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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1929
Page
4
Paris June 4 Belgium agrees to settle its mark claim against Germany by direct negotiations with Berlin, clearing the final obstacle for reparations experts. All delegations accept the German proposal to handle restitution for gold francs seized during occupation via a special conference between Belgium and Germany.
Three men died and two were hurt in a dynamite blast at the Belmont Gurnee stone company quarry in the Grenton area of North Bergen Hudson County on June 4. The deceased were J. Palmisamo P. Palmisamo Hill Brother and John Cincatti.
The Federal grand jury assembled in South Bend is expected to sift Lake County politics. Subpoenas have been issued for citizens to be questioned about alleged crooked transactions at the polls last November 6.
Senator James E. Watson as Republican floor leader demanded a definite voting date on the tariff bill before a recess. He urged no recess until a vote is agreed by November 10 and conference results are ready by November 2, proposing a September 8 recess if agreed, or returning by August 12 during the hot summer period if not.
King George accepts Stanley Baldwin's resignation as prime minister following Conservative party defeat in the British general election. The move comes after a meeting with the king and Baldwin. Royal announcement released via United Press from Windsor England dated June 4.
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh and Anne Morrow moved to keep privacy as the Mouette, their honeymoon yacht, weighed anchor and slipped from Woods Hole harbor after 10:30 a.m., thwarting newsroom attempts to board.
Valparaiso detectives pursue a link to Porter county Swamp mur der in the death of Cameola Soutar known as Butterfly dancer and skater. Catherine Cassler and her adopted son Edward are under scrutiny after Soutar’s bullet fatality near Hebron while Cassler faces a separate insurance murder case and a failed habeas corpus bid.
Indianapolis June 4 United States secret service operatives warned bankers and merchants to watch for counterfeit twenty and five dollar bills. The notes are described as produced by a photo mechanical method with a dim crude seal, Gothic numbering, and portions misproportioned compared with genuine money.
Leonard Sacks, secretary to former heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey, described threatening calls received in New York and Philadelphia. The messages followed Dempsey ending promotional work with promoters, with Sacks suggesting life danger but offering no link to past investigations. Dempsey traveled to Chicago and then to Los Angeles after these events.
William Cullen Dennis, a renowned lawyer, was named president of Earlham College in Indianapolis. He has ties to the State Department and served as legal adviser to the Chinese government. Dennis, son of the late Dr. Davis Worth Dennis, graduated from Earlham at 17 and from Harvard, with a career in major universities.
Wayne Indiana June 4 Stanley Canfield 28 arrested in a hotel and according to police admitted participation in two robberies of the State Bank at Hobbs Indiana and one at Cutler Pat Edlew 28 Terre Haute also arrested He denied any connection with the robberies Canfield admitted
A light forenoon vote in Terre Haute and Vincennes set today’s election on adopting city manager government. Campaigns were heated by labor and old-line groups with mass meetings led by Charles W. Jewett opposing the change, while supporters urged modernization of local government. Both cities expected wins for their positions as polling continued.
Lorén W. Thomas seeks full custody amid charges against his ex wife Blanche following multiple deaths and illnesses in the family. The petition cites tin salt poison and phenol traces, requests exhumation of Blanche’s former husband Charles Thomas for coroner review.
The text records unclear remarks about Mrs. Thomas and her marriage to a man named Zin, mentions Mrs. Thomas and her mother-in-law, and references an illness in 1912 affecting the elder Mr. Thomas and his grandson Ralph. The fragmentary wording limits precise facts.
A Chicago dispatch reports a taxi driver praised for rescuing patients amid a warehouse fire. Firefighting teams quenched flames within ten feet while the driver and bystanders helped evacuate injured individuals from the affected area.
Gen. Charles G. Dawes leaves Chicago for Washington for a final talk with Secretary Stimson before sailing to London to serve as the United States ambassador to the court of St James. He travels with Mrs. Dawes, daughter Virginia, and his secretary nephew Henry Dawes of Columbus. They will sail Friday evening from New York aboard the Olympic.
The Bement Gas company on the Aaron George lease three miles east of Petersburg Indiana drilled at 1140 feet in the Oakland City sand Sunday afternoon and struck a gas well more than four million cubic feet. Gas escaped from a six inch pipe for over half a mile as workers aimed to cap the giant well famed for its volume akin to the Jumbo supply.
Washington reports the administration plans to release 200 million dollars to stabilize farm markets after the farm bill is signed. Conferees narrowed differences on stabilization of corporations and debentures and planned a late meeting to push the legislation forward.
R H Sherwood president of Central Indiana Coal Co told members of the scientists club that wartime rush deliveries harmed Indiana coal’s reputation. He said the speed of wartime shipments left impurities unreduced, unlike normal times.
Funeral services were held for Mrs. Mary Jane Wood aged 101 in Swan Indiana. A pioneer of Nobles County she arrived in 1884 from Allegheny County Pennsylvania in a covered wagon drawn by oxen and lived in the county ever since.
United Press dispatch from Jefferson City Missouri reports floods affecting parts of five southwestern states. Sun returns as dikes are reinforced along the Grand River from Pattonsburg to Brunswick while Missouri River rises. Damages are estimated near 10 to 18 million dollars as farmers seek a dry spell to harvest grain statewide.
Fragmentary report notes House debates focus on a bill about apportionment under set limitations. Mentions telegraph and telephone communications as part of legislative context. Names and precise actions are unclear in the text.
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