Tragedy Ends In Middleport With 14 Year Old Girl Shot
Virginia Burdette a Pearl Street pupil in Middleport died after a Christmas Eve shooting in her uncle Lester Roush storehouse. The case followed a turbulent period after tense encounters with Albert Hughes and legal fines for a prior fishy incident. Police seek to prevent further trouble as the family plans to bury her in Union West Virginia beside her mother.
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Middleport
Virginia Burdette
Pearl Street
Lester Roush
Charles Burdette
Burdette
Sirs
Antis Davis
Baptist Church
Hughes
Roush
Hier
West Virginia
Union
Berlin Sees Boiler Explosion at American Embassy
A boiler explosion at the American embassy in Berlin caused considerable damage before the fire brigade arrived and helped with repairs. The scene calmed within about thirty minutes and no injuries are reported.
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Berlin
Battle for Guadalajara Looms as Obregon Directs Troops
In Mexico City on December 26 a decisive battle nears on the Jalisco front to decide Guadalajara fate. President Alvaro Obregon will direct the federal troops in person.
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Mexico City
Jalisco
Guadalajara
Mexican Republic
Alvaro Obregon
Fone
Stage Robbery On Busy Chicago Corner
Two robbers held up a cigar store on State and Madison streets in Chicago during a post Christmas shopping rush and escaped with $250. Shoppers and workers moved on unaware as the incident unfolded amid the crowd.
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Chicago
State
Madison Streets
Ku Klux Klan Celebration Bomb Explosions Hit Steubenville
In Steubenville Ohio on Christmas morning windows shattered citywide as aerial bombs exploded at three locations during a Ku Klux Klan celebration. The blasts were followed by the burning of gigantic crosses.
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Steubenville
Defiance man pleads guilty to feeding tainted carcass claim
William E. Davis of Highland township pleads guilty to feeding an unwholesome carcass to animals for human food. He is fined $50 with $25 suspended by Judge George W. Killey. Case brought by L. W. Ste inert, department of agriculture inspector.
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William E. Davis
Highland Township
George W. Killey
L. W. Steinert
Department of Agriculture
Wealthy Twenty-Six Year Old Aide To Governor General Wood
Lieutenant Osborne D. Wood, 26, son of General Leonard Wood, has built a fortune in Wall Street through stock and bond deals while stationed in Manila. His brother says Wood plans to resign from the army in February and enter the diplomatic service, with an estimated wealth between $800,000 and $1,000,000. Wood conducted trades by cabling from Manila and has been there over two years.
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Washington
Osborne DD. Wood
Leonard Wood
Wall Street
Wood
United States
Groton School
Mass
Standard Coi
New Jersey
Manila
Russian Senate Hearings Loom Over Recognition Debate
Washington December 26 Russian hearings in the senate are expected to occupy many weeks as proponents prepare to summon numerous witnesses and present extensive printed material in favor of recognizing Russia. Officials led by Secretary of State Hughes compile data arguing Russia remains outside the society of nations.
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Washington
Senate
Friends of Russian
Russia
State Department
State Hughes
Society of Nations
Four Christmas shootings victims in Hazard KY
In Hazard Kentucky four people were killed in Christmas shootings. Storekeeper Jerry Dunn lay near death in hospital while Dennis Phillips was in serious condition as authorities investigated the incident.
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Hazard
Jerry Dunn
Dennis Phillips
Christmas drunkenness arrests fall short of year’s count
Philadelphia reports indicate under 250 people were taken into custody for drunkenness during Christmas, a low daily total for liquor arrests this year, with only one death from acute alcoholism recorded.
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Philadelphia
Jimmy Nippert Dead Bear Cats Center After Thanksgiving Injury
Cincinnati 23 year old James Gamble Nippert center for the University of Cincinnati football team died at Christ hospital from a kick suffered in the Cincinnati Miami game on Thanksgiving. He played through injury, wore mud coated uniform and could not see the gash. blood transfusion came too late. Nippert, grandson of James N Gamble, was a WWII lieutenant and a senior in law school. His last words were Five yards to go.
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Cincinnati
James Gamble Nippert
University of Cincinnati
Christ Hospital
Miami University
Jimmy
Nippert
Carson Field
Sigma Alpha Epsilon
James N. Gamble
French abandon hope for safety of dirigible Dixmude
Paris reports officials officially abandon hope for the Dixmude with 50 aboard missing since Friday across the Mediterranean. They believe the airship was blown down or forced to land in the Sahara, with the last authentic wireless position over the Gulf of Gabes.
