British Debt Repudiation Not Widespread Yet
London reports indicate Britain has not declared total repudiation of its foreign debt to the United States. Finance Secretary Hore-Belisha told the House of Commons no country has formally refused to pay, despite pressure from some Tory members over the publication of the debt note. Anstruther-Gray pressed for clarification as Parliament criticized the handling of the text.
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London
United States
America
Great Britain
House of Commons
Leslie Hore-Belisha
Treasury
William Thomas Shaw
Shaw
Hore- Belisha
William Anstruther-Gray
Anstruther-Gray
Neville Chamberlain
Chamberlain
John Simon
Washington
Anstruther- Gray
Republicans Await Fletcher Speech in Chicago
The Republican National Committee opened its policy push aimed at upcoming congressional and national elections. Henry P. Fletcher, new chairman and veteran diplomat, traveled from Greencastle Pennsylvania to speak at an open session. The drive, echoing the Pennsylvania platform, criticizes the Roosevelt New Deal and warns that emergency powers should not become permanent in American government.
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Chicago
Republican National Committee
Henry P. Fletcher
Fletcher
Greencastle
Pennsylvania
U. S
David A. Reed
Gifford Pinchot
Roosevelt
Indianapolis Men Injured in Wreck After Golf Outing
Delbert G. Kelley of 3777 North Street and William Chapin of 57th and Central Avenues were injured when Chapin’s car sideswiped another five miles south of Lebanon on U S road 52. Kelley was semi conscious with facial injuries and concussion. Chapin suffered a knee injury. Both were treated at Williams hospital and Chapin returned home.
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Delbert G. Kelley
North Street
Indianapolis
William Chapin
Central Avene
Williams Hospital
Lebanon
U. S
Chapin
Alen Country Club
Kelley
Park Board Employs Matron At Memorial Park
The City Park Board will supervise Memorial Park’s children's playground each weekday afternoon this summer with a staff of women. Mrs. Ralph Humphries is named supervising matron with two assistants chosen tonight and two more later. FERA funding will cover salaries, with approval received Wednesday. Park board members express relief and urge parents to allow children to use the facilities.
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Memorial Park
City Park Board
Ralph Humphries
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
FERA
Reporter
Jacob Wilcox
Greg McCord
Winson Jones
Wilcox
Marion Township 4-H Club Meets at Center School
The south section of the Marion Township 4-H sewing club met last Thursday at Center school with good attendance. Guests included Mahala Ward of Kirklin and Mary Evelyn Stephenson. President Mary Evelyn Waggoner led the session as songs were sung. Virginia Neal instructed, with Donna Campbell and Virginia Bowman presenting demonstrations. The group kept the Dainty Stitchers name and added Better Home Decoration projects, planning an eight-meeting year.
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Marion Township
Center School
Mahala Ward
Kirklin
Mary Evelyn Stephenson
Mary Evelyn Waggoner
Virginia Neal
Donna
Jean Campbell
Virginia Bowman
Mian Nabbed for Jewelry Swindle in Boone County
State police hold Henry B. Davis a 52 year old Georgia resident accused of obtaining money under false pretense after selling a ten cent diamond ring for ten dollars at a Boone county filling station. Police search for a woman alleged to be aiding in the jewelry scam as Davis admits selling dime store rings at high prices.
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Boone County
Henry B. Davis
Georgia
Davis
Lincoln liner safe after harboring blaze at sea
In Honolulu the President Lincoln Dollar Line liner with 146 passengers and 200 crew reached safe harbor after a night of fire in a hold. Flames were checked by steam fire equipment and the ship came in without assistance at 8 51 this morning. A terse message from Dollar Line headquarters confirmed the arrival.
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San Francisco
Honolulu
President Lincoln
Dollar Line
Korean Fishing Fleet Scattered by Storm
More than 900 fishermen are missing at sea as severe storms sweep the Korean fleet in the Japan sea for a second time this week. Dispatches from Seoul report 167 fishing boats wrecked.
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London
Japan Sea
Seoul
Boone County public hearings scheduled for taxing units
Boone County Board of Review set a hearings schedule for all taxing units as property owners may voice complaints on personal property assessments. Township assessors are invited to attend on dates June 12 to June 22 across Marion Clinton Washington Jefferson Sugar Creek Thorntown Center Ulen Lebanon Union Perry Eagle Zionsville Harrison Worth Jackson Advance Jamestown. The review board includes Peter F. Wilson Carl C. Bowman Marvin E. Caldwell John Hooton and Victor Crane. Hooton and Crane were appointed by Judge John W. Hornaday.
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Boone County Board of Review
Marion
Clinton
Washington and Jefferson
Sugar Creek
Thorntown
Center Township
Ulen
Lebanon
Union
Perry
Eagle Township
Zionsville
Harrison
Worth
Jackson Township
Advance
Jamestown
Peter F. Wilson
Carl C. Bowman
Marvin E. Caldwell
John Hooton
Victor Crane
Agriculture Students to Be Entertained at Fish Fry
The Boone County Purdue agriculture graduates and students are invited to a fish fry at the Red Gables Friday night at 8. Wendell Morton, county chairman of the crop production loan corporation, will speak on the Federal Loan Finance program.
