Libowitz Friend Defends Suspect in Store Explosion
Edward Traugott, co owner of Traugott Clothing Store, says he believes Marold Libowitz 22 of 39 N Jefferson Ave had nothing to do with the explosion and fire that wrecked the store on Washington Street. Libowitz is held on a 25000 bond in a hospital burn case as investigators trace the sequence of calls and alarms surrounding the blast.
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Traugott
Marold Libowitz
Jefferson Ave
Washington St
Libowitz
Times
New York City
City Hospital
Trausott
New York
Paul Scharffin
Indianapolis
Howard Phillips
Scharfi
Maurice Davis
Davis
Ira M. Holmes
Pennsylvania
Claude M. Worley
Brooklyn
Seville
Pennsylvania Mountain Territory
City Measures Noise for Ban
Madison city council seeks a standard by which noise is judged using an acoustimeter after Supreme Court voided the muffler rule. Outbound motors on three city lakes disturb lake shore residents who push for enforceable limits on sound.
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United Press
Madison
Wis
S. B. Schein
Supreme Court
Socialist nominee chosen in Seventh district convention
Robert H. J. Jackman was nominated as Socialist candidate for Seventh district Congress at a district convention in county headquarters in Delaware Street. County nominations were postponed to next Friday. Campaign committee includes H. S. Newtun J. C. Heeman George H. Lenart Mrs. Maury Fogleson and Mrs. Emma Henry.
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Ohio St
S. Delaware St
H. S. Newtun
J. C. Heeman
George H. Lenart
Maury Fogleson
Emma Henry
Romans Recreated Damascus Style in Roman Swords
German researchers report Roman blades from a peat bed show Damascus techniques. By layering high and low carbon steel and sweating, Romans produced striped, V shaped, and rose patterns. The outside was tempered for a hard edge while the core remained tougher.
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Science
Berlin
Damascus
Forschungen and Fortschritte
B. Neumann
Institute of Technology
Breslau
Neumann
Grain Surplus Seen By Times Special
Washington reports that American winter wheat farmers plan heavy fall planting likely to produce an exportable surplus next summer. The Agriculture Department warned that prices in U S markets could be depressed as excess supply exceeds domestic needs.
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Times
Washington
United States
Department of Agriculture
Hoover Plans Ball Game Visit With Babe Ruth Today
Presidential nominee Herbert Hoover will attend a Washington ball game to see Babe Ruth and the Yankees. He also plans a Chesapeake Bay fishing trip next week aboard a private yacht with friends, followed by reporters and photographers.
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United Press
Washington
Herbert Hoover
Babe Ruth and Company
Chesapeake Bay
New York Yankees
Babe Ruth
California
Flower show predicted to be largest at Fort Wayne festival
Forty to sixty floral and historical floats are already guaranteed for the fall flower festival in Fort Wayne. Civic secretary Charles J. Steiss of the Chamber of Commerce forecasts the event will be one of the largest ever staged as part of Hospitality Days on September 13 to 15.
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United Press
FT. Wayne
Ind
Charles J. Steiss
Chamber of Commerce
Christian Church class graduates at Bethany Park
Diplomas were awarded at the close Friday of the older young people's conference of the Christian Church in Bethany Park Ind Ralph Miller of Edinburg served as salutatorian and the commencement speaker was the Rev. F E Smith of Indianapolis.
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Bethany Park
Ind
False oath of the Knights of Columbus in campaign pamphlets
Washington reports the fake oath reappears in circulation with claims it is from the Congressional Record of 1913. Senator Harrison recalls a Masonic committee debunking its authenticity while details link it to the 1912 Pennsylvania congressional race between E C Bonniwell and Thomas G Butler.
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Washington
Hardy Perennial
South
Harrison
Mississippi
Congressional Record
E. C. Bonniwell
Pennsylvania
Thomas G. Butler
Bonniwell
Knights of Columbus
Butler
House Committee On Elections
Illinois
Five Thousand Dollar Alienation Suit In Indiana
Mrs. Elsie Connors seeks $5000 in an alienation of affections case filed in Delaware Circuit Court. The suit alleges Mrs. Martha Holcomb’s love on the porch of her Muncie home drew away Connors’s husband.
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Muncie
Ind
Martha Holcomb
Elsie Connors
Postoffice Clerks to Meet in Indiana Convention
About 300 delegates are expected at the Indiana Federation of Postoffice Clerks annual convention in South Bend. The meeting opens Sunday and runs through Monday, with sessions in the city.
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South Bend
Ind
Indiana Federation of Postoffice Clerks
Operation Cures Prize Hen Too Sick to Lay
Sassy Sue the prize hen, owned by Herbert M Burns in Memphis Tennessee, underwent a major operation after failing to lay daily eggs for a week. Eight eggs were removed from her body including four with hard shells. one hard egg cracked and prompted surgery to save the hen and restore egg laying.
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United Press
Memphis
Tenn
Sassy Sue
Herbert M. Burns
Sue
Baptist Resolution Backs Day Amendment at Flatrock
Columbus Ind September 1 The Flatrock Baptist Association closed its 106th annual conference with a resolution urging citizens to uphold the Eighteenth Amendment. George T. King was elected moderator C B Atkinson vice moderator J O Brison clerk and Frank Treece treasurer. Next year’s meeting will be at Homer Baptist Church Rush County.
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Columbus
Ind
Flatrock Baptist Association
George T. King
C. B. Atkinson
Waldron
J. O. Brison
Frank Treece
Shelbyville
Homer Baptist Church
Rush County
Barber shoots large horned owl near Peru Indiana
Harry C Cook of Peru Indiana, a barber, is credited with shooting a notably large horned owl. The bird reportedly had a wing span of fifty five inches marking it as one of the largest seen in the area for several years.
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Peru
Ind
Harry C Cook
Barber
New Viscoe Home Treatment Promises Leg Healing
An advertisement promotes a new viscose home walking treatment for varicose veins and leg troubles. It claims to remove leg congestion to relieve pains, swelling, itching, and cramps and offers a free book by sending ailment details to Dr. I. T. Glason at offices in Chicago and Los Angeles.
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Dr. I. T. Glason Viscose Co
N. Dearborn St
Chicago, Ill
S. Alvardo St
Los Angeles
Cal
Chicago station offers coverage for Stats farmers picnic
WLS Chicago radio has offered its services to the Stats farmers' picnic in Monticello Indiana for Saturday September 22. Announcements and news of the picnic will be broadcast on radio.
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Pn United Press
Monticello
Ind
WLS
Chicago
Head-Hunters Not Bloodthirsty, Says Professor
Cambridge, Sept. 1. Prof. A. E. Heath argues head-hunting in New Guinea stems from moral and religious codes rather than blood lust. He notes prohibition caused outrage as families defend a rite to judge a young man’s worth, and compares it to boar hunting as a test of manhood.
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United Press
Cambridge
England
New Guinea
A. E. Heath
Thor Mangle Ironer Ad Promises Easy Weekly Ironing
Quit worrying about the iron ing each week. Purchase the Thor Mangle Ironer advertised in the Misc. For Sale Want Ads, and let it do your ironing.
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Thor Mangle
Misc
Unseen Costs of Illinois Central Rail Line Maintenance
The subsidy is larger than realized with about 57 percent of the Illinois Central System's investment in track structure. In 1927 maintenance costs plus returns on track amounted to nearly $36 million, about 20 percent of the railroad's freight and passenger revenue.
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Illinois Central System
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