See's Ad Book Flop and State Fire Marshal Row
The Indiana story covers G Harvey See returning to the State Fire Marshal's payroll while promoting a Fire Prevention Year Book. He faced BBB opposition, published at 805 Lemcke with Walter Bossart, and planned The Indiana Advance quarterly. Houston remained skeptical of the venture as See sought advertisers and staff changes unfolded.
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Indiana
G. Harvey See
Alfred E. Houston
See
Better Business Bureau
Lee
Lemcke Building
Ku Klux Klan
Walter Bossart
Indiana Advance
T. M. Overley
Overley
Charles
Chick) MacDonald
Houston
MacDonald
Tom Donahue
D. C. Stephenson
Congressman Denison Indicted in Prohibition Case
Representative Edward E. Denison of Missouri and his secretary John Lane were indicted by a District of Columbia grand jury on prohibition law violations. The indictment centers on a "reeking suitcase" found at Union Station on January 19.
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United Press
Washington
Edward E. Denison
Rep
Mil
District of Columbia
John Lane
Denison
Lane
Union Station
Vasconcelos Escapes After Leaving Train
Jose Vasconcelos, defeated anti reelectionist candidate for president, eluded soldiers today after leaving a railroad train at Empalme junction. Acting on a tip, he vanished at Empalme en route to Hermosillo, with hopes by supporters that he would be spirited to the United States by sea or air.
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United States
Nation Mourns Good Death At White House Shrine
President Hoover orders half staff flags and a national tribute for James W. Good secretary of war who died after an appendicitis operation at Walter Reed hospital. Services planned in Cedar Rapids with public and private attendance.
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United Press
Ashington
Hoover
James W. Good
Good
Walter Reed Hospital
White House
Cedar Rapids
Stimson
United States
Jury selection begins in Rothstein murder trial in New York
Seven jurors are chosen and the panel grows as witnesses expected to recount the final hours of Arnold Rothstein testify. Names include Bridget Farry Alvin Thompson Beatrice Jackson Tom Farley and others as attorneys wrestle with peremptory challenges. The trial of George McManus proceeds in criminal court New York with further jurors anticipated by Wednesday.
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United Presse Criminal Court
New York
Arnold Rothstein
George McManus
Bridget Farry
Park Central Hotel
Rothstein
Alvin C. Thomas
Titanic Thompson
Beatrice Jackson
the Park Central
Tom Farley
Eugene A. Ricker
Herman T. Sherman
William Belknap
Alfred Sanborn
Joseph F. Callahan
George W. Oliver
William A. Stephenson
Hoosier Youth Takes Blame in Fraternity Liquor Raid
W. J. Sherman Crown Point law student admitted ownership of liquor found in a Gamma Eta Gamma house raid. Sheriff said no action against other members. Sherman faces university disciplinary action and a $500 fine for possession and sale. Ernest Longbons Marion and A. J. Withers Hibbing released after Sherman assumed blame.
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United Press
Aid to Mitchell Dies
Miller McGilchrist of Portland Ore special assistant to Attorney General Mitchell died at Mount Alto Veterans hospital from complications after an appendicitis operation. He is survived by his widow and his father William McGilchrist of Salem Ore.
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All
United Press
Washington
Miller McGilchrist
Portland
Ore
Mitchell
Mount Alto Veterans’ Hospital
William McGilchrist
Salem
Government Adds 275 Dry Agents as Arrests Dip
The government expanded enforcement with 275 more dry agents but recorded fewer arrests for prohibition violations this year. Secretary Mellon told the Senate in a detailed expenditures statement under the increased enforcement appropriations.
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United Press
Washington
Secretary of Treasury
Mellon
Senate
Chum of War Secretary Dies Before Funeral in Cedar Rapids
Harry B. Lutz 66, a boyhood friend of Secretary of War James W. Good, died today in Cedar Rapids while preparing to attend Good's funeral. Lutz had been in good health until today.
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United Press
Cedar Rapids
Harry B. Lutz
James W. Good
Washington
Lutz
Lilly Gift Boosts Community Fund Drive Total
Subscriptions totaling 129,594.78 were received at noon today, bringing the drive total to 269,351.03 toward the 786,853 goal. A 26,000 gift from Eli Lilly & Co and a 4,000 personal gift from J. K. Lilly lead a list of large donations at a luncheon meeting at the Claypool as workers press to beat next Monday’s closing date.
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Eli Lilly & Co
J. K. Lilly
Claypool
Special Gifts
Fletcher American National Bank
Hugh McK. Langdon
Holcomb & Hoke
Indianapolis Foundation
Arthur R. Baxter
Walter C. Marmon
G. M. Williams
Elizabeth Marmon
Money - Mueller - Ward Company
Arthur C. Newby
Pettis Dry Gods Company
L. Strauss & Co
Alger trial date set for 17 year old Gail Alger
Gail Alger 17 brother of Gene Alger faces auto theft charge in criminal court with Lowell Edwards for stealing an auto from Lester M. Rhoads on June 2. Both plead not guilty. Gene Alger and wife Josephine are jailed in Jennings county awaiting a December trial for an Aug. 15 bank robbery.
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Gail Alger
Gene Alger
Lowell Edwards
Lester M. Rhoads
Brookside Avenue
Josephine
Jennings County
Vernon
Ind
Paris Crossing
Snow blanket hits interior Maine after northeast gale
Snow four inches deep spread across Maine interior today after a northeast gale. Weather disrupted travel and added to winter conditions across communities.
