War Memorial bid opening delayed over steel specification
The Indiana World War Memorial Plaza project postponed bid opening after State Board of Accounts chief examiner Lawrence F. Orr ordered specifications to be submitted for approval. Orr noted no alternate steel was allowed and urged board review before contract award. The new office and site details were given, with Marcus Sonntagg presiding.
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Indiana World War Memorial Plaza
Lawrence F. Orr
State Board of Accounts
Orr
Board of Accounts
American Legion
Bank raid nets $1000 in Larwill Indiana
Yeggs blast the Larwill State Bank with four nitroglycerin charges, escape with about $1000 as the noise from freight trains masks the crime. A guard armed with a shotgun watched from outside while robbers worked inside for nearly 90 minutes, then fled. Local hotel keeper Ed Rice saw the event and warned the robber. Authorities in Ft Wayne and nearby cities launched a search. Larwill has no local police.
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United Press
Larwill
Ind
Indiana
Larwill State Bank
Pennsylvania Railroad
Ed Rice
Rice
Rush
Ft. Wayne
Columbia City
Warsaw
Carpenter falls eighteen feet from ladder in city
Louis Holding, 57, of 814 E New York Street, a carpenter, slipped from a ladder while working today and fell eighteen feet to the ground. He was injured about the feet and legs and taken to the city hospital after going home.
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Louis Holding
New York
Forest Rogers Receives Fine and Jail for Assault Battery
Forest Rogers of Bridgeport Ind received a one dollar fine plus costs and a thirty day jail sentence in city court on an assault and battery charge. An improper driving charge was dismissed. The incident allegedly occurred May 10 when Rogers' car struck and injured G. F. Ehle, 29, of 21 N Lrans Ave.
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Forest Rogers
Bridgeport
Ind
Rogers
G. F. Ehle
N. Lrans Ave
Mayor Shank Urges Staff Cuts to Ease Tax Burden
Mayor Shank urged department heads to trim staff to a minimum so the incoming mayor can run city government on a tax levy near the 1925 level. He called for eliminating two safety board office employees and cutting the mayoral staff from three to one. James M. Ogden urged economies at a city cabinet meeting to leave office with popular approval. Ogden said one department saved $84,000.
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Shank
Board of Safety
James M. Ogden
Ogden
Hog scarcity reduces Indianapolis pork output in 1925
Hog scarcity and high prices cut pork production in Indianapolis firms by about 20 percent from the previous year. C H Keehn of Kingan and Co and Armour & Co officials said packers saw 20 percent less pork packed in the past three months and predicted hog supply would stay tight for months.
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Indianapolis
C. H. Keehn
Kingan & Co
Armour & Co
Vice Chairman Explains Why She Was Fired
Vivian T. Wheatcraft former head of the state fire marshal intelligence unit and Republican official says Governor Jackson faced pressure leading to her removal. She resigns to Newman Miller and cites regret that her unfinished work ends, defending her campaigns and cooperation with Republican leaders.
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Jackson
Vivian T. Wheatcraft
Republican State Committee
Wheatcraft
Newman T. Miller
Gret
Indiana
Miller
Indiana Women's Republican Club
Richard White
Aurora
Ind
State Board of
James HD. Watson
Washington
Watson
Sheriff to Destroy $18 000 Liquor at Jail Party
Sheriff Omer Hawkins said a planned liquor destruction event at the county jail will take place Thursday morning in the jail basement. Guests include ministers Anti Saloon League officials law enforcement officers and newspaper men and the confiscated liquor belongs to Herbert R Duck wall of 3818 N Delaware St valued at 18000.
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Omer Hawkins
Herbert R. Duckwall
Delaware St
Hawkins
Manual High School Biology Texts Referenced From Dayton Tennessee
Fragmentary OCR text discusses biology education at Manual High School in Dayton Tennessee. It includes lines claiming biology texts are "Same as Text Used at Dayton Tennessee" and presents a corrupted biblical passage about creation. The readable portions suggest a reference to curriculum materials and a religiously themed excerpt embedded in the source.
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Dayton
Tennessee
Evo Tech and Shortridge Books Refer to Evolution Debate
The article notes Evo tech and Shortridge High Schools use texts that discuss evolution and lists manuals like Hunter's Civic Biology not approved by the State board. It quotes Scopes era material and explains evolutionary sequences, noting Geology and life on earth developing over millions of years.
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Charles Darwin
Technical
Shortridge
Jordan
Kellogg and
Heath
Scopes
Earth
Verbal clash between Shank and Ray over city council ethics
Mayor Shank praised the council for economy but mocked Otto Ray as the revolt leader. He attacked Ray over a $2700 plumbing bill at Shank’s home and accused him of using the charge as a bribe in office. Ray denied overpricing, calling Shank’s claim unfounded and brusquely countering that Shank may have bribed him.
