Dutch Fire Trial Ends with Van der Lubbe Guilty of Treason
The 67 day Reichstag fire trial concluded with Van der Lubbe, aged 24, convicted of high treason and sentenced to death. Co-defendants Torgler and three Bulgarians were acquitted amid sweeping reactions in Leipzig.
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van der Lubbe
Reichstag
Courter-Mail
Leipzig
Jongent
Torgler
Dimtroff
Popoff
Taneff
Buenger
Germany
General Goering
Amsterdam
Marshal van Hindenburg
Supreme Court
Hindenburg
Ufe
Evenin
Herr Theelmann
Work Tour Telephone Sees Global Christmas Greetings
Courier-Mail special reports from London on an around the world telephonic Christmas greetings exchange. Aiming to bridge nations, calls from Stockholm to Poona to Vienna conveyed seasonal wishes and hopes for 1994 as listeners described snowy streets, warm climates, and festive markets. A London desk handled 4,000 calls weekly with 160 women and 60 men on duty, while half price rates left Australians in heavy demand and the Australis continent untouched.
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Courier-Mail
London
Post Office
Australia
Overseas
Terophone Exchange
St. Paul's
Courier-Mall
M. Gunarson
Stockholm
Shaw
Cape Town
Bay of Blacoy
Mediterranean
Australis
Tea leaf age flavors Bushells Blue Label richer
The text compares young tea buds with full grown leaves, noting finer flavor and higher tannin in older leaves. It states Bushells Blue Label uses young bud-leaf for richer flavor and more cups per pound than ordinary tea.
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Bushells Blue Label
Dean's Backache Kidney Pills Promote Lasting Relief
A Brisbane reader from Cameron Street in Fairfield recounts years of backache and kidney troubles. After trying belts and medicines with little relief, a friend advised Doan's Backache Kidney Pills. One bottle helped, then ten, curing his pain and restoring rest. Years later the same testimonial notes continued well being, endorsing the remedy from McClellan Co.
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H. Quince
Cameron Street
Pairfield
South Brisbane
Myne
Dean
Forlorn figure London December 24
Berlin Observer notes Chancellor Hitler seeks to win workers to Nazism and fears over Torgler's conviction alienating wavering supporters. Dr Buenger calls Communism guilty in a remark seen as orthodox dissension. Delegation from British Committee for Relief of Nazi victims includes Hon Ivor Montagu, brother of Lord Waythilag.
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London
Berlin
Herr A. Hitler
Torgler
Buenger
British Committee For the Relief of
Ivor Montagu
Waythilag
Dutch Pilots Break Air Record From Cairo to Amsterdam
Dutch fliers Smirnoff and Boer, who retrieved the Pander plane at Cairo on December 15, flew Amsterdam to Batavia in 4 days 4 hours, smashing Ulm's record. They plan a return trip starting January 1 aiming to breakfast a week before Christmas in Amsterdam and have Christmas dinner in the tropics, then return for New Year.
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London
Smirnoff
Boer
Cairo
Amsterdam
Batavia
Ulm
Christman
Tropics
Japanese Volcano Erupts Killing Four in Kumage District
December 25 reports say Kuchinoerabu volcano in Kumagegun Kagoshima erupted, four people killed twenty injured, nineteen homes destroyed. Bulgas fears for safety as Bulgarian delegation travels with armed guard. police promise protection on return. Central News notes three Bulgarians arreste d for passport offences.
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Tokio
Kuchinoeraba
Kumagegun
Kagoshima
China Raises Tariff Adds Duties on Imports
Shanghai December 2 The Chinese government plans soon to raise duties on imports including matches tobacco oil cotton cement and silk. Finance Minister Hu Kung rejected a millers petition to exempt 75 000 tons of shipments already ordered arguing duties protect native products prevent dumping and noting further tariffs on matches cement rolled tobacco oil cotton and silk will follow. The millers have not decided on any course of action.
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Shanghai
Hu-Kung
Tale
Carnera Rescues Genoa After Collision on Giovi Pass
Primo Carnera, returning to Italy from America aboard the Conte di Savoia, collided with a horse and cart on the Giovi pass. He pulled the injured from the ditch, aiding the horse and cart victims with notable promptness and care.
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Italy
America
Uner
Conte di
Prince Born in Japan Heralds Heir to 2600 Year Throne
Tokio reports the birth of a son to the Emperor and Empress, the first male in the line since four daughters. The infant was born at 6:37 and the Prime Minister Dr Saito announced it with a beaming countenance. The Empress is said to be exceptionally healthy and the nation is filled with joy.
