Hoover Confers With Leaders On Campaign Plans
Washington dispatch reports Herbert Hoover meeting with Republican leaders and cabinet members in Washington to discuss campaign strategy. Talks centered on an industrial east push, corn belt insurgent influence, and a farm relief plan merging McNary Haugen principles with tariff protections. Key participants included Curtis Tilson Atterbury Mills and Davis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoover
McNary-Haugen
Curtis
Kansas
Caffers
Interior
Republican National Committee
W. W. Atterbury
Pennsylvania Railroad
John Q. Tilson
Rep
Conn
New York
Treasury
Ogden Mills
Dwight Davis
Storms and floods devastate wide regions across four states
Storms, floods and tornadoes sweep Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, and Arkansas, killing seven and injuring many. Thousands homeless flood relief efforts with rivers rising in southern Kansas and northern Oklahoma. Blair and Headrick, Oklahoma, face typhoid precautions as Red Cross seeks 25000 dollars in aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Oklahoma
Kansas
Missouri
Arkansas
Jackson County
Edinburg Dry Controversy Sparks Local Turmoil
Edinburg Indiana on June 19 sees W C Milburn, the town marshal and Church of God minister, at the center of a bitter feud. Petitions circulate to remove Wallace Loucke and Roy Cooper, two town board members who appointed Milburn, amid claims strict liquor enforcement harms business and drives farmers to shop in other towns. Milburn accuses liquor advocates of pressing the effort but says they are weakening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edinburg
Ind
Church of God
Wallace Loucke
Roy Cooper
Milburn
Friends of Liquor
Hammond Theatre Bomb Case On Trial
William Kleihege theater magnate faces trial in Crown Point Criminal court on charges of conspiracy to bomb the $1,750,000 Hammond state theater. Key testimony shows Kleihege paid Joe Million $2,500 to bomb the theater and Million hired Harry Ames and Marwood Williams to place the bombs. Million, Ames, and Williams testified, all serving penitentiary terms for the bombing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hammond
Ind
William Kleihege
Crown Point
Joe Million
Kleihege
Million
Harry Ames
Marwood Williams
Ames
Williams
Irish Novelist Donn Byrne Dies in Auto Crash
Clonakilty Ireland June 19 Donn Byrne leading Irish novelist was killed last night when his automobile overturned and crashed into a river between Marborough and Timoleague The accident ends the career of a noted author of Irish fiction with accolades for his national literature efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clonakilty
Ireland
Donn Byrne
Marborough
Timoleague
Vice Leaves To Attend Camp At Fort Harrison
Boone county men William Vice and Thornton Koontz won CMTC spots. Vice departed for Fort Harrison for a month of training, Koontz will leave in July for Camp Knox Kentucky. Indiana state CMTC quota was exceeded this year, says Boone enrollment officer Julius Ryan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Vice
Boone County
Citizen Military Training
Fort Harrison
Thornton Koontz
Camp Knox
Indiana
Julius Ryan
Examination for Mail Carrier at Thorntown
R. C. Holmes secretary of the local board of examiners announces a civil service examination for a mail carrier at Thorntown. The examination will be held in his city and receipt of applications closes July 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. C. Holmes
Board of Examiners
Thorntown
Want Convention to Be Prolonged
Houston residents hope the Democratic convention stays in session a full week to boost talk and local activity in Houston. City officials say they have prepared the hall and will welcome delegates and extra spending if the party puts on a memorable show. Weather in Houston brought a cooler surprise with a gulf breeze and pleasant temperatures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Kansas City
al Smith
Indians to Celebrate Curtis Selection in Kansas
Raw City Kansas June 19 a council of Indian tribes planned a celebration of Senator Charles Curtis as Republican vice presidential nominee. The Raw Tribe plans a celebration along the Arkansas River with Curtis invited to participate and definite plans to be announced later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raw City
Kas
Indian Tribes
Charles Curtis
Raw Tribe
Curtis
Raw
Arkansas River
Ritchie Cedes Votes As Smith Gains Maryland Support
Washington dispatch reports Governor Albert C. Ritchie ceding Maryland's 16 votes to Alfred E. Smith, boosting Smith beyond 700 on the first ballot. Virginia contest seen as Smith anti-Smith split with a Roanoke convention battle, while Ritchie dismisses any chance at the vice presidency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Alfred E. Smith
Maryland
Albert C. Ritchie
Houston
Smith
Virginia
Roanoke
Hoover
Kansas City
Ritchie
United Press
Brandenburgs Agree To Leave Town To Drop Public Intoxication Case
