Indiana’s heat record blows past June marks across the state
A scorching heat wave shatters June records in Indiana with temperatures in the 90s and 100s statewide. Four drownings and four heat deaths are attributed to the extreme heat, including Albert Gore and Patricia Fay Cannon. Rain fell hardest in northern counties with several inches in South Bend and Gary area, while Plymouth pastor Arthur Folsom died from heat induced heart failure.
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Albert Gore
Ake
Griffin
Ing Bay
Jesse Lindley
Ippecanoe
Rochester
Patricia Fay Cannon
Fort ‘Ayne
Arrthur J. Folsom
Plymouth Congregational Arch
Fort Wayne
Robert Stoltz
Valparaiso
M. T. Royal
Belle H. Pancost
South Bend
Indiana
Gary
Hammond
Chicago
Angola
Wheatfield
Cambridge City
Mercury
Custody Fight Invokes Dred Scott Decision
Rudolph Oudshoff cites the Dred Scott Decision of 1860 to gain custody of his minor daughter Margaret and challenge probate of his late wife's will leaving the child to her maternal grandmother. He argues the decision upholds individual freedom and asserts humans are not chattels subject to disposition by will or sale.
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Rudolph Oudshoff
Margaret
Oudshoff
Margaret Oudshoff
Dointi
Bremen crosses Atlantic in record time
Cherbourg reports the North German Lloyd liner Hiner Bremen completing its 74th trans Atlantic crossing in 4 days 16 hours 15 minutes at an average speed of 28.51 knots. The ship traveled 3,199 miles from New York to Cherbourg, setting a new world and own record for crossing time.
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Cherbourg
France
Lloyd
Hiner Bremen
New York
Lebanon Young Men Enter Forest Army
Walter Alley and Es Summers left for Indianapolis and tonight at nine o clock will depart for Camp Knox Kentucky to enter the U S Veterans Forestry Service. They will be assigned locations from the camp. local young men recently passed entrance examination.
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Walter Alley
Es Summers
Indianapolis
Camp Knox
U. S. Veterans Forestry Service
Indiana Industry Sees Rise in Employment and Activity
Indiana City reports an 8 percent June employment rise from May and 6 percent over April, with fulltime jobs up 10 percent. The June business index climbs 5 percent to 64 percent of normal as firms expand operations. A case in Elwood shows boosting demand with 1.8 million buffing wheels, causing a 65 mile flannel cut and a 10 percent pay raise.
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Delaware
Lake County
Muncie
Calumet
Gary
Paul V. McNutt
Indiana
Nickle Plate
Frankfort, Inc
Frankfort
Clover Leaf
Lake Erie & Western
Terre Haute
Pennsylvania Railroad
B & O Railroad
Washington
Ind
Fast Train Hits Hay Wagon Near Stop 18
A wheel on a wagon loaded with hay broke on the Big Four tracks east of town at Stop 18 Wednesday evening and was struck by a fast passenger train due at Kitetown at 5:06. The wagon was demolished and hay scattered along the track, but the team was unharmed and unhitched in time. The hay belonged to Earl Burkett.
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Kitetown
Earl Burkett
Boone Circuit Court Recesses For Summer Vacation
The Boone Circuit Court will recess this afternoon for the annual summer vacation. The fall term starts September 11 and runs through Christmas week. The April term closed after a lengthy trial period with two major cases completed by jury verdicts. The Kindred-Wasson damage case ended with a $15,000 award for the plaintiff against the Wasson company after lengthy proceedings. Other scheduled trials were moved or postponed, including Foland Auction Company versus Brown on contract, and Bankers Trust Company as executor of the will of Mary J. Proctor versus Agnes Henderson Proctor Gaddie et al, to interpret the will of James Proctor involving an estate valued at $600,000.
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Bankers Trust Company
Mary J. Proctor
Agnes Henderson Proctor Gaddie
James Proctor
Miss Richardson Visits Indiana Relative Guests in Dover Area
Miss Mary Richardson of near Dover visits Thursday night and stays until Saturday with Mr and Mrs Charles Richardson and Miss Betty M Scott. Miss Scott from Salt Lake City Utah is spending summer with relatives in Indiana and is a guest this week of her aunt Mrs Richardson.
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Mary Richardson
Near Dover
Charles Richardson
Betty M. Scott
Scott
Salt Lake City
Utah
Indiana
Richard Son
British Tank Design Delayed Four Years Since 1912
London dispatch says Austria had a tank in 1911 while Britain issued a design in 1912 that never reached action until 1916. An Australian inventor De Mole allegedly offered a superior four ton, armor clad three crew tank with front and rear arms, but the War Office pigeonholed it. Military leaders valued numbers over innovation, delaying tanks at the war’s outset.
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London
Austria
Britain
de Mole
War Office
Forgotaorel Kirchnane
Anti-Hitlerites Stage London Demonstration
London June 30 Extra policy guarded the German embassy after a group of anti Hitlerites drove to the building in a net sona autonomy painted this slogan on the embassy wall in red letters two feet high Hitler Murdered Release the Prisoners.
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London
Autonia
Hitler
Alfred E. Smith attacks federal control of business
Alfred E. Smith in New Outlook criticizes the national recovery act as a blow to American initiative. He warns that literal terms would curb initiative, favor monopoly, raise prices, and reinforce bureaucracy, diverging from the Democratic Party’s traditional role.
