General Delivery Windows At Post Office Draw Wide Crowd
Times Special Burlington Indiana report details general delivery scenes with people at A to K and L to Z windows. Clerks explains rules while women dominate visits citing mail secrecy and many letters to lovers. The piece also notes a local broom maker Scott E James dead at sister’s home after lifelong blindness.
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Burlington
Ind
Scott E. James
Indiana
D. L. Beck
Here
Fred Reeves
Frankort
Senators Fight Veterans Aid Bill In Senate Debate
Two overseas veterans, Senators Reed of Pennsylvania and Bingham of Connecticut, push amendments to curb benefits as the World War veterans aid bill faces final passage. Senator Smoot opposes pensions for self inflicted disabilities and Senator Walsh warns of a flood of new relief legislation. Copeland questions policy for the blind and paralyzed while defending government responsibility.
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Scrippa-Howard
Alliance
Washington
Senate
David Reed
Pennsylvania
Hiram Bingham
Connecticut
Reed
Reed Smoot
Utah
Finance Committee
Walsh
Dem
Mass
Smoot
United States
Copeland
Alcock Names AID Iron John Alcock Chief of Detectives
Chicago June 19 United Press reports new police commissioner Iron John Alcock selected John Norton as detective lieutenant to enforce Mayor Thompson's order to dispatch gangsters to prison or the electric chair. Norton replaces Captain John Stege who was demoted by Russell before resigning after the Lingle murder.
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Iron Man
John Norton
Alcock
William Hale Thompson
United Press Chicago
John” Alcock
William F. Russell
Alfred J. Lingle
Chicago Tribune
Norton
John Stege
Russell
Three Robbers Take Detroit Hotel Clerk in Cash-Register Heist
In Detroit on June 19 three bandits forced night clerk Fred Vervane of the Grant hotel to take a “ride” after robbing the cash register of about $150. The incident occurred as the hotel staff faced fear and confusion during the burglary.
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United Press
Detroit
Grant Hotel
Fred Vervane
Krause Re elected President Of Wheeler City Rescue Mission
The Wheeler City Rescue Mission announced the re election of H W Krause as president of its board of directors noting a meeting at the Ross residence near Haverstick Park. Le Brown remains building fund treasurer and reports show 935 persons received free lodging in the past month.
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le Brown
Building Fund
H. W. Krause
Wheeler City Rescue Mission
Krause
David Ross
Haverstick Park
W. C. Borch
Utilities May Enforce State Code In Rural Installations
Indiana Attorney General James M. Ogden issued an opinion to Secretary J. H. Owens stating utilities may require electrical installations in rural districts and small towns to meet state building code and regulations of the state fire marshal. The ruling allows reasonable regulations on service connection refusals as long as they do not cause undue or unjust discrimination.
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James M. Ogden
J. H. Owens
Administrative Building Council of
Indiana
Cuba President Machado Faces Murder Charge
Charges of murder filed in Havana against President Gerardo Machado over the Arte Misa raid last May that left four dead and eighteen wounded. The Nationalist party filed the charges after police raided its meeting. The military commander’s charges were dropped as Machado took full responsibility. a secret Supreme Court session was expected.
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United Press
Havana
Gerardo Machado
Cuba
Artmisa
Artemisa
Machado
Cuban Supreme Court
Urge Beach Reduction at White River Beaches
Adolph Emhardt park board member urged abandoning McClure and Warfleigh beaches on the White River to Mayor Reginald Sullivan. The move followed city recreation director Kilgore seeking sirens and floodlights to prevent drownings. Emhardt said the beaches are not used enough to justify maintenance and proposed a Riverside park pool instead.
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McClure
Warfleigh
White River
Adolph Emhardt
Reginald Sullivan
David Kilgore
Emhardt
Riverside Park
Harvard Grants Honorary Law Degrees to Wright and Gilbert
Cambridge June 19 S Parker Gilbert former agent general of reparations and Orville Wright aerospace pioneer received honorary doctor of laws degrees at Harvard commencement ceremony in Cambridge Massachusetts.
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United Press
Cambridge
Mass
Delaware County Jobless Total 1232, Census Report Says
In Muncie Indiana on June 19 a report by J Monroe Fitch Fifth district census supervisor states 1232 people in Delaware county are without work and unable to find it. Fitch notes temporary unemployment is not counted by census workers.
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Times Special
Muncie
Ind
Delaware County
J. Monroe Fitch
Pitch
Hit of the Week Record Sold at News Stands
A Durium based Hit-of-the-Week Record from a famous Broadway orchestra goes on sale today for 15 cents. Durium allows one man with one machine to press 70 000 records daily, vastly more than the old method. Buy now for the latest weekly dance hit.
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H. T. Beans
Columbia University
Florenz Ziegfeld
Eddie Cantor
Vincent Lopez
Better Music
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O. L. Hittle
Hittel
Bingham
Aid
New Chicago
Central America
Head of Mission Directors’ Board
Ogden
McClure and Warfleigh
Suni Alae Aion
Vyoou
Eppre Cantor
S. Senate
Durium Products Corporation
West 34Th Street
New York City
Dewolf News Company
Indianapolis
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