Ready to Go to Death Hicks Pleads Guilty in Parker Case
William Edward Hickman, the confessed kidnapper and slayer of Marian Parker, says he will plead guilty and stand by his confession but wants a swift trial, though not rushed. Arraignment delayed to Thursday as his Kansas City attorney arrives. district attorneys caution they expect a not guilty plea at arraignment. Autopsy says death may be due to fright rather than strangulation, while the citizen reward committee plans to meet on the $60,000 bounty for Parker’s capture and conviction. Hicksman remains confined in a heavy-guard cell with routine jail booking and surveillance.
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Los Angeles
William Edward Hickman
Marian Parker
Speedy T'Stice
Hicksnan
Kansas City
Wickman
Asa Keyes
Hickman
A. F. Wagner
S.r. Wagner
Parker
Deward
Marlan Parker
Oregon
Tom Gurdane
Pandieton
L. Lievallon
Oryer
Citizens’ Reward Committee
Hicks
Quest for a new swimming hole in Ida's will declared
In Duluth Minnesota on December 25 a fragmentary report notes the will of Hans Christian Jorgenson a northern woods logger and figure in Ida town outlines a dispute over a proposed swimming hole with various names and places unclear in the damaged text
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Dulutit
Minn
Ida
Hans Christian Jorgenson
Northwoods
Jack
Fis
Vuu
Publicity love and dramatic flair marked Hickman school days
Chicago reports Frederick J. Anibal of University High School recalls William Edward Hickman in his youth as fond of sensationalism and publicity. He says Hickman was popular yet sought to outshine peers and would even exaggerate lies to appear dramatic.
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Chicago
William Edward Hickman
Frederick J. Anibal
University High School
Central High School
Kansas City
Hickman
Petty Iles
Plane sighting near St Johns described by parish priest
The Rev Edward Bishop of Pouch Cove north of St Johns heard a plane overhead during Sunday services and believed it to be Frances W Graysons Dawn heading from Harbor Grace to England. Radio reports and hearer claims from Newfoundland and Nova Scotia added to hopes the Dawn and its five aboard might be down near Harbor Grace or Heart's Content while planning a trans Atlantic hop to Croydon.
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ST. Johns
N. F
Edward Bishop
Pouch Cove
The
Daily News
Diane Daas
Frances W. Grayson
Harbor Grace
England
New York
Frances Wilson Grayson
Jay
Newfoundland
Nova Scotia
Roosevelt ‘Ield
Grayson
Oskar Omdal
Erica Goldsborough
Fred Koehler
Croydon
Koehler
Fire and wire block Square trolley incident near Central building
Excitement at the Square as a fire alarm and a broken trolley wire disrupted noon activity. Fire in the Central building cellar under Tamacciotti's fruit store was put out with no damage. likely caused by defective wiring. Traffic halted until repairs completed. no injuries reported. Separately, Mary R. Toston is granted a partial divorce from William R. Toston after a 1896 marriage and with five children, abandonment allowed.
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Tamacciotti
Mary R. Toston
Frank G. Wagaman
Willam R. Toston
Yne
Defiant Senate Meets Despite Guard Standstill in Oklahoma
In Oklahoma City the National Guard returned to duty as Senate leaders announced a plan to convene as a court of impeachment. Senator W C Fidler said 22 senators attended a secret caucus at a local hotel and planned to vote to suspend Governor Johnston. The group contends the Senate, if legally convened, is superior to other state courts.
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Oklahoma City
National Guard
Senate
Henry 8. Johnston
W. C. Fidler
Fidler
Johnston
Ant-Saloon League to mark eighth anniversary of Prohibition
WESTERVILLE O H December 28 The Anti Saloon League of America plans a national observance of the eighth anniversary of the Volstead Act praising the act as a declaration of independence while noting eight years of partial observance. President Caltes encounters Lindbergh and wishes him luck as he heads to Mexico City.
