Indiana State Fair Opens With Air Show And Horse Events
Crowds flock to Crawfordsville for Indianapolis Day events at the 1930 Indiana State Fair. Tonight features a horse show at the Coliseum and Hawaiian Nights pageant after lighted mile-track races. Saturday includes Curtiss-Wright aerial pageant, auto races, and Dodson's World Fair midway attractions. Attendance tops 201,000 since opening, with judges finalizing cattle and swine awards and a junior horseshoe title claimed by Merritt Neese.
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Coliseum
Crawfordsville
P. O
Dodson
Indianapolis
Indiana
State Board of Agriculture
E. J. Barker
The
Agricultural Board
Merritt Neese
Anderson
Howard Pegg
Farmland
Kosciusko County Farm Bureau
Delaware County
Floyd Stevens
Harold Ulery
Claypool
Harry Michler
Lee Fried
North Manchester
Hendricks County
Johnson
Knox
Tippecanoe
Starke
Adams
Lockerbie
Dale
Red) Jackson
Jackson
Lyman Voepel
Santo Domingo Hurricane Death Toll Surges Over 1000
The Santo Domingo hurricane left more than 1,000 dead and about 4,000 injured as surveys show greater devastation. With 40,000 homeless, authorities order disposal of wreckage to prevent disease while relief ships from Porto Rico and aid from Cuba and Haiti mobilize.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Rafael L. Trujillo
Charles B. Curtis
Fairman Family Collapses as Fire Alarm Is Raised
Saul Fairman 17 discovers a garage fire near his home and runs to report it. He collides with a fire hydrant, knocks himself out, and his mother faints upon seeing him. His father Jacob also collapses, then two Fairman daughters faint. Two fire units respond to extinguish the blaze and revive the family.
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United Press
Milwaukee
Wis
Saul Fairman
Saul
Jacob Fairman
Fairman
Airship Los Angeles Returns from Syracuse Flight
With a strong wind topping the Mohawk valley the navy dirigible Los Angeles made a cautious approach toward home after a flight to Syracuse. Lieutenant Com- is quoted describing the wind's impact on its landing.
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Los Angeles
United Press
N. Y
Mohawk Valley
Syracuse
Com
Woman Appointed to Hospital Post in Indianapolis
Miss Elizabeth M. Yagle is named bacteriologist at Methodist Hospital Indianapolis announced by Rev. George M. Smith. She comes from Philadelphia where she worked with Dr. John A. Kolmer in the bacteriological department of the University of Pennsylvania medical school. Yagle holds a B S from Carnegie Institute and a Ph D from the University of Pennsylvania and will work under Dr. M M Banks in the clinical laboratories.
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Elizabeth M. Yagle
Methodist Hospital
George M. Smith
Youth Held in Deaths at Esenada Beach
Los Angeles reports Harry Harman a 23 year old Kansas oil worker was held as a suspect in the Esenada beach deaths of Lois Kents and her fiance Francis Conlon. A battered automobile with a hole in the windshield attracted officers.
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United Press
Los Angeles
Harry Harman
Kansas
Esenada Beach
Lois Kents
Francis Conlon
Harman
West Indian Disaster at a Glance
Santo Domingo reports 1000 dead 4000 injured and 30000 homeless as a hurricane devastates the city. Martial law, darkness and water loss persist amid widespread ruin and mass cremations. Aid from Cuba Puerto Rico and the U S moves by air and sea toward the stricken capital.
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United Press
Santo Domingo
West Indian Republic
Just Too Silly Society Girl Cited In Traffic Court
Miss Louise K. Badgerow told a policeman this is just too silly after receiving a traffic ticket. She ignored the summons and was ordered brought into Judge Harry H. Porter s court in Chicago.
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United Press
Chicago
Louise K. Badgerow
Harry H. Porter
Badgerow
Budget Deliberations On City Finance Under Mayor Sullivan
Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan reviews the city budget after council approval last Monday setting the municipal tax rate at 1.10. He plans to compare the final document with the original to identify appropriations cut.
