Strey Demands Probe After Brown Challenge over Murden Links
Indiana state politics flare as Sen. Charles L. Strey demands a full highway fund audit and a 1931 bill to abolish the highway commission after a disputed letter from highway chairman John J. Brown. Brown denies Murden ties to suppliers and says he will mail the letter. Strey vows investigation of highway expenditures and a full-time three member commission.
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Detroit in gas war cuts price to 143 cents a gallon
Motorists in Detroit rushed to fill tanks as virtually every filling station engaged in a price cutting war. The posted price dropped to 143 cents per gallon including the state tax, the lowest in years.
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Detroit
Andree Expedition Data to be Communicated Soon
Stockholm government announced that important data from the White Island expedition will be released to the press as soon as possible. A foreign office spokesman said the data need not be expected before Saturday.
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Famous Girl Aviator Ruth Alexander Killed in Plane Crash
Ruth Alexander, 20, a noted San Diego aviatrix and holder of a world altitude record, died when her low wing monoplane crashed into a hillside at Loma Portal during a foggy early morning flight to New York. Authorities investigate. her body awaits inquest.
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City Fire Loss Cuts Near Half Million in 1930
The safety board reports city fire losses for the first six months of 1930 fell to 575000 from 1009545 in 1929. Alarms answered totaled 2104 this year versus 1907 last year, as Walter Myers received a compliment from the National Board of Fire Underwriters for improved Indianapolis department efficiency.
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Kos Faces Voluntary Manslaughter Charge Over 1928 Crash
Prosecutors argue drunkenness caused the fatal New Year’s Eve crash that killed Indianapolis Street Railway workers Riley Osborn and Carl Fulkerson. Max S. Kos, war veteran and insurance salesman, is tried before a criminal court jury for a second time.
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Football Time Again With Us
The Times begins Pink edition football coverage with Dick Miller as a daily writer. He will report on leading state college teams, share information and gossip, and feature star players in pictures and stories each Friday.
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Debate at Geneva over world court as Cuba and Greece clash
At the Geneva meeting of the first judicial commission a heated debate followed a proposal for a permanent world court session. Greece's Nicholas Politis accused Cuba of blocking approval while Cuba’s Orestes Ferrara defended national sovereignty and insisted cooperation over obedience.
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State police tighten controls on reckless drivers
State police lieutenants were summoned to the statehouse by Chief Robert P. Humes who ordered procedure changes for reckless driving arrests on state highways. Offenders will be cited to the secretary of state and, upon conviction, have driving licenses suspended for varying periods. Police will patrol more diligently to target weaving and dangerous driving.
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Husband Agrees to Trade Furnishings for Bar in Divorce
Dan G. Sunderland an art dealer agrees in divorce to give his wife all apartment furnishings but keeps his private bar. The case pivots on concessions amid the New York suit filed September 18.
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New York
Dan G. Sunderland
Steel King Divorced From Lederer in Uncontested Suit
Cleveland Sept. 18 Mrs Vera King Lederer former Follies beauty was awarded a divorce from Morris T Lederer president of Lederer Iron and Steel Company The plaintiff alleged extreme cruelty in the uncontested suit An alimony settlement of 25000 was understood to have been made out of court.
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Religion Figure and Her Mother A Notable Narrative
A colorful profile describes a woman once dubbed Religion's Go-Getter and The Female Billy Sunday, alongside her mother, presenting a remarkable life that captivates thousands as a defining religious and social tale.
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Sleep murder case shocks 2000 at Alice Woltman funeral
In South Bend 2000 mourners attend Requiem for 17 year old Alice Woltman slain in bed. Police hold one suspect Gene Jarvis as homicide probe intensifies with expected astounding development today. Unruly crowd demands police progress while fiancé Barney Kulszynski is released after questioning. Her father Henry Woltman Sr. attends the burial at St Joseph's cemetery.
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ZeP Stowaway to Make Boxing Debut in St Louis Monday
Clarence Terhune, who twice stowed away aboard the Graf Zeppelin and traveled to Germany, will make his first public appearance as a boxer in an amateur bout in St Louis on Monday.
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Mother Jones Gains a Little Strength, Say Doctors
Washington September 18 The ailing labor leader Mother Jones aged 100 was reported by her physicians as a little stronger today after a period of decline. She has been ill for several months and her condition recently worsened.
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Washington
Mother Jones
Impeachment Charges Against Huey Long Dismissed
Seven impeachment charges against Governor Huey P. Long, brought in March 1929, were dismissed by Louisiana’s House in an extraordinary session. The vote was 70 to 20 as part of a political peace program following Long’s US Senate nomination victory over Senator Joseph Ransdell.
