G O P Women Fight for Equal Rights at Convention
At the Republican national convention in Cleveland on June 10 women activists press for equal representation on committees. They mobilize via state delegations, influential social contacts, and public pressure, warning that they are prepared to take the fight to the convention floor if needs be.
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Dorothy Shumate
United News
James E. Watson
Indiana
Cleveland
Watson
Kathryn
Malen Watson
Joseph Watson
Cause of fruit workers illness found by Oregon researchers
University of Oregon Medical School researchers Dr. Lyle Kingery and Dr. C. H. Thienes have isolated the organism causing fruit poisoning, a painful skin infection in Northwest canneries and packing houses. They aim to identify prevention and treatment methods and will present findings at the American Society of Dermatologists meeting in Minneapolis in July.
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Portland
Ore
University of Oregon Medical School
Northwest
Lyle Kingery
C. H. Thienes
Kingery
American Society of Dermatologists
Minneapolis
University of Oregon
Thienes
Oregon
Sun Power Machines Promise Ultra high heat and storage
Marcel Moreau of San Francisco claims to have built three sun powered machines that can reach 15 000 degrees Fahrenheit produce heat while sun shines and generate electricity stored in batteries. He envisions solar power plants supplying multi state regions. In a separate incident Owen Moore in Z IL burned his feet when touching a live wire while installing a transformer.
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NEA
San Francisco
Sol
Marcel Moreau
San Franciscan
Moreau
Times Special Zil
Ind
Owen Moore
Low sugar price increase eyed as market nears season
The refined sugar market, cut to 74 percent cents retail the lowest since October 1922, faces likely stabilizing prices as the cane season approaches. Cuban crops, Europe vs Java, and Porto Rican sugar add to pressure while U.S. weather dampens demand and refiners hold back purchases.
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Federal Sugar Refining Company
New York
Europe
United States
Conservatism Is Plea of Burton at Republican Nominating Convention
Ohio representative Theodore Burton urged re election of President Coolidge and a Republican majority in Congress. He criticized bloc politics and Senate investigations, backed the world court concept, and warned against third party movements while praising Conservative leadership under Coolidge.
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Robert J. Bender
United Press
Cleveland
Ohio
President Coolidge
Congress
Theodore O. Burton
Calvin Coolidge
Republican Party
Burton
House
Senate
The
Hague
League
Coolidge
Broad Ripple Park Reserved for Grotto Convention Visitors
A large section of Broad Ripple Park is reserved in Indianapolis for June 22 to 25 to accommodate visitors attending the international Grotto convention. Jas H Makin, park owner, and Oliver R Wald finalized plans for free camping space and access to camp stores comfort stations showers and optional dining room service.
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Broad Ripple Park
Indianapolis
Jas. H. Makin
Oliver R. Wald
Council weighs inspectors pay rise tied to own equipment
The board of safety and the safety committee will consider a proposal to give city building department inspectors a $400 annual raise contingent on using their own inspection equipment. Mayor Shank and the board have endorsed the plan.
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Board of Safety
Safety Committee
Council
Shank
Lower Interest Figure on State Loan Bid
Advertisement for bids on a $2,500,000 state loan prepared by State Auditor Bracken. Bids to be opened at noon June 19, notes dated July 1 to December 31, 1324, for all or part of the amount. Bracken expects a lower rate than the previous loan. Government offers $150,000,000 in 2 percent certificates. Union Trust Co of Indianapolis handles last loan due June 30.
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Robert Bracken
Bracken
United States
Union Trust Company
Indianapolis
Author Takes Own Life Peter Clark MacFarlane
San Francisco author Peter Clark MacFarlane shot himself Monday night in a hallway behind the Hall of Justice. He left a letter stating fears of rising mental deficiency and believed diabetes was impairing his faculties.
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United Press
San Francisco
Cal
Hall of Justice
Peter Clark MacFarlane
MacFarlane
Funeral for Infant Monda Lee Rhoades in University Heights
Funeral services were held for eighteen month old Monda Lee Rhoades daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Rhoades at the Christian Church in University Heights today. The child died after drinking carbolic acid when her brother Charles Henry four took the bottle from a table and gave it to her.
