Pekin starch plant blast kills and injures many
At Pekin Illinois a disastrous dust explosion and fire destroyed two Corn Products buildings. official tallies place dead and missing around forty with about twenty injured. rescue teams battled ice and flame as more bodies were recovered and investigations began into possible ignition sources.
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Associated Press
Pekin
Ill
H. B. Lawton
Peoria
Columbia
Illinois River
Here
R. F. Sherman
Corn Products Company
Charles Milburn
Hough
George Lieber
Walter Stewart
Stewart
Sale of Patents to Foundation Upheld by Court
Wilmington Del Jan 3 The government suit to invalidate the 5 700 seized enemy dye and chemical patents sale to the Chemical Foundation Inc was dismissed by Judge Morris in federal court The ruling says trading with the enemy act and presidential orders are the supreme law and allow such disposition In summer long trial Henry W Anderson predicted appeal to the Supreme Court
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Associated Press
Wilmington
Del
The
Chemical Foundation, Inc
Morris
Harding
Henry W. Anderson
Richmond
United States Supreme Court
Morine
Congress
Reduced Acreage of Winter Wheat Across Nations
The department of agriculture reports smaller winter wheat seedings for 1924 in the United States Canada Poland and Bulgaria totaling 46 811 000 acres, down from 53 897 000 last year. Russia also shows reduced fall seedings. Global wheat output across 47 countries reached 3 404 000 000 bushels, up 352 000 000 from 1922. Rye barley and oats show notable gains across multiple regions.
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Associated
lVress
Washington
Department of Agriculture
United States
Canada
Poland
Bulgaria
Russia
Nine Drown in Rescue Attempt Off Fire Island Inlet
A monster wave swept nine men from the deck of the power boat Sid in Great South Bay as it went to rescue three men in a grounded speed boat Electra at Fire Island inlet. The drowned were mostly the rescue party. two others were with Electra owner Eccleston of Bay Shore.
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Associated Press
Babylon
N. Z
Great South Bay
Fire Island Inlet
Electra
Eccleston
Bay Shore
Bandits Net 32500 In Two City Robberies
Two pairs of bandits struck in Los Angeles on January 3 stealing 6500 from Pacific Southwest Bank and 21000 in checks plus 5000 cash from a Challenge Cream and Butter company cashier and salesman. They then fled in the car.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Creamery Company
Pacific Southwest Bank
Challenge Cream and Butter Company
Orators Capture Spotlight When Congress Reconvenes
Congress returned from holiday recess to hours of oratory and routine business. The House Ways and Means Committee resumed work on the Mellon tax reduction bill, aiming for enactment in 10 days to 2 weeks. The Senate continued the deadlock over a chairman of the Interstate Commerce Committee with ballots in two-party rounds. Senator Lafollette returns to the chamber after illness. The Senate also moves to investigate the Mayfield Texas election irregularities with a sub committee to plan procedures.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
House
Ways and Means Committee
Senate
Interstate Commerce Committee
Cummins
Iowa
Smith
South Carolina
Couzens
Michigan
LafFollette
Wisconsin
Privileges and Elections Committee
Mayfield
Texas
Publicity chief proposed for Pacific Northwest rail ad drive
Representatives from Washington Oregon Idaho Montana and Wyoming endorsed creating a general publicity director to coordinate a million dollar rail advertising campaign over three years to attract settlers. Railroads Northern Pacific Great Northern Chicago Burlington and Quincy would back a St Paul or Chicago office with staff.
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Associated Press
Spokane
Pacific Northwest
Chambers of Commerce
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
Montana
Wyoming
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
Chicago
Burlington and Quincy
St. Paul
Lions Club
Northwest
French Staff to Move to Mayence in January
A Paris dispatch from Dusseldorf reports the French general staff of the army of occupation will depart Dusseldorf in the first fortnight of January for Mayence. General Degoutte will keep headquarters in Dusseldorf and civil services will stay there. Seven infantry regiments have been withdrawn from the Ruhr and Rhineland as regrouping continues.
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Mayence
Associated Press
Paris
Adiapatch
Dusseldorf
Army of Sooupatios
Fyence
Degoutte
Havas
Troo
Ruhr
Rhineland
Roundup of Bank Robbery Suspects Nears Completion
Montana authorities say the roundup of suspects in more than twenty bank robberies over two years is near completion with over 15 men and women in state jails awaiting trial. Burns detective W S Gordon in Butte cites confessions and names leaders and masterminds across Montana Utah California and Washington and reveals arrests tied to gangs operating with swift recklessness. Arthur Davis and wife Rhea Davis are in Virginia City jail after arrest in Stockton California with an escaped convict known as Stevens who avoided returning to Montana.
