Racing crash at Los Angeles ends Eddie O'Donnell career
Eddie O'Donnell died from injuries after a 250 mile speedway crash at Los Angeles. Gaston Chevrolet also died. Lyall Jolls and John Bressinhan were injured. Roscoe Sarles won the race, with Eddie Miller second and Earle Hearne third. prize money totaled over 19 thousand dollars for the winner.
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Los ‘Angeles
Eddie ‘O'Donnell
Yeater
Neverly Hills Speedway
Gaston ‘Chevrolet
O'Donnell
Chevrolet
Lyte
Brynedway
Los Angeles
Cal
Gaston Chevrolet
Mesus Griver
Lyall Jolls
Eddie O'Donnell
Thursany
Lew Anzelet
John Bressinhan
Roscoe Sarlea
Roscoe Sarles
Eddie Miller
E-mile Hearne
Sarles
Miller
Hearne
Jimmy Murphy
Cincinnati
American Automobile Association
Indianapolis
Bkddie O’donnell
Kalamazoo
Mich
Kansas City
Sheepshead Bay
Blue Sky Law Compliance Push Reaches Thompson
A letter from the Indiana securities commission to J Earle Thompson of Daviess and Martin counties urges vigilance against violations of the Indiana blue sky law. The commission notes a small staff and asks Thompson to publicize the law and report violations to authorities. The message emphasizes fair enforcement and seeking the public’s help in upholding the act.
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J. Earle Thompson
Court orders clothing for boys at school after petit larceny
The court orders the county sheriff to clothe Patton and Lunsford in respectable suits for their attendance at the boys school. The boys were committed to the state institution after pleading guilty to petit larceny. Theodore Jones’s sentence was suspended on the condition of regular attendance and proper conduct.
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Sald Patton
Lunsford
Netitunion
Theodore Jones
Fingerprints Tied to Pierce Murder Case
Fingerprints found on a pipe wrench handle likely to identify the killer in the Huntley T. Pierce murder. Detectives planned to compare prints with those of Peter E. Treadway and Marle Phipps Allan Williams, arrested in Wheeling, West Virginia, and brought to Philadelphia.
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Armociated Press
Philadelphia
Huntley T. Pierce
Wan
Peter E. Treadway
Marle Phipps
Allan Willams
Wheeling
West Virginia
Religious Education Address by Dr Shumway at First M E Church
Dr Shumway of Evansville College School of Religious Education will speak at 7 30 Saturday evening at the First M E Church on religious education. The public meeting invites teachers to attend. He will also preach Sunday morning during Rev Virgil Thompson’s absence who will deliver the dedicatory sermon at a new M E church dedication in Knox county.
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Shumway
School of Religious Education
Evansville College
Firast’m. EE
Virgil Thompson
Serman
M. E
Knox County
Police Guard Union Club After Riot Over British Flag
In New York last night a ten patrolmen and a sergeant guarded the Union club at Fifth Avenue and Fifty-First Street following a riot earlier when Trish sympathizers protested a British flag display. No violence resumed as the guard held the premises overnight.
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Associated Press
New York
Union Club
Fifth Avenue
Fifty-First Street
Trish
State Needs Present Large Tax Problem
Indiana officials warn a possible ten million dollar rise in next year’s tax bills if all agency requests are granted. Major asks come from the state highway department and the three state universities Purdue Indiana and Terre Haute Normal. They expect increases across all levies except benevolent institutions. Formal appeals for funding will target at least 3 million for education with a proposed ten cent levy rise in some plans. Highway funds may go to ten or twenty cents per hundred, up from 3.9 cents.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
State Highway Department
Purdue
State Normal School
Terre ‘Haute
Highway Commission
Murat
Tkvo
Bevis Head Brown Hunting Accident Kills Lawrence Mattox
Lawrence Mattox aged eighteen, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Mattox, was instantly killed near Sheal Thursday when a shotgun fired accidentally by a younger brother discharged a full shell into his head. The brothers were in their parents yard preparing for a hunting trip. The family had moved to Martin County from Rosedale, Indiana six to eight months ago. The funeral is expected Sunday.
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Lawrence Mattox
George Mattox
Sheal
Martin
Rosedale
Indiana
Farviers Lead in Indiana General Assembly Makeup
A 1921 Indiana General Assembly directory shows farmers predominating among members, with eleven in the senate and twenty-two in the house counted as farmers or listing farming as a primary occupation. Lawyers form the next largest group with fifteen in the senate and nineteen in the house, followed by bankers and real estate dealers. Notably Julia D. Nelson of Fauncie is the only woman in the assembly.
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Indiana
Manuna Aenala
Weeibe
Farmern
Mo Lawyera
Renate
Irfi
Senate
Law- Rc
Regio I
Harhoe
Charles Kares
Vandert
Dyer
C. FE
Richard
Pra.iivleven
Anik
Threy
Gineer
Bulldern
advEi
Aleyman
Mia
Julia D. Nelson
Fauncie
Net General Assembly
Airplane Wins Pulitzer Trophy Race at New York
The first Pulitzer Trophy race was won by Mosley piloting Peas Verville Packard with a time around 44 minutes and an average speed near 190 miles per hour. The Aero Club of America observed the event at 14 miles course with 34 starters and noted a remeasurement adjusting the exact distance and speeds. Albert Villian placed third in a machine by Ansaldo.
