Utilities heads invite Hoover to map 2 billion dollar expansion
National utility chiefs representing street railways gas and electric plants met with President Hoover to outline a 2 billion dollar plan for new streetcar lines plant extensions and construction. The move aims to spur business with federal help lowering interest rates while awaiting a broader Chamber of Commerce conference.
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Washington
Hoover
Owen C. Young
General Electric Company
Samuel Insull
Commonwealth Edison Company
Chicago
Charles L. Edgar
Edison Electric Eluminating Company
Boston
W. A. Jones
Cities Service Company
John B. Miller
Southern California Edison Company
Los Angeles
Guy A. Richardson
Chicago Surface Lines
N. B. Sloan
New York Edison Company
Paul S. Clapp
National Light Association
New York
J. N. Shanahan
Soviet Denies Orders in Manchuria Invasion Report
Moscow rejected China’s appeal to Kellogg pact signatories over the Manchuria crisis citing no orders to seize the Chinese Eastern Railway and denying any ultimatum. Officials blamed Chinese and white guards for hostilities as talks with Mukden potential with Germany as intermediary.
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China
Manchuria
Russia
Foreign Office
Council of Defense
Red Army
Harbin
Mukden
Germany
Nanking
Jury panel called for murder trial of Charles Brown
A venire of 100 jurors is summoned for the criminal court on Tuesday for the trial of Charles Brown, 47, of 89 South New Jersey Street, accused of fatally shooting his wife Alma at their home on August 18 after a quarrel. Rex, 14, the step-son, will be the principal witness for the state. Judge James A. Collins will preside.
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Charles Brown
New Jersey Street
Alma
Rex
Brown
Quarre
James A. Collins
Times to Publish Single Edition on Thanksgiving
The Times will issue only one edition on Thursday in line with its Thanksgiving custom for the employer holiday.
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The
Times
Harbin Dispatches Report Manchuria-Seeking Talks
Dispatched reports from Harbin say Manchurian authorities were authorized to negotiate with Soviet Russia to settle the dispute cited as provoking the Russian invasion of Chinese territory.
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United Press
Washington
Harbin
Russia
Pilot Dies After Westbury Biplane Crash
A biplane crashed onto a building roof at Maple and Post in Westbury Nassau hospital where the pilot died. Believed to be James Pisini 18 or 20 from Brooklyn. The Roosevelt aviation school owned the ship and officials sought the cause amid a large crowd.
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United Press
Westbury
L. I
Maple and Post Avenues
Nassau Hospital
James Pisani
Brooklyn
Roosevelt Aviation School
Couple Killed in Car Train Collision at Nortonburg
Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Markland of Columbus were killed instantly when their car was struck by a Big Four freight train at a crossing in Nortonburg. The couple, married November 19 in Columbus, were identified as Emma McComas before marriage.
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Times Special
Columbus
Ind
E. L. Markland
Nortonburg
Markland
Emma McComas
Maniac Attacks Woman With Poker Near Lawrence
Mrs. Floyd Groves fought off a maniac who seized her on a Lawrence rear porch and beat her with a poker before she escaped to a garage for help. Deputies and villagers searched woods and swamps for the short, ragged assailant described as mentally disturbed.
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Lawrence
Floyd Groves
Pendleton Pike
Lester Bragdon
Alvin Thompson
Community Fund drive pledges near goal at final report
Workers in the tenth annual Community Fund drive were to meet at noon at the Clay pool for a final pledge report. Total pledges stood at 645062.58 with 151790 short of the 786853 goal. 35 city social agencies rely on success and leaders urge full support.
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Claypool
Hugh McK
Landon
Granville Hicks Dies at 77 in Alexandria Indiana
Granville Hicks a 77 year old farmer died at his home in Alexandria Indiana on November 27 according to Times Suec.
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Suec
Alexandria
Ind
Granville Hicks
Farmer
State highway awards 500000 barrel cement contract low bid
The highway commission awarded a 500000 barrel cement contract to Marquette Cement Co of Illinois as the low bidder. The 2,000,000 barrel paving program was split among eight firms, mostly in Indiana, with prices 20 to 30 cents below 1929 levels and an estimated $500000 in state savings. Delivery prices ranged from 2.17 to 2.42 per barrel.
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Marquette Cement Company
Illinois
John J. Brown
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Indiana
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Universal
Gary
Lone Star
Limesdale
Lehigh
Mitchell
Louisville
Speeds
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Kosmos
Kosmosdale
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company
Zanesville
Medusa
Sandusky, O
Thanksgiving market scene captures festive fowl and shoppers
The Indianapolis city market bustled under a drizzle as housewives sought drumsticks and wish bones for Thanksgiving. Photos feature the Goose Girl Margaret Watts and 32 pound tom from Acton, amid characters like Mike the orange man and shoppers including Mary Walsh sharing smiles and cookies for charity.
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Indianapolis
Mike
Margaret Watts
Whiteland
W. A. Wentzell
North
Delaware Street
Kathleen Morgan
East
Pratt Street
Tom
C. M. Jacoby
Acton
Little Sisters of the Poor
Miss Mary Walsh
Vermont Street
Mart
Labor department mulls rule on alien workers living outside US
The labor department considers a regulation to bar aliens lawfully admitted from living outside the United States while employed here. The rule would target alien workmen in Buffalo and other border towns along the Canadian and Mexican lines.
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United Press
Washington
Labor Department
United States
Buffalo
Death of Centro Castellano President in Mexico City Knife Attack
Sabino Gonzales Fernandez, president of Centro Castellano, died in a French hospital from a knife wound inflicted in a street encounter on Sunday. The assailant, Carlos Medina Bernat, says he acted in self defense.
