Indiana Happenings Span Fishing Crops Crimes and Growth
Indiana news notes open bass and bluegill season after a closure. Chinch bug damage threatens Grant County crops while a man found burned near a Indiana dunes location prompts a hunt for identification. Twins attend a Newcastle gathering. county assessments drop. bank robbery in Pershing. legal actions in Vigo and Shelby counties. road and rail improvements progress across multiple towns.
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Indiana
Grant County Agricultural Association
Grant
Indiana Dunes
H. C. Seipel
Valparaiso
Alfred W. Trinklein
Concordia College
Fort Wayne
Trinklein
Indiana Mining Company
Wabash River
Vigo
Terre Haute
U. S
Mishawaka
National Guard of
Joseph Fusdick
Fusdick
National Guard
Putnam County
Putnam County Fish and Game Protective Association
State Department of Conservation
Riverside
Indiana Bituminous Coal Operators’ Association
Ilinois
Ohio
Pennsylvania
John N. Hurty
State Health Department
Memorial Park
Newcastle
Julia Rader
Daleville
Hannah van Matre
Muncie
Huth
Ruby Worl
Sam
George Young
Rushville
Understanding the Fleming valve and three electrode vacuum tube
The article explains rectifiers and unidirectional conductivity, then details how a three electrode vacuum tube or valve controls current. It covers grid potential effects on plate current, Fleming's detector use, and DeForest's grid innovation enabling amplification.
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J. A. Fleming
London
England
Fleming
Lee DeForest
DeFores
Joplin Soldier Honored For World War Bravery
Sergeant M Waldo Hatter of Joplin Missouri earned Italy's croce di guerra for bravery in France. He swam the Meuse under fire to gather critical enemy positions, then returned with valuable information to American command. He later met General Diaz and received the decoration in a Joplin ceremony.
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France
M. Waldo Hatter
Joplin
Meuse
Italy
Hatter
Armando Diaz
American Legion
Kansas City
Meening
Forty and Eight title held by Cronkite in Los Angeles
The text explains the title Nous Chef de Chemin de Fer Nationale des 40 Hommes et Huit Chevaux, meaning National Assistant Railway Station Agent, and notes in A and F patos it denotes vice president of the Forty and Eight, a Legion club. It identifies C. he. Cronkite of Los Angeles as a former first lieutenant in the 322nd field signal battalion.
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Fer Nationale
A. & F. Patos
Legion's
C. He. Cronkite
Los Angeles
Cal
Queen of the Canal Zone crowned in Legion election
Miss Viol Bissell won the contest with 1 800 800 votes in a Panama sponsored by the American Legion. The judges praised her as a true American type tall blonde athletic and capable of winning any beauty contest in America or Europe.
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Viola Bissell
American Legion Department of Panama
the Canal Zone
American Legion
Department of Panama
Viol Bissell
America
Europe
Deficient Applicant Tripped by Geography Test
A young man seeking a commission faltered in an exam after years of modest schooling. Officials grew exasperated as his geographical ignorance persisted. One officer cried out in disbelief, declaring the man did not even know where his country is.
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O. T.C
American Legion Weekly
Port McPherson National Cemetery Opens on Nebraska Prairie
Middle West National Cemetery sits along the Platte River in Nebraska as the sole national cemetery in the region. The text describes the site under cottonwood and evergreen trees and mentions the memory of American wars and the fallen soldiers buried there.
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Middle West National Cemetery
Platte River
Nebraska
Middle West
Port McPherson
American Legion Plans Push to Strengthen Boy Scouts
Alvin M. Owsley meets with Boy Scouts leaders in New York to launch Legion backed expansion. Plans call for posts to sponsor new troops in areas lacking Scouting and to support existing units, with 11,000 Legion posts and 18,000 Scout troops nationwide. The aim is to reach the 6,600 communities without troops and boost Scout membership from 410,000 boys and 110,000 volunteers.
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Alvin M. Owsley
National Americanism Commission of the American Legion
Boy Scouts of America
New York City
American Legion
United States
Mr. Owsley
Kansas City
Hanford MacNider
MacNider
Legion
James E. West
Young Far Rockaway Scout Hopeful Rescues Brother at Jamaica Bay
Eleven year old Reeve Geary of Far Rockaway acted quickly when his eight year old brother John fell into deep water at Jamaica Bay. Reeve jumped into a boat bent to reach John then dived again to bring him to shore with help from two other youngsters. He told his parents only after the rescue, proving cool headedness beyond his years.
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Reeve Geary
Far Rockaway
Reeve
John
Clinton Avenue
Jamaica Bay
Scout Saves Sister Life in Quick Rescue Incident
A Boy Scout from Troop 19 acted swiftly to save his sister trapped by a fire in their home. He freed her from burning cloth and gas fumes, preventing a likely tragedy through prompt, calm action.
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Bamunt Schultz
W. Bog
P. No
Trpo
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Chicago
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Shelby
Alonzo Blair
Carl
Indiana Woman’s Prison
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Wayne Circuit
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Glen Miller
Richmondon
McCray
A. D. King of
Munete
Josiah B. Millis
Russiaville
State Livestock Sanitary Board
Porter County
Church of the Brethren
Winona Lake
Kosciusko County
Warsaw
Anderson
Frank N. Wallace
White River
Fall Creek
Hamilton
Hancock
Madison
Wallace
Union
Thomas Wright
Clinton
Pike County
State Board of Tax Commissioners
Petersburg
Winston
Elkhart
Cbattery Afolabafet
Geret
C. E. Cronkite
Los Angels
Leg Roughhouse
Canal Zone
Boy of America
Scout
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