Last of Witnesses Heard Today in Levee Case
Final group of witnesses called to the stand in the Bennington Levee case in Washington. Proceedings could close today. Names on the stand include Elisha Greenwood, Charles Petty, Ray Pride, Ray Browning, Steve Myers, Henry Harmon, and Arthur Rogers. Further evidence expected this afternoon.
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Bennington Levee
Washington
Elisha Greenwood
Charles Petty
Ray Pride
Ray Browning
Steve Myers
Henry Harmon
Arthur Rogers
Roosevelt Asserts Neutrality Pause Amid Farm Bureau Picnic
The Daviess County Farm Bureau picnic is set for Eastside Park on Thursday July 27 with a cake judging at 11, basket dinner at noon, and an afternoon program. Indiana Farm Bureau will be principal speaker. full agenda to be announced next week.
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Daviess County Farm Bureau
Eastside Park
Quarry Worker Injured In Fall Near Shoals
John Emmons, 45, a quarry worker near Shoals, fell about 20 feet from a rock ledge landing on rock and dirt. He was taken to Daviess county hospital with a fractured pelvis and possible broken ribs, but his condition is not considered serious.
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John Emmons
Shoals
Daviess County Hospital
Emmons
Plan for a Horse and Mule Show Meeting
On Tuesday night at 8 o clock a meeting will be held in A M Bishea’s office, county agricultural agent, by the horse and mule agricultural extension committee and others interested in horses and mules to discuss activities for the future and plan a show.
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A. M. Bishea
Horse and Mule Agricultural Extension Committee
Walls Funeral to Be Held Sunday
Funeral services for Thomas Walls of Elnora will be held Sunday at 2 PM at the Elnora Pilgrim Holiness Church with Rev. E S Faidley presiding. Burial will follow in Elnora Old Cemetery. The body is at Tomey Funeral Home where friends may pay respects.
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Thomas Walls
Elnora
Half-Price State Fair Tickets Arrive
Clifford Shanks of the Daviess County Farm Bureau announced today that 250 half-price state fair tickets have been received for local distribution. Tickets may be had by calling the office and none will be laid away.
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Clifford Shanks
Daviess County
False alarm turned in Thursday by fleeing trio
Local firemen responded at 5 50 p m Thursday to West Walnut and Eleventh streets after Box 34 was manned. On arrival, firefighters found the alarm was false and had been set off by three men who fled the scene and remained at large.
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West Walnut
Eleventh Streets
310 LeAgue Pitt to Cinci Box Score Fragments
Fragmented baseball box score text with team abbreviations and pitcher names from the American League and National League. Crunched lines show incomplete innings and runs for multiple teams including New York Chicago Philadelphia St Louis Detroit Washington Cleveland Boston and St. Louis again with various pitchers noted.
Rag Doll That Wasn’t a Dead Baby at Prairie Creek
Coroner C. P. Scudder was summoned after a fisherman found what looked like a dead infant among driftwood in Prairie creek. The coroner located a discarded rag doll, drifting and lodged in debris, prompting a humorous misfinding and a reported chuckle from both men. The incident was described as a routine, lighthearted case that yielded no tragedy.
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C. P. Scudder
Washington
Prairie Creek
Scudder
Railroad Aid Bill Placed Before House Debated
Washington July 21 powerful lobbies push for and against the Lea railroad relief bill as it goes to debate. The measure would bring waterways under ICC jurisdiction to curb cut-throat competition and regulate rates across railroads waterways and trucking. Twenty major railroad unions back the bill while railroad trainmen led by A P Whitney oppose it. Lobbies from railroads investors trucking and waterways groups press for or against the plan.
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Washington
Lea
House
Interstate Commerce Commission
A. P. Whitney
Miss Rosemary Gilliatt Visiting Jeffersonville as Guest
Miss Rosemary Gilliatt is visiting Jeffersonville as the guest of Mrs Maxine Best. The stay highlights social ties and local hospitality in the area.
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Rosemary Gilliatt
Jeffersonville
Maxine Best
Lloyd Brown Named Successor to Burdette in Plainville
Plainville Indiana July 21 Lloyd Brown selected to succeed Burdette as principal of Plainville high school He is a graduate of Plainville high school and Indiana high school named by Trustee Joseph O Duran Brown is son of Mr and Mrs S W Brown of Plainville and formerly taught at Plainville He resigned a similar post at Newberry where he taught last year to take the Plainville position and Burdette will head Mt Olympus high school in Gibson county
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Plainville
Ind
Lloyd Brown
Planville High Hopl
Indiana High School
Joseph O. Duran
Brown
S. W. Brown
Newberry
Burdette
Mt. Olympus
Gibson County
Relief seas calm after strikes at Washington
Relief seas calm today after 10 days of strikes and unrest. WPA authorities faced a new wave of protests from Workers Alliance members and WPA workers over wages and hours under the 1940 relief act requiring 130 hours monthly work and ending the prevailing wage.
