Robbery at Ravenswood Bank Ends with $80000 Stolen
In Chicago, six men posing as prohibition agents kidnapped bank teller Anderson and his parents from their home near Ravenswood National Bank. They forced the teller to open the vault and escaped with about $80,000. Anderson was gagged and confined in a private garage until dawn. police alerted as the attackers fled.
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Chicago
Ravenswood National Bank
Corges Aiderson
Tig
Andersons
Wes
Laday
Anderson
Latmyte
Anforoun
Bankisinue
Walter
Rathje
Open Bids on Sewer Projects in City Special Session
City commission met in a special session to open bids for two sewer and drainage projects. Bids from five firms were submitted for a sanitary sewer from Twenty-first to Twenty-third streets between Ohio and Louisiana streets, and for a watercourse improvement from Twenty-first and Massachusetts northeast to Barker Avenue and Twentieth streets. Contracts expected within the next year. The commission also passed a resolution establishing a sewer district along Thirteenth Street from Oregon Street to Fourteenth Street. The weekly meeting was postponed to January 2 with a probable call later in the week.
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Hio
Lousiana Street
Massachusetts Street
Barker Avenue
Penney
Baldwin
Constant
Owt
Richard
Nelson Goh Carruthers
Bides
Bode - the
Commission
Folenance
Thirteenth Street
Oregon Street
Lo Hughes Avenue
Haskell Arctive
Fourteenth Street
Child Hurt In Collision In Oklahoma
Fourteen lines report a noon collision in Bartlesville Oklahoma between a Ford driven by George H Baird and a Reed delivery truck. Six year old Grace Baird injured treated at Metflorines hospital. Mrs G H Baird passengers uninjured. Driver George H Baird taking vacation but will drive again once Grace recovers.
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Grace Baird
Ford
George
H. _ Baird
Bartlesville
Okla
Green
Brothers
Harde Company
John Norwiche
Hampshire
G. HW. Baird
Theopeks
London Hollywood to Lead New British Film Complex
London Hollywood is to be the name of the new film, with a British industry engine planned near Elstree. The schemes include several studios, a theater, hotel and hospital as part of a larger motion picture center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Hollywood
Genter
Elstree
Hertfordshire
Carter Has Long Criminal Record In Illinois And Texas Prisons
Will Carter, a prisoner described as having one of the longest criminal records, forged a 22.60 check at Newman Shoe Store. He has served five sentences across institutions including Pontiac Reformatory, an Illinois penitentiary, Huntsville Texas Prison, and other facilities. Authorities say Carter, once linked to Hannibal and Lans ing area, was arrested after a ride Tuesday.
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Ithe Newman Shoe Store
Douglas Equity
Will Carter
Electron theory urged to replace Franklin electricity views
Krashville Tennessee December 31 AP Boys in fizzy science class are urged to abandon Franklin style electricity and adopt electron theory. Claude R Fountain of George Peabody College says Franklin’s gloss was valid only briefly and must yield to facts. He argues thermionic vacuum tubes and radio owe progress to modern theory and that science should seek deeper understanding beyond traditional authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Krashville
Tenn
Des
Franklin
American Association For the Advancements of Science
Checks Sent Topeka For Bond Redeemings And Interest
A $60,000 check for redeeming county bonds and related coupons was sent this week to the state fiscal agent in Topeka by the county treasurer. Another check for $22.50 was mailed to the state school bond commission to redeem 500 bonds issued by the district board and to pay off a $100 bond from the Maple Grove district and the interest on the bonds.
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Topeka
I County
Bool
Achools
Maple*Grove Dramnize Iistrict
Radio Brings a Thick Forest to Apartment Roofs in New York
A chaotic forest of radio masts blankets New York City rooftops as antenna competition climbs with the metropolis. Chicago follows as a distant second in rooftop output while contractors push to streamline supports and curb clutter on crowded buildings.
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New York
New York City
Chicago
Coxnizande
Anthema
Swarthout
Prohibition Enforcement in Chicago Tonight
Federal agents and Chicago police prepare for New Year celebrations with a heavy focus on liquor law enforcement. A 50 man federal force will back residents as city officials pledge to continue the fight against crime amid raids on clubs like Chez Helen Morgan.
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Chicago
Tin Hom
Federal Prohibition Department
E. Yello
Indianapolis
Milwaukee
Southerp
Il Ringis
Chez Helen’ Morgan
Morgan Club
Maurice Campbell
Campbell
United States
Charles Tuttle
Tuttle
National Alpha Kappa Lambda elects Moreau as president
Moreau of Moscow Idaho was elected national president of Alpha Kappa Lambda to succeed Lewis Reimann at the annual fraternity business meeting in Ann Arbor Michigan yesterday. Clayton M. Crosier Lawrence was named vice president, Frank Bloomer secretary, and Walter Werner treasurer. The next conclave will be in San Francisco hosted jointly by the University of California and Stanford University. Delegates left after a three day meeting closing with a dance.
