Detectives Solve Local Robbery Wave With Arrests
City detectives say they solved at least five robberies in the last month with the arrest of four youths aged 16 to 18. The suspects Joe Summers Freeman Lepthridge Raymond Broner and Jesse Langford confessed to robbing Arthur Knickers store on 902 W Michigan St June 7 and four other neighborhood stores. Detectives Sneed Rugenstein Field and Carter made the arrests.
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Joe Summers
Blake St
Freeman Lepthridge
Maxwell St
Raymond Broner
W. North St
Jesse Langford
Vermont St
Arthur Knickers
Michigan St
Sneed, Rugenstein
Field
Carter
Ocean Fliers Reunite With Wives Aboard Berlin
Clarence D. Chamberlin and Charles A. Levine met their wives on the Berlin deck after 1 a.m. as reporters stayed away. The reunion occurred at the Bremen dock with only two deckhands nearby, after the fliers had slipped from cabins on the Bremen. Levine’s wife said she might have tried to stop the flight if told in advance.
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United Press
Bremen
Clarence D. Chamberlin
Charles A. Levine
Berlin
Lloyd Line
Levine
Hello origin traced to hunting cry haloo
The term hello is linked to the old hunting call haloo from French au loup meaning to the wolf, showing its linguistic roots in a call used in hunting and warning.
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Haloo
City Men Injured in Head-On Car Crash
Carl S. Wagner and Victor Jose Jr., both Indianapolis executives, suffered injuries in a head-on crash near Peru while en route to a University of Michigan reunion. Mrs. John W. Hutchins of Rensselaer is in critical condition with a fractured skull. Witnesses say Hutchins’s car failed to stop on Federal Highway 31 as Wagner’s vehicle rolled three times. Wagner was cut and bruised. Jose sustained a broken wrist and hip injuries. The injured were to be transported to a hospital later today.
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Carl S. Wagner
E. Michigan Sr
Insley Manufacturing Company
Victor Jose Jr
N. Audubon Rd
Standard Dry Kiln Company
University of Michigan
Peru
John W. Hutchins
Rensselaer
Miami County
Hutchins
Indianapolis
Wagner
Jose
Hip Boot Dance Craze Hits Beardstown Hall
In Beardstown Illinois crowds flock to Woodmen Hall as the hip boot dance becomes a local flood era pastime. After the Illinois River recedes another dance is planned once water levels normalize.
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United Press
Beardstown
Ill
Illinois
Woodmen’s Hall
Pershing to Speak at Indiana World War Memorial ceremony
Black Horse Troop from Culver Military Academy leads Fourth of July parade and cornerstone laying for the Indiana World War Memorial. Gen John J Pershing will deliver the principal address as Governor Jackson Brigadier General Dwight E Aultman and Rev L J Dufrane speak. Parade at 10 a.m. cornerstone at 11 30 a.m.
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Culver Military Academy
Indiana
American Legion Auxiliary Glee Club
Paul Ragsdale
William G. Everson
Muncie
Kidnapped Youth Sought After Abduction Report
A telegram from Champaign NL reports four year old John Jr. has been taken by a local woman believed to reside here. The kidnapper was seen in a Dodge with New Mexico plates. The boy wears blue overalls and a straw hat and has a scar on his right shoulder.
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John Sansone
Champaign
John Jr
New Mexico
Moths Do Not Eat Wool From Live Sheep Says Oil May Protect
A note suggests moths avoid woolen coats on live sheep possibly due to oil in the wool. The idea implies natural protection reducing damage from moths on grazing flocks.
French ruling to remove scholarship candidates by spelling errors
The French government ordered removal of any scholarship candidate whose examination paper shows more than five spelling mistakes. The directive applies to all national scholarship assessments and emphasizes strict language accuracy in eligibility.
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Ocean Fliers
Chamberlin and Levine
Pershing
Culver’s Cavalry
O’coats
Massachusetts Ave
Martin Bros.co
Indiana Ave
Orig
Michelin
Cre
Michelins
WKBF
Michelin Merrymakers
Pep
Pettis, Thrift Basement
Childrens
Thrift Basement
Dress
Pettis
Linen West Crash
Thrift
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