War threats keep Europe in confusion and fear
A Scripps-Howard dispatch outlines Europe's tense readiness for war as disarmament talks in Geneva loom. It cites Germany and Italy moving toward confrontation, France bolstering defense, and Russia Britain and others tense over armament amid looming League of Nations disarmament talks on November 6.
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Europe
William Philip Sims
Scripps-Howard Newspaver Alliance
Washington
Geneva
League of Nations
Commission
Germany
Italy
Mussolini
France
Austria
Otto
Hungary
Hapsburg
Poland
Russia
Great Britain
India
Near East
Couple grilled in heiress kidnaping case in Missouri
Two suspects William Prater, 42, and Mrs Emery Hill, 30, were arrested after a sheriff heard a long distance phone conversation about the kidnapping of oil heiress Alma Wilson McKinley. The pair deny involvement as the Ozark mountain captivity had lasted sixteen hours.
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United Press
Carthage
Alma Wilson McKinley
Ozark Mountain
William Prater
Scott City
Emery Hill
Olin Killingsworth
Indiana public service commission halts new steel rates
The Indiana Public Service Commission ordered the cancellation of new steel product rates for intrastate transit after no railroad filed for rehearing by the Wednesday deadline. QO. R. Livinghouse announced all railroads will keep existing rates, saving Hoosier shippers thousands and reducing consumer costs.
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Indiana Public Service Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
QO. R. Livinghouse
Tariff
State Commission
How to Prosper Volumes Popular in Low Mood
The University of Chicago survey finds more books on How to Succeed published during low moods than in prosperous years. Public libraries report these volumes among the most borrowed titles in Chicago.
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United Preas
Chicago
University of Chicago
Indiana Defends Highway Fund Stand Against Shortfalls
State highway chief John J. Brown defends federal aid outlook amid loan use. He notes $3,383,308.25 available but not allocated, with $5,299,881.78 unobligated as of Oct. 1 and ongoing allocations tied to project surveys and approvals. Brown argues funds will accelerate bridge and paving work in Indiana.
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Waship
Indiana
John J. Brown
State Highway Department
Brown
State Highway Publicity Department
Commission
Indiana Highway Department
Renee Adoree Admitted to Prescott Hospital for Pulmonary Ailment
Hollywood reports French screen actress Renee Adoree has entered a Prescott Arizona hospital for further treatment of a pulmonary ailment. She has been ordered to rest and visitors are denied. The delay paused a film production in March after prior hospital stays in La Crescenta and a trip to Mexico City worsened her condition.
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United Press
Hollywood
Cal
Renee Adoree
Prescott
Ariz
Miss Adoree
la Crescenta
Mexico City
Attacks On Will Fail In Probate Fight Over Actress Christine Norman Booth
In New York on October 23 Surrogate John P. O'Brien rejected the objection by Christine Norman Booth’s mother and husband to probate of her will, ending their bid to invalidate the document. The report from Times Special notes the unsuccessful challenge following the actress’s March death by her own hand. FT Wayne dispatch details a separate incident where Mrs. Dorothy Johnson saved her son from a cistern but the boy was not present.
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United Press
New ‘York
Christine Norman Booth
John P. O’brien
Times Special
FT. Wayne
Ind
Dorothy Johnson
Junior Johnson
Goodrich
Indiana
Sinai
Teething at 87 Spurs Curious onlookers in Indiana
Hiram Bolton, 87, is not teething but draws attention as locals speculate the onset of a third set of teeth. The incident occurred in Rson Ind on October 23 as neighbors gather to witness the odd spectacle and discuss Bolton’s longtime health.
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United Press
RSON
Ind
Hiram Bolton
Old Resident Julia Costello Dies After Long Indianapolis Life
Mrs. Julia Costello aged 99 widow of Jeremiah Costello longtime Indianapolis grocer dies at home Wednesday. Born in Ireland May 20 1844 she came to Canada then America as a child. Survived by son William of Indianapolis and daughter Mrs. Sarah C Hughes of Cincinnati. Services Saturday at St. John’s Catholic Church burial Holy Cross Cemetery.
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Julia Costello
South Capitol Avenue
Indianapolis
Jeremiah Costello
South Side
Costello
St. John’s Catholic Church
Holy Cross Cemetery
Ireland
America
Peterboro
Canada
William Costello
Sarah C. Hughes
Cincinnati
Purdue Plans Annual Alumni Homecoming Fete and Events
Purdue University outlines three day home coming activities with Purdue Wisconsin football Saturday as a highlight. Alumni dinners dances and a playship production lead Friday events. Open houses, freshmen football, decoration contest and various fraternity activities fill the weekend in Lafayette. Muncie night school enrollment falls to 109 as business mood dips.
