Bumper crops predicted in Daviess County outlook
Weather in late May slowed wheat ripening but signals a bumper harvest in Daviess County with heavy barley and rye acreage, abundant hay including alfalfa, strong corn planting, and a large contracted corn crop to Vincennes Packing. Tomatoes, strawberries, cherries, peaches, and apples show good prospects as farmers grow diverse crops and anticipate improved conditions.
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Daviess C
Oma
Vincennes Packing Corporation
Herries
Local Scene Draws Cedar Wax Wings and Town Folk
Clem Mooney of Baltimore visits as Cedar wax-wing birds feast on ripening cherries near a car post office employee’s home. Report notes residents gathering, children with rocks, and plans for hunting with slingshots. Local market sellers offer fresh produce at low prices amid talk of improving conditions and political chatter at Third and Main.
Local Car Stolen Stripped Abandoned Found
Police report a stolen 26 model Chevrolet sedan with license 181-853, registered to John Schild, was found abandoned on South Washington road south of Maysville with tires missing and possibly other equipment. Mrs Albert Miller reported the car’s abandonment in an old driveway near her home.
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South Washington Road
Maysville
John Schild
Harned Avenue
Schild
Albert Miller
Higher Rates for Railroads to be Sought Across Regions
A committee of eastern railroad presidents moved to unite railroads nationwide in backing a petition for a general freight rate increase. They conferred with western railroad reps and plan to bring southern lines on board, with a representative to outline principles at a southern meeting in Washington next Tuesday, followed by a three-group presidents meeting here Thursday.
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New York
United States
Washington
Railroad freight rate fight sparks nationwide opposition
Eastern railroad leaders push 10 percent rate hikes and seek all lines support. The national league of commission merchants, representing about 1,000,000 carloads of produce annually, vows strenuous opposition, arguing freight charges are already excessive and predicting producer and farmer backing in the battle before the interstate commerce commission.
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Washington
Eastern Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
National League of Commission
Mrs Daffern Taken By Death in Plainville Indiana
Mrs Tom Daffern aged 34 died at 9 40 Friday night after a yearlong illness. Funeral at 2 pm Sunday at Elnora Methodist church with burial in Elnora cemetery. Born May 14 1897 she was daughter of Mr and Mrs Tom Seal of Vincennes. She married Tom Daffern and left five children Raymond Hazel Helen Virgie and Lester plus her father husband and siblings nearby.
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Plainville
Ind
Tom Daffern
Here
Daffern
Elnora Methodist Church
Elnora
Tom Seal
Vincennes
Raymond
Hazel
Helen
Virgie
Lester
Henry Rose
Two Men Killed in Train Car Crash at Butler
In Butler Indiana on June 6 two school teachers from Ashtabula Ohio were killed when their auto was struck by a Wabash passenger train. The car was hit as the train approached the crossing and both men W H Weaver and Milton W Carey were found dead after the wreck.
Atlantic Flyers To Begin World Flight Soon
New York June 6 United Press reports Hugh Herndon Jr and Clyde Tang born expect to start their round the world flight within ten days. The initial leg will be a non stop flight to Moscow.
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New York
Hugh Herndon, Jr
Clyde Tangborn
United Press
Moscow
Decade of Albert Fall Traces in Portraits and Trial
A retrospective on Albert Fall, ex‑interior secretary under Harding, spanning ten years of public service and legal battles. The article notes his near decade in courts and potential sentence of one year plus 1000 in fines for bribery linked to naval oil land leases in 1921. It highlights the знаменит $100,000 note to El Doheny and the “little black bag” loan theory rejected at trial.
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Albert Fall
Ayerry
Harding
EL. Doheny
Division of Work at Bi and Car Shop Sparks Shorter Weeks
Machinists at the Bi and Car shop adopt a new division of work reducing weekly hours from thirty-two to two days per week per man. Seniority rights keep each machinist in place, while two days per week rest are allocated to those not on payroll, enabling still more workers to obtain two days of work. Around twenty men in the B and I roundhouse remain after a wage cut, with the plan allowing relief for many machinists facing reduced hours.
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Jndon
Vatican responds to Mussolini overtures amid Italy Vatican standoff
Rome reports indicate a conciliatory article by Arnaldo Mussolini failed to ease the Italo Vatican dispute. Osservatore Romano published a sarcastic reply, fueling tension as fascist and Catholic positions clashed and the hoped for quick resolution did not unfold.
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Rome
Italy
Arnaldo Mussolini
Vatican
Osservatore Romano
Osservatore
Sterda
Teed Sweeny and Mciniigti Visit Cincinnati City
Local snippet mentions Frank Teed Sweeny of Cincinnati and Mr in City yesterday. Context unclear but indicates a brief city visit with two named individuals and a transit or meeting reference.
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Frank ‘Teed Sweeny
Cincini
Ana
oMr
Mciniigti
Jury Deadlocked in Valparaiso Murder Trial
In Valparaiso Indiana on June 6 the jury in the John Rork murder case reported a deadlock after a night of deliberation. The six to six split prevented a verdict as Rork who faced death by suicide attempts earlier, survived two wounds.
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Valparaiso
Ind
John Rork
Rork
Accused Murderer Indicted in Pittsburgh Case
Paul Crissman, 33, of Pittsburgh, indicted by the Allegheny county grand jury on a murder charge in the death of his wife Minnie Crissman 24 formerly of Mt. Vernon Indiana. Crissman allegedly slashed his wife with a razor last April at their home. she died three days later in a hospital.
