Japanese Delegations Face Washington Talks Ahead of London
The Japanese delegations to the London naval conference, led by Rei jiro Wakatsuki and Admiral Takeshi Takerawe, arrive in Washington for informal talks with President Hoover and Secretary Stimson. They discuss defense needs and a possible 10-10-7 ratio, while stressing a peaceful reduction of sea forces. The U.S. legation in Warsaw seeks approval of Alexander Pp Moore as ambassador, as Warsaw raises its legation status to embassy.
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C. P. Williamson
Associated Press
Washington
America
London
United States
Tokyo
Warsaw
Poland
United States Legation
Alexander Pp. Moore
Spain
Peru
Brazos Grounded in Fog Near Galveston Harbor
A 4497 ton steamship Brazos, inbound from New York, ran aground in 12 feet of water in heavy fog near Galveston. Crews worked Tuesday morning to free the vessel.
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Ralveston
Texas
Brazos
New York
Floods drive 300 from homes in Miranha Portugal
Floods and storms rage across Portugal as the Pelha River bursts its banks at Miranha near Familcoa, leaving fifty families homeless and a total of about 300 people displaced.
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Portugal
Miranha
Familcoa
Pelha
Reichstag backs Mueller government in Young plan vote
The Reichstag voted 222 to 156 to support the Mueller government on its Young plan and financial reforms.
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Berlin
Reichstage
Mueller
Prodigy Edward Roche Hardy Jr to Be Ordained
Edward Roche Hardy Jr. a child prodigy who spoke four languages by age five and earned an A B from Columbia at fifteen will be ordained a deacon next week. He avoided theatre in college and never smoked in youth. Adele R Post won an interlocutory divorce decree from actor Guy Bates Post for desertion in Santa Ana. Tulsa Oilers pitcher V. Thomas received a one year reform sentence for theft.
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New York
Edward Roche Hardy Jr
Columbia
Santa Ana
Cal
Adele R. Post
Guy Bates Post
Tulsa worker pleads guilty to theft from employer
A Tulsa man admitted theft of 122 dollars from the automobile rental company where he worked, pleading guilty and receiving a sentence to Granite reformatory.
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Tulsa
Thomas
Granite Reformatory
Scholz elected national chairman of Peoples party
Berlin reports Ernst Scholz chosen as successor to the late Gustav Stresemann as national chairman of the Peoples party in the Reichstag.
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Ernest Scholz
The
Peoples Party
Gustav Stresemann
Lexington lifts anchor for Tacoma power role
The aircraft carrier Lexington departed Seattle after 9 a.m. and headed to Tacoma where it will be docked for 30 days. It will serve as an auxiliary electric power supply for the city, one of the world's largest warships aiding civilian infrastructure.
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Wash
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Tacoma
Prosecuting Attorney to Seek Compulsory Exam in Connie Franklin Case
Mountain View Arkansas December 14 Prosecuting Attorney Hugh Williamson said he will ask a court for a physical examination of the youth claiming to be Connie Franklin a mountain farm hand. Five men face trial here Monday on charges related to the alleged murder.
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Ark
Hugh Williamson
Connie Franklin
Mountain Farm
Dutch Shell brings in Tunnell No 1 oil well in Texas
In Van Texas Tunnell No 1 the third and largest oil well in the new field was completed today. The well owned by Dutch Shell is estimated to flow 10 000 to 14 000 barrels daily.
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Van
Texas
Dutch Shell Company
Propeller Loss Delays Steamship American Merchant Arrival
The steamship American Merchant from New York reached Plymouth today reporting the loss of a propeller blade Friday evening. All passengers were landed at Plymouth due to the mishap.
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United States Line
New York
Pilot Plans South Atlantic Flight To Montevideo
Major Tadeo Larreborges announced in Seville that he intends to depart for a flight across the South Atlantic to Montevideo Uruguay and hopes to take off the following day.
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Spain
Tadeo ‘Larreborges
South Atlantic
Montevideo
Uruguay
Arakatao Volcano in Java eruptions tally hits 400 in 24 hours
Batavia dispatch reports Arakatao volcano on the island of Java erupting vigorously with about 400 eruptions averaging over 906 feet in height and more than 1,000 loud detonations in the last day.
