Brand Wife as Slayer of Husband in Tragic Domestic Feud
Coroner and police declared the death a murder and attempted suicide after Edwin Kilner 62 was found shot in bed at 3140 Speed Way avenue with his wife Jeanette Kilner 54 wounded nearby. Investigators noted ongoing quarrels over property deeds as the motive and described Kilner as a long time Indianapolis mail handler residing on Speedway avenue.
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Edwin Kilner
Speed Way Avenue
Kilner
Jeanette Kilner
Florence Hague
Speedway Avenue
Charles H. Keever
Rum runners escape after gun battle on Detroit river
A gun battle at the foot of Twenty fourth street on the Detroit river involved at least fifteen rum runners and seven border patrol officers. Two liquor laden trucks were seized while smugglers and several officers escaped in their own vehicles with no injuries reported.
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United Press
Detroit
Mich
Customs Border Patrol
Twenty-fourth Street
Detroit River
Free Wife of Old Crab in Death Inquiry
Bridgeport, Conn. May 2. Mrs Gladys Foster Beardslee was released after the coroner found Oliver Beardslee died by his own act. The 51 year old Stratford man shot himself during a threat to take his life. Beardslee’s widow, 27, once called him an old crab and said she married for his money.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Gladys Foster Beardslee
Oliver Beardslee
Stratford
Beardslee
Hillside
John H. Phelan
Auto plants set records in production and plans
Detroit reports a week of strong auto industry news. Ford April output rose about 33 000 units from March, totaling 147 065. Hudson Motor Car Co shipped 44 447 Hudson and Essex cars in April, a company high. Graham-Paige April production reached 11 450, a new record. Dodge Brothers March shipments rose 78 percent from February. Buick to unveil the Marquette six cylinder in the lower priced field this summer. Chrysler, led by B E Hutchinson, reports large reductions in funded debt since July 30, 1928.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Mich
Ford
Hudson Motor Car Company
Hudson
Dodge Brothers
Marquette
Buick Motor Company
B. E. Hutchinson
Chrysler Corporation
1929 Acts Published for State Legislature
Otto Fifield announces distribution of the 1929 legislature acts will begin Monday. Governor Harry G. Leslie and state officers received leather bound volumes today. Thirty thousand copies printed. 7,389 sent to county clerks. Marion county quota 3,680. Citizens may buy copies at the secretary of state office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Fifield
Harry G. Leslie
Marion
Secretary of State
Dean Acts in Mixup Over Liberal Club Meeting
University of Pittsburgh authorities ordered Liberal Club leaders to report to Dean of Men A H Armbruster amid a campus dispute. The clash arose after a Liberal Club meeting with Dr Harry Elmer Barnes on the Mooney Billings case was barred from campus ten days earlier.
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Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh
Liberal Club
William Albertson
Arthur McDowell
A. H. Armbruster
Harry Elmer Barnes
Mooney-Billings
Hoover Hosts 47 Business Leaders at White House Luncheon
President Hoover entertained forty seven leaders of business and industry at a White House luncheon. The guests were in Washington for the seventeenth annual meeting of the United States Chamber of Commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Washington
Herbert Hoover
White House
United States Chamber of Commerce
Mellon May Be Called By Probe Group
Senate judiciary committee weighs whether to summon Andrew Mellon to explain business ties linked to the Aluminum Company of America. The fight, led by Senator Reed, shapes the chamber’s approach to the Mellon case amid a broader farm relief debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul R. Mallon
United Press
Washington
Andrew W. Mellon
Treasury
Senate Judiciary Committee
Mellon
Senate
Thomas Walsh
Montana
Aluminum Company of America
David A. Reed
Republican
Reed
Creek Bridge Shuts After Structural Cracks Found
The West Tenth street bridge over Big Eagle creek was closed by county commissioners after reports of sagging ends and cracked cross timbers. County Engineer Paul Brown and highway superintendent Charles Mann led the inspection, with detours via the high school road and Michigan road. The day’s notes also reference a $30,000 bond issue for a new bridge amid remonstrances to the state tax board by the Indiana Taxpayers Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Tenth Street
Big Eagle Creek
