Hickman Confesses to Kidnapping and Murder of Marian Parker
The article recounts William Edward Hickman's full confession detailing the kidnapping and murder of Marian Parker in Los Angeles. It covers the ransom plot, the sequence of events from abduction to death, the disposal of the body, and Hickman's subsequent flight and capture.
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Hickman
Los Angeles
Perry P. Parker
Marian
Keyes
Herbert L. Mantz
Kansas City
Parker
Marjorie
Pasadena
Hollywood Boulevard
Pistol Point
San Francisco
North
Lena
Burlington
Thomas Hickman
William Edward Hickman
Marian Parker
Ottumwa
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Lindbergh Flies From Mexico City In Welcome Tour
Charles Lindbergh and his mother arrived in Mexico City where Lindbergh flew a Ford plane for four flights. He faced crowd pressure but continued to entertain honored guests and briefed on routes over Central America. Ambassador Morrow and embassy staff joined a large American reception, presenting gifts.
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Porto Rico
St. Louis
Lindbergh
Ford
Amaro
Mexico City
Ambassador Morrow
Mexican deputies pass first reading of amended oil law
President Calles sent a bill to alter articles 14 and 15 of the oil regulations in line with a Supreme Court ruling in the Mexican Petroleum Company case. The change would drop 50 year confirmatory concessions and apply to pre May 1 1917 rights, addressing objections by oil firms. Czechoslovakia orders 33 new railway locomotives.
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Mexico City
House of Deputies
Calles
Supreme Court
Mexican Petroleum Company
Congress
Deputies
Department of Interior
Department of Industry, Commerce and Labor
ElecLa Chapter Plans Annual Welcoming Party
Electa chapter No. 32 Order of the Eastern Star will host a welcoming party for all members initiated this year at the Masonic temple Friday. A special meeting and initiation ceremony will be held. All members and visitors are invited. The Trinity Episcopal church Girls' Friendly Society meeting tonight is postponed one week.
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Elecla
Electa Chapter
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Girls’ Friendly Society of
Trinity Episcopal Church
Population estimates for six Iowa cities in 1927
The Census Bureau estimates July 1 1927 populations for Des Moines Sioux City Cedar Rapids Dubuque Council Bluffs and Waterloo among cities over 30 000 in 1920. Davenport is not estimated due to a 1925 population drop.
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Des Moines
United States Department of Commerce
Bureau of the Census
Iowa
Sioux City
Cedar Rapids
Dubuque
Council Bluffs
Waterloo
Davenport
Bureau
Senate committee probes Hearst Mexican documents
Washington December hearing advances inquiry into alleged 1 215 million fund for four U S senators. Senate panel seeks authenticity with private talks and open sessions. denials persist including Brazil’s claim Dr Rodrigo Octavio did not receive 105 000 fund.
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Washington
Senate
Hearst
United States
Mexico
Reed
Pennsylvania
Borah
Norris
Heflin
LaFollette
Robinson
Arkansas
Jones
Senator Jones
New Mexico
Rodrigo Octavio
Mixed Claims Commission
Jumps 75 Feet to Death on Ice River Tragedy
A man leaped 75 feet onto the Mississippi River ice and fatally injured himself. He died en route to the hospital and landed in a snow bank with the impact crushing his body.
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Mississippi
Tragedy in Youngstown as kerosene stove explodes
A kerosene stove explosion in a Youngstown home fatally burned a mother and five relatives. Mrs Letty Duffy 26 and children William 6 Harmon 4 and John Jr 4 months died in the hallway. William Duffy 30 died later. Father John Duffy Sr was out for ice cream.
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Youngstown
Ohio
Letty Duffy
William
Harmon
John, Jr
William Duffy
John Duffy
Boys' Short Course Opens at Iowa State
Ames Iowa Dec 27 AP Iowa farm boys at Iowa State college study breeding animals grafting and pruning fruit trees locating tractor motor trouble and meat cutting today Registration reached 400 on Monday and is expected to hit 600 by the athletic carnival tonight in the State college gymnasium
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Ames
Iowa Farm
Iowa State College
State College Gymnasium
Hog Dies in Big Blaze at National Stockyards
Eighteen hundred hogs perished in a fire of undetermined origin that destroyed a hog barn at the National Stockyards in East St. Louis Illinois. The blaze was reported December 27 and caused extensive losses to the hog operation.
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East St. Louis
Noted Genius Dies in Orion Ill Farm Death
Frank C. Killing, 66, a prominent farmer and inventive genius, died at his rural Orion home. He built the township’s first horseless carriage from an old wagon and crafted a dynamo providing lighting for his farm in the early 1890s.
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Orion
Ill
Frank C. Killing
England Sat in Snow After Christmas Blizzard
England endures record snowdrifts as 12 to 16 foot drifts isolate villages from Devon to the southwest. Rail traffic broken, main lines cleared, cross channel services halted for the first time in 12 years, Croydon air traffic cancelled, high winds continue.
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London
England
Devonshire
English Channel
Cross Channel
Southern Railway
Croydon Airdrome
Croydon
Mystery Death of Davenport Laborer Leroy Larkin
Davenport authorities probe the death by own action of 23 year old laborer Leroy Larkin whose body was found hanging from a box car belt yesterday. No motive is known though a quarrel with a girl the night before is reported and police seek the crying girl sighted near the scene.
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Davenport
Leroy Larkin
Larkin
Widow Frances Parrott Dies Dark Iowa Politician Founder
Mrs Frances Parrott widow of former Iowa lieutenant governor Matt Parrott and founder of the Waterloo Daily Reporter, died in Waterloo. A longtime leader in the Iowa Federation of Women’s Clubs and active in the Episcopal church, she helped shape local journalism and civic life.
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Waterloo
Frances Parrott
Matt Parrott
Iowa
Waterloo Daily Reporter
Parrott
Iowa Federation of Women’s Clubs
Episcopal Church
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Portia
Alice Siebolt
Iowa University
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