Ballistic Test Ties Burke Gun To St Valentine Massacre
Ballistics expert Major Calvin C. Goddard testified that cartridges fired from Fred Burke s machine gun resembled those used in the St Valentine s Day massacre. He noted the confiscated guns 2347 and 7580 matched evidence, with shells and a body bullet showing similar rifling. The inquest, ordered by Coroner Herman Bundesen, aims to confirm linkages to the seven victims.
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United Press
Chicago
Calvin C. Goddard
Fred Burke
St. Valentine’s Day
Goddard
Croner
Herman Bundesen
Burke
St. Joseph
Mich
Clark Street
Northwestern University Criminology School
James Clark
Marion County
Illinois
Victor Thompson
Elgin
Baldwin Estates Put Up For Sale In Arcadia Ranch Auction
Dec 23 Los Angeles. Vast holdings of the late E J Lucky Baldwin including oil properties and real estate valued at 20 million to 25 million will be listed for sale. The Arcadia ranch home will be sold at once to fund Anita M Baldwin’s travels and music pursuits.
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United Press
Los Angeles
E. J
Lucky) Baldwin
Anita M. Baldwin
Arcadia
Baldwin
Utility Merger Planned by Schoellkopfs in Buffalo
A proposed consolidation of electric utility interests controlled by the Schoellkopfs in Buffalo would merge the Niagara Share Corporation of Delaware with the Niagara Share Corporation of Maryland. Stockholders of both firms will be asked to approve the merger.
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United Press
Buffalo
N. Y
Schoellkopfs of
Niagara Share Corporation of
Delaware
Maryland
Three Berlin Skiers Die in Mountain Snowstorm Near Here
A party of three Berlin sportsmen trapped by a mountain snowstorm near Hirschberg Silesia were found frozen to death. A fourth man was missing and believed dead after they tried to return to shelter during the storm after starting a ski outing.
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Bay United Press
Hirschberg
Silesia
Berlin
Boy's Christmas sled ride ends in serious injury
In St Paul on December 23 7 year old Richard Nicolas dashed from a hill with a new sled and struck a passing automobile. Doctors at Ancher hospital reported the boy in critical condition with a skull fracture.
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United Press
ST. Paul
Hypnotist Faces Death Penalty Plea in Attack Case
Kansas City report says Russell C. Arnold 53, described as a self-styled hypnotist, was questioned by the county prosecutor about activities in soundproof caves under his home as authorities prepare to seek the death penalty for his alleged assault and beating of a 14 year old girl with a preliminary hearing set for Tuesday.
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United Press
Kansas City
James R. Page
Russell C. Arnold
Indiana
Lincoln Union
Congress
Lincoln City
Spencer County
Paul V. Brown
Brown
State Conservation Department
Hendricks
Times to air Net Classic basketball again in 1930
The Indianapolis Times will broadcast the Indiana State High School Athletic Association final tournament on WFBM Indianapolis Power and Light. Blythe Q. Hendricks returns as lead announcer with expert play by noted coaches. the station will carry every game with assistance from university and high school coaches.
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Indiana State High School Athletic Association
Indianapolis Times
WFEBM
Indianapolis Power and Light Company
The
Times
Blythe Q. Hendricks
Hendricks
the Times
WFBM
Military Rites for Governor Patterson at Salem Capitol
Full military honors will attend the burial of Governor Isaac L. Patterson in Salem. The service follows his sudden death Saturday night, with the body laid to rest in Mt Crest Abbey mausoleum after funeral services in the state Capitol hall of representatives. Active pallbearers are Oregon national guard captains. Honorary pallbearers include Governor A W Norblad state officials T B Kay Hal Ross.
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United Prera
Salem
Ore
Isaac L. Patterson
Mt. Crest Abbey
Hall of Representatives
State Capitol
Oregon National Guard
A. W. Norblad
T. B. Kay
Hal Ross
Norblad
State Senate
Patterson
University of Chicago Law School
Chicago
Intensive hunt for fiend in Cleveland murders and beatings
Cleveland police pursue a violent assailant who has shot two women and beaten two others in ten days. Latest victim Mrs Mary Pshock twenty was shot in the abdomen and back after refusing to walk with the attacker near her home. Beatrice Gallagher twenty three was shot while unlocking her door. Ballistics expert D L Cowles said bullets from both incidents came from the same gun.
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United Press
Cleveland
Mary Pshock
Beatrice Gallagher
D. L. Cowles
Search for famed Alaskan pilot tightens on icebound coast
Two pilots reached the Nanuk near North Cape Siberia to establish a base for air search of Carl Ben Eielson and his mechanic Earl Borland. Meanwhile Seattle officials moved to fund a meningitis fight with $3,000 for nurses sprays and quarantines as seven new deaths and twenty eight total cases were reported.
