Pat McDermott on Witness Stand in Canton Murder Trial
United Press reports Pat McDermott testified in Canton Ohio that he warned editor Don R. Mellett of a plot to ambush him. He described alibi moves, called the encounter with Kascholk and denied naming the source of funds while in hiding. The case heads to a jury with a Christmas verdict anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Wanton
Ohio
Pat McDermott
Underworld
Don R. Mellett
Canton Daily News
Kascholk
Pat
Ben Rudner
Louis Mazer
Canton
Mellett
McDermott
Mills
Don Mellett
Thursty
Cleveland
E. W. Diehl
E. L. Mills
Nanty Glo
Steve Kascholk
Florence Mellett
Christmas Day in Indianapolis To Be Fair and Cold
The Weather Bureau predicted a fair and cold Christmas Day in Indianapolis with possible snow on the ground. Snow is forecast for Friday after rain tonight, with a sharp Friday drop to about 10 degrees above zero by Friday night. Armington notes a northwest cold wave lasting through Sunday and uncertainty about the Friday snowfall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
United States Weather Bureau
J. H. Armington
Armington
Weather Bureau
Two Boys Drown When Ice Breaks Beneath Skaters
Frederick Thompson age 12 and Eugene Wright age 8 of North Manchester die after ice on Eel River breaks while they skate after school. Their bodies are recovered late after bystanders summon aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
North Manchester
Ind
Frederick Thompson
Eugene Wright
Eel River
Eugene
Frederick
Earnest Thompson
Galen Wright
Fragmentary weather table from early hours of the day
Incomplete hourly temperature readings show a sequence from 6 am to noon with values around the mid thirties. The OCR yields scattered digits and stray characters, lacking complete clarity on locations or units.
Santas Spread Joy with The Times Santa Claus Club
The Times Santa Claus Club delivers baskets to needy families as 123 Indianapolis Santas team members Beulah Oldham and Goldie Brandenburg recount their joyful visit. A 10 year old girl received a doll and a boy received games, with bread and other gifts shared amid December cheer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Santas
Times Santa Claus Club
Times Santa Claus
Beulah Oldham
Prospect St
Goldie Brandenburg
Park Ave
Opponents Seek Ninety Day Delay in Merger Hearing
Opponents of the merger between Indianapolis Light and Heat and Merchants Heat and Light ask for a ninety day postponement to survey properties valued around 50 million dollars. Electrical engineer Albert S. Richey was to testify on valuation time, leaving city tonight. Charles W. Spooner was the first witness as the hearing began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Light and Heat Company
Merchants Heat and Light Company
Albert S. Richey
Worcester
Mass
Richey
Charles W. Spooner
State considers dog quarantine amid rabies rise
The Indiana board of health meets next Wednesday to discuss a statewide dog quarantine as rabies cases rise beyond the yearly total. Marion County leads in dog submissions for examination while every county reports cases. if approved, all free dogs must be muzzled or shot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Board of Health
William F. King
Jackson County
Municipal court case opened over 1925 law on township justice
Alvin Mosley sues to invalidate the 1925 municipal court statute and retain his Center Township justice of the peace office. The suit names Walter Glass Isidor Waulfson and Conrad Kelley as defendants, with Edward Dietz as the only legally qualified justice. Wulfson and Kelley face arrest on usurping charges. Hearing set for January 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin Mosley
Center Township
Henry L. Morrison
Shelby Circuit Court
Walter Glass
Isidor Waulfson
Conrad Kelley
Mosley
Edward Dietz
Wulfson
Keller
Dietz
Probing Air Tragedy Kills Four Army Officers
Government authorities launch an investigation into the fatal air collision near Rantoul in which four officers died. The crash occurred at 550 feet as two army planes, traveling at high speed, collided. Victims: Capt Harold G. Foster Chicago First Lt Henry W. Kunkel Rantoul First Lt Albert J. Clayton Scott Field Belleville Ill Second Lt Ralph L. Lauter Bolling Field Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bu_ United
Pres Rantoul
Army
Harold G. Foster
Chicago
Henry W. Kunkel
Rantoul
Albert J. Clayton
Scott Field
Belleville
Ill
Ralph L. Lauter
Blue laws echo in Christmas history from Massachusetts to Connecticut
