Duvall City Job Fears Roil Local Politicians
Local politicians fear city jobs will tilt toward supporters of Mayor-elect John L. Duvall. Names discussed include Police Chief Herman F. Rikhoff and council members Ben H. Thompson Ira L. Bramblett, with others connected to Duvall’s campaign rumored for boards and posts as Shank angers rivals. Discreet trips suggested Duvall remains away in Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman F. Rikhoff
Shank
Rikhoff
Claude McCoy
East Side Boosters Club
Duvall
Alvah J. Rucker
Snider
Ben H. Thompson
Ira L. Bramblett
Safety Or Works Board
Lemcke
City Hall
Right to Take Life Debated in Colorado Trial
In Littleton Colorado the right to take life for mercy was set to be argued this afternoon. Dr Harold E Blazer a country physician who killed his imbecile daughter Hazel to end her suffering and then attempted suicide faces jurors. A night court session was held since Armistice Day is a holiday in Colorado but evidence submission is barred on holidays.
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United Press
Littleton
Colo
Harold E. Blazer
Hazel
Colorado
Vets Fight for Health After Seven Long Years
The Veterans' Bureau reports 6 839 wounded veterans in Indiana and 24 000 more applications. Orla Archey of Marion County is the first local veteran wounded, now an accountant who adjusts to his injury. Many veterans require hospital care, and officials note the lack of local government hospitals outside Marion psychiatric facility, urging care closer to home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
Indiana
Veterans’ Bureau
Orla Archey
Spink-Arms
Marion County
Archey
Goverment
Marion
M. D. Cummins
Cooperation Department of the
Toronto Doctor Claims Lead-Based Cancer Breakthrough
Dr. W Blair Bell, with thirty colleagues, reports a lead colloidal treatment may solve cancer after three years research. He asserts cancer has many causes but is a single growth process and says 200 cases in five years show considerable success.
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Cartel Press
Toronto
Ont
W. Blair Bell
Liverpool
Toronto Academy of Medicine
Bell
Mrs Lillie Bain Dies From Bus Crash Injuries
Mrs. Lillie Bain aged 55 of 2830 North Western Avenue died at Methodist Hospital from injuries suffered in a bus crash at Greenwood last weekend.
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Lillie Bain
Northwestern Ave
Methodist Hospital
Greenwood
Irish Republicans Use Smoke Bombs At Memorial Crowd
Irish Republicans today exploded smoke bombs in Dublin during the unveiling of an armistice memorial cross at Stephens Green. The attempt aimed to stampede tens of thousands gathered for the event.
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United Freas Dublin
Stephens’ Green
Hickmans Theater and Arts Reviews Quietly Pleasing
Hickman offers warm theater notes and music book insights along with movie reflections in a relaxed intimate style that readers relish. He combines critique with approachable commentary, highlighting performances, scores, and cinematic moments that linger after the lights fade.
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Hickman
Republican chiefs out hunting as election tensions rise
An epidemic of hunting rumors grips Pekin Illinois after reports that Republican city chair George W Coffin and street commissioner George Woodward vanished from public view. It is unclear if the disappearances relate to mayor-elect John L Duvall after his election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Snider
John
H. J. F. Rainier
City Assessment Bureau
City Hall
Duvall
Ralph A. Lemcke
Ner
Bree
RE Department
Walter Monroe
George W. Coffin
Iwan
Coffit
George Woodward
John L. Duvall
Pekin
Three Held in Terror Cases Identified
Police identify three suspects in a series of attacks against women. Brooker Davidson, 19, confessed to nine attempted assaults in three nights. Walter Payne, 30, identified by five victims for beatings and robberies in their homes. Davidson was arrested near Michigan Street and Indiana Avenue by officers O Connor Swank and Welch.
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Brooker Davidson
North St
Walter Payne
Indiana Ave
Davidson
Michigan St
O'Connor
Swank and
Welch
Bertha Plueger
Tacoma
Army Navy and Coolidge Bear Mitchell Jolt
Washington November 11 An attack on the Army general staff the Navy the White House and Army social life in the capital was unleashed at Colonel Mitchell court martial by Maj. Gerald C. Brant a defense witness Brant said the Hawaii defense report was suppressed and a 50 percent deficient island defense was revealed Pearl Harbor could have fallen and air service conditions were deplorable while best pilots left the Army and Washington officers quarters were superior.
