Kidnapper Gets 30-40 Years in Jackson Prison
Detroit December 21 Circuit Judge Alfred J Murphy sentences Joseph Legs Laman 29 to 40 years in Jackson prison for kidnapping former bootlegger David Cass. Laman’s grin faded then returned as he was led away. Cass case ended in tragedy with Cass’s son found in a ditch after a ransom ambush. Others tied to the gang receive sentences ranging 30 to 50 years. one member remains at large.
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Dy United Press
Detroit
Joseph
Laman
Alfred J. Murphy
Jackson
Whis
David Cass
Fred Begeman
Begeman
Cass
David Cass, Jr
Lanan
Flint River
Lancer
Wulize
Wang
Henry Adams
Marquette
Frank Hohfer
Edward Wiles
Officers Freed in Textile Strike Murder Trials
Eight McDowell officers were acquitted of second degree murder in the Marion textile strike shooting case. A Varzey County jury deliberated 22 hours before reporting insufficient evidence to convict. The guards faced a mob at the Marion Manufacturing mill gate while attempting to stop entry.
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United Fresh
Burnsville
N. C
McDowell
Chargins
Marion
Varzey County
Amed Ater
Deliera‘tion
Bill ‘Fwiggs
Charlie Tate
Jim Owens
Robert Ward
Dave Jarrett
Broadus Robbins
T. M. Greene
W. A. Fender
Oscar F. Adkins
Marion Manufacturing Company
Adkins
Aged Pioneer Dies at South Franklin Home
Mrs. Matt Wolfraim longtime county resident dies at home on South Franklin street after years of poor health. Survived by husband and daughter Mrs Clarence Landon. Funeral at 600 South Franklin Sunday at 2:00 PM.
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Matt Wolfraim
County
South Franklin Street
Clarence Landon
South Franklin
Auction Postponed to December 30 Near Mt Pleasant
Lloyd Welch reschedules sale at the Sam Forney farm 2 1 2 miles south of Mt Pleasant on US 27 to Monday December 30. The catalog includes horses cattle and a good list of implements feed and more. Sale begins at 12 30 o clock with John Mc Call as auctioneer.
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Lloyd Welch
Sam Forney
Mt Pleasant
Us-27
John McCall
Coach in Car Crash Crashes Through Store Window
Fred Bauer, coach at the Indian school, damaged a display window at Barnhard and Bishop on Broadway when his car rolled in gear. The crash followed the vehicle’s idle motion toward the storefront causing damage to Christmas gift displays.
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Fred Bauer
Barnhard
Bishop
Bauer
Barnhard and Bishop
Broadway
Congress balks at funding Hoover crime commission
United Press reports Congress withholds a dollar for President Hoover's law enforcement panel until it discloses its purposes. Democrats Harris and Glass oppose funding, accusing the commission of secrecy as it plans a multi year, broad survey of crime unemployment poverty and related factors with unclear data and no border maps. The clash pits the White House against lawmakers demanding transparency.
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United Press
Washington
Congress
Hoover
Law Enforcement Commission
Harris
Glass
Commission
Soover
Windstorms in California Kill Two and Injure Five
Two dead and five injured as violent windstorms and grass fires hit southern California. Clarence Easley died when blown from a chicken house roof near Pomona. J B Dollar, a park gardener, killed when a brush fire truck overturned in Hollywood hills. About 1,000 acres of Griffith Park burned as 2,000 volunteers aided firemen to halt the blaze threatening homes in Los Feliz.
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United Press
Los Angeles
California
Clarence Easley
Pomona
J. B. Dollar
Hollywood Hills
Mojave Desert
Trafic
Griffith Park
Los Feliz
Fire kills firefighter in Fayetteville blaze
A wall collapsed in a Fayetteville business fire killing firefighter Luther Horne and injuring five others including chiefs Pelise Ross Jones. Local reports indicate the blaze broke out today and responders fought the flames at the scene.
