Christmas Cards From Friends Light Up the Season
Charles J. Arnold shares festive notes from Will Hays and C. E. McBride. Hays sends a Merom Bluff Wabash River card with a verse, while McBride’s sporting and social reminiscences recall Bran and a California visit.
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Will H. Hays
Hays
Wabash College
Sullivan
Republican Party
Indiana
Republican National Committee
Government Post Office Department
Landes” of
Motion Picturedom
Bill
Presbyterian Pastors Retirement Fund
Wabash River
Merom Bluff
Flapper hat with cigarette lighter hits Newcastle shops
In Newcastle Indiana a felt green flapper hat with a built in cigarette lighter and compact is now on sale at a leading millinery store. The novelty hat priced at five dollars includes a front ornament housing the lighter and an inside lining compact for cigarettes, but no buyers have appeared yet.
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Newcastle
Ind
Oxygen pours into hull of sunken boat in S-4 rescue
Navy divers continue pumping oxygen into the torpedo room of the sunken submarine S-4 as hopes fade for crew of forty. No life signs found after hours of operations. two-day raising plan approved with pontoons to be attached. A court of inquiry will begin January 4 in Boston led by Rear Admiral Richard H. Jackson.
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Stee
Provincetown
Mass
INS
Navy
C. H. Scott
Falcon
Edward Ellsburg
International News Service Today
Washington
Boston
Secretary of the Navy
Wilbur
Richard H. Jackson
Julian Latimer
Joseph V. Ogan
L. E. Bratton
Lindbergh visit urged as Panama invites Mrs Lindbergh
Panama City Panama dispatch says President Chaim wired Mrs Lindbergh asking her to accompany her famous son during his flight to Panama He recalls her 1914 Panama visit with the then unknown child Charles Lindbergh and asks for a repeat visit to accompany him.
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Panama City
Panama
INS
Greencastle Elks Host Annual Christmas Party at Granada
The Greencastle Lodge of Elks hosts its annual Christmas party for all Greencastle children under 12. The Granada Theatre opens at 10 AM Saturday with a free screening of One Round Hogan featuring Monte Blue, followed by Elks members distributing gifts to youngsters as they depart.
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Granada Theatre
Greencastle Lodge of Elks
Greencastle
Hogan
Monte Blue
Mexican President's Son Alfredo Frias Calles Ill in Philadelphia
Alfredo Frias Calles son of Mexican President Calles is ill with appendicitis at the home of Mexican vice consul A Ortega in Philadelphia. He came to attend a concert and will be moved to his uncle Arturo Elias in New York when his condition allows.
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Philadelphia
Pat
INS
Alfredo Frias Calles
President Calles
Mexico
Senor A. Ortega
Calles
Arturo Elias
New York
Odds 510 Against White Christmas in Greencastle
Weather forecasters say snow is unlikely in Greencastle with about a 1 in 5 chance and odds about 6 to 1 against snow due to temperatures near 20 degrees and mixed precipitation patterns. The article notes the shortest day of the year and soon longer daylight after December solstice.
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Greencastle
Tropic of Capricorn
Rio de Janeiro
Michigan man confesses murder linked to magazine story
Lawrence Loss of Muskegon admitted to police that he conceived the plan to kill his aged father after reading a story in a current popular monthly magazine. The victim, Chena Loss, was beaten with a potato masher.
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Muskegon
Mich
INS
Lawrence Loss
Chena Loss
Doctor sought as state police hunt for Cole after woman dies
In Oakland, Dr Irwin A Cole is the subject of a state-wide search after the life less body of Betty Buckle 25 was found on his operating table. Buckle mother of two feared death from a third child and sought an illegal procedure at Cole clinic. Police say the operation caused her death.
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Oakland
Cal
INS
Irwin A. Cole
Betty Buckle
Stores Open at Nights This Week
City merchants extend hours through Christmas Eve to ease final rush. Stores stay open each evening this week to allow workers and farmers to shop with their families for Christmas gifts.
Christmas Party Planned by Methodist Sunday School
The Primary department will host a Christmas party at the church Friday at 2 30 P M. It will feature stories songs and tableaux with the Christmas message. Parents are invited and there will be no Sunday evening session.
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Methodist Sunday School
Mrs Cassler Granted Stay of Execution
Catherine Cassler the Chicago slayer convicted of murder was granted a stay of execution by the Illinois Supreme Court. The court allowed a review of her conviction. Her mother was buried recently in Coatesville Indiana.
