Bandits Rob Mail Train Near Chicago In Big Heist
Chicago and Milwaukee police hunt a band of robbers who hijacked a Chicago Milwaukee & St Paul mail train thirty miles north of Chicago, taking 42 sacks of registered mail valued at between 1 and 2.5 million dollars. Guns and gas bombs terrified clerks and guards as the robbers loaded sacks bound for St Paul Milwaukee Helena Butte Roundup Spokane and Seattle. The getaway sparked a massive manhunt across northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin with officers converging on lakeside cottages suspected as refuges.
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United Press
Chicago
Illinois
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Federal
St. Paul
Rondout
S. R. Waite
E. J. Biddle
Waite
Louis Phillips
Milwaukee
Phillips
Minneapolis
Helena
Butte
Mont
Spokane
Seattle
Wash
Libertyville
Wisconsin
Milwau
Dawes Nominated for Vice President at Cleveland Convention
Gen Charles G Dawes secured the vice presidential nomination on the third ballot as delegates in Cleveland scramble after a long day of rival candidate talk. The convention, unsettled by shifting loyalties, saw Dawes gain momentum while managers had various tickets in play and the crowd rushed toward night trains.
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Frazer Edwards
United Press
Cleveland
Ohio
A. W. Jefferis
Omaha
Charles G. Dawes
Lake Front
Dawes
Frank O. Lowden
Coolidge
Town warns on child safety amid Friday tides and delayed playgrounds
Traffic Inspector Michael Glenn urged drivers to stop for children crossing and parents to supervise, as 39,000 public grade school pupils end class early. The city delayed opening playgrounds and beaches until June 21 due to late equipment, though parks remain accessible for play away from streets.
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Michael Glenn
Glenn
Two Men Sentenced for Transporting Liquor in Auto
Louis Simpson aged 40 of 623 W Vermont St and Clifford Venters aged 27 of 16 W St Clair St were sentenced to one to two years in prison on charges of transporting liquor in an automobile. Special Judge W W Thornton presided in Judge Collins absence as a Republican convention delegate. Simpson to Indiana State prison centers to the reformatory after arrest by Deputy Sheriff Roland Snider.
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Louis Simpson
Vermont St
Clifford Venters
W. St. Clair St
W. W. Thornton
James A. Collins
Simpson
Indiana State Prison
Reformatory
Roland Snider
Tragic teen, 15, drowns after bicycle ford attempt
TERRE HAUTE Ind June 13. Body of Arthur Foggs 15 was recovered Thursday night after he attempted to ford a small stream on his bicycle. INDIANAPOLIS Ind June 13 Bernard Hanson 19 was electrocuted while fixing a wire atop a thirty foot pole. His elbow touched a high tension wire.
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United Press
United Press UN Dai
LLE
Ind
Bernard Hanson
Traction Victim Near Death After Collision
Charles Vernon, 62, of near Maxwell Indiana, moved from serious to critical at city hospital. He sustained a crushed right arm requiring amputation after a head on collision between a passenger interurban on the Newcastle division of Union Traction Company and a stalled freight at Shanks switch, seven miles northeast of the city. Ralph Anderson and Gavin Stewart, slightly injured, showed improvement.
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Charles Vernon
Maxwell
Ind
City Hospital
Vernon
Newcastle
Union Traction Company
Shanks Switch
Ralph Anderson
N. Dearborn Sr
Gavin Stewart
E. Eighteenth St
Police detain youth in auto theft case on Fourteenth Street
Detectives hold Glen Fithian, 19, of R R H Bex 364 after a stolen car owned by Frank Flucana is found. He faces charges of issuing fraudulent checks. An earlier arrest for auto larceny led to release when Flucana’s stepfather status and his mother’s permission to drive the vehicle were confirmed.
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Frank Flucana
Fourteenth St
Pleasant Run Eilvd
Glen Fithian
R. R. H. Bex
Sergt. Dean
First Fithian
Flucana
Methodist Drive Aims 1.5 Million for Hospitals Indiana
Trustees of Indiana Methodist Episcopal hospitals and Deaconess Home authorize a campaign to raise one and a half million dollars. A committee led by Arthur V. Brown as chairman will organize the drive, with George M. Smith J. H. Carey W. L. Taylor J. P. Allen Sr. Dr. A. G. Leazenby J. R. Ball A. B. Cline W. T. Arnold F. L. Trees C. Howard Taylor and C. E. Bacon named to assist.
