Blizzard Without Parallel In Years Three Die In Snow
Indiana endures a blizzard without parallel in years as heavy drifts and freezing temperatures shut highways, suspend services, and force school closures. Oliver Snavely, 80, died in a snowdrift near Syracuse. J C Snyder, 54, died of heart disease in Wabash. Sarah Elizabeth Harrold, 22, of Cincinnati, killed in a car crash near Connersville.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Oliver Snavely
Syracuse
J. C. Snyder
Wabash
City
Sarah Elizabeth Harrold
Cincinnati
Connersville
A. H. Hinkle
Blizzard Grips Chicago Area Killing Ten
December blizzard parched the middle and northwest with snow and zero wind. Ten deaths in the Chicago metro area tied to exposure falls and accidents. Temperatures plunged, Williston North Dakota hit 34 below zero, trains ran late, planes grounded, and communications lines suffered outages.
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Chicago
Chicago Metro
Jake Front
Williston
N. Dakota
United States Mail
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
Middle West
Wood trial date set for January 20 in Indiana case
James Wood, indicted for first degree murder in the Dec 10 killing of elderly farmers Mr and Mrs George Heath, pleads insanity. Trial date fixed for Jan 20. Wood, a WWII veteran with shell shock, was arrested after officials traced him two miles from home. he confessed. Samuel Wood and Judge J A Flowers arrived from Kentucky to assist defense.
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Muncie
Ind
James
Wood
George Wheath
I. A. Guthrie
Etrcuit
Samuel Wood
J. A. Flowers
Clinton
Albany
Kentucky
Arkansas Murder Case Now in Hands of Jury
A Mountain View jury deliberated after a day of testimony in a murder case tied to a 16 year old girl who accused four men of killing her lover. A farm hand aged 33 testified claiming to be the missing sweetheart Connie Franklin. A fifth defendant stands under indictment due to the girl’s story.
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United Press Dispatch
Mountain View
Ark
Connie Franklin
Urgent appeal for funds for Christmas charity drives
The Associated Board of Christmas Charities appeals for more donations to supply food fuel and clothing to needy city families this winter. The message urges readers to act with generosity, noting poverty is not a crime and many children and parents suffer from destitution. Contact Miss Cooper at phone 83 to contribute or refer families, signed by C. Jaberg, chairman.
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Associated Board of Christmas Charities
Miss Cooper
British air pilots die seeking world distance record
Two distinguished Royal Air Force pilots Squadron Leader A G Jones-Williams and Flight Lieutenant A W W Jenkins died trying to fly nonstop from Granwell airbase in Lincolnshire to Cape Town to set a new world distance mark. Their Fairey monoplane reportedly crashed into mountains near Zaghouan in Tunisia after nightfall. Lord Thomson announced the fatalities and offered no further details.
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London
Royal Air Force
Granwell Airbome
Lincolnshire
Cape Town
Lord Thomson
Zaghouan
Tunis
Africa
A. G. Jones-Williams
A. W W. Jenkins
Senate approves funds for new Indiana hospital and others
The Senate immediately passed the Rogers bill authorizing 16,050,000 for nationwide veteran hospital construction. It returns to the House with amendments adding 4,950,000 for new facilities and expansions including 700,000 for a West Virginia general hospital, 400,000 for a Salt Lake City facility, 400,000 for a Memphis addition, and 450,000 for Camp Crestwood, Michigan.
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Washington
Senate
House
West Virginia
Saltake City
Utah
Memphis
Tenn
Camp Crester
Mich
Messenger Boy Resigns at Western Union
Grant Wall resigns as messenger at the local Western Union office and plans Navy enlistment after the holidays. Ray Scott accepts the vacancy created by Wall's departure.
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Grant Wall
Western Union
Navy
Ray Scott
Wail
Prohibition tenth anniversary marked by bells and convention
Washington reports plans for nationwide church bell ringing to celebrate ten years of prohibition on January 16. The Anti Saloon League leads the observance with ten minutes of bells and a Detroit convention marking the 25th annual gathering to assess a decade of dry policy. The American Issue highlights Hoover’s cited praise of prohibition’s economic benefits.
