City Cops Accused of Free Parking for Cars and Auto Dealers
City controller Sterling R. Holt alleged police have blocked no parking zones for individuals and a local East Washington street used car dealer. Captain Lewis Johnson said the probe covers more than fifty loading spots citywide and aims to recover fees for city revenue. Municipal Court action looms for Albert Meurer over a 54‑foot loading zone in front of the Hume Mansur building.
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Charles FE
Sterling R. Holt
Holt
Lewis Johnson
Jerry Kinney
Johnson
Washington Street
Jolt
Albert PF. Meurer
Hume- Mansur
Meurer
Indianapolis
Dan V. White
Market
Alabama
Prowler Fled After Miss Greeter Fired Warning Shots
A prowler attempting to enter Miss Fannie Greeter's room at 1525 Park Avenue was confronted by her father who fired two shots. The assailant fled as Miss Greeter screamed, prompting the escape with a ladder left nearby. The arrests or injuries are not detailed in the report.
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Miss Fannie Greeter
Park Avenue
Miss Greeter
Dr Frederick A Cook Paroled From Leavenworth Prison
Washington March 17 Dr Frederick A Cook former Arctic explorer and oil promoter was ordered paroled from Leavenworth prison by Attorney General Mitchell Cook serving fourteen years and nine months for using the mails to defraud He has been prisoner No 23118 at Leavenworth for four years and eleven months and may be released Sunday after a telegraph to the Warden T B White authorities said The case followed his 1925 entry after a supreme court appeal and his subsequent discrediting as an Arctic claimant by professor Copenhagen authorities The Texas promoter phase led to the conviction and imprisonment
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United Press
Washington
Frederick A. Cook
Leavenworth Prison
Mitchell
Cook
Ft. Worth
Tex
North Pole
Leavenworth
Supreme Court
Explorer
T. B. White
Department of Justice
University of Copenhagen
Robert E. Peary
Texas
Petroleum Producers Association
Baseball Pool Halt Ordered
Major Herbert Fletcher ordered police action to curb baseball pool activity. Sergeants and patrol men must obtain warrants and arrest anyone selling tickets and stop gambling in their districts.
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Herbert Fletcher
First Woman Gets New Trial In Michigan Liquor Case
Michigan Supreme Court set aside the life sentence of Mae W. Miller the first woman to be sentenced for life for liquor law violation and ordered a new trial. The term had been commuted from seven and a half to fifteen years by Governor Green after the original life sentence.
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United Press
Lansing
Mich
Mae W. Miller
State Supreme Court
Miller
Green
Stolen Party Burglary Hits Harris Epstein Confectionery
Burglars believed to be boys entered Harris Epstein Confectionery at 2812 Southeastern Avenue Thursday night. They held an ice cream party at a table and fled with 25 dollars in candy cigarets and cash, as three dishes on a table bore witness to the burglars sweet tooth.
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Harris Epstein Confectionery
Southeastern Avenue
Taft Condition Improves Slightly Despite Slow Changes
Washington March 17 William Howard Taft showed slight improvement in condition though doctors say day to day changes remain almost negligible. The update comes as medical staff monitor the former president.
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Washington
William Howard Taft
Siamese Twins Mary and Margaret Gibbs Get Separate Tickets
New York March 7. Mary and Margaret Gibbs aged 18 the Siamese twins may be one fare to some firms but the White Star line treats them as individuals. They needed two tickets for a trip to Europe though they sought one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
New York
Mary and Margaret Gibbs
White Star Line
Europe
Gangster Slaying Probes Target Oberta Case in Chicago
Chicago police call roll of racketeers to identify gunmen in the Oberta homicide and the chauffeur's death. Investigators aim to question Frank McErlane Joe Saltis the O Donnell brothers and Scarface Al Capone's crew as they follow tips on the trigger man of McErlane's gang. Oberta was shot in his car and his chauffeur died instantly after a Wednesday night attack. Inquest reveals Oberta fought back and widows remarks tell of grim family tragedy.
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United Press
Chicago
John
Dingbat) Oberta
Sammy Malega
Frank McErlane
Joe Saltis
O'Donnell Brothers
Scarface al Capone
Oberta
Tim Murphy
Johnny
Mr. Murphy
Tim
William Niemoth
Dingbat
Tariff Agent Admits Work With Grundy Lobby Office
Doane testified before the Senate lobby committee that he used Room 322 in the Senate Office Building as an office tied to Senator Grundy. Faubel disclosed data and news releases used for a speech by Senator Goff, done in tariff league offices. Doane receives $500 monthly from Grundy while earning $5,000 yearly as Manufacturing Club editor.
