Crossing crash at Peters Switch kills mother and baby
A mother Mrs. Anna Esther Lyle aged 32 and her six month old Telitha Jenette died when their car collided with a southbound Pennsylvania train at Peters Switch on U S Road 31. Mrs. Lyle’s father James M. Thompson was critically injured with multiple fractures and head injuries. Coroner W A Dickmeyer prepared to investigate as rescuers moved bodies to Seymour and local crews sought train crew statements.
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Peters Switch
U. S. Road 31
Pennsylvania
Anna Esther Lyle
Salem
Telitha Jenette
James M. Thompson
W. A. Dickmeyer
Voss Mortuary
Sechneck Memorial Hospital
Columbus
Thompson
Lyle
Seymour
Athenians sanction snaull move and cross crash toll
Unclear fragment references a crossing crash with two dead and sanctions involving Athens. No clear people, organizations, dates, or places are established in the readable text.
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Athens
Snaull
U.S
Youth's Death Investigated After Suspected Robbery
Hiram Foster aged twenty died at King's Daughters Hospital Madison from injuries after a Saturday night incident police label an apparent robbery attempt. The Jefferson county deputy's son suffered a punctured lung a fractured rib and cuts to the back. Foster left Deputy home for his grandfather Hiram Foster near Seymour two hours later he was semi conscious. He muttered they heat up on me but later denied the remark. Investigators suspect he was drugged placed in a car and dumped onto sharp stones after money was found not on him.
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Hiram Foster
George Foster
King’s Daughters’ Hospital
Madison
Young Foster
A. P. Charles
North Walnut Street
Seymour
Sam Sauler
Jefferson County
Sanley
Foster
Scholarships Awarded to 118 Bloomington High Grads
Olga Droege of Seymour and Raymond Terkhorn of Wallona are among 118 Bloomington graduates named as county scholarship winners to Indiana University. Each scholarship covers fees totaling 865 for the year. Sixty six more scholarships remain open and likely to be filled given the year's financial situation. Total value of available scholarships is $11 960.
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Olga Droege
Seymour
Raymond Terkhorn
Wallona
Bloomington
Indiana University
Return From Hospital After Fractured Hips
Mrs. Herman Schulte and her daughter Elizabeth Schulte were discharged from Schneck Memorial Hospital to their home today. Both had fractured hips last winter and remained hospitalized since then.
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Herman Schulte
Elizabeth Schulte
Schneck Memorial Hospital
Campaign Card Shortage Hits NRA Drive
House to house NRA campaign reports a shortage of pledge cards and ecards as workers push the drive nationwide. C H Weithoff notes plans to secure more to avoid delays while Psilota Xi members aid the effort. Data on unemployment and payrolls collected for Washington, with local business surveys by Casinese men.
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NRA
C. H. Weithoff
Psilota Xi
Washington
Riverview Cemetery Board Approves Management Code
The Riverview Cemetery Association adopted a National Cemetery Code at its Monday meeting. The code, sent to President Roosevelt for approval, bans Sunday burials except emergencies and sets a uniform wage scale with a 48 hour work week. The measure followed the National Association of Cemeteries convention in Milwaukee. Charles L. Kessler, secretary treasurer, attended. Riverview is among Indiana’s few associations in the national group.
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Riverview Cemetery Association
National Apsociation of Cemeteries
Roosevelt
National Association of Cemeteries
Milwaukee
Wis
Charles L. Kessler
Riverview Association
National Organization
Roosevelt lifts gold embargo and tightens hoarding limits
Hyde Park New York August 204 AP President Roosevelt ends the gold embargo allowing sales of newly mined gold abroad and tightens hoarding rules. Within fifteen days every person with gold in coin or bullion over 100 dollars must file a government statement. After thirty days possession above this amount is forbidden.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Wheat Plan Payments Discussed For Jackson County Growers
W P Stall closes Q and A on agricultural adjustment act recovery provisions under wheat control plan. Letters inviting contract applications sent to all Jackson County wheat growers with plans for an intensive outreach. Some farmers face no reduction in acreage per Secretary Wallace guidance this weekend.
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W. P. Stall
Jackson County
Stall
Wallace
Club Plans Advanced at Rotary Meeting
Seymour Rotary Club held a luncheon discussion to shape the year’s program. Norman J. Lasher urged a round table format to solicit member input on fall and winter plans. J R Thompson announced September chairmanship and Tuesday programs including the annual farmers meeting with Jackson County farmers. I L Frost presided at the directors meeting.
