Book charges Orr in tool of C. C. Shipp
Civic leader William H. Book accused Lawrence F. Orr of running the state board of accounts under C. C. Shipp’s influence at the Indiana statehouse. Orr denied the charge, saying the report was not political and duties followed prior practice. The dispute followed publication of an accounts report detailing $37,041.44 spent on Shortridge high school without appropriation and related overdrafts.
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Orr
C. C. Shipp
Daniel M. Kidney
William H. Book
Chamber of Commerce
Statehouse
Lawrence F. Orr
State Board of Accounts
Book
Shipp
State Tax Board
Indiana Taxpayers’ Association
Teckmeyer
Ross Teckmeye
Shortridge High School
State
Board of Accounts
Indianapolis
Accounts Board
Sterling R. Holt
Thomas L. Eikenberry
Marion County
Rush Work on Road Open Before Purdue Indiana Game
Assurance that state road No. 37 from Indianapolis to Bloomington will be open before the Purdue Indiana football game was given today by John J. Brown director of the highway commission. Work of saving men concrete at either end of the Martinsville cut off north of Martinsville was finished.
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Indianapolis
Bloomington
Jonn J. Brown
The
Highway Commission
Martinsville
The Lost Shirt and Caught Short Tell of Market Absurdity
Eddie Cantor and Joseph Anthony rush to publish as stock turmoil drives satire. Brentano's and Simon & Schuster sponsor quick editions after brokers unleash ironic fund-raising gags. Anthony writes poetry through market stress while Cantor weaves comic vignettes into prose.
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York
Eddie Cantor
Joseph Anthony
Brentano’s
Simon & Schuster
Cantor
Anthony
Marblehead Escapes Major Damage After Freightship Collision
The U S cruiser Marblehead with 435 officers and men arrived at Boston navy yard under her own power after colliding with the Evansville about forty miles north northeast of Nantucket lightship. No crew injuries reported and both vessels appeared to escape serious damage.
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United Press
Boston
Marblehead
Bostonavy Yard
Evansville
Nantucket
Norfolk, Va
Navy Yard
Child Dies in Blaze After Kerosene Explosion
Burns from an explosion caused by kerosene poured on a kitchen stove killed 2 year old Robert Stevens and injured his mother Mrs Stevens 38 and siblings Hubert 9 and Virginia 7 in Pleasant Hill.
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Bu United Press
Kansas City
Robert Stevens
Sam Stevens
Greenhouse
Pleasant Hill
House Leader Tilson Seeks Tax Cut Action Before Christmas
House Republican Leader Tilson of Connecticut told President Hoover that the chamber could finish action on the 160 million dollar proposed tax cut resolution before the Christmas holidays.
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United Press
Washington
House
Tilson
Connecticut
Hoover
War Secretary James W. Good in critical condition
Secretary of War James W. Good remained in critical condition at Walter Reed hospital. Physicians warned the situation could stay dangerous for about twenty four hours, but indicated rest and limited infection spread from appendiceal perforation were hopeful signs.
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United Press
Washington
James W. Good
Walter Reed Hospital
Two Die On Battleship New York From Gas Exposure
In Norfolk officials blamed carbon monoxide gas for the deaths of Lieutenant Robert Hollenbeck of Chicago and Boatswain's Mate Thomas George Weber of New York. Seven others were overcome during an inspection on Thursday night aboard the battleship New York.
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Norfolk
New York
Robert Hollenbeck
Chicago
Thomas George Weber
Page to join advisory delegation to London naval conference
Arthur Wilson Page son of the late Walter Hines Page ambassador to London during the Wilson administration will be part of the advisory delegation to the naval conference in London in January, the White House announced.
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United Press
Washington
Arthur Wilson Page
Walter Hines Page
London
Wilson
White House
Community Fund Drive Launches to Replenish Coffers
Two thousand volunteers begin the tenth annual Community Fund campaign led by J I Holcomb and Sherman C Kingsley. The drive runs November 15 to 25 with a goal of 786 853 funding 35 social service organizations in Indianapolis. A kickoff dinner features Kingsley and other leaders at Claypool tonight as workers commit to daily report meetings.
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Indianapolis Orphans
Community Fund
Claypool
Sherman C. Kingsley
Philadelphia Welfare Federation
Man Murdered in Upper Manhattan Slot War
Mortimer Schubert, a prominent New York slot machine figure, was found murdered in a brown coupe beneath elevated tracks in Upper Manhattan. Police say the killing stems from a gang quarrel over a business detail in the slot machine trade.
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United Press
New York
Upper Manhattan
Mortimer Schubert
Grover Whalen
Army Navy game urged to aid disabled veterans
The American Legion national executive committee urged resuming the Army Navy football classic with proceeds for disabled World War veterans. The resolution, adopted unanimously, called for cooperation between the academies and directed the national commander to seek a game at Soldiers Field in Chicago in 1930.
