Memorial Day Arrangements Announced and Procession
Memorial Day plans set with a 1 30 p m march starting Hart Street and Broadway to Main and State to the cemetery. James J Robinson to deliver the afternoon address at United Presbyterian Church after a morning tree dedication by Samuel F Braselton.
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S. I. Braselten
James J. Robinson
Battery D
Hart
Broadway
Main
State
Archer Post
United Presbyterian Church
American Legion
Spanish War Veterans
Sons of Veterans
Women’s Auxiliaries
United Presbyterian Ghuarch
Gil R. Stormont
Samuel F. Braselton
Grand Army
Court House Yard
Archer Cemetery
John M. Stormont
Frank Ervin
Clyde Woods
Dale Skelton
C. M. Lawre
Victor Key
Warnock Cemetery
James Kilmartin
Paul Brownie
I. W. DePriest
L. Salomon
I. F. Criswell
Qdd Fellows
R. M. Morton
William M. Wilson
Slifford E. Lockhart
Ralph Tichenor
Will Blair
Will Lamb
Maple Hills
Catholic
George Shapbell
W. B. Whitsett
HW. Tf. Chambers
Adolph Fella
T. M. McDonald
Joe Vollmer
Joe Yochun
Adan Reinhart
White Church
Eck Topking
Mose Griffin
Arthur Brokaw
Ben H. Watt
Dale Ehy
G. M. Braselton
Mt. Tabor
David Myrick
Lewis Whiting
Mt. Olive Cemetery
James Hoover
Clarence McRoberts
Decker Cemetery
Perry Hargrove
Willard Kolb
Henry Gieseke
Henry Robert
Chinese Bandits Hold Foreign Prisoners In Mountain Stronghold
A Shantung troop unit advances toward a Chinese bandit fortress holding American and other foreign prisoners. Officials warn of disease risk in unsanitary conditions. diplomats press Pekin for action. The Suchow raid is tied to a broader political plot, with foreign officials seeking outlawing of implicated Chinese officials and seizure of their property.
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Pekin
Shantung
Maj. Allen
United States
China
Corgi
Plo
Letters on the Sands Reveal a Fatal Passion in New York
Marie Keith, a French governess, killed herself at Long Beach after tearing up letters from H Starr Giddings, a lawyer who admits the correspondence but offers no meaning for AM. 8 and the digits 1115-48. Giddings explains they were unsuited and she then leaped from the jetty, leaving pierced hearts in the sand as mute witnesses.
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New York
Marie Keith
Long Beach
H. Starr Giddings
Giddings
France
Mr. Giddings
Mgr
Alsace-Lorraine
Marie
Ladies Night at Rotary Big Success
The Rotary club hosted a ladies night on Wednesday with a seven o'clock dinner at the club. About forty members and their wives attended as Al Levi and Elon Priess organized an entertaining program featuring Lucy Franklin, Lillian Heidecker, and Ringler. A pound party box followed, with Rotarians giving small gifts from their businesses for the ladies to open and announce.
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Rotary
al- Va Levi
Elon Priess
Jeln Ballard
Lucy 2. Franklin
Evansville College
Lillian Ellerbush Heidecker
Ringler
Diplomatic claim of bandit protection rejected
The diplomats today stated that the argument of government troops having withdrawn is groundless. They asserted that bandits were not acting on their own and that protection had been extended to the outlaws.
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Hadvg
Tekin
Indiana Weather Outlook With Scattered Showers
Partly cloudy north with showers likely in the south tonight and Friday. Temperatures near unchanged with Thursday high around 76 and low 54. At 6 AM Thursday the low 50, sunset Thursday 7 01, sunrise Friday 4 33. Last year’s Thursday also hit 76/55.
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Indiana
Wilson Assists Another Ex-Service Man
Henry Godfrey Michel of 501 Garfield Avenue Evansville is placed back on compensation at 19 dollars a month effective July 1 1923 following the discontinuance of his award. Congressman Wilson arranged the aid to prevent financial loss caused by the Veteran's Bureau decision to stop his compensation on July 1.
