Santa Claus Delay Sparks Jail for Two Girls
Two sisters Gail Gilemith and Marion Hayes were jailed on petit larceny charges after Christmas packages sent to Miss Audrey Lawrence and her mother Mrs Bertha Lawrence were misdelivered and later found missing contents. Detectives traced torn wrappings and card labels to a garbage can, revealing the intended recipients and the missing gifts.
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Santa
Audrey
Gail Gilemith
Marion Hayes
Audrey Lawrence
Bertha Lawrence
Ann Intants
Becaus Santa Claus
Miss Lawrence
Loma Apartments
Seventh Ave
Mrs. Lawrence
Lawrence
Mixes Lawrence
Pocatello
Kellingham
Two Brothers Rob Train Case Goes to Juvenile Court
Arminarm and his 17 year old wife Louie Arnold 16 charged with grand larceny for stealing from a train and a forged check. Louis and accomplice Henry Meyers 21 face lenient terms as the matter heads to the juvenile court with counsel for clemency.
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Arminarm
Louie Arnold
Superior Court
Calvin & Mall
Louie
FR. F. Langlaise
Henry Meyers
Monroe
Twin Gun Bank Robbers Stage Wild West Train Hold Up
Jacob and Joseph Scott, 24 year old twins, held up a Illinois Central flyer near Gilman and Aroma Park. They collected about 2000 in cash and jewelry before escaping. Jacob was mortally wounded by a pursuing detective after a gun battle in a washroom. Joseph jailed in Kankakee.
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Kankakee
Greenville
Jacob
Joseph Scott
New Orleane
Chicago
Illinois Central
Freihoad
Joseph
James Rowen
Gilman
Flaggie
Margery Fawcett
Vefiuer
Aroma Park
John O'Neill
Ducks Quota Mystery At Duck Season Misadventure
A hunter named Schiffer and four companions head out on opening duck season. Schiffer, exhausted and believing he hunted all day, returns with a full string while his teammates discover time confusion as clocks reveal only minutes passed. He did not shoot his gun yet had ducks.
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Boulevard Cafe
Jackhiffer
Schiffer
Sweeney
Baby Girl Born Aboard Pacific Passage
A baby girl named Pacifica was born aboard the steamship Nile en route from San Francisco to Honolulu. The child, born to Mrs. Roy Coulter, is an American citizen though the ship was a British vessel chartered to a Chinese company.
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AN Francisco
Nile
San Francisco
Honolulu
Roy Coulter
Pacifica
High Seas
New Alien Land Bill To Ban Aliens From Ownin California
Assemblyman Albert Rosenstein of San Francisco says he will introduce a bill in the California legislature opening next Tuesday that would prohibit any alien from owning land in the state. The measure extends the existing ban on Japanese land ownership to all aliens, matching prior Association interest.
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San Francisco
Albert Rosenstein
California
Rosenstein
Anti Japanese Association of California
Charles W York Severely Injured In Theatre Fall
Spokane report states Charles W. York manager of the Auditorium theatre and noted Northwest theatrical figure is in a hospital with a fractured skull after a fall down a stairway in the theatre last night. He may recover.
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Spokane
Charles W. York
Auditorium Theatre
Northwest
Gas standard cut will cause little change for consumers
Seattle Lighting official 8. RK. Hutchinson says lowering the gas standard from 600 to 500 Btu will be negligible for consumers since many appliances already run on 450 to 620 Btu and adjustments negate impact.
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Public Service Commission
RK. Hutchinson
Seattle Lighting Company
Hutchinson
Ford Plant in Highland Park Shuts Down Indefinitely
Detroit December 29 Ford Motor Company's Highland Park plant once employing about 50 000 workers has been closed for an indefinite period. The shutdown follows an inventory from December 24 to January 3 and may keep operations idle into February.
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Ford
Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Highland Park
Robbers Nabbed After State Exchange Bank Heist
Five bank robbers held up the State Exchange bank in Culver Indiana and wounded two leading citizens. A civilian posse captured three suspects within 15 minutes after a gun battle in which about a hundred shots were fired. Two more suspects were arrested by Indiana police. most of the loot was recovered from the captured men.
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Culver
Ind
State Exchange Bank
Water Shut Off Notice at Maple Leaf Reservoir
Water will be shut off from the high service tank at Maple Leaf reservoir from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, December 30.
