Records Rock as Thousands Flock to Indiana State Fair
The Indiana State fair attracts huge crowds on day four with 78,237 paid admissions as officials threaten new records. Horse judging, cattle, sheep and swine exhibitions run alongside horseplay events, band performances, a grand parade, and expanded exhibits in the Woman’s Building.
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American Legion
Fair Board
Indianapolis
Whiteland
Purdue
Blackford County
Blackford
Hamilton County
St. Joseph County
Verna Hatch
Huntertown
Burl Grant
Lowell
Court Will Rule Soon on Stephenson Murder Appeal
The Indiana Supreme Court will decide if D. C. Stephenson's murder conviction is right within a few days after a hearing on a writ of prohibition seeking to block a habeas corpus hearing in the LaPorte Circuit Court. The panel debated Richter's authority and rumors of bail release amid testimony from state and defense attorneys. A later report notes religious riots in Khargpur, India, leaving eleven dead and thirty six wounded.
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Supreme Court
D. C
Richter
Stephenson
Arthur L. Gilliam
Oare
Care
Ralph N. Smith
la Porte
Gilliam
Myers
la Porte Superior Court
Harry Crumpacker
Gillam
London
Khargpur
India
Daily Telegraph
Rocking accident injures Clinton woman
Mrs. Alex McDonald, 78, suffered a broken left arm and a cut above the left eye after accidentally rocking off the front porch while seated in a rocking chair at her Clinton home on September 4.
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Times
Clinton
Ind
Alex McDonald
Daylong robbery yields 51000 seized and gun battle
A bandit robbed an insurance collector at 360 W. New York St in broad daylight seizing 50000 in eighty five bills and a 500 check. Edelstein pursued the thief firing, bullets damaged a door and sign as the bandit fled west in a Ford sedan. Police investigated links to a downtown gambling operation.
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New York St
Sam Edelstein
Apt. 3
Eugenia
Edelstern
Len Sanders
W. Twenty- Seventh St
Vernon Mitchell
Delaware St
Ball Brothers Battery Service
Senate Ave
Edelstein
R. H. Smith
Apt 24
Ralph Dean
Fred Drinkill
Railroad Smitty
Fair Schedule Highlights Wednesday at Coliseum Complex
At the Fair Wednesday events include horse and cattle judging in the Coliseum, sheep and swine judging in their arenas, plus non-contest baby exams. Horse shoes and pulling contests start at 8 and 9 a.m. Carnival shows run to 10 p.m. with afternoon horse races, vaudeville, and a night rodeo. Vaudeville and horse show in the Coliseum at 7 p.m. Gates open 6 a.m. All times Central Standard.
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Purdue
Privilege to skip class extended to top juniors at K state
Kansas State Agricultural College president F D Farrell announced that 178 junior and senior students will be allowed to absent themselves from class this fall. The lifting of the class cutting rule applies to those with a G average or two scholarship points in the spring semester, due to their extraordinary scholarship.
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United Press
Manhattan
Kan
Kansas State Agricultural College
F. D. Farrell
Hourly Temperatures Behe Mie a DSA Tait
At 8 am the temperature is 53 degrees. By noon it rises to 64. At 9 am 59, 10 am 61, and 5 pm 65.
Paris fliers forced down on ocean hop
The Yellow Bird flight from Le Bourget to New York was forced down by a leaky oil pipe after takeoff at 7 05 am. Sergis Assolant and Rene Lefevre landed near Casablanca and then continued toward the Azores, escorted by two military planes. A stowaway, Armeno Lotti, 24, allegedly accompanied the crew.
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United Press
LE Bourget Field
France
Casablanca
Morocco
Sergis
Jean Assolant
Rene le Fevre
Here
New York
Azores
Lebourget
Dakar
Africa
la Bourget
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Lefevre
Atlantic
Armeno
Lotti
Ruth Elder
Boy Kidnapped From Front of Home in Broad Daylight
Herbert Tait eleven, from 3754 Fall Creek Blvd, was abducted at noon by a man in an auto with Ohio plates. Police say a woman was in the car. the boy went with the driver after being offered ice cream. The parents are divorced. a court order has custody.
