Storm toll rises as tornadoes, gales kill and cripple ships
Twenty one lives lost across the Atlantic seaboard and South as a Alabama tornado in Pike County leaves nine whites and seven blacks dead. A Boston to New York liner with 500 aboard is disabled and towed to Newport Rhode Island after engines fail. Seventeen Navy seaplanes wrecked on the Patapsco River near Baltimore. Property losses run into millions as storms lash the coast.
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Boston
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Relief Work Under Way After Pike Barbour Tornado
Relief efforts began today for victims in Pike and Barbour Counties struck by a Sunday tornado that killed sixteen people and injured many. Rescue parties were organized and five thousand dollars was raised to aid the homeless.
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Barbour
Judge Gives Youth Term For Robbery in Indiana
Charles Scott of Eaglestown Indiana pleaded guilty to robbery and was sentenced by Criminal Judge James A Collins to ten to twenty one years at the Indiana Reformatory plus a $1000 fine and costs. A murder charge was dropped. Scott allegedly struck his grandfather Howard Scott of Barton Avenue Indianapolis with an iron object and stole $5 10 but the blow was not deemed solely responsible for the grandfather’s death.
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Eaglestown
Ind
Indiana Reformatory
James A. Collins
Judson L. Starts
Scott
Indianapolis
Howard Scott
Barton Ave
Supreme Court adjourns for three weeks recess begins
The United States Supreme Court adjourned after today's session for a three weeks recess and will reconvene on November 16.
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United Press
Washington
United States Supreme Court
Two youths electrocuted for filling station murder
Bellefonte Pa October 26 Michael Weiss and John Girsch both 22 Mercer County youths were electrocuted today for the murder of William Z Turner at a West Middlese filling station on March 1 1924.
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Fortress Seized at Managua Report Reveals Little
Charles Eberhart, U S minister to Nicaragua, said General Emiliano Chamorro seized the La Loma fortress in Managua early yesterday but no further details were available.
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Washington
State Department
Charles Eberhart
Nicaragua
Emiliano Chamorro
la Loma
Managua
Fire Damages Home In N New Jersey Street
Fire officials are investigating the origin of a Sunday night blaze that caused about $2,000 damage to a two story frame dwelling at 1449 N New Jersey St. The house is occupied by Frank Ketcham.
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Frank Ketcham
Myers Charges City Spending Immoral and Inefficient
Walter Myers Democratic mayoral candidate denounces city spending as immoral and illegal, accusing parks and boulevards programs of shifting costs to city property owners. He calls for merit in hiring and businesslike operation, urging cuts and accountability at a speech near 828 East Sixty Third Street.
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Walter Myers
American Can Company
Park Board
Weary Judge Demands Speedier Stephenson Trial In Indiana
In Noblesville Indiana Judge Will M Sparks urged quicker jury selection in the murder case of D C Stephenson Earl Klinck and Earl Gentry after defense attempts to re examine Edward S Hopkins and after rulings on challenges. Hopkins said his opinions would not affect the verdict and remained in the pool as talesmen were questioned amid lengthy cross questioning.
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Earl Klinck
Earl Gentry
Will M. Sparks
Edward S. Hopkins
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Eph Inman
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Hopkins
Talesmen
Talesman
Judge Affirms Limits on Prohibition Writs and Search Powers
Judge James A. Collins reaffirmed that police cannot arrest a liquor owner on the spot and that a search warrant from a justice of the peace is valid only within the township. He will prepare a written opinion for all prohibition cases and rule on nine city court appeals seeking to suppress seized liquor. He stressed that affidavits must allege a specific law violation before home searches and cautioned officials to uphold constitutional fundamentals.
