Thirty ships join search for Amundsen in arctic area
A flotilla of thirty Arctic vessels ordered by the government searches the area between Tromsoe and Spitzbergen for Roald Amundsen and five companions missing since June 18 after a Latham seaplane reportedly failed near Bear Island. Fishermen said the plane appeared heavily loaded and a forced landing may have occurred. A Norwegian radio station coordinated bear island and Sikus searches and an unconfirmed report claimed a Norwegian sealing vessel sighted the plane on an ice floe southeast of Northeastland on June 20.
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United Presse
Oslo
Norway
Tromsoe
Spitzbergen
Roald Amundsen
South Pole
Morgen Bladet
Thomsoe
Latham
Bear Island
Geophysical Institute
Sikus
Msoe
Archangel
Russia
Northeastland
Dirigible Italia Tragedy Claims Sailor After Crash
Rome reports one crew member killed when the Italia disaster unfolds on May 25. Gen Umberto Nobile’s later briefing notes seven men missing after the crash and gondola loss. Forward engine turret fire, a rescue of the commander aboard Citta Di Milano, and a drifting bag reported with smoke rising ten kilometers from the crash site.
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Tinited
Rome
Italia
Umberto Nobile
Vincenzo Pomella
Iso
Citta di Milano
Harm by Bait Hunters at Monticello
United Press reports Monticello Indiana residents led by E. R. Gardner urge bait fishermen to stop using local yards and flower beds for night crawlers. Gardner complains night crawlers are depleting his property and mocks intruders wearing size No 9 shoes. he warns farmers and neighbors to keep out of his gar den areas.
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United Press
Monticello
Ind
E. R. Gardner
Gardner
United States
Funeral for Mrs Ray W Retterer in Indianapolis
Funeral services for Mrs. Ray W Retterer 37 of 39 N Sheridan Ave will be at 2 30 p m Thursday at the Irvington Methodist Church with Rev Zaring of Columbus Ind officiating Burial will be in Washington Memorial cemetery She died Monday afternoon in Philadelphia Pa after attending a canyon in Atlantic City with her husband She was born in Indianapolis and attended Manual Training High belonged to the M E Church and is survived by two sons Ray Jr Richard 4 and her parents Mrs H E Joslin of South Bend
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Ray W. Retterer
N. Sheridan Ave
Irvington
Ten M. E. Church
Ray Jr
Richard
H. E. Joslin
Rust Threat Hits Wheat Across Abash County
ABASH Ind June 27 Agents of the United States Department of Agriculture destroyed 1100 abash County acres last several days using 1200 of salt and forty gallons of ?? The work targets the black stem rust which is destructive to growing wheat.
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Times
Abash
Ind
United States Department of
Sunshine Spurs Citizen Soldiers At Ft Harrison C M T C
Reveille greeting sets a bright tone as the Ft Harrison C M T C opens. Regimental reviews and close order drill mark the day with plans for double header baseball and other athletics to fit the schedule. Two Indianapolis cadets in Co I rise to sergeant: Wilson Rush and Sidney A Kauffman. Second battalion of 750 cadets to visit Indiana Theater matinee.
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Ft. Harrison C. M. T. C
Reveille
Indianapolis
Sergt. Wilson Rush
Forty-Second St
Co. I
Sidney A. Kauffman
Central Ave
Indiana Theater
Household Burglarization Ends With Revolver Stolen
A burglar entered Bert Callahan at 1636 N Illinois St late Tuesday night ransacking the home but taking only a revolver. Herman Grote 2211 Shelby St poolroom owner reported a slot machine with $20 in nickels 140 checks four cigarette cartons pennies and streetcar tokens stolen. Harold Coleman 432 N Hast St had $85 taken from a trunk. A window was smashed at Smith department store 1709 Southeastern Ave but intruders fled empty handed.
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Bert Callahan
Illinois St
Herman Grote
Shelby St
Harold Coleman
N. Hast St
Smith Department
Southeastern Ave
Truck Drivers Score Careless Motorists
At a Tuesday meeting of the Indianapolis commercial vehicle drivers division in the Athenaeum, drivers denounced double parkers alley parkers and safety zone parkers along with inexperienced drivers who turn without signaling. Tom F. Snyder urged scrupulous traffic-signal adherence as essential to safer driving. Mayor Slack and safety officials were invited to the next meeting in two weeks.
