Barkley Attacks Republican Policies in Depression Era Speech
Senator Alben Barkley of Kentucky delivered the keynote at the Democratic national campaign in Chicago. He denounced Republican policy during the depression and outlined a program including tariff revision, farm aid, unemployment relief, federal economy, banking reform, and repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment if states elect.
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Convention
Chicago
Alben Barkley
Kentucky
Federal Farm Board
Barkley
Hibit
Congress
Federal Reserve Act
Administration
Farm Board
Library Plans Reading Course For Children
The Public Library opens a summer reading course for children with registration starting today. New books fill shelves and graded volumes are placed in the children’s room by grade. Diplomas for ten books and gold stars for twenty are planned, with story hour by Miss Marie Hill beginning June 30 at ten o'clock for younger grades.
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The
Public Library
Cora O. Bynum
Marie Hill
Wimbledon Semis Set As Two American Women Advance
Wimbledon, England June 27. Mrs Helen Wills Moody and Miss Helen Jacobs reached the semi finals of the English championships. Moody defeated Dorothy Round 6-0 6-1 and Jacobs beat Hilda Krahel Klein 6-2 6-4. Moody to meet Rene Mathieu of France and Jacobs to face Miss Mary Heeley.
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Wimbledon
England
Helen
Wills Moody
Helen Jacobs
Indiana Delegation backs Shouse for chair while delaying two thirds rule
Indiana's delegation to the national Democratic convention backs Jouett Shouse for permanent chairman and withholds its vote on the two thirds rule. Chairman Frank McHale of Logansport led the caucus at the Congress Hotel, pledging support for Thomas Taggart and promising to keep harmony. The group indicated a vote on the rule would occur on the convention floor or at tonight's caucus, with no discussion of prohibition.
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Indiana
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Jouett Shouse
Frank McHale
Logansport
Shouse
McHale
Congress Hotel
Thomas Taggart
Robert Proctor
Elkhart
Committee On Permanent Organization
New Bodycraft Exercises Taught In Paris
Paris June 27 A new Body craft Studio opened here by Marshall Hall who traveled globally to learn health secrets. Bodycraft promises harmonious coordinated control of a symmetrical body through nonnatural exercises performed to music. Hall credits dances and global study for a system that makes physical effort a joy and aims at lasting poise and grace.
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Paris
Marshall Hall
Marshall
Far East
Americas
South Seas
Mortuary Gang hosts birthday supper for Lyle McIntyre
The Mortuary Gang met Saturday night at seven o clock at Rosencrance mortuary to celebrate the host Lyle McIntyre s birthday with a supper. Members present included Creed Staton Marion Cline Ralph Dean James Bassett Sherman Coil Johna wker C W Rosencrance Cl Evans Jack Byroad Lyle McIntyre and Edith Bassett. Guests named were Rev E Harrison Chamness Pearl McIntyre Donald McIntyre Gus Chambers and Miss Helen Miller. B F McMakin was made a member of The Gang.
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Mortuary
Rosencrance Mortuary
Lyle McIntyre
Creed Staton
Marion Cline
Ralph Dean
James Bassett
Sherman Coil
Johna Wker
C.W. Rosencrance
Cl Evans
Jack Byroad
Edith Bassett
E. Harrison Chamness
Pearl McIntyre
Donald McIntyre
Gus Chambers
Helen Miller
B. F. McMakin
Repeal fight at convention goes to the floor
Convention Headquarters in Chicago reports tentative plans to push a repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment at the Democratic convention. The Roosevelt group controls the platform committee, temporarily dropping prohibition as it weighs less controversial issues. W A Comstock and Senator Walsh press repeal in subcommittee, with Massachusetts and Michigan backing immediate reform or repeal.
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Chicago
W. A. Comstock
Michigan
Walsh
Massachusetts
Comstock
Alfred E. Smith
Roosevelt
Hull
Tennessee
Harrison
Mississippi
United Press
TETH AMENDMENT HARD TO GET RID OF
Washington reports that anti prohibition lawmakers foresee repeal only by July 1934 at earliest with fall 1934 more probable. They cite 13 states or one third of Congress as blocking changes and note national campaigns favor repeal. Weathered by legal hurdles, wet leaders map steps through 1934.
