Improvements Rush on State Highway 39 Near Bolton Corner
Work on resurfacing grading and improving state highway No 59 from junction with No 54 at Bolton corner two and a half miles northwest of the city advances after heavy rains slowed progress. Foreman Charles Yount notes the crew of about fifty men pushing grading stone and bridge work with detours kept. Completion targeted for this fall, with asphalt layer planned next year.
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Bolton Corner
Charles Yount
Toa’ Citizen
Cup
Hoosier
Masonville
Stockrahm Corner
Midland
Haseman Corner
Linton
Neal Corner
Vicksburg
Walter Butler commits suicide in Martinsville home
Walter Butler aged 51 died by gas inhalation at his Martinsville residence Sunday morning. His son, Gilbert Butler, an attorney, found the body. Despondency over ill health was given as the cause for the act.
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Martinsville
Ind
Walter Butler
Gilbert Butler
Four Men Robbed Oriental Theatre in Chicago Heist
A group of four men forced the Oriental theatre assistant manager to open the safe just before 9 a.m. today and made off with 5700 dollars. The incident marks the sixth theater robbery in the city within a few weeks.
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Daily Citizen
Chicago
George Taylor
Oriental Theatre
Death Angel Claims Mrs Beatrice Booher
Mrs Beatrice Callahan Booher age 33 died at her home on 1st Street Southwest yesterday afternoon after months of illness Born March 9 1896 she was 83 years 3 months 14 days old at death Survived by son Norwood Booker two brothers Oral Callahan of Linton and Bruce Callahan of Chicago Parents preceded her in death Funeral services will be Tuesday morning at 10 at the residence Burial in Fairview Cemetery
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Beatrice
Callahan) Booher
1St Street
Norwood Booker
Oral
Callahan
Linton
Bruce Callahan
Chicago
Fairview Cemetery
Author of Five and Ten Law Talking Judge Jones
Washington June 24 Senator Wesley Jones of Washington said bootleggers and not prohibition underpin the killings by border agents in a radio interview. Jones, author of the Five and Ten law, faces five years in jail and a $10000 fine for liquor law violations and is described as a leading city figure in Congress.
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Washington
No News Of Spanish Fliers Report Proved Untrue
The Zaire gunboat arrived Horta Azores after searching from San Miguel Island for Commander Ramon Franco and the Dornier 16 crew. No trace found and captain said hourly communications with other vessels yielded no news. He planned to resume search at once.
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United Press Dispatch
Horta
Azores
San Miguel Island
Ramon’ Franco
Zaire
Spanish flyer Ramon Franco still missing 67 hours after takeoff
Washington reports Ramon Franco and three companions aboard a Spanish sea plane attempting the Azores route from Cartagena are still missing at 8 a.m. E.S.T. after 67 hours aloft. Conflicting reports suggested possible landings on Azores islands, but fear remains they are lost at sea, with Spanish search squadrons dispatched to sweep the Atlantic.
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Washington
Ramon Franco
United States
Azores
Cartagena
Spain
Atlantic
Missing plane signals for help tied to flare sighting
Coast of Spain and the Azores saw four Spanish destroyers detach to aid in the search. A Portuguese gunboat near the island joined the hunt. The steamer Buffalo Bridge relayed a flare sighting 1,405 miles east of New York, prompting the theory the missing plane was signaling for help.
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Spain
Azores
Buffalo Bridge
Marine Radio Corporation
New York
Wireless flare sighted amid Franco plane voyage off Atlantic
A flare seen about 1,400 miles east of New York by the steamer Buffalo Bridge is linked to Commander Ramon Franco and three companions aboard the Carrier 16 hydro plane en route from Spain to the United States via the Azores. The flare, ten degrees above water, may indicate a call for help from a downed aircraft. The sighting occurred near latitude 40.01 north, longitude 0.57 west.
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New York
Buffalo Bridge
Radio Marine Corporation
Ramon Franco
No. 16
Spain
United States
Azores Islands
President Hoover Returns to Washington After Fishing Trip
President Hoover and his party returned to Washington from a weekend of fishing and relaxation at the Virginia presidential preserve. In the heat, the thermometers registered about 88 degrees as he prepared to meet official callers at 10 a.m.
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Washington
Hoover
Presidential
Virginia
Big Indiana liquor conspiracy may be investigated
Federal authorities in South Bend Indiana reportedly began preliminary steps for an inquiry into a political liquor conspiracy. E J Connelly and Oliver M Loomis discussed the alleged plot after a federal grand jury said there was not enough evidence to indict on altered irregularities in Lake county's 1928 election.
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United Press Dispatch
South Bend
Ind
Indiana
E. J.connelly
Chicago
Department of Justice
Oliver M. Loomis
United States District
Lake County
Fourth of July Celebration to Be Greatest in Linton History
The Greater Linton club prepares a big Fourth of July with parade, concert band, balloon ascension, fireworks and a sham battle. Merchants can place floats with material from a Chicago firm at 26 percent off, and concessions and merchandise displays are encouraged.
