Former Linton Boy Fatally Shot While Escaping Auto Banditry
Clergie Fulkerson 22 of North Twelfth Street was shot by Detective Pearl Conover as he fled during an attempted arrest for auto banditry linked to a hedge-rage and filling-station holdups. The suspect died at about 4 50 p m. His brother previously served time for burglary after the family moved from Linton to Terre Haute.
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Terre Haute
Clergie Wulkerson
North Twelfth Street
Pearl Conover
Fulkerson
Oakland
Avenue
Conover and Burke
Hal Burke
Osborne Streets
Lowing
Rob
Aingsworth
Clergie Fulkerson
Linton
Clergie
Conover
Triple Murder On Long Island Attributed To Fire
Police investigated a cottage fire on Long Island where the bodies of Mrs. Mary Pongrelli 65 and grandchildren Mary Mazola 4 and John Manos 2 were found. Autopsy showed the woman beaten to death with a club and the girl stabbed in the abdomen. the boy was badly burned.
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United Press Dispatch
New York
Long Island
Mary
Pongrelli
Mazola
John Manols
Jamaica Marshes
Six Men Die in Blast at Berkeley Springs Sand Pit
Six men were killed and one more was critically injured in a dynamite explosion at the Berkeley Springs Glass Sand Company pit in Berkeley Springs West Virginia. Coroner's inquest ruled the fatalities resulted from a premature blast. Victims named include Oliver Moon Irving Henry George Wall Ramanis Dawson Emory Miller and J W Miller Norris was hospitalized in Hagerstown Maryland and not expected to survive.
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Berkely Springs
W. Va
Berkley Springs Glass Sand Company
Oliver Moon
Frving Henry
George Wall
Ramanis Dawson
Emory Miller
J. W
Miller
Vilmiere Norris
Hagerstown
Bonds Approved for New Road in Grafford Township
State tax commissioners approve an $11,000 bond issue to fund construction of the Charles F. Helm road in Stafford township Greene County.
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Iunitid Press Dispatch
Indianapolis
Charles F. Helm
Stafford Township
Greene County
American Saved From Death For Desertion In French Army
Paris reports Acting Premier Briand and War Minister Painleve ordered interception of a council of war verdict. Gilbert Clare an American Legion member, allegedly Bennett Doty of Memphis and Biloxi, faced execution for desertion. Ambassador Herrick was asked to intercede on his behalf.
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United
Paris
Premien Briand
Paul Painleve
Army of the Orient
Damascus
Gilbert Clare
Foreign Legion
Clare
Bennett Doty
Memphis
Tenn
Biloxi
Miss
War Ministry
Swith
Council of War
Briand
Atted
Herrick
Washington
Lowden Dawes Wing Gains Momentum In GOP
In Washington on June 8 observers see a growing Lowden Dawes wing within the Republican Party. West leaders Frank O. Lowden Dawes and Jim Watson mobilize against Coolidge farm policy and the world court. They are billed as potential candidates if they unite behind Lowden.
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United Press Dispatch
Washington
Lowden-Dawes
Republican Party
Iow
West
Frank QC
Lowden
Illnois
Dawes
Chicago
Jim Watson
Indiana
President Coolidge
Coolidge
Watson
Mr. Coolidge
Mrs Ruth Bryan Owens Emerges In District Four Race
The National story notes Ruth Bryan Owens, daughter of the late William Jennings Bryan, competes for the state legislature in the fourth district. The prospect attracted wide discussion among observers and supporters amid the nomination battle.
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Ruth
Bryan’ Owens
William Jennings
Bryan
Blaze damages four coal elevators in Hammond
Investigation opened into the cause of a blaze at Beckham Supply Company in Hammond Indiana that did $20 000 damage to four coal elevators. All Hammond firemen were summoned to battle the fire which threatened the companys entire yards.
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Hammond
Ind
Beckham Supply Company
Uncle Sam's Debt Reduction First Since World War
Washington June 8 Secretary Mellon announces the treasury will meet maturing obligations this quarter without new security issues. Increased income taxes and receipts allow financing until September, yielding a substantial reduction of public debt by about 383 million dollars.
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Washington
Treasury
Mellon
Florida primary voting opens in Miami and statewide
Florida voters queued at polling places in Miami and across the state as seven candidates competed for three nominations in today’s primary. Early reports noted typical turnout and the start of the election cycle.
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Miami
Fla
Jlune
Florida
Army Worms Rampage Near Elnora and Odon
A report from Odon and Elnora describes a vast army worm outbreak in northern Daviess County. The pest is stripping young corn and meadows, crossing roads in dense clusters, and delaying traffic as farmers struggle to combat the infestation. Reinforcements of worms are feared to be arriving.