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N. Y
C. C. Mosley
Peas Verville
Packard Arriy
Aero Club of America
Mosley
Sadi Lecointe
Gordon Bennett
France
Paris
HL Hart
Erday
Albert Villian
Fas
Canal zone force plan draws Harding attention
Cristobal discussions on proper military force for the canal zone engage Senator Harding. He shows interest in the War Department’s plan to raise the force to a full division. Harding had lunch with Brig. Gen. Kennedy, commander of troops in the canal zone.
Mere Youths Confess to Eight Burglaries
Two boys aged 10 and 12 confessed to eight housebreakings in Brooklyn. Veteran detectives at the Brooklyn house station were astonished as the youths described the operations including one claiming the role of mastermind and a patrolman overhearing a rival confessor boast of “holding out” on him in the thefts.
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New York
Vieteran
Brooklyn
Mingo County Quiet as Federal Troops Scatter
Williamson W Va November 24 Federal troops dispersed to strategic points in Mingo County at Governor Cornwell s request to quell a miners strike since last July No disorders were reported under martial law still being considered Colonel Hall commanded the force and kept the situation under control
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Associated Press
Williamson
W. Va
Magan County
Cornwell
Hall
Sullivan County Orphans Sail for Scotland
Four Sullivan county orphans will sail December 1 on the steamer Columbia from New York to Glasgow. The children travel alone under the ship's chief steward care. They are sons of Robert Forsythe, killed in a Dugger coal mine accident last August, with their mother dying months earlier.
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Sullivan
Ind
Sullivan County
Columbia
New York
Glasgow
Scotland
Robert Forsythe
Dugger
Federal probe to review Indiana dry law breaches
Federal officials said a crowd jury version next week would conduct a thorough investigation into alleged violations of the prohibition law involving about twenty communities in Indiana. The inquiry will focus on Muncie Elkhart Goshen Anderson Richmond Union City Indianapolis and Logansport.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
Indiana
Muncie
Elkhart Goshen
Anderson
Richmond
Union City
Loganaport
Facing Poverty Ends Life of Inventor and Wife in Brooklyn
New York November 29. After packing trunks and dressing in their best clothes, John Just eighty two an inventor and his wife Augusta opened a gas jet and died today in a Brooklyn rooming house. Police believe they became despondent because royalties on one of the inventor's patents had been stopped recently and they faced poverty.
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Associated Press
New York
John Just
Augusta
Brooklyn
Woman Fatally Injured by Car in Salem
Mrs. Sallie Trueblood, 77, of Ontario California, died after being struck by an automobile while crossing a Salem street near her home. A longtime Satem resident, she was widely known in the county and is survived by sister Mrs. Alice Menaugh of Salem.
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Salem. Ind
Sallie Trueblood
Ontario
Cal
Mink Skins Fall Hit the Market in Indiana
The Bezymy region fur market has slumped with mink skins dropping from $60 to $2.50 and even tips on $300 highs in 1918. Prices for muskrat and skunk hides also slid, green hides down to seven cents per pound, yet many trappers still set traps across Jackson, Scott, Jennings and Washington counties as mink sales dwindle and other furs dominate the trade.
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Beymqur
Ind
Tocn
Munckrats
Jackson
Scott
Jennings
Washington
Churches Empty Because Gospel Is Not Preached
Ina Franklin reports that Albert J. Beveridge told Grace Methodist Episcopal Church in Franklin that national church declines stem from ministers failing to preach the gospel. He urged preaching Jesus Christ and him crucified, criticizing emphasis on hygiene and public movements instead of gospel teaching. The address title was The Bible As Good Read.
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Franklin
Ina
Albert J. Beveridge
Grace Methodist Episcopal Church
Jesus Christ
Beverifige
Savings bonds plan announced with $1000 and $25 options
Savings bonds program unveiled with Treasury offerings including a $1000 security and a $25 stamp style certificate. Announcement notes upcoming series and distribution in Houston and surrounding areas.
Program Ready for or in Washington the Farmers Institute
The annual meeting of the Davies county farmers Institute at Davies coul will be held at city hall Washington Welnewing December 15. The program lists committee members and events including corn and apple contests and a butter contest for girls. Morning and afternoon sessions are scheduled with talks on livestock production and farm management and awards announcements.
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Cen
Farmer’ Institute
Davies Coul
Washiten
Welnewing
Sugarland
Chestra
Th Institute
R. L. Thomann
Lella R. Gaddis
Alecosster
High Coast
Livirge
Alla TR Gaddta
Fano Management
Thaliaa
Breaks Up To Get Kiss Girl In Window
Lols Katraly traveled from Greet Pa to Philadelphia to view city sights. He flashed an alluring smile to a girl in a department window and tried to join her, but a plate glass window blocked him. He smashed the window, grabbed the figure, and was restrained by police. Held for court on a $800 bond.
