Rescue steps urged to ease farmers drought burden
Dunlap assistant secretary of agriculture urged Exchange Club delegates to cut taxes on farmers, expand grain marketing help, and provide loans to avert agricultural crisis. He cited 11 million workers and 6 million farms with a 12.5 billion dollar last year income, and urged tax relief, local credit, and public works to support farming. Convention events included golf, fashion shows, theater party, and a carnival at Broad Ripple park as delegates prepared to close the session.
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Renick W. Dunlap
National Exchange Club
Dunlap
United States
Congress
Exchange Club
Meridian Hills Country Club
The
Lincoln
Broad Ripple Park
John H. Awtry
Dallas
National Third
Navy plane crashes at finish of national air races
A Navy plane crashed at the finish of a fifty mile speed event in Chicago and burst into flames. Lt. J. P. Deshazo, 28, died minutes after being removed from the wreckage at the airport hospital. The accident marked the meet’s first fatality as crowds surged around the burning monoplane near the southeast grandstand.
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United Preas
Chicago
J. P. Deshazo
Navy
City Luncheon Clubs Aim to Boost Indiana State Fair
Members of city luncheon clubs plan a joint meeting under the Indianapolis Real Estate Board in the Riley room of the Claypool to promote the seventy-eighth Indiana state fair set for August 30 to September 6. Governor Harry G. Leslie and Samuel R. Guard of Spencer will address about five hundred civic club members at the annual dinner.
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Indianapolis Real Estate Board
Riley
Claypool
Harry G. Leslie
Samual R. Guard
Spencer
Whale Traveled Inland Stranded. Dover Police Kill
A four ton, twenty nine foot whale wandered ten miles inland up the Cocheco River near Dover. It was stranded when the tide went out and local authorities ended the affair with rifle fire to kill the animal.
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United Press
Dover
N. H
Cocheco
Bank Robbery Quietly Spills $3500 In Cincinnati Heist
Two bandits held up two women employees at the Sayler Park Peoples Bank and Savings Company branch in Cincinnati and escaped with three thousand five hundred dollars. The incident occurred today, reported by United Press.
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Bu United Press
Cincinnati
Sayler Park
Peoples Bank and Savings Company
Goebel Starts LA Chicago Air Derby Bid
Colonel Arthur C. Goebel took off from Metropolitan airport at 5 10 a m Pacific time as the last entrant in the Los Angeles to Chicago nonstop air derby. He aimed to beat Wiley Post and possibly push on to New York in an east transcontinental record.
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Art Goebel
Los Angeles
Lee Schoenhair
Wiley Post
Oklahoma City
Akron
Detroit
Roscoe Turner
Dixie
Washington
Phoebe Omlie
Memphis
United Press
Arthur C. Goebel
Chicago
Metropolitan
Goebel
Post
New York
Finish Is Thrilling
CHICAGO August 27 Two aviators who landed their powerful aircraft at a busy city airfield thrilled spectators with a daring finish. The demonstration showcased precision piloting and synchronized maneuvers emphasizing safety and skill.
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United Press
Chicago
Merchants to Extend Downtown Store Hours After Labor Day
Downtown stores will abolish 5 p.m. closing and keep 5:30 p.m. closing after Labor Day. Merchants Association manager W. E. Balch announced the change today. Stores will close at 5:30 p.m. on all days except Saturday.
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Merchants Association
W. E. Balch
Hurricane path shifts toward north from South Atlantic
The tropical hurricane sweeping toward the American shore from the south Atlantic is believed to have shifted from a threatening northwest track and turned almost due north, as reported by United Press from Washington.
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United Pres
Washington
American
South Atlantic
Hoodoo Death Theme Haunts All Colored Show In New York
In the all colored musical revue Hot Rhythm in New York, multiple actors die or resign after a prison execution scene. James W Jackson was found dead in Harlem from accidental asphyxiation. Nat Cash later died of a heart attack after performing the part.
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York
New York
Times Square Theater
James W. Jackson
Jackson
James Jackson
Harlem
William Sheppard
Sheppard
William Simpson
Edward Rolles
Mally
Nat Cash
Newark
N. J
Note 10 Ogden bares names of lynch mob
Attorney General James M. Ogden holds a letter naming Marion Indiana lynch mob leaders and two letters from Grant County prosecutor Harley F. Hardin about the Marion lynchings. Hardin denies The Times interview and says the report is politically motivated. The case involves a pending grand jury and potential witnesses.
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Ogden Bares
Marion
Ind
James M. Ogden
National Bar Association
Chicago
Harley F. Hardin
Grant Coounty
Ogden
Walter White
National Association For Advancement of Negroes
the Times
Hardin
Times
Grant County
Ogden P
Prosecutor Hardin in Indianapolis visit verified by secretary
Grant county prosecutor Hayley F Hardin was in Indianapolis on Thursday August 21 the date of an interview obtained by Sheldon Key fraternal editor of The Times. Miss Friedie McDowell secretary in state Odd Fellow offices confirmed the date and that Hardin and his wife and child visited lodge offices. Hardin has made no complaint to The Times denying the statements attributed to him.
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Times
Hardin
Indianapolis
Hayley F. Hardin
Grant County
Friedie McDowell
Odd Fellow
Odd Fellows Lodge
Miss McDowell
Sheldon Key
the Times
Hardinand
The
Negroes Riot Quelled at Rice Farm Fatalities Reported
A coroner's report from Point Coupee parish shows that Black convicts rioted on a private rice farm and were subdued after one was killed and several injured. State penitentiary officials faced criticism for the lease system but offered few details about the riot, which occurred Monday near Baton Rouge.
