Five Die in Airplane Crash at Bolling Field
Washington December 20 Five men including Representative William K Gaynor Republican Massachusetts were killed when a tri motor Fokker crashed at Bolling Field. The crew were Stanley Lowe his secretary Captain Harry A Dinger Private Vadimir Kauzma and Arthur A Meill. The craft dived after an apparent motor failure during a 300 foot left turn. Gaynor born in Sandborn Iowa and 46 years old was Yale 1912 football manager and former Springfield Ohio postmaster. Captain Dinger famed Army pilot had just completed a 20000 mile air tour with James Michigan chairman of the House military committee as passenger. The crash occurred near the hangar close to the spot where Lieut Cuddihy died weeks earlier.
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Washington
William K. Gaynor
Massachusetts
Bolling Field
Stanley B. Lowe
Harry, A. Dinger
Vadimir Kauzma
Arthur A. Meill
Fokker
Gaynor
Springfield
Mass
Sandborn
Iowa
Yale
Ohio
Dinger
James
Michigan
House Military Committee
Lieut
Cuddihy
Bank at Southport Robbed This Morning
Two unmasked bandits held up two employees of the Citizen's Bank of Southport shortly after opening. They obtained about $2,000, took money from counters and a small safe, and forced cashier Sid Wright and assistant Mrs. Margaret Hendricks into a back room before fleeing toward Indianapolis.
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Indianapolis
Citizen’s Bank of
Southport
Sid Wright
Margaret Hendricks
Bandit James Edwards Bites Off More Than He Could Chew
In Chicago a bandit identified as James Edwards, 37, attempted a hold up of five truck drivers. He shouted for rope as he brandished a revolver, but four drivers restrained him. Charles Rocek struck the bandit and the drivers tied him up with rope before taking him to a police station.
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Chicago
James Edwards
Riba
Edwards
Charles Rocek
Philip Isom Released To Home From Hospital
Daily hospital report notes Philip Isom was able to be taken to his home on Twelfth street today after treatment.
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Philip Isom
Twelfth Street
Woman who aided rise of Detroit magnate wins suit
Bertha Cleavenger wins 450000 in breach of promise case against Detroit real estate operator John H. Castle after a six week trial. Cleavenger testified she helped Castle rise from a $4 a day factory worker to a wealthy operator and claimed engagement until his marriage in March 1925. Castle denied the engagement and said she sought a settlement at his marriage.
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Detroit
Mich
Bertha B. Cleavenger
John H. Castle
Miss Cleavenger
Castle
Miss Cleventer
Convicts Dig Graves for 59 Miners After Oklahoma Blast
In Maulster Oklahoma convicts from the state prison were drafted to dig the graves of 59 miners killed in a mine explosion at Old Town Coal. Foreman William Duvall estimated two more bodies might be hidden and rescue teams planned to search daily passages. Relief workers must aid 17 children and 46 wives of the dead miners.
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Malester
Okla
Dee
Old Town
William Duvall
Manuel Merino
Harry Allison
Duvall
Goose bites shopper in holiday Sioux City street scene
A shopper brushed against a paper sack carried goose in Sioux City. The goose hissed and snapped its beak in a brief, humorous incident as the owner admitted the fowl was hers and the shopper exclaimed You goose.
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Sioux City
Dee
Fred Fulton Plans Comeback After Reinstatement
Fred Fulton former heavyweight contender trains in St Paul Minnesota for a comeback after being barred years ago The Minnesota Plasterer has been reinstated to good standing by the state boxing commission and is preparing to return to competition under Jess Willard era boxing context.
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ST. Paul
Minn
Dee
Fred Fulton
Jess Willard
Minnesota
Minnesota State Boxing Commission
Drinker Wins Liquor Bet Then Dies in El Dorado
In El Dorado Arkansas Tom Faison a black man wagered his weekly wages that he could drink a quart of liquor and walk a block without falling. He won the bet but collapsed minutes later and died of acute alcoholism according to a coroner.
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EL Dorado
Ark
Tom Faison
Panic on East River tunnel train injures fifty
A short circuit sparked a panic on an inbound Bridge Plaza train of the Brooklyn Manhattan Transit Co. in a tunnel under the East River. Fifty passengers were treated at a Queensborough Plaza station first aid station, sixteen of whom were later moved to St John’s College Hospital, Long Island City. Motorman John Corbey described the moment the train entered the tunnel and the flash that triggered panic as smoke filled the car.
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New York
Bridge Plaza
Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit Co
East River
Transit Company
Queensborough Plaza
St. John’s College Hospital
Long Island City
John Corbey
Mfsinhattan
Corbey
Johnson Expands Hatchery Start at Sullivan
Chas W Johnson a noted fruit and poultry farmer west of town leases Wees Motor Sales building in Sullivan to install a modern hatchery with 45000 capacity. Johnson Hatcheries from Linton Indiana will move equipment and operate an electrically powered plant expected to begin after year start and supply purebred eggs to Sullivan County.
