Buffalo Matches Wettest City Title With Holiday Liquor Boom
Buffalo residents stock up on liquor and ale for the holidays with imports from Canada. Immigration and customs crackdowns disrupt smuggling as 20 000 cases are reported from Bridgeburg and Port Colborne. A five dollar fine is charged per bottle found.
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Harry van Langer
United Press
Buffalo
United States
Diry
Canada
Coast Guard
Bridgeburg
Port Colborne
Ont
Niagara Frontier
Peace Bridge
Spending Spree Ends With Arrest in Kokomo Theft
Everett Elwee, 19, Kokomo youth, allegedly stole 1240 from Worley Lindley in an Indianapolis hotel. He spent 404 before arrest, buying a wardrobe, two wrist watches, and many taxi rides after Lindley planned to travel to Texas for a grocery business venture.
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Kokomo
Everett Elwee
Worley Lindley
Indianapolis
Lindley
Texas
Indianapois
Elwee
Stolen Autos Reported Across Town and Nearby Routes
Greencastle police log lists numerous vehicles reported stolen or recovered. Entries include J R Reeves at 2028 Brookside Auburn sedan 75 168 from Ohio and Pennsylvania streets and others from Prospect Street, College Avenue, Washington Boulevard, and more with makes such as Ford Studebaker Buick Chrysler Overland and Chevrolet.
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J. R. Reeves
Brookside Avenue
Auburn
Ohio
Pennsylvania Street
F. D. Hardrick
Prospect Street
Ford
Seventeenth Street
Columbia Avenue
Dale Morgan Service Company
College Avenue
Studebaker
Harvey Harmon
Marott Hotel
Buickbrougham
Market
Delaware Streets
Payne Mitchell
Sixteenth Street
Thirteenth
Missouri
J. L. Smeyer
Washington Boulevard
Durbin
Tacoma
Shelby
Prospect
Miles Nelson
Eugene Street
Maryland
Illinois
Brightwood Auto Company
Massachusetts Avenue
Station Street
Roosevelt Avenue
Greencastle
Ind
Chrysler
J. O. Matthias
Tlinois
Thirty-fifth Streets
Stolen cars recovered as police report lists owners
Police recover multiple stolen vehicles including a Buick sedan found on 43 South Oriental street belonging to Russel P. Ritchey and an Overland sedan at 223 North Delaware street. A Ford sedan owned by Dewey Morgan is found at Illinois and Michigan streets. Oliver E. Steinkamp’s Dodge touring is deserted at Capitol avenue and Thirtieth street blocking traffic. the driver fled to a taxi. Also notes a 100 year old claim about the first typewriter.
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Russel P. Ritchey
East
New York Street
South Oriental Street
North
Delaware Street
Dewey Morgan
South East Street
Ford
Illinois
Michigan
Oliver E. Steinkamp
Rook- Wood Avenue
Capitol Avenue
Thirtieth Street
Dodge
Seven Die in Plane Crashes Across Midwest
United Press reports seven people killed and three injured in Midwest aviation accidents Sunday. A Fairchild-Wasp cabin plane failed to climb after takeoff in Chattanooga and crashed into a house, killing pilot C. D. Shield and three passengers including R. D. Harris and C. T. Mayers. Burnette of Macon also died. In Minneapolis an old army craft crashed from 200 feet killing Fred Detlefson and injuring Stuart Pepin. A Toledo crash killed Willis Thorsen and injured Harry Long. Indianapolis saw Lieutenant William H. Senges die after a nose dive. passenger Smith Boring was lightly hurt.
