Christmas Tragedies Take Toll Of Lives by Fire and Accident
A Christmas Eve blaze in Whiting Indiana killed six men on the second floor of a rooming house and left another with fatal burns. Four on the first floor escaped. one man tried to flee through flames. Names of the dead include Victor Mechevic and Joe Lucic among others. Separate incidents in Chicago area and Wisconsin Minnesota also mark a deadly holiday period.
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WHITING
Ind
wearig
Nick Slemick
Victor Mechevic
Matt Stitich
Joe Bebek
Thomas Casovich
John Lucic
Joe Lucic
CHICAGO
Lomira
Wis
Barnum
H. G. Schultz
Esther
Anita
Raymond
Herman Schultz
Soo Line
ARS
Mabel Rundgren
Glenn Harper
Marion Harper
Duluth
Minn
Edith Larson
Colquet
Axel Anderson
Mahtown
Schultz
Walther Lutheran church
Man Killed on Holiday Eve in Cleveland
Peter Kasper, a wood carver, was shot and died at a hospital after stepping from his home on a holiday night. His wife and children were indoors celebrating when the incident occurred across the street. police said Kasper had no known enemies and could not explain how the shooting happened.
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CLEVELAND
Peter Kasper
Kasper
Abel Perlin Bathes in Moonshine Claim Under Probe
Abel Perlin of Pittsburgh says he uses moonshine to bathe for rheumatism. Police seized five one gallon cans in a raid on his tailor shop and await magistrate ruling as investigators verify the tale. He insists he neither drinks nor sells the liquor.
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PITTSBURGH
Abel Perlin
Perlin
Five U S Communities Named Christmas Towns and Variants
The atlas lists multiple places named Christmas or Christmas related in the United States. Communities include Christmas in Pinal County Arizona Orange County Florida Christmas Cove in Lincoln County Maine and Christmas Lake in Hennepin County Minnesota. Also noted are Christmasville in Carroll County Tennessee and a Santa Claus town in Spencer County Indiana.
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United States
Gia County
Arizona
Orange County
Florida
Lawrence County
Kentucky
Bolivar County
Mississippi
Roane County
Tennessee
Christmasville
Carroll County
Lincoln county
Maine
Hennepin County
Minnesota
Indiana
Spencer County
St. Nicholas
Truvatt County
Stearns County
Santee
Knox County
Nebraska
Northampton County
Pennsylvania
Charleston County
South Carolina
Williamsburg County
Prisoners Escape From East View Jail During Holiday Delivery
Four short term inmates used holiday activities to saw out of East View penitentiary, slipping from a cell block into a vacant doctor’s office and breaking bars with tools they may have received from outsiders. Police and guards chased footprints toward New York and the state’s south, scouring Johnny D Rockefeller estate with no results. Named escapees are Charles Sirko of New York Peter Reynolds Yonkers Ames Clark Newark and William Rapp Linden. Sirico previously fled Orange County jail and East View. The incident disrupted Christmas plans as officials boost cell vigilance and consider canceling entertainments.
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EAST VIEW
East View penitentiary
Charles Sirko
New York
Peter Reynolds
Yonkers
Ames Clark
Newark
N. J
Wiliam Rapp
Linden
Sirico
Orange county
Goshen
Christmas in Jacksonville Leads to Mixed Message
In Jacksonville on Christmas Day a local automobile firm manager named Mr Christmas is contacted by a caller who insists on speaking to the manager while greeting Christmas and New Year. Walter Christmas, the manager, engages in a terse exchange as the caller asserts the season. Mr and Mrs Christmas have lived in the city for twenty years.
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JACKSONVILLE
Fla
Walter
Christmas
Primary Law Change Urged by Assemblyman Stockwell
Sacramento Dec 25 Assemblyman James T Stockwell of Los Angeles said he would introduce a bill in 1931 to revise the direct primary law. It would permit caucuses and conventions to endorse and recommend candidates for all partisan offices before the August primary while not blocking candidacy or existing privileges.
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SACRAMENTO
James T. Stockwell
Los Angeles
Associated Press
Kidnapping plots revealed by police on coast
Police disclosed a gang in Southern California planned multiple kidnappings to extort money from gamblers. Key suspects included James N. Crofton Baron Long and Wirt G. Bowman, all San Diego hotel and race track owners. Detective efforts followed a gun battle on the Long Beach waterfront, with Ralph Sheldon captured and Waggoner wounded.
