Two Trains Wrecked Near Mounds Kill Ten. Many Hurt
A side-swipe wreck of two Illinois Central trains north of Mounds Illinois left at least ten dead and over fifty injured. Among the dead was L A Drennan of Mattoon express messenger on the Chicago to New Orleans limited. Wrecks occurred after an iron pipe obstruction on the southbound right of way. Wrecking crews rushed to Cairo and Fulton as rescuers searched overturned sleeping cars for more victims.
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United Press Mounds
Ill
Illinois Central
L. A. Drennan
Mattoon
Louisville
Jackson
Tenn
Cairo
New Orleans
St. Mary’s Hospital
Fulton
Drennan
Joe Denny
Omaha
Memphis-to-St. Louis
Chickasaw
St. Louis
Denny
Cairo Hospital
Democratic Women Plan Campaign Appeal to Stay-at-Home Voters
New York August 6 Democratic women leaders decide to appeal to stay-at-home female voters this fall. An advisory committee is formed including Nellie Tayloe Ross Elizabeth Marbury and other prominent figures. Mrs Roosevelt reports Mary Harriman Rumsey will switch from the Republican to support Governor Smith.
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United Press
New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Nellie Tayloe Ross
Wyoming
Charles J. Sharpe
Alabama
Anna Struble
South Dakota
Elizabeth Marbury
Bernice Pyke
Ohio
Samuel Wilson
Kentucky
Larue Brown
Boston
Roosevelt
Mary Harriman Rumsey
E. H. Harriman
Smith
Official Faces Suit Over Demolished Building in Decatur
Alfred Houston Indiana State fire marshal and the city of Decatur defend a $15,000 damage suit filed by Lawrence E. Opliger. The suit stems from the destruction of a condemned building by city employees as Opliger claims he was attempting to bring the structure into compliance with fire safety rules.
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Times Special
Decatur
Ind
Alfred Houston
Indiana
Lawrence E. Opliger
Opliger
Wet Weapon: Miss Krohn Defends Home from Bandits
In Albany Indiana on August 6 Miss Nita Krohn repelled two intruders at her home. They demanded water, pressed revolvers on her, and fled after she hurled a bucket and a glass of water. One shot fired.
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Albany
Ind
Sun Spots Seen Over Buffalo After Aurora Disruption
Dr. Edward J. Moore of the University of Buffalo said a large sun spot field has been sighted again. He noted the spots cluster to threaten Earth communications, with effects possible today or tomorrow.
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United Press Buffalo
Edward J. Moore
University of Buffalo
Alfred E. Smith Escapes Hazardous Hudson Ride
Governor Alfred E. Smith Democratic presidential hopeful, after a perilous thunderstorm ride up the Hudson River route, prepared to resume his acceptance speech preparations in Albany. The motor cavalcade faced wrecked cars, ditches, fallen limbs, and a near scrape at Bear Mountain Bridge as rain slicked roads.
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United Press
Albany
N. Y
Alfred E. Smith
Capitol Steps
Smith
New York
West Bank
The
Hudson
Thaws Oil Fire Injures Two Workers
Two workers at the Serving Spring Company plant suffered burns while attempting to thaw a slow moving oil line. Clarence Schafer, 19, of 1727 Woodlawn Ave., was hospitalized with serious head and arm injuries after a naphtha can exploded during the incident. Golay Stout, 3525 Paris Ave., disputed Schafer’s account and said the lighter sparked the blaze.
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Clarence Schafer
Woodlawn Ave
Indiana Christian Hospital
Schafer
Golay
Indiana Standard Directors Declare Dividends
Directors of the Standard Oil Company of Indiana vote a regular cash dividend of 62 1 2 cents and an additional 25 cents per share. The dividend will be paid September 15 to stockholders of record August 16 in Chicago.
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Indiana Standard
United Press Chicago
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Indianapolis Levy Hikes Tax Rate to 1.15 for 1929
The city plans a 1929 tax rate of 1.15 per 100 of assessed value, up 12 cents from 1928, aiming to add about 500000 to the treasury. City controller Sterling R. Holt and officials outlined the levy with council and Chamber of Commerce representatives approving the plan. The budget, showing increases across departments, will be introduced tonight with hearings on remonstrances set for two weeks hence.
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Indianapolis
Sterling R. Holt
Holt
A.B. Good
L. Ert Slack
William H. Book
General Fund
City
War Memorial
Fire
Board of Health
Barrett Law
Peayor Oerk
Police
Board of Wks
St. Commiss
Mnepl. Gar
Rings Stolen in Sleep
Mrs H H Smith reports jewelry theft at 1823 Koehne Street. She valued three rings at 425 dollars. Detectives found no sign of forced entry and suspect the rings were mislaid.
