Missing United airliner with 12 aboard near Burbank
United Air Lines vanished in a storm near Burbank while en route from San Francisco to Los Angeles with nine passengers and three crew. Search teams tracked clues as authorities and pilots hunted within a 40 mile radius of Union Air Terminal, with reports of wing remains seen on a ridge and the wreckage scattered in the valley below.
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Burbank
Calif
United Airines
Here
Saugus
R. E. Dickinson
United Airlines
Dickinson
Associated Press
United Air Lines
San Francisco
West
Western Air Express
Utah
Northwest Airlines
Idaho
United Lines
Edward Blom
Union Air Terminal
A. L. Markwell
Los Angeles
Edward T. Ford, Jr
San Marino
Ford
Grace Line Steamship Company
John Korn
E! Centro
Teague
W. A. Newton
M. P. Hare
A. Novak
EB. Valance
Robert McLean
Oakland
Yvonne Trego
John Kimmel
Blom
Dr James A Smith Leaves Central Baptist After Tenure
Dr James Allen Smith closes his work as pastor of Central Baptist Church on December 27. During his pastorate the church built a new building and pastor’s home valued at $185 000, membership doubled to 1611, and debt reduced to $61000 with December payments exceeding $300 and likely over $500 by month end. He resigns to lead West End Baptist Church in Birmingham, one of the South’s great churches.
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James Allen Smith
Central Baptist Church
Smith
Decatur
West End Baptist Church
Birmingham
South
Woman Held in Scalping Case Baffles Fresno Police
Fresno authorities detained a woman as a material witness in the death of World War veteran Priory Parr 38 found on a railroad right of way two miles from Dr Lindsey’s home. Parr’s body showed scalping and decapitation after a Christmas party. a note implicated Parr and an unidentified man.
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Fresno
Calif
C. A. Tarr Said & Eves
Priory Parr
Reading
Lindsey
Bernard
Jack” Smith
Los Angeles
Parr
Three youths taken in custody for shoe shop break in
Three white youths were held in county jail after a Sunday afternoon break in at the American Shoe Shop on Vine Street. Police Chief Bill Moore and Officer Whitmire said the trio stole three pairs of shoes, concealed in an alley behind the store, and their case will be turned over to juvenile court.
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Bill Moore
Whitmire
Vine Street
Gotham Looks For Wild Celebration
New York officials and Broadway impresarios expect a rowdy New Year Eve as 1929 ends and 1930 begins. Cash registers will ring with higher prices, and heavyweight Jack Dempsey predicts about one million celebrants in and around the city at midnight wearing paper hats.
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New York
Gotham
Broadway
Jack Dempsey
Hitler Likely To Skirt War Berlin Hears
Berlin reports indicate Germany will avoid actual hostilities with socialist Spain while allowing volunteers to sail for Spain and possibly station warships at a Spanish port. No armed rescue of the Palos is planned. Bayonne troops will not be sent.
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Associated Press
Germany
Spain
Berlin
Reich
Bilbao
Reichswehr
Bayonne
Madrid-Valenca
London
Great Britain
Palos
Bilboa
Germany Holds Back From War But Lets Volunteers Sail To Spain
Berlin officials say Germany will avoid full war measures against Socialist Spain while likely permitting volunteers to sail for the front. The plan includes possibly convoying German ships with warships and avoiding a full armed rescue of the seized Palos freighter.
Congressman Sparkmans Father Dies in Morgan County
Funeral services for Whitt J. Sparkman 69 father of Congressman John J. Sparkman will be held at Mt. Tabor Church at 2 PM. He died Sunday at the Home of his daughter Mrs Gordon Curry in Hartselle Route 3. Survivors include four daughters two sons a sister thirteen grandchildren and one great grandchild. Interment at Mt Tabor with Peck to direct.
