Death summons for C H Hanger at Soclock A M
Otto H. Hanger dies at 40 after cancer of the left lung. Son of Cornelius and death notice states he lived in Linton most of life, worked as a superintendent at a Sherwood Coal Co. mine, and was a member of Elks and Masons. Funeral Monday at 2 PM at his home with Rev. Haley officiating. burial in Fairview cemetery. Surviving are Edith Hanger, a widow, and siblings Park, Mrs. Bennett, Mrs. Roberts, and Mildred.
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Otto H. Hanger
First
Linton
Hanger
Methodist Hospital
Indianapolis
Cornelius Hanger
Parke County
Edith Sherwood
Jasonville
Mr. Hanger
Rosedale
Ind
Sherwood Coal Company
Order of Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Edith Hanger
Park Hanger
Terre Haute
Well Bennett
Lansing
Mich
Pauline Roberts
Mildred Hanger
Haley
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Fairview Cemetery
Colorado Miners Granted Wage Increase in Colorado
Coal miners employed by the Rocky Mountain Fuel Company in northern Colorado lignite fields will receive a 23 cent daily wage increase under a new contract. The basic wage rises to 7 dollars per day, with the agreement effective September 1 and expiring August 31, 1930.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Colo
Rocky Mountain Fuel Company
Colorado
Freak potato grows from iron weed in Greensburg
A freak potato growth was found by Ralph Redelman southeast of Greensburg and is on display in the Daily News window. The unusual plant developed its potato inside the stem of a wild iron weed attracting local attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensburg
Ind
Ralph Redelman
Walter Redelman
Daily News
Indians Dance At Curtis Ceremonies In Topeka Tonight
Indian tribesmen in full dress regalia travel from the Potawatomi reservation to Topeka for a tribal eagle dance on Kansas avenue as part of the notification ceremonies for Senator Charles Curtis the one eighth Kaw Indian. The event is a religious ceremony and marks Curtis's notice.
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Topeka
Kans
Charles Curtis
Pottawatomie
Kansas Avenue
Curtis
Boy Held as Security in Loan for Permanent Wave
In Indianapolis a 10 year old boy was held as security for a $5 loan made by Mrs Emma Wheling to Mrs Blanche Sullivan a youthful mother. Sullivan reportedly borrowed to pay for a permanent wave and asked police to recover her son.
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Indianapolis
Emma Wheling
Blanche Sullivan
Twelve Lives Snuffed in Dixie Storms
United Press reports a tropical storm flooding the Carolinas and Georgia, causing millions in damage and 12 deaths. Rivers Broad Saluda Congaree Savannah rose to 20 year highs, forcing hundreds from Columbia area, Augusta region, and Hamburg town.
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Atlanta
Piedmont
Carolinas
Columbia S. C
Augusta
Columbia
Savannah
Virginia
James
Hamburg
Charred body may be that of Adeline Zaccard
Police seek to identify a burned corpse found near Crown Point Indiana as Adeline Zaccard. Lake County sheriff Ben Strong questions the claimants status and delays burial while he probes the case. If no action is taken, the body may be buried in Potter's Field.
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Iuvited
Crown Point
Ind
Adeline Zaccard
McHenry
Ben Strong
Lake County
Miss Zaccard
Strong
Potter’s Field
Petersburg Tragedy Involves Drowning Near Himsul Ferry
Richard Zemott twenty of Huntingburg Indiana drowned late yesterday while swimming with friends near the east fork of White river four miles north of Orwell Zemott and companions were in the river when the accident occurred near Himsul Ferry. officials report the death is accidental and under investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petersburg
Ind
Richard Zemott
Huntingsburg
Himsul Ferry
Orwell
Zemott
East Fork
White River
Hoover's special now in Arizona's desert
Herbert Hoover arrives in Williams Arizona aboard a special train for a round table with Republican county chairmen about Boulder Dam flood control and power project. He seeks reactions to his Los Angeles speech as Arizona champions Black Canyon site to maximize water for irrigation.
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Lunitad
Hoovier
Williams, Ariz
Herbert Hoover
California
Arizona
Boulder Dam
Los Angeles
Black Canyon
Grand Canyon
Williams
Hoover
Boulder Canyon
Wiliams
The
Canyon
Tommorrow
West Branch
Iowa
Terre Haute Man Is Sued for $100000
Richard Burdick, sales manager of the Stanley Novelty Company, sues Robert Hartman of Harjar Inc for $100,000 alleging a defaming letter from Hartman to Fred Seheeren in Pittsburgh claims Burdick is untrustworthy and had fleeced merchants in Pennsylvania. Burdick denies any dishonorable acts and says the letter damages his reputation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Richard Burdick
Stanley Novelty Company
Robert
Hartman
Harjar, Inc
Firre
Terre Haute
Ind
Wardick
Fred Seheeren
Burdick
Pennsylvania
Kellogg Set to Sign No War Pact in Paris Voyage
Secretary of State Frank B Kellogg sails with Mrs Kellogg and staff aboard the Ile de France bound for Paris to sign the multilateral treaty renouncing war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kellogg
New York
Frank &. Kellogg
Alleged Haag Slayer Loses Habeas Corpus Fight
Francis T. McDonald charged with robbery and murder of Wilkinson Haag a druggist in Indianapolis in May 1926 had habeas corpus denied by Judge Douglas L Edmonds. McDonald and Lawrence Ghere awaited extradition in San Francisco after a two year search. Indianapolis officers here to return McDonald.
