Eight Probers to Fix Cause of Dam Break
Eight official investigations began to identify cause and responsibility for the St Francis dam disaster. Coroner in Los Angeles and Ventura counties preside over inquests in Oxnard Moor Park Fillmore and Santa Paula as officials seek negligence findings and city liability.
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United Press
Los Angeles
St. Francis Dam
O. L. Reardon
Ventura County
Oxnard
Moor Park
Fillmore
Santa Paula
Frank E. Nance
Los Angeles County
Jess Stevens
Asa Keyes
Stevens
Cal
Santa Clara River
Satiscoy
City manager plan discussed at Indianapolis conference
About 500 attendees from Indianapolis and 26 Indiana towns will gather at the Claypool for a city manager conference sponsored by the Indianapolis City Manager League. Delegations from Michigan City Grand Haven Lafayette Fort Wayne and others will attend. Speakers include Dr. Leonard D. White H R Misener L W Clapp Charles P Taft Claude Anderson and Winfield Miller.
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Indianapolis
Claypool
Evansville
Terre Haute
Michigan City
Grand Haven
Mich
Indiana
Lafayette
Ft. Wayne
Muncie
Crawfordsville
Anderson
New Albany
Elkhart
Richmond
Madison
Oakland City
Frankfort
Newcastle
Bloomington
North Manchester
Windfall
Hammond
Elwood
Tipton
Columbus
Princeton
Shelbyville
Leonard D. White
University of Chicago
H. R. Misener
L. W. Clapp
Wichita
Kan
Charles P. Taft
Cincinnati
Claude H. Anderson
Winfield Miller
Lindbergh to Invite Congress to Fly With Him
Col Charles A Lindbergh plans to invite 435 House members and 96 Senators to fly with him. He will address a letter to Vice President Dawes and Speaker Longworth for formal presentation and met Dawes and Longworth at the Capitol with aides.
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United Press
Washington
Charles A. Lindbergh
House
Senate
Lindbergh
Dawes
Longworth
Capitol
Commerce Air
MacCracken
Naval Air
Warner
Spank If You Wish Girl Returns Home After Whipping
Lorene Jones, 16, who had a warrant against her mother Mrs Charles Woodside for whipping with a coat hanger, returns home after a week away. Woodside was fined 100 dollars in police court. Mother and daughter embrace as reconciliation ends the dispute.
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United Press
Kansas City
Kan
Lorene Jones
Lorene
Charles Woodside
Cadle Bankruptcy Hearing Underway In Indianapolis
E Howard Cadle petitioned for voluntary bankruptcy before Federal Referee Carle Wilde at Indianapolis. He listed unsecured claims of 118134 and assets of 40000, testifying that investments in Cadle Tabernacle and related ventures have drastically fallen in value, with the hearing adjourned to April 17.
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E. Howard Cadle
N. Meridian Sr
Cadle Tabernacle
Carle Wilde
Cadle
Florida
Tabernacle
American Shoe Rebuilders’ Association
Moore Goes to Trial on Bribe Charge
Councilman Boynton J. Moore faced trial in a bribery case before Special Judge Paul G. Davis. The defense failed to shift prosecution to municipal officer law, with the state pursuing general bribery charges. Witness lists include John J. Collins and Mayor John L. Duvall’s circle, as 30 witnesses are expected.
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Boyton J. Moore
John L. Duvall
Moore
Boynton J. Moore
Paul G. Davis
Criminal Court
Ira M. Holmes
Courtrooom
William H
Bill) Armitage
Charles Clark
Duvall
City Hall
John J. Collins
Collins
Miss Pearl Nichols
Davis
James A. Collins
Detectives to Bring Cecil Metz on Bigamy Charge
Detectives from Cleveland arrive today to escort Cecil Metz for trial on a bigamy charge. Metz was arrested here Wednesday and is also said to be wanted in Cincinnati on a wife and child desertion charge.
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Cleveland
Cecil Metz
Metz
Cincinnati
Court battle forecast on building of schools
A blizzard halts relief efforts as seven huskies led by Dr. John F. Steadman carry 100 pounds of food and medicine toward Detour Michigan to aid 600 residents snowbound for nearly three weeks. An Army plane from Mt. Clemens and a snow motor with 1,000 pounds of provisions pursue rescue with uncertain progress.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Detour
John F. Steadman
Steadman
Keldon
Michigan
Mt. Clemens
Oscada Army Base
Clarence Paquin
Income Taxes Extended to Midnight at Federal Building
Internal revenue offices on the third floor of the Federal building will stay open until midnight to handle last minute taxpayers. Acting collector George L. Foote said postmarked reports and checks received by midnight will be accepted. Lines filled corridors as receipts so far this year near last year’s total of about $8,000,000, though two large payers will be in Chicago this year. More than $1,500,000 was collected Wednesday.
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Internal Revenue
Federal Building
George L. Foote
Foote
Federal
Chicago
Kidnapping of 5-year-old in Leigh drives search
An unknown man kidnapped 5-year-old Gwendolyn Tharis on Leigh streets at 8:30 a.m. and drove east on the main highway with her in an automobile. No further details were available as authorities issued a search for the child and suspect.
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United Press
Leigh, Neb
Gwendolyn Tharis
Leigh
Indianapolis Times to Broadcast State Basketball Tourney
The Indianapolis Times will provide full play-by-play of the State basketball tournament from Butler University’s new field house. Radioland veterans Blythe and Tommy Hendricks return for the fourth year to describe every game Friday morning through Saturday night on WFBM.
