Gilliam for Senate defies Klan and Prohibition foes
Arthur L. Gilliam Indiana attorney general filed via James House for the Republican senatorial nomination in May. He attacks Klan influence and Shumaker while pledging hard line on tariff farm policy waterway development sovereignty and prohibition. He cites his 1924 AG win over Klan opposition and notes his Elkhton Missouri birth and South Bend life with four sons.
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Ku Klux Klan
E. S. Shumaker
Indiana Anti- Saloon League
Arthur L. Gilliam
Indiana
Secretary of State
James House
Gilliam
South Bend
Elkton
Goshen (Ind.) College
University of Michigan
Indiana Bar
Ed Jackson
Supreme Court
Coulse
National
London
Paris
Masonic Order
Knights of Pythias
University Club
Fag Bend
Columbia Club
Ete
Nancy Belle Kulp
Elkhart
Elbert Raymond
Luther Allen
Arthur Vernon
Richard Lawrence Gilliom
England Sets Huge Air Budget by United Press
England announces an air expenditure total of 16,250,000 pounds sterling. The schedule lists hourly figures from 6 a.m. to 12 noon, with varying amounts: 6 a.m. 30, 7 a.m. 30, 8 a.m. 32, 9 a.m. 38, 10 a.m. 40, 11 a.m. 48, 12 noon 45, and 1 p.m. 47.
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England
United Press
London
Gent
Woman Adopts Hoax Baby Boy in Michigan Probate Court
In Pontiac on March 8, Mrs. Myron L. Boyer adopted four year old Joseph Andrew Boyer now named Dode Alfred Boyer. Judge Dan A. McGaffey signed the papers after a brief hearing. Myron Boyer seeks to expunge the fraudulent birth record in Ingham County Circuit Court while Wayne County handles a suit to bar the child from a large trust fund created by the grandfather.
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United Press
Pontiac
Mich
Joseph Andrew Boyer
Myron L. Boyer
Boyer
Oakland County
Dode Alfred Boyer
Dan A. McGaffey
Myron Boyer
Ingham County
Wayne County
Padlock Removed From Washington Street Store Room
Federal Judge Robert C Baltzell modified the order against 546 W Washington S I owned by Roman Romanoff seven months after liquor violations led to closure. Louis Alexis may open a combined barber shop and coffee room with no liquor allowed on the premises following arrests of former tenants Demetrius Dallas and Ivah Costi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington S&i
Ed Jackson says he will not seek further office
At the Statehouse Ed Jackson announced he will not pursue petitions for any public office. He said he has no further political aspirations beyond completing his current term, despite friends circulating a petition for him to seek the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate.
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Ed Jackson
Statehouse
United States Senate
Hillsboro Woman Bakes 300000 Pies Claim Record
Mrs Ben Hilton of Hillsboro Illinois reportedly baked 300000 pies setting a record. The pie bake is joked as enough to furnish 36765 motion pictures and to decorate every man woman and child in the movies.
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United Press
Hillsboro
Ill
Minnesota
Illinois
Ben Hilton
Paris Is Queen's Goal for Air Travel to New York
Miss Mabel Bell dubbed queen of diamonds said she plans a New York Paris air journey in spring likely April. She spoke to United Press from Havana on March 8 about the ambitious venture and travel plans.
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United Press
Havana
Mabel Bell
Thug Boss McGurn Shot. Police Hint Gang War Violence
Chicago police report gangster Jack McGurn chief lieutenant to Capone was shot in a north side gambling den near Holy Name Cathedral and hospital doctors say he will die. Real estate operator Nick Mastro and associate Carmen Vacco were wounded in the same assault. Two other men fled in a large sedan after firing from a machine gun. McGurn had been sought for questioning in a bank robbery inquiry and had been threatened after a November stabbing.
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United Preen
Chicago
Dion O’banion
Jack McGurn
Scarface
al Capone
McGurn
Nick Mastro
North Side
Holy Name Cathedral
Tymie’’ Weiss
O’banion
W. W. O’brien
Joe Lewis
Mastro
Carmen Vacco
Joseph Eulo
Twoen
Capone
McGurne
Utilities Probe Began On Senate Ordered Investigation
Washington March 8 The Federal Trade Commission opened the public utilities inquiry ordered by the Senate. Early witnesses included representatives of the National Electric Light Association and the American Gas Association. Testimony was expected to illuminate lobbying activity by these groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Public Utilities
Senate
National Electric Light Association
American Gas Association
New Police Chief Chosen By Times Special
Connersville Indiana reports Asher R. Poe the night police captain named chief effective April 1 to succeed ill health retiree A J Starkey. The city council has not yet selected Poe's captaincy successor.
