Boy Leaves Home To Visit Uncle At Scottsburg
Merrill Crum three years old left his home at 505 South Chestnut street to visit Uncle Elmer in Scottsburg. He carried a small satchel with a penny and a cap and an old undershirt from a rag bag. City officials helped identify him and he talked of riding a train and showing his Sunday shoes. He said he would go with a man offering him a ride in a big auto, then asked about candy.
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Elmer
Scottsburg
Merrill Cran
Ernest Crum
South
Chestnut Street
Merrill
Interstate Traction Station
United Cigar Store
L. E. Jennings
Mr. Jennings
Hoadley’s
Hoadley
Miss Andrews Corrects Implied Resignation
Kate Andrews denies resigning as principal of Seymour High School saying the school board elected her successor without her consultation. She states the successor’s appointment was not due to her planned study in Chicago and addresses patrons’ trust in the school.
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Tribune
Seymour High School
Chicago
Kate Andrews
Baltimore & Ohio Veterans Hold Regular Meeting
Regular meeting scheduled for June 12 at 7 30 p m at the Masonic Temple. A full report on the Baltimore convention will be made by Massman secretary.
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Baltimore & Ohio
Masonic Temple
Baltimore
Property Owners Urged to Trim Trees Above Sidewalks
Property owners are asked to comply with the city ordinance requiring trees to be trimmed at least ten feet above sidewalks. Chief of Police Wm A. Misch emphasizes enforcement.
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Jld
Wm A. Misch
Knights Templar Notice for Thursday Meeting
Regular meeting Thursday evening at 7 30 in the temple. Work in the Temple degree to be slid A C Livensparger Com.
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Knights Templar
A. C
Postoffice Rules Aim To Cut Dead Letter Parcels
Washington June 11 New regulations issued by the Postoffice department become effective August 1 requiring the mailer to agree to pay return postage if a parcel is not delivered or to renounce all claim to the package. The rule is expected to reduce yearly parcel flow to the dead letter office by about one third saving thousands of dollars and reducing wait times.
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International News Service
Washington, D. C
Postoffice Department
Postoffice
Post Office Department
Tomato Growers Replant After Frost Hit Crops
Tomato growers report replanting underway as frosts killed 20 to 40 percent of plants. Rider and Morgan Packing Companies say supplies from Georgia and the South assist output. Local canners anticipate a normal crop if rain comes, with plants set now maturing soon.
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Howard R. Rider
Rider Packing Company
A. F E. Sehneider
Morgan Packing Company
Brownstown
Georgia
Morgan and Rider
Jackson
Scott
Jennings
Bartholomew
Jackson County
Nash and Ford Crash at Seventh and Walnut
A Nash coupe owned and driven by William P. Masters collided with a Ford coupe owned by William Zuber at Seventh and Walnut streets at 8 30 this morning. Both drivers escaped injury though the Nash sustained heavy body damage and smashed headlights.
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William P. Masters
Seventh
Walnut Streets
William ©. Zuber
Princess Theatre
Masters
Zuber
Walnut Street
New Sweet Corn Canning Plant Nears Operation
Rider Packing Company prepares a hundred acre sweet corn cannery on the north side of the city with modern equipment to process two cans a second. Jackson county farmers contracted for about 1000 acres of Evergreen corn aiming for a robust first year. First canning begins around August 10 with 75 to 100 workers expected.
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Rider Packing Company
Howard R. Rider
Jackson County
Rider
Browns Town M. E. Church Centenary Plans
Browns town M. E. Church prepares a centennial celebration for Sunday June 28 marking 100 years. An all day basket meeting will serve as a home coming for former members and pastors. Committees are refining a matching program with more details to come.
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Brownstown
M. B
Ruth Ann Rascoe Dies at Six Months
Ruth Ann Rascoe six month old daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Rascoe of West Oak street Seymour died at 11 30 pm after four days illness. Survived by parents two brothers Cecil and Elmer and two sisters Alice and Zella all at home. Funeral from West Oak street residence at 2 pm Friday with Rev A A Cohn officiating burial Riverview cemetery.
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Ruth Ann Rascoe
Robert Rascoe
West Oak Street
Seymour
Cecil
Elmer
Alice
Zella
A. A. Cohn
Riverview Cemetery
Regular taxi service to Pauley's Cabin
Taxi service advertises regular rides to Pauley’s Cabin with contact phone 333 and route m20dte.
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Pauley
Industrial clouds hang over the Ruhr
Berlin reports looming economic disruption as 167,006 workers including miners and 800 office staff from a major Ruhr firm face dismissal on June 15 signaling broader industrial danger.
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Ruhr
Berlin
Ruhe
Germany
Fire near Columbus destroys Crump farm and stock
A $25,000 blaze in Columbus Indiana today destroyed buildings and equipment on Charles Crump’s nearby farm. The fire wiped out a 40,000 capacity incubator and 1,400 chickens. No injuries reported.
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International News Service
Columbus
Ind
Charles Crump
Young America Vacationers Flock to Seymour Play Areas
Vacationing youths in Young America explore Seymour during summer break. They roam riverbanks, seek the old swimmin hole and enjoy outdoor recreation near White River. Railroads and tour circuits draw day trippers to Shields park, Jess Buckles’s tourist camp, and nearby beaches and parks along New Ford, Rockford, and Indiana Mound.
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Young America
Seymour
Shields Park
Jess Buckles
Rockford
Lutheran Children Enjoy Annual Picnic at Gaiser Park
Hardworking German Lutheran school children celebrate the year end with a noon basket dinner for 250 pupils at Gaiser park. They plan afternoon games and a 6 pm spread before departure home. Principal HL PF Lange coordinates with assistants John Toenjes George Tweitmeyer and W F Preuss.
