Burke Named Most Dangerous Murderer in This Country
Chicago dispatch reports Fred R. Burke alias Fred Dane, linked to the St Valentine’s Day Massacre, confessed to a woman after an escape spree involving 11 murders and robberies. Police describe him as the era’s top criminal and note his arrest follows a fatal traffic incident in St Joseph Michigan.
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Fred Dane
Chicago
U.P
St. Valentine's Day
Fred R. Burke
Burke
St. Joseph
Mich
Charles Skelly
Conan Doyle
Edgar Wallace
Jefferson
Wis
Viola Breneman
Kankakee, Kil
Wilbur Cummings
Willie Heeny
St. Valentine’s Day
Bugs Moran
Divorced Carrie Black Sincere Weds Pianist Nathan Fryer
Mrs Carrie Black Sincere, recently divorced from Victor W Sincere of National Department Stores, marries Cleveland pianist and composer Nathan Fryer age 48. Sincere hosted opera luminaries. Fryer has performed on stage in Cleveland and abroad.
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Cleveland
U.P
Carrie Black Sincere
Victor W. Sincere
National Department Stores
Nathan Fryer
Sincere
Lews Black
Bailey Company
Sinceres
Fryer
War Department approves bridges across Cuyahoga River area
Approval granted for construction of bridges across the Cuyahoga River at Lorain Avenue Cleveland a cross Ohio river span between Owensboro Kentucky and Rockport Indiana and another across the Kentucky River below Tyrone Kentucky in statewide projects.
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Washington
War Department
Cuyahoga River
Lorain Avenue
Cleveland
Owensboro
Rockport
Ind
Kentucky River
Tyrone
Gifts for All In the Family in Shop-o-Scope
The Messenger Shop-o-Scope advertises gifts for all. A raincoat with hat for a little girl is priced at 4.95. Pajamas for him range from 8.00 to 8.95. Throw rugs in various colors and patterns cost from 2.00 upward.
Willie Dies at Fairfield County Infirmary
William Lowry spent 52 years at the Fairfield County Infirmary and was buried in Potter's Field. Admitted in 1870, he died yesterday with no visitors, according to salvaged home records from the attic.
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Willie
Fairfield County Infirmary
Lancaster
William Lowry
Potter's Field
Lowry
One Mine Idle in Red Strike Hotbed
In Taylorville UK on December 17, only one mine near Langley remained idle as the Nationalist coal strike persisted. National Guard had been withdrawn for deputies, with Langley wings voting to keep troops nearby until tensions ease and Kincaid mine returns to normal operation.
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Kincaid
National Mine Workers
Illinois
Taylorville
UPI
National
United Mine Workers
Langley
National Guard
Langley Dixgwings
O. J. McMacklin
Nor Mal
Today By Arthur Brisbane Submarines Urged For Pacific Demand
In a column from Arthur Brisbane the writer argues for increased submarine strength to secure Pacific interests and warns of looming naval needs as tensions rise. The piece stresses strategic mobility and defense readiness.
Prodigy Puts Lithium, Robotic Brain In NYU Show
A brisk science note from New York University highlights Professor Partridge turning lithium into $15-a-pound metal and a display by Professor McTavish of a robot with an electric lamp eyes and radio brain. The piece notes robots cannot create new ideas, urging focus on innovation.
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Partridge
New York University Chemistry Department
McTavish
New York University
Farmer Named Sheriff After Gregory Quits Norwala
Dec. 17. U P Harry D. Smith, Peru Township farmer, chosen by county commissioners to succeed Edward Gregory as Huron County sheriff. Gregory, a Republican, resigned after confessing he had allowed I. H. Shimman to take 45 gallons of confiscated alcohol from the county jail last week. Shimman and a companion were arrested in Sandusky County on charges of illegally transporting intoxicating liquor. Commissioners expressed regret but said they must accept the resignation in view of the confession.
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Norwala
U.pharry D. Smith
Peru
Edward Gregory
Huron County
Gregory
I. H. Shimman
Shimman
Sandusky County
Pacific nonstop flight plan from Seattle hints bold aims
From Seattle the Pacific aeronautic research foundation plans a non stop flight across the Pacific next May. The article mentions historic flight feats and notes the Brooklyn Navy Yard building the V 7 submarine with 725 workers. It argues defense value and envisioning submarines with engines able to travel globally.
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Seatile
Pacific Aeronautic Research Foundation
Pacific
Europe
South America
London
India
Atlantic
Poles
Lord Northcliffe
English Channel
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Fair Play dies at 24 a legendary sire in Kentucky
The historic racehorse Fair Play, sire of Man O War and among the era’s greatest, died at 24 at Joseph F Widener’s Illmedorf Farm near Lexington. The Blue Grass State readied a bronze monument to honor the colorful thoroughbred.
