Robbery shootout at Parody Cafe leaves dead and wounded
At Chicago Parody Cafe 1201 North State Street during a dance intermission gunmen stormed the floor. Five others and two women were wounded along with a guest policeman who fired back. Bandits included six robbers one leader masked with an automatic shotgun. One waiter was killed and several other patrons injured. an arrest followed within minutes of the shooting.
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Chicago
North State Street
Fried
Harry Smith
June Griffith
Fannie Hillman
Cohen
Mayer Goland
Eminent Judge Showalter II Delivers Memorial Address
Judge E M Showalter II, a renowned West Virginia jurist, gave the annual memorial address at the Strand Theatre for Grattan lodge No 308 BPO Elks. He spoke in blank verse linking life to the four seasons, praising love of neighbor and family as life’s essence, and the audience praised his masterful delivery amid musical Interludes by local artists and the West Main Street orchestra.
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E. M. Showalter
West Virginia
Elks Lodge of Sorrow
Strand ‘Theatre
Grattan Lodge No
B. P.O. Ellis
Fairmont Jurist
Richard L. Poley
Leland
Price
Claude Reger
Karl J. Nuzum
Areh A. Powsdd
L. W. Clayton
L. Postlethwait
United Brethren Church
Margaret Davis
Philippi
Mary Forcello
Crafton
Ralph Cline
West Main Street
Weather West Virginia Fair Tonight Then Warmer
West Virginia weather forecast calls for fair skies tonight and partly cloudy conditions Tuesday with a steady rise in temperatures. Forecast highlights include mild lows and increasing daytime heat across the state.
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West Virginia
Arrest Pair for Slaying of Husband in Hayesville
Effie Jowers and J B Swift were charged with killing J B Jowers in Hayesville Louisiana. Jowers confessed to holding a lamp while Swift struck with a sledge hammer. Body weighted with scrap iron and dumped in a creek. Investigation followed reports of disappearance and floor shavings testing positive for blood.
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Hayesville
Effie Jowers
J. B. Swift
Buckingham Hotel annex fire kills four women
In St Louis a blaze in the Buckingham Hotel annex killed four women, with eight injured and one missing. About 75 guests in the rear building found two exits blocked by flames while others escaped using ropes. Firemen rescued 15 via ladders as temps dropped and dense smoke hampered crews.
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St. Louis
Bany
Buckingham Hotel
Luther H. Conn
Tessie Groat
Marie
Susanka
Annes
Hintel
Deak
Vaesafaty
O. P. Greathouse
Purchase site for reservoir announced by city mayor
Mayor Thomas H. Cather announced the purchase of a reservoir site on the hill north of the city from Marion F. Able and Lawson Starcher for 1800 dollars and other considerations. The deal includes the old jumping station property near the boom and another piece near Grand Street. The site, about 3400 feet in measurement, forms part of planned water system improvements and was not finalized until today.
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Thomas H. Cather
Marion F. Able
Lawson Starcher
Jumping Station
South Grafton
Corporation
Grand Street
Davis Barber Shop Opens at Latrobe Street
Davis Barber Shop at 101 Latrobe Street was formally opened by Joe Davis a longtime Unis City barber who previously worked at Truslow shop now moved to Malt Street New fixtures of modern design have been installed and extended invitation given to friends former customers and the public to visit the shop A shop at this number in the MrAvey building has operated for years with a recent brief closure
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Davis
Latrobe Street
Joe Davis
Unis
Truslow
MrAvey
Investigations to Be Featured This Session
Washington notices that the seventieth congress will spotlight investigations. Proposed senate probes include Continental Trading Company amid finance, public utilities, and Latin American policy scandals, plus inquiries into the American Taxpayers Association and inheritance tax repeal. Rep Boylan seeks a House inquiry into federal prison conditions.
