Frequent Gun Clashes At El Paso Border Front
El Paso, Texas January 6 reports describe the Rio Grande as the battle front in the southwest rum war. Liquor smugglers clash with government agents along the U S side with dozens killed or wounded. arrests of buyers rise as smugglers operate mainly under cover of darkness near Fabens and the Hole in the Wall rendezvous.
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Uncle Sam
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Frank Clark
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Hole-in-the-Wall
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Wole-in-the-Wall
Callees Aims to Stop Aliens at Border Line
Acting Secretary Henning told Washington officials he plans tighter border control to curb alien influx. He noted most apprehended aliens come from Europe and that Mexican cooperation will aid inspections along the Rio Grande border, with improved efforts to prevent bootlegging and illegal crossings.
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Border
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Beck
Washington
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Vera Croz
Tampico
Mexico
Irge
North America
Rio Grande
Teunare
Henning
Lis
Seisuta
Shesnining
Stranger Kills Self Police Seek Victim's Kin in Seattle Record
Police hunt for friends of a stranger who killed himself in a Mizmenpolis Minnesota hotel room. The victim, identified from the Seattle Union Record, appears to be Syaper. The incident is dated January with inconsistent OCR. Local authorities pursue contacts for confirmation.
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Mizmenpolis
Minn
Syaper
Seattle Union Record
Congress Abandons Muscle Shoals Plan at Session
Washington January 6 administration leaders say Muscle Shoals legislation unlikely to pass this session. Even if the senate backs Underwood Norris or Jones plans, conferees may not draft a compromise before March 4 adjournment. Yet passage of some Muscle Shoals bill in the senate before week’s end seems almost certain.
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Washington
Administration
Congress
Senate
Underwood
Norris
Jones
Widower Dies by Fire After Self-Quitting Home
In Windom Minnesota on January 6 Benjamin Bastmann a childless widower locked himself in his farm house and perished as flames consumed the dwelling A German note on a bible fly leaf sent to Sheriff Lee stated God has decreed that I shall die and you will now find me dead His wife died about three years earlier and Bastmann had lived alone since then
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Windom
Minn
Benjamin Bastmann
Lee
Bastmann
Waterway fund deal set with billions in river harbor aid
Washington January 6 agreement between water ways advocates and house leaders allocates about 78 million dollars for rivers and harbors improvements in the current session. The war department appropriation bill offers 40.5 million for existing projects and a separate rivers and harbors authorization bill seeks 37.5 million for new projects, reduced by 35 million from earlier drafts.
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Washington
House
War Department
Police Hold Suspect In Slaying Mystery
Santa Barbara authorities hold Irving Denton as a person of interest in the murder of George Turner famed as the king of bootleggers. Turner's bullet riddled body was found beside his car in a eucalyptus grove near Santa Barbara. Denton is described as a friend of the slain man.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
George Turner
Irving Denton
Aamsoner
Denton
Bank President Targeted by Youthful Bandits in Pittsburgh
Two youths forced their way into Lawrence Sands home in Pittsburgh on January 6 seeking $20,000 from the First National Bank president. They shot and wounded Sands's son, who is expected to recover, and then fled the scene.
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Pittsburgh
Lawrence Sands
First National Bank
Hands
Enduring Life Proved By Methuseleh Thought Then
A pithy Montaigne quote on aging and vitality suggests no man is truly decrepit while life seems long. The line contends that even Methuselah would be surprised by enduring energy in the human frame.
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Methuseleh
Montaigne
Heart Saving Bullet Extraction From Self Inflicted Wound
Chicago surgeons at County Hospital opened Max Peck’s chest to remove a homemade bullet after a Christmas Eve suicide attempt in a cheap lodging house. The weapon used a spike and hot wire, and the heart momentarily ceased before doctors restored it. Peck survived and reportedly recovered.
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Chicago
Max Peck
Peck
Train wreck near Beaubassin claims eight lives
Dispatches from Port Louis Mauritius report eight people killed and fifty injured in a train wreck near Beaubassin on the island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean.
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London
Beaubassin
Mauritius
Indian Ocean
Port Louis
Stokes Trial Delayed by Interested Jurist
Hearing on conspiracy charges brought by Mrs Helen Elwood Stokes against her divorced husband W E D Stokes will be held in Judge Lynch's court on January 12. The date was set on a continuance after the case arose from sensational testimony in New York divorce proceedings.
