Trials Set For County Court as Liquor Offenders Face Bar
In Bloomfield on Feb 21 several state and civil cases were scheduled. Notable items include John Wolford child neglect with a $10 fine and six months penal form, suspended on bond payments to the Greene County clerk, plus multiple other trials such as John Hensley for rape on March 4 and several liquor and possession cases set through March 9.
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Bloomfield
State of Indiana
John Wolford
Greene County
Wolford
State
Herman “Gooner
Mayor’s Court
Linton
State of
Clifford Cantrell
John Wise
Floyd Snow
John Ploutz
Millard Spurlin
William Hamilton
William Daniels
Hubert Hudson
Winfield Craft
Dock Rush
Ted. Warnick
Detroit man admits boasting on Chicago massacre claim
Detroit police said George Lewis or Joe Lewis alias St Louis Nosey told officers he was just boasting about bumping off a party in Chicago. Investigators doubt the claim, noting he was arrested after boasting to associates about killing a man amid a Chicago gang massacre. Inspector Garvin described the tale as an attempt to impress other crooks.
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Unuthd Press Dispatch
Detroit
Mich
Chicago
George Lewis
Joe Lewis
St. Louis
Henry J. Garvin
Lewis
Steady Progress in Goosepond Well Drilling
The Goosepond well has steadily advanced after months of work. Drilling reached 1765 feet at midnight and geologists indicate possible oil. Promoter A R Morris and the on site team remain encouraged and expect further developments soon.
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A. R. Morris
Indiana Snow Storm Brings Transportation Standstill
A blinding snow storm grips northern and central Indiana. Motor traffic halts and interurbans lag schedules as hundreds of accidents occur from frozen windshields and slick streets. Trains move cautiously. coal shortages and cold conditions hit idle coal fields and river lowlands. An army of workers clears streets in Indianapolis to ease traffic.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Fireman Crushed to Death in Indianapolis Engine Wreck
Feb 21 Indianapolis Big Four yards report says freight engine collided with passenger engine. Fireman J N Thomas was fatally crushed when the tender and cab were jammed in the crash while he shoveled coal. Other crew members escaped unharmed.
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Indianapolis
J. N. Thomas
Thomas
Legislature Moves To Change Election Statutes
Indiana lawmakers advance election measures as the Senate prepares third reading on the Moorhead bill to give public service commissions court representation. League of Women Voters seeks permanent registration while Donnell-Claycombe election machinery measure moves toward rejection. Proposals to curb proxies, require alternate delegates, and tighten absent voter ballots also progress amid committee reports and anticipated floor action.
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United Press Dispatch
Indianapolis
Senate
House
League of Women Voters
Donnell-Claycombe
Congress Debates Nicaragua Canal Resolution and Public Lands Report
Today in Congress the Senate considers the Edge Nicaragua canal resolution while the Public Lands Committee reviews the Sterling Salt Creek report. The House pursues consent calendar actions as the Military Affairs Committee discusses an army promotion bill.
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Senate
Public Lands
HOUSE
Military Affairs
Greene County Christmas Seals Sales Report Total $581.80
Mrs Gertie Y Davis president of the Greene County Red Cross reports county Christmas seals sales totaling 581.80 with Bloomfield Richland Township leading at 197.68 and Newberry Cass sending 21.70. One thousand three hundred forty letters were sent, 497 paid, 284 returned, 276 did not respond. School teachers 283 letters sent, 65 paid.
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Gertie Y. Davis
Bloomfield
Greene County Red Cross
Richland Township
Linton
Stockton
Jasonville
Wright Township
Worthington
Jefferson
Lyons
Washington
Switz City
Pairplay
Grant
Stafford
Taylor
Newberry and
Cass
President Invited to Press Electric Button in Vincennes Memorial Event
United Press dispatch from Indianapolis reports President Coolidge is invited to press an electric button to ignite blasts at a grain elevator tower site for Vincennes Sesquicentennial opening. Indiana leaders attend via special train. luncheon, dinner, and invocations planned with state officials and dignitaries.
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Indianapolis
Coolidge
George Rogers Clark
Vincennes
General Assembly
C. B. Coleman
Sesquicentennial Commission
Harry G. Leslie
Mers. Francis H. Gavish
Gibault
John Clearwater
Crawfordsville
Indiana Society of Sons of the American Revolution
Claude Gregg
William A. Fortune
Memorial Commission
W. H. Wiley
Columbus
Hoover Silent as Inauguration Day Nears
Washington Feb 21 President elect Hoover maintains silence as a deliberate shield against party political influence in cabinet selection and policy planning. Close associates say he seeks men of proven ability to shape an administration on broad lines.
