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Newspaper

Indianapolis Times

Location

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Oct 11, 1929

Page

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Coffinism as City Curse in Indianapolis Campaign

Democratic rally in Tomlinson hall targets Coffinism and the GOP machine. Frederick Van Nuys James Deery Albert Stump Reginald Sullivan endorse reform platform, pledge impartial law enforcement, tax cuts, and end machine influence in city hall and schools.

Ben Stern Tomlinson Hall Frederick van Nuys United States District James E. Deery Albert Stump United States L. Ert Slack Reginald H. Sullivan Sullivary City Manager League Citizens Gig Company Sullivan Indianapolis Alfred M. Grossbrenner Irvington Keene Coffin Clifford F. Keene Grossbrenner van Nuys Glossbrenner Indiana Deery Glasebrenner Caeser Anthony” Baxter Arthur Baxter George Coffin Slack Stump

Hourly Temperatures Report

The record shows temperatures at different hours with values around mid fifties. At 6 am 54 degrees, 10 am 55, 8 am 54, 12 noon 59, 9 am 54. The data appears to be a fragment from a weather page with incomplete context.

City Man Killed in Bus Crash Near Reno Nevada

Louis Zukerman aged 45 of 933 Church Street was among two killed when a Yelloway stage overturned near Reno after a tire was pierced by a car fender. Twenty nine passengers were aboard. W S Mumery of Vassar Michigan also died. four teens injured. Police may press manslaughter charges. Zukerman planned to reach Indianapolis for his daughter Sarahs thirteenth birthday. He leaves a widow Mary and children Joe age eight and Bessie age three. his mother Mrs Benjamin Cloder survives. Funeral plans pending.

Louis Zukerman Church Street Reno Nev United Press Zukerman Mary Zukerman Zufferman Indianapolis California Sarah Joe Bessie Benjamin Cloder South Capitol Avenue

Son admits slaying father in Newcastle murder case

Benja min Scanlon age 27 of Newcastle Indiana was sentenced to life imprisonment after pleading guilty to second degree murder in the September 10 killing of his father James Scanlon. The son said he shot him because his father abused his mother and was always drunk.

Bited Pre “Gluumbus Benjamin Scanlon Newcastle Ind James Scanlon

Ogden paints grim view of law flouting at crime conference

Attorney General James M. Ogden told 500 officials and citizens at the Indiana state crime conference that lawlessness stems from ridicule of the Eighteenth Amendment, corrupt courts, and lawmen taking favors from criminals. He urged concrete reforms and condemned lax enforcement and evasion among judges and officers.

Daniel M. Kidney James M. Ogden House of Representatives Ogden Indiana State Bar Association Krev Ogden England United States Supreme Court

Shumaker Improves After Restful Night At Home

Dr Edward S Shumaker superintendent of the Indiana Anti Saloon League showed slight improvement and took nourishment for the first time in hours after a week of illness at his home 2232 Broadway. Attending physician Dr Charles R Sowder says the incurable liver disease has caused several weeks of decline and relatives feared his death was near during the past three days. The league reports a restful night with Shumaker able to take nourishment.

Edward S. Shumaker Indiana Anti-Saloon League Shumaker Broadway Charles R. Sowder League

Bennie Ball and the Death-Devoted Love Tale

Bennie Ball, 27, obsessed with dancer Opal Jackson, wrote a deathly love note on a bridge and hid in a coal bin after his gesture failed. His mother dismissed the stunt as a joke, prompting a further note to Lena Raiburn.

United Press Ansas City Kan Bennie Ball William Sylvanus Baxter Booth Tarkington Bennie Opal Jackson Hell Kidder

Jewish Delegation Seeks MacDonald Aid for Palestine Work

A Jewish delegation led by Felix M. Warburg urged Premier Ramsay MacDonald during his New York visit to back British efforts in making Palestine a Jewish homeland. It included Zionist leaders and bankers such as Louis Lipsky and Dr. Cyrus Adler, amid a Socialist delegation led by Norman Thomas greeting him at the hotel.

Joseph Gordon United Press EW K J. Ramsay MacDonald New York Palestine MacDonald Felix M. Warburg Louis Lipsky The Zionist Organization Cyrus Adler Jewish Theological Seminary Bernard Flexner Palestine Economic Commission Lee K. Frankel Metropolitan Insurance Company William M. Lewis Philadelphia United Palestine Appeal Morris Rothenberg Stephen S. Wise Norman Thomas Morris Hillquit Charles Solomon Algernon Lee B. C. Vladeck Lewis Waldman I. W. Laidlaw

Officials Baffled by Agent's Death in Newport

United Press reports 65 year old agent Andrew Bierlin died after being found under a railroad bridge in Newport Kentucky. He suffered a broken arm and fractured ribs and spoke of being struck on the head with a jug wielded by a woman. Bierlin worked from Louisville to gather liquor gang intelligence amid deadly clashes.

