County 4-H show to feature 200 entries at Worthington
More than 200 entries are expected for the fifth annual boys and girls 4-H club show in Worthington on Thursday August 16. Projects include pigs lambs colts dairy calves beef calves poultry potatoes sewing canning baking health and food preparation with judges from state and Bloomington. All Greene County townships take part and winners vie for sweepstakes ribbons and blue prizes ahead of the Indiana state fair exhibition.
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Worthington
M. Shanklin
State Club Department
Harry Sephenson
Bloomington
Greene County
Linton High School
Reformatory Officer Near Death After Highway Crash
Luni to press dispatchs Pendleton Ind Aug 6 An Indiana State Reformatory officer was near death after a car struck a prison detail injuring 12 inmates. Otto Parker the officer in charge was hit first and suffered a fractured skull and serious injuries. Mrs Piper of Pontiac Mich driving the car was also hospitalized with hysteria.
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LUNI
Pendleton
Ind
Indiana State Reformatory
4. C. Piper
Pontiac
Mich
Otto Parker
H. S. Waymire
Reformatory
Parker
Anderson
J. M. Meloy
Piper
Anderson Hospital
Park bear on rampage injures Kokomo caretaker
Tom Harrison 71 a park caretaker at an amusement park in Kokomo Indiana was clawed by Minnie a black bear causing a torn leg and deep scratches Harrison who had worked at the park 19 years was injured on August 6 at the park
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Kokomo
Ind
Tom Harrison
Minnie
Harrison
Wheat dumping worries farmers in McKelvie view
Lincoln Neb Aug 6 Samuel McKelvie back from Washington where he received a farm board appointment said stopping the dumping of grain is the big problem for wheat producers Farmers lose 10 cents a bushel due to rush at terminal markets He notes storage facilities exist but must be used correctly The board will tackle crops first and every producer believes his crop is most important He cites reasons for the current market rush including farmers' delight in rising prices and lessons from last year’s price slump He predicts this year’s market will be different.
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Lincoln
Neb
Samuel McKelvie
Washington
Farm Board
Noover
McKelvie
Questions Leading to Confession in Dr. Snook Case
Columbus Aug 6 The courtroom heard detective Howard Lavely describe the questioning that led to the alleged confession of Dr. James H Snook in the Theora Hix murder. Lavely testified about rough words a stool pigeon and his methods while presenting the hammer and knife as evidence.
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Lunitied
Columbus, CO
James Howard Snook
Theora Hix
Howard Lavely
Theora
Snook
Lavely
Dr. Snook
Magnets Prove Highway Salvage Between Ashland and Cedar City
Ashland Missouri August 6 officials of the highway department report magnets attached to a service truck recovered 120 pounds of scrap from the road area between Ashland and Cedar City over several days. The three magnets two feet in diameter lift about 1000 pounds and pull nails wire staples screws bolts and small automotive parts likely to cause tire punctures.
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Lane Press Dispatch
Ashland
Highway Department
Cedar City
Graf Zeppelin Sets Course for World Circumnavigation
United Press reports Graf Zeppelin under Dr. Hugo Eckener will begin a around the world voyage from Lakehurst New Jersey with 60 crew refueling and preparing for a long, perilous journey. Radio gaps map routes over Siberian wastes as ships monitor weather data for navigation.
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United Press
Lakehurst
N. J
Augo Eckener
Eckener
Siberian
Thundra
Friedrichshafen
Tokio
Graf Zeppelin
Absent minded boy sparks pool scare in Decatur
In Decatur Indiana on August 6 Max Kidd pool supervisor found a boy forgot his clothes at the municipal bath. The boy went home in his suit causing a diving search and crowd excitement before learning no drowning occurred. An elderly woman sought her missing shirt and overalls.
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Decatur
Ind
Max Kidd
Kidd
Millionaire AE 82 Chicago Reflects On Fortune and Family
The Chicago financier Theodore Parish recounts a rise from selling marine engine parts to leading a major firm. Now 82, he credits family for his success and recalls starting with his brother R L Parish of Oak Yard. He notes fortune comes with responsibility.
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Theo
Chicago
R. L. Parish
Oak Yark
Irrank Parish
Chicaito
Theodore
Parish
Quehut
Sharcheeagh Harbor
Larg Natueil
America
Rioters Escape From Spadra Narcotic Hospital
Thirteen inmates escaped after a riot at Spadra state narcotic hospital near Los Angeles. Frenzied patients used improvised battering rams to break doors and windows while authorities threatened with sawed off shotguns and tear gas bombs. Three men suspected as ringleaders Bobby Hall 39 William Graham 60 and Charles S Rivers 42 were held.
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Los Angiles
Gal
Spadra
Bobby Hall
William Graham
Charles Fs. Rivers
Interior Secretary Wilbur begins Western inspection trip
Secretary of the Interior Wilbur departs Washington for a month exploring interior department projects in western states. He will camp briefly at Truckee, California, then proceed to San Francisco to start a series of conferences with agency officials.
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Washington
Au. G
Wilbur
Interior Department
Truckee
Cal
San Francisco
Three-Cornered Safe for City Park Log Cabin
Mrs. Silas Travis of North Main street donated an old fashioned three cornered cupboard to the Linton City park log cabin. The cabinet, once owned by her parents Mr. and Mrs. August Gauchat near Clay City, remains well preserved. A dining table was also contributed, drawing over five hundred visitors Sunday to inspect the relics.
