Byrd Monoplane Near French Coast Reported
Paris reports an unconfirmed message that Byrd's monoplane America passed near Landizisiau east of Brest at 8 50 p m local time. Other lines placed Byrd near Ouessant Ireland and Brest, with a position at 49 33 N 18 10 W and weather noted as foggy and rainy as America speeds toward Europe.
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Paris
Byrd
Landizisiau
Brest
New York
Richard Byrd
America
French
Grovey Whalen
United Press
France
Ouessant
Ireland
London
Valencia Maar
Greenwich
D. T
Newfoundland
Sia
England
Europe
Irish
S. S. Berto
Lebanon Men Escape Serious Injury After Head On Crash
Roscoe Tooke and George L. Frank escaped serious harm when Tooke’s Buick collided head on with a New York man’s Dodge sedan on the detour south of Paola between Paola and French Lick. Both cars were damaged beyond repair and required recovery. minor bruises and shock afflicted Tooke and Frank while the New York couple suffered facial injuries to the wife.
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Roscoe Tooke
George L. Frank
Paola
French Lick
Lebanon
Jewelers
New York
Texas
He Cally
Broken trolley wire halts northbound line traffic
Northbound service on the T. H. 1 E Traction line halted for about two hours after a section of trolley wire snapped in two between DeMars Grocery and Baronne street. Sparks hissed as the wire fell in front of and behind a northbound car that stalled. Motor traffic diverted to alternate routes until repairs were completed around 8 o clock.
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DeMars Grocery
Baronne Street
City to Arrange Conference With Interstate Co
City council adjourned session debated municipal electric light plans and a pest eradication campaign threatening shade trees. City Attorney Hollingsworth to arrange a meeting with Interstate Public Service Company about city buying plant and equipment. Purdue University urged early spring and late fall treatments for cottony maple scale.
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Frank Heflin
Roscoe Hollingsworth
Interstate Public Service Company
Paul O. Tauer
Purdue University
Tauer
Smiles to Be Presented Tonight at Colonial Theatre
The first performance of the Business and Professional Women’s play Smiles will be at 8 15 tonight at the Colonial theatre with doors opening at 7 15. The production features coaching by Mr and Mrs Lawrence Arnsman and both will appear in the cast. A Friday repeat performance is planned.
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Colonial Theatre
Lawrence Arnsman
Army pilots ready to fly back to the U S
Washington officials reaffirmed their decision against a return hop from Hawaii to the mainland for the Maitland Hegenberger plane Bird of Paradise. Lieutenants Maitland and Hegenberger, first to cross the Pacific, prepared to press for permission after plane inspection while engaging with General Lewis and other dignitaries at Honolulu events.
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Washington
War Department
Hawaii
Pacific Coast
Maitland-Hegenberger
Mason Patrick
Air Corps
San Francisco
United Press
Honolulu
Lester J. Maitland
Albert F. Hegenberger
Pacific
Lewis
Royal Hawaiian Hotel
Gadsden on the Map Timothys Stands Tall in Window
Claude Warburton sent a six foot timothy stalk to The Reporter with a note declaring Gadsden is on the map. The plant, grown on a field edge near Gadsden, was displayed in the newspaper window as an unusually tall stand.
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Gadsden
Timothy
Claude Warburton
Shy Inventor Solves Worst Puzzles of Aerial Navigation
Washington June 30. At the National Geographic Building a mapmaker and inventor, Albert H Bumstead, chief cartographer for the society, quietly shaped Byrd’s polar and trans Atlantic flights. He devised the sun compass, a new latitude longitude chart, and a dead reckoning route to keep Byrd on course. Now 62, Bumstead works from a cellar workshop, modest and unassuming, yet pivotal to long distance aviation.
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Washington
National Geographic
Richard E. Byrd
Albert H. Bumstead
North Pole
Atlantic
Bumstead
Byrd
National Geographic Society
Gene Tunney
Gene
Ren
Rigsby Acquitted of Murder Charge in Indiana
Newcastle Indiana June 30 A Circuit court jury acquitted Melvin Rigsby 24 a former Shirley town marshal of the murder of Herman Riggs at the Foust poolroom in Shirley in April The verdict ended a five hour deliberation and came after heavy local interest tied to a wet versus dry dispute Prosecutor Benson and H H Evans spoke for the state while Vascoon Ben M Scifres Paul Brown and others defended Rigsby
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Newcastle
Ind
Melvin
Rigsby
Shirley
Herman Riggs
Foust
iShirley
Yead Rigsby
Cherd
James Rigsby
Paul Benson
H. H. Evns
Vascoon
Ben M. Scifres
Lebanon
Paul Brown
Riggs
Indiana Government Must Buy Supplies From State
Indianapolis June 30 Henry Roberts state sales agent presses to enforce a ruling by Attorney General Arthur L. Gillom that Indiana governments at all levels must purchase supplies from the state. Roberts notes state prisons reformatories and farms produce materials for reuse at market price. He says township county and municipal units must cooperate with the sales department or face penalties.
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Indianapolis
Henry Roberts
Arthur L. Gillom
Roberts
Evansville
Stores to Close July Fourth in Lebanon
The Lebanon Chamber of Commerce lists shops and firms that will close all day on Monday July 4 including Coulter Smock Co. Banon Hardware Co. Perkins Co. Iadore Eichman Hooton-Davis Co. Buchanan & Heffelmire Bon Ton Style Shop Bertha McConaughy Nelle Bienfang Wills, Davis Kersey & Thompson J A Parrish Tice and Brown First National Bank Farmers State Bank Boone County State Bank Citizens Loan Trust Co First Rural Loan Assn Rural Credit Loan Assn Son ey Edwards Pearl Laundry Legal Loan Co.