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United Press
Mexico City
Sabino Gonzales Fernandez
Centro Castellano
Carlos Medina Bernat
Bernat
Negro Spy Horace Lyle quits Ogden dry job
Horace Lyle the larger of two Negro dry spies employed by Attorney General James M. Ogden says he is through with liquor sniffing and that he smelled of alcohol only because he had been drinking while traveling with a bootlegger. He sat in Ogden's office awaiting pay and expenses.
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Horace Lyle
James M. Ogden
Gold Dust Twins
Ogden
Vuulmdiul
Lyle
Robert West
West
Indiana Anti-Saloon League
Dr. E. 5
Shumaker
Nebraska Awgwan to cease publication after board ruling
The Nebraska University Awgwan will have no successor after the student board of publication discontinued it for off color jokes. Editor Raymond D. Murray of Los Angeles argued that slightly obscene humor was essential to the magazine’s success.
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Nebraska U. Awgwan
United Press
Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska University Awgwan
Raymond D. Murray
Los Angeles
Alfred Priest, Noted Portrait Painter, Dies at 55
London obituary notes painter Alfred Priest 55 a member of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters who had exhibited many works at the Royal Academy.
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United Press
London
Alfred Priest
Royal Society of Portrait Painters
Royal Academy
Gas Station Robbery Near Police Headquarters
A bandit robbed a Shell station two blocks from police HQ of $100 and fled before police could reach the scene. Attendant Raymond Jutt, 28, at 2022 Buckle street identified the suspect as tall and wearing dark trousers a light cap and a red sweater after forcing him to open the safe.
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Raymond Jutt
Buckle Street
New Jersey Street
Virginia Avenue
Jutt
School Teacher Slays During Thanksgiving Program Argument
Harrisburg Ill Nov 27 Dwight Organ 26 a school teacher is jailed charged with killing Leslie Lightfoot Carrier Mills school teacher during a dispute over a date change for a Thanksgiving program Lightfoot a district director was shot twice after the argument at the Harrisburg school Officers arrested Organ following the Tuesday night shooting.
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United Press
Harrisburg
Ill
Dwight Organ
Leslie Lightfoot
Carrier Mills
Lightfoot
Organ
Duvergne Henry Barnard Dies at 62 in London Navy circle
Duvergne Henry Barnard aged 62, composer of Whisper and I Shall Hear and several other ballads, died today in London. The death was reported among Navy circles and musical colleagues.
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United Press
London
Navy
Duvergne Henry Barnard
Fire sweeps Schnull Co grocery warehouse in city
A fire at Schnull & Co wholesale grocery warehouse on East Washington street, likely started by faulty wiring, caused 12 000 to 15 000 in damage. Firemen battled the blaze after Roy Alfred awoke to smoke at his home, with Chelsie Werzburger treated for smoke inhalation.
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Schnull & Co
East Washington Street
Chelsie Werzburger
Company No. 7
Roy Alfred
Orlando O'Grady
North State Avenue
O'Grady
Weather outlook for Indianapolis Thanksgiving week
Rains that begin early today are expected to continue into Thursday morning. Temperatures will fall near 30 degrees tonight then rise above freezing by Thursday as fair cool weather returns. Meteorologist J. H. Armington noted the trend.
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Indianapolis
J. H. Armington
Armington
Lottie Holman O’Neill Seeks State Senate Seat
Downers Grove former Illinois representative Lottie Holman O’Neill announces her bid for state senate challenging incumbent Richard J. Barr after eight years in the lower house. The report notes Barr’s four-term tenure and Holman O’Neill’s political move.
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Downers Grove
Illinois
Richard J. Barr
Ogden to Rule on Insull Merger Legal Question
Indiana Attorney General James M. Ogden prepares a ruling on the legality of the $70 million Insull utilities merger. Aimed at whether the public service commission can authorize merging diverse properties, the opinion may hinge on whether it counts as a financial merger rather than a physical one. The case affects 344 Hoosier communities and has political implications.
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James M. Ogden
Ape
Indiana
Calvin McIntosh
Public Service Commission
Howell Ellis
House of Representatives
Ogden
Ellis
McIntosh
George W. Hufsmith
Hufsmith
Edwardsport
Terre Haute
Richmond
Hoosier
Nine Story Leap Fatal at Chicago City Hall Area
Matty Beemick, a steamfitter, fell nine stories to his death in the area between Chicago City Hall and the county building. He crashed through a skylight and landed between two desks in the county recorder's office, where a watchman found him alive. He died later at county hospital.
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United Press
Chicago
Matty Beemick
County Recorder’s Office
Beemick
Four St Lawrence Students Killed in Train Crash
Four St Lawrence University students died when their automobile was struck by a train at a grade crossing in Canton New York. Three of the victims were Raymond J Beardsley a sophomore from New Berlin Nelson P Lodell of Victor and W B Anderson of Bridgeport Connecticut.
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United Press
Canton
N. Y
St. Lawrence University
Raymond J. Beardsley
New Berlin
Nelson P. Lobdell
Victor
W. B. Anderson
Bridgeport
Hand Up Indictments in Camden for Slaying Two Children
Camden county grand jury prepared to hand up two indictments accusing Gladys May Parks of killing Dorothy Rogers four and Timothy Rogers three while in her care. Parks surrendered November 10 and, despite sustained questioning, maintained the deaths were accidental.
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United Press
Camden
N. J
Camden County Grand Jury
Gladys May Parks
Miss Parks
Dorothy Rogers
Timothy Rogers
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