Hoover and Party Enjoy Yale at Sea
President-elect Hoover and family celebrate Christmas aboard the Utah under tropical sun. A chaplain leads services highlighting the goodwill mission. Hoover and Mrs Hoover autograph cards for crew and distribute gifts while the ship sails toward Panama with planned fleet operations adjusted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas L. Stokes
United Press
U. S S. Utah
Santa Claus
Utah
Herbert Hoover
H. E. Rountree
United States
Hoover
Alan
Herbert Hoover Jr
Peggy
South America
Panama
Hoosier association seeks 1929 license law tightening rules
The Hoosier State Automobile association plans to push a driver’s license law and an amendment to empower state police to pursue reckless drivers. They aim to eliminate reckless driving and enforce rules more strictly, seeking uniform laws. The proposal would define passing on curves or hills as reckless driving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosier State Automobile Association
U S Funds To Care For Madame Curie
Marie Curie was assured a Christmas fund to support her daughter Irene Curie Joliot after Mme Curie’s death. Columba University Professor John Erskine relayed that the University Association of Women would endow Irene. Mrs. William Brown Meloney started the radium fund and urged members to provide for Irene’s future research work.
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United Press
New York
Mme
Marie Curie
America
Irene Curie-Joliot
Mme. Curie
John Erskine
Columbia University
France
University Association of Women
William Brown Meloney
Mme Curie
Bandits Loot Two Stations Steal 37 Dollars
Two armed men robbed filling stations Monday night, getting 31 dollars from 3402 West Washington street after holding up attendant Charles Hipple. A second station at California and Ohio streets yielded 6 dollars from a separate robbery. A telephone ad then notes a 1.05 Chicago round trip rate.
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Charles Hipple
West
Washington Street
California
Ohio
Joyful Christmas Uplift In Bicknell With Santa Aid
Joy returns to Bicknell as 2,500 children receive Christmas toys food and candy from Indianapolis volunteers delivering about $3,000 in aid. The city awakens to smiles as lights and gifts replace hardship, with families sharing in hopeful scenes from door to door.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bicknell
Santa
Indiana
Indianapolis
Johnny Spindle-Legs
Maggie
Glenn hotel and adjoining building burned in Chattanooga
Fire in Chattanooga on Market street damaged the Glenn hotel and a neighboring building with losses around 100000 dollars. More than sixty guests escaped unharmed.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Glenn
Market Street
King George Recovering as Christmas Hope Grows
Buckingham Palace reports King George maintained progress after a quiet Christmas night with sleep. The prince of Wales returned from Africa, the queen and heir prayed, and 3 000 people gathered outside to honor the king while prayers echoed across churches nationwide.
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Keith Jones
United Press
London
Buckingham Palace
British Empire
George
Stanley Hewett
Palace
Prince of Wales
Gloucester
George IV
Crash Kills Man On Way To Reunion With Wife
William Clyde Rather 24 dies in a crash three miles southwest of Indianapolis while en route to reconcile with his wife after two months apart. He had planned to take his wife and two children to a Christmas Eve show. He rode with friends and tried out a new Ford before the fatal impact.