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United Press
Seattle
Carl Ben Eielson
Alaska Airways
Coast Guard
Chelan
Joe Crosson
Harold Gillam
Nanuk
North Cape
Siberia
Eielson
Earl Borland
Crosson
Gillam
Teller
Alaska
L. Ert Slack
Health Board
Indianapolis
City Hospital
Anna Alexander
Hiawatha Street
W. A. Jamieson
Eli Lilly & Co. Laboratories
Wek-End
Bessie Sarber
Cornell Avenue
Lawrence Wilmore
Geisendorf Street
Edith Emmons
East Twenty-third Street
Esther Givins
North Miley Avenue
McKinley Bone
South Missouri Street
Florence Parker
West Twenty-seventh Street
Bride 12 in School Rocks Rockport
In Rockport Indiana a 12 year old bride Helen Ramsey attends Silverdale consolidated school. Authorities face a conflict between laws on compulsory attendance and marriage exemptions as she remains enrolled in the second grade. Her marriage to 37 year old WWI veteran Shirley Ramsey occurred in Kentucky three months prior with her father’s consent claiming she was 18. Her twin sister Mary is also in the second grade.
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United Press
Rockport
Ind
Silverdale Consolidated
Helen Ramsey
Helen
Kentucky
Shirley Ramsey
Mary
Finance chief named in Berlin today
Berlin December 23 Paul Moldenhauer powerful German industrialist and People's party member was named minister of finance succeeding Rudolf Hilferding who resigned.
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United Press Berlin
Paul Moldenhauer
The
People's Party
Finance
Rudolf Hilferding
Trains Collide Injuring Two at Avondale Crossing
At Avondale twelve miles north of New Orleans a Texas & Pacific train collided with a Southern Pacific train on a crossing. Both locomotives were wrecked and the engineers injured. No other casualties were reported.
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United Press
New Orleans
Texas & Pacific
Southern Pacific
Avondale
Here
Detroit Gun Battle Ends in Bandit Suicide and Capture
Detroit police clashed with two bandits Sunday night as a dramatic gun battle unfolded. Herman Creech of Hamilton, Ohio was wounded and captured after Matthew Koenen barricaded himself in an alley and shot himself as police closed in.
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United Press
Detroit
Herman Creech
Hamilton
Matthew Koenen
riot breaks up at Bucharest communist meeting injuring many
In Bucharest on December 23 a communist session dissolved into a riot with many injuries as police were summoned to stop the fighting. The incident disrupted the gathering and raised concerns over public order.
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Bu United Press
Bucharest
Romania
Snow blanket covers half the United States again
A major holiday snowstorm blankets almost the eastern half of the United States from the Gulf to Canada, with Texas-born system spreading north and east. Snow depths reach over a foot in parts of Arkansas and Tennessee, while El Dorado reports 16.5 inches. Travel disruptions rise as roads reopen from last week’s blizzard.
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United Preas
Chicago
United States
Gulf
Canada
Texas
Gulf Coast
Illinois
Wisconsin
Michigan
Indiana
Ohio
Tennessee
West Virginia
New York
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Carolinas
Santa Claus
Arkansas
Chattanooga
Eldorado
Ark
British Isles
France
Riviera
White Christmas For Indiana As Snow Stalls Traffic
Statewide snow blanket leaves Indiana with a likely white Christmas. Major highways reopen after a blizzard, with no further high winds forecast before Christmas. Temperatures not dropping below 15, slight warming Tuesday, light northern snow unlikely to hinder traffic, total precipitation 5.7 inches since Wednesday.
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State Highway Commission
Indiana
J. H. Armington
United States Weather Bureau
Armington
Busy Holiday Shoppers Help Kind Family in Need
In a photo, H B Kellogg of the Hotel Edward is among shoppers selecting last minute Christmas trees. Kellogg plans to donate his tree to an indigent family. A second photo shows East Raymond Street youngsters with toys delivered today by women workers from the board of works.
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H. B. Kellogg
Edward
Kellogg
Santa
Raymond Street
Board of Works
Tim McGrath Launches Pink Times Series On Boxing
Tim McGrath, famed boxing figure and humorist, pens a 30 article NEA Service series for The Times. The first piece will appear in Tuesday’s pink edition, recounting humorous and thrilling memories from his long ring career.
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Tim McGrath
Pugilism
NEA Service
the Times
Times
McGrath
Boys Heroes In Blaze At Home
AZOO December 23. Fire alarms: E B Lepper, 75, jumped from a dream blaze and is near death from exposure with no actual fire. Henry Shannon Jr 10 tried to stop a living room fire while burns to the head occurred. Otto Stovall 17, a passing newsboy, alerted fire crews as Shannon battled flames. house damage $850. Shannon not seriously burned.
