Vinccennes Booze Conspiracy Trial Nears End
Vinccennes case edges to close as Deputy Sheriff Harvey Smith and Vincennes attorney Roy Robinson testify on a protection system aiding bootleggers. District Attorney Ward is set to finish the government case. defense may require another day. Robinson pleads guilty and links Indiana Anti-Sale League attorney Miles to the scheme.
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United Press Dispatch
Terre Haute
Ind
Vincennes
Harvey Smith
Knox County
Roy Robinson
Smith
Robinson
Floyd Young
Roy ‘Chambers
Tool 12
Rot
Miletorney
Indiana
Anti
Awith
Caillaux Accepts Job as Minister of Finance
Paris report states Joseph Caillaux accepted the post of finance minister in Aristide Briand’s tenth cabinet after earlier refusals. Briand planned to share power in a cabinet completed by that evening while Caillaux asserted he wanted all the power but would not split it with Briand.
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United Press Dispatch
Paris
Joseph Gaillaux
United States
Caillaux
Death by Gas: Shelbyville Man Kills Himself
United Press Dispatch reports George Smithy A1 died by his own action in Shelbyville Indiana, turning on a gas stove in his kitchen. Authorities stated the gas suicide was the official cause of death announced today.
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United Press Dispatch
Shelbyville
Ind
George
Band Concert Tonight With Varied Selections
A band concert features works by Thomas Allen overture The Sky Pilot A M Laurens Shadow Dance A A Penn Mexican Serenade roses fox Trot Jack Snider patriotic song My Soldier Albert Harberstree intermission pieces U S Military Academy Geo Rosenkrans Kitty Wake Olvette Myers In Dreamy Cells Walter Rolf Fox Trot Bull Frog Blues The Mystic Potentate F A Myers concludes with The Star Spangled Banner
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Thomas Allen
M. Laurens
U. S. Military Academy
Geo. Rosenkrans
Olvette Myers
Walter Rolf Fox
Mystic Potentate
F. A. Myers
Humpreys Party Narrowly Escapes Train Collision
T M Humphreys his wife and son of Memphis Tenn formerly of this city and niece Doris Daxon of this city escaped injury when their Ford sedan was struck by a Big Four passenger train at a Lawrenceville grade crossing. The car was thrown off the tracks but all occupants were unharmed and continued to Memphis after repairs.
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T. M. Humphreys
Memphis
Tenn
Doris Daxon
Lawrenceville
Linton
Humphreys
Big ‘Four
Vingen
Counterfeiters Change Pleas to Guilty in Special Session
In Terre Haute a 4 a m special federal court session saw five men and one woman plead guilty to counterfeiting before Judge Baltzell. Defendants Pete Davitto Gladys Davitto Joe Valacio Roy Dempsey Cal Morgan and Claude Phillips face 2 to 14 years in prison and fines up to $1000. sentencing set for Thursday.
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United Press Dispatch
Terre Haute
Federal
Baltzell
Pete Davitto
Gladys Davitto
Joe Valacio
Roy Dempsey
Cal Morgan
Claude Phillips
Bud Fisher Sued by Wife for Cruelty Claims
The wife of Bud Fisher, famed cartoonist, filed a suit against him in New York on June 23 accusing him of cruelty.
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New York
Bud Fisher
Greater Linton Club to Host Key July Meeting at Library
The Greater Linton Club will hold a 7 30 pm meeting at the Public Library with all members and boosters urged to attend. Committees for the Fourth of July event will report progress and the finance panel will canvass for funds, urging fair contributions.
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Linton
Greater Linton Club
Byrd Receives Ovation on North Pole Flight Return
Lieutenant Commander Richard Byrd, first to fly over the North Pole, was given an ovation in New York upon his arrival from Spitzbergen. The event highlighted his historic feat and marked a triumphant homecoming for the famed aviator.
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United Press Dispatch
New York
Richard Byrd
North Pole
Spitzbergen
Democrats Move for Tax Refund and Lower Taxes
In Congress today Democrats moved to push an immediate tax reduction. Representative Jacob Stein of New York, with Cordell Hull's support, sought a resolution to convene the Ways and Means Committee early to draft a tax cut bill absorbing the current 390 million dollar treasury surplus and related revenues.
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United) Press Dispatch
Washington
House
Jacob Stein
New York
Cordell Hull
Democratic J
Ways and Means
Congress
Treasury
Senators Eye Cloture Action On Rivers and Harbors Bill
Washington dispatch reports Senators aim to invoke cloture to end a filibuster on the rivers and harbors bill. Lake states backing the Illinois project threaten to prolong debate by filibustering after the measure is reported.