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Dixmude
Sahara Desert
Ft. N.S
Paris
Gulf of Gabes
Tanos
Africa
Mediterranean
Christmas Drunks Face Court in Athens County
Three cases filed after Christmas revelry in Athens show several locals arraigned before Magistrate Helwig. Orville Cottrell pled guilty to a drunkenness charge and paid 25 dollars and costs after injuring himself during a party. Steve Chaney also faced intoxication charges and settled fines. Harvey Goff, accused of drunken conduct and resisting officers, paid 325 dollars and costs, while T. L. Morgan changed a liquor possession plea to guilty, paying 200 dollars and costs.
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Athens
Helwig
Orville Cottrell
Near Hocking
Gabriel
West
Plains
Cottrell
Steve Chaney
Hocking
Chaney
Harvey Goff
West State Street
McKinley
Goff
T. L. Morgan
L. G. Worstell
Northwest hit by the worst storm in years
Seattle reports six deaths and over 300000 dollars in damage from a banking gale sweeping Washington and Oregon. Winds reached eighty mph at Grays Harbor sixty six mph in Seattle and fifty mph at Tacoma as communities assess wreckage and toll.
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Seattle
Wash
North Pacific
Washington
Oregon
Gray's Harbor
Tacoma
City Workers Honor Retiring Service Director Williams
City water and service department employees surprised R. D. Williams with a gold watch on Christmas Day as a token of appreciation before his January 1 retirement. G. M. Romine presented the gift at the city building where staff gathered to honor his long service since March 1917.
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R. D. Williams
City Water and Services Department
Williams
G. M. Romine
Romine
Death toll from poison holiday liquor rises in NYC
Dec 26 report shows three dead from poisoned liquor with nine others in hospital including a woman and a 15 year old, as police tally morgues and hospitals after forty found unconscious in streets over 48 hours.
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New York City
New York
Anna Schuyler
Eva Brown
Missing in Action bootleg client list shocks capital
In Washington on December 26 the famous bootleggers list allegedly containing 1400 prominent names was declared missing in action, with little hope of recovery. Investigations loom as prosecutors promise warrants and possible prosecutions for those on the list who bought liquor from bootleggers.
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Washington
Congress
Arthur N. Presmont
Presmont
Cabinet
Russian Matter Is More Vital Says Senate Leaders
Washington December 26. Republican leaders declare the world court issue is postponed as the Russian question dominates Senate agenda. Three plans to join the permanent court backed by pressure from the Federal Council of Churches face delay due to Borah and Lodge led investigations and debate.
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George R. Holmes
I. U.S
Washington
Senate
World Court
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
United States
Permanent Court of Justice
League of Nations
Federal Council of Churches
Congress
Borak
Idaho
Lodge
School board ordered to pay $229.59 in student haul costs
Judge J. Walter Wright of Crawford county common pleas rules North Auburn township rural school board must compensate Frank W. Blackford $229.59 for hauling his son to tire high school for 153 days.
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Bucyrus
J. Walter Wright
Crawford County Common Pleas Court
North Auburn Township
Frank W. Blackford
Tire Hich
Eight Die Across Illinois At City Crossings This Christmas
Christmas toll rises across Chicago and Illinois crossings with eight deaths and multiple injuries. Illinois Central crash in Chicago leaves two dead and two injured. Nickel Plate derailment near Deer Creek kills three and injures five. Atlantic traction system crash at Danville claims three more lives and one burn. In-hospital fatalities push city auto toll to 704 for the year.
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Illinois
Chicago
Ulinois
Deer Creek
Burt
Danville
Navy looks to claim new American land at North Pole
The Navy plans a Arctic Circle expedition aboard the dirigible Shenandoah with Nome Alaska as base to explore and plant the American flag on undiscovered territory between Alaska and the Pole. Aerial exploration with planes and tankers will aid the mission, though start date remains undecided.
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Washington
United States
Navy
Artic Circle
Navy Department
Alaska
North Pole
America
Atlantic
Secretary of the Navy
Denby
Shenandoah
Nome
t# 1
Pole
Madrid Arrests Frustrate Communist Plot Climax
Forty communists were arrested in Madrid Beville San Sebastian and Bilbao halting a planned climax against the Spanish directory. Police seek leader Luis Portela who escaped. Portuguese authorities cooperate with Madrid after evidence of Moscow financed conspiracy.
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Madrid
Beville
San Sebastian
Bilbao
Moscow
Comunist
Luis Portela
Portugal
M Grakken 10 Spear at State Meeting of Ohio Educators
About 3600 teachers from across Ohio are expected to register for the Ohio Teachers association holiday conference in Columbus. The convention runs through Sunday with Dr. J O Engleman delivering the first address and Dr T C Cracken among the week’s speakers.
