Leviathan Sets New Speed Record On Trial Cruise
The Leviathan, reconditioned for the sea, exceeded Mauretania’s record with 28.04 knots on a trial run. Twelve hour average reached 27.94 knots and a 24 hour pace hinted at 28 knots. Shipping Board officials hope for funding two more giant liners to keep America ahead in speed travel. Leviathan expected to reach New York Sunday morning.
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United Press
Atlantic
Mauretania
W. F. Gibbs
Shipping Board
Congress
America
New York
Balloon Race Adds Entry and Free for Kids on July Fourth
The national balloon race at the Speedway on July 4 will admit all children 12 and under free if accompanied by an adult promoter Blaine McGrath announced. An Akron pilot W. T. Vanorman will fly an army balloon. Two balloons arrived from McCookfield Dayton. Ticket sales exceed expectations with blocks bought by plants and U S A Air Service shipping three large balloons from Dayton.
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Speedway
Blaine McGrath
W. T. Vanorman
Akron
Ohio
McCookfield
Dayton
U. S. A. Air Service
Hold Up Men Rob and Beat Autoist on Emerson Ave
John Barnard 30 and Jack Smock 18 were ambushed by a gang of about ten on Emerson Ave south of Prospect St. Barnard fought back, was beaten, and robbed of 80 cents and a knife while Smock escaped injury. The attackers fled after driving the car into a ditch. Barnard’s sweater and blanket were discarded. money in the sweater remained.
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John Barnard
Alabama St
Emerson Ave
Prospect St
Barnard
Jack Smock
Gladstone Apartments
Washington St
Smock
Parke County Exiles Plan Indianapolis Reunion at Garfield Park
Former Parke County residents living in Indianapolis will hold a reunion at Garfield Park on Sunday July 8, announced today. W. A. Mason is president and Mayme Jacobs secretary. last year’s gathering drew over 200 attendees. In Lafayette Indiana, June 23, officials report that only two of twenty one Indiana counties in certain regions face farm labor shortages serious enough to require city aid.
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Parke County
Indianapolis
Garfield Park
W. A. Mason
Mayme Jacobs
United Press Lafayette
Ind
Indiana
Harding
Kansas
Davis
Kansas City
Mrs. Harding
Funeral arranged for Capt. George W. Harrington
Arrangements for the funeral of Capt. George W. Harrington of Indianapolis who died from after effects of influenza at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington on Friday. He served thirty years in the Regular Army, commanded recruiting in Indianapolis before World War I, organized the Lawton Guards, and served as personnel officer at Camp Merritt. His son Robert was lieutenant of the unit. He also saw action in the Boxer Rebellion, Porto Rico, and the Philippines.
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George W. Harrington
Indianapolis
Walter Reed Hospital
Washington, D. C
Harrington
Regular Army
Lawton Guards
Robert
Camp Merritt
New Jersey
Porto Rico
Philippines
Taps for Army Veteran of American Legion
The obituary notes a veteran of the Army and American Legion who died after his wife succumbed to influenza about a year earlier. He resided at 1120 East Thirty-Fifth Street with his son Robert and is survived by a brother Robert Harrington of Chicago a sister Mrs Jessie Haddon and his mother Mrs Jessie Harrington of Boulder Colorado.
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The
American Legion
Thirty-Fifth St
Robert
Captain Harrington
Robert Harrington
Chicago
Jessie Haydon
Jessie Harrington
Boulder
Colo
West Indies debt transfer fuels British politics
A Safer summary of the era notes debates on transferring the West Indies to U S payment of British war debt. Other items include a Paris quake news, a Klansman case injunction, and varied international incidents across 1920s headlines.
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West Indies
United States
City to Install Drinking Fountains on Streets
The park board moves to install drinking fountains on city streets adopting a resolution at the regular cabinet meeting. City Controller Joseph L. Hogue made the recommendation and Mayor Shank seconded the measure saying he would ensure board adoption.
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Park Board
Joseph L. Hogue
Shank
Keep 'Em Happy Slogan Guides County Prisoner Work
County prisoners clearing roadside weeds are to receive tobacco and meals after county road officials complained of low morale. Sheriff limits work hours. Burks reports strict return times for lunch and dinner, prompting the commission to order tobacco and dinners for the workers.
