Senate primary inquiry may extend hearings into Pennsylvania
The special senate primary committee may resume hearings next week to reach Pennsylvania and Illinois if needed. Costs to copy records in Harrisburg on Ware Pepper Pinchot expenditures influence future plans. Wheeler resumes testimony today with Mrs. Maude Seymour of the Pennsylvania WCTU. No criminal action is planned based on current evidence, and the panel will stay until July 1 after Congress adjourns.
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United. Pruss
Washington
Senate
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Warrisburg
Reed
Anti-Saloon
League
U. In
Wayne B.’ Wheeler
The
Miaude Seymour
T.U
Unclear OCR Fragment Notes Primary Investigation
Fragmentary notice references a Senate committee in Washington and a sum of 3 000 000, with a copy to be sent after finishing work. Details are incomplete and names or dates are unreadable.
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Washington
Fairbanks Woman Dies From Strange Milk Sickness
Sullivan Ind June 19 Mrs Charles Russell of Fairbanks Township died after a brief illness described as a milk sickness. Her husband and son have been critically ill for days. Mrs Russell, maiden name McKee, was from the well known McKee family near Merom. The Russell farm lies in the Fairbanks area where an epidemic of milk sickness has affected residents for years.
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Sullivan
Ind
Charles Russell
Fairbanks Township
McKee
Merom
Russell
Fairbanks
Former Queen Olga of Greece Dies in Rome
Former Queen Olga, mother of King Constantine I and grandmother of King George II, died suddenly at her Rome villa today. Born in 1851 to Tsar Nicholas I of Russia, she had been in good health prior to her death. The sudden passing shocks her family.
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United Press Dispatch
Rome
Olga
Greece
Constantine I
George
Constantine
Nicholas I
Russia
Solon Makes Beer In Congressional Experiment
United Press dispatch reports a Washington incident where beer with 2.76 percent alcohol was manufactured in the House office building. Representative La Guardia led an experiment blending three parts malt extract with one part ordinary near beer as authorized by Andrews.
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United Press: Dispatch
Washington
Andrews
la Guardia
Fathers Day Observance Grows In Home Celebrations
The piece notes the rise of Fathers Day traditions as pastors and clubs once honored mothers and now families plan a quiet home observance. It mentions the fourth Father’s Day on Sunday June 20 with households marking the occasion privately in Linton and elsewhere.
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Father
Linton
Billion Dollar Utility Merger Unites Insull Studebaker firms
United Press reports a planned merger of Middlewest Utilities Company Northern American Company and North American Power and Light Company totaling over 1 billion dollars. The deal signals retirement from active utility work by Senator William B McKinley of Illinois and positions Samuel Insull and Clement Studebaker Jr to control the new giant.
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United Press Dispatch
Chicago
Insull
Studebaker
McKinley
Efkee
Middlewest Utilities Company
Northern’ American’ Company
North American Power and Light Company
William B. McKinley
Illinois
Central
Samuel Insull
Clement Studebaker Jr
Vigilantes Committee to Expand in Indianapolis
Police Chief Claude Johnson announced an enlarged Vigilantes committee in Indianapolis to aid in pursuing law violators. The panel includes one representative from several churches, appointed on ministers' recommendations, and signs reports only with assigned numbers.
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Indianapolis
Claude Johnson
Johnson
Coroner Refuses Death Certificate for Aimee Semple McPherson
Los Angeles June 12 Coroner Nance refused to issue a death certificate for evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson who disappeared May 18. Nance said he was not convinced McPherson was dead and declined the request.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Nance
Aimee Semple McPherson
Fresh Impetus for Indiana State Road Building Bids Open
Indiana bids for grading and paving state roads open Tuesday as the highway commission advances a season plan. Projects total about 21.2 miles of paving and 14.5 miles of grading with roughly 4,000 miles of maintenance ongoing.
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Indiana
United Press Dispatch
Indianapolis
State Highway ‘Commission
John W. Williams
State Highway Commission
Commission
Williams
Arlington
Morristown
Shelby
Rushville
Rush County
Barker Avenue
Evansville
Vanderburg
Valparaiso
Crooked Creek
Porter County
Hantia
la Porte
Porter
Hodge Ditch
Robbins Ditch
Hanna
LaPorte
Starke
Huntingburg
Jasper
Dubois County
Three in car escape as train crashes into burning auto
At Lebanon Indiana on June 19 a car clung to the front end of a train after a crash. Albert F. Cathcart Peru School Board president, driving the car, is hospitalized likely for a few days. Mac Sum Canada of near Lebanon was in the car and slightly hurt. her husband sustained minor injuries.
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Lebanon
Ind
Albert .F. Cathcart
Peru
School ‘Board
Mac. Sum Canada
Minnesota Senator Seddill Draws Senate Fury With Speech
Thomas D. Seddill, a blind Minnesota senator, provoked a senate furore with a forceful attack on his political enemies. Wayne B. Wheeler testified before a senate committee on investigation of primary election fund contributions.
