Christmas Fire Kills 33 in Oklahoma Schoolhouse
In Hobart Oklahoma on December 24 a Christmas Eve fire trapped students and residents at a one room school. Thirty three died and seventeen of the injured were released from hospitals as survivors bury victims and reflect on the tragedy. Over two hundred people fled the flames and many relatives gathered for funeral services. A separate hospital riot and theater evacuations followed.
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United Press
Hobart
Okla
Babhs
Switch
Lilly Reill
Muskogee
Andrew Jackson
Jackson
Vesta
Illinois Fire Kills Two at Prairietown Home
Edwardsville Ill Dec 26 two men Louis Pape and his grandson were burned to death when fire destroyed their Prairietown home. A dancing group nearby saw the blaze and rescued Mrs Pape and another grandson who were in critical condition with injuries. Mrs Gene Stuck 32 was fined 2 dollars and costs for traffic signal violation. charge of failure to give right of way to fire apparatus was dismissed.
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United Press
Edwardsville
Ill
Prairietown
Louis Pape
Pape
Gene Stuck
Olive St
Former County Auditor Indicted on Public Record Charge
Leo K. Fesler former county auditor was indicted today by the county grand jury on a charge of altering a public record.
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Leo K. Fesler
Railroad Crossings to be Removed by Road Straightening
Railroad officials from T. H., J. & K. Trac ton and Pennsylvania Railroad met with John D. Williams, state highway commissioner, to discuss straightening State road No. 10 from Eagle Creek bridge to Maywood. The plan aims to eliminate two railroad crossings.
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T. H., J. & K. Tracton Company
Pennsylvania Railroad
John D. Williams
State Highway Commission
Eagle Creek Bridge
Maywood
Budget discussed by state panel and officials
The state budget advisory committee met with State examiner Lawrence Orr and budget clerk Ure M. Frazier to outline procedures for finalizing budgets for Governor-elect Ed Jackson. Members include State Senators Robert L. Moorehead and W. S. Chambers and Representatives L. A. Pittenger and A. Gottschalk. Plans included visiting state institutions as most have filed budget requests.
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Lawrence Orr
Ure M. Frazier
Ed Jackson
Robert L. Moorehead
W. S. Chambers
L. A. Pittenger
A. Gottschalk
Cleanup Begins as Indianapolis Post Office Clears Holiday Mail
With most holiday mail delivered, Indianapolis letter carriers reduced hours and cleaned up. Postmaster Robert H. Bryson reported 69 percent of mail arrived by 5 a m for the day, and total mail from Dec 15 to 24 reached 5,486,645, up 16.01 percent from last year. Letters mailed rose 20.36 percent to 4,929,480, while parcel post totaled 3,540,310.
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Indianapolis
Scotch Whisky Seized in Brooklyn Smuggling Case
Federal agents seized seven cases of genuine Scotch White Horse whisky during the holiday season. Thaddeus Baker, receiver for National Motors, refused delivery at Twenty-Second and Yankees Streets triggering the seizure. Six cases had already been taken earlier, with the Wednesday case shipped from W Pland Brooklyn New York as auto parts.
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Thaddeus Baker
National Motors Company
Twenty-Second
Yandes_ Sts
Brooklyn
New York
Federal Prohibition
Bert Morgan
Scotland
Woman Struck by Truck At New York Street Intersection
Mrs. Dora Newman of Indiana Avenue and North Street was hospitalized at Deaconess Hospital after a truck collision at the New York Street and Senate Avenue cross. Driver Carl Walden of 2011 North La Salle Street faces assault and battery charges.
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Dora Newman
Indiana Ave
North St
Deaconess Hospital
Carl Walden
N. la Salle St
New York St
Senate Ave
Walden
Temperature rises briefly after record cold Christmas
The mercury climbed to 23 degrees above zero by 1 p m and Indianapolis enjoyed a temporary warm spell after the frigid period. A new cold wave was forecast for Saturday afternoon or night as forecasters predicted a sharp drop from today’s mild spell following a Christmas when the city recorded the second coldest on record.
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Weather Bureau
Indianapolis
Cold wave grips Midwest with record lows and travel disruption
The weather bureau reports a new cold front pushing across the region with temperatures near zero or below and forecasts another cold wave this weekend. Edmonton to Chicago see subfreezing readings while interurbans run late and long road trips become uncomfortable.
Four Die in Chicago From Severe Cold
Four people died in Chicago as frigid conditions persisted over 24 hours. Numerous fires started by overheated furnaces, and a hotel blaze forced guests to flee in their night attire on Christmas Day as temperatures hit six below zero, the coldest in fifty two years.
