Ex champion held in death of promoter
A former boxing champion and four others are held in 50000 bail as material witnesses in the shooting death of Frank Marlow, a Broadway figure linked to Arnold Rothstein. The group includes Johnny Wilson, Mary Mickey Seiden, Al Siegel, Ignatius Coppa, and Edward Lewis. A John Doe homicide warrant was issued as detectives probe possible motives and debts.
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United Press
New York
Frank Marlow
Marlow
Broadway
Arnold Rothstein
Flushing
Queens Court
Long Island City
Johnny Wilson
Mary
Mickey) Seiden
al Siegel
Ignatius Coppa
Coney Island
Queens
Aqueduct
Long Island
Coppa
Lewis
Boston
Philadelphia
Chefs Association Criticizes Smoking During Meals
The Chefs D Cuisine Association in Chicago on June 26 adopted resolutions protesting and condemning the American habit of smoking cigarets during meals. The resolutions argue the practice renders the diner unable to appreciate culinary workmanship.
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United Press Chicago
Chefs D'Cuisine Association
Merchants Set Weekday Five PM Close In Downtown
The Merchants Association says downtown retail stores will close at 5 p m Monday through Friday starting July 5 and continuing through August 30. Many outlets will also close at noon on Saturdays, with cards displayed in their windows.
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Merchants Association
Drivers Slow in Getting Licenses Delays Arrests Under New Law
The 1929 driver license act cannot take effect Monday July 1 as ground rules. Only about 150000 licenses are in process of issuance, roughly 10 percent of state drivers. Officials say arrests for driving without license will start only after the bureau handles daily applications, which run about 50000 daily. Marion county has issued 62500 licenses with 180000 expected locally.
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Indiana
Secretary of State
Iti I
R. R. Singleton
Au Tay NU Vols
Miwveellio Yvuauilo
Singleton
Notary Service Surge At The Times Office
The Indianapolis Times reports a heavy rush for driver license applications with free notarization, expanding staff to handle thousands of applicants through Saturday. By noon over 12 700 people had their applications notarized free, protesting a quarter fee for notarization and signaling broad opposition to politician driven charges. The Times bureau will stay open until 8 30 p m each evening through Saturday.
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Indianapolis
The
Times
Missouri meerschaum joins state department decor
Joseph P. Cotton the under secretary of state arrived in Washington with a corncob pipe described as cavernous enough to hold a large tobacco charge. The piece, likened to a Missouri meerschaum or Ozark stove, was showcased as part of the department's decorative touches.
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United Press
Washington
Ozark
State Department
Joseph P. Cotton
Cotton
Lindberghs Plan Stop In Columbus During Air Honeymoon
Colonel Charles A Lindbergh and Mrs Lindbergh paused in Columbus on their air honeymoon journey. Mars Hill airport officials announced they would delay takeoff for Indianapolis until late today after arriving from New York in the Falcon biplane.
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Charles A. Lindbergh
New York
Seek Aid for Speechless King
King Zogu of Albania is unable to speak due to a throat ailment. A specialist has been summoned from Rome to treat the monarch.
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Bu United Press
Tirana
Albania
Zogu
Rome
Ex-Bandit Jack Dalton to wed his Cattle Annie again
Albuquerque dispatch reports Jack Dalton once a Southwest desperado to marry his first sweetheart Cattle Annie now Mrs J Ohme of Oklahoma City. He and Annie, who aided Dalton's gang during the Coffeyville era, reunite after thirty two years as Dalton, now a rancher, seeks the reunion with the woman who saved him.
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United Press
Albuquerque
N. M
Jack Dalton
Southwest
J. Ohme
Oklahoma City
Dalton
Oklahoma Hills
Cattle Annie
Jack's
West
Jack
Dalton Brothers
Oklahoma
Josephine
Miss Livingston
Hardinge
Train crashes into bus injuring none near Monon line
An empty Peoples Motor Coach bus was demolished when driven from its garage at Twenty second and Yandes streets in front of a southbound Monon train. Thomas Allen, 25, escaped unharmed after the collision hurled the bus into a crossing watchman's shanty. He said he did not see the train.
Hoover denies backing of new anti radical drive
President Hoover disavows the National Republic campaign to attack radicals and bolsheviks. White House officials say the effort, announced by Rep Frank Murphy, used the President's name without authorization. Multiple GOP figures deny involvement as Democratic leaders call the move a red herring.
