Hindenburg Hopes for Peace in Europe and Dawes Plan
President elect Hindenburg backs a safety pact among European nations and the continued Dawes plan to secure world peace. Chancellor Luther, speaking as Hindenburg’s mouthpiece, urged a peaceful understanding in Europe and a German disarmament show-down with the Allies.
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Berlin
Hindenburg
Luther
Europe
Germany
France
Ruhi
Cologne
Serbia Wins Bulgarian Concession in Belgrade Note
Bulgaria accedes to Serbia demands and will issue a new note with explicit apologies for recent accusations. Belgrade reports Serbia is appeased. Also Romania reacts to the Hindenburg election by demanding larger army readiness and anticipates a sharper split between reaction and radicalism in Germany.
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Unitid
Vienna
Bulgaria
Serbia
United Press
Belgrade
M. Walkarell
Romania
Hindenburg
Bucharest
Rumania
Florida lawmaker targets reference to flapper nickname
In Tallahassee on April 20 a Florida house resolution moves to deem calling a woman a flap per as unworthy of the state. Representative Branch of Liberty urges the measure saying the phrase insults young Florida women and should be seriously considered for passage.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Florida
Representative Branch
Liberty
Bee Nags Driver as Car Flips Near Cloverdale
A honey bee climbed between driver and passenger causing the car to overturn one mile north of Cloverdale Indiana. Rev Myers McKinney Birdseye and Mrs McKinney escaped with slight injuries while their daughter Mrs M G Thompson of Terre Haute was uninjured. The bee allegedly provoked the occupants into a struggle, leading to loss of control and a ditch landing.
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Cloverdale
Ind
Here
Myers McKinney
Birdseye
McKinney
M. G. Thompson
Terre Haute
Jury Deadlocks in Louis Owens Murder Trial
The jury in the Louis Owens murder case in Indianapolis failed to reach a verdict after roughly twenty four hours of deliberation. Owens a shell shocked World War I veteran faced murder charges.
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Lou Owens
Indianapolis
Louis Owens
Former Bloomington Police Chief Robbed at Stand
Former Chief Joseph Hensley was robbed at his soft drink and lunch stand on Walnut Street in Bloomington. A young man about 20 seized a moment when Hensley looked away, fled with $30 in gold, $25 in cash, a pearl necklace, three gold watches, a fountain pen, and a bank check from Fletcher American Bank Indianapolis.
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Bloomington
Ind
Joseph Hensley
South Walnut Street
Stephenson Says Not Worried by Pending Charges
Indian apolis April 29 D C Stephenson former klan leader charged with murder in Miss Madge Oberholtzer death shows no fear in public view, insists he is not worried as bail hearing for him and aides Karl Klenck and Karl Gentry set for Friday morning.
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Indianapolis
Marion County
D. C. Stephenson
Madge Oberholtzer
Stephenson
Karl Klenck
Karl Gentry
Civy
Miss Oberholtzer
Value of airplanes proved in Hawaiian battle
Honolulu April 29. The joint army and navy maneuvers near Oahu demonstrated the value of airplanes in scouting and reconnaissance say chief umpires Admiral Robert J. Coontz and Major General John L. Hines. Officials issued communiques detailing five day conferences to review contentions and outcomes of the Blue and Black forces.
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Honolulu
Oahu
Robert. J. Coontz
John L. Hines
Blue
Butcher Arrested in Chicago Mystery Case
Chicago police arrested L Kocurek a local butcher after a torso of a woman was found in a catch basin. Authorities believe the victim may be his wife Anna Matulinis born in Detroit killed about a year ago.
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Chicago
L. Kocurek
Kocurek
Anna Matulinis
Detroit
William Littlejohn
Littlejohn
Korcurek
French Schooner Mousmee Seized With 3000 Cases of Liquor
New York reports a coast guard cutter towed the French schooner Mousmee into port off the New Jersey coast with 3000 cases of liquor valued at 150000 dollars. Ten men aboard face charges of landing liquor in the United States. The seizure follows a similar capture on April 14 of the British schooner Madeline Adams with 3700 cases of liquor after a long chase.
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New York
New Jersey
Coast Guard
United States
Madeline
Four Teens Hurt in Texas Storm Damage
A violent wind and hail storm swept through Houston area causing injuries to four teens and heavy property damage. Local authorities reported the event on April 28 with crews assessing structural damage and utility outages.
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Texas
Houston
Tex
Four Die in Portland Morning Apartment Fire
Four persons were burned to death in an apartment house fire in Portland Oregon early today according to United Press dispatch. The incident occurred in the morning and details remain sparse.
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Portland
United Prisss Dispatch
Ore
England Returns to Gold Standard
London April 29 Great Britain has returned to the gold standard announced by Winston Spencer Churchill chancellor of the exchequer in a budget statement hailed as a major action. The gold standard restoration takes effect by a Bank of England bullion export license pending formal lapsing of the 1920 act on December 31 next.
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London
Great Britain
Winston Spencer Churchill
Bank of England
Frost Threatens Indiana Fields Tonight
An expected frost in southwestern Indiana could damage crops if skies clear. Tomato growers and packers in the north alerted the weather bureau after reports of possible frost. Temperatures fell from 62 to 40 degrees as cool weather persisted with rain in the south.