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United Prene
Chicago
Holiday Freeze Extends to Jacksonville Florida
Washington December 26 reports a white Christmas for nine tenths of the nation with record cold across a wide area. The holiday freeze is forecast to reach Jacksonville Florida as cold wave warnings cover the Carolinas eastern Georgia and northern Florida.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Times
Washington
Weather Bureau
Carolinas
Georgia
Florida
Would-be thief routed by alerted resident on West Tenth Street
A man identified as H. Klezmer at 2038 W. Tenth St heard a caller say a store was being entered. Klezmer looked out and a colored man trying to jimmy the door ran as police could not locate the burglar.
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H. Klezmer
Tenth St
Klezmer
City plans festive skating and gifts for children
Jarvis orders park guards at extra skating sites on Pleasant Run Riverside golf courses and Jameson Park. Snow is being scraped for Booth Grove lagoon. Protective hedges and bonfires to aid skaters. Tots limited to the Fall Creek and Thirtieth Street pool. Jarvis predicts good ice by tonight. Only children allowed to skate there.
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Jarvis
Pleasant Run
Riverside
Jameson Park
Booth Grove Lagoon
Fall Creek
Thirtieth St
Thirteen flood victims bodies recovered in Va. disaster
Thirteen bodies have been recovered and seven people remain missing after the Holston River valley flood at Parmartown Virginia caused by the Mathieson Alkali Works dam failure. Nineteen injured treated, some with pneumonia or alkali burns, as rescue workers search river banks.
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United Press
Saltville
Holston River
Parmartown
Little Mill Settlement
Mathieson
Muck
Little Miil
Abingdon
Coaches Leave Track After Peoria and Eastern Derailment Near Veedersburg
A Big Four passenger train derailed east of Veedersburg Indiana when the smoker and woman's car left the rails. Both cars stayed upright and no injuries were reported. The train, due in Indianapolis at 2 50 am, was assisted by a relief train arriving passengers at 9 30 am.
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Peoria
Veedersburg
Ind
L. S. Rose
Indianapolis
Frost Bite Treatment Advice From City Health Official
City health officer Herman Z. Morgan warns against warming frostbitten ears or noses with hot cloths or warm water. He advises rubbing snow or ice to restart circulation, then applying a healing salve after circulation returns.
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Herman Z. Morgan
Morgan
City banquet to feature five minute talks by department heads
Short five minute talks will be delivered by city department heads at the municipal banquet of the administration this Saturday at 3 a.m. at the Indianapolis Athletic Club. Tickets are available from the board of works at City Hall. The program lists officials including Ogden Coffin Kingston Bookwalter Macleall tiojue O'Brien Rikhoff Hyland Walker and Schilosa with Maye Shank presiding and music by the Police and Firemen's Band orchestra.
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Indianapolis Athletic Club
Board of Works Office
City Hall
James M. Ogden
Charles EK. Coffin
Charles A. Bookwalter
Russell T. Macleall
Joseph J. Tiojue
John J. O'Brien
Herman F. Rikhoff
Martin Hyland
John F. Walker
Sol Schilosa
Maye Shank
Police and Firemen
Family Fails 10 Halt Jail Term in Auto Theft Case
Edwin Baker of Anderson Indiana and Clarence Studivant were fined 25 dollars and costs each. Baker received a sixty-day jail sentence and Studivant six months at Indiana State Farm after pleading for clemency from his wife and three children. They allegedly stole M. L. Coffing’s Dodge from the Columbia Club in Indianapolis on December 7 while intoxicated and crashed into an interurban car causing about 359 dollars in damage.
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Clarence Sturdevant
Anderson
Indiana State Farm
Indianapolis
M. L. Coffing
Columbia Club
Tellers Injured When Interurban Hits Car Near Danville
Olin Glasson Lawrence Jackson and Blake Thomas tellers at Fletcher Savings and Trust Company were injured today near Danville Indiana when an automobile was struck by an interurban car. They had spent Christmas in Rockville Indiana.
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Olin Glasson
Lawrence Jackson
Blake Thomas
Fletcher Savings and Trust Company
Danville
Ind
Rockville
Seven Fatalities Reported From Poison Liquor This Christmas
Poison liquor claimed seven lives this Christmas across major cities. New York reported three deaths with thirty in hospitals. Chicago two deaths with five others hospitalized. San Antonio two women seriously ill. Philadelphia thirty hospitalized and 250 jailed. Cleveland one death. Boston and Scranton each one, with Philadelphia noting no deaths but hospitalizations and detentions. The month total reached thirty four deaths nationwide.
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Howe Pitala
New York
Chicago
Boston
Cleveland
Scranton
Philadelphia
San Antonio
Texas
New York City
United Prea
Big Four Employee Dies at Beech Grove Shop
Donald Donaldson age 382 of Virginia Ants died suddenly today at the Big Four Railroad shops in Beech Grove where he worked as a draftsman. Coroner Paul F. Robinson attributed the death to complications from acute influenza.
