Parents Will Leave Three to Do Time
Bloomington report details Peter Baxter and wife Faye receiving prison terms for liquor sales linked to their three children aged 3 7 and 9. Peter Baxter fined 200 dollars and 180 days penal farm. Faye Baxter fined 100 dollars and 100 days in women’s prison. Witnesses included a 17 year old high school student.
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Timea Special
Bloomington
Ind
Peter Baxter
Faye
Indiana Woman's Prison
Baxter
Three Men Arrested In Auto License Fraud Case
Lieutenant Charles Bridges of the state police arrested three men on charges of illegal use of state automobile license plates. Harry Cooper 36 of 813 West Morris Street owner of several five ton trucks hauling gravel to the Indiana Girls school at Clermont. Drivers Charles Richardson 33 of 1533 Sheppard Avenue and Theodore Dean 24 of 723 South Audubon Road are charged after trucks were allegedly found to be operating on Ford plates instead of the $10 plates required for heavy trucks.
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Charles Bridges
Harry Cooper
West Morris Street
Indiana Girls School
Clermont
Charles Richardson
Sheppard Avenue
Theodore Dean
South Audubon Road
Bridges
Ford
Act in Torch Case Seeks Quash of Schroeder Indictment
Ira M. Holmes, defense attorney, announced a motion to quash the grand jury first degree murder indictment against Harold Herbert Schroeder, Mobile garage owner, at his arraignment Monday. The state plans to seek the death penalty and argues over the torch car murder following speedway races May 31.
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Harold Herbert Schroeder
Mobile
Ala
Ira M. Holmes
Schroeder
James A. Collins
Parachutist survives fall onto fairground tent top
Leo Blodey jumped from an airplane at the county fair grounds when his parachute failed to open. He landed on the top of a large midway tent and dropped through the canvas to the ground missing the center pole by inches. The crowd watched as he escaped serious injury with pulse returning to normal.
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United Press
Boyne City
Mich
Leo Blodey
Blodey
County Fair Grounds
Happy Horse Oct 2 Patrolman Transfer Reversed
The transfer order moving Frank E. McGraw to the mounted squad was a mistake and McGraw is relieved. He recalls the mix up with humor and notes the Humane Society might have acted if he had been seen riding a horse.
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United Press
Frank E. McGraw
McGrath
Humane Society
Suspect Admits Poisoning Wife Carrie Pryor
Morgan county authorities say Ernest Pryor of Martinsville confessed to killing his wife Mrs Carrie Pryor by poisoning. He faces a first degree murder charge and plans to plead guilty in court seeking mercy.
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Carrie Pryor
Ernest Pryor
Martinsville
Morgan County
Pryor
Mother Jones Near Death in Maryland Farmhouse
Washington reports 100 year old labor leader Mother Jones is dying. AFL President William Green visited her in Maryland and said more men like Lincoln are needed as officials are advised to hurry if in the area to bid farewell before her last days end.
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United Press
Washington
American Federation of Labor
Mother Jones
William Green
A. F. of L
Maryland
Lincoln
Green
Toddy Spree Lands Chicago Policeman in Court
Patrolman Osterman 37, tall bluecoat, accused of robbery burglary and malicious mischief after being found rifling a billiard parlor. He claimed hot toddy sparked the spree as victims testified of robberies, a brick throw, and injuries. Judge Lyle ordered hold for the grand jury.
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United Press
Hicago
Charles Osterman
Osterman
John H. Lyle
Lyle
Martinsville Man Confesses to Giving Arsenic
Police report Ernest Pryor confessed to administering arsenic to his wife on August 18 and 19 to collect a $3,000 life insurance payout and to be with his sweetheart Miss Elsie Ham. He signaled a guilty plea as Morgan County officers anticipate court action.
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Martinsville
Ind
Morgan County
Ernest Pryor
Pryor
Elsie Ham
Elsie
Miss Ham
Brazil
Social leader held up during home invasion in Lake Forest
A bandit entered the Lake Forest home of Mrs. Leverett Thompson a wealthy society leader early today terrorized and robbed her brother Abram Poole a New York artist and a maid. The loot totaled about 50 dollars in cash with possible jewelry loss.
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Bay Unites Press
Chicago
Lake Forest
Leverett Thompson
Kilgore Proposes City Work Program for Food and Clothing
Indianapolis Community Fund officials were to hear a plan by David B. Kilgore city recreation director. The proposal would have aid recipients work in parks streets sanitation and hospital departments in exchange for food and clothing.
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Indianapolis Community Fund
David B. Kilgore
Kilgore
Grand jury to hear four Monroe County death cases
Four unsolved Monroe county death cases will go before the grand jury when it convenes October 13 in Bloomington Indiana. Ellis Medlock was found murdered and burned in a wooded area after weeks missing. Robert Hendrickson survivor of a family linked to the Medlock case. Pedestrian John Christy was fatally shot while walking on a street. Other cases include Campbell and Oliphant slayings with Oliphant found dead in his car.