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Washington
Prohibition
Anti-Saloon League
Detroit
Dty
Anti-Saloon’ League
Hoover
Jewelry Window Robbed at Rainbow Shop in Brazil
A plate glass window at the Rainbow jewelry shop on West National Avenue was smashed by robbers in the early morning. About 1500 dollars in small diamond rings were taken from the display, along with many rings set with other stones. The crime was discovered by a man on his way to work as the noise went unheard.
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Brazil
Ind
Rainbow Jewelry
West National Avenue
Indianapolis school head back on the job
The Indianapolis board of school commissioners reinstated Charles Miller as superintendent after ousting him days earlier. Miller returned to duty within two hours of the reinstatement, and the board rescinded its earlier move by a new resolution.
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Indianapolis
Board of School Commission
Charles Miller
Detour on State Highway 67 Due to White River Flooding
Steve Stalcup district highway superintendent announces a three mile detour on State Highway 67 between Spencer and Gosport because of White River overflow. He advises traffic to Indianapolis via Bloomington on the paved Bloomfield highway. No. 67 remains open to Spencer. He notes a one mile snowdrift blocks State Road 64 between Van and Hymera and warns a thaw could hinder roads with saturated earth, possibly prompting embargoes on heavy traffic.
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Steve Stalcup
Spencer
Gosport
White River
Staleup
Indianapolig
Bloomington
Bloomfield
Van
Hymera
Stateup
Rotary Club in Gay Holiday Gift Exchange
The Linton Rotary Club celebrated the holiday season with a luncheon gift exchange capped at twenty five cents. Poems accompanied each gift and A M Beasley with Wayne Hamilton led the ceremony. Next week's meeting on Christmas day is canceled. members will register at Hamilton Drug Store Tuesday afternoon. The following week features a New Year meeting with members sharing resolutions.
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Rotary Club
A. M. Beasley
Wayne Hamilton
Rotary
Hamilton Drug Store
Mall plane crash in California fog injures passenger
A Boeing airmail plane wrecked near Loomis California in fog last night. One passenger, Mrs Williams of San Francisco, was slightly injured. A second passenger, G W Renish of Omaha, and the two pilots were unharmed. Pilot Ray Little and co pilot Ted Bogard Slyings were aboard.
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Loomis
Cal
Here
Williams
San Francisco
G. W. Renish
Omaha
Ray Little
Ted Bogard Slyings
Five Die When Car Drops From Ferry at Jersey Island
Five people were drowned when an automobile ferry operated by Contra Costa county failed to stay on the shore and the car plunged into the water from Jersey Island 200 miles above Pittsburgh. The incident occurred yesterday as the vehicle rolled off the ferry between the island and the mainland.
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Martinigz
Cal
Jersey Island
Pittsburgh
Contra Costa County
Three Die in Fire at Claremont Lodging House
A lamp explosion in a rooming house in Claremont N L yesterday caused three deaths and five injuries. Mrs Elouise Larock operator of the house died of burns. Her six year old daughter Heplah and Hyacinthe Rainville 36 a roomer were suffocated by smoke.
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Claremont
N. L
Elouise Larock
Heplah
Hyacinthe Rainville
Teachers in Monroe County threaten to quit over relief crisis
Monroe County Indiana teachers from state school townships gathered at the courthouse in Bloomington to demand urgent relief and consider organizing to refuse further salary cuts. They questioned state aid and fasting funds, urging an extra legislative session for lasting school reform and timely pay.
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County OF
Monroe
Bloomington
Ind
Monroe County
William V. Payne
Harry G. Leslie
Former Halfback Finds Aid From Sheriff Lindsay
Marinette Wis. Dee 19. Sheriff L B Lindsay was one of the best halfbacks Marinette high school ever had on its football squad. Lindsay learned on the guidiron and used it recently when a prisoner, John Sama, escaped. Lindsay darted after him and made a neat flying tackle, pinning him to the earth.
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Marinette
Wis
Dee
L. B. Lindsay
Marinette High School
Lindsay
John Sama
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Arkansas
Sweet Charity
Local Associated Board of
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Cordelia Gummersheimer
Rockford
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U.S. Senate
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