Lindbergh Lands in Belize First to Land Plane There
Col Charles A Lindbergh completes a Central American air tour landing in Belize at 9:45 am after circling fog bound Manatee hill. He becomes the first to bring a land plane to Belize as flags and bunting greet the aviator amid public holiday celebrations.
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Belize
British Honduras
Charles A. Lindbergh
Manate Hill
Lindbergh
Good Will Flier
Col. Lindbergh
Col
de Tp
Tm Field
Guatemala City
Guatemala
Central America
Newton Barracks
San Salvador
Tegucigalpa
Onduras
Honduras
Managua
Nicaragua
Rhinelander Wife Seeks Separation Over Cruelty
The wife of Leonard Kip Rhinelander heir to a 100 million estate sues for separation alleging cruel treatment and abandonment after claiming deception over her race. Papers were served yesterday. Rhinelander reportedly moved to Louisiana to establish a residence as a basis for divorce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Leonard Kip Rhinelander
Finheman
Underhill
Rhinelander
New York Daily News
Louisiana
Governor Smith Declines Probe Into Police Interference
Governor Smith denounces Ku Klux Klan aims as abhorrent while refusing to order any investigation into police interference with a Decoration Day parade. He tells Paul Winter that the Klan may seek redress in court, but not through him, and notes no state law requires such inquiries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
Smith
Borough of
Queens
Paul M. Winter
Jamaica
Winter
New York City
Lowden Campaign Plans Underway In Iowa Meeting
Lowden chairmen from 11 Iowa districts meet with Frank J. Lund and the executive committee in Des Moines to organize an instructed delegation for Frank O. Lowden at the Kansas City Republican national convention. They seek an early state convention to name presidential delegates, hoping Iowa leads with a January or February meeting.
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Des Moines
Lowden
Iowa
Frank J. Lund
Kansas City
Frank O. Lowden
Illinois
Lund
Willis L. Stern
Logan
Postpone Action On Revenue Bill To After March 15
Secretary Mellon and Senator Smoot agree to delay tax reduction legislation until after March 15 to better gauge government finances. The treasury can then know with reasonable definiteness income for 1927 tax receipts expected in the first half of fiscal year 1929.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mellon
Smoot
Senate Finance Committee
Treasury
Woman Accused of Slavery Ties Held in Bond
Anna Lamu, 21, a German girl, claims she endured slavery and starvation at the hands of Mrs. Mabel Sebro Arico, wife of a New Orleans mobile salesman. Arico is free on 5000 dollar bond pending a federal grand jury inquiry into slavery statutes.
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New Orleans
Anna Lamu
Mabel Sebro Arico
Arico
Anna
Alico
Alice
College and Church Part Ways Over Ouster Notice
Des Moines IA December report says the University Baptist church, housed in the Baptist Bible union school chapel for seven years, must vacate by February 1. Pastor Dr George Derbyshire ill with pneumonia, church votes to move immediately after a sharp demand from university president Dr T T Shields of Toronto.
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Des Moines
Des Moines University
Baptist Bible Union
University Baptist Church
University Chapel
George Derbyshire
T. T. Shields
Toronto
University Church
Derbyshire
Shield
Small Practically Enters Race Again in Illinois
Springfield December 30 The governor Len Small is widely expected to seek a third term as Illinois governor but has not announced. Supporters say a formal declaration will come at the logical time as the political scene settles after a muddled period.
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Springfield
Illinois
Small
Ill
Len Small
Denounce Newspapers Heard By Teachers Journalists
Iowa City December 30 AP A resolution to denounce newspapers for printing details of the Marian Parker murder in Los Angeles by William Hickman was before the resolutions committee of the American Association of Teachers of Journalism for action at the second day’s sessions.
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Iowa City
Marian Parker
Los Angeles
William Hickman
American Association of Teachers of Journalism
Robbers gag maid and search house
Police report two men bound and gagged Helen Johnson, a maid at Peter Jensen’s home, after entering the house and searching for money. Mrs Jensen found the maid when she returned from Omaha and notified authorities. nothing of great value was reported missing.
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Helen Johnson
Peter Jensen
Remus Insane, Committed to Lima State Hospital
George Remus, the former bootleg king, was condemned as insane and a dangerous person to be at large and committed to the Lima state hospital for the criminal insane. Judge William H. Lueders overruled three alienists who found him sane, citing the need to protect the public.
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Cincinnati
George Remus
State Hospital
Lima
William H. Lueders
Hamilton County Probate Court
H. H. Hoppe
Thomas A. Ratliff
Howard D. McIntyre
Listener's League Eyes National Radio Listener Body
Des Moines Iowa December 30 AP With the Iowa Radio Listeners league as the nucleus a national organization of radio listeners with state chapters is in prospect Francis St Austell president of the Iowa league reports responses from listeners in 23 states The Iowa league would become the parent organization for state leagues if expanded nationwide.
