Indiana Rum Ring Arrests Net 22 in Vigo Vermillion Raids
Federal agents seized Vigo and Vermillion counties to arrest 22 indicted in a major Indiana liquor conspiracy linked to the Traums of Terre Haute and St. Louis. Forty six defendants named in four indictments face trial, with four gang murders under review. gang ties to Egan's Rats noted. several figures from Clinton, Terre Haute, and Indianapolis named. Trial set before Judge Baltzell. several killings may be solved.
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Vigo
Vermillion
Grand Jury
Indiana
Clinton
Terre Haute
Joe
Jacob Traum
St. Louis
Jack Oakin
George Evans
Indianapolis
Jack Bell
Mario Bonacarsi
Clinton Wholesale
Victor Borucchi
Bonacorsi
Theodore
William Cholera
Joseph Polaski
Angelo Stefani
Carl Snodgrass
John B. Sturm
Montezuma
John Barrole
Fred Ketter
Danny Wagner
Homer Wright
Chicago
Traums
Arthur Zamberlatti
Frank Magione
Albert Moore
Ivan Money
Robert C. Baltzell
Jackie Morrison
George Aluucks
Dutch Rebeck
William Akerly
Frosh Soph War Leads to $51 150 Suit at Columbia
In New York on May 3, 210 freshmen and a sophomores’ group face four damage suits in supreme court after a Villa restaurant freshman dinner turned violent. The manager and Miss Ida Bloom report bruises while the Columbia Spectator questions the defendants’ ability to pay. The incident recalls a past McAlpin hotel case of similar class rivalry.
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New York
Columbia University
Villa
Yonkers
Charles Ilse
Ida Bloom
Supreme Court
Columbia Spectator
McAlpin Hotel
Pork Market Moves Up in Quiet Trade
Quiet Union Stockyards trade shows hog prices up about 10 cents from Friday. Bulk hogs 160 to 250 pounds sell at 10.40 to 10.50 with top 10.50, receipts about 2,500 and 227 holdovers. Cattle and sheep activity minimal with steady or nominal figures. Chicago hog receipts total 7,000 with 5,000 direct. heaviest weights near 9.95. Cattle receipts 300. sheep 7,000.
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Chicago
Prince Wales may be promoted to major general this year
A United Press report from London on May 3 states the prince of Wales has a chance to attain the rank of major general this year. He has been a colonel since April 15, 1929, and observers see a likely pathway to the higher rank.
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Wales
Bu United Press
London
Prince of Wales
Traders Dump Stocks Wildly In Frantic New York Session
A new wave of selling sent United States Steel to about 171 as 3,239,600 shares changed hands by 11:30 in the market’s most active session since last November. Chaotic late trading unsettled small traders while some issues edged up on renewed support. Bethlehem Steel led early rallies with gains alongside Johns-Manville, Lorillard, Woolworth, Radio-Keith, Montgomery Ward, Westinghouse Electric and American Radiator. American Can showed notable recovery.
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New York
United States Steel
Elmer C. Walzer
United Press
Stock Exchange
Bethlehem Steel
Johns-Manville
Lorillard
Woolworth
Radio-Keith
Montgomery Ward
Westinghouse Electric
American
Pontiac Population Nearly Doubles in a Decade
Pontiac, Mich has 64,544 residents now, nearly twice its 1920 figure of 34,173. Census supervisor D. D. Fisher released the latest counts.
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United Press
Pontiac
Mich
D. D. Fisher
Death of Jo actress Miss Jenny Lee at 72
London reports the death of Mrs. J. P. Burnett known as Jo in the stage version of Bleak House. She died today at age 72, having delighted thousands as the crossing sweeper.
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United Press
London
J. P. Burnett
Jenny Lee
Orphans to be visited by Thirteenth district Legion group
Hester Ind May 3 The town of Hester will host a motor cavalcade of Thirteenth district American Legion and auxiliary members who will tour the Soldiers and Sailors Orphans home at Knightstown on Sunday.
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Byn Times
Hester, Ind
Thirteenth District
American Legion and Auxiliary
Soldiers and Sailors Orphans
Knightstown
Solo Flight Event For Times Aviator Lowell Nussbaum
The eve of Lowell Nussbaum's solo flight is described as the greatest life moment for the Times aviation editor. A crowd will gather at Hoosier airport on Kessler boulevard and Lafayette pike at 8:45 Sunday morning to watch weather permitting. Readers are invited to attend the aviation progress celebration.
