Negro held in voodoo rites slaying mystery unfolds
Cleveland police say Doss Wade, 57, a self described voodoo healer, is held after a decapitated body is found in a basement. Wade admits killing a man with a gas pipe and claims the victim was Neme Gibbs, but Gibbs later appears alive. Detectives seek the victim’s identity and motive amid confusion over the crime.
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Sssueveland
Ohio
Tan
Doss Wade
Wade
Neme Gibbs
Gibbs
Bea Gibbs
William Gibbs
Kings Doctors More Hopeful After Restful Night
Buckingham Palace issued a brief bulletin on King George reporting a restful night and no appreciable change. Palace circles expect slow but steady improvement as physicians remain satisfied with the course of his illness and will issue the nightly update.
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London
Buckingham Palace
George
Palace
Maesty
James Murphy Seeks Divorce After Circus Life Fades
Noting dissatisfaction with married life, circus clown James Murphy of Chicago seeks a divorce. He states he can no longer secure clowning work and desires dissolution of the marriage.
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James Chicago
James Murphy
Parrot And Dog Die With Woman In Secluded Home
CHICAGO Dec 21 Miss Marie Kilenenberg 64 and her only companions a parrot and a dog perished last night when she swept the home in which for years she had lived in seclusion. Her body was found at the front door threshold. Nearby lay her dog. In its cage suffocated was the parrot.
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Chicago
Marie Kilenenberg
Winter Comes to West with 18 Below Zero
Chicago leads a Midwest cold snap as winter arrives per almanac. Dakota and Wisconsin readings drop to 18 below in Devils Lake and four below in St. Paul while Duluth and Moorhead report eight below. Chicago endures seven above at 9 p.m. with three deaths linked to the freeze and hundreds seeking shelter.
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Chicago
Mid West
Almanac
United States
Mid-West
Canada
Dakotas
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Devil's Lake
N. D
Rocky Mountain
Winter Day Feels Warmer After Cold Snap
The morning temperature reached 19 as a milder day followed a period when it had dropped to 1 about ten days earlier. Residents noted the chill eased, with forecasts predicting more moderate conditions ahead.
Woman Pickets Brooklyn Auto Firm With Car Labeled My Lemon
Miss Genevieve Mach poet and aviatrix picketed a Brooklyn automobile agency with a car marked my 2000 lemon and eight lemons plus a verse on the maker. The firm hauled her into court. she testified on repairs and the case was continued. Divorce granted to Ostherine M. Welck from Lawson F. Welck. married 1909. abandonment alleged.
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New York
Genevieve Mach
Brooklyn
Ostherine M. Welck
Lawson FB. Welck
Frank G. W. ‘Aganmian
Exile From Family Revealed in Theodora Roberts Will
Hollywood, Dec 21. Theodora Roberts, famed stage and screen figure known as the Grand Old Man, leaves more than $10,000 to his New York nephew Edward Roberts Higgins in a will made here on Sept 11, 1926. He recounts lifelong exile from family lacking affection or sympathy and urges readers to remember his silence and pride in adversity.
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Hollywood
Calif
Theodora Roberts
Edward Roberts Higgins
New York City
Roberts
Two Sentences for City Court Disorder Plot
Richard Boggison and Gladys Leggett were each sentenced to six months in the House of Correction after a Bowery raid tied to a police cleanup drive. Brenton Benner and William Fisher were fined ten dollars each for disorderly conduct as authorities probe Arthur Swope’s November 17 disappearance.
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Richard Boggison
Gladys Leggett
House of Correction
J. H. Bitner
Brenton Benner
William Fisher
Bowery
Boggison
Leggett
Benner
Fisher
Arthur Swope
Berkeley Springs
Swope
Rice Gets Four Years in Pen
George Graham Rice, famed for outsmarting race tracks and stock markets, was convicted of mail fraud in Idaho copper stock. He received a four year sentence to Atlanta penitentiary and a $50,000 fine.
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New York
George Graham Rice
Idaho
Wall Street
Atlanta
Gas Volcano Still Active in London West End
London residents face ongoing danger as the gas volcano in the west end remains active with minor explosions and flames spurting from roadways. Officials deem flames safety valves and evacuations continue with about 400 families forced from High Street and nearby streets as sections of the street sink and houses near collapse risk are avoided.
