Infant killed in gravel road crash near Midland
A baby under one year died after a collision on state road 59 south of Midland when a Star car and a Ford skidded on loose gravel and sideswiped. Grandfather David Gazell injured, taken to Freeman City hospital. Mrs Green, the baby’s mother, slightly hurt, others shaken but uninjured. The Green family and Gazell were in the Star bound north. the Ford carried three youths.
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Midland
David Gazell
Freeman City Hospital
Wayne Green
Green
Mr. Gazell
Ed Greenwood
Jasonville
Jasofsville
Gazell
Dugger
Archbishop of Canterbury Stricken by Internal Inflammation
London December 24 The Archbishop of Canterbury suffers an internal inflammation attack and will remain in bed for several days. His medical attendant Dr Whitehead Reid and surgeon Sir Hugh Rigby attended the consultation. A bulletin later stated the condition requires rest in bed for a few days.
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London
Canterbury
Rr. Whitehead Reid
Hugh Rigby
King George
Noted flier Art Goebel out of danger after surgery
Art Goebel Pacific flyer was reported out of danger today in Wichita Kansas following pneumonia after an appendectomy operation. His mother Mrs A H Goebel arrived from California by train after weather officials advised against air travel.
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Wichita
Kan
Art Goebel
Pacific Flyer
Goebel
A. H. Goebel
California
Weather Bureau
Board Audits Public Service Commission Finances
The board of accounts in Indianapolis completes its audit for the year ending September 30. The commission turned over 136 556 to the state treasury and received 185 000 in appropriations with 9 90 returned.
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Indianapolis
Board of Acounts
Public Service Commission
Stael Treasury
Christmas Gift Distribution for Muncie Workers
In Muncie Indiana on December 24 a Christmas gift program will distribute about 560000 in presents to local employees. Roughly 75000 will be cash with the rest in insurance merchandise and food from various industries.
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Muncie
Ind
Maurice Cravens Home for Christmas Vacation
Maurice Cravens, an employee in Chicago, is at home for the Christmas vacation, returning from work for the holidays.
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Maurice Cravens
Chicago
National Capital in Holiday Mood at Christmas Time
Washington bursts into festive social life as embassies and society hostesses fill the season. The White House prepares a community Christmas tree and Noel singers will serenade the President and Mrs. Coolidge from the residence roof. President Coolidge works through the holidays except for Christmas and New Year’s Day when thousands gather for the public reception.
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Washington
Washington Society
Coolidge
White House
Congress Entreats Holiday Cheer at Distant Homes
In government circles the rapid handshakes leave little time for greetings as congressmen drift home for family firesides this season. A few westward lawmakers stay in make shift homes while many establish permanent residences with families and staff nearby for festive cheer.
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Congress
Mother-in-law of Senator Robinson dies in Indiana
Funeral services for Mrs. Caroline Marie Elfers 78 mother in law of Senator Arthur R. Robinson were held at the Robinson home in Indianapolis. She died Saturday and her body was sent to Kelley Island Ohio for burial.
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Indianapolis
Caroline Marie Elfers
Arthur R. Robinson
Robinson
Vanderbilts reunite as Cornelius heads to Reno for Christmas
Cornelius Vanderbilt travels from Denver toward Reno to join his bride for Christmas. He denies receiving a Christmas check from his father while confirming access to up to four million dollars to settle creditors of his failed tabloid venture. He says he has been back in the family fold since June after a plan to place the funds in trust for stockholders was accepted.
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ST. Louis
Cornelius Vanderbilt
New York
Reno
New
Denver
Vanderbilt
Los Angeles
Christmas in High and Low Degrees Across the Nation
President Coolidge will sing carols in Washington as Mrs Coolidge visits family in Northampton. Scarface Al Capone plans a quiet Miami Christmas while Grover Whalen hosts cranberry meals in New York. Big Bill Thompson tends his wife in Chicago, and John D. Rockefeller plans golf and a carol party at Ormond Beach Florida.
