Insull power grab in Newcastle
In Newcastle Indiana a fight over a five year contract with Interstate Public Service Co a unit of the Insull interests heats up. Citizens plan a municipal ownership push with a hearing set for August 9 to block the deal and keep city lighting in public hands.
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Newcastle
Charles E. Carll
Ind
Wrafare
Charles Mouch
Farmers and First National Bank
Mouch
Interstate Public Service Company
Insull
Samuel Cory
Arthur B. Ayres
Public Service Commission
Interstate
Commission
Hays
Cory
Ayres
Rush County
Fred Stone Seriously Hurt In Plane Crash Near Groton
Fred Stone the famous song and dance man suffered multiple injuries after his Travelair biplane crashed about 100 feet up in a potato field near Groton. He had both legs broken and a scalp wound but is reported not seriously injured beyond the fractures.
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United Press
NEW
Stone
Travelair
Miss Stone
Campion
Campbell Loses Vote Contest in Coffin Hawkins Fight
County Surveyor Henry Campbell loses his contest of Paul Roscoe Brown’s nomination as county commissioners dismiss for lack of jurisdiction. The ruling clears the Coffin Hawkins Republican bloc win from the May 8 primary. Campbell may appeal to Circuit Court. a continuance to Aug 30 was granted to gather more evidence.
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Henry Campbell
Paul Roscoe Brown
Brown
Coffin-Hawkins
Campbell
Board of Commissioners
Frank Symmes
Clinton Givan
C. O. Sutton
Cassius L. Hoyle
George Snider
Predict 25 Will Die By Times Special
Lawrenceville Illinois reports an oil still explosion at the Indian Refining Company plant results in aimed deaths. Twenty five expected dead after Wednesday blast with thirty seven injured and five more futilely treated.
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Lawrenceville
Ill
Indian Refining Company
Good Samaritan
Vincennes
Ind
Colonel Jackson Raised to Kentucky Colonel Honor
A long discourse notes Ed Jackson, once called Major, being promoted by Kentucky Governor Flem D. Sampson to Kentucky Colonel. It recalls past visits, shared plans on the Evansville bridge, and jokes about staff colonels and loyalties amid dry beliefs and horse interests.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
Kentucky
Ed Jackson
Jackson
Purdue University
Flem D. Sampson
Sampson
Evansville
Ohio
Colonel Jackson
Leavs 17 Stores to Death
George Gaso aged 35 leaped from the seventeenth floor of St Luke's Hospital in Chicago and was killed. Authorities believed the heat may have affected his mind. Gaso underwent hernia surgery on July 29.
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United Press
Chicago
George Gaso
St. Luke’s Hospital
Gaso
Slack Holds To Views On Restricting Gas Stations
Oil company representatives failed to sway Mayor L Ert Slack over an ordinance that would reclassify filling stations from business to industrial zoning. The move would bar stations from residential districts and push them to out of the way neighborhoods. Former corporation counsel Alvan J Rucker argued the change would curb a monopoly by Standard and Western Refining. Slack said protecting residence districts from ruin is essential.
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L. Ert
Alvan J. Rucker
Standard and Western Refining Companies
Slack
Wife admits guilt delays mate's doom in Georgia case
In Atlanta on August 3, 1942, Eula Mae Thompson confessed to involvement in the murder of Coleman Osborne of Chatsworth. Her admission delayed Clifford Thompson's execution and a co-defendant was also postponed as authorities reviewed the confession.
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United Press
Atlanta
Eula Maze Thompson
Hardman
Clifford Thompson
Thompson
Jim Moss
Coleman Osborne
Chatsworth
Eula Mae Thompson
B. W. Swann
Osborne
Cliff
Chicago Mail Bandit Cleaver Sentenced in 133 000 Robbery Case
Charles Limpy Cleaver was sentenced to 25 years in a Federal penitentiary and fined 10000 dollars by Judge James H. Wilkerson after conviction on seven counts connected to the Evergreen Park mail robbery. His request for a new trial was denied. The total sentence across seven counts runs concurrently at 82 years.
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United Press
Chicago
Charles
Limpy) Cleaver
Federal Penitentiary
James H. Wilkerson
Evergreen Park
Cleaver
Breezy Relief As Showers Forecast To Break Heat Wave
Indianapolis endures a hot spell with a fifteen mile north northeast breeze easing the heat. The forecast calls for possible showers or thunderstorms tonight or Saturday, offering hope after Thursday’s near record 90 degree heat and a night that barely dipped below 80.
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Indianapolis
Mercury
Heat wave grips eastern seaboard with deadly scorch
A scorching sun over the Atlantic raised temperatures across the eastern seaboard and inland states. Seven deaths from heat in Chicago, three in Ohio, one in New York, and six drownings at beaches were reported as a heat wave spread with highs near ninety one. Thunderstorms forecast to break the heat later today.
