Bolivian Military Council Takes Power After Bloodshed
La Paz ends days of turmoil as Gen Carlos Blanco Galindo leads six officers to form a new government promising civil rights and economic reform. Cadets defend the military college while police gunfire kills hundreds and thousands injured in the revolution that ousted President Siles. General Hans Kundt faces pressure for alleged bloodshed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LA Paz
Bolivia
Carlos Blanco Galindo
Council of Ministers
Hernando Siles
Hans Kundt
Siles
Kundt
Legation
Ururu
Military College
Oruro
General Kundt
Russia
Lega
Death Stay Sought After Two Delays Noted
A brief legal notice reports a death stay request filed after two prior delays. The document names the court and parties involved and indicates ongoing proceedings with no final ruling yet.
Stock exchange risks ban over hearing defiance
Boston Stock Exchange faces possible debarment from state lists after it refused to testify and supply records at a June 24 hearing. State securities Commissioner Mark H. Rhoades warned that if noncompliance continues, the exchange could lose its privileged status across Indiana and other states. Maurice Mendenhall sought another chance for the exchange to respond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Stock Exchange
Mark H. Rhoades
Indiana
Rhoades
Maurice Mendenhall
Mendenhall
I. N. Bailey
North Carolina
Committee On Stock Exchanges
National Securities Commissioners’ Association
Bailey
Boston Exchange
Injured In Crashes Across City Causes and Victims
Miss Mary Miller at Buckle street suffered a cut. Henry Herman and his wife Doris bruised Sunday when a car driven by William C. Koby crashed 120 feet over a curb and wedged near a house on Massachusetts Avenue. Nellie Stumph and son Robert injured slightly in a collision between Fred Stumph and Jeff Kelly at Thirty-fourth street and Orchard avenue. Mrs M Stover of Dayton fractured shoulder and Agnes Dehlinghaus bruised when Edna Gottemeller's car overturned at Central avenue and Thirty-ninth street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Miller
Buckle Street
Henry Herman
Creston Drive
Doris Herman
William C. Koby
Brookside Drive
Massachusetts Avenue
Nellie Stumph
Robert Stumph
East
New York Street
Fred Stumph
Jeff Kelly
Bradley Street
Thirty-fourth Street
Orchard Avenue
M. Stover
Dayton
Agnes Dehlinghaus
Cincinnati
Edna Gottemeller
Cornelius Avenue
Central Avenue
Thirty-ninth Street
Pick Hospital Site in Riverside Park for Veterans Hospital
Dispatches from Washington announce the selection of a Riverside park site south of Burdsal parkway and west of East Riverside drive for a 150 bed veterans hospital. Brigadier General Hines, chairman of the hospital board, confirms Indianapolis will host the 500000 facility with ten acres donated in Riverside Park for the hospital and for Indiana veterans bureau headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside Park
Burdsal Parkway
East Riverside Drive
Veterans’ Hospital
Washington, D. C
Hines
Indianapolis
Indiana
Veterans’ Bureau
Prohibition Agents Die In Vehicle Crash Near Lebanon
Ray Shaffer age 49 of Columbus Ohio and companion Joe Wolf 27 were riding in a party of eight transferring records when Shaffer fell asleep at the wheel late tonight causing the car to strike a telephone pole. Wolf was seriously injured and the crash occurred in Lebanon Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Lebanon
Ind
Ray Shaffer
Columbus
Joe Wolf
Shaffer
Prohibition
Wolf
Taken Ways of the Sons of Romany Cause Fuss at Wedding Scene
