South Bend Cops Tied to Slot Machine Murder Case
Grand jury probes the underworld slaying of Thal racketeer Christ Tonneff as two South Bend vice squad officers and a business man allegedly ran a wide slot machine racket. A youth, Harry Cook, was grilled after arrest and hinted at police threats, while Merle Cox and Hollis France linked thefts of machines to Tonneff’s murder.
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Timee
South Bend
Christ Tonneff
Thal
Harry Cook
Irvin Harwich
Russell Eberhart
Mishawaka
Lafayette
Cook
Merle Cox
Francis Cox
Merle
Cox
Tenneff
Harry Taylor
Hollis France
Bourbon
France
Florida
Tonneff
Two Die In Downtown Minneapolis Apartment Fire
Firemen recovered two bodies from the ruins of a downtown Minneapolis apartment building that was swept by fire Sunday. One victim, John Hosmer, was burned severely as thirteen people were driven from their units in their night clothing.
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United Press
Minneapolis
John Hosmer
Water shortage threatens San Francisco area
December 16 report says Southern California faces an acute water shortage. Los Angeles district received only one tenth of normal rainfall and reservoirs run 38 percent below last year. City water commissioners warn that strict conservation is needed to avoid a serious shortage.
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United Press
San Francisco
California
Los Angeles
Butler Charged With Plot To Kill Him In Indiana
Times Special reports Huntington Indiana December 16 Robert Butler Indianapolis newspaper man says he was shot at from a following car while traveling from South Bend to Fort Wayne and later to Huntington. He was injured but not killed and says threats arose after exposing election frauds and political corruption in northern Indiana.
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Times Special
Huntington
Ind
Indiana
Robert Butler
Indianapolis
Butler
South Bend
Ft. Wayne
Columbia City
Gary
Fire damages six Del Prado apartments
A basement fire at the Del Prado apartments 4534 Washington boulevard damaged six units and displaced fifteen residents. Manager Freeman Kennedy alerted nine families and the fire department around 9 30 a m. Loss exceeds 1500 dollars but insurance covers the damage per owner D L Avery.
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del Prado
Washington Boulevard
Freeman Kennedy
Kennedy
D. L. Avery
North
Pennsylvania Street
Avery
Senate Passes Dill Bill to Extend Radio Commission Life
The Senate approved the Dill bill to permanently extend the life of the radio commission. A companion bill had already passed the House earlier today.
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United Press
Washington
Senate Today
Radio Commission
House
Marion widow charged with first degree murder in bomb death
Mrs. Erma Legos 36, of Marion Indiana, is charged with first degree murder in the bomb blast that killed her husband Andrew Legos, a local molders union official. Authorities say insurance motive about 4000 dollars drove the case after a lengthy interrogation.
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Times
Marion
Ind
Erma Legos
Indiana
Andrew Legos
Molders’ Union
Legos
Lewis Lindenmuth
George Coogan
Grant County
Labor Temple
William Dean
Charles Humes
Fred Dickens
Toronto flier dies in deliberate plane crash
Robert C. Williams a 30 year old Toronto flier reportedly crashed his plane into a tree during a deliberate act of self destruction after attending a pallbearer duty for a fellow pilot. G S O'Brien cited the federal air board inquiry findings.
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Toronto
Ontario
Robert C. Williams
Toronto Flier
G. S. O’brien
Federal Air Board
Williams
Communists Freed After Hoover Intervenes at White House
A group of young Communists protesting at the White House were released after President Hoover declined to view the action as endangering the republic. They had been held briefly by police before Hoover’s statement led to their release.
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United Press
Washington
White House
Liberty
Hoover
Republic
Eight Victims of Ax Slayer in Three Rivers
Montreal dispatch reports a family massacre in Three Rivers with Mrs. Andrew Day and seven children aged 1 to 14 found dead from throat wounds. Day was found nearby with a serious cut and taken to a hospital. police call the killings maniacial with suspected ax use but no weapon located.
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United Press
Montreal
Three Rivers
Andrew Day
Day
Delay in Grundy removal vote and tax assessor meeting set
The privileges and elections committee deferred action on the Nye resolution to oust Senator Grundy until tomorrow. The panel expects a report that Grundy's appointment by Governor Fisher of Pennsylvania is legal. The annual tax assessor meeting with the state tax board will be January 7 to 9 in the House.
