Police raid convictions hit twelve for gambling and blind tiger
Special Judge John Becker fined and jailed twelve men on blind tiger and gambling charges after police raids. Notables included Chris Vilaschoff of 843 East Washington and Abe Silverman of 120 West Maryland, with fines up to $500 and months on the farm. Several defendants were discharged or had charges dismissed.
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John Becker
Chris Vilaschoff
East Washington Street
Vilaschoff
Abe Silverman
West Maryland Street
Michael Morrissey
Silverman
O. W. Roberts
Edwards
Theodore Allen
East
Ohio Street
Earl Sears
Indiana Avenue
Blind Tiger
Art Rahke
West Ohio Street
Orville Burgess
East Eleventh Street
Art Deer
Joe Mitchell
Frank Fox
Burley Rosell
Massachusetts Avenue
al Kaplin
Carry Chappelle
Abe Cohen
Albert Bluestein
South Illinois Street
Morris Becker
Lowell Covington
First Marion lynching suspect arrested in Aug. 7 case
The first of seven Marion men charged as leaders of the mob that lynched two Negroes on the courthouse lawn Aug. 7 was Robert Beshire, 45, a Marion restaurant owner. He posted a $2,000 bond and was released while warrants target other suspects, including Charles Lennon and Everett Clarke.
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Pu Times
Speci
al Marion
Marion
Robert Beshire
James M. Ogden
Beshire
O. D. Clawson
Grant
Grant Circut Court
Jacob Campbell
Campbell
Charles Lennon
Everett J. Clarke
Arnold Waller
Chester Pease
Boyd and
Pravin
Grant County
Millionaire China Dealer's Wife Dies After Sleep Bite
Funeral services were held for Mrs May Birn 42 wife of Jesse Birn a prominent Jewish leader who died of blood poisoning from a bite her husband inflicted on her finger in his sleep He said she placed her finger in his mouth and his teeth crushed it A physician called the wound trivial
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United Press
New York
May Birn
Jesse Birn
Birn
Radio ownership tops nine in ten households in census
Washington October 16 United Press says census figures show one out of every nine persons in the United States owns a radio set according to commerce department data. The survey underscores broad radio adoption across the nation.
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United Press
Washington
United States
Commerce Department
Airplanes and Canoes Spark Canada Gold Rush
Reports of rich gold deposits in Bannockburn Ontario sparked a northern rush. Prospectors travel by airplane and canoe as government officials confirm quartz gold and telluride finds.
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Canada
United Press
RONTO
Bannockburn
Ontario
Indiana teachers greet convention with rifle salute
A Terre Haute teacher Miss Elizabeth Payton was shot in the shoulder when an inbound I T E interurban passed Stop 5. A small caliber bullet pierced a window and struck her causing a bruise. Deputies say the pellet likely came from a hunter’s gun.
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Indiana
T. H
Elizabeth Payton
Terre Haute
Stop 5
Rebels Claim Bahia Capture in Brazilian Revolt
Revolutionary headquarters say Bahia in the south has fallen to insurgents in a major territorial gain amid battles with government forces. Gaucho troops repelled a landing at Imbituba while American consular reports note confiscation of U S automobiles oil and other supplies.
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United Press
Washington
Porto Algero
Rio Grande Do Sul
State Department
Mrs Hockett Elected P T A Leader in Severin
Mrs W J Hockett of Fort Wayne was elected president of the Indiana Parent Teachers Association at the annual convention in Severin. Other officers named include Mrs M W Blair Terre Haute as vice president Mrs Bruce Maxwell Indianapolis recording secretary and Mrs Thomas Ross Evansville treasurer. Francis F Jones dies at 73 inventor of typewriter and printing press in Auburn New York Palmyra home near here.
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W. J. Hockett
Ft. Wayne
Indiana
Parent-Teachers’ Association
the Severin
M. W. Blair
Terre Haute
Bruce Maxwell
Indianapolis
Thomas Ross
Evansville
Auburn
N. Y
Francis F. Jones
Palmyra
Here
Bienz Convicted in Ballot Fraud Case at Primary Vote
John L. Bienz aged 78 known as Coffin henchman was found guilty by a jury of unlawfully marking an official ballot during the primary election. The verdict carries a five to ten year prison sentence with sentencing set for Nov 1. An appeal or new trial motion is expected before sentencing.
