GOP chiefs in uproar over Coolidge no
Kansas City dispatch reports an uproar among Republican leaders after a Telegram story claimed President Coolidge would not run. Butler denied word from the White House, while Hilles and the draft Coolidge faction press for delegates. Borah, Lowden, Dawes, and Curtis seek to regain seats as Hoover leads in contested counts.
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John M. Gleissner
Scripps-Howard
Kansas City
New York Telegram
Coolidge
William M. Butler
Republican National Committee
Butler
White House
Massachusetts
Hoover
Charles D. Hilles
New York
Hilles
Frank Lowden
James E. Watson
Texas
Lowden
Watson
Curtis
National Committee
C. C. Littleton
Ft. Worth
Warabach
South
Borah
Idaho
United Press
Washington
Miss America of 1926 to Wed Chicago Merchant
Fay Lanphier Miss America 1926 will marry Sidney Spiegel Jr. a Chicago furniture man in a private ceremony in Chicago. The couple met during her Atlantic City title year and later in California where their engagement was kept secret. After the wedding they depart for a European honeymoon.
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Chicago
United Press
Fay Lanphier
Atlantic City
Sidney Spiegel Jr
Lanphier
Spiegel
California
Atlantic
United States
England
Levine
Amelia Earhart
Newfoundland
Dr. Frank A. Morrison dies noted eye specialist
Dr. Frank A. Morrison died suddenly at his home 1422 Park Ave at 2 am death due to cerebral hemorrhage. Born 68 years ago he was a renowned eye specialist in the Middle West and served as professor of pathology at Indiana University School of Medicine. He left a charitable practice and taught at the university joining several medical societies. Funeral services will be held at his home at 2 pm Saturday under Rev. Lewis Brown of St Pauls Episcopal Church.
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Frank A. Morrison
Park Ave
Morrison
Middle West
Albert L. Rabb
Indianapolis
United States
Europe
Old
Indiana Medical College
Philadelphia
New York
Indiana University School of Medicine
American Medical Society
Indianapolis and Indiana Medical Association
American Academy of Opthomology and Ochargygology
American College of Surgeons
Lewis Brown
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Mayor discusses roads and park plans in city meeting
Mayor L Ert Slack outlined widening streets and park system improvements at the Triangular Boulevard Association gathering at Dr. Norris E Harold's home. Watson Rd may become a traffic artery and Hawthorne tennis court could become a park. Native of Indiana Dies By Times Special. John D Works, 81, former California senator and Ohio County Indiana native, died in Los Angeles.
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Slack
L. Ert Slack
Triangular Boulevard Association
Norris E. Harold
Fairfield Ave
Watson Rd
Hawthorne Tennis Court
Park
Indiana
Los Angeles
Cal
John D. Works
United States
California
Ohio County
Drunken Feet Judge Fines Versailles Man
Municipal Judge Paul C. Wetter found C. E. Shook of Versailles guilty of public intoxication after witnesses said he slept in a doorway near Meridian and Maryland Streets while his feet and part of his body extended onto the sidewalk. The judge fined him ten dollars and costs, suspended if he left the city.
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Paul C. Wetter
C. E. Shook
Versailles
Ind
Shook
Ripley
Atrolman Joseph Schmitt
Mooney-Mueller-Ward
Meridian
Maryland Sts
Bandit Clew Is Boast by Broadmoor Club Caddy
Detectives said a young woman reported a Broadmoor Country Club caddy helped in a $200000 holdup last week and the claim was dismissed as talk. Francis Haggerty aged 19 of Hartford Street and James ONeil aged 22 of Dearborn Street were arrested after Haggerty boasted of riches. They face vagrancy charges in municipal court on June 13.
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Broadmoor Country Club
Francis Haggerty
Hartford St
James O'Neil
S. Dearborn St
Haggerty
Local Man Dies Bargaining for Tomato Plants
Thomas Oliver, 62, living with his son in law William Matthis at 1809 Sharon Ave, collapsed and died of heart disease while bargaining with William Guilde and William Walker for tomato plants at Medford Ave and Speedway Rd. Coroner C H Keever reported the death occurred today.
