Miners Plan General Strike and Wales Clash
Union leaders in Atlantic City announced plans for a general strike of anthracite miners on September 1 as wage talks stalled. Operators may keep maintenance staff if the stoppage occurs, while federal or state intervention is anticipated to help resolve the impasse and avoid a walkout.
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United Press Dispatch
Atlantic City
N. J
Samuel LD. Warriner
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Warriner
Serious clash in Wales disrupts Amman valley strike
London Aug 6 Six police and 100 miners were wounded in rioting that lasted hours in the Amman valley strike region. Cardiff reports say 700 strikers attacked Amman Ford colliery, overwhelming police before reinforcements dispersed them with batons.
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London
Amman Valley
Cardiff
Amman Ford
Ford Wires Prosperity Note 10 Newspapers
Ford records indicate a record July for all divisions at Highland Park offices. Domestic sales of Ford cars and trucks reached 167,626 in July, up 6,182 from last year. Oldson tractors and Lincoln car deliveries also rose, with farmers entering markets in growing numbers signaling strong August prospects.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Highland Park
Ford
Blind Beggar Foiled by Boy Collecting Coins
A Detroit News report recalls a small boy in Traverse City who sat with a cap over his eyes and a cup beside him to beg. The incident ended when an 800N professional blind beggar spotted the ruse.
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Traverse City
T.e Detroit News
Missing Chicago Girl Found Today in Sewer
Three year old Bessie Dorn who had been missing since yesterday afternoon was found in a Chicago sewer tunnel by her 18 year old brother Nathan. The girl reported being choked and placed in the sewer by an abductor. She was in the tunnel since yesterday afternoon and described as serious. police opened a secret inquiry into the case.
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Unishd Press Dispatch
Chicago
Bessie Dorn
Nathan
Japan Pays Tribute to American Ambassador Bancroft
Japan honored the dead American ambassador Wedgar A Bancroft with funeral services in a wooden cathedral and an imperial entrance for a foreigner. Officials escorted the body to the station as two companies of Japanese soldiers stood at attention. The casket was loaded aboard a cruiser for transport to San Francisco via Yokohama.
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Tokio
Japan
America
Wedgar A. Bancroft
Yokohama
Tana
San Francisco
Daugherty Given Four Year Term With One Meal Daily
Captain A J Daugherty of the Gospel Mission society was sentenced to four years in jail for contributing to the delinquency of his 14 year old daughter Evangeline. The sentence was suspended if he leaves town with his wife within midnight. The 60 year old man and his 18 year old wife were arrested after Evangeline was found wandering and she testified her father gave her a dime and told her to shift for herself.
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Pomeroy
A. J. Daugherty
The
Gospel Mission Society
A. P. Miller
Evangeline
Daugherty
Middleport
Disarray Hits Indiana State Offices Amid Multiple Inquiries
A sprawling investigation tightens grip on Indiana state agencies with the board of accounts probing the highway department the state board of health and the former adjutant general’s office while friction rises in education conservation and the secretary of state retirement fund.
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United Press Dispatch
Indianapolis
Board of Accounts
Highway Department
State Board of Health
Harry B. Smith
Board of Health
William F. King
King
Highway Commission
Chesleigh Gray
John D. Williams
Forme
Education Department
Dr. Sherwood
Estes Duncan
State Teachers’ Retirement Fund
Sherwood
Duncan
Richard Leiber
Conservation
W. A. Guthrie
The
Conservation Commission
Guthrie
Commission
Knights of Pythias drill contest draws teams from Indiana Illinois
Crack companies from Indiana and Illinois competed for honors in the drill contest at the Uniform Bank encampment of the Knights of Pythias held in Martinsville Indiana.
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Martinsville
Ind
Uniform Bank
Knights of Pythias
Indiana
Illinois
Government Takes Hand In Indiana State Highway Mess
Federal investigators join the inquiry into the Indiana state highway commission over disposal of surplus war materials. Marion County grand jury had indicted director John D. Williams, member Earl Crawford, former employee George Bartley, and three others on embezzlement and grand larceny charges.
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Indiana
Indianapolis
Federal Department of Justice
Indiana State Highway Commission
Albert Ward
Indiana Highway Body
Indiana State Board of Accounts
Highway Commission
Ward
Accounts Board
Marion County Grand Jury
John D. Williams
Earl Crawford
Commission
George Bartley
Rains in West Today Bring Hope for Nebraska Corn
Omaha July 6 rainfall drenched Nebraska corn fields and central Iowa, easing drought fears. Experts say fresh rain could boost farmer buying power after months of dry weather and low rainfall, with drought stress easing after the long heat wave.
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Omaha
Neb
Nebraska
Omaha Weather Bureau
Iowa
Six Women and One Man Sentenced in Prohibition Case
Six women and one man were sentenced in U S district court Detroit to terms from one year to 18 months in the Detroit house of correction. All were convicted of violating the federal prohibition law in the recent federal grand jury vice inquiry.
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Detroit
Mich
Grand Jury
United States District Court
Detroit House of Correction
Local Outlook in Coal Fields Shows Small Upturn
The article notes a tentative recovery in soft coal areas with idle mines restarting. Spring Valley mine resumes on a limited scale likely employing 65 to 70 men, about 40 percent of capacity, depending on market conditions. Other mines plan to begin operations soon amid wider labor unrest and global anthracite strikes.
