Pilots Begin Berlin Flight in Antin Bowler Amid Rain
Pilots Roberts Gast and Parker Cramer in the Antin Bowler NC-9753, with Robert Wood aboard, left Lake Remi for Berlin despite rain and poor visibility. The two 400 horsepower Wasp-Whitney Pratt motors power the giant plane equipped with a two way radio and 600 gallon fuel capacity.
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Ontario
Roberts Gast
Parker Cramer
Berlin
Remi Jake
Port Burwell
Cape Chidley
Cramer
Gast
Robert Wood
Tribune Aviation
Here
Chicago
Milwaukee
Sault Ste. Marie
Rupert House
Endurance Flight Pushes Toward Record at Cleveland Airport
Byron K. Newcomb and R. L. Mitchell aboard the City of Cleveland continued their refueling endurance flight. After 136 hours 38 minutes in the air, they edge toward the sixteenth day, despite a wing rip and fuselage dent and forecast bad weather with overcast skies, strong winds, and low ceilings.
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Uy United Press
Cleveland
Byron K. Newcomb
R. L. Mitchell
City of
Cr. H. Andrus
Airport Weather Bureau
Ernie Basham
New Ruxton Auto to Be on Sale Soon
New Era Motors announces the Ruxton front wheel drive car to be built in a leased St Louis plant while a new Detroit plant is completed. J E Roberts says early models likely to be ready for delivery next month.
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Ruxton
Bu United Press
New York
St. Louis
Detroit
J. E. Roberts
New Era Motors, Inc
Roberts
Pedestrian Struck By Auto on Shelby Street
Bert Christie a 45 year old University Heights resident is in city hospital with a broken leg and head cuts after being struck by a car on Shelby street Fletcher avenue Wednesday The driver Ordnberger 31 of 444 South reet was not arrested.
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Bert Christie
University Heights
City Hospital
Shelby Street
Fletcher Avenue
Ordnberger
Southreet
Officer Slain in Gun Battle in Springfield Ohio
Detectives Oliver Holderby and Howard Roush confronted G. W. Vail of Toledo at a Springfield hotel they sought for questioning. Vail opened fire, killing Holderby and wounding Roush four times before being captured in South Charleston for medical aid.
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Springfield. O
South Charleston
Springfield
Oliver Holderby
Howard Roush
G. W. Vail
Toledo
Vail
Holderby
Roush
England's Labour government gains temporary support
London July 4 England's new labor government has secured a temporary lease on life as Conservatives pledge not to oust Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald and his Socialists before January unless a fundamental vice is found. David Lloyd George supports their early disarmament move but cautions for stronger actions elsewhere.
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United Press
London
England
Ramsay MacDonald
David Lloyd George
Hickman Free on Bond After DUI Arrest
Simon T. Hickman deputy United States marshal of Indianapolis posted $500 bond on two counts for driving while intoxicated and possession of intoxicating liquors. Bond arranged through a surety company, freeing him to celebrate the Fourth at home in Brazil Indiana.
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United Press
Brazil
Ind
Simon T. Hickman
Indianapolis
United States
Hickman
Weather report from Indianapolis airport at 9 30 a m
At Indianapolis airport at 9 30 a m the wind is southwest at 12 mph. Temperature is 77 degrees. Barometric pressure 29.90 inches. Ceiling and visibility unlimited. Field conditions are good.
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Indianapolis
Hourly Temperatures Chart
The record shows temperatures at 6 am 63 degrees 8 am 70 degrees 7 am 6 and 9 am 7 percent
Coolidge Observes 57th Birthday Quietly at Home
Northampton Massachusetts July 4 1925 former President Calvin Coolidge celebrated his fifty seventh birthday in privacy at home after leaving the White House He planned to receive a few close friends during the day
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United Press
Northampton
Mass
Calvin Coolidge
White House
Mrs Adelle Pringle Taggart dies at French Lick
Mrs Adelle Pringle Taggart wife of Thomas Taggart Jr dies of heart disease at the French Lick Springs hotel in Indiana. Funeral arrangements were to be completed late today. She was the daughter in law of the late Thomas Taggart former senator and Democratic political leader. Surviving are the husband and one daughter.
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French Lick
Ind
Adelle Pringle’ Taggart
Thomas Taggart Jr
French Lick Springs
Bribe Probe Likely After Evansville Graft Indictments
Vanderburgh county grand jury meets in a special session following an earlier graft indictment of sixteen people tied to the north side sewer project. The new probe may examine an alleged $20,000 bribe raised by A. L. Donaldson, a former sewer inspector, who testified in his defense.
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Evansville
Ind
Vanderburgh County Grand Jury
North Side
A. L. Donaldson
Doctor Hart in Crash Near London Kentucky
Dr. Louis J. Belden suffered a skull fracture and broken leg when his car plunged over a 200 foot embankment near London Kentucky. He is out of danger. Mrs. Belden stays in Tennessee as he recovers at a London hospital. He was on a trip from Cleveland Tennessee to Indianapolis Indiana visiting relatives.
