Shumaker to Face Quiz in High Court
Indiana Supreme Court orders Edward S. Shumaker to show cause why he should not serve the sixty day contempt sentence. Governor Jackson pardoned him previously. Judge Clarence Martin dissents from the order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Supreme Court Today
Edward S. Shumaker
Indiana Anti-Saloon League
Supreme Court
Ed Jackson
David A. Meyers
Arthur L. Gilliam
Gilliam
Shumaker
Indiana
Clarence Martin
Willard B. Gemmill
Martin
State Farm
Jackson
William Resener
Martinsville
National W C T U Convention Heads to Indianapolis in 1929
The 1929 national convention of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union will be held in Indianapolis in August or September. Henry T. Davis of the Indianapolis Convention Bureau announced the selection over Milwaukee and San Antonio. The six day meeting will draw 2,500 to 3,000 delegates plus thousands of Indiana members in sessions across the city. Mrs. Elizabeth Stanly, state president, extended the invitation in Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Indianapolis
Henry T. Davis
Davis
Boston
Elizabeth Stanly
Fugitive Back to Jail for Longtime WV Murder Thief
Ernest Steed, a guard at the West Virginia state penitentiary, says Samuel Blevins returned to the penitentiary to serve the remainder of a life sentence for murder. Blevins killed a railroad watchman at Wheeling nine years ago and escaped from the prison on November 1. He was captured on election night after a street car incident involving William Behnke of 2426 Union Street.
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Ernest Steed
West Virginia State Penitentiary
Samuel Blevins
Blevins
Wheeling
W. Va
Steed
William Behnke
Union Street
Hoover Hooks 2 Fish Biggest One Got Away
President elect Herbert Hoover fished off Cape San Lucas in Lower California catching a fifteen pound dolphin and a one pound Spanish mackerel. A third bite escaped when his line tangled with writer Mark Sulivan. Mrs Hoover watched from the deck as naval officers congratulated him and the mackerel was served at luncheon.
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United Press Board
U. S. Maryland
Herbert Hoover
Cape San Lucas
California
Mark Sulivan
Izaak Walton
Crew of Vestris Testify At Quiz
A crew member suggested a bottom leak caused the sinking of the Vestris. Witnesses described a list and water entering the bilge after the ship left New York, with repairs noted after a prior leak.
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Vestris
Harry Ferguson
United Press
New York
United States
Barton
Walter S. Brown
Department of Commerce
Sos
S. S. Vestris
Lamport & Holt
Henry J. Tilford
Coolidge Uses Pocket Veto On Muscle Shoals Bill
President Coolidge told a congressional delegation at the White House he would never sign the Norris Morin Muscle Shoals bill. He said it would force the government into the retail power and fertilizer business and therefore he issued a pocket veto.
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Washington
Coolidge
White House
Heir Impostor Declared Falsified Birth in Detroit
Wayne county circuit court ruled five year old Dode Alfred Boyer an impostor and ordered birth records cancelled after his foster mother Mrs. Myron L. Boyer admitted fabricating the boy's birth. The case concerned the would have been heir to Burroughs Adding Machine chairman's fortune.
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United Press
Detroit
Dode Alfred Boyer
Burroughs Adding Machine Company
Wayne County
Myron L. Boyer
Lions Meet Officers Banquet to Honor State Conference
State Lions officers gathered at the Chamber of Commerce for a conference hosted by the Indianapolis Lions Club. District Governor Lynn Craig of Scottsburg presided with International Lions president Ben Ruffin of Richmond Va set as principal speaker at a 6 30 banquet at the Chamber of Commerce. The local club pledged entertainment for the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions Club
Chamber of Commerce
Indianapolis
Lafayette pleads for caterer Peter Mitchin
In Hammond Indiana on November 22 residents sought help from Federal Judge Thomas Slick to keep their holiday meals ready from caterer Peter Mitchin. Judge Slick acknowledged the hardship and suspended Mitchin's liquor sale sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Hammond
Ind
Lafayette
Peter Mitchin
Thomas Slick
Peter
Slick
College Feud Turns Fatal in Birmingham
In Birmingham Alabama on November 22 a clash between Birmingham Southern and Howard College students left Mon tres Freeman a 220 pound football star dead. O H Westbrook a Howard junior said he fired after Freeman and Byron Matthews confronted him at his workplace threatening trouble. The feud began when a Howard student painted To Hell With Southern on a campus building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Birmingham
Ala
Birming- Southern
Howard
Montres Freeman
Birmingham-Southern
O. H. Westbrook
Westbrook
Freeman
Birmingham Southern
Byron Matthews
Southern
Opposition” College
Early Farm Aid Urged By Tilson At White House
Representative John Tilson of Connecticut told President Coolidge in Washington that farm relief legislation should largely pass in the short session and that any extra session should focus on tariff revision. The remarks were delivered after a White House meeting today.
