Railroads face pressure on compulsory consolidation plan
Washington reports on the interstate commerce commission's proposal to form 19 competing transportation units with key lines across the east and west. Senator Fess advances compulsory consolidation, while Senator Watson and various Democrats seek further legislation and oppose certain pairings like Great Northern with Northern Pacific.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Congress
New England
Pennsylvania
Baltimore and Ohio
Chesapeake and Ohio
New York Central
Wabash
Boston
Maine
New Haven
Atlantic Coast Line
Southern
Illinois Central
Great Northern-Northern Pacific
Chicago Milwaukee
St. Paul and Pacific
Burlington
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Santa Fe
Missouri Pacific
Rock Island
Chicago and Northwestern
Fess
Ohio
Commission
Watson
Indiana
Senate
Wheeler
Montana
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Pittman
Nevada
Northwest
Chicago Teachers Wait For Real Santa Claus
Chicago teachers feared overdue salaries as two options loomed. H Wallace Caldwell sought to sell 3 000 000 in tax anticipation warrants while Silas H Strawn led a citizens remedial committee to aid.
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Chicago
Santa Claus
H. Wallace Caldwell
Board of Education
Citizens ‘‘Remedial
Silas H. Strawn
White Blanket In Middle West Gets Addition
Chicago reports a white Christmas throughout the middle west as new snowfall adds to the blizzard toll. Temperatures range from four degrees below in St Paul to 30 above in Milwaukee with Chicago in the mid twenties. Forecasts call for less cold but continuing snow through the holiday period.
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Middle West
Chicago
Chicago Weather Bureau
St. Paul
Minn
Omaha
Milwaukee
China and Russia end dispute with peace protocol
Moscow and Mukden signed a protocol at Khabarovsk restoring the pre dispute status on the Chinese Eastern railway. Troops withdraw from borders, arrests released, and white guards disarmed. A further conference on January 25 will arrange formal resumption of relations.
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Moscow
Mukden
Commissariat
M. Simonovsky
Tsai Yun-shen
Harbin
Peking-Mukden
China
Russia
Manchuria
Stimson
Soviet Russia
Fire in Pocahontas mine halts work near McAlester
A fire in one entry of the Pocahontas coal mine of Messina Coal near McAlester caused a temporary shutdown. Officials planned sealing the entry by late today after a Thursday ignition from a shot of explosive set off a gas flow. About 150 workers are on site.
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Mcalester
Pocahontas
Messina Coal Company
Greatest Results for the Amount Invested News Classified Ads
Local classified items promote city markets and services with emphasis on value. Readers are offered notable deals across categories including household items, real estate, and employment ads.
Weather and Roads Across States
Arkansas fair with rising temperatures tonight and Tuesday. Kansas fair tonight and Tuesday with warmer conditions in the east and south Tuesday. Oklahoma fair and rising temperatures. Road conditions show clear in Ponca City Blackwell and Oklahoma City with good travel.
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Arkansas
Kansas
Oklahoma
Temp
Wea
Mista
Clear Road
Atemore
Ponca City
Blackwell
Okla. City
Crash Near Indianapolis Kills One Passenger Injures Two
Investigators from Trans-Continental Air Transport begin a probe into a tri motor passenger plane crash near Stoutfield Mars Hill airport. D C Law of Philadelphia died from multiple injuries while C Mahlon Kline suffered a broken arm and bruises and Miss Mary Fearnow sustained a sprained ankle. Pilot D W Burford faced challenging conditions as the aircraft struck a five foot stump and tore through fuselage.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Trans-Continental Air Transport Lines
D. C. Law
Philadelphia
Warner Brothers, Inc
C. Mahlon Kline
Smith, Kline, French and Company
St. Louis
Columbus
Ohio
Stoutfield
Mars Hill
D. W. Burford
Law
Russell MacFarlen
Transatlantic Flyers Depart For Montevideo Rio Janeiro
An Aeropostal plane left at 6 02 a m carrying Major Tadeo Larre Borges and Lieutenant Leon Challe toward Montevideo after a crash last week near Natal Brazil on a trans Atlantic flight from Seville Spain.
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Montevideo
Rio Janeiro
Pan
Aeropostal Company
Uruguay
Tadeo Larre-Borges
Leon Challe
Nata
Brazil
Seville
Spain
Dorothy Rice Sims Bridge Champion and Multi Talent Heiress
New York social figure Mrs. Dorothy Rice Sims, noted for recent national bridge championships, is described as a wealthy matron with a diverse profile. She is an aviator, sculptor, and painter who has held exhibitions, and she inherited millions. She also won a sectional skating title at age 12.
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New York
Dorothy Rice Sims
Park Bears in Trouble Over Depredations
Yosemite superintendent Colonel C G Thomson reports a bear rise in 1929 causing 31 hospital visits and significant damage to park property. Secretaries and park staff wives warn that ongoing depredations may lead to further action and removal of park pets.
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Washington
C. G. Thomson
Yosemite
Albright
Wilbur
Hardwick badly injured in wreck near Calvin
Deputy sheriff A L Hardwick sustained serious injuries when the car he rode in with Walter Ford overturned on a curve west of Calvin while returning from McAlester. Ford suffered a minor arm fracture and bruises. Sheriff Bowles rushed back from Ada after learning of the crash.
