White House Christmas Eve party brings child visitors to Hoover era
At the White House for the first time in decades a children’s Christmas Eve party brightens the East Room and state dining room with a ten-foot tree and festive decorations. Guests include cabinet and White House staff children, with Walter Newton Jr. to the President’s right and other youngsters invited. Separately, pilgrims flock to Bethlehem for the Christmas mass as shepherds and many Christian sects worship.
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Times Star
Washington
White House
East Room
Hoover
Executive Mansion
Porto Rico
Walter Newton Jr
Minneapolis
Walter
Preas
Bethlehem
Palestine
Christ
Jerusalem
Missing with funds prompts search for broker messenger
Frank Keeler a 25 year old Weber and Co brokerage messenger is missing with about 8000 in cash checks and securities deposited for First National Bank. Only 2500 was cash while the rest were non negotiable securities. He arrived at the brokerage house two months ago highly recommended.
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United Press
ST. Paul
Frank Keeler
Weber & Co
First National Bank
Tomahawk Presented to Vice President Curtis at Senate Turkey Dinner
At the annual turkey dinner Curtis hosts for eighteen senate pages, the Vice President received a tomahawk from the messengers who urged it would help him keep order in the senate.
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Senate Pages
United Press
Washington
Curtis
Senate
Courthouse in Marion County Hosts Holiday Cheer
Corridors of the Marion county courthouse adorned for pre Christmas festivities welcomed county employees and officials this afternoon as decorations brightened the courthouse for the season.
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Marion County
Times to Publish One Edition on Christmas Day
The Times will print a single edition on Wednesday Christmas day under holiday custom to grant its staff a half day of rest.
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The
Times
Man Claims Baseball Past In Court Christmas Check
In Chicago a man identified as Danny Murphy admitted a disorderly charge and claimed he once played for the Philadelphia Athletics. Judge Samuel Heller discharged him and offered help for Christmas, noting the former star athlete’s past prowess.
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Samuel Heller
Danny Murphy
Philadelphia Athletics
Cubs
Judge Heller
Alleged head of rum ring tied to Vermilion raid
Federal officers report tightening link to Mario Bonacarsi Clinton feed and sugar store proprietor as probe into the largest liquor plant in Indiana unfolds. Warehouse evidence includes six tons of corn sugar and malt syrup while Bonacarsi and clerk Victorio Bonacchi await grand jury action on liquor law violations.
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Mario Bonacarsi
Clinton Feed and
Vermillion County
Prohibition
Bonacaris
Bonacarsi
Victorio Bonacchi
Clergyman Joins War Effort In Blood Transfusion Appeal
Washington reports Major General William G. Everson tested blood for Mrs. Rose Schutt 38 in a wartime blood transfusion effort. Everson’s donation was unsuitable but many others offered blood and a transfusion was planned for that day to try to save her life.
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United Arena
Washington
Indiana
War Department
Washington Daily News
Rose Schutt
William G. Everson
Militia Bureau
Irigoyen Survives Argentine President Assassination Attempt
In Buenos Aires on December 24, President Hipolito Irigoyen escaped unharmed as three shots were fired at his car. The bodyguard wounded the assailant, Italian barber Quarterio Marinelli, who was stopped before fleeing. The chief guard was seriously injured.
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Buenos Aires
Hipolito Irigoyen
Argentina
Calle Brazil
Government House
Quarterio Marinelli
Tragedy for Barbara Hakason as holidays loom
Barbara Lee Hakason a 6 year old Denver girl died on Monday her birthday and her mother's birthday were marked by holiday plans she had made gifts from colored paper and cardboard for a party to be held during Christmas she will be buried Wednesday. Also in a city meeting Denver school commissioners moved 84930 dollars between funds to cover deficits and carry out the year’s work.
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United Press
Denver
Barbara Lee Hakason
Santa Claus
Barbara
Postoffice
Indianapolis
Christmas Custody Battle Grants 27 Hours with Children
Mrs. Esther Henry of Detroit asked Judge Joseph Milner in Indianaplis for access to see her two children, Marion 13 and Robert 10, at Christmas. Granted a 27 hour order allowing visitation from nine this morning until noon on Christmas, to deliver gifts.
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Esther Henry
Detroit
Henry
Joseph M. Milner
Superior Court No. 5
Noble Henry
Congress Avenue
Indianapolis
Marion
Robert
Burke search now pressed in Wisconsin
Fred Burke, the Midwest's most famous fugitive since Terrible Tommy O Connor, was hunted with fresh energy today in snowbound parts of Michigan and Wisconsin. The search was accelerated by Coroner Herman Bundesen's jury verdict which named Burke as an alleged machine gunner in the February 14 Bugs Moran gang killings in Chicago.
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United Press
Chicago
Fred Burke
Midwest
Tommy” O'Connor
Cook County
Michigan
Wisconsin
Burke
Herman Bundesen
Chicago Millonaires
Bugs Moran
Valentine’s
St. Valentine Day
Bugs Morgan
Herman N. Bundesen
Calvin Goddard
St. Josephina
Solon Dies of Heart Disease in Washington
Representative Elmer O. Leatherwood of Salt Lake City Utah died at Garfield hospital Washington today from heart disease after a long illness. He served four terms in congress and is survived by wife Nancy Albaugh and daughter Margaret. Bloomington Lawyer Dies at 75
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Washington
Elmer O. Leatherwood
Salt Lake City
Utah
Garfield Hospital
Leatherwood
Congress
Nancy Albaugh
Margaret
Christmas Peace For Widowed Mother As Son On Trial
In a snowbound Indiana village a widowed mother awaited a holiday reunion with her son in Indianapolis. Charles C Dunn and Phillip Warren stood trial for an attempted robbery of a taxicab driver, but the judge found no evidence and freed Dunn after a stern admonition.
