Will Hays Accused in Oil Fixing Flop
Washington reports Will Hays former Postmaster General admitted receiving 260000 in Liberty bonds from Harry Sinclair to cover the Harding deficit and allegedly tried to influence Senator Ladd on the Teapot Dome vote. The account cites McArthur and Senator Adams confirming the claimed effort amid a White House meeting and a long cab ride.
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Will Hays
Basil Manly
Washington
Will H. Hays
Harry F. Sinclair
Harding
Edwin F. Ladd
North Dakota
Teapot Dome
Indianapolis Times
D. H. McArthur
Ladd
Hays
United States
Alva B. Adams
Colorado
Public Lands Committee
Mellon
Liberty
Sinclair
Weeks
Coolidge
Naval Oil
Carl C. Magee
New Mexico
Albert B. Fall
McArthur
Adams
Senator Ladd
White House
Senator
Fall
Mr. McArthur
Senator Adams
Good Friday Campaign Sees 22000 Signatures in Indianapolis
Twenty two thousand cards petitioning closing of all business and industrial interests between noon and 3 pm on Good Friday have been returned to the Indianapolis Church Federation. The drive started three weeks ago and cards were distributed in churches of all denominations citywide. Ten thousand more cards were ordered due to the strong response.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Church Federation
George Remus Freed from Ohio Insane Asylum
George Remus a Cincinnati bootlegger millionaire was acquitted of murdering his wife Imogene and ordered confined to the State Hospital for the Criminally Insane in Lima. After a habeas corpus hearing six alienists found him sane though two urged insanity and three judges split on release. He was deemed too dangerous to be at large and sent to the asylum.
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United Press
Lima
Ohio
George Remus
Cincinnati
State Hospital
Imogene
Remus
Cleaner Men Urged to Clean Up Politics
Chief Deputy Prosecutor Judson L. Stark, a Republican candidate, urged cleaner men to enter politics at a Knights of Columbus luncheon. He outlined the prosecutor's work, claiming about 15,000 cases must be tried yearly and that criminals and their friends hinder law enforcement.
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Judson L. Stark
Knights of Columbus
Spink-Arms
Stark
Italian Major Breaks Seaplane Speed Record
Major Mario de Bernardi of Italy broke his own world speed record flying a seaplane at 320.625 miles per hour. The former record stood at 296.43 mph. His fastest lap reached 350.625 mph, or 5.56 miles per minute.
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Venice
Italy
Mario de Bernardi
Major de Bernardi
Killers Hanged by Automatic Noose in Colorado
Raymond Noakes and Arthur Osborn were hanged at the State penitentiary in Canon City for the murder of Fred N. Selak known as the Hermit of Grand Lake. The mechanical gallows used a water-triggered drop. both men were executed in the early afternoon.
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United Press
Canon City
Colc
Raymond Noakes
Arthur Osborn
Fred N. Selak
Grand Lake
Noakes
Osborn
Colorado
Francis Crawford
Selak
City civic groups urged to fill council resignations
City Manager League directors moved to convene civic groups to select high caliber replacements for indicted councilmen. Prosecutor Remy seeks a list of potential successors from civic affairs, while a 4 p m meeting of the civic committee is set at the Chamber of Commerce Building. Names floated include Swaim Boetcher Stilz Mayer Grabill among others.
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City Manager League
William H. Remy
William H. Book
Chamber of Commerce Civic Affairs
Remy
Civic Affairs Committee
William Fortune
Chamber of Commerce Bldg
Book
Emsley W. Johnson
Frank Symmes
Henry Seyfried
Millard Ferguson
Otis E. Bartholomew
Boynton J. Moore
Austin H. Todd
Walter R. Dorsett
Nathan Swaim
Walter Boetcher
Meridian Service Company
Fred Stilz
Irvington Coal Company
A. Kiefer Mayer
Kiefer-Stewart Company
Harvey Grabill
Laddie the collie Finds Old Neighborhood Again
A collie named Laddie longed for his former Indianapolis home after a year away. Found exhausted on a Maple Road doorstep, he refused to return to the current owners and instead went back toward his old haunts near Public School 43, before resting with neighbors.
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Indianapolis
Laddie
Maple Rd
Kenwood Ave
Verne Getz
Getz
Ohio
Capitol Ave
Fortieth St
Rehearing Granted in Slapping Case Involving James Bennett
James Bennett 25 was fined 50 dollars and sentenced to ten days in jail for assault and battery after striking a boy on Shelby and Maryland Streets March 21 when rock was thrown at his car by children. He was released on 300 dollar bond and a new hearing set for April 5.
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James Bennett
Delbert O. Wilmeth
Bennett
Shelby and
Maryland Sts
Gerald Jackson
Maryland St
Flood bill blocked after stormy committee session
The House Flood Control committee failed to agree on a compromise flood bill during a stormy session in Washington. Members planned to reconvene Saturday to press the pact effort.
