Bloody South Side Chicago Beer War Resumes Violence
Chicago report details a renewed South Side gun battle at the Granada Cafe during a large pre holiday crowd. It notes the deaths of Hugh Stubby McGovern, once a Scarface Al Capone lieutenant, and William Gunn er McFadden, a labor racket agent, amid gangland power struggles and earlier feuds over beer earnings.
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Chicago
Granada Cafe
Hugh
McGovern
Sheldon
South Side
Capone
Chiefs
Eddie Donovan
New Mexico
Five Members of Gay Party Die in Kenosha Train Crash
United Press dispatch from Kenosha Wisconsin reports five youths aged 16 to 18 died when a party traveling to a treasure hunt was struck by a railroad train at a crossing Saturday night. Four were killed instantly and the fifth died later with three others injured but expected to recover. The dead were Ferrin Alford 17 Lowell Smith 18 Alice Judd 16 Mary Slater 16 and Richard Hastings 17.
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United Press Dispatch
Kenosha
Wis
Ferrin Alford
Lowell Smith
Alice Judd
Mary Slater
Richard Hastings
President Coolidge Isolated While On Thanksgiving Hunt
Saint Simons Island Ga December 31 President Coolidge has become the most isolated president of the last fifty years with no outside communication for over twelve hours. He was believed to be hunting wild turkeys at Floyds Neck about fifty miles south of St Simon’s Island where the presidential party is quartered.
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Saint Simons Island
Coolidge
Floyd’s Neck
St. Simon’s Island
New Year Holiday Observed in Linton
Linton observes New Year as a general holiday with banks and business houses closed all day. Stores close at 6 pm and reopen Wednesday morning. Post office schedule remains. Gas stations close at noon tomorrow. The Daily Citizen issues its last 1928 edition at noon. A Grand theatre vaudeville show and watch parties are planned citywide.
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Linton
Daily Citizen
Grand Theatre
The
Eight violent deaths mark Indiana weekend toll
United Press report lists eight violent deaths in Indiana over the weekend. Notables include Ralph Heath 34 who shot Mrs Mae Snyder 45 at a Danville area farm then killed himself over a love triangle. Fred Solady 16 of East Chicago shot by Gary detectives after auto theft. Elmer Roundtree 34 of Anderson fatally stabbed in an argument with Burnice Johnson 40. Charles Izor 70 of Milton shot himself amid intoxication charges. Rall H Kendall killed himself at Dugger. Mrs Catherine Snyder 82 of Jonesboro killed near Delphos Ohio after jumping from a burning car driven by Dewey Snyder. James H Green of Indianapolis killed in Kokomo crash with James Sapp 42. Sapp gravely hurt.
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United Press
Indianapolis
Indiana
Ralph Heath
Mae Snyder
Danville
Fred Solady
Chicago
Gary
Elmer Roundtree
Anderson
Burnice Johnson
Charles Izor
Milton
Rall H. Kendall
Dugrer
Catherine Snyder
Joneshore
Delphos
Dewey Snyder
James H. Green
Kokomo
Jammes Sapp
Sapp
California Set to Gain Six Seats in New Reapportionment
National Capitol debate limns unequal representation as California would gain six congressmen and six electoral votes under the proposed reapportionment. Michigan Ohio and other states lose seats while California set for gains and other states list varying losses under the census based plan.
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Washington
Congress
House
Electoral College
Michigan
California
Ohio
Clarence J. McLeod
New Jersey
Texas
Arizona
Connecticut
Florida
North Carolina
Oklahoma
Missouri
Indiana
Iowa
Kentucky
Mississippi
Alabama
Kansas
Louisiana
Maine
Massachusetts
Nebraska
New York
North Dakota
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Veront
Virginia
Shumaker Case May Run Several More Days
Dr. E S Shumaker Indiana anti saloon league head faces a federal habeas corpus bid. Attorney Miles says citations will take days to prepare as Baltzell weighs relief from a sixty day state farm sentence ordered by the state supreme court. Ogden and Gilliam’s terms approach midnight tonight.
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United Press Dispatch
Indianapolis
E. S. Shumaker
Indiana Anti-Saloon League
James M. Ogden
J. A. Miles
Shumaker
Robert C. Baltzell
State Farm
State Supreme Court
Ed Jackson
Arthur L. Gilliam
Ford to add 80,000 workers to sustain five day week
Ford Motor Company will hire 80,000 more workers at Detroit to boost production by about 200 percent and operate six days a week while keeping a five day week for employees. Detroit total employment will reach 150,000 with preference given to unemployed local workers.
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Detroit
Mich
Dee
Ford Motor Company
Ford Company
Che
Pollock Key Financier in Clark West Campaign
Indianapolis dec 31 Oliver Pollock's vital aid to George Rogers Clark in the west was praised by Prof D A James of Northwestern University before the American Historical Association. James called Pollock the revolution's west financier, supplying powder for Kaskaskia and financing Virginia troops.
