Layden to coach Notre Dame football and direct athletics
Elmer Layden, famed member of the 1924 four horsemen, chosen to replace Heartley Anderson as Notre Dame football coach and Jesse Harper as athletic director. Announcement expected from university president Rev. Charles L. O'Donnell. Anderson's staff likely to depart. Keegan possibly succeeds Harper. Layden’s prior success at Duquesne highlighted.
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Notre Dame
Ind
Heartley
Hunk) Anderson
Jesse Harper
Notre Dame University
Elmer Layden
Four Horsemen
Duquesne University
Anderson
Layden
Charles L.o’donnell
University
Knute Rockne
Irish
Army
Rockne
George Keegan
Harper
Marchmont Schwartz
Nordy Hoffman
John Woedisch
Tom Conley
Duquesne
Pittsburgh
Gruesome mob violence erupts in Kountze Texas
A mob seized the corpse of David Gregory after a sheriff's posse shot him. They dragged the body through the streets and burned it in a blazing pyre. Gregory, an ex convict, was accused of assaulting and murdering Nellie Williams Brockman and had been hunted for over a week.
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Kountze
Texas
David Gregory
Gregory
Nellie Williams Brockman
Enraged father slays three year old son in tragedy
A 30 year old farmer, Donald Kt Smith of Littleton, confessed to killing his three year old son Donald during a dispute over a bee incident. Proceedings show Smith admitted the slaying and signed a statement detailing the offense.
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Donald
Donald Kt Smith
Littleton
Biarr Waul
Smith
Whisky stamps net Indiana sales total over fourteen thousand
Indianapolis December 8 A report from state excise director Paul Fry shows Indiana sold 57 775 whisky stamps from December 4 to 8 at 25 cents each totaling 14 443 75. Beer tax for the last half of November rose to 22 016 85 from 21 891 13 in the first half.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
Paul Fry
Fry
Boone County Teachers Institute Set For Saturday
The Boone County Teachers Institute will meet at Lebanon junior high auditorium on Saturday December 9. County Superintendent Floyd I McMurray has arranged sessions beginning at 9 15 am with group discussions, an 11 am address by Lieutenant Governor Clifford M Townsend, and an afternoon program at 1 15 pm featuring John S Hussey. The public is welcome.
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Boone County Teachers Institute
Lebanon Junior High
Floyd I. McMurray
Clifford M. Townsend
Indianapolis
Indiana
John S. Hussey
Boone County
Hamilton County
Mr. Hussey
Bitter Arctic Cold Set To Hit Chicago From Northwest
Frigid arctic blasts push zero weather toward Chicago and the Midwest. North Dakota Minnesota and Wisconsin record subzero readings up to 16 degrees below zero in Winnipeg. Forecasters warn the bitter air could reach Chicago before nightfall, bringing the coldest spell of the season.
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Chicago
Middlewest
North Dakota
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Winnipeg
Eight Years Sentenced for Kidnapping Mary McElroy
Clarence Click was found guilty of kidnapping Mary McElroy daughter of Kansas City City Manager H F McElroy and received eight years in prison. He was the third person convicted in the case following Walter McGee who got the death penalty and George McGee who received life imprisonment.
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Kansas City, Mo
Clarence Click
Mary McElroy
H. F. McElroy
Click
Walter McGee
United States
McGee
George
Seven Die in Residence Fire in Sault Ste. Marie
A fatal house fire in Sault Ste. Marie Michigan claimed seven lives. Two young mothers Genevieve Hibsen 31 and Erline Orr 19 perished with their children aged 8 6 5 2 and 18 months. An overheated stove caused the tragedy with bodies found on the downstairs floor and two children in a bedroom.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Genevieve Hibsen
Genevieve
Katherine
Jerome
Ernest, Jr
Erline Orr
Constantine
Katherine Hibsen
Five Die In Farmhouse Fire Near Friendship Wisconsin
Five persons perished in a blaze that gutted a farm home near Friendship Wisconsin. Victims include William Bratley 64 his daughter in law Mrs Lulu Bratley and her three children.
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Milwaukee
Friendship
Wis
William Bratley
Lulu Bratley
European republics adopt US model to curb fascism
Paris reports Europe moving toward strong presidential systems modeled on the United States. Estonia leads by electing a five year president and adopting American practice, with Latvia following. France debates parliamentary limits as fascist threats grow, while Germany Italy and other states drift toward autocratic rule.
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United States
Paris
Europe
Esthonia
Latvia
France
Weu
Masaryk
Washington
Germany
Italy
Austria
Hungary
Admiral Horthy
Jugoslavia
Roumania
Bulgaria
Poland
Pilsudski
Goon
Milk Company Builds New Plant in Miami Near Peru
The Indiana Condensed Milk Company expands its Miami plant to meet rising receipts from about 10,000 pounds to 30,000 pounds daily. A new 35 by 70 foot two story building is under construction with offices on the upper front. Machinery installation is overseen by Charles Robbins of Sheridan. milk remains unprocessed and is cooled and hauled to Sheridan in insulated tank cars.
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Miami
Peru
Indiana Condensed Milk Company
Charles Robbins
Sheridan
Flora
Gullion Outlines Red Cross Status in Boone County
E C Gullion acting chairman explains that Joseph S Bell asks all members not yet reported to submit at the Red Cross office in the courthouse. The drive closed at Thanksgiving but reports continue. many last year members were missed and urged to renew. The chapter welcomes memberships year round and notes funds will also aid the anti Tuberculosis Association, with a future meeting planned for Boone County Red Cross members.