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Mt. Tabor
Whitt J. Sparkman
Morgan County
John J. Sparkman
Gordon Curry
Hartselle
Sparkman
Martha Roberts
Birmingham
J. E. Sanders
Louisville
Bartow McCurry
Warrior
Truman Bassett
Attalla
H. C. Sparman
Huntsville
J. H. Chitwood
Peck
Eric Howell
Elmer Freeman
L. C. Pattillo
John Cooper
Simon Praytor
D. W. McNeill
Misses Wil Ht
Maude Crutchfield
Stella Crutchfield
Fester Crutchfield
Julia Ann
Rachael Sparkman
Germans Move to Protect Church
Berlin dispatch reports German fundamentalists stiffening their resolve to enforce Reichs Fuehrer Adolf Hitler's orders banning attacks on the Christian church. Plans by Dr Robert Ley to take a "seelsorger" role alarm ministers, as the Berliner Tageblatt notes, changing a title once held by clergy.
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Berlin
Reichs Fuehrer
Adolf Hitler
Robert Ley
Young Roosevelt Improves After Illness And Operation
Frank D. Roosevelt Jr the president’s son was reported very much improved in every way today by Massachusetts General Hospital where he is convalescing from a streptococcus throat infection and a sinus operation.
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Boston
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
Massachusetts General Hospital
Holiday period claims 761 violent deaths nationwide
More than 750 people died violently during the Christmas holiday and weekend, with traffic crashes causing at least 55 deaths. Several states reported high traffic fatalities while a variety of other violent causes pushed total deaths to 761 across the nation.
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Chicago
Kentucky
Andes
Delaware
Vermont
New Hampshire
California
Michigan
Illinois
Ohio
Texas
Pennsylvania
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
Colorado
Connecticut
Florida
Georgia
Idaho
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Oklahoma
Oregon
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Utah
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
District of Columbia
Town
Whole Brain Identified as Seat of Intelligence
The seat of intelligence was traced to the whole human brain rather than to any part in new brain studies by Dr. Harold M. Hildreth of Syracuse University. He reported the finding at the American Association for the Advancement of Science convention in Atlantic City on December 28.
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Atlantic City
Harold M. Hildreth
Syracuse University
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Chang Heueblang to be restored to command in revolt tale
Nanking reports indicate Marshall Chang Huebliang may be restored to his army command after surrendering to Chiang Kai-Shek. Officials say legal treason has been declared but leniency could follow with a special pardon, amid Chiang’s politicking for government inclusions and anti-Japan war aims.
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Nanking
Chang Heueb-Liang
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chiang
Lianfu
Chang Chung
Chang
Iss
Japan
Diplomat's Son Returned Home By Snatch Trip
The Ecuador ambassador reports his 15 year old son Olmeda Alfaro was abducted by three unidentified men Christmas night and released after several hours. The boy said he was forced into a closed automobile, drugged, driven around the city, then dropped in the southeast area before calling his father.
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Washington
Ecuador
Senor C. £. Alfaro
State Department
R. Walton Moore
Olmeda Alfaro
Army and Navy Club
Alfaro
Mayflower Hotel
Fire destroys Fairview High School in Cullman
Fire of undetermined origin wrecked Fairview High School in Cullman Alabama today. About 300 students attend the school and the loss is estimated at 30000 dollars. Principal P T Orr said classes will continue in the gymnasium and other buildings until a new wing is built.
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Cullman
Ala
Fairview High School
R. E. Moore
P. T. Orr
Conference Opens to Break Taboos on Venereal Diseases
Surgeon General Thomas Parran opened a national conference in Washington aimed at ending the taboo on venereal diseases. The gathering includes private and public physicians educators and laymen seeking methods to conquer the problem.
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Washington
Thomas Parran
U. S. Public Health Service
Mare That Established Record Swimming River Finally Caught
A bay mare from Billings Montana nicknamed Bronco Betty evaded capture for more than two weeks. On Christmas Day L G Smith Irving and Harry Powers captured her with a lasso and halter after a lengthy chase ending with dogs and a boat pursuit along Limestone county. Betty was bruised and near 100 pounds lighter but returned to Decatur unharmed.
