McNamara Terrorism Trial Drifted Into Boiler Crash Claims
John J. McNamara, leader of the local iron workers union, faced blackmail charges as prosecutors describe a plan to terrorize local unions and Chicagonize industries. Witnesses testified the Elks home boiler crash in 1928 was sparked by union anger, with six witnesses including foreman Ben Red Staggenborg detailing the incident and its fallout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. McNamara
Iron Workers’ Union
William H. Remy
McNamara
New
Elks Home
Remy
Ben “Red” Staggenborg
Ninian Transfer Company
Staggenborg
Lies Between Train Tracks
Thomas Whitney, 57, of 1601 Villa Ave, was found alive between Indianapolis Union Railway tracks near Churchmann Ave after a fifteen car train passed over him. He suffered serious head injuries. believed struck by a brake lagging. Witnesses include switch tender John Schaler and sawyer M. C. Edwards. Whitney’s son Clinton cited a prior nervous breakdown.
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Thomas Whitney
Villa Ave
Indianapolis Union Railway
Churchmann Ave
John Schaler
Kentucky Ave
Speedway Fire Destroys Grandstand at Hoosier Speedway
A fire early today destroyed the grandstand at Hoosier Motor Speedway located at Thirty-Eighth Street and Pendleton Pike. Contractors Elmer Culbertson and Cruel Conder, owners, estimate losses at $12,000 as crews battled flames with limited water access and the origin remains undetermined.
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Hoosier Motor Speedway
Thirty-Eighth St
Pendleton Pike
Elmer Culbertson
Cruel Conder
Johnson Is Indorsed for School Board Reelection
Fred Bates Johnson, a school board member, receives the citizens school committee endorsement for reelection this fall. Henry Dithmer, chairman, announced the move. The committee also lists Mrs. John W. Moore of 125 Money Ave and Howard W. Harris of 3510 Washington Blvd as members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Bates Johnson
Thetizens
Henry Dithmer
Are You Sure They'll Let You Vote in November
The notice warns residents to register for the November city election. It lists Oct. 5 as the deadline for new or moved voters, directs where to register free of charge at Republican and Democratic headquarters, and urges visiting the city clerk at police headquarters to ensure proper registration. It notes low primary registration and warns of heavy workload if many try to register at the end. The piece emphasizes avoiding penalties and ensuring eligibility.
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K. of P
Democratic City
National City Bank
Police Headquarters
Alabama
Pearl Sts
Fire at Roadhouse Injures Four in Ambush
Four patrons were critically wounded when snipers fired on guests fleeing a burning roadhouse near Johnston City Illinois early today. Jacob Stearns of Jacksonville and Mrs May Maude Young of Herrin were among the injured, both taken to a nearby hospital. two other women suffered buckshot wounds and the proprietor's wife Mrs Bailey Martin was among the wounded. Police continued investigations into the origin of the blaze and the ambush.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Johnston City
Ill
Here
Jacob Stearns
Jacksonville
May Maude Young
Herrin
Bailey Martin
Stearns
Prospects for a Warm Session at State Conservation Board
State conservation commission faces a tense start to its monthly session as news spread of drastic salary cuts for conservation director Richard Lieber and two aides. Rumors say Purdue’s Dean Coulter and Anderson’s E M Wilson may resign unless leaders Guthrie and Gardner reverse the action. Wilson attended the Friday secret meeting and opposed the cuts, while the official order stood. Governor Jackson said no action will be taken now. Lieber remained silent at a Republican rally in Portland.
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State Conservation Commission
Statehouse
Richard Lieber
Dean Stanley Coulter
Purdue University
E. M. Wilson
Anderson
W. A. Guthrie
E. L. Gardner
Wilson
Guthrie
Gardner
Jackson
Lieber
Portland
Bigamy charge denied by Emma Young in city prison
Emma Young 25 of 436 West Norwood Street denied in custody today that she is a bigamist as charged in a warrant by A. V. Wood who says he is one of her four husbands and that she remains undivorced from them. She recounts marriages to Charles Bilderback in 1916, to Wood in 1921, and to Charles E. Young last March after a lawyer named Holt supposedly declared her free.