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Odon
Elnora
Daviess County
Nebraska Supreme Court Upholds Bread and Water Diet
The Nebraska supreme court upheld a bread and water diet for two months sentence violators of liquor laws. Ray Carson and Thomas Nelson must serve forty days of light fare in the county jail split between the first twenty days and the last twenty days.
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United Press Dispatch
Lincoln, Neb
Nebraska Supreme Court Today
Ray Carson
Thomas Nelson
Police hunt owners after giant still found in Fort Wayne
Fort Wayne Ind June 8 police today hunted owners of a giant still discovered when linemen traced a tapped power line. The plant consisted of six tanks each with a capacity of nearly 400 gallons.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
New Canadian Governor Named to Succeed Lord Byng
London reports Lord Willingdon was appointed governor general of Canada to replace Lord Byng after his term ending. The announcement confirms the selection following the tenure tied to the wartime era and Vimy context.
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London
Lord Willingdon
Canada
Lord Byng If Vimy
Spotlight items on Lola Fisher Mellon Butler and Rockefeller Prentice
Lola Fisher, actress, was seriously ill at Yonkers New York Andrew Mellon, secretary of the treasury, may testify before a senate committee investigating expenses in Pennsylvania and other primaries Nicholas Murray Butler denied he was a candidate for president on a wet platform John Rockefeller Prentice, grandson of the Oil King, won a $75 prize for excellence in Latin at Yale
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Lola Fisher
Yonkers
N. Y
Andrew Mellon
Treasury
Senate
Pennsylvania
Nicholas Murray Butler
Ane
John Rockefeller Prentice
Yale
Republicans Plan to Invite Coolidge and Mellon to Campaign
Indiana Republicans planned to invite President Coolidge and Secretary of the Treasury Mellon to speak in the state next fall. State committee leaders, including Clyde Walb and J. T. Moorman, prepared to meet with them in Washington. A statewide Republican workers gathering in Indianapolis was proposed for late July.
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United Press Dispatch
Indianapolis
Indiana
Coolidge
Andrew Mellon
the Treasury
Harry Fenton
State Committee
Washington
Mellon
Clyde Walb
Lawrence Cartwright
J. T. Moorman
Walb
Further Tax Cuts Expected Before 1928 Election
Secretary of the Treasury Mellon announced the government will not offer bonds on June 16 due to higher income tax receipts and earlier expectations. The total public debt falling due June 15 is about 338 million dollars, smaller than usual, fueling talk of more tax cuts by the 1928 presidential year.
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United Press Dispatch
Washington
Mellon
Treasury
Prisoners Foiled Escape at Shelbyville County Jail
Close watch kept today over three inmates after Roy Clegg son of James Clegg aided their breakout plan by supplying saws and helping them cut a door lock to the main corridor before the plot was discovered by the sheriff.
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United Press Dispatch
Shelbyville
Ind
Roy Clegg
James Clegg
Another Motion in Shumaker Contempt Filed
In Indianapolis on June 8 another motion to dismiss contempt of court against three Indiana Anti-Saloon League officials was filed with the supreme court. James Bingham argued for Dr. E S Shumaker and for league attorneys Jess Martin and E A Miles while also denying all points raised by Attorney General Gilliam in his complaint.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Anti-Saloon League
Supreme Court
James Bingham
E.S. Shumaker
Jess Martin
E. A. Miles
Bingham
Gilliam
Iowa farmers back Brookhart in Republican senatorial race
Des Moines reports Smith Brookhart led Senator Cummins by about 40 000 votes at noon and early tallies show a 30 000 plus plurality with Brookhart heading toward a 50 000 to 70 000 margin as Iowa Republicans rebuked the national administration on farm policy.
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United Press Dispatch
Des Moines
Smith Brookhart
Senator Cummins
Iowa Farm Vote
National
Smith W. Brookhart
United States
Brookhart
Albert B. Cummins
Cummins
Calude
R. Porter
J. C. Murtagh
J. R. Files
Iowa
Senate
Daniel J. Steck
Coolidge
Chicago
Cumins
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Iowa primary shows insurgent Brookhart wins Senate nomination
Senator Norris of Nebraska says GOP voters will not follow party leaders unless reform is fair to farming West senators and relief-minded farmers. Brookhart’s insurgent victory in Iowa signals a warning to President Coolidge and Republican leaders about unity and policy amid intra party tensions.
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Washington
Iowa
George W. Norris
Nebraska
Smith W. Brookhart
Gyer . Cummins
Norris
Cooleidge
Butler
Republican National Committee
Brookhart
Senate
Gantest
Daniel Steck
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