Batchelor resigns from ticket amid mayoral race
Maurice E. Tennant circulates petitions to replace George H. Batchelor on the city council ticket. Batchelor cites business and personal demands but backs the ticket, stating amicable relations with Alfred Glossbrenner. Batchelor's resignation triggers a petition route used previously in 1924.
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Maurice E. Tennant
Ben Stern
Republican Precine
George H. Batchelor
Batchelor
Alfred M. Glossbrenner
Fall Bribery Trial Jury Opens Under Guard
Washington October 8 Albert B Fall and his defense face a jury guarded by bailiffs after a first night in hotels before opening arguments. The case centers on the $100000 Fall allegedly received in 1921 from E L Doheny and related secret leases of Navy oil lands at Elk Hills.
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Washington
Albert B. Fall
E. L. Doheny
Doheny
Navy
Elk Hills
Deputy Sheriff Shot During Arrest Near East Chicago
East Chicago deputy sheriff and grocer Sam Goldberg, who testified in a federal grand jury probe of northern Indiana corruption, lies near death from gunshot wounds inflicted by James Britton, a Black man, after Goldberg attempted to arrest him. Goldberg had warned federal officers of intimidation linked to his testimony.
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eTnited Press
East
Chicago
Ind
Sam Goldberg
East Chicago
Federal Grand Jury
Indiana
James Britton
Goldberg
Weather report for field conditions this morning
At 9 30 a m northwest wind four mph temperature 59 pressure 30 35 inches sea level ceiling unlimited visibility one mile with fog lifting field good
Chicago party shooting leaves mother and guest unscathed
In Chicago on October 8 United Press reports that Mrs. Mabel Tirrell, 28, a mother of three and blind, held for firing at Arthur Rider during a party at her home. She missed.
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United Press
Chicago
Mabel Tirrell
Arthur Rider
Silent answer sought on Goben ouster from Angelus Temple
In Los Angeles on October 8 the question remained whether Rev. John Goben accepted his dismissal by Aimee Semple McPherson without protest. Goben had urged ten church divisional heads to meet to try to change by-laws limiting Mrs McPherson’s appointive powers, and McPherson accused him of disloyalty and causing dissension.
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United Press
Los Angeles
John Goben
Angelus Temple
Aimee Semple McPherson
Goben
McPherson
Indiana Farm Bureau directors discuss November meeting plans
Indiana Farm Bureau Federation directors met in the Lemcke building for their quarterly session. They outlined changes to bylaws to be proposed at the annual meeting on November 25 and 26 and announced a drive for new members in 1930.
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Indiana Farm Bureau Fedreation
Lemcke
Pantages Witness Recounts Dancer Assault Claim
William Leo Gordon testified he heard a scream and saw a man holding a girl by the leg behind a door on the Pantages building third floor. He identified the man as Alexander Pantages and the girl as Eunice Pringle, a 17 year old dancer, during the trial.
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United Pross
Los Angeles
William Leo Gordon
Alexander Pantages
Gordon
Pantages
Eunice Pringle
Miss Pringle
Knife blade lodges in boy’s lung after a fall
Bert Sharp Jr. six year old son of Ce lestia Sharp was near death in city hospital after tripping while carrying a knife. Surgeons operated to remove the blade as an aunt and relatives alerted medical aid. The blade pierced a lung lobe and narrowly missed the windpipe with a grave prognosis.
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Bert Sharp Jr
Celestia Sharp
South Alabama Street
City Hospital
Breta Koontz
Hassell Koontz
Gangs Involved in Colorado Penitentiary Riot
Investigators report gangs of convicts participated in last week’s riot at the Colorado state penitentiary in Canon City. The disturbance caused twelve deaths and about 500000 dollars in damage. Governor William H. Adams orders a sweeping, independent inquiry into the institution’s conduct.
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United Press
Canon City
Colo
State Penitentiary
William H. Adams
Trial progressing in Gastonia police chief murder case
In Charlotte on October 8 the state aimed to finish presenting its principal evidence in the trial of seven union men charged with second degree murder for the fatal shooting of Police Chief O. F. Aderholt during a labor dispute in Gastonia. The state solicitor said the prosecution would likely rest by Wednesday night.