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LOS ANGELES
California
E. L
James J. Sherman
alies Ralph Sheldon
Chicago
Sherman
W.H Waggoner
W. W Slaughter
Jenks
Long Beach
Waggoner
Caress
Alhambra
Kansas City
Chile to greet Drummond as ambassador not official envoy
Santiago note says Chile will welcome Sir Eric Drummond, secretary general of the League of Nations, as an ambassador and not as an invited official of a visiting power. A foreign office bulletin denies Geneva dispatches claiming an official invitation in his League role.
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SANTIAGO DE CHILE
Chile
League for actions
Eric Drummond
league
foreign office
Geneva
Eric
Ohie
League of Nations
Tom Mix Wins Another Christmas Divorces Win
Hollywood cowboy Tom Mix spends Christmas alone after a divorce from Victoria Forde Mix. Custody of nine year old Thomassing Mix awarded to the wife with a property settlement. Mix did not appear in court. allegations cited cruelty and unfounded absences.
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LOS ANGELES
Tom' Mix
Victoria Forde Mix
Olive Stokes Mix
Thomassing Mix
Thomasina
cowboy
Nix
Mix
Novel Christmas for Women Locked Up with Illinois Jury
Six Schuyler county women faced the jury duty prospect on Christmas Day as they were chosen to consider the case of Thomas Battenberg, charged with embezzlement. The Illinois women were members of a jury summoned a few weeks earlier.
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RUSHVILLE
Ill
Schuyler county
Thomas Battenberg
laweens
Ilmois
Russians Seek Colonization Tracts in Northern Mexico
In December a Russian group led by V Tereshtenko seeks Mexican government permission to colonize arid tracts in North Mexico, citing climate similarity to Asiatic Turkestan and promising Cossack skilled colonists. Tereshtenko argues Mexico’s stance against Communism, aims to reclaim desert areas, and cites experience fighting drought and transforming deserts. In Arkansas, Senator Robinson calls for broader public works funding and a five day week as unemployment rises, while warning against long term reliance on machinery and the need for reserves and government aid to spur recovery.
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MEXICO CITY
Meticen
Metco
Turkestan
Tereshtenko
American Slavic Colonization Trust, Inc
Mexico
sal Berth Meco
Russia
reck
rainfell
LITTLE ROCK
Ark
United States
Joe T. Robinson
congress
Couple Weds Aboard Plane Over Sparta Illinois
A couple married yesterday in the cabin of the motorized plane City of Chicago above Sparta Illinois. Miss Rankin wed Miller Stephen in the aircraft as it rose over the town, continuing a historic flight enduring record.
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SPARTA
Ill
Chicago
Miss Rankin
Miller Stephenson
Grounded ship resists tugs off Florida coast
A radio message reports the British steamship Jameson aground on a sand bar thirteen miles north of Jupiter Light on Florida’s east coast. The vessel is in good condition with a coast guard cutter nearby. Salvage tug Warbler moved toward the scene after attempts by a coast guard tug to pull free the ship failed yesterday.
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MIAMI
Fla
Radio Marine Corporation
Jameson
Jupiter Light
Florida
coast guard
Warbler
Governor's Home Reunion Scene in Tampa
Florida Governor Doyle E Carlton spent Christmas at his brother Dr Leland Carlton's home in Tampa as a threefold celebration a family reunion a Thanksgiving service and a holiday gathering. The governor who was hospitalized after a car crash has visitors including Mrs Carlton their children Martha sixteen Mary ten Doyle Jr and relatives from Tallahassee Wauchula and Mrs Carlton's sister.
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TAMPA
Fla
Florida
Doyle E. Carlton
Leland Carlton
Carlton
Martha
Mary
Doyle
Tallahassee
state capitol
Wauchula
Laundry Fraud Brings Arrest in Chicago
Erein Frazee and a partner ran a laundry collection scheme targeting housewives. They stole a company's truck loaded for delivery. the accomplice escaped. Frazee was bound to the grand jury under a $7500 bond.
