Prohibition Officers Nab Three Suspects in County Raids
Federal officers aided by Sheriff Brown and deputies raided two Switz City area farms near Bloomfield arresting three men. They seized a 65 gallon still 200 gallons of corn mash twelve mash barrels and about six gallons of whiskey. Wright Allen and Reynolds were taken or sought and Wright was jailed Allen posted bond.
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Frank Dean
W. O. Holman
Bill” Brown
van Buskirk
Wilson
Bloomfield
Siddington
Switz City
Reynolds
William Wright
Wright
Jap Allen
Rockwood
Allen
Vincennes Girl Kidnapped in Detroit Suburb
Three men were held by police in Wayne Michigan for kidnapping two teen girls during a robbery of their escorts. The victims were Gladys Cooper 17 of Vincennes Indiana and Norma Bowman 17. A passerby heard screams and a pursuit ended with arrests.
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Detroit
Mich
Wayne
Vincennes
Ind
Paul Miller
Paul Bertalan
Charles Bergofer
Bud Carr
Charles Hoffman
Gladys Cooper
Norma Bowman
Mexican airflight to Washington by Carranza
Captain Emilio Carrana or Lindbergh style pilot from Mexico City flew non stop to Washington from Valbuena Field at 8 10 a m today. A special 7 18 mile runway was built to aid the heavily loaded plane and Carranza supervised preparations arriving at 6 30 a m.
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United Press Dispatch
Mexico City
Emilio Carrana
Mexico
Carranza
Valbuena Field
Three Men Die in U S Bruce Explosion at Norfolk Yard
United Press dispatch reports a Navy destroyer the U S Bruce exploded at Norfolk Navy Yard killing three men E H Munden of Norfolk Charles H Bryan of Norfolk and H Joyce of Portsmouth Virginia.
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Norfolk
U. S. Bruce
Norfolk Navy Yard
E. H. Munden
Charles H. Bryan
H. Joyce
Portsmouth
Weekend police court proceedings include multiple intoxication cases
Howard Johnson and Paul Miller of Jasonville faced Mayor Bull for intoxication and DWI. Johnson pled guilty, fined 10 dollars and costs, and received a 30 day state penal farm term. Miller was fined 10 dollars and costs with a 90 day suspended farm sentence.
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Howard Johnson
Paul Miller
Jasonville
Bull
Johnson
Miller
Bolton
Bedford
Cletus Love
Miss Lima
Ilene Malik
Miss Malik
Claude Griffith
Henry Hunt
George McCorkle
Lee Nixon Named Sergeant-at-Arms for GOP Convention
Lee Nixon, sergeant-at-arms of the Republican national convention, is described by national committee members as knowing more Republicans than anyone else. He has served ten years as assistant to the national committee chair, with extensive contacts at the Washington offices. Nixon began his political career in 1899 as postmaster in San Juan Porto Rico, held the post until 1914, then became Indianapolis city clerk and joined the national committee in Washington in 1918.
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Kansas City
Lee Nixon
National Committee
Washington
Nixon
National
San Juan
Porto Rico
Indianapolis
Ind
Jealous lover shoots housekeeper to death in Vincennes
In Vincennes on June 11 a laborer Dores Brown killed his common law wife Laura McMahon 86 in his front yard then slashed his throat. McMahon had letters from a former lover Orville Sedan and planned to return to Indianapolis. Brown hospitalized and to face charges once able.
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Vincennes
Dores Brown
Laura McMahon
Brown
High Waters Hit Pike County Rail Lines
In Petersburg Indiana on June 11 the Big Four rail line from Petersburg to Evansville resumed Sunday after a cloudburst. Fifty cars of ballast repaired between Petersburg and Oak and City while Algiers Winslow and Western line work continues. Patoka river rises forcing tent abandonment at Winslow and water depths reach two feet in Pike County strip pits. White River rises slowly with potential flooding in low bottoms and heavy losses reported in Patoka river bottoms.
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Petersburg
Ind
Big Four Railroad
Evansville
Oak
City
Algiers, Winslow & Western
Patoka
Southern Railroad
Pike County
Winslow
White River
Patoka River
Indiana Sees Potential Decline in 1927 Divorce Rates
Probabilities of a lower Indiana divorce rate in 1927 emerged from Charles Keithkeborough's tally of 76 counties. Total divorces reached 6,176 in those counties, with Marion, Vic, Allen, and Howard not reported. 1925 and 1924 totals were 7,503 and 7,212 respectively.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Charles Keithkeborough
Legislative Reference Bureau
Marion
Vic
Allen
Howard
Marion County
United States
Two High School Youths Killed In Collision In Indianapolis
Two high school youths were killed in Indianapolis when their car crashed head on into a small delivery truck yesterday afternoon. Two other high school students were injured in the accident.
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Porter Davis
Meredith O'Mara
James Weller
Charles Binford
Robert Blackburn
Jack Matthews
Indianapolis
Official program of Republican National Convention this week
A presented schedule from Kansas City covering May to June 1 detailing opening remarks by Chairman William M. Butler, keynote by Simeon D. Fess, committee appointments, credentials review, second keynote by George Al. Moses, platform announcement, and presidential balloting with VP candidate selection concluding the Convention.
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USCED
Kansas City
Tubrsday
William M. Butler
Simeon JD. Fess
Ohio
George AL. Moses
New Hampshire
Kentucky Youth Held for Slaying of Girl
Marion Parker Boyd aged seven of Valley Station near Louisville is in Jefferson county detention as a self confessed killer. He shot Bessie Bryson seventeen after playmates told him to quit a card game.
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Louisville
Marion Parker Boyd
Valley Station
Here
Jefferson County
Bessie Bryson
Italia crew separations reported near Brandy Day
Seaplane pilot Luetzow Holt located two wounded Italia crew near Brandy Day on North East Land. The gondola with Gen Umberto Nobile and eight crew detached from the airship during descent. seven men remained aboard the main body drifting east. Radio operator Giuseppe Biagi among those in the gondola.
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Junttod
Kings Bay
Luetzow Uolm
Brandy Day
North East Land
Umberto Nobile
Italia
Comunique
Nobile
Giuseppe Biagi
President's Wife Falls Ill. Vacation May Be Delayed
Inesa of Mrs. Coolidge may postpone the departure of President Coolidge tonight for his summer white house in Wisconsin. Mrs. Coolidge suffered a relapse from an old illness and was confined to her room but it was thought she could leave tonight.
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Washington
Inesa
Brazil Gazette Sold to Harry R Dial in Brownstown Illinois
The Brazil Gazzette a weekly Democratic newspaper in Brazil Indiana has been sold by Lee R Holly to Harry R Dial of Brownstown Illinois.
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Brazil
Ind
The
Hoover and Dawes Slated for Ticket in GOP Convention
Kansas City dispatch reports Hoover backers push a Hoover Dawes ticket as convention debates the platform. President Coolidge seen as potential saver, while Mellon weighs votes and farm states organize to oppose Hoover.
Treasury Secretary Mellion Visits St Louis En Route West
Secretary Andrew W Mellon arrived in St Louis on June 11 while en route to Kansas City. He declined to reveal who would receive Pennsylvania votes and said a nomination caucus would be held before the national convention to decide how to vote. He was joined by other officials as they planned to proceed westward after a brief stop in St Louis.
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Andrew W. Mellon
Pennsylvania
Tor A
Hoover
Mellon
Goolidge
ST. Louis
The
Treasury
Andrew W. Mellion
Kansas City
Sylvania Helom
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