Tunney Dempsey Contract Guarantees Big Heavyweight Fight Pay
Chicago Sept 15 The promoter George Getz announces new contracts for Gene Tunney and Jack Dempsey replacing prior terms. The agreements guarantee Tunney 1 000 000 and Dempsey 450 000 with deposits in a Chicago bank. They base earnings on a 3 000 000 gate and were filed with the state boxing commission for action.
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Chicago
Gene Inney
Ek Dempsey
George Getz
Th Tunney
Dempsey
Tex Rickard
Tunney
Rickard
Righeimer
Commission
Officers Respond To Alarm At Bank Corner
A bank alarm caused a police and vigilante response downtown Monday night around 11 o'clock. Officers and Fire Chief John Goddard searched the bank basement but found no burglars or signs of entry. The alarm was blamed on a faulty connection triggering the electric alert system.
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John Goddard
Night Heeman
John Hamm
Mr Grimes
Virgil Grimes
Bella
Hort Circast
Enrollment Numbers Released For City Schools
Enrollment in city schools began Tuesday with totals by ward and grade. Ward figures include Second Ward 196 and Fifth Ward 697, with Freshmen 78 Sophomores 97 Juniors 92 Seniors 59.
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Ich
Second Ward
Aple Heights
Sophmires
Ft PY
Ford urged to fund youth reform institutions
Winston-Salem Sept. 13 Ford should establish institutions for reforming youths led astray by his automobiles, Judge A M Stack told Forsyth County grand jury. The judge, noting Ford’s wealth around 2 million, urged him to return excess profits to the people.
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Ford Winston
Red Men Escort Orphans Through Fleming Carnival
The Greencastle Orphans Home children will be guided through the Fleming Carnival at West Walnut grounds Wednesday at 6:30 pm by the local Order of Red Men. Shows will be free to the orphans as the Red Men sponsor the carnival for the entire week.
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Greencastle
Cody Fleming
West Walnut Street
Order of Red Men
Mrs. Anna Ash Naughgle Dies in Greencastle Rural Home
Anna Ash Naughgle died at her Greencastle area home after a brief illness. She is survived by husband Milton Naughgle, daughter Mrs William Thresher, sons Claude and Lawrence Ash, three stepsons, and many relatives. Funeral arrangements have not been announced.
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Anna Ash Naughgle
William Thresher
Claude
Lawrence Ash
Greencastle
Prosecutors Call statewide conference on enforcement efforts
Indiana attorney general Arthur L. Gilliam announced a statewide meeting for prosecutors sheriffs and police chiefs to discuss stricter enforcement of state laws including prohibition. The session is set for September 24 at 9 am in the Statehouse House of Representatives to address recent Supreme Court rulings and 1927 criminal law changes.
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Indianapolis
Arthur L. Gilliam
Gilliam
House of Representatives
Statehouse
Indiana Supreme Court
Supreme Court
James Wallace
Henry
United States Wins Gordon Bennett Balloon Race
Detroit to be awarded the victory for the Detroit crew F J Hill and A G Schlosser after a 725 mile flight from Saturday to Sunday. Goodyear VI and Lafayette also placed near Wave rly Ga as rivals as Belgium previously held the trophy.
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Detroit
F. J. Hill
A. G. Schlosser
Baxley
United States
Belgium
America
Maurice Beiname
Stuttgart
Germany
Moscow
Russia
Wade T. Vanorman
Ford
Dearborn
Waverly
Lafayette
M. Blanchet
Ear l Harm on hearing to be today in Greencastle
A preliminary hearing for Earl Harmon will be held this afternoon at 5 oclock before Justice J J Kauble. If evidence justifies prosecution the case may go to Putnam Circuit Court for trial. Harmon is represented by Theodore Crawley.
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Earl Harmon
Greencastle
Justice of the Peace
J. J. Kauble
Putnam Circuit Court
Harmon
Theodore Crawley
Green Adams
Bainbridge
Charles McGaughey
Adams
Arthur Brattain
Manhattan
Justice Kauble
Brattain
Real low down on the coming fight between Tunney and Dempsey
The piece argues the Tunney Dempsey bout is a business arrangement led by Tex Rickard. It outlines a strategy of staged gates, eliminations, and a possible no decision in Chicago, with a New York rematch to follow. It predicts a Tunney win or draw, aided by ring politics and financial aims.
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Gene Tunney
Jack Dempsey
Soldiers Field
Chicago
Dempsey
Tunney
Tun
Sharkey
Mr. Rickard
Tunney-Dempsey
New York
Miss Lucile Elrod Wins Purdue Scholarship at State Fair
Miss Lucile Elrod of Coatesville is among eight girls awarded scholarships for excellence in home economics at the State Fair school. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Elrod, she resides in Putnam County and received a $400 scholarship to Purdue University. Honorable mention went to Miss Ruby Blue of Greencastle Rural Route 4 and Miss Olive Caywood of Bainbridge R R L.