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Seymour Rotary Club
Norman J. Lasher
J. R. Thompson
Rotary Club
Jackson County
I. L. Frost
Changes in City School Textbooks Ahead of Opening
City superintendent N J Lasher announces limited revisions to grade six to twelve texts for the fall opening on September 11. Several books are replaced or revised, with lower prices overall and new adoptions including Founding of America replacing Our Country's Beginnings and Foundations of Health replacing Health and Human Welfare.
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N. J. Lasher
State Board of Education
America
Nyberg
Hil
Clippenger
Berry Lee
United States of America
Indiana
Beard
Long
Senator Huey Long recounts threats and attack claim
Milwaukee August 29 Senator Huey Long said a scar over his left eye is the only remaining evidence of an attack at a charity event near Great Neck Long Island He said he had been repeatedly warned that he might be slashed by unknown assailants.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Huey Long
Louisiana
Great Neck
L .1
New York
Long Island
Armstrong Named Indiana Legion Commander
Evansville Indiana August 29 W M Armstrong Indianapolis attorney today was elected commander of the Indiana Department American Legion at the annual convention here He succeeds William O Nelson of Anderson
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Armstrong
Evansville
Ind
W. M. Armstrong
Indianapolis
Indiana Department, American Legion
Wiliam O. Nelson
Anderson
NRA Clinching Coal Agreement Drives Retail Trade Code
Washington August 29 The NRA moved quickly to clinch a permanent coal industry code after a compromise with major coal fields and the non union Appalachian region. President Roosevelt congratulated Johnson by telephone as the effort shifts to drafting a binding code by Labor Day to extend coverage to the entire retail trade. Deputy Whiteside leads the push to unify dry goods and grocers codes under one nationwide retail agreement.
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Associated Press
Washington
NRA
Hugh S. Johnson
Appalachian
Roosevelt
Johnson
Arthur D. Whiteside
Chargve
Campaign to Cut U S Wheat Plantings to Save Prices
Washington Aug 2 The federal farm program pushes a fifteen percent cut in 1934 wheat seedings to qualify for 320 million cash benefits from a thirty cent a bushel tax. Administrators estimate a nationwide shift could reduce plantings by 9.8 million acres and output by over 124 million bushels amid the London wheat accord supplement.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wallace
Sleep sickness epidemic visits St Louis as official arrives
St Louis August 29 Hugh S Cumming surgeon general US Public Health Service arrives to observe the sleeping sickness outbreak which has caused forty one deaths and more than three hundred illnesses Bredeck says cases rise daily and peak not yet reached. Athens court approves detention of Samuel Insull in exile case awaiting indictment and extradition proceedings.
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St. Louis
Hugh S. Cumming
Cumming
United States Public Health Service
J. F. Bredeck
Washington
Bredeck
United States Health Service
J. P. Leake
Charlies Armstrong
Charles L. L. Williams, Jr
Mitchell School Music Supervisor Speaks to Rotary
Ben Yount, newly named supervisor of music in Mitchell schools, spoke at the weekly Mitchell Rotary Club meeting about Music and The Future in Mitchell. He outlined plans for the coming year and a community school cooperative effort, then sang several solos accompanied by Mrs. A N Palmer.
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Ben Yount
Mitchell
Mitchell Rotary Club
Yount
Tim Future
Hoth
A. N. Palmer
Miche
Reopened Dental Office After Ten Day Closure
A dental office has reopened after being closed for ten days. The practitioner listed is Dr. B S Shinness, 20d.
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B.S. Shinness
Trains and Planes Hit in Crashes Coast to Coast
A washed out bridge on the Golden Limited caused the passenger train to derail near Tuenmeari New Mexico with engine and six cars going into a gulch at dawn. In Texas two Randolph Field planes collided near San Antonio killing three fliers and injuring others. A Clovis New Mexico air crash reported a motor plane going off course killing three aboard two pilots.
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Associated Press
Tuenmeari
N. M
Ang
Crack Golden Limited
Angeles
Chicago
Associated Presa
San Antonio
Tex
Randolph Field
Lieut. R. Grater
Clovis, N. M
Hereine
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James Thompson
Emma Wilburn
Mexico
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Rotary
Gity
Federal Farm Administrators
Appeal Court
U. S
ST. Com
Samuel Insull
Insull
London
Ican
Reganacos
Bulletin
Bileiobte
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