Guards Set at 16 Banks for Bandits in Indy
Police Chief Worley ordered a shoot to kill policy as sixteen outlying banks were guarded after the East Side State Bank robbery. Investigators traced suspects to a Gary bank hold up and a gipsy camp northeast of the city. A bandit car, Indiana 48-633, was stolen minutes before the heist, and Miss Dorothy Edwards was abducted to deter pursuit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
East Side
Winkler
Jerry Kinney
Pendleton Pike
Glen Park
F. B. Johnson
Texas
Dorothy Edwards
East Washington Street
Tacoma Avenue
New York Streets
C. F. Bechtold
Miss Edwards
Kenneth C. Campbell
Oak Avenue
Louise Regan
L. W. Hamilton
Levy Printing Company
Edwards
Indiana
Henry F. Schackle
Cumberland
New York Street
Harry Bridwell
Bridwell
Republican Dinner Hosts Honor U S District Attorney George R Jeffrey
State party leaders attend the Marion County Junior Republican committee banquet at the Columbia Club honoring George R. Jeffrey newly appointed United States district attorney Governor Harry G Leslie will be principal speaker John K Ruckelshaus Indianapolis attorney will serve as toastmaster Elican state and county officials will sit at the speakers table A Marion ward and chairmen meeting will follow with John Ain as county chairman
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion County
Junior Republican Committee
George R. Jeffrey
United States
Columbia Club
Harry G. Leslie
John K. Ruckelshaus
Indianapolis
Elican
Marion
John Ain
Hill Violet Daisy Sullivan Sentenced For 20 Cents Forgery
In Bloomfield Indiana Daisy Sullivan an 18 year old girl from Greene county is sentenced to two to fourteen years in Indiana Women's Prison for forging a $2.80 check. The case highlights a harsh swift justice system. the girl had little help or family support and the judge questions community care for motherless youths.
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Hills
White River
Bloomfield
Ind
Indiana
Daisy Sullivan
Hill
Daisy—the
Violet
Mary Backenstee
Daisy
Worthington
Bloomfield Trust Company
Ruth Sullivan
Greene County
Wenty
the Hills
Aisy Sullivan
Michigan City
Jessup F. Bolinger
Shelburne Ind
Bolinger
James E. Watson
Fred Purnell
Florida
Thomas van Buskirk
Circuit Court of
Kern Beasley
van Buskirk
Aisy
Tarkington to Undergo Eye Operation for Sight Return
Booth Tarkington, the noted author, is to have an optical procedure in the coming days in an effort to regain his sight. He maintains humor about his condition, saying it has been a remarkable period of not having to see and that he cannot complain. He recently received treatment in Baltimore.
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Tlantic City
N. J
Booth Tarkington
Tarkington
Baltimore
New Flood Threats Across Alabama Rivers Rise
United Press reports serious flood threats across Alabama as the Tennessee and Tombigbee rivers continue to rise. Families near the Tennessee River at Guntersville abandon homes while thousands of acres flood along the Tombigbee.
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United Press
Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Tennessee
Tombigbee
Guntersville
Mayor backs new fire house at city lots
Mayor L Ert Slack favors erecting a new fire station on two city lots at East Washington street and Hawthorne Lane. Irvington Gridiron Club members heard the assurance Wednesday night when he was guest of honor at a corned beef and cabbage dinner at Fire Station 25 East Washington.
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East Washington Street
Hawthorne Lane
L. Ert Slack
Irvington Gridiron Club
East Washington
Jury Costs Review In McDonald Case Spurs Taxpayers
The county spent 2354 to select the criminal court jury that convicted Rupert McDonald, 22, a Chicago gangster, for the murder of Wilkinson Haag, an Indianapolis druggist. Clerks finished the tally, noting 375 salesmen were examined to pick 12 jurors, far above the normal daily cost of about 50.
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Criminal Court
Rupert McDonald
Chicago
Wilkinson Haag
Indianapolis
McDonald
Hourly Temperatures and Odd Note
Recorded temperatures show 6am 45 7am 44 8am 46 9am 49 10am 49 12 noon 52. An unclear trailing fragment follows.
Kidnap Attempt Reported By 8 Year Old
Eight year old Wendell Lappin described a red haired woman in a long skirt and a small man in a back touring car who tried to lure him near Hanna avenue and Shelby street after school. The boy fled and shouted, drawing deputies who noted the sighting. The pair drove off before authorities arrived.
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Wendell Lappin
Manker Street
Hanna Avenue
Shelby Street
Dead baby found in college student’s trunk
Miss Mary Farfield, 19, student at the state teacher's college in Bloomington Pennsylvania, is under observation after a newborn boy's body was found in a metal box hidden in her trunk. Roommate Lottie Zembruski alerted authorities. trunk was broken open. The infant's skull was fractured and the throat cut.