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Limited Press Dispatch
Indianapolis
Indiana
United States Weather Bureau
J. H. Armstron
Detroit Grand Jury Report Triggers City Officials Sweeping Action
Judge Frank Murphy leads a probe into Detroit business affairs. Arrest of one official, suspension of another, and warrants for three department heads mark first concrete results. Water board member Frank L. Sward resigns. county auditing head B. B. Pelham suspended. Prosecutor Robert M. Toms plans warrants for several more implicated figures.
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Detroit, Mich
Frank Murphy
Detroit
Grand Jury
John Smith
Frank L. Sward
City Water Board
B. B
Three Persons Leap to Their Death in Gotham
In New York on April 29 three people died by jumping from high windows. Samuel F. Barrows, elderly banker from Johnsonburg Pennsylvania, escaped nurses and leaped five stories as an onlookers watched. Roman Poppoff, patient at Sea View hospital, climbed to a roof and leaped after eluding a nurse. Anna Meeser, 25, a Riverside Drive maid, despondent for days, also killed herself.
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New York
Riverside Drive
Samuel F. Barrows
Johnsonburg
Barrows
Roman Poppoff
Seaview Hospital
New Springfield
5. S
Poppoff
Anna Meeser
Gilbert Davis Coal to reopen 10 mines on open shop basis
United Press Dispatch reports Gilbert Davis Coal Co to restart ten mines in West Virginia on an open shop basis and will not recognize unions. Police have been strengthened in the strike area amid fears of violence.
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Morgantown
W. Va
Gilbert Davis Coal Company
West Virginia
Prohibition Rigidity Planned Under Wright Bone Dry Law
In Indianapolis on April 29 authorities announce strict enforcement of the Wright bone dry law now in effect. Federal and state officers plan rigid action to curb violations under the new provisions.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Five Foreign Cars Entered in 500 Mile Indianapolis Event
Pietro Bordino, star Italian driver, has entered an Italian Fiat in the 13th international 500 mile race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on May 30. Bordino is the fifth foreign entry for the May race, joining three Guyot Specials and a Schmidt Special flying the tri color of France. Bordino, making his first Indianapolis appearance, previously raced in America as a Fiat mechanic in 1908 for Ralph de Palma.
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Indianapolis
Pietro Bordino
Italy
Fiat
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Bordino
Guyot
Trance
Ralph de Palma
State to press fight to revoke Bell charter May 9
The Indiana state government will reopen its bid to revoke the Indiana Bell Telephone charter in Johnson circuit court on May 9. The hearing will focus on the state's motion for a new trial following previous rulings.
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United Press
Franklin
Ind
Indiana Bell Telephone Company
Johnson Circuit Court
Mine Officials in Conference About Co operativ e Mining
Indianapolis April 29 United Mine Workers District 11 officials Tyler Lawton and William Mitch met with international president John L. Lewis to discuss the issue of cooperative mining.
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Indianapolis
Tyler Lawton
William Mitch
District 11
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Indiana Man Guest of Gen Hindenburg
Captain Bernard B. McMahon of Indianapolis, a DePauw graduate, met Gen. Paul von Hindenburg at his Hanover home. McMahon, last American officer to leave the army of occupation, found the German warlord to be conservative and thoughtful rather than a mere sword rattler.
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Indiana
Gen. von Hindenburg
Washington
von Hindenburg
Germany
Bernard B. McMahon
Hanover
Indianapolis
DePauw University
Dorothy Larkwood
Peru
Ind
McMahon
Coblen
Washington Gripped by Smallpox Epidemic
Washington faces the worst smallpox outbreak in a decade with 15 deaths and 100 cases in 90 days. A compulsory vaccination drive sweeps government offices and veterans bureau workers, while officials keep epidemic details secret and caution over a larger spread among 70,000 clerks and public school students.
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Washington
Senate
Corps of
Public Health Service
Veterans’ Bureau
Mants Found Dead In Car With Bullet Holes In Head Near Solsberry
Homer Oliphant, about 60, found dead in his Hudson coach near Solsberry at dawn. Bullet hole in temple and empty revolver in hand suggest murder or foul play. Wife visiting relatives. authorities doubt suicide given his generally optimistic nature and lack of known troubles. A robbery appears likely with 63 cans and a dollar found nearby.
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Mants
Carwin
Daily Citizen
Bloomfield
Homer Orphant
Sam Sparks
Solsberry
Oliphant
Corneas Chatoys
Vincennes
Stilesville Fire Destroys Eight Frame Buildings
In Stilesville near Plainfield eight frame buildings were destroyed by a morning fire. The loss is about $20,000.
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Plainfield
Ind
Stilesville
Here
Gary Officials Begin Federal Prison Terms
Thirty one Gary citizens convicted in federal court for conspiracy to violate national prohibition laws began jail terms. Former Mayor Johnson Clyde Hunter Dwight Kinder former county prosecutor Lewis Barnes board of works president Blaz Lucas left Indianapolis to serve sentences in Atlanta. Four others were sent to local jail: Mrs. Jennie Miller six weeks Andrew Wyton six months Matt Bucovich four months Dastar Njegovan four months.
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United Press Dispatch
Indianapolis
Gary
Johnson
Clyde Hunter
Dwight Kinder
Lewis Barnes
Board of Works
Blaz Lucas
Atlanta
Jennie Miller
Andrew Wyton
Matt Bucovich
Dastar Njegovan
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