Nine Police Wounded in Five Hour Chicago Siege
In Chicago a 16 year old, Ernest Whitehurst, barricaded in a three story building and fired on 200 police and fire fighters during a five hour siege. Nine officers including a deputy commissioner were wounded. Tear gas water and riot guns were used as 200 responders tried to dislodge him. Three sisters and two brothers in the apartment hid together and escaped injury.
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Chicago
Elstors
Ernest Whitehurst
Whithurat
Whitehurst
Rival candidates in Nicholas County sheriff race tied in votes
West Virginia Supreme Court ruling declares Republican Roy Lambert and Democrat W B Morton each received 3795 votes in the Nicholas County sheriff election. The court ordered the county commissioners to certify a tie to the county court, applying 1928 election law on tied results.
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Charleston
W. Va
Eratic
Nicholas Courty
Roy Lambert
Board of Committers
Supreme Court
Lambert
W. BE. Morton
West Virginia
Sells Booze and Faces Life Term in Michigan
Lansing report says Etta Mae Miller, mother of ten, convicted in circuit court of a fourth liquor felony under Michigan's habitual criminal code. She faces life imprisonment as the law’s first female offender under the new statute. Senator Seymour I. Person plans an appeal and repeal fight.
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Lansing
Mich
Etta Mae Miller
Michigan
Miller
Bolivian Return to Pan American Arbitration Deliberations
The Senate set a fifteen minute limit for debate on the Boulder dam bill. The House advanced funding increases for naval construction. Secretary West testified before the lands committee on Insull ties as he seeks Interior head nomination. President Coolidge opened the aeronautics conference praising aviation leaders. Surgeon General Cumming organized a strategy board to curb the influenza outbreak with 40,110 cases reported in 39 states for the week ending December 8.
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Associated Press
Bolivia
Senate
Boulder Dam
House
West
Insull
Senate Lands Committee
Interior Department
International Aeronautics Conference
Coolidge
Secretary-of-Commerce
Whiting
Cumming
Public Health Service
Bandits Loot Bank Truck in Yonkers Heist
Six men held up a bank delivery truck in Yonkers on December 12 escaping with about $104 500 in currency from payroll disbursements for two companies. A patrolman sat beside the driver as gunfire rang out and the robbers fled in a trailing car.
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Yonkers
N. Y
First National Bank
Ita
Sculptor sues Roman dealers in antiques
Rome reports sculptor Alceo Dossena sues Fasoli and Pallesi claiming 1 250 009 lire for ten years of work on facsimiles. He says copies were sold as originals to museums in Germany, New York, Boston, and Cleveland while he received under 35 000 for all pieces. one statue reportedly sold for over 2 000 000.
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Rome
Alceo Dossena
Fasoli and Pallesi
Dossena
Museume
Germany
New York
Boston
Cleveland
Balboni
Argument Over Import and Export Rates Ends
Representatives from major North Atlantic seaport cities closed arguments before the Interstate Commerce Commission on railroad rates for exports and imports. The Baltimore chamber of commerce argued for a lower terminal charge basis for shipments via Baltimore, seeking export and import rates similar to New York and a grain differential of three cents per 100 pounds.
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North Atlantic
Interstate Commerce Commission
Baltimore Chamber of Commerce
J. W. Carmalt
John Philip Hill
New York
Baltimore
Praise for American Marines Conduct in China and Nicaragua
Admiral Charles F. Hughes hails Marine and naval actions in China and Nicaragua as tactful and efficient. He notes forces used only when necessary and limited interference with Nicaraguan welfare. In China the mission protects lives and property and stabilizes Shanghai with about 1000 marines. American merchants and missionaries are returning to Hankow.
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Washington
China
Nicaragua
Charles F. Hughes
Secretary of the Navy
Shanghai
Hankow
Senators Limit Debate On Boulder Canyon Dam Measure
Washington December 12 The Senate limited debate on the Boulder Canyon dam measure paving the way for an early vote while the House pushes a $3.4 million bill to authorize a new office building. Roy West faced questions from the lands committee about stock holdings and Salt Creek contract before rising, with Hubert Work set to testify tomorrow.
