Temperature drop saves state from flood disaster
Cold snap slows floods across the state as temperatures fall below freezing. Water entered some stores and traffic limited on Parkersburg Road while buses operated on other routes. Forecasters warn of further cold and continued flood precautions in towns like Pomeroy Zanesville and Marietta.
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Athens
A.N
France
Ruvorder
Parkersburs
Tinssey
Marietta
Cies
Wouler
V’orneroy
United States Weather Bureau
Columbus
Zanesville
Ewine
Aanesville
Tuscarawas County
Pomeroy
Gallipolis
Middleport
Jackson
Huntington
Weather outlook for December 19 to 24 in Delta Valley and Tennessee
Moderately cold weather expected in the first half of the week with lighter rain chances spanned across the middle of December in the Valley and Tennessee region. Temperatures to remain moderate later in the period with improving conditions.
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Ohio Valley
Washington
Laday Ag Totlewsthin
Vatley
Tennessee
Aed
Plas
Sunday Creek Coal Donates Shoes to Needy Miners
Five hundred fifty members of needy miners families around Murray City and Glouster will benefit from a charity drive by Sunday Creek Coal. The company officials donated 550 pairs of shoes and 530 pairs of overshoes to the Murray City and Glouster Red Cross chapters for distribution to in need households.
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Sunday Creek Coal Concern
Murray City
Glouster
Sunday Creek Coal Company
Ed Cross
Red Cross
Rebecca Rogers Texas coed bank robber convicted
Rebecca Rogers, a UT honor student and former secretary in the State Attorney General's office, is convicted of bank robbery. Her husband, ill with tuberculosis, will seek a new trial and then appeal to the Supreme Court. Insanity defense was pursued but abandoned as the defense conceded she robbed the bank while ill at ease.
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Gordon Shearen
Lab Prete
LA Grange
Tes
Supreme Court
Rogers
Morrow Confirmed as Ambassador to Mexico
In Washington on December 17 the Senate confirmed Dwight Morrow as ambassador to Mexico without a recorded vote. Morrow formerly worked in the J. P. Morgan offices in New York.
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Washington
Dwight Morrow
Mexico
Morrow
J. Po. Morgan Company
New York
Policy Aims to Honor Football Candidates for Four Years
Gloxify scrubs in GALUSBURG Alabama December report notes an athletic meeting where testers were awarded to fourteen varsity players. A policy declares honorary letters to football candidates who reported for spring and fall practice four years but did not make the varsity. Director Earl Jackson says the plan should boost turnout and reward faithful service.
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Galusburg
Kinox
Collee King
Pracrees
Athleties
Earl Jackson
Opposes Loans to Co operative Farm Bodies of Nation
W. F. Jensen, chairman of the Agricultural Trades of America, announced opposition to federal loans to cooperative marketing bodies. He said they oppose government subsidies aiding coop marketing, while not opposing agricultural cooperation within legal limits. He warned loans could compete with existing marketing agencies and food industries.
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Chicago
W. F. Jensen
Orgunized
Agricultural Trades of America
Jensen
Howeer
Rebels Suffer Casualties in Nicaragua Skirmish
Twelve rebels from General Sandino's force were killed and several wounded in clashes with American Marines at Santa Isabel El Portal and Corral Pass, according to dispatches dated December 17 from Managua-Nicaragua.
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Managua
Wicaragua
Sandine
Nic¢ral Jeader
Santa
Isabel el Portal
Telegrams in Hearst Papers Not Found in Company Files
Senate hearing reveals telegrams claimed to exist between the Western government and New York consul are missing from commercial telegraph company records. Hearst agent Miguel Avila testified about paying Mexican clerks, describing stacks of bills as part of the document collection. The committee pressed for details while Avila disputed the quantities.
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Hearst
Washington
U.P
New York
Senate
Miguel Avila Hearst
Hearst Documenta
Avila
Ecomintee
Submarine 8 4 Sinks After Collision Off Provincetown
U S submarine 8 4 sank after a collision with Coast Guard Destroyer Tallin off Provincetown Massachusetts. All hands believed lost, about 49 to 50 crew and officers. The destroyer Tallin stood by the disaster site as mine sweepers Lark and Mallard were ordered to assist.
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PMC
Fown
Mass
U. S
City Navy
Paulding
Offier
Cape Vow
Ind
Jer
H Tlus
Leish
Ali Hands Fripon
Washington
Adi al Hughes
Chet
Naval Opera Hons
Boston Navy Yards
Coast Guard
Tallin
Provincetown
Vic Department
Shear Hughes
Coast Preuard
Boston Navy Yard
Bnt
Portsmouth
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Delaware Capes
Taubling
Coast Guard Servier
Boston
Lark
Mallard
Charlestown Navy Yard
Airpocket Sidelined Fatal Airplane Accident
In Lexington Virginia a cyclome airpocket caused Chineas Stephens of New Market to be hurled 2000 feet from a plane and die. Richard R. Pellers of Martinsburg WV was also thrown. he survived after grabbing a strut and returning to the cockpit. This report notes a later local fatality tied to the Columbrea Fire Week near here.