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United Pre_ BLOOMINGTON
Mary Farfield
State Teacher’s College
College Infirmary
Lottie Zembruski
License arrests in Ray city for missing licenses
Thirty two persons were arrested this afternoon by the Ray city license inspector for failure to have city licenses. The list includes two junk dealers three two horse vehicle operators one lumber dealer three gasoline station operators and several mere truck drivers. It will be filed in municipal court Friday.
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Ray
Flier Martin Jensen Aims for 36 Hour Record
Trans Pacific flier Martin Jensen in the Green Flash has logged thirty hours aloft at Roosevelt Field New York and must stay up at least six hours more to beat Royal V. Thomas's 35 hour 25 minute record. His fuel sponsor pays $1,000 per hour for time beyond 24 hours.
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United Press
Roosevelt Field
N. Y
Martin Jensen
Trans- Pacific Flier
Royal V. Thomas
Motor Fuel Company
Jensen
Indiana Supreme Court Hears Coram Nobis Petition
The Indiana Supreme Court sustained objections to 31 of 32 points in the writ of coram nobis in D. C. Stephenson’s murder appeal. If the remaining point is canceled, the petition could end. The ruling allows a hearing before the high court without new evidence.
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Indiana Supreme Court
D. C. Stephenson
High Court
Girl, 16, Faces Murder Charge After Father Killing
A story of long abuse and a father who drank heavily was shaping Miss Jewell Bradford, 16, a Missouri girl, to be spared formal charges of murdering her 45 year old father L. N. Bradford, after years of alleged abuse.
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United Press Land
Miss Jewell Bradford
L. N. Bradford
Deputy Browning probes charges against Agent Upchurch
James Browning a deputy federal prohibition administration agent began an investigation into charges against Agent Harry Upchurch of Jeffersonville alleging Upchurch framed evidence leading to the November arrest of John W. Clegg and his wife on liquor charges. The affidavits by John W. Clegg and Hadley Fite Marion county deputy sheriff mention Clegg is son of Jeffersonville Police Chief Matthew Clegg.
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James Browning
Federal Prohibition Administration
Harry Upchurch
Jeffersonville
Upchurch
John W. Clegg
Clegg
Hadley Fite
Marion County
Prohibition
Matthew Clegg
Thornton Levey Joins City Boxing Commission
Marshal T. Levey of Thornton Levey Printing Co. is appointed to the city boxing commission by Mayor L. Ert Slack to replace David H. Jennings who declined reappointment. Kenneth Welling and Gideon Blaine are reappointed. The panel will meet later this week to draft regulations per clerk Ernest F. Frick.
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Marshal T. Levey
Thornton- Levey Printing Company
North
Illinois Street
City Boxing Commission
L. Ert Slack
Levey
David H. Jennings
Kenneth Welling
Gideon Blaine
Ernest F. Frick
15 Year Old Holds Up Woman Near Market Streets
A 15 year old boy attempted to steal a purse at West Market and Bird streets. The victim restrained him until police arrived and he was detained. The offender’s name is withheld due to youth. The incident ends with the suspect in custody at the detention home.
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West Market
Bird Streets
Blow Out Kills Man As Rim Segment Hits Head
Frank Menter died when a tire blowout on a wheel rim sent a rim segment into his head while he was placing the tire. The incident occurred in St Louis Missouri on March 28. Police reported few further details pending investigation.
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United Press
ST. Louis
Frank Menter
Baby on Each Knee Fires Dynamite All Die
In Angel Oregon a farmer Charles Setter aged 38 placed a daughter on each knee and lighted a fuse under his chair. He and his two young daughters Gladys aged 6 and Charline aged 4 were killed in the explosion. The tragedy followed a quarrel with his wife who had left for relatives nearby.
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United Press
T. Angel
Ore
Charles Setter
Farmer
Setter
Chilzen
Gladys
Chadiine
State asked to lift rum raid slaying
Kane county inquiry looms after deputies' raid ends in the killing of Mrs. Joseph De King and the clubbing of her husband in front of their 12-year-old son. Prohibition officers accuse the state must determine whether the death was murder or justifiable homicide amid factional cries for state control. The husband, Joseph De King, gives his version accusing "prohibition friends" of brutality and reveals his son shot Deputy Smith in defense. The inquest is delayed as the injured deputy remains under guard. investigators seek to question Boyd Fairchild and gather evidence to challenge the self defense claim.
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W. F. Sullivan
United Press
Aurora
Ill
Kane County
Joseph de King
de King
Robert A. Milroy
Albert Kelley
King
Carbury
Carbray
Gerald de King
Smith
Carbary
Milroy and
Keiley
Milroy
Kelly
Boyd Fairchild
Fairchild
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Police
Chief Worley
Gary
U. S
Arch Steinel
Sharkey Township
William J. Stanfield
Sharkey School
Dave Sullivan
Geneva
State Woman's Prison
Bloomington
Davis Falk
Favors Fire House
Slack
New East Side Station
Venice
Red-Head
Chase
QRIVE
Steve Given Slam
Marshall Levey
Boy
Roy Smith
Pete
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