Prisoner pleads insanity as family starves in jail
Millard H. Price of Dublin pleads for release from Wayne county jail in Richmond Indiana. His wife says he is innocent of theft and must return home to support five children amid illness and poverty. The family has received food and clothing help from Cambridge City and Dublin residents while Price awaits a grand jury indictment and trial.
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Py Times &Peciot
Richmond
Ind
Millard H. Price
Dublin
Wayne County
Price
Cambridge City
Illinois
State Reformatory
Uncie Board Sued Over Contract Cancellations
Times Special reports Muncie Indiana March 29 suit to enjoin the Muncie board of works from canceling contracts let during John C Hampton administration. William Birch Construction asks for restraining order to stop board from cancelling a contract awarded to the company. Board later set contract to Hamilton firm. hearing planned in days. Board action cited law voiding contracts showing collusion, no specific act of collusion named.
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Times Special
Muncie
Ind
George R. Dale
Heal Judge Chosen for Infirmary Appeal Hearing
Jesse E. Sutton of Adams county court will serve as special judge in Wayne County Indiana to hear the appeal of W Homer Young against commissioners who removed him as superintendent of the county infirmary. The dispute centers on impartiality claims against Judge Sol A Wood with a March 31 hearing set and a change motion filed by county attorney Clarence R McNabb.
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Fed Press
Wayne
Ind
Jesse E. Sutton
Adams Circourt
Decatur
Allert
W. Homer Young
Allea Nty
Sutton
Sol A. Wood
Wood
Clarence R. McNabb
Jacob H. Gable
Unidentified Malady Fatal In Columbus Man Dies During Illness
E Ray Sweeney 36 traveling salesman died after four days of undetermined illness at a Columbus hospital. Illness began as neuritis and surgery could not be performed. He worked for H C Whitmer Co and Bay View Realty Co of Cleveland. Survived by widow, daughter Ray Louise, father Ed Sweeney, and four sisters Mrs John Jewell of Columbus, Miss Leah Sweeney of Chicago, Mrs Helen Kieran of New York, and Mrs Glenn Sutherland of Indianapolis.
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Ry Times
Columbus
Ind
E. Ray Sweeney
H. C. Whitmer Company
Bay View Realty Company
Cleveland
Ray Louise
Ed Sweeney
John Jewell
This City
Leah Sweeney
Chicago
Helen Kieran
New York
Glenn Sutherland
Indianapolis
Seed corn contest winners named in Greencastle event
In Greencastle Indiana on March 29 winners in a seed corn germinating contest sponsored by the First National Bank and County Agent Floyd Miller were announced. First prize went to John Day, second to James Macy and E A Zainer, third to Charles Day, and fourth to Omar Beck. Corn was tested by the rag doll method and showed 84 to 70 percent dead.
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Times
Greencastle
Ind
First National Bank of
Here
Floyd Miller
John Day
James Macy
E. A. Zainer
Charles Day
Omar Beck
Lifelong Anderson Resident Dead at Eighty Seven
Elizabeth Caroline Bliven of Anderson dies at eighty seven after living her entire life in the city. Her father was an early pioneer who ran a tavern in Anderson.
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Anderson
Ind
Elizabeth Caroline Bliven
De Pauw Revue Broadcast From DePauw Campus
DePauw university students’ all-campus revue The Moan-On Revue will be aired on WFBM Indianapolis Monday 5:30 to 6 PM. Harold Robert accompanies at the piano. cast includes Tom Anderson Mary Jo Krummel Martha McQuilken Jack Shirley and Margaret Winship. The program features songs from the revue and the theme When I’m With You. The revue was student written produced and designed with over one hundred cast and committee members.
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Nyu Times
Greencastle
Ind
de Pauw University
WFBM
Indianapolis
Harold Robert
Tom Anderson
Chicago
Mary Jo Krummel
Vevay
Martha McQuilken
East Chicago
Jack
Shirley
Margaret Winship
Rushville
DePauw University
Jack Shirley
Suitcase bootlegging revealed in arrests
Evansville police seized portable saloons used by an organization operating between Kentucky and Evansville. Lonnie Branson and his son Lonnie Jr were arrested in Slaughters Kentucky and charged with vagrancy after officers found suitcases packed with dispensing gear, small bottles and four quarts of corn whisky.
