British Ship Seapool Crashes Into Iceberg Off Newfoundland Coast
Reports from New York Halifax say the British freighter Seapool struck an iceberg off the Newfoundland coast and is making for St Johns with forefoot broken and forepeak filled with water. Navy yard messages indicated no immediate rescue needed as a large steamer, likely a passenger liner, transmitted a continuous wave distress signal.
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Associated Press
New York
Halifax
Newfoundland
Seapool
maid-Atlantic
Rochambeau
North Atlantic
Boston Navy Yard
Seapoo
St Johns
S. Seapool
St. Johns
Montreal
Sydney
Dublin
Boston
Bond proposal offers veterans 5 percent tax exempt bonds
Washington June 8 A bill by Rep York Republican New York would issue five percent tax exempt bonds to veterans in amounts up to 750 for overseas service and 600 for home service Expires in 19 years and negotiable tied to a rate of 31.75 and 1.25 per day for overseas and U S service The plan includes paid up life insurance with face value adjusted service compensation plus 25 percent at single premium rates and policies would have cash and loan values after year one
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Associated Press
Washington
York
Republican
New York
United States
Release 40 Men Arrested in Riot at Williamson WV
By Associated Press June Williamsons riot fallout continues as martial law limited arrests at Lick Creek tent colony. Of 42 taken into custody Sunday, all but Lee Hatfield and Bud Franks were released after questioning. Both men face charges of violating martial law.
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Associated Prose
Williamson
W. Va
Tom Davis
Mi 20
Morgan
Lick Creek
Lee Hatfield
Bud Franks
Tale
Bone Named Alaska Governor by Harding Choice
Washington June 8 Indiana residents in the national capital welcomed the appointment of Scott C. Bone as governor of Alaska. A Harding pick, Bone was chosen as a compromise when Alaska factions could not agree on a native son. He has deep journalism ties in Indiana and Seattle and led the Alaska bureau for Seattle’s Chamber of Commerce. He also served as director of publicity for the Republican national committee during the last campaign.
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Washington
Scott C. Bone
Alaska
Indiana
National
Harding
John F. Starr
Richmond
Ind
Bone
Shelby County
Indianapolis
Anderson
Pueblo rebuild gains speed as flood relief mobilizes
Pueblo officials announce a refugee camp to house those made homeless, with about 2 000 displaced residents including many Mexicans. Salvation Army teams assist, streets cleared for cleanup as relief work is systematized. a purifier installation is planned to aid restoration.
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Associated Presa
Pueblo
Colo
Col. P. J. Hamrock
Col. Hamrock
Polish Stronghold Occupied by British Forces in Upper Silesia
Associated Press reports Opplen Rosenburg, about 20 miles northeast of the city near the old frontier, occupied by a battalion of British troops. Poles had seized Rosenburg earlier. clashes with Germans feared. Three French soldiers were wounded, two fatally, when Germans fired on a party between Cross-Streblitz and Urest.
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Associated Press
Oppeln, Pees
Rosenburg
Rosenberg
Upper Silesia
Five Hoosier Towns Reject City Manager Plan
Five Indiana cities rejected the city manager form of government while one adopted it. Muncie voted 7,696 against to 3,728 for, Kokomo 4,283 against to 915 for, Anderson 4,541 against to 1,174 for, Princeton 1,199 against to 358 for, and New Albany 3,664 against to 2,036 for. Michigan City adopted by 230 votes, 2,472 for to 2,242 against.
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Indiana
Muncie
Kokomo
Anderson
Princeton
New Albany
Ind
Pla
Kokomo Tribune
Michigan City
Indiana City
Hills Ship 50 000 Roses to California
Fifty thousand Richmond roses are en route to a California nursery by refrigerated express. The shipment includes Hill varieties such as Premiers Columbias and Madam Butterflies, marking Indiana's first such export and California’s garden hub status. The refrigerated car shipment also sets a new transportation precedent for Indiana roses.
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Richmond
California
Joseph Hill
Indiana
America
Amling Brothers
Santa Anna
Pueblo Flood Destroys City Core and Homes
A historic flood swept Pueblo Colorado submerging the business district under eight feet of water and mud. Property losses reach about ten million dollars with a third of the population left homeless as Arkansas and Fountain rivers overflowed and breached dams.