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Washington
Hoover
Woaver
Timely Discovery Prevents Bomb Blast at Federal Building
New Haven postal workers thwart a planned explosion at the federal building housing the post office. An ingenious time bomb was found minutes before detonation, with authorities saying it contained enough explosives to wreck the building where about one hundred people work.
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Federal
New Haven
Conn
Post Office
Lindbergh Flies Over Indiana During Inspection Tour
Indianapolis reports Col. Charles A. Lindbergh abandons a brief halt and resumes his transcontinental Air Transport company inspection tour heading to St. Louis at 1102 a.m. The Colonel conducts a quick check of the landing field here before continuing.
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United Press Dispatch
Indianapolis
Charles A. Lindbergh
St. Louis
Herve
Inaugural Parade Colorful Pageant For Hoover
Washington plan for the presidential inaugural parade has the first division composed of military units from the army Navy marine corps coast guard district National Guard naval militia and officers reserve corps. The second division will include all other units with at least twenty eight volunteers and representatives from state legislatures veterans groups and patriotic organizations as Herbert Hoover prepares to take the oath.
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Washington
Charles Summerall
Army Chief of Staff
Dny
Herbert Hoover
Bene
Prand
Army
Navy
Aarine Corps
Coast Guard
District National Guard
Naval Militia
Povertiers
American Legion
Borah Declines Attorney General Post in Hoover Cabinet
Senator William J. Borah has declined President Herbert Hoover’s offer of the attorney generalship. The invitation was reported after a conference in Washington last night, with Borah and Hoover both refusing to discuss the talks.
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Smited
Washington
William J. Borah
Hoover
United Press
Borah
Hledt Hoover
Runaway School Boy Killed Boarding Freight Train
James M. Coons, a missing high school pupil from Niglwmarket Ind, was killed in Mineola Texas while attempting to board a freight train. He had run away from his foster father Frank I Coons.
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United Press Dispatch
Niglwmarket
Ind
James M. Coons
Mineola
Tex
Frank i, Coons
Rotary Convention Opens at Terre Haute District Meet
The annual Rotary district convention in Terre Haute Ind opens today and runs through Friday. It features officer elections the convention call and an indoor circus with 100 cast members 76 acts societies marching clubs and other units in the parade. A sky parade with fifty army planes the dirigible Los Angeles and other aircraft will pass over the capital.
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Disvatuus
Pennsylvania Avenue
White House
Los Angeles
Five Children Die in Illinois Home Fire and One Rescued
Fire at John Ooms home in Illinois yesterday killed five children and left one rescued. Mrs Ooms and her husband fought to save the youngsters as flames swept through a one room dwelling, blocking exits and trapping the family. The mother and father perished while attempting to reach the children, who were unable to escape.
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Illinois
Ness
Sarah
Tragic Fire Claims Mangold Family in Carroll Town
In Altoona Pennsylvania on February 21 a mother Mia Mangold and five children died when their Carroll Town home burned. Leo Mangold husband and father and neighbor Harry Detrow escaped with Mrs Mangold, who returned inside to save the children and perished with them.
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Daily Citizen
Altoona
Carrolltown
Mia
Leo Mangold
Paul
Mary Frances
Mary Grace
Regis
Bobby
Harry _Detrow
Fire Claims Family In Millsboro Cabin Tragedy
Mrs Zemas Berkey and her three children died in a Millsboro Somerset county cabin fire last night. Berkey suffered burns and was found prostrated after the blaze.
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Johnstown
Z4emas Berkey
Millsboro
Somerset County
Berkey
Coolidge Offered Four Year Job At Big Salary
In Indianapolis on February 21 President Coolidge was offered the post of director general of the educational program for the Home Furnishings Industry of the United States and chairman of the board of directors for the Millis Adye Company. The proposed salary is $75,000 per year, and the offer was reportedly dispatched to the White House today.
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United Press Dispatch
Indianapolis
Aident Coolidge
United States
Millis. Adye Company
Tadiliapali
White House
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Denver C. Harlan
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Albert R. Bernhardt
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