Hendricks Portrait Is Placed In State House
Indiana governor portraits in the state house historic collection now include an oil portrait of former Governor Thomas A. Hendricks who later became US vice president. The collection remains missing only Warren T. McCray, imprisoned in Atlanta. The Hendricks likeness came from a Washington photograph found years ago and reproduced by Corcoran Studio.
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Indianapolis
Thomas A. Hendricks
United States
Indiana
State House
Warren T. McCray
Atlanta
McCray
Hendricks
Washington
Corcoran
Jackson
Devastating Burma Cyclone Kills Thousands
United Press dispatch from Rangoon reports at least 2 800 people died in the Burma cyclone of May 31. Officials fear the toll could reach four thousand as the Arakan commissioner confirms. Most fatalities occurred in Mingdaw township where a tidal wave followed the Naaf River, leaving desolation and dead cattle drifting.
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Rangoon
Burma
Arrakan
Mingdaw
Naaf
Bogus Lord Real Romeo Sentenced in Philadelphia
Frederick B. Stanley known as Lord Beaverbrook was sentenced to one year in county prison in Philadelphia for swindling a woman out of 8200 dollars. He pleaded not guilty but changed to guilty on counsel advice. Warrants from other states list him for similar swindling operations.
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Philadeelipina
Frederick B. Stanley
Man Finds Hidden Cash and Returns It to Heirs
George Montgomery of near Canto, Indiana, uncovered 1600 dollars buried under a neighbor’s coal house. He turned the money over to the late owner's administrator after learning from Katherine Luff that it had been kept for twenty years. She had fled fearing robbers, leaving the stash beneath a shed before dying.
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Petersburg
Ind
George Montgomery
Canto
Katherine Luff
Montgomery
Own Child's Body Found After Rio Grande Crash
Del Norte Colorado June 2 Chance Dufer a South Fork farmer recovered the body of his eight year old daughter Helen from the Rio Grande after a car driven by his wife veered into the river. The search party also found Dora nine, with a broken arm, and Mrs. Dufer with a broken collar bone in the wreckage a mile upstream.
Mother Dies in Mansfield Ohio at 70
Mrs. Margaret Barnes mother of Mrs. Bessie Sherwood, formerly of this city, died at her Mansfield Ohio home at age seventy a few days ago, according to word received by friends of Mrs. Sherwood.
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Margaret Barnes
Bessie Sherwood
City
Mansfield
Ohio
Sherwood
Mrs. Lawrence Fllis and baby return home
Mrs Lawrence Fillis and her baby, residents of Jasonville, were discharged to their home this afternoon after treatment.
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Lawrence Fllis
Baby
Jasonville
Seven Prisoners at Large From Local Jail
Seven men who broke jail by snapping cell bars with an iron pry remained at large today. Report from Paris dated June 2 through United Press dispatch. Also note an advertisement for The Barbacue Restaurant in Switz City Indiana.
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United Press Dispatchio
Paris
Switz City
Ind
Prisoners to be moved to Terre Haute for June trials
Indianapolis June 2. Twenty two prisoners held in the Marion county jail awaiting trial on federal charges will be taken by U S deputy marshals to Terre Haute today for trial June 21. Most are implicated in a conspiracy at Vincennes to violate the national prohibition law or in a southern Indiana counterfeiting ring.
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Indianapolis
Marion County
United States
Terre Haute
Vinscennes
Indiana
Divorce Ends Three Pastors Term For Rev Luther Talmadge
South Bend Ind June 2 The Rev Luther Curtis Talmadge formerly of Community Church obtained a divorce claiming his wife caused him to lose three pastorates The couple wed in 1900 The wife once taught him in high school She was two years his senior and Talmadge earlier served as superintendent of the Wisconsin General Conference
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South Bend
Ind
Luther Curtis Talmadge
Community Church
Talmadges
Talmadge
Wisconsin General Conference
Farmer of sixty kills two men in barn in self defense
Rutland June 2 A sixty year old farmer admitted to police he struck down brothers Barnardo and Sam Carraro in his barn with blows of his fists. He said the woodchoppers attacked him and he acted in self defense.
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Rutland
Barnardo
Sam Carraro
Tubbs
Iceberg Sighted Off Newfoundland By Hamburg American Liner
A polar berg about 200 feet long and with its peak 100 feet above water was seen by passengers of the Hamburg American liner Hamburg, which docked Monday. The ice mass was located 1,180 miles from New York in the Atlantic off Newfoundland at about 2 pm Friday, and the ship was once within eight miles of it. Commander Kiel reported.
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New York
Polar Beron & Mammoth
Atlantic
Hamburg
Cran Banks
Newfoundland
Kiel
Berg
Committee to Start Probe Into Primary Expenditures
United States Senate special committee will begin work tomorrow to investigate primary expenditures in Iowa and Pennsylvania. Senator Reed announced the probe.
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Washington
Senate
Iainois
Pennsylvania
Reed
Senator Copeland Urges Tax Cut Over Treasury Surplus
Washington June 2 A plea for income tax reduction was made in the senate by Senator Copeland Democrat of New York. He based the call on reports that a huge surplus is accumulating in the treasury.
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Luntid Press “Dispatch
Washington
Treasury
Senate
Copeland
New York
Man dies during car trouble test in Warsaw
Nilas Wolf, 55, collapsed from a sudden stroke while lying on the running board of his car to inspect engine trouble in Warsaw Indiana. He was found unresponsive and died before aid arrived.
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Punt ID Press Dispatces
Warsaw
Ind
Nilas Wolf
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