Reed grills Wheeler on IK vote probe in Senate inquiry
Wayne B Wheeler, head of the Anti Saloon League, testifies before the Senate Primary Investigating Committee. He reveals the league raised between 150000 and 200000 dollars in 1925 with state groups handling their own funds. Wheeler refuses to disclose full finances since 1920, prompting calls to obtain official ledgers and a full accounting.
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United Press
Washington
Anti-Saloon League
Senate
Wayne B .Wheeler
James A. Reed
Missouri
Wheeler
the Nation
William Jennings Bryan
Clarence Darrow
Dayton
Reed
Pennsylvania
League
Two Men Die in Fireworks Blast at Shooks Field
Two men died and a third man and a girl were seriously injured in a fireworks explosion during a Shooks Field celebration in Youngstown Ohio. Frank Poluso aged 18 and Joseph Vital 22, both from Newcastle Pennsylvania, were killed. Peter J Iodice 24 and Beatrice Forbes 20 were wounded. Rocco Casella and Paul Magling, both Newcastle residents, were arrested after the blast. they had contracted to stage the display.
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Bu United Press
Youngstown
Shooks Field
Brier Hill
St. Roce’s Catholic Church
Frank Poluso
Joseph Vital
Newcastle
Peter J. Iodice
Beatrice Forbes
Rocco Casella
Paul Magling
Widow Rosamond Van Camp Named Administratrix of Estate
Rosamond McD Van Camp widow of Raymond P Van Camp former Van Camp Hardware president was named administratrix of his estate by Probate Judge Mahlon E Bush. She posted a 24000 bond covering 12000 in personal property. Real estate and business interests not listed or included as no will was filed leaving everything to the widow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosamond McD van Camp
Raymond P. van Camp
van Camp Hardware and Iron Company
Mahlon E. Bush
Mexican Archbishop Mora Attorney Arrested Before Eucharist Congress Train
Louis Orvananos, attorney for Archbishop Mora of Mexico, was arrested by government agents as he boarded a special train carrying 250 delegates to Chicago for the Eucharist Congress. The charge was not revealed.
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United Press
Mexico City
Louis Orvananos
Mora
Mexico
Chicago
Weather snapshot shows morning temperatures and trends
A fragmented weather memo lists temperatures from 6 am to noon with values ranging from 66 to 83 degrees. The notes include times like 6 a.m. 10 a.m. 11 a.m. and reference to a moon symbol, indicating partial observational data.
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Hanes
Woman Routs Thief With Dishrag
Mrs Albert Brickhouse of 469 Warman Avenue stopped a burglary was washing dishes when a Black intruder raided her home. She threw a soapy dishrag at him. Motor policemen Baker and Baker reported the incident and described the thief as a large Negro who fled after being hit.
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Albert Brickhouse
Warman Ave
Baker
School budget hearings set as 1926 27 funds asked
Department heads submitted 1926 27 school city appropriation requests to Business Director Ure M Frazer with tentative totals high. Finance committee will trim to near the 1925 26 levy of 1 10 while noting the 1 8 million building program cannot be met and may be reduced by about half. Frazer calls for tightening to necessary and then essential items. Short ridge High School 1 0 million is already funded. housing needs require ten years and removal of portable classrooms for proper facilities.
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Ure M. Frazer
Frazer
Finance Committee
Shortridge High School
Phone Boy to Wed Du Pont Heiress in Wilmington
Richard Dorsey Morgan of Wilmington a clerk in a telephone exchange earning 150 dollars a month is to marry Elizabeth Frances Du Pont a member of the wealthy Du Pont family. The engagement was announced by Mr and Mrs Philip Francis Du Pont, the girl's parents, on Wednesday.
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Times
Wilmington
Del
Richard Dorsey Morgan
Elizabeth Frances du Pont
du Pont
Philip Francis du Pont
School Bond Vote Remonstrance Heard in Bartholomew County
State Tax Commissioner William A. Hough heard a remonstrance against a $55,000 bond issue for a new Clifford school in Flat Rock Township Bartholomew County. The board will inspect the site before deciding. The tax board also directed bids on a $323,000 Woodburn County unit road bond proposal.
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Clifford
Flatrock Township
Bartholomew County
William A. Hough
Hough
Allen County
Woodburn County
Beer flowed in Pittsburgh saloons during primary period
Former prohibition agent E M Updegraff testified to the House alcoholic liquor traffic committee that good beer flowed in Pittsburgh saloons displaying Pepper Fisher signs from May 1 to May 18. He said affidavits of liquor purchases were falsified with knowledge and consent of the prohibition administrator Baird and Pittsburgh dry chief J P Cavanaught.
