Parole Denial in Indiana Murder Case Stuns Spurlock Brothers
Brownstown attorney Branaman argued before the state clemency commission that Pleas and John Spurlock, convicted in a sensational 1920 murder at the Martha Bell home in Washington County, should be released. The brothers faced two to twenty-one year sentences. the commission denied clemency, and Branaman warned of lengthy Supreme Court delays.
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John Spurlock
State
Associated Press
Thomas A. Branaman
Brownstown
State Clemency Commission
Branaman
Patton Gibson
Kentucky
Virginia
Tennessee
Commission
Spurlock Brothers
Supreme Court
Spurlocks
Gibson
Martha Bell
Washington County
Spurlock
Campaign Opens to Reach 100 Percent NRA Membership
Local NRA officials announce a city campaign to enroll all residents in the 100 percent NRA membership class. A county inquiry into shortened store hours outside Seymour is noted as a consumer inconvenience. Campaigning teams from Psi Iota Xi and Tri Kappa will extend to every home and business starting Monday.
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NAA
NRA
Seymour
HH. Wiethoff
Wiethoff
Public Service Company of Indiana
Psilota Xi
Tri Kappa
Seymour National Bank
Additiona
Reid Named to Evansville City Council Post
Reid wins a council seat in Evansville as the city announces the new post. Evansville hosts the Legion event and preparatory activities begin. Spurlock clemency denial noted. Sleeping sickness spread monitoring eyeing response. NRA campaign set to launch with pledges urged.
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Reid
Council
Evansville
Legion
Spurlock
NRA
Child Not Lost Just Under the Bed
Police dispatch at 8:40 PM on August 24 sent Patrolman Pfaffenberger to a West Oak residence after a frantic call about a missing six year old. The child was located—hidden under a bed at the family home, unharmed.
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John Pfaffenberger
West Oak
Firemen Handle Recurrent City Dump Blaze
Firemen were called to the city dump on East Third Street where a smoldering pile was extinguished after heavy effort. About 700 feet of hose used by Seymour firefighters was brought in and laid to dry. The dump blaze recurs each summer and often shifts underground before reigniting, posing no building danger but emitting a strong odor.
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Seymour
East Third Street
Reid Elected to Seymour First Ward seat in special council session
J A Reid of 405 Ewing street, a Democrat, was elected to succeed A C Livensparger Republican as Seymour’s First Ward councilman. The vote occurred in under five minutes during a rare Mayors session with four Democrats to three Republicans after Livensparger’s resignation.
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Seymour City
J. A. Reid
Ewing Street
A. C. Livensparger
East Third Street
C. W. Burkart
George Riley
Burkart
Livensparger
Reid
Henry Huber
William Ellis
Union Services To End Sunday Quartets To Sing
Concluding union meeting series sponsored by Sey mour Ministerial Association ends Sunday at Church of the Nazarene. Rev W C Morris will preach on The Call for the Highest Christian Living at 7 30 PM. Nazarene Ladies quartet and three congregational songs featured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour Ministerial Association
Church of the Nazarene
W. C. Morris
Morris
Elvin Daniels
Central Christian Church
William J. Abraham
Nazarene Ladies’ Quartet
Hazel Brooks
Lucille Reed
Francis Reed
Dorthea Yarber
J. Cross
M. EB
A. A. Cohn
The
Baptist Church
Confiscation Ordered by Canton National Salvation Corps
The executive council of the National Salvation Corps of the Canton government ordered the confiscation of the Namwah Match Factory for using Japanese materials. The factory will be sold and the proceeds directed to an aerial defense fund of the corps.
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Hong Kong
China
Executive Council
The
National Salvation Corps
Canton
Hunter Injured in Squirrel Hunt Near Norman Station
May Everett Murphy aged eighteen from near Norman Station suffered probable loss of his left eye in a gun accident on a farm. He was taken to Dunn Memorial Hospital in Bedford in critical condition after a single barrel shotgun exploded and a fragment struck above his left eye.
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Everett Murphy
Norman Station
Murphy
Dunn Memorial Hospital
Bedford
State American Legion to Attend Evansville Convention
Seymour Post No 89 and its Auxiliary plan to travel to Evansville for the fifteenth annual state convention starting August 26. Delegates include M. W. Steinwedel and Otto Wieneke. alternates T A Plunkett Arch Breitfield and Ed Marhanka. The Indiana Department 1935 membership exceeds 26000, Auxiliary near 14000. Five Legionnaires are in the running to succeed State Commander William C Nelson: Army Armstrong L V Hauk J E McCurdy A T Rumbach Louis L Roberts.
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Seymour Post No
American Legion
Evansville
Seymour Post
M. W. Steinwedel
Otto Wieneke
Coulter M. Montgomery
T. A. Plunkett
Arch Breitfield
Ed Marhanka
Montgomery
Hubert Corman
Ray Gilbert
Indiana Department
William C. Nelson
Anderson
Death Calls Herman Henry Moorman 72
Herman Henry Moorman died at his home east of Waymansville on Thursday afternoon after a long illness. Funeral services will be held at the Waymansville Lutheran Church with Rev. Geotch officiating. burial is in Waymansville cemetery. He was born August 20 1861 near Waymansville and lived much of his life nearby. Survived by eight children, four brothers, two sisters and seven grandchildren.
