New State Auto Enactments Tighten Licenses and Speed Limits
Indiana enacts strict motor vehicle rules signed March 14 by Governor Jackson. The law raises city and rural speed limits, empowers suspensions for reckless driving, and bans reporting omissions and drunk driving. It mandates visible plates, brakes, signals, headlights and mirrors, with penalties up to $500 fines and years in prison for repeat offenses.
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Jackson
Automobile License Department
Fred Martin
Citizens Organize Drive for Tornado Aid in Linton
A public library meeting in Linton Indiana formed a citizen drive to solicit funds for tornado sufferers. Mayor Seph Inman appointed committees to canvass Main Street with church groups already aiding, promising to publish all contributor names.
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Indiana
Main Street
West Side
L. W. Warner
Wayne Hamilton
East Side
Stillwell
Earl Wolford
Seph Inman
Dorothy Ellingson Barred From Testifying In Trial
In San Francisco on March 24 Dorothy Ellingson was not to testify in her own defense as her counsel seeks to block her confession and press for a circumstantial case by the state. No witness testified about the shooting of Annie Ellingson, the mother, as six tentative jurors remained in the box during continuation of the trial.
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San Francisco
Cal
Dorothy Ellingson
Annie Ellingson
Governor Jackson Addresses Junior Legislature in Annual Message
Governor Jackson delivers the annual message to the junior legislature in Indianapolis. He says politicians and political science authorities nationwide are watching the acts of the junior legislature with interest.
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International News Service
Indianapolis
Jackson
Junior Assembly
America
Bodies of miners recovered from Barracksville mine disaster
In Fairmont West Virginia on March 24 rescue officials announced the last body from Mine 41 at Barracksville had been recovered. Thirty three miners died in the explosion last Tuesday night and all but two of the bodies have been identified by investigators.
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Fairmont
W. Va
Barracksville
Gerald Chapman Goes On Trial For Life Today
Gerald Chapman, famed American bandit, stands trial for murder in Sanford Connecticut charged with killing Officer James Shelley during a store heist escape. He claims he was not in New Britain when the crime occurred and presents a defense aimed at offsetting public demand for punishment.
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Gerald Chapman
LIFE
International News Service
Sanford
Conn
America
James Shelley
New Britain
Chapman
New England
Muncie
Ind
Gompers Widow Withdraws Challenge to Will Probate
In Washington on March 24 the will of Samuel Gompers, former AFL president, will be admitted to probate as his widow Mrs Gertrude S Gompers withdraws her caveat. The circuit court will direct a verdict to sustain the will which leaves her only a dower stake from about 40000 dollars. She had contended Samuel J Gompers unduly influenced his father and nullified a prior will that left most of the estate to her.
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Washington
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Gertrude S. Gompers
Troops Withdrawn From Flood Districts In Griffin
Griffin Indiana reports flood danger has passed as river backwater stands still. Weather observers expect water to recede to banks within three days. The death toll reaches 49 as recovery from a recent tornado continues. The Red Cross notes a large donation aiding relief efforts.
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International News Service
Griffin
Ind
Wabash
Black River
Tornado Relief Fund Totals Grow Across Indiana
Red Cross workers tally contributions from across the state with the noon total reaching $31,729 for tornado relief.
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International News Service
Indianapolis
Red Cross
Indiana ordered troops home from Princeton amid flood relief efforts
Ad jutant General Kershner ordered two batteries to Evansville from Princeton as flood conditions improve and tall troops are expected home by week’s end. Griffin reports the town remains flooded at its crest with a receding trend anticipated late tonight. Governor Jackson declines to say if a special legislative session will be called for relief funds.
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Kershner
Evansville
Princeton
Griffin
Jackson
Cabinet Shakeups Favored by Washington Rumors
Rumors swirl of changes in President Coolidge's cabinet as Postmaster General New and Secretaries Weeks Work and Davis may resign before Congress reconvenes in December. White House inquiries deny substantiation, but many see possible resignations sans the President's knowledge.
