Memorial Park to Get New Athletic Field Project
The City Park Board approved a plan to convert two acres of the Emirs property adjoining Memorial Park into a modern athletic field. Henry Allen donated over 5000 dollars for beautification and 1000 dollars for the athletic field. The project uses park space and local cooperation to relaunch athletic events after past low attendance and relocation to Side Park.
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City Park Board
Ark Las
Henry
Alen
South Ohd
Ith Park
West Park
Chamber of Comerce
Boone County Farm Bureau Cooperative Assn stock to be redeemed
The Boone County Farm Bureau Cooperative Association will retire common stock for the period April 1, 1931 to November 30, 1930. J H Powll, manager, says notices have been mailed to members to bring stock certificates to the office by Saturday June 29. Each share is valued at 5 dollars and stock currently totals 675, with six percent interest paid the past four years.
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Boone County Farm Bureau
Avssartion, Inc
J. H. Pow I
Aotation
Explosion near Cleveland bakery plant shocks workers
Violence in the bakery drivers dispute erupts with a passing car bomb near the Fre baking Company plant in Cleveland. Five workers were present but uninjured as windows shattered and a fence was toppled. The blast happened after labor conciliator A L Faulkner had set a meeting with union representatives to settle the routes blocking major bakers.
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Cleveland
A. L. Faulkner
Department Labor
Teamsters
Weil
M. B. Meyer
Mbed
Cutting Memories LaFollettees in Will
Washington June 25 The late Senator Bronson Cutting Republican of New Mexico killed in an airplane crash at Atlanta Missouri weeks ago left an estate of 3376200 it was revealed as the terms of his will become known today Bequeathing 50000 to Senator Bob LaFollette Wisconsin and 26000 to Gov Phil LaFollette of Wisconsin both lifelong friends Cutting made 175 additional cash bequests totaling 1066000 Filed for probate in the district of Columbia Supreme Court Olivia Cutting the senator's aged mother and Jesus M Baca of Santa Fe NM were named executors of the estate
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Washington
Bronson Cutting
New Mexico
Atlanta
Bob LaFollette
Wisconsin
Phil LaFollette
Bob
Cutting
District of Columb Supreme Court
Olivia Cutting
Jesus M. Baca
Santa Fe
N. M
Germany pledges no unrestricted submarine warfare
London reports Germany has vowed in the House of Commons to abandon unrestricted submarine warfare. The pledge follows a broader Anglo German rapprochement, tied to a naval agreement placing the Reich’s fleet at 35 percent of Britain’s. The move calms fears of a renewed submarine blockade and shifts naval balance toward Britain.
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London
Germany
Bolton Eyres-Mansell
Admiralty
House of Commons
Reich
Britain
War on Kidnapers Reinforced as Bill Passes House
Washington June 2 The federal government wins reinforcement in its war against kidnappers as a bill imposing heavy penalties on writers of threatening letters passes the House and heads to President Roosevelt for approval. Penalties include fines up to 5000 dollars and up to twenty years in prison.
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Washington
House
Roosevelt
Unemployment relief cases fall in May across state
May relief caseload drops to 118,451 from January's 131,510, a statewide decline. Wayne Coy, director of the governor's relief commission, notes all counties show reductions and cites about 50,000 persons on aid since January.
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Governor's Commission On Relief
Wayne Coy
Mexican church and state clash nears settlement
In Mexico City Archbishop Pascual Diaz urged a permanent settlement of the church state dispute after President Lazaro Cardenas reshuffled his cabinet. Diaz hinted at inviting government use of talks to achieve spiritual peace and urged understanding between church and state while awaiting clearer government plans. He did not detail a plan for an accord, noting ongoing study of the situation.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Pascual Diaz
Lazaro Cardenas
Repub‘e
Chicago Gambler Slain Near Tavern
Chicago June 25 Police man John Barry on a beat witnessed Frank Noto 35 a reputed gambler and alcohol peddler shot dead outside a tavern. Nate Treger 35 furrier ex convict was seen with a revolver after six shots fired Treger claimed two men ran from the bar dropping the pistol and he picked it up. Treger was arrested while the owner’s wife and a rear waiter denied anyone passed through.
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Chicago
John Barry
Frank Noto
Barry
Noto
Nate Treger
Treger
Orfe
Boonville Man Named Deputy Attorney General
Warren W. Martin of Boonville is appointed deputy state attorney general by Philip Lute Jr. of Boonville announces. Walter Land of Richmond is named administrator of the used car and parts license division of the gross income tax department, per the same notice.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Warren W. Martin
Boonville
Philip Lute, Jr
Walter Land
Richmond
Gross Income Tax Department
Rumors of a MacDonald Goodwill Visit to U S
Washington rumors from London suggest J Ramsay MacDonald Lord President of the Council may seek a goodwill visit to the United States. Officials question why Britain would push such an invitation amid renewed press speculation and unclear motives.
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Washington
State Department
London
J. Ramsay Mac Donal
United States
MacDonald
Roosevelt
MacDonal
Britain
Man Held Over Fake Whisky Labels Probe
Liam H. Myers, 60, held on vagrancy charges as federal agents in the alcohol tax unit probe a Midwestern counterfeit whisky ring. Investigators say his residence was a cutting plant for applying counterfeit strip stamps and fake labels before repackaging. Ring leaders remained at large as the investigation continued.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Liam H. Myers
Alcohol Tax Unit
Myers
Piquett Trial Nearing Close in Dillinger Case
Chicago June 25 The Piquett trial in federal court nears verdict as Louis Piquett faces charges of harboring Homer Van Meter and Dillinger associates. The case hinges on Piquett testimony from a prior trial and the jury was deliberating after late afternoon proceedings.
