
United Press
Philadelphia
George H. Strawbridge
Emmet White
Customs
Harvey Palmer
Big Falls
White
Dvid Hurlburt
Koochiching County
Hurlburt
L. L. Drill
United States
St. Paul
Virkula
Health tests start for 1300 camp applicants in city
Five nurses and three doctors on the city health board nutrition staff began annual examinations for boys and girls who will attend summer camps. Dr James Stygall directs the program with Miss Alice Jones as supervisor. About 1300 youths enrolled in Boy Scout Girl Scout Girl Reserve Camp Fire Girls and Salvation Army camps will be examined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Health Board
James Stygall
Alice Jones
Salvation Army
Mallory Officials to Address Indianapolis Real Estate Board
George N. Sieger secretary and V W Knowles treasurer of the P. R. Mallory Company electrical equipment makers will address the Indianapolis Real Estate Board at its luncheon Thursday at Commerce Chamber of.
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Tribe
South Dakota
American Association
Bilk
Paul R. Mallon
Washington
Royal S. Copeland
Dem
Carter Glass
Congressional Committee of Inquiry
Wickershaw
Secretary of Treasury
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