Hit Run Driver Identified After Fatal Junction Crash
Police traced the hit and run vehicle to an Edinburg Indiana man after the driver, who paused to say Ain't that too bad, struck Jacob Kriech 72 at Arizona and Charles Streets and fled. Kriech was hospitalized with leg injuries.
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Jacob Kriech
Union St
Arizona and
Charles Sts
Edinburg
Ind
Kriech
St. Francis Hospital
Beech Grove
Pete Johanes
Linwood Ave
Indiana spelling champ heads to Washington for national bee
Miss Mildred Riddle age 11 of Valley Mills, backed by The Times, leaves for Washington to compete in the national spelling bee. She will join social events through the week and aim for prizes totaling $1,000 while accompanied by chaperon Flora Drake.
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Marcy Dirnberger
Indianapolis
Times-Publix
Buffalo
New York
Mildred Riddle
Valley Mills
Washington
Indiana
D. C
Flora Drake
National Capital
The
Times
Riddle
Quiz Hints City Market Corruption Probe
County prosecutors questioned more than twenty five market stand holders at Tomlinson Hall as part of a probe into alleged corruption. John George and O D Haskett, board of safety members, attended while the market house is controlled by the board. Officials plan further sessions with stand holders not likely to be city employees.
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Tomlinson Hall
John George
O. D. Haskett
Board of Safety
Deny Hempel Damage Suit Settlement Denied
Miss Toye denied reports that Frieda Hempel settled her damages suit with August Heckscher. She said Hempel had not seen anyone and called the rumors a perfect lie. The singer alleged Heckscher promised $48,000 yearly to quit concert work.
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United Press
New York
Frieda Hempel
August Hecksher
Mary Toye
Miss Toye
Mme. Hempel
Europe
Heckscher
Beach Closed Again by Health Board Order
The health board ordered temporary closings of McClure Beach after tests showed sewage organisms in the stream from Broad Ripple. The park board had opened it last week in defiance, but Dr. Herman G. Morgan said pumps would start in a week to stop sewage flow and remove the typhoid hazard. The beach was crowded Sunday.
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McClure Beach
Park Board
Health Board
Herman G. Morgan
Broad Ripple
Morgan
First Lady Fishes in Public Angling Attempt
Mrs. Calvin Coolidge, in fisherwoman attire, fished at Squaw Creek while President Coolidge stayed at the executive offices. She was guided by secret service man James Haley as she made her first attempt at angling.
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United Presse
Rapid City
S. D
America
Calvin Coolidge
Squaw Creek
James Haley
Secret Service
Coaster Fatalities Hit Riverside Park
A roller coaster ride at Riverside Park in Detroit claimed two lives. Leona Joy, 20, fainted and died after her third ride, and fellow rider William Cottrill, 20, died after being knocked from a car sixty feet to the ground.
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United Press
Detroit
Mich
Leona Joy
Miss Joy
Riverside Park
William Cottrill
Twins in Long Swim Show Progress Toward 162 Mile Goal
Bernice and Phyllis Zottenfeld, 13 year old twins from New York City, reached Castleton eight miles from Albany after 3 hours 53 minutes since starting from the Albany Yacht Club. They plan to resume swimming today to beat the 58 hour 11 minute record set by Mrs. Lottie Schoemmel last year as they are accompanied by their parents and will return to New York for graduation before continuing Saturday.
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United Presse
Albany
N. Y
New York
12 Days Atop Flagpole Wins For Kelly Record
Alvin Shipwreck Kelly completed a 12 day flagpole stay atop Newark's St. Francis Hotel, ending June 7 to June 20. He refused contracts and aimed to advance flagpole sitting as a life pursuit while his bride below sent him supplies. Critics doubt lasting popularity of the stunt.
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Nited
Ewark
N. J
Alvin
Kelly
St. Francis Hotel
St. Francis
Newark
Clarence Chamberlin
Charles Levine
Europe
Charles Lindbergh
President Coolidge
South Dakota
Marilyn Miller
Paris
Alvin Kelly
Multistate mishaps claim nine lives in Indiana over weekend
Drowning and vehicle accidents killed nine people across Indiana in a weekend survey. The Monon express struck a truck near Bloomington killing two women and a child. three Newport youths drowned. a race collision at Brazil track killed driver Gerald Bush. a Mishawaka train killed Atecew J. Kline. a Greencastle boy drowned. additional injuries and search efforts were reported statewide.
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Indiana
Bloomington
Newport
Brazil Track
Mishawaka
Greencastle
James McFall
Mildred Jane McFall
Harriet Smedley
Monon
Ivas Smedley
Smedley
Jean Baird
Glen Baird
Melvin Bush
Baird
Gerald Bush
Iowa City
Charles Crawford
Linton
Crawford
Orville Hammond
Owen Park
New York Central
Atecew
J. Kline
Roberts Hunt Ends as Suspect for Carter Slaying Extradited
Tilford Roberts, accused of fatally shooting Patrolman Charles Carter, was to be turned over to Marion County authorities. Kentucky papers confirm him as Indiana citizen. he is hospitalized for insanity in Lakeland, while prosecutors anticipate proving feigned sanity and pursue murder charges. Witnesses in Kentucky identify him as the Carter shooter.
