Murder trial for three in 70 cent case in Indiana
In Howard circuit court Kokomo three men William Day Homer Hale and William Howard face murder charges for the December 1928 slaying of Robert Jones. Confessions allege a robbery motive and a 70 cent loot. Ralph Cummings remains to face murder hearings later.
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Times
Kokomo
Ind
Robert Jones
Cass County
William Day
Homer Hale
William Howard
Howard
Cass
Logansport
Jones
South Bend
Hale
Portsmouth
Ralph Cummings
State Reformatory
Pendleton
Cummings
William Eads 49 Dies After Surgery at St Vincent’s
William Eads aged 49 of 918 East Sixth Street an automobile tire salesman died Monday night at St Vincent’s hospital after an operation for appendicitis a week earlier He was born in Montgomery county and lived in the city twenty years He is survived by his widow Daisy two sisters Sallie Sanders Indianapolis Hazel Lovelett Roachdale two brothers Roy Bainbridge Frank Kokomo and step mother Cornelia Eads Roachdale Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
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Witam Eads
St. Vincent's Hospital
Montgomery County
Daisy Eads
Sallie Sanders
Indianapolis
Hazel Lovelett
Roachdale
Roy Eads
Bainbridge
Frank Eads
Kokomo
Cornelia Eads
Roach
Ale
Subdued colors urged for city gas stations
City officials asked Shell Petroleum to modify its red and yellow filling station scheme after complaints from residents near stations. Local officials will consult with the central office following recent changes to the Silver Flash stations taken over by Shell.
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Shell Petroleum Corporation
Shell Company
Former Officer Guilty in Prohibition Conspiracy Case
Indictment earlier this year named fifty defendants. F. Bivin of Bloomington pleaded guilty to conspiracy to violate the prohibition act in federal court. Jack Maroney also indicted but postponed plea to obtain counsel.
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Unite
Lott Send
Ind
Conrad F. Bivin
Bloomington
South Bend
Thomas W. Slick
Bivin
Jack Maroney
Brookside Civic League Pushes Sewers and Pool Plan
Fifteen Brookside Civic League members plan to ask city officials to cover Pogue's Run and convert it into a sewer from Davidson Street to the city limits. The group unanimously endorses school board candidate Mrs. Mary D. Hoss and will circulate petitions urging the park board to build a Brookside park swimming pool before next summer.
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Brookside Civic League
Pogue
Davidson Street
School Board
Mary D. Hoss
Park Board
Brookside Park
Burglary Suspect Held as Four Sought in Anderson Thefts
In Anderson Indiana police hold one burglary suspect and seek four more after thieves hit five stores on the west side of town. Investigators described the case as ongoing with multiple locations targeted.
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Limes Special Anderson
Ind
West Side
Cen
Indiana Boys Win Honors At National Dairy Exposition
Two Johnson county youths Robert Jeffery and Aaron Vandivier will represent Indiana at the National Dairy Exposition in St Louis starting Saturday through Oct 20 as entrants in a national demonstration team contest. Willard Heath Lewisville won a trip to the exposition as champion young dairy farmer of the state. Jeffery and Vandivier were selected in May at the 4 H club roundup at Purdue University and coached by J L VanCleave. Heath was chosen by Zora Mayo Smith with prize trip offered by Blue Valley Creamery Institute.
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Johnson County
Robert Jeffery
Aaron Vandivier
Indiana
St. Louis
Willard Heath
Lewisville
Jeffery
Vandivier
Purdue University
J. L. VanCleave
Franklin
Union Township
Heath
Zora Mayo Smith
Blue Valley Creamery Institute
Middle Western
City Seeks Pound Site Shift From Phipps Street
A city council committee moves to dispose of a five acre tract at Phipps street and Pendleton pike donated by Edwin Patrick for a new dog pound. Herman Lieber Robert Springsteen and John F White to consult Patrick and reach a fair disposition while residents oppose the Phipps site and back a site at the city garbage reduction plant.