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Henry Godfrey Michel
Garfield Avenue
Evansville
Wilson
Michel
Veteran's Bureau
Congressmen Wilson Helfrich compensation restored
William E. Wilson and Willard C. Helfrich had their compensation restored on a $12 per month basis starting January 1 1923 after prior suspension. The Veterans Bureau will issue an adjustment check shortly to Helfrich of 427 Fares Street Evansville Indiana.
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William E. Wilson
Willard C. Helfrich
Veteran’s Bureau
Helfrich
Fares Street
Evansville
Ind
Railroad Valuation Clash as Lafollette Bloc Moves
Chicago hosts the National Valuation Congress as progressives led by Lafollette push to lower railroad valuations and rates. The event links Lafollette’s drive to a potential presidential bid and heats the political battle between Republicans and Democrats on taxation and rates.
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Chicago
Congressional Progressive Bloc
National Valuation Congress
Congressional
Progressives
Congress
Interstate Commerce Committee
Capper
Kansas
la Follette
Wisconsin
Washington
Lafollette
National Poli
Riots in Gelsenkirchen Leave 11 Dead and 70 Hurt
Reports from Berlin indicate eleven communists were killed and seventy wounded in clashes with police in Gelsenkirchen. Rioters looted food shops and burned the police station roof while communist patrols guarded ruins. Authorities discuss a voluntary secret police as red forces threaten further hostilities.
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Berlin
Gelsenkirchen
Ruhr
Harding Urges Citizens to Uphold Law and Solidarity
President Harding appealed for better citizenship urging respect for law and justice as the nation seeks to restore wartime solidarity. He told the National American Council that courts alone cannot insure justice and urged personal responsibility to uphold constitutional ideals.
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Washington
Harding
National American Council
Tri State Grain and Dairy Bodies Forming Co operative
Evansville Ind May 24 plans were outlined to form tri state live stock producers cooperative association and similar grain and dairy groups for Indiana Illinois and Kentucky A committee of two Indiana two Kentucky and one Louisiana member will meet to study laws and set up cooperative marketing with patronage dividends for members.
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Evansville
Ind
Live Stock Producers Co-Operative Association
P. O. Wilson
Indiana
Illinois
Kentucky
Lilinoig
Arthur Stone
Farmers’ Commission Company
Reinstatement for Rev Irwin in Indianapolis
Reverend Thomas Irwin of Lawton Oklahoma was reinstated in the Presbyterian ministry by the general assembly in Indianapolis. The judiciary committee, approved by the assembly, ruled bathing suit weddings not a disqualifying cause, finding the bridegroom not intoxicated but in a joyful state.
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Indianapolis
Thomas Irwin
Lawton
Okla
Presbyterian Church
General Assembly
Judiciary Committee
Irwin
Class Reception Honors Senior and Junior Leaders at Elks Home
Eastern Star served a formal Junior-Senior reception at the Masonic Temple with Ray Wilcox as toastmaster. The event featured student speakers, a class history and prophecy, faculty tributes, a will reading, and a postponed dance courtesy of the Elks Lodge.
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Ray Wilcox
History
Prophecy
Will
Elks Home
Masonic Temple
Temple
The
Eastern Star
Stewart Watson
Lenora Welborn
Mabel Tichenor
Lucille Rhodes
Laurence Coley
Elizabeth Williams
Miss Tichenor
Miss Reinhart
Miss Pardon
Robert Maxam
Derbyshire
Poole Clemens
Bruce Murr
Elks Lodge
Funeral services for George Wheeler at home near Ft. Branch
The funeral for 62 year old George Wheeler, who died Wednesday at 1 pm, will be held at his home northwest of Ft. Branch Friday at 2 pm led by Rev. Holder of the General Baptist church. Interment follows in the church cemetery. Surviving are his widow, daughter Mary Helen, and brother Andrew Wheeler.
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George Wheeler
Ft. Branch
Holder
General Baptist Church
Wheeler
Mary Helen
Andrew Wheeler
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