Dawn crew feared lost as airship search widens
Navy and coast guard destroyers continue a 75 mile radius search from Sable Island for Mrs Frances Wilson Grayson and her three companions aboard the amphibian Dawn. With little hope, the Sturtevant and Mahan will cover northeast and northwest sectors while coast guard craft search far south.
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United Piless
U. S. S. Sturtevant
Navy
Coast Guard
Frances' Wilson Grayson
Sturtevant and Mahan
Sable Island
Mahan
Sturtevant
Air year 1927 ends with 24 aviators missing
The year closes with four more flyers lost, bringing 1927’s missing list to 24 since May 5. Despite five successful Atlantic crossings and four Pacific trips to Honolulu, the toll of failed attempts adds to the fatal tally, underscoring the era’s aviation peril.
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New York
Dee
Frances Wilson Grayson
Oskar Omdal
Brice Goldsborough
Fred Koehler
Roosevelt Field
Harbor Grace
Europe
Atlantic
Lindbergh
Chamberlin
Byrd
Brock
Costes
Pacific
Honolulu
Maitland
Smith
Goebel
Jensen
King Ben Purnell Early Jay County Broom Maker
Oregon Indiana era note traces Benjamin Purnell of the House of David to Jay County in the early 1880s. He and wife Mary moved from Kentucky to settle near Mr Poynter’s 2800 acre area, later learned broom making at Balbec and Edmundson’s factory before starting his own business, then moved to Benton Harbor Michigan where he led the religious colony.
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Portland
Ind
Benjamin Purnell
Benton Harbor
House of David
Jay County
Purnell
Mary
Kentucky
Here
Poynter
John Edmundson
Balbec
Edmundson
Mich
King
Artificial Breathing Kept Up for 115 Hours
Milton Ruch died after friends kept him alive for 115 hours by artificial respiration. He was accidentally shot last Saturday, the wound paralyzing his lungs. physicians and volunteers in Houston alternated on ventilating him by arm maneuvers.
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Houston
Tex
Milton Ruch
Rush
Two Murders Reported in Chicago Today
Two killings occur early today in Chicago as Morris James a 31 year old merchant is shot during a holdup and George Lefler is killed by a roomer after an argument over his wife. Police locate the scene. suspects flee.
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Chicago
Morris James
George Leffler
Mrs Lindbergh Making Progress On Oklahoma Stop
Mrs Lindbergh arrived in Muskogee Oklahoma shortly before noon and resumed her flight twenty minutes later after a brief visit as she continues her cross country trip United Press dispatch report notes the progress of the journey with this stop near the end of December.
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United Press Dispatch
Muskogee, Okla
Evangeline Lindbergh Brief Dallas Stopover
Mrs Evangeline Lindbergh on a flight from Mexico City to Detroit diverted to Dallas for refueling after a morning from San Antonio. The Dallas stop came at 8 45 and the craft headed to St Louis at 9 18 with a likely further stop in St Louis en route to Chicago or Detroit, according to pilot Harry Brooks.
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Dallas
Tex
Evangeline Lindbergh
Mexico City
Detroit
San Antonio
St. Louis
Chicago
Harry Brooks
Lindbergh Decides Return Route After Central American Tour
The State Department reports from Guatemala City that Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh will return to the United States via Havana after finishing his Central American tour, declining South American invitations. He will depart Guatemala Friday morning for British Honduras if landing fields are suitable.
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Washington
Charles A. Lindbergh
U. S
Havana
State Department
Guatemala City
Lindbergh
Guatemala
British Honduras
Jury Selection Delayed in Hill Murder Trial
Defense motions and long arguments delayed jury selection in the Harry Hill murder case in Ottawa Illinois. Judge Davis overruled Brown's bid to force the State to elect a single indictment. Brown objected to A J O Connors serving as special prosecutor while Hill, son of a Streator oculist, listened, smiling at his father Dr H C Hill who is paying for the defense.
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Ottawa
Ili
Dee
Harry Hill
Joseph A. Davis
Attoney Lee O'Neil Browns
Hill
Brown
A. J. O'Connor
H. C. Hill
Terre Haute Rum Runner Shot Dead Near City
Police say William Dutch Rebee a suspected member of the St Louis Egans Rats was shot in Terre Haute Ind and his body found over a culvert six miles west of town. Investigators suspect the killing occurred here as part of a liquor war among runners and seek a mystery car heard entering the area at 3 30 am.
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Terre Haute
Ind
William “Dutch” Rebee
Egans Rats
St. Louis
Dode Evinger
Rebec
Tax Bill Delayed as Senate Action Pushed to March 11
The Treasury Department announced the Senate will delay action on the new tax bill until March 11. The delay allows Congress to review session appropriations to gauge possible tax cuts.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Senate
Congress
Judge Overrules Hill Defence Plea in Murder Indictment
Ottawa reports Judge J A Davis overruled Harry Hills motion to withdraw his not guilty plea to the murder indictment. The state seeks the death penalty, arguing the youth killed his mother in her Streator Illinois home to cover up illicit withdrawals from her bank account.
