Five Nations join Arctic search for Italia crew
Two Italian seaplanes prepared to search the ice floes between Spitsbergen and Franz Josef Land for the seven Italia crew members missing since May 25. General Umberto Nobile leads rescue efforts as five nations coordinate ships planes and dog teams from Kings Bay Tromsoe and surrounding bases.
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United Press
Nobile
Foyn Island
Cape Leigh Smith
Spitsbergen
Franz Josef Land
Arctic
Italia
Umberto Nobile
Roald ‘Amundsen
Obile
Norway
Italy
Russia
France
Sweden
Citta di Milano
Krassin
Cecioni
Amundsen
Tromsoe
Cape North
Braganza
Dietrichson
Guilbaud
Kings Bay
Bear Island
North Pole
Strasbourg
Quentin Roosevelt
Michael Lars
Tordenskjold
Bergen
Maligin
Briganza
H. Riiser-Larsen
Luetzow-Holm
Maddalena
Penzo
Upland
Skeen Indicted on First Degree Murder in Jarboe Death
Jury returns first degree murder indictment against Cerl Skeen 22 for the death of Pearl Jarboe 24 waitress at 614 E North St on June 13. He was previously indicted on manslaughter after being arrested in Denver Tuesday night. Detective Finneran expected back by Sunday as legal moves unfold.
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Cerl Skeen
Pearl Jarboe
North St
Skeen
Denver
Thomas C. Whallon
Pro
Frank A. Symmes
Patrick Finneran
Jarboe
Remy
Playground Page launches with city recreation plan
The Times announces summer Playground Page replacing the School Page during vacation. Officials estimate 25 000 of 50 000 released youngsters will use city recreation centers daily, with over 200 trained staff directing activities. Read Page 20 for weekly updates.
Mail pilot killed near Lebo in storm crash
Pilot Wayne Neville on the Chicago- Dallas air mail route collided with a severe wind and electrical storm near Lebo Kansas. His plane went down in flames. Farmer John Seibuhr reported the crash and said he believed lightning struck the aircraft.
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United Press
Lebo
Kan
Wayne Neville
Chicago- Dallas
Here
John Seibuhr
Seibuhr
Fourteen Month Old Fractures Shoulder Lifting Child
Richard Dean Pruitt fourteen months old, son of Clyde and Mrs Pruitt of 3639 West Tenth Street, fractured his shoulder when his mother lifted him by the arm while crossing Washington and Illinois Streets Thursday afternoon. He was taken to City Hospital by motor patrol.
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Richard Dean Pruitt
Clyde Pruitt
Tenth St
Washington and
Illinois Sts
City Hospital
Bailey Lowe in City Prison. Wife Hospitalized After Alleged Assault
Bailey Lowe is in the city prison and his wife is in the city hospital. Both face assault and battery charges after Lowe allegedly knocked his wife through a plate glass window at Illinois and McCarty Streets on Thursday.
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Bailey Lowe
Merkel St
City Prison
City Hospital
Lowe
Illinois and
McCarty Sts
Controversy Over Ventilating Systems in Indianapolis Schools
A State board condemnation of three school ventilating systems in Indianapolis schools Washington High, School 34, and School 46 sparked backlash from former business director William H. Book and Fred Bates Johnson. The report cites inadequate air exchange and humidity control, while supporters argue it omits other systems, including Shipp direct indirect models.
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State Board of Accounts
Indianapolis
C. C
Chamber of Commerce
Wade and Boyd Sts
Miller and Reisner Sts
Shipp
Fred Bates Johnson
School Board
Book
State Board of Health
Earl E. Trickler
Buffalo Forge Company
Washington
Isaacs seeks annulment of three marriages
Florence Goodman Isaacs applies to annul all three marriages to Philip Isaacs. The first union was an elopement officiated by a justice of the peace, the second by a rabbi in Atlantic City, and the third performed by Mayor Charles J. Norris in Bergen, W. J., to complete the sequence.
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United Press
New York
Florence Goodman Isaacs
Philip Isaacs
Justice of the Peace
Atlantic City
N. J
Isaacs
Charles J. Norris
Bergen
W. J
Irvinton Officials Move to Shield National Road Right of Way
City Engineer A H Moore asked Building Commissioner Hurd to bar construction over the building line in Irvington The Indiana Legislature in 1829 set an eighty foot roadway for the National Road aligning with Federal plans Moore noted Irvington plat shows Washington St at seventy feet Moore said no current change to property lines but will guard against future encroachments Payton found the statute governing highway width
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A. H. Moore
William F. Hurd
Irvington
Moore
Indiana
National Rd
Washington St
John F. Payton
Stolen Car Recovered After Pursuit by Owner
Harley Littoral, 20, of 1518 Olney Street chased onlookers after his car was stolen. He followed in a passing vehicle until the stolen car crashed into another vehicle at Maryland and Delaware Streets. Littoral recovered his car as two Black youths fled. he had just exited a downtown theater when the theft occurred.