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United Press
Washington
House Flood Control Committee
Reichstag Nears End Dissolution Set Saturday
Berlin March 30 The Reichstag will be dissolved Saturday afternoon officials announced today ending the current session.
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Reichstag Nears End
United Press Berlin
Reichstag
New Sky Mark Set by Fliers
Eddie Stinson and Capt. George Haldeman set a new world record for sustained flight at 11:14 p m in the Stinson- Detroiter monoplane over the Florida coast. They exceeded the previous 52 hour 22 minute 32 second mark by 1 hour 14 minutes.
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United P
Jacksonville
Fla
United States
Eddie Stinson
George Haldeman
Stinson
Junkers
Haldeman
Florida
Detroit
School Board Accepts Rickes Resignation and Budget Talks
The school board accepted Clyde C. Rickes's resignation as assistant school business director effective April 15. The position will be abolished. Board discussed advertising a 200000 bond issue for Arsenal Technical High School auditorium and gymnasium, part of a larger 450000 plan. Alterations to Crispus Attacks High School auditorium for a 16000 organ were denied funding. work may proceed at patrons’ expense.
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Clyde C. Rickes
Business Directo
Rickes
Arsenal Technical High School
Crispus Attacks
Veteran jeweler Charles Snavely dies at 59
Charles Snavely 59 a longtime Indianapolis jeweler died at his home after a two year illness. Funeral services are Saturday at 2 30 p m at the 822 N Chester Ave residence with burial in Memorial Park cemetery. Survived by wife Francis A Snavely four daughters Helen Fuller Mayme Bremer Florence West Ruth Snavely two brothers William and Edward Snavely and sister Mrs Elizabeth Coulter.
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Charles Snavely
Washington St
Chester Ave
Memorial Park Cemetery
Snavely
Wooster
Ohio
Francis A. Snavely
Helen Fuller
Mayme Bremer
Florence West
Ruth Snavely
Indianapolis
William and
Edward Snavely
Elizabeth Coulter
Cleveland
Fire damages Indianapolis Power and Light plant
Candlelight returned to use for over two hours across much of the South West and parts of the north in Indianapolis after two circuits burned out at the Indianapolis Power and Light Company plant on 744 Washington Ave. The loss was near 10000 dollars as workmen battled to repair disabled equipment through the night.
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Indianapolis
Indianapolis Power and Light Company
Washington Ave
Thib’s Saint Bernard Mascot Dead at DePauw
Thib the 6 year old Saint Bernard mascot for DePauw University died after ingesting poison. The incident occurred on campus in Greencastle Indiana and the cause remains undetermined.
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Greencastle
Ind
Thibaudeaux
de Pauw University
Thib
St.Bernard
Lindbergh plans summer trans Atlantic goodwill flight
Col. Charles Lindbergh intends a nonrecord attempt voyage this summer. He will test a new Ryan monoplane in southern California, then fly via easy hops toward Europe and possibly across Russia China and the Pacific returning to the United States. The trip aims for goodwill with multiple nations and may avoid battle zones.
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Ene A. Hallgren
United Staff
Vocpyriane
United Press
Washington
Charles Lindbergh
Europe
Russia
China
Japan
Pacific
Linbergh
Mitchel Field
New York
Germany
Lindbergh
San Diego
Cal
California
India
Indo- China
Indo-China
Philippines
Midway Islands
Hawaii
Brock
Schlee
Detroit
Midways
Slaying Victim Found On Roof In Richmond
Richmond Indiana March 30 finding of the body of Harry Marsh a world war veteran on the roof of a shed back of his home with a forehead wound has sparked a murder mystery. Police hold five persons including his bride Flor ence Marsh and her son Carl Breece 12 Erma Dill 26 Eva Hilling 19 and Karl Holliday 52 none of whom have led to a identification of the killer. Police say Marsh and his wife quarreled and the shot was not at close range. Mrs Marsh says she knows nothing of the death.
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Times Special
Richmond
Ind
Harry Marsh
Florence Marsh
Carl Breece
Erma Dill
Eva Hilling
Karl Holliday
Marion Sleet Strikes Phone Service Across Indiana
Marion Indiana suffered widespread telephone outages after Thursday sleet crippled all but one of its thirty three long distance lines. Indiana Bell official J W Hannon estimated restoration by 5 PM as poles and ice coated wires collapsed between Marion and nearby cities including Warsaw Anderson Kokomo Lafayette and Frankfort.
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Marion
Ind
J. W. Hannon
Indiana Bell Telephone Company
Indianapolis
South Bend
Ft. Wayne
Hannon
Indiana
Wabash
Anderson
Kokomo
Elwood
Lafayette
Frankfort
Pickford will files. Mary Pickford to inherit major estate
Mary Pickford named principal beneficiary in the will of Charlotte Pickford filed for probate in Los Angeles Superior Court. The deceased left an estate exceeding 1 million dollars, largely from assets Charlotte accumulated.
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Py United Press
Los Angeles
Cal
Mary Pickford
Charlotte Pickford
Superior Court
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House Committee
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Hegenberger
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