Coolidge Starts Summer at Swampscott With Tax Cut Plan
President Coolidge leaves Washington for a two month vacation at Swampscott Massachusetts where a summer White House will be set up. He announces a treasury surplus of 200 million dollars and plans to urge general tax reductions for Congress. The trip includes Everett Sanders and White House staff aboard a special train.
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United Press Dispatch
Washington
Congress
Coolidge
Everett Sanders
White House
Salem
Mass
Swampscott
Chicago Gunmen Hold Up Shultzburg Bank
Five bandits believed from Chicago robbed a Shultzburg bank blowing the safe and escaping with 5000 dollars in cash. The incident occurred on June 23 as residents were terrorized and authorities investigated the heist.
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Shutzburg, Wis
United Press Dispatch
Shultsburg
Wis
Chicago
Disabled Veterans Parade Led by Children in Omaha
Blind veterans of World War I, led by small children, groped through Omaha streets at the head of the Disabled American Veterans annual convention parade. The scene underscored the group's message as veterans endure hardship while seeking recognition and support.
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Untad Press Dispatch
Omaha, Neb
Washington Woman Fears for Father in Missing Trip
Amelia Flynn of Washington Indiana asked Indianapolis police to help locate her father J O Moore who left for Blackwell Oklahoma carrying a large amount of money and has not been heard from since. The daughter fears foul play may be involved.
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Indianapolis
Amelia Flynn
Washington
Ind
J. O. Moore
Blackwell
Oklo
Indianapolis Veggs Make Big Haul to Pay Opposite City Hall
In Indianapolis on June 23 two downtown safes were opened by vandals or burglars across from City Hall. They escaped with about $1,000 in cash after police prepared to end 12 hour shifts.
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Indianapolis
Fitzsimmons Aide Trial For Attempted Child Harm
In Clinton Indiana Mrs. R S Resler, reportedly a former wife of boxing great Bob Fitzsimmons, faced trial for allegedly attempting to beat her nine year old stepdaughter. The Clinton city court continued the case without Judge G N Bingham as a crowd of St Bernice residents had previously gathered amid venue changes.
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Clinton
Ind
St. Bernice
Resler
Bob Fitzsimmons
G. N. Bingham
Ridcot
Clinton City Court
Chinese Uprising Spreads to Philippines Dispatch
Manila reports a Chinese anti foreign drive spreading to the Philippines with calls for a general strike on June 25. Chinese leaders here oppose action but express sympathy with Shanghai movement. Trade disruption rises as collections fall and several ships cancel sailings to Hong Kong.
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Manila
P. I
Shanghai
Philippines
China
Hong Kong
Hoosier Politics Heating Up With Key Meetings
Indiana Republicans plan a major Fort Wayne gathering led by Cylde A Walb as Janis J Watson seeks re election. Democrats convene in Terre Haute for a three day session with John Fitzgerald welcoming delegates and John Gorman presiding. State park tours follow.
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Indiana
Fort Wayne
Indiana Democratic Editorial Association
Terre Haute
Cylde A. Walb
Janis J. Watson
Watson
Aimdas
John Fitzgerald
John Gorman
The
Princeton Democrat
Association
National School of Stereos chief testifies in murder trial
Germs Co. C. Farman of Chicago heads the National School of Stereos takes the stand against William D. Shepherd in the germ poisoning trial, detailing alleged negotiations with the Mc Clintock murder bee defendant.
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Co. C. Farman
National School of Stereos
Chicago
William D. Shepherd
McClintock
President widows avoid White House memories after presidents
Washington reports five living wives of presidents who were mistresses of the White House, with Mrs. Coolidge becoming the sixth. The former first ladies largely stay away from the White House, except Mrs Taft and occasional visits by Mrs Roosevelt. Mrs Harding, grieving, said she would not return, and soon joined her husband.
