City Schools Open Monday for 1925 26 term
The Lebanon city schools will reopen Monday as over 1400 pupils return from vacation. Principals list staff for high, central and Stokes Harney Stokes and new teachers join the force. Training includes health checks and sight tests.
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Lebanon
High School
W. L. Tatlock
Mathematics Central
Myrtle Roark
Stokes Nora Young
Harney
Ethel Crear
Stokes and Harney
Central School
Star
van Ripe
Prohi raid nets two bootleggers near Clinton
Federal agents seized sixty five gallons of white mule whisky in a woods northeast of Clinton and arrested Frank Binnette and John Letti, both of Clinton. They were charged with illegal possession of liquor and jailed in Terre Haute. The liquor was bound for Indianapolis for state fair week.
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Clinton
Ind
Frank Binnette
John Letti
Terre Haute
Indianapolis
Pawn Shop Interest Rates Under Probe
Indianapolis report states Posecutor Remy of Marion County probed pawn shop charges. A complaint alleges one broker charged ten percent per week, prompting official scrutiny into lending practices in the area.
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Indianapolis
Posecutor Remy
Marion County Today
Joseph Edwards Dies at 70 in Lebanon on Barrone Street
Joseph W. Edwards, 70, prominent Lebanon figure in Indiana insurance, died at 7:30 am at his home 218 Barrone Street after a long illness. Born in Roachdale, he lived in Lebanon since 1888 and served as local representative for Ohio Farmers Insurance. Funeral services will be at his home Monday at 9 am, then Roachdale for 2 pm services. interment Roachdale. He is survived by wife Jennie, two brothers and two sisters.
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Joseph W. Edwards
Lebanon
Indiana
Barrone Street
Mr. Edwards
Roachdale
Frankfort
Ohio and Farmers Insurance Company
Edwards
Jennie Edwards
John T. Edwards
Indianapolis
R F. Edwards
Nan Smith
Rachel Gitler
Ten Commandments Photoplay Dates Revised at Colonial
Cecil B. DeMille's great film The Ten Commandments will be shown for three days at the Colonial Theatre. The program was set for Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday but travel delays from New York require changing to Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
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Cecil B. DeMilles
Colonial Theatre
New York
Othen
Emerson
Entertaining Guests Byron Jones Jr and Julia Jones
Byron Jones Jr and Julia Jones host guests at their home north of town. Attendees include Bruce Franklin Martha Ann Avery Frank Coombs and Mary Ann Wyn oop. Miss Iris Hardesty of Frankfort visited Thursday and attended a Psi Iota Xi sorority dance in Zionsville that evening.
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Byron, Jr
Julia Jones
Bruce Franklin
Martha Ann Avery
Frank Coombs Pana
Mary Ann Wynoop
Iris Hardesty
Frankfort
a _ Psi Iota Xi sorority
Zionsville
Local Boy Scout Leaders Organize Fall Lebanon Program
Lebanon Boy Scout leaders met at Parr and Purr offices to plan next month. A staff of Scoutmasters Wiley Raper Parr and assistants Crowder Koontz will meet monthly. Raper elected Chief of Staff to lead a three troop competition over three months with points for attendance dues advancement deportment appearance and knots. A city championship rally will award a trophy. Court of Honor set for September 29 with monthly meetings to accelerate Scout advancement. Public and parent attendance urged.
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Lebanon
Boy Scout
Parr
Wiley
Raper
Crowder and Koontz
Efech
Seven Dead in Indiana Auto and Accident Toll
Death toll from accidents across Indiana in the last 24 hours rises to seven with six more injured. Drownings occur at the Wabasa river near Clinton as two brothers, 16 and 14, drown while swimming to escape heat. another man dies in a parachute jump at the Gibson county fair. A streetcar fatality in South Bend, a fatal auto crash near Hammond, a child burns death in Columbus, and other crashes near Indianapolis and Anderson are reported with multiple injuries.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Clifford Cullen
Frank
Wabasa River
Clinton
Gibson County
Princeton
George Coover
Decatur
Ill
Coover
Josephine Weeks
South Bend
Steve Krennereck
Peoria
William Shults
Hammond
John Wilcox
Dalton
Wilcox
Shults
Frances Scroughan
John Scroughan
Columbus
Clem Duerstock
Greensburg
George Smith
Hamilton
Freeda Licking
Cincinnati
Richmond
Anderson
William Turner
Architects May Be Given Hearing In Indiana Memorial Case
Indianapolis Sept 5 The state board for registration of engineers opened a complaint against Walker and Weeks Cleveland architects for the Indiana World War Memorial The complaint filed by Clarence Joseph Indianapolis seeks license revocation If grounds exist a formal hearing will decide the action removing the architects from the project Orr chief examiner charged the pair used steel from a firm in which they had interest and called the move criminal and unethical An investigation may be held by Marion county grand jury The accountants also check plans for the American Legion national headquarters building to see if the architects used their own grade of steel
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Indianapolis
Walker and Weeks
Cleveland
Indiana World War Memorial
State Board For Registration of Professional Engineers
Clarence Joseph
Indiana
Walker
Weeks
Joseph
Lawrence Orr
State Board of Accounts
Orr
Marion County Grand Jury
American Legion National
Charred body found in auto ruins on East Side
New York police found the burned body of an unidentified man in a smoking motor car on the upper East Side. The victim had hands tied behind his back and the car was saturated with gasoline. License plates were removed. rust lines suggested New Jersey plates.
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New York
Upper East Side
New Jersey
Georgia Aces Face Amateur Golf Final at Oakmont
Two Georgia players from the Atlanta Athletic Club reach the U S amateur final at Oakmont Pa to challenge defending champion Bobby Jones and contender Watts Gunn in a family flavored showdown.