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United Press
Washington
Nye
Grundy
Rep
Privileges and Elections Committee
Fisher
Pennsylvania
State
House of Representatives
Temperature readings by hour in a brief chart
The record lists hourly temperatures from 6 a.m. to noon with values 38 at 6 a.m. 40 at 10 a.m. 38 at 7 a.m. 41 at 11 a.m. 38 at 8 a.m. 42 at noon 39 at 9 a.m.
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Ccoe
Three Die and Twenty Missing in Baltimore Paper Warehouse Fire
A major blaze at the Thomas O'Conner paper storage house in Baltimore killed three and left about twenty missing or injured. Fire spread from bottom to top as workers and fire crews battled the flames, with a police officer feared dead after a crash with a fire truck.
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United Press
Baltimore
Thomas O'Conner
Algeres Plead Not Guilty in Bank Robbery Case
Gene Alger, 21, a parole violator and alleged bank bandit, and his wife Mrs Josephine Miller Alger entered not guilty pleas in Jennings circuit court to the August Paris Crossing State Bank robbery. Trials set for December 26 and 31. State police guarded the hearing with a sub machine gun as guards blocked exits. The affidavit could be amended to include auto banditry and use of a firearm. They are accused of stealing 705 dollars and escaping by car driven by Mrs Alger.
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Claude McBride
Jeffersonville
Alger
Ripley
Versailles
Ross Reed
McBride
Earl Wolfinger
Jennings County
Mid-West
Canada
Wilbur Bannister
Johns Ross
Howard Mackey
Chicago
Mackey
French fliers continue hop toward Montevideo
In a report from Pernambuco Brazil a French aeropostale ship said Lieutenant Colonel Tadeo Larreborges and Captain Leon Challe were flying well at 8 north 28 west about 575 miles south and west of the Cape Verde Islands. The crew avoided bad weather off Africa and found good Atlantic conditions, though Natal warned of threatening weather.
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United Press
Atlantic
Natal
Dushane Rejects City Schools Job in Indianapolis
Donald DuShane, Indianapolis superintendent, rejects appointment as acting superintendent of Indianapolis public schools. The board plans 11 a m Tuesday meeting to pick an acting head, with Underwood discussed if legally allowed to stay in his current role. Brunka, a local merchant, dies after short illness in Marion.
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Co. C. Underwood
Underwood
DuShane
Indianapolis
Governor proposes fortified roads to curb Indiana banditry
Governor Harry G. Leslie urges bullet and torch proof road towers with gates at state lines to broadcast crime details and halt traffic. He backs inner outer circular drives forming recreation edges and cites Lafayette Purdue ties. plan to be discussed at state crime conference.
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Harry G. Leslie
Indiana
Statehouse
Pennsylvania
Cnet
WES BP
Leslie
David Ross
Lafayette Pfacturer
Purdue University
Kir
Lafayette
Tippon
Hunt Burke Across Chicago Gangs For Cop Slayer
Chicago police expand the manhunt for Fred R. Burke gang leader across Chicago and Michigan and Indiana after his alleged ambush killing of Traffic Officer Charles Skelly in St Joseph. Burke, named as a St Valentine's Day massacre gunman, is believed to seek refuge with Capone allies.
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United Preas
Chicago
Fred R. Burke
Michigan
Indiana
Charles Skelly
St. Joseph
Mich
Fred Alden
Fred Bryant
Berrien County
Burke
Capone
Lake Michigan
Moran
Clark Street
St. Valentine's Day
Desperado Burke Believed Linked to Bank Robbery After Bus Driver Shootings
Four states hunted Fred R. Burke alias Fred Dane after he killed Traffic Officer Charles Skelly in St Joseph Michigan and fled. Authorities found $319,850 in bonds at a Lake Shore Drive mansion tied to a Farmers and Merchants bank robbery in Jefferson Wisconsin.
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United Press
ST. Joseph
Mich
Lake Shore Drive
Fred Dane
Fred R. Burke
Chicago
Dane
George Kool
Muchanan
Charles Skelly
Kool
Fred Wishart
Stephen Kunay
Kunay
Coloma
Paw Paw
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Jefferson, Wis
Vermillion County Farmer Ninth Arrest in Dry Cleanup
J. D. Sturm of Dana Indiana owner of a Vermillion county farm where a $30,000 still was found Friday is under arrest charged with conspiracy against prohibition laws. Eight others have been held to the federal grand jury on conspiracy and liquor manufacturing charges as agents probe reports of bootlegging across Indiana.
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J. D. Sturm
Dana
Ind
Vermillion County
Indiana
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