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Methodist Episcopal
Indiana
Deaconess
Jis
Arthur V. Brown
George M. Smith
J. H. Carey
W. L. Taylor
J. P. Allen Sr
A. G. Leazenby
J. R. Ball
A. B. Cline
W. T. Arnold
F. L. Trees
C. Howard Taylor
C. E. Bacon
Missing teen Howard Shearer sought by police
Police seek 15 year old Howard Shearer described as tall and slender wearing a gray coat black trousers white shirt light cap and brown baseball shoes. He disappeared from 1947 Hillside Ave his mother told officers today and authorities urged anyone with information to come forward.
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Howard Shearer
Hillside Ave
Fragmented OCR item from 1900s page events
Partial OCR line shows times and numbers with unclear meaning. Mentions MHS and names Fay and Mame, but lacks coherent event or context to form a full report.
Lowden Rejects Vice Presidency Citing Agriculture Focus
Oregon June 13 United Press reports Frank Lowden refuses the vice presidential nomination saying the office lacks significance and that he can achieve more as a private citizen. He emphasizes his strong commitment to broad scale agriculture and declining cabinet or other posts.
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United Press
Oregon
Frank
Lowden
Pruitt Indicted in Milk Business Killing in Franklin
Elmer Pruitt, accused of shooting Osar Cutsinger, rival in the milk trade, was formally indicted for first degree murder in Franklin Indiana. Pruitt, who tried to take his own life after the shooting, lies seriously injured in the local jail with two nurses attending.
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United Press
Franklin
Ind
Elmer Pruitt
Oscar Cutsinger
Pruitt
Arcadia Church Receives $2500 In Elizabeth Will Case
Noblesville Indiana June 13 Times Special says the Christian Church of Arcadia is bequeathed 2500 by Elizabeth's will. Jane Merritt will get 1000 in a compromise with the heirs. Joseph Lilly and others sued to break the will alleging fraud and undue influence.
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Times
Noblesville
Ind
The
Christian Church of Arcadia
Elizabeth
Jane Merritt
Joseph Lilly
French Senate Leader Elected President Doumergue
Gaston Doumergue, president of the Senate, elected president of France by the National Congress. He defeated Paul Painleve, president of the Chamber of Deputies, 615 to 309, succeeding M Millerand after his resignation forced by Left parties. Doumergue held support from the bloc national and the Poincare coalition as the least radical option among Left candidates.
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Presa Versailles
Jime
Gaston Doumergue
Senate
Nesident
France
National Congress
Paul Painleve
Chamber of Deputies
M Millerand
Doumergue
Bloc National
Poincare
Free City Water Urged By Marion Taxpayers
In Marion Indiana residents pressed for free city water after heavy rain. Orrie Shannon, city water works clerk, posted a sign listing questions and responses about rain, water charges, sprinkling permits, and river height.
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Marion
Ind
Orrie Shannon
City Water Works
Germany Buys Milk From Indiana Condensed Milk Co
The Indiana Condensed Milk Company with factories in Hamilton and Boone Counties has booked an order for 45000 cases to be shipped to Germany.
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Noblesville
Ind
Indiana Condensed Milk Comny
Hamilton
Boone Counties
Germany
Marietta Holds Parade for Hell and Maria Dawes
Marietta Ohio stages a second large demonstration within a week in honor of Hell and Maria Dawes. Crowds greeted Charles G. Dawes on the street and at the old Dawes homestead as he appeared on the porch. Dawes, born in Marietta August 27, is hailed as the next U S vice president.
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United Press
Marietta
Ohio
Hell and
Maria" Dawes
Marietta College
Charles G. Dawes
United States
Dawes
R. R. Dawes
Fourth St
Flectrig Power Line Granted Eminent Domain
Judge Linn D Hay of the Superior Court granted the Indiana Electric Corporation the right of eminent domain to cross the T H I E Traction Company right of way with high tension lines near Indianapolis. Appraisers will assess damages to the traction line on Saturday amid an ongoing injunction suit.
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Indiana Electric Corporation
Indianapolis
Linn D. Hay
T. H., I. & E. Traction Company
Electric Corporation
Terre Haute
Traction Company
Marion County
Hay
Park Bond Issue Sold for Rhodius Park Pool
Fletcher Savings and Trust Co. bid par plus accrued interest and a premium of 5515.59 on a 90000 park bond issued by the city controller. The bonds carry 5 percent interest. Funds will finance a swimming pool at Rhodius Park. Edward Smith Company awarded the contract.
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Fletcher Savings & Trust Co
Rhodius Park
Edward Smith Company
Beauty claim shocks medical talk at convention
Dr. Ernest D. Chipman of San Francisco told the American Medical Association convention in Chicago that beauty cannot be found in beauty parlors. He argued that women over forty cannot become younger and warned that even X-ray methods cannot achieve this, urging realistic standards.
