Kiddies cheer Santa at Norman Legion Christmas party
About 1,500 seats were filled as nearly 5,000 Pontotoc county children crowded the Convention Hall to meet Santa and receive gift packages funded by donations from local stores. The event, led by Norman Howard Post 72 and DeMolay, highlighted poverty stories as many youngsters awaited Santa’s arrival and received apples, oranges, candy, and toys. Separately in Quapaw, Oklahoma, a lone robber stole several hundred dollars from the Bank of Quapaw, taking hostages before escaping in a light sedan.
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Convention Hall
Pontotoc County
Santa Claus
Norman Howard Post No. 72
American Legion
Santa
American Legion, Legion Auxiliary
DeMolay
Gene Augustus
Legion, Auxiliary
de- Melay
Gardner Braly
Norman Howard Post
Ponxotoc County
United States
Quapaw
Okla
Bank of Quapaw
Roy Bowman
Seven killed in Chicago wreck near Suburban Harvey
Seven workers at an Illinois emergency relief station in Chicago Heights died when their car was struck by the Grand Trunk International Limited near Surburban Harvey. Four women and two men bodies were sent to a Harvey undertaking, with one more trapped under a locomotive. The crossing lacked gates but signals were working, and the car advanced onto the crossing from the north.
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Chicago
Illinois
Chicago Heights
International Limited
Grand Trunk Line
Surburban
Wendell Tarkoff
Harvey Undertaking
Harvey
Toronto
Edward Lyon
Four bank robberies in six years end with latest in QuaPaw
A six foot robber hid a 500 dollar grab in today’s QuaPaw Bank of QuaPaw holdup. Police traced the escape car to Picher Oklahoma, but he vanished after a ride with two miners. The car was found abandoned in Picher. The suspect is being hunted across four states.
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Quapaw, Okla
Bank of
Qua
Picher
Picher Interurban
Tinkham Accuses Secret Moves to Enter League of Nations
Representative Tinkham accuses Secretary Perkins of deceit in pushing a measure to join the League of Nations by stealth. He says Congress was misled before adjournment and warns of further steps toward full membership, risking American independence and future European entanglements.
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Washington
League of Nations
Tinkham
R-Mass
United States
Perkins
League
Labor
Congress
International Labor Organization
Permanent Court of International Justice
Selecting Jury for Hauptmann
A 48 member jury panel, 27 men and 21 women, was drawn in Hunterdon County for the Hauptmann trial set for January 2. Prosecutors and defense counsel may seek a new 150 name panel due to booklet incidents and possible juror influence. Dr. Dexter denied reporting Hauptmann beaten, saying the exam was confidential and no such claim was made to him.
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Flemington
Hunterdon County
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Adam O. Robbins
Robbins
Thomas A. Trenchard
John H. Curtiss
Charles Holcombe
Anthony M. Hauck
Hauptmann
C. Lloyd Fisher
Egbert Rosecrans
New York
Thurston H. Dexter
Brooklyn
Dexter
James M. Fawcett
James A. Foley
Bronx County
New Jersey
Ellsworth Makes Antarctic Flight From Deception Island
Lincoln Ellsworth and Bernt Balchen reportedly flew 2400 miles across Antarctic from Deception Island to the Bay of Whales to test connections between Ross and Weddell seas. Admiral Byrd’s Little America encampment is nearby as Ellsworth planned a return to Deception Island after the flight.
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Wellington
New Zealand
Lincoln Ellsworth
Bernt Balchen
Antarctic
Deception Island
Bay of Whales
Richard E. Byrd
Little America
Antarctica
Ellsworth-Balchen
South Shetlands
Cape Horn
South Pole
Ellsworth
Dunedin
N. Z
Wyatt Earp
Bay of Whares
Ross and Weddell Seas
Antartica
Blue Valley Farmer Sold To James H Stroud of Ardmore
Cicero I Murray announced the sale of the Blue Valley Farmer to James H Stroud of Ardmore Oklahoma. The paper once published Governor Murray’s campaign words and the deal’s consideration was not disclosed. The seller held one fourth, the governor one half, and the governor’s wife one fourth.
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Blue Valley
James H. Stroud
Ardmore
Oklahoma City
Blue Valley Farmer
Murray
Cicero I. Murray
Mindanao Island attack leaves 21 Filipinos dead
Twenty one Filipinos were killed as fanatic mountain tribesmen attacked a Mindanao constabulary camp and nearby villagers. Sixteen attackers died and the constabulary, aided by US trained forces, repelled the assault with no casualties of their own.
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Manila
Mindanao
Philippine Constabulary
Agusan
Constabulary
Francisco Rosca
United States Army
Troy Montana Builds One of Country’s Tallest Community Trees
Troy Montana reports one of the nation’s tallest Christmas trees rising yearly to 85 feet on a vacant lot. The community tree grows and is used annually for public celebrations.