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Fayetteville
N. Y
Luther Horne
Pelise Ross Jones
Interstate Commerce plans merger of 221 rail systems across U S
Washington reports the Interstate Commerce Commission has proposed a final merger plan uniting 221 railroad systems with five in the key eastern trunk area. The plan keeps New York Central and Pennsylvania lines. assigns Baltimore and Ohio to Reading. Chicago route shares. and allocates major lines and trackage rights among several carriers including Erie, Nickel Plate, Wabash, and Seaboard Air Line.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Boston
Maine
New Haven
New England
New York Central
Pennsylvania
Baltimore and Ohio
Reading Company
Central Railroad of
New Jersey
Buffalo
Rochester
Pittsburgh
Detroit
Toledo
Trenton
Chicago
Indianapolis
Louiseville
Maryland
Shipensburg
Cherry Run
W. Va
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Hocking Valley
Erie
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
Nickel Plate
Shawmut
Commission
Wabash
Lehigh Valley
Wheeling and
Lake Erie
West Virginia
Akron, Canton and Yamestown
Peoria and Western
Seaboard Air Line Railway
Norfolk and Western
Detroit, Toledo
Ironton
Window shopping hints from Donovan’s accessory store
The window display highlights auto heaters, auto robes in bright colors, spot lights for night driving, and many small useful automotive items. Family members are invited to browse skates flashlights footballs and toasters as holiday gifts. Watch for Monday.
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Father
Donovan
Brother
Christmas baby arrives on Chicago elevated line
In Chicago a Christmas baby named Adams Wabash Transfer Mor ris arrives with his mother Mrs Anna Morris at Adams Wabash station. Platform guards assist them as an ambulance is summoned. The scene centers on the station sign and the official records naming the route.
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Chicago
Adams Wabash
Morris
Anna Morris
Adams-Wabash Station
War Department probes tragic Fokker crash at Bolling Field
Washington reports a summary inquiry into the plane crash that killed five men including Rep William Kaynor, his secretary Arthur McGill, pilot Capt Harry Dinger and mechanic Vladimir Kuzma. The crash near 400 feet is blamed on a gusty wing strike. Kaynor Lowe and McGill bodies sent home with Massachusetts delegation present. Dinger to be buried at Arlington with full honors.
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United Press
Washington
War Department
Bolling Field
William K. Raynor
Davidson
Harry A. Dinger
Ren
Kaynor
Stanley B. Lowe
Springfield
Mass
Arthur A. McGill
Boston
Dinger
Vladimir Kuzma
Lowe
McGill
Massachusetts
Longworth
House
Cant. Dinger
Air Cors
Arlington National Cemetery
Kuzma
Santa Ana in Distress 130 Miles South of Isle of Pines
The steamer Santa Ana is leaking badly and in distress 130 miles south of the Isle of Pines near Cuba. An SOS relayed to Tropical Radio was picked up by United Fruit’s Abanabar and Toloa heads to assist, with Toloa believed off Cape San Antonio on Cuba’s western tip about 200 miles away.
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Boston
Santa Ana
Isle of Pines
Cuba
SOS
Tropical Radio Company
United Fruit Company
Cozumel Island
Yucatan Peninsula
Mexico
United Fruit
Toloa
Cape San Antonio
Guba
Woman recalls life with noted gunman Fred Burke
Viola Brenneman, wife of fugitive Chicago gang leader Fred Burke, testifies about her gypsy life with Burke from 1928 in Hammond to South St Joseph Michigan. She confirms alibis for Burke in the Saint Valentine’s Day massacre and identifies herself by multiple names, stating her real name is Viola Brenneman.
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St. Joseph
Fred Burke
Chicago
Viola Brenneman
Burke
Hammond
Ind
South St Joseph
Mich
Dane
Church
Reed
Brenneman
John Brenneman
Kankakee
Ill
Viola Ostroski
Cabaret owner trial hears conflicting fire safety testimony
Detroit December hearing on Martin Cohn owner of a gay night club where 22 died in the Study Club fire reveals clash between Building and Safety Engineering inspector Frederick Honor and Recreation Department inspector Lawrence Richwine over fire escape demands. Honor testifies a north side fire escape was required. Richwine says no direct instruction was given.
