Linton Man Named To Oversee County Asylum And Farm
James Priest of Linton elected superintendent of the county poor asylum with term starting February 4 1929. Commissioners approved road work plans and bond financing for Greene county roads, named townships and votes on several roads. Also recorded transfers, a partition case, and a county tuberculosis seal drive plan led by Red Cross seals with officers elected and 85 attendees.
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Daily Citizen
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Commissioners’ Court
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Priest
Greene County
American Legion
Red Cross
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Circuit Court
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Walter Holmes
Newt Jean
C. E. Combs
Nineteen Race Horses Burned At Fairmount Park
A fire swept one of Fairmount race track barns destroying 19 thoroughbreds valued at 3100,000. Auditors state 11 belonged to Tony Foley of St Louis and eight to Griffith Watkins of Alton Illinois.
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Fairmount Race Track
James F. Simpson
Tony Foley
St. Louis
Griffith Watkins
Alton, Til
Cellar Digger Finds Skeleton Parts in New Albany
In New Albany Sud, December 5 a cellar digger unearthed skulls and bones from two skeletons while clearing a house site damaged by fire. Police were called amid fears of murder victims. Locals suggest the remains belong to early French settlers buried in a cemetery established over four centuries ago.
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New Albany
Air passengers peril as monoplane crashes in forced landing
Goshen Indiana December 5 five persons escaped serious injury when an all metal monoplane of Universal Air Lines crashed during a forced landing. Mrs F R Buren of Toledo was slightly injured. Three other planes made forced landings because of bad weather.
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Universal Air Lines
F. R. Buren
Toledo
Christmas Lights to Shine in Linton Holiday Display
The Linton city council approved lighting along Main, Northeast, and Vincennes streets for December 1st lighting ceremony. The Greater Linton club and city will share costs. lights installed by the city light department under Wal ton St. Stover. Public works will address the nearby dumping grounds reported by Andy Trumphreys, noting foul odor and debris affecting highway safety. The council also praised unimproved streets and discussed winter load considerations. Monthly claims from local suppliers and services were approved.
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Linton
Humphreys
Cunningham
Give Your Toys to Cheer Those Less Fortunate
HE DAILY Chlazlen in cooperation with High school and the Salvation Army will again collect and distribute used toys to less fortunate children. Last year’s success shows joy and savings for charity. Home economics students will rehabilitate the toys at the Citizen office. Please send contributions now as time is short.
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High School
Salvation Army
Hoover Lands With Party in Lima Peru
President elect Herbert Hoover arrived in Peru aboard the U S S Maryland at Callao harbor near Lima. He was greeted by Peruvian naval ships and a 21 gun salute as officials and a Dallas mayor welcomed him and his party on the way to meet President Augusto Leguia.
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Dallas
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Maryland
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United States
Almirante Grau
King George V Shows Slight Improvement In Bulletin
London officials report a more favorable bulletin on King George V condition this morning. Physicians say infection is not pronounced and the rise in temperature yesterday was explained, easing public worry after news from the bedside.
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99 Defendants’ Liquor Convictions Upheld in U S Court
Chicago dispatch reports the U S circuit court of appeals upheld Indiana court verdicts sentencing 99 men for conspiracy to violate prohibition laws. The group allegedly operated a large liquor ring transporting liquor through Indiana and Kentucky.
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Chicago
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
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Kentucky
Wholesale raids on luxurious Cleveland guests
A squadron of police today entered the Statler hotel in Cleveland and arrested twenty men found occupying luxurious suites. The prisoners reported were registered from New York, Chicago, Mun Vie and Fort Wayne.
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Updike to contest Ludlow's election in Indiana
Ralph M. Updike, defeated Republican candidate for Congress, announced in Indianapolis that he has sent formal notification to Democrat Lewis Ludlow, stating his intent to contest the election. He claims votes were counted improperly and Ludlow is ineligible due to residence requirements.
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Dee
Ralph M. Updike
Congress
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Hin
Ludlow
Kedlow
Updike
King George II Vows Recovery After Night of Ills
An official bulletin from Buckingham Palace reports King George II passing a fair night with signs the prior infection’s recrudescence is moderating. Sir Stanley Hewett and Dawson of Penn signed the update, noting the King fought illness through the night but rested by daybreak, with Hewett staying at the palace.
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George
Atch A. m
Lore Dawson
Penn
Sir Stanley Hewett
Stanley Hewett
Dawson
Buckingham Palace
Palace
Life Prisoner Shot Dead in New York City
Sidney Meiss known as Whitey, a fourth offender just sentenced to life at Sing Sing, was shot and killed today by Captain John Doyle, chief of the criminal court attendants, after wounding one attendant and striking another. A court process preceded the shooting at the Tombs with Judie Donnellan enforcing the life sentence under the Biremes law.
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New York
Sidney “Whitey
Meiss
John Doyle
Criminal Court
Sing Sing
al Williams
Doyle
Judie Donnellan
Murder Farm Slayer Faces Court for Alvin Gotheat Killing
Los Angeles report says J Gordon Stewart Northcott, who confessed to killing at least four boys on his river side murder farm, is to appear in court today for the death of Alvin Gotheat, a Mexican youth. Officials continue to seek full facts as Northcott is questioned.