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Georgia Aces
Oakmont Country Club
Georgia
Atlanta
United States
Bobby Jones
Watts Gunn
Atlanta Athletic Club
South
Sillpherstrom Second in 2:17 Pace at Crawfordsville
Lord Sillpherstrom, owned by Grover Shelby, finished second in the 2:17 pace at the Montgomery County Fair yesterday, after winning the first heat in 2:16. Zelma, also Shelby's, took second in the 2:24 trot on Tuesday. The best time recorded was 2:14 4. Both entries are entered in Covington county fair events next week.
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Lord Sillpherstrom
Grover Shelby
Zelma
Shelby
Covington County
Heat Wave Keeps Indiana Hung The Sun Streak
Indianapolis awaits cooler air as heat records fall across Indiana. September 4 set all time highs in Indianapolis Evansville and Fort Wayne with Marion and Kokomo also sweltering. Evansville mayor fainted but not seriously harmed while working at city hall.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Weather Bureau
Mercury
Evansville
Fort Wayne
Elmerdorf
Marion
Kokomo
Excavation Planned for Megiddo Ancient Armageddon
Chicago Sept 5 The ruins of Megiddo known as ancient Armageddon will be excavated by Prof James H Breated of the University of Chicago. Funding for the project totals 215000 dollars supplied by John D Rockefeller Jr. The dig is projected to run about four years.
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Chicago
Megiddo
James H. Breated
University of Chicago
John D. Rockefeller Jr
Lumber yards close at noon Monday for Labor Day
Pinnell Coombs Lumber Company and Metzger Lumber Company will close their businesses at noon on Monday in observance of Labor Day.
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Pinnell-Coombs Lumber Company
Metzger Lumber Company
Kidnaper Sought as Mary Daly Abducted in New Jersey
In Mont Clair New Jersey a high speed car chase ends with chauffeur Joseph Santino shot and the kidnapper fleeing. The body of Raymond Pierce a taxi driver is found near Little Falls. Police seek a white blonde or dark skinned suspect possibly linked to Philip K. Knapp the thrill killer.
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Mont Clair
N. J
Mary Daly
New Jersey
Mary
Joe Bauer
New York Trust Company
Joseph Santine
Philip K. Knapp
Desperate Rif Foe Fights Franco Spanish Offensive
Paris reports Abd El Krim's Riffians making a stubborn stand against a Franco Spanish assault. Krim seeks to halt the offensive before a full launch. Around the Bay of Alhucemas artillery harasses the main fleet as planes drop explosives. Fleet and air attacks have not yet opened a landing path, though Fez telegrams note some landing forces.
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Paris
Abd el Krim
Krim
Alhucemas
Mediterranean
Fez
Mercury Reaches 108 At Harrisburg In Heat Wave
Chicago reports hot winds scorch the middlewest with a record 108 degrees at Harrisburg. Forecasters expect a relief break Sunday, agriculture experts say crops should suffer little damage if the predicted cool down arrives.
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Chicago
Middlewest
Harrisburg
Central States
Shenandoah Dirigible Wreck Probe Delayed By Missing Paragraph Found
Caldwell Ohio September 5 The missing paragraph of the Shenandoah found near the wreckage cabin indicates altitude of 1200 feet, aiding the inquiry into the fatal crash. Equipment and log reportedly stolen by vandals as bodies of fourteen victims are prepared for burial with American flags provided by local posts.
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Caldwell
Ohio
United Press
Lme
Cambridge
Marietta
American Legion
Indiana Chamber to Collect Industrial Data for State Plans
The Indiana State Chamber of Commerce sent bulletins to 150 cities and towns seeking vacant buildings available space rail access and terms for possible industrial sites. Data gathered will reside at the Board of Trade building and aid the greater industrial movement chaired by the Indiana Commercial Secretaries Association. An industrial committee will meet soon after Governor Jackson fixes a date.
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Indiana
Indiana State Chamber of Commerce
George H. Mosser
State Chamber
Board of Trade
Indiana Commercial Secretaries’ Association
Jackson
Navy Still Hopes to Find Missing Seaplane
San Francisco Sept 5 Three and a half days of intensive search for seaplane PN 91 in a failed San Francisco to Hawaii flight keeps the Navy hopeful. Destroyers subs and other craft comb Hawaiian waters west of Maui channel miles from the crash area seeking clues and possible drift. A sighting report of flares by Whippoorwill sparked renewed hopes but later canceled when the plane sighted proved to be a patrol craft.
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San Francisco
PN-91
Tos
Hawaii
Hawaiian
Mauwai Channel
Whippoorwill
Honolulu
Faual Island
Navy Treartment
Red
Sampan
Mitchell
Kauai
Honlulu
New U B Pastor to Preach Sunday
The Rev G R Powell newly assigned to Lebanon United Brethren will preach morning and afternoon services. He plans to move his family from Hartford City next week and occupy the parsonage on South Lebanon street. Powell is noted for evangelism and has held prior charges in Marion and seven years of evangelistic work. He is married with three children Louise Glenn and Byron. The Powell family, and Mrs Powell, will participate in church activities as plans unfold. Regular quarterly conference is set for Monday at the church.
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G. R. Powell
Lebanon United Brethren
Forest Reed
Wabash
United Brethren
Mr. Powell
Hartford
South
Lebanon Street
Powell
Postal Service Department
Marion
Ind
Louise
Hartford City High School
Glenn
Byron
Lebanon High School
Langjahr Family Week End Visit in Indianapolis
Mr and Mrs Leonard Langjahr and children Robert and M of English are spending the weekend with Mrs Louise Os and Miss Mary Langjahr in Indianapolis. The group is enjoying a day together in the city.
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Leonard Langjahr
Robert
Louise Os
Mary Langjahr
Indiansapolis
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