Baptists Endorse League of Nations at Capitol Rally
Dr George W Truett of Texas urged the Southern Baptist convention to back the League of Nations from the Capitol steps, declaring moral force of the United States would lead to the new era of righteousness and peace. Cheers rose from attendees from seventeen Southern states as he spoke under the shadow of the Senate.
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Capitol
Southern Baptist Convention
Gieorge W. Truett
Thillas
League of Nations
United States Senate
Be. Truett
United States of America
Yunder
White House
Mrs Malinda Purkiser Returns From West Baden Visit
Mrs Malinda Purkiser, after a visit in West Baden, has returned home today.
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Malinda Purkiser
West Baden
Villa may get job in Mexico as Carranza flees
United Press reports Carranza the deposed Mexican president is fleeing northward toward the mountains. Villa travels toward Mexico City unaccompanied and rebel agents expect Villa to be named chief of the constabulary in the northern states.
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Villa
Mexico
Carranza
Mexico City
Washington
State Department
Republican platform committee reports to executive panel
United Press reports that the Republican advisory committee on platform and policies presented twenty separate reports on reconstruction problems after four months of work by twenty committees. The executive committee in Senator Lodge's office will act on the report and forward it to the resolution committee. Will Hays hails the set as a monumental achievement reflecting public opinion on key issues.
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Washington
Republican Advisory Committee
Sen. Lodge
Will Hays
Republican National Committee
Strikes Avert Belief Of Unions In Chicago
In Chicago on March 18 union leaders believed a railroad strike was averted as railroads backed wage increases. The key question is how much the wage board will grant the owners. Timothy Shea, president of the Brotherhood of Railroad Firemen, said the hearing relieved the situation. railroad trainmen seek an annual wage hike of a quarter million dollars, which they call excessive and unfair.
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Chicago
Mar
Timothy Shea
The
Brotherhood of Railroad Firemen
Wade
Bodies to Remain in France for Some Soldiers
Washington dispatches instruct army officers to let certain American soldiers' remains stay in France as relatives change their minds. Orders arrive after exhumations or shipboard preparations, affecting about a dozen cases weekly amid thousands to be returned. The second transport from Brest should depart soon with 500 bodies ready for transfer.
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Paris
Washington
United States
France
Brest
Senate to Probe High Prices and Concentration
A resolution was introduced in the Senate by Senator Walsh of Massachusetts to investigate the relation between high prices of necessities and market concentration. The measure aims to study economic forces affecting consumers and potential anti trust implications.
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Washington
Senate
Walsh
Mass
Judge Anderson Blames State Officials for Auto Thefts
Judge A B Anderson in Indianapolis faulted state courts and the Governor James P Goodrich for a wave of automobile thefts. Defendants, many youths, faced charges of stealing cars and transferring them across state lines to Ohio. After two youths received eighteen month sentences in Atlanta, a mother sobbed in court as Anderson condemned the system and warned of accountability.
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Indianapolis
James P. Goodrich
A. B. Anderson
Oho
Atlanta
Parole Board
Indiana State University to celebrate centennial with campus wide events
Indiana State University marks its centennial this year with commencement week May 30 to June 4. About 354 graduates from Liberal Arts, 29 from Law, 67 from Medicine including 11 graduate nurses, push total enrollment for the year past 8 numbers. Bloomington hosts 4 to 5 thousand visitors. hosts arrange home lodging and a state wide outreach via county teams delivering room reservation blanks to attract guests.
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Indiana State University
College of Liberal Arts
School of Law
School of Medicine
Bloomington
Chamber of Commerce
Hare
Rifle targets contain whiskey in creek near Centerville
Two boys fishing in Nolands creek near Centerville pulled from a gunny sack 76 spints of whiskey. They used the bottles as rifle targets, shooting them from a bridge edge and letting about 570 dollars worth of whiskey run into the water.
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Richmond
Ind
Nolands Creek
Centerville
Princeton Band To Meet Truck Caravan On Road Trip
A village reception is planned for a truck caravan arriving late Wednesday. Princeton delegates and band will meet the 35 trucks at Oweneville on Wednesday afternoon and escort them to the city for a band concert and speech on good roads. The caravan will stay overnight near the public square with Charles A. Greathouse delivering the main address from the courthouse platform. Thursday the caravan heads to Oakland City.
