Settlement of Reparations Issue Seen as Important Step
Washington June 5 Settlement of the reparations controversy, a decade long center of world politics, was hailed with satisfaction. President Hoover sent congratulations to Owen Young, calling it a most important step toward restoring international confidence and national stability. France faces rapid ratification of the Mellon Berenger debt accord, with $400,000,000 due August 1. The Senate probes terms for jokers and the chance Germany may seek relief on Allied debts. (Continued on Page Six).
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Washington
Hoover
Owen OD. Young
Houdini
Mr. Hoover
United States
Paris
France
Germany
Treasury
Senate
Vesuvius Lava Engulfs Terzigno Village Evacuation Under Way
Naples June 5 The village of Terzigno in the lava path from Mt Vesuvius was evacuated in orderly fashion. Campitelli residents fled minutes before the lava reached the village and Terzigno now faces certain destruction as 8,000,000 tons of lava are reported in the last forty eight hours. Signor Mallarda vows eruption may subside, tourists ordered away, and two Italian cameramen narrowly escaped as planks bridged a lava stream.
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Naples
Terzigno
Mt. Vesuvius
Campitelli
Signor Mallarda
Vesuvius Observatory
Outsider Trigo Wins British Derby at Epsom
Trigo, the outsider, won the British Derby at Epsom on June 5. Walter Gay finished second and Brienz third, ahead of two other outsiders. The three favorites Jinks Cragadour and Hunters Moon did not place. American-owned entries also failed to place. King George’s colt Glastonbury was withdrawn, marking his absence from a Derby since years past.
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Epsom
Eng
Glastonbury
Poincare Says Young Plan Reparation Figures Pleasing
Paris June 5 Premier Poincare told International News Service he supports the Young plan reparation figures and will push for French ratification. Experts finalize the report by Friday. Major issues resolved including Belgian marks issue. A final settlement report is expected by Friday for signature by delegates, then governmental sanction completes adoption of Young Plan.
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Paris
Poincare
France
Belgium
Owen D. Young
Denies guilt in Soutar murder
Valparaiso Ind June 5 Mrs Catherine Cassler broke her stoic reserve as she faced a second murder charge in two years Her son Edward 19 is kept as a material witness He was an unwilling witness at the inquest into the death of Miss Cameola Soutar 28 described as the mistress of Tru man Cassler husband Edward gave conflicting statements that damaged his mother but he remains in custody as a witness The case continues with courtroom and police developments to follow on page six.
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Valparaiso
Ind
Catherine Cassler
Edward
Miss Cameola Soutar
Truman Cassler
Demolays to Host Boone and Clinton County Masons
Lebanon Demolays prepared a two hundred nine chapterwide event with a 25 candidate ritualistic class. Norman McCallum and A E Lewis of the Lebanon Commandery helped plan a varied program following the ceremony. Masons from Boone county and neighboring areas are invited to attend at the high school auditorium with the Frankfort and Clinton counties Demolay chapters as guests.
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Lebanon
Boone
Frankfort
Dicks Gordon damage case set for jury in Circuit Court
The Dicks Gordon damage case from Frankfort against James Gordon of Advance was called for trial in Boone Circuit Court Monday and expected to go to a jury by 8 s afternoon. Plaintiff Laury Dicks seeks 10000 damages for personal injuries from a June 16 1927 Advance street collision. Judge John W Hornaday presides. A new automobile crash case appears in Boone Circuit Court as James Stum sues William Rooker for 5000 damages for injuries from a Zionsville street collision on April 18. Attorneys A M Watkins and A J Kahl filed the Stum complaint.
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Dicks-Gordon
Laury Dicks
Frankfort
James Gordon
Advance
Gordon
John W. Hornaday
Boone Circuit Court
James Stum
William Rooker
Zionsville
Stum
Rooker
A. M. Watkins
A. J. Kahl
Hoffmans Return After Weeks Visiting Relatives
Mr and Mrs C W Hoffman of Lake City Florida will return home Saturday after spending a few weeks with relatives in this city and in Indianapolis.
Facsimile Telegram Soon To Replace Typed Messages
New York June 5 Scientists in radio labs expect commercial messages to be transmitted by facsimile and read exactly as written. Richard H Ranger RCA engineer says the speed and quality of scanning improved, predicting a future where a man writes a message in New York and it is received in San Francisco without transcription errors.
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New York
International
Richard H. Ranger
Radio Corporation of America
San Francisco
Mr. Ranger
Pilot Flies 125 Miles With Dead Prospector Aboard
Winnipeg reports Jack Atkinson, pilot for Patricia Airways, flew 125 miles from Red Lake to Sioux Lookout with a deceased prospector as his only passenger. He landed on snow ice, loaded the body into a 300 horsepower monoplane, then faced unsettled air currents before takeoff. The trip, accomplished in about an hour and fifteen minutes, contrasts with a typical dog team trek of six days.
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Winnipeg
Man
Jack Atkinson
Ontario
Atkinson
Patricia Airways and Exploration, Inc
Red Lake
Sioux Lookout
Civilization
Itis
Stinsong
Pearly Gates
Ditch work dominates Boone County session. bids due July 2
Boone County Commissioners ended a two day session and plan to reconvene June 24 for more ditch matters. A joint Hamilton County session approved plans for a ridge across the Fred Stahl ditch with shared costs and a construction superintendent. Bid opening is set for July 2 at 2 pm.
