Thirteen Greene Countians to Get IU Sheepskins
Bloomington will host the 97th annual Indiana University commencement with about 900 seniors and postgraduates. diplomas will be awarded to 732 Tuesday, with 150 more to receive their sheepskins in October. The class includes 13 Greene County graduates and students from 18 other states and four countries. Dr William Lowe Bryan, IU president, will deliver the address on Humanizing Education.
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Bloomington
Ind
Indians University
Greene County
Principa
I. U
John W. Cravens
Bryan
Oklahoma Boys Run Farm With No Farm Relief
Three Oklahoma boys aged 12, 14 and 16 rented and managed a quarter acre last year, added 10 acres this spring, and have the farm plowed and planted for 1926 crops. They raised hogs and cotton, paid rent, bought tools and a team of horses, and plan potatoes, sweet potatoes, and cotton this year. Dale, Stanley, and Boise Bears of Jones, Oklahoma County, claim they solved farming via elbow grease.
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Oklahoma
Department “of Agriculture
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Stanley
Boise Bears
Jones
Oklahoma County
Dignity Lost Inkwells Fly In Congress
A free for all erupted during a House hearing on impeachment charges against District of Columbia Commissioner Fenning. Ink wells water glasses and fists flew as the session was halted amid the brawl.
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Washington
House Committee
District of Columbia
Fenning
Prowler Shot Dead in Vincennes Coroner Inquest Planned
In Vincennes Indiana United Press Dispatch reports coroner's inquest to be held for Frank Jones 55 of Lawrenceville Illinois shot by Oscar White who said Jones tried to break into his home White was taken into custody awaiting the inquest Authorities note Jones was prowling about the residence at the time of the shooting
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Frank Jones
Lawrenceville
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Oscar White
White
Jones
Crowded Indiana State Prison Death House Prepares Four Executions
The Indiana state prison death house is at capacity for the first time in years with four convicts awaiting the electric chair. Wallace McCutcheon, 16, Indianapolis, faces execution for murdering John Ward in an Armistice era holdup. Rosevelt Hicks, also Indianapolis, murdered his wife. Vito Sanchez, Lake County, Mexican, awaiting Oct 8 for murder. and Dreyfus Rhoads, Oklahoma youth, in Knox County for shooting a policeman.
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Michigan City
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Indiana State Prison
Walter ‘Hl
Wallace McCutcheon
Indianapolis
McCutcheon
John Ward
Rosevelt Hicks
Hicks
Warden Daily
Vito Sanchez
Lake County
Sanchez
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Rhoads
Oklahoma
Rhoades
Knox ‘County
Jackson
Isolated Indiana man taken to Madison sanitarium
George Case, 53, long confined in a Lost River township cabin after his wife died twenty years ago, was declared of unsound mind and moved from isolation to the state sanitarium at Madison, Ind. He kept about $400 in gold and cash, owned a 40 acre farm, and left instructions for his belongings to his two daughters.
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Washington Democrat
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Madison
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Prohibitive Bond Proposed To Curb Liquor Violations
Indianapolis June 7 United Press dispatch Prosecutor William N Remy Marion county proposes prohibitive bonds to stop bootleggers appealing liquor conviction while on bond and trading their trade The plan seeks five to ten thousand dollars bail per case Remy already secured 5000 bonds from Judge James A Collins for the release of Joe Fark convicted of selling liquor
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Indianapolis
William N. Remy
Marion County
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James A.collins
Joe Fark
British miners weigh Owners peace talk plans
London June 7 A J Cook miners secretary says he will call a meeting Tuesday to discuss a letter from the Mine Owners Federation president inviting a brief parley. He adds the miners are preparing for a long struggle despite the invitation.
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A. J. Cook
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Deer Out of Season Kill Ends in Fine and Jail
United Press dispatch from Baldwin Michigan June 7 reports Joe Waichikauski paid a fine of 50 dollars and received a 30 day jail sentence after killing a deer out of season. His car and four guns were also confiscated by officers in the case.
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Iowa primary Today watched for national significance
Iowa voters went to the polls to nominate a U S senator with the Cummins Brookhart race shaping the national impact. A Brookhart victory would signal a shift against President Coolidge and possibly boost farm relief momentum. Weather was clear but voting was light as farmers sought field time.
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United Press Dispatch
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Albert B. Cummins
Smith W. Brookhart
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Brookhart
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Believed Charley Ross found after 56 years of mystery
New York World reports a man in New York is believed to be Charley Ross the Germantown child abducted in 1874. Genealogical work by Mrs. Pierré Starr supports the claim linking Julius Coleman Dellinger to Ross and notes a national search and violent robberies tied to the case.
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New York
New York World Today
Charlie” Ross
Ross
Pierré Gi Starr
South
Philadelphia
State Conference on Dental Education at Bloomington
Bloomington Ind June 7 A State Conference on Dental Education will be held here tomorrow afternoon with delegates from Indiana State Dental Association component societies. Dr C E Goodman Linton is one official delegate. The conference will review plans to improve dental education and consider the new five year program for dentists to start next fall. It marks the first state conference following the merger of Indiana Dental College with the state university.
