Tragic mine cage accident claims Walter Robertson at Lyons
Walter Robertson a 50 year old miner from Linton died after a lowered cage struck him in the shaft at Robertson Bros. mine three miles south of Lyons near Irene. The four brothers ran the mine and Walter was checking the water pump when the fatal accident occurred. He died at Freeman County hospital after a skull fracture and brain concussion.
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William Walter Robertson
Linton
Robertson Bros
Lyons
Irene
Walter
Virgil
Tobe
Tipple
Claude
Will S’. Craft
Welch Ambulance
Freeman County Hospital
G A R And W R G End Their Session At Martinsville
Election of officers to close the 80th encampment of the state G A R was held in Martinsville Indiana. The 1930 encampment site was chosen as Wabash. Veterans paraded with pride as Governor Harry G Leslie watched from the reviewing stand.
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Martinsville
Ind
Wabash
Harry G. Leslie
Snider Wins DRC Presidency at Indiana Encampment
Mrs Ida K Snider of South Bend was elected president of the Indiana department Woman's Relief Corps as the state G A R encampment closes in Martinsville.
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Martinsville
Ida K. Snider
South Bend
Indiana Department
Woman’s Relief Corps
Davis May Seek Pennsylvania Governor Race After Labor Secretary Role
New York World dispatch says James J. Davis will retire as secretary of labor this year to run in the Pennsylvania governor’s race. Edward A. Filene, Boston merchant and labor philanthropist, may become the next labor secretary if Hoover can win his acceptance.
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New York
New York World
Washington
James J. Davis
Pennsylvania
Labor Department
Edward A. Filene
Boston
Hoover
Mother of Sixteen Sentenced in Alderson Liquor Case
Mrs. Joe Post of Altus Arkansas, mother of sixteen with twelve living, jailed one year six months at the federal industrial institution Alderson West Virginia and fined $100 after pleading guilty to selling liquor, Judge Frank A Youmans presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Smith, Ark
Joe Post
Altus
Ark
Federal Industrial Institution For Women
Alderson
W. Va
Frank A. Youmans
Paul V McNutt Praises Legion Civil War Service Here
National Commander Paul V McNutt told Indiana G A R veterans that the American Legion follows in the footsteps of the Grand Army of the Republic by serving the nation and its people. He urged stronger defense through a reinforced Regular Army National Guard and ROTC programs citing the National Defense Act of 1920 and warned against unpreparedness cost in lives.
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United Press Dispatch
Martinsville
Ind
American Legion
Grand Army of the Republic
Legion
Paul V. McNutt
Indiana G. A. R
McNutt
Organized Reserve
National Guard
Arlington
Nice
Victor Emmanuel
Rome
Strassburg
Metz
Brussels
Westminster Abbey
Patriotism and Defense The American Legion Pledge
A speaker argues that true patriotism includes practical defense without aggression while upholding spiritual leadership. He emphasizes safeguarding national resources, rejecting militarism, and honoring members who sacrificed for the nation as part of a high purpose aligned with God and country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mars
Bethlehem
American Legion
Farm Bill Debenture Plan Scrapped by House
Washington June 13 The House voted 113 to 250 to eliminate the debenture plan from the administration's farm bill and sent the measure back to conference with the Senate. Senate leaders pledged no further fight and expected swift removal of the debenture plan in conference.
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Priss. Dispatch
Washington
House
Senate
Girl Missing Several Days Returns Home
Mary Frances Chelan, a 15 year old girl who had been missing since Sunday church services, returned to relatives in Rockville Indiana today. She said she visited Russellville and Indianapolis before coming back to the Scotts' home.
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Rockville
Ind
Mary Frances Chelan
Norval Scott
Mary Frances
Russellville
Indianapolis
Prohibition Shootings Spark Nationwide Alarm
Three prohibition shootings within a week ignite a national uproar as Treasury officials face sharp criticism. The incidents prompt calls for safeguards, with Congress and groups like the American Automobile Association pressuring for changes in dry agent procedures amid border patrol tensions.
Treasury official backs swift action on officer violations
Treasury officials report two fatal shootings involving Henry Virkula of Big Falls Minnesota and Archibald Eigster of Detroit by customs patrolmen. A federal dry agent was involved in a Silver City New Mexico shooting of an alleged bootlegger. The department vows rapid discipline for any officer breaking rules as anti bootlegging expands. Assistant Secretary Seymour Lowman confirms possible shift of the dry drive to Buffalo New York and other Canada border points as border enforcement is unified.
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Washington
Archibald Eugster
Detroit
Treasury Department
Henry Virkula
Big Falls
Minn
Internationl Falls
Prohibition
Doran
Mellon
Ciry
Treasury
Seymour Lowman
Buffalo N. Y
House
Indianapolis editors subpoenaed to appear before federal grand jury
Subpoenas were issued for Boyd Gurley editor of the Indianapolis Times and Warren Fairbanks publisher of the Indianapolis News to testify before a federal grand jury in South Bend Indiana. They are expected to be questioned regarding articles on alleged election fraud in Lake County.
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South Bend Ind
Boyd Gurley
Indianapolis Times
Warren Fairbanks
Indianapolis News
Lake County
Preliminary Hearing Set for John Van Hook Case
United Press dispatch from Terre Haute Ind reports John Van Hook, dismissed in Clay circuit court on a first degree murder charge in the Austin Sweet shooting, slated for a preliminary hearing before Judge San Beecher in city court. A separate warrant charging the same offense was dismissed after Judge Hutchinson ruled he must be tried on the first degree indictment. The Vigo county grand jury is summoned for a special session Friday to reconvene the case.
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United Press Pispatch
Terre Haute
Ind
John van Hook
Clay Circuit
Austin Sweet
San Beecher
van Hock
Thomas W. Hutchinson
Indiana General Assembly
Two Airplane Attempts Marked by Fog and Wreck on Beach
Halifax reported dense fog as French fliers Jean Assolant Rene Lefevre and Armeno Lotti attempted a 4750 mile hop to Paris. The Green Flash crashed in soft sand near Cape Sable endangering a longer trans Atlantic effort.
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Cresce I
Jean Assolant
Rene. Lefevre
Armeno
Lotti
Cape Sable
Paris
Stowaway Rumor Circulates Ahead of Paris Flight
Reports from Old Orchard Maine claim an 18 year old stowaway boarded the Yellow Bird before its planned takeoff for Paris. Portland youths cited a friend as the helper but others doubted the tale noting concealment in an airship cabin would be unlikely.
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Yellow Bird
Old Orchard
Col. Lindbergh
Paris
Atlantic
Portland
Latti
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Fifth Street Corporation
William Waller Robertson
Daviess County
G.A.R
Relief Corp
New Head
Commerce
Paul V. M'Nutt
Indiana
G. AR
G. A. R. Footsteps
National Defense Act
Bill
Fointed Press Dispatch
Hoo
Imate Press Dispatch
Congress
American Automobile Association
New Mexico
James M. Doran
Prohibition Bureau
Vigo County
van Hook
Hop
France
LTO
Lindy
Green Flash
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Nova’ Scotia
Yarmouth
Cape Cable
United Press
Wil del
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