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Edward C. Fulke
Indiana
Indianapolis
Charles C. Dunn
Gosport
James A. Collins
Phillip Warren
West Pratt Street
Charlie
Collins
Warren
Dunn
Roy Pennington
Santa
A B Good Named New Schools Business Director
A B Good appointed as business director of the Indianapolis school board effective January 2. The three new board members Maud Miller Julian Wetzel and Russell Willson take office January 1 as part of the Citizens school ticket majority. Good, 45, has served as deputy city controller and will oversee city finances and bonds in the new role.
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A. B. Good
Indianapolis
Russell Willson
Maud Miller
Julian Wetzel
Willson
Citizens School
Merle Sidener
Samuel E. Garrison
Good
C C. York
Albert Walsman
William Book
Lewis E. Whiteman
Fred Kepner
Bellefontaine Street
Alger Party Here Registered in Claypool En Route to Wabash
A party led by Claude McBride and R Miller registered at Claypool Monday night. They were bound for Wabash where Josephine Miller Alger, wife of Gene Alger, faces indictment for alleged involvement in last fall’s La Fontaine State Bank robbery.
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Claude McBride
Jeffersonville
R. Miller
Josephine Miller Alger
Claypool
Wabash
Josephine
Gene Alger
la Fontaine State Bank
Citywide meningitis survey aims to trace outbreak source
Dr W W Lee state epidemiologist will start a Friday survey to locate the source of Indianapolis spinal meningitis epidemic. Dr William F King says immunization study may follow as blood cultures are tested for anti toxin serum potential. One death and two new cases raise city total to thirty cases and seventeen fatalities. council allocates $5,000 to fight the outbreak.
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W. W. Lee
Indianapolis
William F. King
State Health Department
King
Lee
Herman C. Morgan
Edith Emmons
East Twenty-third Street
Berry Smith
Valley Avenue
George Ginger
North la Salle Avenue
Ambassador Laughlin Presents Credentials to King of Spain
IRWIN B LAUGHLIN American ambassador presented his credentials to King Alfonso in Madrid today in the traditional ceremony. The king voiced pleasure at performing the welcome duty as rain made streets slick and sand was spread to aid the procession.
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Madrid
Irwin B. Laughlin
Alfonso
Soviet Help Is Asked in Eielson Search
Washington December 24 The Soviet government has been asked informally to aid in the search for American aviators Ben Bilson and Carl Borland missing for weeks off the Siberian coast.
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Eielson
Unisea
Washington
Ameria
Ben Bilson
Carl Borland
Siberian
City Delivers 96 Percent Help for Yuletide Baskets
Indianapolis mobilizes 3500 Christmas food baskets aiding about 16000 people. Masonic Orders Salvation Army and others ship baskets. coal clothing and toys accompany meals. Churches hospitals jails and institutions plan festivities. offices close. many residents head home for Christmas.
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Arch Steinel
Indianapolis
Santa Claus
Masonic Orders
Salvation Army
City Fire
Sullivan fills three major posts in city administration
Reginald Sullivan announces appointments for Jan 6 take over. A. H. Moore is reappointed city engineer. James E. Deery named city attorney succeeding Edward H. Knight. Knight retains Smiley N. Chambers Herbert Spencer and John E. Loftus. Moore praised for efficiency. Board of works may include E. Kirk McKinney as president with John Ohleyer John C. McCloskey and Alfred Meurer as possibilities.
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Reginald H. Sullivan
A. H. Moore
L. Ert Slack
Edward H. Knight
Oren
Hack
James E. Deery
Knight
Sullivan
Smiley N. Chambers
Herbert Spencer
John E. Loftus
Wabash College
B. J. T. Jeup
Sanitary Commission
Jeup & Moore
Slack
Moore
Demoted to Dry Agent Former Prohibition Chief
John J. Quinn former deputy prohibition administrator in Baltimore was suspended and then demoted to dry agent. Prohibition Commissioner Doran said an investigation found him unfitted for executive duty in the prohibition organization. Details of the charges were not disclosed.
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Prohibition
Doran
United Press
Washington
John J. Quinn
Baltimore
Quinn
Marines Seek Christmas Peace in Managua Amid Key Offensive
Brigadier General Dion Williams plans to settle with 1,700 marines in Managua as around 150 full-time bandits reportedly remain at large in Nicaragua. Pine trees from the mountains add a holiday touch to the occupied area.
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United Press
Managua
Dion Williams
Nicaragua
Tim McGrath the Greatest Humorist of the Prize Ring
Tim McGrath, a San Francisco veteran with over forty years guiding boxers, is celebrated as the sport’s greatest humorist. He writes a thirty part series for The Times Pink Editions, with the first installment in today’s Pink, recounting humorous experiences with Spider Kelly and others.
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Tim McGrath
San Francisco
McGrath
The
Times
Tim
Spider Kelly
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