Spectacular Chicago siege ends with youth shot dead
Nine police officers wounded as they attempt to seize 16 year old Ernest Whithurst barricaded in a two story brick home on Chicago's near north side. After a five hour battle, Detective Ser GT Conley killed Whithurst with a head shot.
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Chicago
Ernest Whithurst
Negro District
John Steve
John Egan
Sergt
Tom Conley
Whithurst
Police Army
Mary
Witchhurst
Sergeant Conley
Conley
Martin Mullen
Fred Joyner
Andrew Aitken
James Quirk
Joseph Sullivan
James Clancy
Edward Fontaine
Joseph Deliskey
Michael Langan
Miners in Bicknell Seek Independent Wage Pact Push
In Bicknell Knox County miners press a plan for Knox Consolidated Coal Co. to start mines under an independent wage agreement. International and district UMW officers observe, while local committees push for loyalty to their cause and threaten action if promises fail. J B Erwin chairs the committee.
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Bicknell
Knox Consolidated Coal Co
United Mine Workers
O. E. Gassoway
International
Vincennes
Knox County
Indian Creek
District 11
Operators’ Association
Knox Consolidated Coal Company
John J. Lewis
U. MM. W. of A
J. B. Erwin
President Coolidge Addresses Aeronautics Conference
President Coolidge delivers welcome to the international aeronautics conference in Washington praising Orville Wright and the future of air transport. He notes 50 nations attend, cites growing air links as vital to civilization, commerce, and unity, with emphasis on peaceful use and federal support for aviation expansion.
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Washington
Dee
Sufe Intercontinental
Mari Flenye Ly
Brothers Hood
Coolidge Stile
International Civil Agronautics Conference
Orville Wright
Juoat
Coolidge
Wright
Charles A. Lindbergh
Warner
Harry Gugprenheim
Goolidge
United States
Mc Coolidge
Missotud
Pacific Coast
Canad
Edghbeyes
Fire wipes out Globe Bosse World Furniture unit in Evansville
A blaze at the Globe Bosse World Furniture plant in Evansville Ind destroyed unit No 1. An air compressor explosion fueled the fire spreading rapidly through sawdust and oil. About 200 workers fled amid the flames.
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Evansville
Ind
Globe- Bosse-World Furniture Company
Wabash College Closes Over Influenza Spread
Wabash College near Crawfordsville will close until January 3 as nearly 200 students and ten faculty members are ill with influenza. President Louis B Hopkins and health authorities call it a precaution. the new $125,000 college chapel dedication is postponed and fraternities are told to send afflicted students home.
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Crawfordsville
Ind
Wabash College
Louis B. Hopkins
College Chapel
Senate Debates Treasury Post Office Bill and Appointments
The Senate takes up the treasury and post office department appropriation bill. Bouldercam debate resumes. Roy West questioned for secretary of interior while post office subcommittee probes Southern patronage. Interstate commerce considers three nominees. Education and labor probes unemployment. House panels discuss naval affairs packers and stockyards act amendments and a new house office building plan.
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Senate
Treasury and Post Office Department
Public Lands Committee
Roy
West
Secretary of Interior
Post Office Sub
Interstate Commerce Committee
Education and Labor Committee
House—Naval Affairs
Agriculture Committee
Public Buildings and
Arrests in Plot to Assassinate Hoover Escalate
Buenos Aires reports several additional arrests in the anarchist plot against President-Elect Herbert Hoover. Security along the Transandine railway from Chile to Argentina intensified with troops guarding bridges and passes as Hoover travels today.
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Buenos Airims
Elet
Herbert Hoover
Mr. Hoover
Los Andes
Chile
Buenos Aires
Juan Vacerezza
Hoover
Vacarezza
Belgrano
Manuel Scarzo
Acid Thrower Is Busy
Two women, Mrs. Alice Marone aged 34 and Gertrude Casey aged 82, were burned on the face and arms when acid was allegedly thrown by Mrs. Marone’s husband. He was arrested and charged with assault and battery and throwing acid. The victims received hospital treatment and were released.
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United Prisss
Indianapolis
Alice Marone
Gertrude Casey
Marone
Burns Named Democratic Campaign Chair
Rep. Burns of Tennessee has been selected as chairman of the Democratic congressional campaign committee, succeeding the late Rep. W. A. Oldfield of Arkansas. The announcement came from Washington on December 12.
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Washington
Rep. Burns
Tenn
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
W. A. Oldfield
Ark
Senators Seek West Scalp Over Interior Nomination
Senators pressed for Roy O. West’s removal as interior secretary at the opening of the public lands committee probe. They reread his 1926 testimony admitting substantial investments in Samuel Insull utilities since 1897, arguing conflict of interest as part of their case.
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Washington
Dee
Roy O. West
Ilinois
New
Influenza Epidemic Spreads Across Indiana
Reports from multiple sections of Indiana show hundreds of influenza cases and several deaths as the epidemic spreads rapidly in the past day. Health authorities impose drastic measures to curb transmission while northern towns report peaking and a potential decline in new cases.
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Punter Prisss
Indianapolis
Indiana
Paditna
Prominent Democrat Dies in South Bend Banker's Death Shocks City
Charles Weidler, 60, banker and stock raiser and Indiana Democratic figure, was found dead in his South Bend office. A progressive Democrat, he once led La Follette forces in Indiana and spent decades in agricultural movements. he ran for Congress in 1920.
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South
Charles Weidler
Indiana
Weidle
Congress
Paraguay Bolivian standstill prompts mediation talks
The Paraguay Bolivian dispute over troop seizures has reached a standstill as mediation discussions begin. Bolivian Acting Foreign Minister Alberto Balacios, who met with President-elect Hoover after Antofagasta, has submitted the Bolivian cabinet’s collective resignation to President Hernando Siles.
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Juntpro
Buenos Aires
Alberto ‘Alacios
Bolivia
Hoover
Antofapasta
Hernando Siles
Bolivian Delegates to Inter American Conference Stay
Bolivian government will not withdraw its delegates from the inter American conference here. Secretary Kellogg, chairman, announced today that he had been advised by Bolivia to keep the delegation in place.
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Wastington
inter-Amreicay
Kelloge
Doctors Surprise Public With King George V Bulletin
London reports a noon bulletin stating a new operation was performed on King George V to drain fluid from his lung. Anxiety over his condition eased slightly as the Prince of Wales returned to Buckingham Palace and met his father in a private, affectionate encounter after a lengthy absence.
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Buckingham
PALA
London
Bec
King George
Way
Dew
Lang
Mary
Duke of York
Dreyfus Rhoades Plea for New Trial Denied
Princeton Indiana December 12 Dreyfus Rhoades convicted slayer of Vincennes policeman Simon Garie will be taken to Michigan City to await execution March 6 1929 unless his appeal to the state supreme court is acted upon favorably overruled yesterday by the court with sixty days to perfect the appeal Judge Claude M Smith of the G His attorneys immediately appealed the ruling to the supreme court.
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Princeton
Ind
Dreyfus Rhowles
Simon Garie
Vincennas
Michigan City
State Supreme Court
Eireuil
Rhoades
Claude MM, Smith
Imroediahely
New Attorney General Fonard Installed in Indianapolis
The article reports the installation of Jay Ogden as attorney general with oath of office. C. Neal of Noblesville and Lockyear of Evansville are mentioned in relation to the appellate court and supreme court ceremonies.
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Indianapolis
Ary
Jay Ogden
Eles C. Neal
Noblesville
Lockyear
Evansville
Appellate Court
R. Martie Cise
Supreme Court
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Argentine Republic
Elcet
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Puropriad Press Dispatch
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