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United Press
Chicago
Middle West
Chattanooga
Atlanta
C. D. Shield
Louisville
R. D. Harris
C. T. Mayers
St. Elmo
C. L. Burnette
Macon
William Rozar
Fred Detlefson
Stuart Pepin
Minneapolis
Willis Thorsen
Toledo
Harry Long
William H. Senges
Indianapolis
Smith Boring
Beech Grove Raid Seizes Whisky Dynamite at Rendezvous
A raid by police federal agents and deputies at Beech Grove Saturday night seized whisky and dynamite. One youth named Harlan Lewis aged 23 of 710 North Seventh Avenue was arrested. Additional captures are expected as seven pints of whisky and several half pound dynamite sticks were found along with weapons and hijacker lanterns.
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Beech Grove
Harlan Lewis
North Seventh Avenue
Mother of 6 Golfing Sons Dies at 70
Mrs. Emma Jane Nelson 70, mother of six nationally known golf instructors, died Sunday night at 710 Congress Avenue after a six month illness. Funeral planned for Wednesday with Crown Hill Cemetery burial. Born in Boone County she lived in Indianapolis 35 years. husband John C. Nelson died six years ago. she belonged to St Paul M E church. Survived by sons Lee Wallace Chick Dick Chester and Ervin.
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Emma Jane Nelson
Congress Avenue
Crown Hil Cemetery
Nelson
Boone County
Indianapolis
John C. Nelson
St. Paul M. E
Lee
Indianapolis Country Club
Wallace
Chick
Indianapolis Athletic Club
Meridian Hills Country Club
Chester
Fort Wayne
Ervin
Culver Military Academy
More Guns Adorn Hips in Marion County Permits Rise
Marion County issued 563 gun permits last year, about double 1927, says deputy county clerk Mrs. Elnore Lynch. She notes permits rise after crime spikes with applicants citing protection and business needs. two women, a Negro beauty operator and a bus station cashier, requested carry permits. Oil and motor fuel reserves are noted as ample.
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Marion County
Elnore Lynch
Meal ticket idea urged in traffic war
Orange New Jersey December 24 The local service clubs council recommends punch card traffic tickets to curb reckless driving. Police would punch licenses for each violation and transfer records to new cards each year.
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Ba United Press Orange
N. J
Dance For Naught Ends Marathon Promoted By Day
Ten couples who logged over 700 hours in twin marathons at Day's Casino south of the city faced a collapse as promoter Joseph B. Day admitted financial ruin. He could not pay the Negro orchestra or coal for the electric piano, prompting a walkout and a tense protest endangering the event.
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Joseph B. Day
Day
Rauh Honored at 75th Birthday Dinner in Indianapolis
Samuel E. Rauh president of the Indianapolis Union Stockyards was saluted as a friend and community leader at a Broadmoor Country Club dinner marking his seventy fifth birthday. Louis J. Borenstein served as master of ceremonies with speakers Meredith Nicholson Hilton A. Brown Henry H. Hornbrook Rabbi M. M. Feuerlicht William Herschell and Alfred M. Glossbrenner. Both Mr. and Mrs. Rauh replied to toasts. Congratulatory messages arrived from prominent figures across city state and nation.
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Samuel E. Rauh
Indianapolis
Woman Makes Suicide Attempt After Husband Chooses Solo Christmas Dinner
Mrs. Gladys Kettlewell, 25, of 1539 Bates Street, tried to take her life Sunday night by swallowing poison after her husband said he would eat Christmas dinner alone. Police said she was hospitalized and physicians expect her recovery.
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Gladys Kettlewell
Bates Street
City Hospital
Army Begins Inquiry Into Fatal Plane Crash
The death of Reserve Lt. William H. Senges 39 of 1522 North Dearborn is investigated after his Consolidated PT-1 crashed at Schoenfield Fort Benjamin Harrison. Passenger Smith Boring escaped with minor injuries and cites a wing-over into the wind before the nose spin and fatal impact.
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William H. Senges
Dearborn Street
Schoenfield
Benjamin Harrison
Walter R. Peck
Senges
Fort Hospital
Smith Boring
Hamilton Avenue
Lieut. Senges
Wickersham Defends U S Rulings In O Fallon Rail Case
Former Attorney General Wickersham as special counsel filed the government brief in the Supreme Court upholding the Interstate Commerce Commission valuation system and defending the 1920 transportation act recap ture clause. In Muncie Indiana John Paydon age 39 unemployed attempted suicide by poison to deprive his wife of a Christmas gift.