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Leslie Snyder
Leslie
Fairyland
Charles Commodore Funcannon
Charles
Spirit of
Indianapolis
Atlantic Ocean
Crash
Man
William Clyde Rather
Rather
Junior
Buddy
Emma Shipman
Chase Street
John Gill
Oliver Avenue
Ford
Earl Calvert
Clarence
Division Street
Funeral Rites Set for Lt William H Senges
Funeral services for Lieut William H Senges 39 of 1522 North Dearborn Street who died Sunday from injuries in a plane crash at Schoenfield Ft. Benjamin Harrison will be at 10 a m Wednesday at the widow’s mother Mrs William Meyer 2645 Madison Avenue Burial will be in Crown Hill A military funeral will be conducted by reserve officers and regular army soldiers from Ft Harrison. Lauderdale Duncan of Hove aged 77 has crossed the Atlantic 140 times on six months old first trip across the Atlantic to America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Senges
North
Dearborn Street
Schoenfield
Benjamin Harrison
William Meyer
Madison Avenue
Crown Hill
Ft. Harrison
London
Lauderdale Duncan
Hove
America
Atlantic
Father and Sons Held as Robbery Suspects
A father Otto Becker and his two sons Walter and Martin Becker are detained after a Northwestern avenue Fall Creek boulevard filling station robbery. $20 taken. attendant Harry Faulk fired on fleeing suspects. Martin, shot through chest and lung, is in city hospital. the others questioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hospital
Martin Becker
West
Vermont
Walter
Otto Becker
Northwestern Avenue
Fall Creek
Speed Here By Plane
Mr and Mrs S Hess of Chicago flew to Indianapolis for a critically ill relative arriving at 5 55 am in a Blue Goose Line Stinson monoplane piloted by Carl V Vickery Hess is connected with the Chicago Herald and Examiner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Hess
Chicago
Indianapolis
Carl V. Vickery
Hess
Chicago Herald and Examiner
Man Slain at Dance in Evansville Home
Evansville Indiana December 25 James C Murphy 36 a Chicago salesman died from knife wounds after a dance brawl at his home Police hold James Coffin and Leo Coffin charged with murder Coffin is said to have been a caller at the Murphy residence and the fight began when he tried to separate Murphy and his wife during dancing
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Evansville
Ind
James C. Murphy
Chicago
James
Leo Coffin
James Coffin
Murphy
Detroit search urged for former Leland clerk Cochran
Police in Detroit have been asked to search for John Cochran, former clerk of the Leland hotel in Richmond, who is alleged to be $400 short in his accounts.
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Times
Richmond
Ind
Detroit
Mich
John Cochran
Leland Hotel
Coolidge Prepares Sapelo Island Christmas Holiday
President Coolidge spends his final Christmas as president with a holiday on Sapelo Island Georgia. The presidential party includes Howard E Coffin and artist Frank O Salisbury. They travel from Washington by train car and boat and plan to stay until after the new year.
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United Press
Washington
Coolidge
Sapelo Island
Brunswick
White House
Howard E. Coffin
Hudson Motor Company
Frank O. Salisbury
New York Genealogical and Biographical Society
Autoists in Greek End of Christmas Night Mishap
Mr and Mrs E L Brown of Columbia City took a cold midnight dip after a car blinded them at Fall Creek and Central Avenue. Their car went over an embankment into the creek but the couple escaped uninjured.
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E. L. Brown
Columbia City
Brown
Fall Creek
Central Avenue
Planes and oxcarts bring joy to marines in Nicaragua
Christmas for U S Marines stationed in Nicaragua features modern Fokker planes and slower ox carts and pack mules delivering mail and individual Red Cross boxes. Each marine receives a turkey dinner with cranberries and all the fixings as Uncle Sam ensures holiday cheer at every outpost.
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United Press
Managua
Nicaragua
Fokker
United States
American Red Cross
Sam
Slain by Mistake on Way to Holiday Fete
Detroit December 25 A saloonkeeper killed Robert Affelt 35 in a case of mistaken identity as he headed to a Christmas party. Owner Eugene White said Affelt ordered him to “stick up” and White fired after turning, countering he believed Affelt was a robber. John Affelt, the deceased’s father, lamented his son’s presumed joke.
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Joe Cargal
Joe
Santa
Roland
Homer Cargal
Joe-boy
Mary-girl
United Press
Detroit
Robert Affelt
Affelt
Eugene White
White
John Affelt
Santa Shoppers Surge as New York Reports Record Christmas Sales
New York witnesses unprecedented Christmas commerce with stores noting their biggest season yet. The New York post office says 141 million pieces of mail were handled, the highest Christmas mail volume ever for the city.
