House Asks Action On Utility Bill Ouster Measure
Indiana House orders judiciary to report out the Bender Mendenhall bill to abolish the public service commission amid a House Senate clash over utility regulation. Senate committees investigate the House resolution and delay on two Senate bills granting appeal from commission decisions and regulating operating expenses. Governor Jackson silent on the resolution.
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House
Public Service Commission
Public Utility Regulation
Indiana House of Representatives
Judiciary Committee
Bender-Mendenhall
Senate
Edward B. Bender
Zionsville
J. Glenn Harris
Bender
Harris
Harlan
Nejdl
Judiciary
F. Harold van Orman
William F. Hodges
Gary
Denver C. Harlan
Richmond
Thurman
A .Kottschalk
Berne
Hodges
James J. Nejdl
Believe Boy Took Life In Home Death Probe By Coroner
The alleged suicide of 16 year old Charles Watson of R R O Box 99M was investigated by Coroner Paul F. Robinson. He was found dead in his kitchen Monday night with a bullet wound. the father Elroy Watson was present as the inquiry proceeded.
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Charles Watson
Elroy Watson
Paul F. Robinson
Marion Bill Passed for Marion Military Home Improvements
Washington report says the House approved the Hall bill authorizing 700000 dollars for improvements at the Marion Military Home in Marion Indiana. The action was taken last night as part of a broader defense funding package.
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Washington
Aesia
Marion Military Home
Marion
Ind
Seven Lenzen Children Placed In Custody
Mrs. Louise E Lenzen fights to keep seven children after probation officers find three chained and strapped in her Patterson California ranch house. An 11 year old girl was strapped to a bed a 3 year old boy with hands tied behind him and another child tied to a chair. Four other children show cruelty and malnutrition signs. One is an adopted daughter. Juvenile authorities take custody.
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United Press
Modesto
Cal
Louise E. Lenzen
Advantages Of City Manager Plan Extolled By Times Special
Lexington March 1 Robert Gorman of Cincinnati outlined benefits of the city manager form at Fayette County League of Women’s Voters noting Cincinnati’s success after a political fight. He described a switch from a corrupt commission system to a nine member council elected by proportional representation, with Col Clarence O Sherrill as city manager and treasury gains from 350000 to 500000 plus utility director and unified city garage. He urged Lexington agitation to adopt the plan to curb political control.
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Robert Gorman
Cincinnati
Fayette County League of Women’s Voters
Gorman
Ohio City
Treasury
Clarence O. Sherrill
Washington
Sherrill
Aimee Semple McPherson Plans Return To New York
Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson says she will return to New York City next fall for a longer visit to save the biggest city in the world. She has not decided yet about renting Madison Square Garden and plans a Palm Beach vacation starting Thursday.
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New York
Aimee Semple McPherson
California
Four-Square Gospel
Madison Square Garden
Palm Beach
Wind Rages 52 Dead in English Colliery Blast
London reports say rescue was abandoned as death toll in the Cwmthrow Vale explosion neared fifty two. At Ebbw Vale Wales families waited under rain while 135 miners were buried and new bodies kept being recovered with twenty two confirmed dead and thirty nine missing. gas hampered rescue. Seventeen laborers were trapped at Bilsthorpe Nottinghamshire after a pit head staging collapse. three rescued, others presumed dead.
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London
Evening News
Cwm
Thbw Vale
Ebbw Vale
Wales
Bilsthorpe
Nottinghamshire
Probers Seek Chaplin Back Tax Amount
Special investigators for the Internal Revenue Bureau are examining Chaplin income tax accounts in San Francisco and New York to determine the back taxes owed. The treasury has liens exceeding 1.5 million dollars to secure payment, and Nash stated the case will be disposed of once the investigation completes.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Bureau
San Francisco
New York
Charlie Chaplin
C. R. Nash
Chaplin
Treasury
Nash
The
Revenue Bureau
Coolidge Farm Stand Weak Says Settle
William H. Settle, president of the Indiana Farm Bureau Federation, declares President Coolidge’s veto of the McNary Haugen bill shows weakness not strength. He calls the veto the greatest blow to American agriculture, notes contradictions in the President’s message, and predicts farmers in the West and South will unite against national favoritism in 1928.
