Indiana Campaign Funds Spar Over Hoover Watson
Hoover campaign manager Oscar Foellinger claims Watson supporters spent more than twice as much as Hoover in Indiana. He pledges a thorough probe of Watson contributions and expenditures citing testimony by Bert Thurman and alleging extensive bootlegger activity and federal officeholder involvement.
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Times
FT. Wayne
Ind
James E. Watson
Indiana
Herbert C. Hoover
Secretary of Commerce
Oscar G. Foellinger
Hoover
Watson
Foellinger
Bert Thurman
Senator Watson
Senatorial Committee
Hoover Forces
Indianapolis
Thurman
Thurman Clashes With Committee Over Off Record Watson Detail
Senator Thurman seeks to keep Indiana party outline confidential while testifying before the Senate campaign panel. He describes the Watson organization as top driven with 3,600 precincts and over 60,000 workers, and calls Watson’s latest victory the greatest possible triumph for any individual.
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Washington
M. Bert
Thurman
Indiana
J. E. Watson
Senate
Steine
Iman
Barkley
Kentucky
Steiner
Watson
Senator Watson
Legal Republican Organization
Watson Organization
Thieves Haul Safe From Kelvinator Ice Plant
Thieves backed a truck to the rear of the Kelvinator Ice Machine Company at 1233 N. Meridian St. Friday night. They broke the doors and carried off a safe containing $5, according to company officials.
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Kelvinator Ice Company
Kelvinator Ice Machine Company
Meridian St
Markets Close Early On NYSE And Curb Markets
New York markets report the New York Stock Exchange and curb market closed for the day. Exchange will close one hour early at 2 p.m. Eastern daylight saving time beginning Monday. Commodity and livestock markets stay open as usual.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Judge Dismisses Charge in Police Car Collision Case
John Stickle of 2346 Central Ave was cleared of failing to yield to a police car after a March 26 crash that injured three reporters and four officers. Criminal Judge James A. Collins ruled the statute lacks a penalty for failure to yield to police cars. Times reporter Ben Markoroff remains hospitalized.
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John Stickle
Central Ave
Stickle
James A. Collins
Twenty-First
Illinois Sts
Illinois St
Ben Markoroff
Times
City Hospital
Hogs Lose Quarter From Friday Bulge
Hogs, calved and weight ranges show price shifts at Union Stockyards with hogs 170-306 pounds selling around 10 dollars and lighter hogs slightly lower. Receipts near 5,000 with 3,000 fresh animals and 1,000 holdovers. best bids $9.60 to $9.85.
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Union
Chicago
Freed as Killer Dead Doctor Loomis Found Dead in Office
Dr Frank B Loomis acquitted last year of killing his wife was found dead in his Detroit office today an open gas jet filling the room police indicate death by own action The Cathedral High School Dramatic Club will repeat Peg O My Heart Sunday night at 815 at the auditorium Fourteenth and Meridian Streets Sponsored by Cathedral Mothers Club and senior class Bishop Fout to open parley at Republican State convention Cable Tabernacle next Wednesday Rev George W Alison and Irvington Presbyterian pastor to deliver invocations on respective days
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United Press
Detroit
Frank B. Loomis
Cathedral High School Dramatic Club
Fourteenth and
Meridian Sts
Cathedral Mothers’ Club
Fout
H. H. Fout
United Brethren Church
Cable Tabernacle
George W. Alison
Irvington Presbyterian Church
Life Not Worth Living Tells Sister on Return From Work
Patrolman Walter C. Barnfuhrer aged 45, after fifteen years on police duty, shot himself twice with his revolver upon returning home and is dying at city hospital. He lived with his sister Mrs. Mary Toon at 1156 S State Ave near Stringtown. he had no documented police troubles, but had recently voiced weariness of life.
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Walter C. Barnfuhrer
City Hospital
Barnfuhrer
Mary Toon
S. State Ave
Stringtown
Democratic editors see party triumph at Indiana meeting
At the Indiana Democratic Editor Association summer outing in New Harmony on May 19, resolutions predicted a Democratic victory in November. Candidates discussed included A. C. Thomas for secretary of state, Ora C. King possibly for state auditor, with George F. Boehne, G. W. Swigert, and Robert Houghram as nominees for various posts. High praise was given to Frank C. Dailey.
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New Harmony
Ind
Indiana Democratic Editorial Association
A. C. Thomas
First District
Ora C. King
George F. Boehne
Evansville
G. W. Swigert
East Chicago
Robert Houghram
Franklin
Frank C. Dailey
Adams suit for 750000 dismissed in federal court
Harvey C. Adams of Danville Illinois had sued Williams Coal Company and W W Gray of Evansville alleging fraud over rock over burden and coal depths in land leased from Pike County Collieries. Judge Thomas W Slick dismissed the case on motion with costs and a nonrefiling condition after Adams’s Pike County company went into receivership.
