Chinese Tong War Sparks Chicago Laundry Owner Slaying
Chicago on June 7 saw Chinese tong warfare flare as Sam Fing proprietor of a city laundry was shot six times and killed while three assailants fled in a waiting touring car. Harry Chen identified Fing, a member of the On Leong Tong amid factional battles with Hip Sing Tong as police investigated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Sam Fing
Fing
Harry Chen
The
Laundry
On Leong Tong
Hip Sing Tong
Prince Carol May Return to Romanian Throne
Vienna reports the Romanian Regency Council met after former Crown Prince Carol's arrival in Bucharest to decide if he should be restored as regent or king. Carol, who renounced succession in 1925, may reclaim rights, with King Michael as heir. public reaction was swift and tense.
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Vienna
Carol
Bucharest
Michael
Nicholas
Officilal
France
Mme
Magda Lupesco
Helen
Julius Maniu
National Assembly
Maniu
Liberal Party
Vintila Bratianu
Bratianu
Jurists Condition Slightly Better After Fall
Judge Samuel R. Artman remains critically injured from a fall at his Coun try Club Park home. He showed slight improvement after a bad night, with doctors noting low vitality and three crushed vertebrae causing paralysis from the waist down. Recovery hinges on relieving spinal pressure and potential surgery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel R. Artman
Country Club Park
Indianapolis man, 81, on intoxication charge
Virgil Arnett of Indianapolis, aged 81, faced a $40 citation after being arrested Friday night by Lieut. Frank Mick. Police found him sitting in a truck by the roadside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgil Arnett
Indianapolis
Frank Mick
Kindergarten 10 Featured at Daily Vacation Bible School
The First Baptist Church hosts a city wide Vacation Bible School opening Monday with a kindergarten department led by Mrs Willett H Parr Jr. She trained at Oberlin College and Teachers College Indianapolis and has a background in local schools and church work. A staff from several churches will assist and receive certificates upon completion. Mrs Parr calls kindergarten the fertile soil for right feeling and democratic education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Willett H. Parr
Parr
Oberlin College
Oberlin
Teachers College
Indianapolis
Anderson City
Lebanon
The
Methodist Church
Russell Smith
Juanita Varntz
Macy Allen
Pollyanna Rice
Mary Catherine Wild
Joan Wimborough
Doris Linton
Ruth Akerman
Sarah Jane Ritchie
Daily
Lebanon Exposition and Good Will Jubilee Under Way
Committees busy planning within ten days placing a large water-proof canvas auditorium on the north side of the public square for the Lebanon Exposition. Opening is June 18 with a focus on displays, entertainment, and welcoming visitors from Boone and neighboring counties. Local officials urge civic pride, flag display, and a genuine Lebanon welcome to attendees from Indiana chambers and various cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Lebanon
Boone County
Noble P. Shelby
Robert L. Littrell
W. H. Arnett
Indiana Chamber of Commerce
William Howard
Indianapolis Board of Trade
Newcastle
Orfordaville
Frankfort
Valso Chambers of Commerce
Indianapolis pair to attend Shrin era Convention in Toronto
Laurayne Tolle of Indianapolis and James Long will depart Sunday by car for Toronto to attend the Shrin era Convention. The trip brings together two named individuals for a regional gathering in Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laurayne Tolle
Indianapolis
James Long
Toronto
Canada
Fate of R-100 Flight Ties to Prime Minister MacDonald
New York June 7 The future of J Ramsay MacDonald may hinge on the fate of the R-100 transatlantic test flight. Critics in Britain attack the airship as costly and unreliable while many experts defend it, noting delays after a storm buckled its tail fin.
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MacDonald
New York
Atlantic
Canada
Gome
J. Ramsay MacDonald
Stanley Baldwin
House of Commons
Air
Lord Thomson
Dimsible
Charles Dennistoun Burney
Motora
Britain
Cau Aed
England
Watson Defends Tariff Measure
Indianapolis June 7 United States Senator James E Watson defends a pending tariff bill saying it will spur forward movement in business benefiting the American people He criticizes internationalists pacifists and bolshevists and warns of free trade damaging U S industry He urges passage of the tariff by July with no parliamentary derailment yet to come
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Congress
United States
James E. Watson
Indiana
Washington
Nelson A. Gladding
E. C. Atkins & Company
Gladding
Watson
Europe
America
Senate
Farmer's Unemployment Relief Ends With Deserted Work Crew
Joliet Illinois June 7 John Samuels a truck farmer offered forty cents an hour and breakfast to twelve unemployed men. He loaded them into a truck to work at his farm but eleven fled at rail crossings. One survivor urged police to recover the deserters. Captain J W McCraney vowed to pursue them. The bright youth suggested a possible regular job before disappearing with the others.
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Joliet
John Samuels
Samuels
J. W. McCraney
Pittsburgh man missing in torch murder case
Indianapolis June 7 news reports C C Ridenhour of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania is missing after Harold Herbert Schroeder of Mobile Alabama was connected to a deadly torched car case. An autopsy links the unknown torso victim to red hair and two Pittsburgh tokens were found in the wreckage.
