Mine official denies cause of Reds aided workers
Harvey C. Conrad of Knox Consolidated Coal Company denies UMWA charges of communist ties and protected speakers. He says the Knox County Miners Association, not the UMWA or National Miners Union, signs contracts and that most workers are English speaking and not influenced by communism. A Panhandle mine experiment shows 150 miners forming the Bicknell Coal Company to self manage with shareholding and staged production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Stern
Bicknell
Ind
Knox
Indianapolis
Communist Party
United Mine Workers of America
Harvey C. Conrad
Conrad
United Mine Workers
Harry G. Leslie
U. M. W of A
National Miners’ Union
Knox County Miners Association
National Miners Union
John L. Lewis
Ohio
Indiana
American No. 1
Knox Consolidated Mines
Patrick Toohey
Pittsburgh
Red International
Moscow
Bicknell Field
Vincennes
John Gillespie
David Robb
Robb
Panhandle
Bicknell Coal Company
Wesley Harris
Harris
Child chained in home basement horror in Indiana
Nine year old George Jurick was chained to an iron pipe in his Glen Park home basement for nine days after fleeing cruel treatment at home. He survived on bread and coffee and is under a physician care. His father is jailed on $1000 bond for contributing to delinquency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Gary
Ind
George Jurick
George
Glen Park
Sophie
County Farm Agents Meet at Purdue University
County agricultural agents from across Indiana gather at Purdue University for a three day conference featuring lectures and discussions on linking county agents with vocational agriculture teachers. Dr O E Baker of the U S Department of Agriculture outlines future trends and land needs while T R Johnston Purdue publicity director speaks on farm news writing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Br Tinics
Lafayette
Ind
Purdue University
Purdue
J. H. Skinner
O. E. Baker
United State Department of Agriculture
T. R. Johnston
C. T. Gregory
H. S. Benson
Vincennes
H. K. McMillin
Indiana State Board of Agriculture
Indiana County Agents’ Association
Hospital Fund Up as Campaign Reaches 407032
The Methodist hospital expansion fund surpasses 407032 with new gifts. Volunteers plan intensive solicitation this week and will meet at the Columbia Club on Thursday noon to review progress toward a 1 million dollar goal for new buildings and equipment. Major pledges include 17225 25000 and 9000 plus staff gifts totaling 5592.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Hospital
Columbia Club
Arthur V. Brown
Hospital Board of Trustees
George M. Smith
Arthur R. Baxter
Congress 10 Recess For Two Months
President Hoover faces a two month recess as Congress adjourns until August 19 to resume work on the tariff bill. Senator Watson won a 57 to 23 vote for adjournment amid bitter tariff fighting and party tensions. The plan left open the chance of a later Sept return, with debate likely to shape the final tariff revision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul R. Mallon
Washington
Hoover
Congress
Senate
James E. Watson
Watson
Charles Curtis
House
Reed Smoot
Utah
David Reed
Pennsylvania
Senate Finance Committee
Weley Jones
Secretary of Treasury
France
Teker
Modernism in Religion Faces Undivided Opposition at Assembly
At Anderson Indiana the Church of God opens its international convention with strong opposition to modernism. About 7 000 attendees expected to rise to 10 000 as visitors from across the U S and foreign missions join sessions at the church camp. Speakers include Rev Fred G Smith editor of Gospel Trumpet and Rev H M Riggle. The gathering also ratifies a name change for the Anderson Bible School to Anderson College and Theological Seminary and plans a 500 000 endowment drive to gain accreditation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson
Ind
Church of God
Fred G. Smith
Gospel Trumpet
H. M. Riggle
Chicago
Gospel Trumpet Company
WHBU
Adam W. Miller
Adamsburg
Burgess McCreary
R. C. Caudi
Ft. Collins
Col
E. A. Reardon
Denver
Elizabeth Marsh
Richmond
Russell Olt
Anderson Bible School and Seminary
G. E. Wright
Groesbeck
Tex
J. T. Wilson
Eastland
Anderson College and Theological Seminary
John A. Morrison
R. R. Byrum
A. F. Gray
Gospel Trumpet Publishing Company
N. H. Byrum
D. W. Patterson
G. T. Neal
Bedford
R. L. Berry
Mr. Patterson