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Davis
Congress
White House
Coolidge
Work
Colorado
Nitro Glycerin Explosion Kills Six In One Family
In Somerset Kentucky near Frazier in Wayne county a nitroglycerin explosion on a farm killed six members of a nine person family. The mother and two other children survived as other relatives died from the blast and aftermath. The can was found in a grove previously left by a stump clearing party. The father and two children who were near it fled as a child struck the can with an axe.
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Supreme Court
Weeks
Somerset
Maren
Frazier
Wayne County
Peter Franklin
Farmer
Ira
Carlie
Cecil
Beatrice
Llar
Franklin
Post Office at Valparaiso Looted by Safe Blowers
In Valparaiso Indiana last night a gang blew open the local post office safe drilling into the vault and stole between 30000 and 40000 in post office and war savings stamps. The robbery was conducted by safe blowers who escaped unseen according to LINTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE.
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Linternational News Service
Valparaiso
Ind
Explosion near Franklin farm claims four lives
A blast near the Franklin farm killed three people at the scene and left the father and two other children fatally injured, dying later as neighbors carried the survivors to Burnside. The explosion was heard for miles as rescuers arrived.
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Franklin
Burnside
Verdict Favors Mrs Dennistoun in London Case
The jury awarded Mrs Dorothy Dennis Dennistoun 25000 in damages against her former husband Colonel Ian Dennistoun. She sued for 6000 claiming money advanced before his divorce and subsequent remarriage to the widow of the man who found King Tut's tomb.
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International News Service
London
Dorothy Dennistoun
Ian Dennistoun
Dennistoun
King Tut
Tornado Forecasting Still Beyond Science Says Weather Expert
Washington March 24 One of nature's deadliest and costliest freaks the tornado will never be understood or forecast with accuracy says C L Mitchell forecaster of the United States weather bureau Experts admit frustration as they cannot predict its beginning or path and rely on inspecting stricken areas Only an aerial view at the exact moment might yield a close forecast but no reliable method exists The bureau limits its predictions to unsettled disturbances due to inevitable panics and riots.
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Wwashington
C. L. Mitchell
United States Weather Bureau
Mitchell
Weather Bureau
Man Dies After Pint Whisky Bet in Yonkers Yard
Barney Williams won a wager to drink a pint of whisky without stopping and was found dead in his Yonkers yard. Harold Powers, a store keeper, and Mrs Williams faced questioning as witnesses. Police reported Mrs Williams believed her husband was merely drunk and allowed him to stay outside.
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Yonkers
N. Y
Barney Williams
Harold Powers
Williams
Willams
Kentucky Man Wounded In Buck Creek District Shooting
Price Barrick, 50, was shot in the head in the Buck Creek district, 12 miles from Glasgow. He sought medical aid after being fired upon eight times by an unidentified assailant.
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Glasgow
Price Barrick
Buck Creek
Terre Haute Grocer Confesses to Wife Murder
Jesse Worth a grocer and restaurant keeper 48 confesses to detectives that he killed his wife Iva May Worth 42 during a quarrel. He claimed she struck him with a poker and fled to the Wabash river where the body was recovered four hours later. Worth is charged with first degree murder and jailed.
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Uinternational News Service
Terre Haute
Jesse Worth
Iva May Worth
Wabash River
Worth
Vigo County
South Thirteenth Street
Ee Be
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Scott
Denham
Baker
Bowsher
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Carney
Clancy
Indiana Bell board members testify in state charter revocation case
Indiana Bell directors linked to alleged dummy board scheme face state efforts to revoke the company charter. U S Lesh, former attorney general, aids Attorney General Gilliam as evidence is expected to be submitted by tomorrow.
Indiana Miners Warned of Co operative Ventures
Terre Haute March 24. The new district officials notified local unions that any member joining a co operative mining venture in violation of the agreement will be dropped. A circular cites constitutional sections banning work for less than the contract scale and says violators shall be discontinued and must pay a $110 initiation fee to be reinstated. Executives say they have evidence many miners violated the agreement.
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Terre Haute
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