Actress Mary Harrington Murder Echoes Earlier Slayings
Bel United Press reports vaudeville actress Mary Harrington, 29, found beaten and robbed in her New York apartment. Police say the killer returned six days after the crime, took jewelry, and left doors ajar. Investigators note similarities to Dot King and Louise Lawson cases. motive appears robbery. Harrington had filed for divorce in Binghamton and planned a trip to Joplin, Missouri.
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Bel United Press
New York
Mary Harrington
Dot King
Louise Lawson
Raymond B. Miles
Lillian Holton
Marrington
Senate questions Army flood report methods
Senator Caraway of Arkansas said he will ask in the Senate about how Army engineers prepared the Mississippi flood control report. He noted early drafts urged federal payment of all costs, while the final plan proposed 80 percent federal funding and 20 percent by valley states, totaling about 300 million dollars. He suggested the shift may reflect President Coolidge influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hington
Senate Ouane
Army
Mississippi
Caraway
Arkansas
Valley
Coolidge
Endurance Flight Attempt Ends Short After Motor Misfire
Edward F. Schlee and William S. Brock tried again at Daytona Beach at 7 30 a m to launch the Pride of Detroit on its long delayed endurance flight. The heavily laden craft barely rose before the motor mis fired and the plane returned to the beach. A second attempt was planned for later today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daytona Beach
Fla
Edward F. Schlee
William S. Brock
Detroit
Houdini Widow Frees Man From Ice Block After 26 Minutes
Mrs. Harry Houdini, widow of the magician, froze a man inside an eight foot block of ice for twenty six minutes and released him with an ice pick. He appeared none the worse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Harry Houdini
Rhinelanders Again to Air Troubles in Court
Mrs. Leonard Rhinelander has filed for separation on grounds of cruelty and abandonment in the New York Supreme Court amid ongoing notoriety from her earlier annulment suit. Service of process is attempted, with possible publication if personal service fails. lawyer Samuel Swinburne expects court orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Plains
N. Y
Leonard Kip Rhinelander
Rhinelander
Alice Jones
Supreme Court
Louisiana
Nevada
Long Island
Coast Guard and Navy feud over S 4 tragedy rifts
The S 4 submarine disaster off Provincetown triggers a public rift between the coast guard and the Navy. Officials refuse comment while accusers claim the other service caused the wreck and loss of forty lives. Coast Guard magazine defends the service and its destroyers as capable and sea tested.
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Coast Patrol
Sea Forces
Alfred P. Beck
United Press
Washington
America
Coast Guard
Navy
Secretary of the Navy
Wilbur
Admiral Billard
Provincetown
Coast Guard Magazine
Merchant Marine
Cuba
San Diego
New England
Naval Academy
Watson to meet with Indiana Republicans in Chicago visit
Republican leaders from across Indiana plan discussions with Senator James E. Watson when he visits the Columbia Club for the weekend. Watson, in Chicago, postponed an Evansville trip after talks in Muncie with Frank C. Ball about the gubernatorial race, with Ball asserting he does not want to run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James E. Watson
Columbia Club
Chicago
Evansville
Watson
Muncie
Frank C. Ball
Ball
Coast Guard Cutter Rush Sunk After Collision
Twenty eight members of the coast guard cutter Rush were saved after a collision with the tanker J. A. Moffett Jr. off Sandy Hook. The Rush sank in twenty minutes in light fog. the tanker assisted in rescue and brought the crew to Stapleton. An investigation will fix responsibility.
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United Press New York
Coast Guard
Rush
J. A. Moffett Jr
Staten Island
Saandy Hook
Moffett
Standard Oil Company of New Jersey
Santego
Ore
W. Morris
O. Schottheim
Seminole
Gresham
Stapleton
Ambrose Channel
Hold Negro Gangsters Arrests in Indiana Avenue Clash
Four Negro bootleggers and hijackers were taken into custody on vagrancy charges after a confrontation at Indiana Avenue and Blackford Street. Sal Cox, 27, faced weapons charges. two others were arrested amid threats with drawn revolvers to a fourth man over liquor theft. Mrs. Nancy McWilliams, a 105 year old former slave, died at Madison County infirmary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Ave
Blackford St
Sal Cox
Rut ‘Anderson
Ind
Nancy McWilliams
South
Madison County
Year-End Dry Run by Indianapolis Police Chief Worley
Police Chief Claude M. Worley vows the city will be the driest on New Year’s Eve with 225 officers on twelve hour shifts and 200 on duty to curb drinking. Deputy director George Winkler and about 20 deputies will support a 225 to 225 dry force, facing an estimated 15 000 drinkers among 20 000 celebrants in clubs hotels cafes and streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude M. Worley
Indianapolis
Worley
George L. Winkler
Chicago
Lake Michigan
Omer Hawkins
Worley- Winklyer
Edge backs Hoover for president from New Jersey
Senator Edge of New Jersey declared his support for Secretary Hoover for president after mentioning President Coolidge’s elimination. He urged Republicans in New Jersey to indicate their backing when given the opportunity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Washington
Senator Edge
Rep
New Jersey
Secretary of Commerce
Hoover
Coolidge
Secretary Hoover
Edge
Nearly 200 Christmas parcels held for sender IDs
Postmaster Robert H. Bryson urged claimants to identify about 200 parcels with torn or obliterated addresses. Two weeks pass before they go to the dead letter office in Cincinnati. Another 300 parcels with incorrect addresses await return postage or address corrections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert H. Bryson
Cincinnati
Avenging Gang Clash Looms Over Rebec Killing
Terre Haute Indiana December 30 1930 authorities fear a gang war to avenge William Dutch Rebec a local rum runner and hijacker and ex Egan s Rats member found shot and dumped in a creek Cliff Denham is being questioned amid rumors of a split among rivals and two Chicago men newly in town for possible hit jobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Ind
William
Dutch) Rebec
Rebec
Cliff Denham
Beveridge Gift Sets Stage for 1928 AHA Convention
Mrs Catherine Beveridge widow of Albert J Beveridge donates 50000 to the American Historical Association announced at the Washington convention. She provides 25000 with a pledge for the remaining 25000 within two years to fund historical research. Indianapolis will host the 1928 meeting December 28 to 31. Dr J Franklin Jameson notes a further 50000 sought to reach 100000 in the Beveridge Memorial Fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Historical Association
Catherine Beveridge
Albert J. Beveridge
Washington
D. C
Dispatches
Indianapolis
Beveridge
J. Franklin Jameson
Boy shoots friend and vanishes in Arizona hills
In St Johns Arizona a 13 year old boy Duane Thompson allegedly shot and killed his 15 year old friend Frank Cropas while duck hunting. He told his parents then fled to the hills and has not been heard from since.