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United Press
Evansville
Ind
Kentucky
Lonnie Branson
Lonnie Jr
Slaughters
Bransons
Aids
Evansville man jailed for Mann Act violation during Lent
Edward Falz a 24 year old from Evansville was sentenced to 100 days in jail by Judge Thomas Slick in federal court at Hammond Indiana for transporting a girl from Evansville to Danville Illinois in violation of the Mann act. The judge told the girl she bore some responsibility and suggested a spanking might help. Falz said he gave up the girl because it was Lent and he had to give up something.
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United Press
Hammond
Ind
Edward Falz
Evansville
Thomas Slick
Danville
Ill
Woman at 53 Adopted by Uncle in Indiana Contest Notes
Miss Caroline Dutton, aged 53, was adopted by her uncle Dr. Joseph C. McClurkin after his wife’s death. The niece had lived with them as a daughter. In Muncie, Indiana, Ball Teachers College hosts the Indiana commercial contest with 234 high schools entering. On April 12, 2,340 students start competition across 21 centers, with district winners advancing to the event here on April 26.
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Ry Times
Evansville
Ind
Caroline Dutton
Joseph C. McClurkin
McClurkin
Muncie
Indiana
Ball Teachers’ College
Mark Studebaker
Howren Quashes Indictments In Indiana Records Case
Liberty Indiana March 29 Counsel for Guy Howren Union county auditor filed a motion to quash two January indictments charging alteration and destruction of public records. If Judge O Byerne overrules the motion a trial may be scheduled at an early date.
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Times Special Liberty
Ind
Guy Howren
Union County
O'Byrne
Howren
Victims of Jamaica ginger to recover slowly
Franklin Indiana March 29 Physicians treating fifteen to twenty drinkers of Jamaica ginger here predict six weeks to six months for full recovery with some possibly permanently affected. None show improvement yet and several remain critical. Symptoms resemble arsenic or mercurial poisoning. Authorities have not obtained information identifying the seller of the poison drink.
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Franklin
Ind
Jamaica
Blackie Awaiting Trial After Intruder Nails Himself In
Gary Indiana March 29 Joe Blackie faces housebreaking charges after police say he nailed himself inside a vacant house while robbing it. A passerby Mrs John Bennett heard noises from the house and alerted authorities.
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Times
Gary
Ind
Joe Blackie
Blackie
John Bennett
Nine Rector scholarships awarded at DePauw campus
The Times Special reports nine additional Rector scholarship holders on the DePauw University campus for the second semester. Five recipients have been granted a leave of absence, including Anson Kendall, Edward Sights, Kenneth Ellis, Denver Jordan, and Harry Quinn. Two students earned more than 50 points for second semester last year and this year, Robert Park and Russell Rice. Tom Ochiltree earned a mid term graduation scholarship from Arsenal Technical High School, and freshman Wilbur Osterling earned 45 points or more for first semester.
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Greencastle
Ind
de Pauw University
Henry B. Longden
Anson Kendall
Bremen
Edward Sights
Michigan City
Kennett Ellis
Scottsburg
Denver Jordan
Indianapolis
Harry Quinn
Columbus
Robert Park
Russell Rice
Crawfordsville
Tom Ochiltree
Arsenal Technical High School
Wilbur Osterling
Glen Elwyn
Mother Denied Custody In Muncie Court Custody Order
In Muncie Indiana March 29 Judge L A Guthrie denied returning a 2 year old to his mother despite the father Oscar Leroy Myers desire to do so. The habeas corpus writ allowed Myers to gain possession of his son alleging kidnapping by his ex wife Golden Redwine. Both had divorces, in Chicago and Muncie respectively, and the judge said the mother may pursue relief in Chicago or Elkhart.
