Search for murder weapon in Soutar case at Cassler home
United Press dispatch from Valparaiso Indiana June 6 reports detectives seek the weapon used to kill Miss Cameola Soutar in a swamp near the Cassler home. Lieut John Norton states Miss Soutar was lured and shot through the heart as Mrs Catherine Cassler faces murder charges. Edward Cassler, Truman Cassler and others are questioned as investigators probe the affair between the slain woman and the Cassler family.
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Valparaiso
Ind
Carl Wanderer
Cameola Soutar
Chicago
Catherine Cassler
John Norton
Wanderer
Porter County
Norton
Cassler
Soutar
Edward
J E. H. Miller
August Kueniiger
Taft declines plea in Leslie damage suits
Chief Justice Taft refused to intervene in Indiana to appoint special judges for damage suits filed by Otto Gresham of Chicago. The suits seek fifty thousand dollars from Governor Harry G Leslie and State Representative J Glenn Harris alleging political actions during the 1927 legislature and impeachment petitions against Judge James Collins.
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Indianapolis
William Howard Taft
United States Supreme Court
Otto Gresham
Chicago
High Court
Indiana
Gresham
Harry G. Leslie
J. Glenn Harris
Lake County
Leslie
Harris
Thomas Slick
Ninteen Twenty Seven
House
James Collins
Marion County
Indiana Judge Calls Out Lawyers Tied to Bootleggers
Judge Clarence R. Martin of the Indiana Supreme Court condemned law firms linked to bootleggers. He urged immediate disbarment and possible prosecution for conspiracy, warning the nation faces a grave crime wave and that respect for the law underpins obedience. He spoke at Indiana Law School commencement.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Brace
Clarence R. Martin
Indiana Supreme Court
Indiana Law School
Indiana Pythian
M. L. Haines
Martin
Five Miners Crushed to Death in Virginia Slate Fall
Five coal loaders were killed in a slate fall at the Halcon mine near Wise Virginia. Trapped under tons of loosened slate, likely loosened by water seepage or blasting, the victims were identified as Fred Hylton Robert Hall Coddie Gibson Allen Stidham and Carroll Miller all of Wise.
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Bluefield
W. Va
Halcon
Wise
Fred Hylton
Robert Hall
Coddie Gibson
Allen Stidham
Carroll Miller
Wheat Slumps Again on Chicago Markets
Wheat prices fell again on the Chicago Board of Trade amid weak cables from Liverpool and rain reports in Argentina. Corn and oats also dropped while provisions eased. traders awaited the Farm bill action in Washington as yields were seen dipping below recent years.
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United Press Dispatch
Chicago
Liverpool
Washington
Board of Trade
Department of Agriculture
Congress Deliberates Immigration Clause Repeal and Census Bill
Senate continues debate on a resolution to repeal the national origins clause of the immigration act. House proceeds with consideration of the census reapportionment bill as part of current legislative agenda.
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Senate
HOUSE
Lincoln Memorial Gift Advances Indiana Lincoln Union Plan
Frank C. Ball donated about thirty acres in Lincoln City added to Indiana's Lincoln Memorial land total to 100 acres. The 32 000 dollar gift, located near Lincoln's boyhood cabin, will see twelve structures razed and the area landscaped by the forestry division for a national shrine. Governor Leslie lauded the donation as a standout contribution to the movement.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Lincoln City
Frank C. Ball
Muncie
Goveror
Indiana Lincoln Union
Ball
Harry G. Leslie
Lincoln
Iincoln
Nancy Hanks Lincoln
Forestry Division
State Conservation Department
Lincoln Memorial
Leslie
Lincoln Union
Message purported from late T Taggart impresses Indianapolis audience
In Indianapolis on June 6 spiritualist churches staged a session led by Rev. Arthur Ford. A message claimed to be from the late Thomas Taggart to his secretary Hazel Foster was presented. The medium also voiced a name resembling Tom Tabor and referenced a wish for fellow citizens.
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Indianapolis
Thomas Taggart
Hazel Foster
Spiritualist Churches
Arthur Ford
First Spiritualist Church
New York
Tom Tabor
Taggart
Ford
Harry Houdini
Agician
Graves Decorated in Memory of the French Family Tragedy
James B Farr marks the Jackson cemetery graves of Aaron French his wife and five children murdered circa October 9 1855 by John Hubbard and his wife He cleaned the site thirty years ago and has since laid flowers annually The Hubbard case involved the murder of Boils and a $1500 hidden by a Hubbard son later disappeared
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United Priss
Rich Valley
Ind
James B. Farr
Jackson
Wabash County
Aaron French
John Hubbard
Henry Bails
Farr
Farry
French
Tubbard
Sterns Fisher
James Lewis
Fisher
Hubbard
St. Lome
Hubbards
Hoover calls for new enforcement bodies
President Hoover urged Congress to reorganize federal bureaus to strengthen prohibition enforcement. He proposed a joint congressional committee be appointed immediately to study the issue and report for consideration at the next regular session starting December.
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Washington
Hoover
Congress
Motion Picture War Grows Between Producers and Actors
Hollywood reports an imminent clash as the Motion Picture Producers Association moves to resist the Actors Equity push for closed shop contracts. A dawn meeting decided to oppose enforced equity terms in screen studios.
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Hollywood
Cal
Motion Picture Association
Actors’ Heuty Association
Producers Association
Equity
Screen Studios
Fleet of planes carries relief to Winnipeg area fires
A fleet of aircraft from government and commercial services flew north to Cranberry Portage and other settlements in Manitoba to deliver supplies as widespread forest fires forced hundreds from homes. Sleepers waited in cold open air while fires ravaged the region. Officials estimated damages in the hundreds of thousands of dollars and questioned wind conditions that could spread the blaze.
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United Press Dispatch
Winnipeg
Man
Manitoba
Parole Denied to Prisoner for Saying He'd Do It Again
United Press dispatch from Anderson Indiana reports Joseph Dunham 56 Richland township firmer serving a two to 15 year sentence for the slaying of Alva Pine 20 Anderson. The parole and pardon board denied release despite the petition signed by 30 neighbors. Dunham said he acted in self defense when he shot Pine after stumbling on him while picking apples grown on the farmer's property.
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Anderson
Joseph Dunh
Richland
Indiana
Alva Pine
Dunham
Farm Bill Sent to Senate by McNary
Washington dispatch reports Senator McNary announced the farm bill agreement with a key provision eliminated and sent to the Senate. He expected to bring up the report after the House acts tomorrow.
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Senate
McNary
Contipen
Press! Dispatch
Washington
House
Acta
Arrow
Hoover Names Collector Amid Internal Revenue Changes
President Hoover announces a reshuffle naming a new collector of customs and confirming the internal revenue appointment. The move aligns Federal offices with anticipated budget and enforcement priorities.
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Catherine
Taft
Torch Slayer
Marl Peacox
Torch
Dorothy
Sydney Syme
White Plains
Martin Recommend
U.S
Punetred Presse Dispatch
Hoosier
Union At
T. Taggart
Bainbridge Colby
Wilson
Colby
Great Forest
Old Cemetery
Wabash
Conited Press
Dispatch
Ducers
Unitinod Press
Cranberry
UNITED \PRESS-DISPAT
Dent’ Et Helburn
Kiddleboy
Rober
Internal Revenue
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