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Washington
Senate
Boulder Canyon
Leeekiom
Navy
Senate Committee
Lands Committee
Roy O. West
Interior
Samuel Sneall
Chicago
West
Harry F. Sinclair
Salt Creek
Interior Department
Hubert Work
Possibility of Social Circle Prompts Marine Corps Alarm
Washington lawmakers debated naval bills, with one bill allocating over two million dollars for battleship alterations and fleet submarines. A Marine Corps promotion reform would make advancement contingent on services, prompting Representative McSwain to warn of a developing social circle.
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Washington
Marine Corps
House
Senate
McSwain
South Carolina
Leaders study timing for new special session in April
Washington reports House leaders from both parties discuss timing for a possible special session if President-elect Hoover orders farm relief and tariff legislation. April 10 is seen as likely for such a session, with Ways and Means needing six weeks to draft a new tariff bill. Democratic leaders plan to fill vacancies on the tariff committee after the holidays.
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Washington
House
Congress
Hoover
Capitol
Hawley
Ways and Means Committee
Foggy Pittsburgh Death When Car Struck Downtown
Dense fog and smoke in Pittsburgh forced artificial lighting all day. A man died after being struck by an automobile in a downtown street as visibility collapsed. Weather officials cited a smoke fog mix trapped near the ground by heavy pressure.
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Pittsburgh
Weather Bureau
Influenza Affects Bluefield Lightly as Epidemic Grows Elsewhere
Bluefield reports fewer than twenty influenza cases with most mild, while nationwide death rates rise. Surgeon General forms a three-member influenza strategy board from public health experts to study census data and curb the disease.
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Bluefield
David B. Lepper
G and C Injunction Hearing Date Set
A three judge federal court will sit in Charleston on January 3 to hear the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company request for an injunction restraining the Guyandotte and Tug River railroad and the Norfolk and Western Railway Company from constructing a line between Wharncliffe and Gilbert in Southern West Virginia. Permission to build the line was granted by the Interstate Commerce Commission. Judges McClintic Baker and Northcott will participate.
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Charleston
W. Va
George W. McClintic
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company
Guyandotte and
Federal Court of
Northern West Virginia
Elliott Northcott
United States
Hatcher and Maxwell Take Oath of Office
John H. Hatcher of Raleigh County and Raymond Maxwell of Harrison County were sworn in for twelve year terms on the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals. Homer B. Woode of Ritchie County was elected president for 1929, replacing Frank Lively. Oaths were administered by Clerk William Burdette Mathews. Both judges begin new terms January 1.
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Charleston
W. Va
John H. Hatcher
Raleigh
Raymond Maxwell
Harrison County
State Supreme Court of Appeals
Homer B Woode
Ritchie County
Frank Lively
Hatcher
Maxwell
William Burdette Mathews
Child dies saving mother in electrocution tragedy
New Orleans reports a double tragedy as a 42 year old mother, Mrs Paul Thibodaux, died from an electric line shock while hanging laundry. Her two year old son Paul, who rushed to aid her after the cry, was also killed by the same current. The accident highlights dangers of charged clothes lines in urban homes.
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New Orleans
Paul Thibodaux
Paul
New Police Chief Sought in Rothstein Case
New York December 12 The drive to replace Commissioner Joseph Warren with Grover Whalen looms as mayoral pressure mounts. Warren has not resigned. Whalen, Wanamaker store general manager, would take over amid criticisms of police inaction following Rothstein’s November 4 murder. The federal inquiry into an international narcotics syndicate linked to Rothstein continues.