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Silas Travis
North Main Street
Linton City Park
August Gauchat
Clay City
Travis
Costly blazes sweep Washington forests across multiple fires
Spokane dispatch reports severe forest fires in Washington’s Chelan and Rainier national forests. A Lake Chelan blaze burned about 10 000 acres with 200 firefighters, while a Rainier forest fire on the Cas cades east slope consumed 2000 acres. An 1100 acre blaze on the Cascades west slope employed 115 men as threats to Sand Point Ida reservoir and white pine stood. A Pack river fire near Sand Point covered 8000 acres and risked merging with a Naples Boundary county fire. Montana fires also reported out of control.
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Spokane
Wash
Chelan
Rainier
Washington
Lake Chelan
Neches River
Rainier Forest
Cascades
Ida
Pack River
Sand Point
Naples
Boundary County
Montana
Pistol duel breaks out in Kentucky courtroom
In Jackson, Kentucky, Aug 6, pistols were drawn by many men in the Circuit court room of Bloody Breathitt county after a shot fired in a primary election quarrel. Deputy Blanton and Police Chief Hatton persuaded the crowd to lay down arms as a general clash loomed. The single shot pierced Walter Gabbard’s coat but did not injure him. Those near exits fled as guns appeared.
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Jackson
James Blanton
Charles Hatton
Walter Gabbard
Wife of Congressman Dunbar Dies in Albany Indiana
Mrs Namine Dunbar 68 wife of Congressman James W Dunbar of the Third Indiana district died at her Albany home after two months in bed from a complication of diseases She had returned from Washington where she accompanied the congressman to the special session of Congress
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Nisw Albany
Ind
Namine Dunbar
James W. Dunbar
Third
Indiana
Washington
Congress
Woman in Bath Sees Theft From Rear-Room Cash Register
In Indiana on August 6 Mrs. John Newport, while bathing in a tub behind her restaurant, glimpsed through a wall crack a thief stealing her cash register. Unable to pursue, she was fully clothed for the bath and could not intervene.
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Shiaute
Ind
John Newport
Littlefield Dam Breaks in Arizona in Cloudburst
United Press Dispatch reports Littlefield dam near Las Vegas Arizona failed after mountain cloudburst. Livestock losses were heavy with hundreds drowned though residents fled to higher ground. Separate cloudburst incidents in California and Nevada caused three deaths including a railroad bridge washout near Baker and drownings near Milan.
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United Press Dispatch
Las Viegas
New
Angele- Littlefield
Arizona
Los Angeles
California
Nevada
J. Quinn
Tonopah and Tidewater
Baker
Calif
Milan
el Centro
Bengal tigers nearly escape after circus wagon crash near Peru
A wagon carrying Bengal tigers from SellsFlote Circus overturned near the Mississinewa river bridge in Peru Indiana. No tigers escaped as circus workers and animal vets prepared to move the animals back to winter quarters amid memories of a past elephant stampede. Tom Mix had signed with the show, prompting resumption of animal care.
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Peru
Mississinewa River
Sells Flote
Tom Mix
Birds Atter Wish Marvinsville Hatchery Invasion
In Marvinsville Indiana on August 6 hatchery workers fought off a tern invasion targeting the fish fry. Terns dived over 280 ponds scooping minnows worth ten cents each. One worker killed five terns in five shots as herons turtles minks snakes and large bullfrogs also posed threats to the hatchery.
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Marvinsville
Ind
Truck Kills Boy Crossing Street in Wabash
Three year old John Sunday died after attempting to cross a street to show a bowl to companions. The fatal truck incident occurred in Wabash Indiana on August 6. Driver Dwight Garri 24 was not held.
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Wabash
Ind
John Sunday
Figh
Dwight
Garri
Hague Conference Opens As Major Powers Seek Postwar Settlement
Six leading powers gathered in The Hague for a reparations conference to address political and economic issues after World War I. Aristide Briand and Gustave Stresemann outlined a task driven by goodwill, interdependence, and a push toward a new world economic order and greater national sovereignty.
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United Press
Frante
France
Germany
Aristide Briand
I. Bellaerts van Blekland
Gustave Stresemann
Briand
the Hague
Stresemann
Missing securities valued over two hundred thousand dollars
Report of over two hundred thousand dollars in Series stocks missing from Arthur B. Fran Coy office. A boy, while seeking a drink at a water cooler, allegedly caused a wallet to be stolen during the incident as James Waite and another youth watched.
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New York
Watos
Arthur
B. Fran
James Waite
Driver Cut with Knife Incident in Newcastle
A driver was attacked with a knife in Newcastle in what police describe as a violent assault. Witnesses reported a quick confrontation before the suspect fled the scene. Emergency services responded, and the victim was treated on site before transport to hospital. Investigations are ongoing.
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Hugo Eckner
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Nauen
Earth
Ang
Frank TP. Parish
Lawrence
Virginia
Frank
United States
National Forests
Kentucky
Dunbar
Littlefield Dam
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Martinsville
Hague
Lems
Uncle Sam
Inhe
Edo
Britain
Smithd Press Dispatch
Newcastle
Sherman
Hye
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