Train Wreck at Hesperia Caused by Wreckers
Santa Fe Navajo train derailed near Tresperia California after spikes were removed for a rail length and an angle iron disconnected. Eight injured, including Mrs Mackie and attorney W H Burbage, sheriff assigns posse to find wreckers. Engineer A C Long praised for saving lives by stopping after 60 mph crash.
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Tresperia
Cerdit
A. C. Long
F. J. Mackie
Santa S'c
Mackie
W. H. Burbage
Winslow
Ariz
Santa Fe
Los Angeles
Shea
Leslie Announces First Appointee Brown for Chief Secretary
Lafayette Indiana December 27 Governor elect Harry G Leslie announced his first appointment John J Brown of Rockport as private secretary. Brown is a prominent banker and farmer who previously chaired the Indiana state tax board and served on the state board of tax commissioners.
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Lafayette
Ind
Harry G. Leslie
John J. Brown
Rockport
Leslie
Brown
Indiana State Board of Tax Commissioners
State
Indiana
Deaf Alderman Pushes Noise Bill in Havana
Havana December 27 A deaf Alderman Juan Borrell steered through a city noise bill after denouncing the street racket and what he called the eternal noise marathon. It was noted he cannot hear the nightly cannon fire at Old Cabanas Fortress.
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Havana
Juan Borrell
Old Cabanas
Jane Addams Ill in Chicago Founder's Health Improves
Jane Addams founder of Hull House has been ill for a fortnight with bronchitis. Physicians report the critical stage passed and her condition greatly improved. She is 63 years old.
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Chicago
Jane Addams
Hull House
Miss Addams
Poisoned Coffee At Guggenheim Lab Bandit Robs Cash
A bandit poisoned the night watchman’s coffee at the Guggenheim laboratory in New York today. He waited for the watchman to die then robbed the cash drawer of twenty four dollars and searched filing cabinets with valuable chemical and medical formulae. Cyanide or potassium found in the coffee clarifies the death but the robber left two truck drivers untouched and did not take valuable metals.
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New York
Guggenheim
Student Killed In Drunken Joy Ride Crash
Evansville police report Louis Wunderlich eighteen died when the car he rode in crashed into a parked vehicle. Passengers William Kassling twenty and William Hobbs nineteen were seriously injured. Driver Frank Frick thirty-two was arrested for driving while intoxicated.
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Evansville
Louis Wunderlich
William Kassling
William Hobbs
Frank Frick
Six Die At Chicago Crossing In Rain Triggered Crash
A Soo Line passenger train struck a car carrying seven people at Oak Park crossing in a heavy rain. Police held crossing watchman Joseph Baherty for questioning as two families, the Olsons, lost four members and a four year old boy named Robert survived.
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Chicago
Soo Line
Oak Park
Joseph Baherty
Robert
Henry Olsen
Tie
Byrd Reach South Pole Frontier on Christmas Day
Commander Richard E. Byrd and the South Pole expedition saw the great Ross ice barrier on Christmas Day and reached 2400 miles from civilization, carrying the American flag farther south than ever. The party, equipped for two years, aims to map unknown regions.
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New York
Richard E. Byrd
South Pole
Ross Sea
New York Times
St. Louis Post Dispatch
Associated Newspapers
Byrd
Curtis D. Wilbur
Thieves Kill Steal Hogs in Pike County
Peters burg Indiana December 27 Thieves killed a farm hog in a feed lot three miles south of Petersburg then fled with the carcass. Wyatt and neighbors tracked血 blood trails for over a mile along the railroad right of way. Officers doubt game parties are responsible.
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Petersburg
Ind
Amanuel Wyatt
Wyatt
Pike County
Mose Demonstrates Sobriety With Headstand In Court
In Dallas on December 27 a man nicknamed Mose challenged police by performing a headstand in court to prove sobriety after arrest for drunkenness. Judge Walter B. Branan dismissed the case after Mose claimed he had not drunk too much and showed his balance on his thatched head.
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Dallas
Tex
Mose
Walter B. Branan
Woman Struck by Auto Dies in Sullivan Hospital
Bernice W. Marshall aged 49 died at 11 a m yesterday in Sullivan hospital from a fractured skull after being struck by an auto while walking on the Hymera road about a mile east of Shelburn.
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Shelburn
Ind
Dee
Bernice W. Marshall
Sullivan Hospital
Hymera Road
Here
Influenza Deaths Rise Across Major Cities
Nearly 2,000 people died from influenza or pneumonia in 78 large U S cities in the week ending December 22. The Commerce Department data show 1,982 total deaths that week, with 710 due to influenza and 1,272 to pneumonia, listing city totals such as Chicago 259 and Indianapolis 89 among others.
