Police kill three gunmen in Rog ers Park raid on Dillinger ring
In Chicago a band of sharp shooting officers engaged fugitives from Indiana in a Rog ers Park apartment. A brief gun battle ended with the death of three men initially believed to be Dillinger and his lieutenants. Fingerprints identified the dead as Louis Katzwitz, Charles Tattlebaum, and Sam Ginsburg, debunking the Dillinger linkage.
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Chicago
John Dillinger
Indiana
Finis
Rogers Park
Dillinger
Jack Hamilton
Harry Peirpont
Louis Katzwitz
Charles Tattlebaum
Chuck Tilden
National Bank of Streator
Til
Sam Ginsburg
Acoustics and Lawmakers Fade Before Howling of the North Wind
A North Wind halts Montana lawmakers as a recess breaks the chamber amid howling winds. Across the nation, report items include a traffic case in Washington where a man is fined after a misfiled charge, a pair of Texas twins facing Christmas injury, and Santa Claus engaging with wage codes in St. Louis. A Chinese baby adoption search shows no availability in a national Children’s Aid Society effort, while Oakland dogs gain roast duck for Christmas due to Manuel Silva’s gift.
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ST. Louis
Children’s Aid Society of
Herschel Alt
Alt
Oakland
Calif
Manuel Silva
Martinez
Silva
Police kill trio in Farwell Avenue apartment raid
A May 16 1932 raid on 1428 Farwell Avenue led by Captain John Stege ends in the deaths of three gunmen after a firefight with nineteen officers. Police say the men, possibly connected to the Dillinger gang, were surprised with submachine gun fire but no officers were wounded. An arsenal of firearms was recovered, and investigators note the trio had been linked by informants to Dillinger but not allied with him.
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Farwell Avenue
Dillinger
John Stege
Stege
Frank Reynolds
Harry Newman
Harry Bingham
Jack Dawe
Captain Stege
Reynolds
John Daly
Daniel Gilbert
State's Attorney’s Office
Missouri Prison Christmas Feasts And Local Founder Dies
Prisoners in Missouri State Penitentiary will receive a large Christmas meal with 6000 pounds of chicken 5000 pounds cranberries 2000 celery stalks 120 bushels sweet potatoes 250 gallons peas 1800 loaves of bread and 675 gallons coffee. Also candy nuts and fruits at the Eve party. In Richland Missouri Dec 22 AP Comrade Henry Warren age 89 a founder merchant and former state legislator who chaired the state home for Union veterans at St James and served as Civil War soldier is dead.
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Associated Press
Missouri State Penitentary
Richland
Henry
Warren
St. James
Mountain West Foresees Mining Boom in Silver
Denver reports that a government plan to buy newly mined U S silver at 63 1 2 cents an ounce spurs talk of revived mining camps, more jobs, and prosperity. Leaders including Governor Johnson and J G Clark say it could remonetize silver and boost Colorado and Nevada mining, with gold mining also stimulated.
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Denver
United States
H. A. W. Tabor
Ed C. Johnson
Colorado
J. G. Clark
Boulder
Colo
Boulder County
Henry M. Rives
Nevada Mine Operators’ Association
Edward P. Costigan
Roosevelt
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Frank Railton
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