Harvey May Be Camlinge Envoy to Gather TFTA Across Ocean
Former Ambassador to Great Britain George Harvey, spending winter in Europe, may be on a state mission for President Coolidge. He could be asked to report on European affairs and travel using a diplomatic passport, with new party-name proposals stirring U.S. politics and Prohibition issues shaping party lines.
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Ocean
Great Britain
Europe
Frederic William Wise
Ashington
George Harvey
Warwick
Edward M. House
Wilson
House
Coolidge
White House
Foreign Service
State Department
Kellogs
Weather report for Denver and Arizona region
Cloudy unsettled conditions move through Denver on Monday with a likely shift to fall by Tuesday. Arizona expects generally fair weather on Monday and Tuesday with unsettled northeast areas and little temperature change. Humidity and wind data are partially legible with sporadic figures and dates.
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Denver
New Mexico
Arizona
Woman shoots married man and then kills herself in New York
Mrs. R. H. Ingersoll, 58, shot and killed Wallace Probasco, 50, at 65 Park Avenue before taking her own life. Probasco, found with multiple wounds at the same apartment, had separated from Ingersoll. Probasco, director of the New Century Color Plate Co., and Maud Ingersoll, daughter of Colonel Robert G. Ingersoll, married in 1904.
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New York
R. H. Ingersoll
Park Avenue
Wallace Probasco
Bellevue Hospital
Probasco
Pennsylvania
Ingersoll
Edith Maria Bannister
Green Bay
Wis
Ingersolls
Wagon accident injures dairyman near Bernalillo
Julian Gonzales a 24 year old dairyman employed by the Hagan coal mines suffered a broken leg when thrown from a wagon about seven miles east of Bernalillo around 4 p m Sunday. He lay on the highway for about 45 minutes before help arrived and was finally transported to Albuquerque after first aid at Bernalillo.
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Julian Gonzales
Hagan
Bernalillo
Gonzales
Santa Fe
Smetona elected Lithuania president takes oath
Antanas Smetona was elected president by the diet in Kovno on December 19 and immediately took the oath of allegiance. He succeeds Kasimir Grininas who resigned after a military coup deposed his government. The town celebrated the leadership change as Stulginskis was chosen diet president.
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Kovno
Lithuania
Antanas Smeltona
Kasimir Grinina
Sooviet
Silesia
Gri- Hus
Smetona
Explosion of black powder injures eighteen in freight derailment
A freight derailment on the Central New England line near West Patterson New York caused an explosion of 300 kegs of black powder injuring at least eighteen people and demolishing two houses. The blast was felt in Danbury Connecticut eighteen miles away as train cars burned and a fire spread from a linseed oil car.
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West Patterson
N. Y
Central New England
Danbury
Conn
Pan American Flight Delayed by Fog at Duncan Field
Fog and rain threaten the Pan American flight start from Duncan field in San Antonio. Major Herbert A Dargue and 16 pilots await a possible Monday noon launch on the 20 000 mile goodwill tour if conditions improve. Planes may taxi to Kelly field if takeoff remains blocked.
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San Antonio
Texas
Pan-American
Duncan Field
Ira Eaker
Maker
Army
Liberty
Herbert A. Dargue
Dargue
Kelly Field
Trick gifts redefine Christmas for mother and dad in Chicago
In Chicago on December 19, observers note mothers buy novel father gifts replacing ties and cigars. Items include golf ball name markers, brief cases, a cigarette lighter walking stick, and a scorecard case, plus collapsible umbrellas and hidden drawer boxes. Bootlegger influence brings liquor decanters shaped as animals and secure tops, as dealers rush stock.
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Chicago
Paroled Kentucky Congressman Langley In Prohibition Case
Federal prison officials expected to parole John W. Langley, former U S representative from Kentucky, serving a two year term for conspiracy to violate the national prohibition act. Parole papers arrived Sunday but release awaits official receipt. a Monday release and Christmas visit with his wife are anticipated.
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Atlanta
John W. Langley
United States House of Representatives
Kentucky
Langley
Congress
Fisherman Rescued After Five Days Adrift
Hanford lo Milan ing Astoria fisherman Salo drifted 206 miles in open boat W-5588 after heavy Pacific storm. Alaska Standard tanker towed him to Westport. Coast guard cutter escorted to Grays Harbor mouth with engines revived. He survived by eating last provisions aboard.
