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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1927
Page
1
A four hour examination of ransom letters and telegrams from the Marian Parker kidnapping shows handwriting by two persons, one a woman. Marian herself wrote the Dear Mother and Daddy letters. An expert says a woman helped write, with the other writer likely a printer or clerk.
Rewards for the capture of Marian Parker's kidnapper and slayer rose to about $50,000 in Los Angeles as radio station KFWB sparked fundraising. Authorities pledged $5,000 each, with Southern California contributions quickly flowing, including $1,000 gifts and dramatic donations such as an elderly woman giving her canary.
Scattered portions of 12 year old Marian Parker’s body were found in well wrapped packages along a Los Angeles roadway. A $25,000 reward is growing as police consider a three person involvement with two suspects linked to early ransom telegrams to Parker.
Heavy seas and darkness challenge divers in the S-4 submarine rescue off Provincetown. A Brumby message confirms six men alive in the torpedo room and reports air supplies, hammer communications, and no gas exposure. Three torpedo men named Crabb Snizek and Short are believed among the survivors.
The Spirit of California, a trimotor Fokker, is in 12 hours of flight from Millsfield San Francisco as pilots strive to surpass the 52 hour 22 minute 31 second world record. They vow to see it through or go down with the ship if necessary.
In Los Angeles on December 18 Perry M Parker Jr son of the Parker family speaks about the kidnapping and dismemberment murder of Marian Parker. He reveals that the mother knows her daughter is dead but claims the family will not tell Mrs Parker everything. The brother notes the family’s silence and prays the mother never learns full details.
The Associated Press reports Congress will adjourn for the Christmas recess after a brief week. Members rush to go home for stockings as a slight exodus begins. The House aims to pass minor bills and the alien property return bill by Tuesday night while the Senate may be short of a quorum.
Wolves driven from mountains by snowstorms descend on Lugo Spain causing livestock losses and panic. In Donis a pack chased citizens indoors as hunting parties are formed to combat the danger.
A distressed father in the Virginia City area robs a small crossroads store to provide Christmas toys and ornaments for his three children. He is captured by the merchant and later released, with the tale carried by local residents.
E. E. Collins of Helena announced that it is up to doctors to present reasons why they should receive 1928 permits to write liquor prescriptions. He noted the suspension notices sent to doctors in Butte Anaconda and other Montana cities and said hearings would be available.
About 100 Russians in the Shanghai settlement were told to leave immediately as nationalist forces deport communists and other deemed undesirable. Among those notified were staff from the Soviet consulate and the Russian Dahl Bank, plus volunteer fleet members. Consulate personnel were effectively held by police. Foreign Minister Wu stated he has no official report on ill treatment in Canton, blaming wartime tensions and local resentment.
President Cosgrave of the Irish Free State will travel to the United States in mid January for a 10 day visit. He will be accompanied by Desmond Fitzgerald minister of national defense. The itinerary includes Washington New York Chicago and Boston.
Mexican city report says humorist Will Rogers left Mexico City by air on December 18 for Los Angeles. He planned to learn Spanish after returning home, noting that everyone in Mexico speaks English. Two other passengers accompanied him.
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh watched two bullfights in Mexico City amid United States protests against his support of the sport. The day featured Gaona’s return to the ring and morning charro exhibitions followed by an afternoon bull fight as the famed aviator observed Mexico’s national pageantry.
Divers describe an undersea dialog with six S-4 crew members trapped in the forward torpedo compartment. Air is poor but not gas filled, and airlines are being used to improve atmosphere as rescue efforts continue amid bad weather off Provincetown.
E H Phreaner of Cajeme Sonora says a colonization project with the Mexican government, sponsored by Gen Alvaro Obregon, envisions a 22 million dollar Yaqui valley development with Americans as colonists. Mexico reportedly bought 1 5 million acres and plans a 5 million dollar Yaqui river dam to back the district.
Milford Conn December 18 Simon Lake famed inventor of the even keel submarine spoke to the Bridgeport Telegram outlining a rescue method. He favors divers entering the sunken S-4 through a bottom plate hole using diving suits and air pressure to keep water out, rather than raising the vessel with derricks or pontoons. He notes Navy electrical tools could create the entry hole and says a few divers could operate quickly. Lake cites past involvement in the S-51 rescue in 1925 after a collision near Block Island.
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