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Springfield
Ill
Catherine Cassler
Chicago
Supreme Court Today
Christmas Dinner Party at College Inn for S C Prevo Co staff
Edgar Prevo hosted a Christmas dinner for twenty one employees of the S. C. Prevo Co. at the College Inn. A three course turkey meal, holly decor, a lighted Christmas tree, red taper lighting, and poinsettia centerpieces framed the event. Each place card held a Granada Theatre ticket and all attended the show after dinner.
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Edgar Prevo
S. C. Prevo Co
College Inn
Granada Theatre
Lindbergh’s Mother to Be Welcomed in Mexico City
Mrs. Evangeline Lindbergh arrives in Mexico City after a fog delay threatens to extend her flight from Brownsville. President Calles and Ambassador Morrow greet her at Valbuena Field as plans for receptions and tours are arranged during her stay.
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Mexico City
INS
Valbuena Airdrome
Evangeline Lindbergh
Brownsville
Tex
Ford
U. S
Matanaros
Tampico
Valbuena
Mrs. Lindbergh
Spirit of
St. Louis
Valbuena Field
Lindbergh
President Calles
Ambassador Morrow
Morrow
Mexico
Two Men Die In Farm Duel Near Bedford Indiana
Bedford Indiana December 21 two men Brooks Collins 28 and Ben Pierce 35 were found dead on the Collins farm five miles west of Bedford. A 32 caliber automatic pistol lay between them and coroner O D Emerson opened an inquest. Both shots entered from the front with one in the heart and one in the brain. Collins of Kentucky leaves a widow and two children. Pierce leaves a widow and his mother. No witnesses were present. The inquest could last into tomorrow or Friday.
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Bedford
Ind
Brooks Collins
Kentucky
Ben Pierce
O. D. Emerson
Collins Farm
Here
Fayetteville
Brook Colling
Collins Barn
Collins
Winter Officially Begins as Shortest Day Arrives
A Chicago report notes winter began today at 2 18 p.m. marking the year's shortest day. The thermometer had suggested cold weather recently but the official start confirms the season.
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Chicago
Dee
4-H Club Work Promoted For Putnam County Youth
County Agent Robert Stevenson along with Miss Hazel Arbuckle and Miss Ethel Ader outlined next year’s 4-H projects for Putnam County youths aged 10 to 18. Girls will pursue Sewing Baking and Canning levels while boys focus on poultry raising pig feeding beef calf and corn and potato clubs. Last year 74 girls and 68 boys enrolled. 54 of each completed projects, well below the national 18 to 1 average. Parents and youths are urged to contact the agents for details and participate.
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Putnam County
Robert H. Stevenson
Hazel Arbuckle
Ethel Ader
United States
Arbuckle
Ader
Floyd Miller
Ford Touring Car Goes Up in Smoke
A Ford touring car owned by Albert Bunyan, an employee of Ideal Cleaners, burned about a mile and a half northwest of the city on Wednesday night. The fire, likely from defective wiring, began under the hood as Bunyan stopped to inspect. Flames rapidly spread, destroying the vehicle.
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Albert Bunyan
The
Ideal Cleaners
Birthday Christmas Party for Elizabeth Ann Cannon
Miss Elizabeth Ann Cannon, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cannon, will host a birthday Christmas party this afternoon at the Country Club for her sixth birthday with a group of young friends.
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Elizabeth Ann Cannon
Frank Cannon
Founders of Gold Star Memorial Honored in Local Dinner
Rev and Mrs Fenwick Reed host a dinner at their home tonight to honor the founders of the Gold Star Memorial. The event praises the committee for erecting the Doughboy Memorial on the Court House lawn, a point of pride for Putnam County.
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Fenwick Reed
Gold Star Memorial
Court House
Putnam County
Fox Prisoner Hickman Hanged In Jail Switches To Seattle
Seattle dispatch reports William Edward Hickman, the Marion Parker kidnap slayer nicknamed The Fox, may have slipped out of Seattle or remained hidden as police search every rooming house and hotel. George Willoughby, who identified Hickman as a customer, aids detectives while immigration checks are alerted near Blaine and the Canadian border.
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Seattle
Wash
INS
William Edward Hickman
Marion Parker
George W. Willoughby
Hickman
Willoughby
Blaine
Killer Hickman on the Run Fled to Seattle After Parker Slaying
A tense manhunt for William Edward Hickman intensified as a $20 bill linked him to Seattle where he bought gloves and underwear. Ralph McCoy, mistaken for Hickman, died in a police cell after being rescued from a mob. Authorities feared mob violence if Hickman was captured.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Fox
the Fox
Marion Parker
Ralph McCoy
William Edward Hickman
Parker
Seattle
Wash
Ferry M. Parker
Hickman
Herman Cline
Young McCoy
Ofcers
Ee McCoy
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Kansas City World
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ELKS
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Xmas Party
Coatesville
Gold Star
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