G. O. P. Meets Today on City Ticket
City Republicans meet at the K of P building to name their city convention ticket. A. M. Glossbrenner, president of Levey Printing, expected to head the slate with possible council nominees. Coffin supporters discuss backing Glossbrenner while Gay supporters reportedly waver. Sheriff Winkler’s plans uncertain as Democrats prepare to name their own slate led by Reginald Sullivan.
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A. M. Grossbrenner
Levey Printing Company
K. of P
Glossbrenner
Coffin
Charles W. Jewett
Ralph Lemcke
Jewett-Lemcke
Relatives Seek Mate of Alleged Bandit Reuter
Relatives of George R. Reuter 23 alleged delicatessen bandit slain by a policeman join police in search of his companion who left Reuter's body in an automobile on Morris and Meridian. proprietor Leo Silver will not identify the partner and may shield Reuter’s name by refusing to identify him. Reuter shot through the temple by Patrolman Norvel Bennett after terrorizing residents in Indianapolis avenue area wounding two Negroes. Silver later identified the body in the morgue as one of the two bandits who robbed him of 125. Neville Hall clerk at the delicatessen viewed the body and repeated Silver’s identification.
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George R. Reuter
Reuter
Morris Street
Meridian Street
Leo Silver
Central Avenue
Norvel Bennett
Blake
North Streets
Indianapolis Avenue
Silver
City
Neville Hall
Delicatessen
City Morgue
CANDIDATE IN DANGER Vasconcelos narrowly escapes two assassination attempts
Two separate attempts to kill anti reelectionist Mexican presidential candidate Jose Vasconcelos occurred Sunday near Jaurez. A railroad bridge was burned south of Jaurez as his train was due to pass. the engineer halted the train to avert disaster. Later in Murez a man breached police lines seeking Vasconcelos, was arrested and a pistol seized. Vasconcelos campaigned in Jaurez that day.
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Bu United Press
Jaurez
Mexico
Jose Vasconcelos
Vasconcelos
Murez
Bandits Dig Tunnel Into Oakland Bank Wall
Bandits forced entrance into a store adjoining the American Trust Company and tunneled through the wall into the bank. Employees entering the bank found evidence of the break on the night of the incident in Oakland California.
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United Press
Oakland
Cal
American Trust Company
Lacks Bronc: Takes Train and Rides in Black Maria
Frank Cannon, jailed in viu United Preas SENSIDE Pennsylvania, allegedly let a trolley car roll through suburbs while chanting I m a wild coyote. Police report he hid his desire to ride a car, claiming Just havin lil ride officer before being taken to jail.
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Viu United
Frank
Pantages Faces Trial in Prejudice Plot as Sentencing Near
Millionaire theater owner Alexander Pantages awaits a venue ruling for his trial on assault charges after his wife Lois Pantages faces sentencing for manslaughter. The court will determine if Los Angeles is prejudiced against him and whether two ministers and clerical remarks warrant contempt findings. The Rev. R. P. Schuler and Rev. Gustave Briegleb are the ministers cited.
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EU OR
Angeles
Alexander Pantages
Lois Pantages
Eunice Pringle
Los Angeles
Charles Fricke
Pantages
Carlos Hardy
Juro Rokumoto
R. P. Schuler
Gustave Briegleb
Boy Struck by Auto Near Death in City Hospital
Five year old Robert Gilbert, son of Mrs. Pearl Gilbert, was near death with a fractured skull and internal injuries after being struck on St. Clair street near Dorman avenue by a car driven by Max Stebbins, 18, as he and Alvin Shircliff, 18, returned from Arsenal Technical high school. Stebbins was arrested on assault and battery and vagrancy charges. Shircliff admitted the car struck the boy.
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Robert Gilbert
Pearl Gilbert
East St. Clair Street
City Hospital
Max Stebbins
Ashland Avenue
St. Clair Street
Dorman Avenue
Stebbins
Alvin Shircliff
Arsenal Technical High School
Shircliff
Robert
MacDonald to Receive New York City Key on Shore Visit
Premier Ramsay MacDonald will stay in New York long enough to receive the city’s ceremonial key at city hall in a first time honor for a British prime minister. After the two hour ceremony he and his party will travel to Washington.
