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Washington Washington Democrat
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1924
Page
1
Butler Chosen as Republican National Chairman
Cleveland diary reports William M. Butler of Massachusetts chosen to chair the Republican National Committee after a full reorganizational meeting. Plans for the campaign to be announced after talks with President Coolidge. Dawes still pegged as Republican vice presidential candidate with no swing around the circle planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland, O
Coolidge
Dawes
Cooliffe
Republican National’ Committee
William M. Butler
Mass
Butler
Washington
Charles 5. Dawes
Cleeviana
National Committee
William ‘Butler
William Hodges
Denver
Fred Upham
Arthur Mellon
Pittsburgh
Ler
Doumergue Elected President of France
Paris reports Gaston Doumergue elected president by the national congress after a parliamentary election. Millerand resigned under left pressure as Doumergue secured support from the National Bloc despite leftist opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doumergue
Popresident
France
Paris
Gastoh Doumergue
National ‘Conte
Millerand
National Bloc
Death of Dr W B Deffendall Shocks Washington Community
Dr W B Deffendall, a prominent Washington physician, died suddenly at Daviess County Hospital from uremic poisoning. Funeral will be held Saturday at 3 30 PM at his residence 614 East Main Street with Rev C J Grimes. burial in Oak Grove cemetery. Born November 26 1863 in Pike County, he was the son of James Deffendall. His death comes as a shock to family and town communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. ‘B Deffendall
East Main Street
C. J. Grimes
Oak Grove Cemetery
W.B. Deffendall
Washington
Daviess Won ‘Hospital
Nodat
Deffendall
Higee
Daviess County Hospital
Pike County
James Deffendall
Piko County
Burris Emerges as Noted Southpaw in Local Baseball Scene
Local insider Burris gains fame after standout season with Washington Grays. Me ay, a college star, led at bat with a .509 average and is expected to join the ants Tuesday. Bey started athletic career in Washington high, excelling in basketball and football and earning regard as a top fielder. The piece notes bids open for road improvements by Hastings and reports Omer Beatty breaking his left leg in a late Wednesday accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iley Burris
John Meay
J College
New York
Bey Beeney
Washington High
Washington High Ool
Washington
Washington Grays
Van Nuys to nominate Ralston for Democratic convention
Indianapolis June 13 Frederick Van Nuys will nominate Samuel Joe Ralston for the Democratic free for all presidential race at the national convention in New York. Indiana's 34 member delegation cast its vote for Russian. The senator will not attend the convention and will stay at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Frederick van Nuys
He,mae
Samuel Joe
New York
Indiana
AWHL
Opponents Lose Court Bid to Name Klan Members
In Indianapolis on June 13 federal Judge Anderson ruled against Benjamin Dubois of South Bend in his suit against the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. He dismissed twenty six of thirty four interrogatories seeking public disclosure of Klan members among U.S. senators congressmen cabinet officers judges and other officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
U.S
Benjamin Dubois
South Bend
Knights of the
Ku Klux Klan
Anderson
Community sale plans grow as June 25 event nears
Almost 100 Washington stores join a monthly yearlong community sale. Aimed at drawing a circus crowd, organizers plan four newspaper pages and 16 000 four page circulars to reach every home in Daviess and nearby counties. A city hall meeting at 7 30 p m will finalize plans and ensure merchants have ads ready.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Daviess County
Wabash River Flood Over Flood Stage Nears Recede
Terre Haute observers report the Wabash River at 16.6 feet with flood stage at 16 feet. The river is rising slowly but expected to recede tomorrow, easing immediate alarm for residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wabash River
Terre Haute
Deadly blasts on the Mississippi kill forty eight
A naval board to investigate two explosions on the battleship Mississippi after it left San Pedro for target practice and then entered port. The death toll reached 48 with over twenty injured as hospital ships received wounded sailors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Calif
Naval Board of
Mississippi
San Pedro
San Clemente Island
Ministerial Conference Set At Local Church
A large ministerial conference of the Disciples of Christ will convene at the First Christian Church in Washington on Tuesday June 24. About 30 to 35 ministers from the southwestern district of Indiana and many church members are expected. The program runs morning and afternoon with devotions, open forums, a sermon by E. C. Corts, a dinner, and discussions on rural churches and restoration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Disciples of Christ
Church
Southwestern
Indiana
Sullivan, Greene
Monroe
Gibson, Rike
Duboin
Vanderburg
Warrick
Spencer
Posey
Daviess
Bo A
Boyer
Bedford
Our Parish
John W. Marshall
Co. Howe
Vincennes
LeRoy
Sargent
Doctor Attacks Beauty Parlors Warns Against Age Alteration
Chicago June 13 Dr Ernest Chipman of San Francisco warned at the American Medical Association convention that beauty parlors are dangerous. He urged women to avoid "beauty factories" and said women forty years old cannot become sixteen by any method including X ray.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ernest Chipman
San Francisco
American Medical Association
Chipman
Girl Attempts Suicide by Drinking Acid in Indianapolis
In Indianapolis on June 13 Miss Lowell Rogers 21 attempted to drink poison amid concerns for her gravely ill mother. A neighbor intervened by snatching the bottle and the girl was hospitalized in serious condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Lowell Rogers
City Hospital
Electrocution Fatality On Indiana Pole Repair
Kendalsville Indiana June 13 Bernard Hanson 19 was electrocuted while repairing a wire atop a thirty foot pole A high tension line 33 000 volts struck him causing a fall and fatal head injuries He died at the scene after technicians rushed to aid him
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kendalsville
Ind
Bernard Hanson
Fake call triggers police stakeout during Manhattan Cafe robbery
Police received a phony 911 dispatch shortly before a robbery at the Manhattan Cafe on East Street. An armed bandit fled east with a companion, chased by officers who learned the cafe employee Wilbur Stoll witnessed the escape from the rear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manhattan
Neely
Kate
q fast _ McCafferty
Easton
Highwi Loogootee
Wilbur Stoll
Pruitt on Murder Trial Under Guard
The fragment notes a defendant named Pruitt, involved in a murder case, attended by nurses and kept under constant guard as the trial proceeds.
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