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Washington
Reyaneida
Senate
Illinois River
Great Lakes
Lockout at Gary Ends After Labor Mediation
Gary Ind June 23 The Gary $9 million construction program ended its work stoppage as contractors and craftsmen settled differences through mediation by the federal labor department. The dispute began when workers refused to use window sashes made by non union labor triggering a general lockout order.
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Gary
Ind
Federal Department of Labor
Bandits Tie Guests at Indiana Club Loot Reaches $6000
Bandits terrorized guests at the Indiana Club near West Baden Indiana last night escaping with an estimated $6000. Authorities in southern Indiana and Kentucky were alerted as the trio bound gagged guests and threatened employees to open the safe.
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United Press Dispatch
West Baden
Ind
Indiana
Kentucky
Indiana Club
Here
Woman jailed for drunken driving after crash in Evansville
Miss Amy S. Burch, 20, was fined $25 and sentenced to 80 days in jail for driving while intoxicated. Her companion William Wright, 29, appeared with facial and hand injuries from a truck crash, and was fined $10 plus costs for drunkenness.
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Evansville
Ind
Amny S. Burch
William Wright
Costa
Parole date set for former Indiana governor Warren McCray
Warren McCray, former Indiana governor, now in Atlanta, has a parole date of August 31, 1927. The report notes other international items including a Romanian return for a runaway prince, a Yale president remark on moral laxity, and opera singer Maria Jeritza being summoned for a recital before King George V.
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Warren McCray
Indiana
Atlanta
Carol
Prince
Romania
Vienna
James R. Angell
Yale
Maria Jeritza
King George
England
Harvest labor demand unlikely to aid Indiana job market
Indiana harvest season brings added labor needs but P W Reeves of the state industrial board says farmers cannot offer high wages and many unemployed prefer to stay on unemployment. traveling to western harvest areas is costly and unskilled workers remain scarce. Industrial conditions statewide are normal with improved employment versus two years ago.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
P. W. Reeves
The
State ,Industrial ‘Board
Reeves
Mississippi
Reeve
Pure Alcohol Not So Pure Warns Federal Official
In Indianapolis June Harris federal deputy and Prohibition administrator visits Chicago to inspect seized alcohol. Chemical tests showed twenty steel drums labeled pure alcohol contained a denatured toxic product. He warns law breakers that only chemical tests determine quality and risks.
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Smithd Press
Indianapolis
Gsi
Ofndiana
Bby
A. R
Harris
Prohibition
Chicago
Missing Evangelist Aimee McPherson Reported Found
Mrs Minnie Kennedy, mother of missing evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson, says she believes her daughter has been found alive in Douglas Arizona after a telephone conversation with a woman there who she believes is McPherson. McPherson had been missing since May 18 and was reported drowned in Los Angeles.
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United Press Dispatch
Douglas
Ariz
Los Angeles
Aime &. McPherson
Mexico
Minnie Kennedy
Aimee Semple McPherson
Boy Run Over by Truck Leaves Four Year Old in Danger
Indianapolis report says four year old Jess Seibert was run over by a truck yesterday. Driver Leon Wessner was arrested as authorities hold little hope for recovery.
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Indianapolis
Jess Seibert
Leon ‘Wessner
Woman Believed to Be Missing Evangelist Found in Agua Prieta
A woman thought to be Aimee Semple McPherson, missing Los Angeles evangelist, was found in a dazed condition in Agua Prieta Mexico. She was brought to Douglas and hospitalized for bruises and hysteria after being found by a taxi driver.
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Douglas
Ariz
Aimee Semple McPherson
Los Angeles
Agua Prieta
Last Effort For Enacting Farm Relief Bill Near Vote
Senate debates over the Dawes McNary Heagen farm relief bill continue as amendments unfold. The measure seeks an equalization fund cut to 150 million dollars and offers 75 million to cotton producers if needed. Cattle are removed, leaving cotton corn wheat and hogs affected. A federal farm board would buy and market surplus, with freight-rate cuts possible for exports. Debate was limited to five minutes to push a vote after 1 PM Thursday.
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Washington
Agricultural West
Federal Farm Board
Harriss
Georgi
Senate
Publicity curbed in Pennsylvania primary probe
The senate committee on the $3,000,000 Pennsylvania primary will guard witness names until served papers are delivered. Chair Reed cited poor results from excessive publicity and said witnesses like Thomas Cunningham and Francis OConner remain unlocated. The Anti-Saloon League, via Wayne Wheeler, disclosed private subscriptions fund its activities.
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United Press Dispatch
Washington
Senate
Pennsylvania
Reed
Thomas W. Cunningham
Pennsylvania State Committee
Francis I L. O’conner
Philadelphia
National Organization of Anti- Saloon League
Wayne Wheeler
Anti-Saloon League
League
Wheeler
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