Rum Vessels Eschew Sale Law Open to Rum Runners
Washington dispatch reports a loophole in federal law lets seized rum running vessels be sold to the highest bidder, enabling rum runners to reclaim boats. Assistant Secretary Lowman urges congressional action and Wickersham Commission review, noting foreign flag ships repeatedly turn up back in smuggling.
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Lyle C. Wilson
United Press
Washington
Treasury Department
Lowman
United Press Today
Congress
Wickersham Law Enforcement Commission
Florida
Federal
L'Aquila
Vinces
Mary
Elizabeth
Charles Edward
M. Pulido
Jupie
Department of Justice
Wickersham Committee
Dangers to Liberty Outlined by Editor
Boyd Gurley editor of The Indianapolis Times told the Kiwanis Club at a luncheon that Soviet materialism and Mussolini's dictatorship threaten freedom of thought and speech. Governor Harry G. Leslie and Rabbi Morris M. Feuerlicht were introduced as honorary members.
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Russia
Italy
Boyd Gurley
Indianapolis Times
Kiwanis Club
Claypool
Mussolini
Harry G. Leslie
Morris M. Feuerlicht
Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation
Light Session to End Illumination Conference in Indianapolis
The second annual three day illumination conference of the Indianapolis Electric League closes with a banquet and session at the Chamber of Commerce. Speakers include J A Goodman Real Silk Hosiery Mills board chair Theodore B Griffith L S Ayres vice president J L Stair Curtis Lighting T P Brown Cleveland Ferman S Cannon Railroad Men's Building and Savings Association and L V James illuminating engineer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Electric League
Chamber of Commerce
J. A. Goodman
Real Silk Hosiery Mills
Theodore B. Griffith
L. S. Ayres & Co
J. L. Stair
Curtis Lighting Company
T. P. Brown
Cleveland
Ferman S. Cannon
Railroad Men's Building and Savings Association
L. V. James
Pay Tribute to Phone Pioneers Recognition Banquet
Five members of the Hoosier State chapter No. 16 Telephone Pioneers of America were honored at a Columbia Club banquet with about 500 attendees. Bancroft Gherardi of American Telephone and Telegraph spoke as dignitaries C H Rottger E T Bonds G G Hall E L Taylor and J C Price were recognized for roughly two centuries of combined service to Indiana Bell and the industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosier State
Telephone Pioneers of America
Columbia Club
Indiana Bell Telephone Company
Bancroft Gherardi
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
C.H. Rottger
E. T. Bonds
South Bend
G. G. Hall
Evansville
E. L. Taylor
Ft. Wayne
J. C. Price
Indianapolis
March weather to swing between sun and rain in Indiana
Forecasters from the United States Weather Bureau predict capricious conditions in Indiana over the next three days. Today will bring south winds and mild weather, with a chance of rain by Friday, followed by north winds and a freeze Friday night, then a warming trend above forty by the weekend.
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March
Indiana
United States Weather Bureau
Hoosierland
Probe Bares Million Dollar Fake Policies in Lodge Scheme
Sixteen people face charges in Anderson Indiana as investigators allege a Modern Woodmen of America fraud involving more than 500 bogus life insurance policies worth over 1 million dollars. Deputies are accused of taking payments for issuing fictitious policies and letting them lapse. Several defendants arrested or on the run as lodge officers are suspended pending action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rv Times
Anderson
Ind
Woodmen of America Lodge
Lodge
Rock Island
Clarence Scott
Cowden Alexander
Emma Self
Clarksville
Ark
Hoyt Self
Claud W. George
Jesse Douglas
Thomas Muncie
Ben Gladden
Herschel Hudson
Douglas Seal
Judge Gleason Begins Fourth Term At Age 97 In St Charles
Municipal Judge Salmon W. Gleason, age 97, starts another four year term in St Charles Minnesota. He notes he will be 101 when this term ends and hints at possibly seeking another term. Gleason won re election over S F Clarkson nearly two to one and says he did little campaigning.
