Amazon Girl Student to Trek Jungle for Lost Tribe
Elizabeth Steen a San Jose anthropology graduate student will sail to Rio de Janeiro then trek alone into Mato Grosso Brazil to locate and study the lost Atpirape tribe with only an Indian guide and a Negro maid as aides. She hopes this venture may earn her a PhD from the University of California and believes her sex may ease contact with hostile tribes.
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York
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Elizabeth Steen
San Jose
Cal
Matto Grosso
Miss Steen
United Press
Central
Steen
River of Death
Briton to Speak on England Under Ramsay MacDonald
S. K. Ratcliffe English publicist will address the Kirshbaum Community Center open forum Sunday night on England under Ramsay MacDonald. Ratcliffe is a leading English journalist and has lectured on English problems at Columbia University since 1914.
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England
Ramsay MacDonald
S. K. Ratcliffe
Kirshbaum Community Center
Ratcliffe
Columbia University
King George Invests New Year Honorees at Buckingham Palace
King George presided in the throne room at Buckingham Palace for his first investiture since illness. His appearance, seen as proof doctors are satisfied, followed a lengthy ceremony in which more than 100 recipients received their New Year honors.
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United Preas
London
George
Buckingham Palace
Willys Named to Post as U S Ambassador to Poland
President Hoover sent to the senate the nomination of John Willys of Toledo a leading auto manufacturer to be United States ambassador to Poland. The action announced from Washington on March 4 designates Willys for the diplomatic post amid ongoing Polish relations efforts.
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Hoover
Poland
United Press
Washington
Senate
John Willys
Toledo Auto
United States
Hoover Plans 50 Million Aid to Spur Public Works
President Hoover and his cabinet debated unemployment relief at a semi weekly session. Secretary Davis urged Congress to authorize 50 million dollars for public building programs to create jobs for millions of unemployed, arguing a dole is unacceptable and that 50 million would provide limited support for about 3 million jobless.
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Washington
Senate
Hoover
Davis
Congress
Mr. Hoover
Commerce
Brookhart
Rep
Town
Second Annual Illumination Conference Opens in Indianapolis
The Electric League of Indianapolis opened the second annual illumination conference this afternoon at the Chamber of Commerce. D W Atwater of Westinghouse Lamp Company Bloomfield New Jersey spoke on Fundamentals of Illumination. Sessions are scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday.
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The
Electric League of Indianapolis
Chamber of Commerce
D. W. Atwater
Westinghouse Lamp Company
Bloomfield, N. J
Pope Attacks Fascists Over Forbidden Books
In Rome the pope addressed Lenten preachers and criticised the Fascist party and its publishing house for printing books deemed unfit for children or placed on the church index of forbidden books.
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Vatican City
Rome
Fascist Party
Senate Agriculture Committee Defers Farm Probe
The United Press report says the senate agriculture committee postponed action on the Nye resolution seeking a probe of the federal farm board and grain trade. Secretary Hyde requested the postponement and the panel voted to summon Hyde and Farm Board Chairman Lagege before acting on the proposal.
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United Press
Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
Nye
Federal Farm Board
Hyde
Lagege
Farm Board
Jury Drawn for Murder Trials in Newcastle
Jurors for the cases of Mrs Irene Shroeder and W Glenn Dague were summoned for March 10 after a Lawrence county grand jury indicted them on murder manslaughter assault and battery and highway robbery related to the December 27 killing of state highway patrolman Corporal Brady Paul on the Newcastle Butler road. Sixty persons have been impaneled and the suspects were captured in Phoenix Arizona following a chain store holdup.
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United Preen
Newcastle
Irene Shroeder
W. Glenn Dague
Lawrénice County
Brady Paul
Newcastle-Butler Road
Thieves Loot Rugs Jewelry In Early Morning Burglary
Oriental rugs clothing and jewelry valued at 1100 stolen from A C Byerly home 3666 Fall Creek Boulevard Monday night. Thomas Biggs arrested after Martin Mahalyi grocery burglary when suspect fled. Eugene Richardson tied up in taxicab robbery at Economy Coal Company office. Two hitch hikers robbed by Walter Finn. George Arms grocery looted for 50 dollars.
