Dry Leaders Seek Army and Navy Use in Prohibition Fight
Westerville Ohio June 27 National city leaders press resolutions requesting President Harding deploy full Army and Navy against liquor law violators and extend territorial waters twelve miles to curb Atlantic rum running. Anti Saloon League officials vow to spend its 2 million annual income to force Prohibition into strict reality.
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United Press
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Ohio
Harding
Army
War Council of National
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Atlantic
Merchants Name Six Directors At Annual Meeting
Six new directors were elected today by the Indiana Retail Dry Goods Association at its annual convention at the Lincoln. They are Ben Allen Washington E S Kinnear Marion W I Senger Peru L C Stiefel Angola Dan Niblick Decatur and Lee B Nusbaum Richmond. Eugene W Short addressed on Imagination in Business. A R Kroh spoke on The Basis of American Prosperity. The program included talks by R G Guild on Research Work in Retail Stores and Its Value and W R Settle on The Relation of the Farmer and the Merchant.
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The
Lincoln
Ben Allen
Washington
E. S. Kinnear
Marion
W. I. Senger
Peru
L. C. Stiefel
Angola
Dan Niblick
Decatur
Lee B. Nusbaum
Richmond
Eugene W. Short
Bankers Trust Company
A. R. Kroh
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
R. G. Guild
L. S. Ayres & Co
W. R. Settle
Indiana Farm Bureau Federation
Death Summons Arthur Lawrence
Marion Camp of Modern Woodmen of America to handle funeral for Arthur Lawrence 60 at Ward funeral parlors 1222 Union St. He died at his Terre Haute home after an illness of over a year. Burial at Crown Hill. Born Indianapolis May 21 1863 he was a salesman for baking and meat packing concerns. He moved to Terre Haute six years ago to run a meat business supplying retailers. His body arrived in Indianapolis today with his widow Emma.
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President Harding lauds world court in Utah trip crowd cheers
In National Park Utah President Harding and Mrs Harding toured Zion Canyon with Cedar City en route to Idaho The crowd cheered an endorsement of the world court as a long step toward war prevention He warned that debt funding for Britain restored world confidence and urged paying debts and cutting expenses while avoiding tax cuts He cited 1914 to 1920 per capita costs and contrasted U S taxes with others plans for thrift without harming individuals.
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Boy Kills His Brother Then Falsely Accuses Father
Joseph Geralka twelve confessed to accidentally killing his three year old brother John while playing on a bed. He had initially told police a masked man with a red handkerchief shot the child, a detail matching his father who was later released. Joseph later admitted the shooting happened while he played with a gun and he and brother Frank eight supported the false tale. The two boys were sent to a juvenile home.
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Golf farm hand seen as hindrance in harvest work
County Agricultural Agent Royal McClain dismissed City Controller Joseph L. Hogue's appeal for businessmen to quit golf in the afternoons to aid farmers. He said farmers want experienced, full season laborers, not temporary golfers, and doubted a county labor shortage. He endorsed Governor McCray's harvest plan using city workers with farm experience.
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Hoosier briefs mix divorces and curiosities across towns
W H Hart, 72, claims a 39 year marriage cost him 2500 for whims. divorce granted near Goshen. Coroner cites long-buried remains. Columbus girls Naomi Sprong and Selah Cooper win WCTU essay contest. Connersville man Forrest Coats dreams of police chase then falls from stairs, breaking his hip. Nearby Brazil man George H James stocks Raccoon Creek with baby bass. Madison county wife Mabel Clark handles farm and home duties on $5 weekly. husband sues for indolence. Tippecanoe county Mountain Detective assoc appoints special constables. Lebanon kindergarten opens with 30 pupils. Logansport spends 48.34 per child last year. Birth records corrected for two WW veterans. listed as girls. Judd Vanator, 21, arrested at Warsaw as deserter. Winona Lake plans tennis tournament and baseball team led by Harrye Slutz. Franklin College campus sings shared by town and students. La Porte High School cornerstone laid by Masons. Snake occupies N R Davison’s car at Corydon. owner injured then dragged out. Mt Vernon peaches appear on market. Skeleton unearthed at Henry Rex gravel pit.
From Far and Near News Briefs Report World Events
Government seizes Peter Hand Brewery truckloads of beer said to contain kick. Lawrence Tweedy becomes president of New York Consolidated Stock Exchange to safeguard客户 against losses. Labor Secretary Davis urges reforms for dependants in annual charity report. Three liners sail from New York with 3,500 tourists. Ottawa lifts pulp wood export bars after House action. Miss Minnie Austin found after wandering forty-eight hours in New Mexico mountains. Sir Auckland Geddes returns to Britain for rest. Mark Kane suffers broken back in Iowa motorcycle crash. George Maxwell pleads not guilty to sending poison pen letters in New York indictment. American battleship squadron led by Arkansas visits Copenhagen for ten days. War Secretary Weeks promotes world flight by army aviators. U S unions denounce foreign trade as surrender to communism. Fred Mader ordered to serve a year and pay fines for hindering the Drake Hotel project. Adele Ash believed to have leaped overboard from the City of Honolulu. Ten ex war prisoners choose to stay at Ft. Leavenworth over pardons. Charles Dawson nominated for Kentucky governor by party
Government says business booming across Federal Reserve districts
Washington reports May and June show production gains in iron and steel cement and petroleum with cotton mill consumption near a maximum. Basic industry production rose 2 percent in May. Building prospects declined at principal cities while contract awards rose generally though New York and Chicago districts saw wage-related delays.
