American Fliers Murder Victims Reported
Lieu tenants Cecil Connally and Frederick Waterhouse, American aviators, were murdered after forced descent in California Mexico. Testimony to a Senate subcommittee by Joe Allen Richards stated the discovery of their bodies on September 21 at Bay of Los Angeles. Richards described arrest and mistreatment by Mexican authorities after reporting the scene. The pair's graves reportedly contained a two foot iron bar, with Waterhouse skull crushed and Connolly stabbed.
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Paso
Vexas
Der
Cecil Connally
Frederick Waterhouse
Tower California
Mexico
Lestimany
Senate
Joe Allen Richards
Rehards
Baya de Los Angeles
Richards
Santas Rosalla
Providencia
Santa Rosia
Waterhouse
Connolly
One Suspect Held In Bandit Murder
New York dispatch reports police in Weic North Dakota and allied cities leading a bandit gang case. A Passaic haberdashery owner’s Christmas Day murder tied to a woman described as the gang’s brains. Captain Turner of Passaic refuses to reveal the detainee’s identity while confirming one local suspect is held.
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New York
Weic
N. d
Jersey City
Philadelphia
Passaic
Morris Goldstein
Turner
Melting Alpine Snow Drives Rhine Flood Threat
Giuneva Dec 26 Melting snow from the lower Alps has swollen the Rhine to twelve feet above normal, threatening lower Basle and towns along the German shore. Floating trees damage property. Tram service in Eagle reduced by half. Heavy floods reported in Alsace and continuing snow in eastern Switzerland with twenty inches new fall. many trains stalled.
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Giuneva
Lower Alps
Thine
Basle
Eagle
Alsace
Switzerland
Dahos
St. Moritz
Meeting Monday of Brotherhoods in Rail Dispute
Representatives of the three major railway brotherhoods will attend two Washington meetings Monday to discuss proposed railway legislation and to coordinate in seeking wage increases. They argue railroads should be returned to owners in March but not at the expense of employees. Timothy Shea says the unions will insist on no retrenchments, but full worker rights, stressing they may oppose injustice without seeking a strike.
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M@eveland
Wassington
Penein
Rotherhood
Timothy Shea
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Brotherhood
Shea
Sid
Countiel
Atr
Fraternal Foresters and Masonic Meeting News
Fraternal groups Foresters and Ancient Order of Murestars hold their next meeting. Installations planned for January 18 with officers listed. Christmas tree celebration on New Year’s Day at Boll’s Hall followed by dances and children's festivities in the afternoon and ice cream and apples. Committee members from Magna Charta and Pioneer lodges named for event planning.
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Nelson
Order of Murestars
iMhurto
Fawr
Leelad
Unie
Chiurtes
Suloahid Ranger
Chadwick
S¢Niae Woodward
Charl Hwailes
Juntor Woodward
Arnold Hennot
Funneral
R. Cock- Pull
Brook
Lyons
Mor Beadle
Joe Booth
Cinliens
Mellon
Jmne
Sons of St. George, Moneer
Maria Charta
Sons of St. Clearse
Boll's Hall
Mengers
Order
Fcval
W. Ballard
Vo Corwarding
Thomas Hart
A. R. Saunders
Magna Charta Lodge
J. W. Wood
J. J. Kirkpatrick
Ww. Parry
Ef, Jarnwall
W. Renn
Pioneer Lodge
William Gallard
Barman Anu
W. Wood
Legislation Aims at Proper Care for Children Born Out of Wedlock
A report by the U S Children's Bureau recommends a uniform law to protect children born outside marriage. It urges legitimizing such children when parents later marry or allow adoption by the father, and notes that common law in England and some regions still treats these children as "child of no one." The item ends with an unrelated cough remedy advertisement.
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Universal Service
Washington
Children's Bureau
Department of Labor
Fingland
United States
Paris Moves Clocks Forward to Conserve Fuel
Paris cabinet approves turning clocks ahead by one hour starting February 1 to save fuel. Finance Minister Louis Wietz avoids financial questions during the session, with further discussion planned for next Monday.
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Paris
Louis Wietz
London Unionists Aim at Strike Prevention
Seven of the largest trade unions in Great Britain have launched a movement to prevent unauthorized strikes. The effort is sponsored by the National Union of General Workers, representing a vast membership.
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London
Great Britain
Naional Union of General Workers
Police Investigate Death of Modiste at Commodore Hotel
New York police probe the death of Mrs. Casewell Blackburn a 35 year old gown shop owner at 43 West Virtue Sixth Street found dead at the Commodore Hotel. Assistant Deputy Medical Examiner Benjamin Schwartz ruled the death a suicide from 240 grains of veronal. A letter in her rooms left to Mrs. Victor Rydstrom references her possessions and business.
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New York
Casewell Blackburn
West Virtue Sixth Street
Victor ‘Rydstrom
Poison theft ends in fatal inhalation in Brooklyn plant
Police report a man died after attempting to steal a package of deadly drugs valued at 20 000 from the New York Quinine and Chemical Company plant at North Eleventh and Berry streets Brooklyn. John Achuitck, a former machinery officer, was found dead in the plant as workers arrived. Authorities initially puzzled by the death.
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Dee
New York Quinine and Chemical Company
North Eleventh and
Berry Streets
Brooklyn
John Achuitck
Sehuuitdis
T1th Street
Chemics Company
Papal Appointment and Relief Efforts Report
Pope Benedict appoints Monsignor Wertmann to lead a Geneva committee for the German Federation of Charities to distribute relief to war victims, focusing on poor children in Central Europe and beyond. Richard Smythe, 22, was killed when a crash caused a portable scaffold to fall at the Metaille Muber Shoe factory, fatally injuring him.
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Roma
Pope Benedict
Monsignor
Wertmann
German Federation of Associations For Charity
Geneva
Switzland
Thurope
Papo Moan
Tyee
Richard Smythe
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Metailie Muber Shoe Et
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