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Lexington
Chineas Stephens
New Market
Confederate States
Stephens
Richard R. Pellers
Martinsburg
W. Va
Lindy’s Propeller Plan Spreads Across Regions
A fragmentary column notes Lindy ignores breed limits as long as a plane has a propeller. It mentions travel plans involving President Calles, Oregon, and possibilities toward South American nations after Christi. Supposedly, Lindy will attend a show to watch Spanish dancers and meets many people, including Tom Helii, in a piece that blends humor and political references.
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Mexico
CILY
Elty
Tindy
Calles
Oregon
Vic
Christi
Cuba
Lindy
Iim
Tom Helii
Wile Rogues
Senate debates tax cut bill and reductions
Senator Simmons of North Carolina said a $404,000,000 to $500,000,000 tax cut could pass while he aims to abolish admission taxes and the federal estate tax. The $29,000,000 tax reduction bill moved to the finance committee for scrutiny as Senate leaders expect a larger measure to clear both chambers.
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Washington
Cous
Senate
Finance Committee
Simmons
North Carolina
Whllie House
Coolidge
Sveto
Weather unsettled for shoppers in the Midwestern states
Chicago forecast says unsettled, potentially wet weather leading up to Christmas with unseasonably cold temperatures early week, warming midweek, then cooling again by Friday. White Christmas uncertain. C A Donnell notes forecast uncertainty for the Midwest.
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Chicago
C. A. Donnell
The
United Treas
Lindy’s Mother Plans Christmas Visit to Mexico City
Detroit to Mexico City trip for Christmasist. Lindbergh aide confirms travel by Ford plane with stops in St Louis San Antonio and Laredo for refueling. Mexico City arrival December 22 or 24 with return December 26. Ambassadorial aides request embassy facilities for needed support.
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Lindy
Detroit
Mexico City
Washington
Mra
Angeline Lindbergh
Atoney Lindbergh
Red 9
Ford
Harry Brooks
St. Lowis
San Antonio
Umpico
Laredo
Texas
Arrivat
State Degiment
Assatancn
Jewel Thieves Strike in Broad Daylight Holiday Heists
Jewelry worth over 100000 was stolen in four daylight holdups across Chicago. Witness Abmit Glader reported a 50000 gem robbery while boarding a streetcar. Other victims included Mrs Stech Munthins, Mrs Minnie Winner, and W Hudson, with losses totaling tens of thousands in jewels, furs, and clothing.
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Chicago
Christman Mone
Abmit Glader
New York
Kanud Jacobson
Tus
Giga Stech Munthins
Iim
Minnie Winner
Tuwels
Furf
W. ©. Hudson
Lindbergh
Communists Try Another Coup To Control Canton
Reports from Canton say Chinese and Russian communists attempted to seize control of the city Friday with fighting in the western sector. Nationalist forces quickly suppressed the effort while later clashes and a raid on the Soviet consulate led to the execution of 20 people including the Russian vice-consul. Authorities found large amounts of ammunition and weapons in the mud surrounding the consulate.
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Hong Kong
Canton
Middle West Redistricted to Boost Prohibition Enforcement
Prohibition Commissioner Doran announced a realignment of prohibition districts in the Middle West effective February 1 to unify states with similar issues and improve enforcement. Ohio and Indiana form one region with headquarters in Columbus, as national administrators are certified and placed under the new layout.
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Washington
U.R
Middlewest
Prohibition
Doran
Prohibition Bureau
West Virginia
Civil Services Commission
Goocs
Ohio
Indiana
Columbus
Byrd Plans Antarctic Flight Expedition With 12 Arctic Experts
Commander Richard E. Byrd announced to the National Geographic Society that a reinforced ship would take 12 Arctic experts plus six Eskimos and dogs to establish bases near the rim of the Antarctic continent. Three aircraft would map as bases are set 100 miles apart toward the pole, with the aim of planting the American flag at the pole.
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Byrd
South Pole
Antarctic
Washington
UPR
Richard E. Byrd
United States
National Geographic Society
iCheat Rass
Pole
Union Miners Defy Move Amid Eviction Fight in Belmont
In Belmont County Ohio 170 miners families face eviction April 1 under a federal order tied to non union mine operations. Judge Benson Hough delayed ejectments due to mid winter conditions and holiday hazards while noting housing needs for non union workers. Embezzlement charges against J R Hawe, Cleveland Trust manager, also reported.
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Columbus
Benson Hough
Belmont County
Clarkson Coal Company
Atlantic Contracting Company
Cleveland
Moncree Coal Company
Toledo
Hough
Tha i
Jacksonville
Atria
Federal Court
Clarkson Mine No. 2
Stanley Borthwick
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