Floods Wash Across Kansas Oklahoma and Georgia
Four drowned and thousands left homeless as floods from torrential rains strike Kansas Oklahoma and parts of Colorado and Georgia. Arkansas City and Winfield suffer heavy losses and shelters house displaced residents while lowland towns flood and bridges wash away.
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Chicago
Kansas
Oklahoma
Colorado
Georgia
Arkansas City
Winfield
Kan
Wesley Brown
Southwestern College
Tulsa
Okla
Loveland
Col
Richard Fonte
Redstone
Estes Park
Macon
Measles Wave Returns, City Reports Large May Count
May report from the board of health shows 3 044 measles cases, up 1 000 from April and 2 500 from May 1922. Dr Herman G Morgan says the spring wave is under control with 50 to 75 daily cases, peaking at 200 in May while other diseases also rise year over year in cycles.
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Board of Health
Herman G. Morgan
Morgan
Sheriff Narrowly Escapes Arrest In Indiana Incident
Sheriff Noah Frauhiger was halted for speeding on a rural boulevard near Niles while returning from Michigan City with a prisoner. He identified himself and was released after paying the fine as bystanders and a couple he gave a ride fled, fearing fines themselves. In Terre Haute a state normal school graduation address urged graduates to use their faculties to avoid becoming spineless.
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Lon Ind
Noah Frauhiger
Niles
Michigan City
Times
Terre Haute
Ind
Frank 8. C. Wicks
All Souls Unitarian Church
Indianapolis
State Normal School
Hourly Temperature Report Noted
A fragment shows temperatures around noon with readings 62 and 64 in a brief hourly update. The incomplete line suggests a weather data snippet from a local page.
Prayers Urged in Pest Fight
Governor McLeod proclaimed a day of fasting and prayer in South Carolina to seek divine aid against the boll weevil and other pests harming cotton. He urged residents to join in the observance, viewing the pests as a judgment and a means to bring the people back to God.
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United News
Columbia
S. C
McLeod
South Carolina
Cotton
Counter revolt in Bulgaria sparks Balkan war fears
Paris reports a peasant backed counter revolution under way in Bulgaria. Fighting hits supporters of deposed premier Stambulinsky as martial law spreads. King Boris meets revolutionary leaders and opts for a new government headed by Professor Zankoff. Arrests, troop movements, and scattered peasant uprisings signal potential for wider conflict.
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United Press
Paris
Bulgaria
Stanboulinsky
Balkans
Zankoff
Boris
Peasant Party
Sofia
Slavovia
Stamboulinsky
Divorce by mail arrives for Kokomo judge
A Chicago woman wrote to Judge John Marshall of Kokomo Indiana seeking a divorce stating she married a Kokomo man three years ago yet never lived with him and urging an immediate response. The incident highlights a mail order divorce request trend.
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Times Special
Kokomo
Ind
John Marshall
Chicago
Rain Promised to Mar Open Golf and City Tennis
Showers are expected today and Tuesday, spoiling opening rounds of the State open golf and city tennis tournaments. Temperatures will stay near current levels, with a low of 56 degrees recorded at 7 a.m. and a gradual rise afterward, according to J H Armington, weather bureau meteorologist.
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J. H. Armington
Weather Bureau
Armington
Jailed Barber's Habeas Hearing Put Off Until Thursday
Lemon Barber 31, of 1430 Kappes St., colored, had his habeas corpus hearing continued in Superior Court today. Barber has been jailed since June 6 on a telegram from Cordele Georgia authorities stating he is wanted in a death investigation. He denies knowledge of the death but suspects a debt dispute prompts his extradition.
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Lemon Barber
Kappes St
Superior Court
Barber
Cordele
Death of Rev Archibald H. Bradshaw at Easton Pa
Word reached here of the death of the Rev Archibald H Bradshaw 63 formerly of Indianapolis Friday night at his Easton Pennsylvania home The widow survives Funeral services will be held Tuesday at Factor
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Archibald H. Bradshaw
Indianapolis
Easton
Fctor
Twelve Year Old Girl Produces Play and Teaches Dramatic Art
Aileen Klaiber, 12, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Carl J. Klaiber, studies dramatics since age three and now directs a class of younger pupils. She has produced one short play, starred in acting roles, and has led two pupil recitals in the city.
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Aileen Klaiber
Carl J. Klaiber
All Velvet Game For Riley Hospital Benefit
City readies a Tuesday ball game between India spolis and Minneapolis at Washington ball park to aid the James Whitcomb Riley Hospital for Children. Judge Lan dis and Admiral Benson will attend. rain date is Wednesday. Proceeds go to the Riley fund with no expenses taken from receipts.
