Hope Dims for Seven of Nobile Crew in Arctic Search
Two giant seaplanes searched eastward from Spitzbergen as fog lifted for a final Arctic ice sweep for seven men swept from the Italia disaster on May 25. General Nobile and others face grim odds. Malmgren’s party walking toward land remains missing along with the seven crewmembers.
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Virgo Bay
Spitzbergen
Arctic
Italia
Finn Halmgren
Umberto Nobile
Citta di Milano
Umberto Maddalena
Savoia
Nilsson
Uppland
Nobile
Goridola
Fail to Find Amundsen
Arctic experts in Tromsoe believe the Farman seaplane carrying Roald Amundsen may lie west of Bear Island after a daylong search by the Norwegian steamship Michael Lars found no trace of the aircraft or its six crew. The expedition had scoured the southern polar icefields as far as two hundred miles east of Bear Island seeking the missing party.
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Norway
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Roald Amundsen
South Pole
Bear Island
Michael Lars
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Wolf and Eagle Kill Shocks ARLISLE Farm Exhibit
ARLISLE Ind June 26 A wolf that killed a lamb was shot by John Driver and its body is on exhibition here. Pafil Purcell killed a bald eagle at his farm. Its wing was seven feet.
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Arlisle
Ind
John Driver
Pafil Purcell
President Coolidge Learns Canoe Paddling at Cedar Island
United Press reports President Coolidge, nearing retirement, tried canoeing after a Brule River fishing trip. Eyewitnesses said he paddled in circles while Indian guide John La Roque guided the craft to shore at his summer home in Wisconsin.
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United Press
Cedar Island Lodge
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Coolidge
Brule
John la Roque
Coollidge
Four Killed In Thompsonville Fireworks Plant Blast
An explosion at the New England Fireworks Company in North Thompsonville, Connecticut, killed four visitors and caused the main building to collapse. Fire quickly followed but was put out. medical examiners found no trace of a fifth person. None of the dead were company employees.
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United Press
Thompsonville
Conn
New England Fireworks Company
North Thompsonvie
Simonton
Fireworks Company
Guard shoots thief during night stakeout at plant
Earl Berry, night watchman at Indianapolis Power and Light substation at Seventeenth and Mill Streets, exchanged gunfire with two men at 3 a.m. He wounded one. Berry saw a Negro and a white man with a sack. they fled after he shouted. A white man fired once. Police found a dragged leg mark and a sack containing plumbing fixtures valued at $30 taken from the plant.
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Eugene St
Indianapolis Power and Light Company
Seventeenth and Mill Sts
Berry
Thieves Take Motometer From Patrolman Fronzo Wagner Car
Police report three thefts from parked autos in Meridian and Ohio Streets area. Patrolman Fronzo Wagner loses motometer and bar cap valued at 10 dollars. George Playford of St. Louis has a suitcase worth 150 dollars stolen. William Johnson of 2337 College Ave loses a traveling bag worth 75 dollars at Ohio and Pennsylvania Streets.
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George Playford
St. Louis
Meridian
Ohio
William Johnson
College Ave
Pennsylvania
Young People Elect Charles Welshans Head of Baptist Group
Charles Welshans was named president of the Baptist Young People’s Union at Thirty-First Street Baptist Church. Officers include Miss Mary Miller Miss Ruth Bandy Miss Alice Lawson George Purves Frank Reynolds as vice presidents Annetta Michael as corresponding secretary Eunice Brown as recording secretary Ernest Dimmick as treasurer and Welshans as delegate to the national convention in Kansas City next week.
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Baptist
Baptist Young Peoples Union
Thirty-First Street Baptist Church
Mary Miller
Ruth Bandy
Alice Lawson
George Purves
Frank Reynolds
Annetta Michael
Eunice Brown
Ernest Dimmick
Welshans
Kansas City
County picnic planned by Marion County group at Garfield Park
The Marion County Young People’s Council of Religious Education schedules a 6 p.m. Wednesday picnic at Garfield Park. Robert Harrison serves as general chairman. District and township units provide their own supper at 7 p.m. with district and township contests and a Hillside service with games and music on the program.
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Religious Education Council
Garfield Park
Marion County
Young People’s Council of Religious Education
Robert Harrison
Stewart Trial Set for Oct 8
Washington June 26 Trial of Robert W. Stewart chairman of the Indiana Standard Oil Company on an indictment before the Senate Teapot Dome committee was set for Oct. 8. Stewart arrived from Chicago after the indictment was returned by a DC grand jury. He pleaded not guilty and his attorney pushed for the earliest possible date.
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United Press
Washington
Robert W. Stewart
Indiana Standard Oil Company
Senate
Carousing Charged At Meridian Street Sandwich Shop
Neighbors testified that sheiks and flappers carousing near Eli jah Yantis 2301 N Meridian St kept them awake at night. Circuit Judge Harry O Chamberlin heard the nuisance suit filed by property owners. Arguments set for Friday.
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Elijah Yantis
N. Meridian Sr
Harry O. Chamberlin
GOP Resting for Week as Democrats Pick Candidates
Washington June 26 Republican headquarters and candidates inactive this week in courtesy to the Democrats. Secretary of Interior Hubert Work said the Hoover-Curtis campaigners would lay low until Democratic picks are made. Senator Charles Curtis plans a ten day vacation starting June 28 with his daughter Leona Curtis Knight at her Quidnessett Rhode Island home.
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United Press
Washington
Secretary of Interior
Hubert Work
Hoover-Curtis
Charles Curtis
Leona Curtis Knight
Quidnessett
R. I
Arrests Hobo Parley Enthusiastic Delegates In Box Car
In Troy New York on June 26 nine hoboes held a neighborhood disrupting convention in a box car. A policeman locked the car door and called in reserves to control the scene. Each delegate received thirty days in jail.