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H. H. Smith
Koehne St
Delaware County Fair Opens With Big Entry Count
Delaware County fair begins in Muncie Indiana with 275 horses in the racing program and an advance crowd of about 20 000 for Sundays preview. The seventy sixth annual event runs starting Tuesday featuring a wide array of exhibits and events drawing large attendance.
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Muncie
Ind
Delaware County Fair
Two Fingerprints Could Solve Death Mystery
Investigators in Rushville use fingerprint skin grafting to lift prints from the victim found in a wheat field July 30. The man wore a Cincinnati suit and gave the name Dr. R F Wilson, leading to suspicion he was connected to crime. The technique may reveal identity if a criminal record exists.
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Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation
Rushville
Cincinnati
R. F. Wilson
Hunting
Chauncey A. Manning
Bureau
Polish Fliers Rescued At Sea Prepare To Try Again
Majors Idzikowski and Casimir Kubala, saved after crashing near Portugal during a trans Atlantic flight from Paris, await repairs to their Amiot biplane. They plan to resume the voyage at the first opportunity, hopeful to reach New York.
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United Press
Oporto
Portugal
Majors Idzikowski
Casimir Kubala
Paris
Kubala
Idzikowski
America
Spain
Azores
Pilsudski
Europe
Samos
Kukala
New York
Linbergh Air Trail
Northwest
Atlantic
le Bourget Field
Paris-New York
Louis Idzikowski
Provo man Bert Sorenson dies after car theft arrest
Bert Sorenson twenty two of Provo Utah alias Jack O Day was shot by a police man while attempting to escape after being captured in a car theft and died in Hammond Indiana Salt Lake City listed as his home location
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United Press
Hammond
Ind
Bert Sorenson
Provo
Utah
Sorenson
Jack O'Day
Salt Lake City
One Man Dead Three Injured in Falls Dodges Duel
Clarence Wammack challenged Dr. Nathan Fox to a pistol duel over failing teeth. Police arrested Wammack after the note was sent to the dentist and the address reported.
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United Press
New York
Clarence Wammack
Nathan Fox
Wammack
Girl Drinks Poison After Quarrel in City
Miss Jeraldine Opal Stewart twenty is in fair condition at the city hospital after swallowing a slow acting poison during a quarrel with Harry Hobbs in his car parked before her home. Hobbs told police he tried to save her by giving milk. Stewart worked for Fairbanks Morris. her father Harvey Stewart lives in Greensboro Indiana.
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Jeraldine Opal Stewart
Michigan St
Harry Hobbs
Southeastern Ave
Hobb
Miss Stewart
Fairbanks-Morris Company
Harvey Stewart
Greensboro
Ind
Curtis Notification Details Announced
Details of preparations for the formal notification of Senator Charles Curtis as the Republican vice presidential candidate were announced at Republican headquarters in Washington. Governor Ben S. Paulen of Kansas oversees local arrangements for the Aug. 18 ceremony on the steps of the Kansas State Capitol with Senator Fess of Ohio delivering the notification. A twelve-acre plot in front of the building will host the audience, and Topeka will feature elaborate decorations with fans, drapes, tri colors and butterflies.
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United Press
Washington
Topeka
Kan
Charles Curtis
Ben S. Paulen
Kansas
Curtis
Kansas State Capitol
Fess
Ohio
Campbell drops fight over county surveyor nomination
County Surveyor Henry Campbell announced he will not appeal the county commissioners ruling dismissing his contest of Paul Roscoe Brown’s nomination as Republican candidate for the office at the upcoming May 8 primary.
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Henry Campbell
Paul Roscoe Brown
Sanitarium patient dies after fourth story fall
One man, Clyde Odell aged 44 of 1130 Oxford Street, dies from a skull fracture after a Sunday fall from the Fletcher Sanitarium window at 1140 East Market Street. Three others are injured from separate falls on construction sites and streets, including Charles Weer, 43, injured at 3025 North Meridian Street, and Charles Huffman, 12, hurt from a tree fall at 1749 Olive Street. Eugene Hammond, 33, also injured at Illinois and Chesapeake Streets building work.
