City Await Yuletide Cheer as Carol Singers Tour City
Indianapolis plans two days of Yuletide merriment as carolers traverse every section. Salvation Army and Christ Child agencies distribute baskets to 3,800 families via the Christmas Clearing House and other groups. Caroling bands, hospital visits, lighted trees, and extended shopping hours mark the holiday season.
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Christmas Clearing House
Pennsylvania St
Indianapolis
Herberts. King
Salvation Army
Capital Ave
Ed Jackson
The
Park Board
Bnhe Be
Thrill bandits shot by baker and four arrested
Walter J. Slate, 42, owner of the Butter Crust Pie Company, shot at bandits during a hold up at his bakery. Four youths—Mengus, Adams, Cline, and Schilling—were arrested or fled, while two wounded bandits were hospitalized. Cline later confessed to six robberies. Schilling aided, and Adams escaped briefly before collapse.
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Baker
Walter J. Slate
Central Ave
Butter Crust Pie Company
Madison Ave
Charles Mengus Jr
Sanders St
George Adams
Minnesota St
Robert Cline
Daisy
Cline
Jerry Kinney
Mengus
Adams
Slate
Roy Lucas
New Jersey
Marie Richter
N. Delaware &J
Miss Richter
Schilling
Emory Slagle
Lawrence St
Earl Daily
English Ave
Veit Armstrong
William Lanham
St. State St
Parkway Ave
Wright St
White Rose
Pleasant Run Blvd
Shelby St
Fred Krukemeier
Krukemeier
Hoosiers Flee as River Rises Near Indiana Illinois Line
Rising waters of the Kankakee River due to an ice block in the channel near the Illinois Indiana line forced more than 100 families from their homes between Shelby and Schneider. The ice gorge backed up water for miles. dyke breaks near Schneider threatened Monon and New York Central bridges. dynamite considered to relieve the Illinois end. Farmers face hundreds of thousands in flood losses as corn fields flood.
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United Press
Ind
Kankakee River
Illinois-Indiana Line
Shelby
Schneider
Monon
New York Central
Illinois
Santa Claws Snow Forecast Misses White Christmas
Weatherman Armington warns no snow likely tonight or Sunday. If snow falls it will not cover ground. Statewide outlook remains gloomy for snow yet a pale sun breaks through. Sunday expected cloudy with bright intervals and crisp 20 to 30 degree temperatures.
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Santa Claus
J. H. Armington
Armington
Hourly Temperatures Report From Morning Observations
Temperature readings show 6 am at 20, 7 am 21, 9 am 25, 10 am 29, with an 9 am reading of 25 and 10 am at 29 degrees. Early morning trend indicates a warming pattern through late morning.
Wilbur defends Navy after S-4 rescue criticism
Secretary Wilbur rejects widespread critique of the S-4 rescue handling in an exclusive interview with Scripps-Howard. Admiral Hughes aided by supplying data, Wilbur calls most criticism misinformation and cites impracticable safety proposals like attaching rings to subs. He notes a crane capable of lifting 1000 tons is unavailable and disputes the Wandak’s absence as the cause of the collision.
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Washington
Navy
Wilbur
Scripps-Howard
Charles F. Hughes
Bureau of Naval Operations
Hughes
Paulding
Secretary Wilbur to inspect S-4 salvage work
Wilbur, secretary of the Navy, traveled to Marblehead Massachusetts to personally inspect salvage efforts on the submarine S-4, sunk after a collision with the destroyer Paulding a week earlier. He abandoned Christmas plans to oversee the inquiry into rescue attempts for the six men trapped in the torpedo room.
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Timted
Msrovingeton
Mass
Curtis B. Wilbur
Paulding
Navy
Wilbur
Washington
Rabbi Baron Defends Morality Reform Stance in Indianapolis
Rabbi Samuel Baron of Uniontown Pa spoke at the Indianapolis He Temple warning against reformers forcing morality through censorship and moral legislation. He urged that true neighborly duty is making others happy, not merely declaring them virtuous.
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Samuel Baron
Uniontown
Indianapolis
Delaware
Bandits and Burglars Strike Pre Holiday Crime Wave
A Friday night crime spree left multiple robberies across several shops. The Butter Crust Pie Company captured bandits after a major hold-up while the R C Snoddy drug store and Standard Grocery reported cash losses of 63 and 45 dollars respectively. Additional burglaries netted miscellaneous foodstuffs and groceries valued at various sums, including 50 dollars in meat market goods and 56 dollars in groceries.