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Coolidge
William H. Settle
Indiana Farm Bureau Federation
Settle
Mellon
Hoover
Barnes
East
West
South
Potomac
Alleghenies
Senate Debates Bender Mendenhall Bill and Reapportionment
A Judiciary A committee reports on the Bender Mendenhall bill to abolish the Public Service Commission. Senate advances 25 bills to engrossment. On third reading Sims introduces Mayor Protection. Engineers classification measure and a reapportionment bill are discussed. Marion Lake County commissioners salary increase is reconsidered. The senate considers a $49,000,000 appropriation bill as committee of the whole.
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Bender-Mendenhall
Public Service Commission
Senate
Marion, Lake County Commissioners
Indiana University Real Estate Course Offered
The Extension Bureau of Indiana University announces a new real estate practices and principals course in Indianapolis. It emphasizes practical topics such as office organization advertising and selling valuation financing renting leasing property management insurance legal aspects taxation state supervision and ethics.
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Extention Bureau
Indiana University
Indianapolis Real Estate Board
Indiana
Carringtons Clash at Woman's Home In Sharp Fight
Col. BE Carrington Chicago financier faces $1,000 bail in west side court for assault on his brother Campbell Carrington amid a $1,000,000 suit over alienation of a wife’s affections. The brothers met outside Mrs Carrington's house around midnight. Campbell is hospitalized and the case was adjourned to Thursday.
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New York
Col
BE. ¢. Carrington
Chicago
West Side Court
Campbell
Campbell Carrington
Lonely Pan American Flight Heads for Paraguay
RESUME LONELY FLIGHT BUENOS AIRES March 1 Two planes of the United States Pan American Good Will flight squadron were set to depart for Ascuncion Paraguay while bodies of two fliers were en route home on the S S Vauban Maj H A Dargue commander parachuted to safety after a collision Saturday and three others would press on two more went to Panama for a replacement plane The bodies of Capt Clinton W Woolsey and Lieut John E B Benton were aboard the Vauban after funeral services in which Argentine officials took part.
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United Press
Buenos Aires
Ascuncion
Paraguay
S. S. Vauban
H. A. Dargue
Panama
Clinton W. Woolsey
John EB. Benton
Vauban
Ford Hearing Delayed in Sapiro Case in Detroit
In Detroit the hearing on Aaron Sapiro's motion to strike portions of Henry Ford's amended plea in the $1,000,000 suit was continued. Ford attorneys label the contested sections irrelevant and repetitious. Senator James A Reed and Judge Fred M Raymond were noted as involved, with trial set for March 7 and a ruling expected later in the week.
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United Press
Detroit
Mich
Aaron Sapiro
Henry Ford
James A. Reed
Missouri
Ford
Washington
Fred M. Raymond
Grand Rapids
TO PRISON FOR LIFE Albert Donaldson sentenced on habitual criminal charge
Albert Donaldson, a Black man, was sentenced to life imprisonment at Indiana State Prison by Judge James A. Collins on an habitual criminal charge after a jury found him guilty on Saturday.
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Albert Donaldson
Indiana State Prison
James A. Collins
Donaldson
Indiana Line Abandonment Case Heard Before I C C
Final arguments were heard before the Interstate Commerce Commission on the plan by the Cleveland Cincinnati Chicago and St Louis Railway and the Pennsylvania Railroad to abandon the Central Indiana Railway. The owners say operation has been unprofitable. Indiana industries oppose, arguing they helped fund the line and rely on its operation.
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United Press
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway
Pennsylvania Railroad
Central Indiana Railway
Indiana Industries
Five Die in Tar Paper Shack Fire In Hibbing
A fire in a tar paper shack in Hibbing Minnesota trapped four children and their invalid grandfather. The woman mother suffered severe burns on her hands and face and may die. The victims are O H Basford 77 John Basford 9 Ray 7 Margaret 6 Reeba Bell 5.
