President Coolidge to address American Legion in Omaha
Washington Oct 2 President and Mrs Coolidge will travel to Omaha Neb to address the American Legion convention on October 6. The party departs Sunday and arrives in St Louis Monday evening then travels via Cincinnati Vincennes and Chillicothe reaching Omaha early Tuesday morning. No decision yet on passage over the Baltimore & Ohio railroad division.
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Washington, D. C
Coolidge
Omaha
Neb
Dent
American Legion
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Chilicothe
Vincennes
Ind
Indiana
Illinois
Three Men Arrested in Chicken Theft Ring Camped Near Washington
Sheriff Hawkins of Martin county pursued three men named Lloyd Brock, Jim Brock, and Lawrence Jenkins after chickens were stolen from farms between Ogootee and Shoals. The suspects were taken into custody in Vincennes for transporting stolen poultry in an Overland car. The trio had camped near Washington on State 5 two nights earlier and the birds bore the name of a Ford poultry dealer.
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Hawkins
Martin County
Washington
Vincennes
Ogootee
Shoals
Betht
Lloyd Brock
Z m Brock
Lawrence Jenkins
Ford Poultry
World Series Returns Announced by Demerat Sports Page
Baseball fans learn of an important World Series return noted on the sport page of The Demerat, signaling a fresh start for coverage of the games.
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Demerat
Richard Clements Dies at Age 68 in Bedford Road Area
Richard Clements dies at age 68 after kidney trouble following a sudden illness on Bedford road. He was a longtime Washington and Daviess County resident with deep local ties and a large family. Survived by wife Mary Queen Clements, five children, and several siblings, with funeral Saturday at St John’s Cemetery after Catholic church services.
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Richard Clements
Bedford Road
Clements
Jabok
Canning
Washington
Daviess County
Mak County
Puedes
Daviess
Stewie T
Ian Queen
Will ‘Ar
Mary Clements
Don
Susan Queen Clements
Albert
Mary
W Liam Clements
Elizabeth Essig
Mary Gardiner
Semour
Phoebe Herman
Submarine 8 51 bodies recovered as rescue fleet labors
The bodies of Raymond Lindsey and Walter Lawton were recovered from the engine room of submarine 8 51 near New London Connecticut. An officer’s body also washed ashore near Stonington as divers concluded the hull is flooded and likely no one remains alive. The torpedo room will be tested for water and the rescue effort continues on the one chance in a million.
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New London
Cénn
Raymond D. “Lindsey
Walter » D. Lawton
Lawton
Weymouth
Mass
Linsey
Pensacola
Fla
Stonington
Conn
New Lidndon
Concrete workers lay floor in Washington high gym
Concrete workers began laying the Washington high school gym floor this morning and expect completion by Tuesday unless delays arise. Nine of fifty five by eighty feet covered, water pumping needed from a fire department pumper due to soft ground. Roof carpentry progresses while bricklaying strains crews. seating arrangements advance as circus bleachers arrive for installation.
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Washington High School
At. Com
Todax Ie
Ith, & Dillin
Engine Sets World Distance Record From St Paul to Seattle
Great Northern Engine 267 completed a 3,600 mile run in 110 hours from St Paul Minn to Seattle Wash. The crew included 24 engineers and 24 firemen. The run, claimed as a world long distance record, began two days earlier.
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Beatle
Wash
Great Northern Railway
Seattle
St. Paul
Minn
Sanford Brown Sells $10,000 Farm
Sanford Brown has sold his acre farm in southeastern Daviess county to A T Spaulding of Fairmount Virginia for 10 000 dollars. The deal was consummated by Mario Brown, son of Sanford Brown. Brown, a lifelong farmer in Daviess, plans to move to Loogootee. Spaulding is expected to move on the farm about the first of the year.
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Sanford Brown
Daviess County
A. T. Spaulding
Fairmount
Virginia
Mariog Brown
Mr. Brown
Loogootee
Mr. Spaulding
Newlyweds Hurt Dodging Charivari in Anderson
Mr and Mrs Parquin Wright were severely cut and bruised while escaping a charivari in Anderson Indiana on October 2. An automobile owned by Mr and Mrs Emmer B Travis toppled onto them trapping all occupants.
Porter's Second Heist Ends in Agent Shooting
Robert Henry Porter, 53, of Council Bluffs Iowa, father of four, is reported to have been shot by a Union Pack special agent while escaping with loot from a second robbery. Details are sparse in the fragmentary OCR.
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Robert Henry Porter
Council Bluffs, Ia
Union Pack
Hold quartet for St Bernice holdup
Two men and two women were arrested in Terre Haute and Clinton Indiana in connection with the August 23 holdup of Haya Reed a bank messenger and his two guards on a road between Clinton and St Bernice with eleven thousand dollars taken Protective Department of the Indiana Bankers Association announced Lena Striker of Canton and John Dougherty and Miss Lena Ammith were arrested in Clinton and Terre Haute respectively
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Indianapolis
Terre Haute
Clinton
Ind
Haya Reed
St . Bernice
Protective Department
Indiana Bankers’ Association
Lena Striker
Canton
Terre
Haute
John Dougherty
Lena Ammith
Hastings Order Pads Tougaw Place In Vincennes
Judge M S Hastings in the Da Jess circuit court ordered Tougaw place at 110 112 Main Street Vincennes closed and padlocked for one year after trial and arguments in the Tougaw pad re case. Officers testified no sales occurred there and slow elevator doors and windows aided raiding parties reaching the second floor where much of the liquor selling was done.
