Coffin Indicted Over Marion County Waste and School Corruption
George W. Coffin faces six counts including corrupting a political party and wasteful public spending. Prosecutor Charles Remster describes Coffinism as masking under a party emblem while draining taxpayers. He cites tax increases from 1923 to 1929, rising county debt, and alleged political corruption of the public school system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Coffin
Marion County
Levey Printing Company
Alfred M. Glossbrenner
Indianapolis
Charles Remster
Circuit Court
WFBM
Coffinism
Remster
Republican Party
Coffin
Anot
Four Horsemen
Reducing Crime Trends in Treatment of Offenders
Dr. Harry Elmer Barnes discusses reforming criminals through institutional training and considers discarding prisons for new methods. The Times previews this series on the trend of the times in handling law violators, with today's piece on Page 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Elmer Barnes
Times
Utility Meter Rules Sought In Vincennes Plea
Vincennes attorney John A. Riddle for District 11 United Mine Workers asks the public service commission to require utility companies to notify customers before meter readings and to perform readings in the presence of the customer or a representative. He proposes that tests may be done by customer employed experts rather than utility staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Riddle
Vincennes
United Mine Workers of America
Public Service Commission
Riddle
Killer's Case Ends
Jeff Harris faced a jury in Chandler Oklahoma as the trial for slaying two farmers during a Independence Day prohibition raid neared verdict. Oscar Lowery and James Harris were shot at their Tecumseh home during a search led by federal agent W W Thomason. Lowery was described as unarmed and Earl Harris testified his uncle was unarmed when shot while his father fled and was fatally wounded in the yard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pres Chandler
Okla
Jeff Harris
Southwest
Oscar Lowery
James Harris
Tecumseh
W. W. Thomason
Lowery
Earl Harris
Truck Plant Burned in Dramatic Fire at De Martin Company
In San Francisco on October 31 a spectacular blaze destroyed the De Martin Motor Truck Company plant. Three firemen were injured, one seriously, as the rear wall collapsed and damaged the adjacent fire house. Property loss is estimated at 250000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Pris
San Francisco
de Martin Motor Truck Company
Stocks Soar As Exchange Is Reopened
New York stocks surge after a half day holiday as prices jump with blocks of shares, led by Commercial Solvents and Consolidated Gas. Utilities rise, call money stays at 6 percent, and London rediscount rate drops to 6 percent amid broad market gains. Directors of United States Steel Company exercise option to purchase Columbia Steel California business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Consolidated Gas
Union Carbide
Radio Corporation
General Foods
National Dairy Products
General Motors
American Telephone and Telegraph
London
York
Ted States Steel Corporation
Columbia Steel Corporation of
California
Indianapolis Traffic Toll Rises to Thirteen in Two Weeks
Indianapolis police report the traffic toll reached thirteen after an early morning crash at Michigan Street and Capitol Avenue claimed an unidentified Negro. Detectives also questioned two men arrested on vagrancy charges in connection with a separate hit and run that killed two Sunday night. Pierce Sluder and Ernest Giberson deny involvement though Sluder is accused of trying to repair the vehicle after the collision. The green sedan has not been located.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Michigan Street
Capitol Avenue
Pierce Sluder
McCarty Street
Ernest Giberson
Fletcher Avenue
Sluder
Bessie Hamilton
George Barker
Washington Street
Highland Avenue
Giberson
Frank Owens
Police Accident Prevention Bureau
Expensive bargains fill New York classified pages
New York newspapers list many “must sell” items including five used Rolls-Royces and a platinum diamond bracelet with eighty seven marquise diamonds recently purchased. The sellers emphasize urgency with phrases like must sacrifice immediately and will sacrifice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Today
Shumaker Leaves Small Estate Following Dry Crusade
The Indiana Anti Saloon League figure Dr. Edward S. Shumaker died last Friday leaving only the family home at 2232 Broadway the library and an automobile. Attorneys filed the will for probate naming widow Flora M. Shumaker as sole heir with a small insurance payout. Shumaker's dry crusade collections totaled 239700 over 26 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward S. Shumaker
Indiana Anti- Saloon League
Broadway
E. A. Miles
Jesse E. Martin
Flora M. Shumaker
Shumaker
League
Woman Refuses Court Dog Seizure and Attacks Officer
Mrs. Martiyn Suzanne Krause faces assault and battery with intent to kill charges after defying a court order to allow the humane department to seize six dogs at 3445 North Capitol Avenue. Police say she threw a hatchet at George Arttist, 19, injuring his leg when agent Bledsoe attempted entry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Capitol Avenue
Martiyn
Suzanne Krause
Judson L. Stark
Stark
Krause
James A. Collins
Sargeant
Thomas Bledsoe
Humane Department
Sargeant Bledsoe
George Arttist
Losses Cause Death by Own Action
Police attributed the death of Julius Umbach a 58 year old New York commission merchant found in the Hudson river after heavy stock market losses The case was ruled a suicide in Edgewater New Jersey authorities said in a United Press report dated October 31.
