Schroeder heads to Indianapolis for questioning in torch car case
Harold H Schroeder Mob ile businessman will be driven in handcuffs to Indianapolis with Sheriff George Winkler and deputies to face cross examination over the torch car fire. Authorities doubt his hitchhiker murder tale and expect possible murder charges while the grand jury weighs indictments.
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Mobile
Ala
Indianapolis
George Winkler
Fred Fox
John Stump
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Terre Haute
George W. Eggleston
Grand Jury
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Gene Carson
Times Special Mobile
Leah Schroeder
Ernest Schroeder
Evanston, Ill
Rain Breaks Grip of Heat Wave on City
Rain finally moved into Indianapolis ending a 36 hour heat wave that sent temperatures to near record highs. The drop arrived as 9 a.m. rainfall totaled .22 inch and cooled the city from 84 to 70. Nine prostrations and multiple drownings were reported elsewhere in the Midwest. Chicago hit 85 as Centralia Illinois posted 106, the region’s high.
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Indianapolis
Middle West
Weather Bureau
Andere
Chicago
Centralia
War on loud radios in Boston faces $20 fines
Boston city council is urged to adopt an ordinance imposing a $20 fine on any radio fan whose loud speaker can be heard more than fifty feet from his home. The proposal reflects a measure to curb neighborhood noise.
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United Press Boston
Boston
Youth Drowns as Women Are Saved at Ravenswood Beach
One youth, Garlane Higginbotham aged 19 of 942 South West Street, drowned in White River near West Bay Street while swimming with Miss Margaret Talley and Mrs Nellie Baum. Miss Talley and Mrs Baum of 1645 Ashland Avenue were rescued by a companion and a swimmer. Higginbotham's body was found forty feet deep. Also at Ravenswood Beach, Miss Talley and Mrs Baum were saved by Miss Helen Parker 21 and an unnamed man.
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Pennsylvania
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Stout
New York
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Jones Street
Robert Johnson
Johnson Street
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Paul C. Wetter
Reexamining the Anti-Saloon League in Washington
In a critical piece, the author derides the organization’s push for prohibition, mocking its leaders as modern apostles using law and jail to enforce morality. The piece contrasts Christ’s teachings with the League’s legislative crusade and alludes to a Page 8 continuation.
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Russell
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Apostle Russell
Mayflower Hotel
Washington
Dr. Russell
Hoover warns of veto on World War veterans pension bill
President Hoover denounces the pending veterans pension bill in strong terms signaling a veto. The Senate passed the measure 66 to 6 and the House is expected to accept Senate amendments and send it to the White House. Hoover says the plan is wasteful, discriminatory, and untruthful in its premise.
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White House
Bingham
Walcott
Connecticut
Gillett
Massachusetts
Reed
Pennsylvania
Hastings
Delaware
Watson
Indiana
Two Men Executed in Electric Chair at Columbia
Ray Coleman and Paul Johnson were executed in the electric chair at the state penitentiary in Columbia for the December 1928 murder of Dayton Mills paymaster Earl Belue. Coleman denied guilt while Johnson confessed and said his sins were forgiven as their wives watched from outside the wall.
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United Press
Columbia
Ray Coleman
Paul Johnson
Earl Belue
Dayton Mills
Coleman
Johnson
Pittsburgh letter signed "3-X" links NYC slayings
A Pittsburgh Press report states a man with mental health issues who allegedly killed two people and threatened sixteen others in New York City is in Pittsburgh. The letter, signed "3-X," arrived today and is the basis for the claim.
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3-X
United Press
Pittsburgh
Maniac Slayer
New York City
Pittsburgh Press
Southern Cross Heads Toward New York On Trans Atlantic Flight
Captain Charles E Kingsford Smith and crew aboard the Southern Cross fly west from Dublin toward New York. At mid ocean as fog and calm seas yield a mill pond condition. Departure from Port Marnock drew crowds and a ceremonial, provisions included sandwiches chocolate coffee cheese and lifebuoy safety gear.