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Boone County
Purdue Agricultural
Red Gables
the Gables
Lebanon
U. S. Road 52
Wendell Morton
Crop Production Loan Corporation
Federal Loan Finance
Rain Brings Hope for Drought Issues Across Midwest
Chicago reports steady rainfall washing northern drought zones as forecasters predict broader precipitation across the Midwest. Government meteorologist W P Day says a cold air belt meeting Gulf moisture could trigger widespread rain, though end of drought remains uncertain and southern Illinois to Indiana still face crop damage.
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Nebraska
Dakotas
Iowa
Minnesota
Day
Hudson Bay
Gulf of Mexico
Illinois
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Indiana
Children's Day at New Salem Postponed
Children’s Day at the New Salem church has been postponed until the fourth Sunday of this month.
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New Salem
New Salem Church
Second officer dies after bandit attack in Indiana
Seymour Indiana June 7 Patrolman John Pfaffenberger aged 87 died in Schenck Memorial Hospital from wounds suffered Monday night when three youths terrorized southern Indiana. Deputy Sheriff Harold Amick was killed Tuesday after clashing with the fugitives. Pfaffenberger died with his widow and five children at his bedside. Suspects Robert Neal Lacell Long and Edward Coffin face murder charges in New Albany jail awaiting speedy trial.
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Seymour
Ind
John Pfaffenberger
Indiana
Schenck Memorial Hospital
Harold Amick
Scottsburg
Pfaffenberger
New Albany
Robert Neal
Bloomington
Lacell Long
Helmsburg
Edward Coffin
Greenfield
Three Youths Held For Murder In Indiana Shootings
Three youths captured in a sweeping law enforcement operation faced charges of first degree murder in the slaying of Deputy Sheriff Harold Amick and wounding Patrolman John Pfaffenberger in Seymour Indiana. Edward Coffin the alleged trigger man was arrested in Bloomington after a statewide roundup that also netted Lacel Toots Long and Robert Neal. The trio, linked to the Nashville Brown murders, provided similar accounts of their flight from a gas station robbery and subsequent killings. Police and prosecutors pressed the case as they pursued connections to the Brown family deaths at Nashville in 1931.
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New Albany
Ind
Scott County
Seymour
Lee ‘Brown
Nashville
Edward Coffin
Harold Amick
Scottsburg
John Pfaffenberger
Bloomington
M. K. Stewart
Jackson County
Helmsburg
Lacel Toots Long
Amick
Pfaffenberger
Robert Neal
Bedford
Coffin
Pauline Meadows
Bernice Neal
Miss Meadows
Tranquil Lebanon contrasts with mob rule in labor strife
The piece notes rising mob anger in American cities, recounts a Minneapolis incident where officer Arthur Lyman was struck and killed during labor unrest, and cites Mrs. Eliza Wade on surviving to 104. It links social strain to hunger and the erosion of vitality with age.
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Lebanon
America
Minneapolis
Arthur Lyman
Hotchkiss
Williams University
Lyman
St. Mark’s
Eliza Wade
Ridgefield
Conn
Young America on art and capitalism in youth thought
A Hoosier college junior defines art as valuable for elevating desires toward finer life and calmer thinking. The piece argues there is no art for art’s sake and suggests capitalism cannot embody Christian ideals, while socialism aligns more with Jesus’ teachings. It posits Roosevelt era shifts may herald a world changing social economy, depending on youth conviction.
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America
Mass residents boast of states leading in eminent men
Massachusetts still tops in producing national eminence, with New York and Virginia in second and third. The piece notes Kentucky and Indiana, historically, produced Lincoln, hailed as the greatest American.
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Massachusetts
New York
Virginia
Kentucky
Indiana
Lincoln
The American Choice by Will Durant in Saturday Evening Post
A reader recommends Will Durant’s essay The American Choice in the current Saturday Evening Post. Durant argues humanity lives in a tragic era and his analysis lingers, leaving even optimists in a melancholic mood after reading it.
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Will Durant
Saturday Evening Post
Steel unions head to pay grievances before president
Chicago June 7 Employes of the Illinois Steel Company voted 791 to 35 against the general steel strike set for June 16. The move followed a record North Calumet district production, with orders at a four year high. Washington June 17 President Roosevelt drew into the dispute as Secretary Perkins agreed to present workers grievances to the executive.
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Chicago
American Federation of Labor
Illinois Steel Company
Calumet
Steel Leaders Reject Closed Shop Amid Strike Threat
Sixteen industry leaders at a June conference with NRA chief General Johnson refuse to recognize the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers. The union threatens a country-wide strike on June 16. Employers say 30,000 dues-paying members out of 300,000 workers.
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New York
Hugh §. Johnson
NRA
American Iron and Steel Institute
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
Iron and Steel Institute
Steelworkers vow broad support for June 16 strike
New York reports William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, promised full support for 392,000 steelworkers threatening to strike June 16. He spoke from Washington by long distance, hoping for Roosevelt intervention. He warned the steel dispute could trigger walkouts in auto, iron, and cotton industries.
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New York
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Washington
Green
Roosevelt
Akerman Family Visit Noted In Greencastle
Mrs Louis Akerman spent the afternoon in Greencastle. Her daughter Miss Ruth Akerman a Pauw student returns home to spend the summer at her home on North Indian Street.
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Louis Akerman
Greencastle
Ruth Akerman
Acco
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