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United Press
Troy
N. Y
Golfers Flaunt Rain At Municipal Links
Bad weather did not dampen golf at the city courses. Park Board President John E Milner announced last week’s sales of 4,900 day tickets with South Grove led at 2,300 tickets. Riverside and Pleasant Run posted smaller totals.
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Park Board
John E Milner
South Grove Course
Harry Schopp
Riverside
Coffin
Pleasant Run
Man Slays Rival Over Wife Theft
Wayne Herndon 34 shot and killed James Faudy 34 at the Herndon home after Faudy allegedly kidnapped Mrs Jessie Herndon and their two children Arlin and Iota. The incident followed Faudy’s earlier assault and a disputed custody situation with intruder Fandy. Mrs Herndon and the children hid as Herndon fired, later surrendering to police. authorities questioned Mrs Herndon.
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Wayne Herndon
W. Morris St
James “Boo” Faudy
Bluff Rd
Jessie Herndon
Fandy
Herndon
Indiana predicts landslide for Hoover Curtis ticket
Senator Arthur Robinson of Indiana told Herbert Hoover that Indiana will vote for the Hoover Curtis ticket by about 150000 in the next election.
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Tor Arthur Robinson
Indiana Today
Herbert Hoover
Indiana
Judge sentences Fred Taglerine to ten years in prison
In New York on June 26 Judge Martin sentenced Fred Taglerine to ten years for burglary and apologized for the heavy sentence. The Court of Appeals had compelled the ten year term.
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United Press
New York
Martin
Fred Taglerine
Court of Appeals
Taglerine
Convention Buzz Grips Rice Hotel During Houston Demo
The Rice Hotel in Houston raises convention energy with higher prices for meals and crowded rooms. Notables like Josephus Daniels dine amid tight seating while Alabama delegates dodge Heflin chatter. Texas rangers raid a poker and dice game, fines paid by fourteen men. Annette McKelvie, 11, shines as the lone Houston girl page. Event broadcasts begin nationwide via NBC with Graham McNamee at the mic.
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Jouston
Texas
Rice Hotel
Jesse Jones
Josephus Daniels
Texas Rangers
Rangers
Aldrich
Assault Charge After Home Attack on Woman
John Gross, 29, of 3445 Kenwood Ave, arrested on assault and battery and drawing deadly weapons charges after an alleged attack on Mrs Ethel Countryman, who says he invited her to be his housekeeper then chased her with a razor and dragged her back to his home.
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John Gross
Kenwood Ave
Ethel Countryman
N. Capitol Ave
Governor Moore Injured In Auto Accident
Governor A Harry Moore was bruised after his car struck a tree when driven by chauffeur Edward Carney to avoid a bakery wagon. The June incident occurred in Trenton New Jersey.
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United Press
Trenton
N. J
A. Harry Moore
Edward Carney
Traffic Committee Plans Downtown Change Rules
Civic traffic committee members met with the board of safety this afternoon to discuss proposed downtown traffic changes. The conference, ordered by safety board member Fred W. Connell, aimed to relieve congestion and improve pedestrian access, with merchants and civic groups represented.
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Civic Traffic Committee
Board of Safety
Fred W. Connell
Safety Board
Smith Nomination Seen as Democrats Open Convention
At Convention Hall Houston Texas June 26 delegates gather for the Democratic National Convention with Alfred E. Smith’s nomination anticipated and Joseph Robinson discussed as running mate. Prohibition plank expected while harmony prevails amid heat and pageantry as Claude Bowers prepares the keynote.
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Democracy
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New York
Coliseum
Themocrats
Houston Enterprise
Stampede for Al on Opening Vote Forecast
At Houston the Democratic convention opened with George R. Van Namee predicting a first ballot nomination for Alfred E Smith. He forecast a harmonious gathering with no prohibition fights and said the party would likely name Senator Robinson of Arkansas as running mate. Crowds filled aisles as bands performed and optimism ran high for a Smith victory and a dry platform compromise.
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Ouston
Texas
Smith
George R. van Namee
Houston
van Namee
White House
Alfred _E. Smith
California
Robinson
Arkansas
Kansas
Dry Prohibition Plank Emerges Before Democratic Nomination
In Houston June 26 a compromise plank promotes vigorous enforcement of all laws and cites prohibition without naming the Eighteenth Amendment or the Volstead Act. Moderates align with Smith forces to shape the platform while extreme drys press for a stronger prohibition stance and contest the Smith nomination to the final ballot. The platform committee meets this afternoon and aims to draft a speech ready document for tomorrow’s convention.
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United Press
Jesse Jones
Josephus Daniels
Navy
Houston Thompson
Federal Trade Commission
Dan Mody
Texas
Boy Bryan
Daniel Roper
McAdoo
George Fort Milton
McAdoo Forces
Platform Committee
McNary-Haugen
Pittman
Prisoner Confesses to Murder of Orville Wires in Bloomington
Indiana police say Gene Steele confessed to taking part in the murder of Orville Wires at his Bloomington home two months ago. Steele named Bob Buchanan as the shooter and said others aided the plan, with all four men arrested at a Coalmont garage raid and sentenced to Pendleton State Reformatory.
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Orville Wires
Bloomington
United Press
Ind
Gene Steele
Bob Buchanan
Bloomfield
Steele
Buchanan
Wires
Buchanon
Steel
Prentiss Calvert
Marion Strouse
Coalmont
Brzail
Pendleton State Reformatory
Calvert and
Strouse
Temperatures Tam 56 at 8 a m and 60 at noon
Temperature readings show 56 degrees at 8 am, 60 degrees by noon, with variations noted through the morning across the hourly period.
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