Klan evangelist attacked by mob in Hartford City
United Press dispatch reports Lewis J. King an alleged Klan leader and itinerant evangelist beaten during a riot at a religious service in Hartford City Indiana. Three men arrested as investigators seek other rioters amid claims of prior trouble in Indianapolis Evansville and Alma Michigan.
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Hartford City
United Press Dispatch
Ind
Lewis J. King
Toledo
Ohio
King
Nisassistant
R.C. Garner
Hartford
Joe Burns
Amiséry
Hugh Maddox
Garner
Indianapolis
Evansville
Alma
Mich
Miners Union Suffers Setback in West Virginia Wage Case
Morgantown West Virginia June 10 The United Mine Workers failed to obtain a state circuit court injunction to enforce the Jacksonville wage agreement four mining companies operating non union. Judge I G Lazzelle ruled the contract unenforceable against the defendants and indicated an appeal to the state Supreme Court. He noted doubts about the signers who may be company linked and left open the possibility of a future contract on non union labor. The case marks the first injunction of its kind in miners union history.
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Morgantown
W. Va
United Mine Workers
Jacksonville
I. G. Lazzelle
Supreme Court
State Supreme Court
Miners’ Union
Lso
Spanies
Lazzelle
Coal Association
Blushing Bride 72 and Happy Husband 19 Tie Knot
Roy Hinton Matthews age 19 marries a 72 year old bride after meeting at a boarding house funeral. They wed on Saturday and leave for Newport News to begin their honeymoon. The bride says it was love at first sight and the groom would not let her wait. This is his first marriage and hers a third.
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Richmond
Roy Hinton Matthews
Newport News
Mrs. Matthews
Mrs.Matthews
Miss Claire Dux to Wed Swift of Swift & Co
Chicago announces the engagement of world famous soprano Claire Dux to Charles H. Swift, vice president of Swift & Co. The wedding is planned for August and Dux will retire from public life. Swift is 53 and the announcement stirs Chicago society where he is a prominent figure.
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Chicago
Claire Dux
Charles H. Swift
Swift & Co
Swift
Miss Dux
Lost His Sandal Kills Indianapolis Boy
A seven year old boy, James Grabhorn, was killed in Indianapolis when he dropped his sandal on a street car track and stepped back to retrieve it, only to be struck by a street car. This follows two other deadly accidents in the city within three days.
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Indianapolis
James Grabhorn
Noose of Neck Tie Ends Prisoner Suicide at Anderson
Dorothy Garner, 20, a Madison County Jail inmate awaiting a first degree murder indictment for policeman Leonard Clay's slaying, faces a grand jury as Ed Ward Garner hanged himself in his cell using a necktie fashioned noose. He left a farewell note to his wife, who is held as an accomplice in Ohio robberies.
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Anderson
Ind
Dorothy Garner
Madison- ‘County
Ed“Ward Garner
Garner
Leonard Clay
Laurel Bradfield Undergoes Appendectomy in Bloomfield
Laurel Bradfield of Bloomfield was operated on this morning for appendicitis and his condition is reported as good.
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Laurel Bradfield
Bloomfield
Federal Prohibition Agent Surrenders on Indictments in Evansville
Prohibition Agent Frank Rifford, under Chicago administrator Yellowley, surrendered to Vanderburgh County authorities on two indictments charging battery and assault with intent to rob Evansville garage man Fred Krueger. Rifford posted a $6000 bond and awaits an early trial as Circuit Court Judge Bocken vows no new federal liquor cases until the department sends them here.
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United Press Dispatch
Evansville
Ind
Frank Rifford
Yellowley
Chicago
Vanderburgh
Fred Krueger
Rufford
Bock
Prohibition Department
Indiana Pioneers Plan Lincoln Home Pilgrimage
The Society of Indiana Pioneers announces a two day trip June 19 and 20 to Lincoln's Indiana years sites including the Lincoln cabin site and Lincoln Park in Spencer County. The journey aims to spur Indiana interest in a suitable Lincoln memorial and deepen members understanding of his fourteen Indiana years. The committee includes Mrs. Kate Milner Rabb, Lee Burns and Donald Morris.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Society of Indiana Pioneer's
Indiana
Abraham Lincoln
Spencer County
Nancy Hanks
Lincoln Park
French Lick
Lincoln City
Lincoln Cabin
Evansville
Vincennes
Worthington and
Spencer
Charles N. Thompson
Lincoln
Society of Indiana Pioneers
Thompson
Society
Robert T. Lincoln
Kate Milner Rabb
Lee Burns
Donald Morris
Federal prisoner shot in Indianapolis jailbreak attempt
A Cincinnati prisoner known as Glen Fox was shot in the arm and recaptured after a dramatic escape attempt in Indianapolis. Federal authorities pursued him through the city, ending the breakout with the capture of Fox.