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United Press Dispatch
Washington
Commerce Department
Commerce Depart
Boston
Chicago
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Dayton
Denver
Detroit
Philadelphia
St. Louis
San Francisco
Washington, D. C
Kansas City
Salt Lake City
Portland
Seattle
Indianapolis
Baltimore
Buffalo
Rochester
Lighthouse Tender Poinsettia Explodes at Key West
The lighthouse tender Poinsettia exploded at its berth in Key West Navy Yard. One man, Kris Knutsen, a Norwegian seaman, was killed. Leon Carey Y Lesia and RB Brown were injured among four others. Brown struck a nomatel in the galley to start breakfast, blowing the port side away.
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Key West
Fla
King George Makes Slow Progress in Recovery
An unsigned Buckingham Palace statement said there was no change in King George's condition. Physicians, who consulted for several hours, arrived at 9:30 a.m. and stayed through midday as the royal health update was finalized.
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London
George
Buckingham Palace
Palace
G O P Leaders Call Meeting on Senate Leadership
In Indianapolis on December 27 Republican senators met with state chairman Ilza Rogers to set a program for the 29th General Assembly. Lt. Gov elect Madar D. Bush presided and signaled a hand off in selecting the president pro tempore. Candidates Nejdl and Harlin campaign for the post, with Lindley hinted as a third contender from the farm bloc.
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Idanapolis
General Assembly
Ilza
Rogers
Madar DD. Bush
Salem
Senate
James P. Nejdl
Whiting
Denver C. Harlin
Richmond
Rave
Alonza H. Lindley
Kingman
Fagin and Pupils Held on Grand Jury Charges
In Chicago four suspects including James Petrarosso 40 and three 19 year olds were held for the grand jury on 28 counts of receiving stolen property tied to an $80 000 loot. Bonds set at $60 000. Petrarosso named as leader. all pleaded not guilty though officials claim confessions from the youths.
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Chicago
James Petrarosso
James Tobin
John Creagh
Roy Harvey
Hello Girl Risks Life for New Dress in Kidnap Attempt
Miss Beulah Bightsell, 16, an Anderson Hello Girl, seized a new dress from a robber near the Big Four tracks. The thief tore the box but she kept the dress, her cries alarming a passerby and sending the bandit fleeing.
Bandits kidnap Manchester bank cashier in second holdup
Three bandits seized Robert Bloom, cashier at the Manchester bank, and fled with an estimated 2000 to 5000 dollars in cash in the latest bank robbery within a month. The incident occurred in Manchester, Missouri, as police investigate.
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Manchester
Gerrymander Rumor Lifts GOP Hopes in Second District
Indianapolis report notes Republicans aim to redraw the Second Congressional district to swing it toward the GOP. With Democrats weakened in both chambers, Lawrence County could be added to tilt the balance, reviving the Penrod gerrymander strategy from 1925.
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Indianapolis
Hocus Pocus
GOPF
Lawrence County
Ohio
Senate
Dayton
Primary Law Dominates Indiana General Assembly Preview
Indianapolis December 27 Members of the next Indiana general assembly plan a two month session beginning January 10 focusing on the primary law school statutes voter registration and the automobile speed act. Attorneys in both chambers consider eliminating obsolete laws following the 1927 legislature efforts.
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Indianapolis
Indiana General Assembly
Senate
House
Millionaire Louis Goodman Sentenced in Federal Case
Gary Indiana December 27 Louis Goodman a millionaire merchant received two years in prison and a $20000 fine from Federal Judge Thomas V Slick on charges of receiving stolen property in interstate commerce shipments.
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Gary
Ind
Louis Goodman
Thomas V. Slick
Hoover back from South America amid farm relief debate
President elect Herbert Hoover returns to Washington from a South American tour as Congress fights over farm relief and tariff legislation. Debates focus on timing for enactment or a special session after Hoover’s inauguration, with White House and Coolidge administration positions diverging from farm leaders and senators.
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Washington
Herbert Hoover
United States
Congress
Key Weat
Miami
Florida
Hoover
Concreehy
Coolidge
Senator Borah
Senate
Interior
Roy C. West
West
House
Plu Good Turn In Hammond Drunkenness Hearing
In Hammond judge Joseph Todd questions James Stanton about a drunken incident at the city court. Stanton attempts to explain a misheard remark about a fly as the reason for his intoxication while the judge asks clarifying questions during the proceeding.
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Hammond
Ind
Joseph Todd
James Stanton
Stanton
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