Linton Auto Races Draw Large Local Attendance
Event yesterday drew a largely attended crowd as local car winner claimed top honors at the Linton auto race event.
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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1927
Page
4
Auto racing tale with crash overshadows main win
At Linton Indiana the 25 mile feature saw Charles Crawford win in Kenneth Hannum's Ford Special, with Ira Hall second after a late crash with Bill McCoy. Red Campbell finished third as Crawford overtook Hall in the closing laps. Hall had led much of the race but lost the lead after the accident.
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Indiana
Charles Crawford
Kenneth Hannum
Crawford
Ira Hall
Terre Haute
Red” Campbell
Hall
Bill McCoy
McCoy
Red Campbell
Grand jury weighs murder charge in Cox insurance killing
Marion Indiana June 6 a grand jury convenes to decide the degree of murder for Arthur Walser and his wife in the death of 12 year old Clifford Cox. The motive cited is to obtain life insurance proceeds.
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United Press Dispatch
Marion
Ind
Arthur Walser
Clifford Cox
Lindbergh Praises Rivals Aboard Memphis Cruiser
United Press Dispatch reports Captain Charles Lindbergh, aboard the USS Memphis, awoke to news that the long distance non step record had been broken. He praised rivals on the morning of June 6 while at sea, noting attempts during Sunday voyages. This marks Lindbergh's third day aboard the cruiser.
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United Press Dispatch
Memphis
Enroute
United States
Charles Lindbergh
Tod
Ha ‘Ly Prai
Lindbergh
Cruiser
Worst Is Now Over In Flooded District
United Press Dispatch reports New Orleans June 6 observers say the Atchafalaya river current flowing through Berwick Bay may carry flood water from the southern sugar bowl to prevent further inundation. The Atchafalaya moves about ten miles an hour, displacing millions of cubic feet per second from the bay mouth into the gulf. Morgan City gauge shows 9.5 feet with little further rise expected.
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United Press Dispatch
New Orleans
Atchafalaya
Berwick Bay
Sugar Bowl
Atthafalaya
Bay
Gulf
Morgan City
Two Detroit Women Are Found Murdered
Detroit, Mich., June 6. Police sought a native Hindu physician, Dr. Naresh Chendra Atorthy, who married Maureen Oswald after a World War romance, as the suspect in the murders of 50-year-old widow Minnie May and her lodger Maureen Oswald. Both bodies were found last night in their second floor apartment, their throats bound with cords and each assaulted.
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Detroit
Mich
Minnie May
Maureen Oswald
Naresh Chendra Atorthy
Scholl Goes On Trial For Killing Children
Walter Scholl, 33, accountant, stands trial in Porter circuit court for the March Gary killings of his two children, Vivian eight and Donald six. He pleads not guilty to two counts of first degree murder after a reported confession to Chicago police. the case includes testimony by his father Reverend Charles Scholl and potential call of his estranged wife.
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United Press Dispatch
Valparaiso
Ind
Walter Scholl
Porter Circuit Court
Vivian
Donald
Gary
Scholl
Chicago
Charles Scholl
Pittsburg
Margaret
Man Held as Suspect in Death of Woman
Evansville Indiana police arrested Guy Bone 31 as a suspect in the death of Myrtle Way 30 who died after injuries from a fall at her home. Suspicion exists she was pushed. Police search continues for Louis McGill tied to a Thursday night fight that left William Robinson 52 dead.
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Evansville
Ind
Guy Bone
Myrtle Way
Deaconess Hospital
Louis McGill
Edward Ourrs
William M. Robinson
Kidnapped Boys Found Near Evansville
George Keith Jr six and Lehman Keith four were found in Henderson Kentucky near Evansville Indiana after a Nashville Tennessee kidnapping by their mother. The father George Keith reported the boys missing after their abduction by the mother who with Henry Piecre and Mrs L C Holder of St Louis Missouri were held by Henderson police.
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Evansville
Ind
George Keith, Jr
Lehman Keith
Nashville
Tenn
Henderson
Gorge Keith
Keith
Henry Piecre
L.C. Holder
St. Louis
New Albany Man Killed in Truck Crash Near Orleans
George Bader of New Albany died from a crushed skull after a truck overturned on a road near Orleans Sunday United Press dispatch from New Albany June 6 reports the fatal accident underscores the deadly risks of early motor traffic in Indiana authorities investigated the crash and outlined the injuries and scene details for readers.
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Orleans
Ind
George Bader
New Albany
Here
Officials ponder act of 1927 Indiana assembly
Officials in Greene county discuss the 1927 act requiring uniformed peace officers to wear badges when arresting motor vehicle violators. The policy, tied to secretary of state specifications, raises constitutional questions and could limit local enforcement until Indiana Supreme Court rules.
