Paul W Newman Named Lebanon High Basketball Coach
Paul W Newman former Purdue athlete and Ward Lambert scout was chosen by the Lebanon school board as basketball and track coach and history teacher for the 1930 31 school year. He signed a one year contract age 26 and succeeds Al Harker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul W. Newman
Purdue
Ward
Lebanon
Jefferson
Lafayette
Jeff
Newman
Bloomington
Franklin
Lambert
George Spradling
Chicago
al Harker
Clifford
Kip) Parr
Parr
Sheridan
Merwin L. Bokan Guest of Ulenco Travels Through U.S.
Merwin L. Bokan serving as United States commerce attache in Latin America visits U.S. cities to confer with American firms about Central American business. He has been in contact with Ulen and Company representatives abroad and accepted an invitation to be their guest in Lebanon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merwin L. Bohan
United States
Guatemala
Central America
Ulen and Company
Bohan
United States Department of Commerce
Guatemala City
Lebanon
Veiled Prophets End Indianapolis Meeting
Thousands of delegates to the forty first annual meeting of the Mystic Order Veiled Prophets of the Enchanted Realm in Indianapolis go homeward. The convention closed with a speed demonstration at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway featuring six leading drivers averaging over 100 mph in three races of 10 to 25 miles each. Pete DePaolo Louis Moore Ed Meyer Bill Cummings Marion Trexler and Dave Evans competed. DePaolo also staged a tire changing demonstration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Mystic Order
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Pete DePaolo
Louis Moore
Ed Meyer
Bill Cummings
Marion Trexler
Dave Evans
DePaolo
Hope Revived for Adjournment of Congress June 28
Washington reports revived hopes for Congress to adjourn by June 28 after the Senate settled contentious points in the 186 million river and harbor bill. A final vote on the World War pension act is expected by Saturday, then the Parker bus bill remains before Hoover acts. The Lake Michigan water restriction limits flow to 1500 cubic feet per second for the Illinois waterway project, with House already permitting needed water for operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Senate
Hoover
Lake Michigan
House
Oscar Castle and the Sugar Creek gambling raid case
In Mechanicsburg, Oscar Castle and David Goff faced City Court and Circuit Court actions after a Sugar Creek raid on an alleged beer and gambling resort. Castle was fined 236 dollars and sent to a penal farm for a liquor charge, while Goff received 25 dollars and ninety days for maintaining slot machines. The court split $22 found in the machines, giving Castle half after a dispute over ownership and the rest to Goff, amid proceedings about partnership and perjury threats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Castle
Castle
David Goff
Sugar Creek
Mechanicsburg
G Off
Goff
John A. Sunderland
Willett H. Parr Jr
Oscar
Centenarian William Miller Takes First Air Flight In Fort Worth Area
William Miller of Whitestown near Indianapolis became 100 years old during a ride in Col Reg Robbins’s tri motor plane over Fort Worth and surrounding countryside. The guest, with a party including his son Charles Miller and several others, expressed cautious enthusiasm and favored automobiles for future travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Miller
Whitestown
Miller
Fred Siess Company
Reg Robbins
Fort Worth
Texas
Col. Robbins
Mr. Miller
Charles Miller
Dr Isaac B. Austin Dies in Noblesville at 86
Dr Isaac B. Austin 86 died in Noblesville Ind from pneumonia contracted while en route home from the Wabash encampment where he was elected commander of the Indiana Grand Army of the Republic. Survived by widow a son Arthur Austin Indianapolis a daughter Clara Austin Noblesville and two sisters Mrs Pennington Kokomo and Mrs Emma Conner Anderson. He had lived in Noblesville since 1858 and served in the Civil War with the 39th Indiana Regiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noblesville
Ind
Isaac B. Austin
Indiana Department of the Grand Army of the Republic
Wabash
Austin
Kokomo
Solomon Pennington
Arthur Austin
Indianapolis
Clara Austin
Pennington
Emma Conner
Anderson
39Th
Indiana
Farm home damaged by fire near Lebanon
The roof of the T. W. Saltmarsh home one mile south of Lebanon on the Clifford farm was damaged by fire this morning. Firemen confined the blaze to the roof and volunteers formed a bucket brigade until the fire truck arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. W. Saltmarsh
Lebanon
Clifford
Lebanon Men Soar 1 1/2 Miles Above City in Plane
A second air voyage led by Col. Reg Robbins saw a group ascend one and a half miles above Lebanon, surpassing the prior altitude claim by a band of Leb anon businessmen. Passengers included Winson Jones Wilbur Slagle Frank Carey Russ Robinson Elmer Brenton Jr Norwood Sallee Verne Rader Bert Miller Basil Jeffries Ralph Poynter Cleon Bratton and Joe Beck. Theodore R Caldwell Civil War veteran rode earlier with Robbins, calling it a thrill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Col
Reg Robbins
Winson Jones
Wilbur Slagle
Frank Carey
Russ Robinson
Elmer Brenton Jr
Norwood Sallee
Verne Rader
Bert Miller
Basil Jeffries
Ralph Poynter
Cleon Bratton
Joe Beck
Indianapolis
Theodore R. Caldwell
Col. Robbins
Mr. Caldwell
Fred Siess
Bobby Jones Captures British Open Title at Hoylake
Bobby Jones won the British Open at Hoylake with 291 strokes over 72 holes to complete the British Open and British amateur double this year. Archie Compston and Leo Diegel offered late threats, but Jones finished ahead, marking his third Open win and the seventh consecutive year that the United States held the Open trophy.
