Weekend Chicago killers loom large in police reports
Chicago police logs note a fatal weekend, including the Jeske family slaying near Batavia Illinois. A bank robbery suspect James Johnstone linked to $18,775 theft at McHenry faces police pursuit. Officer Ed Phaume died in a shootout with two convicts at a River Forest roadhouse.
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River Forest Road
Ed Phaume
James Johnstone
State Bank of
McHenry
William J. White
Soliet Penitentiary
Fireman Killed As Car Fails to Yield to Fire Truck
DES MOINES IOWA December 14 A Grimm 55 a veteran fireman died when a fire truck crashed into a car driven by T S Miller. Miller was charged with manslaughter and released on promise to appear. Two other firemen unhurt. Miller failed to see the truck due to side curtains on his car.
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Des Moines. In
C. A. Grimm
Keokuk
T.S. Miller
Iim
Miller
Mother of Homer Stephen Succumbs in Keota
Mrs. Fannie Stephen aged 61 died at 12.15 last night at her Keota home after a yearlong illness. She was the mother of Homer Stephen of Washington who was called to Keota by her illness. Funeral services set for Wednesday at two in Keota.
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Fannie Stephen
Keota
Homer Stephen
Washington
Columbus Junction Boys Beat Wapello in Season Opener
In Columbus Junction the Columbus high school boys defeated Wapello 37 to 13 in the season opening game at the local gym Saturday evening. Referee was Obermeier of Ainsworth. A three inch Christmas snow has fallen since seven this morning and continues heavily.
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Columbus Junction
Columbus High School
Wapello High School
Columbus
Obermeier
Ainsworth
Council Bluffs
Bomb Explodes at Sisters of Mercy Hospital in Kalispell
Authorities investigate dynamite blast at Sisters of Mercy hospital in Kalispell Montana Saturday night. No injuries reported though windows shattered and dining room damaged. An insane man is suspected as the detonator, with deputies guarding the scene as nurses evacuated patients.
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Montana
Rv the Assoniated Press
Kalispf II
Mont
Dec
Sisters of Mercy Hospital
Order
Aviator Saves His Child From Death as His Airplane Falls
George Grey and passenger Cecil RB. Gerow were injured when a Taft airport plane crashed 150 feet to the ground. Grey shielded his six year old daughter on takeoff after the control lever jammed, breaking the fall and saving the child.
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Aviator
Fresno
Calif
George Grey
Cecil RB. Gerow
Taft Hospital
Grey
Taft Aviation Field
Mulatto sought in murder of Onawa trapper Ed Riley
Beinnington Nebraska and Omaha police search for a unidentified mulatto who may know details about the slaying of Ed Riley, an Onawa trapper whose body was found staked in the Little Sioux river bed ten miles from Onawa. Investigators pursue several camp attendees as coroner Ralph Oldham leads a Monona county jury in the inquiry.
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Onawa
Beinnington
Neb
Omaha
Ed Riley
Little Sioux River
Riley
Ralph Oldham
Monona County
Officers Elected by the Cyrus Chapter Masons
Edward G. Squire was elected high priest of Cyrus chapter Royal Arch Masons at the annual election. Other officers chosen include Carl Haven king Preston Wolf scribe George McDaniel treasurer and Arthur Goodin secretary. Three advisory council members were named W T Carson J F Grayson and Dr G S Kerr with Charles A Dewey A N Alberson T L Brookhart and Carl Jungbluth to serve on the De Moly advisory council. Carl Jungbluth was to fill the unexpired term of Harvey S Young who has moved from Washington.
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Edward G. Squire
Cyrus Chapter
Royal Arch Masons
Carl Haven
King
Preston Wolf
George McDaniel
Arthur Goodin
Champer
Temple Building Company
W. T. Carson
J. FE. Grayson
G. 8. Kerr
Charles A. Dewey
A. N. Alberson
T. L
Snow general over state of Nebraska
Snow was general over Nebraska this morning with the heaviest falls in the north and west. Ellsworth and Alliance reported eight inches and more snow was falling nationwide across the state.