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Kentucky
Lexington
U.R
Fair Play
Joseph F. Widener
Illmedorf Farm
Here
Blue Grass
Great steel combine forming with $400 million assets
Wall Street heard of a new steel combine under way with total assets above 400 million dollars. The organization is expected to include Cyrus S. Eaton interests and about 12 companies. Ingot capacity would reach nearly 5 million tons annually, more than double Youngstown Sheet and Tube’s output.
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New York
Wall Street
Cyrus S. Eaton
Cleveland
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
Watchman Killed in Springfield Coalyard Robbery
William Highwarden, 69, night watchman for Springfield Coal and Ice Company, died from abdomen wounds after burglars shot him during an attempted entry to the fuel company building. Police pursue leads as the victim is identified and the community mourns.
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Springfield
U.R
William Highwarden
Springfield Coal & Ice Company
Highwarden
Fuel Company
Heflin and Locke Plan Independent Alabama Ticket
Senator J Thomas Heflin and Judge Hugh A Locke, both expelled from the Democratic Party for supporting Hoover, announced they will run as independents in the 1930 Alabama Senate race after the party executive committee denied their primary bids. Heflin urged a party house clean and said he will be a Senate candidate.
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Montgomery
Ala
U.R
Alabama
J. Thomas Heflin
Hugh A. Locke
Hoover
Birmingham
Senate
Heflin
Washington
Trans-Atlantic flight ends in Brazilian crash
Lieuten ant Colonel Tadeo Larre Borges and Captain Leon Challe crash landed in Brazilian coastal forests near Santo Antonio during a trans Atlantic voyage. Challe slightly injured, Larre Borges unhurt. They had logged about 8 700 miles in the journey.
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Carlos Spinosa
United Press
Bahia
Tadeo Larre Borges
Leon Challe
Challe
Santo Antonio
Larre Borges
Rio de Janeiro
Arturo Ferrarin
Carlo Delprete
Rome
Point Ginipabu
Natal
Bones Unearthed Near May Be Child’s Remains
Two hunters northwest of May Be Horst Canton unearthed bones believed to be those of a four or five year old child. The bones may link to the December disappearance of Melvin Horst, four, of Orrville, now an unsolved case.
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Canton
U.P
Here
Melvin Horst
Orrville
Pairey Napier Monoplane Flies Over Marseilles En Route
The English Pairey Napier Monoplane attempting a world distance record from Singland to South Africa passed Marseilles at 2 20 p m as announced by the French Air Ministry.
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Marseilles
France
Dieudonne Coste
Istres
Coste
Paris
Singland
South Africa
Air Ministry
146 Saved From Steamer Manuka After Reef Collision
One hundred forty six passengers and crew were landed today after the steamer Manuka struck a coastal reef in a dense fog between Bluff Harbor and Dunedin. The ship was a total loss.
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Auckland
N. Z
Inion Steamship Company of
New Zealand
Bluff Harbor
Tpunedin
Foreign Affairs Committee Backs Haiti Investigation Resolution
The House Foreign Affairs Committee approved a favorable report on the revised Porter Resolution granting the President authority to appoint a commission to investigate conditions in Haiti. The action was reported from Washington on December 17 by United Press.
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Washington
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Haiti
Parents Observe Modern Education During Athens School Day
Parents at Athens Junior and Senior High School attended special classes and activities to view modern teaching methods. They watched surprise exams with children, heard a phonograph in use, and enjoyed school bands, clubs, and a Christmas pageant.
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Athens
Parent-Teacher Association
Jettie Denmark
Farmers Seat Jury In Franklin Killings Trial
In Mountain View Arkansas twelve farmers filled court seats as Connie Franklin’s status is sought and four men charged with torturing and burning him face murder accusations. The case features a tense judge and potential witness Tillie Muginn as the trial proceeds amid a crowded courtroom.
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Tillie Rummer
Franklin
Mountain View
Ark
Dec
Connie Franklin
Jeasy
Tiller Muginnor
Wyne
Edward Martin
Tom Moore
Jenelius Parrig
A. M. Sievenmeor
Zinn
J. M. Lee
Thomas Pex
Tom Copeland
Lloyd Ramsey
Huw Brangscum
J. ¢. Stewart
Read Karnes
Sixty miners trapped after Oklahoma mine explosion
In McAlester Oklahoma on December 17 rescuers worked to reach six thousand feet below the Bur ficu slope mine where about sixty miners were entombed after a blast. Hugh Rice led the effort as crowds gathered and neighbors rushed to aid in the perilous rescue. A. Jay Puterbaugh called it one of the worst mine disasters in the region with no signs of timely rescue.
