Reward Offered for Western Slayer in Marian Parker Case
Los Angeles police press report details a $100,000 reward for the killer of 12 year old Marian Parker. A ransom car, a two story mystery house, and multiple suspects including two women were linked to the slaying. The car used to transport body was found, as a coroner’s inquest affirmed death by brutal homicide and dismemberment.
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Cal
Marian Ocker
Mankat Yan Street
Perry ML Parker
Tor
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Thorpe
Marian
Associated Pressos Ancates
Marian Parker
Perry
Parker
Lillian Padley
Wyatt
Cory
Ind
D. Herbert L. Mantz
Kansas City
San Diego
Thasane
South Manhattan
Tom Boy
Mount Vernon
Junior High
Hollywood Movie Colony
A. F. Wagner
Mary Holt
Wagner
Pakers
Ake Marian
Holt
California
Viine
Cart 4
Jacobson
Parker Home
West Side
Marjorie
Santa Monica
Calif
Her
Wven
King Parnell of the House of David Dies
Benton Harbor Mich Dec 18 Benjamin Purnell founder and self styled king of the House of David colony died last Friday his body untouched as followers await his resurrection on earth they cite Lazarus fourth day as proof health officials granted a 24 hour delay and colony leaders insist he cannot die leading to ongoing legal battles and earlier receivership and banishment orders involving the colony.
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Benton Harbor
Mich
Benjamin Purnell
House of David
Shiloh
Hesse of David
Purnell
Benton Township
Benjamin
de Whirst
Lazarus
Earth
DeWhirst
Louis H. Feed
Steamfitter Vincent Maloney Ends Life in Church
Kansas City December 19 R Vincent Maloney 87 a steamfitter shot himself in St Aloysius Catholic Church where he prayed He kissed his mother goodbye and said he was going away A second man found the body and a priest was notified Maloney’s physician said he had recently undergone an operation and was a psychopathic case
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Associated P'ressi
Kansas City
R. Vincent Maloney
St Aloysius Catholic Church
Maloney
Youthful suspect held in Parker case not tied to killing
Jesse Cobb, 19, was arrested in Pasadena on a charge of assault and grand theft after allegedly taking Ethel Swapp, 14, into the hills with Julian Westcott. Swapp later exited the car and Cobb was captured by a citizen, with police stating no connection to Marian Parker’s murder.
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Pasadena
Cal
Marian Parker
Los Angeles
Jesse Cobb
Ethel Swapp
Arnold E. McCord
Cobb
Julian Westcott
Westcott Irl
Growth of City Schools Highlighted by Knox on Hour
W F Knox, superintendent of schools, told Jefferson City on the Chamber of Commerce program that enrollments rose from 1871 to 1927 by over 45 percent, with new buildings and play spaces planned. The junior college was praised as a unique asset for the city, alongside a low school tax rate.
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Jefferson Cit
Wa. F. Knox
Jefferson City
Chamber of Commerce
Missouri
Knox
J. I. Campbell
Daisy Seaber
Verdi
Wallace
Frank Weber
Fearis
Dorothy Hinderson
Adam
Noel
Anne Russell Hoefer
Zeckmer
Edna Engelbrecht
Richard Asel
Wyoming
Jay Quintet Wins From C. C. B 49 45 Preseason Game
Jefferson City Jay quintet edged the C B team of the Evang elical Church 49 to 45 in a close preseason junior college gym match. The Jays trailed early, surged ahead in the second period, and held the slim lead to the final buzzer. Referee Joe Deaton officiated. lineups included Foster Blower Frew and Lowell for the Jays and Laesh Hart Newberry for the C O B s.
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Jefferson City Jay Five
Evangelical Church
Junior College
C. 0. Bs
Jays
Joe Deaton
Foster
Blower
Frew
Lowell
Stancilard Busch
Laesh
Hart
Newberry
Wilson
Weiss
Fricke
CEE RUGG FINED AFTER CAR WRECK
Lee Rugg of Holt Summit pled guilty in Justice John G Leslie's court and was fined five dollars and costs for leaving the scene of a crash on Broadway and McCarty streets. He claimed he stopped and that the other driver Winnie Weigel had no lights, while Weigel disputed darkness. Prosecutor Sevier recommended a light fine given unusual circumstances.