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Butter Crust *Pie Company
R. C. Snoddy Drug Store
N. Olney St
Myron Bebbles
Linden St
Lish Ave
R. L. Uneversall
Harding St
August Pottenseaker
Standard Grocery
George Shirk
E. Twenty-Fifth St
Mrs Grayson Missing On Flight Dawn
Mrs Frances W Grayson of Long Island is believed to be flying the seaplane Dawn piloted by Lieut Oskar Omdal from Roosevelt Field New York toward Harbor Grace Newfoundland for a trans Atlantic attempt. The craft was sighted last night crossing the Massachusetts coast and was expected to land in Newfoundland that morning after two prior aborted tries.
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United Press
New York
Frances W. Grayson
Oskar Omdal
Harbor Grace
Newfoundland
Roosevelt Field
L. L
Massachusetts
Newfounland
Long Island
Dawn trans Atlantic flight by Mrs Gray’s plane stalls in silence
In Newfoundland authorities and families watch anxiously as Mrs Frances Gray Pilot Oskar Omdal and Navigator Brice Goldsborough struggle to reach Harbor Grace after departing Roosevelt Field New York at 5 45 p m yesterday. The 1100 mile leg has no wireless contact and the crew’s safety is in doubt.
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United Press
ST. John's
Newfoundland
Roosevelt Field
New York
Frances Grayson
Grayson
Oskar Omdal
Brice Goldsborough
Harbor Grace Flying Field
Remus Plans Fete in Jail as Christmas Comes
Remus prepares to give fellow prisoners a merry Christmas while remaining jailed for a sanity hearing after Probate Judge Lueders denied bond. The ex bootleg king, cleared of murder on insanity grounds, awaits Wednesday’s final hearing as hundreds of greetings arrive from across the country.
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United Press
Cincinnati
George Remus
William H. Lueders
Remus
Imogene
Stolen car reported by homeowner in Terre Haute bid
Mrs. Emma Simpson of 2326 West McCarty Street told police a young man who rented her garage admitted Friday night the car he drove was stolen and asked her to go to Terre Haute to sell it. She refused and found the license plates removed from her automobile upon returning home.
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Emma Simpson
W. McCarty Sr
Terre Haute
Hickman Story Exploded Killer Was In Jail At Time
Oregon reporters chronicle William Edward Hickman clinging to his tale that Andrew Kramer aided the Marion Parker murder. Pendleton police, Los Angeles officials, and surrounding authorities move toward Hickman’s speedy return and trial while Kiel pursuit of Kramer wanes.
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Little Rock
Ark
Edward Hickman
Sister Mary
Mabel Bright
Hickman
Man
Killer
Ore
Andrew Kramer
Marion Parker
William Edward Hickman
Pendleton
California
Los Angeles
the Fox
Kramer
Fox
Marion
Buck Lievallen
Tom Gurdane
Asa Keyes
Gurdane
Lieuallen
United Press
Supreme Court
Carlos
O. Andrew Kramer
Drug chain expanding opens new store at Meridian
The Kuhn drug store at Meridian and Ohio Streets will open January 1 as a Goldsmith Brothers Drug Company unit. Sol Goldsmith announced the firm has leased the corner store room of the new Fountain Square Theater building for fifteen years at 75000 dollars and plans a drug store soda fountain and luncheonette by March 1.
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Kuhn
Meridian and
Ohio Sts
Goldsmith Brothers Drug Company
Sol Goldsmith
Fountain Square Theater
Joy to Berlin Mother as Prisoner Is Pardoned
A cablegram from Indianapolis will inform Frau A Muethal in Berlin that her son Kurt, jailed in the United States for robbery, is to be released after a parole by Governor Earl K. Jackson. The pardon followed testimony of Kurt’s good character in Berlin and medical notes of mental strain from wartime experiences.
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Cablegram
Indianapolis
Berlin
Nicholas
Frau A. Muethal
Kurt
United States
Wismarplatz 4
United Press
Richard A. Lieber
State Department of Conservation
Jackson
Frau Muethal
St. Nicholas
Ernor Jackson
South Bend
Cleveland
H. Borcher
Hogs Post Week Highs at Indianapolis Union Stockyards
Livestock prices edged higher at Indianapolis with hogs topping at 9 dollars and bulk 8.90 as receipts neared 2,500 and 354 held over. Chicago markets were steady with cattle firm and other stock steady to nominal amid light activity and 6,000 receipts with 2,000 held over.
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Indianapolis Union
Chicago
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