No Clouds in Business Sky in 1927 Forecasts Say
Banking and industrial leaders forecast a favorable 1927 with conservative cautions. James Simpson of Marshall Field. Elbert Henry of United States Steel. Alfred Sloan of General Motors. Lamont du Pont of DuPont predict steady or improving conditions across retail, manufacturing, and railroads, though risks linger from policy and natural factors.
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Ly Associated Press
New York
Igh
James Simpson
Fatshall Field and Company
Businss
Elbert Heary
United Tes Steel Corporation
Alfred P. Sloan, Jr
Metal Motors Corporation
Lamont du Pont
I. Dupont de Nersours
Comny
Good Fellows Bring Merry Christmas to Twin Cities Needy
The Monroe Welfare reports 335 families received aid from the Good Fellows through groceries clothing and furniture plus 25 district children given shoes. Funds totaling about 1700 were disbursed including rail fare for a man with three children and a plan to buy an artificial leg for a girl. Final donations listed reach 1670.80 with local contributions from several small donors.
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Twin Cities
Josephine McNally
Monroe Welfare
Peters Furniture Company
Gresham Mattress Company
L. L. Wood
T. A. Enochs
Michigan
Good Fellows
Welfare Association
Jack Parker Nee
Roberta Nee
Scccosereerrs
Milton Coverdale
Joe's Electric Shop
Ford
Attorney Slain by Avenger on Sedalia Street
On Sedalia Missouri's main street Robert K. Hardwell shot and killed attorney Claude Wilkerson. The case ties to earlier violence when Bardwell's son Albert Hardwell and Billy Patner were killed by a deputy sheriff while pursuing suspects in a July robbery at Pleasant Green. Wilkerson had been indicted for complicity in that robbery.
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Sedalia
Robert K. Hardwell
Claude Wilkerson
Sedalias
Bardwell
Albert Hardwell
Billy Patncr
Pleasant Green
Quiet Christmas Holiday Yields Light Police Activity
City police report a calm Christmas period with 21 arrests over December 24 25 and 26. Drunk and disorderly led with six incidents, reckless driving and held for investigation tied at three. other offenses included trespassing vagrancy and thefts. One DWI collision occurred near Lamkin leaving both cars wrecked.
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Christas
Sheriff's Department
H. J. Waldrop
Marion
William F. King
Imperial Oil and Gasoline Company
Lamkin
Sam Zikes
Bastrop
South Grand Street
R. T. Noble
South Third Street
West Monroe
Harrison Street
Vito C. Cascio
Four Lives Claimed In Affrays In Kentucky Mountains
In Pineville Kentucky two shooting affrays in Bell and Harlan counties leave four dead. Dr R L Lattimore 66 physician for Fox Ridge Coal Co Blanche Roy Smith and his father Henry Smith and Dan Jones of Banner Fork killed. Lattimore shot eight times in his home during attempted arrest on Christmas day. Officers Bonner Smith and Frank Bowman released on bonds while warrant issued for Lattimore’s arrest. Conflicting accounts surround the shootings.
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Pinesville
Kentucky
Bell
Harlan
R. L. Lattimore
Fox Ridge Coal Co
Blanche
Roy Smith
Henry Smith
Dan Jones
Banner Fork
Bonner Smith
Frank Bowman
Dr. Lattimore
W. T. Robbins
Constable Smith
Lattimore
Refinery Blast Kills Two at Ventura California
A Ventura General Petroleum refinery blast in the absorption unit killed two men and injured several others. Flames menaced a nearby gasoline storage tank as responders rushed from nearby towns to fight the fire. The reducing unit header blew off for unknown reasons and the refinery sits amid the local oil-producing area.
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Ventura
Cal
General Petroleum Company
Five Die from Gas Asphyxiation in Los Angeles Area
Five persons died from gas fumes in Los Angeles and nearby towns. Mrs. Lucile Whiteman aged 30 and her children Florence eight and Margaret five were found dead. Alan Gibson fifteen of Long Beach perished in a bathtub and Howard Dielapp, sixty six of Cudahy died in his chair after a gas tube disconnected from a stove.
