Merom Bank Robbery at Noon Net $2000 Vault Loot
Two masked men entered the Merom State Bank before noon and forced Assistant Cashier John Mason to lie on the floor while one guard stood watch. They rifled an open vault and packed about $2,000 into a sack before fleeing in a Chrysler touring with two accomplices. Police notified, no wires cut. later reports say the loss was covered by insurance.
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John Mason
Merom State Bank
Mason
Giuch
Zun
Huser
Meroni
Indiana Bank Robberies Prompt Insurance Rate Hike Warning
Indianapolis June 4 prediction that bank insurance rates in Indiana will rise as robberies persist. Thomas King of the American Surety Co. warned that if robberies continue at the same rate, premiums must go up.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Thomas King
American Surety Co
Chapman reprieved from death to Dec 3 by Gov Trumbull
Gerald Chapman once condemned for the murder of a New Britain policeman has received a reprieve until December 3 from Governor Trumbull. The June 25 execution date is postponed as authorities review the case.
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Chapman
Trumbull
Hartford
Conn
Gerald Chapman
New Britain
Klan Leader Dr. Locke Taken Into Custody
Dr John G Locke grand dragon of Colorado Klan was seized by a U S marshal on a court order for appearance in tax return probe. Attorney J H Brown was ejected from the courtroom after refusing to stop plea for bail while Judge J B Symes presided.
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Denver
Colo
John G. Locke
Colorado
J. H. Brown
Locke
J.B Symes
Dr. Locke
Lewis to Help Fix Loading Machines Scale
John L. Lewis the United Mine Workers president was to come to Terre Haute this afternoon to confer with district officials and Ebbw Vale mine officials on establishing a pay scale for a loading machine to be installed at the mine.
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Lewis
Terre Haute
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Tyler Lawton
Ebbw Vale
Woman Bandit of Chicago Expected to Become Mother
June 4 in Chicago Judge Joseph B. David will sentence Mrs. Anna Hughes, a convicted gun robber, who is pregnant and expects to be a mother soon. The jury convicted her yesterday afternoon, and she faces three to twenty years in prison.
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Chicago
Joseph B. David
David
Anna Hughes
Stick-up bandits rob Worthington restaurant man
A Ford touring car pulled up at Busy Bee restaurant Worthington two bandits robbed proprietor ER Cornelius of about 65 dollars after entering with a shotgun and revolver. They fled west on state road 12 toward this city as police hunted in the area.
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ER. C. Cornelius
Worthington
Hoosier State
Cornelius
Mr. Cornelius
Vincennes
Linton
Trail Bank Robbers In Indianapolis Question Taxi Driver
Ernest Sickle a 25 year old taxi driver was questioned by detectives in tracing the Rural street branch robbery of Fletcher Savings Trust Co tallying 3000 dollars. Sickle said he drove a man to the bank around the holdup time and picked him up after he left, then drove him toward downtown. He paid little attention to the suspect’s appearance and knew nothing of the crime as it happened.
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Indianapolis
Ernest Sickle
Fletcher Savings & Trust Co
Sickle
Chinese situation closes up banks in Canton clash feared
San Francisco June 4. Banks and business houses in Canton China have closed amid preparations for a clash between rival militant factions. Cable dispatches report the security measures and anticipated disruption in the old treaty port.
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San Francisco
Cal
Canton
China
Attacks on Olsen Stir Crowe in Shepherd Case
Chicago June 4. Disappearance of Estelle Gehl ing a key witness against William D Shepherd has prompted State’s Attorney Crowe to tighten actions against witness tampering in the germ murder trial. Crowe accuses the defense of discrediting witnesses as a legitimate but aggressive tactic.
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Olsen
Crowes
Shepherd
United Press Dispatch
Chicago
Estelle Gehling
William D. Shepherd
Crowe
Germ
Lanitied Press Dispatch
William Dpd
Midwestern News Sees Fifth Day Of Developments
The middle west entered its fifth day of unfolding events as reporters tracked ongoing developments across multiple states. Authorities urged calm while communities awaited further briefings and updates on g overnment actions and public responses.
