Hoover approves plan for United States Border Patrol Service
President Hoover backs a broad plan to reorganize border law enforcement by creating a unified United States Border Patrol Service. The bill by Rep. Grant Hudon aims to combine customs, immigration, prohibition, coast guard, and other agents under a single uniformed agency to reduce overlapping duties and curb smuggling.
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Washington
Hoover
Grant M. Hudson
Michigan
United States Border Patrol Service
Royal Mounted Police of Canada
Customs Service
Immigration
Prohibition
Department of Agriculture
Hudson
House
Border Patrol Service
Agriculture Department
GAR WILL VOTE ON 3 CANDIDATES
Martinsville Indiana June 11 Business sessions marked the golden anniversary encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic Three active candidates sought the state department commander post Phil W Brown of Franklin Charles E McHale of Logansport and F M McNair of Martinsville Three cities Wa bash Richmond and Anderson contended for the 1930 encampment Decisions on Thursday will decide the field The annual parade was set for Wednesday Three candidates vied for the presidency of the Women s Relief Corps Mrs Kate Taylor of Bedford Mrs Ida K Snyder of South Bend and Mrs Henrietta Neal of Indianapolis
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Martinsville
Ind
Grand Army of the Republic
State Department
Phil W. Brown
Franklin
Charles E. McHale
Logansport
F. M. McNair
Wabash
Richmond
Anderson
Women’s Relief Corps
Kate Taylor
Bedford
Ida K. Snyder
South Bend
Henrietta Neal
Indianapolis
Special Judge Sits in Lebanon Will Case in Indiana
Noblesville Ind June 11 Elza Rogers of Lebanon sits as special judge in the Hamilton Circuit Court for the Charmotte M Curd will contest against Albert Luke and others. The case has been tried once and is expected to take several days for a second trial. It came here on change of venue from Marion Probate Court and is to be the only jury case likely this April term.
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Noblesville
Ind
Elza Rogers
Lebanon
Hamilton
Charmotte M. Curd
Albert Luke
Marion
Indiana Drivers Face State Police Driving Test
Indianapolis June 11 Many Indiana drivers will be compelled to submit to a driving test by state policemen before obtaining their licenses. All applicants with questioned qualifications must take the test as officers ride with them and observe maneuvering through traffic and various driving tasks.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
Robert T. Humes
New Filling Station Planned on Lafayette Avenue
The Citizens Loan and Trust Company as executor of the Sarah E Cox will sold parcels in Dickersons Addition to Walter Reagan and Frank Rader for 1950 dollars. The deed was recorded Monday. The property includes a small residence on a triangular tract and a large vacant west of Lafayette avenue opposite Trout Auto Service. Purchasers plan a filling station on the triangular plot and will move the frame house to the south lot with landscaping planned around the new station.
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Citizens Loan & Trust Company
Sarah E. Cox
Harmony Rules At Shouse Fee Dinner In Washington
In Washington a harmony dinner honored Jouette Wouse who will organize the national party headquarters. The Heflin-Cimmons-Cannon faction urged removal of Al Smith leadership, but Gov. Smith will remain titular leader as Democrats push unity. Raskob received ovations and leaders stressed get together while some anti Smith senators were absent.
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Washington
Heflin-Cimmons-Cannon
Democratic Party
John J. Raskob
al Smith
Raskob
Gov. Smith
Jouette Wouse
National Party
Senator Heflin
Alabama
Senator Simmons
North Carolina
South
House
Senator Overman
Police Seek Two Car Thieves After Robbery Near Veedersburg
Lebanon police ask the public to help locate two men who stole a Dodge from Newt Rusenbark of Crawfordsville, drove south of Veedersburg, wrecked it, robbed a couple, and fled in a second car with Illinois plate 99 410. One suspect stands over six feet with large hands and feet, wearing a sailor hat and grey suit. the other is five six, wears a grey cap and has gold teeth.
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Lebanon
Newt Rusenbark
Crawfordsville
Veedersburg
Probe ordered in border slaying near International Falls
Washington ordered an immediate thorough probe into the death of Henry Virkula who was killed by a sawed-off shotgun in the hands of a customs prohibition agent near International Falls Minnesota. The inquiry, led by Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Seymour Lowman, directs Duluth customs authorities to investigate and report findings, while also reviewing the shooting of Archibald Fagster 21 who died while fishing in the Detroit river.
