Gibson County to Honor Aged Mothers on 102nd Birthday
Gibson County marks a celebration for its oldest women Sunday April 15 honoring Mrs Johanna Tipbett who turns 102. A parade of closed cars will transport mothers to Providence Auditorium after a march along State Street with ushers and reserved seating in a social hour following services.
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Johanna Tibset
Gibson County
Princeton
Johanna Tipbett
Chamber of Commerce
State Street
Railroad halts piecework repair at New York Central
The United States labor board orders New York Central Railroad to operate shops hourly instead of piecework. The decision, brought by the AFL railway employes' department, affects about 9 600 shop craft workers and requires compensation at an average rate not less than the board's hourly standards for the period paid on piecework.
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Chicago
New York Central Railroad
United States Labor Board For Railroads
Railway
American Federation of Labor
New York Central
Republicans unite behind Harding for renomination
A United Press survey shows Republican national committee leaders nationwide almost unanimously back President Harding for renomination. Committeemen predict little opposition and pledge solid support from their states. Names cited include Weeks, Pepper, Hilles, and Hynicka. Lafollette did not respond.
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Washington
Harding
Republican National Committee
United Press
Daugherty
Weeks
Mass
Pepper
Pennsylvania
Chas. Hilles
New York
R. B W. Hynicka
Ohio
Senator Lafollette
Wisconsin
Booze Plot Thwarted in New York Bonded Warehouse
Acting federal prohibition chief in New York reports the seizure of the Pershing warehouse bonded storage. Ralph and Charles Sabbatine, brothers and owners, are detained while John A. Murphy turns them over to police. Bonded liquor valued at 10 million dollars was stored, with a plan to remove 1 million worth in two trucks and fifty barrels.
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New York
Yellowley
Prohibition
New York State
Pershing Warehouse Corporation
Ralph
Charles
John A. Murphy
Department of Internal Revenue
Murphy
Rescuers braved Missouri River flood to save four men
In Sioux City Iowa on March 23 deputy sheriffs Frank Duckles and Leslie H. Granger built a 30 by 12 foot raft and struggled 1/2 mile through ice floes to rescue four men marooned on Duncan's Island. A fifth man refused to leave, risking the flood. the return voyage took about an hour with two men leaping to safety from the ice.
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Sioux City
Iowa
Missouri
Duncan’s
Towa
Frank Duckles
Leslie H. Granger
J. R. Boegner
Iti
Estan Iip
Esme Ruehing
Mystery shrouds death of Broadway cloak model Dorothy Keenan
New York report details Dorothy Keenan known as King found murdered in her Fifty seventh street apartment. The story traces her rise from cloak model to wealth through a Boston patron called Mr Marshall and her relation with Albert Guimaren. Police suspect robbery in the chloroformed killing after lavish living and jewel theft.
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Dorothy Keenan
King
Broadway
Boston
Angel
Mr. Marshall
Albert Guimaren
Indiana forecast hints colder finish in southeast region
Indiana weather shows colder conditions in the far southeast Saturday with generally fair skies across the state. Thursday’s high reached 65 and low 44 with 0.45 inches of precipitation. Last year at this date, highs were 47 and lows 38 with clear skies. In New York on March 23 Clarence Saunders of Memphis agreed to a settlement over Wiggly Wiggly stock raid at 150 dollars a share. E. W. Bradford represents Saunders.
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New York
Clarence Saunders
Memphis
Tenn
E. W. Bradford
Saunders
Gary liquor conspiracy case tests defense efforts
In Indianapolis on March 23 the defense sought to undermine key government testimony by Philip Akman in the Gary liquor conspiracy case. Evidence showed Ke and Ralph Stagnaich and their wives rode from Gary to Evansville to plan the scheme, while Akman had claimed he was beaten to obtain incriminating statements.