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Lowell Nussbaum
Times Aviation
Times
Hoosier
Kessler Boulevard
Lafayette Pike
Nussbaum
Hoosier Airport
Baby in Edinburg Mystery Solved by Reported Lead
Sheriff en route to Edinburg to verify a claim of a baby found in rain on Bluff and Stump roads. An Indianapolis Times reporter discovers the infant, named John Doe Jr., is actually Jackie Dubner living with his grandmother. A local woman would identify the child, neighbors say photos resemble Jackie.
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George Winkler
Edinburg
Ind
Bluff and
Stump Roads
Indianapolis Times
Sheriff Winkler
City Hospital
John Doe Jr
Jackie Dubner
Charles Dubner
Haugh Street
St. Clair Street
Ketcham Street
Jackie
Civic group asks rail officials to keep Bluff Road open
South Meridian Civic Club asked cooperation of Belt railroad officials in abandoning plans to close Bluff road due to track elevation. A committee led by Alfred G. Mueller will confer with railroad engineers. The association warns closing the road would worsen traffic congestion.
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Belt Railroad
Bluff Road
South Meridian
Butler Tour Arranged for Economics Students to Chicago
Twenty five Butler University economics students will inspect Chicago sites May 11 under Professor Mervyn Bridenstine. The men only group will stay two days visiting the Federal Reserve Bank Crawford Avenue power plant and the Chicago Stock Exchange. They will tour Inland Steel in Gary Standard Oil in Whiting and Studebaker in South Bend.
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Butler University Economics Department
Chicago
Mervyn Bridenstine
Federal Reserve Bank
Crawford Avenue
Chicago Stock Exchange
Gary
Inland Steel
Whiting
Standard Oil
South Bend
Studebaker
Doumergue sails to Algiers with French fleet
President Gaston Doumergue and his party departed Toulon aboard the warship Duquesne for Algiers to witness a grand demonstration of the French Mediterranean fleet.
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Preas
Toulon
France
Gaston Doumergue
Duquesne
Algiers
Mediterranean
Railroad Bank Officials Deny Rumors of Instability
W T Cannon, president of the Railroadmen's Building and Savings Association, stated the bank is in the strongest condition in its 43 year history. State exam shows 60 million in assets with 1.657 million cash. first mortgage loans total about 50 million in Indianapolis. withdrawals are heavy but deposits are being paid in full. A $1,000 reward is offered for those spreading malicious rumors.
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W. T. Cannon
Railroadmen’s Building and Savings Association
State Banking Department
Indianapolis
Cannon
George J. Marott
Marott
Joseph J. Schmid
Cop Shoots Fiancée in Accidental Police-Related Incident
Chicago May 3 Alice Rita Voight a Chicago telephone supervisor was fatally wounded in a reported hold up near her home. Her policeman fiancé Herman Last of the Hyde Park squad was held for questioning after claiming the bandit entered the car and Last fired accidentally hitting Voight while his own weapon remained unused.
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United Press
Chicago
Alice Rita Voight
Herman Last
Hyde Park
Hoover Delays Commission on Economic Booms Study
President Hoover will postpone forming a commission to analyze the forces behind business cycles until the current upheaval has settled and a clearer perspective exists. The delay follows speculation on when Hoover would proceed with the survey first mentioned before the U S Chamber of Commerce last Thursday.
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United Press
Washington
Hoover
United States Chamber of Commerce
Bond Purchases Reported by Indiana Banks
The Merchants National Bank of Muncie paid premiums of 323.23 and 126.68 for two bond issues of 30000 and 12000 for road projects. Anderson Banking Company bought 17000 in bonds at a premium of 205.
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Uy Times Special
ANDIN
Ind
Merchants National Bank of
Gang Bullets Kill Bartender in Ice Box Tragedy
John M. McLoughlin a 41 year old bartender was found dying inside a large refrigerator at an Amsterdam Avenue saloon. His brother in law John Sheehan reported the empty bar and a small sum missing but detectives call the shooting gangster work.
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United Press
New York
John M. McLoughlin
John Sheehan
Amsterdam Avenue
McLoughlin
Man sues over alleged abusive detainment by detective
Otis Pearson an Indianapolis street railway motorman files in civil municipal court for 500 damages alleging an NDB operative detained him on April 11 in the 1010 Odd Fellows building for suspected watch theft and used vile language causing a severe nervous shock. Detective H C Woodward and the bureau are named in the suit.