United Press Newport Louisville Andrew Bierlin Here Bierlin Ilaquor

King Succeeds Foote As Acting Internal Revenue Collector

Dr. N. H. King will be named acting collector for Indiana on Tuesday after the resignation of George L. Foote takes effect. Foote, who has accepted a position with Foster and Messick, Indianapolis bonding firm, has not yet been replaced.

N. H. King Internal Revenue Indiana George L. Foote Foote Foster and Messick Indianapolis

Cracksm en Foiled In Raid On Bank

Chester Jackson a 22 year old merchant policeman fought two bandits in a running gun battle at the Forty second Street State Bank located at 4209 College avenue. The suspects fled in a mud covered Ohio license Chevrolet after six shots were exchanged. Jackson first spotted the men at 3 20 a m near the Motor Inn garage. One robber tried to enter the bank while the other peered into a window before fleeing north on College avenue and east on Forty sixth.

Forty-second Street State Bank College Avenue Chester Jackson West Twenty-eighth Street Ohio Jackson Motor Inn Forty-sixth

Indianapolis Times markets draw merchants to large issue

Jackson chased bandits after spotting them near a bank rear entrance. He fired at them as they fled toward Forty-ninth Street and the Monon railroad, but the bandits escaped. Police searched the area for the bandit car with no success.

Jackson Forty-ninth Street Monon Railroad Charles Johnson Otto C. Raasch

Pantages Press Agent Testifies in Prosecution Case

William Jobelman, Pantages press agent, testified as a reluctant witness in the trial of Alexander Pantages for allegedly attacking Eunice Pringle. He described being coached by Pantages, later confirming a statement about a conference room and a rush to the publicity office. He insisted he was not in the conference room on the day in question.

United Press Los Angeles William Jobelman Alexander Pantages Eunice Pringle Fitts Pantages Jobelman Miss Pringle

Cubs and Mackmen Ready for Third World Series Game

At Shibe Park Philadelphia on October 11 1929 the Chicago Cubs visit the Philadelphia Athletics for game three. Ed Rommel and George Earnshaw duel as fans crowd the park while Cubs seek a breakthrough after two losses in Chicago.

United Press Shibe Park Philadelphia Athletics Chicago Cubs Mackmen George Earnshaw Guy Bush Cub Cubs Ed Rommel Jimmy Dykes Rommel Chicago Cuues McMillan Bishop English Hees Hornsby Cochrane Wilson Simmons If Cuyler Rf Foxx Ib Stephenson If Miller Rf Grimm Taylor Boley Fush P Bearnthaw Connie Connie Mack Joe McCarthy Charlie Root Rogers Hornsby Hack Wilson Kiki Cuyler

Gas Well Fire Blown Out At Stamper Well

Oklahoma City October 11 fire fighters halted a sixty million cubic feet per day gas flow at Sinclair No 3 Stamper well after two days of battling a 150 foot flame. Kinley brothers led the team in blasting the blaze and securing the well with dynamite and steam to stop the gas flow and cover the wrecked lease with debris damage estimated above $60 000.

United Press Oklahoma City South M. M F. T. Kinley Tulsa

Plane forced down ends long flight by Hunter brothers

In dense fog a United Press report says the Chicago We Will endure airplane descended after 264 hours aloft. The pilots, Kenneth and John Hunter, hoped to beat the 420 hour record set by the St. Louis Robin fliers.

United Preas Chicago St. Louis Kenneth John Hunter

Great New Feature Starts Monday in The Times

A new weekly feature by Robert L. Ripley debuts Monday in The Times. It promises curious claims and paradoxes such as a day lasting forty eight hours, July 4th not a holiday, and that the world is not round.

Robert L. Ripley the Times Ripley Methuselah St. Patrick Joan of Arc Maid of Orleans George Washington Pennsylvania William Penn Lindbergh Atlantic Ocean Guinea Rip Cen Napoleon Red Sea Moses Christ South Pole Earth China North Pole Times

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Curse OF G. O. P. Boss George W. Coffin Son Father Ardent Dry Ramsay MacDonald Great Britain Arlington National Cemetery Washington George Washington University Esme Howard Cloyd H. Marvin Newport, Ky State Revenue Collector Arthur B. Carr Children’s Museum Thomas A. Hendricks MACKS BY Frank Getty Dynamite Oklahoma Field
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