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Phipps Street
Pendleton Pike
Edwin Patrick
Edward B. Raub Sr
Herman Lieber
Robert Springsteen
John F. White
Patrick
L. Ert Slack
Fred W. Connell
Safety Board
William H. Insley
Springsteen
Albert F. Meurer
Meurer
White
Nurse Will Come Here for Hospital Standardization
Dr William A Coeppers city hospital superintendent will attend the hospital standardization meeting of the American College of Surgeons Oct 14 17 in Chicago Dr Christopher Parnell Rochester NY consultant for the local building program is on the program Miss Ethel Querean visitor for the state board of nurses of New York will visit the local hospital Oct 21 If the inspection is satisfactory the citys school will be designated as an accredited training school for nurses
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William A. Coeppers
American College of Surgeons
Chicago
Christopher Parnell
Rochester
N. Y
Coeppers
Ethel Querean
State Board of Nurses of
New York
Muncie Beauty in Elopement
Miss Mary Hottinger aged 16, Miss Muncie 1928, may end a brief marriage after eloping to Covington Kentucky. Her mother plans to annull the union with Clarence Vorhess, citing their wish for a short wedlock.
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Pn Times
Muncie
Ind
Mary Hottinger
Indiana
Clarence Vorhess
Covington
Lectures Begin With Miss Isabelle Hanbury Talk
First of a cultural lecture series was held in the L S Ayres auditorium this afternoon. Miss Isabelle M Hanbury critic of first impressions led the program and will deliver lectures each afternoon this week.
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L. S. Ayres
Isabelle M. Hanbury
First Impressions
Hanbury
Washington
Slaying Trial Opens in Montgomery Circuit Court
Port Grimes goes on trial in Crawfordsville charged with killing Virgil Young a farm hand in May. A jury is selected on the second day and Grimes has entered an insanity plea. He says the shooting was accidental and that Charles Carter was in the house when Young was slain after Grimes returned home.
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United Press
Crawfordsville
Ind
Port Grimes
Virgil Young
Montgomery
Grimes
Young
Charles Carter
Tom Rice
Carter
Yo Yo Contest Hits 500 Entrants Citywide
The Times reports the Yo Yo contest surpassing 500 entrants with district eliminations set for Saturday. Students of all ages participate as the contest board sorts entries by district for semis on Oct 16 and a finals night at the Indiana theater with a three day engagement for the winner.
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Indiana Theater
The
Indiana
Judge Plans $25 a Day Poor Relief Under Kanwischer Will
Porter circuit court Judge Grant Crumpacker will announce distribution of nearly $9,000 to the poor at $25 daily, per Herman Kanwischer’s will. The estate totals $15,000 after bequests and expenses, with $10 for each pallbearer and a keg of beer to be shared.
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Ra Times
Valparaiso
Ind
Grant Crumpacker
Porter Circuit Court
Herman Kanwischer
Kanwischer
Crumpacker
Missouri
Michigan
Thrift Trust Company
Hoover MacDonald discuss freedom of the seas pact
Washington reports indicate President Hoover and Prime Minister MacDonald are weighing practical applications to the Kellogg peace pact to settle freedom of the seas issues. The talks neared conclusion as the British leader stayed at the White House and attended social engagements before a Philadelphia departure. An important statement on the discussions was anticipated within forty eight hours.
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United Press
Washington
Hoover
MacDonald
White House
Ishbel
Philadelphia
Miss Ishbel
Legation
Three Men Sentenced in County Court
Three defendants were sentenced Monday by Criminal Judge James A. Collins and sent to state penal institutions. Lawrence Brown, 30, stole $75 in merchandise from 1201 North West Street and drew a one to ten year term. Horace James, 19, received the same sentence at the state reformatory on a vehicle charge. John Oliver White, 35, Louisville, issued a fraudulent check and drew a one to ten year term at the state prison.
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James A. Collins
Lawrence Brown
North West Street
Horace James
State Reformatory
John Oliver White
Louisville
Endurance Plane Refueled Over Cubs Park in Chicago
The Chicago We Will endurance aircraft, aloft for nearly 200 hours in its fourth attempt to break the record, was refueled at 10 a.m. today above the Cubs ball park with thousands watching from the stands.
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Chicago
Cub Park
United Press
Cubs
Ball Park
Three Ft Wayne men confess autotheft in Noblesville case
In Noblesville Indiana authorities say three Fort Wayne residents Marion Beer 41 Thomas Clark 39 and Archie Burroughs 19 confessed to stealing a car in Fort Wayne disassembling it in Noblesville and selling the parts Beer and Clark admit serving prison terms.