Reporter and photographer face a gypsy camp near Emerson and Massachusetts Avenue as camp members press for money and press cards. A parade of children and camp bosses swarm the car seeking rewards while a bride and groom’s wedding moment is threatened by demands for gear and favors. The scene paints a chaotic, solicitous camp dynamic around a newlywed couple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arch Steinel
Emerson
Massachusetts Avenue
Bandits Rob Capitol Restaurant as Detectives Lose Stars
Chicago detectives George Meinhardt and Edward Fontaine say bandits drew revolvers and police stars during a Capitol restaurant hold up. The robbers demanded weapons, then forced the detectives to flee as the bandits escaped. A separate La Prensa dispatch reports twenty Communists and two policemen killed in Matamoros Coahuila.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Chicago
George Meinhardt
Edward Fontaine
Meinhardt
Fontaine
Capitol
Mertco Erry
la Prensa
Matamoros
Coahuila
Dozen on trial in ballot case in Gary, Indiana
Twelve defendants, six women, go on trial in Lake county criminal court for illegal voting in Gary during the May 6 primary. Defendants include Owen O Malla former Lake county road supervisor Joseph Carlson Calumet township constable Milton H Marquardt Charles Parker Herbert Parker and W C Roush. Women alleged to have been brought to vote by the men. Prosecutor Oliver Starr warns of arrest if more illegal voting is revealed. Roush accused of bringing the women to Gary in a taxicab. Marquardt was campaign publicity manager for William J Fulton who killed himself after the defeat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Times Special Crown
Oliver Starr
Lake County
Marquardt
William J. Fulton
Roush
Gary
Reading Bill Backed by Indiana Blind Workers
George W ilson of the Indiana School for the Blind urged Congress to expand reading facilities for adults at the Indiana Association of Workers for the Blind biennial convention in Claypool. Richard Williams reviewed the 1929 assembly efforts on a county charity bill, which failed in the senate. Over 200 association members were expected at tonight and Tuesday sessions to discuss blind employment and advocacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George 8. Wilson
Indiana School For the Blind
Indiana Association of Workers For the Blind
Claypool
Wilson
Congress
Richard Williams
Williams
House
Senate
Association
Two Negroes Slain in Weekend Knife Attacks
Two Black men were killed and three others wounded in knife fights over the weekend. William Walker 50 died at city hospital and his wife Myrtle Walker 44 is charged with murder. Lela Baker 24 was fatally wounded. Sweetie Ayres alias Henrietta Woolridge 33 is charged with murder. Paul Simmons 32 wounded. another stabbing at New York and Noble streets. Orville Sullivan 22 wounded in a fight with Felix Matthews 68 at a KentUcky Avenue rooming house. William Smith 24 was cut in a fight at his North Blackford street home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Walker
Aoache Street
City Hospital
Myrtle Walker
Lela Baker
Cora Street
Sweetie Ayres
Henrietta Woolridge
Rankin Street
Paul Simmons
East Ohio Street
Methodist Hospital
New York
Noble Streets
Orville Sullivan
Kentucky Avenue
Felix Matthews
William Smith
North Blackford Street
Dale Barnhart
Ligonier
Ft. Wayne
Dean Wakefield
Wabash
Indianapolis
Henriette Woolridge
Lucille Haughtelin
Hammond
E. R. Penney
Albert McIntyre
Municipal Electric
Richmond
Tll
Mack Bales
Marbles Champ Jimmy White Returns From Ocean City Tour
Jimmy White, 14, of 65 South Arsenal Avenue, home from the national marbles tournament in Ocean City New Jersey with a folding Kodak prize. He enjoyed shows free boat rides and will travel the Panama Canal on a Panama mail liner. His sidekick Floyd Walker of Decatur Illinois lost in the finals to Jimmy Lee of Columbus Ohio. White represents the Columbus Citizen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy White