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Fall Creek Boulevard
Martin Mahalyi
North
Senate Avenue
Mahalyi
Norval Bennett
Thomas Biggs
Mill Street
Bennett
Eugene Richardson
Illinois Street
Economy Coal Company
Julius
Beilach
Kenwood Avenue
William Layton
Church Street
South Missouri Street
Richardson
Thomas A. Lynch
Walter J. Finn
West Maple Road
Apt
Tenth Street
George Arms Grocery
Virginia Avenue
Stimson Drops Out of London Naval Conference
Secretary of State Henry L. Stimson withdrew temporarily from the London naval conference due to a severe cold. He will stay at his countryside residence for several days to recover.
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United Press
London
Henry L. Stimson
Corruption of Officials Is Charged in Michigan City Probe
In a federal trial at South Bend six men face charges over a 1924 1928 liquor protection scheme run with city officials in Michigan City. Testimony cites councilman John Miller admitting monthly payments of 150 dollars to ex police chief Richard Kruse and others, while bootlegger Eddie Peters says similar sums were paid to Eric Hirschman Miller and Nick Sheets. Defendants include Kruse Joseph Allie ex prohibition agent and Frank Lapham ex deputy sheriff.
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United Press
South Bend
Ind
Michigan City
Robert C. Baltzell
John Miller
Richard Kruse
Eddie Peters
Eric Hirschman
Miller
Nick Sheets
Kruse
Joseph Allie
Frank Lapham
la Porte County
Prince of Wales recovers from jungle fever in Africa
In Nairobi on March 4 the prince of Wales was rapidly recovering from malaria. An official bulletin says he is convalescent and plans to continue his hunting trip, expected to proceed to Uganda on March 9. The jungle fever is rarely fatal with early treatment.
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United Preas
Nairobi
Africa
Prince of Wales
Uganda
Memories of Taft in March as death nears in Washington
Washington reports an aging former president fights a long illness as March winds blow. The piece recalls Taft becoming president twenty one years earlier during a blizzard in the capital amid public cheers. Doctors have offered no hope, while Taft's son Robert A. Taft hastens to Cincinnati then plans return as the patient shows rare resilience.
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United Press
Washington
United States
William Howard Taft
Wyoming Avenue
Robert A. Taft
Hoover
Cincinnati
Doctor Murdered in Office Beating and Shooting
Detectives renewed efforts to identify the killer of Dr Alfred P. Scully a prominent physician found beaten and shot in his office Monday night Dr F J Wood who shared the adjoining suite discovered the body lying face down in a pool of blood in the office.
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United ’Reses
Alfred P. Scully
F. J. Wood
Open G O P Office to Open Wednesday in City Building
Republicans announce the opening of a county headquarters on Wednesday on the twelfth floor of the State Savings and Trust building with Wayne G. in attendance and city party officials coordinating the event.
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Republican County
State Savings and Trust Building
Wayne G
Lenten Prayer Devotions to Run Through Easter
The Fellowship of Prayer for 1930 will publish daily devotions in the newspaper from March 5 to Easter, April 20. The movement, under the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America, aims to deepen spiritual life and unite worship across churches in the Lenten season.
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Fellowship of Prayer
Commission On Evangelism and Life Service
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ In America
Charles L. Goodell
New York
N. Y
Pontiac City Manager Resigns Amid Recall Pressure
Clif ford W. Ham resigns after six years as Pontiac city manager on eve of the primary election. He had been target of a recall movement against the city commission and was named president of the Peoples State Trust and Savings Bank.
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Pontiac
United Preea
Mich
Clifford W. Ham
Ham
Peoples State Trust and Savings Bank
Curtis Cangel's Trip Cancelled Over Taft Illness
Due to the critical illness of William Howard Taft, former chief justice and ex-president, the planned appearance here Saturday by Vice-President Charles H. Curtis and his sister Mrs Dolly Gann was canceled. The Indiana Republican Editorial Association banquet, to feature Curtis as principal speaker, was postponed two weeks. Allen Hiner, editor of the newspaper, notes the change.
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William Howard Taft
United States
Charles H. Curtis
Dolly Gann
Indiana Republican Editorial Association
Allen Hiner
The
Fire Chief Orders Strict Duty Rules For Firemen
Fire Chief Harry E. Voshell orders captains to grant trade off days only in special cases with written records and bans firemen from leaving the engine house on duty. The directive follows criticism from The Indianapolis Times and notes improved response times after enforcement. Charges of intoxication against Fred N. Coombs set for March 18. Veterans W G Tallentire and Frank Sloan retired as physically disabled.
