Recall Drive Grows as Detroit Mayor Faces Vote
Detroit business and civic leaders push petitions demanding a recall of Mayor Charles Bowles after he dismissed Police Commissioner Harold Emmons who refused to resign. Emmons had led raids on gambling dens, and Bowles faced pressure from factions including the Wayne County Ku Klux Klan. The recall requires about 87 000 signatures for a statewide vote on Bowles's removal.
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United Press
Detroit
Charles Bowles
Harold H. Emmons
Emmons
Bowles
Thomas C. Wilcox
United States Department of Justice
John Gillespie
Public Works
Wayne County
Ku Klux Klan
Wilcox
College Hills Realty v Marion County Damages Case
Oral arguments on a motion for a new trial were heard Wednesday before Superior Judge William O. Dunlavy in the College Hills Realty Company damages suit seeking 15000. Briefs were ordered filed. The case stems from the paving of College avenue from Broad Ripple to the county line.
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College Hills Realty Company
Marion County
William O. Dunlavy
College Avenue
Broad Ripple
Fenstermaker Heads Indianapolis Rose Croix Chapter
J Ralph Fenstermaker was elected most wise master of the Indianapolis chapter Rose Croix Scottish Rite after the annual election Wednesday night. Other officers include Edward B. Raub senior warden James C. Gipe junior warden Dr Lewis Brown orator Edward D. Moore treasurer and Fred J. Willis secretary.
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J. Ralph Fenstermaker
William H. Morrison
Indianapolis
Edward B. Raub
James C. Gipe
Lewis Brown
Edward D. Moore
Fred J. Willis
State Nurses to Meet in Indiana Calendar
Eva MacDougall director of public health nursing division announces meeting dates for the Indiana State Nurses Association and the Indiana League of Nursing Education. Sessions are set to be held at West The Indiana.
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Indiana State Nurses Association
Indiana League of Nursing Education
Eva MacDougall
Public Health
The
State Health Board
West
Indiana
Gould After More Gold Buys Seaport to Build Huge Casino
United Press reports Frank Jay Gould expands his gambling empire by buying Granville seaport to build a grand casino complex. He aims to outpace Francois Andre of Deauville by securing beachfront property and hotels, with plans for a million dollar palace and a private underground casino passage.
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Frank Jay Gould
Nice
Normandy
Granville
Deauville
Bagnolles
Baccarat
Gould
Francois Andre
Cannes
la Baule
Monte Carlo
Ostende
America
Wall Street
Miners' Plea for Guard Denied at Bono Mine
Attorney General James M. Ogden refused a request from Bono mine officials in Vermillion county for a special machine gun guard to curb rioting fears. Sheriff Harry Newland reported three loiterers near the shaft, described as unemployed miners seeking work, prompting fears officials deemed unfounded. Guards had been set up after prior riots. Governor Harry G. Leslie had provided protection amid tensions at the cooperative, nonunion operation.
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Bono
Vermillion County
James M. Ogden
Ogden
Harry Newland
Newland
Harry G. Leslie
Poll expenses show varied totals for local races
Primary expenses for sheriff candidate John G. Willis totaled 1185 dollars. Probate judge nominee Mahlon E. Bush spent 1468.75 dollars, giving 500 to both the Citizens Republican League and the GOP county committee. Other Republicans’ filings mostly show under 100 dollars. recorder winner R Walter Davis spent 190.50. Superior court judge candidates Jeffrey and Weir reported 404.50 and 234 dollars respectively.
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John G. Willis
Mahlon E. Bush
Citizens Republican League
R. Walter Davis
Recorder
William E. Jeffrey
Superior Court Five
Clarence FE. Weir
Superior Court Four
Graduation Exercises At Indianpolis Hebrew Temple
Graduation program for the high school department of the Indianapolis Hebrew Temple religious school takes place Friday night alongside Sabbath services. Graduates listed include Jeanne Pollock Leah Traugott Louis Jaeger Frank Barnett Adeline Rice Meyer Efroymson Dorothy Krish Justin Blay Beulah Doblin William Freeman Louise Wormser Helen Borinstein Carolyn Pincus Betty Asher and Lucille Weisberg. A freshman class play is scheduled for 10 45 Sunday morning.
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Indianapolis Hebrew Temple
Jeanne Pollock
Leah Traugott
Louis K. Jaeger
Frank Barnett
Adeline Rice
Meyer A. Efroymson
Dorothy Krish
Justin Blay
Beulah M. Doblin
William Freeman
Louise Wormser
Helen Jane Borinstein
Carolyn Pinkus
Betty B. Asher
Lucille S
Cops Raid Brew Joint After Raid Arrests Man on Blind Tiger Charges
Police raided a brew joint late Wednesday and dumped 660 quarts of alleged home brew. James Rector of 966 North Meridian Street was arrested on blind tiger charges. Patrolman Jack Small suffered a severe wrist wound when a bottle exploded.
