Debenture tariff bill fight looms in Congress
The 580 million dollar tariff bill enters renewed House Senate maneuvering as Democrats press for amendments and Republicans push for conference talks to limit votes on debenture relief and duty provisions. Key senators Smoot Watson Shortridge and Simmons Harrison named for a likely conference committee.
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Utah
Watson
Indiana
Shortridge
California
Simmons
North Carolina
Harrison
Mississippi
Hawley
Ore
House
Ex Stage Star Net $700000 From Stranger He Met Once
Former Chicago stage performer Lillian Elliott now Mrs. Fred Mallrup of Los Angeles learns she is sole heir to a $700,000 estate from Henri De La Salle of Paris. She had previously received $60,000 from her uncle George La Lamontdier. De La Salle named her heir after traveling the world with a shared history in gold rush days.
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Los Angeles
Chicago
Lillian Elliott
Fred Mallrup
George la Lamontdier
Paris
Henri de la
Blizzard Paralyzes Northern Indiana With Eight Inches
The Calumet district and northern Indiana saw seven to eight inches of snow with more expected in Indianapolis and central Indiana. Snowplows return to duties in Valparaiso and other towns as roads near closure. Meteorologist Armington expects the storm to ease by Wednesday with little crop damage, while U S 41 may close tonight if the blizzard continues.
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Indiana
Indianapolis
Valparaiso
Warsaw
J. H. Armington
United States Weather Bureau
Armington
Fowler
State Highway Department
U. S. 41
Bride Marries in Jail as Groom Faces Robbery Trial
Kenosha Wisconsin March 25 Thomas Leight 23 went on trial for robbing a cab driver of 3 dollars. He and his bride Dorothy Alice Hensel wed in the county jail. The bride expressed confidence in an acquittal.
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United Press
FACES NEGLECT CHARGE AGAINST TWO WIVES MAN
Frederick E. Crouch of 151 Douglass street is held on a child neglect charge by juvenile court authorities awaiting grand jury action. He allegedly married Phoebe Drayer in 1925 and later Lula Ragsdale, and is accused of failing to support both wives and an 8 month old child by the second wife.
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Crouch
Phoebe Drayer
Indianapolis
Lula Ragsdale
Just Can't Get Along on Mere $162000 Yearly
Katharine Dexter McCormick wife of Stanley McCormick asks probate court to raise her income from the estate to 420000 annually. She states the estate totals about 46990000 and yields over 1 million dollars yearly while she cannot live on 162000 and has gone into debt.
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Katherine Dexter McCormick
Stanley McCormick
Harvester
Guardian
McCormick
Suspect Held in Bank Theft in Midwest Case
Carl Beckett, 23, Marathon dancer, admits involvement in a Citizens bank of Southport holdup with two accomplices. They fled with 1700 dollars in January. Beckett will be extradited from Columbus, Ohio, to face charges linked to bank robberies in Indiana and Ohio.
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Michigan Governor Defies Federal Radio Board Over Jazz Stance
Governor Fred W. Green accuses the Federal Radio Board of favoritism toward jazz, vows to build a state police radio station and cites a fight to the last ditch if the board blocks Michigan's plans. He says the state will proceed with bids and contracts and seek a suitable wavelength despite commission opposition.
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Manis and Hussong Fined for School Window Break-In
In Elwood Indiana on March 25 Elmer Manis and Otis Hussong pleaded guilty in city court to destroying property. They were fined 40 cents each and sentenced to thirty days in jail after being caught entering Washington school through a broken window. Glass valued at 20 cents was part of the damaged property.
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Elwood
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Otis Hussong
Washington School
City Bride-to-be Dies by Own Hand Morning of Wedding
Miss Viola Hoffert 22 of 2250 North Talbot Avenue was found dead in bed with a .32 revolver by her side hours before her wedding to Elbert Burns 26. Parents forced entry after a strange midnight sound to discover the tragedy. Burns claimed the weapon belonged to his father and was kept at his home. Funeral arrangements not yet set. two sisters survive.
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Talbot Avenue
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John W. Hoffert
Elbert Burns
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Meningitis Rising Across United States
United States Public Health Service reports increasing meningitis cases over five years with 245 new cases in the week ending March 15 and 307 in the week ending March 8, while 354 cases occurred the prior week. Federal officers say the disease is scattered nationwide and the cause remains unknown.
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United States Public Health Service
Divorce decree orders alimony and teeth funds
Detroit March 25 Mrs Lela Lakritz must pay her husband $3 a week as alimony and provide $100 for a false teeth set, per Judge Maurice McMahon who granted the divorce decree.
