Van Orman Seeks Special Session on State Highway Probe
Evansville and Vanderburgh county demand a special legislative session to probe the state highway commission. Lt. Gov. Van Orman, in Indianapolis, says agitation exists but leaves timing to Governor Jackson, amid federal scrutiny of the commission’s disposal of government property.
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Indianapolis
Evansville
Vanderburg County
State Highway Commission
van Orman
Héwtensat
Baltzell
Jackson
Highway Commission
Vanderburg
Elks Memorial Service Planned by Local Lodge Sunday
The Wikville lodge holds its annual memorial service Sunday at 2:30 pm at the Elks home. Exalted Ruler Car Bier leads ritualistic services with Claude E. Gregg of Vincennes delivering the principal address. Eight members died last year including Felix Schneider and John T. Salb.
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Wik
Ricd Brothers
Elks Home
Car Bier
Claude E. Gregg
Vincennes
Gregg
American Legion
Felix Schneider
William H. Neal
Frank Blackwell
Albert M. Agan
John T. Salb
Charles G. Sefrit
Robert S. Wood
William L. Mohr
Finishing Ottin W Barr road praised by local farmers
On April 18 work began between Glen dale and Hudsonville to build the Ottin W Barr road. After eight months of steady labor by contractor E O Chattin and his crew the road is nearly complete and to be finished early next week. Farmers along the route hosted a long dinner at the work camp praising Chattin and Barr for their effort.
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Glendale
Hudsonville
Ottin W. Barr
E. O. Chattin
Daviess County
Washington
Waco
Portersville
Alfordsville
Itin
Chattin
Payne Earl Chattin
Arthur Hubbs
Roxana Petroleum Corporation
Ballou
Hugh Barr
Charles Harker
Ella Scales
L. Barr
E. Howard
Floyd Baker
KE. OQ. Chattin
8. S. Horrall
Charles Gosby
Typhoid Sufferer Taken to Local Hospital by Gill Ambulance
Mr. Carnahan of Sandy Hook was driven this afternoon to the Gill County Hospital in a Gill ambulance. He is suffering from typhoid.
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Carnahan
Sandy Hook
tLainess County Hospital
Gill Ambulance
Thieves Take $20,000 In Money And Stamps
Stillwater Minnesota December 5 burglars rifled three vaults in the post office early today and escaped with cash and stamps totaling twenty thousand dollars.
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Stillwater
Minn
Five Missing in Collision of Ships
Antwerp December 5 The steamers Federal and Ashton collided sinking the Ashton Five crew members are missing from the Ashton authorities said search efforts continue as rescue teams scour the area for survivors and wreckage near Antwerp.
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Antwerp
Federal
Ashton
Miners Entombed in Colorado Mine Rescued Overnight
In Nederland Colorado a tunnel fire at Fairview mine left two dead and twenty others injured or trapped. Firefighters and exhausted workers reached the entombed miners after a blizzard and a ventilation fan rescue enabled safe evacuation. Prentiss Norris, a veteran, was hailed as a hero for restarting the fan despite severe burns and an electric shock.
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Nederland, Colo
Fairview
Prentiss Norris
Norris
Washington electric plant politics stir civic editorial
The Democrat lauds Washingtons new city officials and defends superintendent James Adkins. It argues republican council members may misuse the municipal electric plant, which has operated reliably with minimal costs and debt payoff. The piece urges citizens to resist partisan interference and protect public power assets.
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Washeee
Comenh Che
Democrat
Washington
Parti
James J
Adkins
James Adkins
Sagi
I Electric Company
Churches Represented At Baptist Brotherhood Meeting
The Baptist Brotherhood of Union Association held a meeting in the basement of the First Baptist Church with social hour and banquet for over one hundred men from numerous churches. Delegates from Indiana and Illinois attended, sharing praise music, short talks, and a powerful address on Personal Evangelism by Rev. J Drover Forward. The event concluded with strong fellowship and plans for the next gathering at the First Baptist Church of Indiana.
