Girls to Treat the Boys Class at Church Banquet
The First M E church Sunday School groups led by Pr R A Cushman and Miss Charlestine Nash plan a Friday evening gathering in the church basement at 7 30. Girls class hosts the spread after a membership contest. the boys class will supply sandwiches if the girls provide the banquet. Membership of the two classes exceeds sixty.
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M. E. Ehurch
Pr. R. A. Cushman
Charlestine Nash
Miss Nash
Mar
Ee. Cushman
Bev
Hope to Choke Wet Sentiment at Convention
United Press reports Democratic leaders arriving for the national convention seek a two thirds rule to blunt wet sentiment for repeal of prohibition. Governor Edwards of New Jersey, a wet candidate, is to be the focus of wets efforts in a city favorable to their stance.
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United Press
San Francisco
Cal
Democratic Party
Edwards
New Jersey
Evansville College Names New Summer Music Teacher
Miss Isabel Mossman, director of music in the city public schools, is elected to teach public school music at Evansville College for the summer replacing Miss Ada Bicking. Bicking departs Evansville June 19 for study weeks at Indiana University and Illinois University. X rays help recover erased parts of ancient palimpsest writings.
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Isabel Mossman
Ada Bicking
Evansville College
Bicking
Evansville
Indiana University
Illinois University
Cleanup Push Nears Finish in Princeton
City cleanup work moves forward with several hundred wagon loads hauled away. Mayor Shubart praises effort and urges residents to keep premises trash free, warning against piling debris in streets and alleys and promising prosecutions for violations.
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Tichenor
Shubart
Princeton
Beach Resorts See Crowds Despite Cool Water
Heat drives Princeton residents to beaches on opening bathing day. Sunbathers suffered blistered skin as water stayed cool. Automobiles ferried people to seek breeze while roads hummed with traffic. At 1 pm temperature hit 91 degrees, easing after a late cooling breeze.
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Princeton
Burton
Harding Begins Campaign Pace at Washington
Senator Warren G. Harding Republican presidential nominee remains in Washington for the week. He plans to golf nineteen holes if possible, otherwise unpack, read mail, and receive visitors. Harding arrived from Chicago in shirt sleeves and dined with Mrs. Harding in their private car.
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Washington
Warren G. Harding
Harding
Chicago
Senator
Mrs. Harding
Senator Harding
Republicans to Launch Harding Coolidge Campaign Pictures
Chicago June 14 Republican party leaders prepared to start the Harding Coolidge campaign at once. Five million pictures have been ordered printed to flood the country with campaign imagery. The next step will be the official notification of the candidates. Herding wishes to be notified at his hometown Marion Ohio.
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Chicago
Harding-Coolidge
Itartling-Coolidge
Herding
Marion, O
Six Hour Day A Labor Fight Prepares Nationwide Drive
Montreal June 14 Organized labor plans a nationwide push for a six hour workday with AFL backing. The International Typographical Union reports supporting the move as essential to provide work for all. Samuel Gompers mocks the idea of a single big union, likening it to a cook failing to unscramble a burnt omelet. He also notes the US has not ratified the peace treaty.
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Montreal
Organized Labor
American Federation of Labor
Hays
International Typographical Union
Gompers
Two Young Men Drowned In Separate Evansville Areas
Joe Hicks aged about 18 drowned in Cook's park bathing pool at 1 30 yesterday afternoon. Joe Beckerle 20 drowned at West Franklin landing about eighteen miles downstream from Evansville in Posey county after falling from a trot line. He pulled his sister 21 to safety before both bodies were recovered within half an hour. Artificial methods failed to revive either.
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Joe Hicks
Cook's Park
Joe Beckerle
East
Delaware Street
West Franklin Landing
Evansville
Posey County
Beckerle
Henry J. Beckerle
New Jersey Phys Ed Chief Urges Girls Run for Health
Dr. F. W. Maroney, director of physical education of New Jersey, suggests sprinting and running for girls as substitutes for the artificial complexes many carry in their pockets.
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F. W. Maroney
Physical Education
New Jersey
Harding Conforms to GOP Platform Leanings
Washington report notes Senator Warren G. Harding aims to run as Republican nominee on a literal interpretation of the League of Nations plank. Harding backs the Lodge reservation and endorses an international court, aligning with Washington Monroe policies and anti Wilson terms.
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Washington
Warren G. Harding
League of Nations
Harding
Wilson
Lodge
Monroe
Chautauqua season set to open with new facilities
The annual Chautauqua will begin in about a week with a new, larger stage and better seating. It will be held on the Lowell school grounds despite train noise, tickets go on sale soon, and no house to house canvass is planned as the event draws strong local support.