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United Press
ST. Johns
Ariz
Duane Thompson
Frank Cropas
Thompson
Cropas
2900 Ways to Annoy Others
A study by Dr. Ssy Gason of the University of Rochester reports 2500 plus everyday annoyances drawn from 600 participants aged 10 to 90. Common irritants include chewing gum, not listening, hearing curses, and loud movie captions. Country children show cognitive differences from city children, with rural schooling affecting language and vocabularies. The International Congress of Psychology plans to meet in the U S in 1929 with New Haven as host.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ss Y Gason
University of Rochester
American Psychological Association
Gason
Iowa
Bird Baldwin
State University of Iowa
Baldwin
Little Red
Paul Young
Louisiana State University
International Congress of Psychology
United States
New Haven
J. McKeen Cattel
Science
Congrr
Haywood Writes Book From Moscow Memoirs
Berlin dispatch reports William D. Haywood once IWW leader and fugitive in Moscow has completed memoirs. The work will appear in America and Germany nearly at the same time with a later Russian translation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Prear
Berlin
Big Bill” Haywood
The
Moscow
America
Germany
Snake proves real on December mail route in Indiana
Huntington Indiana December 30 A rural mail carrier M C Ea told post office workers he saw a snake on his route despite December cold. Few days later Frank Helvie one scoffer received a mail package containing garter snake remains confirming his claim.
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Times
Huntington
Ind
M. C. Ea
Tural
Post Office
Frank Helvie
Warner
Speed Up Hill Jury Selection
Ottawa Illinois December 30 Jurors selected for the trial of Harry Hill 22 accused of killing his mother as panel building proceeds. Defense questions veniremen prompting added State witnesses including Miss Alice Sawyer the defendant's fiancée and Hill family and lawyers to be examined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Pross
Ottawa
Ill
Harry Hill
James Riordan
Hill
Venireman
Alice Sawyer
Boy Shot in Tongue Brings Christmas Gift Joy to Grim Turn
Eleven year old Joseph Howard of Bates Street found a B B gun on Christmas morning and later required surgery to remove a pellet from his tongue after a backyard mishap. In Indiana, 63 year old Benton Romig died by suicide in a barn at his son Clyde Littell’s home after joblessness drove despair.
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Joseph Howard
Bates St
City Hospital
Snedo Byanderson
Ind
Benton Romig
Clyde Littell
Indianapolis Telephone Girls Talk After Work
Indianapolis Five Telephone operators have a restricted business vocabulary during shifts but after hours they socialize like typical young women. The crew participates in local clubs and activities while noting no gum chewing during work to maintain efficiency amid an average of 565,000 calls handled.
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Indianapolis
Taylor
Hanscr
Indianapolis Power and Light to install 1928 downtown light system
Indianapolis Power and Light plans a gradual 1928 upgrade to an alternating current system downtown and a citywide consolidation of distribution lines. Norman A. Perry cites new substations, expansion to 1,800 miles of lines, five to six thousand new customers, and large new buildings in the Morris Street yard to support industrial and residential growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Power and Light Company
Norman A. Perry
Indianapolis
Perry
New York City
Philadelphia
New Orleans
Middle West
Irvington
W. Morris St
Kentucky Ave
United States
SEEK DIRECTOR AT PARK
Park Superintendent R. Walter Jarvis and Recreation Director Jesse P. McClure seek a man with recreational experience to direct activities at Municipal Gardens and Rhodius Park. Salary around 2000 dollars annually. The director will alternate posts between Municipal Gardens and Rhodius Park. Miss Lola Pfeiffer has had charge 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Walter Jarvis
Jesse P. McClure
Municipal Gardens
Rhodius Park
Lola Pfeiffer
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Cherry
Main
Lincoln
A. M. Taylor
Municipal Gardens Recreation
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