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New York
Arnold Rothstein
Walker
Joseph Warren
Grover Whalen
Warren
Whalen
John Wanamaker
Rothstein
Franklin credited with introducing the broom to America
The National Broom Manufacturers Association credited Benjamin Franklin as the first to introduce the broom in America. Secretary Frank H. Collins cited records and a Massachusetts diary noting a whisk broom shipment from India, with Franklin’s planting and handcrafting of round brooms. He added that Americans still bought about 50 million brooms despite new cleaning devices.
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Chicago
National
Collins
Self-styled heir gets term in prison
Omaha December 12. Jack Parsons alleged heir to an English fortune of 12 million dollars was sentenced to a year and a day in Leavenworth for fraud. His father Arthur Parsons received two years after both were found guilty of using the inheritance claim to lure investors in a Florida land scheme.
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Omaha
Jack Parsons
Leavenworth
Arthur Parsons
Parsons
Perwone
Florida
Bolivia Seeks Return to Arbitration Talks
Bolivia signals desire to rejoin Pan American conference on arbitration after withdrawing. U S asked Bolivia not to pull out, amid pressure from regional neighbors. Delegations cheer potential pacific settlement as private interviews continue among committee reporters and delegates.
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Washington
Bolivia
Paraguay
America’s
United States
Medina Oflivia
Kellogg (Esterday
Paraguay, Bolivia clash at Fort Vanguardia warns of aggression
The Paraguayan legation said Bolivia concentrated troops and war materials near the border and fired first, claiming Paraguay repelled Bolivian forces at Fort Vanguardia last week, with Paraguayans driving the garrison from the fort.
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Paraguay
Bolivia
Fort Vanguardia
Washington
Paraguyan
Juan Ramierz
Bolivian Rallies Support President Siler Amid Protests
In La Paz on December 12 Bolivians staged patriotic demonstrations backing President Siler as he faces pressure from the foreign valley. Citizens expressed firm support and called for unity.
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la Paz
Bolivia
Siler
Pace
Nise
President Hoover Crossing Argentina on First South American Visit
President-elect Hoover travels from Chile into Argentina, greeted by officials and crowds. He spends the night on the train near Los Andes, eyes the Cordilleras, and will traverse the pampas en route to Buenos Aires for a schedule of stops including Montevideo and Rio de Janeiro with possible Havana call.
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Mendoza
Argentina
Hoover
Santiago
Chile
Buenos Aires
Rorzan
Irigoyen
Alrea
Pampas
Rio Janeiro
Havana
United States
Hoover crosses frontier into Argentina during blizzard
Herbert Hoover traveling on a special train from Chile to Argentina paused at Caracoles near Las Cuevas to cross the frontier through a tunnel at about 10 000 feet. Chilean and Argentine officials joined the procession with United States Ambassador Robert Bilse and Dr. Dias Leguizamon leading respective missions aboard the Hoover train toward Buenos Aires.
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Hoover
Buenos Aires
Herbert Hoover
Chile
Argentina
Caracoles
Las Cuevas
Commission of Honor
United States
Robert W. Bilse
Dias Leguizamon
Foreign Office
Police raid links to anarchist plot against Hoover
In Buenos Aires police cite a raid on a Batomba Street house as part of an alleged plan to attack President Hoover during his Argentina visit. Authorities say two men 21 and 26 and two young women were detained after seizing ammunition, counterfeit money, and license plates. The suspects admit anarchist ties and planned bombing to “vindicate” exploited workers. Pedigreed details on the minors were withheld. The case centers on a railway map marking a route for Hoover’s visit.
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Muenos Aires
Batomba Street
Irigoyen
Hoover
Argentina
Mr. Hoover
Plate
Eall
Alejandro Secorson
Caterino Gomez Oliver
Paroled Liquor Peddler Found Dead in Auto
Chicago reports the undercover man in a federal prohibition case was killed. Frank Fat Bastile, once a liquor peddler and parolee turned informer and dry squad chauffeur, is found shot in a prairie on the far south side. He is named as the week's fourth victim in the Chicago Heights rum feud.