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Holdenville Hospital
A. L. Hardwick
Calvin
Walter Ford
McAlester
Fred Bowles
W. J. “Whitey” Walker
State Penitentiary
Allen
Hardwick
Ford
Sheriff Bowles
Ada
Holdenville
Hughes County
Auto Tags Go On Sale January Second In Pontotoc
A shipment of automobile license tags worth 35000 arrives for Pontotoc county for 1930. Sale begins January 2 with yellow and black color scheme to aid readability. Ninety days are allowed to obtain tags with a ten cent daily penalty after that.
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Marjorie Braly
Pontotoc County
Oklahoma
Mongol republic idea dents Chinese Eastern Railway crisis
Japanese dispatches from Harbin and Mukden report a pro posed Mongol republic in the Barga Kulunnor Bornor area aided by Soviet Russia. Mongols, with Russian officers, allegedly occupy Khailar as part of a broader independence drive. Consuls note plunder along the retreat routes in Manchuria, raising tensions ahead of Moscow talks.
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Tokyo
Bargo
Kulumer
Kolonbail
Harbin
Mukden
Manfuria
Mientuho
Barga
Holung- Kiang
Khailar
Kulunnor
Bornor
Young
China
Manchuria
Khabarovsk
Khabar
Wan Fu-Lin
Holungkiang
Chang Hsueh-Liang
Moscow
Chalantun
Mientuhe
Buchatu
Holiday liquor imports decline as city eyes quiet Christmas
Police court records show three drunks over the weekend, light for the year. Mayor Jones cites improved vigilance and scarce funds as reasons for fewer holiday intoxication cases and smaller liquor shipments. The last batch reportedly totaled two and a half gallons. Los Angeles girl Pretty Bell, age 12, will fly planes and seek a pilot license at 16.
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Jones
Los Angeles
Pretty Bell
Oregon Governor Paterson Dies. Norblad Acts as Governor
A. W. Norblad becomes Oregon’s acting governor after Governor I. L. Patterson dies of pneumonia at his country home near Ecola. Patterson, age 70, rose from a Benton county log cabin to state governor. funeral set for this afternoon with Christmas close at hand. Political and state affairs paused as citizens filed past the Salem hall to pay respects.
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Portland
Ore
A. W. Norblad
Astoria
State Senate
Oregon
I. L. Patterson
Ecola
Hall of Representatives
Salem
Benton County
Patterson
Chicago Judge Declares No Divorces On Christmas Eve
Judge Joseph Sabath of Chicago will devote his entire court session tomorrow to reconciliation efforts. He said no divorces will be granted on Christmas Eve, urging disputing parties to reflect on unity over the holiday.
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Chicago
Joseph Sabath
Sabath
Debut of Misses Elmnor and Evelyn Wurzburg Twins
New York College social events during holidays feature a guessing contest tonight. The debut of twins Misses Elmnor and Evelyn Wurzburg draws attention as they are hard to tell apart.
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New York
Elmnor
Evelyn Wurzburg
Immense Choir Of 15000 Will Sing Tomorrow
In Madison Square Park an international Christmas carol event will draw about 15 000 people. A 1500 voice choir from churches joins Maria Kucenko Albert Stoessels and bands under New York Advertising Club direction.
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New York
Madison Square Park
Advertising Club
Walker
Maria Kucenko
Albert Stoessels
Police and Fire Department
Edna White
Police Glee Club
WGY
Europe
Australia
Ripley Objects to Merger Plan as Flawed and Unequal
Cambridge December 23 Professor W Z Ripley Harvard economist and former railroad consolidation examiner condemns the interstate commerce commission plan for failing to secure operating efficiency or financial equality. He calls it economic philandering not statesmanship and argues the plan ignores definite rate territories and would not create fair competition among Wabash Pennsylvania New York Central Baltimore Ohio and Van Sweringen systems.
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Cambridge, Mass
Interstate Commerce Commission
W. Z. Ripley
Harvard University
Congress
Ripley
Commission On
Pennsylvania
New York Central
Baltimore & Ohio
van Sweringen
New England
Burlington
Canada
Mexico
White Christmas Doubt Amid Widespread Snow Across Regions
A massive snow blanketed the United States from the Mississippi Valley to Georgia and beyond. Temperatures plunged to zero in New England and the Northwest while the Atlantic seaboard faced fierce snow from Cape Hatteras to Maine. The central states saw milder conditions, with forecasts predicting snow staying in place until after Christmas and the South expecting a thaw with rising temperatures in the lower Mississippi Valley.
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He United States
Middlewest
Missippi
Louisiana
Arkansas
Alabama
Georgia
Atlantic
Cape Hatteras
Maine
New England
Northwest
Central States
Weather Bureau
South
Mercury
Mississippi Valley
Dixie
Weather contrasts across Florida as cold snaps ease
Florida endured varied temperatures with northwest regions near freezing and the southeast enjoying warmth. Pensacola dropped to 28, Gainesville and Jacksonville reached 36, while Miami and Key West stayed around 68 as relief was forecast for the northwest amid colder air to the east.
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Florida
Jacksonville
Fla
Weather Bureau
Pensacola
Gainesville
Miami
Key West
Snowy Blizzard Hits New York Area Ahead of Christmas
A northeast wind draped New York and nearby regions with heavy snow today. The Weather Bureau predicted a white Christmas with at least six inches of snowfall by tomorrow, as the day began with light flakes that intensified into blizzard conditions. Temperatures stay near normal. Continued on Page 3.
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New York
Weather Bureau
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