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Java
Arakatao
Groves Elected President of Washington Grid Club
Charles S. Groves of the Boston Globe was elected president of the Gridiron Club in Washington, the dining club for Washington correspondents, during the December meeting.
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Charles S. Groves
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Boston Globe Today
Gridiron Club
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Bartlesville Man Killed in Car Crash
CP Charles Fielden a Bartlesville man was killed and two companions suffered minor injuries when an automobile they rode in skidded and turned over north of Bartlesville late yesterday.
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Bartlesville
Charles Fielden
Here
Okmulgee Man Charged With Extortion Attempt
Okmulgee police say Oscar Davis a constable and his son Sam sought to shake down a necking party staged by police. Davis waived preliminary hearing and bound over for trial in district court. Sam Files charged with Files will have a hearing next Thursday.
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Okmulgee
E. A. Files
Oscar Davis
Sam
Tax Over-assessment Sparked 1913–1916 Adjustment Claim
The statement notes that the action was taken due to over-assessment of income taxes in 1913 1914 1915 and 1916.
Carnegie versus Southern California Score Feat in LA
In Los Angeles the Carnegie team fell to Southern California 18 to 45 as part of the 8th Corps Area Championship series. At San Antonio the Fort Crockett Galveston 7 defeated Fort Frances Warren Wyoming 6 in a separate game.
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Los Angeles
Carnegie
Southern California
San Antonio
Fort Crockett Galveston
Fort Frances &. Warren
Wyoming
Tulane to Play Northwestern in Intersectional Clash
Tulane University will travel to Evanston Illinois to face Northwestern University in an intersectional football game. Dr Wilbur C Smith Tulane athletic director announced the contract signing today.
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Tulane
Northwestern
Alleged Bomber Granted Bail in Kansas City Case
D. L. Piggott was granted bail of 45000 today after four men were jailed since August on first degree murder charges tied to an arson blast that destroyed a drugstore and killed three firemen. Judge A Stanford Lyon said the evidence did not strongly indicate guilt.
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D. L. Piggott
A. Stanford Lyon
Piggott
Field of 78 Nominates for New Orleans Handicap
A field of 78 thoroughbreds including Walter Salmon's Display were nominated for the New Orleans handicap with $10,000 added, the event set for February 1 as the feature of the Louisiana Jockey Club meeting at the fair grounds opening January 4.
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New Orleans
Walter Salmon
Display
Louisiana Jockey Club
Fair Grounds
French Debt Settlement Called for Senate Action
Senator Smoot of the finance committee said he would bring up the bill to settle the French debt on Monday before tariffs. He expected quick passage after House approval two days earlier. The move aims to resolve the long pending war debt obligation to the United States.
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Washington
Smoot
Senate Finance Committee
United States
House
Bomb maker confession tied to Tennessee blast
Los Angeles client Francis Cadwell, 26, described as an eccentric inventor, was arrested on suspicion and later confessed to making a bomb sent by mail to a friend in Townsend, Tennessee as an experiment before producing 12 more. The device reportedly matched the bomb that injured four people in Townsend on November 29.
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Los Angeles
Francis Cadwell
Townsend
Tenn
Tennessee
Death of Lynn Fire Marshal George C. Neal at 86
Lynn Massachusetts December 1 State Fire Marshal George C Neal aged 86 died today from pneumonia He was a veteran detective noted for his tall stature deep set eyes hawked nose and fearless demeanor He was renowned for almost always bringing criminals to justice and was respected by officers and the public alike
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Lynn
Mass
George C. Neal
Public post office buildings planned for Miami Pawhuska Vinita
Washington December 14 bills introduced by Representative O'Connor authorize erecting post office buildings in Miami Pawhuska and Vinita Oklahoma at estimated costs of 225000 200000 and 150000 respectively.
