Prues of Grain Finally Checked
Chicago records show grain prices reversing gains as profit taking swamped earlier buys. Wheat near mid season slipped 2% to 2 1/2c, corn 2% to 2 1/2c, oats 1% to 2c lower, rye down, with rains and tax news weighing on the market. In Washington, Rexford Tugwell ordered a 30 cent per bushel wheat processing tax to begin July 9, aligning with the union adjustment act.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Liverpool
Washington
Rexford G. Ll
Tugwell
Secretary of Agriculture
Boone County Special Election Post 126A Vote
Cost per vote totaled a little over twelve cents with a total election expense of 704.98 dollars. Auditor Carl C. Bowman filed claims for payment at the July county board meeting. Main costs covered precinct boards, ballots, advertising, and rent, with 6,573 votes cast against repeal and 2,271 in favor. McKey of Lebanon and Milton Hussey, delegates, attended the Indianapolis convention last month.
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Boone County
Carl C. Bowman
Ainst
En McKey
Lebanon
Milton ‘Hussey
Mondianapolis
Bing Crosby Welcomes Baby Boy in Hollywood
Hollywood reports Bing Crosby and his wife Dixie Lee welcomed a 70 pound baby boy last night. Crosby, currently working in film here, said the name would be announced later.
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Hollywood
Bing Crosby
Dixie Lee
Crosby
Woman awarded $15000 in thallium claim case
A Boone Circuit Court jury awarded Miss Virginia Kindred $15,000 against the H P Wasson Company of Indianapolis after deliberating for a period that yielded $1,000 per minute in verdict time. Kindred sued for $25,000 over a Koremla cream alleging thallium poisoning that impaired her eyesight and caused numerous medical hardships. Defense plans a new-trial motion or appeal.
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Boone
Virginia Kindred
Miss Kindred
H. P. Wasson Company
Indianapolis
International Typographical Union
Wasson
Koremla
Mayo Brothers’ Hospital
Bellevue Hospital
New York
Mayo Hospital
C. C. Higgins
William H. Spieth
W. H. Williams
Ryan & Ruckelshaus
Rogers & Smith
Wasson Company
Slaymaker, Merrell and Locke
Parr. & Parr
Lebanon
Trawler Damaged by Collision in Fog
Coast Guard Cutter Agushnet towed the Boston trawler Flow after a fog collision four miles northeast of Highland Light with the British freighter Corner Brook. One crewman, believed to be Joseph Dobbin of Somerville, injured. Flow of Bay State Fishing Company was due at port.
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Boston
Coast Guard
Agushnet
Corner Brook
Highland Light
Joseph Dobbin
Somerville
Bay State Fishing Company
Grain rally lifts wheat corn and oats to multi year highs
Wheat leads a sharp grain rise on Lebanon markets with 82 cents a bushel, eight cent gain. corn at 43 cents and oats at 37 cents mark sizable daily increases. Prices compare with year lows, driven by drought conditions and improving three month economy. Crop prospects look poor with long drought and heat harming oats and other crops. local harvests upcoming as threshing nears.
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Lebanon
South America's Longest Road Nears Completion Link Three Nations
Bogota June 28 Construction on South America's longest modern motor highway nears completion. The 2300 mile international highway will connect Venezuela Colombia and Ecuador. An August 7 1933 opening is planned with a monument to Simon Bolivar unveiled by Venezuela and Colombia. The project aims to unite the three nations and enable through travel from La Guaira to Guayaquil.
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South America
Bogota
Venezuela
Colombia
Ecuador
Boyaca
Spain
Simon Bolivar
South Amercan
Ats
Alfonso Araujo
la Guaira
Guayaquil
Caracas
Venece
Id Gener
Quito
Eee
Adler's Announces The Sale Of A Century Event
Adler's department store unveils The Sale Of A Century in a twelve page tabloid section of the Reporter. The sale opens at eight tomorrow morning and runs for fourteen days, marking a major event from one of Boone county's oldest business establishments with a strong community reputation.
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Adler’s
Reporter
Adler
Boone County
U. S. Threatened To Leave Allies In War Endgame
Washington reports reveal Col. Edward M. House warned in October 1918 that the United States would withdraw from World War unless the Allies accepted Wilson’s peace terms. He urged constraining shipments and funding to the Allies and pressed Britain France and Italy to accept freedom of the seas. The message linked Allied reluctance to Wilson’s program with possible U.S. congressional action.
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Washington
Edward M. House
Woodrow Wilson
Europe
United States
Wilson
State Department
Great Britain
France
Italy
Germany
House
Lloyd George
M. Clemenceau
Congress
West Virginia Joins Repeal Of Prohibition In Historic Vote
Charrésters West Virginia votes to ratify the 21st amendment, becoming the 15th state to repeal the 18th. Despite light turnout, about 161 431 favor repeal to 91 475 against with Kanawha county reports showing near empty polls. Prominent leaders including Dr. F Scott McBride opposed repeal.
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Charrésters
W. Va
West Virginia
Pocataligo
Kanawha
F. Scott McBride
California Votes Repeal Eighteenth Amendment Statewide
California became the sixteenth state to vote for repeal, tallying about 637,414 to 208,743 with 5669 of 9347 precincts reported. San Francisco favored repeal 15 to 1, Los Angeles reported 247,151 to 82,021, Sacramento and Plumas counties about 10 to 1, and West Virginia had already ratified yesterday.
