State Basketball Championship Now Hangs in Balance
Hoosier state high school tournament tightens as Vincennes and Kokomo prepare for a 2 PM final qualification while Washington and Frankfort contest the 8 PM elimination, with Kokomo, Vincennes, Washington, and Frankfort surviving to the final rounds. Kokomo defeated West Point 33 29 and Washington beat Evansville 26 15 in today’s early games.
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West Point
Washington
Evansville
Frankfort
Muncie
Vincennes
Indianapolis
Hoosierdam
Martinsville
Woods
Woman Uninjured, Has No Place to Go
In Evansville on March 21 a nurse at the improvised hospital set up in the Ribeyre gymnasium examined a woman with minor injuries. After a brief check she was told she could go, but she asked where to go and returned to her cot, sobbing softly.
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Evansville
Ind
Ribeyre
New Harmony
$1000 Scholarship For Best Dozen Eggs At Purdue Show
Lapayette Ind March 21 The transville Indianapolis Terre Haute railroad a branch of the New York Central will give a $100 scholarship to the school of agriculture at Purdue university for the best dozen eggs exhibited at the Purdue egg show in May by high school pupils living in any township in the area.
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Lapayette
Ind
Transville, Indianapolis
Railroad crosses spur poultry growth along line
railroad offers stimulus to boost poultry business along its route passing Vigo Clay Sullivan Greene Daviess Pike Gibson Warrick Vanderburgh counties, highlighting opportunities for growers and shippers and inviting participation from local firms and farms.
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Clay
Sullivan
Greene
Daviess
Pike
Gibson
Warricks
Vanderburg
Indiana Wins In Rate Decision From Oklahoma Points
Freight rates on petroleum products from the Oklahoma field to Indiana destinations were ruled unreasonable by the Interstate Commerce Commission. New rates set at 42 cents per hundred pounds for gasoline and 35.5 cents for fuel oil. Indiana Chamber of Commerce filed the complaint against nearly 100 railroads.
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International News Service
Washington
Oklahoma Field
Indiana
Interstate. Commierce Commission
Indiana Chamber of Commerce
Flood Threat Grows In Indiana Pocket After Tornado Toll
Princeton Indiana reports a new flood menace alongside the 103 dead in the southwest Indian pocket devastated by a recent tornado. The Wabash River rises with storm debris, raising fears of inundation, especially near Griffin.
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Cinternational News Service
Princeton
Ind
Indian
Indiana
Wabash
Seriou
Griffin
Princeton Tornado Strikes Down Industry and Lives
Princeton Indiana begins clearing wreckage after a devastating tornado that leveled the Southern Railway shops and Heinz pickle factory. Death toll rises across Illinois Indiana and Missouri with 788 known dead and hundreds more dying in area hospitals as officials vow rapid rebuilding and public health measures.
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Princeton
Ind
Southern Railway
Heinz
Cinternational News Service
Illinois
Indiana
Missouri
Neimeier
Southern Railway Company
H. J. Heinz Company
Indiana Tornado Toll Reaches New High in 1917 Newcastle Tragedy
A historical review recalls Indiana tornado deaths, noting Newcastle on March 11 1917 as the deadliest with 26 deaths and 200 injured. Terre Haute 1923 disaster killed 17 with 200 injured and $500 000 in damage. The Newcastle storm cut 18 blocks, left ruins, and struck without warning amid a warm Sunday rush hour.
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Indiana
Newcastle
Terre Haute
Henry County
Destructive storm devastates Indiana counties with widespread damage
After heavy winds struck on March 23 in New Albany and Greencastle, the Red Cross coordinated relief as funds flowing from across Indiana and neighboring states poured in. About 100000 dollars were attributed to early relief efforts while fires caused extensive property damage in Hendricks Sullivan Adams Jackson Howard Delaware and Harrison counties. Two people were killed in Sullivan county and a vast swathes of property were destroyed. National authorities and the Red Cross split lead on protection and relief.
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Newcastle
Toffiado
New Albany
Hendricks
Sullivan
Adams
Jackson
Howard
Delaware
Harrison
Sullivan County
Greencastle
National
Puamd
Three Men Fight Over Woman Ends in Death and Injuries
In Indiana Harbor Indiana on March 21 Jose Marquis was killed, Daly Balie was believed shot and Victor Marquis injured in a three way quarrel over a woman. Balie fired first and Marquis returned fire before Balie stabbed Victor.
