Pope Opens Holy Year at St Peter's in Solemn Ceremony
The pope struck the holy door three times with the golden hammer to inaugurate a 25 year Holy Year. The crowd filled St Peter's Basilica and the square as the sedia gestatoria carried the pontiff to the door. He blessed the faithful and explained the door's symbolic meaning while plenary indulgences were announced.
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Eternal City
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Order of Malta
Sistine Choir
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Bistine Chapel
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Holy Father
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St. Paul's
Santa Maria Maxggoire
St. John Lateran
Portico
Loneh
Sedia Gestatoria
Holy
The
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Pontil
Bisseti
Lega
Pius
Postal Clerks Swamped Christmas Mail Deluge
Postal clerks face an overwhelming Christmas mail surge with sacks stacked to rafters and trains delivering gifts and perishables. By Tuesday 600 sacks awaited before processing. officials warn it may take days to sort and deliver as staff work nonstop at the sorting racks and the motorized canceling machine.
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Brimacombe
Butte
Ratification of Pact Between Gandhi and Swarajists
The Indian National Congress committee votes 160 to 19 to approve a pact with Mohandas Gandhi and the Swarajists. Non cooperation will be suspended and the Swarajists may represent the Congress in legislative bodies.
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Associated Press
Belgaum
British India
Indian National Congress
Mohandas Gandhi
Congress
National Congress
Rum Smuggling Schooner Patara Captured After 40 mile Chase
Coast guard cutters pursued the Patara for 40 miles before it fled toward New York and was captured 16 miles off Jones inlet. Authorities say the schooner landed more than 5 million dollars worth of liquor over two years. Seven prisoners including Captain Tenner were jailed aboard the Weasel, hands manacled, with bail refused. Twelve other prisoners on three rum boats were released on their own recognizance.
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New York
Jones Inlet
Coast
Tenner
Rum Row
Prohibition Agents Raid Jersey City Salons. Weehawken Officers Indicted
Sixty federal agents from New York raided 25 Newark South Orange and Harrison saloons after warrants issued by U S Commissioner Sommers. Weehawken Captain Dillon and Lieutenant Kirk bonded out on $10 000 each after grand jury indictment for malfeasance tied to a rum running case and the missing liquor truck from in front of the Weehawken police station.
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Associated Press
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New Jersey
Newark
South Orange
Harrison
United States
Sommers
Anti- Saloon League of
New York
John Dillon
Edward John Kirk
Weehawken
Hudson County Grand Jury
Captain Dillon
Lieutenant Kirk
Auto accident leaves Alice Wall badly hurt
Mrs. Alice Wall of 3102 Harrison avenue was taken to Murray hospital after an auto collision. She sustained a deep gash from the left eye to the ear requiring multiple stitches and could not explain the cause as a car struck her. A man who transported her left without giving his name. Relatives could not be reached.
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Alice Wall
Harrison Avenue
Murray Hospital
Three Injured in Automobile Wreck Near Council Bluffs
In Council Bluffs Iowa on December 24 Miss Florence Brodah 22 a nurse was fatally injured and EB A Wickham bank president his wife and their son Bernard were seriously hurt when their car was hit by a freight train from Chicago Rock Island and Pacific late today.
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Associated Press
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Florence Brodah
EB. A. Wickham
First National and State Savings Banks of
Bernard
Rock Island & Pacific
Burbank Perfects New Variety Corn
Santa Rosa California December 24 Luther Burbank renowned plant culturist announces he has perfected a new variety of sweet corn believed more productive and sweeter than any previously produced. He also mentions a new radiola variety and two varieties of sinnias.
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Presa Santa Rosa
Cal
Luther Burbank
Tragic Fire At Calanoma School Kills Many
A blaze swept Calanoma Schoolhouse during a Christmas event, sending occupants fleeing into snow as cars ferried the injured to Ho bart hospital. Dozens perished or escaped. bodies were laid in the playground amid a snowbound vigil. The dead include teacher Mrs. Florence Hill and many families.
