Frost Damage in Indiana Near Million Dollar Loss
Indiana farmers began replanting thousands of acres after a killing frost on Sunday night. early crops tomatoes onions melon patches and garden truck suffered total destruction with total losses expected to exceed one million dollars. USDA statistician Minot Justin surveyed the damage across northeastern Indiana from Richmond to Fort Wayne and planned a southern tour.
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United Press Dispatch
Indianapolis
Indiana
Minot Justin
United States Agricultural Statistician
Justin
Richmond
Fort Wayne
Frost Losses Ravage Midwest Crops Across States
Farmers across the middle west report millions in crop damage from a three day cold snap. Wheat and corn losses estimated at 25 to 80 percent with fruit severely hit. several regions face replanting and delayed maturity. Frosts cover Nebraska to Minnesota. oats largely spared. Grain prices rise on Chicago exchanges as hopes for yield shrink.
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Chicago
Middle West
Nebraska
Iowa
Kansas
Missouri
Ilinois
Indiana
Oklahoma
Minnesota
Dakotas
Ohio
Kentucky
Vreeport and
Dixon
Loda
III
Chicago Board of Trade
Weather Bureau
Major whisky stock sale links Overholt distillery to Park & Tilford
New York May 26 Park Tilford announces purchase of 1 800 000 gallons of whisky from the old Overholt distillery of Pittsburg. Liquor will be sold to physicians hospitals and stimulis institutions. The deal includes 35 000 000 in value and twenty acres of land with fourteen buildings in the Pittsburg outskirts.
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New York
Pittsburg
David A. Schulte
Park & Wilford
Chicago University President Dies After Cancer Surgery
Ernest DeWitt Burton, president of the University of Chicago, died at 69 from complications after intestinal cancer surgery. A peritonitis relapse followed a second operation on May 19, after an initial operation a month earlier. he had led the university a little over two years.
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United Press Dispatch
Chicago
Ernest DeWitt Burton
University of Chicago
Burton
University
Leopold undergoes appendicitis operation at Joliet prison
Nathan Leopold Jr. who killed Bobby Franks for a thrill, underwent a successful appendicitis operation at the prison hospital in Joliet Illinois on May 26.
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United Press Dispatch
Jolint
Ill
Nathan Leopold, Jr
Bobby Franks
Polar explorers feared lost as Arctic search plans form
United States officials and President Coolidge consider naval dirigible support to locate Captain Amundsen and his crew after their polar flight flights vanish. Oslo and Washington weigh risks if weather traps the air vikings, with supplies limited to a month and a dangerous ski rescue possible.
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United Press Dispatch
Washington
United States
Shenandoah
Los Angeles
Arctic
Amundsen
Coolidge
Smithd
Oslo
Norway
Raald Amundsen
Lincoln Ellsworth
Spitzenbergen
Arctic Circle
North Pole
Stephenson Seeks Bail Release in Klan Case
D C G Stephenson former head of the Indiana Ku Klux Klan and two aides Karl Klenck and Earl Gentry are held in Hamilton county jail awaiting legal moves. Attorney Ralph Inman plans motions to strike and quash the indictment and seek bail as their murder case concerning Madge Oberholtzer moves toward October. The trio’s first night in Noblesville jail included a corn bread treat from Sheriff’s wife.
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Noblesville
Ind
D. CG. Stephenson
Indiana
Ku Klux Klan
Hamilton County
Stephenson
Karl Klenck
Earl Gentry
Marion County
Indianapolis
Madge Oberholtzer
Riiph Inman
Marion County Court House
Inman
Klenck
Gentry
Charles Gooding
Arctic rescue plan hinted by dirigible pilot
The pilot proposed flying a dirigible to find the Amundsen group. He feared one rescue plane landed due to difficulties and the second attempting to aid it crashed into the first. If no news arrives soon, he would fly out in a dirigible to search.
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Amundsen
Still Bust Seized In Plymouth. 275 Gallons Recovered
A gun battle in Marshall County ends with a 275 gallon giant still found in swamp lands near Plymouth. Four deputy sheriffs and nine Horse Thief detectives plus a posse captured the still after a firefight with three moonshiners. One man arrested, two operators still at large.
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Plymouth
Ind
Horse Thief Detective Association
Marshall County
Trustees Lose Suit Over Stadium Bond Claim
Trustees of Indiana University failed to recover $50,000 from Bedford Steel and Construction for faulty work on the university stadium. The U. S. dispatch from Indianapolis reports the ruling on May 26, noting the bond dispute and financial claim.
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Indianapolis
Indiana University
Bedford Steel and Construction Company
Indiana University Stadium
Jewel Bandits in Big Haul Today
Three bandits struck a Windy City area yesterday fleeing with a loot valued at $190000. Police report a volley of shots into the crowd but no injuries are confirmed. Investigators pursue witnesses and security footage for leads.
