Final Tryouts for Logal High School Tonight
Tonight at 7 30 the Linton Stockton high school auditorium hosts final tryouts to select representatives for the South Central Indiana Oratorical and Reading contests in Bloomington on May 2. Seven entrants compete in oration and reading with judges W T Brown D N Vass I A Messick. The district track meet also occurs in Bloomington that day.
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Logal High School
Linton
Indiana
Bloomington
Linton-Stockton High School
South Central Association
Washington
Vincennes
Bedford
Martinsville
Willis Nichols
Margaret Murphy
America
Harold Talbott
American Red Cross
Margaret Klink
Isabelle McChristie
Mary Jedith Klink
Sara Nell McIntosh
W. T. Brown
Bloomfield
D. N. Vass
Bloomfield High School
I. A. Messick
Jasonville High School
Carlisle
Linton Stars
Indiana High School Athletic Association
Storms Kill Two in Peoria Illinois Fire Links to Losses
In Peoria Illinois two men aged 60 and 53, Frank Hammel and George Wonder, were killed by a storm that caused over 500000 in property damage including a destroyed Isaac Walker hardware store. A Miller Lumber watchman is missing as blades of glass shattered storefronts across the city and telegraph lines lay down.
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Peoria
Isaac Walker
Frank Hammel
George Wonder
Miller Lumber Company
France expects U S to collect German war debt
Paris April 20 France's new finance minister Joseph Caillans told the cabinet that the United States and Britain should accept German reparations payments to reduce France's war debt to those nations. He urged Paris to press for the arrangement in talks with Washington and London.
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International
Shervics
Paris
United States
Great Britain
Joseph Caillans
France
Bomb thrower killed hiding after Sofia blast
London April 20. Minicff the aerator sought by military authorities after the Sofia explosion that killed 160 was killed today in his hiding place, according to dispatches received this afternoon.
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Shervich
London
Minicff
Sofia
Farmer Robbed of 12300 Cash in Car Sleep
Cassius Rockwell a 63 year old farmer near Allegan Michigan was chloroformed in Goshen Indiana as he slept in his car and robbed of 12300 in cash carried in a traveling bag. Police report details show the crime occurred late last night and he woke to a wet cloth on his face. He had traveled to Goshen to buy a farm.
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Farmer
International News Service
Goshen
Ind
Cassius Rockwell
Allegan
Mich
Rockwell
Woman Footpad Kills Indianapolis Man
An apparently 20 year old, fashionably dressed woman attempted a hold up on Harry Keely, 23, last night and shot him twice in the abdomen when he resisted. She fled, skirt up, into the darkness before pursuers could catch her. Keely died at the city hospital.
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Indianapolis
Harry Keely
Keely
Methodists approve North and South Union at Anderson conference
The eighty second annual Methodist Episcopal conference at Anderson Ind approved the union of the two church branches by a large vote after laymen had already endorsed the move. The closing session also named district superintendents including W W Wiant Fort Wayne L C Bentley Logansport S Thornburg Richmond and U S A Bridge Wabash.
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Unnthernational News Service
Anderson
Ind
Methodist Episcopal Church
Ft. Wayne
W. W. Wiant
Logansport
L. C Bentley
Richmond
Wisconsin Senator Holds Public Wine Party Despite Prohibition
Federal probe into Senator Bernard Gettleman’s home wine and cider party in Milwaukee notes sacramental wine use may require religious proof. Dry agents review records to see if Gettleman, linked to a Jewish congregation, is legally entitled to sacramental wine. Seventeen guests attended amid rain while Gettleman and Robert Matsuka served drinks.
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United Press Dispatch
Milwaukee
Wis
Bernard Gettleman
John B. Madden
Gettleman
Robert Matsuka
Getleman
Bulgarians Seek 10000 Troops to quell disorder
Bulgaria asked the interallied military commission for an extra 10 000 troops to suppress disorder following an attempted communist revolt. An initial 8 000 troops was approved after the Sveti Kral cathedral was bombarded, with more units needed to prevent further outbreaks.
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International News Service
Paris
Bulgaria
Interallied
Military Commission
Sveti Kral
Stephenson and two Henchmen Held on Murder Charge
David C. Stephenson ex grand dragon of the Klan and two associates, Earl Klenck and Earl Gentry, were arrested by Sheriff Hawkins in Indianapolis on a first degree murder indictment linked to Madge Oberholtzer’s death. They were taken to Marion county jail awaiting Inman as habeas corpus moves are anticipated.
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Indianapolis
Marion County
D. C
Stevenson
Stephenson
Curtis
Hawkins
Inman
Turkish Federals Hang Rebel Bunch in Djebekir District
Turkish federals report twenty three Kurdestan rebels killed in a clash in Djebekir district near Constantinople on April 20. The action followed rebel activity in the region.