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Donald Donaldson
Virginia Ants
Big Four
Railrroad
Beech Grove
Paul F. Robinson
Former County Auditor Charged with Altering Public Sale Record
The former county auditor faces charges for altering a public record related to the sale of workhouse land to Fair Banks, Morse & Co. The alleged action involved manipulating the official document to favor the buyers in the sale. The case centers on the integrity of county land transactions and potential misuse of office.
Bond Signed by Emsey W Johnson in Public Indictment Case
Leo K Fesler county auditor and Republican candidate for mayor was indicted by a county grand jury for altering a public record related to a land sale. Fesler posted a $1,000 bond with Emsley W Johnson as surety.
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Leo K. Fesler
Central Ave
Fesler
George Snider
Emsley W. Johnson
Jrors
Twenty-First St
Northwestern Ave
Fairbanks-Morse & Co
Cassius L. Hogle
Linton A. Cox
John Kitley
Albert Hoffman
Fairbanks Company
County Council
Coffin- Dodson
Marion County Republican Party
Grand Jury
Julietta
County Asylum For the Insane
Sunnyside
Four Die As Train Hits Auto At Springfield Crossing
In Springfield Ohio a Big Four passenger train struck a car at a grade crossing killing Elijah Wilson aged 35 his wife Harry Wilson 25 and their daughter Marjorie 9. The driver 35 was killed instantly and the vehicle was demolished.
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Springfield
Ohio
United Press
Elijah Wilson
Harry
Marjorie
Island Dwellers Build Sled to Save Doctor
At Put-in-Bay Ohio the Bass Island residents labor in sub zero weather to craft a large ice sledge to rush Dr H L Sowash to the mainland for life saving care. Dr D M Riley from Port Clinton trekked twelve miles over ice to reach the sick physician as guides and lighthouses aided the rescue effort.
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Bass Island
Lake Erie
H. L. Sowash
Catawba Island
Sowash
Belgian Premier ILI Stricken by Influenza in Brussels
Premier Theunis of Belgium is ill with influenza and confined to his room in Brussels on December 26, as reported by United Press. The illness keeps him from activities and briefings.
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United Preae
Brussels
Theunis
Belgium
Comfort Day Observed by Indianapolis De Molay
Indianapolis Chapter of De Molay will observe its annual Day of Comfort on January 3. Members from 620 N. Meridian Street will deliver flowers candy and delicacies and provide entertainment for patients at hospitals orphanages homes for the crippled children and other institutions.
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Indianapolis
de Molay
N. Meridian St
Five Hurt When Machines Crash
Vernon Allen of 1412 Hoyt Ave waiting at belt railroad and Madison when his car was rear ended by Henry Goger of 2649 Brill St. The collision toppled the Goger car and struck flagman Q. O. Stockwell of 739 Elm &J. All three drivers and passengers Maurice Hail and his wife were hospitalized. Goger held in detention on assault and battery charge.
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Vernon Allen
Hoyt Ave
Belt Railroad
Madison Ave
Henry Goger
Brill St
Allen
Q. O. Stockwell
Elm &J
Southern Ave
Goger
City Hospital
Gang Leader Sentenced in Auto Theft Ring Case
John Foist, 22, of 1342 Silver Ave, pleaded guilty as ringleader in a gang stealing sixteen cars from Indianapolis owners and drew one to fourteen years in the Indiana State Reformatory. Russell De Hoff, 20, also pled guilty and received a similar sentence. Charles Ball, 21, pled guilty to unlawful possession and got six months. Paul De Hoff, 16, was found not guilty.
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John Foist
Silver Ave
Indianapolis
Indiana State Reformatory
James A. Collins
Russell de Hoff
S. East St
Charles Ball
Indiana
Paul de Hoff
Russell
Auto Crash Injures Man Near Dearborn and North Streets
Charles Adams of 765 Walnut St. sustained knee injuries when his machine struck a parked car owned by A. C. Hirschman at Dearborn and North. Another car owned by Mrs. Minnie Schaaf of 3340 Carrollton Ave. was damaged in the incident.
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Charles Adams
Walnut St
A. C. Hirschman
Sutherland Ave
Dearborn
North Sts
Minnie Schaaf
Carrollton Ave
Indiana National Guard to Start Ordnance Inspection
National Guard units will undergo the annual ordnance material inspection beginning January 6 1925. Headquarters and artillery detachments will gather at Vevay Indiana as inspections run through January 24. Seventeen outfits in ten cities will be inspected directed by Brig. Gen. Harry B. Snaith.
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Indiana National Guard
Vevay
Ind
Apt
Harry B. Snaith
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