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Thomas Oliver
William Matthis
Sharon Ave
Dickering
William Guilde
Arnolda Ave
William Walker
Medford Ave
Speedway Rd
C. H. Keever
Aged Woman Guilty of Employing Firebug
Criminal Judge James A. Collins convicts 70 year old Narcissus Tolan of hiring Homer Taylor 24 to set fire at 308 N New Jersey St to collect $1000 insurance. Taylor sentenced to one to three years in Indiana State Prison with sentence deferred for Tolan until June 14.
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James A. Collins
Homer Taylor
Narcissus Tolan
New Jersey St
Jury delays in Klinck trial amid venire questions
In Evansville a slow selection process for Earl Klinck's jury continues as fifty salesmen are questioned. Nine excused and nine remain as defense questions whether Klansman ties or witness stance could bias jurors. If the venire fails, trial may wait for jury commissioner Raub's return and a second venire of fifty.
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Howard D. Phillips
Klinck
Stephenson
Gavin
Joseph R. Raub
George O. Hutsell
Raub
New Jersey St
Walter E. Rhoder
Carrollton Ave
Louis J. Culman
Ora C. Pierson
Delaware St
William Low Rice
Capitol Ave
David Utterson
Fifty-First St
Olivet Youth Charged in Fraternity Fire Plot
Donald Smith 21, president of Kappa Sigma Alpha at Olivet College, is under arrest for allegedly plotting to burn the fraternity house for insurance money to ease debts. State fire marshal and police report he confessed, citing heavy debt and payment trouble as motives.
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United Press
Olivet
Mich
Olivet Congregational Church
Olivet College
Donald Smith
Kappa Sigma Alpha Fraternity
Smith
Boy Falls From Monon Trestle Into White River
Merrill Butterfield sixteen fell from the Monon trestle over White River near Sixty-Ninth Street while crossing with Henry Navarra. Navarra watched as Butterfield was swept away by swift currents after a train approached. Police found no body and rescue boats could not continue due to high water. The Butterfield boy was an only child and his mother was hospitalized.
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Merrill Butterfield
Spring Mill Rd
White River
Butterfield
Navarra
Merrill
Japanese Rush to Rescue Corpsmen at Tengezhou
A Tsingtao dispatch says Japanese infantry and machine gunners rush to rescue sixty telegraph corpsmen attacked by Chinese irregulars at Tengezhou. One infantry company moves from Fangtse, another from Kaomi, a machine gun detachment from Weihsien. Chang Tso-Lin improved today after his special train was bombed.
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United Press
Silence Sparks Separation Plea in New York Couple
Mrs Anna Rautenkranz sought a separation decree from Judge Adolph Carsten after her husband did not speak to her for a year. Rautenkranz said years of nagging prompted the silence as his only defense and the judge urged reconciliation efforts.
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United Press
New York
Anna Rautenkranz
Adolph Carsten
Rautenkranz
Friendship Fliers End Takeoff Attempts Await Stronger Wind
The Friendship crew led by Miss Amelia Earhart and Miss Mabel Bell gave up after three failed takeoff tries from Trepassey Bay. Weather delays and light wind persisted, delaying the trans Atlantic race as Wilmer Stultz Lou Gordon and the Fokker awaited better conditions and coolingly assessed fuel and radio gear aboard.
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J. T. Meaney
United Press
ST. Johns
N. F
Mabel Bell
Amelia Earhart
Wilmer Stultz
Lou Gordon
Trepassey Bay
Stultz
Youth Shot in Head Improves After Accidental Wounding
William Johnston thirteen recovering from a head bullet wound at the city hospital. He said a playmate with an old gun shot him accidentally Monday afternoon. he later confessed to being shot by William Shaw fourteen while playing with Harold Slocum fifteen. The weapon was an old .22 revolver. the bullet penetrated two inches.