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Clyde Odell
Oxford St
Fletcher Sanitarium
E. Market St
C. H. Keever
Charles Weer
S. Mline St
Meridian St
Methodist Hospital
Charles Huffman
Olive St
City Hospital
Eugene Hammond
Ewing St
Mlinois and
Chesapeake Sts
Last Fire Run J Tigra Ambition the Fire Dog Buried
Fireman John F Logan recalls Ambition the fire dog who joined Station 1 crews on Indiana Ave two years ago. The dog died after being run over by a pumper during tire filling near Michigan St and Indiana Ave. Driver Harold Morgan mourns him, noting the dog joined the lodge rites with him.
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Tigra
Michigan St
Indiana Ave
John F. Logan
Logan
Harold Morgan
Morgan
Negro Masonic Lodge
The
Shrine
Extradited Suspect Ghere Returned to City in Custody
Lawrence Ghere, named as a suspect in a two year old murder at a road house near the city, was moved by motor under detectives Rugenstein and McGlenn from Stark Nevada after a San Francisco extradition ruling. Police chief Worley said Ghere would be brought here by Wednesday night and the route kept secret to prevent possible rescue attempts.
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Lawrence Ghere
Wilkinson Haag
Haag ‘Drug Company
William Rugenstein
Harry McGlenn
Claude M. Worley
Worley
Stark
Nev
Ghere
California
Michael Roche
San Francisco
Bandages in Freight Car May Be Clue to Killing
Detectives have two blood soaked bandages and scraps of bread found in a freight car in the Big Four yards as possible clues to the slaying of Motor Policeman Paul Miller who was shot July 17 at Station and Twenty Fifth Streets. Witnesses saw two men in the area the day after the murder and the bandages were reported by a crossing watchman. The car was moved toward the Belt railroad and later shipped to Morgantown Indiana before returning. Authorities consider the pair may have hid in the car while the wound healed.
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Paul Miller
Miller
Station
Twenty-Fifth Sts
Lemmon
Big Four Railroad
Big Four
S. Sherman Dr
Massachusetts Ave
Belt Railroad
Morgantown
Ind
Illinois Central Railroad
Fred Stone Hopes to Dance Again After Crash Injuries
Fred Stone, crippled by an airplane crash near Groton, wiggles his toes in plaster and bandages and believes leg fractures are less serious than feared. Doctors say recovery will take weeks, but the dancer hopes to resume his famous performances and fly again with caution. Dorothy Stone says a delayed production may shift to accommodate his healing.
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Fred Stone
United Press
London
Conn
Groton
Evertheless
Stone
Charles Dillingham
Dorothy
Heat wave to return Tuesday with near 90 in city
Weather forecasts warn a new heat wave will grip the city Tuesday with highs near 90 degrees. Showers and winds offered relief in the East and Midwest, as scattered rainfall of 1.5 inches occurred over the weekend. New York and surrounding areas saw record heat and rising death tolls amid extreme temperatures.
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J. H. Armington
Mercury
Armington
Rain Brings Relief to Middle West Heat Wave
General weekend rains eased the heat in Illinois Missouri and Iowa with Chicago temperatures dropping below 70 degrees restoring relief after last week’s heat wave.
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United Press
Chicago
Middle West
Illinois
Missouri
Iowa
Heat kills and injures as 102 degree day hits Washington
One man died eleven people were prostrated and many more ill as heat reached 102 degrees in Washington yesterday. Amateurs in baseball and tennis suffered with seven players removed from a game. Relief is forecast tomorrow but heat remains intense today.
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United Press
Ashington
Cyclone Devastates Bavaria. 1.9 Million Marks in Damage
A cyclone with rain and cloud bursts hit upper and lower Bavaria causing about 1.9 million marks in damage. Houses lost their roofs, crops were ruined, and roads and railways blocked by fallen trees. No deaths reported though many were injured as troops were dispatched by the government.
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United Press
Bamberg
Germany
Upper
Bavaria
Ted Coy Weds Social Debutante in El Paso
Edward Coy, former Yale football star and recent ex of actress Jeanne Eagels, married Sunday night in El Paso to Miss Lottie Bruhn. The couple plans a California honeymoon before returning to El Paso where Coy promotes the Millionaire's Winter Club.
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Bu United Press
EL Paso
Texas
Edward
Ted) Coy
Yale
Jeanne Eagels
Lottie Bruhn
California
Coy
Wanted Cottage Ad Pulled After Quick Rent at Lake Webster
A short Times want ad placed by Mrs Geo Garner at 1018 Park Ave. offered a cottage at Lake Webster. Soon after publication she called to cancel and the cottage had already been rented, prompting a prompt, low cost reminder to place ads by calling RI 5551.
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Geo
Garner
Park Ave
The
Times
Lake Webster
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