British Isles Beset by Severe Storms Amid Floods and Ship Sinks
Severe storms lash the British Isles and European coast causing at least 24 deaths in Britain, with Spain and Portugal reporting losses as seventeen ships struggle. Ships like Andalucia Star and Radyr sink or drift while lifeboats rush to aid distressed crews as floods worsen.
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U.P
British Isles
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English Channel
Atlantic
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Andalucia
Radyr
Bristol Channel
Alphonsa Percy
Smiths Kinoll
Cromer
Hull
Selsey
Honved
Shoreham
Merrle
Seaford
Gald Ames
Cismon
Waterford
Arklow
Bristol
Body of Emmett Morgan Found in Diamond Brick Building
Emmett Morgan a tailor aged 89 was found dead at 8 am in a Diamond Brick Company building in Logan. He was last seen Wednesday and is believed to have died two days earlier possibly from a heart attack. Police recovered $3167 in currency and debt certificates. coroner of Hocking County reported no verdict yet.
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Logan
Emmett Morgan
Diamond Brick Company
Morgant
Hocking County
Police suspend Cleveland detective and captain in probe
Detective William Kelch who testified for the defense in the Michael Shinkman case and contradicted a superior was suspended along with Capt. Emmett Potts head of the Bureau of Criminal Investigation by Safety Director Edwin Dlarey.
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U.P
William Kelch
Michael
Mike the
Shinkman
Emmett Potts
Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Police Department
Ofuty
Edwin Dlarey
Hurley Named Secretary of War in Friday Favor
Patrick Jay Hurley of Tulsa selected by President Hoover to become secretary of war marking him the youngest holder of the post. Born January 8 1883 in the Choctaw Nation he passes a string of Friday milestones including graduation admission to the bar military service and prior cabinet work. The Catholic Oklahoman is the first southerner appointed to full cabinet rank and drew broad southern Democratic support.
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U.R
Patrick Jay Hurley
Tulsa
Okla
Hoover
James We Good
Hurley
Senate
Indian Territory
National University
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Army
Henry B. Wilson
University Students Claim Athens As Their Legal Home
About 15 Ohio University students testified as witnesses in Athens as part of a dispute over a recount of local votes. They declared plans to remain in the city after graduation, while some had voted from parents’ addresses. Advanced by E. C. Woodworth’s suit against Robert Wood, the case raises home address questions amid deposition hearings before Justices Porter and Hedges.
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Athens
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E. C. Woodworth
Robert 8. Wood
Woodworth
Thens
Russel Kinsterwald
Mary Antoinette
Finsterwald
New Cold Wave Heads For Midwest Sunday Weather
Chicago dispatch reports a new cold wave named the Storm King approaching the Midwest with rain and snow. Temperatures in the Canadian Northwest have fallen to 32 degrees below zero while the Dakotas endure sub zero winds. Forecasters say the system will not be as severe as recent cold snaps but will bring rain then snow near Chicago with very cold conditions tonight and tomorrow. Lake Superior and upper Lakes Michigan and Huron issued storm warnings with more lake areas expected to follow.
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Detroit's Top Business Spotlight in Cheerful Edition
In Detroit a forecasted business leader is highlighted as Ford's plant expansion dominates industry chatter. Paul Block directs publisher interests as regional commerce gathers momentum.
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Detroit
Ford
Paul Block
Detroit Times Opens New Plant and Building
The Detroit Times on Friday unveiled its new plant and an extremely handsome building in Detroit. Nearly everyone attended to congratulate publisher Mr. Andrews and owner Mr. Hearst, both present for the ceremony.
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Mich
Detroit Times
Andrews
Hearst
Detroit Times Circulation and Price Change
The Detroit Times, once owned by others about eight years ago with circulation under 20 000, now reports around 00 000 in circulation and sells at 3 cents a copy, up from 2 cents under the former price.
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Detroit Times
City buzzing as big Hudson store hits 75 million sales
This city stays energized despite Wall Street volatility as the J. L. Hudson Company opens a new store driving about 75 million dollars in yearly sales. Merchants take keen notice of the rapid growth and market impact.
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Wall Street
J. L. Hudson Company
United States
Retail Giants Compete for Nation’s Largest Store Profile
I. H. Weber and his brothers ask whether Marshall Field in Chicago or Macy in New York will claim the nation’s biggest retail business. Marshall Field, earning over a hundred millions annually, likely leads while Macy’s, just over ninety millions, is closing the gap as the industry grows.
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Marshall Field
Chicago
Macy
New York
Marshall Ifield
Visitors Tour Ford Factories Drive Through Mills
Visitors traveled by car through Ford factories including rolling mills and blast furnaces, entering the second floor of multiple plants and touring the full length of the facilities.
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Government steamships cut up and melted into Ford cars
Observers report government built steamships were dismantled and melted down, later repurposed into Fords, illustrating postwar material reallocation and industrial redirection.
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Miners Trapped in Cassville Mine Reach Communicatio
Rescue crews in Cassville near Morgantown West Virginia say they have established two way talks with three miners trapped by a coal and slate fall in the Brock Mine of Continental Coal Company. The miners report they are getting air and are not suffering, but extraction will take many hours.
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Morgantown
W. Va
Brock
Continental Coal Company
Cassville
Jackson woman sues over obscene letter indictment fallout
Mrs. Kate C. McCurdy files a suit against Mr. and Mrs. 8 E. Stephenson and Mrs. M. Jackson Burgess in Jackson seeking 503000, claiming false grand jury testimony damaged her health and social standing after an indictment on obscene mail charges was quashed. The 1927 Dayton grand jury case was dismissed last month.
