Six Die in South Pittsburg Labor Clash
South Pittsburg Tennessee December 26 six persons are dead and three wounded after a Christmas night outbreak in a long labor dispute. National guards from Chattanooga assisted civil authorities as Sheriff Coppinger and Marshal Smith confronted planned trouble between union and non union factions sparked by the Wetter Manufacturing plant closure and 400 fired workers. Chief of Police James Connor died of wounds, Deputy Fayette Nelson and Charles Pittman among the wounded.
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Pittsburgh
Tenn
Chattanooga
H. Wetter Manufacturing Company
A. S. Kelly
Pittsburg
Coppinger
Jasper
Marshal Smith
South Pittsburg
Dawn mystery plagues Atlantic search for missing amphibian
A trans Atlantic amphibian plane The Dawn with crew including Mrs Frances Wilson Grayson vanished after takeoff from Roosevelt Field New York en route to Harbor Grace Newfoundland triggering a joint search by US and Canadian authorities. Rescue efforts span over 1000 miles of coast with ships and planes alerted as weathered hopes fade.
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New. York
United ‘States
Frances Wilson Grayson
Roosevelt Field
Long Island
Harbor Grace
Newfoundland
North Atlantic
Lakehurst
N. J
Os Angeles
Boston Navy Yard
Ottawa
Canada
Maritime Department
Sable Island
Grayson
Brice Goldsborough
Oskar Qmdal
Fred Koehler
Wright
Grayden Airfield
England
Copenhagen
Aage Anker
Aiken
N. C
Lindberghs To Leave Mexico Wednesday By Air
Lindbergh and his mother plan a Wednesday departure from Mexico City by air after a Christmas visit. Col Charles A Lindbergh will fly 700 miles to Guatemala, first leg of a Central American goodwill tour. Mrs Evangeline Lindbergh will return home with pilot Harry Brooks and Robert B Stout aboard the Ford tri motor.
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Mexico
City
Lindbergs
Mexico City
Air
United States
Charles A. Lindbergh
Valbuena ,Field
Harry Brooks
Robert B. Stout
Tampico
San Antonio
Indianapolis
Lindbergh
Henry Ford
Dwight W. Morrow
Ford
Brooks
Storm sweeps England. three dead as heavy weather hits
United Press dispatch reports Britain facing its worst storm in 50 years with three deaths from exposure. Trains derailed or abandoned. snowdrifts close roads. London sees six inches of snow while drifts reach up to 16 feet at Dartmoor. Telephones down nationwide. continent communications disrupted. Seismic activity noted near Rome.
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United Press
London
Great Britain
Surrey
Cambridgeshire
Hampshire
British Isles
Dartmoor
Yorkshire
Spain
Muitcia
Segura
Rome
Lake Nemi
Central Observatory
Christmas Rush Over Merchants See Aftermath In Stores
Denver merchants report the Christmas rush ends soon but a post holiday exchange week remains. Customers describe ill fitting gifts and clerks note reduced staff after the rush. Merchants in Arizona echo similar problems with exchanges and inventory.
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Denver
Colo
Arizona
Destroyers Seek Dawn in Christmas Sea Search
Two destroyers left Charlestown navy yard to search for the lost Amphibian plane the Dawn. The Paulding and Sturtevant sailed undermanned due to Christmas leave and will remain at sea for at least 12 days unless the missing pilot Lieut Oskar Omdal navigator Brice Goldsborough and engine expert Fred Roehler are found.
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United Press
Frances Wilson Greyson
Oskar Omdal
Brice Goldsborough
Fred Roehler
Navy Dirigible Los Angeles Joins Dawn Plane Search
The Navy dirigible Los Angeles over Manhattan at 7 15 p m en route to Cape Cod dawn search for the lost Dawn plane. It will sweep a path east of Cape Cod to Sable Island and back west of that line, with 38 aboard and enough fuel for four or five days.
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New York
Los Angeles
Manhattan
Washington
Navy Department
Grayson
Cape Cod
Lakehurst
N. J
Sable Island
Pierce
Mueller
Lakehurst Air Station
Roosevelt Field
Newfoundland
Charles EK. Rosendahl
Old Salt Describes Flying Fish Cat Yarn
Washington report recounts Capt. Thomas A. Hewson’s tale aboard the Cokesit of Roosevelt Line. Jenny the cat supposedly trained to catch flying fish, chewing the heads to feed the crew, a humorous sea lore told to solons.
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Solons
Wasitington
Des
Washington
Thomas A. Hewson
Roosevelt Line
Jenny
Capt. Hewson
Hedson
Five Die From Gas In Paterson House Tragedy
Paterson New Jersey reports an entire Scarpelli family of five found dead from asphyxiation after illuminating gas leaked from a kitchen jet. Peter Scarpelli age 52 an insurance agent, his wife Jennie 52 and their children Rose 21 Eleanor 11 and Ralph 9 perished, most likely on Christmas night. Authorities say police found the interior filled with gas as they entered the home. Mrs Scarpelli collapsed while investigating the odor in the kitchen and died, others were found in their beds.
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Paterson
N. J
Scarpelli
Peter Scarpelli
Jennie
Rose
Eleanor
Ralph
Arrival of Hickman Shocks Southern California
News from Los Angeles reports the anticipated arrival of Edward Hickman alias The Fox, the 19 year old Kansas City killer of Marion Parker. Authorities prepare for a rapid arraignment before Judge Carlos Hardy and guard against mob violence as investigators probe possible accomplices while confirming no aid in the actual killing.
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Los Angeles
California
Edward Hickman
Kansas City
The
Fox
Hickman
Marion
Carlos Hardy
Hardy
Andrew Kraemer
June Dunning
Confession Details Hickman’s Murder of Marion Parker
United Press reports Edward Hickman confessed to kidnapping and fatally harming 11 year old Marion Parker in Los Angeles. He described luring the girl to his apartment, choking her with piano wire, severing her body, and planning to seize ransom money before his arrest.
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Oakland
Calif
DPD
Keyes
Edward Hickman
Cascade
Hmited
Uttle Marion Parker
Hickman
Pendleton
Andrew Kramer
Marion
Kramer
Perry Parker
Los Angeles
Bellevue Arms
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