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Lawrence Sullivan
United Press
Washington
Herbert Hoover
Republican Party
Virginia
White House
Frank Murphy
Rep
The
National Republic
Hoover
Hubert Work
Republican National Committee
Work
Will R. Wood
Indiana
Republican Congressional Campaign Committee
Franklin Fort
New Jersey
James E. Watson
Democratic National
De Palma Drives Secret Speed Project in Indianapolis
Veteran racer Ralph De Palma is reportedly hidden at the Murdock Pump Company plant in Indianapolis working on a secret rear-drive Miller special. He hints at a major announcement soon while rebuilding the car and pursuing supercharger tech to boost speed records.
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Ralph de Palma
Murdock Pump Company
East
Washington Street
de Palma
Rajah
Indianapolis
Indianapolis Times
de Palmar
Murdock Pump Company, Inc
Miller
Murdock Company
Cylinder Miller
Daytona Beach
Fla
Sir Henry Seagrave
Murdock
Skunk Death After Chickens Guards Patrol Culvert
A lone skunk died in a culvert near Arlington Avenue two miles south of Washington Street after a gunfight with five men who had pursued it since depredations on local chicken houses. Deputy Wilson and Miller, with W. S. Frye and C. K. Iler, helped chase the animal, which was wounded and killed.
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Stanley Wilson
Frank Miller
Fulier
C. K. Iler
Fuller
Gibraltar
Wilson
Smallpox alibi questioned in high school driver trial
Coroner Keever rejected the defense claim that Richard Lowther Jr. was suffering from smallpox and fever during the January 7 crash that killed Julius Underwood in Indianapolis. Testimony from two teen passengers supported a speed over forty five miles per hour, while Underwood’s car crossed at about thirty. The trial, before Special Judge Fred Bates Johnson, continues Thursday.
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Charles H. Keever
Richard Lowther Jr
Lowther
Fred Bates Johnson
Julius Underwood
Jamestown
Fifty-second Street
Central Avenue
William H. Remy
Keever
Remy
Calvin Nelson
Guilford Avenue
William Leighton
Riviera Drive
Underwood
Richard L. Lowther
HOSS RACE FOR WORD JUGGLERS IN Northumberland Plate
Newcastle reports O Ballynahinch owned by the Maharajah of Nawangar won the Northumberland Plate by a head from Buoyant Bachelor owner C W Gordon. Alacrity owned by Lord Beaverbrook was third by a short head in a blanket finish from thirteen runners. The winner is a six year old horse by Captivation Avon Hack.
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United Press
Newcastle
England
O’ballynahinch
Reuniting in Havre as Assolant Welcomes Bride
Jean Assolant the Atlantic conqueror and his wife Pauline Parker arrive in Le Havre aboard the Ile De France after a flower strewn greeting by French and military planes. The couple attend a town hall reception before heading to Paris. Mrs Assolant says she will not return to the stage and will live with her husband wherever.
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Marlow
Hotel Victoria
Jimmy
Scranton
Doris Farris
London
Minnie Curto
United Press
Bleville
Madame Assolant
French Line
Assolant
Lefevre
Lotti
Tre de France
Paris
Woman pulls man from canal with rope axehead rescue
Mrs Laura Hall 46 used a rope with an ax head to save Skeetah a youth who fell into a canal after escaping a knife threat. He survived and thanked her, noting she had rescued three others with the same method. The incident occurred near a Vermont Street bridge and canal water receded after the rescue.
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Laura Hall
Missouri Street
Skeetah
Afernoon
Vermont
Vals
Ann Livingston testifies in breach suit over fiancé
In Chicago court, Ann Livingston describes paralysis after learning Franklin S. Hardinge, 62, cancelled their January 1928 wedding. She recounts a whirlwind courtship, engagements, engraved cards, and honeymoon plans as witnesses note friction with Hardinge’s housekeeper Josephine Brand.
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United Prene
Chicago
Ann Livingston
Franklin S. Hardinge
Oklahoma
Hardinge
Livingston
Miss Livingston
Mr. Hardinge
West Indies
Josephine Brand
Romeo
West
Tulsa
TAW Finalists Tie in National Marble Tournament
Charles Albany of Philadelphia and Melroy White of Olean New York tied for first in elimination matches at Ocean City New Jersey after each winning sixteen and losing four. Gerald Johnson of South Bend Indiana, who shared second in the Northwestern League with Robert Leonard of Toledo, won a three game playoff to take second honors.
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United Press Ocean
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York
Arthur Schreiber
Portland
America
Thomas Schreiber
Schreiber
United Press Anderson
Ind
State Motor Police
Chauncey Burr
Vermont Street
Zion Park
Ann
Bares
Benjamin Erchlich
South Bend
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