Riots in Chicago as Ukrainian parade attacks injure dozens
In Chicago on December 18, a protest parade of Ukrainians against Soviet rule was attacked by a mob armed with bricks pipes and clubs. About 50 people were treated for injuries, 20 riot participants were hospitalized, and 11 people including one woman were arrested on rioting and concealed weapons charges. The parade reformed and moved to Ukrainian Hall under police guard.
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Chicago
Ukraine
Madison Street
Ukranian Hall
Chicago Teachers May Get Two Weeks Pay
Chicago teachers and civil service workers dismissed the promise of two weeks pay before Christmas as a political gesture. They have been unpaid for six months while the school board lags about twenty million dollars in salaries, with many facing hardship and hunger over the holidays.
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Chicago
Elks Lodge Members Meet Tonight for Initiation
All members of the Elks Lodge are urged to attend a meeting at the lodge home tonight at 8 o clock. The session replaces the regular Tuesday night meeting due to a Frankfort lodge gathering and will include the new degree team initiating candidates.
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Elks Lodge
Frankfort
Lebanon
Four Die as Louisiana Tornado Hits Lumber Camp
A tornado sweeping Caddo Parish killed four people and injured eighteen in Shreveport captured headline drama. Three died at a lumber camp eighteen miles west. ten were hurt with two in serious condition. The storm also damaged Soda Fountain plantation area.
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Shreveport
Caddo Parish
Here
Soda Fountain Plantation
Grains Slightly Higher in Chicago Trading
Chicago grains moved moderately higher in quiet early dealings on December 18. Wheat, corn, oats and rye edged up from uneven openings as buying activity grew. corn strength stemmed from fewer country offerings and a forecast for colder weather.
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Chicago
Lindbergh Starts On New York Hop
Charles A Lindbergh and wife Anne depart Miami to resume their 20000 mile aerial journey toward New York with 426 gallons of fuel aboard in a red and black monoplane. The couple, after a rest, leave Dinner Key for the final leg of their five month voyage.
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Miami
Fla
Lindberghs
Charles A
Anne
Jon Morrow Lindbergh
Biscayne Bay
Pan- American Airways
South America
Dinner Key
Here
Lindy
Miami Beach
Dominican Republic
Airways
Thief Steals Small Loot From Prudential Office
A prowler broke into the Prudential Life Insurance office in the Reporter building during the weekend and took two fountain pens and a pencil. The burglary was discovered this morning. The thief used an iron bar to force the front door and climbed over the cashier's cage into the office. No safe was opened.
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Prudential CO
Prudential Life Insurance
Reporter
Police raid Dillinger gang hideouts in Chicago
Chicago police in raids on two hideouts of the Dillinger gang seized Arthur Johnson a reputed gambler and detaining Jean Helen Burke a nurse as associates. Five squads used machine guns and tear gas after gunmen fled the Humbolt avenue apartment leaving four short wave radio sets behind. Police identified two bank raid members Hamilton and Charles Mackley and continued the anti gang campaign following the murder of Sergeant Shanley.
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Chicago
John Dillinger
Indiana
Edward J. Kelly
William Shanley
John Hamilton
Dillinger
Humbolt Avenue
Arthur Johnson
Dillinger Outlaw Band
Johnson
Unity Bank
Bank
Hamilton
Charles Mackley
Jean Helen Burke
Hitler orders tolerance for non members of Nazi party
Berlin reports Adolf Hitler via Rudolf Hess directs that National Socialists including stormers show tolerance toward non members during ceremonies not official. Coercion to salute or greet the flag to be avoided. aim to win adherents through achievement, not force, with harsh punishment for disobedience beyond normal court sentences.
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National Party
Adolph Hitler
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Rudolf Hess
Stormers
Nazi Party
Hitler
Egg prices drop ten cents per dozen here
An influx of eggs from across the county this week caused a drastic price drop. Poultry dealers reported 22 cents per dozen late last week, falling to 12 cents today as farmers delivered large quantities. Weather and high production are cited as contributing factors.
Youth Keeps Fire Department Agog in Indiana Town
A 16 year old Zionsville boy John Wilkins, recently released from a Fort Wayne school for the feeble minded, set fires in wardrobes at his home Saturday night. Firefighters quelled the flames, then he started new blazes in another room. Damages occurred before containment. Sheriff Wilbur Small took him to the county jail hospital ward for detention pending placement in an institution, possibly at Butlerville.
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Zionsville
John Wilkins
Elmer Wilkins
Fort Wayne
Wilbur Small
Wilkins
Small
Butlerville
Mrs Smith Reports on W C T U Convention
Mrs Nettie Smith, president of the county W C T U, reports on the official convention held in Indianapolis in October at the meeting hosted by Mrs Helen Martin.
