135th A band to play at Par opening Sunday
Weather permitting Memorial Park will open for summer next Sunday June 5 with the 139th Field Artillery Band directed by Warrant Officer Jamey Hoy. The park will host five concerts this summer with other bands for the remaining ten. Also the American Legion takes charge of concessions and dust control coats the drive as the park enhances playgrounds and tennis courts.
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Memorial Park
Old Sol
139Th Field Artillery
Jamey Hoy
Jewell
Colin
Stephen Foster
Self Foster
Tobani
Shrine of Liberty
Yellew
Lewis
Herbert
Dixon
Independence
Hall
Amerian Sea Shine
Kirklin
American Legion
Legion
Rail merger plan opposed by examiner Molster
Washington report says examiner Ralph M. Molster urged rejection of the proposed unification of the NY Central with the Cleveland Cincinnati Chicago and St. Louis and Michigan Central railroads. He stated the plan was not in the public interest and noted TV systems are controlled by the York Central.
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Washington
New York Central Railroad
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis
Michigan Central Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ralph M. Molster
York Central
Advisory panel to review Sacco and Vanzetti case
Boston June 2 An advisory committee of three eminent citizens will assist Governor Fuller in deciding whether Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti received a fair trial. Harvard President A Lawrence Lowell MIT President Samuel W Stratton and former judge Robert Grant will sit independently, with final judgment resting with Fuller. The panel was chosen under a law allowing the governor to seek aid in capital cases. A decision is expected within two weeks.
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Boston
Alvi
T. Fuller
Massachusetts
Nicola Sacco
Bartolomeo Vanzetti
A. Lawrence Lowell
Harvard
Samuel W. Stratton
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Robert Grant
Fuller
Powers decide on more troops for Peking and Tientsin
British American and Japanese authorities in China plan to deploy about 16 000 troops to protect nationals and diplomatic interests in Tientsin and Peking. A Shanghai Times article cited by the Manchester Guardian says British planes will patrol the Feking Teintsin railway. Brig Gen Smedley Butler and 1800 U S marines were said to head to Tientsin, with Japan already involved.
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London
China
Tientsin
Peking
Manchester Guardian
Shanghai Times
Feking-Teintsin
Nghat
Wouls
Shanghai
Smedley D. Butler
U. S
Cities Report Drop in June Weddings
New York on June 2 1927 United Press survey shows a widespread decline in June marriage licenses. Boston issued 70 yesterday up from 69 last year while New York fell to 190 licenses from 243 and Detroit dropped from 127 to 70. Other cities listed include Chicago Cincinnati Washington Cleveland Indianapolis with lower 1927 versus 1926 figures.
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New York
United Press
Boston
Detroit
Chicago
Cincinnati
Washington
Cleveland
Indianapolis
Lindbergh to Fly to Paris at Dawn Tomorrow
Capt. Charles A. Lindbergh plans another Paris flight at dawn tomorrow after fog halted a Channel crossing attempt. At Kenley Airdrome England he paused, then prepared to fly to Paris to bid French friends farewell as crowds and media congestion pressure him. He will return to the Memphis, which carried the Spirit of St. Louis across the Atlantic. The plan includes a lift to Cherbourg with a staged departure through Cherbourg and a week of rest before a Paris to Cherbourg route.
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Kenley
Airdrome
Eng
C. A. Lindbergh
North Atlantic Ocean
English Channel
France
Lindbergh
Paris
London
Charles A. Lindbergh
Air Ministry
Flier
le Bourret Field
Corydon
St. Louis
Fame
New York
Parsis
Memphis
Gosport
Lew
Cherbourg
Chamber of Commerce
Potomac
Capital
Tornado carries voucher seventy miles to find owner
A Cedar Rapids report says a tornado that struck near Williamsburg on May 20 destroyed Fred Stohlman’s home and wiped out several canceled vouchers. One voucher was later found on L. R. Smith’s farm near Olin, over seventy miles away, and was not damaged.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Fred Stohlman
Williamsburg
L. R. Smith
Olin
Lindy Turns Deaf to Movie and Stage Offers in Paris
Paris June 2 Charles Lindbergh spurns film and stage talks as offer totals reach 1.4 million dollars on Herrick's desk awaiting his return to the embassy. Directors and producers flood him with interviews and guaranteed gross receipts offers, but Lindbergh remains uninterested amid a whirlwind of last minute bids from American and European interests.
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Lindy
Paris
Charles Lindbergh
Egirman
Ino Blonde
Lindbergh
Ambassador Herrick
London
Casino de Paris
Spey
Storms Sweep Through the Southwest Hit Kansas City Area
Reports from Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri and Arkansas describe hail, winds, and electrical storms causing property and crop damage across the southwest. Oklahoma City logged widespread hail and wind with personal veneer damage and crop losses amid 38 inch rain observed in the region.