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Lela Lakritz
Maurice McMahon
Lakritz
Speed Record Attempt Delayed for Kaye Don
Dayton Beach, March 25. Kaye Don again postponed his attempt to break the world automobile speed record. He had announced plans to go to the beach this morning, but postponed for the second time.
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United Preea
Daytona Beach
Fls
Fraud Charged in Police Job Scheme
John Howard 25 of 922 North Delaware street faces municipal court for obtaining money under false pretenses. He allegedly took 225 dollars from George Iskra of Puritan Hotel room 409 through Harry Smith at 326 East Wabash street with a promise of a city police job. The affidavit cites May as the payment period.
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Europa Sets Speed Record Across Atlantic From Cherbourg
The German liner Europa completed the Atlantic crossing in four days seventeen hours seven minutes, tying up at Brooklyn pier amid cheers. Captain Nicolaus Johnson led the voyage as the ship, 936 feet long with 2300 passengers, set a postwar record surpassing the Bremen and Mauretania amid challenging weather and rough seas.
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Opposition to Prison Repair Budget Proposal
Donald S. Morris safety board member opposed the proposed 17000 expenditure for temporary prison repairs after visiting the police station he urged permanent improvements. He warned that spending 17000 would be like throwing money in the fire while the administration said the 2000000 bonding margin limited major spending at this time.
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Donald S. Morris
Safety Board
Morris
Anton Buck 82 Heroic Rescuer Dies Quietly in Chicago
Anton Buck 82 died in Chicago after a life of daring rescues. At 17 he saved five people from a Baltic Sea shipwreck and near Elgin he saved three from the Fox River. He held two medals for heroism and died peacefully while reading a newspaper.
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Eastern socialite wins divorce from Pales Jr in Reno
Mrs Ellen Dexter Fales of the east obtained a Reno divorce decree after accusing her husband of taking too many vacations alone. The decree frees her from Pales Jr of New York and marks the end of their marriage.
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Ellen Dexter Fales
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Rebels expel twenty mine union leaders in push for unity
The international executive board of the United Mine Workers of America adopted resolutions expelling twenty insurgent leaders on treason and rebellion charges. The named figures include Howat Walker Haywood and others from Kansas Illinois and Ohio. Illinois dual union leaders asked John L. Lewis and officers to Springfield for trials.
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Kansas
John H. Walker
Illinois State Federation of Labor
August Dorcy
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Peter Markemos
Fox Hughes
Joseph B Cassana
Carl Wright
Joseph Loda Allen S. Haywood
F. W. Wenschoff
Gus Fritz
Ford Flays Liquor in Interview on Prohibition
United States must choose between drink and poverty or prohibition and prosperity, Henry Ford tells Samuel Crowther for the April Ladies Home Journal. Ford says he enforces prohibition in his organization and keeps foreign promotions dry, asserting a dry era is at work.
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Missing Man Found In Greek River Tragedy Follows Disappearance
The body of Henry Worley 72 of 629 East Twenty Fifth street was found in Fall creek near 2702 Sutherland avenue by his sons and son in law after he disappeared Monday noon. Relatives think he took his life due to illness worries and a missing son nine years. Worley a Pennsylvania railway veteran lived with his daughter and was a former blacksmith retired on pension.
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Willis Announces Candidacy for Marion County Sheriff
John G. Willis, a county grand jury investigator and former deputy fire marshal, announced his run for the Republican nomination for sheriff of Marion County. He advocates a general revision of the patrol system and sheriff's office management.
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State Highway Commission
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Willis
City urged to install electric bell at Tibbs crossing
The safety board urged the T. H. I. E. Traction crossing at Tibbs avenue receive an electric bell signal. Police Chief Jerry E. Kinney noted the Big Four already signals the crossing but no watchman or signal on the traction line has led to several accidents.
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Tibbs Avenue
The
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No European Mortgage on U S Fleet
Washington reports deny any European pledge to guarantee security for the United States fleet. France will accept nothing less than a military guarantee, despite talks of consultative pacts not altering tonnage or guns. Hope remains for London naval conference progress.
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London
America
Five-Power Naval Conference Considers Six Month Adjournment
London March 25 chief delegates of the five power naval conference discuss a six month adjournment to avoid collapse of talks. British spokesman says adjournment worthy of consideration under certain contingencies while France and Italy fail to agree.
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United Press London
J. Ramsay Mate Donald
France
Italy
Aristide Briand
Dino Grandi
MacDonald
Indianapolis Civic Clubs to Hear Smoke Abatement Leader
Roy Johnson, manager of the Indianapolis Smoke Abatement League, will address the Indianapolis Federation of Civic Clubs at the monthly meeting Friday night in the Chamber of Commerce.
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Indianapolis Federation of Civic Clubs
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