Smith Demands Quick Repeal Of 18th Amendment
Chicago June 22 Former Gov Alfred E Smith opens Democratic presidential bid with a double barreled attack on prohibition calling for unconditional repeal of the eighteenth amendment and immediate amendment of the Volstead Act to raise alcohol content. He fielded rapid questions in a one act political skit and dismissed stop Roosevelt talk as unfounded.
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Chicago
Alfred E. Smith
Smith
New York
Jouett Shouse
Auto accident victim unconscious ninety six hours
Frankfort Ind June 22 Ninety six hours after a woman was injured in a car crash Mrs Del Ward of North Harrison street remained unconscious at the hospital with no improvement since admission last Friday evening. Her husband Del Ward and three others injured at the same time are reported to be improving.
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Frankfort
Ind
del Ward
North Harrison Street
John Ruddell
Jack Hurd
Fred Shanklin
France Rejects Hoover Armament Reduction Proposal
Geneva June 22. France declares Hoover plan for general one third armament cut unacceptable. United States endorses scrapping over 300000 tons of ships and foregoes 50000 tons more permitted by treaty. Gibson cites reductions in land weapons while Herriot criticizes the plan as unsafe. Britain signals cautious support with possible tweaks. Italy approves the program.
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Geneva
Italy
United States
Hugh S. Gibson
Switzerland
World Arms Conference
Hoover
Gibson
Edouard Herriot
France
Johnson Simon
Britain
U B Bible School To Close Friday
The Daily Vacation Bible School at First United Brethren church will end Friday morning with a program in the afternoon. Leaders praise the students for progress and more than one hundred boys and girls attended sessions while last week’s daily attendance reached eighty. The program includes Bible drills songs memory work character lessons and handwork exhibitions. Parents are urged to attend as each department participates. A pitch-in dinner for the children is planned at noon.
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First United Brethren Church
Wales Presses For Own Flag Amid Nationalist Tensions
London reports Welsh nationalists push to fly a official banner on government buildings, rejecting the British flag over Wales. The piece also notes a Celtic Congress in Truro with leaders Henry Jenner and R Morton Nance, highlighting Celtic cultural revival across Ireland Scotland Wales Brittany Isle of Man and Cornwall.
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London
Caernarvon Castle
Wales
Ireland
Great Britain
Cornwall
Scotland
Brittany
Isle of Man
Truro
Henry Jenner
Jenner
Church Night Service at Baptist Thursday
The First Baptist weekly church night service moves to Thursday at 7 45 in Baraca Room due to officers and teachers meeting. The pastor continues the parables study. Heat may suspend services until fall with plans to resume in September offering Bible courses for teacher training and all interested.
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Baptist Pages
Baraca
Magnustn Magnon pair convicted of petit larceny at Frankfort
Albert and John Magnuson father and son implicated in an attempted jail break were convicted of petty larceny in Frankfort. Each received sixty days and a $25 fine plus costs. The case stems from theft of harness from Walter Clark, Clinton county. Sheriff reports a hacksaw and bars removed from a cell prior to trial.
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Albert
John Magnuson
Clinton County
Frankfort
Ed Pruitt
Delphi
Walter Clark
Sugar Creek Township
Paul Moll
Dan Power
Tippecanoe County
Moll
Magnusons
Boone
Small
Freedom
Wilhoite cousins spend days with Walter Ray near Old Union
Ivan and Lloyd Earl Wilhoite of Lebanon spent Monday through Wednesday visiting their cousin Walter Ray Wilhoite near Old Union.
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Ivan and
Lloyd Earl Wilhoite
Lebanon
Walter Ray Wilhoite
Old Union
Ghouls Raid Grave of Chicago Gangster Barker
A group of four or five men in a large truck attempted to rob the grave of George Red Barker at Mount Carmel cemetery in Chicago. They fired on caretaker Joseph Sobol when discovered, escaping after damaging his car. Barker was killed in a recent gang clash tied to Capone era power.
