Zeppelin Half Way Over Atlantic to Brazil Hop
Graf Zeppelin passes Sal, Sal Island, Cape Verde, at 4:30 p m local time on May 21, covering about half the route from Seville to Pernambuco. Commander notes trade winds seem weak, radio message reports position 22 N 21 W and all well except wind conditions.
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United Preas ST. Vincent
Cape Verde Island
Sal
Seville
Spain
Pernambuco
Brazil
Hugo Eckener
Friedrichshafen
Germany
Auto Makers Warn City of Tariff Peril
Indianapolis leaders of Marmon and Stutz warn that the Grundy tariff proposal will devastate export auto sales and force layoffs. Gorrell notes Stutz ships to about sixty nations and that foreign retaliation harms broader industry beyond autos.
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G. M. Williams
Marmon Motor Car Company
E. S. Gorrell
Stutz Motor Company
Gorrell
Stutz Company
Herbert Hoover
Stutz
Williams
Marmon
Switzerland
Wall
Stutz Motors
Indianapolis Times
Mary Lewis Refuses Nude Role in La Belle Helen
Metropolitan opera singer Mary Lewis refused to appear nude in the film La Belle Helen after discovering the contract required full nudity except for her hair. She tore up the contract and left Paris, planning to sail for New York Friday, with bookings in both French and English versions.
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United Press Aris
Mary Lewis
Metropolitan Opera
Miss Lewis
Paris
New York
Long Term for Pennies Theft in City Court
Benjamin Jennings, 33, faced a three to ten year term after pleading not guilty to second degree burglary for entering Standard Grocery at 803 North Alabama Street to steal 33 cents from a cash drawer on April 21. Willie James, 25, received a one to ten year reformatory term for stealing $400 in merchandise on April 15. Four other youths, James McGinty, Guy Cook, Charles Richardson, and Joe Hay, were sentenced for vehicle taking and related offenses.
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Benjamin Jennings
Indiana State Prison
James A. Collins
North Alabama Street
Willie James
Collins
James McGinty
State Farm
Guy Cook
Reformatory
Charles Richardson
Joe Hay
Woman Struck By Riverside Street Car At Pruitt and Harding
Mrs. Ida Loucks 68 of 1361 West Pruitt street stepped from behind an automobile into the path of a south bound Riverside street car near noon today at Pruitt and Harding and was knocked down. City hospital physicians report a fractured skull and critical injuries. She was crossing to board the car.
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Pruitt and
Harding Streets
Ida Loucks
West Pruitt Street
City Hospital
Grand jurors foreman tied to election law probe
Disclosure shows Charles G Fitch grand jury foreman served as primary election inspector amid alleged election law violations. Prosecutor Judson L Stark faces no push to remove him as probe into May 6 primary fraud continues.
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Charles G. Fitch
Judson L. Stark
Stark
Grand Jury
Foreman
Fitch
James A. Collins
Collins
City Census May Top 360000 as Officials Expect Final Count
Census workers reported unofficial tallies for fourteen wards at 339,646 and noted possible city total near 362,283 when Thirteenth ward figures are added. Corrections clarified ward boundaries, expanding Fourth ward and Washington township areas. Final city population expected Thursday with county completion soon after.
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Jondanapolis
Mafida ‘Court
Thirty Eighth Street
Washington Township
New Hampshire Population Rises to 460 325 in Census
United Press reports complete New Hampshire census figures showing a population of 460 325, an increase of 18 309 over 1920. The May 21 dispatch from Concord notes the census returns are complete.
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United Press
Concord
N. H
New Hampshire
Democratic chiefs invited to parley at French Lick
Leading Indiana Democrats will attend a three day gathering May 30 to June 1 at French Lick Springs hotel hosted by Thomas D. Taggart. Jouett Shouse, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, will speak May 31, marking the event’s highlight. Taggart invites county and district chairmen, vice-chairmen, Democratic nominees, and all Democratic mayors as guests.
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French Lick Springs
Thomas D. Taggart
Jouett Shouse
Democratic National Committee
Taggart
R. Earl Peters
Mere Man Breaks Out In Woman's World Fashion Frill
A humorous account of a male shopper at L. S. Ayres & Co. watching a women’s fashion show on the eighth floor. Describes sport clothes, bikinis, negligees, and bold outfits while the onlooker reactions mix astonishment and bashful blushes.
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L. S. Ayres & Co
Rosie O
Funeral services held for Blackford County resident Emshwiller
Funeral services were held today for William T. Emshwiller 79 a lifelong Blackford County resident who died Sunday after a long illness in Hartford City Indiana.
