Lindbergh Reunion With Mother Delayed by Mexican Crowd
In Mexico City on December 23, Mrs. Lindbergh arrived from Detroit to spend Christmas with her son Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh. A crowd of nearly 1000 university students packed the embassy area as Lindbergh’s Spirit of St Louis couldn't land initially due to the throng. The meeting at the embassy was affectionate but restrained as they greeted each other, then shared dinner with Ambassador and Mrs. Morrow.
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Mexico City
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lindbergh
Detroit
Valbuena Field
Jem‘herg
Deaths and Funerals In University and Local Families
Mary Louise Shoemaker a University of Illinois sorority member died December 18. Funeral held in Centralia. She was a sopomore. member of Kappa Phi and Women’s Athletic Association. Martha A. Smith, 80, died at daughter’s home, funeral Saturday at 2 from Rumsey Funeral Home. burial in Memorial Park. Survivors include four daughters and three sons across Lawrence, Denver, Valley Grove.
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Mary Louise Shoemaker
Delta Zeta
Ixanz
Centralia
Chies Shoemaker
Kappa Phi Sorority
Women's Athletic Association
Martha A. Smith
Jenntie Shaw
New York Street
Rumsey
J. L. Austin
Memorial Park Cemetery
iMrs. Smith
Mary Smith
Jennie Shaw
Addie Burna
Dollie Haas
Lawyerlce
Walter Smith
Denver
Orin Smith
Pan Smith
Valley Grove
Installation of Officers for Lawrence and Acacia Lodges
Joint installation of Lawrence Lodge No. and Acacia Lodge No.0 was held at the Masonic temple last night. A supper was served at 6:30 PM and the ceremonies began at 7:30 PM with W. F. March presiding. Officers for No. 1 included J. Kistler WM George W. EW Benson treasurer Birch secretary Braden chjnan, Clay ton SD Foster J.D. Raymond S.S. Wheeler P.F. Remington Tyler. No. 9 officers were Samuel Hurpitz WAL Robert Ardrey SW Ralph Howard JAV William March treasurer Lange secretary Hislop chapl., Stockwell SD Lovk JD Norris Lange JS Langers BS Langers Tyler Eastman Regent.
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Lawrence Lodge No
Acacia Lodge No
Ma_sonic temple
W. F March
No. 1
Arespeth J. Kistler
W.M
George
Ivan Benson
Clarence E. Birch
Samuel B. Braden
Chanlnin
It. Clayton
Fort L. Foster
J.D
Fred N. Raymond
5.S
Alvin Wheeler
P. F. Remington
Iyer
No. 9
Samuel Hurpitz
Wal
Robert C. Ardrey
S.W
Ralph R. Howard
Jav
William Frank March
Paul A. Lange
Edward Hislop
Ora H. Stockwell
Charles E. Lovk
Norris A. Lange
Theodore Langers
William H. Eastman
Tyler
Uncertain Christmas Weather Forecast by Forecasters
Washington December 23 AP Forecasters admit they cannot safely extend predictions beyond 36 hours for Christmas weekend. The outlook for Saturday night through Monday remains unclear with potential for fair to cold conditions. Also reported an 11 percent rise in the fall pig crop for 1927 across the eleven corn belt states and the United States.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Santa Claus
St Washington
United States
Department of Agriculture
Hickman confession reveals kidnapping plot and escape
The confession details a kidnap plan involving a girl, ransom letters, and a staged letter from the captive. Hickman describes meeting an accomplice, delivering the body in a suitcase, and fleeing across California toward Portland and Seattle while police closed in. He recounts encounters with detectives and the dramatic pursuit across state lines.
Rembrandt Self portrait painting sold to New York dealer
A second painting believed to be Rembrandt's first self portrait has arrived in the United States. Valued at about $25,000, its sale stirred Polish public opinion after Count Tarnowski sold one of the three Rembrandts left in the country. Edouard Jonas of Paris and New York bought the work, likely keeping it in the U.S. Also, the Haskell choir and orchestra plan a program Sunday at 7:40 PM in Haskell Auditorium.
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New York
Rembrandt
Warsaw
Poland
Count Tarnowski
Rembrandts
Paris
Edouard Jonas
Chevrolet to Unveil New Line January 3
Detroit December 23 AP The Chevrolet division of General Motors will release a complete new line of cars on January 3 President W S Knudsen announced production began December 12 in Chevrolet plants No details on changes or prices will be released until January 3
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Detroit
Chevrolet
General ‘Motors Corporation
Ford-Motor Company
W. S. Knudsen
Chevrolet Company
Knudsen
Jay
SEEK ACCOMPLICES CONTINUED AT HICKMAN CASE
Cecil Buck Lieuallen said he would bring an attorney to advise on questions about a reward of 100000 dollars. Hickman appeared tired this morning with bloodshot eyes as a close guard kept watch over the cell block. A line of cameras stood ready for flash pictures of the prisoner while he waited by his cell door.