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United Press Dispatch
Los Angeles
Francis T. McDonald
Wilkinson Haag
Indianapolis
Douglas L.edmonds
McDonald
Lawrence Ghere
San Francisco
Young Woman Dies by Poison Rather Than Arrest
Edna Brown, 23, of Paragon Morgan County, swallowed poison rather than surrender to arrest on petit larceny charges. She died two hours later at Bloomington hospital after fleeing an officer on the porch of a rearing house as a warrant, alleging theft of $66 by Frank Ford, laborer at Indiana University field house, was served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomington
Ind
Edna Brown
Paragon
Morgan County
Frank Ford
Indiana University
Campaign Log Details Presidential Campaign Movements
United Press Dispatch reports Governor Smith plans a rest weekend after a strenuous week since nomination. Senator Robinson Smith's running mate travels east to Albany for notification ceremonies. Herbert Hoover schedules a Los Angeles speech and an Iowa address. Crowds greet Senator Curtis in Topeka for Republican notification. William Durant backs Hoover and opposes altering prohibition law before Europe trip.
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United Press
Smith
Democratic Party
Robinson Smith
Albany
Evans Woollen Raises Hope in South Camp
A Pennsylvania delegation told Democratic National Committee Chair John J. Raskob that Governor Alfred E. Smith would win Pennsylvania. Indiana's Sivans Woollen, Indiana Democrats, and other Hoosier leaders predicted Indiana would cast its electoral votes for Smith in November, boosting Democratic hopes. Observers doubted Pennsylvania and Texas turning Democratic despite assertions amid Republican party rifts over corruption scandals.
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Evans Woollen
South Camp
New York
Pat Harrison
Mississippi
Herbert Hoover
Pennsylvania
John J .Raskel
Democratic National Committee
Alfred E. Smith
Keystone
Sivans Woollen
Indiana
Houston
Indiana Democratic Organization
Hoosier
Smith
Texas
Jess
Father and Son Held in Bowling Green Tragedy
Vernon Miller and his son Mason are jailed in Bowling Green awaiting examination after the death of Virgil Miller, 48, who died from injuries after a fall from a cliff at Bowling Green Quarries. An argument among the Millers is cited as a possible cause, with witnesses questioned and officials remaining mum on results.
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Bowling Green
Vernon Miller
Mason
Virgil Miller
Anl
Bowling Green Quarries Company
Youth Who Murdered Policeman Is Hanged
Mark Dowell, 24, was hanged at San Quentin for the June 26 1927 murder of policeman J. J. Driscoll in San Francisco. A last minute appeal by his mother failed. The trap sprung at 10 05 p m and he died at 10 19. Six San Francisco police witnesses fainted.
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San Quentin
Calif
Mark Dowell
San Francisco
J. J. Driscoll
Dowell
Long Journey Flight Targets Greenland to Europe
Monoplane Greater Rockford, piloted by Bert Hassell with Parker Cramer, launched from Rockford to Mount Evans Greenland aiming for a two leg journey across Labrador and Asiatic Straits to reach Stockholm. The flight, started after delays, seeks an overwater route from the Midwest to Europe within about 16 hours, with hopes of establishing a midwestern trans Atlantic air route.
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Prmas Dispatch
Cochrane
Ont
Greater Rockford
Mount Evans
Greenland
Bert Hassell
Parker Cramer
Labrador
Asiatic Straits
Hassell
Cramer
Rockf
Rockford
Stockholm
Europe
Mine Heads Observe Illinois Wage Parley
Terre Haute Ind August 18 James Terry vice president and William Mitch secretary treasurer District No 11 United Mine Workers of America left yesterday for Chicago to observe the joint conference of the scale committee of the coal operators and union miners Harvey Cartwright district president said the officials went to sit in on the conference Cartwright expected to go but was detained by business
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Waute
Ind
James Terry
William Mitch
United Mine Workers of America
Chicago
Jinvis
Harvey Cartwright
Cartwright
Missing American Seaplane Reported From Asiatic Fleet
An American seaplane from the U S EB Jason flagship and tender of the Asiatic fleet at Chefoo has been missing since 9 a m Friday after taking off on a place twice flight.
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Shanghai
China
U. S
Jason
Cheffoo
Paratrooper Missing After Plane Jump at Michigan Field
United Press reports Lieut A W Redfield fell from a looping aircraft near Mt Clemens Michigan. He landed safely in his parachute after a 4 000 foot descent. Pilot Lieut R W Mathersen from Belt Ridge field did not know the passenger had fallen until after the incident.
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MT. Clemens Mich
A. W. Redfield
Faley
R. W. Mathersen
Beltridge Field
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Soclock
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Ady
Old Boy
Dixie
United Press Dispatc
Ade
Parker D. Cramer
Sweden
Rockford, Ill
Desert
State of California
Francis McDonald
Hersel
Kidna Brown
Chas. Curtis
Republican Party
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Durant
Chairman
Raskob
Stone
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