Southern G O P backs split over Huston successor
The southern faction led by Col. Horace Mann plans to oppose the Brown Burke Newton administration line as it moves to replace national chairman Claudius Huston. They aim to build a southern G O P machine to control the 260 southern delegates at the next convention and seek peace only on terms they choose.
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Scripps-Howard Newspaper Alliance
Washington
Executive Committee
Claudius H. Huston
Senator Fess
Rep
Savannah
Huston
Col
Horace Mann
Brown-Burke-Newton
Mann
Houston
Concerted effort alleged to rig Philadelphia primary results
S Davis Wilson Philadelphia deputy comptroller charged before the Senate campaign committee that a broad plan altered ballots to favor the Brown Davis ticket. He cited 77 918 errors in the recount across 319 divisions with changes tilted toward Brown Davis and alleged ward organization influence through city employes and utility-linked leaders.
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United Press
Washington
Philadelphia
Brown-Davis
Senate Campaign Committee
S. Davis Wilson
Wilson
War Board
Davis- Brown
Davis
Francis Shunk Brown
Brown
Poisoned by two persons in apparent suicide attempt
Roscoe Anderson, 42, reportedly ingested poison after his divorce while telling his daughter Bernice Lewis not to worry if he died that night. He remains in critical condition at City Hospital along with Howard Cox who attempted to end his life Monday night. A burglary report by J B Prindle notes the theft of a $100 diamond and a wedding ring after his wife drenched clothes with a handkerchief. Cecil Fletcher, a traveling salesman, remains missing after a bloodstained abandoned car was found in Danville, Illinois.
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Bernice Lewis
Lambert Street
Roscoe Anderson
City Hospital
Howard Cox
West Twentyfifth Street
J. B. Prindle
East Thirteenth Street
Cecil Fletcher
North
Chester Street
Danville, Ill
Fletcher
Danville
Man Hurt After Walking Into Moving Car Collision
Harry B. Mahan 63, paper box maker and company executive, lay in critical condition at St. Vincent's after allegedly walking into a moving car at Kentucky Avenue and Washington Street. He resides at 434 North Arsenal Avenue. Mrs Bertha Baase 51 and her husband J B Baase 55 were involved in a three car crash on Madison Avenue when their car was sideswiped by a vehicle with Alabama plates that fled the scene. Baase's machine then collided with a car driven by J G Wetzel Rural Route 1 Box 234.
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Harry B. Mahan
Kentucky Avenue
Washington Street
St. Vincent’s Hospital
North Arsenal Avenue
Bertha Baase
South State Street
J. B. Baase
Madison Avenue
Alabama
Baase
J. G. Wetzel
Mine Fire at Bono Mine Promises Disclosures
George Coogan state arson investigator predicted startling disclosures within days in a report to State Marshal Alfred Houston about the Bono mine near Clinton. The idle mine was burned at night under mysterious circumstances. it had operated on a cooperative plan below union wages and had seen rioting a year earlier.
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Bono
Clinton
George Coogan
Alfred E. Houston
Coogan
Hook Rites Wednesday For Garrie Hook Drowned at Eel River
Funeral will be held at the mother’s home at 4 pm Wednesday for Garrie Hook 33 of 1905 North Tacoma avenue who drowned at Owen park north of Spencer Sunday. He is believed to have struck a rock diving into shallow water burial will be in Memorial Park cemetery. Survived by his mother Lydia Langford a son Robert 8 and brothers Lonnie and Delbert Hook.
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Garrie Hook
North
Tacoma Avenue
Eel River
Owen Park
Spencer
Memorial Park Cemetery
Lydia Langford
Robert
Lonnie
Delbert Hook
78th Muncie Fair Opens With Rodeo and Exhibits
The 78th annual Muncie Fair opened in Muncie Indiana and runs through Friday night. Highlights include a rodeo and wild west stampede plus free acrobatic stunts for children. Exhibits feature home furnishings and items from Ball State Teachers College. A lunch stand family has run a concession at the fair for 63 years.
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United P
Valuation Boost Seen This Year for City and County
Lewis S. Bowman, secretary to the state tax board, says the assessed valuation of city and county property may rise from $750,000 to $1,000,000. Last year the city valuation stood around $690,000,000.
