Mayors Conference Call Sought Over WPA Cuts
A committee from the Alliance led by G A Morgan Ola Gary Elijah Rose and Hartford Larrison asked Mayor McPherson to allow a state mayors conference to protest WPA worker reductions. He will decide within a week. About 49 WPA cuts left local rolls under 400. A Workers Alliance delegation heads to Indianapolis Saturday to meet state WPA director John K Jennings and Governor Townsend, joining other towns’ delegations.
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Oe Alliance
G. A. Morgan
Ola Gary
Elijah Rpse
Hartford Larrison
McPherson
Workers Alliance
Indianapolis
John K. Jennings
WPA
Townsend
Ollie F. Crooke Dies at 9:30 Morning in Odon Indiana
Ollie F. Crooke aged 84, retired farmer of Odon, Indiana, died at 9:30 a m at his home after two weeks of failing health from heart complications. A son of James Monroe and Maria Crooke, he moved to the community in 8 years old and lived there the rest of his life. He married twice Ophelia Ballou in 1873 who died in 1928, and Ethel Cunnonam in 1929 who survives. Surviving children include Walter F. of Leesburg Maude Abel Owen of Brookville and Needham Henry M. of Indiana with several siblings also listed. Services set for noon at the Methodist church with Rev C I Buchanan officiating. Burial in Walnut-Huette Poindexter Cemetery.
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Odon
Ind
Ollie F. Crooke
Odor
Ole Lock
Aineke
Pete
Lawrence
James Monroe
Maria
Bernes) Crooke
Cooke
Ophelia Ballow
Ethel Cunnonam
Vestal
Eased
Odds Methodist Church
Knigh of
Knigh of Pythias
Chilate
Walter F
Leesburg
Maude Abel Owen
Brookville
Needham
Henry M
Indiang
Dies Maxtac Franklin
Bron
Charles
Jacksonville
Americans Ready To Evacuate City Informed Hull
Brussels July 28 Two American tourists among 14 killed when a luxury liner crashed near Hals Belgium The victims listed as Kal ton and Goldhem another report names Whitehouse an American victim while a separate account says Whitehouse was English and Mun is another American casualty
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Hull
Brussels
INS
Dutch Air Service
Ors
Hals
Kalton
Goldhem
Whitehouse
Sai Whitehouse
Mun
Washington
United States
Chea Lee Saetary
Ameran
Yarbrough Eliminated In T H Tourney Match Play
Country Club Terre Haute July 28 India junior golf meet. Chic Yarbrough of opponent high school list fell in first round. Dale Morey Martinsville defeated him four and three with just 22 putts for 15 holes. John David Hillcrest Indianapolis shot 33 and par later to beat Dick Hohl Indianapolis seven and six.
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Country ‘Club
Terre. Haute
Chic Yarbrough
Oppen
Indiana Junior Golf Association
Washington Flash
Dale Morey
Martinsville
Morey
John David
Hillcrest
Indianapolis
Dick Hohl
Mattern Receives Permit For Transpolar Flight
Washington reports the Department of Commerce will sanction Jimmy Mattern a transpolar flight to Soviet Russia after confirming equipment and crew adequacy. The War Navy Weather bureaus must submit favorable scientific and utility reports before approval.
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Washington
INS
Department of Commerce
Jimmy Mattern
Soviet
Russia
Mattern
U. S. Bureau of Commerce
War Department
Navy Department
Weather Bureau
Peiping Bombing and Evacuations Reported
Peiping sees heavy shelling as Japanese planes strike the city and Chinese defenses resist. One Japanese plane is reported shot down. Meanwhile Americans consider urgent evacuation as clashes wane and battles intensify near Nanyuan and Hsingku. An American Marine, Julius Flitzar of Easton PA, was wounded by stray fire during the fighting.