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Chicago
Helen Elwood Stokes
W. E. D. Stokes
New York
Juicy Fruits hailed as nature's sugar coated pills
A historical note extols juicy fruits as the finest natural sustenance. They are praised for their wholesome raw quality and mineral salt content, though offering little starch fat or protein.
Flood sweeping Leningrad leaves city under water
In Leningrad amid floods the Kronstadt guns fell silent at sunrise. The city faces continued danger with a storm still raging. Estimated damage hits $3,000,000 as water covers entire districts. Smalny cemetery flooded, graves washed away. Peterhof palaces and parks flooded, several fishermen drowned. Eleven feet of water covers former dry land.
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William R. Reswick
Leningrad
Kronstadt
Smalny
Peterhof
German Delegation Denies Ending Franco German Talks
Paris reports the German delegation stating this afternoon that negotiations for a Franco German commercial treaty have not been broken off. The clarification comes amid ongoing talks and follows recent diplomatic activity between the two nations.
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Paris
Germany
Daniel Conder Celebrates 100th Birthday at Ripney Ta
Boone June 6 Daniel kh Conder of Ripney Ta celebrated his one hundredth birthday yesterday He has chewed tobacco since he was 12 years old and said that the habit may kill him yet
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Lowan
Boone
Daniel Kh. Conder
Ripney
Slayer Released on Appeal Bond in Murder Case
Mexico Missouri January 6. Philip P. Young, recently sentenced to ten years in prison for the murder of Joseph P. Jumbera, who he charged with aiding the delinquency of his 16 year old daughter, was at liberty today on a $5,000 appeal bond.
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Mexico
Philip P. Young
Joseph P. Jumbera
Liberty
Game of Croquet Origin and History Mentioned
The article notes there is no authentic data on croquet origins, a kingly favorite about 200 years ago. It mentions theories that croquet evolved from the medieval game paille maire played in Lingue doc in the thirteenth century.
Police capture "Loving" bandit in New York case
Taiza Karzonin, dubbed the loving Fagin, is arrested as police link him to luring servant girls to secure positions with wealthy households then having them rob their employers. A $2,500 ermine coat he pledged for $100 led to his detention, with $17,000 in jewelry stolen from Trini Ramos's home. Ramos's maid, Spanish dancer Miss Ramos, testified to Karzonin's visits.
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New York
Taiza Karzonin
Karzonin
Warzonia
Third Avenue
Trini Ramos
Miss Ramos
England Hopeful Conference Ends Debt Debate
London reports the British foreign office was disappointed by the U S visa arbi tran tration and expects the Paris allied conference to yield no concrete conclusions. Churchill heads to Paris with hopes of clarifying American claims and a possible allied conference in Brussels in March or April remains unofficial.
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London
Juan
Heritih
United Sitzies
Exchequer Churchill
Paris
Yosehah Wardebieen
Ituvetsi
Foreign Office
Brussells
United States
McKenzie elected chairman of House Military Affairs Committee
Congressman John C McKenzie a Republican from Illinois was chosen to lead the House Military Affairs Committee succeeding the late Julius Kahn of California. He will serve as chair until March 4 when he retires from Congress.
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Washington
John C. McKenzie
House
Julius Kahn
California
Congress
Saint Joan censorship closes Moscow theater step
Bernard Shaw's Saint Joan was closed out of the Soviet theater by the censor authorities in Moscow on January 6. The move highlights ongoing state control over cultural works and limits on public performances in the capital.
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Moscow
Bernard Shaw
Odd Writing Material Used by the Arals
Sheep bladehunes served as writing material in Aral regions when paper was scarce. These curious substitutes have yielded notable historical savings and records, highlighting how communities adapted writing practices with natural fibers and animal products.
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Arals
English gold standard reestablishment talks begin in New York
Jan 6 reports negotiations to end the sterling standard and restore the pound to a gold basis. Sir Montagu Norman, governor of the Bank of England, leads discussions as government sources provide details from New York.
Fireman Dead Another Injured in Collision
Fireman Frank Foyle aged 23 of Joliet Illinois died and engineer Ed Glossenger of Nikes Michigan was severely injured in a freight train collision on the Michigan Central line between South Bend and Buchanan Michigan. The accident occurred January 6 and involved two freight trains in close succession.
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Ind
Frank Foyle
Freman
Joliet
Ed Glossenger
Nikes
Mich
Toiay
Michigan Centraline
Buchenan
Spiders Show Cannibal Tendencies in Nest Emergence
A brief note describes spiders behaving as cannibals within their nest, with only a few remaining after a perilous emergence from the firebound structure.
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