G O P Chiefs Study Task of Beating Fifield
Republican leaders map strategies to nominate Jesse Eschbach or back incumbent secretary of state Otto Fifield amid intra party divisions. Anti Coffin factions push Lawrence Orr. depot debates loom as 1 957 delegates prepare to vote. Local leaders warn Democrats nominating a strong slate could hurt GOP prospects. Uncle Joe Cravens may retire after a long career in Indiana politics.
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Ben Stern
Otto G. Fifield
Jesse Eschbach
Ft. Wayne
State Accounts Board
Indianapolis
Eschbach
George W. Coffin
Fifield
Lawrence F. Orr
Accounts Board
Long
Orr
Lake County
Marion County
St. Joseph County
Vanderburgh
Vigo
Allen
Indiana
Literary Digest
Congress
Samuel B. Pettengill
South Bend
Charles A. Carlisle
Andrew Hickey
Ira Holmes
D Coffin Organization
Joseph M. Cravens
Uncle Joe
Madison
Two Injured in Fall at 122 West Thirteenth Street
Mrs Mae Mattingly, 22, of 122 West Thirteenth Street Apt 1, was critically injured Friday afternoon when she fell over a second floor stair banister. Her back was broken and she remains hospitalized. Fire destroyed the Methodist church in South Milford, Ind, causing $15,000 loss with $8,000 insured. Women members had started a stove fire for a supper and left. they returned to find the blaze, believed caused by a stove explosion.
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Mae Mattingly
West Thirteenth Street
Apt. 1
City Hospital
Svecia
South
Milford
Ind
Want to Look Young with Olive Tablets
A promotion for Dr. Edwards Olive Tablets claims youthfulness comes from a healthy liver and bowels. The Ohio physician marketed a vegetable compound as a gentler substitute for calomel to improve digestion and vitality, promising natural buoyancy by toning the liver and bowels.
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Edwards
Ohio
Teller
Banana crop destruction in Vera Cruz to prop up prices
From Vera Cruz Mexico March 29 farmers and fruit firms discard bananas as United States prices remain low. Companies prefer destroying fruit to shipping it and lowering the market, aiming to push prices higher.
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United Preas Vera Cruz
Mexico
United States
Widow seeks jury trial in Erlanger case
United Press report from New York says Mrs. Charlotte Fixel Erlanger asks a jury trial over a claimed share of Abraham L. Erlanger estate, estimated at 75 million dollars. Her counsel asserts a campaign to discredit her claim and cites her affidavit describing Erlanger acknowledging their marriage in Atlantic City on November 3 1927.
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United Presse
New York
Foley
Charlotte Fixel-Erlenger
Abraham L. Erlanger
Max D. Steuer
Erlanger
Charlotte Fixel
Farmer Kills Rancher Over Hog Theft Then Sentenced to Die
Texarkana March 29 United Press Dave Goodwin a 42 year old Texas farmer was sentenced to die in the electric chair after saying he killed Lloyd Elliott a hog rancher in self defense to avoid prosecution for stealing a hog.
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United Press
Texarkana
Tex
Dave Goodwin
Texas
Goodwin
Lloyd Elliott
Woman financier ends 29 day fast in Paris
Paris March 29 United Press reports financier Marthe Manau who headed the Gazette du France ended a 29 day hunger strike by taking food. Authorities claim thousands of small investors were swindled when her publication collapsed about a year ago.
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United Press
Paris
Marthe Manau
Mme. Manau
Gazette du France
Gone but Not Forgotten Automobiles Stolen Report
Police list stolen cars linked to owners Claude York Danville Chevrolet coach 584 344 from Danville Hare Chevrolet Company Liberty and Washington streets Chevrolet coupe from Massachusetts avenue and Michigan street Tom Beall 2822 Adams street Chevrolet sedan 752 047 from 3547 Massachusetts avenue George Hampsling R PR 3 Box 600 Chrysier coach 753 137 from Ray street and Marion avenue F W Kreimer 1222 c street Ford touring 79 819 from Ohio and New Jersey streets
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Claude York
Danville
Ind
Chevrolet
Hare Chevrolet Company
Liberty
Washington Streets
Massachusetts Avenue
C Street
Ford Touring
Ohio
New Jersey
Stolen Cars Recovered by Police Across City
Police recover several stolen automobiles including a Buick sedan on Walnut near Meridian and a Ford roadster on Walnut near General Motors. Other finds include a Chevrolet sedan on Walnut near Gen Motors, a Jewett sedan at Meridian and Walnut, a Ford coupe at 30 West Walnut, an Overland tudor on Marion Avenue, and an Auburn sedan at Indiana and Vermont. Various owners named with addresses listed.