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Bu United Press Lafayette
Ind
Purdue University
Purdue
H. C. Bauers
Gladstone
Mich
Russell Greenwood
Lafayette
A. C. Olander
West Lafayette
Carl Schulmeyer
Peru
M. C. Smith
East Chicago
D. Hand
Culver
R. Pearse
Winnetka
Ill
M. Glazier
West Newton
Mass
C. W. Liebel
Norwood
A. Golden
Rassle
Sigma Delta Chi
Chicago
Indiana University
O. M. Booker
Purdue Alumni Association
C. E Aone
J Aera Peru
Bothwell
G. James
Oak Park
Inl
Jess ‘Conden
West Lafa- Fraternity
L. Street Lafayette
O. C. Elder
Cree Eus Co
Ao Wacker
West Aethaee Schu
Louisville
Martha Robbins
Westayette
A .L
Tockner
Ee Sil
R. Wimmer
Kokomo
R. Fisher
Elwood
R. F. Whitsit
Bencetses
H. A. Gettinger
Union Hos Hethtenna
R. Auvill
Wheeling
W. Va
Hallstein
Indianapolis
R. P. Hutchins
H. FP. Winchell
Southend
Tax Survey Committee Seeks Elimination of Property Tax
Indiana Tax Survey Committee aims to end the state property levy as a goal, contingent on revenue saved from economies and new funding. Senator J Clyde Hoffman said details depend on financial impact and potential substitutes like road repair funds, with no final report ready.
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Indiana Tax Survey Committee
J. Clyde Hoffman
Marion County
Tax Survey Committee
Hoffman
New Aviation Era Opens With Arrival of Mail Plane in Indianapolis
The arrival of the Transcontinental and Western Air mail plane at the new Indianapolis municipal airport Saturday at 2 30 p m marks a new era in aviation. Officials say the 947 acre field features three concrete runways and a nearly $700 000 cost, with plans for underground auto and taxi runways and an on site tower for control.
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Transcontinental and Western Air, Inc
Indianapolis
Walter F. Brown
New York
Los Angeles
Chamber of Commerce
Standard Oil Company
Stanolind
T. and
Embry-Riddle Company
Cincinnati
Chicago
Paul Moore
Dog in Court Quashes Theft Accusation in Indiana
In Muncie Indiana Judge Frank Mann found Josh Thompson Negro not guilty after a big hound dog in court failed to prove the theft. Ralph Hutten claimed Thompson stole the dog and produced photographs to link the animals, but the judge ruled the evidence insufficient.
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United Press
Muncie
Ind
Ralph Hutten
Frank Mann
Josh Thompson
Hutten
Thompson
Mann
State Fish and Birds Exhibited at Indiana Convention
Gary Indiana October 23 Young pheasants raised this year at Brown county state game preserve and live fish from state hatcheries are on display at the Indiana division of the Isaac Walton League of America convention. The Brown county preserve spans 13000 acres of timber. hatcheries produce millions of baby game fish released into public waters. After the convention the pheasants are to be given to the Gary chapter for liberty in suitable recreation areas. Walter Shirts will outline state cooperation with the Walton League to improve conditions for sportsmen.
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United Press
Gary
Ind
Brown County State Game Preserve
Indiana
Isaac Walton League of America
Brown County
Fish and Game Division
League
Walter Shirts
State Department
Walton League
Motorist Injured In Head On Collision With Bus
Julius Medchul of 1222 Wade Street is in serious condition after a head on crash with an Indianapolis Street Railway bus driven by Claude Tracey of 905 East Twenty third Street at Sixteenth and Delaware streets. Others hurt include Carl Jeffries 37 of 1432 South Illinois Street with back injuries and Cecil Scott 19 of the Indiana School for the Deaf with bruises.
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Julius Medchul
Wade Street
City Hospital
Medchul
Indianapolis Street Railway Company
Claude Tracey
East Twenty-third Street
Sixteenth
Delaware
Carl Jeffries
South Illinois Street
Cecil Scott
Indiana State School For the Deaf
Derby winner to face trial in Hamilton county
Arthur Court, once a Derby winner who earned $80,000 from a horse race and purchased land in Hamilton county, faces trial in Hamilton circuit court on a liquor possession charge after police found liquor at his roadhouse four miles south of Noblesville. Federal grand jury action did not indict. Court formerly lived in Indianapolis.
