Ex-City Judge Heads Indiana Business Men Association Probe
Thomas C. Whallon, former city judge and president of the Indiana Business Men's Association, denies using his name to promise immunity or fix cases. The Better Business Bureau, with state bar officials, continues inquiry after reports of solicitations for implied favors and municipal court immunity.
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Better Business Bureau
Indiana Business Men's Association, Inc
Times
Thomas C. Whallon
Indiana State Bar Association
South Bend
Tnomas C. Batchelor
James M. Ogden
Whallon
Arthur
Henry Freyer
David J. Byrnes
Indianapolis
Byrnes
E. C. Boswell
Markets Close Amid Columbus Day Trading Rises
New York Chicago and other major stock and grain exchanges close or shorten sessions as Columbus Day observed. Trading resumes later in the day with attention to market reopenings and restated schedules.
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New York
Chicago
Actress sues over $100,000 nose injury in auto crash
Ann Christy seeks 100000 dollars against H M Baruch Corporation owner of a ditching machine after an Aug 12 collision. She alleges a violent contact and multiple nasal fractures from the parked machine allegedly placed negligently.
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Los Angeles
Ann Christy
H. M. Baruch Corporation
Miss Christy
Ogden Takes Action in Marion Mob Lynching Case
Indiana Attorney General James M. Ogden advances the Marion lynching investigation targeting Grant county Sheriff Jacob Campbell for allegedly aiding a mob that hanged two Black prisoners on the courthouse lawn. Deputies Merl Wall and Earl Stroup confer. possible charges and further action loom.
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James M. Ogden
Marion
Ogden
Jacob Campbell
Grant County
Indiana
Campbell
Merl Wall
Earl Stroup
Booze and Gaming Probe Faces Judge Over Alias Claim
Indianapolis investigator William F. Cody or alias under review as judge weighs contempt charges. The city’s probe spurred raids that arrested over eighty, amid questions on Cody’s name and address. Trial postponed as Cody is said to be west.
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William F. Cody
West
Indianapolis
Paul C. Wetter
Wetter
Buffalo Bill
Cody
Safety Board
Reyinald H. Sullivan
Chicago
Clifton R. Camero
Cameron
Federal Department of Justice
U S Refuses to Ban Tax Refunds in Marion County Case
The U S supreme court refused review of a Marion county tax refund fight affecting over 8 million dollars. The ruling upheld a lower court dismissal preventing Marion county officials from levying taxes to fund refunds, a decision tied to horizontal tax increases for 1919 1920 and 1921 and affecting 600 corporations banks trusts and public utilities led by E C Atkins Company.
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Marion County
Indiana
Washington, D. C
United States Supreme Court
Marion
Supreme Court
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Robert C. Baltzell
Clinton van Duynn
Greenfield Circuit Court
van Duynn
James M. Leathers
Marion County Leathers
State Tax Board
Indiana Supreme
E. C. Atkins Company
Burglars Take Rings From Miller Jewelry Store
Thieves smashed a window at Miller Jewelry on North Meridian Street and fled with rings valued between 400 and 500 dollars. A night watchman found the break in the Continental Bank building at about 4 a.m. A broken glass fragment remained at the scene.
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Miller Jewelry
North Meridian Street
Continental Bank
Confessed Bride Slayer Tony Chet Ends Life in Cell
Tony Chet, 31, who confessed to murdering his bride of three weeks, was found dead in his county jail cell four hours before his trial. He hung from a water pipe by a leather strap, discovered by a cellmate in murderer's row.
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United Presa c
Tony Chet
Murderer’s Row
County Jail
Labor Leader Opposes Reunion With Mine Workers
President William Green of the American Federation of Labor rejected a suggestion for reunification with the reorganized Mine Workers of America, seen as a move contrary to the parent union from which they split last April.
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United Press
Boston
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Reorganized
Mine Workers of America
Union
A GOOD FRIEND HAS GONE TO HIS BEST
Robert P. Scripps pays tribute to Milton A. McRae, longtime adviser to the Scripps-Howard family, noting his influence on E. W. Scripps and James G. Scripps. He recalls McRae’s health decline and sudden death, praising his force and character.
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Milton A. McRae
San Diego
Scripps-Howard
Roy Howard
California
Scripps-Howard Central
Colonel McRae
Milton McRae
Cleveland Press
Edith
John P. Scripps
Mr. McRae
Howard Henderson
New York
New Jersey
Theater chief kidnapped and robbed at Alamo Theater
Maurice Magers, manager of the Alamo theater, was abducted by two men in a coupe who forced him to open a safe and took 2200 in weekend receipts from a chain of four theaters. He was tied and gagged in the second floor fan room before being released by a janitor and a charwoman.
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Alamo Theater
North
Illinois Street
Maurice Magers
Royal Hotel
Manny Marcus
Ft. Wayne
Walter Claffey
John Sheehan
Magers
New York Street
Fall Creek Boulevard
Boulevard Place
Hoover Jr Improves as Hoover Returns to White House
President Hoover returned to the White House after a weekend at his Virginia camp. A physician said Herbert Hoover Jr is recovering from a slight tubercular infection and will likely spend the winter in the western United States.
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United Press
Washington
Hoover
White House
Virginia
Herbert Hoover Jr
West
Raffles Will Save City Girl Locked in Safe
An Indianapolis girl chosen from volunteers will sit inside a burglar-proof safe on a Lyric theater stunt. The event, sponsored by the Lyric Theater, offers 10 in gold to the selected girl and will occur at a downtown corner after the safe is moved there by a truck.