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Moreau
Moscow
Idaho
Alpha Kapppa Lambda
Lewis Reimann
Ann Arbor
Mich
Clayton M. Crosier
Lawrence
George Darby
Milwaukee
Frank Bloomer
Walter Werner
Wert
Reelect
San Francisco
University of California
Leland Stanford University
Elks Bowling Tournament Fourth Term Starts Next Week
The Elks Club announces a new bowling tournament beginning Monday January 4 with a full team lineup. Seven black teams and many players named in the draft line appear ready for the opening matches as schedules show Rumney facing Shimmong and Green meeting Hare among other pairings.
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the Elks Club
Téading
I Barteldes
Ghali
Armstrong
Hutton
Edmondson
Smith
Glmes
Pieutnah
NeKinney
Dreyer
Elles Aybarra Sidnnaer
Pare Seastafson
Ll. Gustafson
Divers near entry to submarine S-4 hull
Divers salvage the sunken submarine S-4 hoping to reach the engine room and recover bodies of about ten crew members among forty. A diver nearly died after twenty minutes underwater. teammate Carr helped him to the surface. Captain Hartley said all bodies found in the engine room would be brought up.
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Provintetorn
Mass
Bradford Bedford
Bill? Carr
Helad Bedford
Henry Hartley
The
Falcon
Bushnell
Navy ‘Yard
Boston
Miss Alice Evans Elected President of American Bacteriological Society
Washington reports Miss Alice C Evans of the United States Hygienic Laboratories has been elected president of the American Bacteriological Society at its Rochester New York convention. Evans, a bacteriologist with notable work on Malta fever and infantile paralysis, is praised by Dr George McCoy and Gen Hugh S Gumming for her contributions and long service in public health and science. She is a native of Pennsylvania and educated at Chicago and Wisconsin universities. Currently recovering in a Norfolk hospital from illness.
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Washington
APJ
Yietine
Thie Marine
Norfolk
Via
Alice C. Evans
American Bacteriological Society
Rochester
New York
Eyana
United States Hygienic Laboratories
Catilé
Sher Hase
George McCoy
Hugh S.gumming
Public Health Service
Pennsylvania
Vans
Chicago
Wisconsin
Department of Agriculture
Jella Record Grows Twin Falls Idaho Case
Alfred K. Dutch Jella, accused bank robber and killer, confesses a multistate crime career from Florida gambling halls to Kansas deputy sheriff murder. He says he planned to be released but was arrested December 21 on criminal assault and resisting an officer, with letters praising his sign painting talent found among his effects. Police say officers from Leavenworth will arrive to take him.
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Twin Falls
Idaho
A.P
Leavenworth
Ans
Alfred K
Jella
Florida
Iity
Glenn Gurtis
Linwood
Kans
Jellar
Atari
Lake Worth
Stig
Nebraska
Kansas
Steamer Dmia suffers on Gravesend Bay mud flat
Reports say the steamship Dmia, a British freighter of 2412 tons, ran aground on a Gravesend Bay mud flat and began to leak, after tangling with the Danish motor ship Treland en route from Boston. Details of the rescue and repairs follow as authorities coordinate salvage.
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New York
Deel
Atlantic Highlands
Gravesend Bay
Tréland
Boston
Floods In Northern Morocco Isolate Towns By Deluge
Floods in northern Morocco after a collision in the bay cause widespread flooding over hundreds of miles. Quetzan and many other places are isolated and communications rely on boats and planes. At Mokton fifty houses collapse but authorities report no injuries due to prior precautions.
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Rabat Morrocco
Dee
Quetzan
Mokton
Christmas Day Visits Crisscross Prospect Family Notes
The Rocheland and Rohe families along with neighbors shared Christmas at multiple households. Guests included Mr and Mrs Geo Hadi and Hel ena, Mr and Mrs Osgood Arm atrorig, Jesse Johnson, and many others. A school program featured gifts and a Santa visit, with mothers and children exchanging tokens and a detailed family gathering pattern described.
Knights of Lambda A Fraternal Dance At Country Club
Members of the Kappa Lambda fraternity attended a formal evening at the Country Club from 9 to 10 o clock. A six piece orchestra from Kansas City provided music and a moonlit outdoor scene backdrop with evergreen festoons and silver tinsel lit the hall. Chaperons included Mrs Mar Fects Topping and Prof and Mrs Beoky Beal with guests from out of town. Many attendees from Kansas City Topeka Atchison and San Francisco joined Lawrence members for the event.