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Hartford City
Ind
William T. Emshwiller
Blackford County
Convict Kills Fellow Inmate Over Sheep Counting Debate
In Michigan City Ind May 21 Peter Tom 46 South Bend beat William Julian 52 Greencastle to death with an iron rod during a coroner's inquest he said the quarrel over who counted sheep best sparked the attack. Tom is held for murder.
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United Press
Michigan City
Ind
William Julian
Greencastle
Peter Tom
South Bend
Tom
Julian
State Prison
Church favors long presses
Vatican authorities rule that long hair better fits modesty but bobbed hair is not condemned if it does not harm Christian morals. The policy responds to bishops and priests questions on excluding women with bobbed hair from churches or sacraments. Short hair is common and cannot be universally prohibited.
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Caiton Press
Vatican City
Catholic Church
Thaw Goes to France After England Ban Expected
Harry K. Thaw arrived aboard the Isle De France from New York but did not attempt to land in England. Authorities were understood to plan to ban him from entering the country, and he continued on the ship to Le Havre.
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United Press
Plymouth
England
Harry K. Thaw
Isle de France
New York
le Havre
Theater Owners Oppose Movie Tax in Indiana Hearing
The Indiana Senate hearing featured attorney Charles R. Metzger for the Associated Theater Owners of Indiana arguing against a special ticket tax. Chain theater owner Fink J. Rembusch joined, saying such a tax would harm an industry already strained. Other opposition included William H. Book of the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce and Byron K. Elliott protesting higher state revenues via fees. Meetings on sales and gross income taxes discussed for June 3 and 4. Progress briefed to editor associations in summer sessions.
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Metzger
Associated Theater Owners of
Indiana
Fink J. Rembusch
William H. Book
Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce
Lewis Taylor
Indi‘ana Farm Bureau Federation
Byron K. Elliott
Insurance Department
Rockefellers Cease Dry Contributions Admitted by McBride
Washington May 21 The Rockefellers stopped funding the Anti Saloon League since 1926 McBride testified to the senate lobby committee Also Funk and Wagnalls and Ford declined to contribute while Ford distributes dry literature McBride noted Rockefeller Jr backs prohibition in other ways and Ford dissociated from pro prohibition groups The hearing touched on John Raskob Democratic chairs and the lobbying network tied to the Prohibition Amendment.
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United Press
Washington
John D. Rockefellers
Anti-Saloon League
F. Scott McBride
League
Senate Lobby Committee
Funk and Wagnalls
McBride
Henry Ford
Ohio
John Raskob
Blaine
Rep
Wis
Rockefellers
Rockefeller Jr
Prohibition
Ford
N. J
Caraway
Fort
Nets
Mat
Carbide Company
Tennessee River Improvement Association
Muscle Shoals
New York
Raskob
Robinson
Ind
Congress
Wets’ Association
du Ponts
Final Census Request Seeks Count By April First
A public notice urges residents to mail census coupons to Delbert O Wilmeth supervisor of census 235 Federal Building Indianapolis. It notes the 1930 census date and asks individuals to confirm if they have been enumerated at their address or elsewhere and to provide name and street address details.
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Delbert O. Wilmeth
Federal Building
Indianapolis
Charge cattle thefts extradition in Chicago
Two Montana women, Mrs. Ella Dinsdale and Marion Fleming, were jailed in Chicago on May 21 as extradition proceedings began. Police say the pair are wanted in connection with cattle thefts across several ranches in Montana.
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United Preas
Chicago
Montana
Ella Dinsdale
Marion Fleming
Grundy Loses to Davis in Pennsylvania Senate Race
Pennsylvania primary returns show Senator Joseph R. Grundy defeated by Secretary of Labor James J. Davis. Brown leads Pinchot for governor as Vare machine wins reelection influence in Philadelphia. Davis tally exceeds 600,000 with Grundy around 397,000. Pinchot trails Brown by about 62,000.
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Davis
Washington
Pennsylvania
Boies Penrose
Senate
Nye
Francis Shunk Brown
Labor
United Prear P Shiladelphia
Williams
Vare
Philadelphia
Republican
James J. Davis
Gifford Pinchot
Brown
Pinchot
United Press
Phillips
Joseph Grundy
Joseph R. Grundy
Bohlen
Captain Robert Dollar Bible Travels 200000 Miles
San Rafael Cal May 21 Captain Robert Dollar veteran shipping magnate owns a Bible that has sailed over 200000 miles to ports worldwide. He reads one chapter daily and records on the margin the date and place such as the fifth chapter of Job read in Calcutta 1879 end May 1922.
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