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United Press
New York
Santa Claus
New York Post Office
New York City
Two Indianapolis residents fined for tire cover theft in Shelbyville
In Shelbyville Indiana three from Indianapolis, Clifford Freeland Everett Hurt and Miss Stella Bailey admitted stealing four automobile tire covers and were fined one dollar plus costs in city court. Freeland 22 of 609 Lockerbie street Hurt 330 North East street and Bailey 19 of 1037 Concord avenue faced the penalties.
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Shelbyville
Ind
Indianapolis
Clifford Freeland
Lockerbie Street
Everett Hurt
North East Street
Stella Bailey
Concord Avenue
Bolivia signals conciliatory stance in border dispute
Bolivia, after accepting Good Offices, replies to the Inter-American conference questionnaire in a tone favorable to conciliation. In Buenos Aires a La Prensa dispatch claims Bolivian aircraft bombed Paraguayan positions with no casualties, while a war minister in Asuncion says Gran Chaco remains quiet.
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United Press
Washington
Bolivia
Diez de Medina
United Preas
Buenos Aires
Asuncion
la Prensa
Jose Guggiaria
Paraguay
Gran Chaco
Christmas Day Warmth Across New York City
East New York reports a mild Christmas with temperatures in the upper thirties rising to around 45 degrees by afternoon. Weather bureau notes NYCs warmest Christmas was 65 degrees in 1889. hourly readings show a gradual warming trend through the morning.
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United Press
New York
East
New York City
Weather Bureau
Cartoon Brings Joy To Estranged Chicago Pair
Emory Westlake Jr. at his mother’s south side home enjoys a Christmas cartoon headline about a divorce court tragedy. Emory Sr. faces a separate maintenance suit by Marie Westlake and sees the joke as a chance for a truce for the child.
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Chicago
United Press
Emory Westlake Jr
South Side
Emory Westlake Sr
Marie Westlake
City halts routine to make merry
Indianapolis observes Christmas with 4000 Salvation Army baskets and meals for the homeless. William Beanblossom opens his home to 2000 children for a Christmas party, gifting toys and candy. 100 needy boys receive coats and apparel from L Strauss & Co. Carol services and charity efforts span churches, clubs, and prisons citywide.
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Beanblossom
Indianapolis
L. Strauss & Co
R. S. Norwood
Family Welfare Society
Chi
Quiet Kabul reported by passengers arriving in Peshawar
From Kabul to Peshawar reports describe a calm Afghan capital. Eleven French women ten German women and four children aboard the British flight belong to Kabul legations and inquiry into the safety of remaining foreigners continues.
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United Press
Calcutta
Peshawar
Kabul
Four In Auto Burned When Lantern Explodes
Four persons were badly burned in Bloomington Indiana when a lantern in the rear seat of an automobile exploded as the car was en route to English for Christmas. Walter Lyon 40 and his wife Margaret Lyon 30, Earl Ross 7, and Sarah Qualter were injured. the car was destroyed and the lantern used to keep the occupants warm.
Eckert Faces $15,000 Alienation Suit in Indiana
Madison, Ind. reports defendant Frederick Eckert sued for $15,000 by William Torrance over alleged alienation of affection. The complaint alleges Eckert took Mrs. Torrance to Louisville, Kentucky, for a love tryst.
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United Press
Madison
Ind
Frederick Eckert
Willliam Torrance
Alegedly
Torrance
Louisville
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Bandits
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Louise
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Dolis
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England
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Fort
Shirley Mooney
Fletcher Avenue
Aaron Stern
North Illinois Street
Randle Miner
Brookside Avenue
William H. Block Company
Cal
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Gotham
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Torney
Salvation Army
City
William D. Beanblossom
West Bay Street
Slack
L. Ert Slack
Army
South Capitol Avenue
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West Georgia Street
Maple Camp
Modern
Woodmen of America
New York Street
Marion County
Wheeler City
O. W. Fifer
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Woodruff Place
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Julietta Hospital For
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Bloomington
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