Indiana Pardons, Paroles, and State Actions Report
Indiana board of pardons recommends paroles for three life term murder prisoners Rufus Waren George Stroud and John Fenninger plus a commutation for Oscar Savage. Governor Goodrich approves. Also notes on school funding policy, prohibition enforcement, coal car shortages, and county wheat production efforts across multiple Indiana cities and counties.
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Indianapolis
Indiana State Board of Pardons
Goodrich
Indiana
Pardon Board
Ife
Rufus Waren
Madison County
George Stroud
Michigan City
John Fenninger
Vaniderburg
Oscar Savage
Knox County
Horace Jillis
Ellis
Eli Stansbury
Indiana Supreme Court
General Assembly
E. I. Lewis
Public Service Commission
Federal Fuel Administration
J. W. Coneys
Federal Railroad Administration
Lewis
National Railroad Administration
Pennsylvania
Gary
John Forsgren
Tolleston
Myrtle
Terre Haute
Indiana Bituminous Coal Operators’ Association
South Bend
Thirty-seventh Field Artillery
Elkhart
Warsaw
Plymouth
Laporte
France
Camp Shelby
Miss
U S Troops Score Major Victory in France Front
American forces repulsed a German counterattack west of Chateau Thierry and held Hill 204. The fighting yielded captured Germans, including seven officers, and numerous machine guns as U S troops advanced, while Allied forces at Hamel and along the Somme reported gains and new prisoner tallies.
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Marne
Chatteau Thierry
Hill 204
Vax
Paris
Chateau Thierry
London
Hamel
Villers-Bretonneaux
Somme
Haid
Vaire Wood
America
France
Joy
M and
Powell
Ray
Longpont
War Office
U. S
Wiliam D. Robbens
John Wilford
Carlisle Rhouns
Terre Haute
Ind
P. Thompson
Honeoye Falls
N. Y
Waldo
N. Hinriches
Granville
John Mitchell
Manchester
Mass
Heinrichs
President To Prussian Rulers Deathless Forces Rise At Mount Vernon
President Wilson spoke at Mount Vernon on Independence Day asserting Washington and allies sought freedom for all mankind not just a class. He warned Prussian rulers have aroused forces they cannot crush and urged a world peace based on law and equal rights.
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Mount Vernon
Kaiser
George Washington
America
Wilson
Washington
Diplomatic Corps
Runnymede
Virginia
United States
Prussia
Lion in Cage Fights Trainer in Fort Lee Studio
John A. Cahill an animal trainer entered a cage with a 585 pound lion at a Fort Lee New Jersey film studio. The lion mauled Cahill giving 25 wounds as stage carpenter John C Abbott Jr fought the beast with an ax and saved Cahill's life by dragging him to safety.
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Fort Lee
N. J
John A. Cahill
Cahill
Elizabeth
Lion Farm
John C. Abbott, Jr
Abbott
Business Men Aid Wounded in London Transport Column
London reporters describe the London Transport column of the Red Cross, a thousand business men organized since August 1917, unloading wounded from trains, transferring them to stretchers, and guiding ambulances to hospitals in London and suburbs.
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London
London Transport
Red Cross
London Transport Column
U S Troops Land In Waves At French Port
Reports from a French port describe waves of American troops arriving by ship and marching to camps with identification tags on rifles. Transports and support vessels fill the harbor while local stevedores interact with the newcomers. The influx marks a dramatic buildup seen over the past month.
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U. S
Glass-In-The-Food Plot Ends In Cake Consumed
In San Francisco Jack, an office boy at City Food, ate about half a cake linked to a suspected glass in the food plot. Officials learned of the cake’s disappearance and the boy’s act. they reacted with fits of laughter. The next day Jack returned to work as healthy as ever.
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Indianapolis
State
Indiana
Lafayette
The
Indiana Horticultural Society
Elkhart County
J.E. Larger
Harry E. Barnard
M. K E. Foley
State Council of Defense
T. A. Coleman
Agricultural Extension Department
Purdue University
Foley
Muncie
Delaware County
Salem
Seymour
Jeffersonville
Hugh A. Stevens
Clark County
Shelbyville
Shelby County
South Bend
State War Savings Committee
R. B. Ayres
Fortville
Indiana War Savings Committee
War Savings
San Francisco
Jack
City Food
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Acme-Evans Company
Henry L. Harding
U.S
Vaux
Baker
Moulin-Sous- Touvent
Soissons
House Appropriations Committee
BK. Woe
Secretary of War
Pershing
Newton D. Baker
Rome
Piave
Russia
Lves
Lion
Brave Lion
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