Disaster Tornado Toll And Rescue Efforts Across States
International News Service records show 808 dead about 3,000 injured and ten thousand homeless across five states after Wednesday's tornado. Indiana towns Springfield Griffin and Princeton report dozens of deaths with Griffin guessing around fifty and Princeton raising its count to 21 with more funerals and hundreds injured.
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International News Service
Thorugh
Red Cross
Illinois
Tennessee
Missouri
Kentucky
Linternational News Service
Princeton
Ind
Indiana
Griffin, Ind
Griffin
Hobart Reed
Owensville
Poseyville
Elizabeth
Death toll from cyclone rips Southern Indiana towns
A cyclone swept southern Indiana near Princeton, causing numerous deaths and listing dozens of victims by name and age from Viola Nutham to Mrs. Johns and many others. The list includes children, adults, and the elderly across East St. Louis and nearby areas, with several family connections noted.
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Viola Nutham
Frank Metzger
Marietha Brokaw
Robert Brammer
Ora Berry
Riley Reeves
Audrey Rankin
East St. Louis
Ill
Clyde Osborne
Thomas Nash
Nellie Cooper
Hazel McGarrah
Edna Wilkinson
O. H. McClurkin
Harriet McClurkin
Ida McClurkin
Mary Mille
McClurkin
Carrie Stephenson
Dale Wilkinson
James Wallace Whitten
Princeton Tornado Ravages Industry District Killing Two
A tornado swept Princeton Indiana destroying the Southern railway shops and the Heinz plant injuring 72 and leaving 1,500 homeless. The Baldwin Heights school caved in with 502 children inside while workers had just left the Southern shops 20 minutes earlier. Only two fatalities reported a fireman and a janitor.
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Princeton
Ind
Southern Railway
H. J. Heinz
Baldwin Heights
Heinz
Tetanus Antitoxin To Tornado Victims
In response to a relief appeal 750 tubes of tetanus antitoxin were rushed by air to Carbondale and Murphysboro Illinois from Indianapolis. William Fortune, chairman of the Indianapolis Red Cross, said tetanus adds horror to the disaster as more serum is prepared for shipment.
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Linternational News Service
Indianapolis
Indiana
Illinois
Carbondale
Murphysboro
Ill
William Fortune
Influenza Fatal to Senator Culbertson
Washington reports former Texas Senator Culbertson died here after a bout with influenza. He had suffered ill health for years and declined after last Sunday's attack with virtually no chance of recovery.
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Washington
Senator Culbertson
Texas
Culbertson
Factory Fire at Princeton Wrecks Plant and Green House
A deadly blaze at Princeton killed one female worker and injured none of the superintendent F. F. Felts. Seventy five workers were in the factory and fifteen in the green house. Lower walls remain standing while damage across the plant and Southern shops runs heavy.
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Princeton
F. F. Felts
First Dog Theft Sentence In Greene County History
Greene county records mark a milestone as Glen Fiscus of Greencastle is sentenced to 60 days on the Indiana state penal farm at Putnamville for stealing a coon dog from Jake Bailey near Salsberry. The 1923 act classified dogs as property, making the theft punishable.
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Bloomfield Bureau
Bloomfield
Greene County
Glen Fiscus
Greencastle
Jake Bailey
Salsberry
van Buskirk
Indiana
Putnamville
Young Fiscus
Mitelforge
Bailey Farm
Fiscus
Chief income sources ruined in Princeton storm
Princeton Indiana reports its chief income sources wiped out by wind. The Southern railroad shops, with about 400 skilled workers and similar number of dependents, show a payroll over 30000 dollars. The Heinz ketchup plant employing 250 was also ruined by the Wednesday wind storm.
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Princeton
Ind
Southern Railroad
H. J. Heinz
Engineer Survives Tornado While Guiding Locomotive
Princeton Indiana March 20 K I Shine engineer of a Southern railroad switching locomotive rode his engine through Wednesday evening's tornado and escaped with only a few scratches. The storm lifted the cab from over Shine's head but he stayed at his post clinging to the reverse lever. He described seeing the storm approach while in the yards and noted the black cloud and roaring as the office building and railroad shops fell.
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Princeton
Ind
K. I. Shine
Southern Railroad
Shine
Everett Sanders Ill With Illness in Washington
Washington March 20 Everett Sanders secretary to the president was kept from his desk today. Physicians declared his illness not serious and he is under medical care at the White House.