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California
San Francisco
West Virginia
Sacramento
Plumas
Los Angeles
Police Character Deliberately Slain at Brooklyn Bar
New York police report an unidentified gunman calmly approached Lester Flynn a 30 year old with a prior rap sheet and fired three bullets into his head killing him at a bar beside the Brooklyn Bridge The killer fled the scene and vanished into the night
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New York
Lester Flynn
Brooklyn Bridge
Flynn
Heat wave devastates crops across Midwest and beyond
Chicago reports temperatures over 90 as heat intensifies. Western Kansas wheat withers while southwest winds blow topsoil away, causing widespread damage. Showers bring little relief. crops in Iowa Nebraska Ohio Pennsylvania suffer losses with drought and heat persisting across regions. Phoenix tops 108 while coastal areas stay cooler.
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Chicago
Kansas
Missouri
Federal
Middle West
Detroit
New York
North Atlantic Seaboard
Boston
St. Louis
Louisville
Iowa
Shenandoah
U. S
Hawkeye
Nebraska
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Harrisburg
Lima
Wilmington
Pacific Coast
British Columbia
Mexico
Los Angeles
East
Phoenix
Ariz
Weather Bureau
Son of slain officer becomes policeman in Kansas City
Robert Hermanson aged 21, son of a Union station massacre victim, reported as a full-fledged member of the Kansas City police department. He carries the same pistol that was fired from his father’s hand during the attack, reinforcing the family legacy amid the tragedy.
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Kansas City, Mo
Robert Hermanson
Union Station
Hermanson
Receivership for Traction System in Indiana
Indianapolis June 28 The Indiana Railroads system which runs traction and street car lines across several cities was placed in receivership in a friendly superior court suit Judge Russell J. Ryan named Bowman Elder as receiver with a $50 000 bond The General Electric Company says the debtor owes about 210 000 for materials and 3 766 million in notes outstanding while facing large borrowed sums for operations Lines from Indianapolis to Louisville and Fort Wayne to Peru and Bluffton are not affected Other lines in Anderson and Richmond are part of the receivership Midland United Company controls the system and president John N Shannahan declined comment hoping operations continue.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana Railroads System
Superior Court No
Russell J. Ryan
Bowman Elder
American Legion
Paul W. McNutt
Elder
General Electric Company
Indiana Railroads
Old Union Traction Company
Indiana
Fort Wayne
Peru
Bluffton
Indianapolis-Louisville
Interstate Public Service Company
New Albany
Terre Haute
Richmond
Louisville
Anderson
John N. Shannahan
Midland United Company
Wisconsin Man to be Kiwanis President
Los Angeles June 28 Attorney Johnson L Johns Appleton Wisconsin today was nominated for the presidency of Kiwanis International at the seventeenth annual convention His election was considered a formality Two vice presidents one representing the United States and the other the Dominion of Canada on the international board also were nominated Judge A A Schremm of Marietta Ohio and Andrew Whyte of Camonton Canada Whyte now is serving in the office for which he was renomminated
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Los Angeles
Johson L. Johns
Appleton
Wisconsin
Kiwanis International
United States
Dominion of Canada
International Board
A. A. Schremm
Marietta
Andrew Whyte
Eamonton
Can
Japanese Seek Honolulu Beer Profits Amid Duty Hurdle
Honolulu reports Mitsui Company representatives say Japan wants to tap the growing 3.2 percent beer market here and on the mainland but faces a $1 a gallon duty that blocks competitiveness against U S. brewers. They plan a U S tax cut push to 60 cents a gallon and consider opening a Honolulu branch to handle trade.
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Honolulu
Japan
United States
Mitsui Company
Nippon
Mitsui
Hawaii
America
Hawaiian Islands
France Renews Effort for Currency Pact at World Conference
London June 28 Ray mond Moley arrives as US envoy to the World Economic Conference amid renewed European pressure for de facto currency stabilization. France and Britain push for a dollar pound franc accord while France insists US stability must come first. Moley frames mission as liaison, not debt or currency talks.
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Geological Museum
London
Raymond Moley
Washington
United States
France
Moley
Roosevelt
America
Hull
Claridge’s
Bonnet
France to Impose Surtax on American Goods
International News Service reports Paris moves toward a two year isolationist policy with a planned surtax on U.S. products. Government drafting a program and results expected to influence trade.
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Pavis
Two Men Sentenced for Spivey Car Theft
Pleading guilty to vehicle taking, Paul Jones aged 27 and Guy Bartley aged 20 were sentenced to one to ten years at the Indiana Reformatory by Judge John W. Hornaday in Boone Circuit Court. They admitted stealing a Ford coupe owned by Dr. A. C. Spivey of Thorntown on June 8.
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Paul Jones
Guy Bartley
Indiana Reformatory
John W. Hornaday
Boone
A. C. Spivey
Thorntown
Driv
Mercury Reaches 100 Degrees At 2 P.M.
Readings by Clyde D Laughner government weather observer show official temperatures for the day. At 11 a.m. the mercury stood at 96 degrees then rose through noon and 1 p.m. before hitting 100 degrees at 2 p.m with a reported 72 degrees.
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Clyde D. Laughner
Ea Government Weather Observer
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Virginia
Californa
Kiwanis
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