White River Farmers to Meet on Flood Solutions at Washington
A large delegation of Pike county White River bottom landowners travels to Washington Indiana for a meeting to plan advocacy to Washington D C and state lawmakers. They seek dredging and river widening from the river mouth to forks of East and West Rivers and levee construction to protect low banks. Persistent flooding has damaged crops and delayed plowing as farmers brace for a short corn crop in Pike county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petersburg
White River
Pike County
Washington, Ind
Washington, D. C
Indiana
Fike County
Food Prices to Fall Soon Indicated by Economists
Undated report cites joined declines in food and clothing as prices head downward. Grocers in northern cities and Washington officials expect lower food quotations nationwide due to the money market and general economic conditions. Credit contraction and federal reserve loan liquidations drive the market, with bankers limiting new loans to protect customers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washingon
Federal Reserve Board
Indiana Democratic Nominates McCulloch for Governor
The Indiana Democratic convention named Dr. Carleton McCulloch as the gubernatorial nominee by acclamation. Delegates also selected Lieut. Governor S N Foster and Charles W Wagner for secretary of state among others, with Miss Adelaide Baylor slated as state superintendent. Vice President Marshall headlined the delegates at large and urged unity, while the party endorsed Wilson administration policies and tax reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. P
Indianapolis
Carleton McCulloch
Lincoln Cox
Ft. Wayne
Charles W. Wagner
Columbus
George A. Sunkle
Newport
George Deharity
Elwood
Supreme Court
Wood Unger
Frankfort
Adelaide Steele Baylor
Wabash
Thomas R. Marshall
Indiana
Samuel Ralston
Thomas Taggart
Senate
Alice Foster McCulloch
Committee On Rules
Marshall
Ralston
John Insebarger
North Manchester
Mason Niblack
Vincennes
James Risk
South Bend
Pres. Wilson
Claude Bowers
Goodrich
Democratic Party
Wilson
Adelaide
Baylor
E. N. Haskins
Willis Fox
Angola
Rex. Potter
Warren
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Miss Baylor
Demonstration in Owensville curtailed by rain on Wednesday
Rain disrupted a truck demonstration and band concert on the public square. Thirty visiting trucks from Owensville and a Princeton delegation arrived late, with delays and minor accidents. The event, including an address on good roads by Mr Greathouse and a planned moving pictures show, was cut short, and trips to Oakland City were canceled due to road conditions.
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Owensville
Princeton
Oakland City
Evansville
Greathouse
Delegates Named At Indiana Democratic State Convention
Delegates to the Democratic state convention selected district officers and delegates in Indianapolis last night. Committees on Resolutions Rules and Credentials named first and second district members, with convention vice presidents and presidential electors chosen. News also lists visiting residents and travelers in Evansville and nearby towns.
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Indianapolis
Committee On
John W. Spencer
Evansville
William H. Pigg
Martinsville
M. McStoops
Princeton
Sam Boyd
Washington
Herdis F. Clements
Mt. Vernon
Price Cutting Wave Spreads Across Nation
A Chicago report states a nationwide wave of price reductions in men and women’s apparel, shoes and hats as merchants from many cities announce 20 to 50 percent cuts. Banks in New York and wholesale districts press deflation, telling importers and non essentials makers that only moderate financing is available.
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Chicago
New York
Federal Reserve Board
Salvation Army to Launch Home Service Appeal in City
Captain R A Morris announces state orders to form a Home Service Appeal in the city. The campaign aims to raise $10,000 with funds partially for a new Salvation Army hall on East Broadway. The hall will replace the old frame building torn down after the floor failed during a service. The new structure is planned for 10,000 to 15,000 dollars and will be located two blocks from the public square.
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R. A. Morris
Salvation Army Corps
Home Service Appeal
Salvation Army
East Broadway
Army
Public Square
France loss estimate shows 57 percent of young men
Capt. Andre Tardieu, former French high commissioner to the U S, calls his war loss balance sheet. He reports 8 million mobilized, 1.4 million killed, 800,000 maimed, 800,000 wounded, and 57 percent of men under 32 dead or unavailable. He cites vast material devastation across land, industry, and infrastructure.
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Paris
France
Andre Tardieu
United States
Tardien
Tardieu
Democrats Contest Few in Indiana District Meetings
Democratic district gatherings in Indianapolis on May 20 chose convention officers delegates and electors with little drama. First district backed Judge Elbert Swan for appellate judge. Bosse endorsed dropping Mrs. Lavenstein as alternate delegate. Second district endorsed Mason J. Niblack for Lieutenant Governor, and named women delegates including Mrs. Webster E Moffett and Mrs. Dena F. Catalena with Cullop resigning from alternate delegate bid.
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Benjamin F. Bosse
Evansville
A. C. Thomas
New Harmony
Pinkney Armstrong
Owensville
Robert M. Gray
Otwell
John W. Lindley
Sulivan
Alvin J. Padgett
Washington
George E. Purcell
Vincennes
Webster E. Moffett
Bloomfield
Indianapolis
Elbert Swan
Spencer County
F. W. Lavenstein
San Francisco
Bosse
William E. Wilson
Simon L. Vandeveer
Princeton
Herdigs Clementz
Mt Vernon
Ellison Cale Womens
Posey County
Mason J. Niblack
Niblack
Carleton McCulloch
Webster E Moffett
William Alter Cullop
Congress
Dena F. Catalena
Martinsville
Cullop
Mrs Cocanower Travels to Trinidad to Visit Son
Mrs. George Cocanower left this morning for Trinidad to visit her son R. G. Cocanower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Cocanower
Triniddad, Colo
R. G. Cocanow
Mrs Wilson and daughter return from visit in Denver
Mrs W P Wilson and her daughter Paula returned to their Denver home today after a two week visit with her grandmother Mrs Spillman and aunt Mrs Williams in this city.
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W. P. Wilson
iPaula
Denver
Colo
Spillman
Williams
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Candy Store
Gandy
Sanitary Soda Shop
Do Fundies
Wome
Charles Moore
Wheeler’s Enamel White Lumber CO
Ford Repairing
A. L. Maxwell Co
Sam F. Sisson
Alva Levi
Carleton B. M’culloch
United Press
Woman Named State School
S. N. Foster
F. E Bower
Warsaw
Albert Swan
Rockport
John G. Idlebaugh
Wimenat
Deharity
Oor
Republic
Old Republic
Senator Taggart
Senate of
Homes
Carl M. Gray
Thomas J. Sare
Bloomington
Cyrus E. Davis
Gaines H- Hazen
Boonville
Arch Stevenson
Inman H. Fowler
Spencer
Charles Bedwell
Sullivan
J. H. Hitch
Walter Coleman
Lois Mildred
Tulsa
Okla
George Severage
Louisville
Ross McCrary
City
E. O. Beck
King Fisher Okla
Henry Ogden
Patoks
Army Hall
Shoptaugh’s
B. & W. House Paints
J. M. Scantlin
Brownlee & Harig
R. P. Moore Milling Co
Kolb
Marinello Shop
Mrs. Lockwood Kerr
Wilkinson
G. W. Guthrie
Music House
South Side Square
The
Edison Shop
Princeton Novelty Works
E. R. Geiselman
Ford
Mobil Oil
W. Broadway
Panama
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