Linton Rotary Club Receives Charter in Banquet Ceremony
Eighteen charter members and Rotarians from Bedford Bloomington Bloomfield Sullivan and Vincennes attended as the Linton Rotary Club became a full International Rotary member with over 2 800 allied bodies. The event included presentations, speeches by Rotarian leaders, and a banquet for more than eighty locals and visitors. The charter underscores Rotary’s aims of high ethical standards and service in business and the community.
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Linton
Rotary Movement
Internation Rotary
Prohibition Agents Seize Moonshine as Indiana Cleanups Continue
June report from A. R. Harris shows federal agents confiscated 767 gallons of moonshine whisky 9048 quarts of feet 20000 gallons of mash and five cars during the first 20 days of June in Indiana. Operators are held for federal grand jury investigations as efforts to clean up the state continue.
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Lunerigd
Press Dispatch
Indianapolis
Indiana
Prohibition
A. R. Harris
Prohibition . Department. Is
Federal ‘Grand ‘Jury
Rehabilitation leader urges federal suit over veteran compensation date
Thomas Kirby of Washington, head of the Disabled Veterans rehabilitation committee, asked the national convention to file a mandamus suit in federal court to force the Veterans Bureau to apply the retroactive June 7, 1924, date for the new disability compensation schedule. He noted the bureau set the scale from June 1, 1926, despite the earlier enactment.
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Atlanta
Thomas Kirby
Washington
Buregy
Eogress
Abductors Sought After Aimee Semple McPherson Case
Officers hunt three suspects across the border in the McPherson kidnapping case. Aimee Semple McPherson, the evangelist missing for a month, was found near Agua Prieta Sonora and recounts a tale of kidnapping for ransom. She is recovering at Douglas hospital with no lasting injuries.
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United. Press
Douglas
Ariz
Rose
Aimee Semple -McPherson
Agua Prieta
Sonora
Percy Bowden
Garden apartments for workingmen in Rockefeller project
John D. Rockefeller Jr. builds a 1 250 000 Garden apartments in upper Manhattan designed to house 175 families. Each unit features cross ventilation and opens to a large garden occupying over half the block. Rentals aimed at workingmen with children, with occupancy expected next fall.
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New York
John D. Rockefeller Jr
Upper Manhattan
Greater Linton Club Meeting Tonight at Public Library
The Greater Linton Club will meet tonight at 7 30 at the Public Library. Members are urged to attend and participate in the proceedings showing loyalty to the city. Nonmembers are welcome and encouraged to join, with officers ready to greet a full attendance.
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Greater
Linton
Greater Linton
Highway Commission Trial Delayed In Indy
Indications that the trial of six men indicted in the state highway commission case will not begin as scheduled in July emerged after a conference of attorneys. Prosecutor Remy said funds for special assistant prosecutors are not yet provided and they need time to study the case, asking Judge Collins to hold the order for a special venue and report a July 1 for William Whaley’s trial.
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United Press Dispatch
Indianapolis
State “Highway Commission
Remy
Collins
Meéen
William Whaley
Indiana Tackles 162 Road Projects in Statewide Upgrading Drive
Indiana residents see road and street improvements as vital for progress with 162 county road projects plus 122 bridges and culverts advertised. Northern cities like Indianapolis Gary Evansville and Fort Wayne lead bids while sewer and sidewalk work totals rise. officials tout pay as you go funding over bond issues.
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Smithd Press Dispatch
Indianapolis
Indiana
Construction Digest Division
Indiana Clipping Service
Howth
Gary
Evansville
Terre, Haute
Newcastle
Logansport
Fort Wayne
Hammond
Kokomo
Lebanon
Vincennes
Washington
Bedford
Bend
Bay
Wounded Black Man Dies After Gun Battle Near Greenville
William Rice, a Black man wounded in a gun battle with officers near Greenville, died at the county jail after an operation. Deputy Sheriff MacDonald, shot in the right lung, is expected to recover. Bracken, an alleged liquor runner who escaped, remains at large.
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Greenville
William Rice
Shad Bracken
MacDonald
Hays to Retain Movie Position at 150000
New York June 24 Will H Hays will remain as president of the motion pictures producers and distributors of America until 1936. The board announced his term was extended for ten years and his salary was reported at 150000.
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New York
Will H. Hays
Motion Pictures, Producers and Distributors of America
Board of Directors
Climax Expected Today in Farm Relief Measure Fight
The Dawes Haugen bill to create a federal farm board to buy and withhold surplus cotton and other commodities faced final Senate action. Southern lawmakers clashed over how the measure would affect cotton producers and the fate of an amendment on disposal of cotton. Supporters and opponents predicted victory as the vote approached with Vice President Dawes possible to cast the deciding ballot.
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United ‘Phase
Washington
Senate
Federal
Dawes
Coolidge
Farm Boc
Woman Hanged in England for Landlady Murder
Louise Calvert, 33, a mother of three, was hanged at 9 a.m. in Manchester for strangling her landlady. It marked the first execution of a woman in England since 1928 despite thousands signing a reprieve petition. England, June 24 United Press Dispatch.
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Manchester
Eng
Louise Calvert
England
Home Secretary
Liquor Interests to Be Called as Witnesses in 3 Million Race
Washington reports the general primary investigating committee will decide today if Pennsylvania brewers funded part of the 3 million senatorial race. Wayne B. Wheeler of the Anti-Saloon League promised to provide proof that backers of Prohibition modification funded the net ticket. Wheeler will present witnesses after league officials travel from Westerville, Ohio. The panel authorized him to summon his witnesses, and others have been called about fraud and corruption rumors in Pennsylvania. One witness reportedly has a sensational story that could delay Pennsylvania focus this week as Illinois is later pursued after summer adjournment.
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Washington
Genure
Pennsylvania
Wayne B. Wheeler
Anti-Saloon League
Wheeler
Westerville
Ohio
League
Illinois
Congress
Conspiracy Trial of Vincennes Men Near Closer Verdict
In Terre Haute on June 24 the Vincennes liquor conspiracy case nears jury deliberations as closing arguments begin. Knox county officials Floyd Young and Harvey Smith face questions over alleged payoffs to bootleggers and alleged police complicity. The defense cites Young’s record of liquor law convictions as enforcement proof while prosecutors press witness accounts and a written statement about federal agents and bribes.
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United Press Dispatch
Terre Haute
Vincennes
Knox County
Ind
Floyd Young
Young
Homer
Elliott
Ward
Roy Robinson
Robinson
Curtis Shake
Harvey Smith
Shake
Smith
Roy Chambers
Supreme Court Upholds Plymouth Grandmother Murder Conviction
The Supreme Court sustained the life sentence of Raymond Smith of Plymouth for killing his grandmother. The decision confirms the earlier conviction and punishment.
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Indianapolis
Supreme Court
Raymond Smith
Plymouth
Paroled bootlegger Edna Bond freed after seven year sentence
Edna Bond of Charleston West Virginia, once labeled the heaviest bootlegging sentence in memory, is paroled by the U S government from Stark County Workhouse after serving two years and eight months of a seven year prison term plus a $6000 fine. She faces paying the fine at 60 cents daily. The case drew nationwide attention after a federal court sentencing.
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Canton
Ohio
Edna Bond
Charleston
W. Fa
Stark County
Lost Soldier Found by Japanese Family Near Kilaues Camp
Private George Andrews of the Eighth Field Artillery, missing twelve days in the jungle near Kilaues vacation camp, was found today cared for by a Japanese family. He survived on fern roots and berries until located.
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T. H
George Andrews
Eighth Field Artillery
Kilaues
P.O
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