Coolidge Dedicates Wicker Memorial Park in Hammond
President Coolidge dedicates Wicker Memorial Park in Hammond with over 100000 attendees. He praises patriotism, honors Col Lindbergh, and urges continued national progress through industry, education, religious devotion, and civic participation while noting the Calumet region’s growth. The train arrived at Hammond as it moves toward the Black Hills vacation spot.
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Wicker Memorial Park
America
Europe
Mr. Coolidge
North Township
Calumet
Sn Sreat
Aixe County
Hammond
East Chicago
Whiting
Wicker Memorial
Park
Black Hills
South Dakota
Mills fifth in state bankers rifle shoot
Members of the Boone County Bankers Protective Association attended the second annual vigilante state shoot at Fort Benjamin Harrison. Forty five counties entered teams. Mills finished fifth with 186 points in the rifle contest while Jackson and Tipton counties won their respective rifle and pistol competitions.
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Boone County Bankers’ Protective Association
Fort Benjamin, Harrison
Milo Snyder
Noble County
Jackson County
Boone County
James W. Hurt
Marion County
Woile Mills
Tipton County
Legion Post 10 Sponsors Fourth of July Program
Legion Post 10 plans a big patriotic Fourth of July celebration at Memorial Park with Emmett Brown Post 118 and Chamber of Commerce. A daytime program includes an automobile show, entertainment, and a night fireworks display. Committees chaired by Russell Chambers and others will oversee general, finance, automobile show, concessions, entertainment, pushmobile race for boys, and publicity.
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Memorial Park
Emmett Brown
American Legion
Legionnaires
the Legion
Chamber of Commerce
Russell Chambers
W. W. Henderson
Jacob Wilcox
Charles Wheeler
L. O. Slagle
Charley Wheeler
James McCann
Noble P. Shelby
Frank Hill
Earl Miller
Lon Varntz
Bennett Raper
Paul Church
Leon Chumlea
Harry Bohannon
Carl Davis
Floyd Perkins
al Wynkoop
Women Golf Club to Organize at Ulen Country Club
A plan to form a Woman's Golf Club will be discussed at a luncheon Thursday at 12 80 at Ulen Country Club. The event invites all interested women to learn or play golf. Luncheon plates are 50 cents. Miss Mary Spivey of near Thorntown had a tonsillectomy at Williams Hospital.
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Ulen Country Club
Mary Spivey
Thorntown
Williams Hospital
Nicholson Pays High Tribute to Battery C Band
Meredith Nicholson, noted Hoosier author and playwright, praised Lebanon’s Battery C and the 139th Field Artillery Band at a Lebanon Armory event. He joined Col John Fishback and others from Indianapolis for a two hour program of artillery maneuvers and music, highlighting National Guard spirit and Lindbergh’s heroism.
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Lebanon
Meredith Nicholson
Battery C
139Th Field Artillery
Armory
Indianapolis Avenue
Nicholson
Benjamin Claypool
Claypool
John §. Fishback
189Th Field Artillery
John S. Fishback
Fishback
Indianapolis
Claude R. Crooks
Fern Brendel Metzger
Robert Ie
Col. Fishback
Regular Army
United States
National Guard
America
Col
Charley Lindbergh
New York
Paris
Lindbergh
Reappoint Smith to Lebanon School Board for 3 Years
City Council in regular session reappoints William H. Smith local attorney to the Lebanon City School Board for a three year term to expire August 31. Other board members include Granville Wells and Lester F. Jones. An assessment roll was adopted for widening the aisle in the Pulliam Addition on Northeridian street. Building permits were issued for Sinclair Oil Refining Company new filling station on West Main street costing 2000. Indiana Condensed Milk plant cost 1. C D Crear new dwelling at Meridian and Chicago costing 5000. J Worley garage costing 250.
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William H. Smith
Lebanon City
Granville Wells
Lester F. Jones
Pulliam
Northeridian Street
Sinclair Oil Refining Company
West Main Street
Kiser Ford
Indiana Condensed Milk Comlicen
C. D. Crear
Meridian
Chicago
Masaryk rises from peasant to Czech president in bold romance
Prague June 14 Masaryk’s reelection as president of Czecho Slovakia marks a dramatic national rise. From Moravian game keeper’s son to Prague University professor he championed Czech language and independence. His life spans exile to leadership, culminating in a nation renewed after centuries of oppression.
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Prague
Czecho-Slovakia
Thomas Garrigue Masaryk
Hollywood
Masaryk
Moravia
Doctor Seeks 10 Attach Columbia Flight Debt Dispute
Berlin reports legal trouble loomed to stop the Bellanca monoplane Columbia from leaving for a trans Atlantic flight as Dr Julius Puppe of Krefeld in New York claimed 46 000 marks owed for medical care. German authorities delayed action to avoid U S tensions.
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Berlin
Columbia
Rman
Julius Puppe
Krefeld
Germany
New York
Puppe
Charles A. Levine
Clarence D. Chamberlin
Atlantic
Templehoff Air Field
Lufthansa
United States
Levine
Vienna
Koritz Des Oa Fae
Dempsey Eyes Comeback But Seeks Preferred Opponent
Former heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey announces readiness for a comeback in year and signals willingness to fight Jack Sharkey or Gene Tunney or both. He expects Tex Rickard to accept a percentage deal for a Sharkey bout, possibly in New York City on July 21, with August dates suggested for a wider schedule.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Jack Dempsey
Jack Sharkey
Gene Tunney
The
Illustrated Daily News Aid
Tex Rickard
Sharkey
New York City
Rickard
Tunney
Burkhart Resigns to Work in Chemical Research
Announcement today notes the resignation of C. W. Burkhart as head of the science department at Lebanon high school. J. Burkhart previously offered his resignation to allow the move to the Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Company of Philadelphia to pursue chemical research, a role he held during the war.
