Ground Lost by Hoover in Farm Battle
Senate debate over the debenture farm relief plan intensifies as Senator Hiram Johnson defends the program, calling it government intrusion into farming while praising one provision he says will bring relief. Senator Borah prepared to campaign for Hoover and support the plan. House tariff debate set to begin with Ways and Means members in conference. Republicans plan Friday caucus to unite against Democratic onslaught.
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Paul R. Mallon
United Press
Washington
Herbert Hoover
Hiram Johnson
Hoover
Johnson
Republican Party
United States
New York
Wvas
Great Press Association
League of Nations
Geneva
Bunk
William Borah
Idaho
House
Ways and Means Committee
Heflin Attacks Sinclair in Senate Speech
Senator Tom Heflin denounces Harry F. Sinclair during a Senate speech on May 8. Heflin calls Sinclair a thief who sought to seize oil reserves and accuses him of enjoying leisure in jail while serving a contempt sentence.
Father Dies Saving Daughters as Farm Home Burns
Loganport Ind May 8 Lloyd Flitcraft 36 a World War veteran perished in a fire at his Fulton county farm home while attempting to escape with his three daughters Mable 6 Mildred 5 and Mary 4. Mrs Flitcraft was rescued after following him up the stairs but fell into the basement badly burned. Allen Flitcraft aged 11 raised the alarm. The family had moved in with Sherman Whittenberger after his wife died. Investigators suspect a lantern lit the children to bed.
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United Press
Logansport
Ind
Lloyd Flitcraft
Akron
Fulton County
Hazel Flitcraft
Mable
Mildred
Mary
Allen Flitcraft
Sherill Whittenberger
Flitcraft
Myrtle
Wailer
Flitcrafts
Whittenberger
Naval aviator sets 40,000 foot altitude record
Lieutenant Apollo Soucek of the Navy Bureau of Aeronautics flew a Wright Apache from Naval Air Station at 11 10 a m to 12 23 p m reaching 40 000 feet in about forty five minutes The barograph is sent for calibration and Soucek walked from the plane after a perfect landing He carried sixty gallons of fuel and accepted a cigarette after landing
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Atted
Washington
Apollo Soucek
Navy Bureau of Aeronautics
Bureau of Standards
Lieuttenant C. C. Champion
Soucek
Naval Air Station
Eviction of 62 Striking Families From Manville Mills
In Stonia North Carolina on May 8 sixty two families formerly employed by Manville Jenckes mills faced eviction after a five week strike. Goods were left on curbs as workers watched and lamented. Magistrate Bismark Capps noted hardship cases and one family with a seriously ill four year old daughter. Strike leader Fred Erwin Beal sought tents from New York shelter aid.
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Stonia
N. C
Manville- Jenckes
Bismark Capps
J. A. Valentine
Fred Erwin Beal
New York
Wealthy lover shoots girl then kills self in Hollywood
Frank Williams a 43 year old financier shot Peggy Troxel 18 in a Hollywood residence after a quarrel over her return to her second husband. He then killed himself with a bullet to the head, dying six hours later. Troxel may recover but faces possible disfigurement or blindness.
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United Press
Hollywood
Cal
Peggy Troxel
Frank Williams
Miss Troxel
Williams
John Troxel
San Diego
Mrs. Troxel
Helen Grant
Three Drowned After Yawl Capsizes by Sewickley
In Pittsburgh on May 8 three men drowned when a yawl struck an anchored barge and capsized near Sewickley. The victims were Robert Minick 23 Hyndman Pa Samuel Gray 43 Negro Rankin Pa and Henry Fuller 43 Negro Rankin Pa. Eleven others from Dravo Construction Company survived. In a separate note, Oscar B Colquitt former Texas governor had his U S Senate nomination to the board of mediation approved unanimously by the senate interstate commerce committee.
