Klan Big Issue Shapes Lebanon Mayoral Primary
Mayor Clyde B. Walker declares the Ku Klux Klan the central issue in Lebanon’s May primary. He urges voters to oppose Klan endorsed candidates and to choose leaders free from Klan influence, arguing the organization dictates policy and threatens constitutional government. The contest centers on Dayton Wright versus A P Hooton with party factions aligning accordingly.
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Lebanon
Clyde B. Walker
Walker
Dayton Wright
A. P. Hooton
Wright
Ku Klux Klan
Indianapolis
Klan
Bosserts
Stephensons
Ballot Marking Rules For City Primary Election
Voters are reminded to mark ballots in the square after candidates names in the May 5 city primary. Improper marks risk invalidating votes. Each voter may choose six candidates: mayor, clerk, treasurer, two at large councilors, and one ward councilman. at large requires two selections. Republican contest features three nominees for the at large post.
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Republican Party
Three Murderers Are Executed At Sing Sing
Ossing New York May 1 As calm as a barber chair Morris and Joseph Diamond and John Farino faced fifty witnesses in Sing Sing death chamber shortly before midnight and paid gamely for their murder of two New York bank messengers. In silence broken only by their last words the three men who two hours previously had kissed their mothers goodbye marched stoically to the scene of their doom and were ushered into eternity while a priest and rabbi mumbled prayers.
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Ossing
N. Y
Morris
Joseph Diamond
John Farino
Sing Sing
New York
Dawes Carries Senate Rules Crusade Across Nation
Vice President Dawes will tour the country this summer to press changes in the senate rules. He plans stops in Birmingham Alabama and states with rules committee members including Kentucky Indiana Ohio Kansas and the far west. The campaign aims to win over committee members Underwood Curtis Watson Ralston and others to support reforms before a senate vote.
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Washington
Dawes
Senate
Alabama
Kentucky
Indiana
Ohio
Kansas
Far West
New England
Birmingham
Ala
Senate Rules Committee
Oscar Underwood
Charles Curtis
Jim Watson
Ralston
Rules Committee
Cooking School To Be Conducted Here May 12 15
A modern cooking school for the women of Lebanon and Boone county will be held at the Colonial theatre May 12 to 15 under The Reporter. Mrs. M. E. Forbes of Chicago will conduct the program, following her Indianapolis Star backed plan. The event is open to all women without charge with a model kitchen and dining room on stage, prizes and samples in the afternoons. Local merchants support the effort to benefit home economics and practical cooking.
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Lebanon
Boone County
Colonial Theatre
M. E. Forbes
Chicago
Indianapolis
Tomlinson Hall
Indianapolis Star
Forbes
Missing Girl and Kidnapper Found Near Randolph Vermont
Lucille Chatterton eleven and her alleged kidnapper Earl Woodward were found after a dawn capture with the help of a German police dog in a Brookfield hay loft. They were brought to Randolph amid a large community search by Vermont farmers and Norwich University cadets. Woodward, an ex convict, will face arraignment in Middlebury. The girl had reported parental abuse after her disappearance last Friday when she was sent to the farm spring for water.
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Randolph
Lucille Chatterton
Earl Woodward
George Jord
Brookfield
Vermont
Norwich University
Walter Chatterton
Woodward
Middlebury
Chatter
Bedouins Kidnap Noted Film Star Betty Blythe
Betty Blythe, a film star, reportedly kidnapped by Bedouins near Jerusalem while filming in Palestine. The British Colonial Office has no confirmation. Harding seeks rescue from American and British authorities. Troops dispatched from Haifa after two French companions were wounded and Blythe abducted from an automobile.
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London
Betty Blythe
Palestine
Seonadide
John Harding
Colonial Office
Harding
Haifa
Miss Blythe
Jerusalem
Miss. Blythe
Syria
Rep Williams of Michigan Dies After Operation
Baltimore, Md May 1 Representative Arthur B Williams of Michigan’s third district died today at Johns Hopkins hospital after an operation performed April 15. He was elected in June 1928 to fill the vacancy in congress from that district and was re elected last year.
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Baltimore
Arthur B. Williams
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Engineer Inspects I. C. M. Co. Plants
Sam Mott formerly Sheridan electric manager has spent ten days visiting Sheridan Lebanon and Albany Wisconsin to review plans of the Indiana Condensed Milk Company. He aims to improve efficiency by refining the plant layouts and operations.
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Sam Mott
Sheridan Electric Company
Sheridan
Lebanon
Albany
Wis
Indiana Condensed Milk Company
Cigarette Butt Ignites Adler Store Awning
A lighted cigarette tossed from an upstairs office set a large awning at Adler & Company store ablaze this morning. About ten by ten feet burned before employees doused the flames with chemicals until firefighters arrived.
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ADLER
Adler & Company
Youth Slays Father Then Shoots Himself in Minnesota
In St. Paul, Minnesota, Edward Mason, 21, shot and killed his father and then wounded himself. Police say the killing was linked to conflict over the son’s jazz life, following another patricide earlier in the week.
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St. Paul, Minn
Minnesota
Edward Mason
Edward
Maxmillan Mason
Mello Ghilardi
Egidio Ghilardi
Chesholm
Stephenson Case Move Surprises Defense Ahead of Trial
Indianapolis May 1 The next legal maneuver by the defense in the Oberholtzer death case was guarded. Eph Inman attorney for D C Stephenson and Earl Klenck and Earl Gentry withdrew his motion to release the three on bond while awaiting trial. He offered no hint of subsequent steps.