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James Rector
North Meridian Street
Jack Small
Radio marvel at Proctor theater links TV and radio for stage act
In Chenectady May 22 theatergoers witnessed a live act beamed from Alexanderson’s GE studio miles away. John Gamble led the orchestra from image while D Kell at the theater relayed the performance via telephone and radio signals. Soprano Matilda Russ and harmonica player Frank Camadine also appeared.
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General Electric Company
The
Radio Corporation
John Gamble
Gamble
Dr. Alexanderson
Matilda Biglow Russ
Frank Camadine
General Electric
South Schenectady
City resort to open at Walnut Gardens
Walnut Gardens a city resort thirteen miles southwest of Indianapolis will open Sunday with dancing and boxing as attractions. The formal opening occurs Memorial day with the season’s first automobile race on the dirt track. Access is via Road 7 and Camby.
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Walnut Gardens
Indianapolis
Camby
Indiana Funeral Directors Elect Officers at Jubilee Meet
Officers of the Indiana Funeral Directors Association were to be elected today during the closing business session of their golden jubilee meeting at the Manufacturers building, state fairgrounds.
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Indiana Funeral Directors Association
Manufacturers
State Fairground
Slaying Theory In Death Of Broker
Kentland Indiana May 22. William Simons a 50 year old Chicago grain broker was found dead near Kentland with bullet wounds. Authorities say self inflicted wounds but his son Laurence a Butler University student believes he was killed by hijackers who mistook him for a run runner. Coroner Allen Kenoyer will withhold a finding until after the funeral. the broker had been gloomy since a past automobile accident.
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Times
Kentland
Ind
William Simons
Chicago
Laurence Simons
United States
Butler University
Indianapolis
Allen Kenoyer
Newton County
Simons
Charles Stone Rites Friday
Funeral services for Charles Stone born 1880s 63 of Indianapolis died Wednesday at his home 3424 Central avenue will be held Friday at 2 30 p m with burial in Crown Hill cemetery. He led a long insurance career and was connected to Stone Stafford Stone with family ties to early insurers including founder grandfather Charles Warner Cady. He is survived by widow Kathryn Gould Stone and sister Katherine Stone Griffith. He belonged to Masonic lodge Indianapolis Athletic Club Columbia Club and Chamber of Commerce.
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Charles 8. Stone
Stone, Stafford & Stone
Central Avenue
Crown Hill
Mr. Stone
Charles Warner Cady
Indianapolis
Robert Zener & Co
Zener & Stone
Blake Stone
Stone
Kathryn Gould Stone
Katherine Stone Griffith
Masonic Fraternity
Indianapolis Athlic Club
Columbia Club
Chamber of Commerce
Orphanage Fire Spars 200 Children Rescue
Milwaukee May 22 More than 200 orphans and 26 sisters escaped a dormitory and church fire at St Aemilians orphanage in St Francis suburb. Three young passers by ferried by saved the 190 orphans and 26 sisters as flames swept the building.
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United Press
Milwaukee
Wis
St. Francis
Escaped convict Danny Reardon captured near Florence
Danny Reardon the Canon City escapee and gang leader in the October riots was found hiding in the bath house of the swimming pool near Florence after a dawn capture. The arrest ends his latest jailbreak from the Canon City state penitentiary.
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Bu United Press
Canon City
Colo
Danny Reardon
Canon City State Penitentiary
Reardon
Danny Daniels
Penitentiary
Florence
Cremation of Victims Aims to Thwart Crime Detection
Chicago detectives probe a new gang tactic the cremation of victims to dodge modern forensics. Two Capone era lieutenants Benny Bennett and George Higgins linked to the scheme, with bones found in a northwest forest preserve and twelve others possibly dead.
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United Press
Chicago
John Stege
Stege
Scarface al Capone
Ane Furnace
Northwestle
Benny Bennett
New York
Capone
George Higgins
Scarface
Bennett
St. Valentine Day
George Bugs Moran
North Side
Higgins
Moran
Burglars Steal Coats and Trousers from Tailor Shop
Burglars stole four dozen trousers and twelve coats from Michael Abrams tailor at 2178 North Illinois Street Wednesday night. The items valued at 150 dollars were taken from the shop.
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Michael Abrams
North
Illinois Street
Bathing Beauty Winner Miss Evelyn Kuhn Wyatt
Evelyn Kuhn Wyatt wins the bathing beauty contest title at Indiana University co-eds event. The pageant honors campus social clubs and showcases student contestants from IU.
