Dawes in Paris Seeks End to Japan China Clash at League Meet
Ambassador Dawes leads US effort to calm the League of Nations as Japan presses its Manchurian campaign. Chinese commander Ma Chom-shan resists orders, Japanese forces advance, and Tokyo cites the Chinese Eastern railway amid escalating hostilities.
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Tjow
Japan
China
Council of the
League of Nations
Paris
League
Dawes
London
Manchuria
Ma Chom-shan
Heilungkiang Province
Honjo
Apaganchi
Tsitsibar
Soviet
Russia
Moscow
Nanai
Chinese Eastern Railway
Tsunen Matsudaira
Alfred Sze
United States
Stimson
Council
Chris
Sir Jom Simon
Washington
Aristide Briand
Kenkichi Yoshizawa
Nanking
Kuomintang Congress
Teague
Hsuan Tung
Henry Pu-yi
Hauan Tung
Mukden
Arkansas Senate gets temporary woman successor
Mrs. Thaddeus H Conway is appointed to fill her late husband’s Arkansas Senate seat temporarily. If nominated by Democrats, she is likely to win the special election and serve the remaining term. The piece notes prior female senators include Mrs. Rebecca Felton of Georgia.
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Congress
Senate
Thaddeus H. Coniway
Arkansas
Rebecea Felton
Georgia
Mra Coroway
Arkansas Democrates
House of Representatives
Donald MacLown
New Jersey
Italy’s Grandi Ends Washington Talks on Disarmament
Italian Foreign Minister Grandi concluded three days of talks with President Hoover in Washington. Topics centered on disarmament and naval power, with Grandi noting the Armament Truce effective November 1 and stressing practical results.
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Ino Grand
Italy
Mussolini
Hoover
Washington
Signor Rosso
Tialinn Foreign Office
League of Nations
Signor Grandi
Aristide Briand
League Council
Grandi
Dreiser Charged in Kentucky Conspiracy Indictment
eminent author Theodore Dreiser and nine others faced a Bell county grand jury indictment for criminal syndicalism alleging they sought to spread terror and resist government authorities. Conviction could bring up to 21 years, a $10,000 fine, or both, with extradition efforts planned. Dreiser and Marie Bergulo had prior Kentucky hotel misconduct indictments.
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Thseodore Dreiser
Kentucky
Bell County
Droleer
Commonwealth
Drejeer
New York
Marie Bergulo
Viscount Created for Hilip Snowden Amid Government Rise
Hilip Snowden, long time member of the House of Commons and former chancellor, is created a viscount by King George and elevated to the House of Lords to serve as lord privy seal in the national government. He declined reelection to the Commons due to health.
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Hilip Snowden
House of Commons
George
Gandhi Warns British of Civil Disobedience Move
Mao Abatma Gandhi threatens to sail to Bombay on December 4 if Britain fails to act by December 1 to launch a new civil disobedience campaign in India. The note warns of a social and commercial boycott, while regional tensions rise as Kashmir and Afghanistan involve Moscow Turkey and the Afghan army.
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Mao Abatma Gandhi
India
Bombay
Tekely
Roycott
Moscow
Afghanistan
Turkey
Hari Singh
Maharajah
Kashmir
Turkish decree slashes imports of hundreds of consumer goods
American exporters face sharp Turkish limits as a decree restricts 1 000 items from autos to radios with only small quantities allowed in November and December and new quotas to follow in 1981.
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America
Usica
Bread and Butter Diet for Children
Washington officials urge a simple bread and butter based diet for growing children. The outline favors milk, potatoes, fruit and vegetables, small meat portions, and occasional eggs or bacon with varied meals.
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Washington
Anela Sam
Department of Agriculture
Aged California Woman Recalls 1853 Trek Westward
Mary E. Harris recounts crossing the plains in 1853 as an eight year old, riding in a covered wagon for six months. She speaks of Sierra crossings, gold country towns, and settling near San Jose, with her four sons present at her 89th birthday in San Francisco.