The piece traces blue laws that once banned Christmas observance in colonial New England, notes a 100 arrests in New Jersey for secular Sabbath violations, and explains how Dutch and other traditions pushed Christmas to a festive holiday. It covers origins in Saturnalia and Yule, mistletoe rites, and English Puritan restrictions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEA
Boston
Mass
New Jersey
Philadelphia
Massachusetts
Connecticut
New Amsterdam
New England
Judea
Julius I
Christmas rush at the local post office delivers 1.5 million cards
The main post office processed 1,500,000 Christmas greeting cards in one day with hundreds of thousands of local cards and 9,000 sacks of parcel post daily. The force rose from 125 to 250 workers for the season as the system sorted for 63 city delivery stations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois St
Albert H. Steele
Prohibition crackdown stops mail order whiskey ring
Federal agents raid a New York City whisky by mail house and seize a customer list from Indiana. Three Indiana men are arrested including Muncie executives Carl W. Ball of General Motors and Ray V. Sowers of Tyler Manufacturing. Ball and Sowers admit purchases of Mount Vernon whisky from a New York firm with fake labels bearing King George IV. Evans of Richmond held on liquor charges. Bond set at 1500 dollars for Ball Evans and Sowers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
New York City
Muncie
United States
Fae W. Patrick
Carl W. Ball
Muncie Products
General Motors Company
Ray V. Sowers
Tyler Manufacturing Company
Rotary Club
Chicago
Frank Campbell
L. B. Beamer
A. R. Harris
Prohibition
Purchase
Ball
Mount Vernon
E. Twenty-First St
Goodman Bros
Sowers
Patrick
Campbell
O. H. Groves
Richard Proud
Lake Erie
Wilbur 8
Evans
Richmond
Express
Charles W. Kern
Croarkin to Deny Police Confession in Slaying Case
Harold Croarkin, scion of a wealthy Chicago family and confessed killer of 6 year old Walter Schmith, plans to repudiate his police confession. Warden Fogarty says Croarkin claims he was coerced to confess for sleep. State's Attorney Crowe says Croarkin admitted the murder upon surrender before questioning.
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United Press
Chicago
Harold Croarkin
Walter Schmith
Edward J. Fogarty
Croarkin
Crowe
Boy Admits Slaying In Brandywine River Tragedy
Otto Newman a 10 year old in Wilmington Delaware confessed he tripped and pushed 7 year old Nicholas Gianetti into the Brandywine River for revenge. Nicholas disappeared November 19 after playing with Otto and his body was found in the river mud. Detectives questioned Otto who identified the body and said the boy named Nicky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Wilmington
Del
Otto Newman
Nicholas Gianetti
Brandywine
Otto
Nicholas
Rocco Gianetti
Nicky
Sofayi
Grand jurors ignore Remy call Attorney General in meeting
The Marion county grand jury, amid a graft probe, ignored Prosecutor William H. Remy and Deputy Sheaffer and Special Prosecutors Kane and Gause. It summoned Attorney General Arthur L. Gilliam for legal advice, surprising Remy and his aides. The panel, under Judge James A. Collins, seeks a final report by Monday with possible extension to Tuesday.
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Remy
Marion County Grand Jury
William H. Remy
William H. Sheaffer
Ralph Kane
Fred Gause
Arthur L. Gilliam
James A. Collins
Criminal Court
Wilson Furnas
Collins
Gilliam
Sheaffer
Grand Jury
Gillam
Statehouse
Republican Party
Gause
Kane
Stephenson
George Elliott
Harvey W. Bedford
Dempsey Sued Over Philadelphia Fight Ticket Bill
Jack Dempsey is named defendant in a suit filed in Los Angeles seeking 1193.69 for tickets bought for the Philadelphia fight. Complainant Morris Shewitt says Dempsey authorized the purchase for friends of the champion and Tex Rickard refunded 758.81. suit seeks the remaining balance and may foreshadow further actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Los Angeles
Jack Dempsey
Philadelphia
Dempsey
Morris Shewitt
Tex Rickard
Despondent Cobbler Lyons Dies After Card Signings
Luther Lyons a 24 year old deaf mute of Patricksburg who worked at Richardson Hart shoe repair died after firing a 32 caliber revolver shot into his head at 5 15 a m in the city hospital admitting room. George Blose a fellow mute slept nearby as Lyons sent Christmas greetings to kin and wrote letters prior to his suicide. Police say Lyons returned the gun to his pillow before killing himself and coroner Paul F Robinson investigated the death.
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Luther Lyons
City Hospital
George Blose
Lyons
C. Isaacs
Blose
Riggs and Kirder
Homer M
Spencer
Ind
Paul F. Robinson
Richardson & Hart
BE. Market St
Patricksburg
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