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Hoylake
Eng
Bobby Jones
St. Andrews
Jones
John Ball
England
United States
Great Britain
Archie Compston
Leo Diegel
New York
Diegel
Hay loader accident kills farmer near Litton
William Frederick Ayers forty a farmer four miles southeast of Jamestown died from a fall while unloading hay on the Alva Hawker farm near Litton Thursday afternoon. He broke his neck and died two and a half hours later. Witnesses said his foot slipped while descending and the horses bolted, Ayers clutched the lines and was crushed under the wheels. He lived in Hendricks and Boone counties and leaves wife Mary Esther Leeke two daughters Clarice and Orpha, a brother Henry and sisters Stella Hardesty and Iva Ayers. Funeral services Saturday at two o'clock at Lizton Christian Church conducted by Revs Bacon and Blake.
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William Frederick Ayers
Jamestown
Alva Hawker
Litton
Mr. Ayers
Myers
O. C. Wiseheart
North Salem
Hawker
Orpha
Henry Ayers
Near
Lizton
Stella Hardesty
Iva Ayers
R. G. Bacon
R. R. Blake
Chicago police ranks shaken in sweeping reform
Chicago acting Commissioner John Alcock launched a major reorganization aimed at curbing gang violence. About 1 000 officers shift positions, 700 detectives move to uniforms for patrols, 200 detectives stay at the bureau, and five districts are abolished with deputy commissioners reduced. The plan includes a single gang activities clearing house and a pledge to flood streets with uniformed officers. Mayor’s committee hearing signals broader probe into police gang ties.
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Chicago
John Alcock
William Russell
Police Department
Iron Man
John Norton
Alcock
Alfred J
Chicago Tribune
Alice
Farm Bureau Official Praises New Tariff Law
Lee Palmer president of the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation praised the tariff at a Lafayette banquet saying it will aid in maintaining the American standard of living. Guests included county agriculture agents vocational teachers and Purdue extension workers. Governor Harry G. Leslie predicted northern Indiana would soon become an industrial center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lafayette
Ind
Lee Palmer
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
State Board of Agriculture
Purdue University
Palmer
Harry G. Leslie
Indiana
United States
Police arrest Schroeder near home in Mobile
Indianapolis reports Harold Herbert Schroeder a 35 year old missing Mobile businessman was captured by Mobile police two blocks from his business. He faces arson warrants for burning his car on the High School road near Indianapolis May 31. The charred body in the car remains unidentified as investigators doubt it is Schroeder. An Nanticoke postcard linked Tony Vowell as a possible identity but was not conclusive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Harold Herbert Schroeder
Mobile
Ala
Schroeder
Judson Stark
George Eggleston
High School
George Winkler
Anthony Janulewicz
Tony Vowell
Nanticoke
Tony
Advocates Building More Penitentiaries in Indiana
War den Walter H. Daly urged the Kiwanis Club in Kokomo to build new prisons rather than expand existing ones. He argued no prison can function well with over 1,200 inmates, noting the State Prison currently houses 2,308 prisoners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kokomo
Ind
Walter H. Daly
State Prison
Kiwanis Club
Herdrich Heads Lumber Company Formation
Announcement by B F Herdrich that he has purchased James R Stewart's interest in Herdrich Stewart Lumber Company Inc The firm reorganized as Herdrich Lumber Company Inc dealing in native and pine lumber and building materials Mr Herdrich is a longtime county figure with 25 years in lumber Orge E Adams joins as bookkeeper and fire manager Bearhr continues as supervisor of the lumber yards
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. F. Herdrich
James R. Stewart
Herdrich-Stewart Lumber Company, Inc
Herdrich Lumber Company, Inc
Herdrich
Indiana Business Men Praise Local Industrial Show
Enormous crowds fill Lebanon's Exposition and Good Will Jubilee with Indiana business leaders from Indianapolis to South Bend praising the Chamber of Commerce and Freeman's & Green, Inc. as exhibitors showcase colorful displays. Old Time Fiddlers, led by Doc Eisel and Dinah, thrill the audience with classic tunes while a contest with three modern jazz musicians pits past against present. New acts including the Dixie Musical Maids and Jacqueline the child trapeze artist headline afternoon programs and promise continued excitement tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Central
Indiana
Indianapolis
Frankfort
Crawfordsville
Peru
Newcastle
Noblesville
Anderson
Wabash
Rochester
South Bend
Chambber of Commerce and
Freeman’ & Green, Inc
Sunny Jim
Noble P. Shelby
Robert L. Littrell
Chamber of Commerce
Oodie Green
Oodie
Rosin
Dixie Musical Maids
Alice Penny
Marjorie Hall
Katio
Jacqueline
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ATL. Hls
Spradling
Merwin L. Bokan
Ulenco
Robbins
Boone Centenarian
IB Austin
Diesel Close
William F. Ayers Des
Mnures
Farm Bureau
Herdrich Heads Lumber Company
Harry Freeman
Littrell
Freeman
Impressario
Doc” Eisel
Dinah
Odie
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