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San Francisco
Missouri
California
Mira
Mary E. Harris
Plains
Carl Street
Harris
Sierra
Tower of the
Bees Occupy Eagle Sculpture at Christiansburg Courthouse
A colony of bees has taken up residence in a large eagle atop a ball on Christiansburg courthouse grounds. Dozens of bees fly in and out daily, drawing curious onlookers. The scene was captured by radio reporters and deemed a curious local display of nature invading civic icon.
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Christiansburg
Woman Dies as Home Is Set Ablaze During Robbery
Mrs. W. L. Wright died in a Phoenix home fire started by robbers who beat her and her husband and fled. he was rescued in critical condition as the house burned.
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Phoenix
Aziz
W. L. Wright
Danish chemist claims ideal gas mask for city defense
Copenhagen reports Danish chemist N. L. Hansen has invented a gas mask that filters 441.8 per cent of poisons from breathing bubbles and proposes a national air raid protection plan. He predicts governments will adopt the device for global war laboratories.
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Copenhagen
N. L. Hangen
Denmark
Hansen
Relics Recovered During Ripoli Restoration
During restoration of an old church in Ripoli a fresco by Spinella Are ting a second depicting the annuon elation and two monolithic granite columns were found among the relics.
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Pisa
Spinella Areting
Ripolt
Girl Given Sight Ends World of Darkness in Ohio
Bellaire nine year old Edna Goddard, born blind, regains sight through surgery by Dr Leo Covert with aid from local civic clubs. She discovers colors and objects anew, learning to name chairs and household items as she adjusts to vision.
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Bellaire
Ohio
Eden Goddard
Edna
Leo Covert
Goddards
Doctor Covert
Woman Finds She Has Been Dead Five Years
In Genoa Italy Angela Moresco learns she was officially dead for five years due to a hospital name error. After seven years of mental distress she regained her sanity and authorities investigate the mix up which caused another woman to be recorded as Moresco. Legal steps are now underway to resolve the record.
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Ermany
France
Buocclow
M. Briand
Blan
World Bank Af Basel
Berlin
World Bank
Germany
Reichsbank
Genoa
Italy
Sig
Angela Moresco
Hospital For the
Moresco
Who Be Afraid of Responsibility
A wry observation on handling duties as a constant companion. The line suggests responsibility, though daunting, becomes familiar through practice and adaptation.
Last of the road agents Holzse tale from the Northwest
This 1921 Western Newspaper Union account profiles Ay mond Holzse a famed stagecoach robber in Wisconsin and Michigan during the 1800s. It recounts his bold holds ups, a notable mail pouch theft, a deadly confrontation near Marquette and his eventual capture and imprisonment.
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Aymond Holzse
Solis
Wisconsin
Michigan
Tie
Folcifer
Buitne Wist
Amall Loca
Hotzie
Herman Stafath
Shawan
Holzse
Thomas Ainsworth
Trarath
Rafath
Ainsworth
Holes
Holse
Hole
Rafuth
Holzie
Holzon
Raffath
Rajath
Marquette
Mich
Siece
Michigan State
Ife
Cnion
Left appendicitis cases reported at Ports
Two cases of appendicitis on the left side are described by Dr. R. Gloch. One patient had right sided pain while the inflamed organ was left, the other reversed. The report confirms a left appendicitis form and suggests X rays for diagnosis before or after surgery.
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R. Gloch
Inventors Develop Telephone Device for Telegraph Message
Two Zurich inventors Egon Zoller and Joseph Villiger have solved no response to a phone call by inventing a telephone apparatus that also transmits a written telegraphic message. The device uses a dial phone which when unanswered can be transformed into a telegraph printer.
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Zurich
Egon Zoller
Joseph Villiger
Mra Pert Talks About Daily Mail Envelopes
Fragmentary Chicago Daily News snippet shows Mrs Pert mentioning a mailman with large envelopes delivering to the next door every day. The odd exchange hints at routine letters or magazines, capturing a slice of urban life.
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Mra. Pertt
Moakman
Chicago Daily News
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Henry Dierks
Bureau of Prohibition
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Howard T. Jones
Prohibition
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Jim Watson
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U. S
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