Ford Edison lash to wets views in ban debate
Henry Ford and Thomas Edison urged pro prohibition as drys opened hearings on repealing the eighteenth amendment. Edison called prohibition the greatest experiment for mankind and Ford said it sustains comfort and prosperity. Samuel Crowther testified for the drys while Representative La Guardia pressed economic questions and the chair ruled some inquiries unfair.
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Washington
Henry Ford
Thomas A. Edison
House Judiciary Committee
Edison
Ford
Florida
United States
Samuel Crowther
Drys
Crowthers
Crowther
la Guardia
Rep
N. Y
Net
Graham
Wichita merchant charged with bribing laborer to kill wife
Zen Turner of Anthony Kansas and a salt merchant was accused of paying a laborer to murder his wife for a down payment of 65 dollars and 35 dollars later. The laborer Joe Sutton claimed he killed Turner's wife and said Turner still owed him 635 dollars. The woman's body was found Wednesday.
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Wichita
Mate
Kan
Zen Turner
Anthony
Joe Sutton
Turner
Sutton
Buffalo Police Shakeup Ends Crime Outburst
March 5. A Buffalo police shakeup followed a surge of crime that included a youth death tied to theft for his family, a holdup of an insurance cashier on an eighth floor, and three lesser robberies. Commissioner Austin J. Roche announced five detectives seven clerks and five auto squad members were shifted back to patrol duty.
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Bufalo
Buffalo
Insurance Company
Austin J. Roche
Auto Squad
Wales on Motor Trip
The prince of Wales is recovering rapidly from malaria and motored several miles today during a motor trip in Kenya Colony.
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Wales
Prince
United Press
Nairoba
Kenya Colony
Africa
Prince of Wales
Husbands Spend More on Clothes by 10 Percent
Chicago March 5. A University of Chicago thesis by Miss Louise Cowles finds husbands spend about ten percent more on clothing than wives. The study analyzes expenditures of thousands of families and suggests wives control fashion spending.
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United Press Chicago
Louise Cowles
University of Chicago
Arrest of Former City Councilman Over Parking Fine
Albert F. Meurer was arrested today after refusing to pay a fine for alleged improper parking. He is to be tried Thursday.
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Albert F. Meurer
City business men's legger suspect held
Federal dry agents claim a bonded whisky supply to Indianapolis physicians attorneys and businessmen is halted after Irvin H Sudbrack 361744 East Sixteenth street was held to the federal grand jury under 4000 bond on liquor charges. Police say two pints of bonded whisky were found on him and a raid uncovered twenty three gallons of alcohol counterfeit whisky strip stamps and materials for converting alcohol. Checks signed by prominent professionals were found and several signers admitted purchasing liquor from him.
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Indianapolis
Irvin H. Sudbrack
East Sixteenth Street
Sudbrack
Federal Grand Jury
John W. Kern
United States
Brokers Indicted in Bank Embezzlement Case
United to San Francisco March 5 George N Keyston president of the San Francisco Stock Exchange and five members of Lies Keyston Co face federal charges of aiding and abetting three Bank of Italy employees indicted for embezzling 550000. Bail set at 5000 each. The six men allegedly aided the three employees whose embezzlement proceeds were used for speculation.
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United
San Francisco
George N. Keyston
San Francisco Stock Exchange
Keyston
Lies, Keyston & Co
Bank of Italy
Lay Basis for Suit on Board Salaries
Sanitary board seeks a test case over the $3,600 annual salary for city sanitary commissioners. Judge Holt rejected the voucher, while attorney J W Noel threatened suit to claim the maximum permitted as long as construction at the sanitary plant proceeds. The state tax board removed the $3,600 line item and replaced it with $500 minimum wages.
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Sanitary Board
Sterling R. Holt
Holt
J. W. Noel
B. J
Vincennes Bond Accepts $100,000 for Memorial
The George Rogers Clark Memorial Commission met at the statehouse and finalized a contract with the city of Vincennes. They accept $100,000 from a bond issue to fund construction of the memorial in Vincennes honoring the pioneer.