Chalmer Brandenburg and Mayor Paul Tauer discussed charges of public intoxication in Lebanon city court. If the Brandenburgs relocate residence outside Lebanon within three weeks, affidavits would be dropped. the plan followed a plea by Mrs Maude Undike of Indianapolis who pleaded guilty and was fined $10 plus $40 costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chalmer Brandenburg
Paul 0. Tauer
Brandenburg
Lebanon
Maude Undike
Indianapolis
Boys to be chosen for Culver Scout School
A large number of applications have been received for Culver Woodcraft School July 11 to 18. Judges must select two Boy Scouts to attend. All expenses are paid except transportation. Applications due June 23 at the Scout office. Activities include Lake Maxinkuckee outing, Culver Military Academy boys, meals, swimming, handicraft, boating, nature study and a full Scout program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scout
Culver Woodcraft School
Lake Maxinkuckee
Culver Military Academy
Norris Attitude Worries 6 0
Washington reports that the Middle Western Republican farm bloc led by Senator Norris faces a fork. He opposes third party movements and attacks Hoover and his backers while remaining silent on Smith. Analysts split on whether Norris will back Hoover, join Democrats, or stay aloof in Houston platform standings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kansas City
Norris
Nebraska
Herbert Hoover
Alfred E. Smith
Houston
Hoover
Calls School History False Urges Undecorated Truths
Columbus June 18 It is foolishness says Lieut Col Thomas J Dickson of Washington about the public schools history teaching He warns that false statements threaten future peace and national prestige asserting Washington exposes educational stupidity and cites myths about dogs used to locate injured missing soldiers in World War I.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Thomas J. Dickson
Washington
United States
Dickson
America
Euclid
Jevons
Greenleaf
Forty-Ninth Indiana Grand Army Encampment Opens
Columbus Ind June The forty-ninth annual state encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic opens with many Indiana veterans of 1861 present. Col D N Foster cites a drop from 27 000 to 1500 members in Indiana since 1885 and notes seven posts disbanded in the past year. Continued on page five.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ind
Grand Army of the Republic
D. N. Foster
Fort Wayne
Indiana
Hoffman
Lewallen's S O S Reaches Deaf Ears at Lake Shafer
Mau rice Lewallen linotype operator at the Reporter's office sends a wireless message from vacation near Lake Shafer describing a near drowning after a battle with a man eating bass that pulled him overboard. He escaped unclothed except for a straw hat, recovered his clothes but lost his glasses leaving him blind and fearing life at the lake, with local friends planning no rescue effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice Lewallen
Lake Shafer
Lewallen
Hammond Amusement Park Robbed in South Chicago Escape
Four heavily armed bandits robbed the Hammond Board Walk Amusement Park of 3000 dollars in Hammond Indiana. They accosted manager A K Hoff man and assistant Harry Newman as they left the park, forced them into a car, and later pulled them from the vehicle in South Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hammond
Ind
Hammond Board Walk
A. K E. Hoffman
Harry Newman
Hoffman
Newman
Chicago
Woman Receives 30 Day Jail Sentence in Lebanon City Court
Mrs Nellie Hall pleaded guilty to a statutory charge before Mayor Tauer in the Lebanon City court and was sentenced to 30 days in jail. The incident occurred yesterday afternoon with Hall being taken into custody Monday morning by the police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tauer
Lebanon
Nellie Hall
Earhart and party greeted by throngs in London arrival
Miss Amelia Earhart Wilmer Stultz and Low Gordon arrived in London at 6 20 am to an uproarious greeting as they traveled from Southampton to a Hyde Park hotel The Friendship seaplane landed at 7 20 am EST after a 135 mile flight from Barryport amid cheers crowds blocked streets and police controlled the scene with the American flag raised over the landing stage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Amelia Earhart
Wilmer Stultz
Low Gordon
Hyde Park Hotel
Southampton
Woolston
England
Barryport
United Press
Imperial Airways
Waterside
Iit
Fourth of July Fire Works Display planned at Memorial Park
Emmett Brown Post No 118 American Legion announces a mammoth Fourth of July celebration at Memorial Park. Fireworks, purchased factory direct, will include frames up to 20 feet square. Pushmobile race at 10 am chaired by Leon Chumlea with entries due by July 1. Tennis, bicycle, foot races and more directed by Jack Heifner. Horse-pulling and horse-shoe contests organized by John Peper and Heifner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmett Brown Post
American Legion
Memorial Park
Leon Chumlea
Ross Dale
Jack Heifner
John Peper
Jack Heif
Sheridan youth is given term in jail
George Spidel a Sheridan youth arrested on charges of issuing fraudulent checks was arraigned in Frankfort Indiana and pleaded guilty. The father agreed to cover the $2 Bell Clothing Store check. The court fined him ten dollars plus costs totaling twenty dollars and sentenced him to 29 days in the jail here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfort
