Germans Cleared of Explosions Before U S Entry
The mixed claims commission said Germany bore no proven responsibility for the Black Tom and Kingsland explosions prior to U S entry in World War I. It found the Black Tom fire possibly linked to some German agents but not proven, and ruled the Kingsland fire not caused by German agents, deciding in Germany's favor on both cases.
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United Preas
Washington
Mixed Claims Commission
Germany
America
State Department
Lehigh Valley
New York Harbor
Kingsland
N. J
Agency of Canadian Car and Foundry Company, Ltd
Roland W. Boyden
Chandler P. Anderson
Wilhelm Kiesselbach
Kingland
Hinsch
Kristoff
Witzke
Jahnke
Market Opens Irregular. Stocks Show Mixed Early Action
U S Steel falls to 84 and holds near that level as coal and metal issues retreat. Columbia Gas drops to 39 while United Corporation slips to 1954. Anaconda eases below 41 as profit taking hits copper shares. Chrysler slides on a quarterly deficit, but Western Union rises about 2 points to 143 and General Motors gains to 362.
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United Press
New York
United States Steel
Columbia Gas
United Corporation
Packard
Anaconda
Cerro de Pasco
Granby
Nevada
Chrysler
Western Union
New York Central
Third Trial Arranged for Derylus Rhoades Murder Case
Rhoades, twice condemned for the Vincennes policeman Simeon Caine murder, faces a third trial before Judge Thomas Duncan or Judge Henry Kister or Charles O Baltzell after Judge Claude A Smith was disqualified. He has won reversals of two previous convictions.
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Ryu
United Press
Princeton
Ind
Derylus Rhoades
Simeon Caine
Vincennes
Thomas Duncan
Henry Kister
Charles O. Baltzell
Claude A.smith
Gibson Circuit Court
Rhoades
Innes
Al Capone Soup Kitchen Draws Long Lines in Chicago
A crowded line forms at Scarface Capone s soup kitchen as hundreds of unemployed seek meals. Testimony in Jake Guzik s tax case reveals funds for the operation and Capone s gambling syndicate profits. The service costs about 300 dollars daily with 2100 to 2800 recipients daily for three weeks. In Lafayette Indiana William Horn 58 dies of heart disease at the county toolhouse while working on a truck with William Kerber.
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United Press
Chicago
Scarface
al Capone
Capone
Jake Guzik
Frank Reis
Guzik
United Press Lafayette
Ind
William Horn
Odell
Tippecanoe Highway Department
South Street
William Kerber
Horn
Neighbors Help Ill Farmer Gather Corn
In Warsaw Indiana on November 15 forty neighbors husked over five hundred bushels of corn for Elmer Bowman who has been in poor health for several weeks and could not harvest the crop himself.
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United Press
Warsaw
Ind
Elmer Bowman
Reds Charged With Inciting Havana Riots
In Havana on November 15 government authorities investigated student demands for reforms and alleged Communist agitators behind a riot that left seven dead. Police found 25 pistols 250 revolvers and 150 rifles plus ammunition hidden in baskets masked with Ecuadorian flags to spark disorder. Senator Alberto Barreras was named mediator between students and the Machado government.
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United Press
Havana
Republic of Ecuador
Gerardo Machado
Alberto Barreras
Brothers Tried for Banditry in Court Room Escape Attempt
Gerald and Robert Brown two brothers and alleged members of a bandit gang faced banditry charges after an attempted escape from the criminal courtroom on November 3 Judge James A Collins scheduled their trial. Gerald 19 and Robert 24 were felled after leaping from the prisoners box in opposite directions. Robert was said to have escaped from Pendleton reformatory where he served a term for larceny. Three other gang members were reportedly in the plot but did not attempt to break free.
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Gerald
Robert Brown
Criminal Court Room
James A. Collins
Pendleton
Latta Fiancee Denies Death By Own Action Claim
Danville Indiana November 15 news reports say Emma Margaret Sanders fiancee of Will H Latta faces a circuit court suit against United States Casualty Company seeking twenty thousand dollars in accident insurance. Defense rebuttal targets alleged threats of death by own action and cites Latta finances and travel.
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Danville
Ind
Emma Margaret Sanders
Will H. Latta
Miss Sanders
United States Casualty Company
Danville Drug Store
Latta
New Muncie Vote Frauds Are Charged
In Muncie Indiana a flood of irregularities in the Nov 4 election prompts the Vestal Ball contest as critics cite un sworn precinct officials late polls duplicate votes and missing names at Precinct 24 and other wards. Contested results spark fears of influenced leadership and potential recounts as Ball states his win while Vestal awaits action in Washington.
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Times
Muncie
National House
Albert H. Vestal
Claude C. Ball
Indiana
Vestal
Ball
R. Earl Peters
Marshall Williams
Democratic State Committee
Ball State Normal College
Longfellow
Jay County
Secretary of State
Washington
Hog Prices Rise 15 Cents at City Yards
Hogs closed the week at Union stockyards with prices mostly 15 cents higher across classes. Bulk hogs weighing 160 to 300 pounds sold around 8.75 dollars, with receipts about 4,500 and holdovers 189. Cattle were nominal with 100 receipts, wealers 11 dollars, calves 200, sheep steady with lambs 6 to 7 dollars and smalls at 7.25 to 7.50. Chicago hog receipts totaled 13,000 with 11,000 direct. not enough hogs to form a market.