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Ottawa
J. A. Davis
Harry Hill
Convict Edward Vandiver Extends Stay After Term
Edward Vandiver a former actor who had promoted a holiday minstrel show at the South Dakota penitentiary stayed ten days beyond his sentence for grand larceny to not disappoint fellow inmates. He remained in Sioux Falls after his term expired to give the show.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
South Dakota
Edward Vandiver
Missouri
Vandiver
Man Confined After Painting Birds at Evansville Hospital
Dee Sprowl 38 of Princeton Indiana is jailed pending commitment to the Southern Indian hospital in Evansville. He believes bird colors are wrong and has been catching and painting them in fantastical colors.
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Princeton
Ind
Dee
Earl Sprowl
Southern Indian Hospital
Evansville
Sprowl
Judge Deliberates on Remus Insanity Ruling
In Cincinnati Ohio Judge William H W Leeders weighs whether George Remus should be freed entirely or confined in a state hospital for the criminal insane after a sanity hearing. Remus testified, denying intent to shoot his wife Imogene and describing his self analysis as his mother testified in German.
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Cincinnati
George Remus
Lime
William HW. Leeders
Hamilton County
Remus
Imogene
Lueders
Eden Park
Napoleon of the Bar asserted as mock label in court
Remus claimed he had nothing but a federal prohibition violation in his life and said the government was his partner, taking $2.20 per gallon from whisky sales. He denied proclaiming himself greater than Napoleon and rejected naming himself as such.
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Remus
Fiven
Napoleon
Chicago
Hoosier State considered for new federal prison
Washington plans for a larger federal prison system as overcrowding rises. Three federal penitentiaries house 7 371 inmates though capacity is 3 778. Legislation would seek a fourth prison this session and officials see Indiana or Michigan as logical sites.
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Washington
Atlanta
Leavenworth
Kans
Threatened Death In Love for Pola Negri Reported
Gregory Yanada a 44 year old writer from Los Angeles faced a report that he threatened to kill Pola Negri and himself after she did not return his affection. Immigration officials note he was a Bolshevist educator in Russia in 1921 and was smuggled into the country via Mexico that year.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Dee
Gregory Yanada
Pola Negri
Canada
Russia
Mexico
Watson Won't Appear Before Marion Grand Jury
Indiana Senator James E Watson leader of the Republican party in the state will not testify before the Marion county grand jury as it winds up its political corruption inquiry. Watson said from the Congress hotel in Chicago that he would leave for Indianapolis Friday night and would skip planned visits to Terre Haute and Evansville. The grand jury plans to submit its report to Judge James A. Colling in Marion criminal court tomorrow.
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Lumleod
Indianapolis
James 13 Watson
Indiana
Marion County Grand Jury
Watson
Congress Hotel
Chicago
United Press
Tere Haute
Evansville
Grand Jury
James A. Colling
Marion Criminal Court
London Warns Watch For Sacco Vanzetti Film Smuggling
Police officials in charge of ports ordered to guard against a secret film depicting the life and death of Sacco and Vanzetti, alleged to portray them as martyrs, after information received by Scotland Yard from the United States.
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London
Sacco
Vanzetti
England
Daily Express
Scotland Yard
United States
Remorseful Suspect Faces Asylum Move in Assault Case
Dee Braail expresses remorse over a drunken attack on an elderly Carbon woman. Guy Mullinix, also of Carbon, jailed for weeks on criminal assault, is believed insane and plans to transfer him to an asylum promptly as he cannot stand trial.
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Braail
Dee Bie
Carbon
Guy Mullinix
Mullinix
Danville Pair and Wife Injured in Indiana Detour Crash
Julius Stringer his wife and mother all of Danville Indiana were seriously injured today when their car struck a detour block eleven miles north of Danville. They were taken to a hospital where physicians said they will recover.
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Kokomo
Ind
Julius Stringer
Danville
Indiana
Here
Publisher Brongon Cutting Named Santa Fe Senator
Santa Fe publisher Brongon Cutting was appointed by Governor Dillon to fill the late US Senator A A Jones seat. The announcement came December 29 in Santa Fe New Mexico and marks a transition in the state’s delegation.
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Santafien
Mex
Col. Brongon Cutting
Santa Fe
New Mexico
Dillon
United States
A. A. Jones
Hickman Admits Winged Druggist in Store Holdups
Los Angeles dispatch reports William Edward Hickman confirms he killed and robbed a Rosehill drug store on Christmas Eve 1926 while recounting a long series of hold ups. He confessed to the Parker kidnapping murder and named accomplice Willoughby Hunt, with police noting injuries to a patrolman and the store owner. Hickman seeks a guilty plea in court.
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William Edward Hickman
Marvin Parker
Les An
Hickman
Mary Hickman
Mera
Eva Hickman
Kansas City
Paradise Arms Hotel
Chicago
Border
Ine
Goles
Los Angeles
Cal
William Edward” Hickman
Marian Parker
Ong
Rosehill
Thom
Thoms Drug Atore
Oliver
Mother Hears Sad News In Slay Case
A Kansas City woman Hoa Hickman learned of her 89 year old husband’s confession to slaying an Angeles druggist. The case remains under police inquiry as details unfold and the community awaits further findings.
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Kansas City
Hoa Hickman
Angeles
Attorney Arrives Today in Mysterious Los Angeles Case
In Los Angeles Jerome Walsh, an attorney, is retained by Liam Edward in a murder case. Details are scarce as comments will be provided after the hearings begin today.
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Angeles
Jerome Walsh
You Torney
Liam Edward
Murde
Hickman
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