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Colorado
Pueblo
Arkansas
Fountain
Roosevelt Visits Here Short While
Theodore Roosevelt, on a stop in Indiana en route to Anderson, teases New York politicians while remarking on the Indiana brand. He plans to speak in Anderson this afternoon and later delivers the principal address at Indianapolis for the American Legion. Roosevelt notes the death of Alvin T. Hert, the Louisville national committeeman, and praises Hert’s character.
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New York
Indiana
Theodore Roosevelt
Navy
Roosevelt
Anderson
American Legion
Indianapolis
Alvin T. Hert
Louisville
Washington
Mr. Hert
I Think of the City Manager System Opinion Piece
A local reporter surveys views on the city manager idea. Citizens fear the commission could hire or fire a manager without voter input or appeal, likening it to a distant federal system and predicting a two to one vote against the plan next Tuesday. An attorney cites Marion county as a flawed commission example amid annexation questions.
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Wes
Congress
Richmond
United States
Marion County
Improvement in Grain Storage Conference Topic
Isaac Carter of Shelbyville Indiana argues farmers need a voice in pricing. A Washington visit notes farmer prices plummet from about $2.00 per bushel to around 60 cents. A conference set for June 16 in Washington will explore warehousing grain and warehouse certificates to unlock storage and lending power for farmers. Representatives from farm groups elevators grain dealers and insurers are invited to discuss a storage based delivery system.
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Palladiem News
Repeau
Washington, Juse
Isaac Carter
Shelbyville
Ind
Washington
Carter
Secretary of Agriculture
Wallace
Secretary of Commerce
Hoover
Lindley Advocates City Manager Form At Richmond Meeting
Professor Harlow Lindley of Earlham College will address Finley school parents at 3 30 Thursday on adopting a city manager government in Richmond. Rev A H Backus urged voters to support the new plan next Tuesday, saying it will bring capable administration. Banner Rock Wool patch factory fire at Alexandria caused $6009 damage, roof of kiln room destroyed.
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Harlow Lindley
Earlahm College
Finley School
Richmond
A. H
Fife
Anderson
Ind
Banner Rock Wool P
Alexandria
Unsettled Weather Forecast From Moore’s Local Desk
Unsettled weather with rain and showers or thunderstorms is expected for the next 36 hours as a Rocky Mountain storm moves eastward. For Indiana showers tonight and Thursday with warmer conditions in the east, while the Ohio Valley remains mostly cloudy and unsettled. Across the central states heat rises in Montana to 80 to 90 degrees, and Phoenix reached 106 yesterday.
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Moore
Rocky Mountain
Indiana
United States Weather Bureau
Ohio Valley
Central States
Montana
Phoenix
Arizona
Freeman statement replies to charge brought by Green
Clarence B Green Dayton Ohio director of the Bureau of Municipal Research says he was blocked from speaking at a People's League meeting in Richmond by Gath Freeman of the city manager forces. Green, tour after days in Indiana cities voting on the manager plan, may speak at a Monday night meeting. Freeman counters that the charge is untrue and notes Green attended to demand a reply.
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Clarence B Green
Bureau of Municipal Research
Dayton
Ohio
Indiana
Richmond
People's League
Colonial Annex
Gath Freeman
Mr. Green
Green
Jesse Bailey
Freeman
Clarence Green
State Department withholds Obregon statement text
Washington June 5 The United States has decided to recognize Mexico only if it guarantees American property rights held in Mexico before 1891 The State Department released the conditions for recognition and a treaty of amity and commerce would automatically imply recognition The course President Obregon will take after a Mexican cabinet meeting is awaited and no personalities or administrations are implicated in the decision
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Associated Press
Washington
Obregon
United States
Mexico
State Department
Weeks Warns Against First Disarmament in War Prep Speech
New York June 8 Secretary of War Weeks urged against disarming first arguing the nation must be prepared to defend its rights sovereignty and citizens while world disarmament may come only by mutual consent. He defended a military policy noting dangers of excess spending and warned that peace is not guaranteed without readiness.
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Associated Press
New York
United States
War Weeks
New York University
Weeks
Great Britain
Wil Partons
Washington
Republic
Four Bandits Rob Dancers in Inn Near Evanston
Four masked bandits staged a hold up at an Inn north of Evanston early today lining up dancers and escaping with jewelry and cash estimated at nearly 20000. A gunman commanded the line while three accomplices fired shots. One woman saved diamonds valued at about 15000 by dropping them into a cup of coffee.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Evanston
Thhem
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