Lawrence Gouk Charged With Murder Of Wife In Indiana
Lawrence Cook, 22, of Seymour, is jailed at North Vernon charged with the November 28, death of Nellie Cook. Investigators, led by Dr. W H Stemm, issued the warrant. arraignment and trial details remain unsettled as authorities await further facts.
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Lawrence Cook
Seymour
North Vernon
Nellie Cook
Cook
W. HH. Stemm
Harry Durham
Wallonia
Jennings County
L. J. Smith
Ed Pickerell
Chestnut Street
Mie
Verona
Mayer Stemm
Schneck Memorial Hospital
Pasha to perform blindfold drive and burial act at Shields Park
Seymour residents are promised an extraordinary weekend as Pasha the Egyptian performs a blindfold car ride through downtown streets ending at Shields Park Saturday night and a burial alive for two hours Sunday afternoon. The stunt, booked by John Van de Walle, has drawn crowds in multiple Indiana cities and includes a no contact burial underground. Shields Park reports upgrades and strong attendance since opening weeks ago.
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Shields Park
Pasha
John van de Walls
van de Walle
Seymour
United States
Broad Ripple Park
Indianapolis
Bloomington
Bedford
Indiana
Cambridge shooting tragedy claims tutor and student
In Cambridge England a first year student at King’s College is accused of shooting and killing his tutor A F R Wollaston. He also allegedly wounded Detective Sergeant Wilson of the Cambridge police before attempting suicide. The student is hospitalized in serious condition.
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Cambridge
Eng
Jane
Cambridge — University
N. Potts
King's College
A. F. R. Wollaston
Potts
Wilson
Betts
Man 13 Held on Hum Law Charge Confesses
Arthur Condiff aged forty five was arrested by Sheriff Otis Hays of Jackson County and Sheriff Wilbur Bannister of Jennings County after investigators found a whiskey still and equipment. A charge of possession of liquor is likely as a supply of alcohol was discovered with the apparatus.
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Arthur Condiff
Sherff Otis Hays
Jackson County
Wilbur Bannister
Jenning County
Man shoots self in council chamber during demonstration
Jim Letts shot himself in the council chamber before witnesses including council members, police officials, and the mayor. He borrowed the pistol from Homer Philips, chief of police, and fired a 45 caliber bullet while continuing to speak. Letts represented a firm selling a police bulletproof vest.
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Jim Letts
Wvmen
Homer Phillips
Letts
Charles Mather Named Temporary City Engineer in Seymour
Charles Mather, formerly assistant city engineer at Jeffersonville, was appointed temporarily by Mayor C W Burkart to be city engineer of Seymour. He succeeds Emil Zabel who becomes county surveyor after J B Douglass’s death. Zabel, a Democrat, has led Seymour’s city engineering and will serve as consulting engineer on the sewer project. Mather starts today, working on the Third street sewer extension toward the Noblit Sparks factory. If satisfactory, the post may become permanent in two to three months.
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Charles Mather
Jeffersonville
C. W. Burkart
Seymour
Emil F. Zabel
Zabel
J. B. Douglass
Mather
Tie
Indiana
Lane Technical Schools
Chicago
Louisville
Third Street
Noblitt-Sparks
Burkart
Army regiment to pass Seymour in surprise move
After local efforts to secure a field for the 61st anti aircraft regiment of the United States Army, word came that the outfit would not stop at Seymour. James H. Cunningham, commanding the regiment, wrote to Major C. W. Burkart requesting information and arrangements for the move.
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Seymour
United States Army
James H. Cunningham
C. W. Burkart
Council Opens Bids for Third Street Improvement
City council opened bids for the Third Street improvement between Broadway and Chestnut, with Hancock & Kiefer at 11,673.75. TH K Williams 11,700.01. O J Larkin 11,174.01. a North Vernon contractor did not total. John H Conner was elected to the school board for a three year term. A police surgeon will be appointed later. truck traffic was barred near the hospital. junk-yard ordinance advanced to third reading.
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Third Street
Broadway
Chestnut Streets
Hancock & Kiefer
TH. K. Williams
New Albany
O. J. Larkin
North Vernon
John HH. Conner
The
Tribune
J. Ralph Thompson
A.C. Livensparger
Conner
Seymour High School
DePauw University
Itiliana Law School
I. Loertz
Don A. Bollinger
Lutheran Ladies’ Aid Society
Gaiser Park
Uaits
Seyimour
Stiegelmerger
Massman
Shepard
Friedth Street
Park
Blish Street
Eighth
Ninth Street
Noblit! Sparks
Reliable Furniture Company
Second Street
Brown and Wanut
Tipton
Bruce Streets
Walnut and
Fourth
Fifth Streets
Walnut
Poplar
Show patrons urged to be seated by seven at Majestic
Due to the length of the Hallelujah production at the Majestic Theater patrons are asked to take their seats promptly at seven o'clock to minimize disruption.