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Lucile Elrod
Coatesville
State Fair School of Home Economics
Elrod
Putnam County
Claude Elrod
Purdue University
Ruby Blue
Greencastle
Olive Caywood
Bainbridge R. R. L
Attorney General Gilliam to address Rotary on Constitution Week
Indiana attorney general Arthur J. Gilliam of Indianapolis will speak at the Greencastle Rotary Club luncheon Wednesday noon. The program is coordinated by C. C. Gillen. Constitution Week honors the ratification of the U S Constitution on September 17, 1787.
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Greencastle
Constitution Week
C. C. Gillen
Rotary Club
Indiana
Arthur JL. Gilliam
Indianapolis
United States
Estates
Frank Cannon Hurt As Porch Floor Gives Way
Frank Cannon of J. F. Cannon & Co. was severely injured Monday when a back porch floor broke through, causing a heavy fall and a badly injured leg. He likely will be confined to home for several days.
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Frank Cannon
J. F. Cannon & Co
Cannon
Weather Note: Warm Continued With Long Daylight
The report states continued warm weather with sunrise at 5 24 and sunset at 6 57, indicating a long daylight period for the day.
Kyle continues search for Old Glory crew no sign of survivors
The steamship Kyle, chartered by the New York Daily Mirror, located wreckage of the plane Old Glory about 100 miles from the SOS site in latitude 51.17 north and longitude 39.23 west. No crew signs were found, and three men Lloyd Bertaud James D Hill and Philip Payne are presumed lost though a fishing boat rescue could not be ruled out.
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Old Glory
North Atlantic
Kyle
ST. Johns
Newfoundland
INS
Lloyd Bertaud
James D. Hill
Philip Payne
New York Daily Mirror
Douglas Muir
Daily Mirror
Muir
Last Rites for Auto Accident Victim
Marion Hinkle 58 of 301 North Jackson Street died in an automobile crash on the National Road Friday evening. Services Tuesday at 2 pm at J. E. McCurry Funeral Home conducted by Rev. I H Ferris. Interment Forest Hill Cemetery. Wife and daughter Frances Hinkle remained hospitalized with serious injuries.
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Marion Hinkle
North
Jackson Street
National Road
J. E. McCurry
I. H. Ferris
Baptist Church
Jesse Green
Oscar Blue
George Williams
Charles Merkel
Robert Pierce
Fred Reising
Odd Fellows and
Red Mens Lodge
Harry Moore
John Young
Forest Hill Cemetery
Goldie Cox
Frances Hinkle
Brazil
Hinkle
DePauw Reports Enrollment Totals in Liberal Arts and Music
DePauw University shows 1,507 students enrolled in the College of Liberal Arts on Tuesday while the Music School lists 245, with some students counted in both programs.
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DePauw
College of Liberal Arts
Liberal Arts
Plenty of Tickets for Dempsey Tunney Fight Remain
Tex Rickard said Chicago on September 18 that many fight tickets still exist in all price ranges from 5 to 40 dollars. He estimated total money taken in to date around 2 million dollars despite many seats being unavailable.
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Chicago
Tex Rickard
Rickard
Indianapolis Mayor Duvall Jury Selection Might Take Week
In Indianapolis on September 13, Judge Shir ley and both sides sought a full jury for Mayor John L. Duvall’s political corruption trial. Nine jurors shown satisfactory to both sides with a larger venire being drawn as 29 men were questioned. A doughnut broker named William J. Powers admitted his work limited his newspaper reading, yet remained in the box.
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I. N
Indianapolis
Ind
John L. Duval
John L. Duvall
C. €. Shirley
Duvall
Indianapolis News
Indiana
Powers
Tidal Wave Ravages Kojima Nakamura Area in Japan
International News Service reports a massive tidal wave hit Kojima and Nakamura in Kumamoto Prefecture causing widespread destruction. More than 1,000 people are feared killed, missing, or injured as floods disrupt rail and telegraph lines. The quake at Tokyo adds to the chaos as typhoons and heavy rains lash the empire. American aviators Schlee and Brock observed the devastation from Omura aerodrome.
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Japan
Kojima
Nakamura
Kumamoto
Tokyo
Saseko Kyushu
Former Putnam Man Dies in Crawfordsville
Kenneth Smith a young business leader in Crawfordsville died at 312 Jones Avenue the victim of heart trouble at 1 30 this morning He and his father Leo Smith ran Leo Smith and Son auto firm and he recently started a Mar mon Hudson and Essex agency in the Arc theatre building He was active in social and lodge circles and is survived by his parents and several distant relatives Funeral plans will be announced with burial in Lebanon cemetery Roachdale.
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Crawfordsville
Kenneth Smith
Jones Avenue
Smith
Leo Smith
Roachdale
Leo Smith & Son
East Market Street
Marmon, Hudson and Essex Machines
Arc Theater
Ace Hie
Lebanon
Woman's Circle Meeting At Mrs Huestis Home
The Woman's Circle of the Presbyterian church meets at 112 Northwood Boulevard with Mrs C Huestis as host. Wednesday afternoon at 2 20 o'clock Mrs W R Sherman serves as assistant hostess. All members urged to attend.
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Presbyterian Church
C. Huestis
Northwood Boulevard
W. R. Sherman
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