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Millers
Washington Ball Park
Indiaspolis
Minneapolis
Whitcomb Riley Hospital
Kenesaw Mountain Landis
W. S. Benson
Shank
Riley
Harry B. Smith
Harper J. Ransburg
A. F E. Baker
Ucket
C. A. James
Curtis A. Hodges
J. B. Hoss
David Ross
Brandt C. Downey
Rotary and
Kiwanis Club
Dortmund Clash Leaves Nine Germans Dead
June 11 Dortmund reports five Germans shot by French troops for violating the dusk curfew after two German civilians assassinated two French officers. Acting mayor and civil police head arrested as French troops patrol in an tense, angry mood.
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United Press
Dortmund
Baltic Repairs After Mid Atlantic Collision Near Liverpool
The White Star liner Baltic, outbound to New York, struck a submerged obstacle two hours after departure and returned to Liverpool under her own steam. Damage is considered slight and the ship arrived safely.
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United Press
Liverpool
Baltic
New York
Burks Recovers After Poison Attempt at Aunt’s Home
Miss Buella Burks, 21, is recovering at the city hospital after taking poison at her aunt Mrs Buella Stringley’s home at 1051 Oliver Ave. She said she was tired of working and ill health and did not care for living halfway between life and death.
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Buella Burks
City Hospital
Buella Stringley
Oliver Ave
Burk
Fugitive Patterson Escapes Bedford Jail By Corridor Plot
Indiana police chase Morgan Patterson an 18 year old alleged murderer who escaped from Bedford jail Saturday night. Patterson is accused of shooting Marshal William Sutherland of Mitchell weeks earlier. He reportedly widened an air hole in the ceiling and fled with a rope lowered by an accomplice.
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Lo Kout
Morgan Patterson
Bedford
Ind
Patterson
William Sutherland
Mitchell, Ind
Prohibition Stats Show Indiana Enforcement Totals
Prohibition Commissioner Haynes published Indiana enforcement figures. Arrests 776, civil cases 3,054, stills seized 3,400, fermenters 19,299, mash destroyed 2,495, gallows 114,398 gallons of spirits 6,685, malt liquor 6,545, wine 6,280, counties closed by injunction 14.
Smith Declares He Will Not Run For Presidency
Governor Al Smith of New York said in Chicago he is not a candidate for President and does not expect to be one. He called his Western trip a vacation and noted opposition to Volstead law specifications while affirming no political moves. He will depart for French Lick after cancelling a dinner with Democratic leaders.
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United Press
Chicago
al Smith
New York
United States
Smith
Tom Taggart
Indiana
French Lick
Ind
New York State
Mystery Man Cox Sought From 1863 Disappearance
Police seek an uncle of Mrs. Jeanie Harrap who wrote from Baywater London claiming her relative Cox vanished near Royton in Shropshire around 1863. The case remains unresolved after roughly sixty years.
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Jeanie Alexandra Harrap
Sheldon St. Bishops Rd
Baywater
London
Cox
Royton
Eleventowns
Shropshire
England
Shrine of James Whitcomb Riley home wins surface protection prize
Miss Marguerite L Keeney wins a $5 prize in the Save the Surface Campaign contest. The description highlights the Lockerbie Street shrine to American literature, James Whitcomb Riley's home, preserved by paint and varnish protection.
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James Whitcomb Riley
Lockerbie St
Marguerite L. Keeney
Marion Rd
Save the
Soviet Britain break averted by conciliatory Soviet note
London June 11 The danger of a new rift between Russia and Britain was averted by a conciliatory Soviet note to the foreign office. The note requests a conference to settle disputes. Russia accepts Britain's compensation figures for seized fishing vessels and agrees to withdraw agents proven to spread anti British propaganda.
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London
Russia
Great Britain
Foreign Office
Britain
Church Troubles Aired In Pratt Street Case
City Judge Delbert Wilmeth ordered peace at New Liberty Baptist Church Pratt and West streets until July 7 after an argument over a church expulsion. Edward Robinson 525 West Thirteenth Street faced a charge of drawing deadly weapons after Rev. Alex Cantrell 2356 Highland Place alleged the minister and eight trustees ousted him in a secret meeting. Cantrell reportedly picked up a chair as a weapon during the dispute.
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New Liberty Baptist Church
Pratt and West Sts
Delbert O. Wilmeth
Edward Robinson
W. Thirteenth St
Alex Cantrell
Highland Place
Robinson
Cantrell
Community Child Gardens Urged By Local Mother
Mrs C Tulemichael of 607 Orange St writes to The Times urging Indianapolis to create community child gardens. She argues these would give mothers with large families a peaceful morning to work, while children learn, play, and return cradled lessons in the afternoon, improving home life and reducing misjudgment of mothers.
