Holdup Pal Turns on Chain Gang Fugitive
Seattle seaman Sidney George Flagg claims he was Burns partner in 1921 holdups and was pardoned in 1929 after more than seven years on a chain gang. He says Burns bribed a guard and escaped, and that he stayed to pay his debt.
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Seattle
Robert Elliott Burns
Georgia
Sidney George Flagg
Burns
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Flagg
Associated Press
Seaman's Y. M. Co. A
New Jersey
Post- Intelligencer
Atlantan
Sidney George Flegg
Flegg
Fulton County
Plage
Thomas
Orney John Boy
Burns denounces Flagg of Seattle over alleged holdups
Newark AP report states Robert Elliott Burns, resisting a Georgia chain gang return, accused Sidney George Flagg of Seattle of lying about Burns planning two holdups and coercing Flagg. Burns denies bribing his way to freedom and says Flagg's story is untrue.
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Newark
Robert Elliott Burns
Georgia
Sidney George Flagg
Seattle
Flagg
Burns
Burns Extradition Foe Appeals Publicly
Burns' mother urged the public Sunday night to oppose extradition from New Jersey, arguing that the word is a lie and that Flagg did not join the same chain gang as Burns.
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Flagg
Burns
New Jersey
Hoover to Name Debt Commission
President Hoover signals a debt commission, listing recent foreign payments by Britain Italy Czechoslovakia Finland Latvia Lithuania and the potential add France if she pays. He notes defaulting nations Belgium Poland Hungary and Estonia owe sizable sums and urges timely groundwork before the March conference deadlines.
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Great Britain
Italy
Czechoslovakia
Finland
Latvia
Lithuania
France
Belgium
Poland
Hungary
Esthenia
Chicago drives shut 6 000 speakeasies in crackdown
Chicago police report 126 speakeasies and beer flats forced to close and more than 6 000 voluntarily abandoned as Mayor Cermak presses a citywide campaign against gangs and beer houses. The raid wave continued with 41 more venues raided and prisoners taken. An arrest linked to the Magoon murder occurred as the drive began.
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Chicago
SNS
Anton J. Cermak
Monay
Joe “Gallagher” Butler
Albert Magoon
Cermak
Select Jurors To Try Alleged Slayer Of Ethel Collicott
Davenport Iowa AP jurors were chosen to try Norman Luce for the slaying of Ethel Collicott eight years ago. Judge D V Jackson began the prosecution with sixteen of thirty-two jurors examined. The state plans expert testimony that a revolver at the scene belonged to Luce who says he was not in Davenport on March 18 1924 when Collicott was killed during an attempted holdup.
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Davenport
Norman Luce
Ethel Collicott
Gedar Rapids
D V. Jackson
Luce
Collicott
Man Charged With Drunkenness After $2.50 Meal
C C Smith, 31, gave address 1821 Sixth Avenue SE and ordered a $2.50 meal. He had only three pennies when asked to pay. Arrested early Sunday, arraigned Monday morning, pleaded not guilty. hearing set for 8 a.m. Tuesday.
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C C Smith
Sixth Avenue SE
Smith
Mondey Smith
Train Hits Post Wounding Four in Union Station
A Chicago suburban train of the Chicago Burlington and Quincy struck a concrete bumper in Union Station. Four people were seriously injured and fifty more were cut and bruised as smoke from low humidity obscured the engineer's view. Passengers were in aisles awaiting departure.
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Chicago
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Union Station
Monay
How to to Play BRIDGE CONTRACT How to Win
Josephine Culbertson presents a difficult Grand Slam hand with masterful play by Michael T. Gottlieb. The column examines card dealing quirks by Tuck and how luck interacts with skill in solving a complex bidding and play problem.
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Tuck
Michael T. Gottlieb
South
South reads as a partial OCR fragment. No clear event or identifications emerge. The readable word indicates geographic direction and position but lacks names, dates, or organizations to form a proper card.
Bridge hand challenges Grand Slam under new scoring
The article describes a complex bridge scenario where the Grand Slam faces a low probability of success despite a large premium for making it under the new scoring. It details finesses, squeezes, and the spade lead, with dummy down and hearts and diamonds played to reveal the danger. It notes a potential triple squeeze if the heart King sits East.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East
Bridge Puzzle After A Grand Slam Trick Analysis
North opens one diamond and East overcalls two diamonds. South bids three diamonds. West should bid three hearts with the given hand to reach the grand slam line, an overcall supporting the opponents' bid and signaling heart strength.
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West
East
Card play forces reveal of Wests five heart suit
In a bridge discussion from 1932 a hand is described where suit strength compels West to disclose a five card heart holding before bidding escalates. The note emphasizes the obligation to reveal the heart length to inform the game’s progression.
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West
Ministers Discuss Unified Mission Effort in Rethinking Missions
Rev. Nelson C. Dreier presented the Laymen's Missionary Investigation Committee report at a Ministerial association meeting. The document urges minimizing duplication, unifying mission programs, combining medical work, emphasizing education, and selecting highly qualified missionaries to boost efficiency. The Congregational church endorsed the report as a basis for future action. The association postponed its December 26 meeting.
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Nelson C. Dreier
First Congregational Church
Ministerial Association
World News
Mr Dreler
Congregational Church
Dreier
Christmas Spirit At Rotary Club Music Program
Dr. Harry M. Gage led a Rotary noon meeting musical program with Coe college musicians Joseph Kitchin and Max Dahhler performing violin and piano. Rotarians sang Christmas songs under Luther Fuhrmeister's direction as the season's spirit was invoked.