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United Press
AZOO
E. B. Lepper
Henry Shannon Jr
Henry N. Shannon
Brookville Road
Davenport
Otto Stovall
505
Bosart Avenue
Shannon Lad
Shannon
Arnolds in Seclusion Over Divorce Case
New York December 28 reports say Ray H. Arnold and his wife Bessie plan to settle their divorce out of court. The Arnolds, once prominent broker couple, have seen private details of their lives laid bare in a highly intricate case filed in New York courts.
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United Press
New York
Arnolds
Ray H. Arnold
Washington
Bessie
Nonstandard OCR fragment details schedule and times
Fragmentary OCR entry presents numbers and times with no clear event or named entities. It reads like a timetable or score listing with 6 2 i 4 15 and 10 8 m 16 7 entries, followed by 28 005 9 8 a. m. 14 12 noon 21 0 i 38 2p. m. 23.
Borno Says He Is Through as Haitian President
President Louis Borno declared he will not seek or support any candidate and that the council should choose the president. He spoke to the council of state in Port au Prince as opposition activity from the general strike and rioting grows.
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United Press
Port AU Prince
Haiti
Louis Borno
Council of State
Council
Borno
Trains Sideswipe Near Gorham Wreck Injures Five Crews
A westbound Union Pacific passenger train sideswiped an eastbound train at Gorham nine miles east of Hays. Five crew members were injured, with both engines overturning and several coaches derailed. No passengers were reported hurt.
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United Press
Hays
Kan
Union Pacific
Gorham
Here
Medical progress highlighted in Dr Fishbein series
The Times announces a six part column by Dr Morris Fishbein on medical research advances. The first article Tuesday explains how the liver was used to check anemia, signaling authoritative and absorbing public interest.
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Morris Fishbein
Times
Banker Downey Named Secretary of Methodist Hospital Finance
Indianapolis banker Brandt C Downey, former Commercial National Bank president and later head of the Brandt C Downey Company, was selected by the Methodist Episcopal Hospital finance committee as secretary of the hospital finance department. His duties include securing funds to develop and enlarge the hospital to meet rising hospitalization demand.
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Brandt C. Downey
Indianapolis
The
Methodist Episcopal Hospital
Hospital
Downey
Commercial National Bank
Brandt C. Downey Company
Richard Lieber
State Conservation Department
Jackson
Anne Studebaker Carlisle
South Bend
Brown
J. I. Holcomb
Patrick Nash Dies in Chicago After Haymarket Memorial Memory
Patrick Nash, 72, a Chicago policeman wounded in the 1886 Haymarket riot, was found dead in his attic flat on West Monroe Street. He reportedly suffered a heart attack and froze to death, awaiting aid as snow covered the city memorials to fallen officers. Nash, who hoped for a promotion, lived in a tattered room above a city park near the Haymarket statue.
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Patrick Nash
West Monroe Street
Haymarket
Pat Nash
Plane crash kills film executive and injures others at Mars Hill
An eastbound Trans continental Air Transport plane crashed during a snow squall at Mars Hill air port. D. C. Law of Warner Brothers died. Passenger injuries included C Mahlon Kline and Miss Mary Fearnow. Weather and gusts blamed for the fatal accident. investigation by coroner C H Keever and T A T officials continues.
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C. H. Keever
Maddux Aairline
Mars Hill
Keever
D. C. Law
Philadelphia
Warner Brothers Motion Picture
C. Mahlon Kline
Smith, Kline, French & Co
Mary Fearnow
St. Louis
Law
City
Columbus
Pennsylvania
Burford
Mt. Clemens
Mich
T.A. T
Ford Motor Car Company
Kline
Miss Fearnow
Methodist Hospital
Charles F. de Voe
Fear girl gang victim united by Detroit theme
Celia Stachura, 18, who trusted police and resisted the underworld, remains missing three days after vanishing from her home under a police guard. A note to her spoke of flowers and Christmas as Frank Hallas and Joseph Janicke, jailed for holding up her and her escort Frank Haman, face further testimony. She is the second witness against Hallas and Janicke to disappear before expected testimony.
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Etroit
Celia Stachura
Underworld
Christemas
Frank Hallas
Joseph Janicke
Frank Harman
Hallas
Janicke
City hospital out building bids opened by Health Board
Bids for the proposed city hospital out building were opened today and turned over to architect Robert Frost Daggett and consulting engineer C. R. Ammerman for tabulation and a report. Service Construction Company bid $373,500 was itemized for consideration.
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Mate
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Donner
Blitzen
Tom E. Ayers
Chadwick Street
Blaze
Newsie
M. €. Finance Board
Lincoln
Charles Wethern
Department of Commerce
D. W. Burford
Terre Haute
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