Hickman Confesses to Marian Parker Slaying
William E Hickman admitted in a staged confession to murdering 12 year old Marian Parker in Los Angeles. He described strangling her in a Bellevue apartment and dismembering the body to produce a ransom. The confession clears an earlier claimed accomplice and details the ransom scheme and transport to Los Angeles for court.
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Gascade Limited
Oakland
Calif
Willian
Perry M. Parker
Los Angeles
Andrew Cramer
Pendleton
Hickman
Superior Court
San Francisco
Bellevue
Cascade Limited
Padre
Kansas City
Eva Hickman
William Edward Hickman
Marian Parker
Jerome Walsh
Asa Keyes
Walsh
Charles Edwards
Young Hickman
Col. Edwards
William FE. Hickman
Hall of Justice
Justice Hill
Broadway
Oregon
Alameda Street
Temple
Sunken S-4 Submarine Salvage Seen Reaching Spring
At Provincetown Mass on December 22 salvage officers led by Rear Admiral Brumby said recovery of the sunken submarine S-4 in 17 fathoms of water would not occur until spring if winter weather halts work. Divers reported air reaching the torpedo room, but six men inside remain presumed dead or beyond rescue as crews proceed with safety first.
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Hickman
Parker
Lithle Parker
Sen
Wickman
Provincetown
Mass
Frank JH. Brumby
Navys Department
Edward Elisberg
Admiral Brumby
Elsberg
Ernest F. Ring
Navy Department
Admiral Grumby
Emsberg
Falcon
Washington
Brumby
Wilson
Ejiben
Brumsby
President Coolidge urges capped tax cuts to protect treasury
President Coolidge warns Congress against tax reductions beyond Mellon’s recommendation. He backs a maximum cut near 295 million to 325 million, while awaiting Senate action. House-passed 290 million yearly reduction faces White House concerns about treasury conditions and future revenues.
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Washington
Congress
Treasury
White House
Coolidge
House
Mellon
Senate
Smoot
Finance Committee
Sender Simmons
North Carolina
Representative Tilson
Republican House
Life in a Damned Old Sub Poem Reveals S-4 Crew Feels
Washington radio man Walter Bishop wrote a self sung requiem about life aboard a submarine like the S-4 wreck off Provincetown. The verse blends danger with a morbid pride, describing cramped quarters, gas from storage cells, risky dives, and the pull of submarine service.
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Washington
Walter Bishop
Wer
Bishop
Provincetown
Mars
Forbes Reveals Narcotic Trafficking In Federal Prison
Col Charles R Forbes former director of the veterans bureau testified before a federal grand jury in Kansas City Kansas about narcotic traffic at Leavenworth prison where he served time for defrauding the government. He said convicts could obtain narcotics if they had money and noted Warden White’s limited staff.
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Kansas City
Kan
Dee
Charles R. Forbes
United States Veterans’ Bareau
Leavenworth
T. B. White
Plymouth
Mass
The
Post-Dispatch
Colonnel Forbes
Warden White
Colonel Forbes
Veterans’ Hospitals
White
Forbes
Washington
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Eugene Biscaillaz
Frank Dew
Sam
He-Mon
Col. Forbes
Old Palace
Big Timber Wholesale Meat Co
Big Timber
Montana
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