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Indianapolis
Oberholtzer
Eph Inman
D. C
Stephenson
Earl Klenck
Earl Gentry
Madge Oberholtzer
Inman
Dr Caldwell to Broadcast Address From WEAF
Dr O W Caldwell, head of Teachers College at Columbia University and former Boone County resident, will broadcast from WEAF New York City on May 4 from 7 to 7 16 EST on an educational topic. Boone county peers and radio listeners may tune in.
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O. W. Caldwell
Teachers College
Columbia University
Boone County
WEAF
New York City
Boone Count Peere
J. Caldwell
New York
Slightly warmer weather forecast for Indiana today
Indianapolis may 1 slight warmer weather was predicted by the weather bureau. Cloudiness prevented frost in central Indiana but light frosts occurred elsewhere. A further light frost is possible tonight according to the forecast.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Weather Bureau
Clean Up and Paint Up Campaign Urges Lebanon Effort
John Huber of the Chamber of Commerce urged Lebanon residents to intensify the Clean Up and Paint Up drive during the final weeks. He warned that visitors will form impressions of the city, and a clean appearance could attract or deter future tourism and business. The mayor proclaimed a week dedicated to the effort, noting progress but urging broader participation from homeowners and merchants.
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Lebanon
John Huber
Chamber of Commerce
Mr. Huber
Thorntown Athlete Rushed to Hospital After Appendicitis
Ronald Carpenter, Thorntown high school athlete, was rushed to Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis on Thursday afternoon for acute appendicitis. His condition was reported good at noon. Carpenter, son of Mr and Mrs Will Carpenter southwest of Thorntown, played floor guard on the 1924 25 basketball team and was a member of the Thorntown high school football squad.
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Ronald Carpenter
Thorntown
Methodist Hospital
Indianapolis
Carpenter
Will Carpenter
Thorntown High School
Accident victims improving rapidly
The condition of Miss Susie n Jones Lebanon Telephone Com ady operator who was badly in redesday when the Ford sedan she was driving was struck by a traction car on the Thorn town line is greatly improved the attending prysien said today Her mother Mrs W M Jones has practically recovered from injuries she suffered in the same wreck
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Susien Jones
Lebanon
Thorntown
Prysien
W. M. Jones
Miss Olivetta Stamp Improves After Illness at Home
Miss Olivetta Stamp confined to her rooms at 218 East Washington street has shown improvement after a week with an attack of acute indigestion.
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Olivetta Stamp
East Washington Street
Jones joins state public service commission in Indiana
Indianapolis May 1 Clyde Jones of Lafayette succeeds Maurice Douglas of Flat Rock as a member of the state public service commission. John W. McCardle begins his third consecutive term. Reappointment and Jones selection were announced by Governor Jackson. The commission will meet this afternoon to reorganize and elect officers.
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Indianapolis
Clyde Jones
Lafayette
Maurice Douglas
State Public Service Commission
John W. McCardle
McCardle
Jones
Douglas
Jackson
Train wreck kills 30 in Berlin corridor crash
Berlin May 1 an explosion and wreck on the Eydkuhnen Berlin express in the Polish corridor killed between 30 and 40 people and injured about 50 railway authorities rushed a relief train to the scene. Early reports indicated possible criminal tampering with rails though later updates confirmed 25 identifications.
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Berlin
Lebanon High to Enter Triangular Meet at Thorntown
The Lebanon high school track team will compete in a triangular meet at Thorntown Saturday starting at 1 pm, with Crawfordsville as the third entrant. Oscar Smith has returned and along with Jewell Kincaid is relied on for several firsts.
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Lebanon
Thorntown
Crawfordsville
Oscar Smith
Smith
Jewell Kincaid
Schuler
Kincaid
Scott
McDonald
Howard
Neidlinger
Havens
Robert
Bramblett
Joe Ashley
Robert Smith
Crane
Zenor
Brouchard
Borders
Lasley
Stewart
Pythians Plan Pep Meeting For Next Week
Lebanon Knights of Pythias outlined a pep session for next Thursday night at the local hall. The lodge aims to secure the Indiana K of P Home for Lebanon and raise its state fund quota before June 30. Members were asked to donate a day’s wages, about one third contributing so far, with third rank work and out of town speakers to address the gathering. A program will accompany the talks. esquire rank was conferred, and visitors from Frankfort and nearby lodges attended.
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Lebanon
Esquire
Frankfort
Wayne Ashley Wins Lebanon High Public Speaking Contest
Wayne Ashley, from the 1925 graduating class, won the inter class oratorical contest at Lebanon High School with his speech The Constitution. Alberta Wysong took second, Johanna Grant third. Prizes totaling 30.40 were awarded by The Lebanon Daily Reporter, with $3.00 to each class finalist and additional cash for the top three. The event drew a large audience and featured judges including Dr. Mary Van Nuys and Rev. Hardy Lamb.
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Wayne Ashley
Lebanon High School
Alberta Wysong
Johanna Grant
Tatlock
Lebanon Daily Reporter
Ashley
Wysong
Grant
Crawfordsville
Cuba
Toussaint VY Ouverture
George Kimmel
Martha Jane Voris
Mary Alice Smith
John Hornaday
Helen Ritchie
Mary van Nuys
Hardy Lamb
Willet H. Parr, Jr
William H. Spieth
al Wynkoop
Daily Reporter
Eugene Pulliam
Pulliam
Paul van Riper
Lebanon
John Schultz
Pivin Vail
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Mayor Walker
Cross
of Hospapaay
Rep. Williams
Michigan
DR. Caldwell
Huber
Pythians
U. S
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