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United Press
Myers
Chicago
Elkhart
Guthrie
Indiana man held on assault charge after razor attack
Ed ward Ricketts, 40, Negro, is jailed in Lebanon Indiana on a charge of assault and battery with intent to kill after a razor attack on Margarita Aguiler severing part of her nose. The incident followed a quarrel over the amount owed for an automobile trip Aguiler took with Ricketts.
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Times Special
Lebanon
Ind
Edward Ricketts
Margarita Aguiler
Aguiler
Ricketts
State approves 10000 special appropriation for Union school
The state tax board approved a 10000 special appropriation for a new school in Union township St. Joseph county. A site will be purchased with 3750 of the funds and the remainder will be spent on building the school.
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Union Township
St. Joseph County
Death by poison follows quarrel with father in Mt Vernon
Miss Esther Schroeder twenty one committed suicide by swallowing poison after a quarrel with her father August Schroeder sexton of Bellefontaine cemetery in Mt Vernon Indiana She was taken to a hospital but died shortly after the attempt authorities reported the tragedy in this early dispatch from Mt Vernon Indiana
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United Press
MT. Vernon
Ind
Esther Schroeder
August Schroeder
Bellefontaine
Covington Bank Closed in Liquidation
Covington Indiana Citizens Bank is closed for liquidation by directors to protect stockholders. State banking commissioner Luther F. Symons is conducting an examination of the bank.
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Times Special
Treasurer to Hold Post as Successor Unfilled in Henry County
In Newcastle Indiana March 29 Henry county treasurer will remain Clayton McKinney until January 1 1931 as no successor qualified or was elected according to county attorney Paul Brown and concurred by the state board of accounts McKinney is serving his fifth year James Campion elected to the office died before he qualified Roland Matthies Hammond has been elected president of De Pauw university student body Delta Tau Delta member
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Lieral Newcastle
Ind
Henry County
Clayton McKinney
Paul Brown
State Board of Accounts
McKinney
James Campion
Greencastle
Roland Matthies
Hammond
de Pauw University
Delta Tau Delta Fraternity
Ambulance Disabled in Richmond Taxi Crash
Police ambulance responding to an injured man was struck by a taxicab on a slippery pavement. The injured man is Irvin Thurston who was near Williamsburg after his car collided with a street car.
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Times Special
Richmond
Ind
Irvin Thurston
Williamsburg
Franklin Man Takes Position in Red Russia
Noble Ritchey of Franklin resigns as manager at the Peru plant of Stokeley Brothers Canning Co to join Soviet Russia’s canning industry project. He will oversee plant building and crop planting near Odessa, with $35 million in funding and five plants planned. About a dozen to fifteen Americans will accompany machinery shipments due May 1. Ritchey will be paid living expenses plus salary. his wife and daughter will decide if they join him.
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Science Service
Franklin
Ind
Noble Ritchey
Peru
Stokeley Brothers Canning Company
Odess
Black Sea
Ritchey
Red Republic
Odessa
Franklin Man
Russia
Joan
Broken Heart Wins Leniency in Prohibition Case
In Ammon, Indiana, Julia Hershey, 20, a barmaid, faced Judge Thomas W. Slick after her violation of the dry law. Her fiancé broke the engagement upon learning of her job, and the judge gave a three month term but suspended it, citing broken hearts as a factor.
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Times Special
Ammond
Ind
Prohibition
Julia Hershey
Thomas W. Slick
Detroit
Slick
Minister's Son Slain by Officer at Attica
Charles W. Frakes son of Rev C A Frakes and one of two alleged thieves killed after attempting to overpower Deputy Sheriff Fred Ottinger in Attica following a small robbery arrest. Frakes had served two prior prison terms and was released two weeks before Christmas. he divided time between Linton and his sister's home in Bloomington.
