Immediate trial agreed in McClintock murder case
Chicago report says William D. Shepherd faces an immediate trial if bail is not reopened. State's Attorney Crowe backs prompt action as Stewart presses for bail hearing reconsideration amid new affidavits. A letter hints at prior poisoning charges over the McClintock fortune, linking Lyman G. Coswell and others to potential estate claims.
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William McClintock
Billy
Lewis Peterson
Ocean Side
Cal
Lyman G. Coswell
McClintock, Sr
William W. Gaswell
Lyman
Sarah Hicking McClintock
McClintock
Peterson
Chicago
William Smith
Belleville
Ill
Shepherd
Billy Shepherd
Wisconsin Wet Minority Concedes In Anti Prohibition Bills In Senate
In Madison on April 1 the wet minority in the Wisconsin senate conceded defeat for two prohibition repeal bills. The bills aim to memorialize Congress to legalize light wines and beer and to exempt home brew and alcoholic fruit juice from state prohibition enforcement. Publicity and opposition from the Wisconsin Anti Sabah league and various district officials swayed votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unit Press Dispatch
Madeson
Wis
Wisconsin Senate
Gedelman Coruy
Congress
Barker
Gettelman
United Press
Dodge Brothers Change Hands in Major Merger Push
United Press reports the Dodge Brothers Automobile Co. has been acquired by Dillon Reed & Co. after a battle with Morgan interests. The deal involves more than 150 million dollars and is seen as a prelude to a 500 million dollar merger including Packard Hudson and Briggs Body.
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New York
Dodge Brothers Automobile Co
Dillon, Reed & Co
Morgan
Packard Motor Co
Hudson Motor Co
Briggs Body Corporation
Organized Search For Youthful Bandits In Indiana
An organized search stretched across northern Indiana and southern Michigan for the trio of boy bandits who robbed the Laketon bank of 2100 dollars. The trio was followed in their car to near Warsaw but escaped capture.
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United Press Dispatch
Wabash, Ind
Indiana
Michigan
Laketon
Here
Warsaw
Indiana Attorney General Warns of Bone Dry Act Enforcement
Indiana Attorney General Gilliam mails letters to all prosecutors about the new bone dry law set to take effect June 1. He urges cooperation in enforcement, notes drastic penalties, and says purchasing receiving or possessing liquor can be punished like manufacturing or selling. He emphasizes public duty and the sovereign will of the people.
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Gilliom
Indianapolis
dArthur L. Gilliam
Indiana
Gilliam
State rests in Chapman case as star witness testifies
Hartford April 1. The state rests its murder case against Gerald Chapman as Judge Groehl prepares to call final witnesses. Star witness Walter Shean, a life of crime confessor, describes bank robberies and forgeries while his father, hotel owner Charles Shean, watches loyally.
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Hartford
Conn
Gerald Chapman
Shelley
Groehl
Waliter Shean
Chapman
Grohl
New Britain
Shean
Charles T. Shean
Springfiellde
Mass
Gas tax collections rise to over $311 thousand in March
United Press Dispatch reports Indiana state auditors say gasoline tax receipts totaled 311214 in March an increase of 83000 from last year With a one cent fas tax hike in effect today monthly collections are expected to exceed 450000.
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United Press Dispatch
Indianapolis
Witness owner backs Springfield Iteam player Walker
The witness is the owner of the Springfield baseball team in the Eastern Association. Walker is not a bad boy, says Shean's father, but he has been unfortunate in choosing companions. He has had every advantage, with no reason to crime. Money and influence back him only if he tells the truth.
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Springfield Baseball Iteam
Walker
Shean
Twenty seven Klansmen found guilty in Niles riot case
Twenty seven Ku Klux Klan members were convicted on charges tied to the Niles Ohio rioting last November that led to martial law. One defendant was fined 300 dollars with 260 suspended for good behavior.
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Niles, C
TNE HB
National News Service
Warren
Ku Klux Klan
Niles
Hach
Turley and Others Off for Leavenworth to Start Terms
Indianapolis April 1 Seven teen federal prisoners sent to Leavenworth Kansas for term starts including Otis Turley Bicknells chief of police Mayor Callahan sentenced to two years and appealing stayed there.
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Turley
Leavenworth
International News Service
Indianapolis
Kansas
Otis Turley
Bicknell
Callahan
Soviet Denies Trotsky Death Rumor
Soviet officials denied claims that Leon Trotsky was killed and his body destroyed. They stated Trotsky is alive and writing a book at Suchum, Russia.
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Trotsky
International News Service
Moscow
Leon Trotsky
Trotzky
Suchum
Russia
Speeders Clash With Street Car. Three Die In Crash
An automobile at sixty miles per hour struck a street car in downtown St. Paul, killing two men and a woman and critically injuring another man and woman. The International News Service report notes the victims and the high speed of the collision.