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CHICAGO
Erein Frazee
Frazer
grand
Family Row Blamed for Policeman Guy Sharar Death
Minot North Dakota reports a sergeant Guy Sharar died in his car after an argument at home over Christmas gift opening time. Police say the death appears self inflicted amid family disagreement.
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MINOT
N. D
Guy Sharar
Sharar
Bomb Hit The World's Largest Building In Chicago
Chicago authorities report a black powder blast struck the new Merchandise Mart last midnight. The steel door failed, lower floor windows shattered, two night watchmen injured, and about five hundred guests at a nearby party were displaced. Damage is listed at 16000. Similar bombing occurred at the adjacent Furniture Mart, with no motives determined. Marshall Field and Company owns and occupies portions of the Merchandise Mart.
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CHICAGO
merchandseo mart
furniture mart
merchandise mart
Marshall Field and company
Circus Owner Johnny J Jones Dies in Florida
Johnny J Jones veteran circus owner died at his winter home in Leland Florida Attending physicians attributed death to uremia He was bed confined two days and ill for a week Survived by wife a small son sister Mrs Grant Smith known as Sister Sue her husband and Ray Meade Also en route sister Mrs Meade from Du Bois Pa Another sister Mrs Wemberly lives in Winter Haven plan for 1931 circus tour festival opening in Winter Haven Florida preps for next season413
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LELAND
Fla. Des
Johnny J Jones
Johnny J. Jones
Grant Smith
Sue
Ray Meade
Meade
Jones
Du Bois
Wemberly
Winter Haven
Fla
Ford Concession Row in Brazil Sparks Eviction Turmoil
In Northern Para a Ford rubber plantation eviction sparked clashes with native residents. A Pan American Airways plane commandeered by the state transported police to the Tapajos river plantation to enforce evictions planned before December 31. Armed residents marched on Ford headquarters prompting police mediation.
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RIO DE JANEIRO
Ford
Para
Pan-American Airways
Para City
Edem
Santarey Junction
Amazon
Tapajos river
Ford company epaic
Para hope
Ford company
Caroll Sung at Memorial for Lincoln at tomb observe Christmas
In Springfield on Christmas Eve twenty Negro carollers sang beneath the dismantled Lincoln tomb to honor the emancipator. The tomb custodian and two Negro ministers addressed the gathering, marking a tribute and observance.
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SPRINGFIELD II
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Meteor flash lights Idaho towns on Christmas Eve
In Lewiston Idaho on Christmas Eve a bright meteor lit skies for miles and shook buildings across Oro Fino Moscow Genese Lewiston Orchards and Clarkston Washington. Observers reported a quake like tremor and a large meteor purportedly similar in size to a seven Devils event nine years ago. Professor F B Laney of the University of Idaho noted the flash implied a meteor but did not witness it.
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LEWISTON
Idaho
Orofino
Moscow
Genesse
Lewiston Orchards
Lapwat
Clarkston
Wash
F. B. Laney
geology department
University of Idaho
Seven Devils
Bottle hidden in huge cake mystery from Germany
Milwaukee reports a Christmas fruit cake addressed to an East Side family carried a tiny bottle of brandy. Customs officers examined the heavy cake after it passed a German origin rush. An appraiser noted the unusual “flavoring” and prepared to take further action.
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MILWAUKEE
Wis
Germany
Evan A. Evans
Evans
Family Loses Christmas Gifts in Thief Theft
Kansas City dispatch reports a Christmas theft targeting a family from Peebles household. The couple said gifts including silverware a golf coat and house slippers were taken from their home as police were alerted and details emerged of what had been intended for Christmas.
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KANSAS CITY
C.H
Peebles
Battle over standing between Norris and Lucas continues
Washington notes a festering political clash as Norris of Nebraska denounces Lucas and hoover influence while Lucas defends solo action. Senator Howell calls for Lucas resignation, arguing misconduct risks party integrity amid insurgent Republican tensions ahead of the next Congress.
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Washington
Nye
Gerald P. Nye
George W. Norris
Nebraska
Robert H. Lucas
Republican national committee
Norris
mia
Lucas
RN Aene
DAVID LAWRENCE
CPA
Robert Lucas
AKMN
senate
Howell
Northwest
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