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United Press
Washington
Army General Staff
Navy
White House
Army
Mitchell
Gerald C. Brant
Robert Howse
Brant
General Staff
Hawaii
Pearl Harbor
Air Service
Bebee Seeks City Engineer Post Backed by Klan
M N Bebee present assistant city engineer appears to have the inside track for city engineer under John L. Duvall. Republicans hint Duvall may appoint Bebee but Wray also favored to lead Belt Railroad elevation project if Duvall moves away from the Klan faction. Other options include reappointment of Lingenfelter and backers Armitage and Schmidt, with Coffin watching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. N. Bebee
John L. Duvall
Bebee
Duvall
H. G. Wray
Frank C. Lingenfelter
William H. Armitage
Shank
George G. Schmidt
George W. Coffin
Doctors In Session At Ohio Valley Medical Meet
Physicians and surgeons at the twenty sixth annual Ohio Valley Medical Association meeting attended clinics at the city hospital. Indianapolis doctors led by Dr Murray N Hadley joined them. Afternoon speakers at the Claypool included Dr Martin Fischer Cincinnati Dr F H Beckman Indianapolis Dr B B Vincent Lyon Philadelphia Dr Philip H Kreuscher Chicago Dr Charles P Emerson Indiana Medical College dean and Dr John H Oliver Indianapolis. Officers were to be elected this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio Valley Medical Association
City Hospital
Indianapolis
Murray N. Hadley
the Claypool
Martin Fischer
Cincinnati
Ohio
F. H. Beckman
B. B. Vincent Lyon
Philadelphia
Philip H. Kreuscher
Chicago
Charles P. Emerson
Laws ban radio advertising and revoke licenses
Washington November 11 legislative committee recommended laws to empower the Secretary of Commerce to prohibit direct advertising over radio and to revoke licenses of broadcasting stations for violations of rules at the fourth annual radio conference.
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United Press
Washington
Secretary of Commerce
Legislative Committee
Debt offer studied by U S debt funding commission
America's debt funding commission met to study Italy's latest proposal to settle its war debt of 2.138 billion dollars. Italy reportedly offers installments averaging 30 million dollars a year, while the United States has been insisting on 50 million dollars annually.
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United Presse
Washington
America
Italy
United States
Federal Securities Company Not Sued By Error
A Times correction states a complaint misnamed the defendant in a case involving the public service commission. The paper printed Taylor E. Groninger filing a receivership suit against the Federal Finance Company, but the correct entity is the Federal Securities Company. No suit was filed against the Federal Finance Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Securities Company
Indianapolis Times
Taylor E. Groninger
Public Service Commission
Federal Finance Company
Federal Securities Company
Morgan to be ousted as health officer under new mayor
Rumors say John L. Duvall, mayor elect, will dismiss city health officer Dr. Herman G. Morgan. Morgan, a veteran administrator, is nationally recognized for sanitation and contagious disease prevention. Dr. Mendenhall mentioned the upheaval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman G. Morgan
John L. Duvall
Morgan
Mendenhall
McQuigg Proposes World Peace Plan From Front Lines
American Legion Chief McQuigg unveils a peace program urging vast defense readiness the universal draft law and US backing of a permanent international court. He reflects on sacrifices in Flanders and Vosges and calls for action to honor fallen comrades and secure lasting peace.
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McQuigg
Legion
America
Flanders
Vosges
Flanders Field
American Legion
United States
Permanent Court of International Justice
Armistice Day Mass Meeting Promotes Ideals Of Soldiers
Speakers at a B F Keith theater Armistice day mass meeting urged continuation of high ideals shown by those who served and died for the country. Dr Carleton B McCulloch Brig Gen Dwight E Aultman and Fred C Gause addressed several hundred attendees.