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Herbert Tait
Fall Creek Blvd
Ohio
H. B. Tait
Agnes Wilson
Alvord St
Tait
Ex Secretary of State Knapp Convicted of Larceny
Florence E S Knapp former Secretary of State was convicted of larceny for misusing 1925 state census funds and sentenced to thirty days in Albany County jail by Justice Stephen Callaghan. Her jail term hinges on Supreme Court action on a petition for reasonable doubt.
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United Press
Albany
N. Y
Florence E. S. Knapp
Albany County
Stephen Callaghan
Supreme Court
Ellis J. Staley
Elizabethtown
Couple Deny In Newcastle Murder Claim
Irene Moyer and Charles Beasley, both questioned by detectives in Terre Haute, deny involvement in the murder of Myrtle Miller in Newcastle Indiana. Moyer says they visited Miller August 26 to 28, returning to Terre Haute after a day in town.
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United Press
Terre Haute
Irene Moyer
Charles Beasley
Muncie
Myrtle Miller
Newcastle
Ind
Beasley
Sweden Finland prove liquor control to curb crime
Foreign editor William Philip Simms reports how state control cut liquor consumption and bootlegging in Sweden and Finland. He notes prohibition failed and credits regulated sales with lower crime. The Times begins a series Wednesday detailing these results and implications for America.
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William Philip Simms
Scripps-Howard
Simms
Finland
Sweden
Slayer of Cop Vincennes Fugitive Captured in Denver
Dreyfus Rhoades, convicted slayer of Vincennes police officer Simon Caine, was to be returned to Knox County jail today after Denver arrest. Sheriff Henry Mack and Chief Thomas Martin would escort him with armed officers at Union Station.
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Vincennes
Denver
United Press
Ind
Dreyfus Rhoades
Simon Caine
Knox County
Rhoades
Colo
Union Station
Henry Mack
Thomas Martin
Robinson Heads to Cisco After Texas Campaign Stops
Texas scenes Senator Joseph T. Robinson Democratic vice presidential nominee leaves Dallas for Cisco after meetings with Texas Democratic leaders and Labor Day addresses. He plans to respond tonight to critics of his running mate Governor Alfred E. Smith.
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United Press
Dallas
Texas
Joseph T. Robinson
Cisco
South
Alfred E. Smith
Sus sman defies deputy refuses to answer quiz on Traugott store fire
Susman declines to testify before Deputy Gates about the Traugott clothing store explosion as Wright case hearings unfold. Detected tensions between detectives and lawyers mark the municipal court session in Indianapolis with bond adjustments and new hearings for Wright and related suspects.
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Traugott
Homer Wright
Alabama Sr
Paul C. Wetter
Paul Scharffin
Edward Traugott
Wright
Wetter
Weter
Harry Sussman
Washington St
Harry 5
Gates
Indianapolis
Union City
Green Mill Barbecue Closed by Permanent Injunction
Superior Judge Milner issues a permanent injunction shutting Green Mill Barbecue at 3103 E Thirty Eighth St after two murders in two years. Owner Norman E Millikan may convert the site to a chicken ranch if the dance hall is not used and the hall building is torn down if a mortgage allows. The hearing focused on Miss Gladys De Voe’s testimony as the center of the latest murder on August 9 with bootlegger Philip Smith charged, and past violence including the years old murder of Wilkin son Haag. Deputy sheriff visits and lack of arrests were noted while Mrs Lucille Williams and Mrs Bessie Gipprich linked to the place were discussed.
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Joseph M. Milner
Norman E. Millikan
N. New Jersey St
Son H. Manifold
Millikan
Milner
Gladys de Voe
Illinois St
Errence
Red” King
Miss de Voe
Philip Smith
Smith
Wilkinson Haag
Hags Drug Com
John Reagan
Manifold
Lucille Williams
Bessie Gipprich
Leo Gipprich
Gipprich
Ange Hall
Boonville Judge Edward Gough Dies at 84
Boonville Indiana Judge Edward Gough aged 84 and a former state legislator died at home on Monday. His death was announced by his family. His son, also named Edward Gough, serves as deputy controller of the currency in Washington.
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Boonville
Ind
Edward Gough
Hig
One Gough
Cone Washington
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