Corn Plowing Delays Trial of Van Hook
The trial of John Van Hook, a gun-toting Terre Haute deputy constable, is delayed as farmers avoid jury duty during corn plowing. The case centers on the 1925 shooting of attorney Austin Sweet. defense questions juror impartiality while prosecutors outline Van Hook’s alleged lack of official status and motive.
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Brazil
John van Hook
Terre Haute
Vigo County
Austin Sweet
Clay County
van Hook
Bernard Craig
Thomas E. Tiffee
Foxy
Cynthia Burk
Thomas Hawkins
Venire
Sweet
Justice of Peace
Gorn Sweet
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Waiters in blue and gold hats mark G A R encampment
Martinsville Indiana hosts the Grand Army of the Republic golden anniversary encampment. Veterans in blue and gold sit on courthouse benches, trading quips with an air of fading numbers as scouts wander and a lost-and-found man recalls a missing buddy.
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Arch Steines
Artinsville
Ind
Martinsville
Indiana
Gottliebs
Andrew Stephens
Boy, 17, Faces Murder Trial in Orchard Slaying
Herschell Curry, 17, charged with first degree murder in the slaying of employer Hubert S Taylor in an Indiana orchard on March 5, will face a life term trial. Judge John W. Craig ordered a 25 member special venire. the case moved from Bartholomew to Decatur circuit court. Curry confessed to shooting and clubbing Taylor with a shotgun during work, pleaded not guilty at grand jury indictment. May term postponed due to defense financial issues.
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Times Evers
Greensburg
Ind
Herschell Curry
Hubert S. Taylor
John W. Craig
Decatur
Bartholomew
Young Curry
Taylor
Kroger Opens Wonder Pantry Baking Plant to Public
The Kroger Grocery and Baking Company unveiled its million dollar warehouse bakery and dairy building at 1011 East St. Clair Street. More than 20 000 visitors toured the facilities on Sunday with Ed Hunter and E J Overberg hosting and each guest receiving bread and cottage cheese.
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Kroger Grocery and Baking Company
East St. Clair Street
Ed Hunter
Chamber of Commerce
E. J. Overberg
Fight Gladden Bond
Court action to straighten the tangle over Fred T. Gladden s surety bond as county school superintendent nominee. Gladden posted a $5 000 bond via Charles Flowers but county commissioners refuse to recognize it until the $46 premium is paid. Gladden sworn in by County Auditor Harry Dunn. premium unpaid. Gladden assumes Aug 16. Lawrence Orr of the state board of accounts ruled the bond satisfactory.
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Fred T. Gladden
Gladden
Charles Flowers
Continentaal Bank
Harry Dunn
Lawrence Orr
State Board of Accounts
Motorcycle Officer John O'Brien Dies After Collision
John T. O'Brien age 23 of 3106 Buckle Street died at Methodist hospital from injuries believed to be related to last summer’s motorcycle collision on North Delaware Street. He immigrated from England, lived with parents for two decades, joined the police in 1927. his father also serves on the force. Surviving are his parents two sisters Helen and Sarah and two brothers William and Martin Jr. Funeral plans are pending.
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Indiana Podiatrists Meet in Fort Wayne Near Close
About 100 podiatrists from Indiana cities gathered in Fort Wayne for a three day Indiana Association of Podiatrists session that is set to conclude today.
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Indiana Association of Podiatrists
Newcastle Police Raid Traps 16 In Gambling Drive
Sixteen men and boys were brought before Mayor Syrod Hays on gambling charges after Newcastle police, led by Chief Ingle A Laird, raided the Henry County Social Club and other pool rooms. Officials seek revocation of charters as proof of violations.
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Newcastle
Ind
Syrod Hays
Ingle A. Laird
Rose City
State of
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Henry County
Henry County Social Club
Laird
Paul Benson
Indiana University Awards Eight Honorary Degrees
Indiana University conferred eight honorary doctor of laws degrees during the hundredth anniversary commencement in Bloomington. Recipients include Clark Wissler, Evans Woollen, Lafayette Page, John Finch Barnhill, Frank C. Ball, James A. Woodburn, Lewis Madison Terman, and Charles Harris, with numerous student prize winners and departmental honors announced.
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New York
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Muncie
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Charles Harris
Western Reserve University
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Jasonville
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Locke
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Forest
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Newcastle
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Anderson
Niezer
Emmanuel Baugh
Evansville
Benjamin Cohen
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Joseph Hefferman
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Harold E. Wing
Anapp Hamilton Restrase
DePauw Honors Three By Times At 90th Commencement
In Greencastle Indiana on Monday during the ninety annual commencement Dr William Niles Wishard and Bishop Edgar Blake of Indianapolis and Dr George Throop of Washington University St Louis were given honorary degrees. Dr Henry Hitt Crane of Scranton Pa delivered the address before about 3000 people as President G Bromley Oxnam conferred degrees on 295 seniors.
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Greencastle
Ind
William Niles Wishard
Edgar Blake
Indianapolis
George Throop
Washington University
St. Louis
Henry Hitt Crane
Scranton
G. Bromley Oxnam
Attorneys Seek New Trial for Burman Shannon
Anderson Indiana June 11 Attorneys for Burman Shannon 24 who was charged with assaulting an Anderson high school girl and sentenced to five to twenty one years in the state reformatory have filed a motion for a new trial. Shannon says he did not realize the severity of the crime to which he pled guilty.
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Ind
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French Officials May Punish Authors Over Morals Campaign
In ARIS June 11 report, authorities likely to curb writers of sensational novels and pictures blamed for shaping false opinions about French women. Campaigners say disclosers mislead tourists and damage France by depicting the younger generation as immoral while natives are described as innocent and modest.