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Washington
Everett Sanders
Teams Battle for Hoosier State Tourney Honors
International News Service reports the fourteenth annual Indiana high school state basketball tournament opening in Indianapolis with ideal weather and a 4,000 crowd. Vincennes defeats Milford 45 to 23 while Marion edges Rushville 23 to 31 and Connersville loses to Kokomo 28 to 34, with West Point 26 over Laporte 21 and Washington 28 over Carmel 17.
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International Nisws
Indianapolis
Vincennes Five
Milford
Vincennes
Marion
Rushville
Connersville
Kokomo
West Point
Laport
Washington
Carmel
Indiana blue sky law eased for small stock issues
Indiana trims the blue sky law, exempting small manufacturers from some rules while banks and certain bonds keep restrictions. The act, effective about May 1, concentrates authority in the secretary of state with a new securities commissioner, salary five thousand dollars, and possible staff reductions. Violations bring fines up to one thousand dollars or imprisonment up to five years.
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Indianapolis
Indiana General Assembly
Secretary of State
Securities Commission
Legislative changes boost department fees and revenue
The act raises fees by about $1,000 yearly and removes an exemption for sales prior to August 1, 1920. Real estate Feres are reduced and preferred stock sale requires notification. The department receives $22,500 from the recent legislature as appropriation per David Jennings.
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David Jennings
Four Episcopal Bishop White Services Held in South Bend
Prominent churchmen from the Middle West attended four services in South Bend Indiana for Bishop John Hazen White of the Episcopal Diocese of Northern Indiana who died Monday at Sea Breeze Florida.
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International News Service
South Bend
Ind
Middle West
John Hazen White
Episcopal Diocese
Northern
Indiana
Sea Breeze
Fla
Evansville Dicrocket: Giant Ohio River Bridge Plan
Evansville estimates the Ohio River bridge between Indiana and Kentucky at about 8 million dollars with a construction span of 4000 feet and 70 feet above water. The project, to be funded half by federal funds and one quarter by each state, would connect No 10 through Fransville and link Chicago to Memphis and Nashville. Kentucky will not pay any share. Indiana plans to cover its quarter. Construction would take 2.5 to 3 years after preliminary work.
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Ind
Ohio River
Indiana
Kentucky
Federaid
Indiana Highway Department
Dade Park
Green River Island
Henderson
Chicago
Tennessee
Memphis
Nashville
Fransville
French Deputies Plunge Into Dispute Over Religious Questions
Paris March 20. Deputies nearly fought over Premier Herriot's reply to interpellations on religion as ushers intervened and adjourned the chambers to quell the disturbance.
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International News Service
Paris
Chambers of Deputies
Herriot
Merely a Legend About Snakes in Jerusalem
Authorities debunk the claim that people in Palestine have never been bitten by poisonous snakes. They note vipers attack regardless of locale and caution the statement is not based on fact.
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Jerusalem
Palestine
Papal Tiara Term Tara Traced in Early Pontificate Records
Josephy Braun notes the first proven use of tara to designate the papal head in Liber Pontificulus, linked to the era around Paschal II. The finding places the term’s emergence between 1000 and 1050 in early church chronicles.
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Josephy Braun
Paschal Il
Mystery Witness Sought in Shepherd Case in Chicago
In Chicago on March 20 officials search for a new mysterious witness in the McClintock case. Prosecutors pursue a murder indictment against William D. Shepherd and Dr. Charles C. Farman while Shepherd arms for bail on his first day in county jail.
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Chicago
McClintock
Harry Olson
William D. Shepherd
Charles C. Farman
National University of Sciences
Shepherd
Judge Olson
John Sbarbaro
Sharbaro
Harold Levy
Wild boar incident shocks New Orleans readers
A fragment from the New Orleans Tines Phenorne reports an unusual event where a person was cured instantly by a wild boar rushing into a bed. The piece mentions tame bores and urges quick recovery, aligning with a local tone of oddities.
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New Orleans
Advancement Rule for Self Improvement Through Others Work
The item reflects a maxim urging readers to use others’ writings as a shortcut to personal progress. It emphasizes learning from documented labor and applying it to gain quick access to what others have endured to provide guidance. The text reads like a moral instruction rather than a news report.
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