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United Present
Charles, Minn
Salmon W. Gleason
Gleason
S. F. Clarkson
Police Drag Canal In Death By Own Action Probe
City police investigate two crisis reports and a missing man who left a farewell note. A suicide note and hat with dry cleaner number found by a passerby led to a canal search near Elev enth street for the body. Paul G. Weiss, 62, of Limestone avenue, found dead in his garage by carbon monoxide, ill health blamed. Coroner Keever continues attempts to identify a 70-year-old man who shot himself in Garfield park after mailing burial instructions signed H E Emerson.
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Eleventh Street
Ruth
Paul G. Weiss
Limestone Avenue
Weiss
C. H. Keever
Garfield Park
H. E. Emerson
Kidnaping, Robberies Plague City, Police Seek Suspects
Police report a fresh wave of crime with two men snatching Raymond McClellan, 28, near Forty-seventh street and White River, binding him and stealing 40 dollars before abandoning him in a field. Other incidents include Carl Pride, 59, robbed of 75 dollars at the Picadilly grill, Roy Keller robbed of 10 dollars at a Shell station, and additional assaults and robberies on Ellsworth, Vermont, Senate, and Ohio streets. Authorities scramble with limited crews.
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Raymond McClellan
Ashland Avenue
White River
Forty-seventh Street
Emrichsville
McClellan
Commonwealth Life Insurance Company
Broadway
Carl Pride
Birchwood Avenue
Picadilly Grill
East Sixteenth Street
Pride
Roy Keller
Minnesota Street
South Meridian Street
Glenn Duckworth
Third Field Artillery
Benjamin Harrison
Ellsworth
Vermont
Louis Cole
New York Street
Senate Avenue
Ohio Street
Rhode Island Calls Referendum On Eighteenth Amendment
Rhode Island will vote in November on a referendum to retain the eighteenth amendment as part of the U S Constitution. The legislature passed the retention bill on Wednesday and will place the issue on a separate ballot in the next general election, making Rhode Island the first state to do so.
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United Preas
Governor Commends Flier Service After Vincennes Flood
Governor Harry G. Leslie receives H. B. Williamson of the American Red Cross who praises Indiana for Red Cross cooperation during the Vincennes flood and commends National Guard fliers for their heroic untiring service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry G. Leslie
H. B. Williamson
American Red Cross
Vincennes
Red Cross
Williamson
National Guard
Public urged to aid highway department in clean up
Director John J. Brown condemned dumping along state roads defaced highway signs and cars left with brakes set so crews could not move them. He called for public cooperation to address the issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Brown
State Highway Department
Suigige Trial Details Murder Suspect and Self Harm Attempts
Andrew Judt 54 sits trial for the murder of wife Mary Ann Judt at their Virginia Avenue home. Prosecutors present evidence of two prior suicide attempts as police entered after the tragedy. Judt claims self defense amid a quarrel over their 2-year-old son Charles Thomas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Judt
Mary Ann Judt
Paul Rhoadarmer
Homer Elliott
Judt
Virginia Avenue
Charles Thomas
Judi
Jud
War lord resigns in China amid civil war fears
General Yen Hsi-Shan a northern war lord telegraphed from Shanghai to Nanking announcing his resignation from the Nationalist party and government He said illness and retirement plans motivated the move noting his national policy proposals were rejected and fearing instability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Yen Hsi-Shan
Nanking
Nationalist
Indiana air tour committee formed for second annual event
President H Weir Cook announced a committee to arrange preliminary plans for the Indiana air tour with Harold C Brooks R L Feezle and William R Kester named as members. The tour is set for the first or second week in June. A second committee will enlist Chambers of Commerce from Indiana cities and Merlin Boyd will chair a daylight saving adoption push.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
H. Weir Cook
Indiana Aircraft Trade Association
Harold C. Brooks
Hoosier Airport
R. L. Feezle
Vacuum Oil Company
William R. Kester
Standard Oil Company
Chambers of Commerce
Merlin Boyd
Speed Demon of Britain Aims for Auto Record on Daytona Sand
British speed ace vows to break the world land speed record on Daytona Beach with the Silver Bullet. He cites over 2,000 horsepower and dual engines under Sunbeam guidance led by Louis Coatalen, aiming for top speeds around 260 mph and a record rise of 10 to 15 mph.