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Reginald H. Sullivan
Sullivan
Mob Names Listed in Marion Lynching Case
Names of individuals alleged to have participated in the lynching of two Black men at Marion Indiana on August 7 have been sent to Attorney General James M Ogden by Walter White of the NAACP. Ogden has forwarded the information to deputies Merle Wall and Earl Stroup who are at Marion attending a grand jury investigation.
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Marion
Ind
James M.ogden
Walter White
New York
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Ogden
Atorney
Merle Wall
Earl Stroup
World's Worst Criminal Executed in Kansas Gallows
Carl Panzran, who boasted he was the world's worst criminal, was hanged at the federal penitentiary in Kansas after a federal court imposed the death penalty for slaying a prison foreman. The execution occurred at 6 01 p m with guards on duty and Panzran cursing the entire process until death. He asked two clergy to leave his sight in his final moments.
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Panzran
Mrs Mildred Zukor Loew Seeks Divorce in Reno
Mrs Mildred Zukor Loew, only daughter of Adolph Zukor, is reported en route to Reno Nevada seeking a divorce from Arthur Loew son of the late Marcus Loew. The pair married several years ago and have two children, a son and a daughter.
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United Press
Hollywood
Cal
Mildred Zukor Loew
Adolph Zukor
Motion Picture
Reno
Nev
Arthur Loew
Marcus Loew
Furnishings Boost Your Home with Standout Style
Authorities in the furniture market say this is the best time in years to buy suites as furniture prices drop by about 30 to 40 percent from ten months ago. The sacrifice is in price not durability or design, with labor and wood costs not falling.
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Furniture Mart
State Treasurer Opposes Indiana Highway Loan
State Treasurer Grace Bante Reynolds urged the state finance committee to block further borrowing by the Indiana highway commission. She argued a $400,000 loan to pay contractors for early wing jobs would be illegal, since gasoline funds must be distributed to cities towns and counties by March 1, 1931 and repayment by that date cannot be assured.
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Indiana Highway Commission
Grace Bante
Reynolds
State Finance Committee
Highway Commission
Commission
Billy Sunday Jr.'s First Wife Dies of Peritonitis
Mil licent Sunday, first wife of Billy Sunday Jr., son of the evangelist, died in Hollywood, California, from peritonitis after an operation three weeks ago. The couple, divorced in 1927, faced a later $50,000 suit from Olive Day alleging theft of her husband’s affections. a $10,000 code claim by Satelles pee was set aside.
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United Press
Hollywood
Cal
Millicent Sunday
Billy Sunday
French Fliers Return East After Dallas Stop
Captain Dieudonne Coste and Maurice Bellonte left Love Field at 1 32 p m heading east on their return from Paris to New York after winning a 25000 prize. They plan a stop in Louisville overnight then a Washington luncheon with President Hoover Saturday. A 25000 reward was posted by Colonel William Easterwood for their feat.
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United Press
Dallas
Tex
Dieudonne Coste
Maurice Bellonte
Lovefield
Atlantic Ocean
Paris
New York
Coste
Bellonte
Louisville
Washington
Hoover
Capital
Broad Plains
Texas
William E. Easterwood
Broadway
Court sentences 3 on liquor charges
Three defendants in a liquor case appeared in municipal court. Charles Busino of 1719 East Maryland Street received 100 dollars and costs plus a suspended 30 day state farm sentence on a blind tiger charge. Ruth Preston of 1719 East Maryland Street and Ralph Hill of 1435 English Avenue were fined 10 dollars and costs with the latter suspended for drunkenness. Louise White of Maryland Street had a similar charge dropped.
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Charles Busino
East Maryland Street
State Farm
Ruth Preston
Ralph Hill
English Avenue
Louise White
Maryland Street
Fire hero to prison after Columbus prison blaze
Edgar Russell, 26, celebrated for bravery during the Columbus state prison fire, was ordered surrendered to Ohio authorities to complete a 25 year sentence handed down in Cleveland in 1923. He had been held in Pittsburgh after an attempted holdup and was made a trusty for his actions during the blaze.