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Wash
Dee
Pacific Ocean
Hanford Lo
Columbia River
Grays Harbor
M Dermott Defense Aims To Prove Alibi In Murder Trial
In Canton Ohio on December 19 the defense for Patrick Eugene McDermott seeks to show he was not at the July 16 murder scene of publisher Don Mellett. Wife of Ben Rudner testifies she tracked her husband’s movements on July 8 9 and 26 to counter prosecution claims of conspiracy. Witnesses may testify McDermott stayed at a lodging house July 9 16 under alias Charles Thompson while others say he had a gun in his room. The defense plans to emphasize McDermott’s location when he testifies he will not need to explain his whereabouts.
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Canton
Ohio
Patrick Eugene McDermott
Ben Rudner
Don R. Mellett
Melgermott
Mellett
Sarah Rudner
McDermott
Rudner
Massillon
Oho
Hattie
Louis Mazer
William Hitzler
Kaseholk
Eight Injured as Train Derails Near Surrency Georgia
Macon Ga early Sunday morning a section of the Kansas City Special derailed on the Southern Railway main line near Surrency Georgia. Eight persons were hurt with six cars turned over and officials reporting various wounds. Names of the injured were not available.
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Dee
Bilgeht
Kansas City
Southern Railway
Surrency
Prohibition Agent Dies in California Auto Crash
Fresno December reports federal prohibition agent Horace Thorwaldeon, former sheriff of Vreano County, was killed in an automobile accident while en route to Lemoore. The sheriff’s office is investigating the crash details.
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Fresno
Calif
Dee
Horace Thorwaldeon
Vreano County
Thorweldeon
Wets in Hong Start Fight on Modification of Volstead Law
House wets move toward introducing a composite prohibition modification bill to permit manufacture and sale of beverages not legally intoxicating as defined by state laws. Representative Hill outlines a draft to amend the Volstead act placing such provisions after exemptions for non intoxicating cider and fruit juices. Wayne Wheeler denounces the $500,000 undercover prohibition funds as an attack on enforcement.
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House Wets
Wayne B. Wheeler
Anti-Saloon League
Congress
Treasury
Representative Hill
Maryland
Net
Hill
House
Ford urged to testify on charge against Jews in Federal Reserve
On December 19 a House rules committee invitation was requested for Henry Ford to explain his claim that the federal reserve system is internationally controlled by Jews. Representative Bloom of New York released the letter to committee chairman Snell and backed a resolution for Ford to substantiate his charge, stressing Congress handles government administration issues not personal accusations.
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House Rules Committee
Henry Ford
Federal Reserve
Representative Bloom
New York
Snell
Rules Committee
Bloom
Ford
Congress
United States
United States Federal Reserve
Stained Kimono May Be Clue In Murder Mystery
Police link stains on a kimono to foul play in the disappearance of Mrs. Knutte Houck from her Washington home. A bundle containing the kimono and nightgown tied to the Houcks was turned over by Dr. R J Varty after suspicious actions by Dr. Houck at a local drugstore.
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Washington
Po- Hce
Knutte
Houck
St. Elizabeth's Hopital
Hornell
N. Y
French Parliament Endorses First Postwar Balanced Budget
The French government wins parliamentary approval for a balanced 1927 budget. Receipts total 39,728,310,792 francs with expenditures of 39,541,443,921 francs. Chamber vote 405 to 149, Senate 268 to 4. adjournment set for after the new year. Premier Varenne led the push, discussions spanned days in both houses.
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Paris
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
Chamber
Volneare
Man Confesses to Killing Boy Then Wanders Streets All Night
Harold J. Croarkin 26, son of a flour dealer, surrendered to police and confessed to beating six year old Walter Schmith to death after luring him into a north side barn. He later rode trains, sought priests, and led them to the dying boy as he collapsed.
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Chicago
Harold J. Croarkin
Walter Schmith
North Side Riding Academy
Croarkin
Agnes Furlong
Ste Aaid
St. Vinecent's Catholic Church
Work for Congress Outlined Before Holiday Recess
Congress schedules a half week of business before leaving for home for Christmas. The Senate aims to push the 60 million omnibus rivers and harbors bill by Tuesday night and may take up an interior appropriation if time allows. In the House, lawmakers plan to move through small bills and push the agricultural department supply bill while maintaining a quorum. The week also features judiciary committee hearings on alleged federal office bartering and a campaign fund inquiry. House naval committee plans at least one session before recess to discuss a bill noted elsewhere.
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Congress
Senate
Interior Department
House
Agricultural Department
Senate Judiciary
Hartin
Reed Committee
Blease
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