Police Chief and Printer Slain by Gangsters in Chicago Heights
Thomas Scanlon, a Chicago Heights typesetter, was killed by gunmen who fired into a car less than five hours after police chief Leroy Gilbert of nearby South Chicago Heights was murdered. The chief, described as a tough cop, was shot through the back as he read at home with his family. Investigators found shell traces and linked the two killings to a booze racket conflict tied to prohibition era gangs.
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Leroy Oiler
Frhi Ghiteago
Investiga
Chief Gilbert
Gilbert
Chicago Heights
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Glenn
Leroy
Thomas Scanton
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Weather outlook: partly cloudy in east, snow flurries tonight
The forecast calls for partly cloudy skies in the east tonight with light snow flurries. Saturday remains mostly unchanged with little fluctuation in temperatures and no major storms expected.
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Rles
Cafeteria Luncheon at Andrews M E Church Dec 8
A cafeteria luncheon will be held at Andrews M E Church on Saturday December 8 from eleven o clock to two o clock. Beeit, ham and oysters, vegetables, salads and desserts will be served. A bake sale and bazaar accompany the meal. Public invited.
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Andrews M. E
Flu Epidemic Serious In West Coast Sector
Los Angeles reports 1200 new influenza cases in two days as health officials warn the peak has not yet arrived. Since November 1 there have been about 8000 cases. yesterday added 400 and Wednesday 800. Pasadena shut down while Los Angeles hospitals remain open. Nearby Orange and San Bernardino counties report rising activity.
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Los Angeles
Pasadena
Orange
San Ber
Fear Slayer Confessed Slayer Linked To Missing Children
Detroit police and eastern authorities probe Peter Kudzinowski as a confessed slayer, linking him to the 1936 disappearance of four year old Billy Gaffney and recounting his killings of Joseph Storle and Harry Quinn. Kudzinowski describes abducting a boy in New York and killing Storle in a swamp near Secaucus. He details a planned crime after taking the boy to a movie and buying candy.
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Detroit
Peter Kudzinowski
Joseph Storela
Secaucus
N. J
Harry Quinn
Scranton
New York City
Booklyn
Billy Gaffney
Edmund Gaffney
Brooklyn
Kudzinowski
Joe
Mine Flood Kills Many Near Morococha Peru
In Morococha, Peru, a flood in a gallery of the Campona mine and a second accident at the Alejandria mine killed 27 people and left 13 entombed but later rescued. American engineer Captain McGregor was among the drowned along with a storeman and 25 workers. An official statement notes water leakage from San Francis. Continued on Page Seven.
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Lima
Peru
Campana
Morococha
Alejandria
McGregor
San Francis
Hoover Bull Market Hit by Drops in New York Open
Speculators nationwide rushed to exit stocks as yesterday’s collapse deepened on the New York Stock Exchange. Radio Corporation and Adams Moore tumbled from recent highs, with Radio K Radio rising to 481 after a sharp drop. Call money opened at 10 percent, the highest since July 1920, as prices steadied with support orders.
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Drasuke
Adams Moore
Radio Corporation Common
Fox Film
International Nickel
Radio-Keith- Albee
Canadian Pacific
Sears Rocknick
Andes
Sinclair Ol
Curb Market
Boston
Philadelphia
Len Call Money
Call Money
Engineers of Section Meet Engineers of Section
Health engineers from states in the Ohio river basin met in Huntington West Virginia for a general discussion of streams and sanitary conditions A cooperative effort to eliminate phenol wastes from by product coke plants was among the topics noted Dr W T Henshaw opened the meeting with an address W S Stevenson presided with I H Waring as secretary Others spoke outlining progress since 1924 and the cooperative attitude of industrial firms toward eliminating phenol discharges Continued on Page Three
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W. Va
Ohio River
W.T. Henshaw
West Virginia
W. S. Stevenson
Pennsylvania
I. H. Waring
Ohio
B.S. Tisdale
Virginia
Fc, Fagan
Tucky
C. A. Holmquist
New York
K. S. Finch
Indiana
R. J. Martin
Tennessee
Messer
Tisdale
Les
Divorces in Taylor County Court Ceremonies
Circuit Clerk Frank M. Hollis Jr prepares state records on Taylor county divorces for the year. Totals are not final but likely under fifteen. twelve decrees were granted in 1927 by Judge Warren B. Kittle. An October term shifted maturations to February 1929, reducing this year’s count.
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Crcuit
Frank M. Hollis, Jr
Taylor County
Warren B. Kittle
Wife offers bail to help errant husband
New York report details a wife supporting her husband amid a matrimonial triangle. Mrs Herbert Leigh-Manuell, married to a church organist, explains she aided his remarriage with Miss Martha Van Wyen out of love. She says he was kind and good to her, and she acted to help him despite the scandal.
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Emerg
Hind
Herbert
King Fights 10 Get Well
London reports King Kilus George's strong resistance to a severe illness that struck him over a fortnight ago. Medical bulletins say his general strength remains, aided by restful sleep, but anxiety persists among subjects and well wishers worldwide.
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London
Kilus George
Tod Bulletin
Bufletin
School System To Get Legislative Attention
West Virginia lawmakers plan to address school system issues at the January legislative session. Proposals include state supplied free text books and a standard high school text book policy. Debates focus on county as the school unit, tax and administration reforms, and curbing frequent text book changes. Cooper and Sutphin advocate measures to stabilize textbooks statewide.
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Charleston
West Virginia
State Department of Education
J. J. Cooper
Wyoming
A. C. Sutphin
Raleigh
Cooper
Seventeen Sailors Drown In Tragedy
In Chile near Punta Patache the steamship Quintero sank after a collision with the America. Seventeen aboard the Quintero were lost with the rest rescued including the captain and crew. The America landed the survivors at Iquique and began an investigation.
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Tquique
Chile
Punta Patache
Here
America
Iquique
Americas
Valparaiso
Infringement suit started in U S Court
Newark N J Dec 7 A suit involving patents worth a quarter of a billion dollars was filed by Bethlehem Steel and American Universal Mill against United States Steel Corporation and two subsidiaries. Plaintiffs seek injunctions profits accounting costs and treble damages. Defendants include Carnegie Steel and American Bridge Company.
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N. J
Bethlehem Steel Company
American Universal Mill Company
Scranton
United States Steel Corporation
Carnegie Steel Corporation
American Bridge Company
Bill
Henry Gray
American Universal Mill Company of
New York
Captain Held Incompetent In Vestris Sinking Inquiry
New York December reports from a federal commission into the Vestris disaster find the officers of the British liner incompetent. Captains Jessop and McConkey fault the delayed SOS and failure to safeguard passengers, while Captain Carey is praised for his long service and record.
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York
Federalommissioners
Vestris
E. A. Jessop
Henry McConkey
Cunard Line
McConkey
William J. Carey
Borah Presses Peace Treaty Amid Senate Debate
President Hears Borah lead push for early committee action on the peace pact. Senators debate reservations tied to Monroe doctrine while Kellogg faces sharp questions on treaty implications. The House and Senate resume routine sessions as discussions turn to policy details and enforcement prospects.
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Senate
de Miltwe
Kellogg
Borah
America
Aixty
North
Sacres Stary
Men's Suits Cleaned and Pressed Ad Blurb
An old classified style notice shows a laundry service offering cleaning and pressing for men's suits at a price of 50 or 48? Noted as Home Laundry and Dyeing with a telephone contact.
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