O'Hare Couple Dies Within Days in Ind Town
John P. O'Hare aged 98 dies in Times Specul SON Ind two days after his wife Mary Ellen O'Hare's death. Both lived in this town. their deaths occur within a short span.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John P. O'Hare
Mary Ellen O’hare
Winona School of Religion Opens Girls Session at Winona Lake
One hundred girls attend the Winona summer school of Christian education directed by Robert J. McLandress. Boys and adults will follow. Orville M. Brunson and Miss Elizabeth Taft teach. The Rev. H. B. Hostetter will lead the adult session in August. Gifts from Kosciusko lodge and Winona Lake Association funded the project. In Crawfordsville, Ella Lewis, 13, shot her left hand with a pistol found at a friend’s home, thinking it was a toy. the bullet passed through.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Winona
Kosciusko Lodge
Billy Sunday
Winona Lake Association
Times Special
Crawfordsville
Ind
Ella Lewis
Charles Lewis
Sheriff Defends Prisoner in Nurse Marguerite White Death
Elmer Cales 28 faces murder charge in the death of Marguerite White 20 a student nurse in Independence Kan Sheriff R W Lewis vows to aid the innocent and says he believes Cales innocent Family and relatives support the jailed youth Arraigned in Caney Cales claims Miss White shot herself after he refused marriage Preliminary hearing set for June 27 Bond set at 12500
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press Independence
Kan
Elmer Cales
Farmer
Marguerite White
Cales
R. W. Lewis
Miss White
Caney
Casey
Casey Jones
Tulsa
Okla
Traffic Club to Take Special Train to Coney Island Outing
Four hundred Traffic Club members and guests will board a special train from Union Station Thursday at 8 30 for Fern Bank en route to a Stay outing at Coney Island near Cincinnati Luncheon and business club representatives from Indianapolis and other Indiana cities will join A luncheon will be served aboard the Steamer Island Maid and a banquet will follow at Coney s Colonial clubhouse Henry Thies orchestra will play dinner music Hourman Miller who is editor of Wilmington Ohio and a nationally known humorist will be the principal speaker Returning the steamer leaves Coney Island at 8 30 p m EST and the train returns to Indianapolis at 11 30 CST
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bers
Union Station
Fern Bank
Coney Island
Cincinnati
Traffic Club
Indiana
Coney’s
Henry Thies
WLW
Hourman Miller
Wilmington
Indianapolis
Argument ends in bond trial at Vincennes
In Vincennes Indiana on June 18 arguments closed in the suit of William Abbott Spencer against the Citizens Trust Company receiver over a $60 000 liberty bond claim. Judge W F Calverley of Knox circuit court said a ruling would aim for before June 29 when the term ends. Abbott's lawyers pressed the bank to name the paper James M Lang former president gave Abbott as receipt for the 60 000. the receipt allegedly was a check. Abbott says he entrusted the bonds to the bank and received neither the bonds nor a receipt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press Vincennes
Ind
William Abbott
Spencer
Citizens Trust Company
Sullivan
W. F. Calverley
Knox Circuit Court
Abbott
James M. Lang
Elks Train To Los Angeles For Grand Lodge Reunion
A special train under Mr and Mrs Vernon Hinkle will depart Indianapolis July 2 on the Big Four to Los Angeles for the Elks grand lodge convention July 8 12. Delegates from eastern southern and central western lodges travel via St Louis Kansas City Colorado Springs Denver and return through San Francisco Portland Seattle Victoria Vancouver Banff Lake Louise Winnipeg and Chicago. Delegates gather in Indianapolis July 1 for a dinner and entertainment at the local lodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon Hinkle
University Court
East
South
Central West
Indianapolis
Grand Lodge
Convention of Elks
Los Angeles
St. Louis
Kansas City
Colorado Springs
Denver
San Francisco
Portland
Seattle
Victoria
Vancouver
Banff
Lake Louise
Winnipeg
Chicago
Epileptic Killer Suspected in Co Ed Slaying
Police in Columbus are closing in on a brutal killer of Miss Theora K. Hix. Psychiatric authorities say a murder during an epileptic seizure may reveal the perpetrator as an unconscious aggressor. The epileptic, in a asenesic state, cannot recall his actions.
