O Man River Rolling Along More Orderly
Army engineers report progress on Mississippi flood control since 1928 authorization of 325 million dollars. By Sept 5, 89 million spent under the river commission. Project aims to reduce flood risk, with eight years remaining. costs near four billion including prior and federal spending, plus state costs of about 166 million.
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United Press
Washington
Army Engineers
Hurley
Mississippi
Allen
Congress
Mississippi River Commission
Army Corps of Engineers
Gulf
Fire marshal's office declared unconstitutional in Indiana case
In Richmond Indiana attorneys for Nu Gas Corporation file an additional brief in Wayne circuit court arguing the state fire marshal's office is unconstitutional for concentrating powers. The firm seeks to block Alfred M Houston from enforcing an order closing self-serve gasoline stations. The October term will hear the case.
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Richmond
Ind
Wayne Circuit
Nu- Gas Corporation
Alfred M. Houston
Minister 73 Stabs Man in Washington Indiana
Amiel Davey 26 suffered a left side stab wound after a pocket knife attack by Rev. Levi F. Potts 73 a former mayoral candidate. Potts claimed he intervened in a confrontation after Davey pursued a woman who leaped from a stopped car and was knocked down.
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Washington
Ind
Amiel Davey
Levi F. Potts
Davey
Woman crushed saving dog dies in freight train incident
Muncie Indiana September 5 Mrs Mabel Dingley 37 died after attempting to save a pet dog and was crushed beneath a freight train. The incident occurred as she tried to move the dog from the tracks.
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United Press
Muncie
Ind
Mabel Dingley
Alleged Poor Quality Gasoline Blamed for Crash
Ivan Pullen an aviator filed a $20 000 damages suit against a gasoline distributor claiming poor quality gasoline caused a July 12 crash of his plane He seeks $5 000 for the airplane loss $5 000 for lost profits and $10 000 for damage to his reputation as a pilot.
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United Press
Logansport
Ind
Ivan Pullen
Pullen
Father of Four Sons Born Seventeen Years Apart
Ripley notes Santiago Quiros of Tubillas who, at 87 in 1908, fathered four sons born exactly seventeen years apart by three wives. The tale of the 17 year locust figure spread across European papers based on a Stefani dispatch from March 1909.
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Santiago Quiros
Tubillas
Quiros
Agenzio Stefani
Convict Burns Makes Second Escape From Chain Gang
Robert Elliott Burns, once a magazine publisher after escaping a chain gang, escaped again from a road gang near La Grange Georgia. He was recaptured after a vengeful wife alerted Chicago police, and Governor Hardman refused a pardon.
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United Press
LA Grange
Robert Elliot Burns
Burns
Here
Chicago
Greater
Fairburn ‘County
Farmer water free in Bedford no charge
Farmers near Bedford will receive city water free of charge. An army truck from the Jeffersonville quartermaster depot will transport the water to the area, aiding local agriculture.
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Bedford
Ind
Quartermaster’s
Jeffersonville
T. R. M. Reams
Strong French Defense Demonstrated by Maneuvers
Paris reports France waged a two front exercise against Germany and Italy with 50 000 troops in Alsace Lorraine and 50 000 Alpine troops on the southern border repelling simulated invasions. For the first time French tanks scaled Mauriennais ridges marking a future role in rough terrain warfare. Nationalist protests were noted as covering troops showed strength on two fronts.
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United Press
Paris
France
Germany
Italy
Alsace
Lorraine
French War Office
Nancy
Mauriennais
League to Get German Plea for Geneva Talks
Paris reports Briand held talks with British and German officials ahead of the Geneva session of the League of Nations. Henderson and Von Hoesch met Briand as Germany pressed for treaty revision trends. Briand indicated France still held leverage in the Saar valley until 1935.
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Paris
Aristide Briand
Geneva
League of Nations
Arthur Henderson
Briand
Leopold von Hoesch
Berlin
France
Rhine
von Hoesch
Rhineland
Saar Valley
Hesser quits schools post for Cincinnati position
Ernest G. Hesser, Indianapolis public schools music director, will resign to take a similar job in Cincinnati Ohio. He offered his resignation to superintendent Paul C. Stetson two weeks ago after nine years with the Indianapolis system. His successor is not named. Previously he directed music in Albany New York and at State Normal college Bowling Green Goshen public schools.
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Ernest G. Hesser
Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Paul C. Stetson
Hesser
Albany
N. Y
State Normal College
Bowling Green
Goshen
Ind
Truck Collision Kills Man in Indiana Bread Truck Crash
In Cynthiana Indiana on Thursday a stock truck collided with a bread delivery vehicle at a road intersection. Driver Jake Breeder 35 Albion Ill died from a fractured skull. C L Beechle Evansville suffered bruises and lacerations and R J Jacobs suffered a broken leg.
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Cynthiana
Ind
Here
Jake Breeder
Albion
Ill
C. L. Beechle
Evansville
R. J. Jacobs
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