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Nebraska
Associated Press
Omaha
Neb
Ellsworth and
Alliance
Fairfield visitors and Ottumwa weekend guests
Miss Myrtle Carbaugh spent the weekend with friends in Ottumwa. Mrs. O L Brock and daughter Alice went to Ottumwa on Saturday and were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Calvert and daughters Sadie and Reta. Mrs. W E Harris of Fairfield visits her aunt Mrs C M Stenson at the Risk home on West Main. Miss Agnes and Miss Katherine Rooker of Fairfield spent the day Saturday shopping here.
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Myrtle Carbaugh
Ottumwa
O. L. Brock
Alice
Mrs. Calvert
Sadie
Reta
W. E. Harris
Fairfield
C. M. Stenson
Risk
West Main Street
Agnes
Katherine Rooker
Pinchot summons legislature for first extra session in twenty years
Governor Pinchot calls Pennsylvania lawmakers to Harrisburg on January 13 for an extra session focusing on anthracite coal regulation and prohibition enforcement. He proposes declaring the coal industry a public utility to enable state control and seeks new means to enforce the prohibition amendment.
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Associated Press
Harrisburg
Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Johnson known as "King" to string up victims must serve decade
A man identified as James J. Johnson a Black religious leader referred to by followers as King will spend at least ten years in prison for his alleged acts of cruelty including stringing up women and children by the feet and binding them not clear if other charges or trial details are included.
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Philadelphia
James J. Johnson
Seats Added At Town High School Gym
High school gym in Washington expands seating with three new bleacher tiers on both sides adding space for about 226. Opening game tonight features Coach McKinstry's team against Wellman with a large crowd anticipated. Y M C A director notes opening league games moved to Tuesday evenings due to the Washington Wellman game.
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Washington
McKinstry
Wellman High School
Wellman
Elwood Detrick
Gridiron Club Grills Public Men at Banquet
Washington December dinner by the Gridiron Club lampoons public life amid a Congressional flavor. The show features a Countess Karolyi impersonation, Johnson of the Boston Transcript, and satirical sketches of Hoover Dawes Reed Smoot and other leaders.
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Associated Presse
Washington, PD. C
Gridiron Club of
Washington
Coolidge
Congress
Karolyi
Countess Karolyi
Hungary
Kellogg
United States
Theodore G. Joslin
Boston Transcript
Dawes
Macbeth
Senate
Noted Illustrator Lederer Dead at 69 in Chicago Hospital
Charles Lederer, veteran Chicago cartoonist and illustrator, died Sunday at a Chicago hospital. Born December 31, 1856 in Lowell, Massachusetts, he worked for Leslie's, Harper's, the New York World and the New York Herald before moving to Chicago forty years ago. He created noted illustrated news sketches and later wrote and illustrated juvenile books. He left no relatives.
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Associated Brees
Chicago
Charles Lederer
Hicago
Lowell
Mass
Leslie's
Harper's
New York World
New York Herald
Lederer
Schedule of church league basketball games in 1920s
The text lists rounds and matchups for a church league season with teams Button Factory Methodist First United Presbyterian Round the Square Ys Men Presbyterian American Legion. It shows home and away pairings for December through March including byes and repeated orders.
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Button Factory
Y's
Methodist
Presbyterian
American Legion
First United Presbyterian
Round Square
Literary Societies Dominate Iowa Scholastic Race
IOWA CITY, Ia., Dec. 12. Literary societies at the University of Iowa led all campus groups in scholastic achievement with a GPA of 2.3267, about 20 percent above the average student. These societies train future speakers and writers and supply debaters, actors, and magazine contributors for campus life.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Lawn
A. Craig Baird
Iowa International
England
Oxford
Cambridge
Illinois
Minnesota
Nebraska
Missouri
South Dakota
Zetagathian
Irving Institute
Philomathian
Rhoterian
Zetigathian
Stone
Darrow Urges Negroes Toward Self Help in Harlem
Clarence Darrow told two Harlem audiences that blacks are too pious and should work to improve their social and economic position. He urged self support and avoiding dependence on others while defending Ossian H. Sweet in a Detroit shooting case linked to a defense fund.
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Associated Preve
New York
Clarence Darrow
Harlem
David
Lord
Darrow
Ossian H. Sweet
Detroit
Four New Cardinals Appointed at Rome
Four new cardinals were created at a secret conclave in Rome. The appointees include Monsignor Alessandro Cerretti apostolic nuncio in France, Monsignor Enrico Gasparri apostolic nuncio in Britain, Monsignor Patrick O'Donnell archbishop of Armagh, and Monsignor Allesandro Verde secretary of the Congregation of Rites.
