House Leaders Rally for Veterans Economy Clash
Washington dispatch reports House Democrats met in conference to back President Roosevelt against the Cutting Steiner amendment rising costs for the Veterans Bureau. The fight split party lines as Republicans and many Democrats backed liberalized veterans aid while administration leaders urged unity and a presidential veto on the $650 million independent offices bill.
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Washington
House
Senate
Roosevelt
Rep. Burns
Tennessee
Veterans’ Bureau
Congress
Tully
Great Britain
Memry Senate
Black
Rowe
Brown
Bulkley
Caraway
Copeland
Costigan
Hayden
Lonergan
Long
McAdoo
McCarran
Neely
Overton
Reynolds
Thomas
Oklahoma
Trammell
Walsh
Massachusetts
Wheeler
Steiner
Oregon
Cutting
New Mexico
Reed
Pennsylvania
Johnson
California
Leaderong
Louisiana
Florida
New York
Montana
Tey
McKinley Elected Indiana Delegate to National Encampment
John F McKinley of Elizaville a Rich Mountain Post member was chosen as one of Indiana state delegates to the national encampment in St Paul Minnesota on September 17 This honor came at the state Grand Army of the Republic encampment in Huntington where the meeting closed today.
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John’ F. McKinley
Elizaville
Rich Mountain Post
G. AR
Indiana
St. Paul
Minn
Grand Army
Huntington
Manhunt Expands as 500 Aim to Capture Bank Robbers
Jefferson City Missouri June 15 five hundred armed men including a Missouri National Guard machine gun unit aided by four planes and river launches hunted for three bandits who shot and killed two officers near Columbus after robbing a Mexico bank of 1750. Roads blocked patrols close in on a triangular wooded area north of town along highways 40 and 50 while four airplanes scout for signs.
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Jefferson City
Missouri National Guard
Missouri
Columbus
Mexico
Casteel
Guthrie
Missouri River
Kiwanis Milk Fund Boosted by Dance
The Kiwanis Club of Lebanon organized a dance at the Alen Country Club on Wednesday night June 14 to raise funds for a daily milk supply for preschool children in needy families. Bob White's orchestra provided the music and over 100 couples attended, with many tickets still pending collection, promising a neat sum for the milk fund.
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Kiwanis Club
Lebanon
William Gruver
Alen Country Club
Bob White
Mattern Overdue At Nome Alaska
Nome Alaska June 16 More than 20 hours after the reported departure from Khabarovsk Siberia of Smiling Jimmy Mattern no word had been received on his progress toward Nome Alaska The round the world solo flier had been expected to complete the trip in 16 to 17 hours Two days earlier he had turned back due to adverse weather and it was possible the same situation recurred Arctic winds and ice fogs may have slowed the plane.
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Nome
Alaska
Khabarovsk
Siberia
Jimmy, Mattern
Bobby Shue
John Shue
Herman Hubble
Ora Mc-Daniel Place
Civil Service System Under Fire In Congress Debate
Washington June 15 The spoils system successor has been dealt blows by the present Congress Democrats charge Republicans seek to turn hundreds of thousands of government jobs into patronage The civil service commission faces a House investigation over alleged improper apportionment among states including Maryland Virginia and the District of Columbia The inquiry is led by Representatives al of Alabama and Hast of Oklahoma with party lines mirrored in the debate.
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Washington
Congress
Wallace
Civil Service
Ocra
New Ac
House
Civil Service Commission
House Democrats
Maryland
Virginia
District of Columbia
Reps. al
Alabama
Hast
Oklahoma
Band to Perform Midweek Concert at La Doga
Huckstep's band features Bob White, vocalist, and Lebanon youth Junior Swope known for his yodeling. The regular midweek concert will be held tonight at La doga with a program including their distinctive numbers.
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Huckstep’s
Ladoga
Iaities
Bob White
Junior Swope
Lebanon
Death of ex-Tiger athlete Ephus Cook at 23
Ephus Cook, 23, former Lebanon high school track and basketball standout, died at Witham Hospital after a long illness and major operation. He served as a corporal in Battery C, 169th Field Artillery Indiana National Guard. Funeral services will be held Friday at the First United Brethren Church. burial at Oak Hill Cemetery. He was born in the county to Andrew Lora and Mary L. Cook and was unmarried.
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Ephus Cook
Lebanon
Witham Hospital
Adus
First United Brethren Church
G. R. Powell
James A. Brenneman
Oak Hill Cemetery
West
Walnut Street
Andrew Lora
Mary L. (Mavity) Cook
Mae
May 1938 Manufacturing Gains Do Not Signal Recovery
Secretary Frances Perkins notes a 4.8 percent rise in manufacturing employment and an 11.5 percent payroll gain in May from April, yet warns the improvement follows a March bank holiday decline and purchasing power remains well below levels needed to sustain higher production. Wages rose more than employment, indicating higher earnings for workers already on payrolls.