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United Press
S. S. Berengarta
J. Ramsay MacDonald
Walker
New York
Washington
Collapse Kills Three In Peru Building Razing
United Press reports three workmen died when a building they were razing collapsed in Peru Indiana. The dead are Charles Cunningham fifty five John Einsler sixty and his son Frank Einsler twenty five. A fourth worker John Solsdy escaped injury as walls and roof caved in trapping the trio.
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United Press
Peru
Ind
Charles Cunningham
John Einsler
Frank Einsler
John Solsdy
Woman held after husband shot in Kansas City bridge quarrel
Mrs. Myrtle Bennett, 34, is held by police on suspicion of killing her husband John Bennett during a dispute over a bridge game. After inviting guests to leave, the argument escalated and she allegedly seized his revolver and fired.
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United Press
Kansas City
Myrtle Bennett
John
Bennett
Pettis Dry Goods Celebrates 76 Years in Indianapolis
Pettis Dry Goods Company marks its seventy sixth anniversary in Indianapolis. Founded October 1, 1853 by Alphonse P. Pettis, the first store stood at Washington and Illinois streets, now the Claypool hotel site.
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Pettis Dry Goods Company
Indianapolis
Alphonse P. Pettis
Washington
Illinois Streets
Claypool Hotel
Senate debates Bratton probe of City of San Francisco crash
Washington September 30 senate discussion stretched over an hour on the Bratton resolution calling for a senatorial investigation into the September 3 Transcontinental Air Transport City of San Francisco crash that killed eight. No action was taken.
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United Press
Washington
Senate
Bratton
City of
San Francisco
Curtis waives dinner precedence for Mrs Gann at White House event
Vice President Curtis relinquishes priority for a White House dinner honoring Premier Mac Donald. Secretary Stimson says Mrs Dolly Curtis Gann will sit below Lady Isabella Howard, dean of the diplomatic corps, ending a long rank dispute. British embassy event on Oct 8 also excludes officials who would outrank Stimson.
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United Press
Washington
Curtis
Dolly Curtis Gann
White House
MacDonald
Stimson
Gann
Ady Isabella Howard
Longworth
House
Alice Roosevelt Longworth
Isabella Howard
Sir Esme
Ishbel
Georgia Flood Abates After Week of Rain
Georgia rivers return to normal stages after days of heavy rain that damaged crops property railroads and highways. The Savannah River rejoined its banks at Augusta flooding the citys lower areas while the Charleston and Western Carolina bridge at Augusta was washed away.
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United Preas
Atlanta
Georgia
Savannah
Augusta
Charleston and
Western Carolina
Arrests Loom in Calumet Vice Probe Across Indiana
Times Special reports impending arrests as the U S grand jury nears the end of its fifth and final week probing a vice election and liquor conspiracy in Lake County. Federal agents reportedly hold warrants for more than ten suspects, with emphasis on complicity between politics and crime.
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Times Special
South Bend
Ind
Calumet
Ting
United States Grand Jury
Chicago
Grand
Lake County
United States
Slayer Pays Penalty in Rock View Prison
William Weston a 30 year old Black man and father of four was executed in the electric chair at Rockview Penitentiary Bellefonte for the murder of Mrs. Helen Coles of Philadelphia. Weston and Coles met while he served in the U S Navy at New London Conn their friendship ended in a December 1928 quarrel when he killed her with an ax.
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United Press
Bellefonte
William Weston
Rockview Penitentiary
Helen Coles
Philadelphia
Weston
Coles
United States Navy
New London
Stephenson Seeks Parole to Prove Innocence
D C Stephenson, serving a life term for murder in Michigan City, asks Governor Leslie for a ninety day parole to aid in proving his innocence. A new petition argues Evans conspired to murder Stephenson, aiming to present evidence to court.
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United Preas
Michigan City
D. C. Stephenson
Ku Klux Klan
Harry G. Leslie
Robert Baker
Leslie
Stephenson
Hiram Wesley Evans
English Statesmen See U N Dominance Through Britain US Friendship
British former high chancellor Earl of Birkenhead and Lord Worthington-Evans visit Indianapolis as guests of Utilities Power and Light. They assert that friendship between Britain and the United States could shape world peace and naval disarmament while noting Palestine mandate experiences and the need for order with a strong armed force amid Arab Jewish tensions. The trip includes tours of Indianapolis Power and Light holdings and a luncheon with Norman Perry at the Columbia Club.