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Helen Martin
Nettie Smith
Indianapolis
Smith
CWA Worker Discovers Loot From Robbery Near Zionsville
Ray Neese on a CWA road project near Zionsville found a package with gold trimmings and jewelry worth about $1000. An Indianapolis jeweler tested the pieces and found little alloy. Police think the package is robbery loot and that the thieves mutilated the stolen articles.
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Zionsville
Ind
Ray Neese
CWA
Indianapolis
Church Young People Give Program Here
The First Methodist Episcopal church of Frankfort hosted the intermediate orchestra and junior church program for the children’s home on Sunday afternoon. The vested children’s choir performed numbers with instrumental selections and stories, accompanied by Rev. and Mrs. C. M. McClure and many parents among sixty attendees. Next Sunday an adult Sunday school class will visit to play Santa Claus for the children.
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First Methodist Episcopal Church of
Frankfort
Methodist Children’s Home
C. M. McClure
Board to Create Jobs for Women in CWA Program
The Civil Works Administration approved projects for women in the county. Qualified applicants include those on township relief rolls before November 15 not supported by men on CWA work. otherwise unemployed women may be chosen. Registrations run 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. this week in the county courthouse office of Floyd I. McMurray. Seven women are currently employed on CWA projects. checks totaling $8,200.25 were distributed last Saturday to 550 men on 23 projects in Lebanon and elsewhere. Re-registration of unemployed men continues under Russell Trust. Gullion reports from his west-side county office.
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Civil Works Administration
Edward C. Gullion
Gullion
Clara Morrison
Indiana Civil Works Administration
Paul McGinley
Russell Trust
McGinley
Truitt
William H. Moore
Bank Examiners to Undergo Test in Indiana
Indianapolis Ind Dec 18 An examination for all state bank examiners and all employes of the State Banking Department with the exception of attorneys and stenographers will be held here January 16 under the new Indiana banking law Richard A McKinley state banking commissioner announced today The January 16 examination will also be open to outsiders about 380 people (Continued on Page 5)
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Indianapolis
Ind
State Banking Department
Indiana
Richard A. McKinley
McKinley
Engineers On The Mighty Boulder Dam Ahead Of Schedule
Boulder City, Nov. 16. The mighty Boulder Dam is more than 20 percent poured, far ahead of schedule. Six Companies, Inc. employs over 3,000 men operating two massive mixing plants around the clock. Eight-yard buckets dump every two minutes as huge cableways lift concrete to 161 climbing columns. Superintendent F. T. Crowe and crew have set world records for concrete manufacture and handling. The project, including diversion tunnels and the 725-foot dam, will finish in under two years with major power units remaining.
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Boulder City
Boulder Dam
Companies, Inc
F. T. Crowe
Six Companies, Inc
Uncle Sam
Bureau of Reclamation
Indiana Tax Debate and Hoosier Christmas Spirit
The Indiana Supreme Court upholds a tax rate above $1.50 per hundred, urging officials to curb spending rather than cap rates. Mary Moore of Boone County earns Phi Beta Kappa at Indiana University. A New York banker’s gold standard appeal is rebuked by the farmer Everett Kirby story, insisting farmers in the Middle West will push for fair hog prices. Hoosiers embrace charitable Christmas aiding the needy, while criticizing exorbitant medical fees and praising local physicians for honest service.
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Indiana Supreme Court
Mary Moore
Boone County
Indiana University
New York
Middle West
Everett Kirby
Sheridan
Kirby
Chicago
Earthquake felt in Santiago Cuba amid tremor reports
Santiago Cuba reports a violent tremor at 6 34 pm yesterday marking the strongest shock since last year s quake. Inhabitants described shaking buildings and widespread unease as aftershocks rattled the city.
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Santiago
Cuba
Gold price rise under Roosevelt plan noted by officials
Washington reports show RFC quoting 34.06 per ounce, up from 34.01, signaling renewed emphasis on the administration’s gold policy. The Brookings Institution criticizes the policy, urging abandonment, while the Grange pushes for large scale inflation to restore 1926 price levels and boost the economy.
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Washington
RFC
Roosevelt
George F. Warren
Warren
Brookings
Brookings Institution
Organization For the Study of Economics
Frederic A. Delano
Grange
The
Governor McNutt to Make Florida Visit
Governor Paul V. McNutt announced a December 26 departure for a Florida two week vacation. He will speak at the Florida State Teachers Association in Tampa on December 23 and travel to Miami with Mrs. McNutt and their daughter Louise. He noted possible early return if state affairs require. Florida has long been a favored retreat for Indiana governors.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Paul V. McNutt
Florida
Florida State Teachers’ Association
Tampa
Miami
Indiana
Harry G. Leslie
Indianapolis Baseball Club
Sarasota
Norman Perry
Nate
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