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Philadelphia
Lols Katraly
Louis
Mireistrate “McCleary
Katraly
Hean Brothers Held In Jail After Shooting Incident
Bloomington report says Albert and George Hean are jailed after a shotgun volley on Hacke Creek near Bloomington. Paul Pererfield, 14, narrowly escaped injury as one shot struck his coat but not his body. Authorities allege George Hess drove his wife and infant away. the brothers face assault with intent to kill charges following a family dispute over custody.
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Albert
George Hean
Paul Pererfield
George Hes
Bloomington
Ind
Hacke Creek
Hess Brothers
W. S. Percifiel
Plea Guilty In Counterfeit Case In Cincinnati
Two men giving names Martin Bankman and Charles Schwibbe, both from Indiana, pleaded guilty to counterfeit money charges in Cincinnati. They faced a federal magistrate Burley and were bound over to the federal grand jury in sums of 15000. One suspect, Schwibbé, is believed to be a brother of John Schwibbé, a coal miner aged about 22 from Vincennes. Authorities have no record of the other man.
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Cincinnati
Martin Bank
Enid
Charles Schwibbe
Vincennes
Ind
United States
Inisghiner Burley
Federal Grand Jury
Whitenhes
Schwibbé
John
Schwibhe
Eennes Bettween
Edwardsport
W.halla
Knox
Trady
Seymour Mob Attacks Prisoner After Jail Break
Seymour officers struggle to identify masked men who overpowered Policeman Weddell and abducted Bentley from the jail. Revolvers were shown, keys demanded, and Bentl ey was beaten and imprisoned. Bentley faces a six month sentence for assault and battery, with unclear charges for larceny. Police describe the incident as a mob action and question the recovery of property.
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Seymour Trribune
Marion Weddell
Tenry Benes
Negro
Cheeky Jail
Hendy
Bensley
Weddell
Woestfell
Dye
Cherah
Bentley
Cramer
Rome
Pepees
Hantevffa
C. H. Wallace
Wallace
Red Cross Appealing for Russian Refugee Girl
Evodokia Jorelkina, 12, a Russian refugee denied entry to the United States, is the subject of a Red Cross appeal. She fled Tomsk with Bolshevist threats, traveled aboard the Lomon Maru with other children, and was temporarily housed in Vladivostok before being brought to the United States. A special inquiry panel refused admission, citing fear of her becoming a public charge. Red Cross workers press Washington for a reversal.
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Associated
Preas T
New. York
United States
Evodokla Jorelkina
Hox
Elle Iatind
Tomak
Evodokia
Red Cross
Vladivostok
Tomsk
Kyodokia
Red Croat
Washington
New York
Yveurna
Bessles
Petersburg Banks Grow Resources From Oil Royalties
Petersburg three banks report net resources over two million dollars, up about 150 thousand in three months. Gains driven by oil royalties from western Pike county landowners and hymnal companies payments. Pike county rises as a top mineral area with new wells and a field at Oatsville showing high output.
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Petersburg
Ind
Pike County
Oatsville
Germans Flocking to Mexico in Rapid Migration
Mexico City reports a surge of German immigration. About one hundred families reached Veracruz in late October, following several hundred earlier arrivals. Many settled in Chiapas, engaging in agriculture and farming duties as they establish new lives in Mexico.
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Mexico
Mexico City
Vera Cruz
Chiapas
Union Leaders Threaten U S Railway Board
Union leaders in Chicago threaten action as they demand immediate creation of national boards of adjustment to settle railway disputes. Warren Stone of the Brotherhood of Railway Engineers urges concrete plans, noting only four officer agreements signed and urging compliance with the railway act. The session pushes for an immediate executive hearing to resolve wage and labor dispute issues affecting railroad operations.
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Chicago
Landera
United Stat Millway
Warren No Stone
Cleveland
Iigchway Engineers
of Tennis Nf
Amiena
Stang
Poling
Fonnel
Rome
Bt Stone
TS Miljiands
Mer Uives
Plares
Rede
Mr. Stone
Barré
National Boards of Adjustment
United States
H. Fitzevrald
I the Brotherhood of Pailway and
Feprean
Raisconds
National Bearda of Adjustment
Ahea
Fites Aay
R. Lee
Hart
Railway
Rainmen
Mr. Lee
E. Shepard
Tig
Iezboare
Isbor
Republican Report Reveals Campaign Receipts and Deficit
Creorge W. Dykbi, treasurer of the Republican county committee, filed with county clerk J. E. Pers a report detailing receipts of 1761 and disbursements totaling 2023.43. The filing shows a deficit of 262.43 tied to the downpaper publishing firm. Individual donors include O. G. Alison and L McCormick at 50 each, with disbursements for telephones, rent, music, polling, advertising, administration, postage, and travel.
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Tors
O. G. Alison
L McCormick
Gems Stolen Bio America Find Market in Germany
A Chicago Tribune dispatch reports a large stolen gem find in America with details dated in New York. The piece notes the market for these gems has moved to Germany, highlighting the international handling of the theft.
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America
Germany
Dated Press
New York
Chicago Tribune
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