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Tilford Roberts
Charles Carter
Court
Liberty Sts
Marion County
George Hutsell
Claude M. Worley
Kentucky
Roberts
Indiana
Hospital For Insane
Lakeland
Omer Hawkins
Worley
Carter
Mounted suspect charged after neck wound in quarrel
Police say Henry Mount, 43, cut Bowman Pitcock on the neck during an argument at 2742 N. Chester Ave. Mount was cornered after a window breach at 2738 N. Chester Ave by Officer Heller who fired once and captured him. Officer Seifert fired at the suspects as they fled through a rear window.
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Henry Mount
Bowman Pitcock
Chester Ave
Orville Pitcock
Heller
Mount
Seiffert
Lay Death to Alcohol Coroner Links Man to Acute Case
Coroner Paul F. Robinson stated acute alcoholism caused the death of Lewis Hamilton age 50 of 4350 Baltimore Ave. He was found dead in the concrete block factory run by Harry MccGehey at 4559 Schofield Ave. Police report Hamilton is survived by his widow and four children.
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Paul F. Robinson
Lewis Hamilton
Baltimore Ave
Harry MccGehey
Schofield Ave
Een
Bandit Harvest Nets $6.30 in Plymouth Robbery
Six men robbed Cleo Schall at the Haines garage in Plymouth on Sunday night obtaining only 6.30 after Schall returned with change for a gasoline sale receipts. Schall was held up as he came back from changing money.
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United Press
Plymouth
Ind
Cleo Schall
Haines
Schall
Gyro Convention Arrives in Denver Amid Holdup Disruptions
Denver reception teams posing as gunmen boarded arriving trains and forced delegates to surrender trunk checks after a wild west style holdup at La Salle Colorado. At least 2,000 Gyro delegates are expected to attend the convention in Denver.
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United Press
Denver
Colo
Gyro
la Salle
Murder Trial Opens in Federal Court in Cleveland
In Cleveland on June 20 a murder trial opened in Federal Court, the first in the city. Ernest Frederick of Warren faces execution in the courtroom if convicted for the Walter Holcomb killing at Warren postoffice on Feb 28, with jurors questioning capital punishment. Defense by Jay Buchwalter may invoke temporary insanity and unwritten law.
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United Press
Cleveland
Ohio
Ernest Frederick
Warren
Frederick
Walter I. Holcomb
Warren Postoffice
United States
Jay Buchwalter
Poisoning at Redemption Home Kills Three Children
In Ingfield Tl on June 20 three babies aged two were dead and a fourth near death after ptomaine poisoning from a breakfast served at Redemption Home. Five others ill. victims include Rose Ann Norbet from Rockford Illinois Betty Bergman and Reno Lindell of Springfield and Frank Blurton still critically ill at St Joseph's Hospital with slim chance of recovery. Coroner investigates creamy puffs milk and cooked breakfast foods as the likely source.
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Buy Pointed
Springfield
Frank Blurton
St. Joseph's Hospital
Man Hurls Rock At Car Driven By Fireman
A man about 25, described as slightly demented, hurled a rock through the windshield of a car driven by Lieut. Charles Leser, a fireman at Engine House 19, on Bluff Road and Troy Avenue. The assailant is crippled in the left foot and has three fingers missing from the left hand.
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Charles Leser
Engine House 19
Bluff Rd
Troy Ave
Lindy Turns 10 pile of offers
St Louis June 20 Colonel Charles A Lindbergh, exhausted, was allowed private time for the first time since leaving Roosevelt Field for Paris. He will consider the many offers that followed his transatlantic flight before replying to letters and telegrams.
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United Presse
ST. Louis
Charles A. Lindbergh
Roosevelt Field
N. Y
Paris
U.S
Memphis
Cherbourg
Washington
Municipal Opera
1300 Boys Begin Month Long Army Drill Encampment
About 1300 boys from northern Indiana and Ohio arrived at Ft. Benjamin Harrison for a 30 day C. M. T. C. encampment. They report for a regime of four and a half hours daily of drill practice and compulsory athletics under the supervision of Col George D. Freeman and regular and reserve officers.
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Indiana
Ohio
Ft. Benjamin Harrison
George D. Freeman
Army
King Ben Will Face Criminal Trial Next
United Press reports that King Benjamin Purnell leader of the House of David will be tried on criminal charges in September. Prosecutor George W Bookwalter announced the case stems from charges filed by Mrs Bessie May Woodworth of Detroit, a former cult member.
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United Press
Joseph
Mich
King
Benjamin Purnell
House of David
George W. Bookwalter
Bessie May Woodworth
Detroit
Ben
Bookwalter
Parnell
Bright
Woodworth
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