Dawn Ambulatory Mystery Deepens in Atlantic Search
NYC dispatch reports navy destroyers and the dirigible Los Angeles pursuing the missing The Dawn along a route from Roosevelt Field toward Nova Scotia. Weather and sea conditions raise pessimism about survival. radio signals hint at trouble near Sable Island and Highland Light.
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New York
U.R
Los Angeles
Frances W. Grayson
Roosevelt Field
Nova Scotia
Sturtevant
Mahan
Sable Island
Atlantic
Long Island
Weather Bureau
Harbor Grace
Grayson
Europe
England
Copenhagen
Here
Newfoundland
Truro
Mass
U.P
Cape Cod
Ralph Elliott
Chatham
Radio Corporation of America
Elliott
Highland Light
Yeggs loot Vita Temps theater safe in Toledo
Yeggs entered the Vita Temps theater in Toledo during the night and blew the safe missing several thousand dollars in holiday receipts. Police investigation underway as thieves flee the scene.
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Yeggs
Toledo
U.P
Yegz
Vita Temps
State Department weighs arms shipment to Mexico
The State Department is considering shipping airplanes and arms to Mexico, a move disclosed by the White House. An embargo had previously blocked such shipments and no details on quantities or purpose were released.
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State Department
Mexico
Washington
White House
Prayer for Life Aids Paralyzed Texas Youth
Milton Rush a 16 year old Wharton high school student lies in a Houston hospital after a Monday gunshot left his lungs paralyzed. Friends and family joined in prayer as doctors warned he had little chance to live.
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Houston
Texas
U.P
Milton Rush
Wharton
E. T. Butts
Governor Vic Donahry Begins Weeklong Lake Vacation
Governor Vic Donahry left Columbus for a weeklong vacation at his Wolian Lake cottage. He will return to the office next Monday after the holiday break.
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Columbus
Pec
Vic Donahry
Wolian Lake
Salvage Work Advances at Sunken Submarine Scene
Provincetown Mass December 27 With favorable weather salvage operations at the sunken submarine scene progressed as divers worked ten hours removing wreckage from the deck. Permanent moorings were in place and raising operations prepared. Water was cold and divers faced 45 minute below surface limits.
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Provincetown
Mass
Death of Recluse Farmer Mystifies Urbana Officers
Urbana officers probe the death of Milson Lengel a 70 year old recluse farmer found unconscious. He reportedly told township trustee Davis Jenkins he kept four to five thousand dollars in his house. A search failed to find the money. Lengel owned a 50 acre farm and two horses and was believed drugged and robbed before dying.
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Urbana
Milson Lengel
Engel
Davis Jenkins
Eengel
Kingel
Death toll rises from Christmas drinking in New York
The known Christmas holiday death list climbed to sixteen with six men and three women dying at Bellevue Hospital over the last day. Doctors found no unusually unsafe alcohol supply this year and said deaths were due to excessive drinking in many cases, with liquor a contributory factor in others.
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New York City
New York
Bellevue Hospital
Lindy Wondering Side of Lines to Come Down
Beverly Hills December 27 Lindy is departing for Guatemala and then Nicaragua He muses on choosing a side in the expected fighting between American marines and rebels He proposes landing in no man s land to stay neutral and mentions ongoing elections in the region Mexican stocks rise after his Mexico flight.
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Lindy
Beverly Hills
Cal
Guatemala
Nicaragua
No Man’s Land
Mexico
Will Rogers
Forty Drowned in Marmara Sea Collision
Forty of the 140 passengers aboard the Turkish steamer Sewindj were believed drowned after a collision with the Marmara in fog off Cape Bozboroun in the Sea of Marmara.
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Sea of Marmara
Cape Borzboroun
Constantinople
U.P
Sewindj
Marmara
Sea of
Cape Bozboroun
Girl Kept Alive 96 Days Through Artificial Respiration
Alma Overgard, 16, of Oconto Nebraska died after volunteers had kept her alive for 36 days by artificial respiration. Infantile paralysis stopped her lungs. arms raised and lowered by volunteers kept her conscious until death at 9 a.m. Doctors deemed it the longest artificial respiration case on record.
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Oconto
Neb
Alma Overgard
Miss Overgard
John French
Riots in South Pittsburgh Claim Six Officials Deaths
Six officials were killed and three others wounded as Christmas riots erupted in South Pittsburgh Tennessee. A state militia unit restored order while investigators probe the clash that followed a yearlong labor feud sparked by Wetter Manufacturing’s dismissal of 400 workers a year ago.