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George Burks
Burks
Beer raid nets fines for man and release of wife
Roy Bernon of 2330 Cornell Ave was fined 100 and costs and sentenced to 30 days in jail after being found guilty of operating a blind tiger. Police and Federal officers seized 100 quarts of brewing beer and forty five gallons of finished beer. his wife was released.
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Roy Bernon
Cornell Ave
Wilmeth
Kessler Blvd Plans Approved By Park Board
Park commissioners adopted engineer plans for the east section of Kessler Blvd from Meridian Street to Fort Harrison. The boulevard will run along Fifty Sixth Street from Crawfordsville Road to Fort Harrison with the west section already approved. Property owners expressed willingness to donate rights of way. City Engineer John L. Elliott said construction would start soon with gravel walks first, later replaced by bridle paths after concrete walks are built. A hearing on Pleasant Run Parkway damage rolls between Shelby and Prospect Streets continued. estimated cost above original appraisal runs about $100000.
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Kessler Blvd
Meridian St
Ft. Benjamin Harrison
Park Commissioners
Fifty-Sixth St
Crawfordsville Rd
Ft. Harison
Miana
MeriMan St
John L. Elliott
Pleasant Run Parkway
Shelby
Prospect Srs
Prowlers Reported Near Home on University Avenue
Search conducted for four prowlers around the residence of J. Ge Gilgrist at 5406 University Ave early today. Authorities investigated potential break in or suspicious activity while neighbors were alerted. No injuries reported.
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J. Ge Gilgrist
University Ave
President Harding Visits Kansas Wheat Fields In Union with Davis
President Harding and Governor Davis join Kansas farmers in a wheat field demonstration near Hutchinson as Harding aims to deliver an agricultural message. Capper criticizes the speech for omitting railroad rate reduction while outlining a policy favoring consolidation and arbitration over strikes.
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Harding
Kansas
Middle West
Southwest
Far West
Fair Grounds
Hutchinson
Arthur Capper
Davis
Hwest Boards of Trade
Middle Sest
Beautiful Sunday Ride to Vinegar Mills State Park
Vinegar Mills State Park spans about 100 acres between North Vernon and Vernon sixty five miles from Indianapolis. The area features Muscatatuck River water falls a stone gorge and easy auto access along a state highway. Historic site of a water power mill the area offers hotel or camp overnight options and tells how to reach via Madison Avenue from Indianapolis and state roads 1 and 26 to Vernon.
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Vinegar Mills State Park
North Vernon
Vernon
Indianapolis
Muscatatuck
a_ oider press
Madison Ave
Monument Circle
Columbus
Veteran Engineer Plans to Take Train Ride During His Vacation
I R Laporte a veteran Pennsylvan ia Railroad engineer born 184? joins service 1878 plans a vacation by train. He recalls Atlantic City three weeks without seeing an engine and notes how railroads tie to waterways while railing against deepening channels without fair rate divisions. He will visit Cleveland to see a daughter and has six married children.
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I. R. Laporte
N. Brookville Rd
Pennsylvania Railroad
Atlantic City
Vincennes Division
Laporte
H. B. Schaler
E. Michigan Sr
President Harding Welcomed by Wheat Belt Farmers
Farmers from across western Kansas greet President Harding in Hutchinson on arrival. Thousands travel in diverse vehicles from old flivers to modern super-sixes as the heat bears down and a western Kansas breeze cools the crowd.
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United I'rear
Hutchinson
Kan
Kansas Wheat Belt
Harding
Manitoba quits prohibition law vote favors liquor sale plan
Manitoba voters backed government supervised liquor sale, with Winnipeg reporting a wet victory by 2,958 and rural districts showing a wet lead of 6,265 as results from yesterday’s referendum came in. The Moderation League Against Absolute Prohibition promoted the plan amid a mixed early count.
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United Press
Winnipeg
Man
Manitoba
Moderation League
Moderation League Project
Theater thief steals watch and shirts at Colonial
EE. H. Bingham reports a thief entered a room at the Colonial Theater and took a watch valued at 85 dollars and three shirts.