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Washington
Henry Virkula
International Falls
Minn
Seymour Lowman
the Treasury
Lowman
Detroit
Duluth
Virkula
Archibald Fagster
Detroit River
Big Falls
Emmet J. White
Customs Border Police
Koochiching County
White
Canada Finds Rust Resistant Wheat R 49
Ottawa reports Canada may have found rust resistant wheat named R 49 after cross breeding Emmer with Marquis wheat. Bulletin from the Department of Colonization and Development says the variety shows promise of rust resistance, high quality, and good yield pending field tests.
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Ottawa
Ont
Canada
Department of Colonization and Development
Canadian Pacific Railway
Nadaian
Manitoba Agricultural Imp Eacenant Sie Lal Saat
Unlawful retention of battery charged in city court
On a complaint filed by Prosecuting Attorney John A. Sunderland, Oral Warneth was charged with unlawful retention of a storage battery in city court today. The case comes amid local legal proceedings with Cletus Walker cited in the complaint.
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Cletus Walker
Oral Warneth
John A. Sunderland
Lebanon Masons to Visit Noblesville on Tuesday
Noblesville Indiana June 11 visitors from Lebanon and Tipton Masonic councils will travel to Noblesville Council No 89 for a degree conferral. Tipton Masons, rebuilding after a disastrous winter fire, will bring a candidate but lack a meeting space for now.
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Noblesville
Ind
Noblesville Council No
Lebanon
Tipton
Boone county school heads 10 return
Boone county schools plan fall reopening with two new principals for Thorntown and Lindbergh in Center township. Floyd I. McMurray will become county schools superintendent in August, while E. S. Stansell leaves Lindbergh to pursue road and bridge contracting work. Other principals remain in place.
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Boone County
C. O. Caplinger
Thorntown
Lindbergh
Center Township
Floyd I. McMurray
E. 8
Stansell
Thief Makes Two Calls To Take Gas At Gochenour Farm
A repeat theft at Charles Gochenour Sr. farm on State Road 52 near Lebanon was reported after two visits. A motometer, several gallons of gasoline, and other items were stolen across the incidents, totaling about forty gallons of gas. Additional petty thefts were logged, including chickens and corn from another farm near Bayette.
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Charles Gochenour Sr
State Road 52
Lebanon
Gochenour
Saturnight
Frank Leap Farm
Bayette
Thorntown Host To Young People
The Boone County Young People's organization held a large meeting at the Methodist Episcopal church in Thorntown on Monday night with 395 registered visitors. Miss Margaret Loveless of Thorntown was general chair and presided. Rev. Guy Carpenter of Crawfordsville spoke on “Sun.” Claude Rex of Defiance College gave two readings. Marian Walker sang during a devotional service under a lighted cross. Sugar Creek township had the largest attendance banner.
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Boone County Young People’s Organization
Methodist Episcopal Church
Thorntown
Margaret Loveless
Guy Carpenter
Crawfordsville
Claude Rex
Defiance College
Defiance
Ohio
Marian Walker
Sugar Creek Township
Swedish plane Sverige returns to Reykjavik in trouble
The Swedish monoplane Sverige with Captain Albin Ahrenberg and two companions on a Stockholm to New York flight diverted back to Reykjavik two hours after takeoff for Ivigtut Greenland due to propeller trouble. They previously landed on the Iceland coast for gasoline shortage after adverse winds on the leg from Bergen to Reykjavik.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
Sverige
Albin Ahrenberg
Stockholm
New York
Ivigtut
Greenland
Bergen
Norway
Outdoor Gospel Service Planned in Lebanon by VOA Brigade
Volunteers of America evangelistic brigade from Indianapolis will hold an outdoor street service in Lebanon on Saturday evening June 15 at 7 o clock. Staff Captain William H Hites will lead the brigade visiting Lebanon.
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Evangelistic Brigade
the Volunteers of America
Indianapolis
Lebanon
William H.hites
LeWinnon
Family guests from Ohio visit Joneses
Mr and Mrs M M Jones hosted the former's father T Jones and sister Mrs Philip Sipman with children from West Milton Ohio. They returned home today by motor.
