Leniency Shown In Liquor Case In Clearspring Area
James Charles, a timberman near Clearspring, was tried for violating prohibition laws after a ten gallon still and liquor were found at his home with two federal agents and Sheriff Otis Hays. Mayor Charles Kessler granted leniency due to his broken foot and dependents, warning of harsher penalties if arrested again.
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James Charles
Clearspring
Charles Kessler
Otis Hays
George Imel
Charles
Imel
California
Kessler
Prohibition
Hays
Volunteers of America Stops In City Enroute to Nashville
Enroute to Nashville Capt Roy Hites and party of the Volunteers of America stop in the city for nightly street services during their stay. The first service is tonight with another Thursday afternoon and a final Thursday night. They plan to continue Friday departing from Indianapolis where they have been stationed. Hites carries a letter of introduction from Indianapolis Mayor Shank.
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Nashville
Tenn
Roy Hites
Funeral services for John Peter Dressendorfer
Death of John Peter Dressendorfer prompts funeral services Friday starting at 11:30 a.m. at his home northeast of the city and 2:15 p.m. at the Lutheran church led by Rev. Ernest H. Eggers. English services with burial in the Lutheran cemetery.
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John Peter Dressendorfer
Ernest HH. Eggers
Lutheran Church
Radio Fans Market Mahogany Case Battery Deal
Radio fans are offered I S L radio batteries with a two year guarantee in a mahogany case priced moderately at 116d Cooper's Tire and Aveesidty Store.
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Cooper's
Taxi Ad Fragments Offer Contact Hint
Fragment shows garbled taxi advert with partial phrase Taxi Anywhere Phone 340 and scattered letters suggesting mis-OCR. No clear names, dates, or locations readable.
Explosive magazines under construction for road work
Two large magazines are being built by the state highway commission in southeastern Indiana under W. K. O'Neil. One is about three miles west of Medora and the other near North Vernon. Carloads of picric acid are en route from government stores to blast high hills and improve roads.
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State Highway Commission
W. K. O'Neil
Mr. O'Neil
Medora
North
Vernon
Indiana
O’neil
Inmate Requests Aid At Madison Hospital
Louis Howell, 37, a former Lawrence County resident, walked into the Madison police station and asked to be jailed after wandering from Cragmont hospital. He says he has been at Bedford for days and was at the hospital eleven years, though not dangerous. An attendant will be sent for him, and he helped tidy cells while awaiting transfer. He also sought Mayor Kessler and Charles Kaspar, claiming past work with Kaspar.
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Louis Howell
Lawrence County
Cragmont Hospital
Madison
Bedford
James A. Willey
Howell
Charles Kessler
Charles Kaspar
Cooper's Tire Ad Offers Motor Horns at Low Prices
A compact old-time classified notice from Cooper's Tire and Accessory Store advertises a motor driven horn for 12 dollars or five pounds with a trade in of the old horn. Only a few left.
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Cooper’s Tire and Accessory
Painless Tooth Extraction Method Revealed by Dr Prall
Notice notes a new painless tooth extraction method introduced by Dr Prall assisted by Dr Ball from Indiana Dental College. The joint effort highlights advances in dental techniques and patient comfort.
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Prall
Ball
Indiana Dental College
Wheat Harvest Nearing Peak Across Jackson County
Farmers in Jackson county report the wheat crop ripening fast under heat with much of the grain ready to be shocked within ten days. Winter rye and hay are being harvested while corn requires cultivation. rust and lighter yields worry some growers as threshing may begin around July 1 and prices hover near one dollar a bushel.
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Jackson County
Miners Demand Eight Hour Day in Settlement Talks
Miners press for an eight hour day and full union recognition as the basis for any settlement. They reject operator proposals for a tribunal route, arguing the plan treats labor as a commodity and omits essential fundamentals.
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Seteans
T Iiathravite
Harding
Tip's Yellow Taxis in Indianapolis Service Ad
Tip Richardson advertises Tip's Yellow Taxis with phone 447 and residence 67 in the Indianapolis News, promoting taxi service anytime anywhere from his office downtown.
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Tip’s Yellow Taxis
Tip Richardson
Indianapolis News
Tip
Millions of Stolen Bonds Sold Through Twin Cities Fences
United Press reports in Saint Paul that millions of dollars in bonds stolen in Chicago were moved through fences in the Twin Cities. Postal inspector W. J. Maries says as much as 2 to 5 million dollars were involved with arrests of C. J. Ritter and seven others. bankers and bank clerks acted as intermediaries. An employee allegedly handed over the bond list to thieves who targeted patrons.
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United Prest. Paul
C. J. Ritter
What About This? Cooper's Tire Genuine Pump Deal
An advertisement offers a $4.00 genuine pump for $1.49 at Cooper's Tire and Service, promoting a sharp discount on a common tire shop item.