City Girl Dies in Auto Crash Near Evansville
Miss Dana McCann twenty, daughter of Mrs Harry W McCann of Norwood road, was killed when an auto borrowed from a friend struck a telephone pole near Evansville. A second girl, Miss Betty Jo McCann, was reported in serious condition. relatives say Evansville may have confused the names.
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Dana McCann
Harry W. McCann
Norwood Road
Betty Jo McCann
Evansville
Indianapolis
Alexandria
Bowley
McCann
Indiana Industrial Lenders Define Social Necessity
Charles R. Parker of the state banking department told the Indiana Industrial Lenders Association that loan firms are not social necessities. He backed the association’s effort to raise standards and noted a proposed name change to Indiana Association of Personal Finance Companies. Current officers were listed as W. B. Nichols president, T. M. Kaufman and W. G. Chandler vice presidents, C. E. Darnell treasurer, and P. A. Hancock secretary.
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Charles R. Parker
Industrial Loan
State Banking Department
Indiana Industrial Lenders Association
Lincoln
Parker
Indiana Association of Personal Finance Companies
W. B. Nichols
Clinton
T. M. Kaufman
W. G. Chandler
Indianapolis
C. E. Darnell
P. A. Hancock
County Grand Jury Indicts 25 Persons
Twenty five individuals were named in nineteen indictments returned today by Marion county grand jury in a partial report to Criminal Judge James A Collins. Defendants will be arraigned the first Monday in June. John Pigecilla and Joe Ray were indicted for receiving eight hundred dollars worth of stolen merchandise following the burglary of Glick Bros Wholesale House. Six youths faced vehicle taking charges and nine others faced burglary. Grand larceny charges were brought against three men.
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Marion County Grand Jury
James A. Collins
John Pigecilla
Buchanan Street
Joe Ray
South New Jersey
Glick Bros
South
Delaware Street
Volley Fired at Poolroom in Underworld Vendetta Case
Police suspect an underworld vendetta after a speeding car fired five shots into the Art Deer poolroom at 206 Indiana Avenue. Janitor Mate Bess hid behind a counter as four shots shattered the plate glass. The car’s license was issued to C. Dourke of 111 West Maryland Street, linked to Tommy Dillon poolroom activities. Dourke was not located.
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Art Deer Poolroom
Indiana Avenue
Mate Bess
C. Dourke
West
Maryland Street
Tommy Dillon
Dourke
Resort Ruin Question: Sewage or Prohibition
In Chicago on May 22 Judge Paul McWilliams hears a suit over a Des Plaines river resort damaged by pollution or prohibition. The owners seek 100000 dollars from the defendant villages arguing river pollution cost business while villages claim the eighteenth amendment made the resort unpopular.
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United Press
Chicago
Paul McWilliams
Des Plaines River
Jews Celebrate Fund Drive Success in Driveless Year
Indianapolis Jews meet at Kirshbaum Community Center to mark the first driveless year for the Jewish Welfare Fund. Inception was 1927, with the 1929 campaign raising 176000 against a 141000 goal for two years. J A Goodman and Sidney J Sternberger will lead the playlet.
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Indianapolis
Kirshbaum
Jewish Welfare Fund
J. A. Goodman
Sidney J. Sternberger
Tractor accident claims teen in Indiana field
Cletus Paul Libs a 15 year old resident fifteen miles northwest of New Albany died when a tractor he had crawled under for repairs was moved crushing him. His body was mangled by the wheels.
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Bu Times
Albany
Ind
Cletus Paul Libs
New Albany
Former banker in Kokomo jailed on grand larceny charge
William H. Arnold once led the defunct American Trust Company in Kokomo, held in jail after failing to post a 4000 bond pending Cass county trial. He faces grand larceny accusations tied to a son Ivan allegedly taking 1900 from Bee Lake estate, and questions surrounding the bank’s failure last September. Arnold arrived from Florida after Cass county trial date was set.
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Times
Kokomo
Ind
William H. Arnold
American Trust Company Bank
Arnold
Ivan
Bee Olake
Cass County
Glen Hillis
Florida
Olin R. Holt
Carl Broo
Dharasana Salt Works Raid Report From India May 21
Eyewitness account by Webb Miller of 2 500 volunteers led by Sarojini Naidu at Dharasana salt works. Police with lathis beat volunteers who offered no resistance, many injured. Naidu and Manilal Gandhi among arrested leaders. Congress claims 360 injured.
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India
Webb Miller
United Press
Dharasana
Surat
Sarojini Naidu
Gandhi
Manilal Gandhi
Mahatma
Congress
Gujarat
Bombay
National Congress
Wadala
Here
Funeral for Early Howard County Native John H. Comer
Funeral services were held here Wednesday for John H. Comer 87 one of the first white children born in Howard County.
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Times
Kokomo
Ind
John H. Comer
Howard County
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