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Emma Young
W. Norwood St
A. V. Wood
Holt
Charles E. Young
Wood
Constitution Day Observance At City Hall In Indianapolis
Hundreds of Indianapolis residents are to gather at city hall Thursday at noon for Constitution Day observance proclaimed by Mayor Shank. Federal Judge Robert C. Baltzell will deliver the principal address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
City Hall
Shank
Robert C. Baltzell
Charges Dismissed Against B. W. Pidgeon at City Market
City Judge Delbert O. Wilmeth dismissed charges of obstructing the sidewalk and selling from a regular station against B. W. Pidgeon of Danville Ind. He was arrested September 4 at the city market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. W. Pidgeon
Danville
Ind
Delbert O. Wilmeth
Pidgeon
City Market
Court clears bigamist status for Estel Groover
Anderson Ind Sept 16 Through a Madison County court order Estel Groover of Elwood is declared a bigamist. Judge Kittenger set aside the 1922 divorce granted Groover's first wife because he failed to pay support money and Groover had since married again.
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United Press Anderson
Ind
Madison County Court
Estel Groover
Elwood
Kittenger
Groover
Klan Candidate to Fight Young Bob in Run-off
Daniel Woodward, a Ku Klux Klan candidate, placed third in the Republican senatorial primary and says he may run as an independent against Robert M. La Follette Jr. if he enters the race. Democratic support was weak, making La Follette likely to win again. Wilcox runs as an independent hoping to challenge him. Final precinct returns show La Follette leading, with Wilcox and Woodward far behind. Bruce loses party ballot access.
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KLAN
Young Bob
United Press
Oshkosh
Wis
Daniel Woodward
Ku Klux Klan
Republian
Robert M. la Follette Jr
Bob
Roy P. Wilcox
Coolidge
la Follette
Wilcox
Whlcox
Woodward
McGovern
William George Bruce
Wisconsin
Bruce
Smith's Protege Defeats Hylan for Gotham Mayoral Nomination
New York September 16 Governor Al Smith claimed victory in the bitter battle reshaping New York politics. State Senator Jimmy Walker, a Smith protégé and Tammany Hall candidate, crushed Mayor John F. Hylan backed by Hearst, winning by 95 543 votes. Frank Waterman won the Republican mayoral nomination. An independent ticket aligned against the Albany crowd cited by the Evening Journal is expected to challenge the reform movement.
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Smith
Walker
Frank Waterman
Tammany Hall
Albany
The
Evening Journal
Hearst
Hylan
Sewer Case Is Set For Sept 28 Arguments
Special Judge James M. Berry Hill will hear an appeal filed in Circuit Court by about 200 southeastern Indianapolis property owners challenging assessments for the Bean Creek and Pleasant Run sewer system. The suit claims the Board of Works overcharged for the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James M. Berryhill
Indianapolis
Bean Creek
Pleasant Run
Board of Works
Woman Bound and Gagged in North Side Home Burglary
A white man entered Mrs. Mabel Stonecypher's Brookside Avenue home at about 10 am, struck her, bound her in a bathroom, and ransacked the house. Neighbors reported a chloroform odor. police redouble efforts to catch the burglar linked to prior neighborhood attacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Stonecypher
Brookside Ave
Harry Roll
Park Ave
Ray Egbert
Roosevelt Ave
Lyman Stonecypher
Stonecypher
Lavan Resigns as Kansas City Pilot
Dr. John Lavan, player manager of the Kansas City club in the American Association, tendered his resignation to owner George Muehrebach. The resignation was accepted as Lavan leaves to join the city health department.
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United Press
Kansas City
John Lavan
American Association
George Muehrebach
Lavan
City Health Department
Bishop Leete to Speak at Strawtown ME Reunion
By Timea Special Noblesville Ind Sept 16 Bishop Frederick Leete of Indianapolis will speak at Strawtown next Sunday afternoon at a reunion and home coming of the M E churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noblesville
Ind
Frederick Leete
Indianapolis
Strawtown
M. E
Turkish Troops in Readiness Near Mosul Front
A observer from Iraq reports forty thousand Turkish troops await near the Mosul frontier ready to move if the League of Nations council rules against Mosul. British airmen monitor the Turkish forces while Britain protests Turkish deportations of Christians in the Mosul region.
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United Press
London
Iraq
Mosul
League of Nations Council
Foreign Office
League
Expansion of air mail service gains rapid pace
Washington reports the Post Office Department reviewing sixteen bids from ten private firms to operate eight new air mail lines. Contracts will be awarded in thirty days. One bid from General Airways System, Inc. of New York proposed a Chicago Indianapolis Birmingham route at six cents an ounce.
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United
Washington
United States
Post Office Department
General Airways System, Inc
New York
Chicago
Indianapolis
Birmingham
Kiwanis Club Focuses on Constitution Week Topics
Kiwanis Club luncheon at the Clay pool featured Harry E. Yockey on the Constitution and Rev. Jesse P. Bogue on highlights in American history. The club plans Constitution Week observances with other Kiwanis clubs and over fifty members will attend a Ft. Wayne Indiana convention for two days.