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United Press
Noblesville
Ind
Arthur Court
Hamilton
Indianapolis
Hamilton County
Gas Bootlegging Aimed At Congressional Candidate
Democrats allege Ray Sisson of Decker bootlegged gasoline from his general store and settled unpaid taxes with Bruce E. Cooper in 1929 for 1105 gallons at 3 cents per gallon totaling 33.15. They claim casing head fuel was smuggled from Illinois at night via the Wabash river setup, investigated by officials from an oil company and state auditor A N Bobbitt. Cooper's office fallout tied to the Lake county bootleg scandal and indictments predicted by Attorney General James M Ogden.
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Arthur Greenwood
State
A. N. Bobbitt
Sisson
Bruce E. Cooper
Bobbitt
Statehouse
Cooper
Decker
Illinois
Wabash River
Lake County
James M. Ogden
Galli Curci Hurt in Birmingham Car Crash
Madame Amelita Galli Curci and her party were bruised when their car swerved to avoid another vehicle, overturned in a ditch near Birmingham on Wednesday. Her husband Homer Samuels and all passengers suffered minor injuries but will perform as scheduled tonight.
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Birmingham
England
Mme
Amelita Galli Curci
Mme. Galli Curci
Homer Samuels
State bridge program to create jobs across Indiana counties
The 1931 highway department bridge project opens bids November 12 for 31 bridges across 13 counties totaling about 00,000 dollars. It will employ several hundred workers and run through winter with runarounds and staged traffic, avoiding full closures. Planned locations include bridges on Roads 6 49 50 212 7 14 20 28 45 58 59 61 and more, with many over railroad tracks and at Dunes area, plus kingpins like Lor Loogootee Shoals Goshen and Michigan City regions.
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State Highway Department
Commission
Tenihe
Oval
Calumet District
W. J. Titus
Brimfield
Noble County
New York Central Railroad
South Shore Electric Railroad
Dunes State Park
Porter County
Loogootee and
Shoals
Martin County
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Michigan City
North Vernon
Columbus
Jennings
Bartholomew
Winamac
Medaryville
Pulaski County
Goshen
County
Laporte
Tipton
Elwood
Tipton County
Haysville
Loogootee
Madison
Jefferson County
Patriot
Switzerland County
Ashboro
Clay County
Boonville
Winslow
Warrick
Pike
Miners Trapped as Rescue Efforts Continue in German Mine
At the Wilhelm pit of the Anna mines in Alsdorf Germany rescuers brought 248 bodies to the surface after an explosion. Dozens more remain trapped at the deepest levels with slim chances of survival as crews advance through rubble and debris.
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United Press
Alsdorf
Germany
Wilhelm
Anna Mines
Streetcar Refunding Plans To Be Studied By Civic Committee
Indianapolis street railway refinancing plans will be examined by a South Side Civic Clubs committee at a meeting Tuesday afternoon at 11022 Prospect street. Members include John F. White L. L. Gilliland John Rockstroth D V Griffith Robert H Sloan John C Kirch and Edward H Wischmeier FRANKFORT Ind Oct 23 Injuries in a week old football game led to the death of Robert M cere 14 Ring
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Indianapolis
South Side
Civic Clubs
Prospect Street
John F. White
L. L. Gilliland
John Rockstroth
D. V. Griffith
Robert H. Sloan
John C. Kirch
Edward H. Wischmeier
United Preas Frankfort
Ind
Robert M. Cere
Goodrich urges Indiana constitutional convention
Former Governor James P. Goodrich speaks at Bloomington First Christian Church urging a constitutional convention. He notes 381 amendment attempts since 1851 with only seven successes and argues amendments cannot replace a new constitution. He rejects tying the document to moral law and backs selecting capable delegates for a lasting state charter.
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Bloomington
Ind
Indiana
James P. Goodrich
First Christian Church
Goodrich
William L. Taylor
Indianapolis
Taylor
Minneapolis bankers and railroad president cited for duck overkill
C. T. Jaffray president of the Soo Line along with bankers P. J. Leeman and E. J. Grimes appeared before a judge after authorities nabbed 114 ducks at Jackson Minnesota on a hunting trip. Time tables and figures filled their papers as they explained the overage.
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United Press
Jackson
Minn
Minneapolis
C. T. Jaffray
Soo Line Railroad
P. J. Leeman
E. J. Grimes
Truck Hits Train Injuring Four In Portland
Four people were injured when a truck collided with a Pennsylvania freight train near Portland Indiana on October 23. Anne Coleman suffered crushed knees while Jack Baker from Ft. Recovery Ohio J T Judy of Owensboro Kentucky and a local Portland girl sustained minor injuries.
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United Press
Portland
Ind
Pennsylvania
Anne Coleman
Jack Baker
Ft. Recovery
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Claypool
Donald Bailey
West
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Harry Moyer
de Loss Street
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Galli Curci
Union
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