State conservation lake opens for fishing in Brown County
The Brown County lake, stocked for five years, opened this morning to a large crowd led by John Simpson Bernard Grogs Harry Hanson and Roy Scoble. About six hundred anglers crowded the banks and disturbed the water as the bass and panfish hid. Harry Hanson hooked a 2% pound bass amid the melee.
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Brown
John Simpson
Bernard Grogs
Harry Hanson
Roy Scoble
Eastside Park
Harry Hanon
Washington
Local Health Nurse Delivers Rotary Club Talk
Miss Emma Nice Daviess County health nurse spoke at the weekly Rotary Club noon meeting at the Elks home. She described current county health work and vistitations made throughout the county. Mrs. J C Beaciles of the Daviess County Tuberculosis Society attended as a guest.
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Emma Nice
Daviess County
Rotary Club
Elks Home
Miss Nice
J. C. Beaciles
The
Daviess County Tuberculosia Society
Washington Band Concert Opens Summer Series at Park
Washington citizens will enjoy the first of a series of summer band concerts by the Washington High School band this evening at the park. The public school grade chorus, 125 boys and girls, will sing several numbers with Beatrice Colbert on piano during the program.
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Washington
Washington High School
Beatrice Colbert
Classes for Life Saving to Begin
Junior and senior life saving courses begin at the municipal swimming pool next Tuesday June 21. Those wishing to enroll should leave their names at the pool desk. Paul Gan is examiner and Gene Kleir and Jack Opell are instructors.
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Paul Gan
Gene Kleir
Jack Opell
Sheriff Ordered to Retrieve Girl in New York
Vincennes Indiana June 16 Judge W S Hoover of Knox county court ordered Sheriff Gus Joice to go to several towns in New York to return 14 year old Lillia Rayburn to her home here The girl rode hitchhiked to New York seeking her mother who is estranged from the father Harley Rayburn WPA worker She was before the court in January as a delinquent and will be returned for violating her parole Temperatures yesterday showed a high of 88 and a low of 60 with a low of 67 last night.
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Vincennes
Ind
INS
Hoover
Knox Chcit Court
Gus Joice
Jackwanna
N. A
Lillia Rayburn
New York
Harley Rayburn
WPA
Pickers And Careeothetaeds Start NL Action
NL National League reports schedule notes for two games tomorrow including Boston Cincinnati St Louis and Pittsburgh with pitching lineups McGee Passegu Klinger Hubbell Pearsor Stratton Kiakauskas Feller Bridges. American League updates mention Pearsor Stratton Kiakauskas and Feller with early game details.
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McGee
PHIL
Passegu
PITT
Klinger
Bay
Hubbell
Pearsor
Chi
Stratton
Kiakauskas
Clev
Feller
Bridges
Congress May Adjourn As Veto Is Overridden
Congress moves toward adjournment after Senate and House votes override President Roosevelt's veto on a farm loan bill. The measure extends low interest farm loans for two years and clears the way for the $4.75 billion relief recovery plan. Debate also touches on election influence investigations and other funding items as June 30 deadlines loom.
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Congressional
John Nance “Garney
Senate
William B. Bankhead
House
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
White House
Gongress
Spain
Hill
Hospital Notes Report Multiple Surgeries in Local Towns
Iles Bledsoe of West Baden was admitted for treatment yesterday afternoon. Eva May Query of Petersburg underwent a major operation yesterday. Mrs Archie Westfall of Bicknell had a major operation this morning. Urban J Daily welcomed a daughter at 119 Mill Street this morning. Beatrice McCain of RFD 4 underwent a minor operation today. Geraldine Fisher of Jasper had a minor operation here today. Deloras Koch of 400 North Meridian Street submitted to a minor operation today. Mrs Cornelius F Ageton of 1613 South Meridian, admitted earlier this week for treatment, remained unchanged today.
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Iles Bledsoe
West Baden
Eva May Query
Petersburg
Cornelius F. Ageton
South Meridian
Two Local Women Enter Hospital in Indianapolis
Mrs. Alvin Padgett and Mrs. Paul R. Bausman, both residents of the city, underwent operations at the hospital in Indianapolis.
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Alvin Padgett
Paul R. Bausman
Indianapolis
Pendleton resident report unclear from fragment
A damaged OCR fragment from Pendleton Indiana mentions a person and vague actions with unclear names and date indications, lacking readable details to confirm event, place, or outcome.
Attempted Station Hold Up Ends in Unclear Tragedy
Fragmentary report describes an attempted station hold up with a death linked to a man named Drake aged 30 and an unidentified body. Authorities contemplate identification and reasons behind the event amid conflicting statements from a supposed Drake relative.
Divorce Suit Filed amid Three Repeated Names
A divorce case was filed here naming a four man party. The husband was listed as George George George, a repeated name appearing in the court document.