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Boone County Commissioners
Hamilton County Commissioners
Fred Stahl
Linton Haughey
Hamilton County
William N. Casey
Worth Township
Harry Lenox
Benjamin F. Hawkins
George J. Linton
James Lucas
William B. Cox
Perry
Center Townships
Amanda Rhoades
Elizabeth Black
Johnson F. Higgins
Harrison Township
Emma D. Higgins
M. W. Lane
L. M. Stegner
Center Township
Clint H. Updike
E. M. Coons
Sam Wilhoite
Lebanon
Keuffil & Essex Company
Surveyor’s Office
Prairie Creek
Busby Street
Harley O. Goodwin
Millikan
Dulin
Washington Scott
LeRoy Thompson
James Davidson
Clinton Township
Federal Farm Board created to aid agriculture
Washington June 5 The Senate and House conferees approve a new farm relief act creating a 500 million dollar Federal Farm Board to stabilize prices and aid farmers. The board will start July 1 and set up a wheat stabilization corporation with 100 to 200 million dollars to handle the current crop surplus.
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Washington
Federal Farm Board For the Relief of Agriculture
Senate
House
Congress
Hoover
Federal Farm Board
James E. Watson
Indiana
Watson
Wheat Stabilization Corporation
Seven hundred feared drowned in Japanese steamer blaze
London reported that seven hundred people are believed to have perished when the Japanese steamer Wagu Maru was destroyed by fire off Kamchatka on May 28. The ship was en route from Vladivostok to Kamchatka. cause of the fire is not yet determined.
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London
Kamchatka
Tokio
Tony
Vladivostock
Dale within 872 of Oville Road contract
Crawfordsville Indiana June 5 The contract for the Charles Morrow road linking the cement road east of the city to the city streets was awarded Tuesday to William M. E. Layne of Crawfordsville on a bid of 35573.70 The other bid was from C M Dale & Son of Lebanon at 36445 The engineer s estimate of cost was 86645.45
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Crawfordsville
Ind
Charles Morrow
William M. E. Layne
C. M. Dale & Son
Lebanon
Lebanon Chamber Luncheon Sets Stage for Growth Drive
The Lebanon Chamber of Commerce plans a noon luncheon Thursday at the Presbyterian church, with one hour programs and a 1:15 to 1:40 schedule. Eleven active canvass teams will push membership growth, boosted by a strong town forecast and a prospect from Indianapolis seeking business partnerships in Lebanon.
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Lebanon
Lowell Wilson
Chamber of Commerce
Indianapolis
Boone County Young People to Meet at Thorntown Church
The Boone County Young People's Association will hold its regular June meeting Monday night June 10 at 7:45 at First Methodist Episcopal church of Thorntown. About four hundred county youths are expected. Rev. Guy O Carpenter of Crawfordsville will deliver the address. The program includes music and a reading by Miss Lola M. Beck of Lebanon, followed by refreshments and a social hour.
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Boone County Young People’s Association
First Methodist Episcopal Church of
Thorntown
Epworth League
Guy O Carpenter
Crawfordsville
Carpenter
Lola M. Beck
Lebanon
Talkie zeal from Goldwyn on silent film doom
London June 5 Samuel Goldwyn head of United Artists says talkies will kill silent films as surely as the cinematographs displaced the magic lantern. He asserts there is no future for anything but talkies, calling it a Klondike for cinema and predicting English will be the universal language.
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London
Jesse L. Lasky
Samuel Goldwyn
United Artists
United Artists Pictures
Goldwyn
Hollywood
Oostan
Rex Ingram
Hawk Gun Death Near Elizaville Claims Miller Child
A .22 rifle hidden under a couch discharged when pulled from under the couch fatally wounding five year old Joh Orville Miller three miles west of Elizaville on Straw Town road. The gun, used for hawk hunting, was in the home with his eight year old brother Robert present. Autopsy shows the bullet pierced the heart and thoracic aorta, lodged near the spine. Survived by parents, four brothers, two sisters, and grandparents. mother in Indianapolis hospital.
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Couch
Joh Orville Miller
Oll. Miller
Elizaville
Strawtown Road
Robert
William H. Spieth
Lebanon
Boone County
Hunt Undertaking
Kirklin
Charles F
Minerva Miller
Frank Padgett
Helen
Oliver
Aaron
James
Indianapolis
MacDonald Gets King s Mandate
London June 5 King George ill at Windsor Castle formally commissions J Ramsay MacDonald leader of the Labour party to form a new cabinet. MacDonald arrives with son Malcolm after Baldwin resignation as Labour gains seats but lacks an absolute majority in the House of Commons.
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London
King George
Windsor Castle
J. Ramsay MacDonald
Labor Party
Labor
Stanley Baldwin
MacDonald
Windsor
Yes'ceaay
Faidwin
Castle
Malcolm MacDonald
House of Demons
Elen
Laborite v Ef
House of Commons
Hershman Resigns From Indiana Highway Commission
Indianapolis June 5 4 George E Hershman of Crown Point Ind vice chair of the Indiana State Highway Commission tendered his resignation to Governor Harry G Leslie effective June 15 Governor Leslie accepted it Hershman an attorney and Democrat cited time for his practice as the reason The resignation follows house rumors of political changes under Leslie.
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Indianapolis
Ind
George E. Hershman
Crown Point
Indiana State Highway Commission
Harry G. Leslie
Leslie
Hershman
Ed Jackson
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Mrs. Cassler
King Features Syndicate, Int
Great Britain
Fred Stars
Boone, Hamilton Commissioners Act
Dale
O’ville
Hawk Gun
Toby
Elaville
VFF State Road Body
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