Cops Scandal Studied in Washington By Lawr. Sullivan
Washington reports that two federal departments consider the Indianapolis police indictment for conspiracy to violate liquor laws. Prohibition officials warn a public release could prejudice a trial, while the Wick ersham Commission may send an observer to Indianapolis to study police administration.
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Washington, D. C
Indianapolis
Amos W. Woodcock
G. Aaron Youngquist
Washington
Hibition
United States
George Jeffrey
Division of Police Administration
Wickersham Law Enforcement Commission
Prohibition Bureau
Woodcock
Jerry E. Kinney
Vollmer
California
Sweetheart Held in Girl Knife Death
South Bend authorities extradite Harry Siwinski from Chicago after questioning in connection with the murder of Alice Waltman a 17 year old girl found slain in bed. Siwinski, a former sweetheart, allegedly stood over the coffin and taunted the family.
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Times Special
South Bend
Ind
Chicago
Alice Waltman
Harry Siwinski
Joseph Woltman
Siwinski
Joseph
Harry Taylor
Samuel Lenon
Muncie Mayor Moves to Impeach Indiana Health Secretary
Mayor George R. Dale of Muncie proposes impeachment or similar action against Dr. William H. King secretary of the Indiana state board of health. The dispute follows King’s dictatorial powers claim and a summons over White River cleanup delays. Dr. H. D. Fair was discharged and Dr. John Williams appointed. Dale says he may ignore the board summons while others plan to appear.
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Muncie
Ind
William H.king
Indiana State Board of Health
George R. Dale
Dr. King
Health Board
Dale
Pryor Plea Set After Indictment for Wife Poisoning
Ernest Pryor, indicted on a first degree murder charge for poisoning his wife Carrie Pryor, will be arraigned late today or Thursday. Pryor showed no emotion when told of the indictment. An Indianapolis detective questioned him Wednesday night seeking a confession but obtained none. Miss Elsie Ham, Prout's paramour and witness, returned home to Brazil Wednesday night.
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Times
Martinsville
Ind
Ernest Pryor
Carrie Pryor
Pryor
Indianapolis
Elsie Ham
Prout
Brazil
State brands poor farm as fire hazard amid political delay
Fire marshal orders abandonment of the Marion county infirmary men’s building for 370 inmates living in conditions described as a fire trap. Officials pucker under politics as talks of bonds for new quarters stall and emergency action may be delayed into winter.
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Edward C. Fulke
Marion County Infirmary
Alfred E. Houston
Harry Dunn
The
Times Today
Times
John E. Shearer
Commissioners
Harry M. Styner
Houston
Byron Carter
the Times
Air Mail Route Through City Awarded to T A T
The Post Office awarded the New York to Los Angeles air mail route via Indianapolis to Transcontinental Air Transport and Western Air Express, with United Avigation Company as a secondary bid. The line will serve Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Columbus, Indianapolis, St. Louis, Kansas City, Amarillo, and Albuquerque, beginning within thirty days for daylight service.
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New York
United Avigation Company
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Pittsburgh
Columbus
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Kansas City
Amarillo
Tulsa
Albuquerque
N. M
Down Road of Death Uncle Tom Walks Lane to Tragic End
A Marion County lane of maples leads to the Big Four tracks where Uncle Tom Jones, a 66 year old inmate of the poor farm, is said to have walked west and did not return. He is the fifth similar death in five years, blamed by the train crew on a suicide attempt, while friends argue he sought escape from life at the overcrowded facility.
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the Times
White Furniture Company
Times
Dunn
George Snider
The
Democratic County Committee
Arch Steinel
Marion County
Hoosier Fall
Tom Jones
Uncle Tom
Tony
Cefant
Marion
Lynch Negro Police Killer Lynched by Mob in Cartersville Ga
John Willie Clark, a Negro slayer of police chief Joe Ben Jenkins, was lynched by about one hundred masked men who stormed Bartow county jail and hanged him at a telephone pole near the jail. Sheriff Gaddis said the mob acted swiftly and quietly. Clark had been moved from Atlanta for trial after threats of mob violence delayed proceedings.
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Cartersville
John Willie Clark
Joe Ben Jenkins
Bartow County
Clark
G. W. Gaddis
Fulton County
Atlanta
Jenkins
Gas Tax Fees Drop in Indiana in September 1930
Indiana gasoline tax collections for September 1930 fell by 99 923 dollars or 2 498 089 gallons less than September 1929, according to a report by Leland K Fishback state gasoline tax collector. The report supported opposition by State Auditor Archie Bobbitt and State Treasurer Grace Banta Reynolds to finance board proposals for more loans to the highway department based on expected gasoline revenues.
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Indiana
Leland K. Fishback
Archie Bobbitt
Grace Banta Reynolds
Harry G. Leslie
Finance Board
State Highway Department
Shriners to be feted by Murat temple caravan
Murat Temple groups and Shrine members will travel to Logansport on Friday for a Cass county Shriners celebration. Delegations from Orak Temple Hammond and Mixpah Temple Fort Wayne join the red fezed group, with hundreds expected. Senator Arthur R. Robinson, past potentate, to address the luncheon Thursday.
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Murat Temple
Logansport
Cass County
Orak Temple
Hammond
Mixpah Temple
Ft. Wayne
Arthur R. Robinson
Murat Caravan Club
Mary Garden to Screen Test for Opera Sound Films
Paris reports Mary Garden will undergo screen tests to make opera sound films after returning to New York. The plan follows her arrival from Ammierva en route to Chicago.
