Reverend Kell Guilty in 15 Minute Trial
The Rev. R. M. Kell, evangelist and Washington township resident, is found guilty of statutory assault involving Evelyn Armstrong, 15, by a Gibson Circuit Court jury after a short deliberation. He is sentenced to 5 to 21 years in prison, fined $1000, and disfranchised. Kell may seek a new trial as attorneys consider post trial steps.
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R. M. Kell
Gibson Circuit Court
Washington Township
Evelyn Armstrong
Royal Armstrong
Kell
President Hughes to speak Monday at First Presbyterian Dinner
President A. I. Hughes of Evansville college will address the Men's Club on the topic Being Neighbors at 6 30 Monday evening in the church dining room. The talk will frame a modern answer to Who Is My Neighbor based on the Good Samaritan parable. The 50 cent dinner is open to all men with music to be announced.
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A. I. Hughes
Evansville College
First Presbyterian Church
Occasson
Woghes
Good Samaritan
Dr. Hughes
Oakland City College Glee Club To Headline Patoka Event
The Oakland City College glee club of about 20 voices will perform at Patoka Indiana Friday as part of community week. Under Miss Edna Lowry the program features choral selections quartets duets and solos. Frank W. Bignan of LaSalle Extension University is scheduled as a speaker and is among the week headliners. The prior moving picture program Wednesday night drew a large audience.
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Glee Club
Oakland City College
Furnish
Patoka
Ind
Edna Lowry
Frank W. Bignan
LaSalle Extension University
J C Penney to Open Store in Our Town
Announcing the arrival of J C Penney Company, readers learn how the retailer began with one store in 1902 and expanded to hundreds. The feature highlights founder James Cash Penney, growth to 312 by 1920 and projected expansion beyond 450 stores this year across 29 states.
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J. C. Penney Company
Golden West
Wyoming
James Cash Penney
A. T. Stewart
John Wanamaker
Marshall Field
Babe Ruth Faces 50000 Suit Amid Illnesses
New York report says baseball star Babe Ruth, troubled by boils and illness, faces a $50,000 paternity suit filed by Miss Dolores Dixon through attorney George Feinburg. Ruth denies knowledge of the woman and cites public court action. The case stems from claimed events during 1949 auto trips and a speeding arrest.
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Babe
Ruth
New York
Babe Ruth
New York Yankees
Dolores Dixon
George Feinburg
Tim
Dixon
Government witness admits voting with left wing convention
Francis Morrow, key witness in the William Foster case for alleged violation of the Michigan syndicalist statute, testified he voted with the left wing at a Bridgeman communist convention and did not incite violence. The defense aims to prove Morrow’s ballot prevented the Communist Party from becoming a legal organization.
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Morrow
Communist Party
ST Joseph
Mich
Francis Morrow
William Foster
Michigan
Bridgeman
Frank P. Walsh
Yester
Federal
Communist’ Party
Walsh
Mines Shut Down Boonville
March 21 report notes most mines run only part time while some close for summer. Many miners face unemployment unless coal demand improves. K. I bridge contract secured by Erie Canal Coal and John Bull companies will allow both mines to operate intermittently this summer.
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Boonville
Erie Canal Coal Company
John Bull Company
Indiana Weather Forecast Update
Rain and colder tonight with Friday partly cloudy and cooler. Wednesday highs reach 52 and lows 36 with about .20 inches of precipitation. Thursday sunrise at 6 03 and Friday dawn at 5 25.
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Indiana
Bedford Post Office Looted by Yeggs
Indiana reports a Bedford post office robbery last night with a $4,000 loss in mail and stamps. Thieves entered through a window, used acetylene to breach vault doors, tried a small safe, escaped with a sack in a car after two autos were seen. a clerk arrived at 5 30 to begin duties. Mrs Ramsay, neighbor, saw activity but misidentified the robbers. The incident mirrors earlier loots at Connerville and Columbus.
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Indiana
Register
Yeggs
Bedford
Herough
Ramsay
Acerca
Connersville
Columbus
Hazleton Ferry closed as White River rises
White River flood pushes to Hazleton causing water to cover the road from Hazleton ferry toward the Dixburg hills in Knox county. River rose seven inches at Hazleton and six inches at J L Williams reports road No 5 closed from Wheatland to Washington. Civil authorities expect further rise and impassable conditions tonight.
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White River
Hazleton Ferry
Dixburg
Knox County
Hazleton
Petersburg
J. L. Williams
Indiana State Highways
Daily Democrat
Wheatland
Washington
Women Celebrate League Meeting Oppose 50 50 Bill
Mrs Alice McCullough principal speaker at a Gibson County luncheon explained the 50 50 bill and recent legislature. Indiana League of Women Voters plans a May meeting in Indianapolis to decide measures to push. The group seeks equal representation, wages, and women on state boards with broader civic reforms.
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MecCulloch
League of Women Voters
Kidd Hotel
Alice Foster McCulloch
State Organization
Edward Kiefner
Evansville
Organiza Sation
Indiana League of Women Voters
Claypool Hotel
Indianapolis
Indiana League of Women Votters
Ist
Hoover seeks Sugar Price Investigation Report
Secretary Hoover announced he asked the Federal Trade Commission to investigate recent sugar price increases. He asserted there is no economic justification for high sugar prices amid an estimated world surplus.
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Washington
Hoover
Federal ‘Trade ‘Commission
Piute Indians clash with sheriff posse near Blanding
Renegade Piute Indians and a sheriff's posse skirmished at night near Blanding Utah. Veteran Indian fighter Old Dutch was seriously wounded, one buck had been killed previously, and rebels have entrenched in mountain strongholds with fifty held under guard at Blanding.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Blanding
Buck
Bi State Latin Championship Set for Here April 1923
The latin club of a male high school announces a bi state Latin championship contest to be held April 13 1923 at 2 00 PM in the high school building. Open to accredited high schools in Indiana Kentucky and private schools and tutors. Two representatives per school. Examinations include passages from Caesar Gallic Wars syntax questions and other tests. Awards include a Magna Cum Laude gold medal a silver medal and an honorable mention certificate. Registration is two dollars per school and contestants cover their own expenses. Princeton plans to send two representatives.
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Indiana
Kentucky
Caesar
Princeton
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Robert M. Kell
Bridenhager
Ballard
Duncan
Sanford Trippett
Hughes
Presbyterian Men's Club
J.C. Penney
Yong
Jeon ‘Pashieau
Dorothy
Delores
Baby Dorothy
Foster
Wiliams
Tori Patersburg
League
Piute Indians
Sheriff's
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