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United Press Dispatch
Chicago
Adolph Gastman
Gastman
Dearborn Street
New Shocks in Japan Reported No Lives Lost
A Tokyo dispatch to the Evening News says a new vertical earthquake struck western Japan last Saturday causing fires and burned houses. Remains of burned homes and temporary shacks were reported, but no deaths were reported.
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Japan
London
Tokio
Evening News Today
Shaw Denies Charge In Indianapolis Murder Case
John Thomas Shaw testifies in Martinsville denying any involvement in the murder of Mrs. Helen Hager Whelchel in Indianapolis. The testimony centers on Shaw’s assertion of innocence as the trial proceeds with United Press Dispatch reporting from Indiana.
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United Press Dispatch
Martinsville
Ind
John Thomas Shaw
Helen Hager Whelchel
Indianapolis
Coolidge Opposes Western European Security Pact Idea
President Coolidge disapproved of a plan for Germany France and the United States to join a western European security pact. The May 26 report notes U S involvement in such a pact is rejected by the White House.
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United Press Dispatch
Washington
Coolidge
United States
Farmer killed by passenger train at crossing
In Indianapolis on May 26 Oliver Thomasson a farmer from Lagran ge county ignored a crossing watchman warning and was struck and killed by a passenger train.
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United Press Dispatch
Indianapolis
Oliver Thomasson
Lagrange County
Fitting Up Relief Outfit for Polar Dirigible Expedition
Vancouver's Grettier Algarsson, preparing a Polar dirigible expedition from Vancouver, theorized that both of Amundsen's airplanes had crashed.
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Liverpool
Grettier Algarsson
Vancouver
B. C
Amundsen
Dayton Cincinnati Intercity Air Service Opens June 1
Dayton Ohio May 26. The first intercity airplane passenger service to maintain a schedule will begin June 1 between Dayton and Cincinnati. Five round trips daily, round trip time about an hour and a half, fare $25 per passenger. This venture, first of its kind in the United States, compares to European airways on a smaller scale.
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Dayton
Ohio
Cincinnati
FE. A. Johnson
United States
Europe
Investors Lose Big in Jack H. Davis Brokerage Collapse
About 500 investors in Illinois and Indiana suffered losses totaling at least 250000 as Jack H. Davis & Co. failed. Arthur S. Gerson, linked to the firm, is in custody after the firm filed for bankruptcy amid complaints of irregularities. Police hunt for 21 year old Jack H. Davis, president, as employees are questioned and clients across numerous cities await relief.
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United Press Dispatch
Chicago
Illinois
Indiana
Jack H. Davis & Co
Arthur S. Gerson
Arthur G. Davis
Advertisers and Investors’ Protective' League
Michigan City
Gold Star Mothers To See Sons Graves In France
Fifteen Gold Star mothers from the United States arrived in Cherbourg aboard the George Washington. They will visit the cemeteries in France where their sons lie buried, with Paris as the first stop.
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Paris
United States
Cherbourg
George Washington
France
Hays Says Fault Finder Greatest Fault in America
Will H. Hays of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America told the Inland Daily Press association gathering that the fault finder is America’s greatest fault. He argued the rapid industry growth outpaced moral and educational consideration and urged the industry to uphold moral artistic standards and educational roles.
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America
Hays
West Baden
Ind
Will H. Hays
Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America
Inland Daily Press Association
Blood on Car Found After Wreck Near Petersburg
Automobilists found a wrecked car on the state highway six miles from Petersburg Indiana with blood on it. Four quart bottles filled with white mule and broken bottles lay around the car. A stranger recruited two boys to take him to Petersburg but appeared uninjured. Sheriff Burns opened an investigation.
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Petersburg
Ind
Burns
Thirteen federal prisoners depart to Leavenworth
Thirteen federal prisoners sentenced to Leavenworth penitentiary began their westward transfer today under U S deputies custody in Indianapolis.
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Indianapolis
Leavenworth Penitentiary
United States
Last of Studebaker Line Dies at Home in South Bend
Marie Studebaker known as Aunt Maria, last of the Studebaker family, dies at 84 in the South Bend home where five brothers founded the car company. She had lived unmarried with her sister Rebecca. funeral to be held Friday with six nephews as pallbearers.
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United Press Dispatch
South Bend
Ind
Miss Studebaker
West
LaSalle Avenue
Ohio
John Studebaker
Rebecca
Studebaker Corporation
Ded
Maria
Indiana
America
Studebaker Corporation of America
Lincoln
Grant
Studebaker
Maria Studebaker
James L. Gardner
Chicago
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