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United Press
Washington
Warren F. Doane
Manufacturer
Senate Lobby Committee
Senate
Senator Grundy
Rep
Grundy
Pennsylvania
American Tariff League
Arthur L. Faubel
League
Faubel
Goff
W. Va
Tariff League
Doane
Manufacturers Club of
Philadelphia
Youth Kills Marshal in Wisconsin Flashlight Incident
Merrymaker nabbed four hours after Marshal Fred Jordan was shot by a youth who tried to flash a spotlight through bedroom windows and honk an automobile horn. The suspect confessed to the slaying and abandonment of the body in a quiet residential street.
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Merrymaker
Wisconsin
United Press
Monticello
Wis
Fred Jordan
Jordan
Petition Against Book Censorship Presented in Senate
Senator Cutting of New Mexico prepared to present a petition to the senate protesting continued book censorship by customs inspectors. The document signed by more than 500 educators supports easing restrictions on literature.
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Bu United Press
Washington
Senate
Senator Cutting
Republican
New Mexico
Boy, 6, Hit by Truck on Tenth Street
William Cronley, six, son of Dr and Mrs E D Cronley, suffered serious injuries when struck by a truck driven by R B McMahan on Tenth street near Bosart avenue at noon today. The driver was not held.
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Tenth Street
Bosart Avenue
William Cronley
E. D. Cronley
R. B. McMahan
West
Michigan Street
Actress Christine Norman to be buried in Cincinnati
The body of Christine Norman actress who leaped from a twenty story window in New York will be taken to Cincinnati for burial beside her father per her request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
New York
Christine Norman
Cincinnati
Masaryk Celebrated On Eightieth Birthday In Czechoslovakia
The nation honors Tomas Garrigue Masaryk president and father figure at his 80th birthday. Tributes flow from cities and villages as he is remembered for rising from a smithy to higher education with study at Vienna and a later marriage to Charlotte Garrigue. His wife died May 43, 1923.
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United Press
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Thomas G. Masaryk
Republic
University of Vienna
Leipsie
Masaryk
Charlotte Garrigue
First Pictures of Tribe in Action
Eddie Ash presents the Indians in action on the Sara sota Florida training field. The Tribesmen fast are rounding into form with Ollie Bejma, Johnny Corriden, Buck Crouse, Oral Hildebrand, Clyde Barnhart, Pete Monahan and Paul Wolfe among the readable portraits showing a push toward the season.
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Tribe
Eddie Ash
Sarasota
Fla
Ollie Bejma
Bend Lad
Johnny Corriden
Buck Crouse
Muncie
Chicago White Sox
Oral Hildebrand
Butler
Tribe Slab
Clyde Barnhart
Pete Monahan
Paul Wolfe
Bids Submitted On Hospital Addition
The Sanborn Electric Company was low bidder for electrical wiring at $39,776 and Lampson Tube Company led on pneumatic tubes at $10,663. With only three board members present, contract awards were deferred.
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Sanborn Electric Company
City Hospital
City Board of Health
Lampson Tube Company
Police Fines Missing Oak Park Magistrate in Embezzlement Case
Chicago March 7 a warrant is issued charging James M Feron Oak Park police magistrate with embezzling 14856 in fines He has been missing since February 27 awaiting results of the disappearance investigation and embezzlement probe interrupted by the case
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United Press
Chicago
James M. Feron
Oak Park
Feron
Dislocated psyche blamed for business stress
Dr. George B. Lake describes a new disorder labeled dislocated psyche as the gradual loss of mental balance caused by modern business strain. He says it can trigger violent temper just short of insanity in tense office settings.
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United Press
Chicago
George B. Lake
Clinical
Trial near close on Capitol avenue assessment appeal
Rebuttal evidence argues widening Capitol avenue from Washington to Sixteenth streets boosted abutting property values. Superior Judge William O. Dunlavy to hear briefs after expected afternoon close of the trial. About one hundred property owners contest roughly $40,000 in assessments by the works board after the August 1928 improvement.
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Capitol Avenue
Washington
Sixteenth Streets
William O. Dunlavy
Dunlavy
Works Board
Murder Case Threats Bared And Jury Trial Near End
Testimony showed Mrs. Mary Ann Judt threatened to kill her husband before he murdered her last September. Defense argued self defense with witnesses stating she had abnormal strength from a nervous ailment. Prosecutors showed Judt attempted suicide after the shooting. trial in Auburn, Indiana, with alimony suit noted in Dekalb circuit court.
