Flood disaster toll tops 287 as dam ruins Santa Clara valley
Los Angeles mourns as 287 bodies are recovered in the Santa Clara River basin after the St Francis dam failure. An army of 1000 plus searchers, including deputies and volunteers, sweep 60 miles for missing bodies while morgues overflow.
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Los Angeles
Frank A. Nance
St. Francis
Nance
Los Angeles County
Dan Campysell
United Press
Newhall
Cal
Santa Clara River
St. Francis Dam
Doran Storey
Ore
Reg Seema
Hset
Storey
Sheriff's Office
Ventura
Oxnard
Santa Paula
Fillmore
Moor Park
Camarillo
Piru
Saticoy
American Red Cross
American Legion
Volunteers of America
Salvation Army
Fletcher Cafeteria Ad Teases Free Second Cup
An advertisement for Fletcher Cafeteria offers a free second cup. The promo runs daily from 10 30 a m to 7 30 p m and appears in the basement Fletcher Trust Blog.
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Fletcher Cafeteria
Fletcher Trust
Contested Existence of Appellate Court Faces High Court
In a Supreme Court hearing attorneys challenged the legality of the Appellate Court established in 1901. They argued curiam decisions lack briefs and that the court’s creation and duration were void due to repeals and amendments.
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Appellate Court
Supreme Court
Jacob Morgan
Indianapolis
General Assembly
Morgan
Attica Bank Closed Over Frozen Assets in Indiana
State Banking Commissioner Luther F Symons announced the closing of Farmers and Merchants State Bank Attica Indiana. President Charles W Ziegler Republican member of the State highway commission. Clos ing reason frozen assets. Depositors likely to be paid in full. Ziegler's highway term ends April 17.
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Luther F. Symons
Farmers and Merchants State Bank
Attica
Ind
Charles W. Ziegler
State Highway Commission
Thomas D. Barr
Ziegler
W. H. Yount
B. S. Orr
Barr
Siegler
Highway Commission
Bar Press in Hanging Exclude Reporters From McDonald Execution
Montreal March 14 The attorney general of Quebec ruled no newspaper man would witness the March 23 hanging of George and Doris McDonald at Valleyfield. The couple awaits execution for the murder of a taxi driver.
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McDonald
United Press Montreal
Province of Quebec
Valleyfield
George
Doris McDonald
British Atlantic Fliers Hours Overdue At Goal
Mrs. Stella M. Sonday 54 of 1715 Hall Place was found alive under the floor of her home after a disappearance from Sunday. Police say her husband reports illness and a note wishing to leave for good. she had hidden since then.
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British Atlantic
Stella M. Sonday
Hall Pl
Hoover Wins in New Hampshire Victory Boosts Hoover Delegates
In Manchester New Hampshire on March 14 solid Hoover and Smith delegations were chosen in the first presidential primaries. Early returns from 250 of 295 towns favored Hoover and Smith pledged delegates with George H Moses leading the GOP tally and Huntley Spaulding close behind. Delegates at large and those to Kansas City and Houston were known to favor Hoover and Smith respectively.
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United Arena
Manchester
N. H
Hoover
Smith
New Hampshire
Secretary of Commerce
New York
Everett R. Rutter
Derry
Calvin Coolidge
United States
George H. Moses
Huntley N. Spaulding
Kansas City
Houston
Coolidge to Press Key Opening Canton Daily News Presses
President Coolidge will press the key at the White House Saturday morning to start the new presses for the Canton Daily News in Canton Ohio. The move inaugurates the paper in a building memorial to Don R Mellett, its former publisher killed in the war on corruption two years ago.
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Canton
Ohio
Washington
Canton Daily News
Coolidge
White House
Don R. Mellett
Vice Ring
Pray for Monsignor Gavisk In Indianapolis Churches
Special masses were held in Indianapolis Catholic churches for Monsignor Francis H. Gavisk pastor of St. John's Church and chancellor of the diocese. He was reported improved today after a period of serious illness.
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Indianapolis
Francis H. Gavisk
St. John’s Church
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Daughter of Millionaire Among Flight Missing From Cranwell
Lt. Johns Newfoundland dispatch reports Capt. Walter Hinchliffe and Elise Mackay, daughter of Lord Inchcape, missing after their plane left Cranwell for a trans Atlantic flight. No sighting has been confirmed. observers 150 miles east of St Johns reported hearing nothing. Preparations in Mitchell Field and Philadelphia airport to receive news. Weather favorable with aurora borealis lighting the sky.