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City of
Vincennes
George Rogers Clark
Statehouse
Stump Dinner Speaker At Illumination Conference
Indianapolis attorney Albert Stump will speak at a dinner tonight during the second annual illumination conference sponsored by the Electric League of Indianapolis.
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Albert Stump
Indianapolis
Electric League of Indianapolis
Meurer Refuses Parking Fine In Downtown Unloading Zone
Albert F Meurer a former city councilman was arrested for not paying a 2 fine over improper parking in a fifty four foot unloading zone near the Hume Mansur building East Ohio street He was released on his own recognizance and will be tried before Municipal Judge Dan V White Thursday His attorney Howard M Meyer will challenge the ordinance as unconstitutional and contend that many zones are ignored He notes city records lack a clear fee log and only show payments for silent policemen in the zone with no separate registry for lot rents.
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Charles E. Carll
Albert F. Meurer
East Tenth Street
Meurer
Dan V. White
Howard M Meyer
Meyrer
Meyer
Mearer
Hume- Mansur
East
Ohio Street
City Hall
A. ©. Thomas
Thomas
Hume- Mansur Company
Louis Johnson
Flood Toll Rises in Moissac After Tarn Dam Break
Paris report states 150 dead in Moissac as Tarn dam failure triggers the worst floods in southwestern France in fifty years. About three thousand residents are homeless, police say, with the disaster staining the region.
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United Press
Paris
Montauban
Moissac
Tarn
France
Bodies found in plane wreck near Will Rogers ranch
Three men are believed dead after an airplane crashed into a hill on the Will Rogers ranch in Sawtelle California. The victims are said to be Morey Johnson of Los Angeles owner of the plane and flyers W G Hogge and Jean La Voie, both from Los Angeles.
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United Press Sawtelle
Cal
Will Rogers
Morey Johnson
Los Angeles
W. G. Hogge
Jean la Voie
Taxi driver rewarded five thousand for jewels found
Clodimiro Ruiz a New York taxi driver received a $5,000 reward after returning a purse containing $45,000 in jewels to Mrs. John E Parsons. He found the jewels in his taxicab and hoped for a home in Porto Rico.
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Gotham
United Press
New York
Clodomiro Ruiz
Porto Rico
John E. Parsons
High Cost of Caution in Evanston Ring Heist
In Evanston Illinois on March 5 Mrs George H Babcock attempted to outwit a supposed robber by concealing a $1200 ring in her glove. The man left, and upon shaking the glove she discovered the ring was gone leaving her out the valuable piece and the wary plan failed.
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United Press
Evanston
Ill
George H. Babcock
Admits Attack and Slaying of 11-Year-Old Glenn Judson
Clinton Indiana March 5 Clifford Siders 29 admitted attacking and killing 11 year old Glenn Judson beating him to death with a stone on October 31 After his arrest he confessed to several attacks on women and children since the murder He was paroled from the state prison eight months ago for a statutory charge and police had pursued the case since the crime was committed
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United Prear
Siders
Judson
Prison Keeper Killed in Albany Prison Stabbing
Ed ward Beckwith principal keeper at a New York prison was stabbed fatally in the dining room during the noonday meal. The assailant was identified and questioned as guards overpowered him. Beckwith died after being struck four times in the abdomen and collapsing. Conditions in the facility were reported quiet by Warden Hoffman.
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United Press
Albany
N. Y
Edward Beckwith
Ancorate
Raymond Kieb
Hoffman
Beckwith
Alice White Visits Parents of Her Fiancé in Chicago
Alice White, 98 pound film flapper, spent the day meeting the parents of Sidney Bartlett, her fiancé. She offered no wedding plans details and stated on arriving from California that they should turn on the heat in Chicago.
