Stocks Fall Sharply on Panic Selling Across Market
Bears drove leading stocks down in early trading with United States Steel hitting a yearly low near 154 as other majors slid. American Can, Bethlehem Steel, Eastman Kodak, Loew's and General Electric also dropped while rumors tied to a Mellon tariff statement fed selling pressure and dull business reviews warned of slow months ahead.
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Buen Sor
New York
Bears
Stock Exchange
United States Steel
American
Bethlehem Steel
Allied Chemical
Auburn Auto
J. I. Case
Hudson Motors
Eastman Kodak
Worthingtona
Loew's
American Telephone
Atchison
Standard of New Jersey
General Electric
Columbia Gas
Exchange
American Can
New York Central
Standard of
New Jersey
Mellon
Secretary of the Treasury
Wall Street
Melton
Hogs Turn Lower In Trade At City Yards
Hogs fell again at the Union Stockyards with prices 10 to 15 cents lower. Bulk 160 to 300 pounds sold for 9.65, the top price. Cattle receipts about 3,500. holdovers 217. Wealers steady at 10. calf receipts 100. Sheep weaker with limited sales. top about 11. Chicago hog receipts 8,000 with 6,000 direct. holdovers 4,000. Shipper sales steady near 9.60. lights and lightweights 8.25 to 8.50. Cattle receipts 500. sheep 4,000.
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Union
Chicago
Thirteen Sentenced in Federal Liquor Conspiracy Case
Terre Haute Indiana June 21 The Times Special reports that among forty six indicted men twenty four are under sentence. Judge Robert C Baltzell imposed penalties on thirteen in federal court Friday. Ray Fencannon former Vigo County sheriff received eighteen months and a 2000 dollar fine. John Jensen for chair?
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Times Special
Terre Haute
Ind
Robert C. Baltzell
Ray Fencannon
Vigo County Sherif
John Jensen
Hourly Temperature Fragments From Morning Readings
Fragmentary OCR shows distant timestamps 6am 7 Bam and a stray musee reference. No clear location date or complete readings to interpret a full weather summary.
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Bam
Musee
Baby Sleuth Helps Nab Chicago Tape Gang
Four year old Louise Patterson provides crucial memory leads to Chicago police in the tape gang case. Her mother Kathleen Patterson is jailed in another matter as detectives link Harry Lewis to the suspects and the gang tied victims with adhesive tape during winter robberies totaling thousands in loot, including $23,000 of jewels.
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United Press
Hicago
Louise Patterson
Chicago
Charles M. Richter
Louise
Kathleen Patterson
Harry Lewis
Viet Tees
Two Boys Hurt In Car Mishap Near Home
Two small boys Dewey Heininger and Antonio Scolaro were in serious condition at city hospital after Friday auto accidents. Anthony Venzia 17 is charged with assault and reckless driving. Mrs Annie Rodgers and driver George Rodgers were injured in another collision. Alexander Bailey 32 was arrested.
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City Hospital
Dewey Heininger
Thomas Heininger
Parker Place
Antonio Scolaro
Anthony Scolaro
East McCarty Street
Greer Street
Weather at nine in the morning
The report notes a southwest wind of three miles per hour, temperature 79, sea level pressure 29.88, unlimited ceiling, visibility five miles, and field conditions listed as good.
Madison avenue bridge plan seen by county council for funding
Madison county commissioners approved plans and specifications for a new Madison avenue bridge to connect Anderson and Elwood. The project was referred to the council with a request for a $141,478.26 appropriation, ending a long dispute over the road route.
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Anderson
Ind
Elwood
Madison County Commissioners
Madison Avenue
Funeral for Henry Schoemehl Held after Torch Burn Incident
Haute Ind June 21 funeral services were held for Henry Schoemehl 27 who died from burns while cleaning a blow torch. He suffered fumes from grease on his clothing during work as a machinist.
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Bu Times
Haute
Ind
Henry Schoemehl
Paradoxical Prisoner Manages Two Different Women
Alabama report notes Harold Schroeder’s paradoxical nature as he burned a body and drew two distinct women into the case. Mrs Leah Schroeder shows distress and wealth despite hardship while Miss Gertrude Kittrell, his alleged mistress, remains evasive. Investigators link Schroeder’s Mobile life to the Indianapolis torch car death.
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Times
Ala
Harold Herbert Schroeder
Indianapolis
Leah Schroeder
Mobile
Gertrude Kittrell
Mrs. Schroeder
Miss Kittrell
New Orleans
Schroeder
Butler schedules summer institute for religion department
Fourth annual summer institute of Butler university College of Religion set for July 2 to 4. Dean Frederick Kershner announced. Dr. A. T. Robertson of the Southern Baptist Seminary Louisville Ky will lecture on Paul and the Intellectuals. Other speakers include R L McQuery Anderson Daniel Sommer Linn A Tripp Ephraim Lowe Maud Lucas Rumpler Bert Wilson O E Kelley Terre Haute Carl Barnett Lebanon Bernard P. Smith Evansville and A P Wilson Ft Wayne.
