Mills plan to enforce law praised by U S chiefs
Washington officials greet Chester P Mills prize plan as sound but say most ideas match existing enforcement. Prohibition commissioner Moran calls it old ideas for new money while assistant secretary Lowman notes many suggestions already in practice. Mills won $25 000 Durant prize for plans to curb industrial alcohol diversion and tighten permit scrutiny.
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Washington
Chester P. Mills
James Moran
Millis
Seymour Lowman
the Treasury
Mills
New York
Prohibition Service
Doran
New York City
Aera
Changes In Rail Service Seen By Norfolk And Western
The Norfolk and Western Railway considers drastic changes to win back passengers lost to motor buses. Officials will meet in Roanoke to revise the schedule, with a new timetable set to take effect January 6.
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Norfolk and Western
Roanoke
Norfolk and Western Railroad Company
Moody Would Prevent Leasing Of Oil Holdings
El Paso reports a move to halt leasing of 103 acres of University of Texas land. The legislative committee and university regents urge Governor Moody to convene an extraordinary session to stop bids set for January 2. Holliday notes the land carries high value but is advertised for about 3 dollars an acre versus an estimated 10 thousand dollars per acre.
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el Paso
Tex
University of Texas
Moody
Legislative Committee
University Board of Regents
Robert L. Holliday
Holliday
Three Children Survive after Ice Breaks
In Great Barrington Massachusetts on December 26 two girls and a boy, children of Mrs Anna Gromeiski Housatonic, fell through thin ice while skating on the river. They were rescued and survived the incident.
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Great Barrington
Mass
Anna Gromeiski
Housatonic
Man Eats Thirteen Sandwiches to Save Bartender Friend
In St Louis a barroom patron attempts to save Walter Benquel, bartender, from arrest by consuming thirteen sandwiches after placing two dollars on the counter. Prohibition Agents James Dillon and Carol Byrd interrupt the spree as the patron and friend eat, drink water, and the bartender is seized with beer and liquor and arrested.
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St. Louis
Walter Benquell
James Dillon
Carol Byrd
Dillon
Yrd
Radio channel allotments made by the commission
The radio commission allocated short wave channels to services in the United States. Forty channels went to Universal Wireless Corporation of Buffalo with plans to serve 110 cities. Press radio companies received twenty channels. Other channels went to scattered firms under strict transmitter and service rules after government reservations. RCA and Mackay Bette and 20 retained existing allocations for their uses.
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Washington
Radio Commission
United States
Universal Wireless Corporation of
Buffalo
N. Y
Press Radio Communication Corporations
Naval
Radio Corporation of America
Mackay Bette
Harnessing Rivers in Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia
Pittsburgh flood commission received a letter from Representative Stephen Porter arguing that water power development alongside flood control justifies spending possibly £80,000,000 to harness the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers through seventeen storage reservoirs across Pennsylvania West Virginia and Maryland with headquarters in the mountains.
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Pittsburgh
Flood Commission of
Stephen ©. Porter
Allegheny
Monogahela
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Maryland
House of David Denies Petition of Survivors
Greenup Kentucky December 26 relatives said the House of David denied permission to place Louis Purnell's body in a mausoleum at Benton Harbor Michigan with his brother the late King Benjamin Purnell He died Monday and will be buried here tomorrow
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Greenup
Louis Purnell
Benton Harbor
Mich
Benjamin Purnell
House of David
Chemist Arthur Payne Dies in West Virginia
Arthur R. Payne chief chemist at the Fostoria Glass plant in Moundville West Virginia died today after a heart attack. Payne had moved from Clarksburg two years ago.
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Moundaville
W. Va
Arthur R. Payne
Fostoria Glass Company
Payne
Clarksburg
Missing Hydes Reported Sighted Then Sighting Debunked
Reports stated Mr and Mrs Glenn Hyde were seen near Grand Canyon but pilots later said the sighting was erroneous The pilots clarified the sighting referred to a boat party of searchers led by P P Parraw Canyon Park official The boat party was expected to report findings tomorrow and footprints were found at Bass Cable crossing and Ruby canyon
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Phoenix
Ariz
Glenn Hyde
Grand Canyon
Hydes
Hyde
Bass Cable Crossing
Ruby Canyon
Missine
P. P. Parraw
Gand Canyon Park
Two Prisoners Killed in Mine Cage Collapse
Sanford North Carolina December 26 two state convicts leased to the Carolina Coal mine died and nine were injured when a cable used to lift the cage broke causing a shaft fall. The incident occurred as workers operated in the mine.