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Kiwanis Club
Claypool
Harry E. Yockey
Jesse P. Bogue
North M. E. Church
Kiwanis
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Seven to be dropped from State motor police payroll
Chief Robert T. Humes announced after a conference with Secretary Frederick E. Schortemeier that seven men will be dropped from the State motor police payroll on October 1 due to funds shortages. Thirty-seven will remain, with seniority and traffic conditions guiding the cuts. Names listed include Carl Losey, William Boyer, Everett Staggs, Merle Remley, Lawrence Shields, Charles Smith, and Calvin Jackson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Motor Police
Robert T. Humes
Frederick E. Schortemeier
Humes
Carl Losey
William Boyer
Indianapolis
Everett Staggs
Fowler
Merle Remley
Waynetown
Lawrence Shields
Brownstown
Charles Smith
Brookville
Calvin Jackson
Lafayette
Escape Is Miraculous in Ferry Blast Incident
Herschel Henderson, a truck driver, escaped death when a truck loaded with 350 gallons of gasoline exploded while being driven onto a Wabash River ferry. The blast wrecked the ferryboat and destroyed the truck, but Henderson was unhurt.
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Wabash River
Henderson
Remus Free on High Bond in Jack Daniel Theft Case
George Remus the Cincinnati bootlegger is released on a 50 900 dollar bond after his arrest in the Jack Daniel distillery theft in Lynchburg two years ago. He will return to Cincinnati and stay there until the trial next fall. He urged bond reduction but two professional bondsmen had to be enlisted to post the bail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Remus
Cincinnati
Beech Grove Case Heard In Superior Court
In Beech Grove traction dispute, Fletcher Savings & Trust Company seeks to void Indiana Public Service Commission order granting South Side Motor Coach Company bus rights. Judge Sidney S. Miller to rule September 25 after oral arguments. Homer Elliott and John F. Robbins for trust firm. C. F. Schmidt, new traction owner, present. Elliott contends the traction company was not notified of the second hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior Court
Fletcher Savings & Trust Company
Beech Grove Traction County
Public Service Commission
Sidney S. Miller
Trust Company
South Side Motor Coach Company
Beech Grove
Homer Elliott
John F. Robbins
C. F. Schmidt
Traction Company
Elliott
France Debt Delegates Sail for U.S. to Seek Gentle Terms
France's funding delegates depart for America aiming for easy settlement of the country’s obligations to the United States. Finance Minister Caillaux signals seeking lenient terms guided by Britain’s tentative arrangement.
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United Press
Paris
France
America
Caillaux
United States
Writs Found Piled In Justice Office In Indianapolis
City Attorney William Bosson and an Indianapolis Times reporter uncovered hundreds of search warrants at Justice of the Peace Henry H. Spicer’s office on West Michigan Street. Writs signed by federal state and city officers littered floors and desks, with many bearing the John Doe label and lacking required name address and search object. Bosson calls the Gill raid warrant illegal and plans to press for affidavits and officer dismissals, while demanding a proper docket and accountability in the Prohibition enforcement apparatus.
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William Bosson
Indianapolis Times
Office
Justice of the Peace
Henry H. Spicer
Michigan St
Andrew Gill
Bosson
Prohibition
John Doe
Spiher
Spider
Delbert QO. Wilmeth
Wilmeth
White
Cry
Gill
Delbert C. Wilmeth
Henry H. Spiher
J. P
Carl Losey
R. R. IL
Lasey and
Bridges
Ciry
Ohly
Cox
Eisenhut
Losey
Buddy
Coz
Sother
Dity Squad
Gill Farm
Schortemeiier
Schortemeier
Trustee Appointment Shifts At Eastern Hospital for the Insane
Robert H. McIntire of Newcastle named trustee of the Eastern Hospital for the Insane by Governor Jackson replacing Albert R. Jones who resigned. John Doe affiant notes blank designation and describes premises as southwest section 20 in Hagerstown amid liquor law violation case.
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Newcastle
Robert H. McIntire
John Doe
UN Eastern Hospital
Jackson
McIntire
Albert R. Jones
Hagerstown
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Elks
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Fred C. Gause
Man
Speedway
Hoosier Track
Johnson
Conservation Group
Strong As
Father
Fixes
Rikhoff
North Side
Herman F. Rikhoff
K. C. Pilot
Kentucky
Edyth Draffen
Lawrenceburg
Tulsa
Air Mail
United Prene Vincennes
Herschel Henderson
Deluxe
St. Louis
U.S
Floor of Justice
Charles D. Bridges
Horse Thief Detective Association
Schortemeier Bresson
Frederick E. Schort
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