Two Chances for Hickman Escape Highlighted in Los Angeles
William Edward Hickman faced potential defense options as autopsy findings on Marian Parker suggested heart failure from fright. A planned guilty plea could render the arraignment a formality, with prosecutors seeking the death penalty.
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Los Angeles
William Edward Hickman
Clarence Darrow
Nathan Leopold
Richard Loeb
Marian Parker
Hickman
A. F. Wagner
Marian
Fox
Gest
California
Oregon
Washington
Pendleton
Asa Keyes
Keyes
Jerome Walsh
Kansas City
Special Congressional Committee Named for Submarine Safety
Rep Updike seeks creation of a special congressional panel to investigate submarine safety devices after the S-4 disaster. He faults the navy for negligence and questions Sec Wilbur’s responses. He and Rep McClintic push moving the submarine base from New London to Charleston, S. C., or Key West, Fla.
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Washington
U.P
Representative Updike
Navy Department
Updike
Wilbur
McClintic
Democrat
Oklahoma
Naval Affairs’ Committee
New London
Connecticut
Charleston, 8&8. Co
Key West
Fla
Lindbergh Flies Spirit of St Louis to Guatemala City
Colonel Charles A Lindbergh launches from Mexico City aboard the Spirit of St. Louis at 6 35 am on a goodwill mission reaching Guatemala City as the first stop in Central America. Mrs Evangeline Lodge Lindbergh returns to the United States by plane after the Christmas reunion flight.
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United States
Port-Stout
Charles A. Lindbergh
Tampico
Unemployment Tethered Deaths in Columbus Family Tragedy
Dee Columbus, 28, was despondent over job loss when John Terramo, 38, killed his wife Elizabeth 30 and then himself, leaving six children. Terramo had told his wife he would not go to bed that night and carried out the fatal act after returning home unemployed.
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Columbus
Dee
U.P
John Terramo
Elizabeth
Terramo
Bullet Wounds Woman in Shanesville Auto
An unidentified marksman fired a bullet through the windshield of Mrs. R. E B. Fair’s car in Shanesville last night missing the woman by inches. Mrs. Fair, wife of the town mayor, was en route to Walnut Creek when the shooting occurred.
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Shanesville
U.R
R. E B. Fair
US firms praise Mexico oil law debate outcome
In Mexico City representatives of United States firms predicted that passage of proposed amendments to the petroleum laws would follow Senate debate today, improving diplomatic relations with Calles administration.
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Mexico City
Mex
Calles
United States
Beau Brummell Jr Pauses for Cameraman on Christmas Shopping
John Coolidge wearing a raccoon coat, smart tie and pearl felt stops for a photo during Christmas shopping along I street in Washington. The scene captures a festive moment featuring a notable figure in public life.
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John Coolidge
Pearl
I’ Street
Washington
Man Hangs Self Before Wife as Witness Alibis
Henry Smith, 45, a night watchman at a construction site in Columbus, hanged himself on the third floor after summoning his wife who accused him of infidelity. She witnessed the fatal act as he tied a one inch rope to a beam and plunged.
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Columbus
Dee
U.R
Henry Smith
Smith
Ohio Psychologists Gather for Annual Meeting at State University
Ohio State University hosts the thirty sixth annual American Psychological Association meeting in Columbus. Sessions cover general and experimental psychology today with clinical social abnormal and educational psychology and mental measurement on the schedule for the next two days.
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Jack Powers
United Press
Columbus
Ohio State University
American Psychological Association
Founders Day Plang Aims for Ohio University Alumni Night
Ohio university plans a nationwide All-Ohio Founders Day observance on February 18 1928. Activities include a broadcast from WSAL Cincinnati 8 to 9 pm with addresses by President Elmer Burritt Bryan and Dr Hiram Roy Wilson. Musical performances feature the faculty quartet and varsity male quartet with noted soloists.