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London
West End
High Street
Nobdy
Woman's Scream Saves $15,000 at Notasulga Bank
Notasulga Alabama December 21 A woman entering the First National Bank of Notasulga screamed when she saw several people held at gunpoint and pistols aimed at tellers. Officers aided by president A B Hope and cashier Carl Hayes freed hostages from the vault and recovered $15,000 in currency before the robbers fled.
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Notasulga
Als
First National Bank of
A. B. Hope
Carl Hayes
Meet Payments Berlin Germany Fourth Year In Row
Berlin reports that Germany met all reparations payments promptly for the fourth consecutive year. In Huron Ohio a pilot named Leo J. McGinn was killed when his air mail craft crashed during a snowstorm.
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Berlin
Germany
Huron
Ohio
Leo J. McGinn
Air Mail
Hagerstown To Study Frederick Milk Pasteurization Plan
Hagerstown officials will probe Frederick's new ordinance requiring all milk and cream sold locally to be pasteurized. The move follows two Malta fever cases in Frederick, including Dr. R. W. Baer, linked to raw milk. Health officials consider pasteurization essential, with Frederick giving January 15 for equipment installation.
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Frederick
Hagerstown
R. W. Baer
Malta
Hoover Gets Big Welcome From Brazil
In Rio de Janeiro on December 21 1920 the U S Navy cruiser Utah bearing President-elect Herbert Hoover entered the harbor. Saluting batteries and warships fired as city sirens blared while officials watched from rooftops. Ambassador Morgan led the formal greeting party as the ship anchored.
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Rio Janeiro
Brazil
U. S
Utah
Hoover
Atlantic
Morgan
Sharpburg Doctor Recoils From Slight Relapse
Dr. David Newcomer, Sharpsburg physician, suffered a fractured skull after a fall from his home roof while adjusting a radio aerial. Hospital attendants report his condition is not as comfortable today as yesterday, indicating a slight relapse but not a major decline.
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David Newcomer
Sharpsburg
Nooon
Murder Charge Is Preferred
In Baltimore on December an indictment for murder was returned against Henry Kreitzer after the fatal shooting of Mael von Ryan at Kreitzer's home Tuesday night Kreitzer is jailed in Upper Marlboro Ryan was shot after challenging Kreitzer to “try his nerve” as Kreitzer displayed a revolver The accused man confesses to the shooting but says it was an accident Magistrate H B Kelbaugh will hold an inquest on December 27
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Baltimore
Henry Kreitzer
Maelvin Ryan
Kreitzer
Upper Marlboro
Ryon
H. B. Kelbaugh
Gas fixes two assistant Santas in Falls Church incident
Two Santa assistants in Falls Church Va were thought drunk by police after being found in a car load of Christmas trees. They were held briefly in a cell before authorities learned they were overcome by exhaust fumes from their engine. Georgetown Hospital staff treated them after students offered blood.
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Washington
Santa Claus
Falls Church
Georgetown Hospital
Gang Guns Spoil Xmas For Kiddies
CHICAGO, Dec. 21. Gang gunfire killed Philip Lapagila as he sat in a car with a friend, police say. The attack, blamed on a beer runner's dispute, left two children bereaved and marked by gunfire in a crime scene.
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Chicago
Philip Lapagila
Pater Miranda
Diapute
Accident 10 Reunite Them After Years
Pittsburgh December 21 1924 separated for 42 years the children and stepchildren of David James Welsh immigrant are to be reunited on Christmas Day due to an automobile accident. The James family was split in 1886 when Mrs. James could not care for them and placed them in a home. Years later the couple reunited and sought Job James but could not locate him. A newspaper account of an accident led Sarah Jane Braddock to connect with the family now led by Anna Thorp and the three James children to plan a reunion in this region.
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Pittsburgh
David James
James
Mr. James
Job
Sarah Jane Braddock
Job James
James, They Said, Lived Near A Small Town In This Section. Mrs. Braddock
Anna Thorp
Arep
Foreign loans mounting at $2.9 billion annually
New York reports total loans abroad rising by about 2.9 billion dollars yearly, with banker Max Winkler placing the figure at 26 billion dollars at an international finance conference. Investments abroad in the past decade equal the cumulative export surplus. In Sydney, Delbert Hollingsworth is identified as the father of 30 children, 15 from his first marriage and 15 from his second.