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Pittsburgh
Paul Crissman
Allegheny County Grand Jury
Minnie Crissman
Mt. Vernon
Ind
Crissman
Bumper Berry Crop Promised In Southern Indiana
The mild winter kept bushes healthy and frost-free, leaving blackberry and raspberry crops lush with green berries. Cherries ripen fully with limbs bending from heavy loads, promising cheaper fruit after ten years. Some trees hold 40 to 50 gallons. Plum blooms largely killed by frost, but other fruit escaped. The Hagel family moves from N E K First Street to the List property on S E Eleventh Street.
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Indiana
Davie County Lincoln Highway Group Seeks Memorial Route
The newly formed Daviess County Lincoln Highway Association plans to prove the Lincoln family passed through Daviess County in 1830 en route from Kentucky to Illinois. J G Clark is president and J E Pershing secretary, with a three to five member committee to push the claim. A public hearing before the Indiana commission may be sought, aiming to route the memorial trail via Alfordsville Glendale Washington and Apraw Ferry.
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Daviess County
Indiana Lincoln Highway Commission
Lincoln Highway Association
Lincoln
Kentucky
Illinois
Indiana Commission
Petersburg
J. G. Clark
J. E. Pershing
Ezra Mattingly
Mattingly
Daviess
Lincolns Pass
Alfordsville
Glendale
Washington
Apraw Ferry
County car and truck valuations reveal drop in total value
John A. Sims reports county wide automobile and truck totals of 39 900 with an average value of 92 dollars and a total of 357 989 dollars. Last year 3 979 vehicles averaged 148 dollars for a 591 908 dollar valuation, a drop in total value despite more units.
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Sims
Barr
Bogard
Elmore
Harrison
Madison
Reeve
Steele
van Buren
Veale
Washington
Alfordsville
Cannerburg
Elnora
Montgomery
Odon
Plainville
Rogers Child Struck By Car In Meridian
A three year old son of Mr Rogers of S W Meridian was struck by a car on South Meridian Street while crossing with his two sisters. The driver attempted to avoid the boy but struck him, carrying him several feet before stopping. He was injured but not seriously, and Dr Burress was called to treat minor cuts and lacera tions at his home.
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Yt Rogers
S. W
South Meridian
Wa Burress
To &F
Meridian
Dr. Burresgé
Germany calls for Young Plan revision amid rail project push
Berlin reports an official pro nouncement demanding changes to the Young plan. A manifesto linked to President Hindenburg's decree urges drastic cuts in government spending and says reparations cannot be funded by foreign loans. The Reich Railway finance plan allocates 200,000,000 marks to a large project to curb unemployment and create 120,000 jobs while a 44-hour week is debated in railway workshops.
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Berlin
Germany
Paul von Hindenburg
Reich
Jess
Elle Co Assessor Succumbs in Home at Age 72
Elle Co Assessor, a county official since January, died at his home at 10 30 last night from a heart attack. He was at work yesterday.
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Fe Rt
Yester
Miners Picket Somervillys Ind June Protest
Between 2000 and 3000 union sympathizers gathered near the Somervillys plant in Indiana during a daytime protest over idle shifts. The crowd surrounded the shaft area just before the day shift, as officials from District 11 arrived for an open hearing this morning, seeking to resolve the dispute.
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Somervillys
Five Workmen Die in Philadelphia Cave-In at Excavation
Five laborers believed killed as a cavern collapsed at a 70 foot deep excavation on Twelfth and Market streets for the Philadelphia Savings Fund Society 32 story building. Four were injured and at least 40 escaped. A patrolman Elmer Patterson was killed in a separate wreck rushing to the scene. Rescue halted by risk of further wall collapse.
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Philadelphia
Elmer Patterson
Twelfth
Market Streets
Philadelphia Savings Fund Society
De Molays Demonstrate Two Degrees in Petersburg
The John T. Doherty Chapter of De Molay initiated Petersburg with a two degree exemplification after a hosted meal. About 30 to 40 Petersburg Masonic Lodge members watched the Washington chapter perform the ritual with praise from all in attendance. Attendees from the local group included Floyd Wildridge Edward Gill William Benham Norwood Buzan Harold Avis Ralph Pipher William ao Oralhai Beker Hayes Frank Potts Edward Mc Cool Stewart Billings Pau Helm Edward Cherry George Young Bruce Campbell DeForest Coan and Helm Spink.
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John T. Doherty
DeMolay
Petersburg
Ralph Pipher
William Ao
Oralhai Beker Hayes
Frank Potts
Edward McCool
Stewart ‘Billings
Pau Helm
Edward Cherry
George Young
Bruce Campbell
DeForest Coan
Helm Spink
Twenty Diamonds in Daviess County Reported by Assessor
Daviess county shows twenty diamonds valued at 712 dollars, average 35 per stone. Eleven diamonds in Washington, five in Elnora, with one each in Harrison and Van Buren townships Odon and Plainville. Last year 231 diamonds countywide, 201 in Washington. 193 diamonds disappeared from the city this year.
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Daviess County
John A. Sims
City of
Washington
Elnora
Harrison Township
van Buren Township
Odon
Pilainville
Sims
Indictment Likely Against Capone for Prohibition Conspiracy
Washington reports that Al Capone faces possible charges of conspiracy to violate prohibition laws as the federal case builds toward a broader conspiracy indictment tied to his bootleg network and income tax law violations.
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Washington
al Capone
Chicago
Papal Nuncio expelled by Lithuanian government
In Kovno on June 6 the Lithuanian government expelled Papal Nuncio Riccardo Bartoloni for alleged collaboration with anti-government party activities. The announcement stated the nuncio was expelled.
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Kovno
Lithuania
Lithuanan
Riccardo Bartoloni
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