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Babb Switch
Florence Hill
Paul Silas Peck
Opal Peck
Bud
Harry Biegers
T. C. Coffey
A. M. Coffey
Vesta
Jackson
Dowell
Eugene Poding
John Duke, Jr
Mina Duke
Life Sentences Handed To Poisoner Pair
Mrs. Sweetin and Henry Hight receive life terms after a jury convicts them in a murder case. Sweetin vows she would rather be hanged than imprisoned as she faces Christmas behind bars. Hight shows satisfaction with the verdict and a motion for a new trial is planned for January.
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Hight
Future of World in Hands of Vets
Indianapolis December 24. James A. Drain national commander of the American Legion says in a Christmas message to Legion members that the fate of the world rests on how the living veterans use their opportunities. He states the war’s impact hinges on whether those left behind act as God’s instruments to turn history to good.
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Indianapolis
Ind
James A. Drain
American Legion
Coolidge Joins Nations Carols Christmas in Paris and Vermont
President Coolidge and Mrs. Coolidge spent Christmas Day with charity work in Washington and Vermont. He greeted disabled World War veterans while Mrs. Coolidge distributed gifts and food baskets, and Secretary Hoover planned a country tree outing. Paris marked two Christmas Eve celebrations with crowded restaurants, music, and extended hours for dancing and meals.
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Washington
President Coolidge
Hoover
Santa brings record gift haul to Chicago for Christmas
Associated Press reports Chicago merchants logged huge holiday sales with state street alone surpassing 2.6 million in one day as Santa Laden with a 50 million package. Social service groups prepared to aid thousands of needy families and Dr. Ben Reitman announced hundreds of freshly bathed hoboes would be delivered to homes for a Christmas meal or the meal sent to the hoboes.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Santa Claus
Father Dearborn
St. Nichols
State Street
Ben Reitman
Hoboes’ College
Old Fashioned White Christmas Across Nation
AP reports a Canadawide cold wave with sub zero highs in the Far West and Northeast while the Middle West looks for light snow and stable temperatures. San Pedro faces gale damage to boats and crop losses. Tabernash Colorado records 62 below zero amid Arctic cold. Southwest enjoys near zero temperatures under clear skies.
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Chicago
Far West
Rocky Mountain
Middle West
Middle Western
San Pedro
Cal
Tabernash
Colo
Paris Holiday Eve in Cabarets and Restaurants
Paris observers report lively Christmas Eve scenes with popping corks, clinking glasses, and carols echoing in boulevard cabarets and restaurants. The festive mood blends traditional songs with classical performances as crowds celebrate.
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Associated Press
Paris
Joyful Christmas at the Citadel for Butte Children
Joyful Christmas program at the citadel featured songs stories and games for hundreds of children. A praised moment showed a shivering lad receiving warm clothes from Army volunteers and a Santa Claus distribution of gifts and treats. The Butte Exchange Club funded parcels of Montana made goods clothing shoes and food delivered to Salvation Army.
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Christ
Elks
Santa Claus
Reindeer
Salvation Army
Butte Exchange Club
Hangite
Exchangite
Jem Kiddo
Butte Rapid Transfer Company
Choir Boys of St John’s Entertain at Yuletide Visit
Choir boys of St John’s Episcopal church entertained others after a dinner at the hotel. They toured Deaconess and Murray hospitals and the Paul Clark home sharing Yuletide greetings with patients and residents.
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ST. John’s
St. John's Episcopal Church
Inlon Hotel
J. B. Gowan Jr
Deaconess
Murray
Paul Clark
Brass prices advance at American Brass Company
In New York on December 24 the American Brass Company advanced brass and nickel silver products by a cent per pound and copper products by an equal amount.
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Associated Press
New York
American Brass Company
Fire at East Side Grocery Damages Interior and Goods
A fire shortly before midnight at the East Side Grocery in the 1100 block East Second Street damaged the store interior and goods by smoke and water. Fire officials believe the blaze started from an overheated furnace and basement goods were affected.
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East Side
East Second Street
Two States Still in Grip of Storm
Near zero temperatures lingered in Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho with Walla Walla at four degrees above, Yakima at eight above, and Spokane at six above. The Weather Bureau warned of falling temperatures and a predicted zero on Christmas Eve.
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Washington
Idaho
Walla Walla
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