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Baptist Brotherhood of Union Assoriation
First Baptist Church
Ladies Aid Society
Paoli
West Baden
French Lick
Lawrenceville
Ill
Robinson
Vatittus
Indiana
The
Baptist Church (Colored
Clyde Eedney Green
Virgil Nichols
Adora Howard
Minnie Estes
Mitchell
Morse
A. B. Morris
Illinois
J. Drover Forward
Sullivan
Tridiana
Baptist Church
Forward
First Baptist Church of Indiana
Charles L
John Sandige
Heat in Greensburg game gym expected to be comfortable
At two this afternoon the gym heating system was fully operable for the Greensburg game tonight. Fall heat was introduced and the blower started earlier. Most permanent doors are in place and should help retain warmth, ensuring a comfortable venue unless an unforeseen issue arises.
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Greensburg
Lansdowne Satisfied With Shenandoah Flight Route
Admiral B W Ederle testified at the Mitchell trial that Comau Zechary Lansdowne was satisfied with Shenandoah’s condition before its flight to the Midwest. The discussion centered on the flight route and potential fueling points, not the ship’s mechanical state.
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Washington
Comau
Zechary Lansdowne
Shenandoah
Fistal
B. W. Ederle
Mitchell
Ederle
Edere
Stephenson's Lay Awaiting Time After Conviction
The court plans to file murder charges near the limit for second degree homicide in the death of Madge Oborne. The attorney for the former Klansman announced today that the time limit will expire December 14, thirty days after the conviction in Noblesville.
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Madge Oborne
Kph Inte
Three Die As Kentucky Storm Ravages Counties
Sturgis Kentucky December 5 three sons are killed in a storm that swept five counties across the state causing about 150000 dollars in damage. Reports say a white man and his wife were crushed when their house collapsed a son was fatally hurt while working on a farm.
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Sturgis
Kentugi
Bemis Final Witness in Indiana Bell Rate Hearing
Edward Bemis of the public service commission testified as the last witness in the hearing over Indiana Bell Telephone's proposed rate increase. He described property appraisals based on 1916 to 1920 averages and, at Samuel Artman’s request, presented an alternate valuation aligned with a federal Maryland telephone case finding.
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Indianapolis
Edward Bemis
Public Service Commission
Indiana Bell ‘Telephone Company
Bemis
Samuel Artman
Commission
Maryland
Evansville PTA to Prepare Reading List for Pupils
Evansville Indiana December 5 The Parent Teachers Association will prepare an approved reading list for Evansville students to offset the reading of salacious magazines. Mrs Frederick Lauenstein state vice president announced the plan today.
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Evansville
Ind
Parent-Teachers Association
Frederick Lauenstein
Alice Jones Rhinelander to Seek Separation
White Plains lawyer for Alice Jones Rhinelander says she will file for separation on abandonment grounds after a jury found her partly colored status did not deceive Leonard Rhinelander. Final court ruling rests with Justice Morschauser. verdicts in the annulment suit were read.
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White Plains
N. Y
Alice Jones
Rhinelander
Leonard Kip Rhinelander
Young Rhinelander
Alice
Leonard
Supreme Court
Morschauser
Dee
Alice Jones Rhinelander
Harbison Sues To Reclaim Vehicle From Sheriff
Walter E Harbison sues Sheriff E O Jones to replevin a car seized after officers found liquor in the vehicle during Ulrich s arrest. Harbison says he sold the automobile on a lease with title passing only after final payment, and Ulrich has not completed payments.
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Walter E. Harbison
Otto Ulrich
E. O. Jones
Ulrich
Harbison
Secretary Andrews Says Fight Has Just Begun
Washington December 9 Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Andrews commented on the roundup of liquor law violators in New York City by local and federal prohibition authorities. He said the cleanup is a forerunner of what is expected to follow and that the policy is to strike directly at the source of supply for bootleggers. Raids as sensational as the New York effort would be made in other parts of the country.
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Washington
Treasury
Andrews
New York City
New York
Snow Storms Sweep Midwest Pauses Travel Across States
Chicago reports violent gales and blizzards sweeping the middle west as a 50 mile gale piles snow in Iowa. Nebraska and Minnesota endure heavy snow delaying trains, with temperatures around zero. Snow also falls in St Louis and Indianapolis as forecasts predict colder conditions over a wide area.
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Chicago
Middle West
Iowa
Mercury
Nebraska
Minnesota
St. Louis
Indianapolis
Weather Bureau
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Bernice Harris Smith
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Washington Herald
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Adkir
Reb Lic
B. & O. Tellway
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J. Drover
Re Sullivan
Shenandah
Admiral Ederle
Stephenson
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