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Shannon Johnson
Road Street
Buick
Walnut Street
Meridian Street
KH. Morton
Walnut Stret
General Motors Company
Arch Hughes
Terre Haute
Chevrolet
Everett Henderson
Keystone Avenue
Jewett
Meridian
Joe Appleman
North
Delaware Street
Ford
West
Naid Wickens
Fifth Avenue
North Street
Sylvester Neuhausel
Maryland Street
Marion Avenue
Indiana Avenue
Vermont Street
Walnut and
Tilinois Streets
Murder of Noted Soviet Scientist Shocks Tashkent
Moscow reports a mysterious death by shooting of Professor I. M. Michaelovsky at the Mid-Asiatic University in Tashkent. His work on resuscitating dead animals alarmed religious circles, fueling theories about wife involvement amid political and religious tensions. Police pursue questions of motive and possible murder by his wife and others.
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United Press
Moscow
I. M. Michaelovsky
Mid-Asiatic University
Tashkent
Michaelovsky
Window break spree nets several burglaries downtown
Friday night burglars smashed display windows at multiple shops including Frank Dappis dry cleaning at 56 South Illinois, Jack Werner loan shop at 234 Indiana, Kroger at Twenty-fifth and Davidson, and John Joseph store at 2037 Landley. A brick hurler damaged two windows, small food items were missing at Kroger and John Joseph, and $41 was stolen from Miss Cora Bessinger at 931 South New Jersey.
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Vernie Cook
Douglass Street
Frank Dappis
South
Illinois Street
Jack Werner Loan
Indiana Avenue
Kroger
Twenty-fifth
Davidson Streets
John Joseph
Funeral Rites Set for Mrs Bryce 80
Funeral services for Mrs Abbie Hunt Bryce 80 widow of Peter F Bryce will be held at 2 pm Monday at Flanner Buchanan mortuary burial in Crown Hill cemetery She was the first superintendent of nurses at Flower Mission training school Survivors include a sister Miss Mollie Hunt of Cincinnati three stepsons and two stepdaughters
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Abbie Hunt Bryce
Peter F. Bryce
North
New Jersey Street
Flanner & Buchanan Mortuary
Crown Hill Cemetery
Bank Merger Names Aldrich President and McCain Chairman
Winthrop W. Aldrich has been named president of the organization and Charles S. McCain named chairman of the board following a giant bank merger. The appointments place Aldrich at the helm and McCain guiding the board as the new leadership takes over.
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Winthrop W. Aldrich
Over Left
Charles S. McCain
Chase National Bank of New York
John McHugh
Albert H. Wiggin
Indianapolis Times Reader Bulletin Request
A reader from Washington asks for a bulletin on State Motor Vehicle Laws and returns 5 cents for postage and handling. The note is addressed to The Indianapolis Times at 1322 New York Avenue, Washington DC.
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Washington
Indianapolis Times
New York Avenue
Washington, D. C
Huston funds under fire in Senate probe vote
Washington march 29 the senate may vote on the senate lobby committee report condemning or approving Claudius Huston chairman of the Republican national committee over the handling of funds for the Tennessee River Improvement Association. The committee plans a formal vote next week on the $36100 given by Union Carbide Company for lobbying activities.
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Ryu
Washington
Senate
Claudius Huston
Republican National Committee
Tennessee River Improvement Association
Senate Lobby Committee
Huston
Union Carbide Company
New British Ambassador Inherits Embassys Dry Cellar
In Medaryville Indiana on March 29 the Times Special reports the British embassy cellar is nearly empty. New ambassador Sir Donald Lindsay may lift the liquor import ban started by Sir Esme Howard, requiring new stock from abroad. Lady Lindsay notes the scarce supply left by Howard. Commencement address for Medaryville High is set for April 18 by Dr Clyde Milner of Earlham College.
