Greatest Diver in Quest of $2,000,000 Treasure
The Norfolk expedition seeks two million dollars in gold bullion from the trawler Ripple sunk with the Merida ten years ago. Frank Crilley, famed deep sea diver, will search six square miles of the sea bottom using modern devices while Ripple assists with its own equipment and plans to recover further riches from famed wrecks.
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NEA Service
New York
Norfolk
Virginia Capes
Merida
Popular Science Monthly
Frank Crilley
Crilley
Ottumwa Packing House Strike Called Off by Officials
Officials of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America ended the Ottumwa packing house strike after a secret vote among about four hundred former employees. The six to ten week stoppage had led to state troop deployment earlier. the plant plans a double shift starting next week.
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Ottumwa
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of
North America
John Morrell Packing House
Movies and Jazz Dancing Denounced in Chicago Session
The National Purity Association denounced movies jazz dancing and cigarets at a Chicago meeting. Dancing master J Louis Guyon spoke about jazz and described its underworld meaning, urging refined users to abandon the term.
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Chicago
Ill
National Purity Association
J. Louis Guyon
Guyon
Mystery Shrinkage of Miss Lilla Russell Baffles City
Baltimore dispatch reports the sudden disappearance of Miss Lilla Dale Russell from the YWCA at 1224 Light Street. The Southern Carolina native, studying design and costuming, vanished after a Sunday night at the home with her roommate. Raymond Morris from Albemarle, North Carolina delivered chocolates earlier that afternoon.
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Baltimore
Young Women's Christian Association
Light Street
Lilla Dale Russell
Albemarle
N. C
Miss Russell
Raymond Morris
Morris
Miss Russel
Death by own action in Kansas leaves Iowan death note
A man identified as John Kennedy drank poison and slashed his throat in Farmington Iowa after leaving a note addressed to James Kennedy. He died shortly afterward.
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Little Rock
Ark
James Kennedy
Farmington
John Kennedy
Weather Outlook For Chicago Indicates Fair Skies
The weather forecast for Chicago shows generally fair conditions tonight and Thursday. Temperatures to become colder in the west and north tonight, with the east and south seeing the chill Thursday.
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Chicago
Weather Observations Summary for December Readings
Local observations by Dr H M Stanley cover the past 24 hours ending 7 am with highest and lowest temperatures listed for December 21 24 and 27. Rainfall amounts recorded include .34 on December 21 and .23 on December 24. Temperature at 1 pm shows 32 on December 27 and 24 on December 24.
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H. M. Stanley
Creditor Seeks Receiver for Texas Railway Line
J W Meaney through attorneys asked Federal Judge Wilson to appoint receivers for the Wichita Falls Ranger and Fort Worth railway part of the Jake Hammon estate. Meaney, a creditor tied to construction, seeks foreclosure of a contractor's lien on the line for more than 100000 dollars.
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Fort Worth
Tex
J. W Meaney
Wilson
Wichita Falls, Ranger and Fort Worth
Jake@Hamnon
Meany
Harvey 10 Act as Observer at Cannes Meet
George Harvey the American ambassador and his wife departed for Cannes France today to observe the conference of the supreme council set to open January 4. He will represent the United States at the sessions.
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Harvey
Cannes
London
Associated Press
George Harvey
France
United States
Conference of the Supreme Council
Heavy Rains Flood Southern California
Rain has fallen in Southern California for 10 days with no forecast of cessation. San Diego was isolated by washouts. highways and railroads damaged. Property damage is heavy but no deaths reported. Los Angeles records nearly nine inches. Anaheim streets flooded. San Francisco received 1.59 inches in the last 24 hours with more rain expected.
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San Francisco
California
Weather Bureau
San Diego
Los Angeles
Anaheim
Veteran mail clerk dies after poisoning in Keokuk
Albert H. Collins, a veteran railway mail clerk, died in a Keokuk hospital after drinking poison. The death was reported on December 28 and recorded as a suicide.
