Icy pavement arrests flood Indianapolis weekend
Police report twenty six drivers arrested for speeding in icy Indianapolis streets during the weekend. No fatalities in the city, but three deaths occurred elsewhere in Indiana. Snow began Sunday morning and varied with flurries through the day as temperatures hovered near freezing.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
United States Weather Bureau
Howard Curry
Pleasant St
Hudgins
Chitwood and Maas
Blaine Miller, Jr
Washington 3Lvd
Virgil Bear
W Thirty-Fourth St
Wesley Bullock
N. East St
Dan Kepner
E. Washington, St
George W. Dickey
Kokomo
Ind
Ruckle Smellberger
Northwestern Ave
Richard Higgins
N. Talbott Ave
Merle Bennett
Broadway
Harvey Hudson
Congress Ave
Arthur Basey
E. North St
Henry Webb
Meridian St
Harry Langdon
Delaware St
Russell Bosart
Yowell Ave
Gordon A. Grant
Michigan St
W. Washington St
George Bennett
English Ave
M. B. McDonald
Plainfield
J. H. Whitlock
Ashland Ave
Charles Chevrolet
Sixth St
Purcell Jones
Bedford
Ray McCarty
Prospect St
Elmer Yates
Georgia St
He-Mannequins Parade At London Fashion Show
London, Nov. 30. He mannequins appeared at the male fashion show as tailors push new shapes. Trousers stay wide coats looser overcoats more military in style. Double breasted waistcoats vanish, while double breasted jackets remain popular.
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ONDON
London
Army and Navy bungle cited by committee report
The House aircraft committee endorses Col. William Mitchell’s merger plan for national defense and criticizes Army and Navy leadership for hindering aviation. It argues the U S ranks between third and fifth in air strength and notes only 10 percent of five year expenditures funded new or remodeled aircraft.
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United Press
Washington
Army
Navy
Col
Wiliam Mitchell
Department of National Defense
House Aircraft Committee
Mitchell
United States
Father Kills Son in Hunting Accident Near Winchester
Chester Cales, 12, died after his father, aiming at a rabbit, slipped and discharged his gun on a hunting trip near Winchester Indiana. The boy died from gunshot wounds hours after the accident, leaving a grieving family in the small town.
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Lad
United
Winchester
Ind
Chester Cales
Chester
Courtesy on Indianapolis streets improves transit service
Street railway and bus companies foster courtesy amid rubber tired versus iron wheeled transport. Drivers receive frequent reminders to aid children, the elderly, and mothers with infants, halting vehicles to assist passengers, with safety and reports of discourtesy encouraged.
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Indianapolis
Indianapolis Street Railway Company
Henry Jameson
Prater Sentenced After Pool Room Confession
Edward Prater, 16, of Indianapolis, escapes the electric chair by admitting pool room influence in a January hold up-murder case. He gets two to twenty-one years at the Indiana State Reformatory for manslaughter. accomplice Lawrence Cottle, 16, awaits trial December 15 on accessory charges.
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Bu_Times
Oblesville
Ind
Edward Prater
Deloss St
Indianapolis
William H. Remy
Indiana State Reformatory
Forest van de Vere
Prater
William Prater
Fred E. Hines
Lawrence Cottle
Marion County
Gary Now First City Bigger Than Indianapolis
Gary announces a large annexation increasing its area to sixty four square miles making Gary the largest city in Indiana and surpassing Indianapolis in size. City council approved the annexation in a secret meeting.
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Indianapolis
Bu United Press
Gary
Ind
Indias
Tory Sory
Defense rests in Kip's suit
In White Plains New York Mrs Leonard Kip Rhinelander defense rests as trial resumes. Mrs Rhinelander did not testify as expected. Rhinelander then takes the stand to rebut testimony about the groom's claimed remark regarding her father being black.
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Unitea Presa
White Plains
N. Y
Rhinelander
Leonard Kip Rhinelander
Alice Jones
Ross Chidester
Man Seriously Hurt In Fatal Chicken Collision
Loganport Indiana November 30 Henry Bandow aged 50 lies in a hospital in critical condition after a collision with a fence post and a chicken. Medical staff report the injuries could be fatal.
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United Press
Logansport
Ind
Henry Bandow
Thompson says council is not Santa Claus in city aid push
City Council President Ben H. Thompson warns that a wave of proposed ordinances seeks funds from the treasury, including a $900,000 flood control bond, $30,000 for Meridian Street bridge, and other allocations. He says a special meeting will review these requests and clean up pending ordinances, while noting administration pressure to extract money.