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Associated Press
Rome
Monsignor
Allessandro
Cerretti
France
Enrico Gasparri
Apostollc
Breet
Patrick O'Donnell
Armagh
Allesandro Verde
Congregation of Rites
Chicago Laundry Group Bids Change to Wash Day
The Chicago Wet and Dry Laundry Association launches ads proposing Wednesday as official wash day with reduced prices to promote the shift from Monday.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Chicago Wet and Dry Laundry Association
Man throws away radium valued at five thousand
SMITHTON Ill December 14 William Sims a cancer patient who walked out of a Belleville hospital with four needles of radium valued at 5000 in his scalp threw them away when they itched he told authorities The radium was part of his cancer treatment and was discarded by the patient.
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Smithton
Ill
William Sims
Belleville
Iowa State faculty authors publish Highway Finance and Administration
J. E. Brindley and T. R. Age of Iowa State College completed writing a book titled Highway Finance and Administration. The work covers engineering and economic aspects of highway construction and upkeep.
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Ames
Iowa State College
J. E. Brindley
T. R. Age
Wool Growers Earn Over Forty Cents A Pound
Twenty six Benton county wool growers association members sold 4 500 pounds of wool for a net price above 40 cents per pound. The cooperative marketing result was about five cents per pound higher than any other method could have earned.
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Vinton
Benton County
Wool Growers Association
Salvation Army to Distribute Aid Across Iowa
More than 1500 needy families in Iowa towns and cities will receive food clothing and toys from the Salvation Army as plans for baskets distribution are completed by 17 branches. State Adjutant Norman S. Marshall announced. Des Moines reports fifty seven foreign born men and women completed the American nation course and received certificates on Wednesday evening.
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Des. Moines
Iowa
Salvation Army
Norman S. Marshall
Des Moines
Miss Mary Dee Lupton and Miss Helen Jones Visit Miss Frances Darbyshire
Miss Mary Dee Lupton and Miss Helen Jones were weekend guests at the home of Miss Frances Darbyshire in Omumwa. Miss Frances is always pleased to have her little friends come to see her.
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Mary Dee Lupton
Helen Jones
Frances Darbyshire
Omumwa
Frances
Summerall testifies in Mitchell court martial over Hawaii air forces
Major General Charles P. Summerall testified in the Mitchell court martial denying authorizing improper conduct in Hawaii. He cast doubt on defense claims that no air defense plans existed in 1923, saying he created two air squadrons from field artillery troops and obtained planes after staff advised no reinforcements were available.
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Associated Press
Washington
Charles P. Summerall
Col. Mitchell
Hawaii
Eleanor Sears Tries to Walk 44 Miles in Fifteen Hours
Society sportswoman Eleanor Sears undertook a 44 mile hike from Providence to Boston aiming to complete it in 15 hours. She began at 1 AM, slept six hours, and planned to reach Beacon Street home using heavy shoes and supporting gear after two months of training in the Blue Hill reservation.
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Eleanor Sears
Associated Presse
Boston
Mass
Misa Eleanor Sears
Providence
R. I
Beacon Street
Miss Sears
Paris
Howard Sturges
Sturge
Blue Hill Reservation
Wisconsin forecast calls for three days of cold
An Associated Press report from Milwaukee on December 12 predicts a three day cold wave in Wisconsin within 24 hours. Temperatures are forecast to dip to ten degrees above zero for tomorrow.
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Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Wis
Camp-fire Girls Complete Dutch Oven Payment at Tourist Park
The Camp-fire girls, a self supporting group, finalize the final payment of 72.28 for a Dutch oven built in the tourist's park last May. Costs include Lumber Co. 27.08, door patch 8.00, mason 26 hours 2.50, helper 14.80, total 72.88 with donations from Mr. Russell 10.00 and City Water Works. Local residents Jane Witteman, Floyd Bower, R. C. Ferguson and Arlene visited Ot tumwa after spending Saturday here.
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Aule Lumber Co
Etek
Mason
Bourne
Russell
City Waterworks
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