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Chas. W. Johnson
Sullivan
Sullivan Times
Mr. Johnson
Busseron Investment Company
Wees Motor Sales
Section Street
Charles W. Johnson
Johnson Hatchery Company
Linton
Indiana
Johnson Hatcheries
Sullivan County
Johnson
Petersime Mammouth Electric
Sullivan Hatchery
State highway urges motorist appeal after heavy Indiana snow
Indiana's state highway department issued an appeal asking all motorists to avoid blocked northern routes described as passable or dangerous. Scores of cars blocked roads hampering plows and maintenance. recovery will take days. Four deaths reported directly from the storm with five additional fatalities due to cold and snow. John D. Brown, highway director, said conditions would improve slowly over the next 24 hours as the U.S. Weather Bureau forecast light precipitation and cloudiness.
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Indianapolis
Wee
State Highway Department
John d. Brown
U. S. Weather Bureau
Indiana
Snowbound Cities Unlock Relief Efforts Amid Crisis
Transportation lay crippled as relief shelters fill with the homeless. Volunteers shovel snow from streets while fires threaten lives and property. Airmail service resumes today for the first time since the storm, with Chicago reporting forty-one hours of snowfall.
Mitchell Discusses Federal Prison Program
Justice Department plans to bolster the Federal prison system with seven million dollars for new penitentiaries a northeastern long term male prison an industrial reformatory west of the Mississippi and a delinquent hospital A reorganization of prison administration contracted care and parole board reforms aimed at reducing overcrowding and idleness were outlined to the House judiciary committee by Attorney General Mitchell.
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Washington
Justice Department
Utouse
Mitchell
Feneral
Mississippi River
Jeffersonville Underworld Leader Sentenced for Manslaughter
Lee Holton a 65 year old Jeffersonville figure tied to the local underworld was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter and given a one to ten year term in the Michigan City state prison. He fatally wounded Thomas Walker 45 during a dispute outside Holton’s barber shop and drink stand on November 14. Walker claimed his only weapon was a knife in his pocket.
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Amefersonville
Ind
Lee Holton
Jeffersonville
Biar Pateh
Indiana
Michigan City
Holton
Thomas Walker
T Holton
Walker
Indiana State Highway Report Details Slippery Roads
State highway report from Indianapolis notes rain and snow across Indiana making travel hard and dangerous with no major blocks yet. Officials say roads are icy on hills and curves despite spreading gravel while urging cautious driving and weather watching to keep state roads open.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Commission
Trafffic
Traei Brown
Reward suit over Marion Parker case filed in Los Angeles
Dee 20 1927 Oregon peace officers Tom Guardane and Ce L Buck Jieual sue the city of Los Angeles in federal court to collect a $10 000 reward offered for the capture of William Edward Hickman the man who kidnapped and killed 12 year old Marion Parker They seek 7 percent interest from December 1927 the month of Hickmans apprehension near Pendleton Oregon.
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Los Angeles
Dee
Tom Guardane
Ce L
Buck
Jieuallen
Oregon
William Edward Hickman
Marion Parker
Hickman
Pendleton
Ore
Train wrecking convict Tom Vernon sentenced for robbery
Los Angeles reports ex-cowboy Tom Vernon received life in Wolsom penitentiary after pleading guilty in supreme court to wrecking and robbing a Southern Pacific passenger train near Saugus on November 10. He was given two life terms, with one as a habitual criminal.
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Los Angeles
Tom Vernon
Wolsom Penitentiary
Supreme Court
Southern Pacific
Saugus
Ani
Blizzard Devastates Midwest Killing Dozens Amid Snow
Chicago reports a two day blizzard and cold wave blanket the region. Majestic snow and tempertures froze millions as more than forty people died from cold exhaustion and accidents.
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Chicago
Mid America
Evansville Company Wins 12 Mile Road Paving Contract
The Globe Construction Company of Evansville received a state highway contract for paving 12 miles of Road 62 between Vail and St Meinard in Spencer County. The bid totaled 207,808.72 dollars, versus the engineers' estimate of 211,?48.
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Indianapolis
Rec
Globe Construction Company
Evansville
Vail
St. Meinard
Spencer County
Christmas Pageants Light Yuletide Program Across Churches
Holiday programs unfold across city churches with cantatas, pageants and solos. First Baptist presents The Coming of the King, featuring soprano solos by Mrs Shields and a multipart ensemble. First Methodist hosts Yuletide Memories by Ira B Wilson with processional and vocal selections led by C C Hamill.
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First Baptist
Isaiah
Jerusalem
Mig
Grant
Bredeweg
Margaret Pirtle
Golo
George Stewart
Wayne Corbin
CG. McKee
Plains of Bethlehem
J. Ki. Beasley
M. C. McKee
Jack Morgan
Miale
Salo
Roy Hayes
Adeste Michels
Dragonville
Diractor
Walser Neale
Jagonville
Abothe
Will Elson
Ira,b. Wilson
Methodist
Bnckoning
Hamill
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Idianapolis
Bank’s Funds
Daily Hospital Report
East River Tunnel
Leaps and
Nate
Blizzard
Snow
Windy City
Punt
BYG
Jeffersonville Negro
STATE
Evansvillie Company
CIT
In Vogue
Mary” “Watson
First Baptist. Church
Glenburn Mission
Henburn Mission
Wes V'Elock
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First Methodist Church
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