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Donald Lindsay
Howard
Esme Howard
Lady Lindsay
Times Special
Medaryville
Ind
Medaryville High School
Clyde Milner
Earlham College
Tin Pan Alley Muscled In by Racketeers
New York reports gangsters have muscled in on Tin Pan Alley as cheap song sheets spread across major cities. The Music Publishers Protective Association says writers lose millions monthly, with sales dropping in Irving Berlin’s firm. The racket extends from Coney Island to Chicago and San Francisco, with threats and sluggings but no gunfire yet.
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TIN Pan Alley
United Press
New York
William D. Mitchell
United States
Broadway
Coney Island
Music Publishers’ Protective Association
Dixie
Memphis
Atlanta
Dallas
Chicago
Syracuse
Boston
Baltimore
San Francisco
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Detroit
Cleveland
Los Angeles
Parks Post Vacant as Milner Resigns from Park Board
Mayor Reginald H Sullivan weighs a successor to John E Milner who resigned Friday from the park board. Milner had held the post since 1925 and his departure came as a surprise at city hall. In Marseilles March 29, Rigaud of the Annam council announced Communists plan a general revolution in French Indo China and the British and Dutch East Indies.
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Reginald H. Sullivan
John E. Milner
Park Board
Milner
City Hall
United Press
Marseilles
France
Four Killed in Crash At Crossing In Marion Ohio
Four members of a Columbus family were killed when their car collided with a Big Four passenger train at a Marion crossing Friday night. The victims are William J. Stephens, 33, Nancy Stephens, 60, Hariette Stephens 27, and Stephen Stephens, 9, all from Columbus.
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United Prene Marion, O
Columbus
William J. Stephens
Nancy Stephens
Harriette Stephens
Stephen
Ralph Stephens
Clemenceau Bitter Over Allies in Last Days Book
New York March 29 George Clemenceau in his final days bitter about his quarrel with Marshal Foch and dismayed by postwar policies. He scorns allied hesitations while praising Foch for his role at Ypes and notes Britain and America failing to deter others as he writes in Grandeur and Misery of Victory in Collier's.
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United Press
New York
George Clemenceau
Marshal Ferdinand Foch
Clemenceau
Paris
Foch
Collier's Today
England
America
Ypes
Mayor Tightens Rule on City Employees Duty
Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan proclaimed a new rule requiring city workers to work full time at their desks and stop loitering in the City Hall rotunda while seeking jobs. The policy emphasizes productivity and formal duties during work hours.
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Reginald H. Sullivan
Sullivan
Federal agents charge forging seven prescriptions
Federal narcotic agents arrested Dolph H. Staub of 707 East Twenty second Street and Claude Mitchell of 20 McLean Place on Friday after alleging they forged seven prescriptions for narcotics.
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Federal
Dolph H. Staub
East Twenty Second Street
Claude Mitchell
McLean Place
Gunmen admit four hold ups police assert
Police say two alleged gunmen Donald Joseph and Paul Pierce confessed to four robberies in Indianapolis and Columbus including a February Checker Cab money truck heist, March 11 Yellow Cab payroll theft, March 7 Friehofer Bakery robbery, and a Columbus field raid on March 6. The pair, parole violators with prior auto theft terms, were confronted by officers after visiting a statehouse.
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Columbus
Donald Joseph
Olive Street
Paul Pierce
Shelby Street
Checker Cab Company
Yellow Cab Company
Friehofer Bakery Company
Donaldson-Omar Baking Company
John Hancock
Hattie May Hancock
South Wlinois Street
Joseph
Pierce
Robert Humes
Charles Bridges
Merle Remley
Indianapolis
Brookville Road
Henry
Meridian
John Dubuc
Friehofer Bakery
Yellow Cab
North Illinois Street
Statehouse
Humes
State Reformatory
Daviess County PTA Council Meet Set for April 11
Washington Indiana March 29 The Daviess County Parent-Teacher Association council will meet here April 11.
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Times Special
Washington, Ind
Daviess County
Parent-Teacher Association Council
London Naval Conference Delegates Receptions Break Tradition
J Ramsay MacDonald Miss Ishbel MacDonald and cabinet members hosted delegates at a reception in the house of lords on Friday night shattering norms surrounding the chamber.
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United Preas London
J. Ramsay MacDonald
Ishbel MacDonald
House of Lords
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