Presbyterians Weigh Merom College Acquisition Plan
Trustees of Union Christian College at Merom Indiana meet with a Presbyterian committee to discuss selling the campus and forming a cooperative arrangement. The plan envisions the Presbyterian Church purchasing the visible plant and campus while trustees maintain faculty representation, enabling a revived Presbyterian college by fall 1927 if approved.
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Merom College
Wabash River
Merom
The
Presbyterian Church of Indiana
Presbyterian College
Union Christian College
Presbyterian Church
Covington
Ind
Certsin
Presbyterian
Vincennes
Hether
Friends of Union Christian College
Covington, Ltd
Presbyterian Committee
Aunt Sally Asbury Embraces Bobbed Hair At 100
Sullivan Indiana June 15 Aunt Sally Asbury who just turned 100 proves modernity by bobbing her hair. The centenarian, nicknamed Young, sports snowy tresses and a bright smile as she keeps up with current style trends.
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Sally
Asbury
Sullivan
Ind
Sally Asbury
Ceny Fury
Treasury Moves Vast Auctions To Refinance War Debt
Washington reports more than 500 million dollars to be dealt by the treasury today as it collects second installments of income taxes near 400 million and foreign payments from Britain Italy and Belgium. The treasury will redeem 330 million in maturing short term securities and use excess receipts to reduce the nation's war debt without a new loan. Reactions hinge on exact tax totals and Mellon offered no final estimates.
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Washington
Treasury
Italy
Belgium
France
Jugo-Slavia
Mellon
Rotary Convention Opens With Ten Thousand Rotarians
Ten thousand rotarians from every section of the world are ready to get down today to serious business of their convention in Denver. The gathering marks a major international event with diverse participation and agenda.
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Denver
Colo
French Finance Minister Resigns as Briand Faces Cabinet Shakeup
Paris June 15 United Press dispatch reports Raoul Peret resigns as finance minister and Premier Briand, though not yet decided, is expected to resign to permit cabinet remodeling. Cabinet members reportedly planned to resign with Peret but deferred pending Briand’s review.
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United ‘Press Dispatch
Paris
Briand
Peret
Doumergue
United
Raoul Peret
WOUNDS WIFE, TURNS GUN ON HIMSELF
Joe Winicki, 47, shot his wife at their Fort Wayne home wounding her in the head and then killed himself. Their two children, unable to explain a motive, said the couple had no quarrel and knew of no reason for the act.
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United Press. Dispatch
Fort. Wayne
Ind
Joe Winicki
Winicki
Vincennes Attorney Receives Disbarment Order
Roy Robinson a local barber attorney in Vincennes Indiana has been disbarred after a committee found he solicited bribes from defendants in court cases and cited his Federal court conviction in Indianapolis. The Knox Circuit Court Judge Coulter approved the disbarment.
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Vincennes
Ind
Roy Robinson
Indiana
Robinson
Indianapolis
Og Ha
Coulter
Knox Circuit
Police halt woman from fast to fund husband sanity trial
Police stopped Mrs. Catherine Scott from beginning a fast in a glass cage in a Chicago theater to raise money for her husband Russell Scott. His sanity trial was continued to June 21 by Judge Marcus Kavanagh as the state Supreme Court prepared defense pleas for change of venue and a habeas corpus writ.
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Chicago
Catherine Scott
Russell
Marcus Kavanagh
Scott
State Supreme Court
Mellon Opposes Farm Measure in Surprise Letter
Secretary Mellon voiced opposition to the McNary Haugen farm bill in a letter to House chairmen, calling the equalization fee unworkable and harmful. He warned the plan would raise domestic prices and burden American consumers while failing to provide lasting relief to agriculture.
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Rec
House Agricul- Washington
Tary Mellon
Senate
Haugen
Dickinson
Towa
Kansas
Tréasuty
Coolidge
McNary
Norris
Agriculture ‘Committee
Hoover
Jardine
House Agriculture Committee
Mellon
Rising Temperatures After Cold Spell Across Midwest
Chicago reports continued rising temperatures after an unseasonably cold spell and weekend rain storms. The district saw ten deaths from the storm, with Illinois recording the heaviest rain, three inches in three hours, while farmers benefited from the moisture.
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United Press Dispatch
Chicago
Middlewest
Illinois
Donation Boosts Riley Memorial Hospital Funds
Funds for Riley Memorial Hospital for crippled children rose by a $10,000 gift from Mrs. Howserd Spaulding Jr. of Chicago. Mrs. Spaulding, owner of Haskell-Barker Freight Car Co. in Michigan City, made the donation on June 16 in Indianapolis.