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WFBM
Butler University
Indianapolis Times
Radioland
Blythe
Tommy Hendricks
Tommy
The
Indianapolis Light and Power Company
Stewart arraigned on contempt charges in Senate matter
Robert W. Stewart, chairman of Standard Oil of Indiana, pleaded not guilty to four counts of contempt of the Senate. He appeared before Chief Justice Walter I. McCoy in the District of Columbia Supreme Court, facing an indictment tied to his refusal to disclose information to the Teapot Dome committee about Liberty bond profits from the Continental Trading Company.
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United Press
Washington
Robert W. Stewart
Senate
Stewart
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Walter I. McCoy
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Teapot Dome Committee
Liberty Bond
Continental Trading Company
German Soviet breach looms over planned treaty talks
Berlin reports Germany will halt negotiations with Russia for a commercial treaty after six German engineers were arrested by the cheka on charges of plotting to sabotage Donetz Basin mines. Cabinet discussions followed the arrests amid widespread resentment and claims of a frame up by Russian engineers.
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United Press
Berlin
Germany
Russia
Donetz Basin
Cheka
French fliers Lebrix Cos tes Goebel sail for Far East goodwill flights
San Francisco dispatch notes Joseph Lebrix and Dieudonne Costes, noted French fliers, along with Major Arthur Goebel, winner of the California Hawaii Dole flight, depart today on the liner Korea Maru for goodwill flights in the Far East.
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United Press
San Francisco
Joseph Lebrix
Dieudonne Costes
Fiiers
Arthur Goebel
Far East
My Housekeeping Rooms Rented Quickly Through Want Ads
Mrs. L A Carle reports success renting rooms at 1233 Fletcher Ave via Times Want Ads. The ad highlights a private furnished duplex with kitchenette and Drex. contact MA 3500 for Betty Lou.
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Fletcher
L. A. Carle
Fletcher Ave
Indianapolis school board eyes court to block tax board interference
The Indianapolis school board considered using a court injunction to prevent the State tax board from hindering bids and construction for four proposed schools. President Theodore F. Vonnegut said the board would pursue legal rights if necessary, while the tax board authorized bid receipt for heating and ventilating work and indicated $600,000 in bonds could be approved.
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State Tax Board
Indianapolis
Theodore F. Vonnegut
Vonnegut
Tax Board
Jacksons Birthday Passes Quietly in Washington
The birthday of Andrew Jackson seventh President of the United States passed today without special observance in Washington.
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Jackson
United Press
Washington
Andrew Jackson
United States
Wild Fund Grows Dividend for J F Wild Bank Depositors
Probate Judge Mahlon E Bush said a further 10 percent dividend to depositors of the defunct J F Wild & Co Bank may be possible by mid May but likely delayed to late May or June to enable a larger payout. The anticipated $200,000 from the bank building sale is due before April 1 amid costs to mail 15 000 to 18 000 checks and clerical overhead.
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J. F. Wild & Co. Bank
Mahlon E. Bush
Monte
Endeavor Transatlantic Flight Search In North Atlantic
Inland reports from Maine to New York describe yellow wreckage seen off Old Orchard Beach as coast guards search for the Endeavor. Capt Walter Hinchliffe and Hon Elsie Mackay attempted a England to United States flight and are overdue amid secrecy and conflicting sightings.
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London
Hope
W. G. R. Hinchliffe
Elsie Mackay
Atlantic
Hinchliffe
America
United Press
Biddeford Pool
Maine
Coast Guards
Fletcher's Neck
Old Orchard Beach
Walter Hinchliffe
New York
Atlantic Ocean
England
United States
Mitchell Field
Newfoundland
Curtiss Field
Miss Mackay
North Atlantic
Nova Scotia
Boston
New Jersey
Hinchcliffe
Menlo Park
N. J
Hadley Field
Cleveland
Lord Inchcape
Egypt
Gordon Sinclair
Sinclair
Reed Seeks New Trial in Pleasant Valley School Bombing
Hiram Reed seeks a new trial claiming courtroom demonstrations influenced the jury that convicted him of dynamiting the Pleasant Valley schoolhouse. Reed, son of a wealthy farmer, was found guilty of bombing the school and nearly killing his former sweetheart Iola Bradford.
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Bayl United Press
Ottawa
Ill
Hiram Reed
Pleasant Valley
Reed
Iola Bradford
Levine's Plane Down on Georgia Island
Dense fog forced Charles A. Levine to land his Bellanca monoplane Columbia at St. Simons Island Georgia while en route from Jacksonville to New York.
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Georgia Island
United Press
ST. Simons Island
Charles A. Levine
Columbia
Jacksonville
New York
Man Arrested Over Aged Liquor Charge In City Raid
William Jack Ross, linked to a 18 month old liquor case, was arrested after a police raid at 926 Church St and his failure to return. He later moved, was found at 1001 S Senate Ave and jailed on the old charge with 17 quarts of white mule whisky in his possession.
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Church St
William
Jack) Ross
Ross
Illinois St
John Eisenhut
S. Senate Ave
Police seize slot machines in gambling crackdown
Police raided Wednesday night seizing three gaming devices from Eddie Holtkemeyer at 410 E Washington St and John Bozis at 59 Virginia Ave and Clarence Flick at 1021 Virginia Ave. Holtkemeyer was arrested.
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Eddie Holtkemeyer
Washington St
John Bozis
Virginia Ave
Clarence Flick
Holtkemeyer
Nobody’s Girl Starts Today in The Times
Review notes a reader’s journey with Nobody’s Girl as a compelling adventure filled with conflict emotion and romance. The heroine faces numerous exciting episodes toward an unexpected conclusion.
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