Paul Brown
Charles Mann
High School
Michigan Road
State Tax Board
Indiana Taxpayers’ Association
Hoover immigration foes say they’ll win
Advocates of the national origins immigration system claim enough senate votes to defeat delaying the system. Senator David A. Reed of Pennsylvania says there will be no compromise and will insist on differing from the President’s recommendations. He states party regularity is not involved and that a majority has held this line since the 1924 law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scripps-Howard
Alliance
Washington
Senate
Hoover
David A. Reed
Pennsylvania
Reed
Congress
Congressman Morgan Escapes Trial in Booze Case
New York May 2 The federal grand jury said Representative William M Morgan cannot be indicted for bringing liquor into the country under free entry. The panel condemned the free entry privilege for officials as un American and contrary to equality before the law. Morgan a dry Republican sparked national debate when he demanded free entry and allegedly used abusive language toward customs officials on a March return from a southern cruise. He later said five bottles of liquor were for his father in law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
New York
United States Federal Grand Jury
William M. Morgan
Ohio
Morgan
Agents suspended for using girls in liquor arrests
Edward Little and John Cole, state dry agents in Columbus Ohio, were suspended on charges of using two girls as decoys to arrest Lancaster liquor violators. The girls were paid to enter a shop and buy whisky, triggering the vendors’ arrest. Governor Myers Cooper condemned the practice and warned it would not be tolerated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syited
Columbus
Edward Little
John Cole
Lancaster
Joseph Horner
United States
Weer
Myers Cooper
Little
Cole
German Financial Crisis Predicted by Reparations Delegates
In Paris on May 2 Japanese reparations experts Setsuichi Aoki and Baron Matsui warned a German financial crisis could erupt if talks collapse. They cited German capital flight totaling over 100 million dollars in the prior two weeks to Switzerland and London, with risks of spreading globally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Paris
United States
Setsuichi Aoki
Baron Matsui
Germany
Switzerland
London
Slack Urges City to Observe National Music Week
Mayor L. Ert Slack calls on citizens to observe National Music Week May 5 to 12. Proclamation highlights music's national scope and benefits with activities in schools churches clubs and homes. Indianapolis invited to participate in the week devoted to music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Ert Slack
Indianapolis
Postal Receipts Fall in April Despite More Mail Handled
Postmaster Robert H. Bryson reported April postal receipts of 419,744 dollars, down 4.64 percent from April 1928. He attributed the decline to rate reductions effective July 1, noting that total mail volume increased versus last year.
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Robert H. Bryson
Bryson
Pettis Heirs Seek $700000 Gift From Foundation
In Indianapolis probate action seventeen Pettis heirs sue Indiana Trust Co to recover the original 1920 Pettis gift of $70000 and about $50000 interest, claiming Alfonso Pettis was aged over 90 and of unsound mind when the trust was created. The suit seeks to disaffirm the trust and repossess the foundation property and earnings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Foundation
Alfonso P. Pettis
Pettis Dry Goods Company
Mahlon E. Bush
C. Severin Buschnmann
Mr. Pettis
Indiana Trust Company
Pettis
Indianapolis
Buschmann
America
Nice
France
Mgr. Fettis
Leo M. Gardner
Siamese Twin Girls Born in Illinois Join at Hips at Memorial
In Matson Illinois two baby girls born to Mr and Mrs Fred Denz of Ash Grove are reported doing nicely at Memorial Hospital. The twins are joined at the hips sharing one set of abdominal organs yet each has a normal head chest and limbs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press Matson
Ill
Fred Denz
Ash Grove
Memorial Hospital
Spanish Vessel Collides With Freighter in New York Harbor
The Spanish liner Cristobal Colon carrying 1,000 passengers collided with the freighter River Orontes in lower New York harbor near the Narrows bottleneck. No passengers were hurt, but the freighter sustained damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
New York
Cristobal Colon
River Orontes
New York Harbor
Royal Spanish Mail Line
Atlantic
TAD DORGAN PASSES
NEW YORK May 2 T A Dorgan noted sports cartoonist and fight authority died in his sleep at his Great Neck Long Island home.
