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Exoneration Curbs for Ivanhoe Circus Tragedy Hearings Held
A joint hearing by the Interstate Commerce Commission and Indiana Public Service Commission in Hammond cleared most connected with the Ivanhoe circus train wreck. Only engineer Alonzo Sargent faced blame. 89 dead or missing, 44 burned beyond recognition. Meanwhile Indiana farmers protest threshing prices and officials warn against profiteering in prohibition era markets across the state.
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Hammond
Ivanhoe Circus
Alonzo Sargent
Deathead
Interstate Commerce Commission
Public Service Commission of Indiana
Commission
Michigan Central Railroad
Ed Ballard
Hagendeck-Wallace Circus
Seymour
Jackson County
State Food Administration
Seale
Indianapolis
Indiana
Anderson
Terre Haute
Greencastle
Sipher
Purdue University
Fouts
N. L. Hammond
John McCommack
E. Ft. Arnold
A. E. Neler
Will T. O'Harr
Columbus
Bartholomew County Brotherhood of
Thrashermew
Evansville
Union Township
Vanderburg County
Ross N. Atkinson
Winchester
Randolph County
Threshermen’s Convention
Noblesville
Hamilton County
County Council of Defense
Frankfort
Clinton County Food Administration
Lafayette
Qgreenfield
Cromer
Ernest Thornburg
Hancock County
Thornburg
Hancocks County
Shelby
Johnson County
Harry E. Barnard
John M. Thompson
Bartholomew County
State Council of Defense
Food Production and Conservation Committee
Frank N. Wallace
Wallace
Goodrich
M. J. Foley
Ilegal
Kokomo
Kokomo Steel and Wire Company
Robert C. Baitzell
Indiana State Board of Health
Pettersburg
Pike County
Petersburg
Jeffersonvile
Indiana Reformatory
Putnamville
Meron
Woman’s Franchise League of Indiana
Union Christian College
State Supreme Court
John W. Spencer
Evanaville