Mellon Sees Big Day as Uncle Sam Reels in Taxes
Washington June 16. Mr Mellon reports a busy day at the Treasury with nearly 400 million dollars in income and other tax receipts plus 89 million from debtor nations. He notes the government sold 249,598,000 in new 3 percent bonds and paid 378 million in short term securities, with 70 dollars in interest on Liberty issues. He outlines proposals allowing Second Liberty bond holders to sell directly to the government through June 22, with purchases to follow June 28. Redemption of Second Liberty bonds is set for November 15, with the treasury reserving the right to reject all offers.
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Washington, D. C
Mr. Mellon
Uncle Sam
Mellon
Europe
Treasury
Sam Mellon
Liberty
Weedure
Federal Reserve
Federal Reserve Bank
Police Urge Strict Parking Within White Lines Downtown
Chief D A Neal urges motorists to cooperate with traffic rules and park within the newly marked white lines. Downtown streets have updated markings and police will enforce, noting cars over the line waste space and cause misalignment when driven in at angles.
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D. A. Neal
Neal
Anti-Saloon League Profits From Agitation
Indianapolis reports discuss breaching proposals to loosen Indiana prohibition to allow medicinal whisky. Representative Frank Wright, author of the Wright bone dry law, states Sunday lecturing for the League yields $20 per session and collections typically $30 to $40 but now exceed $100. Donor envelopes bear signatures, including one from a bootlegger in Valparaiso, who Wright says did not intend a true offering.
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Indianapolis
Frank Wright
Wright
Valparaiso
Ind
Indignation in Moscow Over Warsaw Volkoff Assassination Trial
Tremendous anger spread in Moscow over Boris Kowerda's Warsaw trial for Pierre Volkoff's assassination. The court imposed indefinite imprisonment with a 15 year hard labor recommendation, drawing criticism for its handling of the case as isolated rather than part of a monarchist conspiracy against Russia. Moscow denies any war risk with Poland, but tightens factory security amid spy arrests and warns against incitement. No hostility toward foreigners was observed.
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Moscow
Boris Kowerda
Warsaw
Pierre Volkoff
Poland
Russia
Soviet
Russian student guilty of Soviet minister murder in Warsaw
Boris Kowerda, 19, a Russian student, was convicted in Warsaw for the murder of Pierre Volkoff, Soviet minister to Poland. He was sentenced to imprisonment without limitation, with defense urging leniency for youth. The court recommended a possible 150 years of hard labor, noting the act was to avenge the Bolshevik regime.
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Warsaw
Boris Kowerda
Pierre Volkoff
Poland
Igd
Volkoff
Scholl Sentenced to Life Imprisonment in Gary Case
Valparaiso Ind June 16 Walter Scholl 38 slayer of his two children Vivian 8 and Donald 6 by strangling them in a Gary cottage was sentenced to life imprisonment by Judge Grant Pepminnecker of the Porter Circuit court.
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Valparaiso, Ind
Walter Scholl
Vivian
Donald
Gary
Grant Pepminnecker
Porter Circuit
GILLIONS OPIN NO TO SLOW WOR OF OFFICERS HERE
An Indiana case outlines Boone county enforcement of the Wright bone dry law despite Gilliam’s medicinal liquor opinion. Lebanon officials say arrests will continue as before with the medicinal defense allowed only as a factual defense for juries to weigh. Prosecutor Sunderland notes the state will press liquor violations, and appeals may bring in the attorney general only in Supreme Court battles.
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Boone County
Arthur L. Gilliam
Indiana
Lebanon
D. A. Neal
Neal
John H. Sunderland
Gilliam
Can Act In Appeals
Sunderland
Giliam
Jackson
Supreme Court
Prosecutor Sun
President Coolidge begins summer vacation in Black Hills
President Coolidge arrived in the Black Hills South Dakota for a secluded vacation 32 miles from a railroad. The 30 room lodge sits beside a trout stream patrolled by state police with few disturbances from tourists. Secret service and White House staff set up in the nearby high school, including executive offices and a private telephone connection to the lodge.
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N. D
Coolidge
Black Hills
South Dakota
United States
Washington
White House
Secret Service
Auto Train Crash Kills Family of Eight in Indiana
Sunman Indiana June 16 a family of eight perished in a crossing crash Wednesday night when their car was struck by a Big Four railroad flier at Meridian Street The dead include Frank Whippel 45 his wife 45 Romelda Whippel 19 Melvin Whippel 17 Wilson Whippel 13 and Mrs Whippel The two children died soon after at Dr C F Fletcher s office with Melvin dying later that night and the elder Whippel dying the next morning at 8 40 am The Whippels lived on a farm Continued on Page Four
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Meridian Street
Frank Whippel
Frank Nee
Romelda Whippel
Melvin Whippel
Wilson Whippel
Melvin
Whippel
Ippers
Indiana G A R Sessions Close In Gary Indiana
Indiana's Grand Army of the Republic veterans, dwindled to a small group, wrap up the forty-eighth encampment in Gary. Delegates depart on special trains to southern Indiana. auxiliary sessions proceed as officers wrap final business. The 1928 convention will be held in Columbus after yesterday's decisions.