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United Press
Chicago
Ernest D. Chipman
San Francisco
American Medical Association
Robbery Reported After Nine Hours Waiting
David Trissel of 3917 E Tenth St told police he was held up by a man described as colored who took a $70 watch and a key ring. James Patridge, 74, longtime employee of Lake Erie & Western Railroad, has died.
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David “‘Trissel
Tenth St
Trissel
Butler Leads Unified Coolidge Campaign Slate
In Cleveland on June 18 the Republican national committee elected a unified leadership for the presidential campaign. William M. Butler was unanimously chosen as chairman, with William V. Hodges as treasurer, Arthur Mellon as a postholder, Roy West as secretary, and Ralph TMa Williams and Charles A. Hitles named vice chairmen. Mrs. A. T. Fert became the women’s vice chairman, succeeding Harriet Taylor Upton.
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Cleveland
Republican National Committee
Coolidge
William M. Butler
William V. Hodges
Denver
Fred Upham
Arthur Mellon
Pittsburgh
Roy West
Chicago
Ralph ™A. Williams
Oregon
Charles A. Hitles
New York
A. T. Fert
Louisville
National Committee
Man
Harriet Taylor Upton
Butler
Mother sought in kidnaping case in Mishawaka custody dispute
Laws say police were asked to arrest Mrs Sadie Garvin and Alice Cochran in Warsaw for taking Ralph Garvin 14 from his father’s home. The father had custody in a divorce case.
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United Press
Warsaw
Ind
Mishawaka
Sadie Garvin
Alice Cochran
Ralph Garvin
That Jinx Day
Margaret Wagner of 3549 E Forty Sixth St faced a city court day incident tied to a grudge against Friday the thirteenth. Previously she was fined one dollar plus costs on an intoxication charge, paid by Sam Farb the bondsman who later lost trace of her. Today Farb identified her and she paid eleven dollars to a friend’s interest.
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Margaret Wagner
Forty- Sixth St
Sam Farb
Farb
Eleven Jurors Obtained For Lally Riot Murder Trial
Ebensburg Pa June 13 After eleven jurors had been obtained today for trial of the first of a series of murder cases arising from the Lally riot of April 5 the panel was exhausted and court adjourned until late today while the sheriff summons others Nelle Prosse was asked for the racey defendants acquitted yesterday on a charge of riot by direction of the court Thirty one held for affray and assault confront the major indictment of murder and when the cases were called this morning Judge Fineletter promptly granted separate trials for each defendant.
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United Press
Ebensburg
Lally
Nelle Prosse
Fineletter
Bankruptcy petition filed for Arthur W. Frank in South Bend
An involuntary bankruptcy petition was filed in federal court today against Arthur W. Frank of the arm of Charles Frank & Son in South Bend Indiana. Creditors Swift & Co Armour & Co GBH Hammond & Co and Cudahy Brothers allege Frank owes more than 1000.
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Arthur W.frank
Charles Frank & Son
South Bend
Ind
Swift & Co
Armour& Co
GBH
Hammond & Co
Cudahy Brothers
Frank
Officers 10 Probe Blast Fatal 1048
Navy investigates a fatal blast aboard the U S S Mississippi described as the greatest peace time horror. Officers probe cause and circumstances amid calls for accountability and safety reforms.
Tragic blast hits U S S Mississippi in target practice
The Mississippi suffered a catastrophic explosion in turret No 4 during battle practice off San Clemente Island. Two blasts tore through the gun crews. many sailors died or were burned. A secret inquiry will determine the cause, with Capt. Yates Sterling in charge.
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United Press
San Pedro
U. S. S. Mississippi
Relief
Yaten Sterling
U. S. S. New Mexico
Mississippi
San Clemente Island
T.N.T
Dreadnaught
Tennessee
Idaho
Thomas E. Zellars
Marcus Erwin
J. J. Levasseur
James McCrea
No Jinx on Weather Sets Noon Record
Weather report notes no jinx on hot conditions with a government thermometer at noon registering 82 degrees. This year’s hottest noon reading reached 84 degrees, signaling near record heat for the period.
Conference on Smoke Elimination With Railroad Shops
H. F. Templeton, assistant chief smoke inspector, plans a meeting next week with superintendents of railroad shops to discuss eliminating smoke. The gathering aims to coordinate practices and reduce smoke emissions across facilities.
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H. F. Templeton
Ice cream curbed by blue law in Bad Axe chaos
Bad Axe Michigan on June 13 reports ice cream seekers flood doctors offices to obtain Sunday prescriptions as shops remain closed under blue law. Sheriff Peter Burns among early patients describes the clamor for frozen treats and the unusual remedy.
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United Press
BAD Axe
Mich
Peter Burns
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