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Linton
Greater Linton Club
Chicago
James Clayton
Indiana weekend violence claims 13 deaths in state
A June dispatch cites thirteen weekend fatalities across Indiana from drownings plus auto crashes. Notable incidents include Roy Pifer's fatal crash near Morroa, Flora Mills 8 killed in Elkhart overturn, Thurman Stainbrook 17 drowned at Shelbyville, William Cashion 9 drowning at Fort Wayne, Edward Lancaster 24 recovered from a Muncie quarry, Anthony Calabro 21 months died in South Bend burns, Walter Butler 51 death by gas, Emma Hammerschmidt 42 killed near South Bend, Emil Elikofer 20 drowned in the Ohio River, and Jeanne Hubbard 31 killed in a Hammond car collision.
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Press Dispatch
Indianapolis
Indiana
Huntington
Roy Pifer
Metamora
Flora Mills
Elkhart
Thurman Stainbrook
Shelbyville
Ft. Wayne
William Cashion
Edward Lancaster
Muncie
Anthony Calabro
South Bend
Walter Butler
Martinaville
Emma Hammerschmidt
Emil Elikofer
Ohio River
Evansville
Hammond
Jeanne Hubbard
Desperate Desertion Case in Vincennes
In Vincennes on June 24 Paul K. Smith told Police Chief T M Martin he would go to the electric chair before returning home. Smith was jailed as officers review reports of alleged mistreatment of his invalid wife, including refusal to provide water and locking doors to prevent neighbors from helping.
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Vincennes
Paul K. Smith
T. M. Martin
Smith
Martin
Stresemann Warns Europe Faces US Colonnization Risk
German foreign minister Gustave Stresemann appeared ill and leaned on a chair while addressing the Reichstag. He warned that Europe risked becoming a colony of the United States as he spoke about the upcoming reparations conference.
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Gerlin
Gustave Stresemann
Reichstag
Europe
United States
Tunney Denies Breach of Promise in Connecticut Case
Former heavyweight champion Gene Tunney, through counsel, filed a general denial to breach of promise charges brought by Katherine King Ilogarty. He also counterclaimed that he gave valuable consideration twice to have the charges dropped, per the Fairfield county court filing by Attorney Homer Cummings.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Gene ‘Tunney
Katherine King Ilogarty
Tunney
Fairfield County
Homer
Cummings
Baltzell Favored to Succeed Anderson on Appeals Bench
In Washington June 24 a potential retirement of Judge A B Anderson of Indianapolis from the United States Circuit Court of Appeals at Chicago opens a path for Judge Robert C Baltzell of the Indianapolis circuit court to be named as successor, with Indiana Senators Watson and Robinson understood to back Baltzell. The report notes Baltzell, a Princeton native, would leave his current post if chosen.
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Washington
A. B. Anderson
Indianapolis
United States Circuit
Chicago
Indiana
James I. Watson
Arthur.r. Robinson
Robert C. Baltzell
Baltzell
Princeton
Judediana
A. Southern
Jude É To
Wall collapse in demolition with one dead five injured
A wall being torn down collapsed in Indianapolis on June 2. One man died at the hospital and five others were injured, one seriously. The wrecking work was supervised by E. Rox Oak Park Illinois and the Chicago Salvage Co. superintendent died after reaching the hospital.
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Funited Press Dispatch
Indianapolis
E. Rox
Evacuation Ordered as New Zealand Quakes Tremor Fear Grows
Wellington dispatch reports the Murchison district fully evacuated after renewed tremors. Residents from adjoining valleys streamed to the capital, fleeing in haste with little beyond their clothing. Two severe shocks struck Sunday, one extinguishing light at Warewell Cape, following earlier quakes in Murchison, Takaka, and Wesport on Saturday afternoon.
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Tunitiod Press
Wellington
New Zealand
Murehison
Warewell Cape
Murchison
Taka and
Wesport
Enforcement Men Busy in Fort Wayne District
United States Marshal J. O. Hall and his deputies resumed operations in the Fort Wayne district today. They served capasses on more than 100 persons named in grand jury indictments returned here Friday.
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South Bend
Ind
Jnune
J. O. Hall
Fort Wayne
Tragic Mystery in Worthington Area Addresses Missing Ross Allison
A garbled report outlines a tragedy involving Ross Allison being sought related to a woman identified as Mrs Davis a former Worthington resident. The deceased, a widow, left a daughter William T. Conway of Worthington and a sister Bertha Lee of California. Authorities probe whether a younger Ally involved fled the scene. The death occurred at home with two grandnephews as likely eye witnesses.
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William
Worthington
Bertha Lee
Caliifornia
Davis
Kington
Dianapolis
Brazil Race Driver Airlifted After Serious Injuries
June Yeager of Shelbyville is in serious condition at a local hospital after a car overturned during a five mile race at Speedway here. Yeager sustained brain and facial bruises and injuries. In a separate incident, Bob Steele was injured but listed as lightly hurt in another event on the same bill.
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United Prdss
Brazil
June Yeager
Shelbyville
Grace
Yeager
Bob
Steele
Ajured
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