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United Press
South Bend
Ind
Harvey C. Adams
Danville
Ill
Williams Coal Company
W. W. Gray
Evansville
Thomas W. Slick
Adams
Pike County Collieries Company
Gibson County
Power saw accident claims Terre Haute man
TERRE HAUTE Ind May 19 John B Black 60 dies from injuries after a piece of wood is flipped by a power saw and pierces his stomach.
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Times Special
Terre Haute
Ind
John B. Black
Nationalist Army Advances Toward Peking Amid Chinese War Turmoil
Reports from Tokyo say Gen. Feng Yu Hsiang's Nationalist forces near Tianjin advance toward Peking as northern generals retreat. Japan clarifies neutrality but warns it will act to maintain peace in Manchuria if civil warfare spills over toward Pekin and Tientsin.
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Miles W. Vaughn
United Press
Tokio
Feng Yu Hsiang
Chang Tsung Chang
Sun Chuan Fang
Tientsin
Feng
Pekin
Japan
Legation
Manchuria
Shanghai
Shang Tso Lin
Huang Fu
Manchurian
Robbery at Silver Flash Station Ends With Small Cash Loss
Clarence Hovener, 23, a gas station attendant at the Silver Flash on Fall Creek and Meridian, was locked in the washroom by two neatly dressed bandits who took 19.85 from the cash drawer Friday night. A thief used a skeleton key to enter Max Cohen’s home at 1124 S Illinois and stole 50 from Cohen’s trousers. Albert Huddleson reported 53 worth of auto accessories stolen from his garage behind his Roosevelt Ave home.
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Clarence Hovener
Michigan St
Fall Creek
Meridian St
Max Cohen
S. Illinoi St
Cohen
Albert Huddleson
Roosevelt Ave
Seymour fire chief ousted over conduct unbecoming official
Seymour Indiana May 19 Charles Otto was removed as fire chief by a city council meeting for conduct unbecoming a public official. The firing follows an auto crash in which his car collided with a tree.
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Seymour
Times Special
Ind
Charles Otto
Otto
Bandits Rob Card Dice Game In Seelbach Hotel
Four bandits raided a card and dice game at the Seelbach Hotel in Louisville on May 19, escaping with about $20,000 in cash and jewelry. Fifteen Derby-bound men, mostly from Memphis, were robbed. attackers used revolvers and cut phone lines to seal their exit. Local officials withheld names as police hunted for suspects.
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Louisville Bandits
Louisville
Seelbach
Memphis
Tenn
Naval airmen die in sea dive off Lahaina Maui
Lieut. Herbert R. Ballinger and Ensign Albert C. Coble, naval aviators, were drowned when their plane dived 200 feet into the sea during battle fleet maneuvers off Lahaina Maui. Ensign F. Case jumped overboard to aid but could not rescue them. Ballinger lived in San Pedro California and Coble hailed from Lake Forest Illinois.
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BU Tong
Gnolulu
Herbert R. Ballinger
Albert C. Coble
Lahaina Maui
U. S. S. West Virginia
F. Case
West Virginia
Navy
Ballinger
San Pedro
Cal
Ensign Cable
Lake Forrest
Ili
Grains Open Lower On Rain News At Board of Trade
Reports of rain across the wheat belt pushed grain prices down at the opening on the Board of Trade. Wheat fell while corn and oats declined. provisions followed the downbeat trend. Rain in the belt eased moisture needs in some areas but others still require rain. Liverpool quotations were stable as expected.
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United Press
Chicago
Board of Trade
Liverpool
Oass
Grain futures slip on May to September contracts
Chicago May 19 wheat and corn futures retreat with May July and September contracts easing. Oats admit minor declines while September oats fall. Provisions also trend lower in quiet trading.
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United Press
Chicago
Hourly Temperatures At Early Morning Readings
Hourly readings show 6 a m at 59 degrees, 9 a m at 69, 10 a m at 71, with 8 a m at 66 degrees. The data indicate a warming trend through the morning.
Nobile Plans New Polar Cruise After Italia Return
Gen Umberto Nobile announced plans for another polar expedition from Kings Bay Spitzbergen with the dirigible Italia. The trip would head to Greenland then the north pole, with six crewmen previously planned for Leninland observations but blocked by high winds. All crew members were reported in excellent health.
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United Preas Kings Bay
Spitzbergen
Umberto Nobile
Polar
North Pole
Italia
Nobile
Pole
Greenland
Leninland
Liner Pennland rammed by freighter near Sandy Hook
The Red Star liner Pennland was rammed on her port side amidships by the freighter Anniston City off Sandy Hook bar. Pennland, bound for Antwerp, reported no sinking danger but said the damage forced a return to her North River pier after departing New York at 4 am following fog delays.