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New York
Alfred E. Smith
Democratic Party
State Woodmen Plan Annual Log Rolling
A group of Modern Woodmen of America from this city will attend the Indiana state log rolling at Turkey Route on August 4. The event is led by Col. G. Fitch of Colmen Se Be Oor Debey Ne Te Se Iee Seles.
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America
Turkey
Col. &. G. Fitch
Roosevelt Enjoys Rest on Campobello Island During Vacation
President Roosevelt arrives ashore on Campobello Island to rest amid familiar scenes he loves from his youth. He first visited 49 years ago when his parents brought him here as a child. A family picnic and outdoor life mark his stay before boarding the Indianapolis for the White House. Morgenthau Jr. accompanies the ex ecutive and will return to Washington aboard the Indianapolis.
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Campobello Island
N. B
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
New York
Navy
White House
Roosevelt Home
Hef
Marion
Mass
Wheat rallies at Chicago as broad buying lifts markets
Chicago June 30 The bull movement in grains renewed with broad buying across the trade pits in late session. Wheat rose as much as 4c from early lows and closed fractionally to a cent higher. Corn, oats, rye and barley showed gains or steadied with mixed results as outside markets provided strength.
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Chicago
Appointments to ten state boards announced in Indianapolis
Temporary appointments were announced for ten state institutional boards by Governor Paul V McNutt. The move aims to consolidate supervision, policy definition, and idea exchange, with talk of a possible super board to oversee all institutions including Michigan City State Prison. New members include Clara Parrot Fort Wayne, William R Barr Bluffton, Earl Leas Waterloo and John W Kitch Plymouth for the Feebleminded Youth Board. Ed Souder Lafayette, William Babcock Rensselaer, Frank S Clark Knox County, TM C Bassettoodland, and Joseph Hardeen Columbia City for Soldiers Home board.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Paul V. McNutt
McNutt
Michigan City
School
Fort Wayne
Soldier’s Home
Lafayette
Madison State Hospital
Central Hospital
Logansport State Hospital
Richmond State Hospital
Evansville State Hospital
Indiana State Sanitarium
Rockville
Soldier’s
Sailor’s Orphans Home
Knightstown
Newcastle
Clara Parrot
William R. Barr
Bluffton
Earl Leas
Waterloo
John W. Kitch
Plymouth
Ed Souder
William Babcock
Rensselear
Frank S. Clark
Signsoy
C. G. Bassett
Ooodland
Joseph, Hardeen
Columbia City
Mercury Temps Spike Then Dip In Whitestown Thru Day
Whitestown residents enjoyed a brief cool spell when a light shower dropped the temperature from 98.5 to 92.5 degrees around noon. By 2 o'clock the heat rose again to 99 degrees as hourly readings show a volatile day with 9 am 89, 10 am 91, 11 am 94, noon 96.5, 1 pm 92.5, and 2:30 pm 100, 3 pm 99.
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Whitestown
Clyde O. Laughner
Robbery Suspect Shot While Escaping Police
Chicago June 30. William H. Thomas 26 of Taylorville Ill was shot by police after a theater holdup escape attempt. He remained in critical condition at Bridewell hospital as officers moved him from town hall station.
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Chicago
William H. Thomas
Taylorville
Ill
Bridewell Hospital
Thomas
Town Hall
Liberty
NABBED FOR THEFT OF NEW CAR HERE
Sheriff Wilbur A Small and Chief Edgar A Casey went to Louisville to take custody of Bernard R White a 20 year old arrested there for theft of a new Ford V 8 coupe from the Fred Siess Company where he worked The car was recovered at Elizabethtown Ky White had worked as a garage helper For past year He fled with two hitch hiking girls after driving the car from the Siess garage late Wednesday night Police captured him in Louisville after a tip from an official there
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Wilbur A. Small
Edgar A. Casey
Louisville
Bernard R. White
Fred Siess Company
Boone Circuit Court
White
Elizabethtown
Siess
Hagerman
Louisville Police Department
Small
South Meridian Street
Mrs. Sarah A Buck Dies in Frankfort at 84
Mrs. Sarah A. Buck aged 84 died at her daughter Bess Noris's home in Frankfort on Thursday. She is mother to Mrs. Eva Hutchins of Thorn town. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2 PM at Aughe & Son's Funeral Home 600 South Jackson Street Frankfort.
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Sarah A. Buck
Eva Hutchins
Thorntown
Bess Noris
Clinton’ Street
Frankfort
Aughe & Son’s
South Jackson Street
Imprisoned musician seeks state recompense after miscarriage
Russell Boles, a 63 year old Denver area musician, seeks partial compensation from Colorado for twelve years wrongly spent in prison after a fatal axe attack case, despite an unconditional pardon in 1916. He had moved from Rocky Ford to Denver in 1902 and later settled in Longmont giving music lessons.
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Denver
Russell Boles
State of
Colorado
State Penitentiary
Bates
Boles
Rocky Ford
Colo
British Columbia
Canon City
State Board of Pardons
George A. Carlson
Longmont
Ed C. Johnson
World Economic Conference Appeals to Roosevelt on Currency
European nations appeal to President Roosevelt to curb American dollar fluctuations and seek U S support for a temporary currency stabilization pact. Britain rejects joining the gold bloc without U S signature while Ramsay MacDonald defends Britain's independent stance amid ongoing talks at Downing Street and London.
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London
Roosevelt
Raymond Moley
Downing Street
Georges Bonnet
France
Geological Museum
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Europe
Geneva
United States
Britain
Washington
J. Ramsay MacDonald
Kem
Roose
Univision
Velt A
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