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Chicago
Louis P. Piquett
Homer van Meter
John Dillinger
Louis Piquett
Piquett
Johnson Offered New York City Federal Relief Post
John S Johnson former head of the NRA has been offered to become federal relief director for New York City. Mayo Fiorella LaGuardia formally tendered the post and Johnson is considering it, likely to accept unless a different federal appointment appeals to him.
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New York
Hugh S. Johnson
NRA
Mayo
Fiorella LaGuardia
Johnson
Bridge spans fall into hotel in Missouri collapse
Three people were injured in St. Charles as two spans of a Missouri river bridge collapsed into the Galt Hotel. The spans, linking downtown to the river, fell while two occupants in a car were carried down with the debris. Cause not yet determined.
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St. Charles
Missouri River
Galt
Effort to Enact Permanent NRA Held in Abeyance
Washington reports the administration has dropped plans for a new permanent NRA this session. Legal experts say a constitutional path remains blocked by the Supreme Court ruling, with possible revival only if Congress extends into fall. In the interim, focus shifts to voluntary codes and a skeletonized NRA for reference if a constitutional route is found.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Roosevelt
State Police Force Changes Imminent
Indianapolis June 25 sweeping changes in the state police force were predicted after the state police board received an opinion from Attorney General Philip Lutz Jr. The opinion says current policemen are on probation and that a 1993 law gave the governor authority to hire and discharge police on whim, while that 1045 police law did not diminish that power.
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Indlianapolis
Ind
State Police Board
Philip Lutz, Jr
Donald Stiver
State Commissioner of Public Safety
Lutz
Paul V. McNutt
Tacoma Lumber Strike Menacing
Tacoma officials face protests as unions appeal to President Roosevelt to extend federal troop protection amid a lumber strike. The Central Labor Council condemns troop and state police deployment. A recall threat against Governor Martin circulates while five thousand workers return under guard.
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Tacoma
Wash
Presid Roosevelt
National Guard
Martin
Riot Recovers After Mob Holds Relief Supervisors
Glendale Cal June 25 A watching investigation followed a riot in which 60 men and women held four relief supervisors prisoner in their offices yesterday. Police rescued the workers as the mob dispersed after they refused to grant immediate orders for food clothing and mattresses.
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Glendale
Cal
Missing farmer found wandering along Sugar Creek banks
Monroe Castetter, 58, a Washington township farmer and advisory board member, who had been missing for a week, was found near Sugar Creek north of Thorntown wandering and incoherent. Fishermen reported he claimed he had been kidnaped and transported to Crawfordsville then Torre Haste. his car was found last Thursday in Crawfordsville.
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Monroe Castetter
Washington Township
Sugar Creek
Thorntown
Lafayette
Crawfordsville
Torre
Gastetter
Plane Crash Kills 19 in Medellin Collision Over Airport
Disastrous crash near Medellin Colombia on June 2 leaves 19 dead and several injured among crews and passengers. Victims include Henry Swartz of Philadelphia and Lester W Straus of New York, with Argentine star Carlos Gardel among the casualties. A Saco Airliner and a three engine Germino line craft collided during takeoff and landing. five escaped from the Saco boat. Gardel was en route to Cali for a concert engagement as the world mourns the tango icon. Samper, educated in the United States, was piloting the Saco craft.
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Medellin
Colombia
South America
Henry Swartz
Philadelphia
Bogota
Universal Pictures
Lester W Straus
New York
Carlos Gardel
Ernesto Samper
United States
Grant Flynn
Saco Airplane Corporation
Seadra
Saco
Gardel
Cali
Swartz, Straus
Hans Thom
Ame
Samper
William Foster
Valentino
Astoria
Long Island
Massachusetts
Gladys Harrisgood
Boston
Asia
Senate extends deposit insurance plan for one year
Washington and June 25 report that the Senate passed a resolution extending the federal deposit insurance system for one year with a $5,000 limit on insured deposits and sent it to the House. Senator LaFollette withdrew his objection after being promised the Banking Committee would report a comprehensive banking bill.
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Washington
Federal Deposit Insurance System
Senate
House
LaFollette
Wisconsin
Senate Banking Committee
Revolt grows over efforts to rush tax legislation
Washington notes a wide Democratic revolt against forcing Roosevelt tax on wealth through this week. Leaders draw tentative schedules to return about 340 million yearly to the federal government while opposing rushed action by Saturday night.
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Washington
Senate
House
Roosevelt
Congress
Doughton
White House
Iam
Rep
Boehne
Indiana
FHA interest rate cuts ease Indiana home loans
Indianapolis on June 25 reports that FHA will reduce mortgage interest and charges insured under Title II and abolish mortgage classifications. R Karl Peters says the change makes National Housing Act facilities easier to use, beginning today with refinancing rates dropping from 5% to 4.5%.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Federal Housing Administration
FHA
Washington
Indiana
R. Karl Peters
Rural Rehabilitations Fund Approved by Roosevelt
Washington approves seven million dollars for rural resettlement under FERA and the Interior Department with Rexford Tugwell to oversee. Plan relocates farm families from marginal lands to productive sites as part of a four billion work relief program. Lands freed will become forests, reserves, recreation areas, or grazing lands. state allotments not yet set.
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Washington Press- Roosevelt Today
FERA
Interior Department
AAA
Rexford Guy Tugwell
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