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New York
Max Winkler
Papa
Sydney
N. S
Delbert Hollingsworth
Updegraff's oldest plant closes after years of loss
The Updegraff Glove Company announced the permanent closure yesterday of its factories in Hagerstown Maryland and Gloversville New York. About thirty to forty workers at the Hagerstown plant lose jobs though the owner said he will help them find new work. The Gloversville plant had long been in the glove center of the country and workers are expected to find new positions. The firm, one of the area’s oldest, began in hats in the early 1800s and shifted to gloves after 1865. the end comes amid declining demand for fur lined gloves due to autos and fewer horses.
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Updegraff Glove Company
Hagerstown
Gloversville
N. Y
George FB
Updegraff, Sr
Updegraff
Grove Center
Updegratt
George Undegraff
William
George
Baltimore
Manis Hanged in Snow Storm at Parry Sound Court
Parry Sound Ont Dec 21 John Burowski convicted of murdering farmer Thomas Jackson during an August mail car holdup was hanged in a snow storm at the district jail. He prayed briefly before the trap sprung as a single bulb lit the platform. His companion fled after a ditch crash when posse arrived.
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Parry Sound
Ont
John Burowski
Thomas Jackson
Here
Burowski
Jackson
Count Luigi Cadoras Dies in Italy After War Service
Rome report says Count Luigi Cadoras who served as commander of the Italian army from 1915 to 1917 died at his home in Bordishera. The Stefani News Agency announced the death on December 21.
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Count Cadorna
Rome
Stefani
Luigi Cadoras
Bordishera
Boulder Dam Bill Signed by Coolidge
President Coolidge today signed the Boulder Dam bill making the act for a reclamation flood control and power project on the Colorado River effective. Supporters led by Swing Johnson brought to the White House by Senator Johnson and Representative Swing. Arizona Democrats opposed, with Senators Ashurst Hayden and Rep Douglas lobbying against it. Arizona lawmakers had urged a veto.
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Washington
Coolidge
Boulder Dam
Colorado
Johnson
Representative Swing
California
Congress
Arizona
Ashrust and
Hayden
Douglas
Arizona Legislative
Templars To Drink Annual Xmas Toast
Members of St Bernard Commandery No 9 Knights Templar plan their annual Christmas toast at the Masonic Temple on Christmas Day at 11 am. Rev Clarence B Wolfe will deliver the address, Episcopal rector of Smithsburg, with the Templar hymn Onward Christian Soldiers sung. Eminent Commander J Lloyd Harshman leads the ceremony.
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St. Bernard Commandery
No. 9
Knights Templar
Masonic Temple
Clarence B. Wolfe
Episcopal Church of
Smithsburg
J. Lloyd Harshman
Senator McNary to press farm relief bill this session
Washington December 21—Secretary Jardine Jodan urged Senator McNary Republican Oregon to act this session on the new McNary farm marketing bill to make it applicable to the 1929 crop. McNary said he would push a vote at the short session to extend relief to 1923-29 crops as fast as possible. The article notes strong GOP leadership and plans for rapid passage.
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Washington
McNary
Jardine Joda
Oregon
Agricultural Committee
Watson
Indiana
Senate
Curtis
Monoxide Gas Fatal To One In Truck Crash
Two Winchester men were overcome by carbon monoxide in a gas filled truck cab on the Falls Church highway. Lester A. Linabure died, while Boyd L. Cassart was near death. They were rescued by Town Sergeant W. L. Mitchell and taken to Town hospital, where doctors and medical students attempted blood transfusions to save them.
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Washington
Les
Falls Church
George
Ftown University Hospital
Lester A. Linabure
Winchester
Reac
Boyd L. Cassart
Sheriff Sits Tight In Hanging at Christmas
In Mendenha Mississippi Sheriff J D Smith postpones the execution of condemned slayer Robert V Lewis who killed his stepfather Jesse Miley. A habeas corpus writ delays action until next Monday in Columbia as Gov Bilbo’s seven day respite expires. Legal peril and risk of impeachment loom if he proceeds, so the sheriff stays firm and the sentence remains unresolved.
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Mendenha
Miss
Robert V. Lewis
J. D. Smith
Simpson County
Lewis
Jesse Miley
Habeas
Columbia
T. G. Bilbo
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Leomon
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Legget
F. W Cruickshank
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Newcomer
Gang Guns
Updegraff's
Manis
Viola Gentry
Roosevelt Field
Billis
Templars
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