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Southern Cross
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John P. Saul
Irish Free State Army Air Corps
M. E. van Dyk
J. W. Stannage
Port Marnock
Alleged Knife Killer Caught After Brazil Fatal Clash
Fay Williams 35 a World War veteran was believed to have stabbed his 18 year old sister Ruth to death at their Brazil Indiana home this morning He was captured by a posse hiding in a cornfield four miles south of town armed with a .32 caliber revolver Williams offered no resistance Neighbors found Ruth’s bloodstained body on the second floor with a butcher knife nearby bloodstains traced the assault to her first floor room and then upstairs
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United Press
Brazil
Ind
Fay Williams
Ruth
Williams
Garrity divorce ends with custody to father of two boys
In a divorce hearing, Thomas Garrity was granted custody of his two sons, ages 8 and 4, after he was awarded a divorce from Mazie Garrity. The judge ordered continued visitation for the mother, while Garrity faced accusations of conduct unbecoming a mother amid the family turmoil.
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Thomas D. Garrity
West McCarty Street
Mazie D. Garrity
Thomas Garrity
William O. Dunlavy
Garrity
Thomas Albert
Clifford Lawrence
Mama
Dunlavy
Grocery Manager Beaten By Bandit In Hold Up
A 6 foot bandit believed to lead a three robbery crew attacked Orville Blackridge at Standard Grocer. The man stripped the disguise, grabbed a $20 bill, and fled in white shirt and trousers after beating Blackridge with a taped screwdriver. Witnesses on scene included Fred Simon and Mrs Arnold.
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South Arlington Avenue
Standard
South East Street
Fred Simon
Blackridge
Harold Arnold
Paul Paul
Terae Sree
Broadway broker led lavish life amid $5 million failure probe
Harold Ryder of Woody & Co admitted spending lavishly as creditors allege a $5 million collapse. Attorneys revealed payments to Cartier and Tiffany, jewelry purchases, and claims of large fund withdrawals. Brooklyn financier Rank Bailey appeared as Ryder faced repayment pressure and accusations of misused funds.
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Times
York
Harold Russell Ryder
Kid Croesus Jr
Broadway
Eugene L. Carey
Cartier
Tiffany
Carey
Rank Bailey
Brooklyn
Ryder
Bailey
Woody
Repeal Plank Assured for Jersey G O P
Republican leaders in Trenton announce an agreed repeal plank in the New Jersey Republican platform to return liquor traffic control to state authorities. Governor Larson and other leaders attend as Morrow’s senate bid shapes the platform. Democratic nominee Simpson denounces Hoover, the Smoot Hawley tariff, and European interference while predicting the fall issues.
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United Press
Trenton
N. J
Dwight W. Morrow
Senate
New Jersey
Frank W. Fort
Morrow
Morgan F. Larson
Joseph G. Walker
United States
Hamilton F. Kean
Ogden Hammond
Alexander Simpson
Shipwreck Dream Ends With Leap From Window
In Montpelier Vermont Harold Weising reportedly imagined a shipwreck and leaped from a bedroom window with his wife after waking. Both were lightly injured in the fall.
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Air pilots wear bath suits to beat heat on southern runs
Atlanta June 24. Mail pilots on southern routes wear bath suits to escape the heat. Dick Merrill, pilot on the Atlanta Richmond run, inaugurates the practice.
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Atlanta
Dick Merrill
Atlanta-Richmond
Hoover defers western trip amid congressional adjournment
President Hoover has postponed his summer vacation until Congress adjourns while planning to tour the western war parks. The move suggests he may not complete the full trip as intended.
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Hoover
United Prene
Washington
Dent Hoover
Congress
West
Prison Break Toll Burma Outbreak claims convicts and guards
In Rangoon Burma on June 24 forty convicts and six guards died as hundreds of inmates tried to break out of the Central Rangoon jail. Sixty convicts were wounded in the fighting inside the jail.
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Burma
United Preas
New Hampshire Population Rises to 463 746 in Census Estimate
Census Bureau estimates New Hampshire population at 463 746, up 20 663 from prior figure. Increase reflects 4 7 percent rise since last count.
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United Press
Washington
Census Bureau Today
New
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