Indianapolis Prepares for Major Liquor Raid Trial
Indianapolis sets February for a key liquor raid trial. Ken Motlow Tennessee distiller and associates Thomas Hefferman and H L Dahl face charges. Motlow removal to Indiana was blocked. Albert Ward U S district attorney disclosed. Four of thirty nine indicted remain at large. Once arrested, trial dates will be set. Remus, the government star witness, is under police protection in the east fearing a life threat.
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Ken Motlow
Tennessee
Thomas Hefferman
H. L. Dahlman
Motlow
Indiana
Albert Ward
United States
Baltzell
Remus
Indiana Avenue
Indianapolis
Harris
Evansville
Indianapolis sweeps for liquor violators in eight squads
Federal agents joined Marion county deputies and city police in eight raid squads targeting Indianapolis liquor law violators. About forty sites visited with sixty five arrests expected, including eight women, across pool rooms and soft drink parlors. Suspects face multiple charges and will be questioned at the federal building before county court arraignments.
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Indianapolis
Marion County
A. R. Harris
Indiana
Fach
Marion County Criminal Court
Indiana Gov Jackson Visits President Without Comment
Governor Adlai Stevenson Jackson of Indiana and Senator Robinson visited President Coolidge at the White House. They declined to discuss possible political moves in Indiana before the next primary.
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Washington
Ad Jackson
Indiana
Robinson
President Coolidge
White House
Salary Cuts Declared Illegal By Judge Chambers
In Indianapolis on December 29 Judge Chamberlain ruled that the State Finance committee has no authority to alter the salaries of Public Service Commission members. He held salaries are fixed by law and beyond the committee’s power to change.
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Indianapolis
State Finance Committee
State Public Service Commission
Fire devastates Muncie Motor Sales and Yorktown restaurant
In early morning fires two men were injured as the Muncie Motor Sales Co dis tributed Nash autos and a three story building burned. About fifty cars were destroyed and losses reach $60,000. At Yorktown a Payton Burgess restaurant was wiped out. a Yorktown fireman suffered injuries and the building owner incurred losses of $10,000. Firefighters battled freezing conditions amid the blaze.
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Muncie
Ind
Yorktown
Muncie Motor Sales Co
Nash Automobiles
Payton Burgess
Frank Keys
Freman
Daniel Cox
The
Motor Company
County Commissioners Inspect City Hospital Visit
The county commissioners from Knox Sullivan and Greene counties visited the city hospital yesterday. They voted to provide the hospital a $1500 grant. The joint meeting was held in Sullivan.
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Knox
Sullivan
Greene County
Convicted Booze Conspirators 10 Receive Sentence
Indianapolis dispatch reports 25 men convicted of conspiracy to violate the national prohibition act over water substituted for bonded whiskey at the St. Louis Jack Daniels distillery will be sentenced in federal court tomorrow. Several named defendants include Arnold J. Hellmich Nath Goldstein and Michael J. Kinney. Two women were released. Attorneys plan appeals after sentences. John Marcus has already been sentenced. Toledo seeks action on murder charges.
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Indianapolis
St. Louis
Robert Baltzell
Arnold J. Hellmich
Internal Revenue
Nath Goldstein
Michael J. Kinney
Imogene Remus
George Remus
John Marcus
Jude Baltzell
Marion County
Toledo
Printing of 1926 Auto License Lists planned
Indiana Secretary of State Schortemeier plans new 1926 automobile license lists after underusing a $10,000 appropriation. The 1925 effort was transcribed and mimeographed to save funds, while many police chiefs did not use the large lists, now stored in the statehouse basement after 1926 plates sold.
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Indianapolis
Schortemeier
Fern House Dies After Three-Week Illness
Mrs Fern House wife of the famed bandit A House dies at Union hospital after lingering near death for nearly three weeks. She was among those wounded in the December 12 shooting at Larimer Hill. The incident began as a drunken brawl involving Fred Henry Col Ralph Henry Pearl Linton Mrs Fern House and Joe Denham.