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Westerville, O
Ant- Saloon League of America
Letter Golf Starts Today In The Daily Mail
A new game named Letter Golf debuts today in the Daily Mail. Players need no prior knowledge of golf as each day a Letter Golf puzzle appears with one solution to be revealed the next day. The game is rapidly gaining popularity, replacing other punny features.
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Daily Mall
Daily Mail
Chemistry Classes Led Boy To Booze
NEW YORK Dec 28 A high school pupil from Irvington New Jersey was arrested for violating prohibition laws. He claimed his high school chemistry training led him to booze production citing 25 gallons a week produced by a still. Officials say knowledge beyond school is needed to build such plants.
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New York
Irvington
N. J
Everhart cleared to testify in Teapot Dome case
President Coolidge signed a bill sponsored by Senator Walsh to allow E T Everhart, son in law of Albert B Fall, to testify in the Teapot Dome conspiracy case without incriminating himself. The act shortens the government fraud statute of limitations from six to three years, enabling disclosure of evidence Everhart previously refused.
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Washington
Coolidge
Walsh
Montana
E. T. Everhart
Albert B. Fall
Teapot Dome
Harry F. Sinclair
Fall
Everhart
Wan
Wilson Birthday Observed Dinner Tonight in New York
In New York on December 28 the Woodrow Wilson Foundation will observe the former president’s birthday with a dinner. Nawton D. Baker, former secretary of war in Wilson’s cabinet, will be the principal speaker.
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New York
Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow Wilson Foundation
Nawton D. Baker
New Morgan Partner Voted Most Handsome Man
Harold Stanley, named partner of J.P. Morgan & Co., was voted the most handsome man by Yale classmates in 1908. He served as hockey captain twice and also played baseball, reflecting a diverse athletic career at Yale.
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New Haven
Conn
Dee
Harold Stanley
J.P. Morgan & Co
Yale
Oakland Missing 11YearOld Girl Seized by Paroled Convict
Cal Dec 381 police launch man hunt after Robert E. McClelland, 27, a paroled convict, allegedly abducts Evelyn Smith of Oakland from her home. Mother alleges adoption ruse by a Pasadena woman. McClelland gave a worthless $125 check as advance payment. Authorities search as Los Angeles shake over Marian Parker case continues.
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Qakland
Cal
Quarry
California
Marian Parker
Los Angeles
Evelyn Smith
Frank MM. Smith
Oakland
Smith
Robert E. McClelland
Pasadena
McClelland
McCleland
Liquor Toll Rising in New York as Deaths Mount
New York reports 24 deaths from alcoholism since last Friday per Dr. Charles Norris. 66 alcoholism cases treated at Belle Vue Hospital, 18 patients women. Norris says deaths not due to poison liquor. liquor, though strong smelling, harmless in moderation. bill quickly passed. Mexican Chamber of Deputies unanimously approves President Calles bill amending two sections of law previously considered unconditional.
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New York
Charles Norris
Bellevue Hospital
Norris
Mexican Chamber of Deputies
Calles
Lindy’s Route Over Section With Few Places To alight
Mexico City to Guatemala City marks the first leg of Col. Charles A. Lindbergh 3000 mile goodwill flight through Central America. The 675 mile stretch passes Popocatepetl and Ixtaccihuatl then Sierra Madre toward the Guatemala border near the capital.
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Lindy
Mexico City
Charles A. Lindbergh
Central America
Guatemala City
Popocatepetl Volcano
Smoke Mountain
Vesuvius
Mexico
State of
Puebla
John D. Rockefeller Bets Big Lost Golf Wager
In Ormond Beach Florida on December 28 John D Rockefeller reportedly warned Gen Adelbert Ames to keep quiet about a large golf bet. He admitted muffing a shot and promptly paid 50 mille or one jitney, a nickel, in settlement.
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Ormond Beach
Fla
John D. Rockefeller
Adelbert Ames
John, D
John D
Lindbergh called costliest American hero by news executive
Ray Hall of Pathe News Reel Service says Charles A. Lindbergh has been the most expensive hero the American public ever had. He estimates Lindbergh’s serial exploits since the Paris flight have cost photography and news gathering associations six million dollars.