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M’gragken
Ohio
Columbus
Ohio Teachers’ Association
J. O. Engleman
National Educational Conference
Washington
T. CC. McCracken
The
Educational College
Ohio University
Charity drive surpasses prior year by funds raised
Newark reports charity campaign collected $4,500 this year, about $1,000 more than any previous year. In Columbus, Ohio a Christmas celebration led to Edward Harris a 43 year old colored man in critical condition at a local hospital after alleged poison liquor incident.
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Newark
Newsies
Columbus
Edward Harris
Two Girls Struck by Taxi in Columbus Fatal and Critical
May Leela Frye aged 13 is dead and Gertrude Furman aged 12 remains in critical condition after a taxi collision last night in Columbus. The vehicle was driven by Albert Denton.
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Columbus
Leela Frye
Gertrude Furman
Albert Denton
Man Arrested for Illegal Liquor Possession in Chillicothe
Henry McCoy was arrested at his home in Chillicothe charged with illegal possession of intoxicating liquor as he claimed he only wanted a small Christmas drink. He faced accusations of bootlegging after authorities noted his large appetite for spirits.
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Chillicothe, D
Henry McCoy
PRESS CRITICIZES MINISTER OVER DIRIGIBLE BALLOONS
Paris newspapers led by L Auto assailed the marine minister for risking lives and spending money on dirigible balloons while others abandoned them after wartime failures. They note eight prewar Zeppelins destroyed by explosions fire or weather and 78 percent loss during the war, with 13 exploding. Fourteen lost to bad weather and the rest to other causes.
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Paris
L’auto
Cleveland waitress chases robber over cash drawer
Dorothy Bagby a Cleveland waitress chased a robber who grabbed money from a restaurant cash register but he evaded capture by leaping an eight foot fence. She pursued but could not stop him.
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Cleveland, O
Dorothy Bagby
Cleveland
Greeks Seek 10 Induce Old Leader To Take Control
Liberal leaders press former Premier Eleutherios Venizelos to return to Athens January 3 and head the government during Greece’s political crisis. Venizelos signals he may accept if persuaded, while markets react with a sharp stock decline on news of his return.
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Athens
Eleutherios Venizelos
Greece
Plastiras
Revolutionary Committee
Paris
Venizelos
Harmony Desires Govern Senate Campaign Unity
A Senate policy favors letting the world court die in committee and seeks harmony in the campaign. Republicans split between irreconcilables and those favoring some form of a court, aiming for no foreign policy divergences in the approaching race.
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Washington
Senate
Pa ‘Y
Patrol Arrest During Car Race in Elyria
Patrolman Chris Kray stopped a nearby auto race and briefly arrested State Dry Agent Frank Klady and one other. He spotted a still in their car but did not know who the other party was.
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Elyria
Chris Kray
Frank Klady
Shelby hotel blaze kills guest after cigarette carelessly left
Claude Thomas, 27, died in a Christmas morning fire that partially destroyed the Shelby hotel in Shelby Ohio. The blaze drove over twenty guests from their rooms and is believed to have started from a lighted cigarette Thomas discarded without extinguishing.
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Shelby
Claude Thomas
Thomas
Rebels Enter New State in Tone of War
In Paso, Tex, a revolt bulletin reports insurrectos moving from Santa Fulalia toward Ojinaga in Chihuahua. Federal forces under General Ignacio Kariquez pursue a 30-man band as rumors spread of arms shipments and cross-Rio Grande support for rebel activities.
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Paso
Tex
Chihuahua
Manuel Chao
Santa Fulalia
Conchas River
Ojinaga
Ignacio Kariquez
Chao
Parral
Rio Grande
Mexico
Ofinaga
Yurecuaro
Huertistas
Farrada Command
Guadalajara
de San Huertins Fa
Entrada
Obregon
Ge Joaquin Amaro
Lake Chapala
Former pug slain roll is missing
Joseph Pomasullo a New York real estate broker known in sporting circles as Kid Thomas was shot and killed today police believe robbery motive as his coat with 2400 dollars missing the incident occurred in New York on December 26
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New York
Joseph Pomasullo
Asnilo
Pomasullo
Kid Thomas
Moscow Purges Desirable Residents per Red Reports
Moscow reports state a government purge begins expelling 916 undesirables. Archangel Turkestan and Siberia listed as destinations with 458 money lenders 156 swindlers 120 smugglers 110 boots 24 narcotics peddlers and 3 women convicted of... authorities say the housing purge targets parasites.
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Moscow
Sétem
M. Dzherzhinsky
Archangel
Turkestan
Siberia
Pioneer Pythian of Oberlin Earns Life Membership
C L P Chapr a retired mail carrier of over 40 years receives a life membership from the Pythians. He served more than 20 years as keeper of receipts and seals and is noted for a long tenure with the organization in Oberlin.
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Oberlin
L. P. Chapr
Wags
The
Pythias
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