Prohibition Amendment Group Expands Funding Sources
The Association Against the Prohibition Amendment plans to raise and spend about half a million dollars yearly to advocate for the Volstead Act. Monthly contributions are accumulating around 40 000 dollars, with last year’s average about 25 000 dollars, according to Slayton.
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Association Against the ‘Prohibition
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Volstead
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Senate Probing Prohibition Fight Hear Slayton Testify
Washington June 30 William H Slayton head of the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment testifies as the senate primary investigating committee probes wet activities in politics. Wayne B Wheeler Anti-Saloon League submits evidence of documents distributed by wet organizations as the panel weighs adding it to the record. Slayton warns his appearance may be delayed a few hours and the committee plans to next examine the Illinois case after adjournment.
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Heat Eases Slightly in Kansas City After 98 Degree Scorching
United Press dispatch from Kansas City reports relief in heat as 98 degrees gave way to slightly cooler conditions. Some regions tallied 100 degree readings with prostrations noted, while unsettled conditions north of the city may bring cooler weather by night per the weather bureau.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Death by Shock Believed Cause Browning's Bed Death
Anderson Ind June 30 Heart trouble believed caused the death of daily Browning 72 found dead in bed after being struck by an automobile days earlier. The shock from the collision is cited as the likely trigger for his fatal condition.
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United Press Dispatch
Anderson
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Auto General
Padlock Used on Three Indy Races and One at Anneean
In Indianapolis three races were padlocked and another event in Anneean faced similar action today as officials cited unspecified enforcement codes. No injuries reported and details remain unclear due to fragmented transmission.
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Annean
Aess
Atte Te
Milk sickness baffling Indiana doctors revival of "black plague"
United Press Dispatch reports milk sickness has reappeared in the Hoosier state after about a century, with a death in Farmersburg, Sullivan County, and two more ill in the same family. State officials and doctors debate causes, including cattle disease and toxic plants, while Purdue University may study cattle sources if urged by health authorities.
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Hoosier
Farmersburg
Sullivan County
State Board of Heath
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State Board of Health
King
Vigo County
Farmers Bloc Keeps Faith After Farm Relief Setback
United Press dispatch from Washington reports the cooperative farm loan plan failed in the Senate 26 to 54 but the cooperative marketing measure passed without a roll call in the House. Congress adjourns Saturday night, with farm bloc members pledging to push relief on return home.
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Wets Push Senate Referendum on Prohibition Law
A resolution to repeal the eighteenth amendment and trigger a nationwide referendum on prohibition was proposed in the Senate by Senator Edwards of New Jersey. The measure aims to mobilize public vote on the repeal and intensify the national debate over prohibition.
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Father Arrested in Seattle for Daughter’s Murder
Wallace C. Gaines was arrested in Seattle on charges of murdering his 22 year old daughter Sylvia Gaines a Smith College graduate. The body was found June 17 at Green Lake. Detectives led by Charles Tenmant credit clothing car and home ashes in the case. The suspect, likely to be arraigned Friday, maintains innocence.
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Bob) Gaines
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Cobham Embarks on 28 000 Mile Melbourne Flight
Allan Cobham the British aviator launched from Rochester at 5 30 am on the first leg of a 28 000 mile round trip to Melbourne Australia. He flies a seat plane rated at 886 horsepower and equipped with Duralumin.
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Auto Turns Turtle In Michigan City. One Dead
A six year old girl Ruth Kuzin of Detroit was killed when a car wrecked near Grand Beard Michigan. Four other Kuzin family members age 4 to 10 were seriously injured and hospitalized. Witnesses said the high speed crash hit a bad road spot, causing the car to roll over.
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Louis Kuzin
Sarah Kuzin
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Three St Louis Men May Get Freedom in Indiana Case
Three men from St Louis John Griffin Arnold Mugges and George DeHater were serving eight year terms in the Indiana state reformatory for stealing automobile parts taken from a wrecked car near Brazil Indiana on May 31 while returning from the Indianapolis races. Judge Hutchinson reviewed testimony on their character and ordered the sentences set aside with final disposition to be made tomorrow.
