Restraining Order Blocks Water Plant Power Disruption
Jasonville Water Company obtains a restraining order against Wabash Valley Electric to prevent cutting power to the Jasonville water plant. Judge Van Buskirk granted the order. a temporary injunction hearing is set for next Wednesday at 10 o clock. The water utility serves Jasonville and faces a rate hearing next Tuesday. Sheriff Ray served the order and current remains uninterrupted.
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Citizens Bloomfield Bureau
Bloomfield
Jasonville Water Company
Arthur Symms
Linton
van Buskirk
Greene Circuit Court
Wabash Valley Electric Company
Jasonville
Public Service Commission of
Indiana
Ray
Indictments Hit Niles Ohio Klans Parade Case
The Trumbull county grand jury indicted 104 individuals over the November 1 Kl Klux Klan parade disorders in Niles. It urged removal of Mayor Harvey C Kistler and Police Chief L J Rounds and called on the legislature to repeal charters allowing bands to act as state police and to create a state constabulary.
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Warren
Ohio
Trumbull County
Niles
Harvey C. Kistler
L. J. Rounds
Jury Delays Hight Case In Mt Vernon Court
The murder trial of Lawrence M. Hight and Mrs Elsie Sweetin was adjourned until Monday to complete a jury. Nine jurors were chosen, two more accepted by defense and tentatively by the state, leaving one seat empty. The jurors are mostly farmers with one factory worker. Mrs Sweetin asked the court’s permission to bob her hair before evidence begins.
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MT. Vernon
Lawrence M. Hight
Elsie Sweetin
Wilford Sweetin
Indianapolis Post Office Sees Postal Receipts Over Four Million
Indianapolis post office expects postal receipts to surpass 4 million dollars for the year, announced by postmaster Robert H. Bryson. The report highlights strong mail volume and fiscal performance in the city.
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Indianapolis
Robert H. Bryson
Game Warden Held After Warsaw Shooting
James Durham deputy game commissioner was jailed following the probable fatal shooting of 48 year old Charles Long of North Webster who resisted arrest.
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International News Service
Warsaw
Ind
James Durham
Charles Long
North Webster
Long
Durham
Bandits Rob Printer for $1009 Payroll Cash
Three bandits stopped a printer in Indianapolis worker Charles Henderson, 22, and holder of payroll money. They forced him to stop and cover him with a gun taking $1,000 in payroll funds. The incident occurred as they drove alongside the automobile today. The crime is reported by International News Service.
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Linternational News Service
Indianapolis
Charles Henderson
Teenager Fatally Wounds Himself After Note to Sweetheart
Lonnie French, 17, shot himself after writing a note to his schoolgirl sweetheart Katherine Elder expressing happiness with a rival. He had found a card in her home and was in serious condition at a Evansville hospital on Friday.
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Evansville
Ind
Katherine Elder
Lonnie French
Eight U S warehouse guards arrested in whisky theft
Federal agents arrest eight guards at a Chicago warehouse after a raid yielded 400 cases of whisky valued at 50 000 dollars. Authorities expect arrests of the ringleaders as a dozen guards are questioned and the warehouse held 3 000 000 dollars worth of confiscated liquor.
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Linternational News Service
Chicago
United States
Capper warns Republicans overconfidence risks western rift
Senator Capper, Kansas Republican, says the party victory may inflate egos and urges conservatives to avoid hardline liberal purges. He argues the West can survive without the GOP but the party cannot endure without Western support, following caucus expulsions of La Follette and others.
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Washington
Arthur Capper
Kansas
Mississippi River
Capper
la Follette, Ladd
Frazier
Brookhart
Norris
Howell
Borah
Couzens
Hiram Johnson
Harrold
Congress
Old Guard
Senate
Coolidge
West
Indiana high school tourney plan approved by referendum
In Anderson Indiana the Indiana high school Athletic Association announced the vote on the basket tourney proposal. The referendum passed 606 to 62. The plan gives the host school 200 dollars for expenses and divides the rest of receipts equally among teams and by season ticket sales.
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High School Association
Chaplin Bride Meets California Schooling Law
Charles Chaplin's sixteen year old wife has satisfied the California compulsory schooling law requirements. The declaration came today from Raymond Dunlop, director of the compulsory education department in Los Angeles, following an investigation into the case.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Charles + Chaplin
California
Raymond Dunlop
Compulsory Education Department
Governor Small Injured in Pontiac Car Crash
In Pontiac Illinois a car carrying Governor Len Small his son Leslie Small and two aides overturned during return to the governor's home. Leslie Small sustained a broken collar bone and other injuries while the governor and other companion were reported slightly injured.
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Kankakee
Ill
Len Small
Leslie Small
Pontiac
Senator Smith Plans Rail Legislation on Agriculture Rates
Washington December 6 Congress will be asked to cut freight rates for agriculture and to modify the railroad labor board powers under tentative railroad legislation announced by Senator Ellison D Smith Democrat of South Carolina chairman of the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Washington
Congress
Railroad Labor Board
Ellison D. Smith
South Carolina
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Underwood bill eyed to dispose Muscle Shoals properties
Washington December 6 administration forces and southern senators near unity raise prospects the senate will pass the Underwood bill early next week to dispose of the government's Muscle Shoals power and nitrate properties.