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United Press
Hibbing
Minn
O. H. Basford
John Basford
Ray
Margaret
Reeba Bell
Flames Menace Masontown Store In Morgantown Fire
A major fire at the Street department store in Masontown W V caused about 100000 in damage. Firefighters from Morgantown and Kingwood confined the blaze to the one building after exhausting local water sources. Crews laid a line to Decker's Creek a quarter mile away to combat the blaze.
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Masontown
W. Va
United Press
Morgantown
Kingwood
Dale Under Arrest in Ohio City
Muncie editor George Dale of Indiana was arrested in Celina Ohio on a criminal libel warrant tied to a letter printed in his paper. Bond set at 3000 dollars. Dale vows to resist extradition and seek release via habeas corpus and appeals while remaining outside Indiana.
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Dale
Muncie
Greenville
Ohio
Mannix & Crawford
Donahey
Clell Maple
Graft Support Grows as Citizens Back Graff Row
A citizens' group opposing the school board's bid to oust Superintendent E A Graff has expanded from 25 to 160 members. Treasurer Joseph J Schmid said new members joined after letters from Henry L Dithmer temporary chairman Grier M Shotwell and Schmid. A meeting is planned for early next week to plan further actions.
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E. A. Graff
Joseph J. Schmid
Henry L. Dithmer
Grier M. Shotwell
Schmid
Dithmer
Busses Travel 392 000 Miles in U S Survey
Chicago March 1 The American Research Foundation released a survey showing regular daily bus service in the United States totaling 352 800 miles, 46 763 miles more than all steam and electric railroads. Rail lines totaled 259 227 miles with electric lines at 46 837. buses outpaced railroads in operation, aiding oil companies to push gasoline expansion in 1927.
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Chicago
United States
American Research Foundation
Sinclair, Standard
Texas
Six House members urge impeachment power after Dearth hearing
Six members of the Indiana House Judiciary Committee say the legislature has authority to impeach judges and should push for a managers’ probe of Circuit Judge Clarence W. Dearth of Muncie. They cite juror irregularities, press suppression, and potential constitutional violations as grounds for a possible report or removal resolution.
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Indiana
House Judiciary Committee
Clarence W. Dearth
Muncie
Senate
Dearth
Ralph Kane
J. Glenn Harrie
Impeachment Hearing Reveals Judge Dearth Juror Bias Claims
Testimony before the House Judiciary A committee at the Statehouse Monday night accused Circuit Judge Clarence W. Dearth of Muncie of bias and improper juror practices. Witnesses alleged selective juror seating, juror eligibility issues, police-connection rumors, and intimidation of newsboys linked to George Dale.
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Joe H. Davis
Delaware County
Clarence W. Dearth
Muncie
Ind
House Judiciary Committee
Statehouse
House
Judiciary
George Dale
Post- Democrat
U S Judge Censured Yet Not Impeached In Rum Runner Case
The House Judiciary Committee reported indirect censure of Federal Judge Frank Cooper of the Northern District of New York for involvement in a rum running trap. The panel said no offense justified impeachment. The action was halted by Elisha H. Cooper's attorney.
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House Committee
Cooper
United Press
Washington
Frank Cooper
New York
House Judiciary Committee
House
Elisha H. Cooper
Mob of Women Beat Man Suspect in Gaffney Case
In Brooklyn New York March 63 year old shrubbery salesman Giles Steele was chased by women after he abducted 4 year old Julian Bernstein while posing to show plants. Police questioned him regarding the disappearance of Billy Gaffney who has been missing for almost three weeks.
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United Pre
Myrooklyn
N. Y
Giles Steele
Billy Gaffney
Steel
Gadie Bernstein
Julian
Steele
Salesamm
Mother Drowns Baby In Wash Tub Tragedy In Philadelphia
Mrs. Anna Greenwood, 36, drowned her six month old son Thomas in a wash tub at their home near Philadelphia. Her husband found the body. the mother was incoherent and held for examination by alienists.
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United Arena
Philadelphia
Anna Greenwood
Thomas
Here
Greenwood
Fire Damage at 9938 Byram House Tied to Wiring
A fire caused by defective wiring damaged the home of Troma De Falco at 9938 Byram on Monday. The blaze resulted in about $1,000 in damage and prompted emergency responders to inspect the residence.
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Troma de Falco
Byram
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