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Tokio
Saito
Japan
Victoria's new governor with Irish peerage noted
London December 24 News of the World reports Lord Mountingfield the governor elect of Victoria is an expert tapes try worker who reproduced his country seat in petitpoint He has an Irish peerage dating from 1751 through Vanneck a London merchant His appeal to Victorians lies in being an all round sportsman who shoots fishes and takes part in winter sports and is interested in agriculture
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London
Lord Mountingfield
Victoria
Harewood
Gainford
Spencer
Petitpoint
Ireland
Vanneck
Hountingfield
Ermeck Pelo Niaver
Fire at City Theatre Sparks Early Season Alarm
A fire at the City Theatre in Brisbane started in the dress circle shortly after 5 am. Fire brigades from Central Station battled through smoke to prevent spread to the wardrobe and stalls, damaging several chairs and flooring while saving costumes and belongings under the building’s theatre section. The cause remains unknown as the theatre prepares for a matinee today.
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Elizabeth Street
W. Younger
Qarven
Ts Beasor
Brisbane
American butter plan to dump 60000 tons in Britain
The Bunday Express reports the American government aims to flood Britain with 60 000 tons of butter in exchange for more whisky quota. The proposal risks angering Australia and New Zealand and provokes dismay among British farmers. Disjointed lines follow about indigestion remedies and nonsensical product mentions.
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Bunday Express
Britain
Australia
New Zealand
Eight Murders In New York Ask Christmas Eve Terror
New York on December 24 reported eight murders disturbing Christmas Eve peace. A 15-year-old girl was found slain near the East River with knife and blunt force trauma. Other victims included a six-year-old girl strangled with string, a man killed by an ion pick, and several mob related killings linked to racketeers and underworld figures.
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New York
East River
Hastings
Hudson
Waxey" Gordon
Hoboken
Hela
East Meets West Bellied by Allied Talks in Asia
A fragmentary report notes Say Mussolini welcoming sixty Asian representatives from China Japan India Afghanistan Siam Egypt and Syria. It cites claims that the old West East divide was bridged by crisis era cooperation between Rome and Tehran and praises the government head for showing Eastern sympathy.
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London
Eeatert Kipling
Gignor
Signor Mussolini
China
Japan
India
Afghanistan
Siam
Egypt
Syria
Rome
Rogue Elephant Rampage Frights Madura District
December 23 report from Calcutta notes a rogue elephant in Madura district causing widespread panic. The animal charged through areas, trampling people and disrupting daily life as authorities and observers sought containment. Local residents described the creature as a dangerous King Kong like figure.
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Calcutta
Madura
Kong
Sale of Drakenlowe Hall Ends Domesday Link
December reports the sale of Drakenlowe Hall in Derbyshire with a 70 acre deer park ending a Gresley family seat after 28 generations. The estate sold for £12,510 to a Nottingham land agent amid tax pressures while the Shirleys of Ettington remain among few families still holding ancestral lands.
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London
Drakenlowe Hall
Derbyshire
Gresley
Robert Gresley
Nottingham
Gresleys
Shirleys
Ettington
Warwickshire
Lurden Ward
Daily Mail
Berkeley
Gloucestershire
Lumley Castle
Durham
England
Methodist Hymn Book Drives Christmas Sales Record
London notes strong Christmas sales for the new Methodist Union hymn book of 984 hymns and psalms. The volume, overseen by Rev. P F L Wiseman, trims to 250 lines and imposes a reappropriated use of the word Amen mainly for closing prayers and praise.
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London
New Methodist Book
The
Methodist Union
PF. L. Wiseman
Today’s garden mint and summer bushhouse care tips
Anne TerG summer garden note advises watering and frequent spraying to clean dust from branches. Keep plants green and healthy by removing dust with gentle soapy water. Palms and aerial plants may be cleaned with light soap solution.
Money Lords Criticised By Dr Levinstein
Dr Herbert Levinstein MB examined Britain’s finance culture arguing financiers and bankers dismiss new methods, urging trained chemists for industrial insight. He blamed politicians economists and bankers for ignoring industrial facts in war debt payments to America and advocated wider use of community science.
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London
Herbert Levinstein
Dyoamftstion
Britain
Levinstein
America
House for Dominion Premiers
A Spectator review notes Lord Lee Fareham gifted Chequers for Prime Ministers and suggests housing Dominion Premiers in an historic house near Lanen rather than hotels during London Empire business visits. The idea aims to provide a formal residence for visiting statesmen.
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London
the Spectator
Lord Lee
Fareham
Lanen
Gold Production and War Debt Payments Debate
A discussion proposes expanding gold production to fund war debts with earmarked portions for debt service. It argues limited use of gold for nonessential needs and suggests South Africa with assistance could provide enough metal to pay America without wrecking the financial system.
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South Africa
America
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Teodor
Zam-Buk
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Lumbare
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Glennich
Sherer
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Sherinf
Sorel
Tom Any
Batavia Record
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Carnera
Genoa
Prince
Routhport
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Kipling
Methodist Hymn Book
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