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Detroit
Martin Cohn
Cohn
Frederick J. Honor
Honor
Lawrence Richwine
Department of Recreation
Richwine
Winter grips Midwest with heavy snow and deep cold
United Press reports a brutal Midwest storm as the first day of official winter brings frigid weather through Christmas. 1500 shovelers and 500 snowplows battle drifted roads across central Illinois while fatalities top fifty from cold and blizzard conditions.
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United Press
Chicago
Middle West
Mid-Continent
Illinois
Mount Carmel
Ohio River
Shawnee Town
Pana
Jil
Danville
Ind
Lake Michigan
Michigan
Texas
New Mexico
China Peace With Rebel Heads Reached After Negotiations
London dispatch reports Chiang Kai-Shek secured cessation of hostilities with rebel generals in northern provinces. The Nationalist government pays about 12.006 million dollars, with 8 million to Feng Yu-hsiang to end revolts and pledge loyalty. 3 million to other leaders.
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London
Tokio
Peiping
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
Nanking
Feng Yu- Hsiang
Henan Province
Weather Outlook for Lower Michigan
Detroit weather reports show party cloudy skies tonight and Sunday with potential snow flurries in extreme west and north areas. Colder tonight in the east and south, with continued cold conditions Sunday. temperature readings list highs of mid 40s and lows around 20s in several cities including Alpena Grand Rapids and Detroit.
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United Press
Detroit
Lower
Michigan
Duluth
Grand Rapids
Escanaba
Ladin , i Kg
Sault Ste. Maria
Brotherly love leads to jail for burglars in Chicago
In Chicago on December 21 A W Graham urged that his brother Frank Graham be jailed as a burglar. Judge Herbert G Immenhausen sentenced Frank Graham and Albert Van Pelt to 60 days in the Bridewell after arrest on burglars tools. Frank told his brother this will do him good as they shook hands.
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Chicago
A. W. Graham
Frank Graham
Frank
Herbert G. Immenhausen
Albert van Pelt
Sias Oil company approves 25 percent cash dividend
Sias Oil board votes a 25 percent cash dividend for stockholders of record December 18, with 175 Midland residents set to receive checks. The firm also announces a 40 to 1 stock split to mail January first, with new non par stock certificates replacing old par shares.
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Larkin Block
Sias Oil Company
Midland
Midland Owned
Chippewa Oil’ Company
Thur
Brown Co
Brown Oil Company
Vundee
Marshall
Traverse
Dundee
E. Brown
Buckwell
Midland Oil Development Company
Pure Oil
Dundee Rock
Chippewa Township
Sias ¢ Company
McClintic
Glee-P Co
Glee-P Oil Company
Midland Oil Group
Geneva
Jerome
Chippewa
Bank Safer Than Husband Cohocs
Daniel Trovato 39 warned his wife to keep money at home not at banks. She stored valuables under her pillow. dawn theft of money and diamonds worth over $8,000. Trovato disappeared, police say.
Hold Up Suspect Still At Large Says Sheriff
Sheriff Andrew Schertel denied reports that the youthful bandit who held up two women last Thursday night near Bit Pleasant had confessed. He said tracing the suspect led to the Indian School with no definite information by noon today.
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Andrew Schertel
Schertel
SANTA ANA STEAMER SENDS DISTRESS CALL AT SEA
The steamer Santa Ana, leaking badly 1380 miles south of the Isle of Pines, is barely afloat after losing its storling gear. The United Fruit steamer Toloa relayed the distress at 11 30 a m as three vessels speed to aid the sinking ship.
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United Press
Boston
Santa Ana
Isle of Pines
Cuba
United Fruit
Governor orders statewide road clearing efforts before Christmas
Governor Green directed highway commissioner Dillman to hire thousands of unemployed laborers to open snowbound state roads before Christmas. Priority goes to married men as crews mobilize hand labor to supplement equipment, with county workers managing hires. Snowbound regions and milk shortages challenge Lansing as crews clear streets and deliver essentials.
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Lansing
Green
Grover
GC. Dillman
Shiawasse County
Saginaw
Bay City
Jackson
Marshall
Highway Department
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