Hoosier Republicans urge Lowden to enter 1928 race
Indiana Republican delegation travels to Oregon New Jersey to ask former Illinois governor Frank Lowden to file his name in Indiana’s 1928 presidential preference primary. The visiting group includes Jesse Eschbach Frank G Evans Frank Plass and Leland K Fishback.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Frank O. Lowden
Illinois
Oregon
Jesse Eschbach
Fort Wayne
State Board of Accounts
Frank G. Evans
Crawfordsville
Frank Plass
Vincennes
Leland K. Fishback
Richmond
Magnetic effects on instruments in Nova Scotia banks
A United Press dispatch reports that during a June 29 monoplane flight over Sherbrooke Nova Scotia the magnetic interference caused compasses to run untrue increasing flight hazards. Byrd radioed congratulations to Hegenberger and Maitland from the area as the aircraft passed at 1 40 p m Nova Scotia time.
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Nova Scotia
United Press Dispatch
Sherbrooke
America
Byrd
Hegenberger and Maitland
Byrd Flight Faces Hazards in Atlantic Crossing
Commander Richard Byrd and three crew members set out from Roosevelt Field at 6 24 a m toward Paris in the monoplane America. Poor weather and squalls greeted the flight as they battled magnetic compass errors caused by steel handles. They pumped gasoline from auxiliary tins to main tanks to overcome navigation problems before crossing the Atlantic from Newfoundland to Ireland.
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United Press
Dispatch
Roosevelt Field
New York
Richard Byrd
Nova
Scotia
Paris
America
New Foundland
Ireland
Britain Seeks 6 5 4 Ratios In Naval Talks
Geneva June 29 A proposed 6 5 4 ratio for cruisers destroyers and submarines would give Britain a superior navy to the United States while Japan would rise to four fifths of America in battleship terms. The idea circulated unofficially in naval limitat ion circles. The US likely would demand equality with Britain and resist any move that weakens its position.
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Geneva
Great Britain
United States
Japan
America
Mine Shotfirer Killed by Mine Explosion Near Pimento
Terre Haute June 29 Harry Theodore Lentz 65 of 2524 North Thirteenth street shotfirer at the Dixie Bee mine near Pimento was instantly killed at 6 pm by an explosion of a powder charge. No other person was present. Body brought to Terre Haute and taken to Thomas funeral home as widow Mrs ntaj and five daughters Leona Imogene Mong and Mildred Harold survive.
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Terre Haute
Harry Theodore Lentz
North Thirteenth Street
Dixie Bee
Pimento
Thomas Funeral Home
Ntaj
Leona
Imogene
Mong
Mildred
Harold
Respite Granted Sacco and Vanzetti by Governor Today
Boston June 29 Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were granted a 30 day respite by Governor Alvan Fuller as he personally investigates the famed murder case.
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Sacco and
Bartolomeo
Boston
Nicola Sacco
Bartolomeo Vanzetti
Alvan Fuller
Ford Planes Held Up By Storm In New York
Heavy fogs and storms over the Berkshires delayed the Ford reliability tour in Schenectady. The army scout plane flew out and back after an hour and a half, reporting the craft could not safely traverse the Massachusetts hills. Officials expected resumption toward Boston around 1 or 2 PM.
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Schenectady
N. Y
Berkshires
Ford
Army
Massachusetts
Boston
Lindbergh Leaves New York for St Louis in Army Plane
Col. Charles Lindbergh departed New York in an Army plane at 10 45 a m eastern daylight time heading to St Louis. The flight from Mitchell Field was a scheduled cross country move.
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Mitchell Field
New York
Col
Charles Lindbergh
St. Louis
Ohio Operators to Send Ultimatum to Miners
Ohio coal operators meet in Columbus to demand that idle union miners return to work or mines resume on an open shop basis. They plan a wage offer aligned with the November 1917 scale, seeking parity with that rate and warning non union labor will be used if the union rejects the proposal.