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New Ork
Red Star
Pennland
Anniston City
Sandy Hook Bar
Antwerp
North River
Drive Into Law Net: Car Thieves Seek Police Garage Concealment
Four youths stole a car to escape a motorcycle patrolman and drove into a police garage in New York. After stopping they found themselves surrounded by officers as the pursuit ended.
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United Press
New York
Judge to Rule on Day Shooting Case
Federal Judge John R. Hazel will hear habeas corpus arguments on custody of two Coast Guardsmen tied to the Niagara Falls shooting of Jacob D. Hanson. Niagara County DA Raymond A. Knowles seeks state or federal custody decisions with Federal officials present.
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United Prene
Buffalo
N. Y
Coast
Hood Receives Spats with Suit After Legion Bet
Walton D. Hood Texas American Legion commander won a $100 suit from Charles E. McKenzie of Louisiana in a Legion membership contest. McKenzie required Hood to wear the suit with spats, presented by National Chaplain Gill Robb Wilson and Auxiliary President Mrs. Robert Wallbridge at the executive committee session. Hood, from San Antonio Texas, wonders how to wear the accessory, noting spats clash with local fashion.
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Walton D. Hood
Texas American Legion
American Legion National Executive Committee
Walton
Charles E. McKenzie
Louisiana Legion
Legion
McKenzie
Hood
Washington
Paris
John Thomas Taylor
Legion National Legislative Committee
Gill Robb Wilson
Legion Auxiliary
Robert Wallbridge
Taylor
Commander Hood
San Ann
Texas
Grain Vessel Ericsson Rammed in Upper Lake Huron
The steamer Ericsson carrying 300000 bushels of grain was rammed by the steamer Harvey and beached at Detour after a collision in heavy fog on upper Lake Huron. The J R Reiss rescued Ericsson’s thirty crew members. The incident occurred Thursday night near Sault Ste. Marie Michigan.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Ericsson
Harvey
J. R. Reiss
Lake Huron
Derby Day Thunder at Churchill Downs Draws Fierce 100000 Crowd
A vast crowd gathered at Churchill Downs Louisville on Derby day to watch twenty three of the original field run one and a quarter miles for a$50000 purse. Reigh Count the overwhelming favorite with heavy bets on Toro and Distract ion amid a record society turnout.
Derby at Churchill Downs Preview with Starters and Conditions
Derby at Churchill Downs Louisville Kentucky lists twenty probable starters for one and one quarter miles on a sloppy track with intermittent showers. Favorite is Reigh Count owned by Mrs John Hertz Chicago priced about 8 to 5 with $50 000 added. Post time 3 45 p m CST expected attendance over 75000.
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United Press
Churchill Downs
Louisville
Reigh Count
John D. Hertz
Chicago
Hertz
Reigh Olga
John Hertz
Rosebud
Governors and mayors expected at state event tour
Included Governor Frem D Samp son of Kentucky Governor Byrd of Virginia Governor Green of Michigan Governor Small of Illinois and Governor Horton of Tennessee. Senators Key Pittman and Robinson were expected. Mayor Walker of New York was here and Mayor William Hale Thompson of Chicago was expected on one of the specials from that city.
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Frem D. Sampson
Kentucky
Byrd
Virginia
Green
Michigan
Small
Ilinois
Horton
Tennessee
Key
Pittman
Robinson
Walker
New York
William Hale
Thompson
Chicago
Turn Boy Hunt From Sand Pile to River
A missing 8 year old, John Pyrek, last seen Monday, was searched for in a Chicago River sweep after volunteers cleared a 10 000 ton sand pile with steam shovels and found no trace of him Bruno Bogdon and Freddy Tarcnowics two young witnesses had urged police he may have fallen into the river rather than buried in sand
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United Press
Chicago
John Pyrek
Bruno Bogdon
Freddy Tarcnowics
John
Bruno
Chicago Medical Student in Suicide Attempt
Miss Helen B. Owens a 23 year old medical student at Chicago University was in critical condition after swallowing poison in an apparent suicide attempt. Despondent over parental approval of her engagement to a Cornell acquaintance John Meyers of Pittsburgh officials said. She is the daughter of Prof. Frederick W. Owens of the State College of Pennsylvania.
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United Press
Chicago
Helen B. Owens
Chicago University
Graduation Plans Set for Local Colleges
Dr. George L. Mackintosh of Crawfordsville and former Wabash College president speaks at commencement for about 250 graduates of Indianapolis Teachers College on June 7 at Cable Tabernacle. Dr. Homer P. Rainey of Franklin College preaches at the baccalaureate on June 3 at Broadway M E Church. Week includes a faculty party June 4, class day June 5, and an alumnae luncheon following.
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George L. Mackintosh
Crawfordsville
Wabash College
Indianapolis Teachers Co
Cable Tabernacle
Homer P. Rainey
Franklin College
Broadway M. E. Church
Mencement
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