Editors urge Hoover to intervene in Mooney Billings case
The Scripps Howard editors urge President Hoover to use the law enforcement commission to press for review and clemency in the Mooney and Billings case. They argue the case tests equal justice and demands national attention to restore confidence in California and U.S. courts. They warn that prosecutorial and court actions against dissenters would threaten centuries of legal progress.
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Scripps Howard
California
United States
Hoover
Scripps-Howard
Mooney- Billings
Mooney and Billings
Supreme Court of California
Law Enforcement Commission
Wickersham Commission
Hooten sued for 15000 in two Mason collision cases
Two suits seeking a total of 15000 dollars damage are filed in Henry circuit court against Theodore Hooten by John Mason and his wife Effie Mason over an automobile collision at Mooresville on May 11.
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Newcastle
Ind
Henry
Theodore Hooten
John Mason
Effie Mason
Mooresville
Safety device for rural school buses devised by Grover Van Duyn
Greenfield Indiana superintendent Grover Van Duyn developed a patented bus safety alarm for 2500 pupils riding rural routes. The device, operated by the driver as the bus slows to stop, is endorsed by accident prevention bureaus and police chiefs as a key safety measure.
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Grover van Duyn
Greenfield
Hendricks’ County
Free beer and baseball hobby of Cuban senator
Havana reports Senor Julio Blanco Herrera, one of Cuba’s wealthiest citizens, hosts free beer in his gardens and has brought twenty National and four American League players to Havana for nine baseball games. He expects a $500,000 investment to yield fan enthusiasm and large returns. The Tropic Stadium, owned by Herrera, will host the games, larger than Yankee Stadium.
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Havana
Senor Julio Blanco Herrera
Cuba
Senor Herrera
Santa Claus
Tropical Stadium
Yankee Stadium
New York
Postal session set by Joint Association of Postal Employes
State meeting will be held in the Antlers Saturday night October 25 announced by E L Townsley state president Speakers include Congress man Samuel A Kendall of Pennsylvania chairman of the house post office committee and author of the Saturday half forty four hour week bill Congressman David Hogg of Fort Wayne member of the committee Congressman Louis J Ludlow Senator Arthur Robinson Indianapolis postmaster Robert H Bryson Marion secretary George Blackman and Townsley Music provided by the post office band
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Joint
Association of Postal Employes
Antlers
E. L. Townsley
Vincennes
Samuel A. Kendall
Pennnsylvania
House Post Office Committee
David Hogg
Ft. Wayne
Louis J Ludlow
Arthur Robinson
Robert H. Bryson
Indianapolis
Death notes in Indiana regions outlined in brief
Mrs Mary J Rund 66 died at her son Cleveland Rockwell home in Anderson Indiana Burial planned in Edinburg her former home Worry over unemployment and finances led Mat Kozic a steel worker to hang himself in Indiana Harbor Oct 18 United Press report
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Anderson
Ind
Mary J. Rund
Cleveland Rockwell
Edinburg
United Press
Indiana Harbor
Mat Kozic
Army tests fragmentation and demolition bombs at Camp Stanley
The War Department announced an exercise at Camp Stanley near San Antonio Texas for November 1. War birds will attack twenty grounded planes dropping fragmentation bombs then 100 pound demolition bombs. Incendiary bullets follow. Paris notes a fashion trend using the question mark symbol after Coste’s Atlantic crossing.
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United Press
Washington
Camp Stanley
San Antonio
Tex
War Department
Stanley Field
German dirigible pilot to display at Mercer airport races
Captain Anton Heinen, a German dirigible expert, will exhibit a small aircraft at the all eastern air races at Mercer airport on October 18 and 19. He supervised the Los Angeles dirigible’s construction in Germany under Count Zeppelin and later piloted it to the United States. Heinen plans to fly his own small dirigible from Atlantic City to the event.
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United Press
Trenton
N. J
Anton Heinen
Mercer
Heinen
Los Angeles
Germany
Count Zeppelin
United States
Atlantic City
Fliers Plan Atlantic Flight in November from Ireland
Captain J. Errol Boyd and Lieutenant Harry Connor announce plans to fly the Columbia monoplane from Croydon or Baldon nel Ireland to North America in November. They recently crossed the Atlantic from Harbor Grace Newfoundland to Trescoe Scilly Isles, with a forced landing due to a broken gasoline feed pipe.
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United Press
London
J. Errol Boyd
Harry Connor
Croydon
Baldonnel
Ireland
North America
Boyd
United Press Today
North Atlantic
Harbor Grace
Newfoundland
Trescoe
Scilly Isles
Do X May Start Flight From Lisbon on Nov 3
A Berlin report says the Do X the world's largest flying boat would begin its U S flight from Lisbon on November 3. The plan is to fly via the Azores and Bermuda to the United States.