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Portland
Mec
Maine
Trio of Arsenal Tech Girls Vanish in City Mystery
Police scoured every unit for three Arsenal Technical High School students Jeanette Allman Esther Henderson and Georgia Conant who vanished from home on November 12. Parents say they hoped to enter movies or dance while friends claim a planned mass runaway from the school. A rumored Chicago cabaret departure proved unfruitful.
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Arsenal Technical High School
Jeanette
Babe) Allman
Marlowe Avenue
Esther Henderson
Drexel Place
Georgia Conant
Hamilton Avenue
Chicago
Cold Wave Predicted by Local Meteorologist
J H Armington, the meteorologist, predicted the coldest weather of the season for tonight and Wednesday morning. He said overcast skies would push the thermometer down to about 25 degrees. Wednesday would be fair and somewhat warmer.
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J. H. Armington
Armington
Aged Senator Warren Improves Amid Illness Report
Washington November 19 Senator Francis E Warren Republican Wyoming 85 oldest senator was reported improving from bronchitis. He is the father in law of General John J Pershing.
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Pershing
United Press
Washington
Francis E. Warren
Rep
Wyo
Warren
Senate
John J. Pershing
Dawes Visit Sparks Curiosity in Paris
November 19 news notes General Charles G. Dawes, U S ambassador to London, visiting Paris with companions causing curiosity. Premier Andre Tardieu and Foreign Minister Aristide Briand deny any planned conferences with Dawes. War Ministry says the visit was a personal call on General Charles Payot.
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Charles G. Dawes
London
Andre Tardieu
Aristide Briand
Dawes
Ministry of War
Charles Payot
Governor to Call Statewide Tax Conference in Indiana
Governor Harry G. Leslie announced a 1929 state tax conference to discuss remedial taxation laws. He will solicit members for an organizing committee andinvite chambers of commerce boards of trade farm federation manufacturers associations public officials and taxpayers' groups. The conference may appoint committees to submit recommendations to the next Indiana General Assembly.
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Harry G. Leslie
General Assembly
Joe Rand Beckett
J. Clyde Hoffman
Indianapolis
Chambers of Commerce
Boards of Trade
Farm Federation
Manufacturers’ Associations
Taxpayers’ Associations
Indiana
Bandit Loot Returned in Rondout Mail Robbery Case
United States officials disclosed that all but 14 000 of the 2 000 000 stolen in the Rondout mail robbery have been recovered. James Murray, the former Chicago politician serving 25 years, returned 340 000 of his share hoping for clemency from President Hoover.
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U United
United States
George E. Q. Johnson
James Murray
Chicago
Murray
Hoover
Officer shoots father then kills himself in Kansas City
J E Jones a 66 year old man was awakened by his son Robert N Jones a 40 year old policeman who fired a bullet into his father's back as he turned in bed The son then shot his father in the mouth and killed himself leaving the father near death in Kansas City Missouri on November 19
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Kansas City
J. E. Jones
Robert N. Jones
Jones
WO Harbors
Minn
Banker Kills Crippled Daughter and Himself in Snow Scene
In Two Harbors Minnesota a bank president John A Barton shoots his deaf crippled daughter Beatrice then takes his own life between two pines. A note and a final gesture about snow are found as townspeople discuss the tragedy.
Indiana to Save Big on Cement Contract Bid
Indiana will cut more than 5 million dollars from next year’s cement contract. Director John D. Brown said bids are the lowest in years, averaging 20 to 30 cents per barrel under 1929 prices. A Terre Haute delegation pressed for Indiana coal use. 500,000 barrels may be bought outside the state.
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Indiana
John D. Brown
State Highway Department
Commission
Highway Commission
Terre Haute
Marquette Cement Company
Illinois
Sinclair to be freed from D C jail after seven months
Harry F. Sinclair, a multimillionaire prisoner in the District of Columbia jail, will be released Wednesday at midnight after more than seven months for contempt of court and senate. He was jailed May 6 for three months for contempt of the Senate and later sentenced to six months for contempt of court over jury-shadowing during his trial with Albert B. Fall. Part of the sentences ran concurrently and good behavior extended his term. he has served as prison pharmacist since admission.
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Good
United Press
Washington
Harry F. Sinclair
District of Columbia
Senate
Sinclair
Teapot Dome
Albert B. Fall
Expected Get 22 000 Full Dress Bandits Robbed Lombardo Home
Five men dressed in evening clothes posing as musicians gained access to Carmen Lombardo’s apartment in New York and robbed the Lombardo family and a guest of 20 000 dollars in jewels and 2 000 dollars in cash. They bound and gagged the orchestra leader and his wife and Miss Frances Feshkin of Chicago. In Kokomo Indiana a corn husking machine accident caused the death of Harry Fouts, 35, when a leg was torn apart.
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United Press
New York
Carmen Lombardo
Lombardo
Frances Feshkin
Chicago
Bu United Prena Kokomo
Ind
Harry F. Fouts
City Council to Probe Irregularities in Purchases and Cars
City department heads will testify before the council's investigating committee at 3 PM Wednesday on allegations of irregularities during the Jewett mayoralty. The probe covers wholesale motor equipment purchases, two-way receipts, and inflated appraisals amid questioned use of gasoline tax funds and missing council authorization.
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Charles W. Jewett
Herman Lieber
Edward W. Harris
Earl Buchanan
Jewett
Joel E. Baker
la Salle
Claude M. Worley
John W. Holtzman
Corporation Counsel
Oren Hack
Dilling & Co
Granite Sand and Gravel Company
Board of Works
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