Indiana Tornado Toll and State News Highlights
Tornado deaths reported across Indiana include ten in Allen and Jay counties each, one in Steuben and Montgomery counties, and ten in Union City near Randolph County. Townley village saw four dead as all buildings were leveled. Other items note wage hikes in Franklin, student baby care prices in Bloomington, railroad rate changes in Indianapolis, and various regional notices on farms, schools, and public services.
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Indianapolis
Allen County
Jay County
Steuben County
Montgomery County
Union City
Randolph County
Indiana
Allen
Day
Steuben
Montgomery
Randolph
St. Joseph
Lake Counties
Townley
Franklin
Chery
Bloomington
Indiana University
Public Service Commission
Central Freight Association
Union Traction Company of Indiana
Terre Haute, Indianapolis & Eastern
Indianapolis & Cincinnati Traction Company
Shelbyville
Shelby County
Farmers’ Association
South Bend
Vernon Municipal Water Works
Newcastle
Archibald Armstrong
Jesse McCord
Ralph Yost
Anderson
Madison County
Church of God
Indiana Association of Spiritualists
Chesterfield
Vincennes
Division of Entomology
The
State Conservation Commission
Mountain Lion Slain by J W Howell in Narrow Hunt
Mr J W Howell killed a mountain lion in a close encounter while watching a full grown cow elk. He had approached within about 20 feet when the lion leaped on the elk and killed her, and Mr Howell then killed the animal.
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Mr. J. W. Howell
Mr. Howell
France selects its most beautiful girl at Hotel de Ville
Lucille Bataille was crowned France’s queen of beauty after a committee of politicians, artists, and theater managers chose her from nearly 1,000 contestants at a Hotel de Ville contest awarding the prize.
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Mule
Lucille Bataille
France
Hotel de Ville
Filipinos Served in the American Navy
It is reported that 5,868 Filipinos have served in the American navy a figure not generally known by the public.
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Navy
Senate Smoot Resolves Public Information Expenditures Report
Sen Smoot introduces a resolution directing the director of the council of national defense to report detailed expenditures of the committee on public information. The report should itemize payments, travel, printing, advertising, and equipment, plus names and addresses of payees and purposes.
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Congress
Senate
Committee On Public Information
Smoot
Utah
Council of National Defense
Chisses
Government Printing Office
Gray Brotherhood Ex-Convicts Claim Nationwide Prison Reform
A mysterious group calling itself the Gray Brotherhood, said to count over 18 000 former convicts, aims to humanize prisons and aid inmates both during confinement and after release. It seeks to replace politician control with penological experts, fight grafts, educate the public, and push state by state reform to overhaul the penal system.
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Gray Brotherhood
Gray Brother
United States
White House
Brotherhood
Shortage of School Teachers Threatens Nation
The United States bureau of education reports a serious teacher shortage due to inadequate salaries. By February 13, 18,279 schools were closed for lack of teachers and 41,000 operated with under standard instructors. Southern states show greater shortages while rural pay lagged behind averages.
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Petersburg
White River
Wabash River
Gibson County
Indian Creek Coal Company
Lafayette
Purdue University
Indianapolis
Office of
the Board of State Charities
Indianapais
First Baptist Church
China
Baptist Academy
Swatow
First Church
Foreign Mission Society
Boston
Hammond
Indiana Harbor Lake Front
East Chicago
Japan
The
Brotherhood of Painters
Marion
Bedford
Mitchell
Lawrence County
South Corporation
Orange County
Greenfield
Hancock County
Peru
Board of Works
Thomas Taggart
Democratic State Committee
Benjamin Bosse
Evansville
A. C. Sallee
Chicago
McCormick
Anderson
Church of God Biible
Church of God University
Muncie
William W. Parsons
Indiana State Normal
Jeffersonville
Susan Quinlan
Patrick Quinlan
United States Bureau of Education
National Education Association
America Becomes Major Fur Market Centre Says Dealers
The article states the United States is rapidly becoming a fur hub second to Russia, with record sales and rising prices. It cites Alaska sealskins, vast imports from China, Siberia, Australia, Persia, and Europe, and U S offerings of muskrats beavers wolves silver foxes raccoons and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Russia
London
Alaska
St. Louis
Northwest
Siberia
Australia
Persia
Turkestan
Europe
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Indiana State News
ST. Thomas
Pinera
Porrine
Marine Corps
Chicago Housing Association
Pleasant Gardens
W. L. van Llern
G. A. Sanderson
Wapite House
Washington
America
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