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United Press
Pittsburgh
Ohio River
Sewickley
Robert Minick
Hyndman
Samuel Gray
Mr. Airy
W. Va
Henry Fuller
Rankin
Dravo Construction Company
Dead Man's Island
Washington
Oscar B. Colquitt
Texas
United States Board of Mediation
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Anselmi
Chicago
Scalisi
State Supreme Court
Perardi
Hammond
Quake devastates New Zealand island in six year worst tremor
An earthquake struck the island at 3 45 am causing damage in the thousands. Buildings were wrecked chimneys toppled and residents panicked. The tremor was felt from Wanganui Palmerston to Napier across the island and is described as the worst in six years.
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United Press
Auckland
New Zealand
Wanganui-Palmerston
Napier
Mail flier found dead after plane wreck near Cheyenne
Ivan D. Houton of Eugene Oregon, a mail flyer for Western Air Express, Inc., was found dead in the wreckage of the airplane en route from Denver to Cheyenne. He is believed to have become lost in fog as the plane was located ten miles south of Cheyenne.
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United Press
Cheyenne
Wyo
Ivan D. Houton
Eugene
Ore
Western Air Express, Inc
Denver
Dam Break Tragedy Drowns Dozens at Smolensk River Event
A wooden dam collapsed on the Dnieper at Smolensk as spectators gathered to watch ice floes. The river's flood level was high, and many in the crowd were drowned in the ensuing surge.
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United Preas Smolensk
Russia
Dnieper
China Deposits Adherence to Kellogg Pact with U S
Washington May 8 Minister Choa Chu Wu deposited China’s adhesion to the Kellogg anti war pact at the state department confirming Beijing’s commitment to pacific accord.
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United Breas
Washington
China
State Department
Choa-Chu Wu
Harvard Boy Killed in Lonely Connecticut Field
Walter Treadway Huntington a Harvard College junior was found dead in a swampy field near Windsor Connecticut with a gunshot wound behind an ear blood on his face and no clear weapon. Investigators Edward Hickey and Henry Costello prepared for autopsy while noting possible murder occurred after midnight and that Huntington had been visiting his mother Mrs. Mary Clerke Huntington.
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United Press
Windsor
Conn
Walter Treadway Huntington
Harvard College
Aaron P. Pratt
Pratt
Huntington
Edward J. Hickey
Henry M. Costello
Hartford
Costello
Mary Clerke Huntington
Henry A. Huntington
Hickey
Governor Proclaims State Mother's Day Honor
Governor Harry G. Leslie proclaimed Sunday as Mother's Day urging public observance in all gatherings and calling on every son and daughter to visit their mother and father if possible. The proclamation praised mothers for wisdom, strength, and sacrifice guiding the state.
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Harry G. Leslie
Airport Bond Sale Set May 15
A. B. Good deputy city controller announced that the $693000 municipal airport bond issue will be sold at noon May 15. Three banks have agreed to bid. The bonds carry 4.5 percent interest.
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A. B. Good
Three Hurt in Collision at City Intersections
An automobile crash at Troy and Carson avenues today sent three people to the city hospital with serious injuries. Injured are James Nicely, his wife from North Vernon, and Mrs. Walter Brown of Acton Indiana. Both vehicles rolled. Mrs Brown has a deep throat gash and bruises while Mr Nicely has a deep scalp wound.
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Troy and
Carson Avenues
James Nicely
North Vernon
Walter Brown
Acton
Ind
Nicely
Brown
Chicago gangsters court case draws dwindling local interest
In Indianapolis, spectators express apathy as Thomas McMahon, alias Mason, goes on trial for alleged involvement in the I Wolf Auto Company holdup in January. McMahon sits No. 10 among Chicago gangster trials. jurors are expected by Thursday as attendance shrinks.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
Thomas McMahon
Mason
I. Wolf Auto Company
McMahon
Fund Drive Overraises Goal for Jewish Welfare Fund
Jewish Welfare workers announced the campaign exceeded its $141,600 goal by $27,500 reaching $168,500 in total contributions. The drive will continue through Friday with luncheon attendees noting the overage and ongoing fundraising efforts.
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Jewish Welfare Fund
Jury Awards $20,000 in Philadelphia Hotel Case
A jury awarded John W. Robinson and his wife Madge of Indianapolis $20,000 against the Washington Hotel in Philadelphia for injuries to Mrs. Robinson from a stairway lighting defect in 1926. The case was decided in Philadelphia on May 8.