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United Press
Chicago
Alice White
Sidney Bartlett
Miss White
California
Taft Improves After Restful Night in Washington
Williams Howard Taft showed signs of improvement in Washington today, awakening with better recognition of his homehouse staff and offering a wan smile and greeting. Attendants reported he was "much brighter" this morning after a restful night.
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United Press
Washington
William Howard Taft
Garfield Civic League backs 45 as minimum candidate age
A Garfield Civic League resolution declares all local county and state offices should be held by men past 45. Adopted at a Tuesday meeting at Mrs. Zelma Davis’s home on Blue Ridge drive, it argues men who have endured life’s storms and paid taxes deserve recognition.
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Garfield Civic League
Zelma Davis
Blue Ridge Drive
Perfect in Practice Drill Ends in Tragedy in Esthonia
In REVAL Esthonia March 5 a self defense corps drill at 4 am ahead of potential Communist demonstrations went awry when a sentry, confused in darkness, shot the army general staff chief. An adjutant who ignored the sentry was killed as well.
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United Press
Esthonia
Esthonia Self-Defense Corps
Coroner Probes Death Of John Brown
Coroner C. H. Keever investigated what he believed was the murder of 32 year old John Brown of 551 West Seventeenth street. Brown's body, missing a week, was found in the canal near Seventeenth Street Tuesday. Death appeared to be due to a fractured skull.
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John Brown
West Seventeenth Street
C. H. Keever
Brown
Canal
Seventeenth Street
Hunt to Go on Trial in Auto Banditry Case
Kenneth Hunt known as the Banana Kid faces trial at the afternoon session before Criminal Judge James A. Collins. Charged with auto banditry and robbery, Hunt has pleaded not guilty. He was arraigned Monday before Collins.
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Kenneth Hunt
Indianapolis
James A. Collins
Hunt
Collins
He's a Good Prospect
Cecil Covil, a Detroit bachelor, was awarded a $20 000 house by the Detroit Builders Association. Since then at least seventy five women, seven who proclaim themselves widows with housekeeping experience, have called or written and offered their hands in marriage.
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United Preas Detroit
Cecil Coville
Detroit Builders’ Association
Cold snap harms early fruit from South to Oklahoma
Washington reports a temperature plunge late last week after February’s warmth damaged early fruit across the southern states from South Carolina to Oklahoma. The U S weather bureau weekly bulletin notes intensified losses and potential market impacts.
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United Preas
Washington
South Carolina
Oklahoma
United States Weather Bureau
Governor Leslie Luxuriously Spent State Funds on Mansion
Indiana governor Harry G. Leslie drew a mansion upkeep stipend while using the $200,000 emergency contingent fund to furnish and repair the governor’s residence with rugs, brass, mirrors, and numerous knickknacks. Vouchers show payments charged to the maintenance fund but approved from the emergency fund, with audits and legal opinions noting wide discretion in emergency fund use.
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Harry G. Leslie
Archie Bobbitt
Leslie
Ed Jackson
Lawrence F. Orr
State Board of Accounts
Indiana
Orr
State Budget Committee
Sam Farell
Hartford City
Budget Committee
James M. Ogden
Bobbitt
Paul V. McNutt
Indiana Corporation Survey Commission
Ogden
McNutt
Power Group promises staff shakeup in federal commission
Interior Secretary Wilbur told the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee there is "too much internal friction" in the federal power commission staff and promised changes to create a more harmonious team once Congress sets the commission's permanent structure.
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Pyorshington
Federal Power Commission
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Interior Wilbur
Wilbur
Congress
Kansas Legislature Rejects Liggett Visit On Liquor Probe
Kansas lawmakers vote against approving Walter Liggett's stay in Topeka to view liquor charges, deeming the move poor advertising rather than a direct rebuke. The decision reflects a charged debate over press scrutiny of liquor conditions in the state.
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United Presse
Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Walter Liggett
Washington Magazine
Liggett
Sunflower State
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