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M. M*jones
T. Jones
Philip Sipman
West Milton
Ohio
Senate Poised For Narrow Farm Relief Debenture Vote
Washington reports an uncertain Senate vote on Hoover farm relief with the debenture plan eliminated. Observers expect a tight margin around two votes either way, as Trammell Fletcher Kendrick shift positions and the conference report could yield a debentureless bill within 24 hours if adopted.
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Washington
Hoovers
Senate
White House
House
Trammell
Fletcher
Florida
Kendrick
Wyoming
Jamestown Man Grows White Strawberries in Indiana
Jamestown Indiana June 11 W E Rosen a well known resident has developed a white strawberry believed to be the first of its kind in the United States He invites visitors to view the plant at his home Some plants are bearing while others bloom He consulted the Department of Agriculture which confirmed the novelty of the white strawberry after years of study and labor by Rosen.
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Jamestown
Ind
W. E. Rosen
Elks Lodge to Observe Flag Day June 14
The Lebanon Lodge number 635 of B P O Elks plans its annual Flag Day service at seven oclock Friday evening June 14 in its West Washington street lodge home. Public invited to witness the ritualistic ceremony performed by lodge officers Len Bart George O Palmer Elvin J Perkins Russell Trout Julius Ryan Russell D Chambers. A similar service will be held by every Elks Lodge nationwide at the same time.
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Lebanon
West Washington Street
Len Bart
George O. Palmer
Elvin J. Perkins
Russell Trout
Julius Ryan
Leonard Endres Struck By Auto Near Pikes Crossing
Leonard Endres of near Pikes Crossing was knocked to the pavement and rendered unconscious briefly when a car driven by Orville Nelson side-swiped him while he stood by his car talking with a friend in front of the John Murphy home on Indianapolis avenue. A physician treated him and he was later sent home. injuries not considered serious.
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Leonard Endres
Pikes Crossing
Orville Nelson
John Murphy
Indianapolis Avenue
Nelson
Endres
Mr. Endis
Free Notary Service Offered by Marshall
Les Marshall owner of the filling station and accessory store at 219 West Main street announced free notary service on driver license applications. The notary public will provide the service gratis between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., expanding local user access to documents.
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Les Marshall
West Main Street
Marshall
Bankers Exposition Demonstrates Modern Bank Security
The Bankers Industrial Exposition used a want ad seeking a reformed bank robber to showcase burglar proof devices. Five applicants arrived, a masked mock robbery ensued, and alarms and vault innovations were demonstrated. Executives from across the United States visited, underscoring new internal security measures.
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Bankers Industrial Exposition
New York
Exposition
New Ward Store to Open June 22 at Hogshire Building
The Montgomery Ward store on South Meridian Street nears completion with a formal opening planned for Saturday June 22. Manager R H Field says an all local staff of ten men and thirty five women will handle opening day sales and service, with nine executives present to assist. The Hogshire building is being transformed by carpenters and tradesmen into a large establishment showcasing new fixtures and early merchandise checking in.
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Ward
R. H. Field
Field
Hogshire
South Meridian Street
Montgomery Ward and Company
Song Title Mixed Iads Wednesday Contest
The Song Title Contest draws Reader interest as the seventh in a series of seventy three cartoons appears. Tomorrow marks the second big day as the song title will be found in ads surrounding the cartoon. Read ads carefully to pick out extra words revealing the song. Do not mail answers until all cartoons are printed.
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Pive
Murphys plan barbecue and dance hall near Lebanon
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Murphy, new arrivals from Ironton Ohio, reside in the Cunningham double house on East Pearl street. They are erecting a barbecue and dance hall on the old Hosford farm five miles south of Lebanon on State Road 52, purchased by Mrs. Murphy from Hosford heirs. They expect to open by July 4.
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Roy Murphy
Ironton
Ohio
Cunningham Double
Pearl Street
Hosford
Lebanon
Murphy
Dorabelle Hosford
Murphys
Two Men Pay Fines In Squire Connor's Court
Thomas Philbrook of Indianapolis was fined 40 dollars for public intoxication when arraigned Monday evening in Squire Edmund Connor's court. Roy Norvil of Lafayette was fined one dollar and cost for using an improper license on a automobile. Both came before Lieut Frank:
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Thomas Philbrook
Indianapolis
Squire Edmund Connor
Roy Norvil
Lafayette
Frank
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