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U.P
Kate C. McCurdy
E. Stephenson
M. Jackson Burgess
Dayton
Death of Claude Meeker noted in Columbus
Claude Meeker a 67 year old broker Democratic political leader and former journalist died of a heart attack in his private rest room at the Neil House in Columbus yesterday. Telegrams of condolence poured in as funeral plans were arranged and leaders across commerce and civic life remembered his rise from newspaper work to a diplomatic post and political prominence.
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U.P
Claude Meeker
Meeker
Neil House
Ohio
Great Britain
Soviet reply to Stimson note reaches state department
Soviet Russia sent its remonstrance over Manchuria to the state department and officials said the note is the same as the press version aside from translator influenced phrasing. The exchange follows U S mobilization efforts to shape public opinion on the Manchuria situation.
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U.P
Russia
Stimson
Manchuria
State Department
Capitol
Hampton Founda
Stinson
Bi-partisan committee named to recodify Ohio election laws
Secretary of State Clarence J. Brown in Columbus announces a 19 men and one woman special committee to assist in recodifying the election laws under the new code. The panel will join old and new sections and draft rules to implement the law effective January 1.
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Columbus
Clarence J. Brown
Brown
Secretary of State
Delinquent Personal Taxes Urged for Payment at Courthouse
County residents are urged to pay overdue personal taxes at the County Treasurer's office in the Courthouse. A list of delinquent owners in various districts has been turned over to B. Kern for collection. Athens City residents are asked to pay within the week.
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B. Kern
Athens City
Miner Harry Jackson Hurt in Amesville Farm Mine
Dec. 7 report from Amesville says Harry Jackson sustained a broken back and hip when coal fell on him at a farm mine. He was rushed to Parkersburg Hospital in West Virginia for treatment with little hope for recovery.
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Harry Jackson
Jackson
Parkersburg
W. Va
Magazine Section Delivers Sunday Messenger Content
The Sunday Messenger moves new features to the Magazine Section with the usual local and wire news society notes classified ads and sports remaining in the First Section. Readers will find serials radio programs and correspondence from smaller communities in the Magazine Section today.
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Sunday Messenger
Athens Stores Ready for Christmas Shopping Season
Athens stores on Court Street glow with Christmas greens and lights as the official start of a 15 day shopping period begins. Extra clerks will assist the large expected crowds and gift counters are set in aisles to aid shoppers. The Athens Retail Association promises courtesy and accommodations akin to larger cities.
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Court Street
Gally
Athens Retail Association
Bobcats Will Not Battle Ohio State
Ohio University and Ohio State University will not meet in football next year. Mt. Union of Alliance will be scheduled instead after the Big Ten meeting in Chicago. No reason given beyond it being impossible to arrange the matchup with Ohio University.
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Natives Attack as Marines Reinforce at Aux Cayes
Riots from a student strike spread as native leaders urge action. About 1,500 natives assault a small Marine detachment at Aux Cayes while Hoover dispatches more troops to the island. The executive and Stim son proclaim the situation serious as rocks and missiles are used in the assault.
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Hoover
Jury Deliberates in Elias Arnold Theft Trial
In Wooster the jury of four women and eight men began deliberations on the second trial of Elias Arnold and his son Arthur for the alleged theft of four year old Melvin Horst from Orrville. The boy vanished about a year ago and the judge, Judge Charles Turnbaugh, delivered the charge at 2 p.m.
House acts to create Haiti study commission
A resolution to authorize a commission to study conditions in Haiti and recommend U S policy was introduced in the House by Representative Irish New York Republican and Foreign Affairs Committee member. It follows President Hoover's annual message to Congress.
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Ts Seasion
Committee On Foreign Affairs
Porter
House Foreign Affairs
Vorter
Haiti
Congress
Washington
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New York
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Hoover
Haitians clash with Marines at Aux Cayes in port city revolt
Open revolt in Haiti erupts after a student strike with 1500 to 1600 natives facing 20 Marines in Aux Cayes as five Haitians die and more than 20 wounded. Marines fire 250 rounds scattering attackers around the port city and the American colony.
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Sam Love
United Press
Port AU Prince
Haiti
Aux Cayes
Jacmel
Republic
Swink
Blanchard
Candy Recipes Booklet Offered For Christmas Making
The Athens Messenger promotes a Candy Recipes booklet via the Washington Information Bureau. It promises 144 readily made candy varieties suitable for home kitchens without special appliances. Recipes are tested, range from simple to more elaborate, and the booklets cost six cents postage and handling with a coupon.
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Washington
Six Cents for Booklet Cand y Recipes in Strevet City
A notice offers six cents in coin or stamps for four copies of a booklet titled Candy Recipes. The sender identifies Strevet City Slate as the source.
No Solution in $3,000 Theft at Farm Home
Logan Dec 7. No solution to the mysterious disappearance of $3,000 from the Buck Rup Buck Rup Buck Rup Buck Rup Good Hope Township home of Benjamin Carmichael has been found by county officers. After questioning Ray Pittman Sr. again they were released as investigators seek further clues. Prosecutor Phil Hendersen and Deputy Sheriff J. F. Hamme mond discussed the case with Carmichael who had been living alone.
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Phil Hendersen
JL. FF. Hammemond
Dollar Financier Fined in New York for Leviathan Trade
New York December 1 Stanley Dollar of San Francisco president of the Dollar 81 Lines paid fines totaling 489.26 for clothing and jewelry acquired by the Leviathan. The action marks a regulatory enforcement against improper trade practices involving the vessel and its shipments.
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Stanley Dollar
San Franciaco
Dollar 81 Lines
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