Indiana religious education council opens annual state meeting
The sixty fifth Indiana Council of Religious Education opens in Shelbyville with about 3000 Sunday school workers expected. The program features six mass meetings seven sectional sessions through Thursday with speakers including Dr William Lowe Bryan and Miss Nan F Weeks. Delegates register at 7 30 am and officers to be elected. convention site for 1930 to be decided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelbyville
Ind
Indiana Council of Religious Education
William Lowe Bryan
Indiana University
Frank D. Slutz
Dayton
Herman WU. Leedy
Oberlin College
Bucyrus
Edgar Blake
Indianapolis
Nan F. Weeks
Northern Indiana Baptist Convention
Charles R. Davis
The
Disciples of Christchurch
Herman Eldridge
Myron C. Settle
Motorist Escapes After Train Collision Near Newcastle
Ulysses Personette of Hagerstown in good spirits after stepping from a wrecked light sedan struck by a fast freight train at a Pennsylvania crossing two miles east of Newcastle. He sustained bruises and slight cuts and was treated at the Newcastle clinic. The car was hurled into a reinforced concrete right-of-way post. crossing was unobstructed and train view was clear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ulysses Personette
Hagerstown
Newcastle
Personeette
Pennsylvania Lines
Here
Personette
Safety council head speakers spur gas plant safety drive
F E Schortemeier former state secretary spoke at Langsdale plant of Citizens Gas Co about safety. George T Bryant of Bryant Transfer Co plans a safety rally at Irvington Ice and Cold Storage Co Wednesday. J W Dills of American Railway Express warned truck fleets last night that careless drivers cost firms a cent a mile more per mile. H E Fitzwater of Indianapolis Power and Light discussed subconscious safety habits and Bryant urged recognizing good driving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. E. Schortemeier
The
Safety Council
Langsdale
Citizens Gas Company
George T. Bryant
Bryant Transfer Company
Irvington Ice and Cold Storage Company
J. W. Dills
American Railway Express Company
Chameer of Commerce
H. E. Fitzwater
Indianapolis Power and Light Company
Rum runners confess in Indiana booze haul case
Cleo Lounsberry and Wilson Winters admitted transporting liquor in a car on national road between Clinton and Muncie. Deputies John Lindsey and Horace Shipp confiscated fifty gallons of white mule whisky. In Crawfordsville, Benjamin F. Johnson longtime Indiana Bureau of Statistics chief and former Union Township trustee died at 81.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleo Lounsberry
Wilson Winters
Muncie
Clinton
Indy
John Lindsey
Horace Shipp
Bridgeport
Crawfordsville
Ind
Benjamin F. Johnson
Indiana Bureau of Statistics
Union Township
Montgomery County
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Knox Consolidated Executive
van Hook
John van Hook
Terre Haute
Austin Sweet
Vigo
Clay
Vanity
Evansville
Dorothy Miller
Ohio River
James Chenault
Gary Boy
Methodist Drive
Winona School OF Religion
Self
A. L. Donaldson
Eva Neville
Herbert Males
Evansville Board of Works
North Side
Donaldson
California
Evansville Press
Scripps-Howard
Mary Wilson
Anderson High School
City School
Miller
John D. Miller
Mem
Elke
City
Thinto
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