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Monda Lee Rhoades
Charles Rhoades
University Heights
the Christian Church
Charles Henry
Breedlove Trial Opens in Evansville Slaying Case
The Breedlove murder trial began in Evansville Indiana with the state ready to seek the death penalty. William F Breedlove faces charges for the slaying of auto salesman Leo Reitz in a dispute over business matters.
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Evansville
Bu United Press
Indy
William F. Breedlove
Leo Reitz
Freedlove
Reitz
Weather dampens June marriages in county licenses
County Clerk Albert H. Losche reports 128 marriage licenses issued in the first eight days of June, less than 154 in 1923 and far below years like 1922 and 1921. Deputy Margaret Mahoney cites May and June weather and fewer moonlit nights as the main cause, noting church weddings dominate and fewer civil rites are performed.
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Cupid
Albert H. Losche
Losche
Margaret Mahoney
Justices of Peace
Miss Terpsichore in Gleeful Mood
Miss Terpsichore once blamed Jupiter for bad weather now smiles as Indianapolis dance halls show reform under police guidance. Chief Rikhoff issued twelve commandments for permits and decorum. police women report orderly crowds, no intoxication, and chaperoned youths. Notable halls include Lyric Sullivan's Hall and Romanian Hall. Terpsichore is pleased with progress.
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Indianapolis
Rikhoff
Meta Davis
Anna Bruner
Nell Dunkle
Hettlerewer
In- Manapolis
Lyric
Sullivan's Hall
Eleventh St
College Ave
Machinists
S. Delaware St
Nordyke Ave
Thirtieth and
Wlinois Sts
W. Pearl St
Terpsichore
Maccabees to Lead Auto Caravan to Washington
Detroit June 10 Leaders named to head state delegations in a Maccabees automobile caravan bound for Washington next year for the quadrennial convention. A. W. Frye says the tour will visit Mt Vernon Gettysburg Annapolis Baltimore and the international old peoples home at Chatham Pa. The plan aims to unite members from across the country and Canada with more than 10 000 expected in Washington.
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Vimes
Maccabee Automobile
Washington
A. W. Frye
Order
Maccabees
United States
Canalla
Frye
Mt. Vernon
Gettysburg Battlefield
Annapolis
Baltimore
International Old People's Home
Chatham
Phone rate decrees in hands of Federal judge
Final decrees from the public service commission and Indiana Bell are with Federal Judge George T. Page in Chicago. He recently granted a permanent injunction blocking the company from enforcing its rate order and from interfering with the rates requested. Page will notify whether a hearing is needed on the final decree. The commission seeks power to fix lower rates than the temporary injunction allows.
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Public Service Commission
Indiana Bell Telephone Company
George T. Page
Chicago
Commission
Page
Dailey Returns Home as Shoplifting Case Clears
Milton H. Dailey a University of Illinois student and son of J W Dailey wealthy Chicago manufacturer was en route home with his father after dispatches said his difficulties were squared away He was arrested in Washington Pa on a charge of robbing a storekeeper He reportedly lost money at the Speedway Indianapolis and passed bad checks at Lincoln and L Strauss Co His grandfather came to help and made the checks good
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Milton H. Dailey
University of Illinois
J. W. Dailey
Chicago
Washington, Pa
Dailey
Indianapolis
Speedway
Lincoln and
L. Strauss & Co
College education boosts earning power, Oregon study says
Alumni of the University of Oregon report earnings rises from 50 to 200 percent due to college training. Of 568 graduates, 329 earned over 3000 dollars, with many between 3000 and 7000. President Campbell cites U S Bureau figures showing long term wealth gains from higher education.
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University of Oregon
United States Bureau
P. L. Campbell
Bureau
Oregon
Indiana picks Euphrasia Donnelly for France Olympic meet
Miss Euphrasia Donnelly of the H A C qualified in the 100 meter swim at New York Olympic tryouts and will be sent to France by the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce. The athletic committee led by Harold Hampton will raise funds and provide a chaperone. Donnelly is the first Indiana woman swimmer to carry the State banner abroad. boxer George Mulholland also earned a spot to represent Indiana overseas.
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Euphrasia Donnelly
New York
France
Indianapolis
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Broad Ripple
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Commission and Company
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