Autoists Risky Lift With Woman Masquerading Bandit
Two Kentucky travelers picked up a woman who boarded their car in male disguise. After a tense ride she urged them to fetch a dropped package. The driver fled and the car left the woman behind. inside the rear seat lay a bundle containing 8000 dollars. The money now sits at the bank awaiting claim. Authorities suspect the disguise aimed to flee as a bandit.
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Washington
Ind
F. Axtell
Harry Axtell
Bloomington
Kentucky
Bex
Nto
Oman
Hickn
Two Kentucky Children Die After Gooseberry Poisoning
Two children in Bremen Kentucky died and two others were seriously ill after eating gooseberries from bushes sprayed with arsenate of lead. James Rhoades age 4 and Marjorie Reno age 7 died shortly after exposure, family members reported.
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Bremen
James ‘Rhoades
Marjorie Reno
Chicago Storm Strikes City in Severe 12 Hour Event
United Press Dispatch reports a Chicago storm lasting over 12 hours caused extensive damage and injuries. The climax featured a 30 minute electrical display with 22 people hurt as alarms rang across the city and debris fell from hit buildings. A streetcar roof was struck by lightning, sparking a panic that involved two women and a man.
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United Press Dispatch
Chicago
Lune
Storma
Bolta
Linton Plans Big July Fourth Parade and Prizes
A local Fourth of July committee in Linton outlines a large patriotic celebration with a 10 am parade on July 5, cash prizes for floats including most artistic most advertising and most comic vehicle, and a program ending at Haseman's grove led by the Linton Concert Band. Parking will be reserved at the parade grounds.
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Linton
Hy Pate Eam
Diditraany
Schloot
Ray. E. Ecker
Parade
First Southeast
Gouth
Illinois Central
Haseman’ S Grove
Chicago plans 1933 centennial world fair
Edward N Hurley agrees to chair Mayor Devers centennial commission to organize Chicago s 1933 centennial to mark the city founding. A site selection and financing plan are first steps as Chicago readies for a record gathering of pilgrims and a grand exposition.
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United Press Dispatch
Chicago
Edward N. Hurley
United States Shipping Board
Dever
Foundling of Chicago
Wolves Become Menace in Illinois Region
United Press Dispatch reports wolves in western Illinois near Polo growing bold and dangerous. Several have been killed recently as the animals appear in daylight and threaten livestock and residents.
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Illinois
Polo, Ill
Here
Linton Concert Band Plans Summer Citywide Evenings
The Linton Concert Band will open next Wednesday in the business district. Weekly concerts will follow on successive Wednesdays during the summer from a portable platform carried by a vehicle, performing in various downtown areas. The first concert program will be announced in the Daily Citizen.
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Linton
Daily Citizen
Yale Students Die in Connecticut Car Crash
In Guilford, Connecticut, two Yale students and two girls were killed when their roadster left the road on a curve at high speed and struck a tree. The dead include Misa Dorothy Kiernan and Mrs. Edwin Reeser, both of New Haven, sophomore William H. H. Cushing of Brookline Massachusetts, and freshman George M. Kopple of Galveston Texas.
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United Press Dispatch
Guilford
Conn
Yale
New Haven
Misa
Dorothy Kiernan
Edwin Reeser
William HH. Cushing
Brookline
Mass
George M. Kopple
Galveston
Texas
Streshman
Probe Iowa Illinois primary fraud probe nears Illinois start
Senate investigators plan to finish Pennsylvania probe by midweek then move to Illinois. Testimony reveals large expenditures by Ware campaign and Mellon associates, with $1,422,511 admitted across Pepper, Ware, and Pinchot totals. Witnesses may include Pennsylvanian figures next week.
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United Press Dispatch
Washington
Senate
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Reed
Pnnsylvania
E. M. Kenna
Pittsburg
William 8. Ware
Sugcorstul Wet
Mellon Organization
Mellon
Martin
Kenna
George Wharton Pepper
Ware
Gifford Pinchot
Coed Awarded $50,000 After Assault Case
Battle Creek, Mich. June 12 Louise King, a college coed, was awarded $50,000 in damages against Arthur Rich who assaulted her. King showed little desire to benefit financially from the verdict.
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Battle Creek
Mich
Arthur Rich
Louise King
Pretty College
Four Die En Route to Altoona Speedway Races
Four people killed en route to the Altoona Speedway 250 mile races in Pennsylvania. Charles Sayers died in a crash near Williamsburg. Three Towanda youths perished at Deal Man's Curve near Bellefonte. In Indiana, Mrs. M A Faubion, 65, died when their car was hit by a Baltimore and Ohio train near Versailles.