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United Press
Berlin
United States
Lisbon
Azores
Bermuda
French fliers Coste and Bellonte sail from New York on goodwill tour
Major Dieudonne Coste and Maurice Bellonte depart New York aboard the liner France after a fifty day goodwill tour in the United States. They return to France to continue relations and aviation diplomacy.
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United Press
New York
Dieudonne Coste
Maurice Bellonte
France
New Indiana Teachers Association Groups Elect New Officers
Teachers association sections elected new executives Friday. Names include Vir I Cravens as Dean of Women President and B M Swinford as Commercial President, with a wide slate of vicepresidents and secretaries named across many districts and specialties.
Mystery of Missing General Is 'Solved' in Paris Death
Paris dispatch reports General A. P. Koutepoff, once a White Army leader, died of narcotic overdose in a Paris apartment after disappearing January 26. Exiled Cheka member Doumbadze cites Fechner confession about aiding his death rendezvous. Body shipped to Russia in diplomatic trunks and cremated in Moscow with Soviet officials present.
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United Press
Paris
A. P. Koutepoff
E. V. Doumbadze
Cheka
Doumbadze
Fechner
Berlin
Kontepoff
Koutepoff
Russia
Moscow
Two City Contract Awards and Resolutions Passed
The city works board let two improvement contracts this week. Pierson street from North to Walnut, Indiana Asphalt Paving Co. $791.70. First alley east of Keystone Ave from Washington to New York, Abel Brothers $2778.38. Resolutions adopted cover sewers and paving on Keystone, Forty sixth, Monon to Ralston, Graydon Street, and alleys East of Eastern and Station, plus School Street at Thirty fifth.
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Pierson
Walnut Streets
Indiana Asphalt Paving Company
Keytone Avenue
Washington
New York
Abel Brothers
Keystone Avenue
Raymond Street
Thiry
Bradbury Street
Forty-sixth Street
Monon Railroad
Ralston Avenue
Graydon Street
Eastern Avenue
Washington Street
New York Street
Station Street
Roosevelt Avenue
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School Street
Thirty-fifth
Berlin Lends Momentum to Credit Bill Passage
Berlin October 18 The Reichstag approved the second reading of a bill authorizing a foreign credit of 125000000 dollars. The government hopes Socialist support will help defeat misconfidence motions and shield the admin from dictatorship. An editorial in Vorwaerts warned that Socialists will reject fascist and communist challenges to prevent chaos.
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United Press Berlin
Reichstag
Socialist Party
Vorwaerts
Celebration ends as dawn breaks over Haiti’s imperial anniversary
In Cape Haitian Haiti on October 18 a night of gaiety marked the 124th anniversary of Jean Jacques Dessalines death. The festivities broke up at dawn after a lively commemoration recalling his role in expelling the French and founding the empire in the early 1800s.
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Unitet Press
Cape Hatien
Haiti
Jean- Jacques Dessalines
British Flier Lands at Port Darwin After London Flight
Port Darwin Australia reports Capt. F R Matthews a British flier who departed London on September 16 arrived here on October 18 marking a milestone in the long distance journey.
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Australia
United Press
Port Darwin
F. R. Matthews
London
Principal Milo H. Stuart Heads Indiana Teachers’ Association
Milo H. Stuart principal of Arsenal Technical High School was elected president of the Indiana State Teachers Association and will assume office at the 1931 state convention opening.
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Milo H. Stuart
Arsenal Technical High School
Indiana State Teachers’ Association
State agency blocks Goodrich rate hike for Johnson County line
The Public Service Commission refused a rate increase for James P. Goodrich telephone interests and issued a reprimand. The Johnson County Telephone Company owned by the former governor saw only limited raises at Trafalgar Land Franklin and Marietta plus desk sets totaling about 3000. The commission demanded separate accounting and warned the firm to correct conduct before any substantial relief from higher rates.
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James P. Goodrich
Public Service Commission
Johnson County
Frank Singleton
Commission
Indiana teachers attend convention aided by state fund distribution
Roy P. Wisehart, superintendent of public instruction, cites state aid funds enabling southern Indiana teachers to attend the convention. A final report on 737627.15 dollars in aid shows all current demands paid with teachers salaries prioritized, per Wisehart. The Times notes the Sixth district farm bureau federation re elected Everett Hunt as chairman and Samuel Steel as secretary in Newcastle on October 18 with over 300 in attendance.
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Indiana
Roy P. Wisehart
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Wisehart
Harry Kirk
Newcastle
Ind
Sixth District Farm Bureau Federation
Everett Hunt
Wayne County
Samuel Steel
Greenfield
Hoosier Flying Club Plans Halloween Dance
Initial plans for a Halloween dance at the Hoosier airport hangar on October 29 have been announced by the Hoosier Flying Club.