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United Press
Charlotte
N. C
O. F. Aderholt
Gastonia
Will Probate Opens for Joseph K Cooper Estate
The estate of Joseph K Cooper of 2143 Broadway was probated Monday. The will leaves $10,000 in personal property and $15,000 in real estate to his widow Mrs. Katie I Cooper and their son Leon. Cooper was formerly vice president of Premier Construction Company.
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Joseph K. Cooper
Broadway
Katie I. Cooper
Leon
Cooper
Premier Construction Company
Ah NUTLEY Negro chauffeur swallows tongue after car theft chase
In Nutley New Jersey on October 8 John Harris a Negro chauffeur borrowed his employer’s automobile. Chased by police he became so frightened he swallowed his tongue but a doctor recovered it and restored the tongue to its proper place.
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United Press
Nutley
N. J
John Harris
Auto overturns injures woman in Belmont Morris crash
Mrs. Margaret Putts 24 of 2463 Park avenue is in serious condition at St Vincent's hospital after a Belmont and Morris street crash Monday night. She was a passenger in a car with Paul Bender when it was struck and overturned by an auto driven by Herschel Turner who faces a reckless driving charge after witnesses saw him travel about fifty miles per hour.
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Margaret Putts
Park Avenue
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Belmont
Morris Streets
Paul Bender
Drexel Avenue
Herschel Turner
Gann Longworth Skirmish Resumes At White House Dinner
Washington social clash over seating for Mrs Dolly Curtis Gann heats up as Alice Roosevelt Longworth returns to town. Longworth says she is here for one day only and may not attend further events while Gann sits between President Hoover and Prime Minister MacDonald at a White House dinner.
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United Press
Washington
Dolly Curtis Gann
Alice Roosevelt Longworth
White House
Cincinnati
Mrs. Gann
Opening World Series Battles Cubs and Athletics
In Chicago at Wrigley Field 51 000 fans witness the 1929 World Series opener as Charley Root starts for the Cubs against Connie Mack’s Philadelphia Athletics. Promising autumn weather and a tense, star‑studded clash highlight the long-awaited championship showdown.
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Frank Getty
United Press
Chicago
Bill Klem
Wrigley Field
Charley Root
Cubs
Philadelphia
Athletics
Hammer and Tongs
Hornsby and Simmons
Will Wrigley
Joe McCarthy
Cornelius McGillicuddy
Bishop
McMillan
Baas
Cf English
Pecurane
E Arnaby
Foxx
Cuyler
Rf Miller
Rf Stephenson
If Dykes
Grimm
Boley
Taylor
Grove
P Root
V Earnshaw
Connie Mack
Water heater fumes fatal to railroad man George Thomas
George Thomas 27 a railroad brakeman was found dead in his gas filled home at 115 South Belmont Avenue. Coroner said carbon monoxide from a basement water heater caused death after more than thirty hours. Wife and 2 year old son in Terre Haute. Thomas returned Sunday night and was not seen until today. A meter reader and owner Mrs Glidewell notified police.
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George Thomas
Belmont Avenue
C. H. Keever
Thomas
Terre Haute
Robert Glidewell
Sheffield Avenue
Glidewell
Condition of Dr Shumaker Grave as League Reviews Candidates
The condition of Dr E Shumaker Indiana Anti Saloon League superintendent was grave as league headquarters in the Illinois building reviewed qualifications of candidates for the November 5 municipal election. Family and Dr Charles R Sowder said he was sinking. Ethan A Miles the league attorney announced that the league will make no recommendations this year on the dry standing of candidates.
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E. 8. Shumaker
Indiana
Anti-Saloon League
League
Illinois
Shumaker
Charles R. Sowder
Ethan A. Miles
Watchman Admits Shooting Youth in Fatal Hold Up
George Sprouse the night watchman at Duesenberg Motors admitted firing the fatal shot that killed John Ebert 19 after a holdup attempt. Jack West 21 implicated with Ebert’s friend in the incident and led police to Sprouse. West later confessed, detailing the plan and the cessation of the crime.
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John Ebert
Roena Avenue
Ebert
City Hospital
George Sprouse
Foltz Street
Duesenberg Motors
Sprouse
Guy West
Denison Street
West
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