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Tilson
United Press
Washington
Congress
John Tilson
Connecticut
Whitehouse
Coolidge
Governor Smith Heads Home After Stopovers
AL 10 reports in Biloxi that Governor Alfred E. Smith may begin return trip north Saturday with a planned stop in Atlanta and Warm Springs, Georgia where Franklin D. Roosevelt is staying. Smith fared better in fishing than golf with seven sea trout caught on Wednesday while John J. Raskob caught a croaker and a catfish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Biloxi
Miss
Alfred E. Smith
Atlanta
Warm Springs
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Smith
John J. Raskob
King George III Sudden Illness Sparks British Concern
King George V was reported ill with a feverish cold and fever, but palace officials assured the public that the condition is not serious. The king, 63, remains in bed as doctors treat him, with no immediate bulletin planned until 2 p.m. Queen Mary attended a function in his stead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webb Miller
United Press
London
George V
Buckingham Palace
Suckingham Palace
Mary
George
Mediterranean
Duke of Gloucester
Chambers River
Explosion Injures Sixteen At Barbertown Plant
A blast at the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company plant in Barbertown Ohio injures sixteen workers. Police and fire units respond as ambulances rush to hospitals. Initial reports warned many could die and the cause remained under investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Barberton, O
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company
Largest Chicago real estate deal closes at $20 million
The United Power and Light Corporation completed the purchase of the National Bank and Trust Company building and site on South LaSalle Street. The twenty one story structure spans a full city block and marks the largest real estate transaction in Chicago to date.
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United Press
Chicago
United Power and Light Corporation
National Bank and Trust Company
South Lasalle Street
Series of Time Slot Figures
A string of times and numbers appears likely as a schedule or ledger. The entries show 6 a m 36, 10 a m 30, 7 m 36, 11 a m 38, 8 a m 35, 12 noon 39, 9 a m 36, 1 p m 38.
Mother's Heart Keeps Watch For Maine Sailor
A memorial service for Harry J. Keys, Indiana’s only Maine casualty, is held as his mother Tillie Turner, 70, mourns alone in her boarding house. Navy officials locate her on her birthday, while the framed photo of her son sits beside her, a lifelong sailor's memory.
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Arch Steinel Hile
Indiana
Maine
Tillie Turner
New Jersey
Harry J. Keys
United States Navy
W.elke
Turner
Mrs. Turner
Harry
Mrs.Turner
Head of City Bank is Dead
Augustus Jennings 59 founder and president of Colonial Savings and Loan Association died at home after two weeks with heart disease. Born Traders Point and raised in Indianapolis he helped form Colonial Savings and Loan and Jennings Brothers Real Estate Company with brother Connard. Survived by widow two brothers and a sister.
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Augustus Jennings
Colonial Savings and Loan Assocation
North
Pennsylvania Street
John M. Jennings
Marion County
Jennings
Traders Point
Indianapolis
Kansas
Central Trust Company
Farmers Trust Company
Connard Jennings
Colonial Savings and Loan Association
Jennings Brothers Real Estate Company
Sale of Stock Exchange Membership Sets New High
The United Press reports that a membership on the Stock Exchange sold for $530,000, a new high and $5,000 above the prior sale on Wednesday, signaling continued brisk market activity in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
New York
Stock Exchange
Boy found dead on Clover Leaf tracks in Kokomo
The badly mangled body of 15 year old Ralph Leppo was found on Clover Leaf tracks near Kokomo by Charles Mark. His father later identified the youth. The severed head was located about twenty five yards from the body.
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United Press Kokomo
Ind
Ralph Leppo
Charles Mark
Wild horse injures two in Lawndale raid
In Chicago Lawndale Wednesday night a wild horse bit two people and trampled one. Mrs Cecilia Gold 26 suffered a bitten right hand and two broken fingers after the horse charged into her. William Frazin 16 was bitten on the shoulder and knocked down before police shot the animal.