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Majestic Theater
Seymour Business College Summer Term Opens June 9
Seymour Business College announces the start of its summer term on June 9. The program offers business courses and practical training for students seeking office and clerical skills. Local applicants are invited to enroll and inquire about tuition options.
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Seymour Business College
Good Samaritan Turns Takes Patient Watch
A man named Steevey Staith was jailed for intoxication after a fall at Seymour. Clarkes St. Clair of Webbing ton aided the injured man in the hospital and later faced custody for taking a gold Waltham watch. the watch was recovered and St. Clair began a three month term at the penal farm.
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Steevey Staith
Seymour
Clarkes St. Clair
Webbington
Sehneck Memorial Hospital
St. Clair
Jim
Smith
Penal Farm
Matthew cited as NT business man by Dr. Robertson
Dr. A T Robertson, professor at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, cites Matthew as a model of a practical businessman in a Rotary Club address. He notes Matthew’s ordinary gifts, perseverance, tax collector role, and bold service to Christ despite career pressures.
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Matthew
A. T. Robertson
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Louisville
Rotary Club
Robertson
Jesus
Christ
Open Fight Avoided in Political Tangle
In Peru Indiana a two month board of commissioners feud ended abruptly when City Patrolman Claude Clark seized a blackjack from Sheriff Buck as he menaced Clark with a pistol. The session adjourned with Commissioner Glenn Reed claiming continued membership and Cunningham asserting his seat.
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Peru
Ind
Miami County Board of Commissioners
Claude Clark
Ber Buck
Clark
Glenn Reed
Sidney, C
Jacob A. Cunningham
Reed
Cunningham
Buck
Forest Fire Threatens Port Arthur Area With Several Feared Dead
A massive forest fire driven by gale winds endangers Port Arthur Ontario and surrounding communities on Lake Superior. Four people are believed dead at Harkett as 21 workers are cut off near a paper camp. Rescue teams evacuate farmers and families while planes struggle to reach the isolated camp due to smoke.
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Port Arthur
Ont
Dune
Lake Superior
Brent Park
Harkett
Here
William Mellensky
Provincial Paper Company
Unburned body found in burning car near Indianapolis
An unidentified man died from a chest wound, autopsy shows, before his body was burned and dismembered in a Mobile Alabama man's car. Harold Schroeder of Mobile is suspected but not confirmed as the owner, with conflicting weight and clothing clues complicating identification. A hitchhiker pair reported a man resembling Schroeder was picked up near the blaze.
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Indianapolis
Lawrence A. Lewis
Harold Herbert Schroeder
Mobile
Ala
Schroeder
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Lewis
Graf Zeppelin Sails Toward Home After Atlantic Flight
The Graf Zeppelin, en route to Friedrichshafen after its Spain flight, passed Nantucket lightship about 215 miles from New York at 2 15 a m. local time. The airship began its homeward voyage at 9 12 p m and was over New York City by 10 p m.
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Graf
Atlantic
Friedrichshafen
New York
Spain
Nantucket
M.S. T
Radio Marine Corporation
Lakehurst
New York City
Vetoed Measure Becomes a Law
Washington reports a pension bill for Spanish American War veterans becomes law after Congress overrode President Hoover's veto. Senate 68 to 18? House 208 to 14? Democrats opposed Hoover. Western independents and some administration loyalists aided passage. The veto cited compensation for disabilities linked to veterans' own habits and reduced service requirements.
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Washington
Hoover
Congress
Senate
House
Democrats
Mr. Hoover
Gadsden Purchase
Knutson
Pensions Committee
White House
Twelve Hurt in Riots at Hindu Salt Prison
Twelve salt raiders were seriously injured in Worli prison during a clash with authorities. The incident began when prisoners inside the detention pen rushed the barbed wire enclosure as a mob outside aided by congress volunteers attacked guards.
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Ombay
Dune
Worli
Bombay
Congress
Without
Thirteen Insane Criminals Escape Ionia State Hospital
Thirteen inmates at the Michigan state hospital for the criminally insane escaped after overpowering two guards and freeing 24 prisoners. Two fugitives were quickly recaptured. others remained at large as authorities, including county and state police, hunted across the area.
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Lonia
Mich
State Hospital
Perry C. Robertson
Gene Owen
U. S. Davis
Bert
Owen
Guy Carbaugh
Carbaugh
Ionia
Sherif William Franck
Istvan Csordas
Detroit
Aul Charles Kenney
Ninth gang victim dies in Chicago shootout
In Chicago on June 3 a ninth victim of weekend gang sniping died, Joseph Ferrari, 26, a Sicilian, was mortally wounded in a hail of bullets at North Clark and Locust streets. A possible tenth slaying was reported when a policeman saw a slumped body in an automobile leaving a hotel after shots were fired.
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Chicago
Fnsiliers
Joseph Ferrari
North Clark
Locust Streets
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Logal
City Park
Self
Associated Press
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HUM
Council
Emil Zabel
City
Council Openg
John H. Conner
Commission
Senator Connally
Hindu Salt Prison
Pen
Ionia, Mich
Riley Goble
Focal
Baeywour Water Co
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