Indiana Rural Letter Carriers set July convention in Lebanon
The thirty second annual state convention of the Indiana Rural Letter Carriers Association and Women's Auxiliary will be in Lebanon July 15 to 17 with 650 to 800 attendees. Headquarters at Myers hotel, sessions at Elks Home, and Centenary Methodist Church. organized by Lebanon Chamber and Boone County Rural Carriers with host accommodations sought in private homes due to hotel crowding. Registration starts at noon July 15, followed by a Memorial Park concert and several joint and separate sessions through July 17 led by E R Stewart, Dad Randolph, and Ben M Scifres.
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Indiana Rural Letter Carriers Association and
Women’s Auxiliary
Lebanon
Myers Hotel
Elks Home
Centenary Methodist Episcopal Church
Lebanon Chamber of Commerce
Boone County Rural Carriers Association
Ver Myers
Memorial Park
139Th Field Artillery Band
Board of Control
Methodist Church
E. R. Stewart
Elks
John A. Moran
Wiley M. Riedel
Madison
National Association
Post Office Department
Washington
Ready Relief Association
W. E. Beasley
Elnora
Harry G. Henley
Carthage
Ross E. Imes
New Paris
Men’s Association
Samson Alexander
Winslow
C. J. Rushton
Danville
Clyde Delano
Pierceton
Good Roads Committee
John B. Lloyd
Union Mills
Robert Maggert
Albion
Paul
Hunter
Worthington
Theron Miller
Boone County Auxiliary
Bee George Vincent
Converse
Bernard Honan
Mishawaka
North
John
Admits Second Extortion Plot In Indianapolis
Reeves Brown, 28, indicted under the Lindbergh Act for writing extortion notes, confessed to a second plot to extort $5,000 from Chester Jackson, a grocery chain millionaire. He earlier claimed notes to Bernice Lemaux and threats against Irving Lemaux Jr. tied to the bank president and Republican official. Jackson’s father, Lafayette Jackson, was slain in a ’s hold up, with two men later found guilty.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Reeves Brown
Chester Jackson
Brown
Bernice Lemux
Irving Lemaux, Sr
Republican State Committee
Irving Lemaux, Jr
Liquor Tariffs Not Lowered Yet Says White House
June 27 report states President Roosevelt will take no action on liquor tariffs before his Pacific cruise. A possibility exists he may act during or after the voyage. Advocates urge lower tariffs to curb bootlegger activity.
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Rosevelt
Pacific
White House
Roosevelt
Hope to Halt Strike of Textile Workers
Washington officials from the NRA met with labor leader Francis J. Gorman to avert a planned strike by about 75,000 woolen textile workers in New England, scheduled for Monday. Deputy Administrator F. S. Blanchard attended the talks aiming to secure a settlement.
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Washington
NRA
New England
F. S. Blanchard
Francis J. Gorman
United Textile Workers of America
Need Applicants for CCCC Fourth CCC Enrollment
Boone county seeks eight youths for the Civilian Conservation Corps fourth enrollment with July quota assignment. Ages 18 to 25 may apply at the county governor’s commission or FERA office. Participants receive food clothing lodging and 30 dollars monthly, with 25 dollars remitted to families. Six month terms with possible renewal. Ineligible: those from earlier enrollments or discharged.
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Civilian Conservation Corps
Boone County
CUC
E. C. Gullion
Governor’s Commission of
FERA
Patriotic groups fete Comrade McKinley in G A R hall
A Lebanon gathering of W R C D A V and friends celebrated the election of John S McKinley as Indiana department commander of the G A R. Local leaders and veterans praised his service while attendees enjoyed songs readings and a short program in the G A R hall.
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John S. McKinley
Indiana Department
Lebanon
J. S. McKinley
W. E. Whittinghill
I. N. Castor
I. T. Huckleberry
Benjamin Cohee
McKinley
Boone County
America
Albert Whittinger
Patty Renkey
John Frank
Phyllis Jean
Virginia Lee Walker
Elva Storm Lockhart
Ed Henderson
Birdie May
Georgia
G. A. R. Post
Whittinghill
Castor
Huckleberry
Fred Spray
State Department
Department
Boone County Board to select emergency agriculture agent
The Boone County Board of Education meets at the Supt Paul Swank office on Monday July 2 at 10 a.m. to choose an emergency agriculture agent to complete the corn hog program as the current contract expires June 30. The session will also cover regular business.
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Boone County Board of Education
Paul Swank
Fireworks rules urged for safe Fourth in Lebanon
Fire Chief Charles Moore urged dealers and the public to cooperate for a safe Fourth of July in Lebanon. State Fire Marshal Al Feeney cited last year’s campaign in urging strict enforcement of regulations to prevent accidents and property damage. Deliveries may begin June 30 and sales end July 5. certain areas and ages are restricted and stands near borders faced higher violations.
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Lebanon
Charles Moore
Moore
al Feeney
Department of Safety
Feeney
State Safety Division
Kidnapped Tavern Owner Released In Chicago
Andrew Sciacca, a 50 year old cafe owner, was freed after a 24 hour abduction on the South Side. He said his captors apologized for seizing the wrong man and that no ransom was demanded while police suspected a tacit agreement had been reached.