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Cooper
Finish Fight Fought By Conservatives For Baptist Unity
Conservative Baptists fight to gain control from radicals as the national convention opens in Indianapolis. Dr J C Massee leads the hard shells demanding a battle on the convention floor to restore the old-time religion and Biblical literalism against liberal interpretations led by Dr Harry Emerson Fosdick and Dr Frank Padeford. Bryan, billed as Presbyterian political force, backs the conservatives as the fight widens across Protestant faiths.
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United Press
Cable Tabernacle
Indianapolis
J. C Massee
Boston
Massee
Baptist Church
Harry Emerson Fosdick
Frank Padeford
New York
Oesides
William Jennings Bryan
Miners Force Wagon Mine Closures in Strike Action
A mob of two hundred miners from Terre Haute drove to Staunton and shut down small wagon mines operated by non union workers. At the Jones Brothers mine two guards were disarmed after resisting. Police were not mentioned but rifles were seized and the mine was closed.
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Brazil
Ind
Terre Haute
Staunton
Jones Brothers
Thomas Jones
Jones
Russia Passes to Trio as Lenin Relinquishes Power
Berlin reports in the Freiheit that control of Soviet Russia is shifting to a three man leadership. Lenin, weakened by illness, is said to be turning over Bolshevism to Kameneff Rykov and Stalin. The premier may soon leave Moscow for extended rest.
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United Press
Berlin
Russia
France
Freiheit
Nikolai Lenine
Kameneff
Rykov
Stalin
Moscow
Coal operators reject joint talks on miners strike
Illinois coal operators led by Dr F C Honnold decline a separate conference with other states to settle the miners strike. Honnold said the operators would not consent to a joint meeting and would negotiate separately.
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Illinois Miners
United Press
Chicago
Illlinois Coal
F. C. Honnold
Honnold
Bootleggers Looted Hammond Distillery Says Prohibition Probe
Federal officials inspect the Hammond Distilling Company warehouse to assess bootlegger losses with alleged inside help. Indiana director Bert Morgan and Washington official Gus Simons review books while authorities claim liquor appeared in an extra gasoline tank on a car linked to a worker named Braunell who reportedly earned $100 a month.
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Hammond
Ind
Federal
Hammond Distilling Company
Bert Morgan
Prohibition
Indiana
Gus Simons
Washington City
Braunell
Diplomas Presented to 503 at Purdue University
Lafayette Ind June 14 Dr John Finley associate editor of the New York Times told the Purdue University forty eighth annual commencement the coming generation must think in world and planetary terms due to advances in science. Diplomas were conferred by acting president Henry W Marshall to 503 graduates with Dean Stanley Coulter urging their future obligations in life.
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United Press
Lafayette
Ind
John Finley
New York Times
Purdue University
Henry W. Marshall
Purdue
Stanley Coulter
Funeral Car Hit En Route to Portland
A funeral car carrying Mrs. Edward Jone aged eighty two en route from Lafayette to Portland was struck by a truck in Hartford City. The hearse suffered heavy damage and the coffin was knocked loose and scratched.
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Hartford City
Portland
Lafayette
Edward Jone
Ortho Dorsey to Face Hearing in Double Murder Case
Petersburg June 14 The accused, Ortho Dorsey, was to be given a hearing at Jasper today under habeas corpus to seek bail until the trial on September 6. Dorsey stands charged with the murders of farmers Louis Bement and John Willis, killed with an ax.
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Petersburg
Ortho Dorsey
Jasper
Dorsey
Louis Bement
John Turner Willis
Labor federation backs child labor ban and federal law
At the American Federation of Labor convention in Cincinnati on June 14, resolutions urge nationwide laws prohibiting child labor with penalties and seek a constitutional amendment to allow a federal child labor law. The action also endorses Henry Ford’s Muscle Shoals project and calls for various labor and political reforms.
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United Press
Ohio National Guard
Cincinnati
Mother Love of America
American Federation of Labor
Congress
Supreme Court
Muscle Shoals
Lversoigh
Stephens
California
Tom Mooney
Warren Billings
Obregon
Mexico
India
Sacco
van Zetti
Boston
One Big
Harvard University
Railroad Labor Board
First Strike Ballot Arrives As Union Vote Opens
The first ballots for a national rail shop workers strike vote arrive at Chicago headquarters with a yea marked on the first slip. Nearly 1.5 million ballots were mailed Saturday night for three questions including the July wage cut, alleged bad contracts, and overtime rules, with a June 25 deadline for return.
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Chicago
United States
Pennsylvania
B. M., Jewell
American Federation of Labor
Railroad Labor Board
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Madison Hospital
United States Navy
Tag Laboratory
Cording
Anthmale
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Radicals
Bolt
Jones Brothers’ Mine
Lenine
Federal Dry
Unites Press
Organized Labor
Henry
Ford's
Muscle Shoals Project
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