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C. W. Burkhart
Lebanon High School
J. Burkhart
Pennsylvania Salt Ma Iocharing Cow
Philadelphia
Lester Wills Funeral Set for Wednesday
The funeral for Lester Wills who died Monday at 12 30 a m will be held from the First Christian church at 2 pm Wednesday, with Rev Raymond Wiggins officiating. Burial will follow in Oak Hill cemetery.
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Lester Wills
Merl Wills
North
Jameson Street
Raymond Wiggins
Oak Hill Cemetery
Petition Goes 10 State Farm Board
Indianapolis June 14 All evidence and further petitions for clemency for George R Dale Muncie editor must be referred to the Board of Trustees of the Indiana State Farm Governor Ed Jackson announced after a delegation led by Thomas V Miller begged clemency Dale was sentenced 90 days on contempt of court charges by Judge Clarence Dearth Miller said he might seek intercession again if the commitment expected daily by Charles Biederwolf clerk of the Indiana Supreme Court reaches the farm before the board's July meeting
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Indianapolis
George R. Dale
Muncie
Board of Trustees
The
Indiana State Farm
Ed Jackson
Thomas V. Miller
Dale
Clarence Dearth
Miller
Charles Biederwolf
Indiana Supreme Court
State Farm Board of Trustees
Flag Day Program Aids Local Observance
In observance of Flag Day merchants display national colors and homes in the residential district fly flags. Elks Club and Zana Hill Chapter DAR present the Flag Day program at the El Home at 7:30 p.m. A large Liberty Bell ritual and a patriotic cantata titled Patriotic Scenes Old and New are planned with invited public attendance.
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Elks Club
Zana Hill
Daughters of the American Revolution
el Home
Columbia
Bert Miller
Nele Sam
Marie Titus
Een’ Ross
M. V. Me
Nina Beck
Ees Para
Fritch
William
Indiana G A R Meets at Gary During Flag Day Encampment
The 48th annual Indiana G A R encampment opened at Lake Front Park Gary with Flag Day events as Dr W Homan of Lynn Mass national president of the Sons of Union Veterans announced a bid to have his group recognized as the heir to the Grand Army. Opposing auxiliaries began organizing to block the move and to influence national encampments through delegates.
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Gary
Ind
Indiana G. A. R
Boys In Blue
Lake Front Park
W. Homan
Lynn
Mass
Sons of Union Veterans
Grand Army
Homan
National Grand Army
Committee Inspects Ulen Country Club in Lebanon Visit
A committee led by Mayor White and L W Eikenberry of Greenfield Indiana toured Ulen Country Club in Lebanon yesterday. Greenfield plans a new club and the group visited several club houses while evaluating the type of building desired before a final decision.
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Mayor White
L. W. Eikenberry
Greenfield
Ind
Lebanon
Ulen
Legion Auxiliary Elects Delegates for Convention
At a meeting in the Legion room of the courthouse Mrs Charles Bowman and Mrs L F Cobb were elected delegates to the annual convention to be held July 24 25 and 26. James Steelsmith and Mrs Iyver Leese were elected alternates.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Legion
Court House
Charles Bowman
L. F. Cobb
James Steelsmith
Iyverleese
Community Meeting Moved to Wednesday Night at Church
The Christian Liberty church on Mainc in Township hosts a community meeting on Wednesday night June 15, not Saturday June 18 as previously announced. Attendees are asked to note the date change and plan accordingly.
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Christian Liberty Church
Mainc
Township
Poland Holds Moscow Talks Over Russian Bluff
Warsaw reports final Russo Polish decisions lie in Moscow and Leningrad with Zalewski meeting Chamberlain Briard and Stressemann as Poland stays calm. Diplomats say Russia bluffed about Volkoff murder to distract from Soviet domestic woes and monarchist plots.
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Warsaw
Poland
Moscow
Kneva
Zalewski
Austen Chamberlin
Aristide Briard
France
Gustav Stressemann
Germany
Peter Volkoff
Russia
Volkoff
Russia Plans 10 Transfer On 36
Berlin June 14 A Soviet plan to transfer 75 million dollars of orders halted by the break with Britain was decided at a conference of trade representatives. The United States Germany and Czecho Slovakia were seen as likely to receive the bulk of the orders if financing can be arranged. Moscow favors transferring British business to the United States if credit is available. Reports say British bankers may refuse to discount German bills amid strained relations and possible forest trade disruption.
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Berlin
Great Britain
United States
Germany
Czecho-Slovakia
Moscow
United
Mellon halts medicinal rum distilling after days of push
Washington reports that the treasury department indefinitely postponed permits to resume medicinal whisky distilling. Officials cite falling demand for medicinal liquor and extended existing stocks, while the Anti-Saloon League pressed to delay replenishment for years.
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Mellon
Washington, D. C
Treasury Department
Ireasury
Lindbergh Plans Focus on Aviation Development
New York June 14 Col Charles A Lindbergh pledged to devote his life to aviation development both commercial and military. He discussed touring by plane to promote aviation, with a likely stop in St Louis and visits to Minneapolis, praising Chamberlin and Byrd while avoiding personal questions. He left his York apartment for Field with cameramen buzzing nearby and planned to spend the day in business talks with colleagues.
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New York
Ciles A. Lindbergh
York
Lindbergh
St. Louis
Minneapolis
France
Lindbe
Chamberlin
Aewl
Ichagd
Blythe
Bergh
Casey
Curtis Field
Lindk L
Pines
Jones
B. F. Mahaney
Ryan Aircraft Corporation
Central Park
Linghp
Commodore
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University of Prague
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Holland
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Burkhart
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