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Alayer
Riverside
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Northcott
Everett Sanders to resume law practice in spring
Washington, Dee fee lverch Srlers, secretary to the president, will return to the law profession after March 4 with no definite plans. He has been invited to join law firms in Indianapolis, New York, Chicago, Washington and Evansville. Sanders served in Congress before becoming secretary to the president and had planned to retire to practice law when Coolidge asked him to serve.
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Dee Fee Lverch Srlers
Indianapolis
New York
Chicago
Fore Haute
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Sanders
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Hing Fu
Costume mishap endangers boy in church playlet
A 11-year-old boy Bert Bishop escaped serious injury when a long hooded costume caught fire from two candies during a missionary playlet at Kies Christian church in Greensburg Indiana. He suffered facial and hand burns but recovered.
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Dee
Hee An Jodie
Bert
Kies Christian Church
Isisse
Call It Shakamak Park Indian Name Adopted
The state park at the junction of Sullivan, Clay and Greene counties near Jacksonville will be named Shakamak park. The park covers about one thousand acres purchased by three counties and turned over to the state for recreational use. The conservation department asks for 103000 dollars for April 1 to September 20 next year to finish the park, including 50000 dollars for a five acre lake, 53000 dollars for cabins shelter houses and utilities, and 30000 dollars for further development in 1930.
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Clay
Greene Counties
Jasonville
State Department of Conservation
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Plates On Sale In Indiana December
Indiana license plates will go on sale in the statehouse basement on December 15. Mark El Rhoads, head of the licensing department, said no sales can occur before that date. Beginning January 4 the department will operate 115 branches across the state.
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Indiana
Statehouse
Mark EL Rhoads
Otto G. Vifield
Rhoades
Coldest Weather of the Season in Indiana
Indianapolis reports the coldest weather of the season with temperatures dipping below freezing after a light snowfall yesterday. The drop follows a period of steadily falling temperatures statewide, leaving many areas in a stiff cold snap.
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Inndianapolis
Indiana
Boulder Bill Killed by Senate Unanimous Consent
United Press Dispatch reports in Washington that the Senate killed the house Boulder bill today by unanimous consent and substituted the Johnson bill drawn by the Senate Commerce Committee. The move shifts consideration to the Johnson bill as the Senate acts on commerce matters.
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Senate
Boulder
Johnson
Senate Commerce Committee
Midwest Faces First Winter Blast From Cold Wave
A midwest cold wave sent temperatures plunging across many states from Montana to Indiana. Snow fell and thermometers dropped to near zero in parts of Iowa and Illinois while Wisconsin reported subzero readings in places. The cold front moved southeast with forecasts predicting a brief rebound within 24 hours.
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Midwest
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Uwlingis
Iowa
Wisconsin
Indiana
Ulinois
Madison
Ilinois
Rocky Mountains
Weather clears as cold snap eases in plains and mountains
Denver dispatch says the United States Weather Bureau forecast relief for the plains states and the Rocky Mountain region from snow squalls and biting north winds that sent temperatures to subzero levels. Subzero weather centered in Montana and Idaho yesterday moved southwest, with readings from 32 degrees below zero at Tarre Montana to 70 above at Corpus Christi Texas.
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Colo
Plains States
Rocky Mountain
United States Weather Bureau
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Idaho
Mountain States
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Mont
Corpus Christie
Texas
Dreyfus Rhoades Faces Death Cell This Week
Dee f A J Padgett attorney for Dreyfus Rhoades planned a conference in Evansville this afternoon. Rhoades is to be taken to Michigan City Thursday to await his execution set for March 6. Padgett will ask Judge Smith at Princeton to delay transport from Evansville to confer on a motion for a new trial. The prisoner is typically held two weeks after sentencing.
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Dee F
A. J. Padegoll
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Dreyfus Rhoades
Hvansville
Rhoades
Michigan City
Padgett
Judge Smith
Princeton
Evansville
Congress in brief budget and treaty debates at the House
United Press Dispatch reports SIMA T T receives the president's budget message. Finance committee begins consideration of Kellogg treaty. Boulder Dam debate starts. House and Senate committees report treasury and postoffice appropriations. Naval affairs panel reviews uncontested bills.
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Finance Comitee
Boulder Dam
Hous S Jenne
Treasury
Naval Affairs Committee
Man jailed for six months over liquor law violation
In Hammond Indiana on December 5, Peter Nogic was sent to the state penal farm for six months after being found to have planted moonshine in the home of his estranged wife amid a divorce dispute. Testimony in city court showed the act was spiteful.
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Hammond
Ind
Peter Nogic
Peter
Britten Still Has Hopes Amid Washington Dispatch
Britten, a member from the House Naval committee, expresses continued hopes amid ongoing dispatches from Washington. Details are unclear due to garbled OCR.
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Britten
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