Bandits Storm Church Seize 4000 In Cash
Four bandits robbed Chicago's St Casimir's church of Christmas and Sunday offerings totaling 4000 dollars. They entered posing as penitent drinkers and forced Fathers Krakowski and Furman to open the safe, then fled after disabling the telephone lines, leaving priests handcuffed and alarmed.
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United Press
Chicago
St. Casimir’s Church
E. S. Krakowski
Fathers Krakowski
Adelbert Furman
Father Furman
Britain and U S urged to limit navies pact endorsed
London dispatch reports Viscount Cecil of Chelwood urging a formal Anglo American naval limitation agreement. He praises the Kellogg pact and calls for parity in tonnage and guns, stressing that lasting peace depends on real disarmament steps and practical arrangements.
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United Press
London
Viscount Cecil of
Chelwood
Lord Cecil
Britain
League of Nations
England
United States
Canadian
America
Examine U. S. Laws to Find Weakness
New York December 26 Dr Nicho las Murray Butler reports Columbia University law faculty is studying the legal structure of society to locate where progress begins and which direction it will lead. He warns that growing lawlessness signals the need to overhaul parts of the social fabric. There is outcry for more law with harsher penalties, which he says worsen the situation.
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United Press
NEW York
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
Butler
Fire safety program extended to community outreach
Alfred E. Houston state fire marshal announced the education efforts of his department will extend beyond schools. Under newly named educational chief Benjamin R. Inman lectures will reach community clubs and luncheons teaching citizens how to prevent fire losses, Hogston said.
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Alfred E. Houston
Benjamin R. Inman
Inman
Hogston
Youth Confesses Slaying Father in Carthage
Everett Ealy aged 19, a Negro resident of Rushville, has confessed to murdering his father George Ealy, 38, in Carthage while at the dinner table with a shotgun blast. He blamed mistreatment of his partly invalid mother and planned to kill himself after the act, saying he would plead guilty to first degree murder.
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United Press
Rushville
Ind
Everett Ealy
George Ealy
Carthage
Church History Parley Called At Annual Convention
Arrangements are complete for the ninth annual convention of the American Catholic Historical Association, opening with the American Historical Association meeting Friday and running through Monday. Prominent scholars will discuss progress of the human race and the pasts relation to the present, with sessions on teaching American church history in secondary schools and a Saturday lunch conference led by Sister Mary Celeste. Speakers include Very Rev Alfred Barry, Dr John C. Fitzpatrick, Very Rev Charles L Souvay, Rev Lawrence R Patterson, and Rev John Rager.
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American Catholic Historical Association
American Historical Association
Executive Council
Claypool
Mary Celeste
St Xavier's College
Chicago
Alfred Barry
Providence
R. I
John ¢. Fitzpatrick
Washington
Association
Charles L. Souvay
Kenrud
Webster Groves
Lawrence R. Patterson
Woodstock, Md
John Rager
Shelbyville
Policeman Saves Girl From Subway Train in Grand Central
Police Lieutenant Michael Murphy of the Marine division rescued Miss Betty Gettleson, 24, of Paterson New Jersey, after she fell or leaped into the path of a speeding subway train at Grand Central Terminal. She suffered a fractured ankle and body bruises as witnesses watched the act.
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Bu United Press
New York
Michael Murphy
Marine Division
Betty Gettleson
Paterson
N. J
Grand Central Terminal
Miss Gettleson
Murphy
Chicago debutante becomes chorus girl
CHICAGO DEC 26 The lure of the stage claims Miss Jean Affeld Lehmann heiress to millions and former Fair store owner. She premieres with Mitzi Christmas night in Lovely Lady saying she will stay with the stage. Her parents moved from their country estate to support her career. EVANSVILLE Ind Dec 26 Miss Margaret Main 18 is cared for at Rescue Mission after wandering for three years in men’s clothes. She says she has been without a home since a farm loss and family breakup.
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United Press
Chicago
Jean Affeld Lehmann
Lehmann
Mitzi
Albertine Rasche
Otto Lehmann
Evansville
Ind
Margaret Main
Winterheimer 74 Dies in Indiana Influenza Toll
Evansville reports Louis K. Winterheimer aged 74 dies at his German township home, the third influenza fatality in Vanderburgh County amid the current epidemic.
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Evansville
Ind
Louis K. Winterheimer
German Township
Vanderburg County
Stolen Automobiles Reported to Police
Police report lists multiple stolen vehicles including a Buick roadster from 12 South Blackford Street and a Chevrolet coupe from Franklin Indiana. Other items include a Oakland coach, a Chevrolet roadster, a Chevrolet sedan, and a Buick cough from various streets and addresses. Names include Merle Lee Griffin Pillas Littleton Frank Perry William Schwartz and Thomas Arnold with corresponding addresses.
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H. L. Harris
South Blackford Street
Buick
Blackford Street
Kingan & Co
Merle Lee Griffin
School Street
Oakland
East Twelfth Street
Pillas Littleton
Franklin
Ind
Frank Perry
Ludlow Avenue
Ohio
Capitol Avenue
William Schwartz
Meridian Street
Central Avenue
Fall Creek Boulevard
Thomas Arnold
Pennsylvania Street
Madison Avenue
Flu Holds Steady Center Of Epidemic In Midwest
Center of influenza epidemic shifted slightly north and east but remains in the middle west based on reports through Dec 22. Wisconsin 14 724 cases, North Dakota 21 346, Kansas down to 17 617, Illinois up to 2 408, Nebraska 1 704, Iowa estimated 35 000. eastern presence rising.