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Ben H. Thompson
Thompson
Meridian St
Canal
Blackford St
Bloyd Ave
Illinois
Forty-Sixth Sts
Columbia Construction Company
Santa Claus
Miners Await Peace Reply On Strike Plan
Harrisburg Pa November 30 The scale committee of anthracite miners meets at 4 p m to hear any reply from mine operators to Governor Pinchot s peace plan The miners have accepted the proposals and are ready for joint talks to resume production at once if an accord is reached Arbitration is proposed to settle the wage dispute and would guide the settlement path for the industry.
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Harrisburg
Pinchot
Chapman Writ Battle Starts in Federal Court
Hartford November 30 Gerald Chapman not a Federal prisoner and federal authorities have no interest in him. Assistant United States District Attorney Cohen declared in federal court today when the hearing of the petition for a writ of habeas corpus started. If granted the petition would return Chapman to Atlanta Federal penitentiary to serve out his lone federal sentence for a New York bank robbery before return to prison.
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United Press
Hartford
Conn
Gerald Chapman
United States District
Cohen
Chapman
Atlanta Feders Penitentiary
New York
Appointment made for Indianapolis Chamber post
Charles N. Barr of Des Moines Iowa is named membership secretary succeeding Morris E. Floyd whose resignation is effective today. Floyd moves to a New York firm. Barr previously served as membership secretary of the senior Chamber and executive secretary of the junior Chamber in Des Moines after thirteen years as a teacher.
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Charles N. Barr
Des Moines
Iowa
Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce
Morris E. Floyd
John B. Reynolds
Chamber
Floyd
New York
Barr
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Stephenson 10 Files for Retrial in Oberholtzer Murder Case
Eph Inman announced that a retrial request for D. C. Stephenson, serving a life term in Indiana State Prison for the Miss Madge Oberholtzer murder, will be filed with Judge Will M. Sparks. The filing will argue errors in admitting evidence and in instructions, with a possible appeal to the Supreme Court if Sparks denies relief. The transcript reportedly runs ninety six pages.
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D. C. Stephenson
Indiana
Madge Oberholtzer
Indianapolis
Will M. Sparks
Eph Inman
Sparks
Supreme Court
Ma Ferguson Demands Resignation of Carter as Tech College Director
In Austin Texas Governor Ma Ferguson asks by letter for Amon G. Carter publisher of the Fort Worth Record Telegram to resign as a director of West Texas Technical College. She alleges Carter supported her impeachment movement and accuses him of hosting a tawdry gathering with alcohol and hidden vials in souvenir canes.
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Bunited
Stin
Texas
Ma” Ferguson
Amon G. Carter
Ft. Worth
Record- Telegram
West Texas Technical College
Carter
Ferguson
Suspect Charged With Petit Larceny in Downtown Store
Veldah Lamibertson, 30, of 21 W Sixteenth St, arrested today by Quigley Hyland Detective Agency operatives in a downtown store and charged with petit larceny.
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Veldah Lamibertson
Sixteenth St
Quigley- Hyland
Stoves fall injure two men in street accident
William Strenge 26 of 725 N Capital Ave sustained a broken leg after a stove he and Orville Horton 1273 W Twenty-Sixth St were carrying toppled at 1228 N Alabama St. The incident occurred Saturday and left Strenge injured.
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William Strenge
Capital Ave
Alabama St
Orville Horton
W. Twenty-Sixth St
Temperature Readings Across Morning Hours
A clipped weather table shows hourly temperatures starting at 6 a.m. with 32 degrees and rising to 93 by the late morning. Additional readings list around 38 at 1 a.m., 41 at noon, and 34 to 42 for nearby references.
Nonpartisan Survey Board to Be Named
Mayor-elect John L. Duvall announced his five member survey committee will be nonpartisan and include a manufacturer and a Democrat. He noted he has entrusted secretary L V Schneider with selecting members and that consideration of appointments will occupy his time this week.
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John L. Duvall
College Ave
Duvall
Indianapolis
L. V. Schneider
Schneider
Passenger train derailment near Iowa City kills engineer
Tom Murphy, 53, an engineer on the third locomotive of a Rock Island freight train, was killed when the train derailed on a sharp curve near Iowa City. A group of school children in a passenger coach attached to the freight narrowly escaped death in the incident.
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Murphy
Rock Island
Here
Ministers Urged to Abstain from Tobacco in North Georgia
Georgia Methodists attending the north Georgia conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church south were warned Sunday to stop smoking secretly. Ministers must sign a pledge to abstain from tobacco as part of the conference discipline.
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Georgia Methodists
Bu Times
Macon
North Georgia
The
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Seven Nations to Sign Locarno Treaties in London
Statesmen from Germany Britain France Belgium Italy Czecho Slovakia and Poland will sign the Locarno treaties at the British foreign office Tuesday as cameras record the ceremony. The pacts promise a charter of peace for western Europe.
