Twin sister faces death threat from brutal kidnapper
The Parker case deepens as a killer known as The Fox issues a new threat to Marion Parker’s twin sister Marjorie. A $100,000 reward draws thousands of volunteers to aid Los Angeles police, with hundreds of suspects questioned and a target search extending across the region. The mutilated body of Marion is found, while investigators pursue a young, educated suspect linked to letters and telephone calls. Police guard the Parker home as the maniac's threats continue.
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United Press
Los Angeles
Marion Parker
The
Fox
Hollywood
Perry Parker
Marion
Marjorie
Marjorie Parker
Marian
the Fox
Parker
International Boundary Line
California State Line
California National Guard
Perry M. Parker
Evansville Firemen Hurt in Trolley Crash Incident
City Firemen Albert Hetherington and Grant Epperson were recovering today from cuts and bruises after a trolley car crashed into the rear of a fire truck on Sunday in Evansville Indiana.
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United Preas
Evansville
Ind
Albert Hetherington
Grant Epperson
Lindbergh Arrival in Mexico For Christmas Visit
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh rests in Mexico City as his mother Evangeline travels from Detroit to join him for Christmas. A labor parade of 92,000 union workers honored him, with bull fights added to the schedule and a luncheon by Gen. Alvaro Obregon at Xochimilco. The national reception drew praise from Mrs. Lindbergh to President Calles.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lindbergh
Alvaro Obregon
Xochimilco
Evangeline Lindbergh
Calles
Detroit
Valbuena
Humane Societies
United States
National Palace
Cold Will Continue With Very Low Temperatures
Weather Man J H Armington says temperatures will stay cold tonight with lows from 5 to 10 degrees above zero. The season’s low mark was 6 at 6 7 and 8 am, rising to 17 by 1 pm. Northern points logged 4 degrees, and the Ohio River area reached 12. A regionwide 30 below zero was reported at Bismark, North Dakota.
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J. H. Armington
Weather Bureau
Armington
Ohio River
Bismark
N. D
Ruth Elder Heads to Atlanta After Theater Engagement
Ruth Elder the trans Atlantic aviatrix left Newark for Atlanta after a theater engagement. She planned a flight from Atlanta to Anniston Alabama her home and was scheduled to return to the vaudeville stage in Cleveland on Saturday.
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Bat United Press
Newark
N. J
Ruth Elder
Aviatrix
Atlanta
Miss Elder
Anniston
Ala
Cleveland
Bandit Alarm Works After Bank Hold Up
A burglar alarm activated at Madison Ave State Bank in Big Spring Texas after a prior failed ring during a holdup two weeks earlier. Police found no intruders. Two Texas and Pacific passenger trains collided in Big Spring injuring four seriously.
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Bank
Madison Ave. State Bank
Madison Ave
United Areas
Big Spring
Texas
Texas & Pacific
Gambling Joints Closed By Police
Uniformed police shut down Indianapolis gambling joints after safety board orders. Doors leveled at 117% N. Illinois St. and 411 W. Maryland St. led to 34 arrests on vagrancy charges at the first site and 33 at the Maryland Street location. Safety Board member Fred Connell vowed to stamp out organized gambling.
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Indianapolis
Board of Safety
N. Ihiinois St
Maryland St
N. Ilinois St. Place
Maryland St. Place
Safety Board
Fred Connell
Lindbergh matriarch arrives for Indianapolis luncheon
Mrs. Evange line Lindbergh mother of the famed aviator lands in Indianapolis for a welcome luncheon at the Chamber of Commerce. Police motorcade escorts the party from the airport as Mayor Slack and Governor Jackson greet the visitors. The Ford-Stout crew and Stutz officials arrange transport though a tailwind headwind slowed the Detroit to Mexico City flight.
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Indianapolis
Chamber
William H. Fortune
William H. Book
Paul H. Moore
Chamber of Comerce
H. Weir Cook
National Guard
Lindbergh
George Steinmetz
Ford Assembly
Lincoln
Stutz
Steinmetz
St. Louis
Rescue Effort to Save Six Trapped in Sunken Submarine S 4
Navy divers fought brutal seas off Provincetown to save the six men trapped in the S-4 torpedo room after a collision with a coast guard destroyer. Air pumping failed to lighten the sunken craft, but crews pursued buoyant pontoons and air supply as a gale raged and time dwindled.
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Provincetown
Mass
United States Navy
Provincetown Harbor
Brooklyn
Ponema
Ocean
Atlantic
Navy
Cape Cod
Coast Guard
Paulding
Race Point
Thomas Eadie
Eadie
Brumby
Badie
Submarine S-4 trapped men hear tapping from divers
United Press reports Diver Thomas Eadie used a hammer against the hull to communicate with the six men trapped in the S-4. He pressed his ear to the steel and heard their taps while describing damage to the Paulding and the submarine as rescue attempts continued.
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Hammer
United Press
Eadie
Braley names six men possibly aboard sunken S-4 sub
Roger L Braley formerly with the S-4 crew names three men he believes are among the six survivors. He lists Roger Short Frank Snizek and Russell Crabb as potential forward compartment occupants and doubts any others can be rescued soon due to cold and lack of food. Simon Lake proposes two recovery methods including air pressure and raising the hull with pontoons.
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Eadie
Newport
R. I
Roger L. Braley
United Press
Roger L. Short
Booneville
Frank Snizek
Ridgefield
WN. J
Russell A. Crabb
San Diego
Cal
Braley
United
MES 5
Simon Lake
Lake
President Coolidge Awaits Word From Submarine Rescue
President Coolidge awaited latest word on the sunken submarine as Navy Department and Secretary Wilbur relayed information via private telephone. Wilbur worked late last night issuing orders to the Navy's rescue craft.
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Payremngeon
Coolidge
Navy Department
Secretary of the Navy
Wilbur
Navy
Spirit of California halves endurance goal in flight test
The tri motor Spirit of California reached 26 hours in the air at 10 23 38 a m Pacific time and crossed the half way mark toward a new world endurance record. Capt Kingsford-Smith and Lieut Pond feared gasoline would not last long enough to complete the attempt.
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United Press
San Francisco
Cal
Spirit of California
Charles Kingsford-Smith
George Pond
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