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United Press
Baton Rouge
Point Coupee Parish
State Penitentiary
Fairest of the FAIR Here in Indiana State Fair 1930
The piece previews the Indiana state fair opening Saturday with the annual home economics school for 4 H Club girls. Monday marked the start of flaw making and carpet sweeping activities running through fair week featuring Amy Schenck Decatur Mary Cripe Flora Mary Glick Columbus Martha Goss Martinsville Cherie Bon as the first bovine entrant and Eleanor Stoner Warsaw with her baked rolls.
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Amy Schenck
Decatur
Mary Cripe
Flora
Mary Glick
Columbus
Martha Goss
Martinsville
Cherie Bon
Eleanor Stoner
Warsaw
Drought Relief Plan Completes for Farmers Aid
Washington August 27 plans for extending drought aid to farmers through local credit corporations were completed at a conference of bankers from fifteen states and the national drought relief committee led by Secretary Hyde. Henry M. Robinson of Los Angeles is said to author the plan, which calls for cooperative credit organizations in drought affected states to provide about 20 million dollars in credit for farmers lacking collateral.
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United Press
Washington
National Drought Relief Committee
Hyde
Henry M. Robinson
Los Angeles
Dawes Reparations Commission
Farmers Fire On Road Camp In Lonore Arkansas
A detachment of guards guards Ayars Construction Company road camp near Lonore Arkansas was kept under guard after angry drought stricken farmers fired on the site. The guards were sent by Governor Harvey Parnell Tuesday night as tensions eased officials say the men were discharged and replaced by Negro laborers who could operate the road machinery.
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United Press
Lonore
Ark
Ayars Construction Company
Harvey Parnell
Shipwreck survivors recount eight hours at sea
Seven crew members of the schooner Francis T. from Halifax bound for Bermuda wrecked sixteen miles off shore near Atlantic City. Three men John Larre Clarence Atkinson and Freeman Banbury were rescued after eight hours in the surf and later aided by a coast guard cutter seeking the waterlogged vessel and the remaining four crew members.
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United Press
ATIC
Cooling showers follow warmer tonight in Indianapolis forecast
The United States Weather Bureau in Indianapolis predicts warmer temperatures tonight then cooling showers late Thursday. Rain is expected Thursday with a return to milder conditions afterward.
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United States Weather Bureau
Indianapolis
Nomination for Governor Sealed for W Murray at Idaho Convention
John McMurray of Oakley won the Republican nomination for governor by acclamation on the first ballot at the Idaho state convention. He received 145 votes, more than enough, as W D Gillis of Filer attempted to move for a unanimous vote during the roll call.
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John McMurray
Oakley
Publican
cMurray
W. D. Gillis
Filer
Record Heat Vastly Strains Ben Guerir Desert In Africa
In Ben Guerir Morocco a 131 degree Fahrenheit noontime heat record shocks the region. Caravans shrink as desert winds blister travelers and camels. natives move livestock to higher Atlas valleys to endure the extreme heat wave spreading along the African coast.
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Prear
Ben Guerir
France
Atlas Mountains
Lon Chaney Emphasized Hidden Goodness Behind Cruel Roles
Hollywood writer Ivy Crane Wilson details Lon Chaney's guiding creed that every sinner harbors fundamental goodness. Chaney, who gave few interviews, supported charities, aided struggling actors, and believed radiating goodness was the highest art. He shared a lifelong habit of helping extras and underdogs on set.
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Lon Ghaney
Ivy Crane Wilson
Plot to kill Florida governor linked to Capone era gang
Testimony at a Jacksonville preliminary hearing ties Frank Rawls and Florida publisher Fred Eberhardt to an alleged plot to assassinate Governor Doyle E. Carlton. Dowling says Rawls planned to pin the crime on Capone to gain political control, while officials subpoenaed telegrams tied Laube and Giblin to the case.
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United Press
Jacksonville
Fla
Doyle E. Carlton
Florida
Scarface
Capone
Chicago
Clem Dowling
Dowling
Frank Rawls
Carlton
Rawls
Fred O. Eberhardt
The
Florida States News
Henry Halsman
Duval County
W. B. Cahoon
Alabama
Giblin
Jack Zuta
Ben Laube
Western Union Telegraph Company
Orlando
Miami
Laube
Frank Gross
West Fifth Avenue
Gary
Ind
End of Eaton Suit Near in Youngstown Merger Case
In Youngstown Ohio Cyrus S Eaton neared completion of his suit to block the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Bethlehem Steel merger as he left the witness stand after four days of cross examination by Newton D. Baker. Elton Hoy II followed Eaton on the stand and it was announced that after summoning one or two more witnesses the plaintiffs would rest.
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United Press
Youngstown
Cyrus S. Eaton
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Eaton
Newton D. Baker
Elton Hoy II
Picklands, Mather & Co
Cleveland Org
Macnider Flies to Canada for Diplomatic Post
Han ford Macnider departed from Bolling Field at 10 a.m. aboard a military aircraft to Ottawa to assume duties as minister to Canada becoming the first American diplomat to fly to a foreign post. Captain Ira C. Baker piloted the flight despite a broken ankle from a prior parachute jump and Mrs. Macnider accompanied him.
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Washington
Hanford Macnider
Ottawa
Canada
Macnider
Bollingfield
Ira C. Baker
Army
Will of oil wildcatter Slick filed for probate
The will of Thomas B. Slick, reputedly worth up to 100 million dollars, is filed in Clarion Pennsylvania for probate. The widow Mrs. Bernice Slick receives one third, with the remainder split among Slick’s three children after annual 5000 dollar payments to his mother.
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United Press Clarion
Thomas B. Slick
Oil Wildcatters
Bernice Slick
Slick
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