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M. S. Hastings
Dajess
Vincennes
Tougaw Place
Mainreét
Watson Predicts Cool Reception for LaFollette in Senate
Terre Haute October 2 An outcast line in the Republican party is seen awaiting the younger LaFollette when he arrives in the senate. Senator James E Watson asserts his influence on committees lends weight to the forecast. He notes some committee agents may favor the young aspirant while the interstate contest to Terre slows progress.
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Terre’ Haute
LaFollette
Senate
James E. Watson
Committee On Committees
Coutess
Terre
SA Sant Sonar LaFol
Heffernans Return From Six Week European Tour
Mr and Mrs William Heffernan of Northeast First and George streets return home with Lt John B Heffernan after a six week tour of England Ireland France Germany Belgium Switzerland Italy They sailed from New York on the Carmania August 22 landing in Queens Town August 29 and visiting London Antwerp Brussels Coblenz Mayence Basel Lucerne and Venice before returning to New York city.
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William Heffernan
First
George Streets
England
Ireland
France
Germany
Belgium
Switzerland
Italy
John B. Heffernan
London
Mrs. Heffernan
New York City
Cunard
Queenstown
Dublin
Holyhead
Wales
Traffi
Harwich
Antwerp
Brussels
Cologne
Coblenz
Mayence
Rhine
Basle
Lucerne
Paul Walters Displays Autumn Window At Bell Clothing
Paul Walters, decorator for the Bell Clothing company, again shows his skill in the current window display. The autumnal theme uses artificial leaves and tasteful lighting to set off fall clothing, with the overall arrangement described as an attractive showcase where the line is the final and subtle reveal.
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Paul Walters
Bell Clothing Company
Walters
Opposes Separate Air Corps in Navy Leader Voices Stand
Washington October 2 Commander John Rodgers argued against a separate air corps in the navy before the special aircraft board. He contended the unified air service plan would negate the advantage of control by air officers and drew a large, enthusiastic crowd in the committee room after addressing the issue following the unsuccessful PN-9 Hawaiian flight.
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Rodgers
Mitchell
Washington, D. C
Air Corps
Navy
Special Aircraft Board
John Rodgers
PN-9
Passenger Train Collision Near Adrian Kills Four
A Chicago and Detroit passenger train struck a hand car in fog near Adrian Michigan on October 2. Two railroad workers died instantly, two more were believed fatally injured, and seventeen others sustained minor injuries. The wreck was blamed on heavy fog.
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Adrian
Mich
Chicago
Two Burns Marion Child Dies In Fire Rescue
A Marion Indiana family notes tragedy as a three year old daughter and five year old son die after a fire started by playing with matches. The incident occurred in a port city area where authorities are investigating the blaze.
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Marion
Ind
Tae Charlotte
Gowin
Ther
Jam
Five Year Truce Proposed on French Debt Settlement
Washington October 2 a five year truce on the 4 200 000 000 French debt to the United States will be laid before Congress and the French parliament as the sole result of eight days of negotiations between American and French debt fund commissions ratified by both nations. The annual payment of 40 000 000 will run for five years with full payment discussed at the end of the term. Caillaux refused to accept the plan.
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Ashington
United States
Gress
France
Ph Caillaux
Finance
Caillaux
Washington
New York
Opinmon
Corrosion and Rust Costs Run High in U S Industry
A report notes corrosion and rust costs totaling 2 500 004 000 dollars annually across United States industries, highlighting material degradation impacts on manufacturing and infrastructure with substantial economic effects.
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United States
Gift of 300000 to Dunes Country
Chicago October 2 The northern Indiana dunes society will be enriched by $300,000 through prospective gifts announced today by the conservation council. Donors June Albert H. Gary will give $250,000 and Julius Rosenwald $50,000. These gifts are conditional upon a popular subscription of $800,000. The money will be used for turning the dunes into a public playground.
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Chicago
Indiana Dunes
Soeitiy
The
Conservation Council
Albert H. Gary
Julius Rosenwald
European thief hunted in $500000 to $750000 jewelry theft
In New York on October 2 a European suspect followed two rose pink pearls across the Atlantic and is sought by Detective Chief Enright in the Donahue suite robbery at the Plaza Hotel. Police believe the jewels were renewed from abroad after arrival from Paris, with four imitation pearls discarded to mislead investigators.
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En. York
Atlantic
James Donahue
Ghter
Frank W. Woolth
Donahue
Hotel Plaza
Paris
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Mrs. Coolidge
National Limited
After Allege
Map
Bethany
Mee
Hiristy
Comander Newton
Tf. 8. S
Len
Niiam C. Teschemacher
John
Portland
Ore
Newport
A. L
Flestroyer
Hold Quartet
ST. Bernice
Hastings
Watson
SR Rey
Burns
Dunes Country
Gary and
Rosenwald
Olice
Richard Enil
Ing, City, Hotel and Insurance 'Company
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