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Princeton
Owenevile
Owéneville
Charles A. Greathouse
Indianapolis
Court House
Oakland City
Owensville
Chief Engineer Outlines Dixie Bee Line Survey Plan
Chief Surveyor C. A. Fulton of the state highway commission spoke at the Rotary Club luncheon, detailing the Dixie Bee Line survey from Evansville toward Terre Haute. The route extends nine miles south of Princeton, with plans to assess a rail-aligned level path between Princeton and Patuka, as the survey team progresses. Deputy Fire Marshall Felthouse of Evansville lauded Princeton for its clean fire department record.
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C. A. Fulton
State Highway Commission
Evansville
Terre Haute
Rotary Club
Kidd Hotel
Fulton
Princeton
Patuka
Felthouse
Princeton man struck by auto on South Main Street
John G. Rumer brother of C F Rumer Princeton Prudential supervisor was hit by a car driven by Paul Snyder Monday night near the Princeton Hotel. He suffered painful bruises and shock but no bones were broken and he blamed no one. He has lived with his brother on East Water Street since the year began.
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John G. Rumer
C. F Rumer
Princeton Prudential Office
Princeton
South Main Street
Paul Snyder
Rumer
East Water Street
Coal Shortage Threatens Indiana Industries
May 18 Indianapolis John McCardle of the Public Service Commission says he will recommend a railroad priority order to ease coal movement after receiving an ICC telegram. His report shows state industries face shortages that could force shutdowns if relief is not arranged.
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Indianapolis
John McCardle
Public Service Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Indiana
Editors Stand Firm Over Jail Suffering Claim
Edward T. Leech editor of the Memphis Press defied jail by ten days for an editorial attack on a court ruling. He backs James T. McKilgallen Indiana Daily Times managing editor, sentenced to 20 days and $200 fine on contempt charges. an appeal was filed.
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Indianapolis
Edward T. Leech
Memphis
Tenn
James T. Mkitlgallen
Indiana Daily Times
Leech
U. S. Urges Railroads to Break Freight Blockade
The Interstate Commerce Commission begins an urgent drive to ease a freight tie-up. Telegraphic appeals go to state railway and public service commissions while inspectors survey traffic at key gateways. Officials warn the crisis tests the new transport act and may take days or weeks to restore normal service.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Agaain
Cars Needed to Move Grain Crop
Washington dispatch reports the interstate commerce commission warns that normal freight movement will take months to resume. Commissioner Ashton says halting traffic is not the solution and mentions limited priority orders. The commission cooperates with the car service commission to mobilize 20,000 grain cars for southern and western routes ahead of July and August movements.
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Washington
Mar
Inter-State Commerce Commission
Ashton
Interstate Commission
Mrs Meiner Heads to St Louis to Visit Relatives
Mrs F C Meiner traveled to St Louis today to join her husband and visit his relatives. The trip is described as a family visit with plans to see relatives and settle into the visit.
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F. C. Meiner
St. Louis
City to Accept Bids for 1920 Street Oiling Plans
At a city council session a confirmatory resolution authorized 1920 street oiling bids with June 7 set as the bid reception time. Remonstrances against oiling were heard, with Vine street dispute sustained and two overruled. The sidewalk assessment roll for 1919 construction on Seminary Stont Emerson and related streets was adopted, hearings set, and a concrete sidewalk project along Emerson street granted.
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Vine Street
Spring
Brown
Brown Street
Broadway
Gibson Street
Glendale
Warnock
Seminary
Stont
Ohio
Emerson Streets
Daniels attacks general staff push and naval civilian control
Secretary Daniels denounces advocates of a general staff as seeking to Germanize the navy and make the civilian secretary a rubber stamp. He cites Admiral Sims and Von Tirpitz ideas, urging Congress to decide whether civilian control should end. Also noted are Mrs Bowman’s travel and Marjorie and Eloise Wilson’s return from Oakland City.
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Simz
Meyer
Mir
Daniels
Fiske
von Yvirpitz
Congress
Sims
von Tirpitz
Navy
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