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Lee Rugg
Holt Summit
John G. Leslie
Rugg
Winnie Weigel
Broadway
McCarty
Weigel
Sevier
Norris Flays Hearst For Accusations
In a Senate session on December 19, Senator Norris of Nebraska condemned William Randolph Hearst for publishing documents alleging a $1,250,000 Mexican fund connected to four U S senators. The investigating committee members stated no evidence showed Norris Borah Heflin or LaFollette received funds or were approached. The panel, led by Senator Reed, said the accused senators were blameless despite Hearst's actions.
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Washington
W.dolph Hearst
United States
Senate
Norris
Nebraska
Norvis
Hearst
Norriz
Borah
Idaho
Heflin
Alabama
LaFollette
Wisconsin
Reed
Pennsylvania
Robinson
Arkansas
Freerst
Johnson
Republican
California
Regina Pogs Hall Fire Causes $8500 Loss
Fire swept Regina Billiard Parlor early Saturday causing $8500 damage from flames smoke and water. Christmas stock and fixtures suffered. business continued with new equipment to be installed soon. Fire Chief Robertson credited early discovery for preventing further downtown damage.
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Regina
William Stone
Nelson Ward
Robertson
Curtis Quimby to Wed City Teacher Rosalee Hudson
Curtis Quimby, a local attorney, will marry Miss Rosalee Hudson, a Wellsville public school teacher, Friday afternoon at the home of Mr and Mrs Joseph Kolkmeyer. Rev A B Jackson will perform the ceremony. The couple will stay briefly for a honeymoon then reside in the Corvin apartments. Both are well known in the Capital City and receive many wishes.
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Rosalee Hudson
Wellsville
Curtis Quimby
Joseph Kolkmeyer
A. B. Jackson
Corvin
Curtis
Miss Hudson
Estena
Senate Debates Hearst Mexican Scandal Monday
The Senate spent the day railing against Hearst Mexican slush fund charges and blocking investigations. The House passed a public buildings expansion bill of 106 million and Walsh's Fall Sinclair case amendment. The chamber adjourned for holidays, with limited activity until January.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Walsh
Montana
Seator McKellar
Civil Service
Memphis Postmastership
Fletcher
War “Finance” Corporation
Banking” Committee
Louse
House
Submarine S-4 survivors struggle as relief efforts continue
News from Provncetown and Boston reports six men alive in the S-4 torpedo compartment, including R. L. Short from Boonville Missouri, amid heavy seas and limited oxygen. The Falcon mine sweeper ferried food. divers hindered by gale conditions. S-3, S-4, and S-8 operations paused.
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Boston
G. N. Fitch
R. L. Short
R. A. Crabb
George Pelnar
Frank Snizek
J. L. Sterefis
Boston Navy Yard
Short
Boonville, Mo
Provincetown
Mass
Falcon
Baster
Béchuss
Sandwich Coast Guard
Surfioat
Sis
International
Oppose Decrease in Railroad Rates Oppose Decrease in Railroad Rates
Associated Press reports in Washington that Kansas farm groups ask the Interstate Commerce Commission to withhold approval of a proposed rate cut on iron and steel exports. Eastern railroads favor the change, set to take effect December 31, threatening carrier earnings and possibly limiting lower farm product prices. Groups including the Kansas Grange and State Farm Bureau, led by Clyde M. Reed, say they represent grain growing areas of the West.
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Associated Press
Washington
Kansas Farm
Interstate Commerce Commission
Eastern Railroads
Clyde M. Reed
Kansas Utilities Commission
The
Kansas Grange
Farmers’ Union
State Farm Bureau
Kansas Co-Operatives
West
Christmas Program at Miller Theatre December 26 27
A Christmas Toy Bevelry will be presented December 26 and 27 at the Miller Theatre with fifty pupils from Miss Dorothy Roberts dancing class in costumes as fairies dolls soldiers and more. Miss Anne Russell Hoefer and Florence Levis assist with the offering as many feature dances are planned.
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Miller Theatre
Dorothy Roberts
Anne Russell Hoefer
Florence Levis
Girl Killed by Classmate During Rabbit Hunt Near Wright City
Evelyn Schraer, 14, daughter of Mr and Mrs Louis Schraer, living four miles northwest of Wright City Mo, was accidentally shot and killed today by Vincent Huber, a schoolmate rabbit hunting as she returned home from a neighbor's.
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