President Hoover hears plea for world peace at memorial service
Washington observers report President Hoover attended Thanksgiving services as flags flew over federal buildings. Bishop Mc Dowell urged America to lead the world to peaceful pursuit as plans for a future naval conference were hinted. Hoover spent the day at the White House with Mrs. Hoover and their son Ian, pausing only for a turkey supper with close friends.
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Washington
Hoover
America
William Frazer McDowell
Metropolitan Memorial Methodist Church
McDowell
United States
Pietro Fumason
Biondi
Curley
Baltimore
Washington Cathedral
James KE. Freeman
Bowie Race Track
Blaze destroys excursion boats at Nantasket Beach
Fire in Hull Massachusetts caused over 1 million dollars in damage to five excursion steamboats and surrounding structures including the Nantasket Beach Steamboat company facilities, Paragon Park and railway station. Two men were injured, Fire Chief Harry J Stevens estimated 50 thousand dollars damage outside the steamboat property. Sgt Thomas Keleher sustained a broken arm while aiding the rescue and William Hath injured his back after a fall from a roof.
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Hull
Mass
Nantasket Beach
Harry J. Stevens
Thomas Keleher
Metetropolitan Polie Department
William Hath
Hingham
Kelleher
Fishermen Search Hull of Steamship Molesey
Fishermen in oilskins searched the hull of the steamship Molesey off Pembrokeshire for Monday wreck victims. Coast guard officials and locals clambered aboard amid driving rain as the ship settles, with five bodies still missing.
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London
Molesey
Pembrokeshire
Coast Guard
Expert’s Good Memory Lands Fugitive in Jail
West Palm Beach police arrest William Delaney of Chicago after Deputy Loadholtes recalls a photo of him in a detective magazine. Delaney, alias Davenport Caldwell Denham Schwartz and Brooks, was wanted by Chicago police on a $25,000 confidence game charge after jumping bond. Telephonic confirmation from Chicago police identified him.
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West Palm Beach
Fla
J. W. Loadholtes
William Delaney
Chicago
Loadholtes
Delaney
W. Davenport
William Caldwell
I. Denham
James Schwartz
George Brooks
Turlaney
Bush Plans New Transport Line
New York Nov 28 Ierving T Bush president of the Bush Terminal company announced formation of a large new straight line distribution system to link American manufacturers with major distribution centers from the British Isles to Persia. The Bush Service Corporation U S A and European subsidiaries will implement fastest routing, warehousing, packing and distribution abroad to aid small exporters.
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New York
Ierving T. Bush
Bush Terminal Company
British Isles
Persia
Bush
Bush Service Corporation
Europe
Victor B. Freeman
Fishermen Feared Lost in Snow Storm Voyage
Ashland Wisconsin, Nov 28. Marine authorities fear three fishermen who left Bay Field near here in a gasoline boat for Manitou Island may have been drowned in a snow storm and high seas about a week ago. Several boats have since run between Bay Field and Manitou Island but no word on their whereabouts has been received.
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Ashland
Wis
Bay Field
Manitou Island
Chequamegon Bay Marine
Eight Bandits Loot Plant in $20,000 Cash and Securities
Chicago police report eight men robbed the Case and Martin Pie Company plant early today, binding eight employees, blowing the safe, and escaping with currency and securities totaling about $20,000. The robbers used revolvers and a shotgun and trapped workers in the boiler room with light cords.
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Chicago
Case & Martin Pie Company
Three Tots Lost Under Ice Sheet
In Augusta Maine on a November day three children Beatrice Irene and Catherine Alberta Parlin aged 5 6 and 8 drowned after thin ice gave way on Two Mile brook Their mother Nellie Parlin is in critical condition and their father Eugene Parlin narrowly escaped with help from his brother Lowell and the couple’s 11 year old son Levitt who helped drag Nellie from the water
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Augusta
Two Mile Brook
Eugene H. Parlin
Beatrice
Irene
Catherine Alberta
Nellie Parlin
Levitt
Parlin
Parlin Farm
Lowell
Senator Warren Laid To Rest In Far Wyoming
Francis Emory Warren dean of the United States Senate was buried in Cheyenne Wyoming as cannons fired a 13 gun salute. Senators representatives state officials and military figures attended the ceremony with Pershing and Warren family members among mourners. The funeral included a state funeral train a caisson hearse and a two hour at state service before interment at Lake View cemetery.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Francis Emory Warren
United States Senate
United States
Wyoming
John J. Pershing
Washington
Fort D. A. Russell
State Capitol
Fort Russell
Lake View Cemetery
Fred Warren
New Wireless Principle Aims to Ease Air Traffic
London reports a new wireless reception principle demonstrated at night claiming to cut airwave congestion so 5 000 stations could operate between wavelengths of 300 to 600 meters, up from twenty five under current conditions. The discoverer is James Robinson, former head of the royal air force wireless labs and pioneer in equipping RAF aircraft with radio direction finders.