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Ohio
Ohio University
WSAL
Cincinnati
Elmer Burritt Bryan
Hiram Roy Wilson
DeForest Ingerham
Bennett Shimp
Alice Holmen
Martha Culle
Willis Edmunds
Ted Cowan
Charles Kircher
Donald Dowd
Ingerham
Mr. Dowd
Ohio Alumnus
Italian murder suspect arrested in Cleveland
Fransesco Trimarco, 51, is arrested in Cleveland on an old 1912 murder case from a small Italian town. He is accused of killing Fransesco Russo and faces ten years in solitary confinement plus life imprisonment. He was freed after faulty deportation papers. new papers prompted re-arrest.
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Cleveland
Urla
Fransesco Trimarco
Trimareco
Fransesco Russo
Italy
Trimarco
Treasury refunds reveal 104 million tax refunds
Washington December 28 4U P Treasury department publicly disclosed by the house expenditure committee that nearly 104 million dollars in tax refunds were issued for taxes illegally collected. The refunds covered about 240 000 claims spanning several years including the 1927 fiscal year ending June 30 and were funded by congressional appropriations.
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Washington
Treasury Department
House Expenditure Committee
Congress
Quadruplets Born to Mrs Watson in Deptford
In Deptford England four babies, three boys and a girl, were born to Mrs J C Watson. The birth details are listed in the local registry and mark a rare multiple birth record for the year.
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Deptford
Eng
J. C. Watson
Hickmans Mother Sends Faithful Letter to Edward Hickman
Kansas City attorney Jerome K. Walsh departed for Los Angeles to represent Edward Hickman the confessed kidnapper and slayer of Marian Parker. He carried a letter from Eva Hickman urging courage and urging support, expressing faith in her son despite the situation.
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Los Angeles
Calif
URM
William Edward Hickman
Kansas City
Loeb
Leopold
Chicago
Robert Franks
Hickman
Boy
Kansas City, Mo
Jerome K. Walsh
Edward Hickman
Marian Parker
Walsh
Edward
Eva Hickman
Eva M. Hickman
Conferences May Result in Peace Within Two Parties
In Columbus on December 28 factions in both the Republican and Democratic parties face rifts over delegate selection for national conventions. Senator Frank B. Willis returns from Washington and confers with officials and leaders on his presidential bid. The talks aim to reach agreement with the Hoover faction in Ohio, potentially naming Hoover as a second choice by the Willis delegates.
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Columbus
Frank B. Willis
Washington
Hoover
Ohio
Willis
Teen Confesses Fire That Destroyed Tracy School
Wallace Leblanc aged 16 was arrested in Lynn Massachusetts after admitting he started the Tracy school fire three weeks earlier causing about 200000 dollars in damage.
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Lynn
Mass
U.R
Wallace Leblanc
Tracy
Teens Stage City Duel Ends With Wounding
In Columbus James Lewis 14 and Raymond Kimbre 19 attempted a staged duel. Lewis was shot and dangerously wounded while Kimbre a Black man was arrested for firing a gun within city limits. Doctors say Lewis will recover.
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Columbus
James Lewis
Raymond Kimbre
Young Lewis
Kimbre
Lewis
Judge postpones Joshua Cole murder trial to January 23
In Mt. Vernon Judge Wilkins rescheduled the Joshua Cole murder trial over the fatal August killing of Harry Swank in Frederickston. In Jackson, 11 year old Raymond Williams died when a shotgun held by Wendall Channel discharged as the boys walked a railroad track. In Marion, the Oorang Kennels property sale in Larue tied to bankruptcy is set for January 11.
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MT. Vernon
Wilkins
Joshua Cole
Harry Swank
Frederickston
Jackson
Raymond Williams
Wendall Channel
Marion
Oorang Kennels Company
Larue
Editor of Ameryka Acho Threatened Over Remarks
Toledo report says A A Paryski editor of the Polish language Ameryka Acho received a note threatening bodily harm unless he retracts all statements published, signaling rising tension over his newspaper’s content.
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Toledo
A. A. Paryski
Ameryka Acho
Former Convict Alleged to Kidnap 11-Year-Old Girl in California
Oakland police search for 27-year-old ex convict Robert Mac Clelland and 11-year-old Wilhelmina Evelyn Smith who vanished after he lured her with a tale of a wealthy mother in Pasadena. A ransom prompt and promised work were involved as authorities spread the description along the Pacific coast.