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William Johnston
I. J. Johnston
Roosevelt Ave
Ada Wyrick
Young Johnston
William Shaw
Thomas A. Wilson
Brookside Ave
Harold Slocum
Cecil H. Ball
Tenth St
Slocum
Confer On Hospital Delays Help City Plan Building
Mayor Slack says start of the city hospital program will be delayed several days. Health board conferences will precede selecting architect engineer and consultant. The council authorized hiring three experts to determine needs and cost estimates.
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Mayor Slack
Board of Health
L. Ert Slack
Slack
Health Board
Plans Niagara Swim by United Press
Commodore Benjamin H Schlomberg secretary of the United States Volunteer Life Saving Corps trains in Atlanta for an August attempt to swim the dangerous Niagara Rapids. He claims a life saving record of 118 rescues from the surf and is described as a weathered outdoor man ready for the feat.
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United Preas
Atlanta
Benjamin H. Schlomberg
United States Volunteer Life Saving Corps
Niagara Rapids
Schlomberg
Farm Bureau Officials Draft National Policy
Representatives of the American Farm Bureau Federation met in Chicago to draft the federation's stance on national policies. The resolution will be presented at the national conventions of both major parties, president Sam H. Thompson said, though he declined to reveal specifics before the meeting.
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Pa United Aress
Chicago
American Farm Bureau Federation
Sam H. Thompson
Thompson
Martinsville Man Pleads Self Defense in Murder Trial
Charles Blackstone, 70, pleads self defense in Morgan Circuit Court as he faces first degree murder charges for fatally shooting Edward Stewart during an incident linked to a gambling debt involving Blackstone’s son Ben. Wayne Stewart was also severely wounded in the confrontation.
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Martinsville
Times
Ind
Charles Blackstone
Morgan Circuit
Edward Stewart
Wayne
Stewarts
Blackstone
Ben
Princess Helene files divorce suit against Carol
Princess Helene mother of Michael the boy king files divorce proceedings against deposed Crown Prince Carol. Carol, who left Romania with Mme Lupescu, has withheld consent after initially cooperating. The couple has lived in France England and Belgium as a Romanian court was expected to rule soon.
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United Press
Bucharest
Helene
Michael
Carol
Mme Lupescu
Ruman
Mme. Lupescu
France
England
Belgium
General Condescu
Raymond Wilson First Fourth of July casualty in Brazil Ind
Raymond Wilson, a young boy in Brazil Indiana, suffered severe burns when cap pistol ammunition in his pocket ignited. The incident marked the first Fourth of July casualty reported in the area.
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Brazil
Ind
Raymond Wilson
Federal booze sleuths: Winkler outlines ideal appointee traits
Indiana dry agents seek officers with strong English, calm poise, and sharp appearance. Instructions stress personality, appearance, and tact. Candidates must avoid slang, stuttering, vanity, and excessive height or deformity. interview may probe resourcefulness with a liquor theft scenario.
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Winkler
Two British War Heroes Pilot for Transatlantic Flight from New York
Miss Mabel Bell and companions Oliver Leboutillier and Arthur Argles attempted a trans Atlantic leg in the Columbia from Curtiss Field New York. A thick fog forced their return near Bath Maine after a 6 15 a m takeoff.
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United Preas
Columbia
Mabel Bell
Oliver C. le Bouse Tillier
Arthur Argles
Argles
Bath
Old Orchard
le Boutillier
Newfoundland
Leboutillier
Clarence Chamberlin
Charles A. Leone
Geremany
Miss Bell
Germany
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Harry Rasmussen
College Ave
Simon Zeller
Meridian St
William F. Off
Washington Blvd
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Acton
Ira C. Minnich
Georgia St
National Dry Riln Company
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R. R. C. Miller
Frederick C. Buesking
Cumberland
William H. Remy
Emsley W. Johnson
William Rogers
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Adams
Shawn Klinck
Federal Grand Jury
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Flaming Youth
Spassev
Friendship Fliers
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Lad
Niagara Swim
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Roy Brown
Brdown Richthofen
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