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Thomas D. “Seddill
Minnesota
Senate
Wayne B. Wheeler
Senate ‘Committee
Aztec Ball Imitated By French At Paris Art Revels
Paris woke to reports of the Latin Quarter Four Arts Ball ending in a riotous display. Dancers in grease paint and torn costumes paraded the streets as debauched revelry unfolded after the Aztec themed night. Helene, a peasant-turned-model, was hailed for her perfect proportions next to the Venus de Milo.
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United ‘Press Dispatch
Paris
la Belle Helene
Mexico
Seine
Helene
Mont Parnassee
Venus de Milo
Eleven Die In Brazil hillside Collapse
Eleven people were killed and five seriously injured when a hillside building collapsed in Bahia near Rio de Janeiro. The disaster demolished eight houses below and prompted emergency response, according to United Press Dispatches from Bahia.
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United Press Dispatch
Rio’ DE Janeiio
Bahaim
Wheatland Youth Drowns in White River Near Wheatland
Al phonse Sexton 16 drowned in the west fork of White river about two o clock yesterday afternoon three quarters of a mile south of the river bridge on state highway five. His companions Lawrence Bryan Charles Thompson and Leon Holt watched as he struggled and disappeared beneath the swift current. Rescue attempts with grappling hooks and divers were organized as 250 people gathered on the banks but the body had not been recovered by nightfall.
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Wheatland
Ind
Alphonse Sexton
West Fork
White River
Sexton
Lawrence Bryan
Charles Thompson
Leon Holt
Walton’s Bar
Daviess County
Ton
Bryan
Vincennes
Washington
Jasonville
Carload alcohol seized by federal agents in Chicago yard
Federal agents halted a shipment believed to be contraband at Roosevelt Road yards. A car from New York contained 43 barrels and 10 drums of grain alcohol, linked to bootlegger syndicates led by Max Goldberg. Other squads seized a wildcat brewery at 2425 North Crawford and a large still at 2153 Emerson Avenue.
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Chicago
B.C. Yellowley
Imany
New York
Roosevelt Road
R. Q. Merrick
Prohibition
Ajax Construction Company
Merrick
Pier 95
New York City
West Side
Max Goldberg
Wildcat
North
Crawford Avenue
Emerson ‘Avenue
Desperate Husband Ends Life After Divorce Suit
Louis Mayer, angered by his wife filing for divorce, shot his wife after a previous attack, failed a second attempt, then killed himself. The spree occurred in Oklahoma City with Mayer dying after a self-inflicted head wound.
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Oklahoma City
Louis Mayer
Five Men Convicted In Federal Liquor Theft Case
In Indianapolis on June 19 federal court sentenced five men to four months to eighteen months in prison and fines from 1 000 to 2 500 for stealing 850 cases of confiscated P Squibbs distillery liquor from the federal building.
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Indianapolis
P. Squibbs
Indiana Wheat Pool Eyes 3,000,000 Bushels This Year
Indianapolis June 19 Preparations are underway to receive about 3,000,000 bushels of wheat this year by the Indiana Wheat Growers Association pool. Government experts say Indiana’s crop will be normal. Membership has risen by 568 to about 19,000. Banks will advance payments soon after delivery, and a directors meeting will select a successor to Joe P. Lackey. W H Settle chosen to lead the pool.
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Indianapolis
Indiana Wheat Growers Association
Indiana
Joe P. Lackey
W. H. Settle
Indiana Farm Bureau Federation
James H. Gwaltney
House Minority Report Opposes Day Legislation Seizure Of Foreign Ships
Lincoln C. Andrews and congressmen contend the Goff-Graham-Andrews bill to tighten the Volstead act oversteps constitutional and international law. Tucker and backers call the rum treaty provisions unconstitutional and warn they would provoke a challenge by civilized nations. The report argues the plan seeks U S jurisdiction over high seas vessels and threatens remissions of penalties under the Volstead act on foreign ships.
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United Press Dispatch
Washington
Lincoln C. Andrews
Prohibition
Ciry
Congress
House Judiciary Committee
United States
Henry St. George Tucker
Virginia
Byer
Missouri
Illinois
Peerlman
New York
Weller
Tucker
High Seas
Elthen i
Sion
United States Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Delay in Lee trial in Indianapolis
An adjournment delay halted Ralph Lee murder trial proceedings for Abner Peek at Indianapolis. Judge Miller of Johnson county told Prosecutor Remy the Monday start date was removed from the docket awaiting Marion county council funds for special attorneys. Remy and Lee’s lawyer Iran Holmes expressed willingness to proceed solo. A conference with Judge Miller to set an early date was planned for today.
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Indianapolis
Ralph Lee
Abner Peek
Miller
Johnson County
Remy
Marion County
Marion County Council
Franklin
Iran Holmes
Lee
Special Investigator Charged With Bribery in Bootlegging Case
Bill of information filed in federal court accuses Wilbur J. Keeney, special investigator for the deputy attorney general, of bribery tied to liquor law violations in Marion County. Albert Ward, U.S. district attorney, says Keeney will be arrested and held to the federal grand jury. Howard S. Young, U.S. commissioner, handled the filing.
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Bill of Information
Wilbur J. Keeney
Marion County
Thomas Casey
Howard S. Young
United States
Albert Ward
Keeney
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