Wheat price worries politicians in wheat belt
Washington observers note wheat at about 1.10 a bushel amid bumper Oklahoma Kansas and Nebraska crops. Economists cite record world supply Canada exports and speculative markets as factors. Politicians fear continued low prices could tilt political alignments in the breadbasket as harvests proceed.
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Dexter M. Keezer Washington
Oklahoma
Kansas
Nebraska
United States Agriculture Department
United States
Canada
Dakotas
Germans Celebrate Constitution Day in Berlin Festivities
Berlin marked the ninth anniversary of its constitution with a grand public display. Public buildings and many private structures flew republican flags as people hurried to work. The celebration culminates with a Reichstag session attended by President von Hindenburg and the cabinet.
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United Press
Berlin
German Republic
Wilhelmstrasse
Reichstag
von Hindenburg
Citizenship Fight to Supreme Court over Schwimmer
The case of Madame Rosika Schwimmer seeks citizenship despite pacifist views. The Chicago Federal Appellate Court ordered admission, a stay was granted on appeal, and the American Civil Liberties Union will assist in the fight ahead.
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Washington
Madame Rosika Schwimmer
United States Supreme Court
Chicago
Madame Schwimmer
Fred J. Schlotfeldt
The
American Civil Liberties Union
Paid for jail term man soon goes free
In Lansing on Aug 11 Harry Alexander, the man who was paid to go to the State Penitentiary in Jackson, will be freed on Sept 26 after serving the maximum one year for running liquor between Ecorse and Houghton Lake. He testified at a parole hearing before Arthur D. Wood, commissioner of pardons and paroles, that biweekly pay checks from partners in the rum running business supported him during the year long sentence.
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United Press
Lansing
Harry Alexander
Jackson
Ecorse
Houghton Lake
Alexander
Arthur D. Wood
Rex Cherryman Dies After Arrival in France
Rex Cherry man, a youthful American stage star, died Friday five hours after disembarking the S S De Grasse at Savre, France, while on vacation en route to ongoing stage work in New York. His body was to be reunited at Rouen. Cherry man rose to prominence as the male lead in The Trial of Mary Dugan.
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U. S
France
United Pressavre
Rex Cherryman
S. S. de Grasse
New York
Rouen
Broadway
A. H. Wood
Mary Dugan
Baldwin heads to five week holiday with deputy premier
Premier Stanley Baldwin and his wife depart London for a five week holiday at Aix les Bains. The lord chancellor will act as deputy premier during Baldwin's absence.
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Buchited Press
London
Stanley Baldwin
Aix Les Bains
Baldwin
$1 000 Won By Local Eagles
The Indianapolis Aerie No. 211 drill and degree teams won $1,000 at the national Fraternal Order of Eagles convention in Columbus Ohio. Indianapolis placed third in two contests. Richmond Indiana auxiliary took fifth. The top prize went to a South Framingham Massachusetts drill team with $1,000. other prizes listed include Jamestown New York $950 seventh Moline Illinois $400.
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Columbus
Ohio
Indianapolis Aerie No. 211
Order of Eagles
Indianapolis
Wilbur H. Miller
Indianapolis Aerie
Richmond
Ind
Aerie
South Framingham
Mass
Jamestown
N. Y
Milwaukee
Wis
Cincinnati
Covington, Ky
Moline
Ill
Gas Station Robbery and Street Assault Reported
James J. Coyne 32 of 1421 Finley Ave a Standard Oil attendant was robbed at 9 p m by a Negro bandit who stole 80 from the safe and fled east from Tenth Street Coyne escaped a washroom trap and gave chase William Grundy 2426 Cornell Ave said two men robbed him at 11 p m near Thirty-Eighth Street Fall Creek bridge beating him with blackjacks and taking 10 before the pair drove off in his Ford coupe
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James J. Coyne
Finley Ave
Standard Oil
Tenth St
Senate Ave
Coyne
William Grundy
Cornell Ave
Alvord
Twenty-Fifth Sts
Thirty-Eighth St
Fall Creek Bridge
Open Campaign Aug 31 in Indiana to Launch Gubernatorial Drive
The Indiana Democratic campaign starts August 31 in Salem with Frank C. Dailey and Albert Stump as principal speakers. Republican kickoff is August 28 in Frankfort with Senator James E. Watson addressing in the city park. State and congressional candidates will speak.