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United Press
Johns
New Foundland
Walter Hinchliffe
Elise Mackay
Lord Inchcape
Cranwell Airdrome
London
Newfoundland
Cranwell
Here
St. Johns
Ireland
Harbor Breton
Mitchelfield
Long Island
Philadelphia
Hinchliffe
Atlantic
Nobody's Girl Thrills Times Readers in New Serial
Sally Ford known as No bodies Girl leaves an orphanage for a farmer and runs away with a college boy. She joins a carnival as Princess Lalla and awes crowds with her guesses before a tornado exposes her secret. Read the full thrilling romance in The Indianapolis Times starting Thursday.
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Sally Ford
David
Princess Lalla
Indianapolis
New School Bids Up for Indianapolis Project
The State tax board will issue an order authorizing the Indianapolis school board to receive bids for additions to four buildings. Bids will be checked for lowest and best figures and open competitive heating and ventilating work. If criteria are met, a $600,000 bond issue to cover costs will be authorized. The move follows a hearing noting lack of competition and possible favoritism in contracts.
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State Tax Board
Indianapolis
Tax Board
Co. C. Ship Company
Fort site sought for historic Fort Sackville in Vincennes
President William Fortune of the George Rogers Clark Memorial Commission announced progress on securing Old Fort Sackville. The Kuh elevator site in Vincennes was bought for 35099 dollars, and Vincennes plans to complete the purchase of the old blockhouse square to transfer it to the commission.
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William Fortune
George Rogers Clark Memorial Commission
Ft. Sackville
Vincennes
City plans Oriental Street closure to secure Ford plant future
Mayor L Ert Slack moves to close Oriental Street after elevated tracks are completed to prevent Ford from relocating the assembly plant from Oriental and Washington Streets. Closing aims to open Leota Street, address a traffic hazard, and pave the way for a body building department boosting employment from 900 to about 1400 1500 within ninety days of closure.
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L. Ert Slack
Oriental St
Pennsylvania
Henry Ford
Ford Assembly
Oriental
E. Washington Sts
Shank and Duvall
Ford
Slack
A. H. Moore
Washington
Southeastern Ave
Leota St
Southeastern
South Side
Board of Works
Leota
George J. Steinmetz
Steinmetz
Indianapolis
Moore Goes On Trial Thursday City Councilman Faces Bribery Charge
City Councilman Boynton J. Moore is set for trial in Criminal Court Thursday on bribery charges. The indictment alleges Moore solicited and accepted $100 from ex-city controller John J. Collins to influence a vote related to impeachment threats against Mayor John L. Duvall. Key witnesses include Duvall Collins and Pearl Nichols, with a venue of fifty jurors for Special Judge Paul G. Davis.
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Boynton J. Moore
Austin H. Todd
Todd
Moore
John J. Collins
John L. Duvall
Duvall
Collins
Miss Pearl Nichols
Paul G. Davis
Dehass Divorce Trial Closes After Alimony Claim
Testimony closed in the divorce suit of Dr. T. W. Dehass against his wife married in 1919. Judge W. O. Dunlavy took the case under advisement with no decision time given. Mrs. Dehass seeks 40000 alimony amid claims of cruel and inhuman treatment and dwindling estate.
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T. W. Dehass
N. Meridian Sr
W. O. Dunlavy
Dunlavy
Dam Remnant Stands as Grim Tombstone of Flooded Valley
Aerial report by George H. Beale describes the Santa Clara Valley after the St. Francis dam disaster. He depicts wrecked towns, buried bodies, ruined orchards, mired aircraft, and a battered landscape where the dam remains as a stark memorial to the catastrophe.
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Death Valley
George H. Beale
United Press
OS Angeles
St. Francis Dam
America
Ford sedan body for sale 1923 model
Advertising notice for a 1923 Ford sedan body good. The ad from Hare Chevrolet Co branch at 921-923 Virginia Ave. Dr. 3156 notes 12 replies and a buyer from a Times classified listing. Call main 3500 to place ads and charge options available.
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FORD
Hare-Chevrolet CO
Virginia Ave
The
Times
Daily Times
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