Indiana to survey natural resources this summer
Indiana will survey key natural resources this summer under the state conservation department. Dr. W N Logan will lead field parties examining building stone sources, petroleum, clays, and other materials. A drainage map and cross sections will illustrate formations, with limestone samples tested and oil fields in Sullivan and Davies counties studied.
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United Press Dispatch
Indianapolis
Indiana
State Conservation Department
W.N. Logan
Logan
Sullivan
Davies Counties
Dr. Logan
R. BE. Esarey
T. Clashman
L. Childs
R. &. Stouder
H. Rankin
Seaman
George Whitlatch
Indiana University
Man Found Dead in Car Load of Straw at Terre Haute
Local authorities could not identify the man found in a carload of straw shipped from Waterloo Iowa to a Terre Haute paper mill. The body showed no ID and appeared to have died about a month earlier. It is believed he crawled into the sealed car and died from a natural cause.
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Terre Haute
Waterloo
Iowa
Girls in swimsuits escape wreck near Bicknell
Four Bicknell girls returning from Center Oak pond in a Chevrolet were driven into a ditch when the driver lost control. Leona Carnahan Dorothea Colegrove Carlena and Wilma Fish were in the car with Carnahan driving. Tom Gillespie aided by pulling the group to town. the car was taken to a garage. No injuries reported.
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Bicknell
Ind
Center Oak Pond
Leona Carnahan
Dorothea Colegrove
Carlena
Wilma Fish
Miss Carnahan
Tom Gillespie
Gangsters Acquitted In Chicago Murder Trial
Albert Anselmi and John Scalise of the Genna gang were acquitted by a jury in Chicago of murdering two policemen alongside gang leader Mike Genna. It marked their third trial after prior outcomes including a 14 year sentence and an earlier acquittal.
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Chicago
Albert Anselmi
John Scalise
Genna
Mike” Genna
Miners Not Responding to Operators' Charge in Illinois Mines
Chicago June 24 The Illinois miners led by president Harry Fishwick say they will not reply to operators' claim that competing nonunion fields are taking work from Illinois mines. Miners and operators meet to end the suspension of operations in effect since April 1. Their claims are a truce, Fishwick said.
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Chicago
Illinois
Harry Fishwick
Illinois Miners
Fishwick
Rebecca the president’s raccoon escapes to pine tree
Rebecca, President Coolidge’s pet raccoon, fled the White House grounds in the night and climbed a tall pine tree. From her perch she can view the Custer Park natural zoo with elk, mountain goat, and other raccoons nearby, while attendants beg her to come down.
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Rapid City
S. D
Rebecca
Coolidge
White House
Custer Park Natural Zoo
Motors claim 300 mph Packard X plane engine debut
New air cooled motors unveiled in New York as potential game changers for aviation. Packard X twelve cylinder engine claimed to reach 1250 horsepower and 300 mph, shown to Charles Lindbergh. A compact Curtiss 650 horsepower engine also debuts, touted to surpass Wright Whirlwind. Lindbergh toured Garden City plant, noting Paris flight time could shrink with Packard power. Navy Aeronautical Bureau inspired the development for Lieut Al Williams to chase the world speed record.
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New York
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lindbergh
Paris
Roosevelt Field
St. Louis
Lieut
al Williams
Navy
France
Jail complaints from Daviess County inmates in Washington
In Washington Indiana June 24 prisoners at Daviess county jail praise Sheriff E O Jones for treatment while one inmate Claude Hedrick a Bicknell man who got 30 days for drunken driving voices a complaint of loneliness and lack of a cellmate. Ora Hatfield who was present during his trial says the treatment made his stay pleasant.
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Washington
Ind
Daviess County
E. 0. Jones
Bicknell
Claude Hedrick
Hedrick
Sheriff Jones
Ora Hatfield
Indianapolis Markets Report Hogs Steady Despite Strong Weights
INDIANAPOLIS June 24 UNITHD PRESS DISPATCH indicates hog receipts at 8 500 with market steady. Prices cited for various weight ranges from 160 to 260 pounds up to 1180 pounds span from 8 25 to 9 85. Cattle receipts 900 with steady trends for steers and cows and beef steers $9 76 to $12 00. Sheep receipts 1 400 with steady market and top fat lambs at 44 75.
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Unithd
Indianapolis
Fragmentary line prompts a historical paper note
A fragmented OCR line hints at an old newspaper paragraph about writing and rule prosperity in Toledo. It preserves the period voice with only scattered words remaining, offering a glimpse of the era's style rather than a clear event or report.
Uses of parapet in ramparts and churches
A fragmented note discusses parapets as low walls protecting ramparts and church walls. It notes parapets rise above the level of surrounding structures, hinting at architectural and defensive uses without clear context or complete sentences.
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Pound
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Palm Beach
Rhodenbeck Bros
Navy’s Air Bureau
James Oliver Curwood
Canadian
Jasper National Park
William Fox
Broadway
Olive Borden
Ralph Graves
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J.farrell
M“ Donald
Fred Kohler
Arvin G Cummings
MTA
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Pat—Rena McDonald
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Ory
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Astoria
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