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Chicago
George
Red) Barker
Mount Carmel
Joseph Sobol
Barker
Sobol
Jack
al Capone
Huntington to get G. A. R. encampment bid chosen
Richmond Indiana June 22 Huntington was chosen for the 1983 encampment of the G A R by delegates to the fifty third annual encampment here today Michigan City and Bloomington also bid for the 1933 meeting Thousands of persons including veterans visitors and troops from Fort Benjamin Harrison in Indianapolis were expected to participate in the annual encampment this afternoon.
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Richmond
Ind
Huntington
Michigan City
Bloomington
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Indianapolis
Mrs George Crim Dies Here This Afternoon
Mrs. George Crim, long ill at her North East Street home, died this afternoon about 1 45. Funeral plans have not been set. The full obituary will run in Thursday's Reporter.
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George Crim
North East Street
Walker Asked 10 Charges Against Walker Seabury Seabury Letters
Albany reports Governor Roosevelt asked Mayor James J. Walker to answer charges raised by Samuel Seabury and allied groups. The request included Seabury’s testimony transcript and summaries alleging unfitness and a stock interest in a street light fixtures firm. Roosevelt may hold a public hearing after Walker submits his reply.
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Albany
N. Y
James J. Walker
New York City
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Samuel Seabury
Hofstadter New
Hofstadter Committee
Seabury
Walker
City of
New York
William J. Schieffelin
New York Committee
James E. Finnegan
Finnegan
New Deal Party
Brooklyn
Paul Block
Roosevelt
Armed trio attacks milk trucks near Maryville Illinois
Three unidentified men forced two drivers to abandon their milk trucks near Maryville on June 22. They sprayed machine gun fire on the vehicles and dumped about 1,000 gallons of milk on a highway en route to Edwardsville creamery. Drivers Elmer Turner and E H Westwood were unharmed. Martin Jensen, creamery manager, said the company was not involved in any dispute with distributors and knew no reason for the attack.
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Maryville
Ill
Edwardsville
Durers
Elmer Turner
E. H. Ing
Westwood
Martin Jensen
Navy Recruiting Officer to Visit Lebanon Post Office
S. S. Heavilin of the U.S. Navy Recruiting Station at Indianapolis will be at the Lebanon post office Friday from 11:00 a.m. until evening to inform Boone county and Lebanon young men about Navy enlistment. No obligation. The Navy seeks a few men of good character each month for Apprentice Seaman. Recruits go to Great Lakes for twelve weeks and may advance to trade school or a ship at sea.
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S. S. Heavilin
U. S. Navy
Indianapolis
Lebanon
Navy
Boone County
Heavilin
Great Lakes
Stay of Execution Sought for Youth in Russell McWilliams Case
Illinois Supreme Court granted a stay of execution for 17 year old Russell McWilliams, the Joliet prisoner condemned to die. Clarence Darrow and associates filed a motion for a writ of error and supersedeas to delay the Friday death date while an appeal is prepared, with Darrow planning a later personal appearance if denied.
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Springfield
Ill
Russell McWilliams
Joliet Penitentiary
Illinois Supreme Court
Ilinois Supreme Court
Clarence Darrow
Darrow
Chicago
William Holly
Supreme Court
Hoover Proposes Global Arms Cut At Geneva
President Hoover outlined a plan at Geneva to cut world armaments by one third and remove 10 to 11 billion dollars of burden from civilians over ten years. The proposal calls for reductions in land and naval forces, with five guiding principles including defense only use, broader arms cuts, and strengthening preventive defense measures.
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Washington
Hoover
Geneva
Stimson
Gve
Natio the
Montana Seeks extending Sun River Reclamation
Great Falls Montana June 22 The Great Falls Chamber of Commerce seeks congressional support to extend the Sun River reclamation project adding 27000 acres to provide 200 more farm homes. A W Walker says federal aid under 50000 would start the extension costing 500000 to 600000, with water to Mills Coulee and Greenfield areas.
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Montana
Great Falls
Mont
Mills Coulee
L. H. Mitchell
Reclam Economics
Mitchell
Sun River
Red Cross
Walker
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