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Tomorow
Indiana State Dental Association
C. E. Goodman
Linton
Indiana Dental College
State University
Senate jurists back President Coolidge on prohibition order
A special Senate committee of jurists ruled that President Coolidge acted within his constitutional rights in issuing his executive prohibition order. The order authorized the appointment of state county and municipal officers as prohibition agents.
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Washington
Senate
Goolidge
Grief Over Death of Son Leads Father to Take Own Life
In Brazil Indiana on June 7 Ralph Hurt 23 and Marion Fritz 20 were killed by speeders on the National road May 17. Hurt who was a fireman at the court house hanged himself in his garage after being despondent over his son's death. He used a double clothes line tied to a garage rafter and jumped from the running board of his car. His body was discovered by another son. He leaves one son and two daughters. The fatalities were hit by speeders while changing a tire four miles west of Brazil. the slayers were not captured.
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Ind
Ralph Hurt
Marion Fritz
Hurt
Court House
Hig Automobile
Hart
Fritz
Married men live longer says Chicago health chief
Chicago health commissioner Dr Herman N Bundesen releases statistics showing married men live longer than bachelors and urges early marriages for young men. The finding contrasts common beliefs and cites broader life expectancy gains among those tied by marriage.
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Chicago
Herman N. Bundesen
Thrill Seeker Shot During Home Incident In Evanston
Clyde Clagen, 22, son of a map manufacturer, was shot six times by Kenneth Ozmun at the Ozmun home after an alcohol fueled moment. He escaped through a window, was pursued by a night watchman, and ended up in a hospital with a severely lacerated foot. He did not get his drink.
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Clyde Clagen
Kenneth Ozmun
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Floods in Romania Trigger Worst Toll in Eight Years
Devastating floods on the Mirov River after heavy weekend rains sweep bridges away and submerge entire villages. The disaster, described as Romania’s worst in eight years, initially reports a death toll around one hundred as two regiments of troops move to the stricken area with more dispatched.
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Bucharest
Mirov
Roumania
Two Kentucky men die in pistol duel near Chenoa
Pineville Ky June 7 Deputy Constable Peter Miracle and Chenoa resident Lloyd Webb died after a Sunday pistol duel on a road near Chenoa. Miracle is said to have waited for Webb who was believed to carry liquor Webb fired and Miracle returned fire as he fell The report notes Miracle shot Webb before dying.
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Peter Miracle
Lloyd Webb
Chenoa
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Miracle
Webb
Brazil to quit League of Nations soon, council minutes indicate
Rio de Janeiro June 7 Brazil likely to withdraw from the League of Nations within a few weeks after the League Council met in Geneva with Brazilian representative Mello Franco absent.
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Dyer's Father Drops Dead in Terre Haute
Edward Dyer father of Eddie Dyer prize fighter collapsed and died today in Terre Haute Indiana from heart trouble according to reports.
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Edward Dyer
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Birth of Triplets At Terre Haute Hospital
Mrs. Arthur Krockenberger gave birth to triplets two daughters and a son in Terre Haute. It marks the first set of triplets born there in about 12 years.
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Terre Haute
Arthur Krockenberger
Five Die In Indiana Auto Crashes Over Weekend
United Press Dispatch reports five fatalities from Indiana crashes Sunday and over the weekend. At Gosport a train struck an auto, killing Mrs. Marvin Drye of Detroit and sister Ella Parsons of Herrin Illinois. Marvin Drye and others were injured and hospitalized. In Estes Charles Laycock eight was killed after being struck in the street. Joseph Keenan seventy eight was killed en route to church in South Whitley. Dr. Minick and wife were involved in a separate accident. she died beneath the car while he was unharmed.
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Marvin Drye
Detroit
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Thais
Violet Parsons
Bloomington
Charles Laycock
Orestes
Chas. Lee
Joseph Keenan
South Whitley
Peter Reeg
R. Ainibke
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Boy, Seven, Killed by Auto in Indianapolis Front Yard
In Indianapolis on June 7 a seven year old boy named Harry Harper was struck by an automobile and killed as his mother watched from a window holding his baby sister. The tragedy occurred in front of their home.
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Indianapolis
Harry Harper
Kentuck Clincher Fatal Auto Crash Near Gatewood
Otto Richardson twenty two of near Gatewood Kentucky was killed when his car crashed through a fence Ioe Skelton nineteen his companion is reported in serious condition from injuries after the wreck near Owensboro on June 7.
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Otto Richardson
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Ioe Skelton
Insane steward kills three in Houston cafe shooting
R. R. Tarter, steward of the steamship Brush, fired on six diners at a Turning Basin cafe. He killed John Domain and Mrs. Edna Milam, fatally stabbed A J Latiolais, and wounded Anderson Beckman and Billy Sonier before killing himself. A maid was shot in the back.
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Tarter
John Domain
Edna Milam
A. J. Latiolais
Anderson Beckman
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