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United Preas
Chicago
Lawndale
Cecila Gold
Knight Hurt In Crash Near Euphrates
British air vice marshal Sir Edward L Ellington was injured in a forced landing near the Euphrates while en route from England. The aircraft somersaulted in fog. the pilot was unharmed but Sir Edward was bruised and shaken.
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United Press
Bagdad
Sir Edward L. Ellington
Euphrates River
England
Sir Edward
Stock boom of New York market on fast trading day
The New York stock market surged with prices rising then slipping on profit taking as ticker tape buzzed. Airplane shares and Radio Corporation led the session with noon sales totaling 2,379,900, implying a near 6 million share pace for a full day while tickers ran late by minutes.
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United Press
New York
Airplane
Radio Corporation
Park board to decide on Butler University bus line
The park board met at 2 P.M. to consider Peoples Motor Coach Company request to run its new Butler University bus line on North Meridian Street. John E. Milner said a decision would come this afternoon after residents and officials of five schools objected. Adolph Embhardt favored more study but suggested a 30 day tryout if approved.
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Park Board
Peoples Motor Coach Company
Butler University
North Meridian Street
John E. Milner
Adolph Embhardt
Meridian Street
Jury to Try James Walker for Possession of Revolver
Criminal court jury to try James Walker, an ex convict charged with possessing a revolver, was being selected today. Walker was arrested with Homer Wright, alleged St. Louis gangster, held in connection with the Broadmoor Country Club hold-up on May 30.
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Criminal Court
James Walker
Walker
Homer Wright
St. Louis
Broadmoor Country Club
Radio Ghost Haunts Illinois Farm House Alleged Voices
In L IL a deserted farm house is said to echo voices and music from WEAF control, appearing to originate from walls and later the cellar. Owner Mrs Lou Greenamyer reports daily nocturnal phenomena hindering rental prospects while experts fail to explain the haunting.
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Sam Love
United Press
Ellmore
L. IL
Lou Greenamyer
Greenamyer
WEAF
Kiting Scheme Charged in Steinbrenner Trial
Federal trial details Henry G Steinbrenner of Noblesville and the Steinbrenner Rubber Co in a postal fraud case. Prosecutors say a check kiting scheme used $700000 in assets to prop up operations and defraud banks including First National Noblesville Huntington County State Bank. Jury sworn. defense notes savings by insiders and attempts to protect investments. Losses cited include Guardian National Bank and Central Trust Company.
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Henry G. Steinbrenner
Noblesville
Steinbrenner Rubber Company
First National Bank
Huntington County State Bank
Huntington
S. Homer Federman
Newton Cowgill
Walter W. Bray
Noblesville Bank
Edwin B. Ayres
E. Porter Ayres
E. B. Ayres
Steinbrenner
Ayres
Ku Klux Klan
John Batzner
Tipton
Ora Smith
Rush County
Calvin Bolin
Brazil
J. A. Bunnell
Hagerstown
William Cutrell
Platefeld
Charles F. Dell
Columbus
Hugh Giles
Sullivan
Clyde Hoke
Winchester
Joe Johnson
Morgan County
Claude Meyers
Jeffersonville
Charles Riley
Crawfordsville
Drugis Gift
Guardian National Bank
Central Trust Company
Dreyfus Rhoades Sentenced to Death in Gibson Circuit Court
Dreyfus Rhoades, convict in the slaying of Vincennes police officer Simon Carne, was sentenced to die in the electric chair on March 6, 1929, by Judge Claude Smith. The defense motion for a new trial was overruled. He was escorted to Vanderburgh county jail in Evansville for safekeeping.
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United Press
Princeton
Ind
Dreyfus Rhoades
Simon Carne
Vincennes
Claude Smith
Gibson Circuit Court
Smith
Rhoades
Vanderburgh County
Evansville
Ex-War Chief Jacob Dickinson Hospitalized at 78
Jacob M. Dickinson former secretary of war under Taft is under observation at St. Luke's hospital in Chicago for gall bladder trouble. Dr. Arthur R. Eliott ordered his admission after treating him at his home for six weeks. Dickinson, 78, is described by his physician as making a good fight against the illness.
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United Press
Chicago
Jacob M. Dickinson
William Howard Taft
St. Luke’s Hospital
Arthur R. Eliott
Dickinson
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Knight
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Freeport
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