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United Press
Edgewater
N. J
Police Today
Julius Umbach
New York Commission
Hudson River
Woman Found Dead in Vacant House Closet
Mrs. Estella Sonday, 40, escaped Central State hospital, was found deceased in a small closet at 2161 Northwestern avenue. Autopsy cites exposure or heart disease after days without food. husband William Sonday and neighbor Mrs. John Menion identify her. Police note mania for hiding in deserted houses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estella Sonday
Central State Hospital
Northwestern
City Hospital
William Sonday
Hall Place
John Menion
Sonday
Menion
O. H. Bakemeier
Women Traders Return to Skittish Market Rally
Women traders surged back into New York shares as the market rebounded on Wednesday. A penniless mother allegedly regained her footing while others pawed through braces of securities. reports described traders using phones and branches of banks to handle margins as youths faced charges and clerks returned to desks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buy United
Bermuda
Wea Eeen Carse
Senator Sinks After Fog Collision Off Port Washington
The steamer Senator sank twenty miles east of Port Washington after a fog collision with the steamer Marquette. Three of the Senator crew of twenty six were saved. the Marquette, damaged, steered to Port Washington under its own power. The Senator belonged to Nicholson Universal Transit Co of Detroit and the Marquette to Cleveland Cliffs Steamship Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Port Washington
Wis
Senator
Marquette
Hoffman House
S.O.S
Milwaukee
Sheboygan
United Pres Cleve Veland
Lake Michigan
Nicholson Universal Transit Company of
Detroit
Cleveland Cliffs Steamship Company
Cleveland Cliffs
Military ban on Remarque novel among Prague troops
The military administration prohibited circulation among troops of Erich Maria Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front in Prague Czecho Slovakia on October 31. The measure targets the anti war novel amid wartime censorship and security concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burnited Press
Prague
Czecho- Slovakia
Erich Maria Remarque
Blackmail Plot Victim Found Slain in Michigan
Police linked the Michigan kidnap case to Joseph Laman and William Cardinal. David Cass, 23, was found shot after being abducted for ransom on July 21. Autopsy showed four chest wounds, jaw fracture, and severe beating. Laman, once the ransom intermediary, was shot after collecting $4000 and later convicted of extortion.
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United Press Lapeer
Mich
Detroit
Flint River
Here
David Cass
H. P. Zemmer
Cass
Gerson C. Cass
Henry J. Garvin
Detroit Crime and Bomb Squad
Joseph
Legs) Laman
William Cardinal
Laman
Jackson
Fire wipes out paint stock at Meagher drug store
Valparaiso Indiana October 31 loss estimated at $30 000 as fire destroys all paint stock in the Meagher drug store and damages the building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Valparaiso
Ind
Meagher Drug Store
Hold Services For Late Sen Burton In Cleveland
The body of United States Senator Theodore E. Burton arrived in Cleveland after his death on Tuesday. Funeral services were held in Music Hall with the body lying in state for three hours, a military escort and Ohio National Guard guard of honor present as thousands filed past.
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Sen. Burton
Cleveland
United Press
United States
Theodore E. Burton
Music Hall
One Hundred Forty-fifth Infantry
Ohio National Guard
Bier
Pajama Debate in Indecent Show Trial
Rev. R P Shuler testified in the Miss Jobyna Ralston indecency trial saying a night attire on stage may be lounging pajamas. He insisted the garments were simply night clothes, while defense questions led to a flirtatious demonstration and spectators laughed. Ralston slept during recess, claiming the beach pajamas she wore were casual.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Angeles
Jobyna Ralston
R. P. Shuler
Miss Ralston
W. J. Clark
Mr. Shuler
Clark
Annette Westbay
Mervin Williams
Hoover Urges Senate Action On Tariff in Express Appeal
President Hoover pressed Senate leaders to pass the tariff bill within two weeks and urged harmony between Republican factions. Senator Watson appealed for unity while Democrats urged action and President Hoover backed retention of the flexible tariff system. The Senate judiciary committee meanwhile reported the unanimous nomination of Will M. Sparkes to the seventh circuit court of appeals in Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Washington
Hoover
Senate
Democratic Coalition
Wesley L. Jones
Bay United Press
Claudius Huston
White House
United States Senate
James E. Watson
Indiana
Watson
Harrison
Dem
Miss
Florida
Senate Judiciary Committee
Will M. Sparkes
Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals
Disappearing Alcohol Mystery Landed at West 135th Street
A quantity of grain alcohol allegedly turned to water prompts transfer of three men from the West 135th street station. A bottle tested as high quality liquor proved water when examined by federal prohibition officials. Lieutenant B F Brady Henry Gehrken and Pal John Westervelt are cited as contributing to the service.
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United Or
New York
West 135Th Street
B. F. Brady
Henry Gehrken
John Westervelt
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Meridian Street
U. M. W. A. Petitions For Reading
Killer
Lad
Dry Raider
Elmer Walzer
United Press Financial
U. S. Steel Buyer
Stock Mart
Russell Owens
Edgemont Street
Interstate Trust Company
Harry Gelman
Postal Telegraph Company
National City Bank
Financial District
Claude M. Worley
Earl Stroube
North Noble Street
A. E. Woodward
Ban Remarque Novel
Bulletin
Miller, Willson, Wetzel, Garrison
Sidener
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