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John L. Bienz
Coffin Henchman
Henry M. Dowling
Bienz
Brenz
E. W. Hoover
Hoover
Fourth Ward
Paul Rhoadarmer
Rhoadarmer
Judson L Stark
Stark
Silas Kivett
Martinsville
Pennsylvania Women Day backs prohibition laws
SCRANTON Pa Oct 16 The state federation of Pennsylvania women voted overwhelmingly to support national and state prohibition laws. Only ten votes were cast among 450 delegates for repeal or modification of the dry statutes.
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United Press Scranton
State Federation of Pennsylvania
Near Freezing Weather To Hit Indiana Tonight
A cold wave from the central plains follows a morning rainstorm and will reach Indiana tonight or Friday bringing temperatures possibly down to 35 degrees. Freezing in the northwest of the state is possible, but Indianapolis and nearby areas are not expected to freeze. Rain is forecast for tonight with clearing by Friday.
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Indiana
Central Plains
United States Weather Bureau
J. H
Armington
Bureau
Indianapolis
Iowa
Prison terms for two 4 Standard burglary suspects
Two men, George Alberts of 1525 Asbury Street and Harry Shich of 30, were sentenced to three to ten years in state prison for breaking into a 4 Standard grocery at 103 North Alabama Street on July 21 and stealing $5 in merchandise. Howard Green, collector for Home Fire Insurance, was robbed of $9 near Seventeenth Street and Martindale Avenue by a Negro who had held him for an hour.
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North Alabama Street
George Alberts
Asbury Street
Harry Shich
Howard Green
Southport
Home Fire Insurance Company
Seventeenth Street
Martindale Avenue
Empress Nagako Expected to Deliver Child in February
Official announcement says Empress Nagako is expected to bear a child in mid February. Three daughters have been born to Emperor Hirohito and Empress Nagako, who married in 1924.
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United Press
TOKIO
Empress Nagako
Emperor Hirohito
Fords to Come Home From European Tour
Henry Ford and Mrs. Ford will sail from Southampton to New York on the Europa Friday after a two week visit in France. Ford has no plan to buy an English estate, according to headquarters statements.
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Henry Ford
Mrs. Ford
Southampton
New York
France
Ford
Bruening Threatens Dictatorship If Reichstag Denies Support
Berlin reports Chancellor Bruening warning the Reichstag he may use dictatorship with President Hindenburg backing to enforce measures. He vows to reorder Germany and asks workers to sacrifice wages, saying reductions are essential and could be forced by law if rejected.
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United Press
Berlin
Heinrich Bruening
Reichstag
Germany
Paul von Hindenburg
Bruening
Withrest
Inmate Minnie Barrett Dies by Hanging at Marion County Infirmary
Minnie Barrett a 42 year old inmate in the Marion county infirmary women’s quarters died today by hanging herself from a bar in her room. She had been an inmate for two years and reportedly attempted self harm on several prior occasions. Home previously listed as Elwood Indiana.
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Minnie Barrett
Marion County Infirmary
Elwood
Ind
Weird Death in Los Angeles Leaves Man Burned in Incinerator
The body of 70 year old John Harron was found burned beyond recognition and crammed in an incinerator after he left to open his service station. Police suspect murder or a strange accident. Thieves stole gems clothing valued at 150 from Gaither Merritt's apartment at 304 Twenty first Street.
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United Press
Los Angeles
Cal
John Harron
Johnny Harron
Harron
Gaither Merritt
Twenty-first Street
Sweetest Girl Contest Winners to Be Announced Friday
The Times announces the Sweetest Girl in Town contest winner to be revealed Friday. Judges Mary Rose Himler William Ash and Gladys Craig select from 200 nominees as part of the campaign by The Times with local candy dealers. Prize is 200 dollars plus a 25 dollar nomination award from city candy men.