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Washington
House
Senate
Congress
Stephenson Testifies in Valparaiso Court Inmate Leaves Prison
D C Stephenson, freed from Indiana State Prison for the first time in two years, testified in Superior Court at Valparaiso in his mandatory injunction case against Warden Daly. He appeared with Daly and two guards after a judge’s subpoena.
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Michigan City
Ind
D. C
Stephenson
Indiana State Prison
Valparaiso
Daly
Mark Rockwell
Two Women Injured In Essex Coach Wreck Near Westfield
A heavy night rain caused an Essex coach to skid and overturn near Westfield. Miss Mildred Evelyn Smith of Lebanon and Miss Hazel Feaster of Thorntown were injured, with Smith critically cut and bleeding. Escorts Snyder Campbell and Harry Norris were unhurt.
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Westfield
Essex
Mildred Evelyn Smith
Lebanon
Isadore Eichman
Hazel Feaster
Thorntown
Snyder Campbell
Harry Norris
Miss Smith
Keep National Defense In tact by Hogate
Guest editorial by Kenneth C. Hogate of The Wall Street Journal appears on page four. Hogate, a Danville Indiana native and DePauw graduate, urges readers to keep national defense intact with timely, instructive commentary.
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Keith C. Hogate
Wall Street Journal
Mr. Hogate
Danville
Ind
DePauw University
Pastor Changes in Northwest Indiana Conference Announced
Bishop Edgar Blake announced the 1932 33 pastor assignments at Battle Ground ending the annual session. In Crawfordsville district centenary church in Battle Ground gets Rev Robert Ross Shannon of Plymouth as pastor replacing ill health affected Rev J J Wilson who will take a year off. Ross Shannon formerly at Plymouth since 1928 is a native of northern England with a long ministry across Linden Kirkpatrick River Park South Bend and Plymouth. Centenary School plans reception for the family next Sunday after Sunday School hour.
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Northwest Indiana
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Battle Ground
Edgar Blake
Crawfordsville
Boone County
Robert Ross- Shannon
Plymouth
Centenary Methodist Church
J. J. Wilson
Wilson
Methodist
Indianapolis
Ross Shannon
Fremont
Genesee Conference
Illinois
Almond
Turnpike
Garrett Bible Institute
Evanston
Wabash' College
Lebanon
A. H. Bratton
Linden
Kirkpatrick
River Park
South Bend
Ross-Shannon
England
States
Virginia College
Centenary Methodist Episcopal Church
Homer P. Ivey
Wide Oil and Gas Prospecting Expands Across Mid South
In a vast Mid-South search, Eastern Arkansas, Northern Mississippi, and Western Tennessee see extensive drilling, with thousands of leased acres and dozens of test wells. Texas and Oklahoma oilmen join Tri-State investors in a cautious, high-stakes campaign described as the region's largest. Drilling equipment arrives daily as surveys report high gas pressure in a central dome.
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Memphis
Arkansas
Mississippi
Tennessee
Mid-West
Texas
Oklahoma
Tri-States
E. Randall Henderson
Kentucky Oil & Gas ‘Company
United States
Palmer Corporation of Chicago
Louisiana
Fred My.white Jr
Forrest City
E Te Wabenat Oil Co
Tulsa
Ee ‘Saeistory
Dyersburg
Tent
Saar
Blytheville
Ark
Lowndes
Monroé Counties
Roosevelt halts efforts against two thirds rule
Albany dispatch reports Governor Roosevelt orders Chicago forces to drop push for abolishing the two thirds rule for Presidential nomination. He cites party harmony but the fight remains lively as delegates gather for the Democratic convention.
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Roosevelt
Albany
N. Y
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Chicago
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George H. White
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James A ‘Reed
John J. Raskob
Melvin A. Traylor
Albert C. Ritchie
Mortuary Gang
Kenneth C. Hogate
Andrew Jackson
Tammany
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James A. Reed
Alben W. Barkley
Hoover
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