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C. Tulemichel
Orange St
the Times
Indianapolis
Peat
Prohibition Debate Hinges on 1921 22 Arrest Stats in Indiana
Bert C. Morgan asserts growing enforcement effectiveness as 1922 arrests rise from 1921 while Smiley N. Chambers argues Indiana is wetter due to more arrests and seizures. The federal report cites Gary liquor conspiracy convictions boosting public respect for the prohibition department across Indiana.
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Indiana
Bert C. Morgan
Smiley N. Chambers
Association Against the Prohibition
Federal
Prohibition Department
Washington, D. C
Morgan
Gary
Chambers
Roswell O. Johnson
Lake County
Workhouse Property to be Sold at Public Auction
The sale of eighteen and a fraction acres of the old workhouse grounds at Twenty-First Street and Northwestern Avenue will be advertised this week by the county commissioners. The minimum price is set at $150,000, while Fairbanks Morse Company, requesting the sale, expects to bid about $70,000. The firm, located across the street, plans to build an addition covering the space.
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Twenty-First St
Northwestern Ave
Fairbanks- Morse Company
Woman Struck by Car Outside Street Car Stop
Mrs. Joseph Burkhart aged 63 of 927 Maryland Street was slightly hurt when she stepped in front of a street car at Pine and Washington to avoid an automobile. The auto sped into a safety zone, the driver fled, and police did not learn his identity. She was taken home.
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Pine and
Washington Sts
Joseph Burkhart
Maryland St
Three-vehicle collision on Washington and New Jersey Streets
A three way crash at Washington and New Jersey streets damaged a coupe a sedan and a truck. No injuries were reported. James Slough of Roosevelt Avenue attempted a turn striking the truck driven by Walter Everett of Massachusetts Avenue which then knocked the sedan onto the sidewalk driven by Christian Olsen of East North Street.
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Washington
New Jersey St
James Slough
Roosevelt Ave
Washington St
Walter Everett
Massachusetts Ave
Christian Olsen
North St
Mayor Shank Welcomes Back Delegation From France
City hall plans for a June 16 ceremony to honor a group of young women who recently completed a goodwill trip to France. Mayor Shank will deliver the welcoming address at the front entrance as the delegation is officially received.
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Shank
France
Stegemeier Sr. Found After Brief Wandering Episode
Richard W. Stegemeier Jr says his father the well known restaurant proprietor is resting easy and in normal condition after being missing since Tuesday evening and found fifteen miles north of the city Friday.
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Richard W. Stegemeier Jr
Stegemeier Sr
Joyride Ends With Narrow Escape in Bluffton Crossroad
Billie Gitlin 11 son of Alex Gitlin took ten playmates on a joy ride in Bluffton Indiana. He pulled levers and managed to get the car moving toward a railroad crossing where a freight train blocked the highway. The boy could not stop and though he shifted gears the car lurched backward then stopped. Mothers arriving at the scene breathed easier.
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Times Special
Bluffton
Ind
Billie Gitlin
Alex Gitlin
Billie
Indianapolis Girl Marries at Muncie YWCA Secret Ceremony
Miss Lillian Fern Fear daughter of Mr and Mrs Zoma Fear of 914 N Olney Street and Hugh T Stauffer of Union City were married at the Muncie YWCA in a secret ceremony officiated by Rev J B Parsons. Mrs Stauffer a Tech High graduate taught in Union City for two years and plans to live there.
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Muncie
Lillian Fern Fear
Zoma Fear
N. Olney Sr
Hugh T. Stauffer
Union City
J. B. Parsons
Indianapolis
White River
United Brethren Church
Stauffer
Technical High School
Indiana Central College
Louis J. Blaker
Missing mother hints at death by own action
Grace Birch reports a note found in Hazel Hollran’s room after a separation left Hazel living with her sister. The note says she plans to end it all and asks others not to search. Hazel Hollran, wife of James Holiran, is mother to 4-year-old Robert and police investigate possible self harm.
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Grace Birch
Williams St
Hazel Hollran
Hollran
Robert
City Plan Commission Postpones Meeting to June 19
The city plan commission has postponed its Tuesday meeting due to a city hall holiday. The next meeting is scheduled for June 19.
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City Plan Commission
Want Ad Service Promises Quick Results
The Times urges readers to place Want Ads by phone to Main 3500 and have messages delivered to about 40,000 homes in Indianapolis. Ads can be filled quickly and appear in tomorrow's issue.
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Indianapolis
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