20 Jun 1928
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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1928
Page
1
Severe winds and lightning shattered sections of Indiana injuring and killing four men near Bloomington while others faced damage across Pendleton Plainfield Walton and Richmond. Homes barns and crops suffered as power lines utilities and transportation faced disruptions across multiple counties.
United Press reports a French Farman seaplane with Roald Amundsen aboard left Tromsoe to aid the Italia rescue. After more than forty hours no confirmed sighting, rumors claim Amundsen may have landed near ice floes or near General Nobile, with peril threatening the pilot and crew.
After a late storm, thousands watched a copper tinted sunset as red rays bent by thin upper clouds and water droplets gave the sky a vivid hue. Weather Man J H Armington explained reflections and refractions created the brief, eerie display lasting about fifteen minutes.
United Press dispatch from Kings Bay Finland reports unconfirmed sightings claiming seaplanes dropped food to General Umberto Nobile and five companions stranded since May 25 on an ice floe north of Northeastland. No landing occurred and the hydroplane returned to the Braganza as sleigh teams were notified.
Recreation Director Jesse McClure announced at the water activities committee meeting that McClure Beach opening is delayed due to high water. A big opening program is planned for Saturday if conditions improve, with Dr. Herman G. Morgan granting re-opening permission following last season's city health shutdown.
Mayor L Ert Slack urged ASKS CITY AID FUND to meet its obligation by subscribing to the Lincoln memorial fund today. Slack formed a city committee of businessmen to help Indianapolis raise the $320,000 quota for the shrine.
Police and city officials led by Mayor L. Ert Slack announced a coordinated move against baseball pools amid a surge of gambling in Indianapolis. Officers raided multiple pool rooms at Maryland Street Illinois Street and a downtown hotel room with five arrests. The mayor declined to comment on the crackdown’s scope or future shifts.
I B Tom Sutton of Tampico Mexico was elected president of the international rotary at the 19th annual convention in Minneapolis. Sutton won unanimously by acclamation as no other candidate appeared. he had served as international vice president last year.
Three men and three couples face conspiracy to riot charges after a white cap attack on Warren and William Hamm in Bloomington. The brothers suffered severe head wounds. one attacker was stabbed in a separate street fight. Suspects pleaded not guilty. sheriff said no justification for the assault.
Representative Oldfield, Arkansas Democratic committee chair, forecast a Republican defeat of Washington and a victorious Houston ticket in November. He avoided taking a stand on Governor Smith, citing the anti Hoover allies' poor showing at Kansas City. Oldfield cannot attend the convention due to recent surgery.
Robert Powell, 24, a dying African American man, was seized from Jefferson Davis Hospital in Houston by masked gunmen. He was dragged to a rural road six miles away and hanged from a post under a wooden bridge five hours later, authorities report.
State highway crews labored through the night and into today to mend a washout on Road 52 between Lebanon and Lafayette near Sugar Creek. Three feet of fill under the pavement was carried away by high water, but traffic is allowed to pass slowly while sand bags gravel and dirt are placed. Completion is expected tonight.
In Houston on June 20 anti-Smith groups planned an allied effort to contest the nomination. Georgia Senator Walter F. George was favored to lead, with Cordell Hull and others recruited, though no single candidate had solid support and headquarters were not yet opened. Reed forces planned a publicity bureau as Reed expected to arrive later in the week.
The Australian liner Jervis Bay radioed for warship aid to handle desperate stowaways. The British cruiser Enterprise replied from Colombo harbor that no warship was on Jervis Bay’s route and asked for a further report if the danger remained. The vessel carried 600 passengers and a crew of 120.
Philadelphia reports Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh plans a return to Europe to revisit his 1927 flight routes. He is due to sail aboard the steamship Lapland from New York on June 22 for the transatlantic voyage. Meanwhile in Vincennes Indiana Dote Brown faces trial for the murder of Mrs Laura McMahon and may plead insanity. He confessed to the shooting and seeks court appointed counsel.
President Hoover considered candidates for the Republican committee chair role after a long meeting with Secretary of Interior Hubert Work and Treasury undersecretary Ogden Mills. The final choice awaited ratification by the 24 members at the Kansas City convention.
Edwin T. Meredith former secretary of agriculture and magazine publisher will be buried this afternoon at Glendale cemetery Des Moines. Hundreds view the body at the Consistory temple as services led by Rev. Elmer Owen proceed. Active pallbearers are longtime associates from his publishing plant.
Munich June 20 The Bavarian government announced its resignation today in a swift unexpected political development. The move comes amid mounting tensions and faces immediate institutional transition.
Police detain Lewis Goebel 22 as Miss Nora Lee 16 is abducted after a Chevrolet coerces her riding car to a curb. Leslie Bright remains sought while Rufus Ginkley’s loaned car is traced. Loran Bright 18 is questioned.
Mrs. Pearl Jarboe, 24, fatally injured after a bootleg liquor spree ends when Carl Skeen, 22, is captured in Denver. He claimed the woman jumped from his car during a 35 mph ride, but police indict him for manslaughter and extradition papers.
The Ohio Supreme Court released George Remus from the Lima State hospital for the criminally insane. He was acquitted of murdering his wife Imogene in Cincinnati and had been committed after the plea of insanity. The release follows a habeas corpus writ granted by the Allen County Court of Appeals and subsequent stay pending review.
Five miners were killed and seven injured at the Laurel Point mine of the National Coal Company near Laurel Point West Virginia. The explosion struck the shaft while twenty two coal cutters were at work. ten men escaped unharmed. The mine with 135 workers had only a night crew of twenty two. State mine rescue teams aided in evacuating the dead and injured.
Twenty agents conducted raids in Michigan City, arresting ten people on prohibition violations. One detainee was Tenola Graves, a local Black lawyer famed in northern Indiana. Prisoners to be arraigned in South Bend before United Commissioner Thad W. Talco.
An advertising blurb invites placing a Help Wanted ad in The Times to reach over 250 000 daily readers and broadcast on WFBM at no extra cost, noting ads are cheaper in The Times.
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