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Cecil Buck Lieuallen
Hickman
Wrenlero
Insanity Talk From Kidnapper Hickman In Jail
Pendleton Oregon December 23 AP William Eyckman accused of kidnapping and slaying Marian Parker talks with guards in jail saying he wonders how a man acts when crazy He plans to conduct his own trial and recalls Remus who defended himself The killer notes Parker’s father as a friend and says he liked Parker One guard brings in his wife and two children Hickman compares them to Marian He refuses church comfort saying it would be hypocritical at the moment
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Pendleton
Ore
William Eyickman
Marian Parker
Los Angeles
Remus
Hickman
Parker
Zhels
Marian
WH. Robins
First Baptist Church
Pendleton Thrill as Kidnapper Hickman Is Captured
In Pendleton Oregon a large crowd gathers at the jail after the arrest of William E. Hickman, Los Angeles kidnapper, amid curiosity and relief. Guards barely detect movement, while residents express lingering resentment over Marian Parker’s death. The town’s Christmas tree lights contrast with the tense scene as Hickman is watched closely to confirm he remains alive and in custody.
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Ponrellan
Ore
Buckaroo
William E. Hickman
Los Angeles
Ilwaching
Hickman
Marian Parker
IS UNDER CLOSE GUARD Few Persons Are Admitted to Jail to See Hickman
Pendleton Oregon December 23 Associated Press William Edward Hickman who kidnapped and killed Marian in Los Angeles faced a grief audience in the city jail this morning He denied writing a Seattle police chief surrender letter and said the only communications were to Marian’s father in Los Angeles He offered brief comments on his confession and on letters read from Marian to her mother and to "Dear Traddy."
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Pendleton
Ore
William Edward Hickman
Marian
Los Angeles
Associated
Mr. Parker
Hickiean
Traddy
Bellevue
Prisoner Hickman Visited by Pen Dleton Residents After Prayer Service
Thursday night of rest week. The Rev W H Robbins pastor of the First Baptist church of Pendleton held a brief prayer service in Hickman's cell this morning after Hickman had breakfast. Chief of police Tom Gurdane maintained strict guard over the cell block and permitted a newspaper man and a few Pendleton residents short visits with the prisoner.
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W. H. Robbins
First Baptist Church of
Pendleton
Hickman
Tom Gurdaner
Pendleton Gaiy
Mother to Go to Son
Kansas City mother Eva Hickman pleads for her son William Edward Hickman, who confessed to kidnapping Marian Parker of Los Angeles. The family, split for years, rallies in support yet accepts that the law will run its course.
Soviet declares right to retaliate over Canton bloodshed
Moscow reports Soviet foreign minister George Tchitcherin accuses Britain and other powers of provoking Canton massacres. He says the Soviet Union will take measures it deems necessary, despite pursuing a peace policy and disarmament at Geneva, in response to bloodshed against Soviet representatives and citizens.
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Moscow
Russia
Canton
George Tchitcherin
Tchiteherin
Geneva
South
China
Baskets Ready for Needy Families in Lawrence
One hundred baskets prepared for distribution to Lawrence’s needy families. Tomorrow trucks from Lawrence merchants will deliver the baskets, filled with apples oranges potatoes cabbage bread butter toffee tea sugar honey flour canned fruit and vegetables toys clothing and a chicken for families with children. Contributions continued to arrive at city hall headquarter s and most committee members worked all afternoon to fill the baskets funded by the Community Christmas fund about $500. Grace Light to spend Christmas with her mother Mrs H M in Lawrence after arriving Sunday from New York.
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Lawrence
City Hall
Salvage Work Proceeds On S 4 After Loss Of Crew
Provincetown Mass Dec 23 AP The salvage team continues operations on the sunken submarine S-4 despite earlier reports of doubt. Air tests on the Falcon rescue flagship show the torpedo room air is safe. divers tunnel under the bow and secure lines for potential lifting. Admiral Hughes vows to pursue salvage unless life is at risk as seas grow rough and operations stretch into the night.
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Charles F. Hughes
Philip Andrews
Cone Naval District
Boston
Andrews
Hughes
Provincetown
Mass
Falcon
Frank J. Brumby
Ernest F. King
Manila
Aetal
Unprecedented Number of Extras Sold in Topeka
Topeka newspapers set records with extras about the capture of William Edward Hickman, the confessed Marian Parker kidnapper. The Topeka State Journal posted a 33,000 copy two-extras high, exceeding prior highs. later editions from Topeka Daily Capital sold around 5,700 copies as Hickman’s confession was reported.