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Washington
Senate
Man long missing declared legally dead in Pike County
In Pike circuit court William Armstrong son of Lizzie Armstrong Miller was declared legally dead. Charles Harris of Orwell Ind was appointed administrator of Armstrongs estate. Armstrong disappeared about 21 years ago while world roaming with last contact from England. Heirs seek to settle the mothers estate valued at about $5,000 in money and bonds.
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Petersburg
Ind
Pike
William Armstrong
Lizzie Armstrong Miller
Charles Harris
Orwell
Armstrong
England
Regulation clash over motor bus and truck traffic control
Indiana lawmakers debate whether the Public Service Commission or the Highway Commission should regulate motor buses and trucks. Bus men favor the highway panel while others argue the Public Service Commission has the machinery for rate making and insurance. Judge Albert B. Anderson clashed with federal agent Dr. R A Gipson in court over Horton trapping methods.
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NWS Service
Indianapolis
Public Service Commission
Highway Commission
Indiana Highway and Motor Association
Miners President Backs Sanders for Federal Judge
John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers added his endorsement to Everett Sanders a retiring Fifth Indiana congressman as the preferred appointee to the federal bench if Judge Albert B Anderson moves to the circuit court. The statement followed talks with John Hessler and William Mitch leaders of District No. 11.
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Terre Haute
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Everett Sanders
Congress
Indiana
Albert B. Anderson
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Lewis
John Hessler
William Mitch
Two Suspects Arrested in Indianapolis Bank Burglary
Chicago report states two men, Fred Graham and Alfred Henderson, were arrested as suspects in a $100,000 safety-deposit box burglary at the Merchants Bank building in Indianapolis. Authorities say $10,000 in bonds were found in one suspect’s possession. Graham is listed as 32 and from Buffalo, New York. Henderson is described as a Negro.
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Chicago
Merchants Bank
Indianapolis
Fred Graham
Buffalo
N. Y
Alfred Henderson
Robbery at 20 000 Jewelry Value in New York
Three armed men trailing a cabaret party beat Jacques P. Rosenberg a 68 year old broker and robbed him of jewelry valued at 20000 amid his wife during their wedding trip return.
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International News Service
New York
Jacques P. Rosenberg
Rosenberg
Carlisle Telephone Fight Grows Serious in Indiana
Carlisle Indiana reports escalating local telephone dispute over a proposed rate increase and mismanagement. More than 200 patrons have removed their phones, farmers lead removals, a new company with 300000 dollars capital is planned, while A L Finch controls 61 percent stock and a franchise blocking rivals.
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Carlisle
Ind
Public Service Commission
A. L. Finch
Mr. Finch
Beef Tops Meats On Dinner Tables In National Survey
The Department of Agriculture finds beef preferred on 60 percent of American dinner tables. It notes most housekeepers recognize only a few of the many beef cuts in a survey of retail meat industry and consumer buying habits.
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Washington
Department‘ of Agriculture
Indictments Hit Weehawken Bootlegging Scandal
Hudson county grand jury indicts Police Commissioner Harry J Stearns Jersey City broker William Griffin and ten Weehawken officers including two leaders. Investigations reveal dock smuggling protected by police with Father Bennett aiding. Prosector John Milton vows action against higher-ups. Conspiracy and malfeasance charged as arrests await.
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Jersey City
N. J
Harry J Stearns
Weehawken
William Griffin
Jersey
Hudson County Grand Jury
Hudson County
John Milton
Fears Over French War Debt Negotiations In Britain
Washington reports officials worry over the furore in Great Britain as Mellon and Jules Jusserand discuss funding of France's four million dollar debt. The situation may require careful maneuvering to preserve U S finances and Anglo American ties.
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International News’ Service
Washington
Administration
Great Britain
Mellon
Jules Jusserand
France
United States
Hinkle W. Hays Wins Tax Case in Indiana
Hirkie W. Hays of Sullivan brother of Will Hays won a state tax board case reducing the assessment of his $60,000 Sullivan home. He argued the county assessment was excessive and should reflect the countywide value, leading to a lower fixed assessment for Sullivan County in 1925.
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Indianapolis
Hirkie W. Hays
Sullivan
Will Hays
State Tax Board
Hays
I County
Sullivan County
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Wabash Electric CO
Niles, Ohio
I. O
Gapper
Tion
Governor Small
Pike County
Judge Anderson
General Assembly
Gipson
Anderson
He Does
Rate Department
The
Miners
Sanders
Cabaret
Plan New Company
New Jersey
John Dorsey
Father. Bennett
Str Lawrence’s Catholic Church
Stearns
Griffin
John McMann
U. S
Hinkle W. Hays
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