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Mary Ann Judt
Criminal Court
Andrew Judt
Virginia Avenue
Judt
Charles Thomas
Paul Rhoadarmer
New Chief Named for U S S Los Angeles Dirigible
Lieutenant-Commander Vincent A. Clark Jr. at Lakehurst N J is named commander of the U S S Los Angeles giant naval dirigible. He will succeed Lieutenant-Commander Herbert V. Wiley with duties to be announced. Orders affecting the transfer are expected soon.
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Cent A. Clark Jr
Naval Air Base
Lakehurst
N. J
U. S. U. S. Los Angeles
Clark
Herbert V. Wiley
Wiley
Ford Motors Company holds first shareholders meeting
Sir Percival Perry warned that European nations plan tariff hikes. A protest meeting and special prayer on religious persecution in Soviet Russia are planned at Knesses Israel synagogue 1023 South Meridian Street at 8 p m Friday with Rabbi Benjamin Cohen presiding.
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United Press
London
Sir Percival Perry
Ford Motors Company, Ltd
Soviet Russia
Knesses Israel Synagog
South Meridian Street
Benjamin Cohen
Ten Years Given Bandit Uses Girl Wife as Decoy
George Ryan 25 was sentenced to ten years in the state prison after being convicted of robbery and grand larceny. Judge James A. Collins called the case one of the most terrible in criminal court. Ryan used his 17 year old wife as a decoy in alley holdups and admitted a prior Mann Act conviction. He robbed Allen Chasteen of 3.65 dollars. Two other defendants, Harry Rozelle 24 and Wilbur Daugherty 17, received sentences related to grand larceny and attacking a minor.
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Lleged
George Ryan
James A. Collins
Eee
Ryan
Allen
Collins
Harry Rozelle
Alonzo Liebhardt
North New Jersey Street
Wilbur Daugherty
Reformatory
Paul Werkoff
Age a Peril? Oversupply of Old Men at Conference
Professor Paul Douglas of the University of Chicago tells twenty experts that an excess of older men is a grave social problem as science and a changing society render many elderly men superfluous. He notes science defeats death yet creates a mechanical society.
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United Press
Chicago
Paul Douglas
University of Chicago Economist
The
Economist
Civic League Incorporation Promotes Neighborhood Interests
FORM CIVIC LEAGUE Incorporation announced by Louis R. Byran founder. Meetings set for the first Monday each month at 731 South Meridian street with Philip Kraft as treasurer and Sol Solomon as secretary. Julius Rosenwald and his bride abandon Nile cruise and head to Cairo for a week before Paris.
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Union Street Civic League
Louis R. Byran
South Meridian Street
Philip Kraft
Sol Solomon
United Press
Khartoum
Egypt
Julius Rosenwald
Chicago
Nile
Cairo
Paris
Urge Early Planting Of Trees And Shrubs
District engineers and superintendents of the state highway department were advised to urge early highway planting of trees and shrubs by A H Hinkle maintenance superintendent. This will speed growth and finish planting before heavy spring highway work. Women’s clubs leading in the work often bring matters to the district engineer before planting plans. Earlier programs were interrupted by late starts, officials said.
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State Highway Department
A. H. Hinkle
Hinkle
Shakespearean insight helped Tunney win big match
Sir Archibald Flower tells Temple Students that Tunney’s study of Shakespeare aided his read of Dempsey during the 1926 title bout at the Sesqui Centen nial Stadium. Flower claims Tunney used Bard wisdom to anticipate Dempsey’s moves and reactions to claim the heavyweight crown.
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Tunney
Jack
Philadelphia
William Shakespeare
Gene Tunney
Jack Dempsey
Avon
Dempsey
Archibald Flower
Temple
Governor calls for full probe of spending on mansion
Governor Harry G. Leslie urged a thorough inquiry into his emergency contingent fund purchases and the $10 000 annual mansion maintenance fund arguing for scrutiny of bills paid to Gaylord Morton and others. He challenged State Senator John Niblack to file a recovery suit if funds were misused.
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Harry G. Leslie
Gaylord Morton
Morton
Statehouse
Leslie
John Niblack
Niblack
Marion County
Orr
Lawrence F. Orr
State Board of Accounts
Ure M. Frazer
Ira Holland
James M. Ogden
Archie Bobbitt
Emereency
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Michigan
Taft
Mrs. Oberta
Grundy Aid
Youth
Marshal
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Ohio
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Sanborn Electric
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Ind
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Dekalb Circuit
Charles Foster
Garrett
Dirigible
Clarke
Mit It
Civic League
Union Street Group
Rosenwalds
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