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Washington
White House
Harding
Coolidge
Taft
Late Senator Ladd Eulogized by Indiana Senator
Indiana Senator Samuel M. Ralston, staying at his Hoosier Home northwest of Indianapolis, eulogized Senator Ladd of North Dakota. Ralston praised Ladd as a well educated farmer advocate and a patriot without blemish, noting their deep friendship and Ladd’s illness.
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Indianapolis
Samuel M. Ralston
Hoosier
Ralston
Senator Ladd
North Dakota
Senate
Ladd
Lake County Probes Abandoned Mystery Death
Gary Indiana June 23 authorities closed the inquiry into another mystery death after workers uncovered a skeleton of a 12 year old beneath the Gary Crown Point road eight miles south of Gary. Deputy Coroner Houk said the remains were buried about fifty years ago and locals recall a near by burial ground. The bones showed unusual preservation.
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Gary
Ind
Lake County
Calumet
Gary-Crown Point
Here
Houk
Religion barred in Mount Vernon public schools
Supreme Court Justice Seeger issued a permanent injunction preventing Mount Vernon school officials from allowing fifth and sixth grade students to spend 45 minutes weekly on religious instruction. The ruling held it unlawful to substitute religious instruction for the required state education.
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White Plains
N. Y
Mount Vernon
Supreme Court
Seeger
Floyd Black Granted Continuance of Trial
Floyd Black charged with attempting to wreck the Dixie Flyer last winter has won another continuance on his attorneys petition. The case now set for the September term. His brother Lester is named in the alleged plot to derail the train by pulling up track spikes near the North Baltimore Glass plant. Both brothers are known in Linton where they formerly resided.
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United Press Dispatch
Terre Haute
Floyd Black
Black
Lester
North Baltimore Glass Company
Linton
Suspect in Chesterton Bank Robbery Cleared
Loganport Indiana June 23 George Marshall 30 of Hammond and Charles Kordick 25 of Calumet City HL were cleared today of aiding in the Calveston bank robbery earlier this month. They were released from jail on habeas corpus after bank officials failed to identify them.
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Logansport
Ind
George Marshall
Hammond
Charles Kordick
Calumet City
Calveston
Child, 12, in serious condition after alleged attack
Marie Palen a 12 year old orphan was left in the care of Alva Herbst by her dying parents. Authorities say Herbst is responsible for a brutal assault and he is under arrest. The incident occurred in Valparaiso Indiana.
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Valparaiso
Ind
Marie Palen
Alva Herbst
Herbsst
Yanks Buy Brazil Boy Pitcher Roy Chesterfield
Roy Chesterfield of Brazil Indiana, a pitcher for the local club, has been sold to the New York Yankees. He will report after the Three Eye league season ends.
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Danville
Inl
Roy Chesterfield
Brazil
New York Yankees
Three Eye
Old Swimmin Hole Bought For City Park
Greenfield Indiana June 20 The old swimmin hole where James Whitcomb Riley famed Wooster poet swam more than sixty years ago will become a public park Forty acres around Brandywine creek were taken by the city last Saturday after a compromise with owners who dropped court fights and accepted the city price gaining clear title to the property.
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Greenfield
Ind
James Whitcomb Riley
Brandywine Creek
Bandit Slays Chicago Policeman In Theatre Robbery
Chicago detective teams seize suspects after Patrolman Patrick McGovern was shot while escorting $4000 from a north side movie house to a bank. George Haney, treasurer of the theatre, was questioned. theatre had prior robbery history. Police note multiple witnesses offered little help.
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United Press Dispatch
Chicago
Patrick McGovern
McGovern
North Side
George Haney
Haney
Terre Haute
Ind
French Deputies Fight In Chamber Over Moroccan War
A free-for-all fist fight broke out in the Chamber of Deputies during a Moroccan crisis debate after a communist deputy urged a class war to end the capitalistic war.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Reorganization of Prohibition Forces Announced
Washington June 23 The Federal prohibition enforcement service will reorganize effective August 1. The United States will be divided into twenty two districts each led by a prohibition administrator responsible for enforcing the duty law in his territory.