Joint meeting for Christian Men's Fellowship in two counties
A joint meeting of the Christian Men's Fellowship League of Knox and Daviess counties will convene at Central Christian church next Monday June 20 at 730 PM. About 350 men are to be fed and a male quartet from Pike county and an Washington octet will perform. Dr Bert Wilson Indiana Disciples pension fund secretary will speak, delivering a requested address from the Indiana Christian Churches state convention. Knox aims for 150 attendees and Daviess expects parity with invites from Evansville Linton Bloomfield Princeton and Sullivan. Attendees should notify the church Key Man by Sunday noon to estimate turnout.
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Christian Men's Fellowship League of
Aia
Bert Wilson
Panaianes
The
Disciples of Christ
Indianapolis
Wilson
Indiana Christian Churches
New Castle
Daviess Cone
Frank Walt
Knox County
Evansville
Linton
Bloomfield
Princeton
Sullivan
Daviess ‘County
Gorillas Nearing St Louis Zoo Acquisition
St Louis Zoo Director George P Vierhelier announced negotiations for two 4-year-old gorillas from French Equatorial Africa are nearly finished. The pair weigh 76 and 80 pounds and the zoo previously had only one gorilla a year ago.
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St. Louis St. Louis
St. Louis, Zoo
George P. Vierhelier
State Welfare Director Warns on Fraud Spectacles Salesmen
Indiana public welfare chief Thurman A Gottschalk warns against fraudulent spectacles salesmen. He cites multiple elderly victims and a recent report from Daviess County where a man posing as a government physician claimed to deliver eye glasses to seniors.
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Indianapolis
INS
Thurman A.gottschalk
Daviess County
James E. Gilley
Media Ragsdale Dies After Illness at 51
Mrs. Mecia S. Ragsdale 51 wife of Rev Claude Ragsdale of Union Pike County died at 6 30 Wednesday night at Davis County Hospital after paralysis and a stroke last Saturday Born January 1 1887 in Daviess County she lived in Glendale and later Indiana Mississippi Missouri and Kansas with her minister husband Before death she was survived by her husband and numerous siblings and relatives from Indiana and nearby counties
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Mecia S. Ragsdale
Claude Ragsdale
Union
Pike County
Davi County Hospital
Ragsdale
Daviess County
Sheing
Glendale
Frank
Nancy Smoot
Missouri
Kansas
Rsdales
Indiana
Pike
Flag Day Observed by Washington Kiwanis Club
The Washington Kiwanis Club observed Flag Day with Rev Geo Hitchcock and Eagle Scout Robert Walker as speakers. Scout Walker explained flag handling and display rules while Hitchcock reviewed flag history and shared patriotic poems. The club sent thanks to Evansville Kiwanis for support of local children and noted transportation and supervision contributions by volunteers for a planned trip and 4-H group activities.
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Washington Kiwanis Club
Geo. C. Hitchcock
Robert Walker
Scout Walker
United States
Rex
Hitchcock
Kiwanis Club
Evansville
Kiwanis
Ray Howard Wallace
Littman
Flavian, Myers
Ralph
Patrick Lundergan
Washington Girl Ready to Come Home
Martha Raney a 16 year old from Washington Indiana walked into Anderson police headquarters after a day of hitch hiking saying she had left home Wednesday morning and had gone far. She told officers she is ready to return and authorities will contact her parents to arrange her return.
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Anderson
Ind
Martha Raney
Washington
Crop Insurance Branch to Open in Indiana City
A branch of the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation will be seen in Indianapolis, announced by the secretary of agriculture. The unit will focus on protecting farmers when crops threaten deterioration or during falling markets, part of a broader drive to support agricultural stability in Indiana.
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Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
Indianapolis
Secretary of
Agric
Premims
War Dept Allots Millions For Flood, Rivers and Harbors
Washington June 16 in one of the largest flood patrol and rivers and harbors expenditures on record the war department today approved allotment totaling millions for a series of projects across the nation funds will be used to improve navigation and flood control in the Ohio river valley California and other regions chief allotments include more than 7 million for Pittsburgh protection and major sums across the Ohio valley and California. In other news McCall 21 was sentenced for kidnapping a child after confessing to the crime and leading authorities to a ransom and the child’s body transfer to the state prison at 24ford for execution date to be set by Gov. Cone.
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Washington
War Departments
Ohio River
California
Ohio River Valley
Pittsburgh
Californi
McCall
Sialon Gui Wee
Wetjo
Tno
Atkinson
Army Prepares For Next Fight With Machine Gun Tipped Doughboys
Washington reports the American army is being readied for a potential future war. Doughboys would enter the field equipped with light machine guns and Springfield rifles, following the World War precedent. The plan emphasizes rapid deployment and individual combat readiness.
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Washington
INS
Swedish Scouts Fete Observed in Stockholm
Stockholm reports a Swedish Scout event observed on June 18 with ceremonies and local participation, detailing pageantry and community recognition of scouting activities.
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Stockholm
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