Indiana Snow War Nears End as Warmth Returns
Indiana’s costly battle against heavy snow may end with warmer weather forecast for today and Friday. The state highway department has employed about 4,500 workers, 2,000 extras, at a payroll around 3,000 daily, plus 15,000 spent on chains and 50,000 on new snow removal equipment. Wreckers aided by ice and snow hazards on U S 40 and State Road 41 north of Vincennes. conditions worst in northern Indiana.
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State Highway Department
Pighways
Bing
Highway Department
Stilesvile
Seeleyville
Manhattan
U. S. Road No. 40
Vincennes
Indianapolis
Morrow
Pantages Hospitalized Amid Heart Worry in Jail
Alexander Pantages, the vaudeville magnate convicted of assaulting Eunice Pringle, was moved to the hospital ward of the Los Angeles county jail after fellow inmates found him in distress. His attorneys seek bond relief claiming a weak heart could be fatal in confinement while awaiting appeal.
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Los Angeles
Alexander Pantages
Eunice Pringle
Pantage
San Quentin
Man kills wife then takes his own life in shipyard tragedy
Otto Kohrman 64 shot his wife in the garden of their Arlington Staten Island home and three hours later was found dead in an abandoned foundry at the Downey shipyard nearby, police said. The couple’s bodies were discovered after a search party located Kohrman in the building.
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Arlington
Staten Island
Otto Kohrman
Downey
Kohrman
Aviators in Hospital in Burma Plane Crash
In Rangoon Burma a French flyer Joseph Lebrix and his companion Rossi were injured when their plane crashed in India and both were admitted to the General hospital. Rossi reportedly has a fractured pelvic bone and will remain hospitalized for several weeks.
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Burma
Joseph Lebrix
Rossi
India
General Hospital
Exchange Day Goes Crazy In Indianapolis Stores
Indianapolis today held an all out exchange event as shoppers traded extravagant gifts for practical ones. Stockings perfume and candy boxes zigzagged through shops while clerks coped with endless exchanges and a lingering post holiday shopping mood.
Frontier of science opens seven day Des Moines meeting
Leading scientists from across the United States gather in Des Moines for the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. New discoveries in astronomy atoms medicine and psychology will be announced. David Dietz Scripps-Howard science editor reports for The Times with first dispatch in Friday's edition.
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American Association For the Advancement of Science
David Dietz
Scripps-Howard Science
Times
Frontier of Science
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Dietz
Meningitis Toll Rises With Three More Deaths
The city reports three new deaths from spinal meningitis raising the three week toll to twenty five and total cases to thirty seven including fatalities. Victims named include Wilbur Klingensmith twenty and Myrtle Caricio six and John Myers fifty six. Crawford Davis twenty two from Indiana also admitted. Officers urged to stop inspecting prisoners breath to prevent spread.
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Wilbur Klingensmith
Woodlawn Avenue
Myrtle Caricio
Oxford Street
John Myers
Graceland Avenue
William A. Coeppers
Crawford Davis
Franklin
Ind
Long Hospital
Coeppers
Walfred Prindle
West Twentieth Street
Alfred Schutte
Morgan
Cardinal Gamba of Turin Dies at 72
Giuseppe Cardinal Gamba archbishop of Turin died at 7 a m after celebrating midnight mass. Born in San Damiano D Asti he became archbishop in 1923 and cardinal in 1926. His death leaves eight vacancies in the sacred college and drew praise from the pope and the Quirinal.
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Turin
Italy
Giuseppe Cardinal Gamba
Cardinal Gamba
San Damiano D’asti
Sacred College
Humbert
Quirinal
Bonus deadline nears for World War claims
American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars and Disabled Veterans posts urge ex service men to file for adjusted compensation before next Thursday. Congressman Louis Ludlow has written to every post commander highlighting the deadline.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
Louis Ludlow
Evansville Man Dies After Gas Fumes From Oven
Evansville Indiana to December 26 Clark P. White age 60 appeared to be overcome by gas fumes from a half opened oven jet in the kitchen. He died at his home.