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Speed Demon
Britain
York
Daytona Beach
America
Sir Harry Seagrave
Hawinen Awe
Louis Coatalen
Sunbeam Motorworks
Coatalen
New York
Daytona
Archibald Hall Enters May GOP Primary for Seventh District
Indianapolis businessman Archibald M. Hall announces candidacy for the Republican nomination to Congress from Indiana's Seventh district in the May primary. Hall, active in politics twenty years, previously challenged Ralph Updike in 1926 and filed a recount suit after Updike defeated him by 3,000 votes. He led Beveridge speakers bureau efforts and belongs to Delta Tau Delta, the Scottish Rite, and the Knights of Pythias.
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Archibald M. Hall
Indianapolis
Congress
Hall
Ralph Updike
Ralph E. Updike
Albert J. Beveridge
Delta Tau Delta Fraternity
Scottish Rite
Knights of Pythias Lodges
Fall kills woman aid at sea parley
Mrs. Pearl Demoret of Washington an acting secretary to Henry L. Stimson fell from a sixth floor Mayfair hotel window in London and was killed. The accident occurred on the eve of her return to the United States while with the American delegation to the naval conference. Police termed it an accident and an inquest is planned.
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United
London
United States
Pearl Demoret
Washington
Henry L. Stimson
Mayfair
Naval Conference
Stimson
President Harding
Southampton
Demoret
Hurley Fiske
Princess Ileana Engagement Broken In Romanian Court
In United Presa Bucharest March 6, the engagement of Princess Ileana and Count Alexander von Hochberg is officially broken. The Count consented to end the match after a dispute over past life and government royal family tensions. Ileana, 21, and Hochberg, 30, face uncertain futures as Queen Marie seeks happiness for her children.
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United
Presa Ucharest
Romania
Ileana
Alexander von Hochberg
Queen Marie
Egypt
Count Hochberg
Marie
Julius Maniu
Prince Carol
Michael
Carol
Helena
Greece
Elizabeth
Rumania
George
Jugo-Slavia
Alexander
Ferdinand
Nicholas
Marie Christina
Spain
Famebound Gangster Oberta Slain in Car Hijack
Chicago report details the highway ambush of John Dingbat Oberta, a famed gang figure tied to Joe Saltis and Lefty Koncil, and his bodyguard Sam Malaga. Police say the pair were abducted near Chicago Ridge in Oberta’s Lincoln, shot, and left in a ditch. The wife of the late Tim Murphy is noted as widowed again.
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United Preas
Chicago
Tim Murphy
John
Dingbat) Oberta
Sam Malaga
Oberta
Chicago Ridge
Joe Saltis
Murphy
Lefty Koncil
John (Mitters) Foley
Nolle
Saltis
Koncil
Young Woman Hurt in City Car Crash
Mrs. Ruby Lynch, 22, of 724 North Illinois street, is recovering in city hospital with head injuries after a taxicab she rode in collided with another car at Michigan and Pennsylvania streets on Wednesday. Miss Estel Coleman, 22, of 2060 Columbia avenue, sustained a hand injury when her car hit a telephone pole at St. Clair street and Ft. Wayne avenue.
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Ruby Lynch
North
Illinois Street
City Hospital
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Estel Coleman
Columbia Avenue
St. Clair Street
Ft. Wayne Avenue
Fears Inborn In Babies Say Chicago Study
Dr Mary Cover Jones of the University of California told the Chicago Child Welfare conference that sudden loss of support and loud noises are the only fears babies are born with all other fears are learned as children grow Educators from across the country attend the three day session Dr Abraham Myerson of Boston discussed inherited temper and possible remedies
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United Press
Chicago
Mary Cover Jones
University of California
Jones
Abraham Myerson
Boston
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Brown
Charles H. Keevyer
Marion County
Kay Don
Archibald Hall
Fall
Europe
Dude King OF Gangsters
John Oberta
Shotgun
Frank McErlane
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McErlane
Spike O'Donnell
Thirteenth Ward
James Burns
Cleveland Police Force
Florence Masterson Richter
Loop
Joe Sallis
Terry Druggan
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