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Lowell
Committee of Elks In Charge
Princeton
Evensville booze ring defendants change pleas in court
Sixteen more defendants in the Evansville booze ring cases changed pleas from not guilty to guilty in federal court in Indianapolis. Twenty three maintain innocence and go to trial. Chief Schmidt and Sheriff Mills were to stand trial. managers of the Lottie and Vendome hotels among those who changed pleas.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Sxteen
Evansville
Schmidt
Herbert Mills
Lottie and
Vendome
Ransom Demanded for 13 Month Old Kidnapping Case
In Philadelphia on June 14 authorities report a letter postmarked Atlantic City claiming to hold 13 month old Blakley Coughlin, abducted from Norristown on June 2. The sender demands 6000 dollars in ransom. parents say they will handle the matter privately.
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Philadelphia
Little Blakley Coughlin
Norristown
Atlantic City
Coughlins
England Eyes Harding As President Nominee Rumors
English newspapers commented on the nomination of Senator Harding for the presidency, hoping for a middle course in foreign affairs. They also noted satisfaction at Hiram Johnson's defeat, fearing his policy could complicate Anglo American relations.
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London
Harding
England
Hiram Johnson
California
United States
Democrats Plan McAdoo Nomination For 1932 Campaign
Democratic leaders opened plans to nominate William G. McAdoo at the national convention in San Francisco on June 28. Republicans signaled potential ticket choices with Charles Wheeler predicting Cox as vice president candidate.
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Chicago
William G. McAdoo
San Francisco
Charles Wheeler
California
James Cox
Ohio
Princeton Pupils to Offer Piano Recital in Evansville
The Miss Elsie Condit pupils from Mary Kee Wheeler school in Evansville will perform a piano recital at the M. E. church on Monday evening. Twenty pupils will present solos and ensemble pieces.
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Princeton
Elsie Condit
Mary Kee Wheeler
Evansville
M. E
Golden wedding anniversary celebrated by Edward Maidlow couple
Edward Maidlow age 89 and wife Janet Maidlow age 70 celebrated their golden wedding anniversary at their Inglefield home near Evansville. The 1870 Evansville marriage was recalled with Rev. Andrews officiating. Twenty family members and about sixty friends attended a basket banquet and social hour. A christening, gifts, and a grandchild vocal solo marked the event. The Princeton delegation joined in the celebration and the couple plan to continue enjoying health and happiness.
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Edward Meidlow
Hale
Mrs. Maidlow
Inglefield
Evansville
Dward Maldlow
Janet Ruston
Andrews
Trinity Methodist Church
E. J .Ellerbusch
Princeton
John Schomberg
Peoria
Til
Thomas Maidlow
Boonville
Newburg
Appleton
Wis
John Spencer Maidlow
Spencer Maidlow
Phister
St. Lucas Church
John Schombrg
Penrod
Blue Grass
Mildren Maidlow
J Mlerbusch
East Broadway
One Man Dead as Passenger Meets Freight Train
Chicago June 14. One man was killed and seven passengers injured when a Pierre Marquette passenger train collided head on with a standing freight train. The dead man was the conductor of the freight train as the locomotives locked together in the impact.
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Chicago
Pierre Marquette
Appointment Made in Washington
President Wilson announces the recess appointment of Normal Davis of New York as under secretary of state.
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Washington
Wilson
Normal Davis
New York
Taggart Attacks League plank in GOP platform
Indianapolis June 14 Thomas Taggart Democratic Senate nominee Henry Spaan Seventh district candidate and state Democratic leaders denounce the Republican League of Nations plank as evasive and a vote getting measure. Taggart calls it retroactive cowardly pussy footing and an effort to force faction harmony while misrepresenting policy to the public.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Thomas Taggart
United States
Henry Spaan
Congress
League of Nations
Taggart
Obituary: George Washington Robb 72 of Patoka
George Washington Robb 72, Patoka area farmer and Masonic member, was found dead in his bed Sunday morning near Patoka due to heart disease. Survived by widow Mary, five children Opal, Mrs. C Bingham, Miss N S Robb, Moses K, and Daniel M. Funeral Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the Methodist Church in Waite River Township, Warnock cemetery.
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Patoka
Ind
Democrat
George Washington Robb
Here
Robb
Waite River Township
Masonic Lodge
Methodist
C .F. Patrick
Warnock
Princeton
Mary Robb
Opal
C. Bingham
N. S. Robb
Moses K
Daniel M
Stolen Jewels Recovered After Chicago Convention Trip
Mrs. Arthur Whitney reported jewels valued at $50,000 stolen on a trip home from the Republican national convention in Chicago. A train passenger found the gems wrapped in a towel on the Harding Special, after the Whitneys departed from Ft Wayne and Alliance. Police and alarms followed the loss, and investigators believe the thief left the jewels to avoid detection.
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Norristown
N. J
Arthur Whitney
Chicago
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