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Louis J. Belden
Pennsylvania Street
London
Indianapolis
Cleveland
Evangelista
Judge Grants Gun Permit Only With Legitimate Reason In Delaware
In Muncie Delaware County Indiana Judge L A Guthrie issued his first permit under the new gun law to the chauffeur of a local banker. The judge said he will not approve any permit unless a real, legitimate reason is shown.
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Muncie. Ind
Delaware County
L. A. Guthrie
Muncie
Guthrie
Miraculous Face Seen On Mausoleum Wall At New Jersey Site
Crowds gathered near the New York and New Jersey Mausoleum in North Bergen New Jersey to pray or scoff at a shadowy image on its wall described as the head of Christ. Observers noted the markings appear after rain or washing and may vanish at times. The Rev H B Gartland condemned claims of miracles saying God is not a circus director.
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United Press
North Bergen
N. J
New York and
New Jersey
Christ
Johanna Geiger
H. B. Gartland
St. Augustine
City Youth Killed in Mine Explosion
John K. Reis 17 of 3832 Carrollton Avenue died after a mine accident in Mogg Kentucky Tuesday night. Funeral services are 8:30 Friday at his home and 9:00 at St. Joan of Arc. Burial Holy Cross cemetery. Survivors include his parents, a sister and two brothers from Indianapolis. Burial at Holy Cross.
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Carrollton Avenue
Mogg
St. Joan of Arc Church
Holy Cross Cemetery
Reis
John A. Reis
Mary Jeanne Reis
Carl
Robert Reis
Indianapolis
Local Man Charged With Vagrancy and Gambling Device
Wiley Leach, 40, of 224 West Thirteenth Street, was charged with vagrancy and keeping a gambling device after being approached on Wednesday night. Police say he discarded six books of baseball tickets as officers neared him.
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Wiley Leach
West Thirteenth Street
Indianapolis Fourth of July Celebrations Across City
The city marked independence with parades picnics pools and patriotic songs. Fireworks and events filled parks Riverside and Broad Ripple host balloon ascensions and parades while theaters showed America under Indiana Indorsers of Photoplays. Public buildings closed mail halted and communities joined in a day of diverse festivities.
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America
Palace Theater
Indiana Indorsers
Walker Theater
Broad Ripple Park
Riverside Park
White River
Ellenberger Park
Post 8 of the
American Legion
Ladies Auxiliary
Caledonian Club
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Meridian Hills
Ayalon
Salem Park
Highland Golf and Country Club
Woodstock Country Club
Paul V. McNutt
Ft. Benjamin Harrison
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Anton Brees
Rebels Suffer Heavy Losses in Aguas Calientes Attack
Seven teenagers among rebels killed and several wounded when a band attacked the federal army paymaster and escort at Aguas Calientes. The escort repelled the attack, leaving a heavy rebel casualty list and one escort member wounded.
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United Press Mexico N. 4
Aguas Calientes
Equity Plans to Spend $10 000 in Talkie Row
The Actors Equity Association will spend $10,000 in its effort to bring actors in sound and talking pictures under its fold. The association council voted to place the funds at the disposal of Equity president Frank Gilmore for use in the drive in New York on July 4.
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United Preax
New York
The
Actors Equity Association
Association
Equity
Frank Gilmore
Morning Baseball Scores From Major Leagues
In the American League Boston defeated Philadelphia 16 to 8 after a 6 run first inning rally. Boston pitcher M Gaston and Berry held the Phillies to 0 runs. In the National League St Louis beat Pittsburgh 4 to 8 with 1 run in the eighth. Johnson and Smith top Pittsburgh while Meine and Hargreaves pitched for St Louis.
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Philadelphia
M. Gaston
Berry
Pha
Grove
Cochrane
St. Louis
Pittsburgh
St. L. Johnson
Smith
Meine
Hargreaves
Morning home runs hit by major leaguers
Summary of a baseball update noting M. Gaston of the Red Sox homered for the third time this season, Cochrane of the Athletics hit his eighth, Hornsby of the Cubs his first, and Bottomley of the Cardinals his eighth.
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M. Gaston
Red Sox
Cochrane
Athletics
Civic leaders mourn death of Lucius Burris Swift
Civic reform leaders across the nation mourned Indianapolis native Lucius Burris Swift 85 at his home on 716 East Fourteenth Street. A longtime advocate of civil service reform, Swift served as counsel and vice president of the National Civil Service Reform League and helped secure the merit based system in 1883. He published a book and is survived by his wife Mary Elien Swift.
