Jury selection drags in Stephenson murder trial
In Noblesville Indiana October 23 prosecutors and defense examined thirteen more veniremen excusing them as jury considerations continue into next week. Judge Sparks announced no court Saturday as plans form for a fourth 100 man venire while defense objections block any opinions forming.
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Unithd Vress
Noblesville
Ind
Stephenson
Sparks
Talesmen
Eph Inman
Veniremen
Inman
Illinois Central to install motor service Bloomington to Indianapolis
Illinois Central plans a motor train link between Bloomington and Indianapolis with four trips each way daily. General Traffic Manager Longstreet and District Passenger Agent Morrison visited Bloomington to discuss the project. Travel time is about 60 minutes and fares align with bus competition. Implementation could come within a month, weather favoring early start.
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Bloomington
Ind
Illinois Central Railway
Indianapolis
Longstreet
Morrison
I. C
T. C
Morerison
Two More Bodies Recovered From Submarine S boat
Ionivho Pros'y Dispatch Newport R L reports two more bodies were recovered today from the sunken hull of submarine S l.
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Ionivho Prosy Dispatch
Newport
R. L
Court martial panel named for Col William Mitchell case
Four officers will hear evidence in Col William Mitchell’s court martial on charges of conduct unbecoming. The panel includes Brig. Gen. E B Wimans Maj. Gen. Douglas MacArthur Gen Pershing Summerall and Brig. Gen. E E Booth with others to be named.
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William Mitchell
Army Air Service
E. B. Wimans
Douglas MacArthur
Res P. Summerall
E. E. Booth
Shelburn School Boy Dies In Auto Crash Near High School
Harold Wise, 14, freshman at Shelburn High School, died about 6 PM after a Star touring car carrying eight students overturned three times on the Dixie Highway in front of the school. Five other boys were seriously hurt. three were standing on the running board when the crash occurred.
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Shelburn
Ind
Harold Wise
Shelburn High School
Oilo O
Star
Harold Anderson
Studebaker
Varl Carty
Sullivan
Essex
Carty
Anderson
McHugh Ambulance
Sullivan Hospital
Lee Watson
Tie
Ross
Tiny
Duckworth
Governors Demand Repeal of Inheritance Tax by Government
Six state governors and representatives from eleven others urged the repeal of the federal inheritance tax before the House Ways and Means Committee. They argued the tax usurps state taxing power during wartime and has unjustly continued. Led by Gov. Clifford Walker of Georgia, the delegation presented a Savannah conference resolution calling for repeal.
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Washington
Hou’e Ways and Means Committee
Clifford Walker
Georgia
Savannah
Grain broker cleans up fortune on grain
Chicago traders credit Jesse Livermore with making several million dollars in wheat trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. December wheat fell about seven cents from Wednesday's high as Livermore dumped 8,000,000 bushels, then bought to drive prices up and sold to push them down to a low around a dollar forty. Brokers estimate a multi million dollar net gain.
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Lune D Press Dispatch
Chicago
LaSaalle Street Financial
Jesse Livermore
New York
Livermore
Great Western Train Wreck Near Waterloo
Waterloo Iowa October 28 Great Western passenger train No 66 east bound derailed six miles southwest of town at 1 30 am Engineer Jim Liddell of Des Moines was pinned in his cab and rescued with a crushed right leg All cars left the track no passengers were injured Spreading rails are blamed and a large stretch of track torn up
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Waterloo
Great Western
Hare
Jim Liddell
Des Moines
Governor backs budget panel cuts to state official salaries
Gov. Jackson endorses the action of Indiana’s budget committee cutting state official salaries by $100,000 a year amid protests. The Public Service Commission seeks Attorney General Gilliam’s opinion on legality, arguing salaries are fixed by law. the Indiana Federation of Labor protests a large salary reduction for the state employment bureau head.
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Indianapolis
Jackson
State Budget Committee
State Public Service Commission
Gilliam
Commission
Gilliams
Indiana Federation of Labor
State Employment Bureau
Old Terre Haute House Razed for New $1,000,000 Hotel
The Eighty year old Terre Haute hotel at Seventh and Wabash streets will be razed to make way for a ten story pressed brick structure with 250 rooms. Bruce Farley of Terre Haute, heir of Crawford Fairbanks, announced the plan. Indianapolis architect William Russ is drawing the plans for the new building.