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Indiana
Salem
R. Earl Peters
Frank C. Dailey
Albert Stump
United States
Frankfort
Elza O. Rogers
James E. Watson
FILE PADLOCK SUITS INDIANA BOOTLEG FIGHT FILED IN SUPERIOR COURTS
Civil suits filed by Anti-Saloon League and attorneys seek 200 dollars in attorney fees against defendants including Caroline and Louis Sterger and Louis Hopkins among others in a federal city police action against liquor nuisances. In Bloomingdale, Leslie Pierce, 42, killed himself with poison in his car after driving into a neighbor’s yard, leaving a note about not being able to stand it any longer.
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Indianapolis
Anti-Saloon League
E. A. Miles
J. E. Martin
J. F. Watkins
Caroline
Louis Sterger
W. Tenth St
Louis Hopkins, Jesse
State Property Company
N. Butler Ave
Sophie Matich
Vito Matich
Haugh Ave
Times Special
Bloomingdale
Ind
Leslie Pierce
Clarence Wilhite
Hoosier Owns Meteorite He Saw Fall 58 Years Ago
E M Watkins of 881 Harris St reports witnessing a meteor fall in Randolph County about 1870 during a late evening return from church. The fiery rock landed near a rock pile, burned through debris, and sent red hot specks scattering as scientists visited the site. The meteorite gains interest with the Perseids expected early Sunday.
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Hoosier
E. M. Watkins
Harris Sr
Randolph County
Watkins
Tuttle
Elsie Janis Narrowly Allowed to Proceed to London
American actress Elsie Janis was barred from landing in Plymouth England on August 11 for lacking a ministry of labor permit. She promised to produce the permit, said to be in her baggage, and was allowed to continue to London with her mother.
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Elsie Janis
United Press
Plymouth
England
Butning
Ministry of Labor
London
Hay fever myths challenged by pollen expert
Edgar B. Carter, Indianapolis pollen specialist, told the American Chemical Society gathering in Evanston that bright flowers like gold enrod and roses do not cause hay fever. He said air borne pollens from inconspicuous plants such as grasses and ragweed trigger symptoms, with pollen counts sometimes exceeding 1,000 granules per cubic yard in fall air.
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Science
Evanston
Ill
Edgar B. Carter
Indianapolis
Institute of Chemistry
American Chemical Society
Accused Gas Hawk Ruben Cohen Held for Vagrancy
Ruben Cohen 22 of 818 S Illinois St is held by police on vagrancy and operating a blind tiger charges. Cohen and Louis Rosenthal 21 of 616 5S Illinois St were arrested by Sergt Le Roy Bartlett and squad during a drive on alleged drug store cowboys and mashers. Bartlett said they stopped their car to get Miss Anna Selby 1138 N Illinois St to enter the auto. Cohen said a bottle of wine in the car was for religious purposes.
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Ruben Cohen
Illinois St
Cohen
Louis Rosenthal
Sergt
le Roy Bartlett
Bartlett
Anna Selby
Plans motor fast Edinburg to visit every state capital
Claude Armstrong of Edinburg plans a fast automobile trip beginning August 20 lasting 30 to 50 days. He aims to cover about 175,000 miles at an average 500 miles daily, traveling with a relief driver, a physician, and a newspaper man. In Terre Haute, Indiana, John Owens, 44, reportedly killed himself citing health and unemployment. his widow recalls Owens saying similar words after reading another suicide report.
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United Press
Edinburg
Texas
Claude Armstrong
Union
Times
Terre Haute
Ind
John Owens
Herman Schlipper
Owens
Noise drives 22yearold internal revenue clerk to suicide
Dorothy Sherlock, 22, an Internal Revenue Bureau clerk in Washington, complained the constant clattering of typewriters was driving her mad. She was found dead in her bathroom from a bullet wound, apparently self-inflicted, in the office district home.
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United Press
Washington
Dorothy Sherlock
Internal Revenue Bureau
Beech Grove Woman Wins Second Foot Prize
Mrs Josephine Foreman of Beech Grove won second prize in the normal foot contest held by The Times and the National Association of Chiropodists and Podiatrists. On Friday the second prize winner was erroneously listed as Miss Josephine Foreman of 1028 King Ave.