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Gaiser Park
HL PF. Lange
John Toenjes
George Tweitmeyer
W. F. Preuss
Shepherd Trial Opens With Defense Counter Attacks
The Shepherd murder trial opens before Judge Thomas J. Lynch as defense lawyers prepare to portray William Darling Shepherd as a victim of personal enmities and paternal affection, while the state accuses him of plotting Typhoid poisoning to seize a $1,000,000 estate. The jury was completed yesterday and the opening guns of the case are fired.
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International News Service
Chicago
William Darling Shepherd
William Nelson McClintock
Thomas J. Lynch
Shepherd
Billy” McClintock
Billy
Crowe
Derrington commits suicide after shooting police chief
Derrington, 40, who yesterday shot and wounded Mt. Vernon police chief J W Moses, used the same pistol to blow the top of his head in a rear room of his garage. Sheriff McFadden found the body after residents reported the gunshot. Moses had raided Derrington’s home two days earlier and seized contraband liquor, leading to the arrest warrant.
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International News Service
Mt. Vernon
Ind
John Derrington
J. W. Moses
Derrington
BE. W. McFadden
Moses
National Guard to Aid Bankers Across Indiana
Indianapolis June 11 The Indiana adjutant general William H. Kershner orders Battery A Kokomo to call 12 volunteers for two weeks of Federal service. He refuses to reveal unit counts or muster details while sources say guardsmen will serve briefly to enable citizen vigilante groups statewide to begin operations.
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Kokomo
William H. Kershner
Indiana
National Guard
Kershner
Bus Lines Seek Certificates to Operate in Indiana
The Studebaker Bus Line of Seymour and Son and the Jackson County Transfer Company of Brownstown seek certificates of convenience and necessity from the Public Service Commission at Indianapolis. Samuel R. Artman indicated the board would likely grant the certificates within days. The Studebaker line links Seymour Salem and Bedford while the Jackson County route serves Brownstown Seymour and North Vernon.
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Studebaker Bus Line, Inc
Seba A. Barnes
Jackson County
Cullen B. Barnes
Brownstown
Studebaker
Seymour
Salem
Bedford
North Vernon
Shelbyville Boys Paddle Canoe Toward Texas
Shelbyville youths Leon Miller and Dale Williams, both of Shelbyville, set out Thursday in a small red canoe aiming for Texas. They sailed from Shelbyville down the Flat Rock river into White river, then plan to river hop to the Ohio and Mississippi to reach their destination, calling the route cheaper and more fun. In Seymour they stayed with Mr and Mrs Lawrence C Rush, former Shelbyville High School classmates.
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Texas
Leon Miller
Dale Williams
Shelbyville
Flat Rock
White River
Ohio
Miller
May Send Sea Expedition To Hunt For Amundsen
Norwegian friends of Captain Roald Amundsen hope the United States will aid in the Polar search for the missing Amundsen Ellsworth north pole flyers. A sea expedition may go north and stay all winter with sledges and hydroplanes for reconnaissance, in response to Tidens critique of Secretary Wilbur’s refusal to permit aircraft with relief expeditions.
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Oslo
Norway
Roald Amundsen
United States
Polar
Arctic
Amundsen
Tidens
Students Released After City Riot Trial
Chinese police released student agitators on peace bonds after a three day mixed court trial in Shanghai. The May 30 riot triggered a city strike and a nationwide anti foreigner agitation.
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Shanghai
China
Fighteen
For Sale Household furniture items listed for sale
Household furniture offered for sale including a Victrola, bedrooms complete, Davenport table, spinet desk, electric range. Contact Mrs. Mary Bacon at 112d by calling phones X-204 or W-2120 662.
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Mary Bacon
League Council Closes Its Thirty Fourth Session
Geneva reports the League of Nations Council ended its thirty fourth session at noon today marking the close of a lengthy gathering. The session addressed several international concerns and wrapped up after extended deliberations.
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League Council
Geneva
Council of the
League of Nations
Bank Robbery in Fletcher Savings Branch Citywide Pursuit
Two armed bandits robbed a Fletcher Savings & Trust branch in Indianapolis shortly after opening. They held several employees at bay and escaped in an automobile with an unknown amount. Police involvement and chase reports are unconfirmed. a recent Rural Street heist yielded 3,600 dollars.
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International News Service
Indianapolis
Fletcher Savings & Trust Company
C.F. Mitchell
Guardsmen Patrol Streets In Henryetta Riot
In Henryetta Oklahoma June 11 National Guardsmen with fixed bayonets patrolled the town after a night of clashes between union and non union miners. Five men tied to the United Mine Workers faced 20000 bond as hearings were set.
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International
Henryetta
Okla
Andrew Meitus
Company EF
Okmulgee
United Mine Workers of America
Everhart
William Dalgrimple
Union Miners of
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Texas
Marines Land to Protect Canton College in Civil Unrest
Canton June 11 American marines have been landed to protect Canton Christian College as fighting continues between Yunnanese and Cantonese troops. Mrs P A Crampton, wife of the college superintendent, was wounded in the elbow while crossing from Ponam to Shameen with her husband and Mr and Mrs Montgomery Ogden.
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International News Service
Canton
Canton Christian College
Ponam
Shameen
Montgomery Ogden
U. S. Gunboat Returns Fire in Hongkong Clash
The American gunboat Pampanga escorting a launch toward Honan exchanged fire with Chinese troops last night. Yunannese troops killed an agitator at the Canton electric power plant triggering a workers strike. Thousands of refugees continued to arrive from Canton.
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Hongkong
Pampanga
Honan
Canton
Tip's Yellow Taxi Ad Prompting Service
Tip Richardson advertises Tip's Yellow Taxi offering taxi service anytime anywhere with phone 447 and residence 67 for contact.
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Tip
Tip Richardson
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