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Mcalester
Okla
Old Town
Here
Burficu
Hugh Rice
Mite
Himes
Rhin
A. Jay Puterbaugh
McAlester Jouel Company
United Press
Hugh Meighen Hurt When Wagon Skids in Ohio City
Hugh Meighen aged 16 from State Street, Ohio, was severely hurt when the university wagon he drove slid after being struck by a light truck driven by Earnest Koon. He suffered gashes and bruises, received first aid from Blaine Goldsberry, and was later taken home in improving condition.
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Hugh Meighen
State Street
Ohio University
Blaine Goldsberry
Meighen
University
Earnest Koon
McfFarland Garaire
Father shoots wife daughter then himself in Garden City
Police say 68 year old William Denzer shot dead his wife Amelia 58 and daughter Mia 30 in Garden City Michigan before taking his own life after a family quarrel Carl Snelling 30 left for work just before the incident Denzer died later in hospital
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Garden City
Mich
William Denzer
Amelia
Mia
Carl Snelling
Denzer
Lima Works Receives 26 Giant Freight Locomotive Order
Lima Ohio December 17. The Lima Locomotive Works has received an order for 26 giant freight locomotives for the Missouri Pacific Railroad. The engines will cost more than 2.5 million dollars, part of Missouri Pacific’s 25.9 million dollar expansion program.
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Lima, Dee
U.P
Lima Locomotive Works
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Missouri Pacific
Multiple explosions kill one at Wisconsin Hydrogen Co plant
Two blasts at the Wisconsin Hydrogen Company plant in Kenosha, Wisconsin destroyed the structure and endangered ten workers. A night watchman, Joseph Mobeel, was found dead in the wreckage, believed to be the sole person inside during the blasts. Flames shot high as a second explosion occurred near entrance.
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Kenosha
Wisbee
Wisconsin and Hydrogen Company
Joseph Mobeel
Aremenani
Santa Claus Likely to Fly With Skids on Snowy Route
Chicago reports a white Christmas likely as cold weather and snow sweep down from Canada. Forecasts predict snow and deep cold across Ohio Michigan Indiana Missouri Nebraska and Illinois. A new cold wave blankets the Canadian northwest causing heavy snow drifts and traffic disruption while temperatures drop well below freezing.
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Chicago
U.P
Santa Claus
Midwest
Canada
Ohio
Michigan
Indiana
Missouri
Nebraska
Canadian
United States
Cleveland Police shakeup cuts staff and demotes officers
Safety Director Edwin D. Berry completed an investigation into leaks within the Cleveland P Police Department. Captain Emmett Potts heads to temporary duty in the Roaring Third Precinct while Detective William Kelch is demoted to patrol duty. Emma Schuller, a six year bureau veteran, is dismissed.
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Cleveland
U.P
Cleveland P Police Department
Edwin D. Berry
Emmett Potts
Detective Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Roaring Third
William Kelch
Emma Schuller
Police Bureau
Young Communists to face jury trials in Cleveland
Ten members of the Young Communists League arrested December 2 for a demonstration during a city council meeting in Cleveland are ordered to stand jury trials January 7, as announced in police court during arraignments continuing today.
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Young Reds
Cleveland
Young Communists League
Fisher Coshocton Game Warden dismissed for inefficiency
COSHOCTON December 17 The State Civil Service Commission affirmed the dismissal of James J Fisher Coshocton County Game Warden on charges of inefficiency. Fourteen charges were cited in the order for removal.
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Coshocton
State Civil Service Commission
James J. Fisher
Coshocten County
Fisher
Assailant Believed Hidden in Chester Office Overnight
In Columbus an unidentified white man assaulted Menael assistant custodian in County Prosecutor Chester Jr office. Hensel photographer described the attacker as stocky and well dressed after a night in the prosecutor office. The case ties to ongoing legal actions surrounding Dr. Snook and a related death sentence appeal.
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Columbus
N. BR
Chester
Hensel
Misa Agnes Wittenmeder
Cheater
Joseph Behonethal
State Supreme Court
Snook
U. S Supreme Court
Delay Hearing of Parole for Mooney
San Francisco reports the State Pardon Board delaying action on Thomas Mooney’s pardon after reviewing documentary evidence including a trial transcript from the 1916 Preparedness Day bombing case. Mooney and co defendant Warren Billings were convicted in that incident.
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Mooney
San Francisco
State
Thomas Mooney
White Mooney
Warren Billings
Lobbyists Criticize RCA Monopoly Charges in Senate Hearing
Manton Deavis vice-president and attorney for the Radio Corporation of America testifies before the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee denying monopoly charges and arguing lobbyists are responsible for the accusation.
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Washington
Lobbyeists
Radio Corporation of America
Manton Deavis
Senate Inter-State Commerce
Athens Messenger Candy Recipe Booklet Offered
The Athens Messenger promotes a booklet with 144 tested candy recipes for Christmas gifts and home use. Readers are urged to order now, using a coupon, to stock holiday treats for parties and Sunday School events.
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The
Athens Messenger
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