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Indianapolis
Oliver Pollock
George Rogers Clark
West
Virginia
American Historical Association
Dares A. James
Northwestern University
Speker
Pollock
James
Clark
Kaskaskia
New Orleans
Llinois
Bolivia Accepts Portocol With Paraguay Settlement
Bolivia accepts the proposed Pan American conciliation conference protocol for settling differences with Paraguay with slight modifications. Bolivian Minister Diez De Medina announced officially today.
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Washington
Bolivia
Portocol
Paraguay
Diez de Medina
King George’s Condition Worries Physicians
London dispatch reports the king’s exhaustion remains a difficult problem for doctors. A bulletin at 11 65 a m notes a somewhat restless night but maintains the general condition, with the same severity of fatigue. Signatories include Stanley Hewett Hugh Rigby J Farquhar Buzzard Humphrey Rolleston and Dawson of Penn.
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London
Dee
George
Stanley Hewett
Hugh Rigby
Farquhar Buzzard
Humphrey Rolleston
Dawson
Penn
County Highway Superintendent Found Guilty of Malfeasance
Charles Loucks county highway superintendent was found guilty of malfeasance of office and removed from his post by the board of commissioners. He faced charges of selling county supplies for personal use as Guy York, his attorney, sought an appeal bond, which the court did not accept. Loucks instructed his client to stay on the job until circuit court acts.
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Contac Press
Peru
Tad
Pec
Charles Loucks
Board of Commissioners
Loucks
Guy RR. York
Louck
Eine Cuit
Circuit Court
New Tivoli Theatre Opens in Spencer Indiana
Spencer Indiana to welcome a $45,000 Tivoli moving picture theatre on North Washington Street New Year’s Eve. Sculptor M Viquesney of Spirit of The American Doughboy fame will attend with Dr O A Noland Spencer Chamber president speaking for the city and Mr Vaquesney to speak.
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Spencer
Ind
Dee. Beck. M. Viquesney
Spirit of the American Doughboy
Washington Street
Mos
Indiana
O. A. Noland
Spencer Chamber of Commerce
Vaquesney
Booth Still Heads Army Despite Reports of Change
Salvation Army headquarters denied rumors that Bramwell Booth had been replaced or that the high council controlled the organization. The statement asserts Booth remains head and sole trustee and will continue to sign legal documents unless removed by the high council.
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London
Salvation Army
High Council
Bramwell Booth
Former Evangelist to Go on Trial for Murder
A former evangelist, Harvey Smith, faces a first degree murder indictment in the Maras case. Smith, detained in county jail, is the sole defendant remaining after a grand jury indicted him while three co-defendants were released. Trial set in Welk Superior Court for January 2.
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Maras
Genevieve Stulin
South Bend
Ind
Ves 'Hothe Rink
Harvey Smith
Welk
Smith
Conncellor
Cus
Gerand
Danie Reyher
Charles Reyher
Jack Kimball
Mouth Bend
Atlanta
Stults
Oelobor
Long Arm Burglar Operating in Indianapolis
A prowler in Indianapolis is described as a persistent burglar who enters homes by prying bedroom windows and retrieving valuables from tables without entering fully. In one case at John Wallace’s residence he moved a cedar chest and heavy bureau to steal two watches and other items valued at $40, according to press dispatches.
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Indianapolis
Dee
John Wallace
Woman Confesses in Riverside Murder Case
Mrs. Sarah Louise Northcott pleaded guilty in superior court to the murder of nine year old Walter Collins and was sentenced to life imprisonment. She is the mother of Gordon Stewart Northcott, confessed operator of the Riverside Murder Farm where several boys were mistreated and killed.
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Riverside
Calif
Sarah Louise Northcott
Walter Collins
Laura May Keller Captures Felon in Mississippi Cabin
Laura May Keller a Mississippi woman armed with a pistol single handedly captured Charles Shepherd a fugitive convict wanted for murder and abduction. Guards led Shepherd to Jackson while the exact location of the capture remained secret to avoid violence in the area.
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Tungtid Press
Diewatch
Parchman
Miss
Dee
Fox
Parchman State Prison Farm
Laura May Keller
Charles Shepherd
Natrnons
Jackson
Shelby
Shepherd
Lower
Ississippi Valley
National Guardsmen
Adi
Wf. M. Farston
City church appeals for funds to finish skyline temple
New York reports the Broad Way temple, a 36 story under construction, seeks immediate help to raise 10 000 dollars per hour for 24 hours to secure 1 000 000 dollar Rockefeller pledge and other gifts, totaling 1 500 000 dollars, for a tower height of 694 feet above sea level.
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New York
Wifte
Broadway Temple
John D. Rockefeller , Jr
Ellist
Phillip
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