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Kansas City
Okla Naha
Kansas
Missouri
Arkansas
Oklahoma City
Flood Control Congress Meets in Chicago
Chicago June 2 Thousands of national leaders gathered in the city as flood waters from the Mississippi and tributaries prompted a flood control congress chaired by Mayor Hale Thompson with mayors from St. Louis and New Orleans and leaders from government, banking, and engineering. Committee meetings and platform discussions filled the Sherman hotel event.
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Chicago
South
Mississippi
Congress
Hale Thompson
Victor J. Miller
St. Louis
Arthur J. O’keefe
New Orleans
Sherman Hotel
Two Accused in Poisoning Case in Marion Indiana
A young mother and husband were jailed on charges of planning and carrying out a poisoning plot to kill 12 year old Clifford Cox for insurance. Clifford died after drinking lemonade at the home of Mrs Arthur Walser. Walser and her husband, 29 and 16, were to face formal charges as Sheriff Campbell said Mrs Walser admitted the husband had the boy drink poison.
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Marion
Ind
Clifford Cox
Fairmount
Arthur Walser
Walser
Jacob. Campbell
Portuguese flyer on way to U S after Brazil hop
Rio de Janeiro June 2 A Portuguese flyer Maj. Sar mento Betres hopped off in his hydroplane Argos at 9 10 a m yesterday for Bahai en route to the United States He plans to fly across Newfoundland to the Asores and then Portugal His American journey will include Chicago
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Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Sarmento Betres
Argos
Bahai
United States
Maj
Beires
West Africa
Brasil
United St
Prison Heads Meet to Allocate State Funds
Indiana prison leaders and state auditor Lewis S. Bowman meet to discuss distributing an $8,000 1927 appropriation. Attendees include Michael Foley trustee, Walter H. Daly warden, Ralph H. Howard superintendent, A F Miles superintendent, and Attorney General Arthur L. Gil.
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Indiana
Lewis S. Bowman
H Liom
Giche Aeg
Arthur L. Gil
Boards of Pardons of
Michael Foley
Indianapolis
State Prison
Walter H. Daly
Ralph H. Howard
State Farm
A. F. Miles
Reformatory
Cyclone sweeps Gelderland province. deaths reported
Amsterdam, Holland June 2 Twenty persons killed and three hundred injured as a cyclone swept Gelderland province late yesterday interrupting tram communications. Neede and Groenlo were hardest hit as the storm crossed central Holland near the Zuider Zee. In Pomerania wide destruction with no casualties reported as a cyclone from Holland damaged Streitzig village and surrounding fields.
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Amsterdam
Holland
Gelderland
Neede
Groenlow
Gelderland Nee
Zuider
Stettin
Germany
Streitzig
Pomerania
Prussia
Dye Family Visits Michigan Kin in City Note
Mr and Mrs Ray Dye and their son Kenneth from Detroit arrived yesterday to spend a few days with his mother Mrs Anna.
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Ray Dye
Kenneth
Detroit
Michigan
Anna
Miss Mary Alice and Joseph Ege Visit Grandmother
Miss Mary Alice and Joseph Ege are visiting their grandmother Mrs Joseph Hee. The brief sighting places them at the home of Mrs Hee where relatives gather for a short family visit. Their location and purpose are noted in a local social item.
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Mary Alice
Joseph Ege
Joseph Hee
Florida militia patrolled Tampa streets amid murder case
Eight companies of Florida National Guardsmen and 600 special deputies patrolled Tampa to guard against a mob seeking B. F. Levine, the confessed slayer of Herman Merrell, his wife and three children. Reinforcements came from Palmetto, Orlando, and Bradenton as Hillsborough County grand jury called for a special session to consider 50 pending cases.
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Tampa
Florida National Guardsmen
B. F. Levine
Herman Merrell
Palmetto
Orlando
Bradenton
Hillsborough County Grand Jury
Boone County Flood Relief Fund Sags Toward Goal
Contributions for the Mississippi flood sufferers relief fund reach 2280.76 in Boone County with $170.24 still needed. Major gift comes from Alpha Delta Sorority of Whites town contributing $10. Donations since yesterday include Worth Township donors and local families.
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Boone County
Alpha Delta Sorority
Whitestown
Appropriation Sought to Extend County Probe
Indianapolis June 2 Marion county auditor Harry Dunn considers Judge James A Collins request for a 15000 special appropriation to continue corruption probe in county politics. Prosecutor William H Remy and assistants heard testimony from William H Armitage, a prominent politician, as details of the present city administration remain unclear.