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Connersville
Ind
Asher R. Poe
A.J. Starkey
Poe
Butler Students Declare Holiday After Notre Dame Win
Butler University students marked a holiday to celebrate a basketball victory over Notre Dame. They gathered before the administration building at 8 a.m. and voted to skip classes, with football players guarding doors to keep diligent students inside. President Robert Aley later made the holiday official. Seven Japanese fishermen killed in an incident where an American freighter East Chapoon rammed and sank a Japanese fishing launch near Otaru, Hokkaido.
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Butler University
Notre Dame
Robert Aley
United Press Kio
East Chapoon
Otaru Hokkaido
Hoover Likely to Enter Indiana Primary Soon
Herbert Hoover prepared to file for Indiana's presidential preference vote as supporters urged a rapid decision. Eight counties reported ready signatures including Lake, Allen, De Kalb, St Joseph, Wayne, Huntington, Delaware and Marion. Foellinger and Lockwood stated Hoover’s Indiana backers pressed forward with petitions and a final decision would be made in Indianapolis.
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Herbert Hoover
Indiana
Secretary of Commerce
Washington
Hoover
James E. Watson
Watson
Oscar G. Foellinger
Ft. Wayne
Wayne
Huntington
Delaware
Marion
Foellinger
Washington Dispatches
George Akerson
Indianapolis
Four Sentenced to Prison by Indiana Judge Collins
Four men were sentenced to one to ten years in Indiana State Prison by Criminal Judge James A. Collins. Henry Dorsey 33 was found guilty of assault and battery with intent to commit a felony. Also convicted were Earl Crail 30 for assault and battery with intent to kill Nathaniel Freeman 24 for burglary and Leonard Smith 23 for vehicle taking, all previously jailed in default of bond.
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Indiana State Prison
James A. Collins
Henry Dorsey
Earl Crail
Nathaniel Freeman
Léonard Smith
Condict Promoted to Director of American Legion News Service
Fred C. Condict advances from assistant director to director of the American Legion News Service succeeding Frederick C. Painton who resigned. Announcement comes from E. E. Spafford national commander via James E. Barton national adjutant. Condict, married last October to Ramona Gillespie of this city, resides at 219 E Seventeenth St. Painton plans to write fiction.
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Fred C. Condict
American Legion News Service
Frederick C. Painton
E. E. Spafford
James E. Barton
Nations
Condict
Ramona Gillespie
Seventeenth St
Painton
Roller Skates Highlight Colonial Anderson Wedding
Miss Leona Cox and Henry Pettigrew plan a skating wedding in Anderson Indiana tonight. Rev. John Ward Rose of Park Place M E Church will officiate while skating.
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Anderson
Ind
Leona Cox
Henry Pettigrew
John Ward Rose
Park Place
M. E. Church
G O P Books Fail to Show Sinclair Gift Conceal Funds
Chicago grain king James A Patten testified that Fred Upham treasurer of the Republican committee took 25 000 in Sinclair Liberty bonds and paid cash to the committee. Records showed only 2000 from Sinclair in 1919 and 1000 from Mrs H F Sinclair in 1920.
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Paul R. Mallon
United Press
Washington
Harry F Sinclair
Republican National Committee
William V. Hodges
Senate
Will H. Hays
National Committee
Hodges
Sinclair
H. F. Sinclair
James A. Patten
Chicago Wheat King
Patten
Fred Upham
Republican Committee
Hodge
Upham
Rays
John T. Pratt
New York
M. J. Pessin
Pessin Advertising Company
Pratt
William Boyce Thompson
Chicago
T. Coleman Dupont
Rep
Delaware
American Association of Foreign Language
Pessin
Treasury
Mellon
Swift & Co
Armour & Co
Pratt, Dupont, Thompson
Walter J. Malatesta
Flora H. Johnson
California
Miss Johnson
Eckhart
Walsh
Hope for Indiana Prohibition Agents in Civil Service
A letter to E A Miles of the Indiana Anti-Saloon League from Edward B Dunford head of the ALAs legal department promises cooperation. Dunford and Dr F Scott McBride plan to ask the civil service commission to modify rules to avoid disrupting the prohibition force after 85 percent failed the tests. George L Winkler, deputy city administrator, has applied for reconsideration after failing to qualify for reappointment.
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Indiana
E. A. Miles
Anti-Saloon League
Edward B. Dunford
Anti-Saloon League of America Legal Department
Dunford
Miles
F. Scott McBride
Civil Service Commission
George L. Winkler
Civil Service
Primary Filing Deadline Near Sets Campaign Pace
With the midnight deadline looming candidates rush to file petitions for President, Vice President, U S Senator and Governor. Solon J. Carter leads a Republican Indiana bid with 1 100 names. Hoover in charge of Carter headquarters at Severin. Harry G. Leslie files about 3 000 names from Tippecanoe County for Governor. Other Thursday filings include Evans Woollen and Jewett for Governor, Dale, Hershman, and Myers among Democratic and Republican nominees.