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Butler University College of Religion
Frederick Kershner
A. T. Robertson
Southern Baptist Seminary
Louisville
Paul
R. L. McQuery
Anderson
Daniel Sommer
Linn A. Tripp
Ephraim Lowe
Maud Lucas Rumpler
Bert Wilson
Indianapolis
O. E. Kelley
Terre Haute
Carl Barnett
Lebanon
Bernard P. Smith
Evansville
A. P. Wilson
Ft. Wayne
Salem muzzling order targets rabies scare
In Salem Indiana on June 20 the town board ordered all dogs off leash to be muzzled or killed to curb a rabies scare. The drastic measure marks a second such action this year by local officials.
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United Press
Salem
Ind
Divorce Granted After Abuse Claim In Illinois Milking Incident
BELLEVILLE Ill June 21 Mrs Julius Caesar secures a divorce after accusing her husband of hammering her at will and neglecting to help when a cow stood on her during milking. The testimony centers on abuse and the breakdown of the marriage.
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United Press
Belleville, Ill
Julius Caesar
Schroeder Statement in Alabama Case Reveals Flight and Drive Across States
Harold Schroeder relates a cross country journey from Mobile to Indianapolis with two unknown young men after May 1930. He details stops at Quitman Meridian St Louis and Indianapolis rooming house, claims race winnings, and notes an accident sequence after Terre Haute before turning page.
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Harold Herbert Schroeder
Bart B. Chamberlain
Mobile
Ala
Harold ‘Oeder
Hamilton Street
Chrysler
Indianapolis
Citronelle
Waynesboro
Quitman
Meridian
Miss
Guie Coggins
Lawrence White
Zachary
St. Louis
Fruitdale
Guy Britton
Illinois
Mobile man to decide on extradition in torch car case
Harold Schroeder, Mobile businessman, faces possible murder charges in the Indianapolis torch car mystery. He may waive extradition to Indianapolis after a Mobile arrest, amid questions about his claimed hitchhiker victim and his movements through multiple states.
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Times Special
Mobile
Ala
Harold Herbert Schroeder
Indianapolis
Schroeder
Aloof Adventurer Schroeder Faces Torch Car Case Trial
Harold Herbert Schroeder of Indianapolis, a quiet former machine gunner and WWII flying service veteran, is being grilled in Mobile over an unidentified torched auto death and possible arson or murder charges. Friends describe him as an aloof dreamer who favored solitary hunting trips and read adventure magazines. they note he once ran a failing radiator shop and showed interest in the Bergdoll case. He planned to escape to Germany and claimed strong vocabulary from extensive fiction reading.
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Mobile
Ala
Harold Herbert Schroeder
Indianapolis
Mexico
Schroeder
R. A. MacMahon
Grover Cleveland
Germany
Bergdoll Beck
Bergdoll
Philadelphia
United States
Coolidge to Contribute Daily Herald Tribune Column
Former President Calvin Coolidge will write a daily 150 to 200 word column for the New York Herald-Tribune starting July 1. He will have free subject matter and deliver his pieces each day except Sunday for at least one year and not contribute to other papers during that period.
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United Press New York
Calvin Coolidge
New York Herald-Tribune
Coolidge
Correction issued on commercial casualty company leadership
The Times corrects that John S. Hunt is not the manager of the Commercial Casualty Company. M. H. Miller is named as manager. The earlier report also misidentified Hunt in a story where he denied accusing Omer Hawkins of threatening county road contractors with loss of business unless bonds were obtained through Hawkins.
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John S. Hunt
Commercial Casualty
Times
M. H. Miller
Hunt
Omer Hawkins
Hawkins
Mrs Iris Ellis Alfonte Arrested in Anderson
Iris Ellis Alfonte wife of city policeman Willard Alfonte was jailed after unable to pay a $40 fine from an intoxication case. Her husband is on vacation.
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Times Special
Anderson
Ind
Iris Ellis Alfonte
Willard Alfonte
Other Woman Ends Ties With Schroeder In Case
Miss Gertrude Kittrell, linked to Harold Herbert Schroeder in the Indianapolis torch car mystery, visited the county jail to deliver a letter. The note questions his troubles and their future, mentioning a business trip and plans to see him.
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Times
Ala
Gertrude Kittrell
Harold Herbert Schroeder
Indianapolis
Ame
Indictment on Murder Count to Be Asked Monday
Marion county grand jury will hear evidence Monday to indict Harold Herbert Schroeder of Mobile Alabama for murder in the High School road torch car case. If proven under Hartzell arson murder law the death penalty is mandatory. other theories could yield life imprisonment. Witnesses include Jack Allen and Miss Ruby Blue.
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Harold Herbert Schroeder
Mobile
Ala
High School Road
Marion County Grand Jury
Schroeder
Judson Stark
Grand Jury
Marion County Criminal Court
Indianapolis
Judson L. Stark
Stark
Jack Allen
Clayton
Ruby Blue
North
Delaware Street
Terre Haute
Lwrence Lewis
Lewis
Indiana
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