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Indianapolis Commercial Vehicle Drivers
Indianapolis Safety
Athenaeum
Alley Parker
Tom F. Snyder
Indianapolis Motor Truck Association
Henry L. Dithmer, Sr
Polar Ice and Fuel Company
L. Ert Slack
Board of Safety
Capitol Loan Co Refinancing Ad R21 E Wash St
Refinancing debts now and repay as you earn. Low cost, confidential and quick. Capitol Loan Co advertising at R21 East Washington Street.
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Capitol Loan Co
R21
E. Wash
Riverside churches festival kicks off tonight parade route
Riverside district churches host a union summer festival tonight at N Harding St and Burd sal Blvd. The Police and Firemen's Band will lead a parade from Montcalm and Eighteenth St. Featured entertainments include Sahara Grotto drum corps and auxiliary glee club, a stringed orchestra, and the Riverside church choirs. Cooperative movement officers are William M Taylor president H P Haislup vice president Miss Bertha Curtis secretary and R E Coleman treasurer.
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Riverside District
N. Harding St
Burdsal Blvd
Montcalm
Eighteenth Sts
Sahara Grotto
Riverside
Cooperative Movement
William M.taylor
H. P. Haislup
Bertha Curtis
R. E. Coleman
Confesses TQ Part In Mellett Slaying
Cecil R. Porter, 30, a Canton Ohio steeplejack, surrendered in Atlanta and confessed complicity in the murder of Don R. Mellett. Police doubted his story and Canton authorities said Porter is not known there. He is held on suspicion pending word from Canton. He said his conscience hurt him.
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United Press
Atlanta
Don R. Mellett
Canton
Ohio
Cecil R. Porter
Porter
Imprisoned in Vault at Good Housekeeping Institute
Miss Hattie Dingle, a stenographer at the Good Housekeeping Institute in New York, was trapped for about an hour when the vault door closed after she entered to file correspondence. Fellow workers failed to decipher the lock’s combination, forcing police to cut a hole through the vault wall and pass her notebook in so she could read the code and escape.
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United Press
New York
Miss Dingle
Skunk Hunter Loser Found Gold Pieces On Farm
Petersburg Indiana June 27 Times Special reports Ed Mc Farland and Ford P Veeck farm yielded five dollar gold pieces. E O Jones explains six in a chamois bag were lost twenty years ago by Jesse Kylander while digging a hole to remove skunks. The pieces were not found then despite search.
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Times Special
Petersburg
Ind
Ed McFarland
Ford P. Veeck
E. O. Jones
Jesse Kylander
Continued Rain Delays County Crops Three Weeks
Marion County farmers are about three weeks behind due to heavy rains. C J Murphy says weeds have overtaken corn in waterlogged, uncultivated fields and soils remain soggy. Wheat soon ready to cut, hay needs drying, and oats may suffer if rain persists.
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Marion County
C. J. Murphy
Murphy
Sheridan
Martinsville
National committee on educational publicity meets here
A federal committee on educational publicity sponsored by the Association of Community Chests and Councils gathered today with chair Homer W. Borst of the Indianapolis Community Fund to discuss boosting public interest in social work. Members included Ralph J. Reed Des Moines Miss Louis Clevenger Paul Bui Edwin Eckland Lewis House Victor Woodward Wilbur Maxwell Arch Mandel Thomas Devine Allen T. Burns and others.
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Association of Community Chests and Councils
Homer W. Borst
Indianapolis Community Fund
Borst
Ralph J. Reed
Des Moines
Cosaunlty
Miss Louis Clevenger
The
Community Council
Edwin Eckland
Oe Field
Tll
Community Chest
Lewis House
Quincinnati
Ohio
Council of Social Agencies
Victor Woodward
Lansing
Mich
Wilbur Maxwell
Pittsburgh
Spire Chest
Allen T. Burns
Beach Guard Ordered to Listen for Sneezes in Evanston
Evanston officials impose strict bathing beach rules requiring guards to detect coughs sneezes or snuffles and escort offenders to dressing rooms. By order of the city council one piece swimsuits are to be worn and white or flesh colored suits are forbidden if they violate a chest line rule.