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Times
Noblesville
Ind
Ft. Wayne
Marion Beer
Thomas Clark
Archie Burroughs
Beer
Clark
Federal Courts Urged to Lead Hoover Prohibition Reform
Chief Justice Taft released a report urging Congress to empower federal courts to lead enforcement of Hoover’s crime program. The document cites 2366 federal prohibition cases in 1929 and calls for five new federal judges, more prosecutors and marshals, and quicker case handling by circuits and districts.
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United Press
Washington
Hoover
Law Enforcement Commission
Taft
Congress
United States
Enforcement Commission
Francis A. Winslow
Fifth Circuit
Florida
Georgia
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Texas
Minnesota
Molyneaux
California
Boy Escapes Death in Gravel Pit Plunge
In Boone county Indiana a 15 year old boy named William Watson escaped drowning when a team of horses and wagon slipped into 22 feet of water at the Stewart Chapel pit. The wagon trapped by the sinking horses left two animals drowned. James Worland fractured his left leg in a separate pit accident at the Ethel Howard farm, the fifth such injury.
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James Worland
Ethel Howard
Ax Murderer Defense Fails to Get Money for Counsel
Trial of Ulysses Mack, called an ax killer, set for Oct 21 in Porter circuit court after a continuance. Attorneys say Mack cannot pay for a proper defense, question a police confession, and plan to present an alibi and coerced confession claim. Also charged in two additional killings of Mary Gigli and James Walsh.
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All Times
Valparaiso
Ind
Ulysses Mack
Gary Negro
Mack
Josephine Odoricczi
Porter Circuit Court
Chester McGuire
George Hitesman
Gary
McGuire
Martin J. Smith
Criminal Court of
Lake County
Smith
Grant Crumpacker
Odericczi
Mary Gigli
James Walsh
Chops Up Lodge Rooms In Selma Bur alodge Case
In Selma Alabama a lodge council ousted John Jones a Negro from Blalock Burial lodge. The next day the lodge building lay in ruins with timbers scattered and roof and furnishings hacked. Jones is held on malicious destruction of property charge with $500 bond.
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Bu United Press
Selma
Ala
Blalock
John Jones
John
Tax levy approved for Marion county by state board
Final approval of a 38 cent tax levy was given by the state tax board today. The levy will fund the county fund 20 cents road repair 25 cents tuberculosis 25 cents and county unit road bonds and sinking fund 13 cents.
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Marion County
State
Citizens ticket backs school board candidates effort
Campaign leaders urged united support for the citizens' school committee ticket to secure control of the board after the November 5 election. Five candidates Maud Miller Merle Skener Samuel E. Garrison Julian Wetzel and Russell Willson were named as supporters. A discussion on removing politics from schools was planned for the Real Estate Board Thursday at the Chamber of Commerce.
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United
Citizens’ School Committee
Lincoln City Manager League
Citizens
Maud Miller
Merle Skener
Samuel E. Garrison
Julian Wetzel
Russell Willson
Chamber of Commerce
Elevator plunge injures twelve at loft building in New York
Twelve people were injured when an elevator fell from the third floor to the sub basement of a twelve story loft building. A snapped cable caused the crash as occupants screamed and several women fainted in the corridor. Three injuries are serious. H Company Indiana National Guard holds tenth annual reunion at Culver Military Academy this Saturday.
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New York
H Company
H Compan Indiana National Guard
Culver Military Academy
Fireman Dies After 30 Years with Indianapolis Dept
William A. Rusie a longtime Indianapolis firefighter thirty years died of pneumonia Sunday night at his home 235 South Ritter Avenue.