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Washington
President Coolidge
Scarface al Capone
Chicago
Secretary of the Treasury
Mellon
Pittsburgh
Taft
Supreme Court
Borah
Sargent
Santa Claus
Andrew J. Volstead
St. Paul
Henry Ford
Here
Johnson
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Gene Tunney
Polly Lauder
Europe
Italy
Grover Whalen
New York
Hugh Kelley
Park Avenue
Big Bill Thompson
al Smith
Albany
John D. Rockefeller
Ormond Beach
Pla
Owensboro Green grocer shoots two robbers after hammer attack
In Owensboro Kentucky Fred Neubauer a grocer fought two armed robbers ending in the death of Pen Taylor who was shot after attacking Neubauer with a hammer. One other suspect fled after a shotgun blast and is being sought by police.
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Owensboro
Fred Naubauer
Pen Taylor
Neubauer
Taylor
Chicago Mafia Fear After Kidnap Verdict
Jurors and witnesses guarded after Angelo Petitti and Andrew Capellano are found guilty of abducting Billy Ranieri and holding him 13 days for a 60000 ransom. The jury deliberated 4 12 hours, with the state seeking the death penalty and one juror reporting pressure from the black hand era.
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Contigo Priges
Chicago
Ftanieri
Angelo Petitti
Andrew Capellano
Billy Ranieri
State Penitentiary
Robert Gentael
Ranieri
Petitti
Capellano
Ole Scully
Black Hand Gang
Cappellano
Billy
Ranier
New York Police Shake-Up Sparks Widespread Arrests
In response to Police Commissioner Grover A. Whalen’s drastic shake-up, New York’s police department launched a broad crackdown. By morning, about 200 prisoners were processed at headquarters, with arrests by detectives on charges from homicide to wardship violations.
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New York
Grover A. Whalen
Giant Narcotics Smuggling Reported Into Philadelphia
The Philadelphia Daily News says $20,000,000 worth of narcotics were smuggled into the port aboard a French freighter from Europe. Crates labeled as China were sent to a man named Brenner, from whom federal agents are now seeking. The bulk reportedly went on to New York.
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United Press Dispatch
Philadelphia
Philadephia Daily News
New York
Europe
China
Brenner
Hoover and party head home after Latin tour
President-Elect Herbert Hoover and his party on the USS Utah near Equatorial waters plan a white Christmas as they return from a nearly 10,000 mile Latin American tour aboard the battleship.
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USS
Utah
Herbert Hoover
The
Latin America
Indiana week end tragedy toll rises in state report
Eleven people died in Indiana over the weekend with automobiles in almost all fatalities. Notable victims include Ray W. Sailer in Elkhart, A A Curtis near Hamlet, James L. Martin near Martinsville, Ronald Soldner of Gary, and Henry Solder. A baby died in a carbon monoxide incident in a Chicago couple’s car. An airplane crash near Ft. Benjamin Harrison killed William H. Senger.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Ray W. Sailer
Elkhart
A. A. Curtis
Hamlet
James L. Martin
Martinsville
Ronald Soldner
Gary
Hibs
Henry Solder
Henry I
Flo. Clayton
George
Wolf
Chicago
Auburn
Katherine Ladd
Robert Winans
Ft. Wayne
Homer Smith
Mooreland
N. I. McClung
Pittshore
William H. Senger
Sehounfield
Benjamin Harrison
Senger
Smith Boring
Green
Linton
Canada Restores Penny Postage to Empire
Ottawa announces penny postage to all parts of the British Empire will take effect Christmas Day. Prime Minister Mackenzie King says the rate drops from 3 cents per ounce to one penny to boost communication with other dominions. Canada becomes the first dominion to return to pre war penny rates.
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Ottawa
Ontario
Canada
British Empire
Mackenzie King
King George
King
Mrs Coolidge Returns From Eastern Trip
Mrs Calvin Coolidge arrives in Washington after visiting her ill mother Mrs Lemira Goodhue in Northampton Massachusetts. Doctors report little improvement and note her condition has weakened. Mrs Coolidge and her husband George visit Governor Trumbull's daughter Florence Trumbull during the stay.
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Washington
Calvin Coolidge
Northampton
Mays
Lemira Goodhue
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