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Billings
Mont
Betty
Hathcoat Stables
First Avenue
Lee
Harry Powers
Limestone County
Here
Mr. Smith
Parker Rites Held Today At Cedar Creek Church
Funeral rites for T. Parker aged 49 of 1410 Eighteenth Avenue East were held at Cedar Creek church near Hartselle at 3 o'clock this afternoon. Burial there will be under Brown of Decatur. Parker died at 8 15 last night at Benevolent Society Hospital after treatment for a heart ailment. He is survived by a daughter Miss Geneva Parker three sons Robert H N and William Parker two brothers William Parker of Gun ee and Alva Parker of Somerville.
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T. Parker
Eighteenth Avenue
Cedar Creek
Hartselle
Brown
Decatur
Parker
Benevolent Society Hospital
Geneva Parker
Robert
H. N
William Parker
Gunee
Alva Parker
Somerville
Pope Pius Despairs Of Returning To Health
In Vatican City on December 28 Pope Pius the twelfth reportedly told a church official that his condition makes him unfit to continue as Pope and that it would be better if he died. The pontiff is said to be recovering slowly from a slight hemorrhage in his paralyzed left leg.
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Vatican City
Pius
Atlantic Company plans $1 million Montgomery brewery if repeal passes
A Atlantic Company executive said plans for a Montgomery brewery exist if prohibition repeal is approved. The firm would use Montgomery as a state distribution center for beer. Senate sub committee chair Max Rogers said amendments to the Chichester state store control bill would pass with senate support.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Senate
Mobile
Atlantic Company
A. B. Pope
Atlanta
Alabama
Pope
Max Rogers
Chichester
Rogers
Senate
Temperance
Open Meeting of Decatur Rotary Club Discusses Lonely Child Aid
An open meeting was held by the Decatur Rotary Club with Vice-President John Peach presiding in President Duncan’s absence. Tom Fitzpatrick led a discussion on the Lonely Child movement noting 385 children listed for aid and that some gifts were consolidated to entire families. Lawson Davidson attended as a guest. next week’s meeting will be run by the rural urban committee chaired by Wallace Meadows.
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Decatur Rotary Club
John Peach
Duncan
Tom Fitzpatrick
Lawson Davidson
Wallace Meadows
Four Die in Polish Airliner Crash Near Rawa
Four people were killed and three severely injured when a Polish air liner traveling from Warsaw to Lwow crashed near Rawa.
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Warsaw
Lwow
Rawa
Expression of Policy on TVA Schedule for Four-State Rally
Mayor R N Harris welcomed a four state rally of municipal officials from the Tennessee Valley to discuss an expression of policy on the TVA and to oppose power companies resisting municipal ownership. Delegates from Alabama Tennessee and Mississippi were expected to attend at city hall tomorrow at 10 AM.
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R. N. Harris
Tennessee Valley
Tennessee Valley Authority
Roy Ingram
Tarrant City
Associated Press
TVA
Alabama
Tennessee
Mississippi
City Hall
Roosevelt
Ingram
Harris
Chattanooga
Tenn
George Dempster
Knoxville
Othr
Congress
FERA
U. S. Supreme Court
Birmingham
Decatur
Dempser
Final tribute paid to Arthur Brisbane in New York
Prominent figures from all walks of life attended the service at St Bartholomew's church for Arthur Brisbane noted journalist and editor. More than 2 000 filled the church and another 2 000 gathered outside to honor his memory.
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New York
Arthur Brisbane
St. Bartholomew's Church
Tennessee River Falls to 20.4 Feet After Rain
The Tennessee river gauge reads 20.4 feet as rainfall totals reach 0.18 inches. Temperatures ranged from a low of 57 to a high of 68 degrees in the past 24 hours.
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Tennessee
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Marie Glory
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Tacoma
Wash
W. W. Mattson
Charles Mattson
Mr. W. Mattson
Aan of Justice
Seattle
Charles
Muriel
Virginia Chatfield
William Mattson
Mattson
George Weyerhaeuser
Coalition of Cities In Seeking Power
Islim
Brisbane
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