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Chicago
Federal Prohibition Co
U. S
George RE. Q. Johnson
Frank
Chicago Heights
Underwood Expected to Leave Johns Hopkins Hospital
Former United States Senator Oscar Underwood, hospitalized at Johns Hopkins after treatment at the Wilmer Institute, is expected to be released soon as announced today in Baltimore.
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Baltimore
United States
Oscar Underwood
Johns Hopking Hospital
Underwood
Wilmer Live Institute
Electric Wires Used To Smuggle Liquor Across Niagara
Provincial police announced the discovery of a specially built setup to move liquor into the United States using a 120,000 volt power line across the Niagara River. A liquor laden car and equipment for tapping the line were seized near the Queenston power house.
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Niagara Falls
United States
Niagara River
Queenston
Bluefield Christmas Lighting Contest Set Across City
Christmas lighting contest spreads festive spirit in Bluefield with outdoor displays across residential districts. Entries due by December 22 with judging by five members. prizes awarded in four districts for displays with at least seven exterior lights.
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Bluefield
Daily Telegraph
Sunset News
Appalachian Electric Power Company
Live Wires
Conrad Brevick
Chamber of Commerce
Mother Veto Blocks Girl's Air Mail Pilot Dream
Miss Clara Meyer a 19 year old New Orleans stenographer who hoped to become an air mail pilot wrote to the war department to learn how to train. Postmaster General advised of the hazards but her mother vetoed the plan.
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New Orleans
Clara Meyer
War Department
New
Influenza Not Alarming at West Virginia University
Morgantown West Virginia December 12 There are many mild influenza cases among West Virginia University students but President Dr John Roscoe Turner says there is no cause for alarm He has instructed instructors through deans to send home any students showing symptoms and does not favor closing the school.
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Morgantown
W. Va
West Vira University
John Roscoe Turner
Turner
Body found in ruins of blazing barbecue stand
A man, possibly 21, was found dead among the charred remains of a barbecue stand on a highway near Cincinnati. The stand, vacant for weeks, was set on fire after residents gathered at the flames, and police suspected the victim was killed elsewhere and brought to the scene.
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Cincinnati
Wae
Boats Rush to Aid Distressed Vessel Starr Off Barren Pear Island
Four boats rushed to the disabled steamer Starr which struck a reef and bent its propeller shaft in a heavy storm off Barren Pear Island. Starr carried eleven passengers from Seward to Westward Alaska and appeared in no danger despite the crippling damage.
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Seward
Alaska
Starr
Barren Pear Island
Lawmaker Pushes Legalized Beer and Wine Sales
Washington December 13 Representative Black Democrat New York introduced a bill to permit sale of beer and light wines and to tighten controls on intoxicating liquors. He argues the plan would shut bootleggers remove flasks from the public and end saloon era.
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Washington
Black
New York
King Still Faces Critical Period After Two Surgeries
The British monarch remains in a fragile state after two operations. Doctors indicate the next few days will determine the outcome as his condition teeters between danger and potential recovery. His youngest son plans to visit the United States on his way home.
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U. S
King George Undergoes Two Surgeries for Lung Infection
Buckingham Palace reports King George undergoes two operations to drain infection from the right lung and pleural fluid. Despite a successful morning and evening procedure, doctors warn the fight to recover remains lengthy as the royal family and nation monitor his condition.
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London
Dee
George
Prince of Wales
Africa
Hugh Rigby
London Hospital
Duke and Duchess of York
National Banks See Record Resources and Tax Safeguards
Comptroller Pole reports national banks hold record resources totaling $28.923 billion with $25.006 billion in deposits as of October 3. The number of banks stands at 7,676, up slightly from a year ago, while per capital savings deposits and trust company assets rise. Pole urges Congress to retain tax safeguards preventing states from higher taxation on national bank stock.
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Washington
Pole
Congress
Ate
Trust Comite
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