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Shank
Otto Ray
Ray
Books to Be Probed in Cass Township Audit
State board of accounts field examiners will audit the books of Ralph H. Moore assistant road superintendent Cass township Clay county. Lawrence F. Orr chief examiner says Orr received a letter from James L. Tucker road superintendent accusing Moore of padding payrolls. Moore's whereabouts are unknown.
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State Board of Accounts
Ralph H. Moore
Cass Township
Clay County
Lawrence F. Orr
Orr
James L. Tucker
Moore
Coolidge predicts no coal strike as wage pact ends
President Coolidge expresses confidence that no anthracite coal strike will begin August 31 when the wage agreement between operators and miners expires. Secretary of Labor Davis conveyed the assurance after a recent visit, according to United Press reports from Swampscott, Massachusetts.
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United Press
Swampscott
Mass
Coolidge
Secretary of Labor
Davis
Beer on Ice Found Ties to Two Local Homes
Police found 202 bottles of beer on ice at William Hughes's home, 625 S Missouri St, with a quantity in process, and 22 quarts at Mary Cooper's home, 509 S Senate. Both were charged on blind tiger charges.
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William Hughes
S. Missouri St
Mary Cooper
Senate
Ape Fame Is Not For Little Oriole
In Oriole Indiana a village heated by evolution debate exiled former principal Floyd H Deen for teaching evolution from a state history text. The dispute mirrors national clashes as Perry County divides over science and faith while residents quarrel over the town’s small population count of forty two or forty three souls.
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Floyd H. Deen
Oil Township
August V. Doogs
Special Venire Ordered for McNamara Blackmail Trial
A 100-name special venire was ordered today by Special Judge Fred C. Gause. Jurors must report Monday morning in Criminal Court for the trial of John J. McNamara head of the Structural Iron Workers Union on blackmail charges. Four indictments allege specific acts connected to vandalism at the Elk's Building location in North Meridian and St Clair Streets.
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Sheriff's Office
Fred C. Gause
John J. McNamara
Structural Iron Workers’ Union
McNamara
New Elk's Bidg
N. Meridian
St. Clair Sts
Barber Murder Trial Jury Deliberations Continue
The jury in the second trial of Louis Owens a World War veteran and barber on a murder charge failed to reach a verdict after more than twenty one hours of deliberation. Special Judge Charles Wiltse read instructions again and allowed the jurors to remain out at least twenty four hours. Owens is accused of fatally stabbing George Robinson another barber on December 6 1924 in the locker room of L S Ayres & Co where both worked following a quarrel. The first jury did not reach a verdict and Owens pleaded self defense.
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Louis Owens
Charles 8. Wiltsie
Criminal Court
Wiltse
Owens
George Robinson
L. S. Ayres & Co
Ford bid favored for government ship fleet
Leigh H. Palmer president of the Emergency Fleet Corporation recommended to the shipping board the acceptance of Henry Ford bid for 200 idle vessels. The Ford offer of 1 706 000 was highest among sixteen bidders under review as the board prepared to award.
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United Press
Washington
Leigh H. Palmer
Emergency Fleet Corporation
The
Shipping Board
Henry Ford
Palmer
Ford
Federal Ban Proposed By Up shaw on Evolution Teaching
Dayton Tennessee July 21 Representative W D Upshaw Georgia Democrat will introduce an anti evolution bill in the next Congress denying Federal aid to schools that teach the theory Walter White superintendent of schools Rhea County announced today
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United Preae
Dayton
Tenn
W. D. Upshaw
Georgia
Walter White
Rhea County
Scopes Found Guilty In Tennessee Evolution Trial
Dayton high school teacher John T. Scopes, 24, is found guilty of teaching evolution in defiance of Tennessee law. Judge Raulston imposes a $100 fine. bail set at $600 pending appeal to the Tennessee Supreme Court.
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Aid Haytin
Tenn
John T. Scopes
Dayton
John Raulston
Tennessee
Scopes
Supreme Court of Tennessee
Knoxville
HOP Contest Ends Saturday Midnight
The HOP contest seeks letters on My Most Harrowing Experience as a Pedestrian. Prizes of 15 dollars with a roller skate 10 dollars with a vaulting pole and 6 dollars with a sliding pad awarded to top entries. Judges include Coroner Paul Robinson Lieutenant Lewis Johnson Traffic Chief Frank Flanner.
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Paul F. Robinson
Lewis Johnson
Frank Flanner
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Times
Oriole, Ind
William Jennings Bryan
Perry County
Dayton, Tenn
Special Venire
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Baltimore Evening Sun
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Clarence Darrow
Malone
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