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Indianapolis
Glen ‘Fox
Cincinnati
Evansville Conductor Frees Train Robbery Bandit
Evansville conductor C. Lynn, 29, shot and killed a bandit who pulled a gun on him at a railroad crossing. A companion fled in a stolen car, later abandoned. the wounded robber, Douglas Spradley, 21, was in a hospital and not expected to live.
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Evansville
Ind
C. Lynn
Lynn
Douglas Spradley
Princeton riot ends as police use tear bombs
United Press Dispatch reports Princeton New Jersey police used tear bombs and fired in the air to break up a near riot as about 1500 students gathered near Blair Hall. Two students were arrested after fireworks and a false alarm drew the fire department and police were forced to disperse the crowd.
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United Press Dispatch
Princeton
N. J
Blair Hall
Plebiscite deemed impracticable for Tacna Arica
The United States has decided that a plebiscite to determine the future status of the Tacna and Arica provinces is impracticable. General Pershing chairs the arbitration board.
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Arica
Chile
United States
Tacna
United Press
General Pershing
Arbitration Board
U.S. Crop Reports Show Poor Spring Wheat Condition in June
The Agriculture Department reports June 1 spring wheat at the lowest level on record for the date, with all crops eight percent below the 10-year June 1 average. Winter wheat production sits near 643 million bushels, oats falter in the north, and farm pastures are at their worst June 1 level in 30 years though apples peaches and pears look sizable.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Drought Burns Crops in Nebraska and South Dakota
Northeastern Nebraska and eastern South Dakota suffer through a month long drought with crops drying and burning, according to agricultural authorities.
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Nebraska
Omaha
South Dakota
First Child Welfare Health Lectures Begin in Linton
The first in a series of free lectures and demonstrations on child welfare was held at Linton High School. Dr Arthur from Indianapolis spoke on maternal and infant health, with more events planned at the Public Library including a nurse demonstration on June 16 and free baby examinations Saturday morning. A state health board aim is to reduce Indiana infant mortality.
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Arthur
Indianapolis
State Board of Health
Greene County
Linton
Fleetwood
Craft
State Health Board
Indiana
Pennsylvania primary spending tops half a million
Senate investigators hear Charles McGovern testify that Pinchot supporters spent about $200,000 on paid poll watchers in Pittsburgh and Pinchot himself gave about $160,000 to the campaign. Pepper backer Joseph Grundy may reveal opponent spending as questioning continues.
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United Press Dispatch
Washington
Pennsylvania
Senate
Charles McGovern
Gifford Pinchot
McGovern
Pinchot
William Ware
Pepper
Pittsburg
Secretary of the Treasury
Andrew W. Mellon
Senate Committee
Reed
Missouri
Reid
Mith. T of
Sierl Githee
P. S. Stahmecker
Joseph R. Grundy
Grundy
Sears Extends Lead in Fourth Florida Primary
In Florida Jacksonville on June 10, W. J. Sears, incumbent, leads Ruth Bryan Owen by 471 votes for the Democratic nomination in the Fourth District. Monroe County and Key West swing results to Sears, giving totals of 20,136 for Sears and 19,665 for Owen across 386 precincts with 14 small precincts missing. The large vote marks the district's highest off year primary turnout.
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Jacksonville
Fla
W. J. Sears
Ruth Bryan Owen
William Jennings Bryan
Congress
Florida
Monroe County
Sears
Key West
Owen
Florida East Coast
Eagles meet at Marion seek 1927 state convention
Delegates from Hammagnd gathered in Marion Indiana for the 1927 state convention of the Fraternal Order of Eagles. Nearly 800 members of the order attended the initial sessions of the gathering.
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Marion
Ind
Order of Eagles
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