Boy 15 Admits Start of Factory Fire in Anger
Thomas Pearson a 15 year old colored youth of 1129 Hiawatha St. faced arson charges after confessing he set the Alexander box factory blaze at 6 30 p m Sunday on Hiawatha Street and Indiana Avenue. The fire damaged shavings and caused an estimated 14000 loss as five trucks were driven from the building by neighbors. The boy had been paid 10 cents weekly to carry lunch for his father a factory porter who had refused his request for a raise. The factory owned by Alex Alexander 517 W Morris St. Warren Smith witnessed the fire from the Fall Creek bridge and alerted authorities.
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Thomas Pearson
Hiawatha St
Indiana Ave
Alex Alexander
W. Morris St
Warren
Smith
Fall Creek Bridge
Auto overturns injuring two at Carmel Range Line road
Mrs Myrtle Wengler and Miss Ethel Hutchinson were injured when a car driven by Mrs Katherine Arbogast veered off Range line road half a mile south of Carmel Sunday. The car rolled after the driver said a brake tap accidentally hit the accelerator while passing another vehicle. Extent of injuries not yet known.
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Myrtle Wengler
Buchanan St
Ethel Hutchinson
Lambert St
Carmel
Range Line Road
Katherine Arbogast
S. East St
Suspect Held on Bad Check Charges Across Indiana Cities
A man charged with issuing fraudulent checks in Indianapolis Columbus and Terre Haute was turned over to Vigo County Sheriff Fred Armstrong by Judge James A Collins. He faced a $4000 bond in Terre Haute on embezzlement charges and was additionaly wanted in Columbus for parole violation.
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Indianapolis
Columbus
Terre Haute
Fred Armstrong
Vigo County
James A. Collins
Injured in Safety Zone Driver Arrested After Crash
Miss Lucy Alexander and Miss Tenna Weaver were struck by a car driven by Orville Strupe at Pine and Washington Streets. Both women were only slightly injured. Strupe was arrested on charges of assault and battery and driving through a safety zone.
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Lucy Alexander
Blake St
Tenna Weaver
Yandes St
Orville Strupe
Pine and
Washington Sts
Stru
Asault
Portland Firefighters Sweep at Decatur Meet
Portland volunteers earned second place in the truck race and won first prize in the uniformed drill contest while organizing lay ing contests at the firemen's convention in Decatur.
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Times
Portland
Ind
Decatur
Duroc Breeders Picnic Planned in Broad Ripple
Members of the Indiana Duroc Breeders Association plan their second annual picnic at Broad Ripple on Tuesday with features including playing feasting and entertainment said secretary Dale F Morgan. A peeping Tom was surprised and pursued by Wharton Clinton at 1014 South East Street and escaped.
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Indiana Duroc Breeders Association
Broad Ripple
Dale F. Morgan
Wharton Clinton
S. East St
Polecat Perfume Wrecks Snub Pollard at Apollo
Film notes praise Polecat Perfume and Cal i fornia Sunshine gags with Snub Pollard in a slapstick short at the Apollo playing alongside Westbound Limited a melodrama starring Ralph Lewis. Circle and Circle cast screen reviews for Children of Dust and Humoresque style sentiment. The Ohio theatre presents The Hero with Barbara La Marr and Gaston Glass highlighting a mother and black sheep theme.
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Apollo
Westbound Limited
Kansas
California
Ralph Lewis
Lester Huff
Virgil Moore
the Apollo
Gaston Glass
John Sampolis
Barbara LaMarr
Han
Barbara Aled
Lamarr
Douglas MacLean Stars in A Man of Action at Mister Smiths
Douglas MacLean presents a polite blend of comedy and mystery drama in A Man of Action at Mister Smiths this week. Known for The Hottentot he continues to favor subtle humor over noisy showmanship.
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MacLean
Douglas MacLean
New Film Picks Highlight Melodrama and Action Across The City
A review praises Glass and Samnpolis in a moral drama about a dutiful man who hides flaws until a church money theft triggers a heroic rescue. The bill also features Fighting Blood, a news reel, and music. Isis showcases Hoot Gibson in Dead Game, with Katy Didd facing desert trials for love. Multiple other attractions fill the city lineup with vaudeville and film.
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Samnpolis
Glass
Sampolis
Ohio
Four Held on Vagrancy Charges by City Police
Four people were arrested on vagrancy charges by Sergt. Sheehan early today. The men identified themselves as Henry Middleton of 514 West Henry Street Joseph Troy of 541 West Henry Street and Henry Phillips of 1113 Kentucky Avenue. The girl was listed as Mary Traghtman, 18, of Michigan City, but police say she is Martha Colton, 17, of 517 East Ohio Street who ran away from the Indiana Girls School at Clermont Sunday morning.
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Sergt. Sheehan
Henry Middleton
Henry
Joseph Troy
Hoosier Briefs Highlight Arrests and Local Oddities
Three youngsters from Laporte Edward Hering Raymond Hering and Ewald Wassel were arrested driving a car owned by Reinhart Wardowski and were rescued by their parents. Thomas Willoughby of Columbia City was exonerated in the death of John Boring. A gas station incident at Sheridan left Ralph Baker burned after lighting a cigar during car fuel. Bluffton Ku Klux Klan plans a large meeting. Bluffton Boys Band performed in uniforms that did not fit. A divorce suit involves Elizabeth Affolder of Fr. Wayne. Henry Sailor and wife quarreled amid hot weather in Peru. A Columbus purse snatching failed. Mrs. Regennas hailed as heroine. Purdue author A A Hafisen writes on Indiana’s Tulip Tree. Franklin College awarded honorary degrees to Paul Serrigo and Alvin Neal.
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Edward Hering
Raymond Hering
Ewald Wassel
Laporte
Reinhart Wardowski
Offender Released Without Bond in Circuit Court
Willard O. Hopkins of Spink-Arms was released without bond by Judge A. O. Chamberlain. Hopkins had been fined 2 dollars May 15 by Judge Delbert O. Wilmeth for failing to stop at a boulevard and appealed to the Circuit Court. Wilmeth then assessed 100 dollars for the appeal, which Chamberlain labeled unwarranted and confiscatory. The case will be heard later.
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Willard O. Hopkins
Spink-Arms
A. O. Chamberlain
Circuit Court
Hopkins
Delbert O. Wilmeth
Wilmeth
Chamberlain
Man Arrested on Drunkenness and Malicious Trespass
John B. Haney of 447 N. Warman Ave. was arrested after police were called to Pearl and Illinois Streets at 11 p.m. Sunday. He faces charges of drunkenness and malicious trespass for allegedly breaking a glass pane from the Labor Temple window.
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John B. Haney
N. Warman Ave
Pearl and
Illinois Sts
Harey
Labor Temple
Man Falls From Cherry Tree In Indiana Farm Accident
Christian Bender aged 60 of Indianapolis is in critical condition at his son in law Albert Morrison's Noblesville home after a fall from a cherry tree on the Morrison farm. He has a broken right arm spinal injuries and is paralyzed below the waist. Bender was visiting his daughter.
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Christian Bender
Indianapolis
Albert Morrison
Noblesville
Morrison
Bender
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