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Lewis S. Bowman
State Tax Board
National Federation Postoffice Motor Employees Meet in Indianapolis
Indianapolis hosts a three day conference of the National Federation of Postoffice Motor Vehicle Employees. Local chapter members will entertain visiting officers at a dinner tonight at the Lockerbie Hotel.
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National Federation of Postoffice Motor Vehicle Employes
Indianapolis
Lockerbie
Gone but Not Forgotten: Theft Report in Nash Street Area
Police report a stolen item involving Charles Katt of 2937 McPherson Street Nash. Case references a separate incident linked to 4958 East Eleventh Street with contact numbers 760 956. Authorities urge verification of ownership and suspect details.
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Charles Katt
McPherson Street
Nash
East Eleventh Street
Automobiles Recovered and Clergy Anniversary Report
Police recover a Buick roadster at 947 North Illinois Street following inspection at 415 Madison Avenue. In Kansas City on August 5 Dr Calvin B Moody marks fifty years as a Congregational minister, matching fifty years of marriage with Mrs Moody celebrated a week earlier.
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Larance Ricks
Madison Avenue
Buick
North Illinois Street
Kansas City
Calvin B. Moody
Mrs. Moody
Frank La Mar Re-arrested After Counterfeiting Release
United Press reports Frank La Mar is jailed again after an accidental release from prison last week on a counterfeit charge. Detectives nabbed him at his home following the circulation of a raised silver certificate.
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United Press
Frank la Mar
Starving Family Resisted Aid in Ada and Elmore Counties
In Boise Idaho on August 5 a starving William Long Family resisted charity efforts by Good Samaritan officers and civil workers as they were ushered from a mountain retreat toward help. The four children and their parents fought to stay away from a Boise children's home while officers planned a future aid program. Meanwhile in Dublin Indiana a fire from an overheated stove destroyed the Bresnahan farm home near Webster, causing about $15,000 in loss with Mrs Bresnahan and two young children inside.
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United Press
Boise
Idaho
Good Samaritan
William Long
Ada
Elmore
Long
Missionaries of Charity
Little Longs
Times Special
Dublin
Ind
L. C. Bresnahan
Webster
Brenahan
Saved by First Aid After Rooming House Attack
First aid by John Gish, police emergency driver, saved Fred Crouch 28 of 748 Lexington Avenue after a slashing in a fight. Doctors at City Hospital declared him stable today. Police sought suspect George Durst, another roomer who allegedly attacked. Durst escaped.
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John Gish
Fred Crouch
Lexington Avenue
City Hospital
George Durst
Crouch
Durst
Chicken thieves shocked by deputies in weeded lot
John Huntsinger and Dan Pierson reported they surprised three chicken thieves east of Emerson Avenue and south of Raymond Street. Deputy sheriffs found the men blasting at the field with shotguns.
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Emerson Avenue
Raymond Street
John Huntsinger
Dan Pierson
Schwing Withdraws From State Senate Ticket
Formal notice states Julius C. Schwing of Lawrence withdraws from the state senate race. Francis J. Lochard of Milan has secured a majority in the primaries.
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Julius C. Schwing
Lawrence
Schwing
Oe Ee
Francis J. Lochard
Milan
Noted Arrest In Murder Plot At Police Station Scene
John Madigan is jailed in New York after allegedly selecting Patrolman John Driscoll’s station as the scene of his plan to abduct a target. The incident follows a crash near Welch airport in Anderson Indiana injuring pilot George with lacerations and plane damage.
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United Press
New York
John Madigan
John Driscolgan
Anderson
Ind
Welch Airport
George
Painful Friend United Presa Belt Save Burned Worker
Ross Moore an electric light line worker in Brookfield Missouri wondered if his leather safety belt saved him from death or caused severe burns after losing grip on a pole and falling onto a 2,500 volt wire. The belt held him aloft until rescue. He mused how badly he would have been burned had he fallen to the ground.
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United Presa
U. S. 40 Opened After Widening West of City
The National road west of the city is widened to forty feet from the railroad overpass to the municipal airport and to thirty feet from the airport to Bridgeport. Detour signs were removed as the project completed per the state highway department.
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State Highway Department
Bridgeport
George II's Active Military Campaign Ends
George II, the last English king to directly participate in a military campaign, led troops in action and shaped royal engagement in combat during his reign. The record notes his direct leadership and the impact on royal authority.
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George II
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