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International News Service
Constantinople
Djebekir
Woman Found Insane Admits Killing Seven
Mrs. Della Sorensen, 28, confessed to killing seven persons in five years. She enrolled today as a patient in the state hospital for the insane and admitted giving strychnine to two of her own babies, her first husband, the latter's mother, a sister-in-law's two small children, and a friend's infant.
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Sinternational
ST. Paul, Neb
Della Sorensen
Gary liquor violators denied petition for rehearing
R O Johnson former Gary mayor and fifty one Gary residents convicted of violating prohibition law lost in the supreme court their appeal for a review and reversal of convictions and prison sentences in Washington.
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Sinternational News Service
Washington
R. O. Johnson
Gary
Supreme Court
Europe in turmoil as nations reel after war
Unrest across Europe marks April end with Bulgaria and Portugal blood baths. France and Belgium face government upheaval while Germany debates republicanism versus monarchy. Italy suppresses the Semissi, Spain fights the Rif, and Turkey pursues the Kurds.
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Africa
Near East
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Portugia
France
Belgium
Germany
Italy
Spain
Turkey
Delay in Captusese Arrest Sparks Public Outcry
After a grand jury reported, Sheriff Hawkins and deputies failed for hours to search for Stephenson and his henchmen. Hawkins was off chasing a stolen car in Martinsville while deputies unloaded confiscated liquor. Citizens in Irvington formed a fund to aid prosecution after the delays.
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Hawkins
Martinsville
Court House
Indianapolis
Irvingston
Oberholtzer
Four Persons Drown When Car Reaches Lake
Four men from St. Paul died when a car with seven occupants backed off Centerville road and plunged into a lake. Victims were Arthur Moran Joseph G Walsh Charles Siebert and Herman Schadler all residents of St Paul.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Centerville Road
Arthur Moran
Josephg. Walsh
Charles Siebert
Herman Schadler
St. Paul
Insane mother kills two children in Kentucky tragedy
In Ashland Kentucky on Sunday Mrs J E K Sloan killed her children Margaret sixteen and Jack thirteen with a hatchet while they slept and then tried to take her own life. She barricaded herself in a bathroom and gas was turned on. The mother survived likely to recover while the daughter died en route to hospital and the husband found the scene. The son had been reputedly obsessed with violence and once carried a hatchet.
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Ashland
J. EK. Sloan
Margaret
Jack
Five Family Killed in Indiana Train Crash
Five members of the Cottey family died in an automobile train collision on the Union Traction line near Ingalls Indiana. Ralph Cottey the father survived with injuries and was taken to a hospital in Indianapolis.
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Anderson
Ind
Union Traction
Ingalls
Mary Cottey
Ralph Cottey
North la Salle Street
Indianapolis
Jennie
Dorothy
Ralph, Jr
Lincoln Cottey
Groundhogs of Knox County Targeted for Extermination
Knox County council approved funds for groundhog control with County Agent Benson announcing demonstrations across townships this week. A groundhog day is set for Monday April 27 to conduct a countywide gasting along the demonstrated methods in cooperation with the U S Department of Agriculture.
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Vincennes
Knox County Council
Benson
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Wheeler Court Trial Sees Key Ruling On Indictment
Great Falls Montana April report notes Senator Burton Wheeler gains a point as judge excludes one count in the misuse of office case. Prosecution presses for a quick verdict as about thirteen witnesses remain for the defense. Washington attorney Nyce denies knowledge of Wheeler's alleged scheme.
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United Press Dispatch
Great Falls
Mont
Burton K. Wheeler
International News Service
Democrat
Montana
Intrior Department
Barton Ki
Wheeler
Thames ‘ “Walshay
Senatr Walsh
Walsh
H. J. Coleman
Standard Oil Company of
California
Gordon Campbell
Dietrich
Coleman
Peter Q. Nyce
Washington
John L. Slattery
Campbell Oil
Nyce
Campbell
Subway Car Crash Injures Seven, Traps Passengers
A northbound subway train derailed near Penn Station injuring seven and leaving nearly 100 passengers shaken. The crash collapsed seven tunnel supports, sparked a panicked stampede, and caused darkness as passengers scrambled to exits. Nathan Lipson was forced through a window pane during the chaos.
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Invitel Press Dispatch
New York
Pennsylvania Railway Station
Nathan Lipson
President and Mrs Coolidge Take Potomac Cruise
After church services on Sunday, the president and Mrs. Coolidge boarded the Mayflower for a brief Potomac cruise. Secretary and Mrs Sanders were their guests.
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