South Arsenal Avenue
Willard Park
Ocean City
N. J
Jimmy
Willard
Floyd Walker
Decatur
Ill
Floyd
Jimmy Lee
Columbus
C. H. Lee
South
Eureks Avenue
Columbus Citizen
Scripps-Howard
Panama Canal
Lifelong Prison for Indiana Man in Sister Slaying
Fay Williams, 35, World War II veteran, received a life term after pleading guilty to second degree murder in the slaying of his 18 year old sister Ruth with a butcher knife. The secretly rushed trial was held to avert mob violence and Williams chose life in prison over an insanity plea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Brazil
Ind
Fay Williams
Ruth
Williams
Train crew finds body of man killed near Chicago
In G alignment June 30 a Pennsylvania train crew discovered George Gazdich aged 42 dead in the Chicago round house after the train pulled in. A fragment of skull remained on the engine pilot. Gazdich was en route to work when the fatal incident occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Times Special
Ind
Pennsylvania
George Gazdich
Roundhouse
Chicago
Gazdich
Three Drivers Held In Alcohol Reckless Driving Incidents
Otis Franklin of R R 5 Box 38 K charged with operating a mobile while intoxicated after his car sideswiped a machine driven by R A Lang at Sherman and Southern avenues Sunday night. Robert Alexander charged with intoxication after being struck by a car driven by Frank Hise at Washington street and White River boulevard Sunday night. Jeffrey W Donahue of 1131 Hoyt avenue charged with reckless driving after a collision at Raymond and Shelby street Sunday night. John Sherman, 39, of 1905 Holloway avenue drove the second car. Robert Breckenridge charged with disregarding a traffic signal and assault after his car struck Ovid Stultz’s machine at Ohio and Pennsylvania street. Stultz and his daughter Anna were bruised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otis Franklin
R. A. Lang
North Tuxedo Street
Sherman and
Southern Avenues
Robert Alexander
Frank Hise
Prospect Street
Washington Street
White River Boulevard
Jeffrey W. Donahue
Raymond
Shelby Street
John Sherman
Holloway Avenue
Robert Breckenridge
Pomeroy Street
Ovid Stultz
Myron Avenue
Ohio
Pennsylvania Street
Stultz
Anna
Back Home Again Autos Recovered By Police
Police report recovered vehicles linked to residents including John Evensky of 239 South Illinois, Horace H. Page of 1010 Burdsal Parkway, Raymond Sutt of North East Street, and George L. Saters of 1651 Somerset Avenue. Cars listed include a Pontiac coach at New York and Blackford, a Chevrolet coach at New Jersey and George L. Saters, and a Chrysler sedan at 1000 Hunter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Evensky
South Illinois Street
Pontiac
New York
Blackford
Horace H. Page
Burdsal Parkway
Beecher
Shel- Raymond Sutt
North East Street
Chevrolet
New Jersey
Market Streets
George L. Saters
Somerset Avenue
Chrysler
Hunter
Week End Death List Sets Record
The city sanitary levy for 1931 will likely be 6 cents a cut of 1 cent from 1930. Sanitary board president B J T Jeup said the budget plans allow an 11 cent slash without crippling the sanitary division. The 6 cent levy would raise about $400 000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. J. T. Jeup
Sanitary Board
Jeup
Sanitary Division
Brothers Fight Over Estate in Marion County Probate
Two brothers separated over fifty years confront each other in Marion County probate court. John Lydon seeks to prove his right to a $2,500 absentee share from their late mother's estate, while Thomas Lydon contends possible impostor status. Judge Mahlon E. Bush to rule on legitimacy and distribution after affidavits are reviewed.