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United Press Dispatch
Altoona
Altoona Speedway
Charles Sayers
Williamsburg
Towanda
Deal Mans
Bellefonte
Personalities in the News Approximately
The senate heard that about 190000 was spent in an unsuccessful bid to elect Governor Pinchot as senator from Pennsylvania. Rear Admiral William S. Sims, US Navy, retired, underwent a minor operation in Newport, R. I. President Coolidge allegedly acted illegally by making state officers available as federal city agents, per Senator King. Countess Cathcart will marry Gideon Boissevaian, an American, aged twenty five.
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Gixord Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Senate
William S. Sims
United States Navy
Newport
Coolidge
William H. King
Countess Cathcart
Gideon Boissevaian
Indiana Winter Wheat Improves. Rye Falls Slightly
A Purdue and U S Department report shows Indiana winter wheat condition rose in May while rye declined slightly. Peach crop forecast stands at 798000 bushels with potential growth from reduced 1916 drought effects. overall hay prospects remain below average though better than last year.
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Lafayette
Ind
Indiana
M. M. Justin
Purdue University Agricultural Eexperiment Station
Dougth
Drouth
Search for Gila's Abductor Opens Across Nation
Indianapolis June 42 United Press Dispatch reports a white man abducted 11 year old Gila Greve from her Beech Grove home. He lured the girl by claiming her father was hurt and then assaulted her before fleeing. Police search underway across areas for the suspect.
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Indianapolis
Beech Greve
Drastic steps taken against auto tire thieves
Police announce plans to invoke an ancient law requiring second hand stores to report such merchandise. The move aims to curb rampant theft of auto tires and accessories in Indianapolis.
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United Presb
Indianapolis
Efurt
Jasonville Water Co Granted Authority to Issue 6000 in Preferred Stock
The state public service commission granted the Jasonville Water Company authority to issue 6000 in six per cent preferred stock. The action was announced in Indianapolis on June 12.
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Indianapolis
Jasonville Water Company
State Public Service Commission
Heat wave eases in the Midwest and the Plains
United Press reports in Omaha of the heat wave lowering modestly after two deaths and several prostrations. A record 98 degrees by 4 p.m. followed by drownings and a rescuer’s death in Rockford as water hazards persist.
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Omaha
Neb
Andrew Tomick
Hamilton Dueld
J. B. Cherry
Pike’s Peak
Roe Krimas
Friend
Lightning Strikes Man Dead in Barn Near Freeport
Ephraim Grueldis, sixty, was found dead in a barn after being struck by lightning. United Press dispatch from Freeport Illinois reports the incident on June 12.
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Freeport
Jil
Ephriam Grueldis
Tariff Question Sparks Hatlicek Square Battle in Prague
A four hour clash in Hatlicek square pits police against communists and socialists after tariff protests. Four officers are seriously hurt, 56 civilians injured, and rioters number about sixty as demonstrators attack with stones knives and guns. Communist Deputy Harusz wounded. Rain hinders the efforts as automobiles used as makeshift platforms clash with mounted police.
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United Press Dispatch
Prague
Hatlicek Square
Harusz
Senate Approves 150 Million Road Aid for Two Years
In Washington on June 12 the Senate voted 63 to 6 to pass the house bill authorizing federal road construction aid for two fiscal years 1929 and 1930. The measure appropriates 75 million annually for forest roads and trails with a total of 150 million, while a GOP motion to cut funding failed 10 to 3.
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Washington
Sonn
M Oett
Senate
Reed
Rep
Robbers Exchange $12 000 in Currency for Stacked Paper
In Memphis Tennessee a Fed Reserve Bank shipment of 12000 dollars in currency to Belzoni Mississippi was stolen in transit and found to contain neatly arranged newspaper stacks cut to fit the package instead of cash.
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Memphis
Tenn
Federal Reserve Bank of St
Miner Train Fare Rise Approved by Indiana PSC
The Indiana Public Service Commission authorized the Cleveland Cincinnati Chicago and St Louis Railway to raise monthly commuter fares on miners trains from Terre Haute to Ventura mine switch Riverside mine switch and Wahash mine switch effective July 1. The ticket price for Terre Haute to Ceé mine switch is listed as $1.35.
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Indianapolis
Indiana Public Service Commission
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway
Terre Haute
Ventura
Riverside
Terre Haute and
Wabash
Terry Haute
Cee
Lineman killed by 18 000 volt line shock in Kentucky
Gabe Bivens aged 28 a lineman for the Kentucky Utilities Company was struck by an 18 000 volt electric line in Hawesville Kentucky. The shock hurled him to the ground and he died from a broken neck.
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Hawesville
Gabe Bivens
Kentucky Utilities Company
Masonic Lodges Rally for Million Dollar Omplee
Representatives from northern Indiana and southern Michigan lodges gathered in South Bend on June 19 for the declaration of the new million dollar omplee project.
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South Bend
Masonic
Indiana
Michigan
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