Death penalty sought for Hickman in Parker case
Reports from Portland and Los Angeles outline plans to press for the death penalty against Edward Hickman, charged with kidnapping and slaying 12 year old Marion Parker. Authorities say Hickman will face speedy trial with extradition to California likely and measures to prevent mob action.
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Los Angeles
U.P
Bellevue Arms
Marion Parker
Edward Hickman
Portland
Ore
Asa Keyes
United Press
Hickman
Cal
Andrew ‘Kraemer
William Edward Hickman
Kraemer
Agaist
Pendleton
Kramer
Andrew Kramer
Sstter
Hick
City
Kansas City
Albert
Frank Kramer
California
Los
Hick West
Supreme Court
Carlos Haray
Pat Pendleton
Gre
Dee
Last Chance for Ex sailors to file Adjusted Compensation claims
Ex service men and beneficiaries who served in World War have few days left to apply for the federal Adjusted Compensation bonus. The Red Cross reports War and Navy departments will accept informal claims signed by eligible individuals and urge prompt formal application before January 1, 1928. A local ex service man filed for compensation after learning of entitlement.
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United States
American Red Cross
War and Navy Departments
Farm relief bill likely to pass with changes
Washington reports that compromise talks on farm relief failed and Congress is expected to advance the McNary-Haugen bill with minor changes. President Coolidge is anticipated to veto the measure, while committees prepare to polish the bill for a February Senate vote after Christmas.
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Washington
U.R
Congress
Coolinge
McNary
United Press
Senate Agriculture Committee
Coolidge
Senate
House Agriculture Committee
Chronicle Announces Christmas Publishing Delay
The Chronicle states no issue on Christmas Day and December 26 will be a special regaran day. It notes that national news will be bulletined from the office and advertises portable typewriters for sale priced at 60 dollars.
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Chronicle
DeKalb Businerms
Dawn plane mystery deepens over rough seas
Mrs Frances Graysons Dawn and its two crewmen disappeared after 20 hours into a 12 hour flight from Roosevelt Field to Harbor Grace Newfoundland. Sikorsky officials and Igor Sikorsky voiced no major safety concerns but noted lack of wireless contact.
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Roosevelt
Field
U.P
Frances Grayson
Sikorsky Manufacturing Corportion
Igor Sikorsky
Bruce Goldsborough
Portland
Frances Wilson Grayson
Mainer Pont
Grace
N. F
Naval
Cape Elizabeth
Denmark
Harbor Grace
England
Scandinavia
Grayson Junta
Dawn
Parole Granted German Youth From Indiana Prison
A Christmas Eve cablegram informs Frau Muethal in Berlin that her son Kurt has been paroled from a 21 year Indiana prison term for robbery in South Bend. Gov. Jackson ordered the parole after discovering the youth is mentally deranged and after wartime wounds, with arrival expected after Christmas.
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Indianapolis
Frau Muethal
Berlin
Germany
Kurt
Indiana
South Bend
Jackson
State House
United Press
Weather outlook for Great Lakes and plains region
Partly cloudy tonight and Sunday with slightly warmer west and south portions. Mostly fair early week, followed by a precipitation period. Temperature to trend cooler later in the week across the upper Mississippi valley and central Great Plains.
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Milionis
Great Lakes
Mississippi
Missouri Valleys
Great Plains
Will Merge Bus Lines in Waukegan Illinois
Announcement states consolidation of all bus lines operated by Insull controlled interests in Waukegan to form a central organization. Metropolitan Motor Coach seeks to purchase all equipment and property of the North Shore line, with no service changes anticipated.
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Waukegan
U.P
Insull
Metropolitan Motor Coach Company
North Shore Line Bus Company
Northern Illinois Service Company
Transportation Company
Chicago
Insull Company
No Snow Expected for Midwest White Christmas
Chicago officials forecast a remote chance of snow for the middlewest on December 24 to 40. Snow flurries may occur in some areas but the fall will be light and not widespread with normal temperatures 15 to 25 degrees above zero.