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Union
Chicago
Ateaes
Lucky Find Reveals Stock Certificates Worth About 100000
Mrs Armenes Bennet a 27 year old divorcee found three stock certificates in an old trunk she believed worthless. They were worth about 100000 dollars. She planned to leave soon with her ten year old son to spend the winter in Florida.
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United Press
Washington
Armenes Bennett
Florida
Purdue instructor injured in garage bombing at Lafayette
Investigators renewed questioning of William F. Heidergott of Purdue University after a bomb exploded in a Lafayette garage injuring him. Heidergott said he believed two sacks were under his car and noted a burning fuse but recalled nothing else of significance. His wife was later taken home to Indianapolis due to illness.
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United Press Lafayette
Ind
William F. Heidergott
Purdue University
Heidergott
Indianapolis
Link City Politicians Tied to Airplane Liquor Ring Scandal
Federal court testimony links Link City politicians and city employees to the Barker gang in a broad conspiracy to import whiskey from Walkerville Ontario and Cincinnati distilleries. Indicted are eight defendants including attorney Alexander Belle and former police captain James Tuck. seventeen named in the case with several fugitives. Evidence includes toll conversations about candidates, control of distribution, and calls to East Washington street and local offices.
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Dell
Lee Barker
Walkerville
Ont
Mellwood
Clinton
Alexander Belle
Edward S. Browning
Harry Dwight Mendenhall
Roscoe Miller
Roscoe Rogers
James Tuck
Maurice
Lefty) Wolfanger
Henry Roepke
Barkers
Lee
O. W. Jones
Leavenworth
Kaw
Cecil Rector
Max Thompson
Chillicothe
Reformatory
Bert Fowler
Nelson Gibson
Merrill Robbins
Scott Cramer
Cramer Radio Company
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Delaware Street
Ring
Apex Construction Company
East St. Clair Street
Hayworth Novelty Company
A. C. Woollens Company
North Meridian Street
Government
Cincinnati
Barker
Pritchard
Lefty Wolfanger
Ray
Lefty
East Washington Street
Shankey
Rae Powell
Bob
Washington Bank Receivers Named in Insolvent Trust Unit
Brandt C Downey financial secretary of the Methodist hospital and former president of the Brandt C Downey Financial Company was named receiver of the Washington Bank and Trust Company by Circuit Judge Harry O Chamberlin. The bank closed voluntarily Oct 23 and was deemed insolvent after a hearing on Luther F Symons state banking commissioner's petition.
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The
Methodist Hospital
Indiana State Bank
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Washington Bank and Trust Company
Harry O. Chamberlin
Chamberlin
Luther F. Symons
James M. Leathers
Ira P. Leeb
Symons
Leathers
Landslide disaster at Lyons claims thirty seven lives
News of World at a Glance reports a fresh landslide burying debris after rescuers paused. The disaster's death toll rose to thirty seven with ongoing mud, wreckage removal halted by renewed slides. Other items note U.S. press influence, liquor seizures, and political events abroad.
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United Press Lyons
France
W C T U Moves to Enforce Day Laws Across States
In Texas on November 15 delegates to the Women’s Temperance Union vow to oppose any repeal of prohibition. They plan to finish a two year program to ensure obedience to dry laws. Mrs Margaret C Munns, national secretary, cites member and contributor lists as proof of broad support among the better classes.
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United Pres Hou A Ston
Tex
Women’s Temperance Union
Temperance Union
Margaret C. Munns
Evansville Man Killed in Two-Car Collision Near Vincennes
Evansville man George Minton, 60, was killed five miles east of Vincennes when two autos collided. Four others were injured and taken to a local hospital, including Mrs. Otto and Mrs. Richards with skull fracture and other injuries.
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Sues Vincennes
Ind
George Minton
Evansville
Here
Otto Eet
Celle
Prey “Richards
Weekend Heat Sets In With Showers Forecast
Indianapolis forecasters expect continued warm temperatures well above normal with no sunshine this weekend. Showers are predicted for tonight and Sunday as the weather bureau issues the forecast.
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Indianapolis
United States Weather Bureau
Nude dancing report stirs Madison college town
Madison citizens react to reports of nude dancing on a dimly lit downtown lawn. Alderman John L. Rourke says a constituent woke him at 1 a m to report the activity near a studio popular with university students, where he saw a woman in the nude dancing.
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Madison
Wis
John L. Rourke
Rourke
Bank Robber Sentenced in KenNard Bank Heist
Newcastle Indiana November 15. William Streepy thirty was given a fifteen year prison term after a circuit court conviction for complicity in the Kennard bank robbery dated August 26, 1927.
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Newcastle
Ind
William Streepy
Kennard
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