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Troy
Mont
Waner Tops NL Batting Race After Six Seasons
Paul Waner of the Pittsburgh Pirates returns to the lead in the National League batting race, the first lefthander to hold the crown in several seasons. The record shows Waner posted a 1934 season high of .362, continuing a left-handed dominance since Rogers Hornsby ended his six-year run in 1926.
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New York
Paul Waner
Pittsburgh Pirates
Rogers Hornsby
Waner
Frank O’doul
Bill Terry
Chuck Klein
Hornsby
Chick Hafey
Big Poison
Year of the big upset dominates 1954 in sports
The Associated Press fourth annual poll ranks Yale over Princeton as the top upset of 1954 with 126 points, followed by the Cardinals NL and World Series titles. Giants baseball collapse, Bears loss to the Giants, Columbia Rose Bowl win, and Michigan USC declines are noted shocks along with Baer’s KO of Camera and Rainbow’s return to defend the America’s Cup.
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Alan Gould
Associated Press
New York
Pasadena
Columbia
Lions
Stanford
Polo Grounds
Football Giants
Chicago Cubs
Yale
Iron Men
Princeton
New York Giants
St. Louis Cardinals
Cardinals
Giants
St. Louis
Bears
Michigan
Max Baer
Primo Camera
Polo
Meadow Brook
Rainbow
Delegates Weigh Recruiting and Scholarships at NCAA Meet
Delegates from the National Collegiate Athletic Association and three college sports bodies gather to discuss recruiting and subsidies in athletics. Cornell scholarship stance, Hutchinson disclosures, and Harvard coach Eddie Casey’s remarks frame the talks. A round table on recruiting is led by Prof. Z G Clevenger with NCAA and physical education leaders. a joint session with four bodies is chaired by Major J L Griffith.
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New York
National Collegiate Athletic Association
Cornell
Ralph C. Hutchinson
Washington and Jefferson
Eddie Casey
Harvard
Z. G. Clevenger
Indiana University
N.C.A.A
College Physical Education Association
American Football Coaches Association
The
American Student Health Association
J. L. Griffith
Chicago
Ada Considers Public Library With Local Donations
Ada seeks to establish a public library after a citizen offered books as a foundation. City officials plan to remodel space in Convention Hall for a reading room and library, seeking funds from private sources with a possible end of fiscal year city support if needed.
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Ferdie Deering
Ada
J. D. Willoughby
Albert Chamberlain
Percy Armstrong
Oklahoma
Convention Hall
Tom. D. McKeown
Andrus Millionaire Straphanger Dies in Yonk ers Home
John E. Andrus, famed as the millionaire straphanger, died at his Yonkers home this morning at age 93 after a three day illness. He built a fortune once estimated at $200 million in ore, timber, medicine, banking and real estate, gaining fame for riding the subway daily for many years.
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Yonkers
N. Y
John E. Andrus
Straphanger
Andrus
Temperatures Hit New Lows Across Midcontinent
The Associated Press reports extreme cold gripping the midcontinent as winter delivers its harshest blast of the season. Subzero temperatures and brutal wind chills characterized the day, prompting travel advisories and emergency shelter activation in several cities.
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Associated Press
Hard Battle on Hot Oil Teases Texas Code Fight
Tulsa dispatch summarizes a year of oil industry clashes over hot oil and federal control. It tracks injunctions against overproduction in Texas, gaps in the code, the tender board approach, and court battles over interstate and intrastate shipments culminating in December with end to hot oil shipments.
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William Voigt, Jr
Associated Press
Tulsa
Okla
Texas
Amazon Corp
New Orleans
United States Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Ickes
East Texas
Bitter cold grips the upper Midwest in deadly blizzard sweep
A brutal cold snap blasted the upper Rocky Mountains and swept through the northwest to the middle west. Temperatures plunged to 39 below in Eveleth Minnesota and 37 below in Bemidji, with rare fatal cases reported as drivers perished on icy highways. The toll rose with a holiday death count of at least 175, amid train wrecks in Canada and a Chicago suburb collision that killed seven relief workers. Snow blocked roads, lines failed across Minnesota, and two farmers froze to death in Saskatoon area towns.
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Rocky Mountain
Canada
Middle West
Eveleth
Minn
Bemidji
Devils Lake
Nora
Dakota
Duluth
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Harvey
Chicago
Minnesota
Dublane
Sask
Winnipeg
Black-Draught Laxative Endorsed by Nurse in Missouri
Mrs Anna LaPlante a practical nurse from Festus Missouri says she recommends Thedford s Black-Draught to patients as a good vegetable laxative. She used it for constipation headache and dull feeling and felt better after a few doses. Millions of packages are sold each year due to its trusted reputation.
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Festus
Anna LaPlante
Thedford
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L. A. Grant
O .B. Lee
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Jo Linthicum
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