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Keokuk
Albert H. Collins
Yanks Reluctant to Leave Germany During Holidays
Coblenz December 28 Nine hundred seven American soldiers 22 officers and an overseas casual detachment of 38 men and 16 destitute former soldiers sailed today for Antwerp. They will sail for home tomorrow. All men are from the second brigade. They regret departing as the exchange situation is favorable and the holidays are on.
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Coblenz
Antwerp
Woman shoots herself at Christmas gathering in Blanchard
Mrs Roy Wilson wife of a Chicago physician accidentally shot and killed herself during a Christmas celebration at her parents home in Blanchard Louisiana Sunday night authorities said she was visiting the family for the holiday and the death is being treated as an accidental self inflicted gunfire incident
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Blanchard, la
Roy Wilson
Chicago
Record Breaking Sale of Mortgaged Farms in Atlantic LA
Five county farms totaling 900 acres are to be sold under the hammer to satisfy mortgage liens exceeding 250000 dollars. Sheriff Will A McKee says the week’s figures set county records in number of farms, acreage, and total liens. Largest mortgage listed is 52000 dollars on a 249 acre farm.
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Atlantic
Case County
Will A. McKee
Maude Moore Alleges Husband White Slaver
Maude Moore Stubbs, wife of hotelkeeper William Stubbs, alleges in Tacoma that her husband runs a white slave operation. She says she found another woman in the home after returning from Knoxville Tennessee where she had been acquitted of Leroy Harth murder.
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Tacoma
Wash
William Stubbs
Maude Moore Stubbs
Knoxville Tenn
Leroy Harth
Stubbs
Knoxville
Mother Pleads for Slayer as Life Sentence Given
In Kikader Iowa Mrs Ame Kersten saved her daughter's killer from the gallows by writing Judge H E Taylor that the slayer Peter Kleinow should receive a life sentence. Kleinow was thus spared death, and Mrs Kersten argued that his mother should not suffer further loss.
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Kikader
Ame
Kersten
H. E. Taylor
Peter Kleinow
Cecil Kersten
Kleinows
Kleinow
Twenty Five Bandits Rob Kentucky Whiskey Distillery
Twenty five bandits attacked the Blue Ribbon distillery in Eminence Kentucky early today. They locked five guards in the office and seized twenty five cases of bonded whiskey valued at $20,000, according to Louisville police. The robbers were heavily armed.
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Kentucky
Blue Ridbbon
Emminence
Kenta
Louisville Pol
Rockefeller Daughter Granted Divorce in Chicago Court
Edith McCormick daughter of John D Rockefeller Sr was granted a divorce from Harold F McCormick president of International Harvester Company in Chicago court No alimony was set and property division reportedly agreed Mrs McCormick returned from eight years in Switzerland after marrying in 1895 and says he deserted her in 1919 with no support since then
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Chicago
Edith McCormick
John D. Rockefeller
Harold F. McCormick
International Harvester Company
McCormick
Switzerland
Removing Acid Stains With Ammonia and Chloroform
Directions advise using ammonia to neutralize acid stains on fabric followed by water wash and, if needed, chloroform to restore color. The guidance emphasizes careful handling to avoid damage.
Interurban Crash Injures Up To Fifty North of Detroit
About forty to fifty passengers were hurt when a southbound United Detroit interurban tilted onto its side while rounding a curve forty miles northwest of Detroit around noon today.
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Detroit
Mid
United
Detroit Interurban
Here
America May Resume Trade With Russia
At the White House it was said changes in Soviet government policy may lead to a resumption of trade relations between Russia and the United States. The prospect was noted as being recent or indicated.
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Washington
Russia
United States
White House
Stocking Full of Nickels Gift to Prussia Pastor
Rev. F. Starke of Greenfield, pastor of a country charge in Prussia township, received a Christmas stocking filled with nickels from his congregation. The coins totaled 27 dollars and 25 cents.
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Prussia
Greenfield
F. Starke
Prussia Township
Fire destroys large barn and cattle shed near Creston
A west Creston farm suffered a major fire Tuesday evening with losses estimated at 2000 to 3000 dollars. The Peter Erickson farm buildings were burned along with corn, hay, and farm machinery. Creston volunteers and neighbors aided in saving a nearby dwelling and outbuildings.