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Tennessee
South Pittsburgh
Tenn
hTe
Wetter Manufacturing Company
Prohibition Chief Won’t Visit Canton Over Halyburton Case
Columbus December 27 A U S Prohibition Commissioner B F McDonald said he would not go to Canton to investigate the case of Edgar M Halyburton held in Stark County Workhouse for liquor offenses Some deputies may investigate but he will not act personally since the trial judge did not recommend release The statement responds to reports tied to Halyburtons war record including a Distinguished Service Medal
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Columbus
U.P
B. F. McDonald
Canton
Edgar M. Halyburton
Stark County
McDonald
Halyburton
Too Much Bother Christmas Baby to Be Given Away
A two week old baby boy in Ponca City Oklahoma is being offered for adoption by parents Bobh Jones and Gracie Jones who say the child is too much bother to raise They hope someone will take him but warn they may keep him if a suitable home is not found Mrs Jones wants to work while Mr Jones plans travel across the United States The baby Bobby Jean Jones weighs eight pounds at birth and is deemed healthy by hospital staff Miss Mildred Headley is coordinating the adoption effort.
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Onca City
Okla
Dee
Bobh Jones
Gracie Jones
Ponca City
Smouth
Oklahoma City
Jones
Prisoners from Cleveland sail to Atlanta penitentiary
Thirty one federal inmates under guard departed Cleveland for the Atlanta penitentiary to serve their federal sentences. Among the group were Paul Anders a former Cleveland Trust bank clerk who pleaded guilty to embezzlement Sam Harris and Morris Reisner convicted of liquor offenses from St Paul Minnesota and Bingo Russo sentenced to seven years for passing counterfeit war savings stamps.
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Cleveland
U.P
Atlanta
Paul Anders
Cleveland Trust Company
Sam Harris
Morris Reisner
St. Paul, Minn
Bingo Russo
Banks Bombed in Buenos Aires Arrests Linked to Sacco-Vanzetti
Dec 27 report says several Sacco-Vanzetti committee members are arrested over bombing of two American banks in Buenos Aires. One American slightly injured. Ambassador Bliss cites Buenos Aires police as attributing the attack to Sacco-Vanzetti sympathizers.
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Sacco-Vanzetti Committee
Buenos Aires
Washington
U.P
State Department
Bliss
Sacco-Vanzetti
Har old Stanley to become partner at Morgan firm
Dow Jones reports Harold Stanley, vice-president of Guaranty Trust in New York, is set to become a partner in J. P. Morgan and Company starting January 1.
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New York
Dow-Jones Financial News Agency
Harold Stanley
Guaranty Trust Company
J. P. Morgan and Company
Pair Arraigned for Street Fight Ordered to Marry
In Liverpool a court arraigned Leslie Makin and Miss Elsie Marshall for fighting in the street and sentenced them to marry immediately.
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Liverpool
Leslie Makin
Elsie Marshall
Congress to Probe Coal Strike After Holidays
A congressional inquiry into the coal situation tied to the bituminous strike in West Virginia Pennsylvania and Ohio will begin after the holidays. Edgar Wallace AFL legislative representative said the probe rests on a resolution expected to pass Senator Teed of Pennsylvania who had earlier refused to introduce it.
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Washington
U.P
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Edgar Wallace
American Federation of Labor
Wallace
Congress
Teed
Murder Case of Marian Parker Draws National Attention
Edward Hickman, a 19 year old from Kansas City, confesses to kidnapping and killing 12 year old Marian Parker in Los Angeles. He details theft, ransom attempts, and a grisly sequence leading to her murder. authorities fear mob action and arrange secrecy for possible trial.
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Perry Parker, Jr
Marian Parker
Los Angeles
Calif
U.P
Edward Hickman
Hickman
Kansas City
Pendleton
Ore
Andrew Cramer
Ower
Jurors Kept In Court Over Perjury Petition In Remus Case
In Cincinnati on December 27 jurors who acquitted George Remus of murdering his wife were summoned by Criminal Judge Chester R. Shook to explain a petition seeking perjury charges against John Berger a Los Angeles promoter and Remus witness. Berger faced contempt for circulating the petition and a Christmas release request for Remus. The judge ordered doors locked as he addressed the jurors noting a serious matter separate from the Remus verdict.
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Cincinnati
U.R
George Remus
Chester R. Shook
John 8
Berger
Los Angeles
Remus
Shook
Calles Seeks Oil Land Statute Reform After Supreme Court Ruling
Mexico City December 27 President Calles sent to the chamber of deputies a measure proposing an amendment to oil land laws in line with the Supreme Court decision of November 17. The ruling held petroleum companies could not be deprived of rights acquired before 1917.
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Mexico City
U.P
Calles
Chamber of Deputies
Supreme Court
Nagyvy
Beaten to Death in Mullens Robbery
An elderly storekeeper and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. Senoch Tolliver aged 85 and 67, were beaten to death on Christmas night in Mullens Wyoming County West Virginia. An unknown assailant fled with the couple’s life savings. Tolliver distrusted banks as unsafe police said.
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Charles
W. Va
U.P
Mullens
Senoch Tolliver
Tolliver
Wyoming County
Blind Woman Burned To Death In Cincinnati Fire
A fire destroyed the Aberdeen area home of 86 year old Martha Purdon. She lived with her son Chase who was away when the blaze started. An overheated stove apparently caused the fatal fire.
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Cincinnati
Martha Purdon
Aberdeen
Purdon
Chase
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