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Harry E. Voshell
Board of Safety
Voshell
Dick Miller
Indianapolis Times
Fred N. Coombs
Coombs
W. G. Tallentire
Frank Sloan
Gamewell
Frank T. Dowd
Sloan
Tallentire
American Foundry Company
Morelos Governor Resigns Over Divorce Law Policy
Am brosio Pellente the provisional governor of Morelos known for lenient divorce laws resigns. The move follows criticism of the policy that led many Americans to dissolve marriages in recent years.
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Bu United Press
Mexico City
Ambrosio Pellente
State of
Morelos
Oil Men Fear Tariff Move Threatens Credit
March 4 report says many independent oil operators fear Standard Oil would ruin their credit if they joined a petroleum tariff push. Writ Franklin of the Independent Petroleum Producers Association testified before a senate lobby committee. The federal oil conservation board urged refiners to reduce output to six days a week to curb gasoline overproduction.
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United Press
Washington
Standard Oil Company
Writ Franklin
Independent Petroleum Producers’ Association
Senate
Federal Oil Conservation Board
Baltimore Man Admits Hotel Looting spree
Mount Henry, 32, of Baltimore, Md., confessed to looting eight hotel rooms and other thefts in a downtown hotel Friday night. Police say his loot included razors barber supplies from the Elks Club shop portable typewriters portable phonographs and clothing.
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Baltimore
Elks Club
Byrd Antarctic Ships Near Dunedin Relay
Wireless reports say the Byrd expedition vessels on their return voyage lie under 1,000 miles south of Dunedin New Zealand near noon today.
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Dunedin
United Press
New Zealand
Anniversary Day for Hoover Turns Into Routine March Day
President Hoover marks his first inauguration anniversary as a routine working day. He exercises in the White House basement, enjoys breakfast, attends a cabinet meeting, and keeps a full schedule with no special celebration planned.
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Washington
Hoover
White House
Ogden to Speak at Elk Hart Y M C A Mass Meeting
Attorney General James M. Ogden will address a mass meeting at Elk Hart on March 23. The event is arranged by the Y M C A and promoted by the state crime commission to encourage similar conferences across the state.
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James M. Ogden
Elkhart
State Crime Commission
Cold snap breaks as Indiana warms above freezing
A frigid Midwest cold wave eased with Indiana's temperatures rising from 24 degrees to 30 by 9 am and forecast to surpass seasonal norms of 31 later in the week. Meteorologist J H Armington of the Weather Bureau cautioned the trend could continue as highs approach the seasonal average.
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Midwest
Indiana
J. H. Armington
United States Weather Bureau
Beauty becomes obligation not privilege in Meadows guidance
W E Meadows, famed Hollywood beauty consultant, launches a Times beauty column. He advises that any woman can achieve beauty and will answer readers questions on cosmetics and application.
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W. E. Meadows
Hollywood
The
Times
Meadows
Lupe Velez
Mary Astor
Lelia Hyams
Vera Reynolds
Jaquiline Logan
How of Beauty
All Times
Senate panel backs tariff move removing coal duty
The Senate Finance Committee voted to support the Senate’s choice to delete the 50 cents a ton coal retaliatory duty and all other retaliatory clauses from the tariff bill. The decision signals a possible floor fight and caused Chairman Smoot to drop his earlier forecast that the bill would pass today.
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United Press
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Smoot
O Connor Sons Win Road Paving Contract
J C OConnor Sons of Ft Wayne secured a 178207 52 contract from the state highway department to pave 82 miles of U S Road 36 from the Illinois line to Montezuma Indiana.
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J.C. O'Connor & Sons
Ft. Wayne
State
Montezuma
Ind
Extradition Refused for Ray Godward by Governor Leslie
Governor Harry G. Leslie refused to approve extradition of Ray Godward to Ohio today. Godward is wanted by Belmont County authorities for alleged neglect of a minor child based on the Ohio request and family remain in the state.
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Leslie
Ohio
Ray Godward
Harry G. Leslie
Belmont County
Prohibition Debate Sparks Psychiatrists Wary View
Johns Hopkins psychiatrist Dr Stewart Paton testifies before the House Judiciary Committee calling prohibition a civilization menace. He labels dry advocates fanatics and warns democracy could decay into mediocrity. Liggett amplifies enforcement charges while witnesses defend personal drinking and temperance.
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Johns Hopkins University
Stewart Paton
House Judiciary Committee
Paton
Trs Paton
John J. Cochran
Dem
Miss
Norton
Judiciary Committee
Johns Hopkins
Prussia
Soviet Russia
Russia
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