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Bloomington
Ind
Monroe County
Ellis Medlock
Medlock
Robert Hendrickson
Chandlerville
John Christy
Iie
Christy
Campbell
Oliphant
Dolan
Slaying Case Referred Back for Grand Jury Review
Investigation into the slaying of white youth Willard Hoover continues as Wayne County grand jurors reconvene. Charles Smith, a Negro, faces a first degree murder indictment with defense claiming fault in the indictment. Prosecutor Haworth plans to present more evidence. trial moved to Randolph circuit court in Winchester on a venue change.
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United Press
Richmond
Ind
Willard Hoover
Charles Smith
Wayne County
Smith
Haworth
Randolph Circuit Court
Winchester
GLOATING OVER SLUMP CHARGED
Senator Arthur R. Robinson accused the Democratic propaganda bureau in Washington of misrepresentation and vicious attacks on President Herbert Hoover in a radio address. He said the Hoover administration faced stress yet enacted beneficial legislation and adhered to pledges from the election.
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United States
Arthur R. Robinson
Herbert Hoover
Robinson
Democratic Propaganda and Publicity Bureau
Washington
Democratic National Committee
John J. Raskob
Democratic Party
Suspected counterfeiting ring leader jailed in Evansville
Evansville police and Warrick county sheriff arrested Jack Miker after a chase from his camp seven miles from Evansville. Two alleged accomplices were seized in Toledo, Ohio. Federal agents say the arrests cap a nationwide hunt for a sprawling counterfeit operation.
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United Press
Evansville
Ind
Jack Miker
Warrick County
Miker
Toledo
Wife Saves Husband in ammonia plant blast
Mrs. Joseph Adkins of 6138 Evanston Avenue dragged her husband Joe Adkins from a gas filled room at his ice company on 6319 Cornell Avenue after an ammonia tank exploded. Fireman Ralph Charles gave first aid. Adkins returned home from City Hospital.
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Joseph Adkins
Evanston Arenue
Joe Adkins & Sons Ic Company
Cornell Avenue
Joe Adkins
Ralph Charles
Riveria Drive
Adkins
City Hospital
Broad Ripple
Cow guest stars at Kohler milk talk in La Salle hotel
A dairy event in Milwaukee features Governor Walter Kohler speaking on milk production while a prize winning cow named Heather from Fred Pabst’s herd sits at the speakers’ table. Heather has earned prizes for five years, including producing 25,000 pounds of milk in one year, as the Midwest daily situation is outlined.
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United Press
Cs GO
Hotel la Salle
Midwest
Walter J. Kohler
Wisconsin
Pabst
Korndyke Heather
Fred Pabst
Milwaukee
Heather
First Lady Chastens Policeman at Girl Scout Event
In Indianapolis Mrs Herbert Hoover attended a national Girl Scout convention on Governor Harry G Leslie’s lawn. A policeman was hustled away by Mrs Hoover when photographers crowded the scene.
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Indianapolis
the Land
Harry G. Leslie
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Mrs. Hoover
Lew
Open Forum fifth season Debates to Begin October Twenty Sixth
The Jewish Community Center Association announces the fifth season of the Open Forum at Kirshbaum Community Center Indianapolis. Seven speakers, including Senator Brookhart and Dr. Kallen, will discuss topics from prohibition to education and social issues with post lecture audience Q A sessions.
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Indianapolis
Jewish Community Center Association
Open Forum
Kirshbaum Community Center
Meridian
Twenty-third Streets
United States
Smith W. Brookhart
Arthur Garfield Hays
Horace M. Kallen
Whiting Williams
Williams
Charles G. Obermeyer
Maurice G Hindus
Louis Segar
Mortimer C. Furscott
Carl Lyman
Isador Kornblum
J. L. Mueller
Joseph M. Bloch
J. A. Goodman
I. G. Kahn
Jack Harding
Abe H. Goldstein
Leonard A. Strauss
Sidney J. Sternberger
Allan Bloom
On Community Center Associaon
Degree Is Conferred at Royal Arch Masons Rites
Grand Lecturer Herbert L. Graded presided as Oriental Chapter No. 147 Royal Arch Masons conferred degrees during Wednesday night inspection at the temple. Members and officers attended the ceremony in Indiana for the local chapter event.
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Royal Arch Masons
Herbert L. Gradea
Indiana
Diadiaailli
Temple
Plan to Refinance Indianapolis Street Railway Company
A plan of reorganization for the Indianapolis Street Railway Company, now in receivership, contemplates rehabilitation funded by Midland United, new securities, and four committees of stockholders. The plan calls for Indianapolis Railways Inc and Traction Terminal Corporation to be formed, with $2.2 million in first mortgage bonds and about 150 million shares in new stock among other instruments to modernize trackage and rolling stock.
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Indianapolis Street Railway Company
George C. Forrey Jr
Fletcher American Company
Halsey, Stuart & Co
Midland United Company
Insull
Midland United
Indianapolis Railways, Inc
Indianapoli Street Railway Company
Coal Tonnage Low as Week Ends Sept 27
The National Coal Association reports little change in weekly bituminous coal output for the week ended Sept 27 from the prior week, with about 9,000,000 net tons produced. The Bureau of Mines tallies for Sept 13 show 9,145,000 net tons and Sept 20 at 3,915,000 net tons. an item filed from Anderson, Indiana notes a local update dated Oct 2 involving Ben ad.
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United States
National Coal Association
Bureau of Mines
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