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Times
Chicago
Evanston
William Bechtold
Dollman Plans 3-Story Apartment with 48 Units
The Dollman Construction Company announced a $200,000 apartment project at 1402 N Alabama St. Plans call for a three story building containing forty eight apartments. Incorporators of Traymore Realty include Henry G Dollman Henry L Dollman and Anton J Wichmann Meyer Kiser Bank cashier.
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Dollman Construction Company
Alabama St
Traymore Realty Company
Henry G. Dollman
Henry L. Dollman
The
Anton J. Wichmann
Meyer-Kiser Bank
109 Given Life Terms Under Baumes Laws
SING SING New York June 27 One hundred nine criminals have received life sentences in this State in the last two years under the Baumes laws which prescribe life terms for any person convicted of four or more felonies.
Polish cabinet reshuffled as Bar tel forms new administration
Warsaw report says on June 27 Marshal Pilsudski's cabinet was dissolved and Vice Premier Mazimierz Bar tel formed a new government. The move marks a shift in leadership with Bar tel taking charge of the new cabinet structure in Poland.
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United Press
Warsaw
Poland
Marshal Pilsudski
Mazimierz Bartel
Priest Believed Mitrophan Peplovsky Dies at Niagara Falls
United Press report from Niagara Falls New York June 27 says a man believed to be Rev Mitrophan Peplovsky a Greek Orthodox priest from Ansonia Connecticut leapt into the Niagara River and disappeared. Eyewitnesses C L Berkheimer and Mildred Garlow said he shouted for them to gather his clothes before the current swept him over the falls as officials launched a search on both sides.
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United Arena
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Mitrophan Poplysky
Ansonia
Conn
Cc. L. Berkheimer
Muncie
Ind
Mildred Garlow
Mitrophan Peplovsky
F. M. Pavsky
Butler U Runs First City Summer High School Session
Dr W L Richardson head of Butler University education department directs a six week summer high school session in the home economics building on the Irvington campus. Classes run daily 9 a m to 12 m with Lee O Garber as the sole other instructor. The program aims to help students makeup credits and occupy vacation time offering courses in English history algebra geometry French and Spanish with a small entrance fee.
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W. L. Richardson
Butler University Education Department
Irvington
Lee O. Garber
Butler Education Department
Richardson
Ship mail seals fake strengthens Leviathan robbery theory
Microscopic tests on postoffice seals from the Leviathan reveal fakes. Scotland Yard says the $500,000 robbery likely occurred in New York. They note seal substitution would be hard aboard ship and impossible at Southampton where 3,500 bags were distributed to British post offices.
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New York
United Press So N
England
Scotland Yard
Southampton
Traffic Cop Suspended After Seizure at Intersections
Trafficman Carl Kimberlin of 918 N Tremont Ave was removed from his post at Alabama and Massachusetts Aves Tuesday evening by Traffic Captain Lester Jones and suspended. A motorist telephoned police that Kimberlin could barely stand while holding the semaphore. Police Chief Claude M Worley said intoxication charges would be filed with the board of safety.
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Carl Kimberlin
Tremont Ave
Alabama
Massachusetts Ave
Lester Jones
Kimberlin
Claude M. Worley
Board of Safety
Supreme Court Kept In Session Through Rest Period
Indiana Supreme Court will not recess for summer, aiming to decide at least three major cases including Hogue mayoralty challenge, Shu maker contempt case, and Stephenson appeal. Judge Willoughby predicted the court may issue several decisions next week while continuing conferences despite a scheduled recess week. The court recently set no early recess date, with tight docket and extended sitting.