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Gary Ind
Indiana
Grand Army of Auxiliary
Grand Army
Columbus
Back Seat Driver Report Sparks Bloomington Spat
Indianapolis police were called to investigate a report that a screaming woman was being kidnapped in Bloomington, but officers found a Bloomington man and his wife. The report claimed the wife was driving too loudly from the back seat, with the man denying the accusation.
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Indianapolis
Bloomington
Bank vigilantes in Wisconsin rising rapidly
Milwaukee Wis June 16 The vigilante system of arming citizens as deputies to protect banks is rapidly gaining favor according to the protective department of the Wisconsin Bankers association The dead or alive reward for bank bandits is now effective in twenty Wisconsin counties while twelve counties have citizen deputies fully armed and five counties are ready to arm subject if approval of the bank association
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Milwaukee
Wis
Wisconsin Banker’s Association
Wisconsines
Hoosiers Greet Mrs Lindbergh in Indianapolis
A Michigan Alumni group presented Mrs Evangeline Lodge Lindbergh with flowers as the Spirit of St Louis train passed through Union Station at 8 25 am en route to St Louis. Officials planned a reception but it was disrupted by the early arrival and Mrs Lindbergh appeared on the platform greeting the crowd before continuing on.
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Indianapolis
University of Michigan
Evangeline Lodge Lindbergh
Holland-Maly Co to Perform Here in Two Shows
The Holland-Maly Musical Company from Indianapolis will perform Friday and Saturday, June 24-25, at Red Men's hall in the Cason-Neal Building under I O R M auspices. Lead tenor Frank Holland starred in Patricia last March at the Murat Theatre and has drawn radio attention from WL WFBM and others.
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Holland-Mary Musical Marginal Company
Indianapolis
Red Men's Hall
Cason-Neal
Og Kang Om
Wfbm
Missing French airmen not found hoax report from camp
In Chicoutimi Quebec an accountant A Blais phoned River Bend to say missing French fliers Charles Nungesser and Francois Coli were found. The hoax aimed to break monotony of life, spurring panicked telegrams worldwide. The source, Blais, was located by the United Press and confessed. The flare signals traced to Price Bros lumber mill were part of stolen signals. Continued on page four.
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Chicoutimi
A. Blais
River Bend
Here
Charles Nungeser
Francois Coli
Blais
United Press
Supreme Court Sets July Hearing for Dragon's Appeal
Indiana Supreme Court fixed July 1 for the hearing of D. C. Stephenson's appeal from Judge Crumpacker's denial of habeas corpus. Stephenson, serving a life term for murder, argues his Hamilton county trial was illegal. Arthur L. Gilliam leads the state's argument.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana Supreme Court
D. C
Arthur L. Gilliam
Army Watches Pennies and Saves $300,000
War Department officials announced that the quarter master corps will save over a million dollars in the current fiscal year through small economies. By altering clothing sizes and reducing overcoats, about $300,000 will be saved by June 30. Additional savings come from bulk hay purchases, feeding for animals, converting tractors to passenger vehicles, and new motor repair systems. The transfer of air corps activities from McCookfield to Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio, will realize $68,000.
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Washington, D. C
War Department
Quartermaster Corps
Department
Bctl
Air Corps
McCookfield
Wright Field
Dayton
Ohio
Lindbergh’s Washington trip in the Spirit of St Louis
Lindbergh flew from Curtiss Field to Anacostia and back in a noted overnight run. He arrived in Washington and then returned to Mitchell Field to resume a busy New York program including a tea to collect the Orteig prize.
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New York
Charles A. Lindbergh
Spirit of
Mitchell
Lindbergh
Curtiss Field
Richard Blythe
Lieut
St. Clair Street
Selfridge Air Field
Michigan
Army
Washington
Lieut. Street
Army Flier
Mitchell Field
Raymond Orteig Rize
Paris
Girl Scouts Present Benefit Show at Colonial Theatre
The Colonial Theatre hosts a benefit show on Wednesday nights June 1 and 22 featuring the film Fast and Furious with Reginald Denny. Orchestra music accompanies the screening as proceeds boost the Girl Scout camp fund.
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Colonial Theatre
Girl Scouts
Reginald Denny
Orchestra
Father's Day Observance Origin and History
Sunday June 19 is Father’s Day, observed on the third Sunday of June for the fifth time. The idea dates to 1910 with Mrs. B. Dodd of Spokane and Miss Anna Jarvie of Philadelphia, who helped launch the national observance despite early doubt and merriment.
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Rs. B. Dodd
Spokarie
Wash
Dack
Albout
Dodd
Anna Darvie
Philadelphia
Sagres
United Action
Ulen's Dream for Lebanon Country Club Park Grows
Henry C. Ulen aims to transform Lebanon Indiana into a premier residence district around the Country Club Park. New plantings, shrubbery, and flowering beds appear as developers plan to build homes along the Dutch Country Club area. Local officials and residents praise the redevelopment, expecting rapid growth and the district’s rise as a beauty spot in Indiana.
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Henry C. Ulen
Lebanon
Ana
Attractiv Memorial Park
Indiana
State
Ulen
Iry Club
Co Club Park
Alen Country Club
Park Nursery
Thomas Herd
Ulen &,Pany
New York
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