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Josephine Foreman
Beech Grove
the Times
National Association of Chiropodists and Podiatrists
King Ave
Heat and Heat Wave Linked to Gravel Pit Death in Warsaw
In Warsaw Indiana on August 11 a heat induced affliction worsened by heat led to the death of 55 year old Frank Pieteger while he was at a gravel pit.
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Warsaw
Ind
Frank Pieteger
Ready to Die at 106 in Evansville Story
Evansville Indiana August 11. Hundred six year old Mrs Evaline Lynn says life is too painful and she welcomes death. She moved to Evansville ninety years ago from Kentucky at age fifteen and later settled in Warrick County where she and husband worked a hard living from the land.
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Evansville
Ind
Evaline Lynn
Kentucky
Lynn
Warrick County
Roadhouse Fought: Double Action to Close Green Mill
Authorities moved to shut Green Mill roadhouse at 3103 East Thirty-Eighth Street after a drunken brawl left 27 year old Terrence King dead. Owner Bessie Gipprich faces a $1000 bond on a nuisance charge while a civil suit to close the inn was filed by Deputy Prosecutor Vincent Manifold, who said he had not previously been informed of liquor violations.
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Green Mill Roadhouse
Thirty-Eighth St
Bessie Gipprich
Terrence King
Vincent Manifold
Evansville Inventor Plans 1000 Automatic Billiard Tables
Alexander Baker of Evansville Indiana announces a patent filing to build a chain of billiard automats. The machines will dispense a triangular rack of balls via coin slot, lift the rack, and lock cues on the table for play.
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Timea
Evansville
Ind
Alexander Baker
Man Killed by Pennsylvania Train on Track in Valparaiso
Henry Lute, 62, was fatally struck Friday night by a Pennsylvania passenger train while walking on the track in Valparaiso Indiana. The driver reported the incident and authorities opened a routine investigation.
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Times
Valparaiso
Ind
Henry Lute
Pennsylvania
Couple Found Shot to Death in Toledo Home
In Toledo Ohio Aug 11 a young man and a woman were found shot to death in a house under construction. Police believe a lovers death pact led to the double suicide. Both victims were well dressed and had no identifying marks on their clothing. A pistol lay near the girl. The bodies, estimated at 27 years old, were found by workman Charles Trefflich who alerted authorities. The pair appeared to have died about two hours earlier.
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United Press
Toledo
Ohio
Bott
Charles Trefflich
Trefflich
Park official bids to curb public displays in Rock Creek
Washington August 11 in the heat wave Lieut Col A B Grant in charge of Washington parks moves to end public displays of amorousness in public playgrounds. He notes Rock Creek park is popular for parking and lawn sleeping but says parked cars invite indecencies. Grant seeks newspaper help to curb violations while preserving harmless privacy.
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Washington
Grant
Rock Creek
Movies breed inferiority says Gladys Grove in Chapel Hill
Mrs Gladys H Grove, an expert on child training, told the Public Welfare Institute in Chapel Hill that films promote the Cinderella motif. She argued that underdogs rise only to gain wealth, fostering ideas of luxury and material possession and making audiences feel inferior.
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United Press
Chapel Hill
N. C
Gladys H. Grove
Public Welfare Institute
Eye Eye Detour at Busy Cleveland Intersection
A young woman wearing a wrap-around dress was struck by a passing truck at a crowded Cleveland crossroads. The bumper snagged the dress and the vehicle kept going while a vigilant doorman covered her with his coat and police freed the roadway.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Nine Indianapolis Boy Scouts Achieve Eagle Rank
Nine Indianapolis Boy Scouts were awarded the Eagle rank at the closing campfire program at the Boy Scout reservation Friday night. Named are William Breunig Troop 4, Robert Moore Troop 9, Charles Musser Troop 34, Frank Newland Troop 45, Harold Baker and William Van Talge Troop 58, Robert Hammer Troop 60, Ross Rissler Jr Troop 69, and William McEwen Troop 3, who acted as camp commandant during the summer. Also receiving recognition are Joseph Wilson Troop 23, James Funhouser Troop 22, Henry Pond Troop 36, Richard Hudson Troop 40, Robert Koch Troop 6, Leroy Breunig Troop 4 for life rank, Ralph Neele Troop 44, Robert Hively Troop 51, Arthur Michel Troop 66, Robert Moffett Troop 19, George Robson Troop 21, Thomas Keller Troop 40, Billy Klee Troop 40, and John Sauer Troop 49, who qualified as Star Scouts.