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John Ruckelshaus Jr
Henry H. Winkler
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Sewer Appeal Hearing Opens In Indianapolis Circuit Court
The first in a series of hearings on Pleasent Run and Bean Creek interceptor sewer assessments began in Circuit Court with Beech Grove residents filing for an injunction to stop city collection. Change of venue requested. Over 200 property owners are appealing though only a few are active. 14 000 residents in Irvington Beech Grove and northern Indianapolis are affected. Special Judge James M. Berryhill presides and Albert W. Moore testified as city engineer. The Beech Grove suit claims residents outside city limits face illegal assessments and challengers argue assessments exceed benefits.
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Bean Creek
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Irvington
Indianapolis
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Albert W. Moore
Robinson to Speak at Chamber Noon Luncheon
Senator Arthur R. Robinson appointed last week by Governor Jackson to fill the late Samuel M. Ralston in the U S Senate will speak at the Junior Chamber of Commerce noon luncheon at the Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday. C August Schrader announced the arrangement. The group plans bi weekly Wednesday noon meetings.
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Jackson
Samuel M. Ralston
United States Senate
Weather Card Records Temperatures Across Day
The snippet shows hourly readings with temperatures from early morning to noon. Notable values include 89 and 47 in different times, indicating a warm to cooler progression through the day.
Higher rate plea made better railroads needed Baldwin says
L. W. Baldwin president of the Missouri Pacific testified at interstate commerce commission hearings in Chicago that the nation needs stronger railroads rather than more. He said current revenues do not suffice to fund new equipment and improvements and that western railroads seek a 5 percent freight rate increase.
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United Press
Chicago
L. W. Baldwin
Missouri Pacific
Interstate Commerce Commission
Smoke Case Tuesday Involving Kingan And Sinclair
Cases against John R. Kingan president and R E Sinclair treasurer of Kingan and Co charged with smoke ordinance violations will be heard by City Judge Dan V White Tuesday. Smoke Inspector H F Templeton says the company failed to comply with the law.
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R. 8 S. Sinclair
Kingan & Co
Dan V. White
H. F. Templeton
Kingan Company
Duvall Seeks City Jobs and Factory Growth in Indianapolis
Republican mayoral candidate John L. Duvall urged expanding industry in Indianapolis and retaining existing plants. He promised to organize a city campaign to create jobs, push economical government, reduce taxes, and ensure law enforcement. He spoke at multiple precinct and ward meetings and urged equal enforcement of laws.
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Indianapolis
John L. Duvall
Nordyke & Marmon
Duvall
Dace
Ford's Tax Fight Tied to Car Sales Boost
Henry Ford says he could sell a million more cars if price drops by 25 dollars. C E Gambrill, president of the National Automobile Dealers Association, testifies before the Ways and Means Committee asking repeal of the automobile excise tax in a new 300 million dollar reduction bill. He notes motorists now pay about 30 dollars tax per car and dealers incur 40 thousand dollars in annual tax collection costs.
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Washington
Henry Ford
C. E. Gambrill
National Automobile Dealers’ Association
House Way and Means Committee
Congress
Gambrill
Alice Letter Claims Blamed Liquor Dealers Found Groundless
An anonymous letter to Police Chief Rikhoff about two blind tigers on N Miley Ave was judged misinformed by Sergt Bever. Bever found no law violations and deemed the residents reliable, one a Marion county court bailiff. A woman and two men who bought liquor from Porter Hubbard 21 W Tenth St are held.
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Herman F. Rikhoff
N. Miley Ave
Sergt. Bever
Bever
Marion
Porter Hubbard
Tenth St
Greek Bulgarian border clash escalates as refugee crisis grows
Greek forces widen attack along the Struma river despite League of Nations talks in Paris. Five killed and ten wounded as civilians flee. Bulgarian authorities struggle to shelter displaced families amid cold rain and fear of epidemic.
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Briand
Greeks Press On With Balkan Fighting Despite Pleas
A Svetigrach dispatch reports Greece continued hostilities against Bulgaria on Sunday, killing 21 and wounding nine, including women and children. Fire spread in Lehovo and Markostinovo as villages Petritsi, Petrovo burned. Bulgarian legation says Greeks resumed advance and shelled Pipperitsa and Patrov. An Athens Telegraph note says Greece and Bulgaria may withdraw behind frontiers under Roumanian influence.