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Indiana Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Benjamin Willoughby
Clarence R. Martin
Indianapolis
Joseph L. Hogue
Shumaker
E. S. Shumaker
Indiana Anti-Saloon League
D. C. Stephenson
Citizenship petition filed to vote for Hoover in Indiana
Charles Relander, 84, a farmer near Danville Indiana, filed for naturalization in Federal Court to vote for Hoover in November. Born in Sweden in 184?, he came to the United States in 1868 and lived in Chicago before settling near Danville. Relander has four children including Edward Relander of Indianapolis.
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Hoover
Charles Relander
Danville
Ind
W. A. Kiefer
Indiana
Edward Relander
Indianapolis
Pierson Named Manager of Indiana Portland Cement
G E Pierson, sales manager of Indiana Portland Cement Company, has been promoted to manager while keeping his sales duties. He succeeds D S MacBride, who moves to Philadelphia as vice president and manager. MacBride remains vice president of the Indiana company, a subsidiary of International Cement Corporation, which runs ten U S mills, one in Cuba, and two in South America.
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G. E. Pierson
Indiana Portland Cement Company
Pierson
D. S. MacBride
Philadelphia
MacBride
Indiana Concern
International Cement Corporation
United States
Cuba
South America
Democrats Seat Delegations at National Convention
The credentials committee ended seating disputes at the Democratic national convention in Houston Texas by seating all groups on the temporary roll. DC delegates led by John Costello Panama Canal Zone led by Mrs L O Keen and Louisiana delegation chosen by the state central committee were seated. Pennsylvania delegates were also seated ending their dispute. The Virgin Islands were given two convention votes despite Florida protest.
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United Press
Houston
Texas
Credentials
National Committee
District of Columbia
John Costello
Panama Canal Zone
L. O. Kkeen
Louisiana
State Central Committee
Pennsylvania
Florida
Virgin Islands
Auto Crash Fatal. Four Hurt in Terre Haute Area
E. C. Johnson of Detroit was fatally injured and four family members were injured when his car overturned in a ditch near Plainfield after skidding to avoid another vehicle. Injured were Mrs. Ula Wills, 46, and Mrs. Lena Stephens, 42, both of 2630 East Tenth Street.
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E. C. Johnson
Detroit
Mich
Plainfield
Johnson
Ula Wills
Lena Stephens
Tenth St
Terre Haute
Jewelers Plan Tri State Convention in 1929
Indiana Retail Jewelers Association will host a tri state convention in Indianapolis in 1929 if Ohio and Illinois associations join. The decision was made Tuesday at the close of the three day Severin session. The exact city depends on whether one or more states accept the proposal.
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Indiana
Bishop Blake Accepts Indiana Assignment as Resident Bishop
Bishop Edgar Blake arrives in Indianapolis to assume duties as resident bishop for the Indiana area including North and Northwest Indiana and Southern Illinois conferences. A veteran of Methodist work in Chicago and Paris, he plans to study local conditions before outlining his program, with public appearances at DePauw and Seymour pending.
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Edgar Blake
Indianapolis
Methodist Episcopal Church
Kansas City
de Pauw University
Greencastle
Blake
Indiana
California
Seymour
Northwest Indiana
Terre Haute
Orion W. Fifer
Idianapolis
Bishop Blake
Europe
North Indiana
Southern Illinois
New England
New Hampshire
Boston University
School of
Rebels Prey on Trains in Mexico Across Northern Region
Four attempts to wreck trains in northern Mexico occurred within twenty four hours. A derailment on Monday and a bombing attempt were followed by sabotage near Laredo where ties were piled on the track but the engineer stopped the train after twenty five minutes. Rails were loosened near Canutillo in Zacatecas but federal officials repelled the attackers before damage occurred.
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United Preas
Mexico City
Mexico
Laredo
Canutillo
Zacatecas
Juarez
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Graham
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Police and Firemen’s Band
Mellett
Skunk Hunter
U. S
Norma Mitchell
Comer Ave
Ruby Hedges
Minnesota St
Bethany Christian Church
Indiana Christian Endeavor
Ft. Wayne
Priest
Butler U
Sweden
Portland Cement Company
Rk Ae
Carter
Fletcher American Company
Fletcher American National Bank
Southeast Corner Market
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al Smith
Olivette Hightower
Houston Hall
Indiana Jewelers
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