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United Press
Pittsburgh
Edgar Russell
Columbus
Ohio
Cleveland
Russell
Caribbean Hurricane Relief Efforts After Santo Domingo Destruction
The Santo Domingo Caribbean hurricane diminished in intensity and the U S weather bureau said no danger to the coast remains. President Hoover discussed relief with Red Cross officials and approved 50 000 in aid. 30 000 more had been requested for Santo Domingo City.
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United Press
Washington
Santo Domingo
United States Weather Bureau
Hoover
James L. Fieser
American Red Cross
Curtis
Red Cross
Fieser
Antonio Siva
Silva
Dominican Legation
Trujillo
Roosevelt
Porto Rico
Crockett
City Buys Sweeper From Elgin Company
The Works board bought a pickup street sweeper from the Elgin Corporation of New York for $6,442.60 after examining the machine and reviewing results in other cities. The lowest bid was from Austin Company, $27.40 less than Elgin.
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Works Board Today
Elgin Corporation
New York
Elgin Company
Austin Company
Elgin
Lammot Du Pont to Wed Mrs Stollenwerck Today
Lammot Du Pont, president of Du Pont De Nemours, will marry Mrs Caroline H Stol lenwerck of Scarsdale New York at the bride's mother's home in Wilmington Delaware at 4 30 this afternoon.
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Lammot
Caroline Stollenwerck
Wilmington
Del
Lammot du Pont
du Pont de Nemours Company
Caroline H. Stollenwerck
Scarsdale
N. Y
Baltimore socialite Eliza beth Murray Doolittle divorced
Mrs. Eliza beth Murray Doolittle of Baltimore was granted a divorce from Sidney C. Doolittle citing mental cruelty and failure to provide. An out of court agreement gave her custody of their 3 year old son with provisions for his support. Ogden rules on highway pay issued statements of indebtedness in place of certificates of indebtedness to pay contractors.
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Reno
Elizabeth Murray Doolittle
Baltimore Society
Sidney C. Doolittle
Ogden
James M. Ogden
Jail swindler 9 years after his conviction
Gailord Harrod 31 of Indianapolis, linked to bootlegging and hijackings, spent nine years free after a 1920 forgery conviction. He was captured in Marion County on a pending fraud case connected to a Rising Sun jail break investigation. His 1921 sentence followed a 1920 check for $400 cashed with Mercantile Discount Corp. and Citizens State Bank.
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Liberty
Gailord Harrod
Indianapolis
Rising Sun
Marion County
Indiana Supreme Court
Harrod
Citizens State Bank
Mercantile Discount Corporation
James A. Collins
State Reformatory
Detroit
East Fifty-eighth Street
Alexander
Storms and Cold Snap Set to Hit Central Indiana
The forecast calls for thunderstorms tonight and a colder spell with temperatures 10 to 12 degrees below normal by Saturday in central Indiana. Official readings remained subnormal with Indianapolis recording 61 degrees at 6 am, according to senior meteorologist J H Armington.
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Indiana
United States Weather Bureau
J. H. Armington
Indianapolis
Couple Is Bankrupt in Federal Court Filing
Voluntary bankruptcy petitions were filed in federal court today by James H. Halagan a railroad brake man of Unionville formerly of Bloomington and Mrs Hallagan. Halagan listed 3206 dollars in liabilities and 445 dollars in assets while Mrs Hallagan listed 1511 dollars in liabilities and 50 dollars in assets.
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James H. Halagan
Unionville
Bloomington
Hallagan
German Trans Atlantic Pilots Pay Quiet Visit to Hoover
Captain Wolfgang von Gronau and pilot Edward Zimmer, German trans Atlantic aviators, arrived in Washington to pay quiet informal respects to President Hoover. Their visit contrasted with demonstrations seen by other flight heroes, and the fliers requested modest arrangements.
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United Press
Washington
Wolfgang ,von Gronau
Edward Zimmer
Hoover
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Weathre Bureau
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Loew
Indianapolis Times
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DU Pont
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Ira M. Holmes
Fred McCallister
David A. Myers
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