Linton Prepares Biggest Ever Fourth of July Celebration
Linton plans a grand free Fourth of July with a morning parade featuring at least 100 floats. The Greater Linton Club forms committees led by Ray Singer to stage concerts, fireworks, speeches, and a homecoming emphasis in Haseman Grove.
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Greater Linton Club
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Warner
Webherty
J. K
Turner
E. V. Bull
Joe H.haseman
Horace Humphreys
Wayne T. Hamilton
D. R. Scott
John T. Fritz
Greater Ninton
Ohio man kills family in auto exhaust method
In Ellsworth Ohio a man William Barnes killed his wife and two children by attaching a severed rubber inner tube to his car exhaust and running the motor to produce carbon monoxide fumes. The bodies of Barnes his 18-year-old daughter and 4-year-old son were found in the vehicle.
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United Press Dispatch
Ellsworth
Ohio
William Barnes
Barnes
Wets in Congress Oppose Enforcement Bills
United States wets in Congress abandon cooperation with the administration on enforcement legislation. Senators Edge and Bruce announce resistance to the Goff enforcement bill as Prohibition gains face time this session. The judiciary subcommittee plans to meet to review the legality of President Coolidge's order.
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United, Press Dispatch
Washington
Congress
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Edge
New Iséy
Senate
Bruce
Maryland
Coolidge
Prohibition
Andrews
United
Special Judiciary
Senate Debates Rules Revision After Dawes Inaugural Address
In a tumultuous session the Senate discussed limited debate rules demanded by Vice President Dawes in his inaugural address last year.
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Lunitad Press
Washington
Senate
Dawes
Bicknell Officers Crack Down On Rye Mash Operation
June 4 report from Bicknell police finds a still at Fox chicken farm on West Seventh Street equipped to process 50 gallons. Officers, wading through fermenting mash, discover eleven barrels of rye mash and a concrete floor under the still. The pour-out operation becomes a muddy scene as one container overturns during seizure.
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Bicknell
Bicknell Police
Fox Chicken Farm
West Seventh Street
Tragedy in Lansdale Family Slaying and Suicide
A special delivery letter warned police of tragedy at the Hill home in Lansdale Pennsylvania. Robert Hill killed his twenty year old son beat his wife unconscious then slashed his wrists and shot himself Despondency over his wife illness is blamed for the act.
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United Press Dispatch
Lansdale
Robert Hill
Hill
Thaw in Indiana courts as May docket shows fewer cases
The Indiana Supreme and Appellate courts report a drop in cases. May term docket lists 774 total, down from 854 in November. Marion leads in criminal cases with 41, while six counties report no criminal filings. Lake County has 17 criminal cases, and several counties have both civil and criminal matters pending.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Appellate Court
Industrial Board
Marion County
Muncie
Delaware County
Lake County
Benton, Spencer
Scott
LaGrange
Switzerland
Ohio
Democrats Carry State Convention Report to Delegates
Delegates at Tomlinson hall hear enthusiastic Democratic platform and ticket selections for Indiana nationwide races. Albert Stump leads the long term Senate bid with Evans Woollen. Arthur Hamrick named for Secretary of State. David Ferguson auditor. Jap Jones treasurer. Dungan renom in clerk. Linebarger wins State Superintendent post. supreme and appellate court nominees named.
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Tomlinson Hall
Resolutions Committee
Albert Stump
Evans Woollen
Woollen
Stump
Indiana
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Greencastle
Orville
Sampson
Morristown
Hamrick
Frederick Schortemeier
David Ferguson
Covington
Jap Jones
Martinsville
John Cody
New Albany
Z. T. Dungan
State House
State Supreme Court
Christian Emhardt
Dungan
John Linebarger
Rockville
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Linebarger
Clifford Townsend
Marion
Samuel Scott
Jeffersonville
Supreme
Supreme Court
Paul Davis
A. C. Wood
Angola
Norman
Patrick
Indianapolly
John W. Lindley
Sullivan
Ora Wildermuth
Gary
John Reidelbach
Winamac
Prohibition clashes leave 140 killed to date
Federal agents clash with bootleggers and moonshiners in the bootleg era, with 140 fatalities officially counted since prohibition enforcement began. The estimate comes from United Press dispatches released today.
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Washington
United Press
Paymaster Slain During Railroad Hold-Up Attempt
Four men tried to rob a Newark paymaster today but the attempt failed and the paymaster was killed. The incident occurred in Newark, New Jersey, this afternoon, according to United Press dispatch.
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Newark
N. J
Hs Prls
Rivers and Harbors Bill Passes in House
After a 13 hour session the House approved the 36 million rivers and harbors bill by 219 to 127. Ohio and Wisconsin lawmakers objected to diverting 8250 cubic feet per second of Great Lakes water into the Chicago drainage canal citing risks to shipping water levels and lakefront property.
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Washington
Great Lakes
Mississippi
Illinois River
House
Ohio
Wisconsin
Chicago
Chicago Drainage Canal
Lake Front
Depositors to receive just over half from defunct Universal Bank
In Clinton on June 4 the bank’s stockholders raised 25000 to pay depositors while civil suits pending against them were to be withdrawn by O F Houston receiver. The bonding company for Bert Hendren settled for 7000. Depositors will get a little over 50 percent after bonds and notes are paid. Prosecutor Swayne said no action yet to dismiss criminal cases.
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Clinton
Universal Bank
O. F. Houston
Houston
Miller Beeler & Causey
Bert Hendren
Ebenezer Davies
Hendrens
Charles Swayne
Injunction Halts Indianapolis Street Car Strike
Union fears a 1,000 worker walkout after a federal court issued a temporary injunction. Judge Baltzell halted strike preparations on the eve of the planned walkout amid labor department scrutiny led by Harry Dynes.
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Indianapolis
Harry Dynes
Department of Labor
Baltzell
Boys Rescue Woman From Drowning in Cistern
Three boys rescued Mrs. Ernest Byrd at her Russellville Indiana home after she clung to the cistern idle for an hour. Decayed boards in the platform gave way plunging her into water where she remained submerged until help arrived today.
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Russellville
Ind
Ernest Byrd
Bomb attempt on Montevideo chancery shocks U S legation
A bomb exploded in the Montevideo chancery vestibule but caused no injuries. U S officials link the attack to Latin American radical protests over the Massachusetts Sacco and Vanzetti case. Similar assaults targeted American embassies in Buenos Aires and Paris in recent months.
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Chancery
Montevideo
Uruguary
State Department
Grant-Smith
Latin America
Massachusetts Supreme Court
Nicola Sacco
Bartolomo Vanzetti
Buenos Aires
Paris
Sacco-Vanzetti
Million Dollar Law Suit Opens in Evansville Court
In Evansville Indiana lawyers with six suitcases of documents opened a five year 1 million dollar Gray accounting suit in federal court. Mrs James Gray and daughter Mrs Margaret Gray Patterson seek an accounting from W W Gray trustee of the James Gray estate. The case before Master in Chancery W H Thompson is expected to last about two weeks. The matter stems from timber cut on Southern lands of the estate and alleged incomplete accounting by the trustee.
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Evansville
Ind
W. H. Thompson
Indianapolis
James Gray
Margaret Gray Patterson
W. W. Gray
Charles Martindale
Gray
Patterson
Robert Eatwell
Senate set to pass Haugen farm relief bill early next week
Senator McNary of Oregon predicts Senate action on the Haugen farm relief bill. Farm bloc leaders may accept a compromise with a revolving fund smaller than the current 350 million dollars while keeping the equalization fee principle.
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Washington
Senate
McNary
Oregon
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