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Indianapolis
Riley Memorial Hospital For
Howserd Spaulding Jr
Chicago
Purdue honors 584 graduates at June commencement
Purdue University in Lafayette awarded 584 degrees at its annual commencement on June 15. The ceremony honored graduates across multiple colleges and included remarks by university officials and faculty leaders.
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Lafayette
Ind
Purdue’ University
Explosion at Gary coke ovens leaves eleven dead
United Press dispatch from Gary Indiana reports eleven dead and 47 injured after a blast wrecked the Illinois Steel Company coke ovens. The two story brick building spanned two blocks and caused extensive property damage estimated in the thousands. Officials suspect ignition of acids stored on the second floor. list of identified dead includes plant foreman Essie R Richardson Felix Renick Jesus Perez Harry Farris and several unnamed Black workers.
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United Press Dispatch
Gary
Ind
Illinois Steel Company
Essie R. Richardson
Entlue Malone
Felix Renick
Jesus Perez
Harry ‘Farris
Lloyd Collier
John Gaddis
Joseph Harris
Robert Little
Marvin Killigrew
One Dead in Auto Crash at Belt Railroad Crossing
Four children under eight, all left fatherless, were injured and Joseph Parker was killed when his car failed to heed an approaching freight train on the Belt Railroad crossing in Indianapolis. Parker’s wife received serious injuries in the crash.
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United Pruss ‘Dispatch
Indianapolis
Joseph Parker
Parker
Wers
Sheneman Pleads Guilty in Auto Banditry Case
Lloyd Sheneman 24 of Buffton Indiana pleaded guilty to auto banditry and received a 10 to 25 year sentence in the state reformatory. He was arrested May 31 with Edward Garner after Garner killed Policeman Edward Clay during an escape attempt. Garner later hanged himself in jail before indictment. Sheneman admitted aiding Garner in the killing.
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United Press Dispatch
Anderson
Ind
Lloyd Sheneman
Buffton
State Reformatory
Sheneman
Edward Garner
Garner
Edward Clay
Shenemen
Clay
Johnston Hikes From Chicago to New York Without Food
George Johnston, hiking from Chicago to New York without food, left Beaver Falls Pennsylvania for Pittsburgh after quenching his hunger with a gallon of water. The United Press dispatch notes his trek as a hunger march journey across Pennsylvania.
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Beaver Falls
George Johnston
Chicago
New York
Pittsburgh
Fire damages Hartman Furniture Co building in Milwaukee
A blaze of unknown origin destroyed the Hartman Furniture Co. building in Milwaukee on June 16. The fire, which started on the fourth floor, caused losses estimated at over $200,000 and was brought under control by 7 a.m. after multiple fire companies responded.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Hartman Furniture Co
Civil War Veteran William Record Found Dead in Cemetery
The body of Civil War veteran William Record was found hanging from a tree in a local Brooklyn area cemetery this morning. Authorities believe illness contributed to the death.
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Martinsville
Ind
William Record
Brooklyn
Tll Health
Farmer John Simpler Found Hanged in Corydon Barn
John Simpler, a local farmer, was found dead by hanging in his barn in Corydon Indiana early today. Police said there are no immediate indications of foul play and the death is being investigated as a suicide. Local officials and neighbors expressed shock at the tragedy.
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United Prhs8
Corydon, Ind
John Simpler
Mob abducts Black man in Kentucky. death follows
In Guthrie Kentucky a mob of several hundred men abducted Trimms King a Black man after he struck Deputy Sheriff Edward Bringhurst. King was hanged from a tree and died later in the incident as officials faced overwhelming crowd pressure. Authorities investigate and seek arrests.
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Guthrie
Trimms King
Edward Bringhurst
Senators Push to End Primary System in Favor of Conventions
A Senate resolution condemns campaign expenditures as harming the Republican party and the Senate, urging a return to conventions. The clash spurs a push by Mellon and Reed against primaries, citing Pennsylvania races with total spending near 1.89 million dollars among Pepper Ware and Pinchot.
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United Press Dispatch
Washington
Senate
Senator Carway
Secretary of Treasury
Mellon
Pennsylvania
William Ware
PRESS
Senate Committee
Congress
Muc
George Wharton Pepper
William S. Ware
Gifford Pinchot
Robinson's keynote attack on Republicans at Bristol convention
Senator Robinson of Arkansas told Bristol Democrats that the Republican party bears responsibility for a moral breakdown in public affairs. He urged electors to restore Democrats to Congress and cited alleged corruption in Harding and Coolidge administrations, while targeting monopolies, tariffs and campaign spending. He warned the Pennsylvania primaries would be used as campaign material.
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Robinson
Arkansas
Senate
Congress
Rehmaa
Harding
Coolidge
Pennsylvania
Robin
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