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Indianapolis
C. C. Ridenhour
Pittsburgh
Thomas Riley
Insurance Company
Harold Herbert Schroeder
Mobile
Ala
Ridenhour
Schroeder
High School
Fruitdale
Paper Merchants Golf Meet Planned in Indianapolis
The fifth annual golf tournament by the Indianapolis Paper Merchants will be held at the Allen Country Club in Indianapolis on June 19 starting at 1 p.m. A dinner follows at 6:30 p.m. Participating firms include Century, Crescent, Indiana, and C. P. Lesh. F. J. Ostermeyer chairs the committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Printers and Paper Merchants of
Alen Country Club
Century, Crescent, Indiana
C. P. Lesh Companies
F. J. Ostermeyer
Fire at Grigago Under Control
Chicago dispatch reports a $100,000 blaze at the old American Express Company building now under control. One third of the citys firefighting force remains on scene as eight stories collapse injured three firemen Joseph Daniels Patrick Hughes and Lieutenant W Quail with serious head and facial injuries from falling brick and debris.
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Chicago
American Express Company
Joseph Daniels
Patrick Hughes
Quail
Hughes
M E Foreign Mission Society In Meeting
The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Church met at Mrs. Arthur Maple's on Busby street. Reading of the missionary creed opened the session with devotions led by Mrs. Maggie Fletcher and Miss Clara Bush. Mrs. Paul Morris reported as secretary, with Mrs. Grant Howard named delegate to Battle Ground and Mrs. Robert Shaw as alternate.
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Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
Arthur Maple
Busby Street
Maggie Fletcher
Clara Bush
Paul Morris
Grant Howard
Battle Ground
Robert Shaw
Rose Sims
A. B. Jones
Miss Sims
Jerusalem
Mrs. Jones
J. W. Chenoweth
Rotary lunch speaker warns on free press and worship freedoms
Editor Boyd Gurley of the Indianapolis Daily Times told Lebanon Rotarians at the Alen Country Club to defend freedom of speech and the press by ballot. He cited Soviet Russia and Mussolini's Italy as warns and warned against courts aiming to muzzle critics. Walter Hickman and other newspaper men attended.
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Rotary
Alen Country Club
Boyd Gurley
Indianapolis Daily Times
Walter Hickman
the Times
Lebanon
R. E. Stockwell
Chicago
Ames Lloyd
Albany
A. Phebus
Sheridan
Russia
Italy
Mussolini
Mr.Gurley
United States
Harry Jones
Entertainment Committee
Girl Scout Day Events Plan June 14 in Lebanon
The Lebanon Girl Scouts announce June 14 as Cookie Day and a June 14 hike led by Mrs Louis Sterling of Troop One. Troop members will test skills during a Monday 4 PM hike from North East Street home. girls supply their own supper. Proceeds from cookie orders fund the local Scout Camp. An additional event includes a future show.
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Lebanon
Louis Sterling
North East Street
Crescent Bakery
Prominent Lebanon Farmer Fair After Leg Infection
Hasan Schenck, a well known young farmer from south of Lebanon, is reported in fair condition after developing blood poisoning in his right leg from a knee cut. He has been seriously ill for several days.
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Hasan Schenck
Lebanon
Schenck
Referendum on Prohibition Question Stirring Democrats
Indianapolis June 4 A heated debate splits Democratic leaders over adding a prohibition referendum plank to the state convention platform. Wet delegates push for a Wright law amendment to align with the Volstead Act while dry faction seeks a clear stance. Tensions rise as subcommittees prepare for battles between wets and drys and intra party rivalries surface over leadership and influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
R. Earl Peters
Elza O. Rogers
Lake County
Meredith Nicholson
Lee K Bays
Sullivan
Virgil Simmons
Bluffton
Bays
Mons
Peters
Simmons
Peterson
Paul V. McNutt
Bloomington
Chester Montgomery
South Bend
Indians to Play Ball Brothers Team Here
The Lebanon Indians seek a fifth straight win as they face Ball Brothers of Noblesville at South Side Park Sunday at 2 30 pm. Vernard and ?, opposed by Noblesville’s ? Batteries listed for Sunday include Vernard and 8 for Noblesville and Tony and Sutphin for Lebanon. Lent hurled the Indians to a double last Sunday, 12 0 at Frankfort and 7 4 against the Hoosier Triangles.
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Lebanon
Hoosier Triangles
Indianapolis
Bennett
Winters Lease Indiana Inn Catering Home Cooking
Mr and Mrs Garl B Winters have leased the Indiana Inn on Indianapolis Avenue They will cater special dinner parties offer plate lunches and a full line of sandwiches They specialize in home cooking and Sunday dinners Both are Lebang High School graduates class of 1927 and are known young people Mr Winters is son of Dr P B Winters with seven years restaurant experience.
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Garl B. Winters
Indiana Inn
Indianapolis Avenue
Mrs. Winters
Lebang
High Seh
Mr. Winters
P. B. Winters
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Judge Artman
V.B.S
Willett Parr Jr
Iar
Pttsburch
Vitin
Grigago
Old Express Co
M. E. Foreign Mission Society
TIMES
Gurley
Democrats
Ball Brothers
G. B. Winters
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