Gas threat checked by wind and rain in Hamburg district
In Hamburg Vedder district a phosgene gas leak endangered about 30,000 residents. A friendly wind and several hours of rain dissipated the fumes. Eight people were reported dead and around 150 hospitalized as police, troops, and firemen fought the danger using ammonia guns and gas masks flown from Berlin.
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United Press
Hamburg
Germany
Vedder
Reichswehr
Berlin
Terre Haute Arranges Season's Debate Card
Indiana State in Terre Haute works on a debate about adopting a British style criminal code for the state. Coach J B Wisely plans two triangular debates with Manchester College Taylor University and with Butler College Muncie Normal. Wabash and DePauw to stage dual debates. Dramatic art students prepare an original one act play Cot webs Across the Moon and The Patchwork Quilt in Rachel Lymna Field.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Indiana
Butler College
Muncie Normal
Wabash College
de Pauw University
Kenneth Gantz
Rachel Lymna Field
Prison May Contract for Power Equipment
Walter H. Daly warden of the Indiana State Prison at Michigan City announced an Attorney General opinion that allows prison authorities to contract for installing new equipment in the new power house. The power house appropriation totals 150 000 dollars, split 75 000 after Oct 1 1927 and 75 000 after Oct 1 1928, and construction has reached the stage to install the equipment.
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Walter H. Daly
Indiana
Michigan City
Arthur Gilliam
Marion County quota fills for Citizens Military Training Camp
Ft Harrison hosts the C M T C from June 20 to July 20 with Marion County quota nearing full. Youth 17 to 24 urged to apply promptly as four states have reached 90 percent and Indiana rises 1 percent daily. Free medical exams offered by city doctors and all camp costs paid by the government.
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Marion County
Ft. Harrison
Indiana
Music School Opens in Crawfordsville for Summer Term
Crawfordsville School of Music opened its fourth annual summer term with an enlarged faculty and added courses. Registrations began Saturday and were completed Monday night. Portland Indiana May 22 Chief Ed Loper warns boys to stop killing birds with air rifles or police will act to end the practice.
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Crawfordsville
Ind
Craw ‘Fordsville School of Music
Portland
Pollice
Ed Loper
Support of Poppy Sale to Honor Heroes Urged
Mrs. Irene McIntyre Walbridge urges Indianapolis to back the annual American Legion Auxiliary Memorial Day poppy drive. She notes the funds aid 27 000 veterans in government hospitals and countless others, supporting relief, employment, and family stability through 6 500 units nationwide.
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Indianapolis
American Legion Auxiliary
Irene McIntyre Walbridge
America
Beating on Market Street Involves Women and Hatchet Attack
Police report a violent night as Laura Johnson 30 of 627 W Market St is hospitalized with seven stitches after a confrontation with Stella Johnson 31 of 20 Douglass St. Witness Martha Young is sought in relation to Frank Courtney charged with assault and battery. Mabel Jones Negro 810 Tal bott Ave was treated for an injured eye after a domestic incident.
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Laura Johnson
W. Market St
City Hospital
Stella Johnson
Douglass St
Stella
Laura
Martha Young
N. Senate Ave
Frank Courtney
Courtney
Mabel Jones
Talbott Ave
Suspect Identified as Patch Bandit in Grocery Holdups
Grocery keepers, victims of several robberies, viewed Walter Stayhorne of 2034 W Tenth St at detective HQ today. Stayhorne, 31, was named the Patch Bandit after store managers including Jack Whitt of Standard Grocery identified him as the suspect.
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Walter Stayhorne
Tenth St
Sheeham
Jack Whitt
Standard Grocery
Michigan St
Strayhorne
City to buy trucks and sewer eductor for street department
Street Department seeks council approval to authorize the purchasing agent Noel A. Baker to buy two trucks and one sewer eductor for the street commissioner's office. The ordinance, introduced by the Board of Works, would replace old equipment at a total cost of $1,000, according to Street Commissioner Charles A Grossart.
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Noel A. Baker
Board of Works
Charles A Grossart
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AYER
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Ayden
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Inc
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Capitol A
Maryland
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Pullman
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Nachman
Alaska
Kirk
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