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Indianapolis Power and Light Company
Earl of
Great Britain
United States
Ramsay MacDonald
England
Birkenhead
Chicago
Harley Clarke
Utilities Power and Light Corporation
Greater London and Counties Trust,Ltd
London
Norman Perry
Indianapolis Company
Columbia Club
Highland Country Club
Lone Balloon Belgica Still Aloft In Gordon Bennett Race
At St Louis on Sept 30 the Belgica remained unreported as nine balloons sailed Saturday in the eighteenth Gordon Bennett international trophy race. Eight reported in by Sunday with Goodyear VIII covering the farthest distance of 325 miles before landing near Troy Ohio. One accident occurred when Argentina pilot D Eduardo Bradley and Lt Cadaval were injured after the basket snagged a tree near Fairbanks Indiana during landing.
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United Press
ST. Louis
Denmark
Bedford
Ind
Troy
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
West Virginia
D. Eduardo Bradley
Argentina
Fairbanks
Francisco Cadaval
Cadaval
Petty Trial Set for Deputy Elmer Petty on Drunk Driving Charge
Judge James A. Collins will preside on October 8 as Elmer E. Petty deputy sheriff of 113 South Elder Street goes to trial for drunkenness and operating a vehicle while drunk. Petty's June 6 sheriff’s car crash at Sixteenth Street and Riverside Drive triggered the case. prior jury could not reach a verdict after thirteen hours of deliberation. Petty also serves as Thirteenth Ward Republican chairman.
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James A. Collins
Elmer E. Petty
South Elder Street
Petty
Sixteenth Street
Riverside Drive
Thomas E. Garvin
Collins
Thirteenth Ward
Empress Nagako Gives Birth To A Daughter In Japan
United Press report from Okio notes an erroneous broadcast claimed a son was born to Empress Nagako leading to nationwide rejoicing. The Empress gave birth to a daughter at 6 15 am, the third daughter in the royal line, with no direct heir yet. Both mother and child are reported well as officials visit the palace to congratulate.
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United Press - Okio
Magako
Yuko Hako Hamaguchi
Chichibu
Gulf Coast Torn by High Velocity Gale and Missing Fishing Vessels
The tropical hurricane moving through the Gulf of Mexico unleashed hurricane force winds along the Alabama and northwestern Florida coasts. Apalachicola and Port St. Joe reported fifty mile per hour winds at 5 am, telephone lines failing as the storm intensified to 75 mph by noon. Carrabelle evacuated its 1,000 residents as 140 fishermen and boats remained unaccounted for. Rescue efforts continued while storms warnings extended to Biloxi. Homestead filled with refugees as Florida Keys faced rising floodwaters and waterlogged highways.
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United P
Pysensacola
Fla
Gulf of Mexico
Bahama Islands
Florida
Gulf
Alabama
Apalachicola
Port St. Joe
Pensacola
Weather Bureau
Mississippi
Carrabelle
Bahamas
Biloxi
Miss
Carolinas
Virginia
Atlantic
Naval
Key West
British Light
Coast Guard
Saukee
Scandia
Miami
Lloyd's Register
Danish Petroleum Company
Baltimore
Homestead
Florida Keys
Temperatures Through Morning Hours
Hourly readings show 6 am 54 and 7 am 54 degrees. 8 am 52 and 9 am 54. 10 am 56 and noon 61 degrees. The scattered numbers suggest a rising trend toward early afternoon.
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Gay
Warren Sampsell
Sampsell Long
Coffin Club
Elmer F. Gay
Arthur R. Robinson
Winkler
Him
Mrs. Pantages
M'Donald
Tarry
Gotham
MacDonald Party
Longworths
U. S
Britain
Slayer
Negro Ax
Tokio
Tokio Bay
Sachijo Island
Japan
Central News Station
Hirorito
Nagako
Shigeko
Saciko
Gulf Coasts
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