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Montana
W.S. Gordon
Criminal Department
Burns Detective Agency
Butte
Gordon
Utah
California
Washington
Johnny Reed
Chateau
Dyer
Crook
Bozeman
Arthur Davis
America
Daddy” Marshall
Havre
Salesville
F E. W. Bavin
Alberta
Burns
Murphy
Rhea Davis
Virginia City
Stockton
Cal
Stevens
Dusky Gabe Winning Battle With Illness
Dorothy Chinn eight months old known as Dusky Rose at St. James hospital fights illness with pneumonia history now improving. Daughter of Mr and Mrs James Chinn of 520 South Main Street neighbors in Butte. hospital staff and attendants joined in care and concern as parents briefly away caused worry.
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Dorothy Chinn
St. James’ Hospital
James Chinn
South Main Street
Butte
Mrs. Chinn
Four Railroads Report Four Years With No Passenger Fatalities
Chicago and neighboring lines announce that four rail systems, the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul, the Chicago Northwestern, the Santa Fe, and the Illinois Central Western, posted zero passenger deaths in 1923. The Chicago Milwaukee St Paul logged eight and a half billion passenger miles with an average trip of 103 miles. Northwestern carried 383,0913 566 passengers at 34 miles per trip. Santa Fe carried 16 million passengers at 152 miles per trip. Illinois Central Western averaged 1.55 million passengers yearly at 88 miles per trip.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Chicago & Northwestern
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Chicago & Eastern Illinois
Fastern Milinois
New X ray Tube Aims to Cut Cancer Treatment Time
A new high power X ray tube for cancer therapy was announced by Dr. Francia Wood of the Crocker Institute Columbia University. Inventor C T Ulrey of Westinghouse Lamp Co describes the Alrey tube with increased emissive power and high voltage tolerance. The device promises longer machine life and shorter patient exposure from hours to about twenty minutes, reducing treatment costs and tube breakage.
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Associated Press
New York
Francia (. Wood
Crocker Institute For Cancer Research
Columbia University
C. T. Ulrey
Westinghouse Lamp Company
Peiiyneces Research Engineers
Johnson Opens Presidential Campaign in Cleveland
Senator Hiram Johnson of California blasts the Republican machine and Coolidge policy in Cleveland. He denounces southern delegate moves, urges equal nominating rights, attacks World Court plans, and questions Mellon tax reforms while calling for farmer relief and tariff moves. Continued on Page 2.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
Ohio
Republican National Committee
Obregon
Mexico
Ohio Republican State Central Committee
President Coolidge
Hiram Johnson
California
Johnson
Chicago
Mellon
Coolidge
Pioneer Woman of Montana Dies at 78 in Missoula
Mrs. Roberta McCormick aged 78 a Montana pioneer since 1865 and Missoula resident since 1880 died at home after a hip fracture from a fall Two years ago Interment plans call for Helena on Saturday morning She founded Missoula’s first circulating library and served as librarian wife of Fort Missoula’s first pioneer trader
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Associated Press
Missoula
Roberta McCormick
Montana
Hering
Helena
McCormick
Fort Missoula
Tax Changes Suggested to Stock Dividends Amendment
The Ways and Means Committee paused broader tax bill work to study provisions on policy changes and tax rates. It approved limiting capital losses to 12 percent and required dividend-offsets for corporate loss spreading, while considering an amendment to exclude stock dividends from capital gains treatment.
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Associated Press
Washington
House Ways and Means
The
Treasury
Representative Rainey
Democrat
Illinois
A. W. Gregg
Melton
Smallpox Quarantine Prompts Vaccination After Fire
Hundreds of spectators crowded the burning home of Henry McCoy in Los Angeles fled when a city health inspector announced the residence was under smallpox quarantine. Five spectators and fire company members were vaccinated, along with three patrolmen. Mr and Mrs McCoy and their six children were taken to a hospital.
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Los Angeles
Henry McCoy
City Health Board
McCoy
Thaw release opposed by mother in Pittsburg statement
Mrs Mary Copely Thaw and Howard Irish trustee of Harry K Thaw's estate announced in Pittsburg that any effort to release Thaw from the sanitarium will be opposed. The statement was issued on behalf of the Thaw family.
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Pittsburg
Harry KK
Phisiplite
Mary Copely Thaw
Howard Irish
Harry K. Thaw
Announ
Thaw
Motion Picture Censors Bar Mabel Normand Films
Memphis Tennessee January 3 Joseph M Dean chairman of the focal board of motion picture censors states films featuring Mabel Normand will be barred locally after her name linked to Tuesday night shooting of Courtland Dines son of a Denver capitalist seriously wounded by Normand's chauffeur The board will act at next meeting Purviance films barred until the Dines case clears up Kansas may act to ban all films featuring Normand per attorney general Griffith letter to the board
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Associated Press
Memphis
Tenn
Joseph M. Dean
Focal Board of Motion Picture Censors
Mabel Normand
Courtland
Dines
Denver
Censora
Dean
Kansas
Topeka
Han
Dan
Attorn Eral C. B. Griffith
Mand
Ceneral
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