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London
James Robinson
Wireless Laboratories
Royal Air Force
France Not Afraid Of German Cruisers Says Leygues
Paris reports that Minister of Marine Georges Leygues told the naval committee there is no need to change France’s cruiser program. He argued German 11 inch gun cruisers pose no threat and France’s 10,000 ton ships are adequately armored. The budget proposes 2.553 billion francs, below 1914 levels, with British and American spending highlighted as higher.
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Naval
Paris
France
Georges Leygues
Naval Committee
Chamber of Deputies
Germany
Leygues
Clemson Football Stalwart Shorty Schilletter Dies at 64
Augustus Schilletter known as Shorty and longtime Clemson College steward collapsed and died of a heart attack during the Clemson Furman game. Clemson won 7 to 6. Schilletter helped organize and finance the first Clemson football team in 1898.
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Clemson College
8. C
Augustus Schilletter
Shorty
Clemson
China Proposes Settlement Of Manchurian Hostilities
China proposes an armistice and a joint Chinese Russian commission to inspect border conditions, while warning Beijing would oppose Russia if proposals are rejected. Manchuria’s independent move to settle the railway dispute preceded Soviet troop actions, and Nationalist plans seek League of Nations intervention. The United States suggests Kellogg Pact options to avert further clashes as revolts threaten Canton.
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Russia
Manchuria
Nanking
League of Nations
United States
Kwangtung
Kwangsi
Canton
Washington
Great Britain
Japan
France
Italy
Germany
Stimson
Stinson
Mukden
Hatfield proposes valley group to spur chemical industry growth
Huntington Ohio Kanawha valley lawmakers hear United States Senator Henry D. Hatfield outline a nonpartisan valley association for commerce. The plan envisions Wheeling Huntington Charleston Parkersburg Ashland and others uniting to develop the tristate region as a chemical and industrial hub with about 200 million dollars in projected investments within 18 months from Carbide and Carbon Chemical Mellon du Pont and American Gas and Electric among others.
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Huntington
Ohio and
Kanawha River
Valley Association For Commerce
United States
Henry D. Hatfield
Hatfield
Wheeling
Charleston
Parkersburg
Ashland
Portsmouth
Ohio
Kanawha
West Virginia
China
Deputies Pay Homage as Humbert Engagement Announced
Rome reports the Italian chamber opened its autumn session with a docked audience paying homage to Crown Prince Humbert and the royal family. President Giuliati announced Humbert’s engagement to Princess Jose of Belgium amid a pledge for frank Fascist discussion and minimal unfinished business.
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Humbert
Crown Prince
Jose
Belgium
Giuliati
Mussolini
Japanese Minister to China Ends Life by Gunshot
Sadao Saburi, once Japan’s London and Washington diplomat and current minister to China, died by suicide at the Fujiya hotel in Miyanoshita. He had recently returned from Nanking to work on talks with China and had been despondent since his wife’s death in 1926.
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Sadao Saburi
China
Washington
Miyanoshita
Saburi
Fujiya
Japan
Nanking
London
Damage to Canneries Reaches Two Hundred Thousand
News from Bristol Bay Alaska reports total cannery damage from the November gale and tidal wave estimated at 200000 dollars. Ekuk buildings docks and shipways are gone, equipment beached, navigation closed for the year. Libby McNeil and Libby offices note widespread destruction. Airplanes to assist from Seward and Fairbanks planned for the stricken district.
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Bristol Spey
Alaska
Signal Corps
U. S. Army
Dillingham
Bureau of Education
Kanakanek
Libby
McNeil and
Ekuk
Bristol Bay
Seward
Fairbanks
Double Slayer Gets Sentence Of Death
Luther Berwick, 21, confessed player of William Byrd and Belle Crowe, 18, at Fort Arthur, Texas, was under sentence of death in Beaumont. He testified at his trial that Crowe shot Byrd accidentally during a jealous quarrel after a ride. The shooting occurred in front of the girl’s home as they returned from an automobile ride.
Mauretania Rams RNIL Car Carrier Damage in Harbor Collision
New York reports the liner Mauretania sustained slight damage after a collision with a Pennsylv a nia railroad car float near the Statue of Liberty. Fifty workmen repaired the port bow for about eight hours, cement filling the new piece before the ship sailed.
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New York
Mauretania
Cunard Line
8S. G. McNeil
Pennsylvania Railroad
McNeil
Tiny Radium Morsel Recovered After Four-Day Hunt
A pinhead sized radium piece valued at 1800 dollars was recovered in Huntington after a ten day absence. A.S. Dunston of Alabama Polytechnic Institute located the missing substance in ashes from the hospital incinerator following a four day search.