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Los Angeles
Lucile Whiteman
Florence
Margaret
Alan Gibson
Long Beach
Howard Dielapp
Cudahy
Delegates Arrive for Theta Kappa Nu Convention
Delegates from twenty-one states began arriving in Birmingham Alabama for the third annual Theta Kappa Nu convention. Howard College and Birmingham-Southern College host with Auburn chapter expected to send large delegations. About 250 delegates are anticipated through Thursday.
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Birmingham
Ala
Theta Kappa Nu
National Greek Letter Society
Howard College
Birmingham-Southern
Auburn
National Guard on Duty in Flood Area
Thirty officers and men of Battery B, 178th field artillery, Mississippi National Guard, are on duty in the flood area and guarding bridges and abandoned property. Four deaths have been reported in the Columbus vicinity to the adjutant general.
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Associated Press
Jackson
Miss
178Th Field Artillery
Mississippi National Guard
Columbus
Adjutant General
Former Prince Leaves Auburn Haire d Realty
Paris reports Magda Lupescu, auburn-haired companion of Prince Carol of Romania, appears out of his life. Carol, now Car ol Caraiman, left Neuilly Villa and is believed abroad on the Riviera as Romania's royal exiled drama continues.
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Associated Press
Paris
Magda Lupescu
Carol of
Romania
Carol Caraiman
Neuilly
Riviera
Carol
Ferdinand
Queen Marie
Bucharest
Mme
Lupescu
Jassy
Milan
Italy
Mme. Lupescu
Helen
Greece
Zizi Lambrino
Mircea
Rumania
Nevilly
Mourners Honor Emperor Yoshihito As Body Returns to Tokyo
In Tokyo more than a million mourners lined a four mile route from Harajuku to the Imperial Palace to honor the late Emperor Yoshihito. The procession, led by Emperor Hirohito and Empress, included imperial princes and guards. Citations of international condolences, including cablegrams from President Coolidge, marked the somber ceremony.
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Associated Press
Tokio
Harajuka Station
Imperial Palace
Yoshihito
Hayama
Hirohito
Sadako
Anchorage
Poll Tax Payments Less Than Half for 1926
Sheriff Milton Coverdale reports only 3,235 of an estimated 7,000 poll taxes due for 1926 have been paid. With four days left until the midnight deadline, voters must pay or mail the dollar to obtain receipts for 1926 and 1927 to be eligible for the 1928 elections. Some firms are paying in bulk for employees and reclaiming funds later.
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Sheriff's Office
Milton Coverdale
Coverdale
River Stage Readings for Mississippi and Ouachita Rivers
River stage updates show MISSISSIPPI at Memphis 28.4 feet up 0.6, Vicksburg 35.0 up 0.6, New Orleans 11.0 up 0.5. RED at Shreveport 26.3 up 0.3, Alexandria 29.8 up 1.5. OUACHITA at Camden 37.2 down 1.2, Monroe 22.8 up 1.2.
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Mississippi
Memphis
Vicksburg
New Orleans
Shreveport
Alexandria
Ouachita
Camden
Monroe
Lonely Christmas Leads Professor to Slash Throat
Louis B. Siff a professor at the University of Louisville died by self harm in Indianapolis on Christmas Day. He was past 70 and left $28000 in government bonds and 1712 in cash. He had no living relatives and was en route to Chicago for a mathematics convention. He once sang at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
Ind
Louis B. Siff
University of Louisville
Siff
Chicago
Metropolitan Opera House
New York
Professor Siff
Brick Manufacturer Dies at N O Home
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 27. Peter W. Schneider, 79, one of the oldest brick manufacturers in the south, died at his New Orleans home. He worked in Louisiana brickmaking for six decades, including 15 years with the Baton Rouge Brick Company. He later owned St. Joe Brick Works near Slidell. Survived by his widow, five sons Henry and Benjamin of Laurel Miss John Beaumont Texas Matt P. and Claud Schneider of Slidell and three daughters in New Orleans.
