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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1927
Page
3
Linton residents propose extreme punishments for Edward Hickman, the Los Angeles girl slayer, with no support for hanging or shooting. Suggestions include boiling, dismemberment, or a water- drip death, reflecting public anger rather than lawful sentencing.
The State Department granted Mexico a license to purchase the tri motor Ford plane used by Mrs. Evangeline Lindbergh from Detroit to Mexico City. This marks a distinct relaxation of war munitions embargos but does not lift the embargo entirely. Each future arms purchase will be considered on its own merits.
Sandborn, Dec 28 An obituary from Terre Haute reports the death of Mrs. David Allen, age forty nine, after years of heart leakage and goitre. She had lived in Sandborn with her family before relocating to Terre Haute. Survived by her husband several children and other relatives.
Special Judge Joseph Ivleheart took under advisement the defense motion to quash thirty four indictments charging malconduct and misfeasance in office against City Judge Harlan B. McCoy in Evansville Indiana. Nineteen indictments had been quashed earlier.
A noted skin specialist says Mentho Sulphur best clears breakout and irritation on face neck or body due to its germ destroying properties. The preparation relieves itching burning and eczema, leaving skin clear and smooth. a little jar is available at any drug store.
Indianapolis Dec 28 The Indianapolis Post Publishing Co once tied to ex mayor John J Duvall is declared bankrupt by Judge Robert C Baltzell. The Metals Refining Co Mergenthaler Linotype Co and Lanston Monotype Co supported the move to strike down the defendants answer. The Post, a daily afternoon paper, ran for several weeks this summer.
In Lone Pine California a heated argument about the fate of kidnapper and slayer William Edward Hickman ended in a gunfight. John R. Dexter aged 55 was killed by gunfire and William Leask aged 35 was seriously wounded in the groin. A coroner's jury exonerated Leask.
Miss Mildred Chambers of Edwardsport and Howard Lewis of Bloomfield were united in marriage at Bloomfield Methodist Church in a quiet ceremony on Saturday afternoon. The bride, eldest child of Dorsey and Mrs. Chambers of Edwardsport, is a 1926 Bloomfield High School graduate active in church work. The groom is son of Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Lewis of Bloomfield and is known in Edwardsport. They will reside on a farm near Bloomfield.
Nashville report from December states Prof. Knight Dunlap of Johns Hopkins University challenged the law of learning. He argued that habit fixation arises from factors activated by repetition, noting potential cures for stammering thumb sucking and other habits in children.
Bedford Ind Dec 28 The Rev A S Leach 61 pastor of the Second Methodist Episcopal church here shot and accidentally killed himself yesterday while hunting near Fayetteville with his father in law D A Abbott The shotgun was leaning against a fence and the hammer caught on a branch as he reached for it He is survived by his widow a son and a daughter.
United Press dispatch reports on December 28 1917 British forces push forward two and a half miles on a nine mile front against Turks in Palestine Meanwhile France and Britain reject the German peace sector proposed by Count Czernin Austria Hungary The Brest Litovsk peace party adjourns until January 4.
INDIANAPOLIS Dec 28 Hog receipts 8000 with holdovers 270. Market up 200 with 250 to 850 lb hogs at 9.00, 200 to 280 lb same, 160 to 200 lb 8.65 to 9.00, 130 to 160 lb 8.40 to 8.65, 90 to 130 lb 7.25 to 8.40. Cattle receipts 1100, calves 600. Steers slow, stockers steady. Bulk beef steers 10.75 to 13.25, bulk yearling 15.90 to 16.00. Sheep receipts 700, lambs market up, fat lambs top 18.25.
Alfred M Cohen, International President of the Independent Order Bnai Brith, said the owners of a film version of the life of Christ King of Kings will not show it in certain European countries. The move follows fears of anti Jewish disorders and prior denunciation by Rabbi Stephen S Wise who warned producers would bear blood guilt if screened in Europe.
Oakland officials approve a new school rule prohibiting children from leaving campus without a parent signed note. The rule aims to curb risks after the Marian Parker kidnapping case by requiring parental authorization and signature verification before a child may depart.
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