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Peter Erickson
Roiland Moreland
C. B. Aspinwall
Cromwell Road
Hrickson
Mesers
Moreland
Aspinwall
Creston Volunteer Fire Department
Woman Mayor to War Against Bootleggers in Fairport
Fairport Ohio December 28 Dr Amy A Kukonen the new Lake county mayor elect takes office January 1 and vows a clean up war on bootleggers. Raids on home brewers and moonshine analysis in her laboratories will root out illegal drinking with no half measures. The 25 year old physician served in the Army Volunteer Medical Corps during the war.
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Fairport
Ohio
Amy A. Kukonen
Lake County
Kukonen
People's
Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania
Army Volunteer Medical
Habeas Corpus Sought for Alexander Howat
Supreme Court session opens on habeas corpus for Alexander Howat and August Dorchesy, UMWA officers jailed in Cherokee County for striking in violation of Kansas industrial law. Proceedings begun in Topeka Kansas, December 28.
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Topeka, Kane
Alexander Howat
August Dorchesy
District 14
United Mine Workers of America
Cherokee County
Columbus
Kan
United States Supreme Court
Ambassador to Belgium Selected by Harding
President Harding named his choice for ambassador to Belgium to replace Brand Whitlock and sent the name to Brussels for approval. Henry P. Fletcher, under secretary of state, is mentioned unofficially as the likely appointee.
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Belgium
Harding
Washington
Brand Whitlock
Brussels
Henry P. Fletcher
Cabinet weighs new Commerce Ministry split from Public Works
Madrid on December 2 report the Spanish cabinet weighing a tentative proposal to form a separate four ministeries of commerce section apart from the public works ministry which currently supervises commercial interests.
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Madrid
Ministry of Comperce
Ministry of Public Works
Sugar extraction from Paraguayan plant studied by Swiss experts
Swiss experts attempt to extract sugar from a sweet plant abundant in Paraguay. In Australia northwest, large pasture tracts are found where desert was expected. California consolidates several commissions into a Department of Labor and Industrial Relations.
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Para
Northwest
Australia
California
Department of Labor and Industrial Relations
France again asserts submarine limits at arms conference
France will deliver its final word today on submarine limitations at the arms conference. Delegates report hope for an agreement has been abandoned as France demands a minimum of 325000 tons of auxiliary tonnage while France previously cited 90000 tons as a floor.
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Washington
Associated Press
France
Washington, D. C
Albert Sarraut
Four Held in Dual Robberies as Police Guard HeadQuarters
In St Louis Missouri four men were detained and a fifth held on bond after the $95,000 Peabody Coal payroll robbery at Kincaid Alabama and the $11,200 Dupo State Bank theft near Bypo last Friday. All denied involvement. A special police guard was placed around headquarters amid rumors of escapes.
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St. Louis UL
Liberty
Peabody Coal and Mine Company
Kincaid, al
Dupo State Bank
Bypo
Secret Dublin meeting seals Anglo Irish peace pact
Reliable sources report that at a secret meeting the Dail Earins opposition and pro treaty factions agreed a compromise to ensure ratification of the Anglo Irish peace treaty. The report comes from Landen, D C via the Associated Press noting the December 28 disclosure.
Seven Arrested in Strike Riot at City Packing Plant
Seven men were arrested after a clash near a packing plant in Oklahoma City. Police say striking workers hurled rocks at cars, injuring ten people, none seriously. A parade of strikers preceded the disturbance.
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Oklahoma City
Okt
Miss Hene Brandon Dies of Spinal Meningitis
Shenandoah Iowa December 28. Miss Hene Brandon a University of Iowa student died at her Sidney home after being stricken with spinal meningitis. She was spending the holidays there and passed away Sunday night.
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Shenandoah
Dea
Hene Brandon
University of Iowa
Sidney
Whispers and Wonders Across Continents
An omelet tip urges gentle cooking and patience for best results. A white marble deposit near Pretoria Transvaal is claimed as the finest Italian quality. The Woolworth Building in New York boasts the world’s fastest passenger elevators, rising 754 feet per minute.
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Pretoria
Trans
Woolworth
New York
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