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United Press
Washington
Wickersham
United States
United States Supreme Court
O'Fallon
Interstate Commerce Commission
Timea
Muncie
Ind
John Paydon
How Doctors Treat Colds and the Flu Calotabs Ad
Doctors claim Calotabs purify the system and relieve colds and grippe with one or two tablets at bedtime followed by water. Next morning the cold vanishes and appetite returns, with no saltiness or nausea. Family packages offered for 35 cents at drug stores.
Eleven Die By Violence This Weekend In Indiana
Eleven people died in Indiana from weekend violence mainly involving vehicles. Passenger Ray Sailer, 31, Elkhart, perished when a bus crashed into two trees. A. A. Curtis near Hamlet died driving into a freight train. James Martin, 58, near Martinsville, died driving into a Bloomington bound bus. Others include Ronald Soldner, 23, Gary, and his brother Henry, with Henry injured. Flo Clayton, 28, Hammond, killed when her car met a train. George Wolf family in Chicago found their 1-year-old dead from carbon monoxide in a closed auto. Katherine Ladd, 45, Bourneville.
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Indiana
Ray W. Sailer
Elkhart
A. A. Curtis
Hamlet
James L. Martin
Martinsville
Ronald Soldner
Gary
Henry Soldner
Henry
Flo Clayton
Hammond
George Wolf
Chicago
Auburn
Katherine Ladd
Bour
Fight to Save Sabbath If Calendar Change Is Made
Washington contents report fierce opposition from Jewish groups and religious bodies to any calendar reform that could remove the Sabbath from its seventh day. The debate centers on plans from the Porter resolution and proposals from Havana discussions. Rabbi Abram Simon and Rep Sol Bloom warn of a migratory Sabbath and urge broad religious representation if an international conference is convened.
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Times Special
Washington
Foreign Affairs Committee
The
House
Porter
Pennsylvania
Coolidge
Havana
Abram Simon
Synagogue Council of America
Sol Bloom
New York
Bloom
Charles F. Marvin
Weather Bureau
Simon
United States
Multiple Fatality Accidents Reported in Indiana Area
A series of fatal incidents are reported: a woman died from injuries after being struck by a car driven by Robert Winans in Ft. Wayne. Homer Smith, 54, Mooreland, fatally hurt by a circular saw. N. F. McClung, 70, near Pittsboro, died by self-inflicted gunshot due to ill health. William H. Senger, 36, of Ft. Wayne, killed when a plane he piloted crashed near Schoenfield, Ft. Harrison, with passenger Smith Boring lightly injured. Arthur Wells, 13, Alexandria, killed when a shotgun he was cleaning discharged.
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Smith Boring
Arthur Wells
Alexandria
Mann Named Chief In Marion County Administration Shuffle
Charles W. Mann, deputy sheriff, named to succeed Luther E. Texas as Marion County highway superintendent by county commissioners. Benjamin M. Morgan reappointed superintendent of Marion County Hospital for the Incurable Insane at Julietta. Susanna J. Pray reappointed superintendent of the county juvenile detention home.
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Charles W. Mann
Luther E. Texas
Marion
Benjamin M. Morgan
Marion County
Julietta
Susanna J. Pray
Porter bill to ease penitentary crowding pass expected
Washington officials forecast early passage of Representative Stephen G. Porter’s narcotic farm prison bill to relieve overcrowding and treat drug addicts. The measure has cleared the House and faces Senate action, with a history of unanimous support in narcotics legislation.
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Times Special
Washington
House
Senate
Senate Judiciary Committee
United States
Geneva
Stephen G. Porter
Pennsylvania
Porter
John G. Cooper
Ohio
Special House
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Genges
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