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Great Neck
United Press
New York
T. A Dorgan
L. I
Bankhead Daughter Plans to Stay on Stage
Miss Tullulah Bankhead, daughter of Alabama congressman William B. Bankhead, announced in London that she will devote herself to acting and put aside marriage plans for now. Her engagement to Italian Count Anthony De Bosdari was broken by mutual consent, with both remaining devoted despite the split.
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United Areas
London
Tullulah Bankhead
Alabama
Miss Bankhead
Anthony de Bosdari
Josephine Fish
Chicago
William B. Bankhead
Jasper
Ala
United States
John Hollis Bankhead
Saltzman cleared for radio post with stock pledge
Major General Charles M. Saltzman was recommended for Senate confirmation to the radio commission on the condition he sell holdings in GE and AT&T. Senator Dill had warned the stock ownership disqualified him, but the committee voted to advance the nomination after the pledge to divest.
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Scripps-Howard Newspaper Alliance
Washington
Charles M. Saltzman
Radio Commission
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Saltzman
Herbert Hoover
General Electric Company
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Clarence C. Dill
Fall Ends Party Leaves Soldier Hurt at Brevoort Hotel
Police say a drinking party at the Brevort hotel climaxed when R. E. Dematus, 24, a Ft. Benjamin Harrison soldier, fell or leaped from a third story fire escape. Army officers identified him at city hospital. X rays showed no skull fracture and he was moved to fort hospital. Investigators found bottles in the room registered to William Saling and Charles Johns, both of Indianapolis.
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R. E. Dematus
Ft. Benjamin Harrison
Brevort Hotel
Dematus
Army Post
City Hospital
Fort Hospital
William Saling
Charles Johns
Indianapolis
Driver Naps and Dies in Indiana Crash
Sam Salyer of Detroit Michigan was killed in an auto crash east of Dunreith on the National Road at 3 30 AM after reportedly falling asleep at the wheel. His car struck an Indianapolis Star delivery truck driven east by Joe Meeks of 823 South State Avenue Indianapolis. Meeks was held blameless. Mrs Salyer suffered serious injuries while the couple’s 3 year old son escaped unharmed.
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Newcastle
Ind
Sam Salyer
Detroit
Mich
Dunreith
Salyer
Indianapolis Star
Joe Meeks
South State Avenue
Indianapolis
Meeks
Musicians compete for NFMC Great Lakes district reps
Forty four young musicians contest this Friday and Saturday at the YWCA to determine district representatives for the National Federation of Music Clubs Great Lakes District. District winners advance to Boston in June for the national contest tied to the federation convention.
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National Federation of Music Clubs
Great Lakes
Boston
National Federation
Crossed Eye Cure Doctor Valorizes Quack Practice
Chicago records reveal Dr. Franklin D. Carter selling crossed-eye corrections for ten percent of annual income. He describes eye muscle surgeries as simple, boasting of 6,500 successful cases and noting license loss after a 1930s incident. Authorities pursued him for practicing without a license as public outcry grows.
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James K. Martindale
United Press
Chicago
West Madison Street
Doc Carter
Doc
Snow Dumps Midwest Bringing Crop Damage Fears
Snow and cold sweep across Missouri Illinois and Indiana with four to six inches in spots. Fruit crops such as cherry peach and apple trees are in bloom and face possible losses as winds hail and freezing temperatures disrupt communications and cause structural damage. Local weather officials warn of further flurries and a turn to cooler conditions.
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Indiana
Mercury
J. H. Armington
Weather Bureau
Armington
Valparaiso
Lake Michigan
Missouri
Springfield
Ozarks
Old South
St. Louis
Ill
Ilinois
Illinois
Supreme Court Hears Steve Pleas Today
The Indiana Supreme Court debated whether affidavits from D. C. Stephenson and associates should be struck from the record in a Noblesville trial case. The affidavits claim mob violence fear affected testimony. ruling was expected soon.
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Supreme Court
Steve
D. C
Terre Haute
Blankenbaker
Defense
James M. Ogden
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