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United Presa
Atlantic Ocean
Chicago
Ohio
New York
Weather Bureau
Danube Cyclone Sinks Ten Near Neustar
Ten people drowned when a Danube cyclone whipped waves at Neustar Jugoslavia breaking a steamer landing stage. Thirteen fell into the water. three were rescued.
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United Press
Vienna
Danube
Neustar
Jugoslavia
Salvation Army seeks drivers for mothers camp transport
Maj. W. B. Sowers of the Salvation Army asks twelve motorists to transport about 100 mothers and children to a Salvation Army summer camp fourteen miles northeast of the city on August 9 and return August 14. Camp location is one and a half miles north of Sunnyside sanitorium off the Pendleton pike. Call the citadel Ri-9275 between 8 30 a m and 5 p m to volunteer.
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Maj. W. B. Sowers
Salvation Army
The
Times
Sunnyside Sanitorium
Pendleton Pike
Sowers
Citadel
Process Server Heir To Vast Estate
Claude R Link a 33 year old process server in District Attorney Joab Bantons office becomes one of two heirs to an estate estimated between 2 million and 3 million dollars. Link says he will take the fortune mainly to help his ill mother and continues living on a 40 dollar weekly salary.
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Pu United Press
New York
Claude R. Link
Joab Banton
Link
L. A. Bigger
Hutchinson
Kan
Earthquakes Felt in Baindir and Smyrna
Strong shocks were reported in Baindir with lighter tremors at Smyrna today. No damage was observed or reported.
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United Press
Constantinople
Baindir
Smyrna
Sunshine Club Hosts Sunnyside Sanatorium Outing
Riverside amusement park welcomed children from Sunnyside Sanatorium for an annual Sunshine Club outing. Buses funded by the Street Railway Co carried guides and kids as they rode the thriller and other rides. Two young custodians each received extra red balloons for patients at Sunnyside remaining in bed.
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Riverside Amusement Park
Sunshine Club
Sunnyside Sanatorium
Street Railway Company
Sunnyside Club
Sunnyside
Jailed After Fight Carey Sentenced to 120 Days
Willie Carey 31 of Indianapolis received 120 days at Indiana State Farm and a $20 fine after he threw a brick through Garden Baptist Church window during a July 13 brawl. Judge Cameron refused to suspend days or reduce costs. Several others in the incident were fined for drunkenness and vagrancy. one related charge was dismissed. A separate report states ten Lithuanian soldiers died and sixty wounded in a Lithuanian ammunition dump explosion near Olita.
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Willie Carey
N. West St
Indianapolis
Garden Baptist Church
New York
Douglas Sts
Clifford Cameron
Carey
Indiana State Farm
Willie
Archie Anderson
Douglas St
Lucille Miller Hart
John Ford
Broadway
Arthur Hathaway
Limestone Ave
Goldie McGowan
New York St
Smith Opposes McNary Haugen Farm Aid Bill
Governor Alfred E. Smith said the McNary Haugen farm relief bill is not acceptable as a relief form. He backs farm relief that taxes marketing surpluses of benefited commodities, aligning with the equalization fee idea, but breaks from the bill to avoid Democratic platform conflict. He will press for a distinct Democratic plan while returning from a yachting trip and planning a Coney Island swim.
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United Areas New York
Alfred E. Smith
Houston
Seagate
Coney Island
Polish Ocean Fliers Fight Rain and Fog on Transatlantic Run
Polish aviators Louis Idzikowski and Kazimierz Kubala, backed by the Polish government, left Le Bourget at 5 41 a m aiming for New York. They face fog and drizzle as they head over the French coast toward the Azores, planning no stop before Newfoundland if possible.
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United Press
LE Bourget Airdrome
Paris
Mars
Louis Idzikowski
Kasmir Kubala
Bay of Biscay
New York
Pinguoin
Marshal Pilsudski
Loriet
Penmane Radio Station
Lorient
Marshal Pilsundskii
Idzikowski
Kubala
Azores Islands
Azores
Newfoundland
M. Amiot
Trans-Atlantic flier rescued after in-flight fire at sea
Capt. Frank T. Courtney stranded at 1,500 feet when his plane caught fire mid night and burned at sea. He was rescued by S. S. Minnewaska and later reported the event, with the Cedric's commander noting the plane was abandoned as the Minnewaska crew boarded.
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United Press London
Frank T. Courtney
S. S. Minnewaska
Star
Evening News
Cedric
Courtney
Four Men Rescued After Transatlantic Flight Attempt
Captain Frank T. Courtney and three companions were rescued near mid sea after a 12 hour sea voyage following their failed trans Atlantic flight attempt. The group, including E H Hosmer Fred Pierce and E W Gilmour, were picked up as ships diverted from other duties to aid in the rescue. Courtney had departed from the Azores on Wednesday aiming for a Newfoundland port.
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United Press
NEW York
Frank T. Courtney
Atlantic Transport Line
Minnewaska
Courtney
E. H. Hosmer
Fred Pierce
E. W. Gilmour
Azores
Newfoundland
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Putton County
Swan
Chance
Process Server
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Vossiche Zeitung
Warsaw
Olita
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