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Maple Leaf Reservoir
President Wilson Declines $150,000 Article Offer
Washington December 29 The president turned down a publishing firm’s offer of 150000 for a single article. He said he prefers to publish his literary work for its eventual value rather than take an immediate definite price.
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Wilson
Washington
Wison
Fire wipes out Wilmington leather plant in massive blaze
Wilmington Delaware December 29 two thousand five hundred thousand dollars was the loss after a night fire destroyed the Wilmington Leather company plant covering four city blocks. The blaze caused a damage estimate of 2.5 million dollars.
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Wilmington
Del
Wilmington Leather Company
Fire sweeps five Brooklyn buildings. 500 homeless rescued
A Brooklyn fire in New York on December 29 destroyed five buildings. About 500 homeless women and children, wrapped in blankets, watched the flames as policemen and firemen carried to safety more than a hundred people who slept through the first alarm. Estimated loss reached $75,000.
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New York
Brooklyn
Fire in Terre Haute Displaces 500 Workers
A downtown blaze in Terre Haute Indiana last night caused about 500 workers to lose their jobs temporarily. The fire destroyed the full stock of two stores and damaged supplies in four more with an estimated 500000 in damage.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Gunman, 15, Arrested in Concealed Weapon Case
Leslie Dayton, 15, one of the city’s youngest prisoners, is jailed on a concealed weapon charge. Detectives Yoris and Fortner arrested him at Broadway and Republican Streets after finding a revolver and five shells. He may be turned over to juvenile authorities.
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Louis
Louie
Roms
King Dykeman
City
Leslie Dayton
E. W. Yoris
C. C. Fortner
Broadway
Republican St
Dayton
Wage cut proposal sparks civil service debate in Seattle
The Seattle chapter of the American Association of Engineers condemned Thomson's plan to cut wages by 15 percent for all city workers. They argued the move masks a utility deficit and noted that between 1916 and 1919 most civil service employees did not receive adequate raises during rising prices.
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Thomson
Civil Service
Seattle
American Association of Engineers
Engineers
Haas Again Is City Candidate
A. F. Haas, serving council president and longtime Seattle resident, filed his declaration of candidacy to seek another term. He is the second candidate to file, following John Bushell the first.
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A. F. Haas
Haas
Seattle
John Bushell
Automobile crashes into streetcar injuring Tacoma family
Mrs. Roy R. Bachelder and three children were seriously injured when her husband drove their car into a Portland avenue streetcar in Tacoma. The mother suffered internal injuries, Virginia 32 had concussion, Margaret 6 and William 5 sustained internal injuries and a broken leg respectively, while Mr. Bachelder had minor injuries.
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Roy R. Bachelder
Eastlake Ave
Portland Ave
Tacoma
Mra
Bachelder
Virginia
Margaret
William
Burta
H. A. Pallady
Pallady Welding Co
Pine
Bayst
Edina
Guards Foil Prison Break in Walla Walla Jail
In Walla Walla Washington convicts armed with knives attacked guards as they returned from the jute mill. J Williams is believed to be dying in the prison hospital and Turnkey Joe Smith is hospitalized with a fractured skull after a fusillade. Three inmates named Frank Holmes George Kimes and T O Young are implicated. Officials say the San Quentin gang plotted for two weeks to shoot their way out.
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Walla Walla
Wash
J. Williams
Joe Smith
Frank Holmes
George Kimes
T. O. Young
San Quentin
Booze Village Is Open Again in Hurley Wisconsin
Saloons raided by federal officers at Hurley were reopened today after withdrawal of authorities. Relatives of arrested men in Hurley dispensed liquor here. Thirty eight alleged liquor vendors and nineteen customers from the raid were to be arraigned before United States Commissioner G. C. Gates. Federal officers signaled more raids to follow.
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Ashland
Wis
Hurley
Mecca
North
United States
G. C. Gates
Oregon Prisoner Is Sentenced to Hang
Husted A. Walters convicted of murdering Patrolman Jerome Palmer in Portland was sentenced to hang at the state penitentiary on February 10. Cardnial Gibbons remains confined in Baltimore but shows signs of improvement and may be moved home after New Year.
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Oregon
Portland
Baltimore
Cardinal Gibbons
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