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United States
Secretary of State
Solon J. Carter
Indianapolis
James Bingham
Daniel Grossbrenner
Edward Huffman
Donovan N. Hoover
Hoover
Carter
Severin
Harry G. Leslie
Lafayette
House of Representatives
Tippecanoe County
Evans Woollen
Charles W. Jewett
John E. Fredrick
Kokomo
George R. Dale
Muncie
George E. Hershman
Crown Point
Walter Myers
J. William Curry
Hapgood plea denied in Luzerne jail fight
Powers Hapgood of Indianapolis and his wife Mary Donovan Hapgood lost their habeas corpus bid to enter Luzerne County jail in Wilkes-Barre. Judge Jones kept them in custody with bail raised to 2,500 dollars each and another 2,500 each to keep the peace. The couple originally faced 1,000-dollar bail. Also, oversized overalls for sale in Burlington Wisconsin, tailored for a 700-pound circus performer who died before use.
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Wilkesbarre
Powers Hapgood
Indianapolis
Mary Donovan Hapgood
Luzerne County
United Press
Burlington
Wis
Lindy Embarks on Secret Flight From Bolling Field
Washington dispatch reports Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh took off from Bolling Field at 12 01 p m for an unannounced destination. He headed west with passengers Major Lanphier of Selfridge Field Michigan and Colonel Breckenridge Lindberghs adviser aboard.
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United Presse
Washington
Charles A. Lindbergh
Bolling Field
Lanphier
Selfridge Field
Mich
Breckenridge
Lindbergh
Woman Slayer Happy in Cell in Marysville
Velma West, the blonde bride who killed her husband Edward, grins at reform school life after transfer from Painesville to a life term. She awakens to reveille and sunshine, now hoping to leave confinement, though assigned to the needle class for frail inmates as she begins a new routine.
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Marysville
Ohio
Velma West
Edward
Trolleys Earn More for January 1928 in Indy Line
The Indianapolis Street Railway Company shows net earnings of 111 097 in January 1928 versus 106 090 in January 1927, a gain of more than 5 000. Taxes paid were 26 409 this January compared with 30 373 last year. gross earnings fell to 471 115 from 492 887, while operating expenses dropped to 360 018 from 386 797.
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Indianapolis Street Railway Company
Public Service Commission
Anderson airport site to be inspected March 14
Anderson Ind March 8 John E Sommers a Commerce Department representative will inspect the site of the proposed airport on Wednesday March 14. A telegram to John Welch of the Oren Welch Aircraft Company advised of Sommers visit.
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Timea Special Anderson
Ind
John E. Sommers
Department of Commerce
John Welch
Oren Welch Aircraft Company
Sommers
Grand jury resumes in Kokomo bank probe
Howard County grand jury, called by Prosecutor Homer Miller, resumes sessions after a Saturday recess. A partial report on the American Trust Co failure is expected as Miller continues to investigate testimony from D. C. Stephenson. The jury plans a final report by March 24.
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Kokomo
Ind
Howard County
Grand Jury
Homer Miller
American Trust Company
Miller
D. C. Stephenson
Fliers Ready for First 28 Atlantic Hop
Cranwell England March 8 A golden-winged American monoplane is ready for the first 1928 trans Atlantic attempt by British heiress Elsie Mackay and Capt W R Hinchliffe. They await favorable weather reports off Newfoundland before starting from Cranwell.
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United Press
Cranwell Airdrome
Eng
Elsie Mackay
Lord Inchcape
W. R. Hinchliffe
Newfoundland
Stinson
Detroit
Mich
Cranwell
Hinchliffe
London
Miss Mackay
Marion Council Rejects Armory Sale in Civic Hall
Marion Indiana voters rejected a plan by a 4 to 3 vote to sell Civic Hall to the State for a national guard armory. The decision ends weeks of civic dispute after the adjutant general advised the state could not contract to reserve the building’s second floor as a community center.
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Marion
Ind
Civic Hall
State of
Indiana
National Guard
Indiana Adjutant General
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Rollin’ Along
G.O.P
Hay
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W. R. Hinchcliffe
Lindy
Colonel
Sultan Ibn Saud
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Basra
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Atlantic
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Mackay
Ireland
Hinchcliffe
Charles A. Levine
Baldonnel
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America
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Adventure
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Imperial Airways, Ltd
Levine
Columbia
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