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Marion County
John Lydon
Vanhouten
N. M
Thomas Lydon
Sullivan County Infirmary
Mahlon E. Bush
Bush
Indianapolis
Bash
John
Reginald H. Sullivan
Thirty six indicted in jury probe by Marion grand jury
Thirty six persons named in thirty indictments returned to Criminal Judge James A Collins by the Marion county grand jury. Ten others were exonerated. Indictments include Fred Sickel for manslaughter in a June auto crash at East and Washington streets and Richard Owens for the same charge in a May crash at East Tenth street and Keystone avenue. Other bills cover burglary grand larceny vehicle taking murder assault and battery robbery and transporting liquor. Arraignment set for July 1 before Collins to enter pleas and hear trial dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Collins
Marion County Grand Jury
Fred Sickel
English Avenue
John Wente
East
Washington Streets
Richard Owens
Indianapolis
East Tenth Street
Keystone Avenue
Charles Coneway
Collins
Racer Leaps From Burning Boat In Broad Ripple Race
Dale Miller, an Indianapolis basketball referee, escaped serious injury by leaping into the White River as his motor boat caught fire early in the 75 mile Broad Ripple Outboard Sweepstakes. Miller was rescued by a fellow participant as about twenty five starters competed before five thousand spectators. Harold Walman won Class 4 in 1 hour 57 minutes, with Bob Jones taking Class D and Harry O'Brien Class B honors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale Miller
Indianapolis
White River
Miller
Harold Walman
Robert
Bob) Jones
Harry O’brien
Commissioner Howell Ellis Gets Commendation Letter
Representative Charles W. Thompson praises the Public Service Commission ruling denying LaFountaine Telephone Company a rate increase. The order, authored by Commissioner Ellis, stops the company from raising rates and protects public interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howell Ellis
Public Service Commission
LaFountain Telephone Company
Goodrich
Charles W. Thompson
la Fountaine
Youth Pleads Guilty to Vehicle Taking in Indiana
United P IGGENSPORT Ind June 30 A 16 year old Andrew Merch of Gary pleaded guilty to vehicle taking and received a reformatory sentence of one to ten years in reform school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Piggensport
Ind
Andrew Merch
Gary
Year’s deadliest week: heat and crashes claim many lives
A week of extreme heat and numerous accidents produced the year’s heaviest death toll. Victims include Clyde W. Jennings and companions hunted after a marshal shooting, a plane crash victim Dale Barnhart, and multiple drownings in White River and other bodies of water along with several homicides and accidental deaths across Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Week End
Indiana
Clyde W. Jennings
Indianapolis
Goodland
Jennings
Frank Reece
Walter Malone
J. B. Owensby
Goodland Marshal
Showers End Heat Wave Across Indiana
Refreshing showers early today broke the heat wave and temperatures fell from the low nineties to 70 by 9 this morning. The Weather Bureau forecast more rain and cool conditions tonight and Tuesday. All of Indiana expected to share in the showers and cloudy weather in the early part of the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Weather Bureau
Indiana
Weather Bureau
Racketeer link fails to deter single inquiry
Chicago reports depict Albert Lingle aka Jake as a racketeer and high earner who loaned money to gangsters and officials while a manhunt continues for his killer James Forsythe. The Tribune quotes a board of strategy led by Charles Rathburn on the murder and motive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Chicago
Special “Board of Strategy
Albert
Jake) Lingle
Chicago Tribune
the Tribune
Lingle
Burlington
Wis
James
Red) Forsythe
Illinois Central
Special Board of Strategy
Charles Rathburn
Tribune
Five New Cardinals Appointed by Pope
Vatican City reports Pope Pius XI named five new cardinals at a secret consistory. The appointees include Msgr. Sebastiano Leme de Silveria Cintra archbishop of Rio de Janeiro and four other titular or regional bishops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Vatican City
Pius XI
Sacred College
Msgr
Sebastiano Leme de Silveria Cintra
Rio de Janeiro
Francesco Marchetti- Selgaggiani
Selecia
Raffaele Carlo Rossi
Thessalonica
Giudi Serafini
Lampsacus
Achilles Lienart
Lillie
France
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Military Council
A. L. Bradford
la Paz Club
Queenie Miller
George Williams
Pick Hospital
U. S
U. S. Day
Lemme
Vention
Marbles Champ
Sister Slayer
Train
Whiting
Chic
Gotham
John F. Dille Co
City Sanitary Board
Racer
Vonnegut
Washington St
Life
Fletcher Crust Banks
Windsor Jewelry CO
Illinois
Lyric Theater
Harold Carter
Petersburg
Fred Bledsoe
Shoals
Charles Sawyer
Pine Lake
la Porte
Joseph Grant
Fred Hansilwood
Larry McKinney
Robert E. Laughlin
Gar- Mail
David E. Browand
Kendallville
Rachel Hulett
Muncie
Dewey E. Nister
Washington
Charles Mozier
Ligoric
Mercury
Reporter
Forte
Lydia E. Pinkham
Tirane
Sean Pinkham
Lynn
MONON
Louisville
Indi
Anisam
Sanaa
Unicor
Boulevard Station
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