Ind
George Spidel
Sheridan
City Cour
Bell
Washington township leaders to graduate from Central Normal School
J Campbell, new principal of Washington township schools, and Otis G Kelly, Whitestown high school teacher, will graduate this spring from the Central Normal School in Danville. Commencement exercises are set for Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Campbell
Washington Township
Otis G. Kelly
Whitestown
Central Normal School
Danville
Relief plane again fails to locate Nobile in Arctic rescue
At Kings Bay Spitzbergen on June 19 General Umberto Nobile and five aides remain unseen as relief planes fly within two kilometers. Roald Amundsen reportedly flew 600 miles from Tromsoe to reach the area, while Italian officers Major Prenzo and Major Maddalena join efforts with the Citta Di Milano in wireless contact and directing fliers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kigs Bay
Spitzbergen
Umberto Nobile
H. Riiser-Larsen
Leutzow-Holm
Nobile
Kings Bay
Roald Amundsen
Tromsoe
Norway
Amundsen
Lieut
Dietrichsen
Latham
Guilbaud
Citta di Milano
Prenzo
Ace
Arctic
Maddalena
Samuel McCannon Dies Near Sheridan
Samuel McCannon died at his home six miles north of Sheridan Sunday morning at 11 30 after several weeks illness. He was nearly 87 born October 1 1840 in Jennings county Indiana spent 54 years there. Survivors include brother William McCannon and granddaughter Mrs E B Merritt of Frankfort. Funeral at home 10 00 with Joe Warbritton officiating. burial in Sheridan cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel McCannon
Sheridan
Union Township
Jennings County
Ind
Martha
William McCannon
E. B. Merritt
Frankfort
Joe Warbritton
McCannon
Sheridan Cemetery
Uncle Andy Not As Cold As Pictured In Public Eye
Washington June 19 Secretary of the Treasury Andrew W Mellon is seen by many as a cold millionaire yet insiders call him Andy or Uncle Andy. He is shy retiring and spends 8 to 10 hours daily at his desk approving major department matters. He meets reporters twice a week, hosts brief press conferences with cigars, and carefully tames his answers about the Republican nomination and other politics. This piece notes Mellon's strategic role in Pennsylvania at the Republican convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Andrew W. Mellon
Andy
America
Pennsylvania
Mellon
Treasury
Imen
Philadelphia
Italy
Sugar Creek Floods Boone County After Heavy Rain
Sugar Creek rose after a heavy downpour over Boone county, surpassing last May’s peak in spots. At Mechanicsburg bridge the water ran about two feet below last year’s high, with 50 acres, mostly corn, submerged near the Frankfort state road. Traction service resumed after ballast washouts near Mulberry and Antioch. Wild Cat Creek also swelled, disrupting tracks and rail traffic. Frankfort Kirklin area drenched. Sugar Creek reached farmland and phone lines near Kirklin. Lebanon felt heavy rain but fared better than neighboring sections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boone County
Sugar Creek
Mechanicsburg Bridge
Frankfort State Road
Lebanon
Lafayette
Mulberry
Antioch
Monon
Pennsylvania
Frankfort
Kirklin
Three Children Die in Milwaukee Residence Fire
At Albert Geiger home in Milwaukee three children died in a house fire caused by a live coal from a kitchen range. Jerome eight, Marvin seven, and Allen six months perished while Mrs Geiger was out at a grocery store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wis
Albert Geiger
Jerome
Marvin
Allen
Opponents Nominally Lead Minnesota McNary Fight
In Minnesota a wet candidate and an opponent of the McNary Haugen bill won the Republican nomination in two districts. Walter H. Newton was renominated in the fifth district Minneapolis, while Melvin J. Maas won in the fourth district St. Paul. Newton led by more than two to one, Maas by a smaller margin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Minn
Walter H. Newton
Minnesota
Congress
Minneapolis
Melvin J. Maas
Newton
Maas
Ritchie Withdraws Candidacy and Smith Emerges
Governor Albert C. Ritchie withdraws from the Democratic presidential race in favor of Governor Alfred E. Smith of New York and plans to have Maryland delegates vote for Smith. Smith campaign official George Van Namee arrives in Houston to set up headquarters as Virginia delegates prepare for state convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert C. Ritchie
Alfred E. Smith
New York
Maryland
George van Namee
Smith
Houston
Virginia
Washington
Jesse H. Jones
Huston Thompson
Ajor
Henry T. Allen
Kentucky
Thomas J. Walsh
Montana
Vic Donahey
Ohio
Jo Lseph T. Robinson
Arkansas
Nicholas
Murray Butler
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Washington, D. C
Commerce Department
Representative Fort
Rep. N. J
Crafts Farm Program
Blair
Headrick
Okla
State Health Department
Red Cross
Hammond Theatre
Vice
Indians
Trytour Teapot Dome
Im J
Ritchie Cedes
Bowers
Culver Scout School
Fear of Bolt
Hammond Amusement Park
Atlantic Flyers
Friendship Crew
Campbell and
Kelly
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