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United Pro Bloomington
Ind
Charles W
Curly) Frakes
Fred Ottinger
Warren County
Attica
C. A. Frakes
Linton
Frakes
Ernest Arnett
Sullivan
Long careers go on Dublin postmasters tied to McKinley era
Two Wayne county postmasters have served continuously more than thirty two years each in Milton and Pershing. Charles Callaway was appointed in July and George Gipe in December, both by President William McKinley. Callaway’s commission predates Gipe’s by a few months. Pershing suffered a 25 year old blaze that left Gipe with only the post office key, but service was restored quickly.
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Dublin
Ind
Wayne County
Charles Caliway
Milton
George F. Gipe
Pershing
William McKinley
Callaway
Gipe
Bedford High Girls Defeat Shortridge in Debate Here
Bedford Indiana March 29 Bedford high school girls defeated Shortridge Indianapolis in a debate on Resolve That Capital Punishment Should Be Abolished with the Bedford team negative led by captain Mary Eckley and including Mary Johnston Ruth Corbin and Sara Myers Shortridge’s team was led by captain Mary Litten with members Mildred Bacon Louise Watterson and Virginia Casmire In separate item Falmouth Indiana March 29 Maurice Dora age 3 was seriously injured when six hogs attacked him in a yard near his home He suffered bruises and head wounds and only his mother’s quick action saved him.
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Bedford
Ind
Bedford High School
Shortridge
Indianapolis
Mary A. Eckley
Mary E. Johnston
Ruth Corbin
Sara Myers
Mary F. Litten
Mildred Bacon
Louise Watterson
Virginia Casmire
Falmouth
Maurice Dora
Russell Dora
Here
Dora
Former Resident Killed By Timea Special
Mrs Anna Buchholz, wife of a former Muncie florist, died in Chicago from injuries after an automobile crash. Burial was at Oxford, Ohio.
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Timea
Muncie
Ind
Anna Buchholz
Chicago
Oxford, O
Scene of Fatal Blast in Anderson Farmhouse
In Anderson Indiana on March 29 Blanche Brattain a 48 year old woman faced renewed tragedy as dynamite exploded at her home injuring friend Ida Mundell 53 who died John Pugsley a wealthy farmer and rejected suitor of Mrs Brattain was found to have placed the explosive and killed himself soon after Armistice day 1919 saw Mrs Brattain's husband die from a stray bullet her son drowned last summer The blast wrecked the interior leveled the chimney and shattered windows with dynamite hidden in the chimney.
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Times
Anderson
Ind
Blanche Brattain
Ida Mundell
John Pugsley
Effort to Escape Prosecution Fails in Indiana Case
Henry H. Shuman former Madison County farm bureau purchasing agent faces circuit court trial on embezzlement charges totaling 10000 He twice escaped criminal prosecution since 1927 including prior acquittal and a later dismissal by Judge Will Sparks A civil suit over bond shortage was won by farm bureau directors in federal court Indianapolis
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Times Special
Guthrie
Shuman
Madison County
Macon
Lapel
Will Sparks
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Chicago
Indianapolis
Farm Bureau
Officers Nab Whisky Purchasers In South Bend Bust
In South Bend Indiana on March 29 Frank Pawlak was jailed for violating liquor laws after two detectives confronted him at a west end bath house. They questioned him about a burlap sack and he admitted containing whisky priced at four dollars a gallon. He paid four dollars and turned over a gallon before authorities, wearing badges, seized the remaining liquor.
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All Times
South Bend
Ind
Frank Pawlak
Lucius I& Fortune
Carl Winther
Frank
la Fortune
Pawlak
Church Going Banned in Kosciusko Divorce Case
In Kosciusko circuit court Mrs. Mary A. Foltz of Burket cited cruelty including refusal to let her attend church or social functions as grounds for divorce from Albert Foltz. The couple, parents of eight children, married twenty-nine years ago, six of whom are married.
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Peu Times
Snec
Warsaw
Ind
Mary A. Foltz
Burket
Kosciusko
Albert Foltz
Indiana youth crime rate claim at civic club address
Probation Officer John Dragoo told a civic club in Muncie that Indiana has 18,000 potential criminals among 1,800,000 school children, estimating one in a hundred as the state average. He warned the audience of a high criminal risk among youth.