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Red Cross
Boone County
E. C. Gullion
Joseph S. Bell
Roll Call
Court House
Mr. Bell
Anti- Tuberculosis Association
Memre
Boone Councies
Dillinger gang hunt widens after sighting in Indianapolis
Indianapolis reports a sighting of Harry Pierpont and Ed Shouse, members of the Dillinger mob, in a parked automobile on Fifty-fourth and Meridian. Police search statewide as State Safety Director Al Feeney orders an extra road blockade, with oil-company cooperation to stop tips from attendants.
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Indianapolis
Ind
John Dillinger
Harry Pierpont
Ed Shouse
William Winnefeld
Fifty-fourth
Meridian
al Feeney
Feeney
Miss Hill Attends Indiana Library Conference
Miss Marie Hill secretary of the children's library section attends the forty second annual Indiana Library Association conference and the twenty fifth annual Indiana library Trustees' Association meeting in Indianapolis. Meetings at Hotel Lincoln and Raith Library cover valuable subjects for children's librarians including departmental discussions and luncheon with the intermediate group at the Marott hotel. Evelyn Carpenter of Indianapolis chairs the children s library branch. sessions continue through Saturday.
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Marie Hill
Indianapolis
Indiana Library Association
Indiana _ library Trustees’ Association
Hotel
Lincoln
Miss Hill
Public
Children’s Library
Evelyn Carpenter
Raith
Marott Hotel
Five Civil Works Projects in Boone County Approved
The state civil works administration approved five projects in Boone County totaling 26,000 in wages for local workers. With a fulfilled quota of 463, no new projects start until current work ends, while officials seek to keep the full quota employed. The Lebanon area will continue on six projects, and a separate plan funds 100 men for flood control and Sugar Creek channel work totaling 12,000, plus a 32-man project to improve the state road between Zionsville and State.
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Boone County
State Civil Works Administration
E. C. Gullion
Lebanon
State Civil Works Board
Sugar Creek
State Board
Zionsville
State
Roosevelt dollar defended as sound by Johnson
New York December 8 The Recovery Administrator Hugh S Johnson defended the NRA monetary policy before the National Association of Manufacturers calling the dollar the soundest money and urging readers to think for themselves He warned against inflationary measures and urged Congress not to abandon the gold standard lightly while praising the codes program and its aims.
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New York
Congress
National Association of Manufacturers
Hugh S. Johnson
NRA
Johnson
Muncie Men Arrested in Million Dollar Counterfeit Plot
Four Muncie men are arrested as participants in a million dollar counterfeit scheme. Unlike the New York Wiggin Morgan group that printed stock certificates for real money, the Muncie defendants printed money and face long prison terms.
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Muncie
Wiggin, Morgan Et al of
Wall Street
Indiana banks back US Treasury refinancing survey
Indiana bankers support the Treasury refinancing issue amid Wall Street doubt. Greenlee urges Bedford city streets be improved with civil works program help, noting streets in several towns would benefit. Hoosier radio fans reject overbearing medicine ads. the paper questions the Radio Commission’s tolerance of false claims.
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Indiana
United States Treasury
Wall Street
Uncle Sam
United States
Greenlee
City Council of
Bedford
Lafayette
Marion
Anderson
Jeffersonville
Seymour
Muncie
Hammond
Nostrum
America
The
Radio Commission
Governor McNutt warns against repudiation of obligations
The writer questions why repudiation should extend beyond cities and states. He urges Indiana's next legislature to fund a state motor police from liquor taxes to curb drunken driving. The piece also notes a Republican political ally seeking an Indiana Democratic editorial post under Hoover.
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New York
McNutt
Indiana
Hoover
Verdict awaited in the Mason case in Indiana
In Noblesville Indiana after 25 ballots the Hamilton Circuit Court jury in the William H Mason slaying case asked for a rereading of instructions. The panel is reported to be 9 to 3 in favor of the death penalty with three jurors favoring life imprisonment.
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Noblesville
Ind
Hamilton Circuit Court
William H. Mason
Lester Jones
Indianapolis
Fred E. Hines
Canadian government jails Ram ship crew
The captain and crew of the liquor laden vessel Kromhout were jailed at St. Pierre Mig. after it escaped a coast guard tow and kidnapped four coastguardsmen. The master denied the ship was within the searching limit as the vessel sat about 87 miles offshore when seized.
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St. Pierre
Mig
Canadian Coast Guard
Gold-Buying Plan Slowed Down By Administration
Washington reports the administration slowed gold purchases again with the price held at 34.01 dollars per ounce for seven days showing no rush to 41.34. Jesse H. Jones says domestic gold bought totals 845000 ounces worth 11350000, a tiny fraction of treasury and world holdings. Treasury officials praise the rapid subscription to 950 million in one year 2 1/2 percent certificates, signaling continued public faith in government policy.
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Washington
Jesse H. Jones
RFC
Paris
Bank of France
Warren School
Warren
Roosevelt
Treasury
Lindberghs Start On Home Journey From Natal
Col and Mrs Lindbergh depart Natal Brazil on the first leg home aboard Pan American routes. They travel northwest along Brazil’s coast toward Para and later circle Fortaleza Ceara before continuing, despite invitations from South American capitals.
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Natal
Brazil
Para
Charles A. Lindbergh
Pan-American Airways
Col
Fort Alexa
Ceara
Lindbergh
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