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Washington
INS
WPA
Mne
Workers Alliance
WJPA
Hospital Notes Sees Several Minor Operations
Mrs Perry Brock of Petersburg submitted to a minor operation this morning. Lawrence Cunningham of Montgomery underwent a major operation this morning. John Emmons of Shoals, an accident victim, was admitted this morning after an accident at about 11 15 o'clock. Mrs Stag of 111 N 4th Street submitted to a minor operation this morning.
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Perry ‘Brock
Petersburg
Lawrence Cunningham
Montgomery
John Emmons
Shoals
Bt Ag
N. E
4Th Street
Pike Bridge job awarded to Ryan & Ryan in Pike County
Indianapolis July 21 The state highway commission awarded five contracts including a bridge on Road 57 over Miller creek one mile southwest of Glezen in Pike County to Ryan & Ryan Inc Washington for 13192 dollars.
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Indianapolis
State Highway Commission
Pike County
Miller Creek
Glezen
Ryan & Ryan, Inc
Washington
Street Oil Project To Dust Settling Future Mayor Says
Washington street oiling will proceed soon under last year’s plan. Mayor Hugh L. Cox announced arrangements with Steve Stalcup of Linton to apply oil to streets, owner payments set by the city clerk at six meats within ten days. Delays came from an unusually wet spring and summer, with a suggestion to add a pea gravel coat funded by property owners for street improvement.
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Washington
Hugh L. Cox
Steve Stalcup
Linton
Armour Strike Likely Ties Up Armour Plant In Chicago
Chicago July 21 Both the CIO and AFL threatened strikes against Armour Co packing plant as a nationwide meat industry tie up became possible. Dispute centers on claimed majority membership by each union among Armour workers at the Chicago plant.
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Chicago
AFL
Armour & Co
C.I.C.'9 Packing House Workers Organizing Committee
A.f.l.’S Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen's Union
Armour
Empltyes
Whittle fund of president roosevelt lending program hurdles
Washington observers report bipartisan opposition whittling Roosevelt’s 3 460 000 000 lending plan toward rejection. Republicans and Conservative Democrats press for drastic cuts as lawmakers rush to adjourn. Senate and House committees tinker with bill language while promising more floor amendments. Adjournment before August fifth seems unlikely.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Senate
House Banking
Union Service at Park July 30 to Draw Many
Dav iess county churches plan a large all day outdoor Union Service at Eastside Park on Sunday July 30. Rev Henry Bulger of Lowell Ind will speak on The Lord's Supper while T K Smith of Tabernacle Church Columbus Ind will deliver the afternoon address. Morning Bible school, choir and music lead to a 10 to noon service followed by a basket dinner. afternoon program from 2 to 4 includes more sermons and homecomers welcome.
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Christian Churches
Daviess County
Eastside Park
Henry Bulger
Lowell
Ind
Bulger
Alfordsville Bar
T. K. Smith
Suns Tabernacle Church of Christ
Columbus
Roosevelt Says Senate Inaction Ends War Fears Gamble
President Roosevelt claims the senate’s failure to act on neutrality halted a thriving business boom and risks a new European war by January. He notes capitals anticipate conflict and says he will push the issue to the people after adjournment. He recalls Munich talks and seeks another Kremlin-style guarantee.
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Hyde Park
INS
Roosevelt
Senate
White House
Congress
Hull
Hitler
Mussolini
Germany
Italy
Funeral for James Leightle Sunday in Indiana
Funeral services for former Plainville resident James Leightle, who died Wednesday in Bicknell, will be held at noon Sunday at his home in Bicknell. Burial will follow at Orville Cemetery in Orville, Indiana.
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Plainville
Ind
James Leightle
Bicknell
Orville Cemetery
Orville
Daviess 4-H Contests Held Here Yesterday
Daviess 4-H dress revue demonstrations and judging were held at St. Mary’s auditorium with Edna Troth Purdue acting as judge and Mrs. McKinley Vance assisting. Results list multiple first second and third places across divisions including aprons slips school dress and sport dress.
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St. Mary's Auditorium
Edna Troth
State Extension Office
Purdue
McKinley Vance
Washington
Hitler Calls for Peaceful Danzig Solution With Britain
Berlin reports Reichsführer Hitler seeks a peaceful settlement of the Danzig issue with Great Britain pressing Poland to concede the Free City to the Reich. A spokesman said Germany’s political mood is against war, yet if time runs out Britain and Poland may be forced to surrender Danzig without a shot.
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Berlin
Germany
Europe
Britain
Poland
Danzig
Charles Spain 70 in Critical Illness at Home
Charles Spain aged about 70 is reported critically ill at his home 607 Poplar Street. The Seeran Come plications of
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Charles Spain
Poplar Street
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