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B. F. Keith
Carleton B. McCulloch
Dwight E. Aultman
Fred C. Gause
Indianapolis
George Allison
Francis Gavish
McCulloch
Wolfe Jury Near as Ten Jurors Tentatively Accepted
In Muncie Indiana on November 11 ten jurors were tentatively accepted for the murder trial of Charles One Arm Wolfe. Wolfe is charged with killing Ben and Mary Hance, who allegedly betrayed Gerald Chapman. The State says Wolfe was linked to George Dutch Anderson, the slain gang figure, in the August double killing on a county road.
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United Press
Muncie
Ind
Charles
Wolfe
Ben
Mary Hance
Gerald Chapman
George “Dutch” Anderson
Suspect Arrested in Dry Crusader Murder Case
Harold Ponder, an escaped Iowa auto thief, is held in Laramie Wyoming over the killing of Mrs Myrtle Cook Benton County dry crusader in September. He was in Vinton Iowa at the murder time and left in a stolen car soon after.
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Ing
United Press
Vinton
Iowa
Harold Ponder
Laramie
Wyo
Myrtle Cook
Benton County
Ponder
Ben
Fragmentary Weather Readings From Historic Data Page
Incomplete temperature log showing multiple times of day with numbers that appear to be readings. Entries include values around the 40s to 60s, with partial labels like m., noon, a.m., and possible geographic or station references. The fragmented data lacks full context or dates.
Armored Rhino Hunters Launch Kashmir Expedition
The Field Museum announced that the James Simpson Roosevelt expedition will march into Kashmir in central India to hunt the armor plated rhinoceros. The creature has a single horn and a folded hide that makes it resemble armor.
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James Simpson-Roosevelt
Central Asia
Kashmir
India
Field Museum
Four Perish in Fire in New Jersey Tenement
In East Orange New Jersey a man Joseph De Stefano and four of his children died trapped in a third floor bedroom of a six family dwelling. His wife saved their fourteen months old daughter by throwing her to a neighbor and leaping to safety.
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Joseph de Stefano
Duvall Seeks Builder for City Inspector Post
John L. Duvall faces a puzzle in choosing a competent builder to become city building inspector. Rumor says Francis F. Hamilton and his staff may be replaced, but finding someone who can pass the technical exam is proving difficult.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Duvall
Francis F. Hamilton
Motor Cop Injured In Collision At Meridian And Twentieth
Motorcycle Policeman Hiram Fischer was hurt in a crash with a car driven by F. E. Woolen at Meridian and Twentieth Streets. His partner William Cravens suffered minor bruises after being thrown about twenty feet.
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Hiram Fischer
Bellefontaine St
F. E. Woolen
N. Meridian St
Meridian
Twentieth Sts
William Cravens
Fischer
Stanley Hill Introduced Girl at Governor Inaugural Banquet
Stanley Hill, a friend of Madge Oberholtzer, states he introduced a girl to Stephenson at Governor Jack son’s inaugural banquet. The claim ties to social scene surrounding the event and identifies Hill as the intermediary.
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Stanley Hill
Madge Oberholtzer
Stephenson
Oberholtzer Introduced to Stephenson at Banquet Trial
Court in Noblesville hears rebuttal witness Stanley Hill, secretary of the inaugural committee, recounting Madge Oberholtzer meeting D. C. Stephenson at the Indianapolis Athletic Club banquet on January 12 1925. Prosecutors seek to counter Klinck and Gentry alibis as jurors hear seating and acquaintance claims.
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John Aptor
William L. Toms
Noblesville
Ind
Madge Oberholtzer
D. C. Stephenson
Earl Klinck
Earl Gentry
Indianapolis Athletic Club
Stanley C. Hill
Ruckle St
Indianapolis
Hill
Madge
Stephenson
Miss Meade
Ralph Kane
Miss Oberholtzer
Mr. Stephenson
Kate
Contributions Pass $300000 in Fund Drive
Donations in the Community Fund drive reached the halfway point with noon reports showing 380641.61 raised at a luncheon. Total contributions stand at 305762.32 toward a 650662 goal, led by Dick Miller with 55952 from his department and a long list of $100 plus gifts from companies and individuals.
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Claypool
Dick Miller
Miller
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