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United Press
Washington
Pittsburgh
E. M. Updegraff
Prohibition
House
Alcoholic Liquor Traffic Committee
Updegraff
Baird
J. P. Cavanaught
Coldest June 16 in a decade chills New York
New York on June 17 reports a sharp 30 degree drop from the previous day as winter wraps come out again and furnace fires gain popularity. The temperature fell to 54 at 7 a.m., marking the coldest June 16 in a decade.
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Times Special
New York
Athletic Mercury
Dared Him to Marry Regrets It Ends in Arrest
Mrs. Margaret Goolsby alleges she was urged by Frank O Neal to wed him after a dare. Detectives charged O Neal with bigamy and neglect of a 17 month old child. Goolsby had married Robert Goolsby in 1922 and was arrested on the complaint as O Neal regretted the union.
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Frank O'Neal
N. Noble St
Margaret Goolsby
E. Market St
Lambert and Moore
O'Neal
Cardinals greeted by thousands as princes arrive
Nine Catholic church princes arrive in Chicago for the twenty eighth international Eucharistic congress. Cardinal Bonzano leads in, with a crowd of thousands cheering, trains, boats, and factory whistles marking the moment. One million pilgrims expected to reverence the Eucharist during the event.
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United Press
Chicago
George Cardinal Mundelein
America
John Cardinal Bonzano
New York
Lake Michigan
Cardinal Bonzano
Boon for Farms Seen at United Pires
Farmers along the Millinois River would save about 1.5 million dollars annually from lower transport rates if the Illinois water diversion project from the Great Lakes is approved by Congress. M. G. Barnes Illinois chief engineer told the Senate Commerce Committee. Barnes and Rep. Madden defended the plan at the rivers and harbors hearing.
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United Pires Washington
Millinois River
Great Lakes
Congress
M. G. Barnes
Children Win Clemency in Local Court
Seven children of Calvin Ball of Allegheny Street won clemency from Municipal Judge Wetter. They received three months and a $100 fine suspended. Richard Brasher of Twenty Seventh Street was fined $25 and given thirty days for DUI and $10 for a separate drunk charge. Other blind tiger fines included James Svenksen of Chicago $100 and thirty days suspended, Lawrence Davis of East Thirteenth Street $100 and sixty days, and Charles Smith of West Street $100 and thirty days suspended.
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Calvin Ball
Allegheny St
Ter
Muncipal
Paul G. Wetter
Richard Brasher
W. Twenty- Seventh St
Blind Tiger
James Svenksen
Chicago
Lawrence Davis
E. Thirteenth St
Charles Smith
S. West St
Parents Seek Son Missing After Speedway Trip
Parents of Paul Niles 20 of Charlottesville Ind ask police to aid in a search. He was last seen May 31 on the National Road east of town after being picked up by a motorist from Missouri while attending a Speedway race. His car was found deserted in a field. Robert Sleight 44 of Bedford also reported missing after visiting Chicago.
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Paul Niles
Charlottsville
Ind
Niles
National Rd
Missouri
Robert Sleight
Bedford
Chicago
Evansville Doctor Ordered to Pay Damages in Wound Case
Dr. W R Hurst of Evansville must pay $500 damages to Rosalie Reeder of Evansville for leaving a gauze pad in an operation wound. The decision was handed down in Mt. Vernon Indiana on June 17.
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United Press
MT. Vernon
Ind
W. R. Hurst
Evansville
Rosalie Reeder
Italian airship burns in Ciampino incident
Fire partially destroyed the dirigible N-3 at Ciampino airfield near Rome. The N-3, recently bought from Italy by Japan, burned for about three hours on Wednesday afternoon, endangering nearby airships sheltered at the Ciampino airdrome.
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Timea
Rome
Too Good a Time on His Parole
Thomas Kempy a 43 year old Franklin resident who had parole from the Indiana State Farm was arrested twice for drunkenness but today remained free after City Judge Paul Wetter dismissed drunkenness charges. Officers asked to return him to the farm where he had parole to visit a sick relative.
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Thomas Kempy
Franklin
Indiana
Paul B. Wetter
Kempy
Realty firm faces Indiana bond license suspension
Adair Realty and Trust Company of Atlanta seeks to clear misrepresentation charges filed by the State Chamber of Commerce. Executives E A Erwin and William A Sutherland present financial records to the Finance Commission insisting the case harms the 61 year old firm with 2.5 million in assets and guarantees every bond sold insured by Globe Indemnity Company.