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William Breunig
Robert Moore
Charles Musser
Frank Newland
Harold Baker
William van Talge
Robert Hammer
Ross Rissler
William McEwen
Joseph Wilson
James Funhouser
Henry Pond
Richard Hudson
Robert Koch
Leroy Breunig
Ralph Neele
Robert Hively
Arthur Michel
Robert Moffett
George Robson
Thomas Keller
Billy Klee
John Sauer
Pastor sued in sequel to fatal auto crash
La Porte Indiana August 11 damages of twenty thousand dollars are sought in a suit filed against Dr John Gordon pastor of a Rockford Illinois Congregationalist church as a result of a fatal Lincoln highway crash on August 2. The widow of Daniel Boyer La Porte County farmer was killed when the car he rode in collided with a machine alleged to have been Gordon's car Gordon says his vehicle did not strike the Boyer car.
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Times Special
LA Porte
Ind
Lincoln Highway
Here
John Gordon
Rockford
Daniel Boyer
la Porter County
Gordon
Petty judge under fire over obstructed street in Indiana
Members of the town board in Hope Indiana discuss drastic action against Henry Barmes justice of the peace accused of using a street near his home as storage for wood farm implements and vehicles. He allegedly ignored a thirty day notice to clear the street within ten days.
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Times Special Hope
Ind
Henry Barmes
Justice of the Peace
Barmes
Hog Attack Causes Arm Injury To Local Farmer
United Press reports in Indiana on August 11 that farmer S. R. Williams near the town is recovering from a badly lacerated right arm after a hog on his farm attacked him.
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United Press
Ind
R. Williams
Here
Williams
Flour Mill Makes Own Weather At Acme Evans Plant
Acme Evans mill in Indianapolis engineers a private climate system to cool and humidify flour production. A Carrier Engineering setup uses a large suction fan and spray nozzles to maintain about 70 degrees year round with controlled humidity, improving product quality and worker comfort.
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Twain
Acme-Evans Company
Washington Ave
Indianapolis
Acme-Evans
Edgar H. Evans
Board Objects To Smith And Straton Debate
United Press reports in New York on August 11 that Rev John Roach Straton’s church trustees may block a planned debate with Governor Alfred E Smith at Calvary Baptist over Smith’s legislative record. Straton favors Madison Square Garden. Smith insists on the same pulpit. Straton’s vacation home at Greenwood Lake receives telegrams and a 25 cent delivery fee for messages. one congregant resigns over the planned clash.
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United Press
New York
John Roach Straton
Calvary Baptist Church
Alfred E. Smith
Straton
O. M. Johnson
Madison Square Garden
Smith
Calvary
William A. Brady
K. T. Mather
Harvard
Greenwood Lake
Cafe Dancer Becomes Minister of Mission
Helen Jepson, once a cabaret performer, is now permanent pastor at Glad Tidings Mission in Sioux City Iowa. She says her conversion followed her sister Ruth Donaldson’s illness and recovery after pleading for a religious life.
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United Presa
Sioux City
Iowa
Helen Jepson
Miss Jepson
Ruth Donaldson
Middle West
Minneapolis
Shea
Indiana Boy Scouts Study Flora and Fauna at Turkey Run
Indiana Boy Scouts at Turkey Run State Park study Indiana flora and fauna in a nature guide service program running through August 25. Led by 8. R. Esten of the State Conservation department with assistants Frederick Test of Lafayette and Otto Behrens Jr. of Anderson, the group includes youth leaders from local troops.
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Bu Times
Turkey Run State Park
Ind
Indiana Boy Scouts
Nature Guide Service
Indiana
R. Esten
State Conservation Department
Frederick Test
Lafayette
Otto Behrens, Jr
Anderson
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