Fifteen Greene County Farmers Enter Corn Yield Race
Fifteen Greene county farmers across Jefferson Highland Richland Fairplay and Washington townships have entered the five acre corn club competition aiming to beat the county record of 101.8 bushels per acre set by Elmer Smith in Highland in 1927. Records will detail field practices labor and inputs and findings will be compiled for the Indiana Corn Growers association annual report for members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greene County
Jefferson, Highland, Richland
Fairplay
Washington Townships
Elmer Smith
Highland Township
Indiana Corn Grower’s Association
Nobile group waits as relief planes miss Arctic ice camp
General Umberto Nobile and five companions on an Arctic ice block watched relief airmen approach within two kilometers and depart without sighting them. Captain Riiser Larsen and Lieut Leutzow Helm circled the camp Monday and left. Roald Amundsen had not yet been sighted after leaving Tromsoe for the area.
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Kings Bay
Umberto Nobile
Arctic
Riiser Larsen
Lieut
Leutzow-Helm
Nobile
Roald Amundsen
South Pole
Tromsoe
Norway
Northeastland
Chicago Robbery Shocks Shopkeeper in Broad Daylight
A middle aged woman in a black coat robbed Mrs. Mary Stuebe's candy store in Chicago. She threatened with a pistol and took all the cash, leaving the shopkeeper distressed about conditions in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Mary Stuehe
Washington County Storm Wrecks Homes Towering Damage
A line-storm tore twelve miles through Washington County Ohio last night causing nearly one million dollars in damage. The United Press report notes widespread destruction to buildings and property across the affected area with long power outages and debris blocking roads. Local authorities began assessing structural damage and coordinating relief efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Washington County
Noted editor shot in Vienna libel case
Bruno Wolf editor of the Neurs Wilner Journal was shot to death today in the high courtroom during a libel suit hearing with Oscar Poeffl, fellow editor of the Journal. Poeffl is charged with firing the revolver that killed Wolf.
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United Press Dispatch
Vienna
Bruno Wolf
Neurs Wilner Journal
Oscar Poeffl
Journal
Poeffl
Wolf
Daylight Hold-Up Net Nearly Five Thousand Dollars
Three bandits robbed two girls and a Metropolitan Life Insurance employee in broad daylight in Kansas City. They escaped with 4935 dollars in cash and checks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City, Mo
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Smith Sees Maryland Delegates Bolster Presidential Bid
Washington dispatch reports Governor Alfred E. Smith gains momentum as Maryland’s 16 votes push his tally above 700 on the first ballot. Virginia's 24 delegates remain to be named at Roanoke as Smith factions clash with anti Smith forces in a statewide contest.
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Smith
Washington
Alfred J
Maryland
Albert C. Ritchie
Houston
Virginia
Roanoke
Hoover
Kansas City
GOP Nominees Meet in Washington For Campaign Plan
The California and Kansan ticket leaders prepare to outline strategy with Herbert Hoover at Hoover’s S street home. Senator Charles Curtis arrives from Topeka and joins the noon conference on the back porch to finalize campaign plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press Dispatch
Washington
Charles Curtis
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Street
Curtis
High Winds Strike Ohio Injuring Dozens and Causing Heavy Damage
Cyclonic winds swept Ohio injuring a score of people with four in serious condition and causing property damage estimated between 700000 and 1000000 dollars. Local reports from Columbus cite widespread destruction and emergency responses as agencies assess the aftereffects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Bicknell Miners Denounce Mass Meeting as Traitors
In Bicknell Indiana on June 19 the United Mine Workers announce that a June 16 mass meeting was not sponsored by the union. Local committees condemn the gathering as aimed at dissension among striking miners and pledge to purge traitors from membership.
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Bicknell
Ind
United Mine Workers Organization of
Bicknell Field
Mine Workers of America
United Mine Workers of America
Fred A. Pee
J. D. Corral
BE. F P. Gregory
Earhart Birth Town Celebrates Trans Atlantic Flight
Atchison Kansas sends cheers for Amelia Earhart native daughter after the Friendship's successful Atlantic flight. The chamber of commerce and local aeronautic association cable congratulations and invite Earhart to visit on her return to the United States.
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Atchison, Kas
Atchison
Amelia Earhart
Miss Earhart
Chamber of Commerce
National Aeronautic Association
United States
Son Kills Father to Save Mother in Chicago
In Chicago on June 19 Stanley Piekut Jr aged 20 shot and killed his father Stanley Piekut Sr who was advancing on his wife Helen Piekut with shears. The son seized a rusty revolver and fired twice as police arrived to find him pacing beside the body.
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Chicago
Stanley Piekut, Jr
Stanley, Sr
Helen Piekut
Prof s bathless ways bring wifeless days
SOUT I BIND Ind June 19 Prof Milos Murray was so busy with educational matters as superintendent of schools of Michigan City that he neglected bathing. His wife filed for divorce on cruelty grounds. Married in 1924 and separated two years later the couple’s troubles began on their Yellowstone honeymoon. Mrs Murray received alimony of 4500 dollars.