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Indianapolis
Terre Haute
Seventh
Wabash Streets
Bruce Farley
Crawford Fairbanks
William Russ
Wealthy farmer found murdered near Terre Haute
Roger Miles aged 69, a wealthy farmer, was found beneath a railroad bridge in Terre Haute. He had sold 700 bushels of corn the day before and had 3 cents in his pocket. Police theorize murder as his tongue was cut in two and his right leg broken. The Oct 23 report from Unite Press Dispatch notes the discovery.
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Terri Haute
Roger Miles
Miss Martha Whitaker Elected State Teachers Leader
Miss Martha Whitaker of Richmond was elected president of the State Teachers association in Indianapolis. Members rejected a plan to hold concurrent meetings instead of a single state-wide session.
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Indianapolis
Martha Whitaker
Richmond
State Teachers’ Association
State Officials Back Mellon Tax Plan In Indiana
Three Indiana officials endorsed the Mellon tax plan now before Washington lawmakers. They argued ending tax exempt securities would curb lavish public spending, ease burdens on large taxpayers, and boost private investment. About $50 million in tax exempt gravel road bonds were outstanding in Indiana.
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Indianapolis
Mellon
House
Ways and Means Committee
Washington
John McCardle
Public Service Commission
Mr. McCardle
John Brown
Tax Board
Charles Ketleborough
Brown
Indiana
Kettleborough
Taxation Aimed at Small Incomes and Civic Interest
The remark argues that taxing men and women with small incomes sustains their interest in government operations. It reflects a viewpoint supporting broad tax participation as a civic duty and stabilizing factor.
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Mellon
Discretion urged for Indianapolis police in liquor cases
In Indianapolis police are urged to use discretion in arresting liquor law violators after criticism by Special Prosecutor Joe Beckett who charged arrests were made with insufficient evidence or evidence forgotten between arrest and trial. The order comes from police officials amid protests over how booze cases were handled.
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Indianapolis
Joe Beckett
Backett
Four Die and Seventeen Injured in Indiana Auto Accidents
Indiana reports four deaths and 17 injuries from 24 hours of crashes. Victims include Charles Johnson 40 in Indianapolis Phyllis Stevens 3 and her mother after a collision near Richmond Harold Wise 14 after a Shelburn High School trip Mrs J W Hawkins of Johnstown Ohio struck by a train at Fort Wayne Wagene Iora 9 hit near Peru with possible death risk. Five more injured in Indianapolis.
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United Press Dispatch
Indianapolis
Indiana
Charles Johnson
Phyllis Stevens
Mary Bates
Richmond
J. W. Hawkins
Johnstown
Ohio
Ft. Warne
H. W. Grote
Peru
Wagene Lora
Mitchell Ordered to Appear for Court Martial
Col William Mitchell was formally served with charges and told to appear for court martial next Wednesday. Col Joseph I Mcelullen of the judge advocate general's office delivered the notice at his home in Washington on October 28.
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Col. Mitchell
Washington
Col
William Mitchell
Joseph I. MceMullen
Judge Advocate General’s Office
Mitchell
Greeco Bulgarian clash delays as diplomacy presses peace
In Sofia and Paris diplomats from major powers push for a pacific solution to the Greece Bulgaria clash. The League of Nations council will meet in Paris on Monday to seek settlement, while Bulgaria delays any war declaration under external pressure.
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United Press Dispatch
Paris
League of Nations Council
Sofia
Balkans
Greece
League of Nations
Bulgaria
Th League
Greeks Reoccupy Demirkapou Front Post No 69
Four Greeks killed and eight wounded including a captain as Greek forces reoccupy the Demirkapou frontier post No 69 and then push into territory near Petritch. Time of action unclear, possibly yesterday.
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London 2
Athens
Woonmoondayt
Beehang
Demirkapou
Petritch
Bulgars Mobilizing Defensively Over Greek Bulge Crisis
United Press dispatch from Vienna reports Sofia mobilizing defensively as tensions rise in the Greek Bulgarian dispute. The piece warns that without rapid League of Nations action the conflict could become a war to the death, noting Geneva announced a council meeting for Monday to address the crisis.
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Vienna
Sofia
Neue Freie, Presse
League of Nations
Geneva
Council
Treasury eyes new gold silver coin to replace dollar
Washington reports Treasury officials favor producing a combined gold and silver dollar to solve rapid deterioration and replacement of the one dollar bill. The proposed coin would be smaller and heavier than earlier dollars, with a distinctive look to avoid confusion and attract public use.
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Washington
Treasury
Department
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Unite Press Dispatch
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