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Chicago
Middlewest
District Weather Bureau
Christmas crowds fill the Boston streets lead front page
The Boston Traveler’s Christmas Eve issue features no front page crime or disaster stories. The lead reports crowds in city streets with six additional Christmas items, a weather note, a feature on Mrs Frances Wilson Grayson’s flight, and a Santa fireplace photo. The Hickman kidnapping and submarine disaster are moved to page four.
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Boston
Frances Wilson Grayson
Hickman
Pet Terrier Buster Shot by Officer at Family Request
Buster, the Robert Ferguson family’s terrier, was killed yesterday afternoon by a police department member at the family’s request. The pet had been in poor health for some time and the family mourns its loss.
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Buster
Robert Ferguson
Bombs Strike Two Banks in Buenos Aires City
A bomb exploded today near the American National City bank building and another at the First National Bank of Boston in Buenos Aires. Several casualties and considerable damage reported as about seven National City bank employees, mostly women, were injured. No fatalities believed. Both devices dated to simultaneous timing.
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Buenos Aires
U.R
American National City Bank
First National Bank of
Boston
National City
Thomas Little
National City Bank
United Press
Secretary Wilbur to Inspect S 4 Salvage Efforts
Secretary Curtis D. Wilbur arrived in Provincetown to inspect salvage work on the S 4 submarine wreck. Weather halted operations as divers prepared to resume raising 40 bodies and six imprisoned men, while Brumby reported tunnel work and new hoisting rope progress.
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Provincetown
Mass
Secretary of the Navy
Wilbur
Providence R. I
Admiral Hughes
Naval Operations
Joseph L. Stevens
Providence
the Navy
Curtis D. Wilbur
Paulding
Navy
Washington
Frank H. Brumby
Gifts for the Rescue Fleet Taken on Tugs
Christmas gifts for sailors from the salvage fleet will be carried by the navy tug Tuscarora to the disaster site off Provincetown. The presents were sent from Charlestown Navy Yard by relatives and friends of the men working to raise the sunken submarine.
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Boston
Provincetown
Charlestown Navy Yard
Telegraph Flowers Deliveries Across the United States and Canada
The Flower Store at 611 EB Lincoln Highway offers telegraph flower deliveries to cities and hamlets in the United States and Canada. Christmas morning greeting cards can be attached with sender’s name.
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United States
Canada
Lincoln
Hearing Set for Route 71 and 47 January Seventh in Aurora
Springfield reports a hearing date of January 7 in Aurora on routes 71 and 47. Governor Small, C R Miller, and Superintendent Frank Sheets will attend for the state highway department. Each route connects multiple counties with expected substantial regional road improvements and economic impact.
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Springfield
Aurora
Small
C. R. Miller
Frank T. Sheets
State Highway Department
DeKalb County
Sugar Grove
Big Rock
Hinckley
Waterman
Shabbona and
Lee
DeKalb
Hebron
Woodstock
Huntley
Eljburn
Yorkville
Morris
Dwight
Forrest
Gibson City
Champaign
McCarthy
Pax Valley
Kane County
Buckbee Secures Widow’s Pension for DeKalb Woman
Congressman Joan Buckbee is noted for rapid action on district welfare. Mrs Sarah S Rodocker received an $89 monthly widow’s pension two weeks after filing, due to her late husband’s wartime service.
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Joan 4
Bucnver
Washington
Mra
Sarahs. Rodocker
Rodocker
Waukegan Set For Murder Trial Start In January
In Waukegan Illinois two Mexicans Francisco Arroyo and Ambelio Castenada face trial for the October 7 killings of Guadalope Gonzales and Julio Gerrara. Indicted Mexican women charged as accessories after the fact are to testify as star witnesses. The circuit court convenes January 3. Local fur and hide buyers Ike Gordon and Son advertise here.
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Waukegan
Ill
Francisco Arroyo
Ambelio Castenada
Guadalope Gonzales
Julio Gerrara
Arroyo
Castenada
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