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Ind
Milos
Murray
Michigan City
Murrays
Ti Ia
Yellowstone Park
Hunter's body found by barking dog near Bainbridge
Leo Lane a 24 year old farmer from Putnam county near Bainbridge was killed by an accidental shotgun discharge. His body was located in woods near his home after a fishing party followed his barking dog. A note states the shotgun went off as he climbed a fence. He is survived by his widow.
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Greencastle
Ind
Leo Lane
Bainbridge
Putnam County
Lane
Amelia Earhart Lands at Woolston England
Miss Amelia Earhart Wilmer Stultz and Lou Gordon arrived in London by automobile and were greeted by thousands at Myde Park hotel. Earhart’s plane Friendship landed at Woolston after a 135 mile flight from Barryport in about two hours. Crowds gathered as police imposed control while workmen and schoolchildren watched the event.
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London
Amelia Earhart
Wilmer Stultz
Lou Gordon
Myde Park Hotel
Woolston
England
Friendship
Barryport
Friendship lands at Southampton water amid cheers
The Friendship descended gently 600 yards off shore in Southampton water as cheers rose from spectators ashore and aboard boats. Stultz taxied the plane 800 yards to the imperial airway seawall dock while motor-boats assisted in towing it to the dock. The landing was faultless.
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Southampton
Great Dock
Stultz
Imperial Airway Sevaplatic Dock
Earhart Credits Stoltz and Gordon for Atlantic Flight
Amelia Earhart credited her two male companions Wilmer Stoltz and Low Gordon for the daring night flight from North America. She said she would attempt a westward Atlantic crossing again if equipped with the right machine and proper instruments. She spoke at the Ashburnham hotel after the flight, telling the United Press.
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Walesa
Amelia Earhart
Wilmer Stoltz
Low Gordon
Boston
Atlantic
Ashurnham
North America
Misy Inrsnit
United Presa
Storms Sweep Southwest as Rivers Rise Threatening Crops
Red Cross appeals for funds as three rivers swell across Missouri Arkansas Oklahoma and Kansas. The storm toll reaches eight with seven dead in Oklahoma and a fatality in Missouri. Flooding endangers about 100000 acres in Dunklin county as dikes fail on the St Francis.
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United Prinss
Kansas City
Missouri
Artkansas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Mound City
Oregon
Marion Matlock
Campbell
St. Francis
Dunklin County
Police Sergeant Slain in Springfield Shootout
In Springfield Missouri on June 19 patrolman Dearmond was shot and killed while police tried to arrest Dobbs Adams after he had wounded his mother-in-law and a woman friend and stabbed his sister-in-law. A mob gathered outside the police station as officers moved to remove Adams from town. The fallen officer was a veteran of the force.
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Springfield
Dobbs Adams
Dearmond
Adams
Gibson Coal Shaft Buildings Destroyed by Fire
Fire completely consumed the Little mine property of the Gibson Coal Company in Vincennes last night. Loss estimated at a hundred thousand dollars. State Fire Marshal’s Office will be asked to investigate the cause. Union battle had centered on the site for almost two weeks.
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Gibson Coal
United Press Mapatch
Vincennes
Gibson Coal ‘Company
Union Taboraners
Maranal
Coal Mine Strife Triggers Federal Restraining Order
A restraining order bars interference with the Gibson Coal company at Littles mine amid worker alignments in Pike County Indiana. Sheriff deputies served notices as authorities prepare for a July 2 hearing in Petersburg. the dispute followed an attempt to reopen the mine and an assault on Gibson Coal president William Johnson, amid 400 miners employed under normal conditions.
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Petersburg
Ind
Mont Gladish
Pike County
Gibson, Knox
Warrick
Pike Circuit
Gibson. Coal Company
Jacksonville
William Johnson
Gibson Coal Company
Johnson
Drew
Wind wrecks farm home injuring family in Indiana
A cyclone struck the home of Joy Dupper, a farmer near Petersburg in Dubois County Indiana. Mrs Dupper suffered severe bruises and may be dead. A year old daughter was injured and other family members escaped with minor injuries as the home and barn were wrecked.
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Petersburg
Ind
Tyne
Joy Dupper
Irel
Dubois County
Yeggs Crack Big Safe for Dime in Muncie
A scrambled report notes a robbery attempt where a large safe was cracked for a dime in Muncie. The text reflects heavy garble and lacks clear details on suspects or timing.
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Greene County Farmers
Trants
Ice
Austria
Lunded Press Dispatch
AL Smith
Ritchie
Gar
Nering
United Press
Middle West
Huston Thompson
Senator Walsh
Montana
Henry T. Allen
Kentucky
Claude Bowers
New York
Jesse Jones
G.O.P
National Capital
Topeka
Shears
Prof
Hunter
Eng
Contemd Press Dispatch
Funtred Prins Dispatch
Imperial Airways
Alfred E. Smith
Ed Grave
Red Cross
State Fire Marshal
Resteataing
Agai Bi Cartwright
Indi
William Mitch
Mitie
Wnion
Littles
C Mining
Muncie
Dung
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