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Tice and Brown
First National Bank
Farmers State Bank
Boone County State Bank
Citizens Loan, & Trust Co
First Rural Loan Ass
Rural Credit Loan Ass’n. Soney & Edwards
Pearl Laundry
Legal Loan Co
American tennis stars fall as Wills leads Americans
Wimbledon report from June 29 notes Elizabeth Ryan and Bill Tilden upset by Spanish and French stars in semi finals. Helen Wills advances toward the final after defeating Joan Fry, with Rene Lacoste and Jean Bo set to challenge Cochet for the title.
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Wimbledon
Eng
Elizabeth Ryan
Bill
Joan Fry
England
Rene Lacoste
Jean Boof
France
Cochet
Steel coaches save lives in rail wreck
Chicago June 30 steel coaches were credited with saving many passengers on a Nickel Plate train inbound from New York that struck an open switch in southern Chicago. The four last coaches leaped a embankment and overturned trapping more than 50 persons. Six were injured.
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Chicago
New York
Heat Wave Grips the Middle West
Chicago reports the hottest June 29 in history with five deaths and many overcome. Forecasters warn the high today may reach 94 degrees again, with possible relief from thunderstorms tonight or Friday. Lake Michigan beaches filled as lifeguards were mobilized and crowds slept along the lakefront to escape the heat. Reports indicate the heat extended across the middle west.
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Chicago
Middle West
Lake Michigan
Senator Robinson to Address Hamilton County Lawyers
United States Senator Arthur R. Robinson will speak at a Hamilton County Bar Association banquet in Noblesville on July 9. Local lawyers from Marion Hancock Madison Tipton Clinton and Boone counties will attend alongside judges from the Supreme and Appellate courts and U S District Judge Robert C Baltzell of Indianapolis.
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Noblesville
Ind
United States
Arthur R. Robinson
Hamilton County Bar Association
Park
Marion
Hancock
Madison
Tipton
Clinton
Boone
Supreme
Robert C. Baltzell
United States District Court
Indianapolis
Reck Divorce Decree Refused Modification in Indiana Case
Noblesville Indiana June 30 special judge Frank Hutchinson heard Elma Reck versus Dr John L Reck of Sheridan. The court refused to modify the decree so the doctor must continue monthly support for wife and son as previously ordered.
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Noblesville
Ind
Frank Hutchinson
Lebanon
Elma Reck
John L. Reck
Sheridan
Powers Agree On 1500 Ton Limit For Destroyers
London June 30 a Geneva naval conference communiqué said the technical commission reached provisional agreement on destroyers and destroyer flotilla leaders with submarines to be considered Friday. The first category destroyers would be limited to 1500 tons displacement and 20 knots speed with a 15 year life.
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London
Geneva
Technical Commission
Exchange Telegraph Company
U. S
Wasng
Questio
Pikes Peak Tour Officials Accept Invitation for Coast to Coast Drive
In a letter to Frank Myers secretary the Chamber of Commerce and Official Survey Party accepted an invitation to the Boone Division gulasts on July 22. The caravan schedule was set before Indiana Division’s annual meeting.
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Toy
Frank 0. Myers
Chamber of Commerce
Pikes Peak Ocean
Ocean
Boone
Indiana
Heat wave to continue through Saturday in Indiana
Indianapolis June 30. The weather man said the heat wave that struck Indiana Wednesday will continue until Saturday morning. Meteorologist J. H. Armington of the U S weather bureau forecast a gloomy outlook for cooler weather as panting Hoosiers seek relief.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
J. H. Armington
U. S. Weather Bureau
President Coolidge Reads Earths Story In Dakota Rocks
Rapid City notices the president urged correspondents to quit political stories and focus on the Black Hills and Bad Lands. He reads fossil-rich Cambrian rock, walks among ancient “books of nature,” and is inspired by geology professor Cleantion C. OHarra to publish a report on the Bad Lands.
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Rapid City
S. D
Coolidge
Black Hills
Asai Ts
C. O’harra
Weil -Aid
Boone county schools name buildings after prominent locals
Boone County honors civic figures by naming new schools after notable residents. The current Center Township high school is named in tribute to a respected local figure, with plans to name Hatt ship high school for a Roone County citizen famous for early aviation exploits.
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Boone County
Center Township
Jus
Lebanon
Charles Lind
Paris
Julius
W. Pinnell
Harrison Township Names Pinnell School in Honor
A banker and expert, Mr Pinnell, is honored as Harrison township announces a new school to be named Pinnell. Born in 1857 on a farm near the future building site, he embodied success and modesty in both private life and business. The school sits about three miles south of the original site, reflecting local history and the farmer-turned-steward who shaped the community.
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Harrison ,Township
Pinnell
Harrison Township
Balkans Subject of Kiwanis Luncheon Address
The fragmented text discusses Balkan history and politics as a frequent source of tension in Europe. It notes altered addresses by speakers, mentions Kiwanis Luncheon, and references studies and conclusions based on writings and personal accounts, focusing on peoples and leaders in the region.
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Balkans
Europe
Epee
Kiwanis Cl
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