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Peiping
Nanking
Oreged
China
Bom
Nanyuan
Peing
Hsingku
Washington
INS
Additional bus route contracts let in Daviess county
Trustees in Daviess county awarded new school bus route contracts announced by Superintendent Eugene O Bryan. Reeve's R Kelso awarded four routes to Samuel Harker Christa Potts Claude Hedrick Earl Kelso and Wm Lamb Route 9 went to Joseph Watkins in Steele.
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Daviess County
Eugene O'Bryan
R. Kelso
Reeve
Samuel Harker
Christa Potts
Claude Hedrick
Earl Kelsor
Wm. Lamb
Steele
Joseph Watkins
Arte Poma Idecion
Transient Fined for Intoxication in City Court
Willard, a transient, was arrested on a public intoxication charge and pleaded guilty at arraignment in city court. Mayor McPherson levied a fine of one dollar and costs against the defendant.
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Willard
McPherson
Minor Fire at Ideal Laundry on West Main Street
Firemen answered a Monday call to Ideal Laundry where rainy soot ignited waste paper in the flue cleanup. The blaze caused only minor damage and a nominal loss, according to proprietor Paul Cox.
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West Main Street
Paul Cox
Farm act plan dropped as dissent blamed by Texas Democrat
Washington July 28 Rep Marvin Jones chairman of the house agriculture committee blamed dissension among organized farm groups for abandoning plans to pass a permanent farm act this session.
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Washington
Marvin Jones
Texas
House Agriculture Committee
Four Die in Antelope Crash Between Car and Truck
Near Antelope Texas a light car collided with a gasoline truck killing four people, three instantly, in the daytime incident. Police reported no immediate details on the victims or exact cause.
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Antelope, Tex
Ang
Baseball score snippet across leagues with mixed abbreviations
A fragmentary box score style snippet shows American League players Auker Gomez Ross Kennedy Linke Hildebrand Newsom and National League players Melton Passeau Weeven Lanning Davis with incomplete innings and runs, signaling a game summary from a historical box score page.
Scouts Host Water Carnival at City Pool Meet
Scouts from Troops 70 71 72 and 73 announce a Friday night 8 30 event at the municipal pool. A swimming meet will mark the first local pool competition with Washington residents eager to see winners named by Rinard and pool managers. Admission rules promise access for entering troops and others with swimming suits.
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Scouts of
Washington
of Thos and
Rinard
Knights of Columbus Suggestion Night Draws Big Crowd
A group of nearly seventy members attended the Knights of Columbus Suggestion Night meeting last night, surpassing prior attendance. Discussions centered on club and council improvements, with plans for an all day basket picnic on Sunday August 8 detailed by Carl Walter. Ernest Smith’s committee member Pat S. O'Donnell performed entertaining stunts and awarded members. District Deputy John Smith, Rev. Murphy, and Grand Knight William Kidwell of Loogootee council spoke briefly, followed by a social hour.
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Knights of Columbus
Carl Walter
Ernest Smith
Pat S. O'Donnell
John Smith
Rev. Murphy
William Kidwell
Loogootee Council
George Riester taken by death in Indianapolis
George Riester 73, former Washington city councilman and Riester Brick Yard operator, died after a two week illness at St. Vincent's hospital in Indianapolis. Surviving daughters Mrs. Kidwell Mrs. Seal and Mrs. Mills all of Indianapolis and three sons Leo Albert and Bernard Riester. Funeral services are to be held.
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George Riester
Washington
St. Vincent's Hospital
Indianapolis
Riester
North Side
Louis Kidwell
Kidwell
Michael Seal
Earl Mills
Leo Riester
Albert
Bernard Riester
Casting Team Members Trained At Eastside Park Lake
D. C. Pritchard of the South Bed Bait Company sponsored casting demonstrations at Eastside Park lake with about 50 attendees. He then guided Washington Casting Team selections at Blue Hole for a near term tournament, naming John Simpson Sam Boyd Richard Read Bernard Gross and Gaylord Palmer as tentative members.