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American Legion
the Legion
Soldiers’ Field
Chicago
Armory Robbery Confession Sought From Gail Alger
State police seek a signed confession from Gail Alger 17 of 409 North Walcott street about a May armory robbery. He and Lowell Edwards were arrested after a revolver was found in their car. Gene and Josephine Alger, linked to a bank robbery, face trial in Jennings county. Hearing set before Municipal Judge Clifton R. Cameron Friday. Bond set at 2500 for Alger and Edwards on auto theft charges. Temperature readings follow in the brief hourly table.
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Gail Alger
North Walcott Street
United States Naval Reserve
Alger
Lowell Edwards
North
Walcott Street
Edwards
Gene
Josephine Alger
Clark County
Paris Crossing
Jennings County
Gene Alger
Indianapolis
State Reformatory
Ned
Tkse
Traffic Cop on a Downtown Corner
A veteran police officer matters calmly as a sedan approaches a no left turn zone. A Philadelphia driver, visiting from far away, faces a lawful check and a quick cross-state exchange about his Pennsylvania plates.
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America
Frisco
Back Bay
Galveston
Soo
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Bandits Loot Buffalo Socialite Party For $400000 Gems
Seven masked bandits barged into a Cortland Van Clief Cameron engagement party at John L. Carson Jr. home near Buffalo and escaped with about $400000 in gems and cash. Guests were startled, some thought it a prank. rewards of up to 10000 dollars offered for each robber. Police nationwide alerted as search widens.
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United Press
Buffalo
N. Y
John L. Carson Jr
Snyder
Mear
Cortland van Clief
Eleanor Cameron
Cameron
Tex
John L. Carson
Raymond Allan van Clief
Hamilton Gardner
Gibson Gardner
Philip Metz
The
Buffalo Times
Norman E. Mack
National Democratic
Upstate
Rivers On Rampage Threaten Alabama Flood Fears
Rivers in Alabama including the Alabama Coosa and Tallapoosa have risen above their banks amid constant rain near Birmingham. The floods threaten to worsen, recalling the Elba disaster, with warnings issued to residents in low lands as rivers swell further.
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United Press
Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Coosa
Tallapoosa
Hugg Seen as Coffin Choice for Chairman
George W Coffin plans to back Martin Hugg an Indianapolis attorney and school board counsel for county chairman and William L Taylor former attorney general for district chairman. Sheriff Omer Hawkins resists resignation while Albert Uhl and George Denffly emerge as Coffin opponents potential successors.
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Ben Stern
George W. Coffin
Coffin
Martin Hugg
Indianapolis
William L. Taylor
Hugg
Omer Hawkins
Uhl
Marion Club
George Denffly
Two Men Held on Drunkenness and DUI Charges
Two men were held on drunkenness and drunken driving charges after arrest on West Morris Street. Harry Bradford of 28 East Morris Street faces drunken driving. Robert Stevens of 1234 Blaine Avenue faces drunkenness.
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West Morris Street
Harry Bradford
East Morris Street
Robert Stevens
Blaine Avenue
Bradford
Stevens
State printing bids sought for two years
The state printing board will receive bids next Wednesday for the next two years. Current contracts are held by Burford Printing Company Levey Brothers and Haywood Publishing Company of Lafayette.
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State Printing Board
Otto Lee
Burford Printing Company
Levey Brothers
Haywood Publishing Company
Lafayette
Bargain Hunters Acquire Entire Village at Auction
Five buyers paid 8502.50 for Eliza Illinois at an auction, taking the village with two houses and a vacant lot amid mud blanketing the roads. Owner John Bishop praised the sale as financially successful as residents and outsiders faced travel delays and a cold noon chicken dinner.
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United Presa Liza
Ill
Illinois
Eliza
John Bishop
State closes case against Mrs Kilner in second degree murder trial
The prosecution rests after Coroner Keever links Kilner to the fatal shooting of her husband Edwin Kilner. A second witness, Mabel Winklepleck, recounts Kilner's pre shooting threat to kill family. Judge Kane mulls directing acquittal as Kilner, ill and grieving, is attended by a nurse.
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Criminal Court
Jeanette Kilner
Edwin
Ralph K. Kane
Paul Rhoadarmer
Kane
Kiln
Kilner
Malcolm
Delegates Named for Indianapolis Boy Scout Council
Wallace O. Lee J. Frank Holmes Clarence Sweeney and W D Hamar were elected as delegates to represent the Indianapolis Boy Scout council at the regional training conference to be held December 3 at the Edgewater Beach Hotel in Chicago.
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Wallace O. Lee
J. Frank Holmes
Clarence Sweeney
W. D. Hamar
Indianapolis
Boy Scout Council
Edgewater Beach
Chicago
Board of Trade
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Cosmopolitan Book Corporation
Nickel Automat
Radio
Brentano
Morgan
Good
U. S
Page
Naval Parley Group
Legion
Gaill Gail Alger
Mate
Rivers ON Rampage
Hawkins
Coffin Ward
Albert Uhl
New Marion Club
Bargain Hunters
DE Luxe
T'yre
Aledo
Keever
John Sheehan
Arch Ball
Patrick Roache
Louis Fosetti
Sheehan
Boy Scout Counsel
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