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Rotary Club
Heaven
Harry M. Gage
Coe College School of Music
Joseph Kitchin
Max Dahhler
Luther Fuhrmeister
Dr Gage
Bible Stolen From Car In City Neighborhood
Mrs. E. J. Vanous reported Sunday evening theft from her car parked near the Foursquare Gospel tabernacle at Sixth street and First avenue. A Bible and an empty purse were taken. the loss was reported to police at 9 45 a.m. Monday.
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E. J. Vanous
O Avenue
Nineteenth Street NW
Foursquare Gospel Tabernacle
Sixth Street
First Avenue
Nancy Spells Her Greeting With Christmas Mantel Décor
Nancy Page describes her festive living room with a Merry Christmas mantel display built from cut out letters dipped in red lacquer and arranged with holly wreaths. Gingerbread figures line the shelf as children choose marchers from a cookie parade, while a pine cone wreath adds a piney scent.
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Nancy
Peter
Martha
Nancy Page Quilt Patterns and Curtain Making
Nancy Page advertises a Curtain Making leaflet to be mailed to her care of this paper, requesting a stamped self-addressed envelope. Tomorrow she will present another of her quilt patterns, bringing Christmas cheer with warm home crafts.
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Nancy
Nancy Page
Winners in dressed meat rabbits at local show
The Gazette published last Sunday omitted prize winners for dressed meat rabbits. First and second prizes went to the Sturgeon's rabbitry at 1356 Twentieth Avenue SW for Chinchilla rabbits.
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Gazette
Twentieth Avenue SW
Moderate Christmas Weather Expected in Chicago Area
A comparatively comfortable Christmas was in prospect for Chicago and the middle west as the eleven day cold wave ended. Temperatures were rising in most central regions and government weatherman J. R. Lloyd said no new cold spell is in sight.
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Chicago
Middle West
J. R. Lloyd
Congress Chambers Hearings on Farm Relief and Interior Appropriations
The Senate contemplates a miscellaneous legislation measure while the House reviews various bills. Interior department appropriation work proceeds and farm relief hearings continue before the agriculture committee at 10 a.m.
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HOUSE
Interior Department
Agriculture Committee
Gibsons To Adopt Charlotte's Baby
A daughter born Sunday to Charlotte Gibson is expected to be adopted by the Gibson family of Tappen New York. Mr and Mrs Robert Gibson are the parents. Sidney H Homewood a riding master was convicted last week of seducing Miss Gibson and sentenced to Sing Sing for 18 months to three years.
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Tappen
Charlotte Gibson
Robert Gibson
Sidney H. Homewood
Miss Gibson
Yin Hokichi Executed for Shanghai Bombing In Kanazawa
Yin Hokichi a 26 year old Korean was executed by firing squad at Kanazawa jail for throwing the bomb that killed one and wounded several during the emperor’s birth anniversary celebration in Shanghai last April 29.
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Tokio
Yin Hokichi
Kanazawa
Shanghai
Hollywood Romance Marriage of Alma Teli and Blystone
Hollywood actress Alma Teli and actor W Stanley Blystone wed Sunday in a private ceremony in Hollywood California. The couple announced plans for a quiet honeymoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Calif. Cins
Alma Teli
W. Stanley Blystone
Wagner Urges Liberal Aid Program Expansion
In Washington on Monday Senator Wagner of New York urged broader relief measures to fight unemployment. He called for removing the 300 million ceiling on direct relief loans and allocating 10 million for outright state grants for transient unemployed. He proposed transferring loan authority from the Reconstruction Finance Corp to a three member commission and allowing loans to be made to states without imminent bankruptcy proofs. He also sought loans for self liquidating projects to states and municipalities for economically sound works.
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Washington
Senate
Wagner
Dem
New York
Reconstruction Finance Board
Luke Lea Loses In Supreme Court
Washington Tennessee publisher and former U S senator Luke Lea lost his appeal to the U S Supreme Court to escape prison for conspiracy to misapply funds of the Central Bank and Trust Co Asheville NC Denial by the high court left a petition for rehearing as his only court avenue Luke Lea Jr also denied review
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Washington
INS
Luke Lea
Tennessee
U.S
Monday
Supreme Court
Central Bank and Trust Company
Asheville
High Court
North Carolina Supreme Court
Luke Lea, Jr
Tammany May Oust Walker Appointees
New York reports plan to remove 300 to 400 Walker era appointees including Dr. William Schroeder. Ousting seen as part of John F. Curry strategy to expand Tammany influence as Surrogate John P. O'Brien assumes office January 1.
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New York
INS
James J. Walker
Walker
John P O'Brien
John F. Curry
Tammany
Osage Indians to receive $427968 in headrights distribution
In Pawhuska Oklahoma the Osage tribe will distribute 427968 dollars to 2229 headrights on Tuesday. Each holder receives 192 dollars in quarterly payments. The report notes the Osages were once among the richest per capita due to royalties and mentions Congress has revised tariffs 22 times.
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Pawhuska
Okla
Osages
Plymouth Ad Highlights Several Car Models and Prices
The advertisement promotes three Plymouth models with prices 545 for a Best Car 4-Door Sedan 565 for a Convertible Coupe and 525 for a Coupe with Rumble Seat plus 495 for a Business Coupe. It notes F.O.B factory low delivered prices and mentions time payments. Features include Floating Power hydraulic brakes free-wheeling safety-steel bodies and more.
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F.O.B
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Cedar Rapids Gazette
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