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Indiana
Harbor
Ind
Jose Marquis
Daly Balie
Victor Marquis
Balie
Balle
Victor
Bethlehem Mine Disaster Claims Two More Victims
Barracksvalle West Virginia March 21 Two more bodies of the 34 entombed miners at the Bethlehem mine were recovered today raising the death toll to nine.
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Bethlehem
International News Service
Barracksvalle
W. Va
Bethlehem Mine
Princeton Appeals For Aid For City's Destitute
Princeton Indiana appeals for organized aid after a Wednesday tornado. Mayor Chas Niemeyer reports three million in losses, 1500 homeless, 1000 jobless, and requests contributions to the Princeton relief fund. Earl T Aikin will organize a soliciting committee for the Greater Linton club with prints of contributors in the Daily Citizen.
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Linton
Earl T. Aikin
Greater Linton Club
Ind
Princeton Relief Fund
Will. Blair
Farmers National Bank
Chas. A. Niemeier
City of
Aikin
Daily Citizen
Funeral Services Begin for Storms Dead in Illinois Toll
Chicago reports burial of tornado dead as rescue teams continue work across five states. Identified dead total 738 with overall fatalities around 800 and about 3,000 injured. Red Cross warns refugees may top 15,000 as relief efforts pivot to rehabilitation and grave digging proceeds in Murphysboro and West Frankfort.
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Chicago
Five States
Red Cross
Death toll in Indiana tornado rises to 94
The Indiana storm toll continued to climb with four more deaths found at North Sands near Griffin. Totals across Griffin Princeton Owensville Poseyville Elizabeth and North Sands bring known dead to 94 and injured to 515 as rescuers push to account for all victims.
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Indiana
North Sands
Griffin
Ind
Princeton
Owensville
Poseyville
Elizabeth
Man Unhurt In Aerial Journey Of Smokehouse
Seymour Ind March 21 A freak cyclonic wind swept Jackson county wrecking a smokehouse lifting Jake Weston near Wallonia then setting it down unharmed. A Monte Baker horse team was lifted from a barn and not found. A touring car was flung 200 feet and wrecked. Schroeder lost a wheat binder. Debris and damaged land spread for miles.
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Ind
Jackson County
Jake Weston
Wallonia
Weston
Monte Baker
George Schroeder
Here
Schroeder
Poison Gas Overcomes Mine Rescue Workers
Twenty four rescue workers searching for entombed miners in the Bethlehem mine at Barracksville West Virginia were overcome by poisonous gas. They were revived after being brought to the surface and no additional bodies have been recovered since morning.
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International News Service
Barracksville
W. Va
Bethlehem
Stewartsville
Princeton
Virginia Lynching Marks First in Four Years
Waverly Virginia reports a mob of about 2000 lynched James Jordan a Black man accused of assaulting a white woman. Prosecutions are threatened for many prominent citizens after the incident marking Virginia's first lynching in four years.
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International News Service
Waverly
James Jordan
Virginia
Blizzard Sweeps Central Canada Hitting Manitoba and Saskatchewan
A severe blizzard across Manitoba and Saskatchewan disrupts rail service with heavy snowfall. Manitoba reports about six inches by mid afternoon as the worst storm in years.
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Canada
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Prairie
Saskatchewan
Special Session Urged to Aid Tornado Sufferers in Indiana
Indiana lawmaker Bruce Cooper told Governor Jackson the storm devastated southern Indiana towns near Griffin and Stewartsville. He described pulling about 40 bodies from ruins, homeless families, and urged a special legislative session and a joint senate-house relief committee after noting Illinois set aside 500000 for disaster aid.
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Indiana
Bruce Cooper
Stewartsville
Jackson
Griffin
Cooper
Senate
House
Illinois
Republican Central Committee
Thurman A. Gottschalk
Bandits Die in Steelville Bank Robbery Shootout
In Steelville Missouri a posse battle with bandits ended with two robbers killed and two wounded and captured. A fifth escaped. The bank raid targeted Farmers Bank of Steelville. The robbers’ driver, who had tipped the cashier earlier, was among those killed. The chauffeur urged a break from the gang.
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Farmers’ Bank of Steelville
First National Bank
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