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Cy Times
Muncie
Ind
John Dragoo
Indiana
Woman Hurt When Car Hits Pole Near Hope
Mrs. C. C. Cook sustained cuts and bruises to the head face and side when a car driven by her husband containing also Mrs. Alice Acton hit a telephone pole and overturned on a Hope road tonight.
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Times Special
Fire destroys Hanna home landmark in Plainfield
Plainfield, Ind. March 29. The old Hanna home, a local landmark standing since the 1860s, was burned down. Tramps who had been quartered there are believed responsible for the fire.
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Ba Times
Plainfield
Ind
Hanna
Divorce Claim Details Wife Accused of Boiling Water Attack
Sam Steele files a divorce in Gary Indiana alleging his wife Hattie Steele threw boiling water in his face and threatened to kill him before she would live with him again. The couple has been married 31 years and are parents of five children, all adults.
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All Times
Gary
Ind
Sam Steele
Hattie Steele
Kidnapping of Wife Charged by Indiana Couple
Mrs Frances Mauck recounts being abducted by her husband Ernest Mauck and taken to his parents in Alexander North Carolina. The two were married two years ago and separated several times. She was held for over a week and forbidden to contact relatives until she refused to drop a divorce suit filed March 3 alleging nonsupport and cruelty. Money was wired to her by her mother.
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Frances Mauck
Alexander
N. C
Ernest Mauck
Hoosier on noted ship voyage to Europe
Marion Ind March 29 Dr J A Huffman dean of Marion college divinity school was a past Europa when it sailed from New York today on its first return voyage to Europe He plans four months travel abroad visiting England continental Europe northern Africa Palestine and Syria
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Py Times
Marion
Ind
J. A. Huffman
Marion College Divinity School
Europa
New York
Europe
Dean Huffman
England
Africa
Palestine
Syria
Sick man Otis Woodruff sentenced in Logansport
Otis Woodruff of Logansport pleaded guilty through an attorney to possession of liquor. He was confined to bed for eight months by spinal illness and could not attend court. He received thirty days in jail a $100 fine and costs. Unable to pay the fine he was committed to the state penal farm. Doctors say his illness is unlikely to improve.
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United Press
Logansport
Ind
Otis Woodruff
Woodruff
York lauds Tennessee mountain people education advance
In Newcastle Indiana on March 29 Alvin C. York, World War I hero, praised Tennessee mountain folk for improving education and reclamation efforts. He said they have been slandered as moonshiners and feudists, but progress over the last decade proves otherwise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hace
Newcastle
Ind
Alvin C. York
Tennessee
Methodists 10 Be in Session Through Week
Hartford City Ind March 29 The eighty seventh annual session of North Indiana Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church opens at Grace Church with Bishop Frederick B. Fisher presiding A strong program features lectures by noted bishops and church leaders including Dr G Bromley Oxnam and Dr Clarence True Wilson Music by De Pauw Taylor and Boston university groups Major banquets are planned at De Pauw Taylor United Brethren and other churches Appointment readings close the conference on April 7 through the next year.
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Indianapolis
James C. Baker
Seoul
Korea
Newton E. Davis
Board of Hospitals
R. S. Cushman
Albany Methodist Church
Rochester
N. Y
World Service Commission
G. Bromley Oxnam
de Pauw University
Fred Hoke
Boston University
United Brethren Church
Layman’s Association
Presbyterian Church
Wives, Daughters and Widows Association
Christian Church
Guilty man released in double jeopardy ruling
Jack Karns faced a public intoxication charge in Muncie at Union Station. His lawyer moved to quash the charge and have it dismissed on technical grounds, then the case was refiled as taking place at Union Station. A double jeopardy plea was sustained, and Karns left the court a free man.
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Times
Muncie
Ind
Jack Karns
Karns
Frank Mann
Union Station
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