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United Press
Evansville
Ind
Clark P. White
Leslie asserts state school funds misused by local officials
Governor Harry G. Leslie charged waste and illegal expenditure in state aid for schools. He cited counties receiving aid needlessly and funds diverted to supplies and salaries, including a preacher trustee misusing funds for church needs. He urged investigations and pledged action to recover misused money.
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Harry G. Leslie
Leslie
Cooperation Sought to Clear Rural Mail Boxes
Patrons of rural mail routes were asked by Postmaster Robert H. Bryson to remove snow from their rural mail boxes to aid carriers. He noted highway crews clearing roads leave banks of snow along roadsides, hindering access and wasting time for deliveries.
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Robert H. Bryson
Bryson
State Highway Department
Rockefeller Offer to Fund French Medical School
Paris December 26 Georges Eugene Henri Roger dean of the faculty of medicine announced that John D Rockefeller Jr offered 6 000 000 dollars for a new medical school in France The offer requires France to contribute an equal amount The sum would build the finest medical center in Europe capable of housing 10 000 students
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Paris
Georges Eugene Henri Roger
Faculty of Medicine
John D. Rockefeller Jr
France
Roger
Europe
Fox terrier death shocks St Louis as hunt for torturer widens
The death of a fox terrier that starved after its mouth was sewn shut spurred sympathy and a growing $230 reward for information on the assailant. The emaciated dog was found behind Mullanphy Hospital seeking food it could not eat.
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United Press
ST. Louis
Mullanphy Hospital
Belgian King and Queen to Visit Pope in Vatican
The Belgian royal couple will meet the pope on January 7 as part of their visit to Vatican City. They will attend the pope’s audience the day before Princess Marie Jose’s wedding to Crown Prince Humbert. Humbert and his bride will see the pope the following morning. The royal reception is to be private.
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United Press
Vatican City
Belgium
Marie Jose
Humbert
Italy
Gas kills three in Brooklyn apartment
Three people died from gas in a three room Brooklyn apartment at 237 Forty-eighth Street. A fourth man was found unconscious and rushed to Norwegian Hospital in critical condition. Names of victims were not immediately available. Also on the page, Dr. Herbert Williams of the University of Buffalo departed for the United States after two months studying mummies and ancient bones in Lima, Peru.
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Forty-eighth Street
Brooklyn
Norwegian Hospital
United States
United Preas Lima
Peru
Herbert Williams
University of Buffalo
Two Sets of Twin Girls Born in Chicago on Christmas Day
In Chicago two sets of girl twins were born on Christmas Day to Mr. and Mrs. William Siedler and Mr. and Mrs. De Goldman.
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United Arena
Chicago
William Siedler
de Goldman
Coast Guard trio held after Downey slaying in harbor
Three crew members of coast guard cutter C 2245 were arrested in connection with the death of Eugene F. Downey Jr. after a firing in Buffalo harbor. Downey and a companion allegedly fled a 26 foot craft when challenged by authorities. Downey died from loss of blood after being wounded in the incident. No contraband was found on the craft. Erie County DA and U S Attorney General criticized actions preventing state interrogation of the armed guards.
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United Press
Buffalo
N. Y
Coast Guard
C-2245
Eugene F. Downey Jr
Downey
Coast
Guy B. Moore
Erie County
United States
William B. Mitchell
Washington
Richard H. Templeton
Templeton
Christmas is fireless in Indianapolis due to electric lights
Fire department officials report Indianapolis had no Christmas tree fires Wednesday or Wednesday night. Use of electric bulbs for the lights is cited as the reason. Santa’s whiskers were not singed in any case according to fire records. In Cleveland, William McSherry, 28, accepted a gun dare and part of his cheek was blown away when the other man fired.