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Topeka
A. P
Associated Press
William Edward Hickman
Marian Parker
Foreka
Ls Aview
Topeka State Journal
Capital
Hickman
Trial of Frank Wright on Assault Charge to Be Tuesday
Frank Wright of Lecompton pleads not guilty to assault and battery. His trial is set for Tuesday after he was arraigned by Justice of the Peace R B Stevens. In default of a $500 bond, he was recommitted to jail for the highway dispute incident in which Walter Grammer says Wright bit him with a stone near Lecompton.
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Frank Wright
Lecompton
RB. Stevens
Wright
Walter Grammer
Grammer
Justice Stevens
Japanese Emigration Push to Chile Warned by Minister
Tokyo AP says about 200 of 500 Japanese in Chile are barbers and 150 farmers with the rest small merchants. No bumichi Sakenobu, minister, urges subsidies for transporting surplus Japan population to Chile. He says most Japanese view Chile as barren but fertile except a nitrate district. He believes families settling there could succeed in tropical fruits.
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Tokyo
Chile
Nobumichi Sakenobu
Sakenobu
Japan
Chie
Personal notices and arrivals in the holiday season
Daniel Borth a University of Illinois graduate assistant in the bureau of business research spends the holidays with his mother Mrs Dorothea Borth. Mrs Roy Tone and son Dwight visit Topeka to see friends and will bring Mrs T W Hughes and Vera. Goldie Lemon a Muskogee teacher visits parents in Wichita. L A McNally of Minneapolis arrives for Christmas with Mrs Me. W T Fisher of Aspen, Colorado reappointed as bank director. Arbitration and legal notices follow. A highway accident near Pratt, Kansas fatally injures W Wallace from near Ponca City.
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Daniel Borth
Bureau of Business Research
University of Illinois
Motney
Dorothea Borth
Roy Tone
Dwight
Topeka
T. W Hughes
Vera
Jesa
Goldie Lemon
Muskogno
Local neighborhood notes and family visits this week
Arthur Flora hauled wheat to Lawrence while Dan Johanning and daughter toured Ballwin. Glen Flora drove to Ottawa and Charley Schwartz and son visited the Shaw home. Walter Haas hosted guests as Dr Bell treated Mr Haas. Miss Eva Haas and Marie Flory visited, funeral of Mrs Fred Haas drew many neighbors, and Christmas wishes extended to Lawrence Journal World readers.
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Excelsior
Arthur Flora
Lawrence
Tke Montgomery
Dan Johanning
Ballwin
T ‘Glen Flora
Ottawa
Charley Schwartz
Virgil
Shaw
Walter Pohl
L. W. Haas
Dr. Bell
Mr. Haas
Charley Gillland
Fred Haas
Haas
L. W. Haas Bom
Amos Flory
Sfrs
Marshall
Glenna _ Montgomery
Ike Montgom Ery
Mabel
Irma
Eva
Lutheran Church
John Knoche
Esther Johanning
Paola
Anna Jo_ fanning
Neva Montgomery
Marshall Church
Lawrence Journal’ World
Glenna Montgomery
Herman Pohl
Henry Haas
Merriam Is
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Mattan
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California
Portland
Seattle
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Ferinesseé Street
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Haskell Choir and Orchestra
Haskell Auditorium
Aleene Ellingio
Exenin
Wlof. Ellington
Lewisburg
It. Is. Annon
City of the Wild Cowboys
Kansas ‘City
Eva Hickman
Edward
Mary
Kansas City
Thomas Hickman
Arkansas
el Paso
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Charles Edwards
Edrd
Matiin Parkers
Dan’ Edwards
Community Christmas Committee
Grace Light
H. M
Journal-World
New England
Frank Strong
Emma” Houghton
Manhattan
Greeo
Dee
First Nationa Bank of
Cisco
George Carmichael
G. BE. Bedford
Alex Spears
Wichita
W. TE. Fisher
Aspen
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Colorado
Federal Land Bank
Federal Board of Control
Andrew Mellon
Secretary of the Treasury
Chicago
Western Railroads
United States District Court
Board’ of Arbitration
The
Brotherhood
Nati. Bee
Shehf
John Berger
Los Angeles Exposition
Nolse
Chester R. Skook
Ce Ipa
Pratt
W. _. Wallace
Ponca City
Okla
Wallsford
Reese’s Drug Store
the “Merchants National
Oor
Christmas Savings Club
William Docking
Y. K. Hoover
W. F. March
V. Pres. In Trust
A. F. McClanahan
F.C. Whipple
V. Pres
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