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Times
London
Germany
Great Britain
France
Belgium
Italy
Czecho- Slovakia
Poland
Foreign Office
Western Europe
New Board Secretary Named for Indianapolis Real Estate Board
Robert MacGregor, a realtor, is appointed executive secretary of the Indianapolis Real Estate Board to replace Henley T. Hottel, who becomes real estate manager of Washington Bank and Trust Company on December 10. Frank E. Gates, president, notes MacGregor has long been active in real estate circles.
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Robert MacGregor
Indianapolis Real Estate Board
Henley T. Hottel
Washington Bank and Trust Company
MacGregor
Frank E. Gates
Wife dead, mate shot in Clinton tragedy
Authorities investigated a shooting in Clinton Indiana where Mrs. Millard Clinton aged 45 died from bullet wounds and her husband was wounded in the brain. It is believed Mrs Clinton, with a mental aberration, shot her husband and then killed herself.
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Bu United Press
Clinton
Ind
Millard Clinton
Jury Expunges "Damn Rot" Incident From Records
The jury of generals hearing Col. William Mitchell's misconduct case wiped from the record the "damn rot" remark uttered by Brig. Gen. Edwin L. King during cross examination of a witness. The action followed the motion by Rep. Frank R. Reid, as Mitchell's counsel.
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United Press
Washington
Frank R. Reid
William Mitchell
Mitchell
Edwin L. King
Reid
School board urges citizens to attend remonstrance hearing
Indianapolis officials call for a large turnout as the remonstrance against the new Shortridge High School is set for Saturday at 9 30 am before the State tax board. The Indiana Taxpayers' Association filed the remonstrance, with a Scientech Club resolution condemning it and a committee to probe the tax board.
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Shortridge High School
Indianapolis
Indiana Taxpayers’ Association
Charles R. Yoke
William H. Book
John J. Brown
Book
Brown
Walter T. Horne
Tax Board
Scientech Club
Taxpayers’ Association
BE. L. Goldsmith
Shortridge
Parent-Teachers’ Association
Taxpayers Association
Remonstrance
Cyclone Ravages Morrocco Kills Three Injures Twenty
A cyclone struck EZ Morrocco on Sunday causing three deaths twenty injuries and damage to ten planes with part of the French aviation headquarters destroyed.
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Morrocco
Mayor Shank Reflects on Possible Another Term
Mayor Shank states mixed feelings about serving another four years. Department heads recap four year Shank administration gains including a city hospital depoliticization and improved street infrastructure totaling 560 miles. Board of Safety president Kingston notes strong public support from many residents.
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Shank
Delon Nate
City Hospital
Charles B. Coffin
Board of Works
Ernest L. Kingston
Board of Safety
Three Girls Discharged by State Industrial Board
In compliance with the state budget committee three girls employed temporarily by the State Industrial Board were removed from the payroll today.
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State Industrial Board
Tatlock’s Son Loses Sled Then Bicycle, Police Say
The son of E. L. Tatlock of 1750 EB Thirtieth St. has had his transportation stolen. Police report the boy’s sled was taken today and his bicycle was stolen last week.
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E. L. Tatlock
EB. Thirtieth St
Tatlock
Architects stir ire over church sites at World War Memorial Plaza
At a county hearing the Second Presbyterian Church and First Baptist Church denounced the plaza design arguing the main memorial building should not sit on their block. They warned a bond purchase would provoke taxpayer remonstrance and called for adherence to earlier agreements while noting ongoing improvements and disputes over site plans.
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Second Presbyterian Church
Caleb 8S
Denny
Second Presbysterian
Robert Moorhead
American Legion
Legion
Second Presbyterian
First Baptist
Moorehead
Indiana
Plaza
Indiana School For the Blind
Plaza Commission
County Sues Over Bridge War Funding Dispute
A suit filed in Circuit Court by William Bosson seeks $194 856 74 as the county share for two White River bridges under the flood prevention plan. The city claims funds were misused for land for the flood wall after paying its share. The case notes state 45 percent each by city and county and 10 percent by property owners.
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Sioners
County Council
White River
William Bosson
W. Raymond St
W. Morris St
Charles C. Sutton
South Side
Dunn
Interstate Utility Seeks Stock Sale to Boost Capital
Harry Reid president of Interstate Public Service Company and Carl H. Mote the company's attorney conferred with the public service commission today regarding Interstate plan to issue about 1.5 million dollars in stock to raise working capital. A formal petition is expected later.
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Interstate Company
Harry Reid
Interstate Public Service Company
Carl H. Mote
Public Service Commission
Interstate
Flood Devastates Miami Streets After Nine Inch Rainfall
Miami Florida November 30 heavy rain left streets flooded up to a foot in the downtown area with some pockets reaching two feet. Mayor led hundreds wading to work as automobiles stalled and businesses evacuated stock while the courthouse and electric system failed.
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United Press
Iami
Fla
Miami
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