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Spring Valley
Washington Prepares Police Reserves for Kluxer Parade
Washington officials tighten security for a Ku Klux Klan demonstration set for Saturday. All officers on duty and reserves kept ready as railroads plan to bring in up to 50 000 visitors across 43 special trains from as far as Columbus Ohio Buffalo New York and Jacksonville Florida. The fiery cross ceremony moves to Arlington horse show grounds across the Potomac.
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Washington
Evans
Columbus
Ohio
Buffalo
N. Y
Jacksonville
Fla
Cleveland
Akron
Government Theatre
Washington Monument
Arlington Horse, Show Grounds
Potomac River
Stallman Mystery Swings From Murder to Death by Action
Miss Cora Stallman 48 a former teacher found dead in a cistern on her sister’s farm at Mattoon Illinois reports shift from murder to accidental death theory. Sheriff and coroner cite autopsy findings showing no poison and death before entering water in the cistern despite changing explanations from Thomas Seaman and others.
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United Priss Dispatch
Mattoon
Ill
Cora Stallman
Anna Seaman
Thomas Seaman
Miss Stallman
F. S. Schilling
McNutt
T. O. Freeman
Indiana Republicans Gather for Midsummer Meeting
More than 600 Republican leaders and newspaper men arrived in Michigan City Indiana to attend the midsummer meeting of the Indiana Republican Editorial association and state Republican committee signaling a warm start to the year’s political season.
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Michigan City
Ind
Indiana
Indiana Republican Editorial Association
State Republican Committee
Revolutionary auto fuel from synthetic gasoline hailed
An automotive breakthrough with a new synthetic gasoline fuel is announced by a renowned chemical engineer at the American Chemical Society convention in Los Angeles. The fuel, said to be producible from petroleum coal or lignite, promises a powerful new engine design and an upcoming car release.
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Los Angeles
American Chemical Society
Florida couple’s quadruplets draw crowd at fairs
The Stephens family of Sheridan Indiana welcome quadruplets born recently. The four children are shown at numerous fairs, picnics and events as part of a fund raising effort to finance a planned fall trip to the south.
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Sheridan
Ind
Florida
Oscar Stephens
Southland
Former Linton Woman Killed at Bicknell in Train Collision
Mrs. Bailey, a former Linton girl, was instantly killed when an automobile driven by her husband William Bailey rode onto the Indianapolis & Vincennes railway crossing at Bruceville avenue in Bicknell. The miners train severed her head as it passed, while Bailey survived crash injuries and was taken to Vincennes Good Samaritan hospital.
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Bicknell
Ind. Au
Indianapolis & Vincennes
Vincennes
William Bailey
Bailey
Farmersburg
Mr. Bailey
Good Samaritan Hospital
Baily
Linton
Jake Be- Baun
B. R. McGriffin
John Shaffer, Jr
California
Jimmie Bailey
Gary Police to Get Armored Car for Chasing Bandits
Gary Indiana officials announced plans to purchase a steel armored car to be used on riot calls and for transferring bank funds. The vehicle will be bullet proof and equipped with tear gas bombs and a machine gun as Gary joins other northern Indiana cities in a campaign against bandits.
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Gary
Ind
Indiana
Unemployment Tide Dominates Irish Trade Union Session
In Newry on August 6 the Irish trade union congress heard speakers refer to about 100000 unemployed in the Irish Free State and 60000 in Ulster. A delegate claimed 30000 in the Free State lost work due to hunger while many others sought work in the United States.
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Newry
Ireland
Irish Trade Union Congress
Irish Free State
Ulster
Free State
United States
Janitor shoots boss in Lindsay Light office dispute
Otto N. Berndt Jr., 35, secretary and treasurer, was fatally shot by Joe Buche, 63, a janitor, on a sidewalk outside the Lindsay Light Co. in Chicago. Berndt died after being struck three times. Buche was arrested shortly after.
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Chicago
Otto N. Berndt, Jr
The
Lindsay Light Co
Joe Buche
Light Company
Berndt
Buche
Lindsay
Posses Seek Murderer in Northern Indiana Slaying
North Liberty Ind Aug 6 Farmers and authorities scoured northern Indiana for Schuyler Barrett 60 a farm hand accused of killing Sylvester Coder 45 in a wage dispute. Coder died at a South Bend hospital after an argument. search by South Liberty and Walkerton farmers continued overnight without success.
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North Liberty
Ind
Indiana
Schuyler Barrett
Sylvester Coder
Coder
South Bend
South
Walkerton
Barrett
Scott Scott Hearing Climax Near as Jury Deliberates
Chicago August 6 Russell Scott former Canadian millionaire faces possible death sentence after lengthy insanity hearings. A jury is expected to begin deliberations this afternoon to decide if he is mentally normal and thus hanged or insane and sent to an asylum.
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Chicago
Russell Scott
William 0. Krohn
Leopold Loeb
Scott
Krohn
Joseph Maurer
Russell
Thomas Scott
Middle West
Stephenson’s Liberty Bid Hinges On New Judge In Indiana
Aug 6 Indianapolis defense and state lawyers prepare for a judge change in the Hamilton county case. BD C Stephenson Earl Klenck and Bart Gentry are jailed on murder charges in the Miss Madge Oberholtzer killing. The defense seeks a transfer due to claimed judge prejudice and an immediate trial.
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Indianapolis
BD. C. Stephenson
Indiana
Ku Klux Klan
Earl Klenck
Bart Gentry
Hamilton County
Noblesville
Hines
Madge Oberholtzer
Remy
Stephenson
Klan Guard Prepares for Washington Parade
United Press Dispatch reports Knights of the Ku Klux Klan advance guard assembling in Washington for a klanocation and parade on Saturday.
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United Press Dispatch
Washington
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
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