Floods threaten Nebraska towns as Texas deluge grows
United Press reports Nebraska floodwaters along the Blue River threaten Seward Crete and Beatrice while Texas deaths from drowning rise. Widespread damage hits highways across both states as residents brace for worsening conditions. A bizarre note mentions a single palm tree producing 4 000 dates.
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United Press
Kansas City
Nebraska
Texas
Blue River
Seward
Crete
Beatrice
Peters Likely To Remain As Party Leader
The Democratic district chairmen meet to name Peters state chairman with a slate including Mrs. A. P. Flynn as vice chair and Edward Raub as treasurer. Probable district choices include Lutz, Bays, Ferguson, Verburg, Clark, Carpenter, and Nicholson as district chairs, with Meredith Nicholson already elected seventh district chairman.
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R. Earl Peters
Fr. Wayne
Peters
A. P. Flynn
Logansport
Marshall Williams
Indianapolis
Edward Raub
Philip Lutz Jr
Boonville
Lee Bays
Sullivan
Claude Gregg
Vincennes
Harry Ferguson
Jeffersonville
E. B. Crowe
Bedford
Joseph Verburg
North Vernon
Albert L. Clark
Cayuga
James Carpenter
Connersville
Charles Hack
Shelbyville
Meredith Nicholson
Virgil Simmons
Bluffton
Grover Garrett
Frankfort
Alden Baker
Noblesville
William Dunham
Kempton
Thomas McConnell
Fowler
Alex Pursley
Hartford City
J. D. Adams
Columbia City
William P. Kray
Elkhart
Frank Mayr Jr
South Bend
Suit Over 125000 Damages Delayed By Change Of Judge
A 125000 damage suit filed over 17 years ago by Bedford Stone and Construction Co against Washington Hotel Realty Co was paused in superior court four when attorneys sought a venue change. Governor Harry G. Leslie appointed Benjamin F. Carr as special judge after counsel for the Realty Co asked Judge James M. Leathers for the change. The case, centered on a cost plus contract for Hotel Washington construction, was to resume with Carr presiding.
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Bedford Stone and Construction Company
Washington Hotel Realty Company
Benjamin F. Carr
Delphi
Carr
Harry G. Leslie
Realty Company
James M. Leathers
Bedford Company
Hotel Washington
Kinney Police Chief Launches Monthly Conference Series
Police Chief Jerry E. Kinney started a program to hold monthly conferences with all department captains, lieutenants and sergeants. Officers are summoned on consecutive days to discuss department matters of importance.
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Jerry E. Kinney
Thieves Rob Brune Grocery In Tuesday Night Burglary
Edward W Brune grocery at 920 North Pennsylvania Street was entered Tuesday night and a large cargo of meats and groceries was stolen. Police reported Brune’s account and investigators note another home burglary on College Avenue nearby as Mrs H B Heillenbach seeks details.
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Edward W. Brune Grocery
Pennsylvania Street
Brune
Heillenbach
College Avenue
Stolen Automobiles Recorded by Police List
A police report itemizes numerous stolen vehicles linked to owners and addresses. Names include H. B. Thomas Jefferson Burns Albert D. Ogden Walton Wade D. D. Keith Cohn & Son Harry Meshberger with makes such as Nash Ford and Chevrolet and locations across Fall Creek boulevard Buckle Street Buckle Capitol avenues and nearby streets.
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H. B. Thomas
Fall Creek
Nash Coach
Thirty-fourth
Pennsylvania
C. H. Everitt
Buckle Street
Ford Tudor
Illinois
Georgia
Albert D. Ogden
Collier Street
Nash Touring
Kentucky
Capitol
Jefferson Burns
West Thirteenth Street
Walton Wade
Sheffield Avenue
Belmont Avenue
Jones Street
D. D. Keith
Thirty-third Street
Overland Coach
Vermont
Miineis Streets
Cohn & Son
Vermont Street
Oakland
City Hospital
Harry Meshberger
Linngrove
Capitol Avenue
Market Street
Stolen Cars Recovered by Police Across City
Police report recoveries include a Ford coupe found at Ohio and Adelaide streets and two touring vehicles discovered at Pine and Georgia Willis Knight. Names Roy Wilmeth Company and Arthur Bryce appear in notes at 700 North Meridian Street and 835 East Georgia Street.
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Roy Wilmeth Company
Meridian Street
Ohio
Adelaide
Arthur Bryce
Georgia
Pede
Pine
Georgia Streets
Willis Knight
Bell Street
Elderly flyer visits Indiana Central college graduates
Eli Rivir an 85 year old from Long Beach California flew 2000 miles to attend graduation exercises for three grandchildren at Indiana Central College. He met Mrs. Good and Dr I J Good at Mars Hill airport after a 43 mile trial flight in California. He plans to travel by plane on his return.
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Eli Rivir
Long Beach
Cal
I. J. Good
Indiana Central College
Mars Hill
Ricir
California
Los Angeles
Indiana
Lowell
Julia Marie Good
Broad Ripple Park Improvements Boost Local Jobs
More than 100 men are employed in Broad Ripple park upgrades ahead of the season. A golden tower entrance, a 40-bather bath house, and grounds beautification are under way. The street car loop is shortened to new boarding near the entrance, and the park drive to the amusements will be leveled and paved. The park opens May 25 for a day with a formal opening May 31 delayed due to work.