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United Press Dispatch
Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Coal
United Press
Jacksonville
Jacksonville Auterert
Vice Crusader King Missing Sparks Wide Search
William L. King, vice crusader for the Pittsburgh Citizens League, vanished from Pittsburgh after six months in the city. A nationwide search included state and local police and private agencies while friends feared foul play. King had waged war on vice, led liquor and gambling raids, and accused police of protecting vice. A forgery letter signed W L Sing claimed he quit, but officials doubt it.
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United Press Dispatch
Des Moines
Ira
William L. King
Pittsburgh Citizens’ League
Pittsburgh
William UL. King
King
Citizens League
Allegheny County
Kansas City
League
Linton Concert Band to Perform on South Main Street
The Linton Concert Band plans a program tonight on the government lot at South Main Street starting at 7:30. A. Bose is listed as conductor in the notice.
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Linton
Government Lot
South Main Street
Tourists Trapped by Rock Slides in Utah Corridor
Salt Lake City June 20 reports say a thousand tourists in five Denver and Rio Grande Western passenger trains and more than 200 automobiles were marooned near Soldiers Summit and Price, 130 miles east, by rock slides from torrential rains. Additional slides occurred as the downpour continued, one washing away hundreds of feet of pipeline leaving Castle Gate without water.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Denver and
Rio Grande Western
Soldiers’ Summit
Price
Here
Castle Gate
Frog Evolving Taste Sparks Frog Farming Trend in Japan
Tokyo reports bullfrog meat rising in popularity among Japanese epicures. Ten years after a pioneer first praised it, frog lege a la king spurred frog farming. Now many diners choose bullfrog over reed bird and snipe, prompting regional frog farms.
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Tokyo
Japan
Injunction Filed Against Miners Leaders in Ohio Case
Cambridge Ohio June 29 John Walker and Frank Bender sub district President and Vice Secretary of the United Mine Workers named in an injunction suit filed in Common Pleas Court by Cleveland Collieries Company operator of Kimbolton mine. Company says officials aided the demonstration that led to stoning at the mine. 10 miners worked Robyville. 160 union miners gathered near Adena to plead, with no violence. Washington June 29 UMWA petitions to Supreme Court seek reviews of 12 district court orders barring unionization efforts in Borderland region and other coal firms in West Virginia.
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Cambridge
Ohio
John Walker
Frank Bender
United Mines Workers
Common Pleas
Cleveland Collieries Company
Kimbolton Mine
Robyville
Adena
Washington
United Mine Workers of America
Supreme Soir
United States District Court
West Virginia
Borderland
Went
Virginia
Hegenberger Flight Tension as Ocean Flight Heads Out
Mrs Hegenberger gasps as her husband heads over the Pacific in a historic flight. She recovers quickly, having expressed confidence earlier in the day in the mission’s success while staying near Castle Island Boston Harbor where her mother keeps signal duties at Castle Rock.
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Pacific
Hegenberger
Castle Island
Boston Harbor
Helen Lindberg
Castle Rock
Coroner of Marion County Dies From Auto Crash Injuries
Indianapolis June 29 Dr. Robinson Marion county coroner died at city hospital from injuries after an automobile accident at Riley avenue and New York streets Saturday evening. He suffered brain concussion and paralysis on the right side with pneumonia developing before death. He remained unconscious from the accident.
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Indianapolis
Robinson
Marion County
iCty ‘Hospital
Riley Avenue
New York Streets
Clay County Sheriff Declares War on Slot Machines
Sheriff of Clay County announces a campaign to remove all gambling devices from the county. He vows to proceed with cleanup if machines are not removed promptly.
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Clay CO
Thowat Tiffee
Clay
Local statements linger as Stephenson meets press
United Press reports D. C. Stephenson greets officials amid talk of Ku Klux Klan ties. Prosecutor William Marion County signals forthcoming disclosures, spurring questions on timing and political content.
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D. C. Stephenson
Ku Klux K
William Marion County
Enon
At & Paar
Charit
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Lester Maitland
Albert Hagenberger
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P- Lawrendeau
Seaman & Smoley
B. G. McFall
Chenette
R. Jarrett
A. F. Lithgow
Morcegu
Coeur Brise
E. Gillet
Stars and Stripes Forever
Bousa
Hagenberger
Maitland
United States Army
Honolulu
Marion
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