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Indianapolis
Times
Lyric Theater
Raffles
Tueday
Focal Furniture Company
Catty Caddy Hits Chauncey Miniature Golf
Chauncey postmaster C. E. McCafferty runs a backyard miniature golf course for his children. When a ball lands in the rough, the family cat retrieves it, providing a quirky new feature to the game.
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United Press
Chauncey, O
C. E. McCafferty
Chauncey
British aviatrix Miller lands in city to press speed record
Mrs Keith Miller flying the Eagle Rocket Bullet arrived at Curtiss-Wright Mars Hill airport after a 6 hour 36 minute cross country from Valley Stream. She refueled at noon and planned to reach Wichita later, weather causing a potential detour via Kansas City before continuing to Los Angeles.
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Valley Stream
L. I
Indianapolis
Keith Miller
Curtiss-Wright Mars Hill
Laura Ingalls
C.S.T
Arizona Gained Right to File Boulder Dam Suit
Arizona was granted permission to file a suit in the Supreme Court to restrain neighboring states and Interior Secretary Ray Lyman Wilbur from Boulder Dam work. The court ordered service returnable January 5, 1931, after Wilbur announced the comptroller general declined Arizona’s request to withhold construction funds.
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United Press
Washington
Arizona
Supreme Court
Ray Lyman Wilbur
Boulder Dam
Wilbur
Moss Goes On Trial In Blackmail Case
Morris Moss of 540 Massachusetts Avenue testified as chief character witness in the Irving Webster blackmail trial before Special Criminal Judge Richard Bynum. Moss was later charged with assault and battery on his wife.
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Morris Moss
Massachusetts Avenue
Irving Webster
Richard Bynum
Drought Relief Shows Rain Gains and Machinery Help
Washington reports improvement in drought conditions as rains and relief machinery readjustments take effect. Dr. C W Warburton, secretary of the federal drought relief committee, said relief efforts are producing favorable results.
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United Press
Washington
C. W. Warburton
Federal Drought Relief Committee
Impoverished widow admits arson in insurance scam
Louise Babb a 70 year old widow from Mound Valley Kansas was held for arson in connection with burning her home to collect insurance. The suspect faces charges after the fire destroyed her residence and she reportedly confessed to authorities.
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United
Identity clash over mail romance victim in Indiana case
Marion police and Nebraska relatives challenge whether George Shriver is the man identified as Robert Morrow in a mail romance scam. Mrs. May Beaver accepts the body as her former husband, while authorities question Shriver's postmarked correspondence and recent actions. The Lippens group and three others are jailed in Indianapolis for postal fraud.
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Times
Marion
Ind
George Shriver
Shriver
Nebraska
May Beaver
Robert Morrow
Murderers Dead in New Jersey Prison Farm
Willis Beach a 60 year old poultry farmer imprisoned for the murder of Dr William A Lilliendahl died at the state prison farm in Bordentown serving a ten year term His wife Margaret Lilliendahl is serving ten years in Clinton for participation in the killing Mrs Hoover recovers from a cold and hoarseness after accompanying President Hoover on his speaking trip last week
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United Press
Bordentown
N. J
Willis Beach
William A. Lilliendahl
Margaret Lilliendahl
Clinton
Washington
Opening Reichstag session sees fascist protests in Berlin
Berlin October 13 opening Reichstag session erupts in clashes as fascists shout Hail Hitler and police battle demonstrators from the chamber to Potsdamerplatz. Windows smashed, shops shuttered, about fifty arrests as authorities restore order.
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United Press Berlin
Reichstag
Potsdamerplatz
Wertheim
Heinrich Bruening
Germany
Hitler
Adolph Hitler
Red Front
Bruening
Johann Bredt
von Hindenburg
Alky Toll Mounts in Newark Alcohol Poisoning Deaths
Six deaths from alcohol poisoning Sunday night and today bring the toll to twenty in Newark over the last five days. Police and health officials investigate illegal liquor operations as the city reels from the surge in bootleg alcohol-related fatalities.
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Newark
United Press
N. J
Temperature readings captured in hourly table
A series of hourly temperature values from 6 am to 11 pm showing 58 at 6 am, rising to 81 by noon, then 72 at 9 am and 8 at 11 pm in an unclear OCR transcription.
Baby Girl Wanders All Night From Hammond Home
Rose Marie Diedelber an 18 month old girl went missing from her aunt’s yard Sunday night in Hammond Indiana. Police and about 1000 Boy Scouts searched the neighborhood overnight but she was found unharmed two blocks from her home this morning.
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United Press
Hammond
Ind
Rose Marie Diedelber
Rose Marie
Deichelber
Clara Ace
South Chicago
By- Products Company
Rose’ Marie
Ziegfeld Girl Grilled as Diamond Shooting Unfolds
New York police interrogated Marion Roberts, a 19 year old Ziegfeld chorus girl, about the Sunday shooting of gangster Jack Diamond at the Monticello hotel. Diamond lay wounded in Polyclinic hospital as detectives probe whether New Jersey gangland figures fueled the attack.
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New York
Jack
Diamond
Underworld
Polyclinic
Marion Roberts
Police
Hotel Monticello
Ziegfeld
Agnes O'Laughlin
Rudy Vallee
Miss Roberts
Upstate
Ziegfeld Chorus
Monticello
Miss. O’laughlin
New Jersey
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