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Adair Realty and Trust Company
Atlanta
Indiana
David H. Jennings
Commission
State Chamber of Commerce
E. A. Erwin
Adair Company
William A. Sutherland
Globe Indemnity Company of New York
Erwin
Herriot declines Briand cabinet proposal in Paris
In Paris on June 17 Edouard Herriot refused to join Aristide Briand’s proposed national union cabinet. He reportedly expected President Doumergue to offer the premiership if Briand failed and had begun drafting a cabinet list.
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United Press
Paris
Edouard Herriot
Aristide Briand
National Union
Herriot
Doumergue
Briand
Democrats Open State Campaign
Democrats launch full state campaign with senatorial nominees Albert Stump and Evans Woollen active in public appearances. State Chair man R Earle Peters works on organizing plans at the state headquarters as Peters prepares permanent committees. Stump addressed the Exchange Club of Muncie and will speak in Portland and at Lake Wawassee. Woollen tours the Third district.
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R. Earle Peters
Albert Stump
Exchange Club of
Cyclone in Clarin da Iowa Kills Two and Injures Dozen
A late Wednesday cyclone in Clarin da Iowa killed two people J P Douglas 80 and Dennis Usher 14. More than a score of houses were destroyed and about 200 000 dollars in property damage reported. Mrs John C Morrison among the injured faces grave risk. A company militia patrols the area.
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Buy
United Press
Clarinda
Iowa
J. P. Douglas
Dennis Usher
John C. Morrison
Litia
Balcony collapse kills eight in Naples crowd
Eight people died and about thirty were injured when a balcony collapsed during a speech by Captain Aurelio Padovani, former local Fascist leader, in Naples. The incident left Padovani dead and several others severely injured as witnesses described a chaotic scene.
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Times
Naples
Aurelio Padovani
Padoygnal
Wreck Kills Eighteen as Trains Collide at Gray Station
A Chicago Cincinnati Pittsburgh Limited derailed at Gray near Blairsville Pennsylvania smashing four sleeping cars. At least eighteen dead with about fifty injured. Officials fear higher death toll. Names include E A McConnell and N L Hollingsworth among the dead. Relief trains and rescuers worked through the night.
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United Press
Pittsburgh
Chicago, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh Limited
Gray Station
Blairsville
Pennsylvania Railroad
Claude Smiles
Cincinnati
T. F. Farrell
Orange
N. J
W. B. Dunwoody
Wilkinsburg
Latrobe
G. M. Sixsmith
Cincinnati Limited
Sixsmith
Washington
H. M. Kincaid
Pittsburgh Limited
Boy 6 Kills Playmate in Quarrel After Sister Provides Gun
Baltimore dispatch reports Virgil Boehler Jr. 3 was instantly killed in a childish quarrel by his 6 year old playmate Frederick Parker. Edith, 5, climbed a chair, retrieved a pistol from a highboy drawer and handed it to him with instructions to shoot.
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Baltimore
Virgil Boehler, Jr
Frederick Parker
Edith
Iim
Mrs. Fisher Sues for Divorce from Carl G. Fisher
Mrs. Jane Watts Fisher files for divorce from Carl G. Fisher of Indianapolis and Long Island, noting incompatibility. The couple wed Oct 23 1903 in Indianapolis, with Fisher a former Prest-O-Lite head and Indianapolis businessman now owning Florida and Long Island interests.
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Carl Fisher
Carl G. Fisher
Indianapolis Speedway Realty Company
Prest- O-Lite Company
Long Island, N. Y
Jane Watts Fisher
Paris
United Press
Indianapolis
Two Field Museum Expeditions Leave Saturday
Two Field Museum expeditions sail Saturday in opposite directions. Commander Donald B. MacMillan leads the Rawson McMillan sub Arctic expedition from Wiscasset, Maine, by Bowdoin to collect specimens for the museum. Capt Marshall Field heads to Rio de Janeiro, then Brazil, the Andes and the Amazon for exploration work.
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United Press
Chicago
Arctic
South America
United States
Donald B. MacMillan
Fic
Wiscasset
Bowdoin
Frederick H. Rawson
County to consider new site for Juvenile Detention Home
County officials plan a special meeting June 28 to discuss a bond issue for a new site. The commission has labeled the current detention home at 1102 N Capitol Ave a fire hazard and disgrace, with rent set at 325 dollars a month. The grand jury also criticized the present facility during its inspection. An appropriation for costs of the last primary election will be considered by the council.