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Science Service
Washington
Middle West
United States Public Health Service
Wisconsin
North Dakota
Kansas
Illinois
Nebraska
Iowa
Four Daughters and Three Sons Born Christmas Day
Four girls and three boys born Tuesday to Indianapolis-area families mark Christmas birthdays. Girls born to Robert Stearns, E A Lander, Walter Lawrence, and R M Stith. boys born to E A Hoffman, Glenn Hubbard, and Louis Joria.
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Indianapolis
Robert Stearns
North Capitol Avenue
E. A. Lander
Beech Grove
Walter Lawrence
Spann Avenue
R. M. Stith
Park Avenue
E. A. Hoffman
East Sixty-third Street
Glenn Hubbard
Cornell Avenue
Louis Joria
East Thirteenth Street
Hoover Will Hasten Back to Washington from Utah
President elect Herbert Hoover will skip an immediate Florida visit and proceed from the USS Utah to Hampton Roads on January 6, then to Washington to confer with Republican leaders and government officials. The change follows urgency in home affairs after Christmas aboard the Utah.
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Utah
Herbert Hoover
Florida
Hampton Roads
Hoover
Washington
Scientific parley opens as 5,000 attend New York meet
Preliminary meetings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and associated societies begin today ahead of the annual convention. More than 5,000 scientists from a 17,000 membership will attend a gathering noted as the largest in U S history, with about 2,000 papers to be read. A geology section joint meeting with the Geological Society of America is set for this afternoon at 1. Distinguished speakers include Dr. Richard Foster Flint of Yale, Dr. Herbert P. Woodward of Columbia, and Dr. F A Melton of Oklahoma.
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United Press
New York
American Association For the Advancement of Science and Associated Societies
Association
Geological Society of America
Richard Foster Flint
Yale University
Herbert P. Woodward
Columbia University
F. A. Melton
University of Oklahoma
Six Die as Akron Hotel Fire Claims Six Lives
Akron, O Dec 26 Spontaneous combustion blamed for hotel blaze that swept Park hotel killing six and injuring seven. Five trapped on third floor suffocated. one man on second floor overcome. Dense smoke. no outside fire escapes. Victims named include Arthur Alexander Charles King W W Wilson Clark Burrell and Lucian G Curtis. Official probe to follow by fire chief and state marshal.
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United Press
Akron
Park Hotel
Arthur Alexander
Charles King
W. W. Wilson
Plain City
Clark Burrell
Lucian G. Curtis
John Metz
Metz
Quaker Peace View Discussed by First Friends Pastor
Elden H. Mills pastor of the First Friends church told the Methodist Ministers Association at Roberts Park M. E. church that Quakers are pacifists but not willing to accept any price for peace. He noted that pacifism does not always mean no war.
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Friends Church
Elden H. Mills
First Friends Church
Methodist Ministers Association
Roberts Park M. E
Mills
Grandpa Meehan Dies At Christmas Party
In You, Dec. 26, nineteen wrapped Christmas packages were opened as relatives waited for Grandpa John Meehan at a party in his honor. When he failed to appear, a search found him dead in his apartment from carbon monoxide produced by a gas heater.
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United Press
John Meehan
Lillian Dunigan
Katherine
Missing minister returns home to Rockport after months away
The Rev. Charles Harms, 70, pastor of a local church, returned to Rockport, Ind., Dec 26 after being missing since April 4. Fear of foul play surrounded the disappearance, but Harms said he came back as a Christmas present and offered few details about his whereabouts.
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United Press
Rockport
Ind
Charles Harms
Parole Granted for Former U S Official Thomson
Attorney General Sargent approved parole for Frank G. Thomson a former United States commissioner at Toledo who was sentenced to Leavenworth Kansas on a conspiracy to accept a bribe. The parole was signed on Saturday and the Leavenworth warden was ordered to release him.
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United Press
Washington
Sargent
Frank G. Thomson
United States
Toledo
Leavenworth
Kan
Justice Department
Film Star Fred Thomson Dies in Hollywood
Fred Thomson, noted western film star, died today in Hollywood after an operation last week for gallstones.
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Fred Thomson
United Press Hollywood
Cal
Police raid finds large beer haul in city apartment
Police raided the apartment of Miss Bessie Sullivan apartment D 704 North Capitol avenue Christmas morning and found 104 quarts of beer.
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Bessie Sullivan
North Capitol Avenue
Three men held in Richmond milk bottle theft ring
Three men Sam Everman aged 49 Arthur Hawkins 48 and Fred Williams 48 are held in Richmond Indiana on charges tied to a milk bottle theft ring. Police say more than 500 bottles were found in Everman and Hawkins homes and the heist value surpasses 2000 dollars over eight months.
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United Press
Richmond
Ind
Sam Everman
Arthur Hawkins
Fred Williams
Everman
Hawkins
Train strike kills Henry Daily and mother Grace at crossing
Jeffersonville Indiana December 26 Henry Daily aged 49 and his mother Grace Daily aged 76 were killed when the car they rode was struck by a train at a crossing. Witnesses said Daily drove the car directly into the path of the train.
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United Press
Jeffersonville
Ind
Henry Daily
Grace Daily
Here
William P. Rider Dead at Bloomington After Long Illness
William P. Rider, 52, a Crothersville native and former president of the Rider Packing Company, died at his Bloomington home after a lengthy illness. The company ran cannning plants in Bloomington and other southern Indiana cities.
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Bloomington
Ind
William P. Rider
Crothersville
Rider Packing Company
Indiana
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