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Broad Ripple Park
McIntosh to Represent Indiana at Midwest Public Service Conference
Calvin McIntosh public service commissioner will represent Indiana at a Chicago conference of eight mid western states to organize opposition to the Pitt man bill. Illinois Charles W. Hadley called the meeting with representatives from Iowa Michigan Minnesota Wisconsin Kansas and Nebraska ahead of senate committee hearings next Monday.
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Calvin McIntosh
Indiana
Public Service Commissioners
Chicago
Pittman
United States Senate
Charles W. Hadley
Illinois Commission
Iowa
Michigan
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Kansas
Nebraska
Man Stops Train With Bold Act Near Camelot
An unidentified man halted the No. 4 fast mail eastbound train of the New York Central lines near Camelot New York, causing a 30 minute delay after the train stopped abruptly and broke a coupling knuckle on the second car. The man vanished in the ensuing confusion.
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United Press
New York
New York Central Lines
Camelot
N. Y
Howard Crise Elected New Sigma Nu Officers
Howard Crise of Fort Wayne is elected commander of the Butler University Sigma Nu chapter. Walter Johnston of Indianapolis becomes lieutenant commander, Dan Cameron of Tulsa recorder, Frank Abbott chaplain of Whiteland, Courtland Carrington of Indianapolis marshal, Gerald Sharrer of Benton Harbor alumni officer, and Lyle Withrow of Jamestown sentinel.
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Butler University
Sigma Nu Fraternity
Howard Crise
Ft. Wayne
Walter Johnston
Indianapolis
Dan Cameron
Tulsa
Okla
Frank Abbott
Whiteland
Courtland Carrington
Gerald Sharrer
Benton Harbor
Mich
Lyle Withrow
Jamestown
Sentinel
Bucharest Police Arrest Top Five Robbery Suspects
Five of the region's most notorious criminals were arrested in Bucharest today and confessed involvement in the holdup and robbery of Charles Dewey, an American financial adviser to Poland, and an automobile party.
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Bucharest
Rumenia
Charles Dewey
Poland
Rebel Hindus to Start Drive Against Taxes
Webb Miller reports from Karachi that India's Swaraj campaign hurts business as boycotts close shops and contracts fail. Swaranists plan a land tax refusal, a move seen as more serious than salt or cloth protests, with Abbas Tyabji signaling the strategy before arrest.
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Bardoli
Excursion from Indianapolis to Cincinnati Announces Schedule
An excursion offers round trip travel from Indianapolis to Cincinnati on the same day with departure at 7 30 a m and return at 6 30 p m or 10 45 p m Eastern Time. Ticket price is 9 75 dollars, valid in coaches only with half fare for children. Information at City Ticket Office 2 Monument Circle or Union Station Riley phones.
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Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Monument Circle
Riley
Union Station
Miller-Wohl
1200-Year-Old Beard Found In Baden Grave
A 1200-year-old beard was found in an ancient grave near Lorrach in Baden. Ditch-diggers uncovered several burials, one in a coffin of rough sandstone slabs. Dr. Georg Kraft of the University of Freiburg examined a decomposed skeleton of a man about forty with a distinctive pointed beard longer on one side.
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Science Service
Berlin
Lorrach
Baden
Georg Kraft
University of Freiburg
Breisgau
Nonviolent Rebellion In India Faces Inevitable Clash
The text contrasts Gandhi era nonviolence with Swaraj leaders who expect boycotts and civil disobedience to force concessions within months. It notes a historic scale and magnitude not seen a decade ago and warns moderates fear escalation and potential bloodshed despite aims to avoid violence.
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Gandhi
National Congress
Swaraj Movement
Northern Armies Defeated at Puchow. 10000 Captured
The National government at Nanking announced that Yen Hsi-Shan’s northern forces were defeated at Puchow. Authorities reported 10,000 prisoners taken and the victory credited to government troops.
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United Press
Shanghai
China
Nanking
Yen Hsi-Shan
Shansi
Puchow
Canadian youth questioned in Beech Grove car death
James Wright a 19 year old from Mansville Kentucky was held for questioning in connection with the death of Andre De Boer 41 Beech Grove. De Boer died after a milk truck crash at Churchman avenue and Wade street. Wright claimed Gordon Anderson of Windsor Ontario drove the sedan that struck De Boer and fled toward Detroit. Wright said both men were drunk and Anderson hid liquor behind a tree in Beech Grove. Funeral services for De Boer are set for Thursday at 2 pm at the home with burial in Memorial Park Cemetery.
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H. H. Terrell
Beech Grove
Shelbyville
James Wright
Mansville
Andre de Boer
Churchman Avenue
Wade Street
Wright
Gordon Anderson
Windsor
Ontario
de Boer
Anderson
Indianapolis
Detroit
Archie Purser
Memorial Park Cemetery
Fifty Added to Bluffton Population After Census Error
An error in Bluffton’s 1930 census counted fifty residents outside corporate limits, raising the town’s population figure above 5,000. The correction confirms the revised total and clarifies jurisdictional boundaries.
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Bluffton
Via
Memoirs of Foch to Be Published in U S
Paris May 14 The memoirs of Marshal Ferdinand Foch allied supreme commander will be published in the United States by Doubleday Doran and Co The chief interest centers on his wartime controversies with General John J Pershing Field Marshal Haig and Georges Clemenceau as France's premier.
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United Press Paris
Ferdinand Foch
Doubleday, Doran & Co
Foch
John J. Pershing
Marshal Haig
Georges Clemenceau
France
Population Unchanged at New Ross in 1930 Census
New Ross Indiana reports a population of 351 in the 1930 census, the same as ten years earlier.
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New Ross
Ind
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Webb Miller
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Karachi
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America
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Sena
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