Doctor Arrested In Appleby Murder Case In California
Los Angeles police charged Dr. Charles M. McMillan with the murder of Amelia Appleby whose body, sewn in a sack, was found near the city limits. McMillan, a former Texas physician, was found poring over Appleby papers in his apartment and linked to a will favoring him. The woman had used several aliases, and a Chicago rental letter tied McMillan to her affairs.
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California
Charles M. McMillan
Texas
Amelia Appleby
Chicago
Colorado
Appleby
McMillan
Mollie Burke
Amelia Ellenbaugh
Margaret Ellenbaugh
William Zacharow
Iowa News Notes Highlights Police and Court Actions
Des Moines reports a preliminary hearing for Erma Williams in the murder of Private Oscar Brown of Fort Des Moines. Sioux City notes a honeymoon interruption leading to Nichols’ arrest and extradition, and a 10 car theft confession with a suspect wounded while fleeing. Iowa City awards a silver cup at the State Poultry show. Faribault reports arrests linked to Mason City bond jumping and local robberies. Sioux City covers a lawsuit over a performing dog’s wage for the Orpheum circuit.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Erma Williams
Oscar Brown
Fort Des Moines
Moline
Ill
Brown
Sioux City
Aubrey Johnson
Johnson
Alonzo Byers
Iowa City
W. J. Pirie
Springville
Faribault
Minn
Frank McCarthy
Mason City
Cannon Lake
May Rice
Orpheum
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Uniform Motor Car License Laws Sought
Springfield officials expect a Kansas City conference of state registration officers January 4 and 5 to advance uniform motor car license laws across Illinois and the central western states. A federal licensing scheme may follow if states require out of state residents to buy licenses when visiting. A proposed federal bill on license issuance will be discussed at the round tables.
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Illinois
Kansas City
Illinois Department
Congress
Comedy Classic of a Baseball Prank In Chicago
A former major leaguer Dave Altizer, then with Chicago, executes a comic basepath trick against his old team Cleveland. A line drive double play ends his advance, Altizer slides feet first into the bag, and a sequence of misplayed throws stirs the crowd. He is finally restrained by Nig Clarke as the crowd roars. The writer recalls it as the career’s funniest moment.
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Altizer
Cleveland
Chicago
Dave
Stovall
Joe Birmingham
Bill Bradley
Clarke
Tribune to issue rag stock editions for historians
The Chicago Tribune announces rag stock editions of its daily and Sunday papers starting January 1. Sold for 75 cents daily and 2 dollars on Sundays, the limited issue aims to preserve news for future students, libraries, and historians.
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Chicago
The
Chicago Tribune
Tribune
Awards at Iowa State boys short course
The annual Iowa State college boys short course concluded with awards of three silver cups and 20 Four H pins for livestock and grain judging winners. The final day included a foreign student entertainment and a tour of the new chemical engineering building with a display on corn cob and corn stalk by products and wall board manufacture.
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Ames
Iowa State College
Iowa State
Chemical Engineering
Los Angeles Kidnapping Case Spreads to Witnesses
Police plan further questioning of Welby Hunt and Hickman associate as grand jury weighs new indictments for murder and robbery. Authorities reopen Driskell death inquiry and seek to identify links to other unsolved crimes while fathers of both youths seek legal aid and insist on a fair trial.
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Welby Hunt
Los Angeles
Edward Hickman
Hickman
Marian Parker
Hunt
Ivy Thoms
Thoms
Narrie Driskell
Alhambra
Cramer
Andrew Cramer
Marian
Chicago
Driskell
A. R. Driskell
Pasadena
Colorado Street
Asa Keyes
Kansas City
Jerome Walsh
Lindbergh Flies Belize Route Ahead to San Jose and Panama
Lindbergh warns Belize district bandits to give wide berth as he charts a Pacific to Central America leg. He departs Aurora Field at 6 20 am with President Chacon greeting him, anticipating rest and a casual tour of Panama. The flight from Guatemala to Belize follows plateaus and valleys over Cockscomb ranges toward the British colony capital.
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Coda Rica
Panama
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Belize
Cockscomb
Lindbergh
Aurora
St. Louis
Chacon
Chicago Improves Filter Work After Sewage Contamination
Chicago officials report water quality improvements after widespread complaints of vile taste and smell. City Engineer Gayton says lake contamination from the Calumet River in Indiana caused the issue, aided by southeast winds. Chlorine levels increased from two to between 12 and 14 pounds per 1 000 000 gallons as safeguards are stepped up.
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Chicago
Bad Weather Delays Lindbergh Return Flight
St Louis weather forces postponement of Mrs Evangeline Lindberghs flight from St Louis to Detroit the final leg of her Mexico City Christmas visit with her son Col Charles A Lindbergh postponed until tomorrow by AP report
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Evangeline Lindbergh
Detroit
Mexico City
Col
Charlies A. Lindbergh
Gillette elected president of American Sociological Society
Dr. John Morris Gillette of Grand Forks North Dakota head of the sociology department at the University of North Dakota was chosen president of the American Sociological Society in Washington on December 30.
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Washington
John Morris Gillette
Grand Forks
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American Sociological Society
University of North Dakota
Guatemala Demonstrations Spur Gratitude to People
The report notes demonstrations of enthusiasm and expresses thanks to all the people of Guatemala, highlighting broad public support and nationwide sentiment.
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Guatemala
Fisher drops divorce suit in district court
Mrs Leona Fisher has dismissed her suit for divorce from Roy Fisher in district court. She had alleged cruelty as the grounds. The case was represented by C R Stafford.
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Mrs. Fisher
Alede Papers Merge Forming Times Record
The consolidation of the Alede Times-Record and the Mercer County News completed yesterday and announced today. The merged papers will thereafter be published under the name the Times-Record.
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Alede Times-Record
Mercer County News
Times-Record
Giant Indian bees build enormous honeycombs
Report notes that giant bees in India construct honeycombs spanning 18 to 20 feet in width, a remarkable example of size and organization observed by researchers.
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India
First National Bank Stockholders Meet in Muscatine
The annual meeting of stock holders will be held at the bank office in Muscatine on Tuesday January 10 1928 at four o'clock P M to elect directors for the ensuing year. T C Clark cashier.
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City of
Muscatine
T. C. Clark
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