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Harry Dunn
Dunn
N. Capitol Ave
Ohio Wesleyan confers degrees at eighty second commencement
Rolland L. Dove of Layman Ave and M. Combie Smith of 2728 Ashland Ave are among 325 seniors who received the bachelor of arts degree as Ohio Wesleyan University marked its eighty second annual commencement on a Wednesday.
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Rolland L. Dove
Layman Ave
M. Combie Smith
Ashland Ave
Ohio Wesleyan University
Muncie YWCA Building Nears Cornerstone Ceremonies
Muncie Indiana June 17 dream of a new two hundred nineteen thousand dollar YWCA building moved closer as cornerstone ceremonies were held Wednesday with Mrs. G A Ball placing the trowel.
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Muncie, Ind
Frankfort man charged in fraudulent check case
Charles Studebaker aged 51 of Frankfort was charged with issuing a fraudulent check after returning from Gary. He allegedly issued a $3,000 check on Maple Road State Bank using a fraudulent $3,500 check, police said.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Studebaker
Frankfort
Studebaker
Gary
Maple Road State Bank
Roosevelt High to Honor Blind Student as Class Orator
Clifford Troll, 19, a blind student, will serve as class orator at Roosevelt High School commencement exercises in Minneapolis tonight marking a notable achievement in the school’s exercise program.
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United Press
Minneapolis
Minn
Clifford Troll
Roosevelt High School of Minneapolis
Rainbow Veterans plan state meeting in Indianapolis chapter
Indianapolis Rainbow Veterans Association members at a Wednesday meeting discussed plans for the annual state gathering. Committee members include Sidney S. Miller Daniel J. Glossbrenner Paul Fechtman Howard Maxwell and Edward P. Cook.
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Rainbow Veterans’ Association
Indianapolis
Sidney S. Miller
Daniel J. Glossbrenner
Paul Fechtman
Howard Maxwell
Edward P. Cook
Rotary deadlock for president at convention with Sapp and Rodgers
The Rotary International convention in Denver stalled on choosing a president as Arthur H. Sapp of Huntington Indiana and Harry H. Rodgers of San Antonio Texas led evenly. Thomas J. Davis of Butte Montana trailed and was eliminated after noon votes.
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United Press
Denver
Colo
Rotary International
Arthur H. Sapp
Huntington
Ind
Harry H. Rodgers
San Antonio
Texas
Thomas J. Davis
Butte
Mont
Downey Avenue Church Group Publishes Letter Over City Probe
The Downey Avenue Christian Church Men's Club released an open letter to Police Chief Claude F. Johnson amid a clash with Prosecutor William H. Remy. A Federal probe into liquor law enforcement proceeds, with evidence referred to U S Attorney Albert Ward and agents led by W O Holman.
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William H. Remy
Remy
Claude F. Johnson
Downey Avenue
Christian Chureh
Johnson
United States
Albert Ward
B. C. Yellowley
Chicago
Prohibition
Ansel R. Harris
Indiana
W. O. Holman
Yellowley
Marion County Grand Jury
Department of Justice
James Polk
Marian Apts
William J. Kenney
Polk
TJ Casey
Louie Webber
Maryland St
Robert C. Baltzell
Keeney
Chief Johnson
George William Brown
College of Missions
Grand Jury Probe Targets Local Bondsmen in Marion County
Deputy Prosecutor John L. Niblack says he will present data to the Marion County grand jury on alleged perjury by bondsmen and bondswomen. He found many bonds tied to properties worth less than the bond amounts, and asserts bondsmen must swear their property is in Marion County and at least twice the bond value. Prosecutor Willim H. Remy backs the probe, calling for full enforcement of bond laws.
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John L. Niblack
Marion County Grand Jury
Niblack
Marion County
Willim H. Remy
Gary Building Program Halts Over Lockout in Gary
Gary Indiana the city’s record ten million dollar building program is at a standstill after the Gary building contractors association declared a lockout against organized labor. unions claim the factory glazed sash to be produced by unar and refused to work on jobs using it.
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United Press
Gary
Ind
Gary Building Contractors’ Association
Unar
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Levy
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Altoona
A. McLee
New York City
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Greensburg
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Derry
C. B. Carter
C. B. Bowman
Columbus
Ohio
E. G. Donahey
A. R. Dinsmore
Columbia
Peter Spanos
Massillon
Thomas M. Porter
Sister
Lad
Chum
Flapper
Fanny
NEA Service Inc
Long Island
Florida
Fisher
Crown Hill Cemetery
Meyers Rd
William Watts
Watts
Capitol Ave
Thirtieth St
California
Neal McPherson
Fourth Ward
Blackford
Michigan Sts
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Tropics
Plan Rainbow Convention
Sapp
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