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Oakland
Cal
U.P
Pacific Coast Police
Folsom
Robert MacClelland
Wilhelmina Evelyn Smith
Pasadena
Pacific Coast
I C C to rule on Van Sweringen rail merger plan
Washington December 28 The Interstate Commerce Commission is expected soon to decide on the merger plan of O P Y and M J Van Sweringen to consolidate the Chesapeake and Ohio Vere Marquette Hocking Valley and Erie railroads into a single trunk line system. Commissioners Meyers Eastman and Woodlock have studied the proposal for some time.
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Washington
U.P
Interstate Commerce Commission
O. PY
M. J. van Sweringen
Chesapeake and Ohio
Vere Marquette
Hocking Valley
Erie
Meyers, Eastman and
Woodlock
Remus to Face Judge for Sanity Test Today
In Cincinnati on December 28 George Remus the former millionaire rum runner faced Probate Judge William H Lenders for a sanity hearing after a jury acquitted him of murder on insanity grounds. If judged sane he may win freedom. if not he faces commitment to the state hospital for the criminally insane.
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Cincinnati, CO
George Remus
William H. Lenders
Imogene
Remus
State Hospital
Fayette County Democrat backs Al Smith amid raid dispute
W Osenton of Fayette County West Virginia a member of the national Democratic committees publicly declared support for Al Smith for president and condemned the Volstead act. His home was raided by state dry agents who found no liquor and he appealed to the governor.
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Osenton
Fayette County
W. Va
National Democratic Committees
al Smith
Ohio Supreme Court Restricts Appeals From Justice Courts
The Ohio Supreme Court rules appeals cannot go directly to the court of appeals from justice of the peace convictions. The ruling, tied to Tumey case principles, says squire courts are not courts of record and requires immediate jurisdiction challenges or a fate trial.
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Columbus
U.R
Justice of the Peace
Court of Appeals
Squire’s Court
Supreme Court
Tumey
Fifth District Court of Appeals
Temney
Charles Allen
Emanuel Williams
Squire J. W. Newberry
Pike Township
Perry County
Ohio Court
U. S
Justice For the Peace
Two Men Trailed Regarding Papers Published in U S
Senate investigators have identified two men as likely creators of Mexican state papers printed by Hearst papers. Secret service trails are ongoing to gather more evidence ahead of hearings resuming January 4. The panel has quietly expanded its inquiries during the Christmas recess.
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Washington
U.P
Senate Investigating Committee
Hearst
United Press
Secret Service
Missing Dawn aircraft crew feared lost near coast
Naval search around Cape Cod to Emerald Bank fails to locate the amphibian plane Dawn and its five aboard including Mrs Frances Grayson. Los Angeles and destroyers scour the area with grim optimism.
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Naval Air Station
Lakee Hurst
N. J
Los Angeles
Atlantic
Mia
Frances Grayson
Cape Cod
Chatham
Emerald Bank
Harbor Grace
N. F
Koehler
Europe
Startes Vant
Sable Island
New York
Stugbevant
Mahan
Coast Guard
Shaw, Co
Monaghan
Berger to Appeal Contempt Ruling in Reming Case
John Berger of Los Angeles indicted for perjury in the George Reming murder trial prepared to appeal the contempt of court ruling by Criminal Judge Chester T. Shook. Berger was fined 250 dollars and sentenced to ten days for circulating a petition to quash the indictment. the jurors who acquitted Remus signed it.
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Cincinnatie
John
Berger
Los Angeles
George Reming
Jn Chester Tt
Shook
Bereger
Remus
Marion Police Seek Louise Vestal on Taxi Fraud Charge
Marion authorities enlist help to find Louise Vestal accused of defrauding a Columbus taxi company of 150 dollars by hiring taxis to tour northern Ohio and leaving without payment.
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Marion
Louise Vestal
Columbus
Ohio
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