Drayke hotel bandits found guilty in Drake raid
A Chicago jury late last night convicted Joe Holmes and Jack Woods of first degree murder in the Drake hotel robbery and killings. The verdict carries no mercy recommendation and a new trial motion is set for October 3. Mrs Rodkey calls justice satisfied.
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United Press
Chicago
Drake Hotel
Jacob Hopkins
Joe Holmes
Jack Woods
Rank Rodkey
Drake
Rodkey
Woods
Holmes
Robert B. Crowe
Dikes Collapse Floods Wide Chinese Region
Yellow River dikes at Yung Chem Hsien broke under swollen tides and rivers water covers a sixty mile by thirteen mile area. Nine hundred villages surrounded by flood waters. All crops in the area destroyed. International famine relief committee has sent relief boats to the district.
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Iracat 8 a M ee wees 63 10 a m
Iracat schedule shows times 8 a m 63 10 a m noon 70 12. Readings include 76 79 86 82 near the end.
Debate Challenge Sparks Prohibition Debate in Indiana
AYOR SHANK issued a formal challenge to Rev. Shumaker, Indiana Anti Saloon League superintendent, to debate enforcement of the Volstead Act. He proposed a November date, equal-venue access, a three-judge setup, side selection, and a 6 1/2 cent admission with 60-40 prize split.
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Ayor Shank
Edwards&. Shumaker
Indiana
Anti Saloon League
Shumaker
Remy Announces State Readiness Except Two Witnesses
Remy, rebuffed, says state ready to rest with two witnesses out of city. Gause blocks indictments against a California bombing labor leader, delaying action until Friday morning.
McNamara Trial Delayed. Witnesses Report Friday Morning
Proceedings in the McNamara case pause as the State rests except for two witnesses not yet in town. Judge Gause bars 16 California murder indictments tied to the Los Angeles Times bombing and refuses to admit the California indictment McNamara pleaded guilty to. The jury is recalled Friday with an injunction against discussing the case.
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John J. McNamara
Iron Workers’ Union
William H. Remy
Fred C. Gause
Gause
McNamara
California
Los Angeles Times
Coolidge to address Farm Bureau in Chicago trip
President Coolidge will speak at the American Farm Bureau Federation annual convention in Chicago. O. E. Bradfute, federation president, announced after a White House call. This follows his planned West Coast trip and an Omaha stop to address the American Legion convention.
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United Press
Washington
Coolidge
Chicago
American Farm Bureau Federation
O. E. Bradfute
Federation
White House
Omaha
American Legion
Enrollment gains at Indianapolis schools after partial count
Partial report from Superintendent Graff shows total school enrollment at Indianapolis exceed last year by 858. High school figures rise most, with 10 100 enrolled now versus 8 513 last year. grade schools total 38 436 vs 89 856 a year ago. Final tally expected Wednesday.
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Indianapolis
I. A. Graff
Schoolboy Hospitalized After Auto Accident Near School
Harry Doyle Jr., 9, of 1214 N Rural St, improving at St. Vincent's Hospital after being struck by a car at Rural and Tenth Sts while returning from school. He is the first school auto victim of this school year. Police say Kuhrman Stephens, 17, of 4848 Guilford Ave, drove the car. Witnesses say the boy darted into the street.
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Harry Doyle Jr
Rural St
St. Vincent's Hospital
Sergt
Mary Moore
Police Accident Prevention Bureau
Sergis
Harry Smith
Jack O'Neal
Doyle
Kuhrman Stephens
Guilford Ave
Tax collection system flayed by Senator Couzens
Senator James Couzens denounced federal tax collection methods in Detroit accusing officials of frightful discrimination between business concerns and industries. He cited improper influence and mismanagement in enforcing prohibition and income, excess profits, and corporate taxes amid secrecy surrounding collections.
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United Press
Detroit
Mich
James 8. Couzens
Couzens
National Aircraft Investigation Opens Under Coolidge
The White House hosts a secret session as nine board members begin a formal inquiry. Dwight W. Morrow is named chairman with Judge Arthur C. Denison as vice chair and W. C. Durand as secretary to set procedures for impartial, thorough findings guiding policy to Congress.
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United Press
Washington
Coolidge
White House
Dwight W. Morrow
J. P. Morean &O
New York
Arthur C. Denison
Grand Rapids
Mich
W. C. Durand
Institute of Mechanical Engineering
Los Angeles
Girl Reported Missing From Chicago Hint Says Tate Daughter
Lilian Tate eighteen, daughter of Mrs Bertha Tate, Leonard Sr, Cottage Ave, was reported missing today. She left for work at the telephone exchange Wednesday morning and has not been seen since her mother said. She has bobbed hair, blue eyes and a gold filling in her front tooth. Mrs Tate believes she may have joined her father in Chicago.
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Lilian Tate
Bertha Tate
Leonard Sr
Bankers Protest Pardons for Bank Burglars and Bandits
Indiana bankers at West Baden pressed Gov Jackson and the pardon board to block releases of convicted burglars and bank bandits. They pledged to keep vigilante groups active in the war on banditry and heard Senator James E. Watson urge a $25,000,000 cut in federal taxes at a banquet.
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West Baden
Ind
Indiana
Jackson
Pardon Board
Bankers Association
Democrats Rally in Bedford District Meeting
Democratic workers in the third district gathered in Bedford Ind to boost turnout for fall municipal elections and the 1940 congressional bid. At a Wednesday district meeting led by E B Crowe the group resolved to build the strongest possible organization while criticizing the state machine for inactivity. Walter Chambers, the state chairman, was absent.