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Washington
Federal
Prohibition Enforcement Service
Manitoba police to escort Stanton for 1923 Winnipeg hammer murder
Two Manitoba provincial police detectives were to take John Stanton to Winnipeg for trial on murder charges in the 1923 beating death of 70 year old John Penny during a robbery. Stanton, 30, an inmate at the Indiana state penal farm, faces the fatal assault in Penny’s Winnipeg home.
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Greencastle
Ind
Manitoba
Winnipeg
Canada
John Stanton
State
Stanton
John Penny
Penny
Third Michigan District Faces Vacant Seat
Washington June 28 The Third Michigan district likely will not seek the congressional honor at its special primary set for July 21 and a special election August 18. Three prior district members have died after special elections following predecessor deaths. Williams died a month ago with no candidate yet named for his seat though speculation links a venturesome hopeful to run.
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Washington
Michigan
Congress
William H. Frankhauser
J. M. C. Smith
Representative Smith
Arthur R. Williams
Smith
Wiliams
Williams
Suspicious Black Actor Probed After Window Break-In
Indianapolis police investigated an attempted assault on a white woman, Nona Clark, 17, at her home by a Black man who threatened her mother and tried to enter through a window. Authorities believe the suspect may be the same individual who has harassed five white women in recent months.
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Indianapolis
Lewis Clark
Clark
Nona
Funeral of Sen. Ladd Delayed for Family Interment Plans
The body of Senator Edwin F. Ladd of North Dakota who died in Baltimore will be brought to Washington and placed in a vault until Mrs. Ladd can travel to North Dakota for the final interment, per tentative family plans announced today.
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Washington
Edwin F. Ladd
North Dakota
Baltimore
Marshal Joffre’s Health Improves With Mild Quinsy Attack
Paris reports Marshal Joffre is on the way to recovery after a mild quinsy attack. Doctors say his temperature has risen slightly but he is described as perfectly all right and there is nothing to worry about.
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Paris
Marshal Joffre
Ex-Greene Countian Makes Death by Own Action Attempt
Bloomington Ind June 23 Dan Coble of South Rogers street and Snowers plant No 4 attempted to kill himself using car exhaust gas in a garage Sunday evening. He was rescued after neighbors noticed fumes and he regained consciousness with treatment. Coble had recent hardship including wife in insane hospital and prior despondency.
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Bloomington
Ind
Dan Coble
South Rogers Street
Snowers
Coble
Cable
Luzzader
Cobel
Greene County
Madison
Twelve confess thefts in Philadelphia court case
Eleven young men and a young woman confessed participation in thefts or disposal of merchandise valued at 135000 dollars in the Philadelphia office of the American Railway Express company. The losses spanned April 1924 to March 1925 and nine other men were implicated but pleaded not guilty.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphaa
American Railway Express Company
Two Teenage Burglars Caught After Auto Theft
Perry Hood aged 15 from Chesterton and Lester Moore 17 from East Chicago were charged with burglary and vehicle taking in Indianapolis. They admitted stealing a car in East Chicago and robbing a dry goods store here, and were arrested on the city outskirts while sorting loot.
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Indianapolis
Perry Hood
Chesterton
Ind
Lester Moore
Chicago
Youtts
Shepherd Denies Murder Charge in Ward Death Trial
In Chicago on June 23 William D Shepherd firmly denied murdering his ward Billy McClintock to collect a million dollar estate. Defense counsel pressed him during a lengthy cross examination as witnesses including Dr Herman Bendesser and Rev Carl Naumen testified on the typhoid outbreak and family relations surrounding Billy's death.
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Criminal Court
Chicago
William D. Shepherd
Billy McClintock
Shepherd
Crowe
Carl A. Naumen
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Nauman
Isabelle Pope
Miss Pope
Billy
City of Hong Kong Declares State of Emergency
Hongkong is under a state of emergency with censorship on mail and cables. Police control fuel food vehicles and private premises, restricting exports to only gold silver and foodstuffs due to the strike.
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Hongkong
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