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United States Senate
New Hoosier train adds luxury club lounge cars
Indiana officials and businessmen inspected the Monon Hoosier lounge car after a luncheon at Union Station. The late afternoon service on the Chicago to Indianapolis route features luxury amenities for travelers, including women who carry cigarets.
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Traveling evangelists build two million dollar temple
Starting as traveling evangelists with a tat tered circus tent these two women built a religious venture into a two million dollar business in Los Angeles. The temple seats more than 5 000 and the congregation numbers 12 000.
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One Way to Weigh Two Found at Indiana Meeting
Gean and Jane Irwin of Bridgeport stepped on a 1,000 pound scale at the Indiana Association of Inspectors of Weights and Measures conclave. They split sixty seven pounds with Gean at 35 and Jane at 32. Mrs. Clark C. McQuilkin of East Chicago, Indiana, the state’s only female inspector of scales, approved the one way weight.
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Mayor Walker Finds Himself Unwanted by Grand Jury
Mayor James J. Walker arrives at 11:15 am for the extraordinary grand jury probe into the Ewald case but is told by Assistant Attorney-General Thomas Penneny Jr. that he is not needed today. Walker departs with a quip that he is on time in hours but wrong on days.
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America’s Cup Stays In U S As Enterprise Wins
Enterprise wins the America's Cup for the New York Yacht Club for the fourth straight time defeating Shamrock V by more than a mile. Skipper Harold S. Vanderbilt leads the white sloop to finish in 3 hours 10 minutes 5 seconds at U S S Kane. Lipton announces he will not challenge again.
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Cornerstone Laid for Journeyman Barbers Union Headquarters
The Journeyman Barbers International Union began construction on a $150000 two story headquarters at Delaware and Twelfth streets. James C. Shanessy president of the union led the 3 p m services attended by thirteen executive board members and the Rev G F Evans of the Indianapolis Church Federation. The building will house official offices for the union which has 53000 members.
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Indianapolis
Webster Case Start Shifts Judge to Prosecution Counsel
Floyd Mattice the special judge who convicted Irving Webster publisher of conspiracy to commit blackmail now represents the chief prosecuting witness in the Webster case. He appears for Thomas O. Sines in a breach of contract suit in civil municipal court room 2.
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Alimony Dodgers Not Fugitives, Exported Justice ruled
Governor Trumbull received an opinion from the attorney general that alimony debtors fleeing to another state are not fugitives from justice and should not face extradition. The ruling says nonpayment does not trigger extradition warrants.
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Hartford
Conn
John H. Trumbull
Attorney-General’s Office
Two Negroes Rob Aged Pharmacist In Broad Daylight
Two Black men hold up Dr. Gahn's pharmacy at 81 Thirteenth street and Cornell avenue. They slug the 81 year old owner with a gun butt, steal $16 including $10 from his pockets and $6 from a stamp drawer, then flee. One heads south on Cornell, the other west on Thirteenth, meeting later in an alley near a parked car, as police are alerted.
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Baseball Century Series Opens in Pink Editions
George Moreland begins a multi day NEA Service feature tracing baseballs rise from a back lot pastime to modern mammoth parks and high salaried stars. The first installment appears this afternoon in the Pink edition and continues in upcoming Pinks. Buy the Pink to read the history.
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Leguia Trial Set in Peru Misuse Case
Former Peruvian president Augusto B. Leguia will be tried September 20 on charges of misapplication of public funds. He and his son Juan remain imprisoned in Lima as the tribunal investigating the Leguia administration announced the date.
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Illinois Probe Ends in Chicago as McCormick Inquiry Shifts
The senate campaign funds committee concluded the Illinois phase of its inquiry in Chicago after questioning minor employees and workers for Ruth Hanna McCormick the Republican U S Senate nominee. Chairman Gerald P Nye and Senator Porter H Dale announced plans to move to Lincoln Nebraska to probe the Nebraska Republican primary.
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Senate Campaign Funds
Illinois
Ruth Hanna McCormick
United States Senate
Gerald P. Nye
North Dakota
Porter H. Dale
Vermont
Lincoln
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Whipple Couple Slightly Injured in Auto Crash
Mr and Mrs H A Whipple of Waterloo Wisconsin were slightly injured when their automobile turned over in a ditch on United States Road 31 four miles south of Columbus Indiana.
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Waterloo
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Geisking to Face Indiana Trial Heavily Guarded Return
Theodore Geisking, a hijacker and gang leader, is being transported to Rising Sun Indiana to face auto banditry charges. He is held under heavy guard with Indiana state police present as authorities link him to a jail break and gang crimes across Indiana Kentucky and North Carolina.
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