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Sanford
N. C
Carolina
Bermuda Assembly Rejects Auto Use By Doctors
Hamilton Bermuda December 26 The Bermuda house of assembly rejected by one vote a proposal to allow physicians to operate automobiles. The move would have doubled the colony's motor vehicles and faced opposition that it would erode the motor law seen as needed to protect tourism. Autos are banned by the 1905 act though a few trucks for Public Works, Hamilton fire equipment and hospital ambulance use have been permitted in limited cases.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
Bermuda House of Assembly
Ponents
Department of Public Works
City of
King Edward Memorial
Quiet Christmas Day in Bluefield District
Bluefield district records a notably quiet Christmas Day with no major accidents or tragedies. Arrests were modest, sixteen in custody with six drunk, three assaults, reckless driving noted, while a gun scare at a Bland street home drew police attention but ended without injury.
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Bluefield
Emory Henry ,College
Sue
Hyde couple reported sighting after Grand Canyon possible rapids feat
LENN HYDE and his wife Bessie Haley Hyde were sighted by airplane yesterday in a dispatch later discredited. They were last seen November 18 near Bright Angel trail in the Grand Canyon Arizona. Mrs Hyde’s parents live in Parkersburg West Virginia and she formerly attended school in Pittsburgh.
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Lenn Hyde
Bessie Haley Hyde
Grand Canyon
Colorado
Bright Angel Trail
Arizona
Hyde
Parkersburg
W. Va
Pitttsburgh
Violence Fears in Diamond Area Over Prospecting
Capetown reports say 200 police rushed to Namaqualand diamond fields as clashes with desperate locals grow amid drought losses. About 2 000 people at Port Nolloth demand opening 34 acres of state diggings and threaten action by Friday unless the government relaxes bans on prospecting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capetown
Dee
FTAA
Namaqualand
Port Nolloth
Influenza Outbreak Across Nation Seen Rising
Health officials report the weekly nationwide influenza totals at 556,195 for the week ending December 22, a rise from 541,570 a week earlier. Estimates use five cases per reported case, with higher totals anticipated as Eastern centers report. Kentucky logs 10,100 cases as officials plan first-hand studies and lab investigations.
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Washington
Public Health Service
District of Columbia
Kentucky
Fire from Gasoline Fumes Burns Three Men
In Spencer W V three workers were severely burned near Spring Creek while searching for a gasoline line leak. Don Simmons Charlie Phd and Ad Starcher carried a carbide lamp believed to ignite fumes from gasoline leaking from the pipe.
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Spencer
W. Va
Onle
Wallon Ties Ployees Company
Spring Creek
Don Simmons
Charlies PhD
Ad Starcher
Byrd Reaches Ice Barrier Far South on Christmas Day
Commander Richard Evelyn Byrd reports from the Antarctic as his party reaches the great ice barrier. He notes the flag was carried farther south than ever and that an airplane may help mark the voyage's farthest southern reach. The party remains 2,400 miles from the nearest human dwelling as ice delays landing in the Bay of Whales.
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New York
Richard Evelyn Byrd
Curtis D. Wilbur
New York Times
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Associated Press
Providence
Bay of Whales
Byrd Readies Antarctic Quest From Bay of Whales
Commander Richard E. Byrd leads a U S expedition toward Antarctica the vast uncharted continent. He plans a possible aerial flight to the South Pole but may delay it until the expedition gathers momentum. Sir George Hubert Wilkins also plans a polar flight denying any race to the pole.
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Associated Press
Richard EK. Byrd
Antarctica
Bay of Whales
Byrd
South Pole
Sir George Hubert Wilkins
Himseelf
Previ
Coolidge Begins Sapelo Island Vacation in Georgia
President and Mrs. Coolidge arrive at Howard F. Coffin’s Sapelo Island home for a Christmas vacation. He plans rest with possible shooting or fishing, dedicates a Coolidge oak linked to the Constitution, and attends services at an old Sapelo church with a rodeo and social events on the schedule before returning to the mainland.
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Sapelo Island
Coolidge
Howard F. Coffin
Brunswick
J. Coolidge
Mr. Coolidge
Sprecopel
St. Island
Charles Wesley
Amer
Coffin
Goenenes
Charles F. Barrett
Seattle Christmas gift returns spark thrift sermon
Moritz Thomsen, a wealthy Seattle industrialist employing over 7,000, began returning Christmas gifts costing more than a dollar. He claims the best gift is thrift and sends a thrift sermonette with each returned item.