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Pawhuska
Vinita
Okla
O’connor
Oklahoma
Jackson Barnett Gets Refund
Washington December 14 The internal revenue bureau refunded 47521 to Jackson Barnett Creek Indian famed for his wealth and publicized marriage. Fort Smith Arkansas December 14 Federal officers arrested Bob Meadows 26 after a three year search for transporting a stolen motor car from Oklahoma City to Fort Smith.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Bureau
Fort Smith
Ark
Bob Meadows
Oklahoma City
Guilty plea leads to nine-year federal sentence in Chillicothe
In Winston Salem reports a man pled guilty and Judge Frank A Youmans sentenced him to nine years and a day in the federal reformatory at Chillicothe Ohio. Richard J Reynolds Jr son of the late RJ Reynolds Tobacco founder arrives from England after a five month jail term for a pedestrian death in an automobile accident. Reynolds plans remain undecided and he declines interviews.
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Federal Reformatory
Chillicothe
Ohio
Winston Salem
N. C
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R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
England
Young Reynolds
Lenglen Takes Job as Paris Dressshop Saleswoman
Paris December 14 Suzanne Lenglen famed tennis star begins work as a saleswoman in a small dressmaking shop. She will sell demonstrate and advise on sport clothes. Lenglen says she always wanted to do this and may be the highest paid saleswoman in Paris shops with a sizeable salary plus commissions.
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Suzanne
Paris
Suzanne Lenglen
Mademoiselle Lenglen
East West game picks four Big Six stars for West
Kansas City December 14 Four conference players were named to the West squad for the East West game in San Francisco on New Year’s Day. Selection includes Missouri quarterback John Waldorf Nebraska full back Clair Sloan Nebraska tackle Raymond Richards and Oklahoma end Tom Churchill.
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San Francisco
John Waldorf
Missouri
Clair Sloan
Nebraska
Raymond Richards
Tom Churchill Oklahoma
Negro given death sentence in Louisville murder case
Elisha Mims, a Black man, was sentenced to die in the electric chair by a Kentucky criminal court jury for the murder of Patrolman Robert E. McGalin in August. The verdict followed deliberations in Louisville.
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Louisville, Ky
Elisha Mims
Robert E. McGalin
Veteran Celebrates 105th Birthday in Iowa
Pi William Hughes, oldest Civil War veteran in Iowa, celebrated his 105th birthday in Fort Dodge on December 14. In Washington on December 14, arraignment of Representative Frederick N. Zihliman of Maryland and six others indicted on mail fraud related to the F H Smith securities investment house was postponed for a week at defense request.
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William Hughes
Iowa
Washington
Frederick N. Zihliman
Maryland
F. H. Smith Company
Securities Investment House
Daniel R. Crissinger
Currency
Cross seeks bill to stabilize cotton exchanges in Washington
Representative Cross of Texas urges consideration of a stabilization bill during debate on the agricultural appropriation bill. He claims cotton exchanges act like gambling houses with artificial price moves and many transactions are fictitious. In another brief item, E. E. Thrimmer of Pomona Mo dies at home from poison amid mystery.
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Washington
Cross
Texas
Okmulgee Bank Denied New Trial In King Case
Oklahoma City judge Tom G. Chambers overruled Americ National Bank of Okmulgee in a bid for a new trial against Pearl T. King widow of Tom King bank president. The court also denied an injunction to funnel life insurance proceeds to the bank to cover embezzlement claims. An appeal to the state supreme court was planned. Guardian ad litem fee of 500 dollars awarded to John Malley. Stillwater report notes Lynn C. Waldroff, head coach at Oklahoma A and M, etc.
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KING
Oklahoma City
Americ National Bank of
Okmulgee
Tom G. Chambers
Pearl T. King
Tom King
Chambers
Supreme Court
Bank
John Malley
King Estate
Waldorf to Tour Pacific Coast for Holiday Football Games
Waldorf plans to leave next week for the Pacific coast to attend several holiday football games. He will first watch the Fast-West all star game in San Francisco on Christmas Day, with his brother John Waldorf of Missouri joining the West Eleven. He then goes to Palo Alto for the Stanford Army game, and on New Year’s Day attends the California game against Pittsburgh in conjunction with the Rose Carnival.
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San Francisco
John Waldorf
Missouri
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