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Eastside Park
Pritchard
Daviess County
Forest Protectio Association
South Wa
Legacy of early pioneers from Union District to Indiana land grants
About one hundred years ago four brothers-in-law from Union District South Carolina left kin and friends to seek land in Indiana. They traveled with families by covered wagon, crossing the wilderness over many days to settle in parts of Harrison County. Led by John C Steen Bell Vance Stephen Johnson and George Bory they chose Fariston township later cultivating Union Church founded by Chinese pioneers and carried forward through the century.
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Olds Harrison Sey
Union District
South Carolina
Indiana
John C. Steen
Bell Vance
Stephen Johnson
George Bory
Lancing
Daviess County
Fartison
Union Church
Roosevelt Seeks Wage and Hours Law Action
President Roosevelt sent word to the House that he wants a wage and hours measure enacted. He will consider amendments to the bill as approved by the labor committee before continuing. Mr and Mrs Elza Sudduth will depart for California Monday morning to visit Mr and Mrs Earl Luder.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House Labor Fee
Labor Committee
Elza Sudduth
California
Mrs
Earl Luder
Explosive blast in Belfast during royal visit shocks center
A heat struck Belfast in July as a blast during a royal reception by King George and Queen Elizabeth rattled the city center. Reports note a grave outbreak of terror and injuries, with emergency crews responding rapidly.
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Belfast
Befast
George
Queen Elizabeth
Minnesota Slayer Believed Trapped in Blazing Case
In La Crosse Wisconsin on July 28 deputies and state agents hunted for a man dubbed the Minnesota Slayer after a deadly spree. The search focused on a suspected hideout following a string of killings and diverse leads, with authorities coordinating across agencies.
Canine Hero Tip Save Boy in Willits Yard Incident
Sacramento dispatch reports 12 year old Robbie Sowash and his collie Tip. Tip grabbed the boy’s coat tail to pull him down and away from danger then dragged him several feet. Tip later killed a rattlesnake where the boy had stood moments before.
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Sacramento
Cal
INS
Tip
Robbie Sowash
Willits
Bobbie
Foreclosure suit filed by New Sui S&L on Austin C Donaldson and Freda
Home Owners Loan Corporation sues Austin C Donaldson and Freda Donaldson in a foreclosure action. Seal and Seal appear as attorneys for the plaintiff.
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NEW Sui ° Home Owners Loan Corporation
Austin C
Freda Donaldson
Seal & Seal
Mr and Mrs Jeffers Head to Centralia for Bone Infection Care
Mr and Mrs William E Jeffers leave for Centralia NL today to seek treatment for a bone infection. Mr Jeffers, manager of Miller Jones shoe store in Cen, is hospitalized for care.
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William E. ‘Jeffers
Centralia
Ip Thleem HK 2
Sae
Jeffers
Miller-Jones Shoe Store
Cen
Legion Names New Officers For Washington Post
The Ame Legion post of Washington elected officers Tuesday night for the year of service. Named were Commander Albert Briddon, 1st vice Ralph Bixler, 2nd vice Ray Jones, Adjutant Omer Dayton, Service Officer Dr. C P Scudder, Chaplain Wilbur Morgan, Historian F L Snider, and Sergeant-at-Arms Leo Bingham. Delegates to the state convention at Terre Haute were chosen as well.
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Ame Legion Post
Washington
Albert Briddon
Ralph Bixler
Ray Jones
Omer Dayton
C. P. Scudder
Wilbur Morgan
F. L. Snider
Leo, Bingham
Terre Haute
Chia Roar Sk Se
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Ian
Cleveland
CIO
John Crecay
Yarbrough
Juan Photpad
Ideal Laundry
Det
Auker
Gomez
Phil
Ross
Kennedy
Linke
Melton
Bost
Lanning
Cincy
R. Davis
Rae Jack Ahanach
Liverpool
Paula
Calif
Atlantic
Columbus
Bait Company
Blue Hole
Congress
Minesota
Collie
Legion
Oman
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