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Indiana Assembly
Greene County
Secretary of State
Indiana Supreme Court
Indiana
Supreme Court
Linton
Coal Output Near Average Despite Tieup Report
The Bureau of Mines reports national coal production near normal despite a partial mining suspension that began April 1. For the week ending May 28, 8,474,000 tons were produced, up 200,000 tons from the prior week.
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Bureau of Mines Reports
Devil Dogs Arrive at Tientsin China Marines Welcome
American Marines reach Taku on the Henderson transport and march ashore at Tientsin amid cheers. Brigadier General Smedley Butler, fresh from Peking, inspects the unit as further detachments are expected tomorrow. Soldiers sing Hail the Gang’s All Here and recall Boxer uprising echoes.
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Tientsin
Taku
Henderson
Smedley Butler
Peking
America
Plan memorial to Abraham Lincoln on Pinnacle Mountain
Middlesboro Kentucky June 6 Plans for carving a memorial to Abraham Lincoln on the face of Pinnacle mountain overlooking Cumberland Gap have been undertaken by Dr John Wesley Hill chancellor of Lincoln Memorial university Pinnacle mountain overlooks three states and on its face there is about 100 square feet to devote to either a great bust or an entire statue Sculptor Pablo a New York artist who spent three days inspecting the plans said it is feasible and estimated two years to complete the work Dr Hill said details will be worked out this summer
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Middlesboro
Abraham Lincoln
Pinnacle Mountain
Cumberland Gap
John Wesley Hill
Lincoln Memorial University
Lincoln
Pablo
New York
Hill
Judge Ben Lindsey ousted from Denver juvenile court
Judge Ben Lindsey lost his job on the Denver juvenile court bench after the Colorado Supreme Court order removing him was upheld by the U S Supreme Court. The judge says he will continue to sit until his successor is appointed.
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United Press Dispatch
Washington, Dyne
Ben Lindsey
Denver
United States Supreme Court
Colorado Supreme Court
Lindsey
Made attempt to blow up wife with dynamite
Madison Wisconsin June 6 Tred Siebert 83 confessed he tried to blow his wife to pieces by placing a stick of dynamite in a hollowed wood and wiring it to resemble the rest of the firewood He set the blast to occur at the farm home of her parents near Rockdale Mrs Siebert had been living there pending a divorce suit The wife found a dynamite stick wrapped in newspapers in a kitchen wood piece Sheriff Fred Flynn said Siebert is nervous an insanity exam will be made He narrowly escaped death
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Madison
Wis
Tred Siebert
Siebert
John White
Rockdale
Fred Flynn
Dane
Flynn
Lynn Relates Axe Split Missed Dynamite Blast
A fragment describes Lynn stating her axe passed through wood with dynamite, but the blade descended just beside the high explosive. The report notes no detonation occurred and no injuries were reported at the scene.
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Lynn
Art Newman Denies Involvement in Mayor Adams Slaying
Art Newman, aide to Charlie Birger, is jailed in Franklin County, Benton. Sheriff James Pritchard brought him from Los Angeles after California lawyers sought to block his return to Illinois. Newman, en route, discussed gang warfare and the West City mayor killing but denied any role.
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Benton
Art Newman
Charlie Birger
Franklin County
James Pritchard
Yestoday
Los Angeles
Newman
California
Mlinois
Jon Adams
West City
Sanders Arrives to Speak at Indiana University
Bloomington Ind June 6 Everett Sanders secretary to President Coolidge arrived in town last night and was taken to the home of William Lowe Bryan president of Indiana University to spend the night A reception for Mrs Sanders will be held from two to five this afternoon by Ross Lockridge faculty member of the university extension division A dinner will follow the reception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomington
Ind
Everett Sanders
Coolidge
Iniana University
William Lowe Bryan
World’s Distance Nonstop Flight Ends This Morning
A message reports the actual nonstop flight distance completed earlier today. No further details on aircraft, route, or exact distance are provided in the readable text.
Fragmentary crowd reception event noted at Bellanca
A garbled OCR fragment hints at a crowd gathering and a Bellanca aircraft arrival or reception, but the readable text is too incomplete to specify date, location, people, or outcome.
United press dispatch Berlin June six crash and interviews
United Press reports a Bellanca plane incident near Berlin with a pellet reportedly brought down a Bellar craft. Charles Levine and Pilo Levine are described as trans Atlantic airmen, with Cha mberlin stating plans to depart for noontime talks after an exclusive telephone interview.
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Berlin
Bellar
Charles
Levine
Bysenger
Bellanca
United Press
Pilo
Chamberlin
The
United
Chambertin
Cottbus
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Columbia
Clarence. D. Chamberlain
Charles Levine
S Ford
Wild Bill McCoy
Paris
Green” Poisoners
Fendant
United Press, Dispatch
Worthington
Bloomfield
Lyons
Justice of Peace
China
Zens of
Hurles
Sinke
Clarence Chamberlain
Alr
Europe
A'l Benton, III
Adams
Sanders
United Prise Dispatchi
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