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New York
Charles A. Lindbergh
Ray Hall
Pathe News Reel Service
Amputate Leg of Daniel Carl After Hit and Run Injury
Daniel McG Carl, brother of County Commissioner C Edwin Carl, had his right leg amputated between the knee and thigh at a Baltimore hospital after a hit and run accident near his Catonsville home on September 22. He had received blood transfusions from his wife and son to aid recovery.
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Richard
Daniel McG. Carl
Edwin Carl
Baltimore
Carl
Catonsville
Chinese Replacing Blacks As Porters In Chicago
In Chicago on December 28 12 young Chinese porters were added to crack trains of the Northwestern and Union Pacific lines shifting a niche long held by black Pullman porters. Most are American born.
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Chicago
Union Pacific
90 but he still is craftsman in army museum
Washington December 25 Uncle Sam’s oldest employee shows craftmanship above the average Warren F Brenzier 90 cabinet maker in the Army Medical Museum and Library praised by his superiors on his birthday and says he intends to work as long as physically able
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Washington
Sam
Warren F. Brenzier
Army Medical Museum and Library
Big gem haul at Gabaldon home in Manila
Manila police report Isauro Gabaldon residence robbed of jewelry and cash totaling 43000 dollars just before Christmas. Separately in Berlin, dancer Taeio Kieselhanson died from injuries after an engine used to clean her hair exploded, setting her clothes on fire.
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Gabaldon
Manila
Isauro Gabaldon
Phillipines
Washington
Berlin
Taeio Kiesel-hanson
Third Couple Slain for Their Savings in Mullens WV
The third double murder in northeastern West Virginia was reported from Mullens. Tolliver an 81 year old storekeeper and his wife were slain and robbed of about 1500 to 2000 dollars kept at home after fears about a bank failure. Tolliver beaten with a shotgun and his wife killed by a flatiron blow. house drawers were ransacked, mirroring a prior 1924 Cline couple case near Hagerstown. Authorities say captured West Virginia slayers would be questioned in this mystery.
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West Virginia
Mullens
Noc
Pierpont
John Cliche
Old Forge Road
Hagerstown
Tollivers
Tolliver
Cline
Chicago Gang Murder Shocks City In Holiday Slayings
In Chicago at about 2 30 a m today Charles Miller 40 was gunned down at Bob s Lone Tree Tavern on the northwest side four bullets to the head and body left him dead. Owner Robert Treebus and two employees hid behind a counter escaping injury as five to six assailants fled Miller knew his killers but none were recognized by Treebus An apparent end to a gang war truce rumored during Christmas was hinted as motive by witnesses.
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Chicago
Charles Miller
Bob
Lone Tree Tavern
Miller
Robert Treebus
Treebus
Valice
All Crops Destroyed By Moroccan Flood
Floods in northern Morocco worsen. Knentfra region in the Atlas foot hills reports crops destroyed roads cut and farms isolated. Government and locals assess damage as isolation continues with ongoing relief work needed.
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Rabat
Morocco
Dee
Knentfra
Middle Atlas
Lindbergh Starts Central American Good Will Flight
From Mexico City Lindbergh lifts off in the Spirit of St. Louis at 6 35 am toward Guatemala City with Mexican army planes as escort. His mother and a Detroit teacher accompany him to the field, bidding farewell at the embassy.
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Valbuena
Flying Field
Mexico City
Charles A. Lindbergh
Guatemala City
Guatemala
New York
Paris
Washington
Lindbergh
Ford
Detroit
Isangle
Dwight W. Morrow
M Morrow
William 3B. Stout
Morrow
General Coloca
Calles
Liner Delays From Gale Hit English Channel
A violent northeasterly gale along the English Channel and Atlantic Coast delayed liners and shut ports as storm-bound ships crowded harbors. Telegraph poles were toppled, cut communications, and inland snow and icy conditions spread disruption across several rivers.
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Paris
Iashad the Son
English Channel
Francis
Vrance
Rivera
Ana
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