13 Dec 1926
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Newspaper
Salisbury Evening Times
Location
Salisbury, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1926
Page
1
Ninety eight citizens including 10 newspaper reporters and various workers were arrested in Inington New Jersey for violating the Sunday Blue Law by engaging in worldly occupations. They posted $2 bail and await the next County Court session as police and a theatre owner led a campaign against Sunday entertainment.
Washington December 13 AP An increase in industrial employment of children in 29 large centers is shown in Grace Abbott's annual Children Bureau report. The data indicate 1926 workers surpassed 1923 figures in 22 of the centers with notable percentage gains in several cities.
A San Antonio veteran of the Civil War, aged 125, passes away. The long life spanning US history ends in Texas as authorities note the extraordinary age and service. Local tributes honor the centenarian’s recollections and era-chronicling memories.
The steamer Lien Shing struck Amherst Rocks 61 miles from Shanghai and sank. Among 237 aboard were 150 Chinese passengers with eight bodies recovered and search for more than 30 missing. Mrs. Cora Sutton Castle was saved. she is a noted authoress and social welfare worker.
Boston December 11. Cardinal O Connell urged St. Vincent De Paul members to give simply and within limits. He ranked gifts by priority with first devotion to God then to children the poor and finally friends.
In Franklin County near Herrin two gunmen killed West City Mayor Joe Adams after delivering a letter from Carl Shelton. Adams, a former roadhouse owner, had ties to the Shelton gang and rival Birgerites, amid southern Illinois liquor gang warfare. Police pursue suspects as violence hits local mayors. More than one third of Württemberg workers are women.
Washington reports say President Coolidge signed a bill raising federal judges' salaries after Congressional approval. Dispatches from Alexandria and Paris note various cases including a divorce on desertion, a defense plea in an Interior Secretary Fall trial, and a breach of promise suit verdict. Impeachment charges against a former mine official were rejected by the Senate. Local items mention a shooting in Seaford and a homicide connected to a past crime, with suspects at large.
In Canton Ohio a murder trial opens for Patrick Eugene McDermott. Prosecutor C B McClintock claims bootlegging exposure spurred the crime and says McDermott was a conspirator. Defense attorney E L Mills accuses a conspiracy including the Canton Daily News and Chicago attorney Joseph R Roach. About 200 bystanders crowded the courthouse corridor as sessions began.
Snow flurries and frigid northwest winds push temperatures down as a major blizzard from Canada sweeps the Rocky Mountain region and parts of the Pacific Northwest. Alberta and Saskatchewan face ten year worst conditions with deaths and travel disruptions.
Report from travelers in Bucharest say King Ferdinand’s illness and impending death threaten Romania’s political stability. They claim the Crown Prince will return to bid farewell while court circles discuss succession now and in the near future.
Masked bandits with shotguns robbed three wholesale jewelers in Philadelphia city early today. They fled toward Lancaster in a car after forcing the dealers to surrender $31 000 in diamonds, gold jewelry, and cash plus $5 000 more in items and a gold watch. Police search followed as suspects escaped in a sedan.
The text describes musk rats released for treading tasks in Berlin that thrived briefly but declined, then escaped and spread northward as climates shifted, threatening surrounding areas. It notes tenants’ fears and the caretaker’s warning of rapid spread if not contained.
Frederick County authorities found Charles Shane and his wife Bessie dead in their home in Harroth with razor and knife wounds. The couple's three children, oldest 7, discovered the bodies this morning. Shane had prior arrests for wife beating and received a suspended sentence last week.
Pittsburgh, Pa. Dec. 13 AP three men were under arrest in the slaying of Harry F Davenport chief of police of the Westinghouse Air Brake Company and Wilmerding constable. Detectives pursued a bootlegger theory as to the motive. The Volpe brothers and Joseph Mandella were being questioned after Davenport was shot near his home. a shotgun and gun were found nearby.
The Commercial Bank of Clarksdale in Mississippi closed today and the state bank examiner took over for liquidation. With $200,000 capital and about $350,900 in deposits, slow collections and deposit declines were cited. The president J O Lamkin said the deposits would be paid in full.
Pope Pius addressed 1000 Catholic men urging fathers to curb daughters and wives from immodest dress, calling modern fashions an outrage against human dignity and corruption.
The report states Jack Revitch, 19, from New York, faces bigamy charges. It notes one wife worked as a daytime model and the other as a telephone operator.
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