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National Detective Bureau Company
Odd Fellows Building
Otis Pearson
Indianapolis Street Railway
H. C. Woodward
Detective Bureau
Woodward
Pearson
Mayor Sullivan leaves city for pre primary weekend
Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan departed the city for a weekend rest to avoid pre primary activity. He will return Tuesday to vote and finish duties in his office. City hall will close so he can work uninterrupted.
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Reginald H. Sullivan
Sullivan
Wedding Eve Tragedy Ends In Poison Death
Rose Serocco, 15, killed herself on the eve of her wedding in New York as she and fiancé Frank Cerasini faced despair. She had carried a white pill and challenged him to dare her to take it. Cerasini attempted to seize the pill and later leaped from a fifth floor window when a doctor declared her dead.
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United Press
New York
Rose Serocco
Frank Cerasini
Cerasini
Hopi Katchini Dance Prays For Rain In Desert Ceremony
In Arizona Hopi in colorful Katchini dance perform rain prayers as medicine men lead dawn rituals. Drought fears prompt chiefs and villagers to seek the storm gods with chants and a ceremonial fire. Young dancers mingle with Hopi maidens after the event runs through Sunday sunset.
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Towakewptewa
Night Baseball Lights Up Des Moines Softball Stadium
Des Moines Western League club defeated Wichita 13 to 6 under floodlights in a first official night game. A crowd of 40 million candlepower broadcasting glow lit the field, drawing praise from spectators and sportswriters for the novel spectacle.
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Des Moines
Wichita
Rain Dampens Plans for Sunday Outdoor Activities
The weather bureau warns spring showers may dampen plans for golfers motorists and others seeking open spaces Sunday. Temperatures will rise and skies will be cloudy as forecast.
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United States Weather Bureau
Heat Peaks in Gotham as City Suffers Heat Wave
New York records a yearly heat high of 82 amid a market slide. The heat trap canyons between skyscrapers trap warm air. Two men die from heart prostration. one in a doctor's office and the other on a street.
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United Press
New York
Weather Bureau
Lindbergh Resumes Flight From Pan American Airport
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh took off from Pan American airport in Miami on May 3 at a.m. to resume a flight to New York.
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Miami
United Press
Fla
Charles A. Lindbergh
Pan-American Airport
New York
New York Raid At Dock Seizes Liquor From 7000 Passengers
A large crowd of 7000 visitors at a North German Lloyd liner in New York was frisked by customs agents in plain clothes before departure to Europe. Pint flasks were seized as contraband while men protested wives being searched and several minor fistfights occurred. The action followed two earlier crackdowns on flasks at a Hollywood restaurant and a New York fraternity club.
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United Press
New York
Bremen
Europe
Ile de France
Treasury Department
Hollywood
Inquiry Opened Into Hip Slap Incident Aboard Bremen
Washington on May 3 reports said Seymour Lowman assistant secretary of the treasury ordered an immediate inquiry into alleged hip slaps by customs agents who searched 7000 people aboard the German liner Bremen in New York harbor Friday night. He will act after receiving the New York report.
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United Press
Washington
Bremen
New York Harbor
Seymour Lowman
Treasury
Lowman
New York
200 Fishermen Drown in Aiwa Bay Storm Near Saghalien
Approximately 200 Japanese fishermen are believed dead after a Friday night storm in Aniwa bay near Saghalien island. Many fishing vessels sank with herring hauls valued at about 2 million dollars.
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Japanese Bay
Bu United Prear
Tokio
Aniwa Bay
Saghalien Island
Market sees tentative recovery despite cautious trade
In the Stock Market by Thomson and McKinnon, May 3 New York, the monthly brokers loan compila tion confirms known trends. Expansion seems limited as authorities would not permit a rate cut amid alarm. Trade reports show falling wholesale prices and cautious behavior from price unsettlement.
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Thomson _& McKinnon
New York
Federal Reserve
Air Weather Report at 9 30 a m Northwest wind and clear skies
Weather observation at 9 30 a m shows a northwest wind of 5 mph, sea level pressure 30 09 inches, temperature 68 degrees and unlimited ceiling and visibility.
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