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New Orleans
Peter W. Schneider
South
Louisiana
Baton Rouge
St. Joe
Slidell
Schneider
Germany
Henry
Benjamin
Laurel
Miss
John
Beaumont
Texas
Matt P
Claud Schneider
U S Admiral Warns Diaz Government In Nicaragua
Rear Admiral Latimer reported he landed bluejackets at Puerto Cabezas and established a Bluefields neutral zone. He warned Diaz forces they would be disarmed if drawn into the zone as liberal troops repelled them at Pearl Lagoon and False Bluff. Washington officials noted limited information on further moves.
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Washington
Latmer
Puerto Cabezas
Nicaragua
State Department
Bluefields
Pearl Lagoon
el Bluff
Moncada
Julian Latimer
Honduran
Sacasa
Diaz
United States
Rio Grande Bar
Mexico
Latimer
Mexico City
Herman Robleto
Two Men Drowned Near Pine Bluff and Nashville Flood
Rivers bursting from banks sweeps five southern states with Nashville hardest hit as the Cumberland rises to record levels. Two men drown near Pine Bluff Arkansas and another near Columbus Mississippi while a Selmer Tennessee man dies from exposure. Thousands displaced and property damage climbs into the hundreds of thousands as floods shut highways and rail lines.
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Associated Press
Pine Bluff
Arkansas
Columbus
Mississippi
Selmer
Alabama
Kentucky
Tennessee
Nashville
Cumberland
Chattanooga
Walker County
Aberdeen
Ombighbee
Kentuck
Miss
Memphis
Tenn
Westpoint
Goodman
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Ice Shrouds Gotham as Snow Falls Across Northeast
Snow and ice envelop the region from New York to New England. One man died on slippery steps. a skidding car caused another fatality. Twenty barges broke from moorings on the East River, eightynine people rescued by fire boats and tugs amid treacherous currents. Massachusetts and upstate New York report heavy snow while Albany traffic slows.
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New York
East River
Hell Gate
New England
Albany
Glenns Falls
Massachusetts
Stamford
Conn
Eleven Deaths From Liquor Toll in Metropolis
New York on December 27 reported eleven deaths linked to poison Christmas liquor and excessive drinking, with 73 hospitalizations for alcoholism. Eight deaths were in Manhattan and three in Brooklyn, as officials blamed improperly re distilled alcohol for spreading poison. Autopsies on seven victims pointed to heavy drinking as a key factor. Bellevue hospital logged 65 alcoholism cases, with 15 serious and most likely recoverable. eight women were among those admitted. In Chicago a separate report cited widespread poison liquor gifts, while in Poughkeepsie a railroad worker died after consuming homemade liquor.
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New York
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Charles Norris
Thomas A. Gonzales
Norris
Bellevue Hospital
Chicago
Herman N. Bundesen
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Ship's Carpenter Dies Saving Seamen in Coal Hold
In Nofolk Virginia Bertie Foster a 35 year old ship's carpenter from West Hartlepool England aboard the British steamer City of Bath gave his life while entering a lower hold to rescue two crewmates overcome by dead air. Chief Officer William Scott Craig and Kaminis Bin Kardin were rescued. Foster's body was recovered after firefighters arrived.
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Associated Press
Nofolk
Dee
Bertie Foster
West Hartlepool
England
City of Bath
Scott Craig
Kaminis Bin-Kardin
Foster
Scott-Craig
Bin-Kardin
Dry Shoes on Feet of Dead Man Balked Plot to Collect Insurance
Chicago police linked dry shoes on a dead man’s feet to a murder plot aimed at stealing a $1000 accident policy. Loren Patrick confessed to striking William Lindstrom with a lead pipe for Mrs. Lillian Fraser who planned to use the payout to settle a bootlegging fine. Fraser and an accomplice were jailed as investigators pursued further leads in the Crown Point connection.
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Associated Press
Chicago
William Lindstrom
Loren Patrick
Lindstrom
Lillian Fraser
Dennis Carroll
Patrick
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Federal Vetro Board
William Sproul
Uthern Pacific Company
R. L. Agassiz
Jumet and Hecla Consolidated Cop F Company
Patrick E. Crowley
New York Central Lines
Alvin Krech
Equitable Trust Commy
F. Edson White
Armour and Company
Sedalia Street
Pacific Coast
National Guard
Auburn Haired Realty
Professor
Slash
N. O
U.S
Gotham
Metropolis
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