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Huntington
W. Va
A.S. Dunston
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Kellogg Honors Visit to Prince at St James Palace
Former U S Secretary of State Frank B Kellogg met the Prince of Wales at St James Palace London as part of a farewell visit. Kellogg then traveled by train to Southampton to board the Leviathan ship, sailing at midnight.
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Prince London
Frank B. Kellogg
Prince of Wales
St. James Palace
Ellogge
Southampton
Leviathan
Millionaire Ends Life With Bullet in Chicago Hotel
James C. Pauley, 56, a wealthy coal operator, and his wife Mia Elinor Ludlow Pauley, 50, were found shot dead in a Chicago hotel. Police say Pauley killed his wife and then himself after recent stock losses and poor health. Coroner notes indicate a suicide and homicide sequence witnessed by staff.
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James C. Pauley
Mia
Elinor Ludlow Pauley
Thesador
Pauley
Miami Coal Company
Terre Haute
Ind
Pauleys
Bushnell
Ohio
Hobson
Santiago
Ortiz Rubio Declared President of Mexico by Congress
The Mexican congress adopted the election commission report and formally named Pascual Ortiz Rubio, Revolutionary party candidate, president with 1 825 761 votes. Jose Vasconcelos 110 279 votes and Pedro Rodriguez Triana 23 279. An official delegation will notify the winner as Ortiz Rubio travels to the United States.
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Mexican Congress
Election Commission
Pascual Ortiz Rubio
Revolutionary Party
Jose Vasconcelos
Pedro Rodriguez Triana
Ortiz Rubio
United States
Baltimore
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Washington
Hoover
New York
California
Mexico
Troopers Block Danne mora Riot
In Dannemora New York November 28 1930 guards and 38 state policemen reinforced Clinton prison amid widespread rumors of a planned riot by about 1500 convicts. No riot occurred though the town stayed tense awaiting the Thanksgiving holiday.
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Dannemora
N. Y
Clinton Prison
Harry M. Kaiser
Byrd Starts 1600 Mile Flight to South Pole
Commander Richard E. Byrd lifts from Little America at 3 29 p m in a 1600 mile round trip to the South Pole with Bernt Balchen Harold June and Captain Ashley C McKinley aboard the tri motor plane. He will report progress via New York Times radio and base and hopes to return within 24 hours if conditions hold.
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New York
New York Times
St. Louis Post Dispatch
Richard E. Byrd
Antarctic
Byrd
Little America
South Pole
Bernt Balchen
Harold June
Ashley C. McKinley
Egyptian and Daughter of State Solon Wed
Isabel Helen Maynard stepdaughter of Arizona House Speaker M J Hannon wed Hassan Sabry Korbi son of Cairo education director tonight. The couple met three years ago at the University of Arizona and El Kordi was studying agriculture. They will sail from New York on December 6 for Cairo.
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Tucson
Ariz
Isabel Helen Maynard
M. J. Hannon
Arizona House of Representatives
Hassan Saby E! Korbi
Cairo
Egypt
University of Arizona
el Kordi
New York
Cario
M'Donald Party Faces Narrow Labour Defeat
London reports show a near-defeat for the Labour government as Liberals and Conservatives united on a Liberal unemployment insurance amendment. Absences among opposition MPs kept the government afloat though the margin was thin. Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald refused to resign unless a major measure failed.
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London
Labor Party
Ramsay MacDonald
Margaret Bonfield
Laweal White
Norfolk and Western to spend $1 million on ten Mallet freight locomotives
The Norfolk and Western announces a Roanoke shop project to build ten class 2-8-8-2 Mallet engines with 121000 pounds of tractive effort each. Delivery starts about March 1 next year and one locomotive will roll out per month, with largest engines yet for the line.
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Norfolk and Western Railway
Roanoke
Philadelphia
Norfolk and Western
United States
SLAIN GANGSTER SLOTS PALS SURRENDER TO POLICE
Irving Jones and Albert Nickerson companions of Angus Cox the slain Muncie gang leader surrendered to police in Muncie Ind Their confession to Chief Everson and Prosecutor J H details eight holdups since October 18 The ambush stemmed from a note a Muncie schoolgirl wrote and the getaway car was found in Danville Illinois with blood and bullet marks
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Ind
Irving Jones
Albert Nickerson
Angus Cox
Danville
Ill
Jones
Nickerson
W. H. Everson
J. H
Indiana
Poelice
Chicago
Burlington
British steamer runs aground off Teskar Rock in fog
In Wexford Ireland on November 28 a 2500 ton British steamer ran ashore five miles from Teskar Rock in dense fog. Several tugs were heading to assist and tow the vessel to safety by tomorrow.
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Wexford
Irish Pree State
Teskar Rocke
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