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Mony
Philip Akman
Gary
Roswell Johanson
Akman
Ralph Stagnaich
Evansville
Altman
Dwight
iStagnaich
Hotel St. Joseph
Stagnaich
Cunningham Ferry Route Remains Open Despite Flood
Cunningham ferry northwest of Pa toka continues operating after Hazleton closure due to high water. Officials say it may run until river reaches a higher stage as the flood crest nears. Motorists may use this route to reach Vincennes with the Gibson county approach largely improved.
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Vincennes
Cunningham Ferry
Patoka
Hazleton
Gibson County
River levels vary along Indiana waterways this morning
The Wabash River is reported at Terre Haute rising from feet while Vincennes shows 18.7 feet and rising. The rise at Terre Haute typically lasts two to three days after the onset of fall. White River at Washington is noted as falling.
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Wabash
Terre Haute
Vincennes
White River
Washington
President Hughes to Speak at First Presbyterian Men’s Club Dinner
Evansville college president A. F. Hughes is slated to address the Men’s Club of the First Presbyterian Church at Sunday’s 6 30 dinner. Misses Mary and Martha Harmon will perform piano and violin pieces. Tickets are 50 cents, open to all men.
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F. Hughes
Evansville College
Mary
Martha Harmon
Harvey Harmon
Miss Mary
Martha
F. J. Biggs
Hughes
Club
First Presbyterian Church
Southern Railroad Orders $17 Million in New Equipment
The Southern railroad system announces a fresh outlay of seventeen million dollars for new cars and locomotives. This adds to thirteen million dollars spent in 1922, bringing total equipment expenditure to thirty million dollars over two years.
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Southern
Washington, D. C
Southern Railroad System
Limit of automobile ownership predicted by officials
Washington officials from the Bureau of Public Roads warn that at current growth rates the United States will hit the cap on car ownership within two years unless cheaper vehicles and fuel become available.
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Washington
America
Bureau of Public Goads
Pneumonia Cure Reported At St Marys Hospital Hoboken
Doctors at St Marys hospital in Hoboken announce a diathermic treatment for pneumonia. Metal plates are placed on the chest and back and an electric current passed through the lungs to raise temperature and break congestion. The method reportedly reduces the number of treatments needed.
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New York
St. Mary’s Hospital
Hoboken
Daylight Robbery on Bridge Seizes $40,000 in Cash
Four armed bandits stopped Samuel D. Barbers assistant cashier of the Southern Illinois National Bank in East St Louis and seized a $40,000 money satchel after forcing drivers beneath the Mississippi bridge approach. Fred Kroger and Barber escaped uninjured as the bandits fled in their touring car. The crime occurred after banks in St Louis were drawn from by Kroger and Barbers.
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ST. Cashier
E. ST. Louis Institution
Eads Bridge
Samuel D. Barbers
Illnois National Bank
Aa Hi
Ford Acquires Peabody Coal and Timber Holdings in Kentucky
Reports from Lexington indicate Henry Ford has purchased the Kentucky coal and timber holdings of the F. B. Peabody syndicate, about 125000 acres across Bell Harlan Clay Perry and Letcher counties. The deal, confirmed by operators, follows February meetings of lawyers including W R Middleton of Detroit with Hal Mould, the syndicate’s local manager, who declined to discuss progress.
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Pineville
Lexington
Henry Ford
Kentucky
Peabody Syndicates of
Chicago
Peabody Syndicate
Bell
Harlan
Clay
Perry
Letcher
W. R. Middleton
Detroit
Hal Mould
Auxiliary for Klan Announces Auxiliary for Klan
Atlanta march 23. The Kamelia a national women’s group formed on the Ku Klux Klan model will be launched soon. Imperial emperor Wm Joseph Simmons said the order will operate alongside the Klan and admit Protestant native white women over 18 after release of its ritual.
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Atlanta
Kamelia
National Organization of Women
Ku Klux Klan
Wm. Joseph Simmons
Emperor of the Klan
Simmons
America
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