Planes Tested for Hope of Long Air Tour
Twenty of twenty six airplanes entered in the national air tour lay grounded at Ford Airport for final trials before the start Saturday on a 6300 mile journey. Remainder head to Detroit for trials tomorrow. George Hademan to fly second Bellanca for Ford trophy. William Brock to pilot the other Bellanca. balloon crews from Gordon Bennett race present. gliders for German pilots were the wrong type.
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United Press
Detroit
Ford Airport
George Hademan
Eddie Stinson
Bellanca
William 5S. Brock
Denmark
Italy
Fighting Southern Factions Marked Smith Demonstration
In Houston on June 28, a series of scuffles broke out among Southern delegates during the Alfred E. Smith demonstration at the Democratic convention. Mississippi clashes led to several altercations involving delegates, alternates, and even bystanders, while Roosevelt and Farley stirred the crowd with a bold banner march. A large cardboard replica labeled Al Smith's new home highlighted Wisconsin's exhibit.
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Houston
Tex
Alfred E. Smith
Solid South
North Carolina
Tennessee
Alabama
Georgia
Mississippi
Smith
Mike” Morrissey
Vicksburg
Hubert Stephens
Stephens
Pat Harrison
Morrissey
Hathorne
Hattiesburg
Miss
Franklin D. Roosevelt
James A. Farley
New York
Mrs. Smith
Oklahoma City
Wisconsin
Washington
al Smith
Girl in Boy's Garb Bums Way in Hunt for Parents
Miss Mary Ann Johnson 21 appeared at police headquarters in Indianapolis after wandering from Louisville Vincennes and back seeking her separated parents. Foster care, dead foster mother, prior shelter with Sisters of the Good Shepherd, and two rides by strangers led to police uncovering her true identity. She said she traveled with a boy’s clothes and kept quiet about her sex. Police note her case underscores confusion from long separation.
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Mary Ann Johnson
Miss Johnson
Indianapolis
Louisville
Vincennes
Catholic Community Center
Sisters of Good Shepherd
Evansville
Salvation Army
Patrick O'Connor
Favors Water Merger for Huntington College Park
Public service commission chairman Frank T. Singleton urges purchase of the College Park Water Company by the Municipal Water Company of Huntington as a solution to the water dispute. Huntington has absorbed College Park which had a private water works. If no sale price agreement is reached the commission engineer will appraise.
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College Park Water Company
Municipal Water Company of
Huntington
Frank T. Singleton
Public Service Commission
College Park
Singletom
Commission
Mary Philbin Returns to Fame Path After Comeback
Hollywood reports Mary Philbin, once hailed as a rising star after The Merry-Go-Round, vanished from major roles. Director D W Griffith revived her career by casting her in The Man Who Laughed, marking a validated comeback and renewed momentum.
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Ollywood
Cal
Mary Philbin
Mary
Universal
D. W. Griffith
Victor Hugo
Woman Announces Planned Marriage After Fifty Proposals
Camden New Jersey June 27 Miss Martha Shiffer aged 55 says she will marry Robert Owens aged 54 after many proposals over twenty years. She plans to wear a new dress and believes she will look like a young bride.
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United Press
Camden
N. J
Martha Shiffer
Robert Owens
Auto crash injures boy and drags child
A 16 year old, Russell Meyers of 23 S Belle Vue Pl, was struck while crossing Addison and W Washington St and remains in critical condition with compound fractures. The car’s driver did not slow and two bystanders, Harry Davis and Willard Steman, described the vehicle. Police charged Motorman F J Gibson with assault and battery and disregarding a traffic signal. Clarence Taylor is charged with assault and battery and speeding in a separate case involving Nia Grubbs, dragged ten feet by a car on Holbrook St.
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Hugh Robert
Russell Meyers
S. Belle Vieu Pl
City Hospital
Addison
W. Washington St
Harry Davis
Addison St
Willard Steman
Washington St
Meyers
F. J. Gibson
N. Blackford St
Thompson
Denny St
E. Washington
Rural
Eton Sts
Poice
Thompsons
Carl
Predicted Church Unity Mentioned At River Side Festival
About two thousand people from three denominations attended the first annual summer festival in River side Park district near Burdsal Parkway and Harding Street. Rev. J A Hanning of Union Congregational spoke on Protestant unity and a possible eventual union into a United Christian Church of America.
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Burdsal Pkwy
Harding St
M. E. Church
Temple Baptist Church
Union Congregational Church
J. A. Hanning
United Christian Church of America
Canada
Automobiles Reported Found in Plainfield and Nearby Streets
Norman Young reports a Chevrolet found in Plainfield Indiana near 615 Buchanan Street. Lester Sweeney mentions a Ford located at Vermont and Adelaide Streets. Roger Richardson notes a Studebaker found at 2300 Cornell Street.
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Norman Young
Buchanan
Chevrolet
Plainfield
Ind
Lester Sweeney
Kelley
Ford
Vermont
Adelaide
Roger Richardson
Rural St
Studebaker
Cornell
Four Purdue Alumni Picnics Planned Across Indiana
Purdue University agricultural alumni and former students schedule four picnics in the second week of July. The Southeastern Indiana event will be at McCoy's Lake near Greensburg on July 10, the southwestern at Washington on July 11, the third in Lafayette on July 12, and the fourth at Leon Lake in Whitley County on July 13.
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Times Special Lafayette
Ind
Indiana
Purdue University Agricultural
McCoy's Lake
Greensburg
Southwestern
Washington
Leon Lake
Whitley County
Mueller forms cabinet in Berlin with Hindenburg’s approval
Socialist leader Hermann Mueller announces a new cabinet and secures President Hindenburg’s approval of its tentative personnel. The cabinet will present to the Reichstag next Tuesday as Mueller outlines policies and plans a fall reorganization. Sugar is found in the sap of about 200 plant varieties.
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Berlin
Hermann Mueller
Hindenburg
Reichtag
Mueller
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