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Indianapolis
Harry Dunn
Marion County
James A. Collins
Criminal Court
Collins
William H. Remy
William H. Armitage
Armitage
Farmers Oppose State Plans in Corn Borer Fight
Fort Wayne Ind June 2 Farmers who lost a round in the corn borer battle plan to appeal to the State Supreme Court. A temporary restraining order blocking state enforcement on the Candles lands in Jackson township was dissolved in Allen circuit court by Judge Sol A Wood. The court found the state law permitting the department to enforce cleanup regulations constitutional. Farmers claim agents damaged oats and red clover crops, and will appeal the ruling while supporting the Caudles in the suit.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
State Department of Conservation
State Supreme Court
John and Martin
Jackson Township
Allen Circuit Court
Sol A. Wood
State Department
Ate
Greater Industrial Exposition Adjusts Schedule Amid Rain
The Greater Industrial Exposition will close to the public tonight due to adverse weather but will reopen tomorrow and continue through the week if rain ceases. Exhibits were moved indoors and redecorating planned for the tent to resume Friday with a fuller program.
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Puy
Exposition Committee
Chamber of Comme
O. Bach,ch
Chambers of Commerce
Bach
Frank O. Myers
Chamber of Commerce
Myers
Mellon gives to Coli and Nungesser fund
Washington officials confirmed that Secretary Mellon donated $1,000 to the families of Charles Nungesser and Francois Coli, the missing French trans Atlantic flyers. Funds were reportedly sent to Ambassador Herrick in Paris, though Mellon declined to comment.
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Washington
Treasury
Andrew W. Mellon
Charles Nungesser
Francois Coli
Ambassador Herrick
Paris
Mellon
Two South Bend Men Convicted of Fraud in Court
South Bend Indiana June 2 two local businessmen F Forest Freed and Henry A Sawyer were found guilty of fraud in U S District Court. They faced sentences from two to twenty years for concealing assets from a bankruptcy trustee. Freed and Sawyer formerly partnered in the Freed Sawyer Furniture Company of South Bend and the Factory Furniture Company of Fort Wayne.
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South Bend
Ind
U. S. District Court
F. Forest Freed
Henry A. Sawyer
Freed-Sawyer Furniture Company
Factory Furniture Company
Fort Wayne
Death of Professor C H Young Ends Forty Year Bedbound Life
Hartford dispatch reports Professor C H Young, aged seventy four, who spent forty years confined to bed, died after leaving his room for the hospital. A linguist of twelve languages, he was a pioneer in the woman suffrage movement and devoted his life to teaching and writing despite confinement.
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Death Gomes
Hartford, Conn
C. H. Young
Young
Youth Killed as Oil Can Explodes in Tipton Indiana
Tipton Indiana June 2 Edward Logan 12 son of Mr and Mrs Frank Logan was killed and John Russell 14 son of Mr and Mrs Marvin Russell was seriously injured when an oil can holding five gallons of crude oil exploded near a fare bar area. Report indicates both boys were bystander bystanders at the scene.
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Tipton
Ind
Edward Logan
Frank Logan
John Russell
Marvin Russell
Sedners
Logan
Russell
Rushville Man Killed in Highway Accident
Rushville Ind June Gem Higgins 65 was killed on U S highway No 52 four miles west of Rushville when struck by an automobile driven by Harold Long of Higgins employed by an unknown contractor. The accident occurred as Higgins walked behind a truck into the path of the vehicle.
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Rushville
Ind
Gem Higgins
Harold Long
Ali Higgins
Anetor
Southern Indiana Flood Danger Eases After Rain
Vincennes Ind June 2 Rain threats materialize as floods threaten the Wabash and other rivers in southwestern Indiana. Rivermen say the annual flood danger is past though the Wabash continues to rise.
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Vincennes
Ind
Ifana
Expedition to Seeks Missing Jeanne dArc Flight
Port Washington N Y June Preparations for a test flight of the Fokker Monoplane Jeanne d Arc in New Foundland seek traces of the Whi the plane in which the French aviators Bert Balchen to fly in its test today but Six ton will pilot it on the sea Ceatdwell associated Aero Digest and a mech accompany Cotton Rewards totaling offered for the recovery of bodies and for information about the missing expedition led by Charles Nungesser and four others on Paris to New York route.
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Port Washington
N. Y
Charles Nungesser
Colt
Morrow
New Foundland
Paris
New York
Bert Balchen
F. Sixton
Associated Aero Digest
Samuel Guggenheim
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Sacco
Vanzetti
Lindberch
Corsies
Crors
U. 8
Florida
Worth Township
A. F. Groover
S. M. Rodgers
Coli
Nungesser
Brentin DeVol
Clinton Circuit
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