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Seattle
Wach
Moritz Thomsen
Thomsen
Fire destroys campus houses at Blue Mountain College
Brisk wind spreads flames across Blue Mountain college in Mississippi, destroying six campus buildings and two nearby residences. Dr L T Lowrey values damage at about 100000 with roughly 60000 insured. No injuries. College reopens after holidays postponed to January 15.
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Blue Mountain
Miss
Blue Mountain College
L. T. Lowrey
J. W. Godwin
Maniac sets fire to bridge. two killed in railroad wreck
El Paso dispatch reports two dead and several injured including the Chihuahua governor after a maniacal blaze on a bridge over the Kansas City, Mexico and Orient line between Ojinaga and Chihuahua caused a train wreck on Sunday night.
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el Paso
Texas
el Continental
Chihuahua
Kansas City
Ojinaga
Eskimo Girl Sacrifices Self To Save 75 at Alaska School
Anna Yukluk a 22 year old Eskimo and cook at the U S Bureau of Education Industrial School in Dillingham Alaska sacrificed her life to save seventy five girls from a dormitory fire after a gasoline lamp exploded. She broke a glass door and threw the blazing can outside as flames spread. She died the following day from severe burns.
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Seattle
Washington
Anna Yukluk
United States Bureau of Education
Dillingham
Alaska
Aana
Little Frank Brooks Improves After Toy Throat Incident
An 18 month old boy from Asco McDowell County has recovered from pneumonia after a tiny toy motorcycle lodged in his throat was removed in Cincinnati. Doctors nourished him through tubes and ongoing care, with gifts and a nationwide interest arising as surgeons plan further attempts to dislodge the toy when possible.
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Frank Brooks
Charles Brooks
Asco
McDowell County
William A. Mithoefer
Cena
Cincinnati
Ohio
Grace Hospital
Welch
Bluefield
Saddle Jane
Mithoefer
Sven
L. W. Martin
San Francisco
California
Eleventh Day Passes in West Virginia Baby Rescue
Cincinnati reports on December 26 as the eleventh day passes since Frank Brooks an 18 month old baby of Asco West Virginia was accidentally harmed and treated.
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Cincinnati
Frank Brooks
Asco
West Virginia
Earth's Crust Not Dead Says Stanford Scientist
Dr Natley Willis of Stanford told the AAAS that the earth's crust remains active and could form vast heat driven blisters deep below. He described elastic rock around a 2000 mile crust and a 2000 mile radius core, with gravity heat and deep shocks shaping the surface over millions of years.
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Earth
New York
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Natley Willis
Stanford University
Atlantic Ocean
Willis
Associaton
Jetersky
Hoover to visit with president upon his return
President elect Hoover plans a full Washington stay after the southern goodwill tour. He will report to President Coolidge, review inauguration plans, consult on cabinet appointments, and discuss Latin American air routes. The Utah expected at Hampton Roads January 6 around 2 pm, then to Washington by special train.
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Hoover
Washington
South
Coolidge
Latin America
Perm
Central
South Yacan
United States
Utah
Hampton Roads
Eavator
Great Circle
Hampton
Truck Driver Involved in Third Fatal Truck Death
In Charleston West Virginia on December 26 a 16 year old youth, son of Mrs Young, was struck and killed near his home by a laundry truck driven by Breedon. Police said this marked the third child killed by Breedon driven trucks. Breedon said he was driving slowly but could not stop as the boy stepped into the path. Police report Breedon held without pending investigation.
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Mercer Funeral Home
Hatcher
Charleston
W. Va
Areaote Yount
Jan Rs. Young
Breedon
Wes
Relative 1 Held On Murder Count In Roane County
Spencer West Virginia December 26 Joe 47 was arrested at his home in Cleerone Roane county charged with the murder of his nephew Opie Harper 30 shot and killed last night Opie and his family were in the house when a shotgun pellet shattered a window a second shot killed him bloodhounds traced the slayer to his uncle who denied the slaying and was jailed to await a preliminary hearing Saturday state police aided in the hunt
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Spencer
W. Va
Joe
Cleerone
Roane County
Opie Harper
Opie
Christmas
Harper
Roane
Ween
Opler
Firebugs Trailed by Bloodhounds in Hemlock Fire Scare
New Lexington Ohio December 25 authorities used bloodhounds to locate suspects in a string of fires that damaged the mayor's office jail and a Monsural coal mine building near Hemlock. A bonfire by a store was put out and officers watched homes of two men as arrests were expected.
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New Lexington
Ohio
Perry County
Hemlock
Here
Monsural
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