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Des Moines
I Iowa Radio Listeners’ League
Francis St. Austell
Iowa League
Capone Family In Legal Trouble As Ralph Capone Arrested
Chicago reports the disappearance of Al Capone, famed gang leader, while his brother Ralph Capone known as Bottles is arrested on vagrancy and disorderly conduct charges in a case that keeps the Capone name in the news.
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Chicago
al (Scarface) Capone
Ralph Capone
Ralph
Bottles
Iowa and Illinois Weather Forecasts Mention Cold Wave
Iowa expects fair skies tonight and Saturday with clouds and a strong cold wave. temperatures about 10 degrees below in the northwest to near zero in the southwest. Illinois forecasts mostly cloudy conditions tonight and Saturday with a rain to snow change and colder air arriving Saturday and Saturday night.
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Iowa
Muscatine Association of Commerce calls citizens meeting
The Association of Commerce directs a general meeting for Muscatine citizens at the association rooms on Tuesday Jan 3 at 7 30 p m to decide whether the group shall continue. It highlights past services including restoring train service improving roads supporting Boy Scouts securing 20000 for melon wilt eradication and advocating freight rates and boulevard lighting.
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Association of Commerce Directors
Boy Scouts
Muscatine Island
Mississippi
Missouri
Muscatine
Commerce Association Near A Critical juncture in Muscatine
Muscatine faces a turnout test as the Commerce Association plans a public meeting next Tuesday at 7 30 PM to decide its future. Directors cite overdue dues and high costs, propose committee operation with Mrs Arvilla Cummins as assistant secretary, and seek support for cheaper quarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Fox
Arvilla Cummins
Muscatine
Association of Commerce
Hoover candidacy formally launched in New Jersey
Washington dispatch reports Secretary Hoover received an endorsement from Senator to run for the Republican nomination. JR of New Jersey announces his candidacy for delegate at large to the upcoming Republican convention.
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Washington
Hoover
Lea
Senator
New Jersey
Ruth Snyder Writes Poetry While Awaiting Execution
Mrs. Ruth Snyder, awaiting execution at Sing Sing for her husband’s murder, spends much of her time writing poetry and reading the lives of the Saints, according to her attorneys. Dana Wallace, her counsel, said she has become intensely religious.
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New York
Ruth Snyder
Sing Sing
Dana Wallace
Actress murdered in upper west side apartment
The murder of vaudeville actress Mrs. Olga Waters Harrington, 29, found in her bathroom in the upper west side, is investigated as a possible robbery. Police say the death may have been by bullet or blow, with an official ruling awaited from the medical examiner.
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New York
Upper West Side
Olga Waters Harrington
Miles
Harrington
Guy Harrington
Binghampton
N. Y
Doubt On Insanity Plea In Hickman Kidnapping Case
Los Angeles and Kansas City officials debate William Hickmans crime role as attorney Jerome Walsh signals insanity as the defense. Frank Bernoudy, 20, signed confession links Hickman and Welby Hunt to robberies in multiple states. Police question whether the 12 year old Marion Parker would have stayed in the car during telegrams and ransom mailings.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Jerome K. Walsh
Kansas City
William E. Hickman
Marian Parker
Frank Vincent Bernoudy
William Edward Hickman
Welby Hunt
Bernoudy
Fogether
Hickman
Hunt
Marion Parker
William Hickman
Morning Sun notes relation of Parker case victim
Marian Parker the 19 year old killed in Los Angeles by William Edward Hickman is described as a cousin of James McKeown who lives north of Morning Sun and of Misses Sarah and Samantha McKeown of Mediapolis Their mother is a sister of J B Parker grandfather of the murdered girl The J B Parker family moved from Ohio to California years ago
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Morning Sun
Marian Parker
Los Angeles
William Edward Hickman
James McKeown
Sarah
Samantha McKeown
Mediapolis
J. B. Parker
Ohio
California
Confessed teen outlaw linked to California kidnapping and LA case
16 year old Welby Hunt, a reputed confederate of Hickman in Kansas City Texas and Pacific coast holdups, may have aided the kidnapping of a Los Angeles schoolgirl. Hunt’s confession to sheriffs ties him to the slaying of Rosehill druggist Ivy Thoms and raises suspicions about Hickman. He claims he suspected Hickman before police identification and earlier visited a bank where both once worked as messengers.
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Welby Hunt
Hickman
Kansas City
Texas
Pacific Coast
Ivy Thoms
Rosehill
Calif
Los Angeles
Young Hunt
Pal
Hunt
Perry M. Parker
Marian
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J. F. Devitt
R. E. Dunker
C. A. Richard
W. A. Matthews
Louis Heitz
George W Meerdink
Harry. Luellen
E. E. Bloom
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