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United Press Dispatch
Chicago
Middle West
Simple Ceremony Today Marks Rites for Z R Marshall
The body of Thomas Riley Marshall, wartime vice president and former Indiana governor, was interred at Crown Hill in Indianapolis after a simple private service. A Masonic ceremony and religious rites were held at the Marshall home before the procession to the cemetery.
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Z. R. Marshall
United Press Dispatch
Indianapolis
Thomas Riley Marshall
United States
Indiana
Crown Hill Cemetery
Clyde Hoffman
Ancient Landmarks Lodge of
Masonic Order
Marshall Home
North
Ilinois Street
William Smith
First Presbyterian Church of
William Gacke
Fort Wayne
Supreme Council of the Order
Coolidge
General Pershing
Wabash College
Marshall
Secretary Weeks Shows Slight Improvement in Condition
Boston June 4 The condition of Secretary of War Weeks has again changed slightly for the better, announced by Dr. D F Jones and Dr F G Brigham in a 7 30 am bulletin.
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Boston
Mass
D. F. Jones
F. G. Brigham
Indiana coal slump eyed by Penna in Terre Haute talk
P H Penna secretary of the Indiana Bituminous Coal Operators association told the Terre Haute Exchange Club that national coal use has fallen by about 1.5 million tons weekly. He cited traffic and labor problems plus Terre Haute’s limited access to mining methods as reasons for reduced local employment and income.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
P. H. Penna
Indiana Bituminous Coal Operators’ Association
Exchange Club
Penna
Terre Haut and Vicinity
Tragedy as Floyd Russell Kills Eight Relatives Then Self
Floyd Russell 48 grazed by heat and debt killed eight relatives including his mother Emma Lowell and three siblings at the Russell home. He then shot himself in the chest. physicians expect recovery. Dorothy Russell escaped to a neighbor’s, amid a hail of more than fifty shots.
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Iowa
Nebraska
United Press Dispatch
Hamilton, CO
Floyd Russell
Russell
Dorothy Russell
Rose Russell
John Lowell
Emma Lowell
Julia
Robert
Grace
Paul Louis
Richard
John
A.m
Dorothy
Crippled Baby at Home Sobs for Mother in Jail
Monroe county jail holds Mrs. William Holder after she shot Reckless Honeycutt following an auto dispute. Bond talks begin with local backers as defense argues the case is not first degree murder. The three year old crippled child at home weighs on Holder while relatives care for the infant. Judge Rundell hearing planned in Bloomingon or Spencer.
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Bloomington
Ind
Willian Holder
Honeycutt
Monroe County
Holder
Rundell
Jude Wilson
Poison Widow Anna Cunningham Indicted in Gary
Anna Cunningham, known as the poison widow of Gary, indicted by Lake county grand jury on charges of killing three of her children with poison. She had confessed to the murders previously.
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Gary
Ind
Anna Cunningham
Lake County
Grand Jury
Mrs. Crittenberger Dies After Operation
Mrs. Effie A. Crittenberger of Indianapolis died at Methodist hospital after an operation performed more than a week earlier. She was 58, wife of Dale J. Crittenberger publisher of the Anderson Bulletin and former state auditor.
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Indianapolis
Effie A. Crittenberger
Dale J. Crittenberger
The
Anderson Bulletin
Union Miner Sentenced in West Virginia Fire Case
John Billy former secretary of Wendel local United Mine Workers pleaded guilty to setting fire to the Gordie Bailey Fahey coal tipple in March and was sentenced to three years in the state penitentiary by Judge Warren B. Kittle. Eleven other union miners and two organizers have been indicted on conspiracy charges related to alleged arson plots on other coal properties.
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Grafton
W. Va
John Billy
Wendel
United Mine Workers of America
West Virginia State Penitentiary
Warren B. Kittle
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