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Mary Rose Himler
Bobbs-Merrill
William Ash
The
Community Fund
Gladys Craig
L. S. Ayres & Co
the Times
City Officials Seek Ways to Counter Tax Cut
City officials met with Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan to discuss evading a two cent reduction in the city civil tax rate ordered by the state tax board after an Indiana Taxpayers' Association appeal. Attending were controller William Ider, deputy controller Francis Coleman, and Ed W. Knight, corporation counsel.
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State
Indiana Taxpayers’ Association
Reginald H. Sullivan
William @lder
Francis Coleman
Ed W. Knight
Gloria Swanson to sue Marquis for desertion
Gloria Swanson plans to seek a divorce from Marquis De La Falaise De La Coudraye on grounds of desertion. Friends in Hollywood said she would file the action soon, likely before she returns from a short vacation away from the city.
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United Press
Hollywood
Cal
Gloria Swanson
Marquis de la Falaise de la Coudraye
Radio Transfer Asked in Cleveland License Move
WTAM Cleveland asked the Federal Radio Commission for authority to assign its broadcasting license to National Broadcasting Company NBC. The action centers on control of the 16 station, Washington Ont area context noted.
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Eran
Washington
Stabbing of witness Cox at hotel during campaign probe
James N. Cox president of Gainesboro Telephone Company was found in his hotel room with a deep throat wound after a conference of political leaders. He was to testify on funds for Cordell Hull’s primary campaign as Senator Nye downplays a link to the Senate committee investigation.
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Prese Pytashville
Tenn
James N. Cox
Senate Campaign Funds Investigating Committee
Cox
Gainesboro
Davison County
Cordell Hull
Hull
Nye
Senate Committee
Balboa Youth Sets Microhandwriting World Record
Erasto Garcia of Balboa claims a world record by writing three chapters from Don Quixote totaling 5725 words on a postcard. The feat demonstrates extreme precision in microscopic handwriting and highlights Garcia as a remarkable young writer from Spain.
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United Press
Balboa
Spain
Erasto Garcia
Two Women Hurt in City Crash at State and New York
Two women were injured when an auto failed to stop at a preferential street and collided with another car at State avenue and New York street today. Driver Mrs Reda Teshner 32 of 4619 East Twenty first street was cut and bruised and faces a charge of failure to stop at a preferential street. Passenger Miss Marthaeay 29 of the same address was cut. Both were taken to City Hospital.
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State Avenue
New York Street
Reda Teshner
East Twenty-first Street
Martheay
City Hospital
Indiana teachers hear Strayer propose school system overhaul
At the Indiana State Teachers convention in Indianapolis 16 000 teachers heard Columbia University educator George D. Strayer call for abolishing township limits, forming larger units, a state department of public instruction free of politics, a layman state board, and new taxation to fund education. Dr. Albert Fitch and Senator Simeon D. Fess joined Strayer in arguing the present administration fails to support small units, with one and two room schools giving way to centralized systems.
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Indiana
George D. Strayer
Columbia University
Indiana Ballroom
Cable Tabernacle
Albert Parker Fitch
Park Avenue Presbyterian Church
New York
Simeon D. Fess
Ohio
Strayer
State Department of Public Instruction
State Board of Education
Cameron Beck
New York Stock Exchange
Cadle
Mattie B. Fry. Anderson
Cadle Tabernacle
Ralph N. Tirey
Bloomington
New Trial Sought After Arson Conviction
James Geier 36 of 2232 North Meridian street filed a motion for a new trial today before Special Criminal Judge Floyd Mattice. Geier was convicted by a jury last week on an arson charge and faces a sentence of two to fourteen years in prison.
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James M. Ogden
Campbell
Clawson
Marion
Court
Mom
Indianapolis
Ogden
Floyd Mattice
James Geier
North Meridian Street
Hoover Jr. to move for tubercular recovery in Asheville
Herbert Hoover Jr., son of the President, will be moved later in the fall to Asheville, North Carolina, to aid his recovery from a mild tubercular infection. Dr. Joel T. Boone, White age physician, announced today.
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Asheville
United Press
Washington
Herbert Hoover Jr
N. C
Joel T. Boone
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