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Indianapolis
Lucius Burris Swift
East Fourteenth Street
Swift
Orleans County
New York
Content Aver Swift
Stephen Swift
William Swift
Massachusetts Bay Colony
New York Infantry
Stonewall Jackson
Shenandoah Valley
Chancellorsville
Andersonville
Libby
University of Michigan
Psi Upsilon Fraternity
la Porte
Ind
National Civil Service Reform League
League
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Citizens Gas Company
Germany insists Rhineland and Saar issues at reparations talks
Berlin declares the Rhine evacuee and Saar basin questions must be examined at the reparations conference. Germany will not yield from its stance on liquidating war problems and expects Haelend, Belgium, and Italy to back its position if opposed by France. The aim is a conference in early August with adjournment by August 20 to allow Young plan ratification if outcomes favor Germany.
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Berlin
Germany
Rhineland
Saar
Foreign Office
Haelend
Belgium
Italy
France
Woman Sues Gene Tunney For Breach Of Promise
Mrs. Katherine King Fogarty seeks a jury trial in her $500000 breach of promise suit against Gene Tunney. The motion was filed in Fairfield County Superior Court on Wednesday by Colonel Lewis L. Field of New Haven.
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United Press
Bridgeport
Conn
Katherine King Fogarty
Gene Tunney
Fairfield County Superior Court
Lewis L. Field
New Haven
New York Woman's Lawyer
Mob Attacks Probe after raid by U S agents in Detroit
Prohibition enforcement officials in Detroit investigated five federal agents after a mob of more than 400 threatened the raiders at an east side garage. Police intervened to separate the agents from the infuriated crowd as some in the mob brandished axes knives and clubs following the discovery of thirty two cases of beer.
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United Press
Detroit
Mich
Prohibition Enforcement
East Side
Howe Named Treasurer of Citizens School Committee
Thomas C. Howe former president of Butler University was named treasurer of the Citizens School Committee by Herman C. Wolff the chairman. Finance committee members will be named soon Wolff said.
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Thomas C. Howe
Butler University
Citizens School Committee
Herman C. Wolff
Wolff
Methodist Pastor Sent to Army Training Camp
Anderson Indiana July 4 Rev J G Floyd Seelig pastor of Grace Methodist Episcopal church ordered to report at Ft Thomas Kentucky Sunday for two weeks training in Citizens Military Training Camp He is a first lieutenant reserve officer.
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Anderson
Ind
J. G. Floyd Seelig
Grace Methodist Episcopal Church
Ft. Thomas
Citizens Military Training Camp
Mr. Seelig
Indiana to hold state tournament for American Legion teams
Two trophies will be awarded at a state tournament in Muncie during August. One trophy is presented by E Arthur Ball of Muncie and the other by Frank White editor of the Hoosier Legionnaire. Teams from Indiana's thirteen congressional districts will compete.
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Times Special
Muncie
Ind
E. Arthur Ball
Frank White
The
Hoosier Legionnaire
American Legion
Indiana
Robbery Sends Two Men to Prison in Knox County
Louis McConnell aged 46 and Miles Walters 30, both of Robinson, were sentenced in Knox circuit court to ten to twenty one years each in the Indiana state prison after pleading guilty to robbing a filling station of 34.53 dollars. The judges cited the new robbery statute and noted both men had prior records. They are the first to be sentenced under the law in Knox county.
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Vincennes
Ind
Indiana
Knox Circuit
T. B. Coulter
Louis McConnell
Miles Walters
Robinson, II
Coulter
Knox County
Hunt for Kidnappers in Elliott Case Tackles Key Suspects
Four warrants for kidnapping await the abductors of Willard H. Elliott, a New Jersey banker, as the hunt expands. James M. Dunn, assistant Passaic prosecutor, believes the gang may reveal deeper motives linked to banking and politics and a powerful figure opposed to Elliott. The group allegedly took Elliott to a remote retreat, fed him wine, and played poker before releasing him.
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United Press
East Orange
N. J
Willard H. Elliott
New Jersey
Chicago
Elliott
James M. Dunn
Passaic
Dunn
Poincare Stands On War Debt Pact In France
Premier Raymond Poincare plans to push ratification of France war debts to the United States and Great Britain. He faces radicals over the wording of a supplementary article expected to upset the U S government. The premier aims to remove objections so the pact gains acceptance abroad.
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United Press
Paris
Raymond Poincare
United States
Great Britain
America
Skull Found on White River Sandbar Linked to Indian Battle
In Patoka Indiana on July 4 a fisherman T J Hall found a skull on a White River sandbar. Authorities believe the skull belongs to an American Indian and report tribes staged a large battle in the area with white settlers involved.
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Patoka
Ind
White River
Here
T. J. Hall
Detroit Cult Prophet Slain Family Murder Echoes Rituals
Police probe reveals a Sicilian healer Benny Evangelista and five family members slain in a home lit by grotesque altars and wax images. Investigators questioned six suspects after discovering the headless body of Evangelista and the six victims in a ritualistic scene.
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United Press
Detroit
Benny Evangelista
Angelo Depoli
Evangelista
Depoli
Vincent Elias
Elias
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