19 Jun 1935
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Newspaper
Lebanon Daily Reporter
Location
Lebanon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1935
Page
1
Smoke and fear trigger a 21 hour strike by 47 convicts at the Kansas State Penitentiary mine. Guards breaching a blasting shaft rescue surface prisoners. property damage runs to thousands. Warden Simpson praises guards and cites O. N. Johnson and Robert Murray for their actions amid the riot.
Kokomo Indiana June 19 The aerial trooper event participating in the seventh week landed in Terre Haute after a Kiwanis lunch The Yawabonds were to fly to miselver to participate in the Jasper county station They will spend the night in Rochester The air caravan consists of 150 and pilots and forty airplanes.
Warren Maine June 19 Philip Magidson 19 of Pittsburgh dancer and leader of Magidson duo perished in a triple automobile crash that involved a motor bus carrying Jimmy Hodges Mia Night Revue members and two autos. Many injured included show girls with two on dangerous list at Knox County Hospital.
In Indianapolis fifty five FERA workers fell ill after consuming suspect food in camp kitchens. Physicians attended the sick as authorities traced the outbreak to tainted meals. Morgans, secretary of the board of health, ordered peddlers to halt selling food to FERA workers amid ongoing investigations into prior incidents.
Unseasonably cool conditions lingered across Indiana with forecasts calling for a warming trend Thursday. Meteorologist J Hood Armington noted temperatures in the fifties overnight, rising tomorrow, though northern Indiana may see additional showers tonight. Lowest readings reported in South Bend and Wheatfield around 52, Evansville recording about 58.
Bulletin summary from June 19 reports a commission of the chamber of deputies in Paris reached a decision to consider France no longer bound by the Washington and London naval limitation treaties. Other items note riot gun ammunition rushed to Vancouver for British Columbia police, trolley strike arbitration in Jahama Nebraska, and mud floods killing at least 12 in San Sebastian and Magdalena Mexico. A Washington bill modification removes the 1940 dissolution clause from the utility holding company measure after months of debate.
Pleasantly recalling the first Certified Coupons carried in The Reporter last week, thousands await today's ad page. Most offers are new this week with a few popular repeats. Coupons honored by merchants Thursday through Sunday, as before, for thrifty buyers.
The four day gathering ends with a parade as 60 G A R members and about 1,200 attendees pledge unwavering devotion to constitutional government. The resolution commits to defending American freedom, rights of property, speech, press, worship and assembly, and to petition the government for redress of grievances.
Kansas state penitentiary coal mine superintendent describes ten hours held by striking convicts who wrecked the mine and threatened officers. He praises the prisoners’ restrained conduct and recounts escape via the air shaft with guards, a gun cage held by C N Johnson, and the mine’s extensive damage before recovery and briefing with the prison board.
Washington June 19 The house appropriations committee backed a federal public building program totaling about 1.1 billion dollars for 435 new structures nationwide from a list of 1 142 recommended by federal departments The plan includes 58 million for general public buildings 6 million for the District of Columbia and 20 million for veterans hospitals The committee also urged a lump sum appropriation following treasury and post office department practices.
Federal grand jury in Tacoma was convened to indict Waleys Harmon and William Mahan for the Weyerhaeuser kidnapping. J. H. Weyerhaeuser Jr. is expected to testify on meeting the kidnapers and delivering the ransom to secure his son George.
Washington reports House Appropriations Committee slashed budget estimates by 37 percent, totaling 224,472,501 from 356,665,601. Reductions cited include use of a 4 billion fund for works, denial of payment to the Philippine Islands based on devaluation, and funding for U S air mail to China and public buildings.
Awakening residents in Los Angeles and Pasadena reported four earthquake shocks recorded today by the Carnegie Seismological Institute in Pasadena. The first and strongest quake at 1:66 a.m. centered about 300 miles away, with a second strong tremor felt at the Hall of Justice and other locations. Santa Ana reported rattling windows and dishes as a quake originated about 60 miles from Pasadena, but no serious damage was reported.
Northwest Indiana Conference of the Methodist Episcopal church adopted a resolution to create a standing committee on religious education and urged closer ties between missionary and educational movements. Dr. T. F. Williams of Lafayette paid tribute to Indiana’s pioneer ministers during memorial services.
Washington June 19 The House Appropriation Committee disclosed the invention of an electric eye that can correct examination papers in five seconds. The Civil Service Commission asked for 25000 dollars to purchase one device, which was granted. Developed by Dr L J O Rourke it uses photoelectric action to tabulate correct answers by detecting marks on the paper and registers only correct responses.
A municipal swimming pool for Lebanon moved forward as a Policy Board was appointed to oversee planning financing and construction. Lester J Boatman president of the Lebanon Chamber of Commerce leads the board with Bayard Shumate James R McCann Harry Price Thomas J Burrin and Donaldson as members. ex officio members include Boatman and Rush Stevenson. A finance committee will be formed soon and architects received tentative plans after Tuesday night meeting. The pool is slated for Memorial park west end near the old race track with a horseshoe shape following the curve of the site.
Washington Ind June 19 Former Judge Milton S Hastings 73 retired Jan 1 after 12 years on the Davies Martin county Circuit court was found dead in a chair at home by his partner Adeline Lehman who called to take him to his office Heart disease believed to be the cause of death The widow a daughter several brothers and a sister survive
Four people died in a Los Angeles automobile crash when a gasoline tank exploded after a sideswipe. A wall of flames trapped them in a small sedan and prevented rescue efforts. The victims were Earl Mosher, 28, Clark Coxey, Georgiana Martin, 19, and Bernice Martin, 23.
Detroit reports U S S James Couzens pledged 550000 to a federal program creating Oakland County Homes Inc. to build a 1000 acre colony near Pontiac. The project aims to let workers grow their own food during leisure and layoffs, with a non profit to manage sites near Detroit, Pontiac, Flint and Lansing.
Former assistant secretary of commerce Ewing Y. Mitchell told the Senate commerce committee that the U S Shipping Board was a cess pool of corruption and he sought help from top New Deal figures to root out abuses. He criticized Admiral Hatch J Cone and U S Lines contracts including the Levithan case, urging rescission and protection from racketeers. The testimony drew defense from Senator Fletcher and opposition from Senator Bailey as Mitchell pressed for internal reform. Continued story on page 41.
Washington June 19 President Roosevelt disclosed general information on the Leviathan liner laying up the ship as a cost saving measure. He called it silly for an operating company to absorb a loss while allowed to apply it to new ships. He said he knows nothing of a 7 million can and there are no collateral reasons for Mitchell's dismissal.
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