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Washington
Frances Perkins
Miss Perkins
Children’s program at Advance Church Sunday 7:30 PM
Children’s exercises led by Mrs. Victor Caplinger will be held Sunday evening at 7:30 at Shiloh Christian Church in Advance. The program includes a processional, opening song The Day We Love, readings by Anita McClaine James Allen Piersol and Juniors, solos by Maurine Smith Clar Jean Caplinger Kerine Runnels and others.
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Victor Caplinger
Shiloh Christian Church
Anita McClaine
Mary Whiteman
Maurine Smith
Rea Elsie Smith
Deris Keys
Bobby Riner
James Allen Piersol
Solo
Clar Jean, Caplinger
Charles Kincaid
Kerine Runnels
Debt Victory Celebrated by London Crowds
London marked the debt adjustment with jubilation as Britain pays 10 million dollars in silver on account. The press and public view the Baldwin bargain as dead and expect Washington talks to push Lausanne on a one dollar to ten cents basis. London crowds filled streets, papers sold out, and officials hailed the move while Americans weigh its impact on the economic conference and future settlements.
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Geological Museum
London
Britain
Washington
Lausanne
House of Commons
Roosevelt
Congress
London Daily Express
United States
Ronald Lindsay
Lindsay
Neville Chamberlain
Walter Runciman
Board of Trade
Chamberlain
America
Fred Daily Trial Set for June 2
Hearing on the plea in abatement in Fred Daily’s embezzlement case concluded with the judge taking the matter under advisement and setting June 26 as the tentative trial date. Daily, indicted by a Boone county grand jury in March on embezzlement and forgery charges, has been jailed since April 1. The article also covers a separate personal injury case brought by Chester B. Tingle, administrator, seeking $10,000 for the death of Mrs. Natilla Wells in a 1931 auto crash near Beech Grove, with jury selection underway and the trial possibly ending by tomorrow night.
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Fred Daily
John. W. Hornaday
Daily
Boone County
Chester B. Tingle
Natilla Wells
Walter Dersch
Wells
Beech Grove
Henry O. Wells
William
Kenneth
Willard Stensell
Harrison
Floyd E. Jones
Union
Frank Beaman
Center
James Blaine
Washington
Glen Cruse
Eagle
William Large
T. O. Edwards
Stanley E. Jones
Claude Large
Carl S. Denny
Jefferson
Dwaine Thompson
Marion
Rollie H. Gates
Roy W. Adney
George White
Franklin and
Henderson & Henderson
Indianapolis
Parr & Parr
Lebanon
Bingham, Mendenhall and Bingham
John Parr Improves After Slabtown Auto Crash
John Parr, badly injured in an automobile crash near Slabtown, shows satisfactory improvement at Williams Hospital. The attending physician says the prognosis now looks favorable for saving the bone that was crushed.
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John Parr
Slabtown
Williams Hospital
DePauw Honors Distinction Lists Local Graduates
DePauw University lists graduates with distinction including Boone County students Daphene Daggy of Thorntown and Lois Fraley of Lebanon. Helen Kendall Link of Greenscastle is noted as the daughter of Charles Kendall, a former Lebannon merchant and resident.
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DePauw University
Boone County
Daphene Delora Daggy
Thorntown
Lois Eleancr Fraley
Lebanon
Helen Kendall Link
Greencastle
Charles Kendall
Midnight Fire Destroys Barn on John Owen Farm
Fire of unknown origin destroyed a large barn seven miles south of Thorntown shortly before midnight. Loss included 1,600 bushels of corn and oats, wheat, hay. total estimate pending. Owen carried 400 dollars insurance on contents and 1,600 on the barn.
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John Owen
Thorntown
Owen
United States and France seek monetary accord
June 15 report says there is no essential divergence between US and France on restoring monetary stability. James M. Cox, elected chair of the world economic monetary committee, pledges sound policy and cites talks with French Finance Minister Bonnet. Other committee appointments are announced and work to begin tomorrow. A dollar stabilization between 4.00 and 4.10 per pound is anticipated. Debts payments are discussed with Britain, France, Belgium, and Italy, with partial payments reported. Litvinoff proposes world-wide abolition of discriminatory tariffs.
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Geological Museum
London
United States
France
James M. Cox
Monetary Committee
World Economic Conference
United
Bie
Cox Sa
Bonnet
Georges Bonnet
Cox
Gudio Jung
Keinbock
Austria
Thomas Lebreton
Karl Vincent Krogmann
Hamburg
Economic Committee
MacDonald
Washington
Roosevelt
Great Britain
Belgium
America
Italy
State Department
Augusto Rosso
Phillips
Rosso
Latvia
Oratory
Maxim Litvinoff
Britain
Russia
Bennett
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John F. McKinley
Piste Ny X
Mattern
Advance Church
Baldwin
Fred
Depauw
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