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Herman Henry Moorman
Waymansville
Minnie Meyen
Henry
Lawrence
Lizzie
Mary
Ettie
Indianapolis
Lizzie Range
Paul
Orville
Annetta
Earthquake Felt Across England Near Pacific Source
Seismographs report a strong earth shock in several parts of England at 9 02 am lasting 25 minutes. Experts estimate the epicenter 5100 to 5300 miles away with one observer placing it in the Pacific just south of Alaska.
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Associated Press
London
England
Pacific
Alaska
International wheat conference reaches price compromise
London reports the world wheat conference agreed on a tariff and price plan to raise values by cutting production and boosting demand. Exporters accepted 87 cents per bushel after demanding 82, while importers sought 90 to 95 cents. Tariffs will fall when four months at 63.6 cents is reached, with U S Canada Australia and Argentina backing reduced acreage.
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Associated Press
London
International Wheat Conference
U. S
United States
Canada
Australia
Argentina
East Coast Floods Spread After Hurricane Rages
Floods still imperil areas along the east as the hurricane’s toll rises with at least 45 dead. The stranded City of Norfolk passengers were moved to the City of Baltimore and headed to Norfolk. A dam burst marooned 190 youths at Camp Achvach in New York. rescue crews reported receding floodwaters and reduced danger to a second dam.
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Associated Press
Norfolk, Va
Chesapeake
City of
Tropics
St. Lawrence Valley
Camp Achvach
Godeffroy
N. Y
Port Jervis
Pennsylvania
Vernon Township to Open Schools Sept 8
Crothersville and Vernon town ship schools will open Friday September 8. In Crothersville High School Edwin Wolpert is principal with Charles Bard as assistant principal and Edwin Lyskowinski as coach. Doris Beams directs music and art. other grade instructors listed. Bus drivers for Uniontown Copper Bottom routes to be let. Crothersville route drivers include Walter Beineke Raymond Hall Hilgie Ed Rider and Thurman Perry.
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Crothersville
Vernon Township
Crothersville High School
Edwin Wolpert
Charles A. Bard
Edwin Lyskowinski
Juanita Horne
Doris Beams
Otis Benham
Luie Wilson
Mary Foster
Thelma Trowbridge
Clara E. Baringer
Emma Blau
Bessie Leerkamp
Helen Kovener
Laura Ray
Naomi Smith
Mildred Kiewit
Joy
B. E. Jones
Uniontown
Copper Bottom
Walter Beineke
Botany
Raymond Hall
Hilgie
Ed Rider
Thurman Perry
Sleeping sickness toll rises in multiple states
The outbreak in St. Louis and surrounding regions, linked to encephalitis, has claimed at least three more lives in a day, bringing local deaths to twenty eight since the July 30 onset. Health officials from the US Public Health Service and St. Louis doctors study transmission while cases appear across Ohio to California and in Texas, Kansas, and Oklahoma. In Indiana, Walter O’Brien, 26, employed at Banner Rock Products, died in Ann Arbor after a rapid decline following illness starting at his Alexandria residence.
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Associated Press
St. Louis
Ohio
California
Harold K. Knapp
Cleveland
Richmond
Calif
State Board of Health
Berkeley
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
United States Health Service
Alexandria
Ind
Walter O’brien
Banner Rock Products
Ann Arbor
Mich
Majestic Fountain and Luncheonnette to Open Tonight
The Majestic Theater building hosts the new Majestic Fountain and Luncheonnette opening at 7 PM. Mr. and Mrs. P. K. Anton of St. Louis will run the establishment, which features modern equipment and attractive furnishings.
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Majestic
Majestic Theater
P. K. Anton
St. Louis
Rev C D Morris to Speak at Shields Park Revival
The Rev C D Morris of Linton will speak at Glenlawn Tabernacle Assembly revival meetings at Shields Park starting Monday at 7 45 pm The Rev Morris recently led a revival in East St Louis with 1382 conversions Accompanying him is Ramsey a Winchester Ky singer and guitarist turned gospel performer.
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C. D. Morris
Linton
Shields Park
Glenlawn Tabernacle Assembly
Shelter House
Morris
East St. Louis
Ramsey
Winchester Ky
New Elections Set for Cuba Regime Shakeup
Provisional President De Cespedes issues a decree nullifying the Machado regime, dissolving Congress, and scheduling general elections for February 24 1934. The decree returns Cuba to the 1901 constitution, dissolves Congress, removes three Supreme Court justices, dismisses Machado officials, and preserves foreign obligations contracted since 1929.
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Havana
Cuba
de Cespedes
Machado
Congress
Gerardo Machado
United States
Sumner Welles
Carlos Saladrigas
Supreme Court
Machador
Many Fords Sold in Wayne County July Report
Frans Company reports in July Wayne County Michigan sold 2,204 Ford passenger cars and 151 Ford trucks and commercial vehicles.
Report Ready Over Country In NAA BI Push
The Blue Eagle drive to enlist 1,500,000 workers for wartime support moves nationwide while coal industry talks proceed. An automobile code debate lingers, with retail trade shaping fair practices and drug store hours under review. Johnson and Roosevelt press cooperation amid lingering labor and union tensions.
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Ly Associated Press
Washington
T Nra Today
Blue Eagle
Hugh 8. Johnson
Roosevelt
Blue Eagle Drive
United States
Arthur D. Whiteside
Johnson
Bitter Tors
United Workers
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Pleas
John A. Hobbs
Bell
John
Goungil
Sesaon
Hunter
Wheat Group
East Coast
Bulletin
Park
Guba
Riley
Nehes
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