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United
Bedford
Ind
Democratic Workers
E. B. Crowe
Walter Chambers
Woman defending home drives off burglar with milk bottle
Mrs. Arthur Turner of Indianapolis describes how she chased a burglar from her home after he threw a chair at her. Police hunt a black bandit tied to a crime wave across the north side as detectives pursue multiple recent assaults including hammer and concrete attacks on residents.
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Arthur Turner
Thirty-Third St
Indianapolis
Emil Ruggenstein
Massachusetts Ave
James Holmes
Tremont Ave
Rev Holmes
Escape attempt at Marquette Prison thwarted by guards
Guards fired on three inmate trusties Glen Dickerson Luie Juutte and Harold Springer as they carried an improvised ladder to the walls at the State Prison branch in Marquette Michigan last night forcing them back to their cells.
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United Press
Marquette
Mich
Glen Dickerson
Luie Juutte
Harold Springer
Gray Haired Man Sought In Death Of Edna Boswell
In North Bend Ohio on September 17 villagers hunted a gray haired stranger after 14 year old Edna Boswell was found dead in a ravine near her home. She had last been seen with the man who urged her to go on. A posse of fifty men searched the woods and found the crushed body. A couple later spotted a dilapidated car with a hoodless stranger nearby. The Boswell family includes nine children.
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United Press
North Bend
Ohio
Edna Boswell
Boswell
Kellogg Move Condemned Over Saklatvala Entry Ban
Senator Borah condemned secretary Kellogg's refusal to admit Shapurji Saklatvala a British Communist MP as a delegate to the interparliamentary union convention. He called the action a blow against free speech, with praise voiced by other sources after Kellogg met with President Coolidge.
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United Press
Washington
Borah
Idaho
Kellogg
Shapurji Saklaavala
Coolidge
Communist Notified of Visa Cancellation by Kellogg
The American Consulate in London informs communist MP Shapursi Saklatvala that Kellogg has canceled his U S visa for alien agitation. Saklatvala questions if America fears the truth and muses about entering via Canada to attend the interparliamentary union convention.
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United Press
London
Shapursi Saklatvala
Kellogg
America
Saklatvala
United States
Canada
Inquest Opens Into Indiana Auto Crash That Killed Kinner Family
Cecil Cochran and Arnold Caruthers of Columbus Indiana testified at a coroner's inquest into the stop six accident. The motorman and conductor described seeing the automobile and blowing the whistle while driving about forty miles per hour. Frank Kinner age 42 and his two children James six and Lucille eight were killed near Stop 6. Mrs Mildred Moore of Madison Road testified she saw the automobile from her front porch.
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Cecil Cochran
Arnold Carruthers
Columbus
Ind
Frank Kinner
Morgan St
James
Lucille
Cochran
Mildred Moore
Madison Rd
Secret complimentary badges reveal espionage arm in Indiana
A Times investigation uncovers a hidden espionage system in Indiana with deputy State police and other officers armed with arrest powers. Secretary Schortemeier reportedly issued “complimentary badges” to various individuals, expanding enforcement reach beyond official channels amid liquor raid cases and a looming McNamara trial context.
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Times
Frederick E. Schortemeier
Indiana
Indianapolis
William Bosson
Justice of the Peace
Henry H. Spicer
Michigan St
William H. Remy
Justice Courts
McNamara
William Hamilton
State Highway Commission
Schortemeier
Hamilton
Indianapolis School Board To Discuss Three New Grade Schools
The Indianapolis school board will receive working plans for three new grade schools at a special meeting at 11 a.m. Saturday, announced William H. Book. The board will also review bids for flag-poles and bids for houses on school sites, with sales of six doubles at 1400 Richland St and three houses on Fletcher Ave. The proposed new schools include Miller and Reisner.
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Indianapolis
William H. Book
Richland St
Fletcher Ave
Aehed
Miller and Reisner
Woman admits setting two fires in Marion home
Mrs Mabel Jones of Marion confessed to starting two attic fires at Rodger Gordon’s Hartford City house on Sept 18. She stated she enjoyed watching fires as firefighters rushed to the scene and extinguished the blazes she had sparked with paper and gasoline soaked sack before responders arrived.
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Mabel Jones
Marion
Rodger Gordon
Hartford City
Newman T. Miller
La Follette Victory Seen Expanded Field in Wisconsin Race
Wis Sept 17 Loyalists celebrate a six candidate field for Wisconsin's senatorial race with expectations of seven contenders before Sept 29 election. Anti La Follette candidates join the lineup as supporters of Young Bob La Follette hope the split vote favors their man.
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PY Adison
Wis
Hearst Likely To Head Third Tammany Ticket For Mayor
Hyland not expected to lead defection ticket after his primary defeat. Hylan’s retirement announcement considered final by the New York American. Hearst publisher William R. Hearst may back a third Tammany slate in the mayoral race.
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United Press
NEW York
Tammany
William R. Hearst
John F. Hyland
Hylan
New York American
Hearst
Fountain Square Post Office to Get New Station
Post master Robert H. Bryson says construction will begin soon on a modern postal substation at Fountain Square. Fountain Square Realty Company will lease the building to the post office for ten years at a yearly rent of 3200 dollars, with furnishings provided by the builders.
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Fountain Square
Burglary Night Leads Police to Adams Street Cellar
Police swarmed to 2880 Adams St at 1 45 am chasing a reported intruder. Lieut Claude Johnson found two cats in the cellar after no human occupant could be located.
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Ightwood
Adams St
Claude Johnson
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