Taking the Graf Zeppelin Flight from Lakehurst Today
Naval Air Station Lakehurst prepares to sail Graf Zeppelin for Germany via Seville with a full load of cargo and 22 passengers aboard. Officials will publish passenger lists and confirm any cancellations before the 10 p.m. departure.
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Lakehurst
Nr J
Germany
Seville
Spain
Zeppelin
Alfonso
Graf
Pernambuco
Brazil
Boy Drowns In Dredge Ditch Near Mackey
Oakland City on June 2 reports 14 year old Leroy Yeager son of Mr and Mrs Nathan Yeager of near Mackey drowned Saturday after stepping into a deep hole while swimming in a dredge ditch near his home. Parents Nathan and disappeared search failed until farmers recovered the body. Funeral services were held at the Nazarene church at 2 oclock Monday afternoon.
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Oakland City
Leon
Leroy Yeager
Nathan Yeager
Mackey
Wim
Nazarene Church
Yélock
Nevada uses lethal gas in execution test
Carson City Nevada June. The states novel method of executing convicted criminals by lethal gas claimed its third life today when R H White 40 died in a gas filled room at the state penitentiary A string from the gas generating apparatus connected to an adjoining operating room was pulled and at 44930 a m Pacific Coast Time the room was flooded with gas fumes and the man strapped in a chair relaxed as life left him.
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Carson City
Nev
Nevada
Lethgas
R. H. White
State Penitentiary
Pacific Coast
Freelandville Man In Critical Condition After Wreck
Glen Wolf, 30, of Freelandville, was found unconscious in his wrecked car on the national road near Brazil, Indiana. He was in critical condition at Clay County Hospital, after being shot through the top of his automobile.
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Brazil
Ind
Glen Wolf
Landville
Clay County
Sea of Brazil
Wolf Wa
Owen Roberts Takes New Office as Associate Justice
Washington June 2 Owen Josephus Roberts of Philadelphia was inducted into office as associate justice of the supreme court today. The government oil prosecutor can Aten two oaths constitutional oath in the court’s robing room and the judicial oath on the bench in the presence of his associates. Roberts succeeds B T Sanford who died three months ago.
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Washington
Owen Josephus Roberts
Philadelphia
Supreme Court
Roberts
B. T. Sanford
Indiana Tax Survey Committee May Propose Township Changes
Indianapolis June 2 Abolition or consolidation of townships as governmental units may be recommended to the 1931 legislature by the Indiana Tax Survey Committee. Consideration of reducing governmental overhead by cutting units and curbing expenditures is scheduled for June 18, Clyde Hoffman, chairman said. The committee will continue public hearings on revenue raising methods Wednesday and Thursday.
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Miesse
Indiana Taxpayers’ Association
Indiana
Save Board of ‘Tax Commissioners
Indianapolis
Indiana Tax Survey Committee
Clyde Hoffman
Summer School Opens at Walnut Street Building
Summer school opened today at the Walnut Street School Building to extend the school year. It offers six weeks for students to catch up or advance work. Miss Helen Connelly oversees first second and third grades, Miss Artha Glezen directs fourth to sixth, and Miss Ma Huckleberry leads seventh and eighth grades.
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Walnut Street
Helen Connelly
Artha Glezen
Ma Huckleberry
Bomb Factory Found in India After Explosion
Police discovered a FB factory in India producing explosives after a blast. Four finished bombs were found in a bungalow along with bomb making materials and literature. Two bombs had apparently exploded earlier. occupants escaped before officers arrived.
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Here
India
Bungalow
Ships Fire Upon By Communists At Hosueh China
Washington reports state department briefing from Frank P. Lockhart American consul general at Fankow describes Chinese communists firing on two vessels near Hosueh. The British Pingwo suffered three crew wounded while the American Yangtze took several hits with no casualties.
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Washington
Hosueh
China
State Department
Frank P. Lockhart
Fankow
Yangtze
Lockhart
Trolley kills two Brownsville tourists near Indianapolis
Indianapolis June 2 two Brownsville Texas tourists Charles Kunsch 21 and J H Hayes 60 were killed instantly when an inbound Terre Haute Indianapolis and Eastern interurban car struck their small coupe one and a half miles east of Indianapolis. The victims were identified from the Hoosier Tourists Camp register kept since May 29.
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Indianapolis
Brownsville
Texas
Terre Haute
Society Notes From Atlanta and Terre Haute Visitations
Felix Cadol returned to Atlanta Ga after visiting here with Mr and Mrs Harry Smith Mr and Mrs James Reed spent Sunday in Terre Haute as guests of Mr and Mrs Wm Umbdles and Mr and Mrs Robert Graham
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Jepson Candou
Indianapolis
Harry Smith
Felix Cadol
Atlanta
Mrs
James Reed
Terre Haute
Wm. Umbdles
Take Control City Utilities From Indiana
Democratic mayors at a conference in French Lick Ind on June 2 urged adopting a plank to remove municipally owned utilities from public service commission control The sixty two Indiana Democratic mayors will meet June 9 at the Claypool hotel Indianapolis to prepare the state party platform The proposal follows informal talks and echoes a four year old Assembly bill push by Democrats to transfer utility control away from the public service commission.
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French Lick
Ind
Public Service Commission
Indiana
Claypool
Indianapolis
John McCarty
Washington
Jack M. Edwards
McKiop
M. L. Petro
Mishawaka
Mellett
Frank Griese
Evansville
W. Riley Hinkle
South Bend
Assembly
Eight Million Spent for Gas During April
Indianapolis report shows Indiana motorists paid gas taxes totaling over 8 million dollars in April based on 26 cents a gallon. May collections reached 1,605,379.50 with a gain over last year. 40,132,637 gallons were sold. The department issued 12,095 refunds totaling 125,489.59 for nonhighway use purchases. First five months of 1930 total 6,395,153.73, up 1,453,116.48 from 1929.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
Leland K. Fishback
Actress staging bridge splash ends in dramatic rescue
A smartly dressed girl, reportedly a movie actress, plunged from Margaret Bridge to the water. A well-dressed man in a motor boat rescued her just in time, and authorities later said the stunt was arranged by her press agent for publicity.
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Budapest
Margaret Bridge
Legaes Sheriff's Sale Under Decree in Daviess County
Public sale announced by the Daviess Circuit Court clerk on June 28, 1930, for rents and profits of 3.51 acres of land near Hyatt's station in Indiana. The bid covers 3,364.05 dollars plus interest and costs, with possible full fee simple sale if rents fail to satisfy the decree.
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Daviess Circuit Court
Union Savings and Loan Association of
Washington, Indiana
Lewis H. Jordan
Della M. Jordan
Elmer F. Keith
Court House
Daviess County
Indiana
E. and I. Railroad
Hyatt’s Station
J. D Myers
Naval officers oppose London Treaty in Washington hearings
In hearings before Senate committees on Foreign Relations and Naval Affairs in Washington, high ranking officers including Rear Admiral S B Robison, Rear Admiral L Nulton, and Rear Admiral R Coontz testified against the London Treaty. The article notes their positions and previous commands, highlighting strong naval opposition.
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Senate
Washington
S. 8. Robison
Top
Naval Academy
L Nulton
First Naval District
Boston
R. ¥. Coontz
Naval Operations
Opportunity is around the corner for buyers today
Judicious buying saves money as merchandise awaits inspection. The ad claims material quality differs as it does in cars, and customers pay more for better service and durability.
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