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ST. Paul
International News Service
France's Cold Water Won't Stop Arms Meet
Washington April 1 Officials affirmed France's opposition to the arms limitation conference proposed for Washington next fall. Despite French objections and a cool water stance, President Coolidge remains determined to hold the conference with strong backing from Britain and Japan and ongoing administration efforts.
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France
International Nisws Sigavici
Washington
Coolidge
Japan
West Virginia Miners Strike Call Opens UMWA Effort
Morgantown April 1 A general strike of all northern West Virginia bituminous coal miners is set for today marking the UMWA push to unionize the state All mines in West Virginia both union and nonunion are idle for the eight hour day The outcome hinges on later openings and sheriff mobilization remains possible to handle any disorder
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Iuntitico Press
Morgantown
W. Va
West Virginia
United Mine Workers of America
Union
Nonunion
W. A. Bucner
United Mine Workers
Wolkout
Bittner
Rights for Men in Wisconsin Bill Aims to Shield From Blackmail
Madison April 1 Equal rights for men are sought in a Wisconsin bill by Senator Max Hecker to amend the rape statute and bar uncorroborated testimony in criminal assault cases. Barber notes women’s protection and the risk of blackmail, citing judges backing the measure and citing cases of unsubstantiated evidence.
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United Press Dispatch
Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Max Hecker
Racine
J. “. Barber
Barber
Wisconsin County Judges’ Association
Wisconsin Hallmarks of a Blackmail Plot Warned By Editor
A Wisconsin editor decries female centered blackmail schemes targeting young men, claiming threats of court action force payments. The writer asserts many cases nationwide go unreported and urges action to stop such fraud in the state.
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Wisconsin
Arguments Finished in Telephone Suit in Indiana
In Franklin IndianaArguments ended at noon today in the states suit to annul the charter of Indiana Bell Telephone Company Judge Miller said he would spend an hour instructing the jury and a verdict was expected by morning This item reflects a legal action by the state against a major telecommunications firm with a pending jury ruling.
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Franklin
Ind
Indiana Bell Telephone Company
Miller
Mails Cash Heist in Buffalo Cleared
The $120000 theft from the United States mails on February 27 was solved with the arrests of August Lehmann, 42, a Pennsylvania Railway car cleaner, and Herman Reis, 43. Lehmann faces a mail robbery charge while Reis, alias Rice, is charged with receiving and passing stolen bills. Investigators expect further arrests of others who circulated the bills.
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United Press Dispatch
Buffalo
N. Y
United States
August Lehmann
Pennsylvania Railway Company
Herman Reis
Lehmann
Reis
Rice
Post Office
Government suit against Standard Oil opens in court
The government's patent and price fixing case against Standard Oil of Indiana and fifty subsidiaries opened in federal court in Chicago this morning. The proceeding, charging violation of patents and conspiracy to regulate gasoline prices and production, is expected to last several days.
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International News Service
Chicago
Standard Oil Company of Indiana
One Killed and Another Hurt at Crossing
Milford Junction Ind April 1 Russell Eisenbladder 27 was killed instantly when the car he drove was demolished by a Baltimore and Ohio freight train at a grade crossing Roy Stouder of Waterford Mills Ind was injured in the crash
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International News Service
Milford Junction
Ind
Russell Eisenbladder
Roy Stouder
Waterford Mills
Eisenbladder
Baltimore & Ohio
Pope Escapes Injury After Carriage Bolts
In Rome on April date Pope Pius was not harmed when horses drawing his carriage bolted after a band causing the coachman to fall. The incident occurred as the horses panicked, and international dispatches report the pope escaped uninjured.
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International Mews Service
Rome
Pope Pius
Griffin Sees New Homes Rising After Tornado
Griffin Indiana April 1 skeleton frameworks of new houses and business buildings rise rapidly from storm wreckage. Several homes nearly completed and more under construction. Timber reused from old buildings. Red Cross coordinates orphan adoption plan and lists potential adopters from nearby areas.
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United Press Dispatch
Griffin
Ind
Othrs
Red Cross
Princeton men join debris clearing in Gibson county cyclone
In Princeton Indiana business and professional men donned overalls to help clear debris from the Gibson county cyclone path. Over one hundred workers were recruited, with fifty more from Boonville sent to assist. A battery of twenty tractors loaned by a manufacturing company is ready to aid spring plowing once the area is cleared.
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Princeton
Ind
Gibson County
Boonville
Manufacturing Company
County Garage Fire Destroys Nine Autos in Indianapolis
Nine Marion county cars were destroyed by a fire that swept the county garage in Indianapolis last night. The loss was placed at 25000 dollars.
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Indianapolis
Marion County
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