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Indianapolis
United Preas Cleveland
William McSherry
McSherry
Christmas Rush Strain Said To Cause Mail Carrier Death
James Ryan aged 50 a Chicago mail carrier died after overwork during the Christmas rush worsened his weak heart. The death was reported Wednesday.
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United Preen
Chicago
James Ryan
Christmas Street Musicians Deliver Unwanted Yule Caroling
Itinerant German musicians played along Manhattan streets from the Battery to Park Avenue drawing a crowd on December 26. Despite requests for familiar tunes like Silent Night and Wearin’ of the Green, the trio refused offers of payment and marched off singing O Tannenbaum.
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York
Battery
Bronx
Park Avenue
Fifty-fourth Street
Lieber Augustin
Herman
Hans
Albert
Tim McGrath’s Ring Humor Featured in Pink Editions
Ring humorist Tim McGrath, a San Francisco veteran, is featured in a daily NEA Service series for The Times Pink Editions. He wrote thirty stories recounting thrilling events from his career and interactions with famous boxers including the Sullivan-Corbett era.
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NEA Service
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Times
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Blind Mother Shot in Detroit Family Tragedy
In Detroit on Christmas Eve a 70-year-old blind mother, Marie Krzewski, was critically wounded during a struggle between her son Joseph and her husband Peter. Police report Joseph threatened to shoot himself as the gun discharged during the fight. Albert Szcervinski, 45, was killed. A patrolman found the son with the gun and the father’s body after earlier calls about a violent quarrel at the home.
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Marie Krzewski
Joseph
Peter
Anthony Singer
Hamtramck
John Szcervinski
Albert
Szcervinski
John
Booze Dangers Rise as Christmas Drinking Kills Five
United Press survey finds five deaths linked to holiday drinking this year, four men and one woman, with no evidence of poisoned liquor. Most fatalities reported in the eastern states.
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United Press
East
Three Die In Car Plunge Over Embankment
Three people were killed and one seriously injured when their car fell 25 feet over an embankment near Chippewa Falls. The deceased are Mrs. Bernice Barnes of Eau Claire, Mrs. Frank Jolliffe of Chippewa Falls, and William R. Erickson of Eau Claire. Edward De Rusha of Eau Claire died later at the hospital. the group was returning from a Christmas dance.
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Chippewa Falls
Wis
Bernice Barnes
Eau Claire
Frank Jolliffe
William R. Erickson
Edward de Rusha
Gangster Frank Cosenteno Shot Dead in St Louis
Authorities hunted two slayers of Frank Cosenteno a gangster killed in a Wednesday shooting in St Louis gang warfare fears. Cosenteno's body with a bullet hole in the cheek was found in a muddy vacant lot.
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United Press
ST. Louis
Frank Cosenteno
Cosenteno
Treasury plans unify border patrol to enforce dry laws
United States treasury officials propose stronger prohibition enforcement by unifying border patrols and limiting entry points on Canada and Mexico borders. Plans await presentation to a joint congressional committee as Attorney General Mitchell and Prohibition Commissioner Doran defend agents against Borah criticisms.
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Prohibition
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Borah
Ida
Treasury
Mills
Canada
United States
Joint
Congressional Committee
Hoover
Congress
Department of Justice
FLIERS BODIES FOUND IN AFRICA COAST
Three French aviators Victor Lassalle Marcel Rebard and Raymond Saltot were found dead on the Libyan coast after a ten day disappearance in Africa. Their small plane reportedly crashed and caused instant death. A second brief item notes Thomas J. O'Brien 45 was fined $25 and costs and given thirty days at the penal farm for issuing fraudulent checks while intoxicated.
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United Press
ARIS
Africa
Libyian
Air Ministry
Victor Joseph Lassalle
Marcel Rebard
Raymond Saltot
Thomas J. O’brien
Paul Wetters
Salvation Army Guests Attend Christmas Dinner at 127 West Georgia
Employees of the Salvation Army industrial home at 127 West Georgia Street were guests at a Christmas dinner on Wednesday. Presents were distributed to the fifty attendees.
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West Georgia Street
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