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Hoosier Airport
The
Hoosier
Carter Leaves 10000 Estate to Probate in Indiana
The estate of Jackson Carter an Indianapolis lawyer valued at 10009 dollars is admitted to probate. Letters of administration go to William L. Taylor, his stepfather. Heirs are widow Beatrice Carter and mother Grace W. Taylor.
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Jackson Carter
Proming
Indianapolis
William L. Taylor
Carter
Beatrice Carter
Grace W. Taylor
De Priest Defends GOP At Marion Lynching Tribute
Oscar De Priest of Chicago, a Negro Republican congressman, defended the Republican party at a YMCA reception in Ogden. He blamed a weak sheriff and deputies for the Marion lynching and praised James M. Ogden and other GOP leaders present. Two hundred Republicans attended as speakers included Clyde E. Robinson Schuyler Haas Archibald Hall Judson Stark Robert Brokenburr and Ward Hiner.
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Oscar de Priest
Chicago
Republican Party
Marion
Phyllis Wheatly
de Priest
Jake Campbell
Grant County
James M. Ogden
Clyde E. Robinson
Schuyler A. Haas
Archibald M. Hall
Pueblo Sites Found By Science Service
Thirty new pueblo sites have been unearthed in southeastern Arizona by Professor Carl O. Sauer of the University of California. The villages were on mountain base slopes with summer floods used for farming, and little climate change appears since. The defenseless location suggests Chiricahua pueblos date to a more peaceful era than New Mexico’s walled towns.
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Science Service
Berkeley
Cal
Arizona
Carl O. Sauer
Geography Department
University of California
Sauer
New Mexico
Obie J. Smith Named Rotary Club President in Indianapolis
Obie J. Smith realty company head and city health board member will become Rotary Club of Indianapolis president at Claypool on October 28. He succeeds Clark S. Wheeler of Refrigeration Equipment Corp. Other officers elected include George P. Torrence as first vice president Theodore E. Myers as second vice president Ray F. Cram as secretary Gwynn F. Patterson as treasurer and John W. Warren as sergeant at arms.
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Obie J. Smith
Obie J
Kings may sleep in royal trains before Bulgarian Italian wedding
Assisi Italy Oct 18 reports kings may be forced to sleep in their royal trains on railroad sidings on the eve of the royal wedding between King Boris of Bulgaria and Princess Giovanna of Italy. Local accommodations are deemed insufficient for regal guests. The ceremony is set for a week hence.
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United Press
Assisi
Italy
Boris
Bulgaria
Giovanna
Talks on Art Concluding Session of State Teachers Convention
Frank L. McVey president of the University of Kentucky gave the concluding address at the last general session of the state teachers convention in Cable tabernacle this morning. His topic was The Art Spirit.
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State Teachers’ Convention
Cable Tabernacle
Frank L. McVey
University of Kentucky
Safe Blasted by Yeggs Who Bind Employes
Yeggs posing as police officers tied two men at the Fleischmann yeast service offices on Ohio and Fulton streets and blew the company safe but failed to take loot. Night watchman John Taylor and repairman A G Oberlander were bound in the basement before Taylor freed them with a knife and alerted police.
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Taylor
Oberlander
High Court Denies Rehearing on State Board Powers
The Supreme Court refused to rehear the South Bend tax case appeal on Friday. It upheld the constitutional right of the state tax board to review and pass on local budget levies.
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High Court
State Board
South Bend
State
Supreme Court
Los Angeles Blast Probed At Capitol Building
Explosion at the eleven story Capitol building injured about fifty people and caused roughly 1.5 million dollars in damage. Fire investigators consider ignition from a switch and possible gas sources while police weigh suspicions on radicals and union tensions surrounding the building.
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Los Angeles
United Press
Garmet Capitol
Hyman Schulman
Beverly Hills Frock, Inc
Earl M. Haguewood
Bureau of Fire Investigation
Red” Squad
Tailor Convicted on Blind Tiger Charge
Adam Schaaf as tailor at 1514 North Emerson avenue was found guilty of a blind tiger charge in municipal court. He received a $100 fine and thirty days' jail sentence suspended. Police raiding Sept. 25 recovered beer in a rear room and confiscated 98 quarts of home brew 20 gallons of brewing beer and 24 gallons of wine.
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Adam Schaaf
North
Emerson Avenue
Schaaf
Oil Lease Drive in Bartholomew County
G. L. Oliver of Chicago leads an oil firm push in Bartholomew county. Oliver and partners have secured several leases in the western part and plan to lease three 640 acre sections for five years. Drilling to begin once all leases are signed.
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Pay Times
Columbus
Ind
G. L. Oliver
Chicago
Bartholomew County
Oliver
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