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United Press
Philadelphia
John W. Robinson
Madge
Indianapolis
Washington Hotel
Goose That Laid the Golden Egg Sparks Hollywood Feud
Sid Grauman faces a threatened $2,500 suit from Carl Schmidt over the accidental dinner of Jo Jo the goose with Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks at Grauman's Chinese Theater. Schmidt claims Jo Jo, paid $25 daily as a screen actor, was his property and demands return or compensation.
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Ollywood
Mary Pickford
Douglas Fairbanks
Sid Grauman
Guardian
Hollywood
Miss Pickford
Grauman
Carl Schmidt
Jo-Jo
Fairbanks
Schmidt
Doug
Goosy
Chmidt
Albuquerque
la Junta
Colo
Equity
Temperatures Rise Through Late Morning Hours
Hourly readings show 6 am 47, by 8 am 53, 9 am 53, 10 am 56, 11 am 57, noon 58 and 1 pm 59. Forecast suggests steady warming with highs approaching near 60.
Paddock Suits To Close Haughville Liquor Nuisances
Police and prosecutors filed three suits in superior court seeking to abate nuisance nuisances in Haughville Indianapolis west of the White River. Plaintiffs name Joe and Katherine Lambert 743 North Warman avenue Joe and Mary Keegan 702 North Warman avenue and T G Poppcheff owner with George Plotch and Nick Charley occupants 701 North Ketcham street alleging violations of the Wright bone dry law and seeking 300 dollar fees for Indiana Anti Saloon League attorneys.
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Haughville
Indianapolis
White River
Joe
Katherine Lambert
North Warman Avenue
Mary Keegan
T. G. Poppcheff
George Plotch
Nick Charley
North Ketcham Street
Indiana Anti-Saloon League
Judson L. Stark
Helen Wills Suffered Shoe Mix Up at Wimbledon Practice
Helen Wills, world tennis champion, arrived in two left shoes for practice at Wimbledon. A man’s shoe was found to fit, and she played three practice sets before hurrying to Fulham Palace to greet the Bishop of London.
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United Press
Wimbledon
Eng
Helen Wills
Buckingham Palace
Miss Wills
Helen
London
Fulham Palace
Honor Phone Workers Celebrate Long Service Emblems
Miss Bertha Faut chief service observer and W H Phipps cable splitter were awarded twenty five year service emblems by the Indiana Bell Telephone Company. Faut started as a toll operator and has held her current post since last September. Phipps has served in the construction department.
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Miss Bertha Faut
W. H. Phipps
Indiana Bell Telephone Company
Miss Faut
Phipps
Moran gang revives in Chicago beer wars after killings
Reuters report details three Moran rivals found dead in Hammond Indiana after a violent flare in the Chicago beer war. Police link the massacre to Capone allies and the return of Torrio financing the Moran Aiello faction, signaling a renewed bid for control of beer and vice.
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United Pres
Chicago
Bugs Moran Beer Gang
Morans
Hammond
Ind
Illinois
John Scalisi
Albert Anselmi
Joe Perardi
Moran
Johnny Torrio
Torrio
Moranites
Aiello
Torrno-Moran-Aiello
Scarface
Capone
Nine teenth hole faces extinction in Chicago clubs
United States District Attorney George E. Q. Johnson warned town and country golf clubs that their premises would be padlocked if they do not immediately stop drinking in locker rooms. He cited a federal court decision in the Chez Pierre cabaret case holding that the cabaret violated prohibition laws by allowing guests to bring their own liquor.
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United Preen
Chicago
United States
George E. Q. Johnson
Johnson
Caberet
Protest over county road repairs and jail work heard
The Indiana Taxpayers Association files complaints with the state tax board over plans to repair Acton road Millerse ville road and East Tenth street road and to build a county garage and fix the Marion county jail. Estimated total cost 500000 with a 123000 bond issue planned to fund the road repairs.
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Indiana Taxpayers Association
State Tax Board
Marion County
State Board
Acton
Millerseville
East Tenth Street
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