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France
Italy
Pepuan Bese
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Hungry, Unemployed Man Forges Checks in Muncie
Donald Sullivan 32 says hunger and a wife and 9 year old son depend on him led to forgeries. He cashed two bad checks for 27.50 and 34.20 and offered to repay victims once funds are found. He earned wages at a local factory before layoffs and seeks help from relatives in Macon Georgia to repay. One victim will not press charges. others’ stance unclear. Ex serviceman with no prior arrests.
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Muncie
Ind
Donald Sullivan
Sullivan
Cleveland
Macon
Indiana Groups Seek Role in Baltimore & Ohio Merger
The Indiana State Chamber of Commerce the cities of Bloomington and Lafayette and the Manufacturers' Association of Chicago Heights were granted permission to intervene in the Baltimore and Ohio merger proposal. The B and O seeks to extend to a 14000 mile system and to acquire the Monon railroad from Chicago to Louisville, a plan protested by Indiana cities.
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Bloomington
Lafayette
Manufacturers’ Association of
Chicago Heights
Interstate Commerce Commission
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Monon Railroad
Chicago
Louisville
Indiana
Atty Fight Over Salary Rise for Dietz Justice of the Peace
The last legislature boosted Edward Dietz of Center township to 4700 dollars a year but lawyers say the raise may apply to all townships. Warren Township trustee William H. Cooper was told not to pay Marble 4700 dollars and Marble plans a potential suit.
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Center Township
Assembly
Dietz
William H. Cooper
Warren Township
M. S. Marble
Claude H. Anderson
Marble
CYCLONES KILL FIVE IN MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN
Tornadoes swept central Minnesota and northern Wisconsin Monday night killing at least five people and injuring many more. The storms hit Kingston at about 7 p m then moved to Cokato twenty five miles away causing extensive property damage to farm homes and other structures.
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ST. Paul
Minn
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Kingston
Cokato
Chamber seeks naming of cruiser The Indianapolis
Paul Q. Richey president of the Chamber of Commerce asks directors and committee chairs to write letters urging that a new naval cruiser be named The Indianapolis. The letters will go to Representative Louis Ludlow for delivery to Rear Admiral Richard H. Leigh.
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Indianapolis
Paul Q. Richey
Chamber of Commerce
Richard H. Leigh
Bureau of Navigation
Louis Ludlow
Leigh
Hurt Wins Banker Medal In Pistol Shoot
James W. Hurt, representing the Marion County Bankers Association, won the Indiana Bankers Association gold medal for pistol marksmanship at the fourth annual state shoot at Ft. Benjamin Harrison with a 207. Kosciusko county took the silver loving cup for the top team score, 599, followed by Tipton and Delaware counties. The Tipton marksmen won the rifle contest with 501, while Noble county’s Mr. Snyder was the top rifle scorer with 172.
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Marion Couny Bankers’ Association
Indiana Bankers’ Association
Ft. Benjamin
Snyder
Noble County
Bandits Steal Car and Wreck Wagon in Indiana Robbery
Two men stole an automobile from Crawfordsville on a Saturday afternoon, drove to a state road junction south of Veedersburg where the car collided with a wheat wagon owned by Leroy Clore. They then robbed Paul Thomas and Helen Simer man near Veedersburg and forced them to drive to Danville. Police in Crawfordsville Veedersburg and Danville are seeking the pair. Newt Busenbark’s car was wrecked beyond repair.
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Veterans to Meet for Eighth Indiana Encampment
Veterans of Foreign Wars of Indiana gather in Terre Haute for the eighth annual encampment. Delegates from every post are expected, with auxiliary sessions and drum and bugle corps from multiple cities. The organization has added four posts in Angola New Albany Warsaw and Valparaiso and two national officers are slated to attend.
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Drunk Delivered to Anderson Police After Yard Find
Norman Curtis found a man lying unconscious in his yard in Anderson on June 11. He attempted to take the inebriate home, then brought him to police headquarters where officers escorted him to jail and locked him up.
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Anderson
Ind
Norman Curtis
Bank Bandits Tracked After Four Thefts and Slayings
A pair of bank robbers linked to four bank burglaries and a string of auto thefts were killed and wounded in a pursuit by Deputy Sheriff Harold B. Cobb near Franklin Indiana. Floyd Bowen 21 Terre Haute was killed. Earl Spencer 23 Franklin was wounded and to be moved to Pendleton.
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Times
Greencastle
Ind
Harold B. Cobb
Franklin
Floyd Bowen
Terre Haute
Irven Bowen
Bowen
Earl Spencer
State Reformatory
Pendleton
Suits Filed Over Sahara Grotto Crash
Two $10 000 damage suits filed against Arthur W Brady receiver of Union Traction Co in Marion county court over the Sahara Grotto tragedy at Emer son avenue crossing. Complaints by Mrs Cecil Hodges administratrix and Mrs Anna Kenton administratrix allege inadequate crossing warnings and negligent operation as twenty people died Oct 14 1927.
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Arthur W. Brady
Union Traction Company
Sahara Grotto
Emerson Avenue
Madison County
Marion County
Cecil Hodges
William M. Hodges
Anna Marie Kenton
Ralph W. Parker
World Bank Lauded By United Pro at Paris Peace Conference
J P Morgan, unofficial American delegate to the reparations talks in Paris, praises the Bank of International Settlements as the greatest instrument for promoting peace. He says it solves the problem of international settlements arising from the war and credits the Paris conference with its creation.
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New York
J. P. Moregan
Bank of International Settlements
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