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Opera Sound Pictures
Paris
Mary Garden
New York
Ammviera
Chicago
Young pilot Buck flies toward transcontinental speed mark
Robert Buck a 16 year old from Elizabeth New Jersey took off from Wichita headed to Amarillo Texas as part of his plan to break the junior speed record for a transcontinental flight. He then expects to proceed to Albuquerque.
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Wichita
Kan
Robert Buck
Elizabeth
N. J
Amarillo
Tex
Buck
Albuquerque
British Dirigible R-101 Starts 24 Hour Trial Flight
United Press reports Cardington England October 1 the airship R-101 began a twenty four hour trial flight at 4 40 p m today as part of testing before upcoming missions.
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United Press
Cardington
England
Joe McCarthy to Manage Yankees Next Season
Joe McCarthy, who resigned as Cubs manager weeks earlier, will manage the New York Yankees next year. Colonel Jacob Ruppert, owner of the Yankees, announced the hiring after Rogers Hornsby was named Chicago’s next skipper. McCarthy succeeds Bob Shawkey, who took over after Miller Huggins' death. contract terms were not disclosed.
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Philadelphia
Joe McCarthy
Chicago Cubs
New York Yankees
Jacob Ruppert
Yankees
McCarthy
Cubs
William Wrigley
Chicago
Rogers Hornsby
Bob Shawkey
Miller Huggins
Light Frost Expected In Indianapolis Tonight
Forecast from the United States Weather Bureau indicates one more light frost in Indianapolis and vicinity tonight before temperatures rise to normal by Thursday afternoon. Light frosts have occurred for the past three nights as central and northern plains show morning readings around 8 degrees below their average.
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Indianapolis
United States Weather Bureau
Central
Plains
Mercury
Count Held at Ellis Island Over Affiance to Negro Bride
Oct 1 at Port of New York Count Rudolph de Klaudenstein who says he is kin to the Hapsburgs and came to marry Phyllis Church Terrell of Washington a Negro schoolteacher was detained by immigration officials on Ellis Island. He must prove means of livelihood before release while Miss Terrell is identified as daughter of the late Judge Robert M Terrell. The couple met in Paris.
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United Press
New York
Rudolph de Klaudenstein
Hapsburgs
Elis Island
Phyllis Church Terrell
Washington
Robert M. Terrell
de Klaudenstein
Miss Terrell
Paris
Burglar Is Sentenced In Conspiracy Case
Herbert Means age 26 of 1148 Bates Street pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit burglary stemming from an Aug 20 grocery loot attempt. Criminal Judge James A. Collins sentenced him to two to fourteen years in Indiana state prison.
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Herbert Means
Bates Street
James A. Collins
Indiana State Prison
Mrs Hoover to Speak at Scout Lawn Party in Indianapolis
Mrs Herbert Hoover will address a lawn party for Girl Scouts after school in Indianapolis as part of the sixteenth annual National Convention events. The visit concludes with a reception at the Woodstock Club where the golden eagle award is presented. Hoover then departs for Cleveland to join the President.
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Mrs. Hoover
Herbert Hoover
Indianapolis
Harry G. Leslie
Woodstock Club
1930 World Series opener at Shibe Park boasts 33000 fans
The St. Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia Athletics opened the 1930 World Series before 33000 fans at Shibe Park Philadelphia with Lefty Grove pitching for the A's and Burleigh Grimes for the Cardinals. President Hoover attended as Babe Ruth and Gabby Street drew attention amid pregame ceremonies.
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Frank Getty
United Press
Shibe Park
Philadelphia
St. Louis Cardinals
Philadelphia Athletics
Hoover
Robert Moses
Lefty
Cardinals and Athletics deadlock in error plagued exhibition
Journal game notes show no runs and no hits through tied innings as Douthit and Adams fan and ground out against Grimes. Foxx hits a first inning triple bringing in Miller on a sac fly, while Mancuso and Cochrane maneuver baserunning and outs in a tense defensive showcase.
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Bishop
Douthit
Adams
Cochrane
C Frisch
Simmons
Bottomley
Foxx
Hafey
If Miller
Rf Blades
Rf Haas
Mancuso
Ley
Gelbert
Grove
P Grimes
Cardinals
Frisch
Grimes
Blades
Athletics
Miller
Haas
GOP Names 331 Inspectors for November Election
The county Republican central committee named 331 election inspectors for the November 4 vote. George O. Hutsell, county clerk, said the county board of election commissioners approved the appointments. Albert Snyder was again appointed social deputy election commissioner in charge of election machinery details and will open headquarters in the county clerk's office. Warner Jewell, Negro, named superintendent of repair forces to prepare voting machines with a factory rep for assistance. Sixty new machines were recently purchased.
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County Republican Central Committee
George O. Hutsell
County Board of Election Commissioners
Albert Snyder
Warner Jewell
Negro
Veterans' Bureau Approves Lif for Disabled Soldiers Golf
United States veterans' bureau authorized installation of future golf courses at veterans' hospitals nationwide. Anderson Indiana reports Lowman, 35, slipped and fell a flight of steps, suffering a fractured skull and serious injuries.
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United Prease
Washington
United States Veterans’ Bureau
Veterans’pitals
Times Special
Anderson
Ind
Lowman
Joker Sets Fire To Newspapers Beside Sleeping Man
A practical joker set fire to a pile of newspapers where William Shalla age 46 slept. Shalla woke to flames on his clothes and was hospitalized in serious condition.
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Bay United Press
Chicago
William Shalla
Shalla
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