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Indiana State
Watson Leads Congressional Attack on Farm Program
Senator James E. Watson took leadership in the congressional attack on the administration farm program. S. S. Lewis, Pennsylvania state treasurer, testified before a senate committee on primary expenditures. Douglas police chief Percy Bowden continued the probe into the disappearance of evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson found in Douglas.
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Senate
Percy Bowden
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Republican factions clash in North Dakota race
In Bismarck North Dakota Regulars and Non-Partisan League Republicans fight for control of the party. Senator Gerald P Nye seeks reelection facing Coolidge Republican L B Hanna. Nye allied with the radical NLP during his Senate tenure. Farm relief is the leading issue as voters recall the Republican administration’s failure to pass relief bills.
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Dune
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L. B. Hanna
Wedding Present Drive for Unknown Couple on July Fourth
A public wedding ceremony is planned for 2:00 p.m. next Monday as part of Independence Day festivities. A “hope chest” display showcases donations valued at $300 to $400 from numerous firms and individuals, including H. & F. Co, Cushing & Co, Fashion Hat Shop, Froeschke's, D. R. Scott & Co, New Home Furniture, and many others offering rings, dresses, hats, slippers, lingerie, dishes, furniture, and various grooming and hospitality items for the bride and groom.
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Suspects Held in Oakwood Bank Robbery Inquiry
Two men and a woman were held for questioning in Indianapolis regarding a bank robbery at Oakwood, Ti last winter. The woman identified as Dorothy White 21 of Danville Illinois, and the men as Fred and Elmer Turner of Indianapolis.
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Eleven Die in Chile Mine Tunnel Explosion
Santiago Chile June 30 Dis patches of Kalama said eleven persons were killed in an explosion in a mine tunnel of the Chile Exploration company. Many persons were injured and some were still entombed alive in the mine. It was feared the death toll will be larger after a full check of casualties.
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United Press Dispatch
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Kalama
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Minister Denies Charge of Delinquency in Indiana Church
Rev. John J. Nolan of Tipton Indiana faced a $5000 bond after denying charges of contributing to the delinquency of young girls. An investigation followed reports to probation officer Fern Dearth about alleged immoral acts in the church basement and the parsonage. Nolan, pastor of the First Baptist Church, has previously served in Bunker Hill West Point and Warren and asserts the accusations are baseless.
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West Point
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Series of quakes widen from equatorial region to distant lands
United Press dispatch notes a sequence of earthquakes starting in the central eastern Mediterranean spreading to the equatorial far east and to California central Europe and South Africa. Loss of life reported in the Dutch East Indies with quakes causing damage in the Italian heel and Egypt. A five second shock reached Salisbury Rhodesia. Cologne saw a severe quake. Italian seismologist Ifael Bendini reports a violent quake at a distance of about 6600 miles with two hours of aftereffects.
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Santa Barbara Earthquake Causes Notable Damage and One Fatality
A quake in Santa Barbara caused window breaks and chimneys to collapse. Three major buildings, the Carrillo Hotel Central Building and Grenada Building, suffered outer-wall cracks while State Street shops reported shattered plate glass. Billie Orr, 3, died when a weakened chimney fell. Officials say material damage was limited overall.
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Earthquake Devastates Padang and Panjang Islands
United Press Dispatch from Amsterdam reports a major quake in the Dutch East Indies with over 70 deaths, including 50 Europeans. Most fatalities occurred on Padang and Panjang islands as Sumatra remnants measure damage.
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Dutch East Indies
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Island of Pandang Hit by Major Earthquake
The Hague dispatches report nearly all buildings on the island of Pandang raised by June 30 after a strong quake. Early tallies listed 180 dead with further fatalities in nearby towns Seengeiboeloe 17 Solok 15 and Fort Dekox 1 dead and 2 injured.
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Great Danube Flood Threatens Belgrade Dykes
Flood waters rise along the Danube threatening to breach the Belgrade dyke line. Workers from the army and menhoe used improvised methods to reinforce the riverbank at the confluence of the Danube and Sava.
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