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EE. H. Bingham
Colonial Theater
Scottish Rite Honor Deaths In Indianapolis Memorial
Memorial services for Scottish Rite members who died in the last year will be held at the Valley of Indianapolis temple on South Pennsylvania Street Sunday at 3 p.m. The observance honors St. John's Day and includes officers William J. Dobyns Oscar L. Pond Obie J. Smith and Calvin W. Busch. Ninety five members are listed as deceased since the last service with invitations extended to Indianapolis Masonic bodies and families.
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Valley of Indianapolis
S. Pennsylvania
St. John’s Day
William J. Dobyns
Oscar L. Pond
Obie J. Smith
Calvin W. Busch
Indianapolis
Rose Croix
Smith
William H. Kershner
Henry C. Thornton
Lewis Brown
William H. Morrison
J. Ralph Fenstermaker
Mr. Kershner
Truman F. Palmer
Joseph L. Smith
Abbot L. Johnson
John L. McCulloch
Robert M. Coffin
Dallas P. Kent
Richard N. Cording
John R. Harkness
William Hall
E. B. Proudfoot
C. W. G. Moller
Fred S. Blythe
A. J. Smith
Fred W
Ralph G. Tudor
Finley B. Pugh
Amzil L. Wheeler
Matt S. Gibson
Charles A. Sellers
John O. Trueblood
Felty A. Bolser
Isaac Shideler
George A. Nip
Richard
Haywood
Emil Zumphe
T. A. Alford
A. L. Armstrong
O. C. Lukenbill
Frank W. Connor
George R. Carter
C. D. Williamson
Ralph N. Bell
J. W. Klotz
James A. Boyle
Edward J. Robison
Clifton G. Hill
A. D.ogborn
George W. Potter
David J. Kimmel
William Everly
James H. Mitchell
Edward J. DuBois
A. L. Reed
Willam F. Wocher
J. Ray Hartman
William M. Coral
James A. Wayman
Charles D. Leck
Edward R. .Parry
Thomas N. Shimer
Frank Colby
Maurice H. Raschig
A. P. Bridges
O. C. Smithson
Oliver P. Ensley
O. G. Davies
Edgar M. Stevens
N. H. Manking
W. W. Lockton
Arthur W. Cobb
C. C.hafick
Charlies S. Cleveland
Augustus P. Craft
Solomon T. Tuttle
John R. Welch
Hugh Annis
Paul P. Haynes
Uv. S. Beckner
Royal H. Gerard
Asa P. Robertson
James A. Rawhey
David L. Ferry
Harry A. Lorenz
Albert E. Teasue
Bernard Maier
Jay B. Sucese
Willits A. Bastian
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Leviathan
Mother
W. M. Beaver and
Ross Beaver
W. H. Beaver
W. Twenty-third St
Ross. Bross
Ross
Parke County Reunion
Washington
Geo. W. Harrington
Chamber of Deputies
Lawrence O. Campbell
Marquette, Mich
San Quentin Penitentiary
Leslie Nichols
San Francisco
Pisa
Boris
Bucharest
Elena
Marie of
Roumania
James P. Goodrich
Toledo
William Joseph Simmons
Knights of Kamelia
Atlanta
Morgan Collins
Neysa McMein
John G. Baragwanath
Pennsylvania
Spruce Creek
David Lloyd George
Oxford
J. Hamilton Lewis
U. S
Mason City
Lewis
Canada
Roland L
Alexander P. Cronkhite
Camp Lewis, Wash
United States District Court of Appeals
Boston
United States District Court of Rhode Island
Austria
Switzerland
Bty
Kessler
Lawrence Martin
Hutchinson, Kan
Ia Hkely
Capper
Middle West 4
Tabor
Labor Board
Nee
Inland Waterways System
Frawkliy
Dwhiteland
Edinburg
Tayersvinet
Denver
J. R. Laporte
LA Porte
Province
Masons
St. John's
Kenwood
Circle
Forest Manor
American Bankers’ Association
American Express Company
Indiana Trust For'savines
Surrus
Warsaw
Leesburg
Milford Junction
Milford
Union Traction Company OF
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