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Evening News
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League of Nations
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Markostinovo
Severe fighting reported at Melinik and Petrich
Belgrade reports today say severe fighting rages at Melinik Bulgaria a wine center and at Petrich with fortunes of the battle alternating between the two sides as of October 26 in Vienna
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Melinik
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Mercury to drop as Indianapolis forecasts cold night
Weather bureau predicts a drastic fall in temperatures in Indianapolis with a freezing or slightly below low. Meteorologist J. H. Armington notes Tuesday will be fair but colder with snow expected in northern Indiana. Early morning low reached 89 at 6 o clock.
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United States Weather Bureau
J. H. Armington
Indiana
County panel to decide church sites for War Memorial Plaza
Marion county commissioners said the county council must approve funds to buy the two churches Second Presbyterian and First Baptist at Vermont and Meridian Streets before removing or retaining them for twenty five years. If not purchased by Jan 1 1926 the churches may stay in place. otherwise the plaza project moves forward with cost estimates for church improvements between 150 000 and 200 000 dollars per church and a total price feared to exceed 1 000 000 dollars.
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Marion County Council
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First Baptist
Plaza Board of Trustees
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Pennsylvania Sts
First Baptist Church
Meridian Sts
Woods Caperton
Board of Trustees
John Kitley
Take Gunmen or Kill Em In Chicago Gang War
Chicago police assemble a sharp squad to hunt known gangsters with orders to detain or kill them. Captain John Stege warns gunmen to be driven from the city or sent to the morgue with no parole or escape.
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Chicago
John Stege
Detective Bureau
City Hall Employees Contribute to Duvall Campaign Fund
City hall workers, including the board of works secretary Elmer Williams, may provide about 10 percent of monthly salaries to support Republican mayoral candidate John L. Duvall. The optional assessments could total over $25,000 if fully enacted, with many employees unsure they gain job security from contributions. Some police and fire personnel also reportedly contribute to Duvall's campaign.
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Elmer Williams
Board of Works
Harry Dunn
Williams
Duvall
William
Knights of Pythias
Joseph L. Hogue
William H. Armitage
Bullet Fired Into Home On Kenwood Avenue
J. W. Darnell of 2219 Kenwood Ave reported a bullet entered his upstairs room through a window Sunday evening. Police found no bullet and could not determine a cause for the alleged attack.
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J. W. Darnell
Kenwood Ave
Bar on Interest Rates Dropped by Indianapolis Clearing House
The Indianapolis Clearing House Association, comprising seven banks, removed restrictions on savings account interest to no more than 3 percent and allowed member banks to set business hours. Members include Continental National Bank, Fletcher American National Bank, Indiana National Bank, Merchants National Bank, Indiana Trust Company, Union Trust Company, and Livestock Stock Exchange Bank. Peoples State and Fletcher Savings and Trust Banks had left the association earlier to alter hours and rates.
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Continental National Bank
Fletcher American National Bank
Indiana National Bank
Merchants National Bank
Indiana Trust Company
Union Trust Company
Livestock Stock Exchange Bank
Peoples State
Fletcher Savings and Trust Banks
U S Agents Mobilize to Clean Up Southern Indiana
Every available Federal prohibition agent not on an investigation is ordered to New Albany to aid a drive against stills and bootleggers. Over twenty of about thirty men will move into the southern hills within twenty four hours, with Deputy Administrator Ansel R. Harris targeting completion in the coming weeks.
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New Albany
Ansel R. Harris
Attorney General Blocks State Salary Cuts
Attorney General Arthur L. Gilliam ruled that the state budget committee lacks authority to reduce salaries already fixed by law or to cut the number of state employees.
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Arthur L. Gilliam
Thority
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