Aviator Horace Kearney Believed Lost in Pacific
Dispatched reports indicate Horace Kearney and passenger Cheater Lawrence likely perished after his hydro airplane wrecked off the California coast. A pontoon recovered near Redondo Harbor supports the theory of a sea crash following a flight from Newport Beach.
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Stores to Close All Day on Christmas in Columbia
Several Columbia department stores sign an agreement to close for the entire Christmas day marking a first for the city. Maury Dry Goods Co Evans Parker Moore Anderson Pros. Foster and J. Roanthal Company will shut doors Wednesday next week to give clerks and proprietors a full holiday. Citizens largely support the plan as a humane observance of the holiday season.
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Anderson Pros. & Foster
J. Roanthal Company
Allen Edwards Get Long Terms In Hillsville Killings
In Wytheville Virginia on December 13 the final settlement of Hillsville courthouse killings was reached as Sidna Allen pleaded guilty to second degree murder for Sheriff Webb's death and Wesley Edwards to three charges. Sidna received thirty five years total. Wesley twenty seven. The sentences follow a compromise after a voluntary manslaughter verdict against Sidna for the Commonwealth's Attorney Foster murder. Governor Mann granted a reprieve for Floyd Allen and Claude Swanson Allen until January 17 pending possible new trials due to newly discovered evidence.
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Winchester Wins Inter-High Declamatory Contest
The second of the inter-high school declamatory contests was held in Fayetteville Friday at 7:30 pm. Embry Lynch of Winchester won with A Tribute to Grady, while Clyde Lovell of Columbia spoke on Shakespeare. The final event will be at the Athenaeum on Friday night December 20. Preliminary selections to choose representatives will be decided Wednesday afternoon.
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WhitElaw Rel Dies in London Sunday Noon
American ambassador WhitElaw Rel passes away peacefully at his London home on Sunday at noon. The death ends a long diplomatic career with postings in Europe and the Americas. Rel, noted for fostering international dialogue, had recently attended several commemorative events abroad.
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Death of Whitelaw Reid American Ambassador to Britain
Whitelaw Reid, American ambassador to Great Britain since 1905, died at Dorchester House in London from pulmonary oedema after asthma and exhaustion. Mrs. Reid and daughter were at his bedside as the king and royal family sent condolences. The body to be shipped to the United States, with possible services in London and Sleepy Hollow.
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Tennessee heirs seek 250000 estate from Simpson
Six teen heirs of Mrs. Jane Perkins claim in Kansas City court that the Tennessee born widow, who died in Unico County decades ago, accumulated 115000 at a Colorado boarding house and mining camp, and that Nathaniel P. Simpson, a miner and business manager, controlled her wealth before his death.
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Tenn
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Peskins
Central City
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