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Chicago
Andrew Sciacca
Sciacca
Seiacea
Lal
West Side
Reed
Store at Antioch Destroyed by Fire
Frankfort Indiana June 27 Fire started in the attic destroyed a general store and its contents at Antioch three miles south of town. Owner M E Goodner had run the store ten years and the blaze consumed most household goods as well. Limited fire protection hampered efforts and no insurance was carried. It was the eighth major fire in Antioch in a decade.
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Frankfort
Ind
Antioch
Here
M E. Goodner
Goodner
New Brain Trust Will Work Over Treasury Policy
Washington June 27 fourteen college professors summoned by Secretary Morgenthau to review all Treasury actions since the Roosevelt era. A new brain trust will study taxation monetary gold silver and revenue programs with recommendations for improvement. Two committees under Dr Jacob Viner will handle currency banking and taxation revenue with outside experts. The move aims to appraise results and guide best interests of all concerned.
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Washington
Morgenthau
Treaury Department
Treasury
Roosevelt
Jacob Viner
Carl Shoup
Columbia University
Roy G. Blakley
University of Minnesota
Malcolm Bryan
University of Georgia
Reavis Cox
Louis Shore
Henry F. Walbach
Ohio State University
K. M. Williamson
Wesleyan College of Connecticut
Richard A. Lester
Princeton
Banking and Monetary Committee
Laughlin Currie
Harvard
Jerry D. Whote
Lawrence College of Wisconsin
Albert G. Hart
Chicago University
Benjamnin Caplan
Virginius F. Coe
Brookings Institute
Washington, D. C
Edward C. Simmons
Hay Fever Relief Project Offered to laobore volunteers
The Federal Emergency Relief Administration offers labor from its unemployed force to hay fever sufferers who organize supervision and equipment for a weed control campaign, especially ragweed. Projects like this are already under way in Indianapolis and other Hoosier cities. Volunteers should visit the City building FERA office to map plans.
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Federal Emergency Relief Administration
Indianapolis
FERA
Governor’s Commission On
Washington
Help Conserve Water Supply Says Ridgway
Clarence Ridgway the city water works superintendent urged Lebanon consumers to curb waste. He noted daily use exceeds normal by 300000 gallons during the dry period while stressing ample local supply and dangers of future shortages if drought continues.
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Clarence Ridgway
City Water Works
Lebanon
Mr. Ridgway
Dillinger Gang Member Caught in Minneapolis
Albert Reilly, 26, sought on harboring public enemy No. 1 John Dillinger and his lieutenant John Hamilton, was captured today by federal agents in Minneapolis. He reportedly helped Dillinger and Hamilton after a shootout and aided their return to a physician for wounds.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Albert Reilly
America
John Dillinger
John Hamilton
Seiz
Reilly
Dillinger
Hamilton
Autograshes Into Street Car Fatal Crash in Indianapolis
In Indianapolis on West Washington Street a speeding car collided with an outbound street car. Driver John Davis and passenger Lena Davis died, William Sherman also perished, while Homer Berry was seriously injured. Motorman Isank Niedlinger said Davis swerved suddenly and left no time to avoid impact.
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Indianapolis
Ind
West Washington Street
John Davis
Beech Grove
William Sherman
Lena Davis
Homer Berry
Sherman
Miss Davis
Davis
Isank Niedlinger
Old Solon Up and Up Weather Keeps Boiling
Weather report from Whitestown shows a 102 percent high at 2 pm, aiming to match June 2, 1934 heat record. Night low was 75, with readings at 97 am, 99 at 12, and 100 at 1 pm. Booneites endure the heat wave as temperatures climb, while a long ago 103 mark remains the target.
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Whitestown
Youth Kidnapped From Home in Chicago Suburb
Paul C. Lang Jr., 14, son of a man aiding State's Attorney Courtney in an arson case, was abducted from his Wilmette home. Five men in two cars seized him from the yard and fled. Police notified, and federal agents under Melvin Purvis joined the investigation.
Deputy Killed by Escaping Prisoners in Sutton
Sutton West Virginia June 27 Earl Bland 64 identified as Sutton deputy sheriff died after being beaten with a bar sawed from a jail window. Three prisoners Camden Roode Harvey Hall Raymond Mace and Elliott Keener escaped Braxton county jail following the breakout and are at large.
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Sutton
W. Va
Earl Bland
Braxton County
Three Men Sentenced in Lindbergh Act Extortion Plots
The federal government used the Lindbergh kidnapping act to convict three men in extortion schemes. Reeves Brown of Beech Grove, 26, received seven years at Chillicothe Federal Reformatory after pleading guilty to attempting to extort 1200 dollars from Mrs. Irvin Lemaux, wife of the president of Security Trust Company. Carlos McNeill and James B Woods, former college men, were also implicated in the plots.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Reeves Brown
Beech Grove
Federal Reformatory
Chillicothe
Irvin Lemaux
Security Trust Company
Carlos McNeill
James B. Woods
Enjoins Enforcement Milk Marketing Pact in Chicago Area
Federal Judge John P. Barnes issued an injunction blocking the Agricultural Adjustment Administration from enforcing the milk marketing agreement in the Chicago milk shed. He ruled the act violates two constitutional clauses and that federal power exceeds some state authorities in administering the program. The ruling stops further enforcement actions in the region.
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Chicago
John P. Barnes
The
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
AAA
Barnes
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Melvin Purvis
Partment of Justice
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