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Whitfield Flight Ends at Detroit
John L. Whitfield, wanted in Cleveland for the murder of Policeman Dennis Griffin, was captured by detectives in Wisconsin after a six week search and held in Detroit pending Cleveland advice. Marie Price, 14, who rode with him, was returned to her mother. Griffin was a brother of Michael Griffin of Indianapolis.
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John L. Whitfield
Cleveland
Dennis Griffin
Whitfield
Wisconsin
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Ft. Wayne
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Indianapolis
Lions Hear Local Men At Atlantic City Convention
Albert Stump Indianapolis attorney and Alvin Owsley national commander of the American Legion spoke on the seventh annual Lions Clubs Convention program in Atlantic City. Indianapolis members are attending with early arrivals including Mr and Mrs James G Thomas of 2202 Central Ave. A Siberian barometer reading noted in Irkutsk, Siberia as the world’s highest.
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Indianapolis
Alvin Owsley
American Legion
International Association of Lions Clubs
Atlantic City
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Leader of Grain Dealers Praises 70 Years Work
Fred E. Watkins president of the Grain Dealers National Association praised 70 years of work at the Indiana Grain Dealers Association mid-summer meeting in Indianapolis. He cited progress in curbing unfair dealer practices as key to reform. Eben H. Wolcott, first president, will speak at tonight’s banquet.
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Fred E. Watkins
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H. E. Kinney
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St. Louis
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Chicago
George M. Williamson
Lincoln
Eben H. Wolcott
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Troops Take Over Law Enforcement In Okmulgee County
State troops, including six National Guard units with two Okmulgee companies, assumed control of law enforcement in Okmulgee County after Governor Walton proclaimed martial law. He cited Sheriff Russell’s failures and alleged abuses by deputy sheriffs, including detention of a minister and an incident involving two men with two girls.
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National Guard
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Co ed Places First in Franklin Exams
Miss Cecille Robinson of Shelbyville led Franklin College exam results among 286 students. Her top average of 178 percent covered history literature mathematics and psychology, marking an enviable record for the school and she is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Lon Robinson of Shelbyville.
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Franklin
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Realtors Open Convention as Indiana Officials Speak
Cleveland June 27 Interest of the National Association of Real Estate Boards focused on an address by Will A Hough of Greenfield Indiana tax board member He will explain how Indiana curbs local tax expenditures The Indiana delegation of thirty realtors arrived in Cleveland and registered at Hotel Olmsted Executive secretary Henley T Hottel prepared a real estate book They traveled with wives and some by auto Alben Shaaf of Fort Wayne national vice president is active in preliminaries
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Greenfield
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Henley T. Hottel
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Alben Shaaf
Ft. Wayne
Ghost at South Bend Quietly Becomes Pacified Owner
The South Bend story of a haunted Kaley Street house ends with Wolfas Tomaszewski, the proprietor, deciding not to prosecute Francois Lesage who claimed to be driven from the home by a ghost. Lesage and family fled after eerie disturbances. lawyers debated proving the ghost's presence or summoning it to testify. Tomaszewski now signals no lawsuit, leaving the case unresolved and the city curious.
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Wolfas Tomaszewski
Francois Lesage
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George Sands
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Big Public Americanization Meeting Planned in Indianapolis
A major Americanization gathering is set for Thursday evening at Seventeenth Street and Roosevelt Avenue in Indianapolis. The event will feature a musical program, fireworks, and talks from three of the city's top Americanization speakers, inviting public attendance.
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Fire destroys China's Forbidden City in Peking
June 27 reports say a fire devastated the Forbidden City and surrounding structures. Wooden dynasty plaques and ancestral relics were consumed, with incendiary origin suspected. Servants allegedly sold curios to travelers and started the blaze to avoid detection. The imperial palace suffered damage but the emperor's life was not in danger.
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Postal inspector Pfaffinger steals abroad dollars for church
In Munich on June 27 the chief postal inspector Pfaffinger admitted he enriched himself by opening registered letters from America and stealing dollars sent to German relatives. He claimed a Virgin Mary vision justified his acts. Federal authorities investigated and he received six years in prison, a 100000 mark fine, and ten years loss of citizenship.
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Munich
Pfaffinger
America
Vandals damage new residence on Blue Ridge road
Vandals damaged a newly completed residence at 515 W Blue Ridge road early today. The estimated damage is 2500 dollars to the home built for Dr. W F King. Frank Bremerman contractor reported threats after refusing to use union labor on a downtown garage. Entry was gained by a rear window with hatchet and chisel damaging woodwork plaster and floors.
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Frank Bremerman
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Indiana farmhouse raid nets 600 gallon still seized
Federal prohibition agents seized a 600 gallon still near Terre Haute Indiana in a farmhouse. Two foreigners operated the device. one escaped while the other was arrested.
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United Press
Terre Haute
Ind
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