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Harley Littoral
Olney
Maryland
Delaware Sts
Littoral
Bookkeeper Admits Theft From Bank Then Dies
Omer G. Patterson, 50, bookkeeper and assistant cashier at Citizens State Bank in Noblesville Indiana, confessed to stealing 147100 over 28 years. He drank poison Thursday night and died in Noblesville hospital after a bank examination exposed discrepancies. Bank officials vow to protect depositors as the bank contends with the cover up and loss.
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Times
Noblesville
Ind
Citizens State Bank
Omer G. Patterson
Noblesville Hospital
Thomas D. Barr
State Bank
T. G. Inwood
J. A. Parrett
Patterson
Houston
William E. Dunn
Barr
Bonded Whisky Destroyed by Prohibition Agents
Nearly 250 quarts of genuine Canadian bonded whisky seized by prohibition agents were destroyed at the Federal Building under deputy city administrator George L. Winkler. Valued at over 3500 dollars, the liquor is thought to have come from Detroit by airplane. About fifty gallons of alcohol and white mule were also destroyed.
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Prohibition
George L. Winkler
Ciry
Troit
Brewer seeks release in warm storage defense
Henry Winkler for Russell Borden asks release from blind tiger charges after police found five gallons and eight quarts of brew at his 1225 College Ave home in a May 2 raid. He claims the liquor fermented to a 5 plus kick by June 6 while under police testing. Judge Wetter will rule after consideration.
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Henry Winkler
Paul C. Wetter
Winkler
Russell Borden
College Ave
Borden
Mary Pickford Shortens Curls Before Chicago Departure
New York June 22 Mary Pickford the famed star known as Americas sweetheart has cut off her iconic curls before leaving for Chicago. The barber shaved the celebrated tresses as she prepared for travel and continued her rise in international cinema.
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United Press
New York
Mary Pickford
America
Miss Pickford
Chicago
Gas Hawk Attacks Reported In City
Police investigated two reported gas hawk attacks in three days. A man in an automobile tried to lure eight year old Charlotte Summers to his car as she exited a grocery. A screaming sighting and a fleeing light truck were reported near Ruby Buckle. An intoxicated barefoot woman claimed her escort deserted her after a beer party near the National Road.
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Mary Summers
Georgia St
Charlotte
Ruby Buckle
New Jersey St
Reed on Way South Senator Sleeps in Dallas Berth
Senator Reed of Missouri slept through a Dallas stop on the way to the Democratic convention in Houston. Mrs. Reed told reporters the senator remained in his berth late, while the train paused in Dallas.
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Dallas
Texas
Senator Reed
Missouri
Houston
Reed
Triple execution ends in Washington chair
Washington District of Columbia carries out its first triple execution since the Lincoln era. Nicholas Eagles 32 Samuel Moreno 20 and John Proctor 19 died within minutes of the electric chair after being convicted in the murder of Policeman Leo Busch during a failed robbery.
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United Press
Washington
District of Columbia
Suratt
Lincoln
Leo W. K. Busch
Nicholas Lee Eagles
Samuel Moreno
Moreno
John Proctor
Proctor
Patrolman Cleared in Manslaughter Charge
City patrolman Carl Wilson was cleared of manslaughter in the shooting death of 18 year old Paul Conner of 548 Goodlet Avenue. Conner reportedly did not stop when ordered, and Wilson, suspended, fired the fatal shot.
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Carl Wilson
Paul Connor
Goodlet Ave
Paul C. Wetter
Wilson
Conner
Seven Face Murder Charges in Lynchings in Texas
Harris County grand jury expected to return indictments against seven young white men for the lynching of Robert Powell a 24 year old Negro. Five of the seven were in custody before midnight with one confession obtained and others making statements. Murder complaints filed in J P Ray court and five held without bond. two suspects at large.
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United Press
Houston
Texas
Robert Powell
Harris County Grand Jury
Justice of the Peace
J. M. Ray
Grand Jury
Coolidge Trails Silent Indian on Brule River Trout Trip
President Coolidge joins John La Rocque, a Chippewa guide, for trout fishing on Wisconsin's Brule River. The taciturn duo shares quiet moments as conservationists arrange the trip and Coolidge adapts to a wild west fishing outfit while Amelia Earhart sends congratulations.
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Coolidge
John la Roque
Brule River
John
Democrats Fusing On Dry Soft Pedal Preconvention Row
In Houston Texas June 22 Democratic leaders clash over prohibition with anti Smith and Smith factions shaping the party platform. Governor Smith backs enforcement and state discretion while drys push a strong farm relief plank and broader law enforcement stance.
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Carl D. Groat
United Press
Houston
Texas
Democratic Assembly
Smith
New York
Kansas City
Dan Moody
Virginia Democrats choose uninstructed delegation and Byrd
Virginia's twenty four convention votes go to an uninstructed delegation after a harmonious state convention in Roanoke. The platform denounces graft, endorses the Eighteenth Amendment, and elects Governor Harry F. Byrd as national committeeman and Mrs. Robert C. Watts as national committeewoman.
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United Press
Roanoke
Virginia
Harmony
Harry F. Byrd
Robert C. Watts
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