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Washington
Senate
Continental Trading Company
Latin America
Department For Agriculture
American Taxpayers Association
House
Ways and Means Committee
Boylan
New York
Remus Refuses to Testify at Murder Trial
George Remus, once dubbed king of Prohibition, declared he would not take the witness stand in his murder trial. He asked to move to suppress or investigate alleged libelous statements in a New York World story cited by Dudley Nichols and Ruth Remus as his adopted daughter sought to identify the author. The motion and cross examination continued as Remus faced electric chair prospects with his counsel arguing the statements had already been stated.
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Cincinnati
George Geome
Chester R. Shook
Emus
New York
Remus
Shook
Rermus
Charles P. Taft
Charles H. Elston
Dudley Nichols
New York World News Service
Nichols
Ruth Remus
George Connors
Remus’ Leutenant
Widow Testifies in Court Over Husband's Death
Mrs Lazaret Lilly Endahl testified in the Mays Landing court on December 5 defending herself against murder charges tied to the Sept 16 death of Dr William Lille Hendahl. She claimed two unnamed Black attackers robbed the couple while denying involvement by Willis Beach.
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Mays Landing
Lazaret Lillyendahl
Willis Beach
A. Wm. Lille Hendahl
Dilliendahl
Atston Road
Hammonton
Beach
Hallowe'en
Bench
Contempt hearings recess as prosecutors study defense filings
Washington and Los Angeles reports say Burns Sinclair contempt hearings were paused shortly after starting to allow the district attorney to review defense documents. Henry Mason Day defended actions by using detectives to monitor jurors, while Glendale and Verdugo Hills fires intensified in California, threatening hundreds of homes and forcing extensive firefighting efforts.
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Washington
Burns-Sinclair
Henry Mason
Sinclair
Harry F. Sinclair
Day Conte Ve Ie
Jas
Juris
Burng Agency
W. Sherman Burns
Burns
Los Angeles
Yenter
Glendale
Charles
Veltseh
Southern
Guindornia
Seva
Burbank
Tujunga Canyon
Otten
Verdugo Hills
Auto Crash Slightly Injures Newspaperman
A car crash on West Main Street near Dr. D C Peck injured Charles G Law son of the Clarksburg Exponent. His Chevrolet scoupe struck a parked Ford coupe owned by W H Fruman of the Grattan Banking and Trust Co. Both cars overturned. Law son suffered facial cuts and a left arm hurt. He received medical care and was able to move about later. Estimated damage twelve hundred dollars.
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West Main Street
D.C. Peck
Charles G. Lawson
Clarks
Burg Exponent
W. ‘H. Frum
Gratton Banking and ‘Trust Company
Lawson
Grafton
National Republican Committee to name convention city this week
Washington Dee reports the Republican National Committee plans an executive meeting to settle party matters and hear delegations from across the country on the convention site. San Francisco Kansas City and Detroit emerge as leading contenders as about forty men and twenty women prepare to meet with President Coolidge.
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Washington
Dee
Butler
Wisconsin
San Francisco
Kansas City
Detroit
Black Hills
Coolidge
White House
World Fords Wrecked in Sunday Wrecks Near Local Dealer
Local motorists report two Ford cars wrecked over Sunday while awaiting shipments of new models to the area dealer. One, owned by Rawin Skaggs, was overturned on the Bridgeport road and towed to Hosler Garage. driver escaped with minor injuries. The second, driven by two miners with unknown names, wrecked near Webster after being blinded by oncoming lights. no injuries reported.
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Hosler
Rawin Skaggs
Bridgeport
Tray
Webster
Elster Lizzie
Senate to Be Battleground This Session
The new congress opens amid senate contests over Pennsylvania and Illinois seats and a Democratic-Republican coalition threat. House leaders face a chaotic start with 6,000 bills on file and talks of major tax cuts while Speaker Longworth is reelected. Fractured votes and a pending Coolidge message set the stage for a lengthy legislative clash.
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Senate
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Tinois
House
Capitol
Gayjel
Secutaryship
Mek
Nicholas Longworth
Coolidge
Kahn
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Rogers
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Norton
New Jersey
Langley
Kantucky
Oho
Longworth
J. Garrett
Roosevelt
Cer
Laworth
Garrett
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