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Terre Haute
Fern House
Florida
Union Hospital
Pearl Linton
Mrs. Fern House
Joe Denham
Indiana building boom drives 20 percent rise in 1925
Indiana saw a twenty percent increase in building activity in 1925 over 1924. Northern counties led gains, with Elkhart topping the list and South Bend Mishawaka and Fort Wayne following. The Calumet region surged, Evansville and Terre Haute also improved, while Indianapolis reported over a threefold rise in building.
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United Press Dispatch
Indianapolis
Indiana
L. K. Murchie
Indiana State Real Estate Board
United Press Today
Murchie
Elkhart
South Bend
Mishawaka
Fort Wayne
Calumet
Evansville
Terre Haute
Indiana Governor Sees Growth in North and Plans State Campaign
Murchie notes one man built and sold 55 new homes in the year while Anderson, Richmond, Mitchell, Bedford and Bloomington show gains but lag northern Indiana. He adds plans for a statewide advertising drive to boost Indiana's growth, projecting five years of expansion comparable to fifteen under normal conditions.
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Murchie
Anderson
Richmond
Mitchell
Bedford
Bloomington
Indiana
Hoover urges tight rubber use and price goals
Secretary Hoover tells reporters the United States should aim for eight dollars a bushel for wheat and seventy five cents a pound for cotton if Britain boosts rubber prices. He calls for public cooperation in “Hooverizing” rubber and says the aim is to use less rubber, not seek reprisals.
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United Press Dispatch
Washington
United States
Great Britain
Secretary of Commerce
Hoover
Ice jams threaten Ohio river traffic near Evansville
Ice floes grew worse on the Ohio river at Evansville as a heavy jam formed north of the city yesterday and then broke. The Bay Queen remained tied in the harbor below the wharf after failing to reach refuge in Green River. Ferries to western Kentucky and the Cairo ferry were out of service or limited, affecting river travel.
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Evansville
Ind
Ohio River
Green River
Kentucky
Cairo
Brookline Woman Hears Death Shot From Boston Broker
Edwyna Austin of Brookline Massachusetts heard a distant shot via telephone. Officials report N L Langworthy a Boston broker who had just been divorced in Providence shot himself after Miss Austin refused his proposal.
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Edwyna Austin
Brookline
Mass
N. L. Langworthy
Boston
Providence
Elder Coolidge Holds Steady After Uneasy Night
Col John C Coolidge aged 80 father of the president remained unchanged in condition after a fairly comfortable night in Plymouth Vermont His nurse Mrs May Johnson said he slept well and was generally restful He is bedbound due to faulty circulation causing paralysis of his right leg Doctor Albert F Gram of Bridgewater was to visit later
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Plymouth
John C. Coolidge
May Johnson
Albert F. Gram
Bridgewater
Col. Coolidge
Backbone of Winter Breaks in Indiana
Indiana broke the winter's worst cold as freezing temperatures eased nationwide. At 7 a.m. in Indianapolis the thermometer was six degrees, six points warmer than yesterday, with statewide highs expected near 20 degrees and warmer weather tomorrow.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Weather Bureau
Negotiations Open on Anthracite Coal Strike Resolution
Representatives of coal miners and operators begin talks in New York to end the Atlantic City walkout. Major W W Inglis and John L Lewis attend as the scale and five year contract proposals face possible arbitration and a Pinchot plan revival. Observers note potential government mediating interest but doubt President Coolidge will intervene directly.
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New York
Atlantic City
W. W. Inglis
John L. Lewis
United Mine’ Workers
Middle West
Waldorf
Cadillac
Unida
Gov. Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Coolidge
Secretary of Commerce
Hoover
Washington
Dickinson Attacks Administration Over Farm Aid
Congressman L. B. Dickinson denounces the national administration for failing to provide relief for midwestern agriculture during a speech at the All Town Agricultural Conference in Des Moines Iowa.
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Des Moines
Iowa
National Administration
L. d. Dickinson
Alltown Agricultural Conference
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