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Kappa ‘Lambda
Kansas City
Marfects
Beoky Beal
Graves
Dora ‘Bee Morrison
Edith Hibbs
Mine Farring' Frisbey
Ayda
Wilmer Stone
Pansy Sonneman
Kansas
Pittsburg
Louis - Rockholdington
Glenn
Ballard
Mankato
Mac McGinnis
Kannas City
Theirae ‘Ternity
Lawrence Men
Junius Underwood
3Ilard Horsley
Rolland Stover
Roy Cadwell
Clifford Shenk
Jayton Crosier
Margaret Sharp
Jennie Springer
Dorothy Adant
Katherine Hatfield
Rachel Bushong
Beulah Penvwell
Josephine Hosford
Lydia Carl
Margaret Jane Winsler
Bertha Ali Perkins
Eggy
Perkins
Kathry McFarland
Ellen Hazzard
Opal Smith
Edna Smith
Ruth Bryant
Wilma Brink
Virginia Nelsom
Maurine’ Sortes
Ruth Howe
Clayton Croisier
Velma Unis
Ruth Martin
Peas Mar
Glarente Laughlin
Marland
George Olan
My‘von Peyton
Robert ‘Reynolds
Ash Ty ‘Shenk
Frank Tiffany
Cleo Wi Slcox
Richard” McGuire
Clarence Francisco
Lloyd. Smith
Doce
Kenneth Miller
iByn
Delbert Roberts
PERSONALS CONNECTIONS AND DELIBERATE TRAVELS ACROSS STATES
Mr and Mrs Claude Reichel and Hugh Hurst returned ast night from Rick Hill Butler Missouri where they had been visiting for several days Prof and Mrs Engel Miss Engel and Miss Mary Engel travel to Kansas City to visit and then to Chicago to join Ceara Ms L x hi Dr and Mrs Il P oe Wagstaft returned to where he visited his brother Tom Wagstaft for several days Miss Edith Evans will return tonight from Chicago after a week long vacation with relatives Miss Ponte Rusell resumes studies in Washington DC returning to Kansas City with her parents and Miss Treve Lynch they will go to Chicago Miss Davida Olinger leaves to teach at Wichita Falls Miss Jimmy OBryan leaves for Chicago after visiting Newaysee parents and Miss Bale n at home from Eskri tomorrow to visit Miss Miell Hamilton and then Dodge City for teaching assignments Mrs Harold Messmore departs for Hannibal Missouri after holidays with her parents A remarkable gridiron record is Tuskegee Institute Alabama with forty nine consecutive victories in four years.
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Claude Reichel
Hugh Hurst
Rick Hill
Butler, Mo
Engel
Mary ‘Engel
Kansas’ City
Ceara
Il P
Wagstaft
C. B
Bubeell
Balen
Eskri É. Tomor
Mias- Miell
Hamilton
Wills
Dodge
Harold Messmore
im'Hannibal
Saa B. Coker
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Ravenswood Bank
Oklahoma
Tokyo
Far East
Dassenrats
Madrid
Seville
America
York
Mant Telephone
Larry
Carter
D. M. Swarthout
Ipologi of Fine Arts
University of Kansas
National Music, Teachers’ Association
Minneapolis
Minneapoiz
Frant | Jennings
Jennings
First Baptist Church of
Yale
Frank R. Strong
Frank Strong
Yale University
Cand
Alpha Kappa
Lambda Fraternity
EUKS
Rhvalelan
Fan Pei
Fuselle Cap
Charles M Meh Fillan
Waa
Eames Rt
Ling
Mra
Ameie
John FA
Ee State
Oman
Gariada
Merlepent
Ilkin
Steahers Rr
New
Torres
Ae Parent
Department of Justice
Aversworth
Worocco
Bn Northern
Geo
Rocheland
Louie Schellack
Pan Patter
Maests
Henry Obe
Rom Ne
Gr Sm
Rex
Anna Iy
Lesteresse Rolia
Clarence Graig
Gee, Roche
Henry Ole
Sree Glenn- Smith
Lorenz Speicker
Geo. Smith
Ronnie eBay
Anna Deaj
Bre Vergie Lore
Viland
Isis
Frank
Lorenz Speicher
Henry Roche
Albert Edler
Eudora
Noy Breithaupt
Mevern
Jast
Roy Beisthaupt
Eileen
Henry Hausman
Andi i Hin Rolie
Pontok
William
Robert Guenther
Lgar
Henry ‘Deckine
Fred Deay
Clyde Deay
Grover Johnson
Albert ‘Adler
Dan Selzer
John Chanay
Henry’ Selzer
William Desay
Roy Breithaupt
Gidgon Breithaupt
Ruth. Grossman
Henry Rohe
Lester
De=ay
Irene. Deay
Lila ‘Selzer
Christena Selzer
Nadine Chantry
Joe Edler
Elaine
Irs
Glennmith
Henry
Roke
Atrs
Les Ber Wees
Olmstead
Cy 41
Craig
Crazy
William Chanay
Gee
Sidney
Ats
de. Wei
Inchis Goa
Ohio
Millard Wiley
R.T! Green
AL Be ‘Ewing
Noyeh
Third Street
Tthe
H.b.ober
T. D. Funk
Heal Friend
L. le Ware
Silver “Greys
Ro. Rankin
A. Njoat
Tuskegee Institute of Alabama
Sico
Hellin
Wren
Victor Radio
Iiftumphal
Victor Symphony Orchestra
Cavallena Rustuana
Metropolitan Opéra
Africana
O Paradiso
Martinelli
Temple
Scen
Puiza
C Hors
Ams
Traumeres
Yvi Ictor
Forzal
Trovatore
Miserere Ponselle
Ae Orchestra
Pagham
BELL
Liebestraum
Forza del Destino
Ponzelle, Machinelli
Paizo
William. Docking
Merchantsnational Bank
Rumsey
BROS
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