City fireman to be buried on Wednesday
Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2 p m for William A Rusie city fireman who died Sunday night of pneumonia at 235 South Ritter avenue He was born August 2 1869 in Mooresville and served in the Indianapolis fire department with a brief resignation before 1899 Surviving are his widow Marie Rusie a son Wilbur a daughter Leona and two brothers John and Amos Funeral arrangements were by J W Blackwell battalion chief Captain Charles Treadway and Walter Gray
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William A. Rusie
South
Ritter Avenue
Crown Hill
Rusie
Mooresville
Indianapolis Fire Department
Marie Rusie
Wilbur
Leona
John
The
Times
Amos
State of
Washington
J W. Blackwell
Charles Treadway
Walter Gray
Funeral services for Mrs Kregele 85
Funeral services for Mrs. Charles E. Kregele 85 of 1902 North Illinois street will be held Wednesday at 2 p m at the home with burial in Crown Hill. She belonged to the D A R Pioneer Society W C T U and was a Propylaeum charter member. During the 1917 influenza epidemic she aided soldiers at Ft Benjamin Harrison and wrote a book about her experiences. She was born in Mercerburg Pa and came to Indianapolis after marrying Mr Kregelo an undertaker now dead. Survivors include four grandchildren Mrs James Lee Richard and Harry Beckwith Glendora Cal and Charles Kregelo Martin Los Angeles.
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Charles E. Kregele
North Illinois Street
Crown Hill
Funeral for Mrs Martha J Stubbs Held at Downey Avenue
Funeral services for Martha J Stubbs 51 of 46 Johnson Avenue were held Thursday at Downey Avenue Christian Church with burial at Wilkins on in Hancock County her birthplace. A Republican political worker and active in clubs and civic affairs, she passed away Sunday at St. Vincent's Hospital.
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Martha J. Stubbs
Johnson Avenue
St. Vincent's Hospital
Downey Avenue Christian Church
Wilkinson
Hancock County
Stubbs
Republican Party
Open Bidding Pledged by School Board Candidate
Mrs. Bloomfield H. Moore pledged open and competitive bidding for school equipment if she joins the Irvington school commissioners. She emphasized no favoritism in site selection, school construction, or teacher appointments. Moore, born in Terry Haute, educated at DePauw, Hollins College, and Goucher, has held civic and professional roles in Indianapolis and Indiana groups.
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Bloomfield H. Moore
Board of
Irvington Republican Club
Moore
Terry Haute
de Pauw University
Meridian W. C. T. U
Women’s Department Club
Trusties Slay Convict in Drug Rage at Texas Farm
Two trusties, Fred Breeding and J. D. Echols, confessed to killing fellow convict Frank Harwell at Ferguson penal farm, in a three cornered fight over a small quantity of drugs. They were captured near Madisonville after the slaying. The men refused to reveal the narcotic source.
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United Press
Madisonville
Tex
Ferguson (Tex
Fred Breeding
J. D. Echols
Here
Frank Harwell
Two 10 Year Terms Given in $34 Crime
Carl Stone 21 receives two ten year sentences for a robbery in which $34 was taken. Judge Bock of Vanderburgh County contrasts harsh law with pardoning policy and notes a prior similar case. Counsel for co defendant Samuel Peck protests as Indiana legislator Ben Zieg, who helped pass the new robbing while armed statute, defends the law. Pate and Marvin Parnell face upcoming trials.
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All Times
Evansville
Ind
Carl Stone
Bock
Vanderburg County
Harry G. Leslie
Stone
Samuel Peck
Ben Zieg
Indiana
Zieg
Leslie
Chicago
Beck
Estel Pate
Peck
Humphrey Felker
Pate
Marvin Parnell
Tax Record Forecase Anderson Indiana and Related Notices
Multiple Indiana items: tax office adds clerks as $77 000 collected for fall settlement. spring collections hit $1 356 000 with a projected fall near $1 200 000. Interstate Public Service seeks to buy Taylorsville Power for 7000 with 75 percent stockholder consent. Five bandits rob a Hammond grocery. Bernice Olson frees mother and son. Suter seeks divorce over neglect and absence. Richard Bruner, 24, jailed for passing two bad checks at Citizens Bank. third attempt led to arrest.
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All Times Special
Columbus
Ind
Interstate Public Service Company
Taylorsville Light and Power Company
State Public Service Commission
Interstate Company
Taylorsville Company
Anderson
Richard Bruner
Marion
Citizens Bank
Regimes Special Airman Frain Dies in Indiana Crash
Anderson Ind Oct 8 An airman named Claire F Frain 21 was pilot of a plane that crashed near the Indianapolis area. The tragedy occurred as authorities investigated the crash site and confirmed the fatality.
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Regimes Special Anderson
Ind
Clair F. Frain
Airw
Indl
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