Congress Faces Rail Labor Crisis as Short Session Opens
Washington December reports flag urgent action on eight hour law and railroad labor dispute as Congress begins a brief session. President Wilson seeks to avert a national railroad tie up while labor groups push back against prestrike legislation. Speaker Clark opens what could be his final term amid quorums and joint sessions.
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Washington
House
Senate
Congress
Wilson
Clark
Champ Clark
Chamber
Missouri Statesman
Henry D. Couden
Thos R. Marshall Presides at Senate Opening
Vice President Thos R. Marshall presides over the opening of the Senate session. He calls the body to order and outlines the day's agenda, with expectations for debates on proposed measures and procedural motions.
German diver sinks 6,008-ton troop ship Karnak
Berlin reports a German submarine sank the French transport steamer Karnak of about 6,000 tons near Malta on November 27. Lloyds later lists British ships Burcombe and Isitrar, along with Skjoldorf, Briantais, Cap-Lihou, and Harpalus, as sunk.
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Berlin
Admiralty
Malta
Saloniki
London
Lloyds
Burcombe
Isitrar
Skjoldorf
Briantais
Cap-Lihou
Harpalus
Carranza Forces Recapture Chihuahua City From Villa
Washington reports General Murguia telegram says Carranza troops retook Chihuahua City at 7 p m Saturday with Villa driven out. Carranza may sign protocol after ratification while Joint Commission begins work on Mexican financial recovery and foreign investment protections.
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Washington
Murguia
Chihuahua City
Villa
Carranza
Trevino
Marquis
Ozuna
War Department
General Carranza
Atlantic City
United States
Francisco Villa
Chihuahua
Commission
Joint Commission
Mexico
State Department
Athens Fire Fades as Entente Reassesses Demands
Paris reports the Athens firing has ceased and entente troops return to Piraeus. Greece offers six mountain batteries to Vice Admiral Du Fournet, but ministers push for reparations beyond material cession. An embargo blocks Greek shipping in allied ports amid the crisis.
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Paris
Athens
Havas
Entente
Piraeus
du Fournet
Sheriff Slayer Captured After Vermillion County Fatal Shooting
Martin Rice, an insane man who killed Vermillion County Sheriff Martin J. Jones when police came to arrest him, was captured in woods near his Cayuga home. He offered no resistance. Rice fired on Jones after Jones answered a summons from Rice's wife who charged him with threatening her life.
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Cayuca
Ind
Martin Rice
Martin J. Jones
Vermillion County
Rice
Jones
No More Sales Declared By Birmingham Stores
Birmingham department stores announce they will not hold any more sales due to continued high cost of living and increased material costs making price cuts impossible.
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Birmingham
Ala
Polish County National Farm Loan Association Formed
Winamac Indiana December 4 1933 farmers organize Polish County National Farm Loan Association and will seek loans from the treasury department under the rule credits law Walter V Kell county agent is receiving applications.
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Treasury
Winamac
Ind
Polish County National Farm Loan Assection
Treasury Department
Walter V. Kell
Lucey Calls Tax Amendment Vote Adoption Question
Attorney General P. J. Lucey says the constitutional tax amendment failed of adoption at the recent election because it did not secure a majority of the votes cast for president. The measure had a majority of votes for general assembly members but not for presidential electors. The issue may go to the supreme court, with a possible mandate to the canvassing board to declare adoption.
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Chicago
P. J. Lucey
Painter Conrad Huff Dies in Indiana Hospital
Conrad Huff a fifty seven year old painter who moved from Danville Illinois to Lafayette Indiana four months ago died in a local hospital after sudden illness. Coroner Earl Van Reed ordered a post mortem and doctors found a quantity of corrosive poison in Huff's inflamed stomach. The coroner ruled death by his own action. Huff's wife living apart from him in Danville had a recent separation. Huff had visited Danville on Thanksgiving Day.
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Lafayette
Ind
Conrad Huff
Danville
Ill
Earl van Reed
Puff
Huff
Erbstein Delivers First Dry Speech in Elgin Church
Attorney Charles F. Erbstein gave his first dry speech at First Baptist Church Elgin Illinois Sunday evening. He had led two raids on eleven road houses and blind pigs near Klein in the past two weeks and said he turned against the establishments to drive them from Cook County borders.
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Elgin
Ill
Charles FE. Erbstein
First Baptist Church
Erbstein
Klein
Cook County
Keith company workers to get ten percent wage boost
About 10 000 employees at the George F Keith company with shoe plants in Brockton Middleboro East Weymouth North Adams and Rochester New York will receive a ten percent wage increase in the form of a monthly bonus starting January 10.
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Brockton
Mass
George F. Keith Company
Middleboro
East Wymouth
North Adams
Rochester
N. Y
Lloyd George Resignation Rumor Sparks War Post Shakeup
Rumors circulate that Prime Minister Lloyd George has resigned from his war post. The development hints at a potential leadership change impacting Allied war strategy and domestic policy as officials weigh next steps.
Lloyd George Quits British War Cabinet Crisis Deepens
London reports indicate David Lloyd George has offered his resignation as war secretary, with no acceptance yet. Prime Minister Asquith held meetings with party leaders as A Bonar Law and the Marquis of Crewe visited, and Edward Carson with Mr Lawe spoke at a unionist committee meeting amid ongoing consultations.
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London
David Lloyd- George
Asquith
Lloyd-George
A. Bonar Law
Marquis of Crewe
Edward Carson
Lawe
Unionists
Earl of Derby
Wife's Alleged Affection Stolen in Illinois Suit
Timothy F Walsh of Highwood files a $5,000 claim against William Danner of Hubbards Woods alleging alienation of his wife's affections. Danner, with a family, denies guilt and says he visited as a Woodman brother to collect funds Walsh’s lodge raised while Walsh was in a home for the disabled. Walsh had been tried for stabbing his wife in circuit court but was dismissed.
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Waukegan
Ill
Timothy F
Walsh
Highwood
William Danner
Hubbards Woods
Danner
Walsh Home
Mercy
Lodge
Russians Press Drive Toward Bucharest In Romanian Front
Petrograd reports Russian reinforcements aiding Roumanians halt Mackensen's drive on Bucharest. German and Bulgarian forces south of the capital retreat while Roumanians claim victory near eleven miles from Bucharest. Carpathian and Transylvanian offensives continue with limited gains and heavy fighting across a fifty mile front.
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Petrograd
Bucharest
War Office
Berlin
von Mackensen
Danube
Mackensen
von Falkenhayn
Falkenhayn
Gaesei
Arges
Roumanian War Office
Carpathians
Transylvanian Alps
Muscoyvi
Kirlibaba
Teutons
Mrs Stiles Acquitted In Auto Thieves Trial
Mrs Elvina F Stiles wife of Major William R Stiles and William E Whitehead were acquitted by a Chicago jury after seven indictments as prominent leaders of the so called automobile thieves trust The defense argued that state witnesses testified out of spite and only to spite her.
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Chicago
Elvina F. Stiles
Automobile Thieves’ Trust
William E. Whitehead
Woman at Homer Avenue Receives Army Family Support Check
Mrs. Mollie Copp of Homer avenue wrote to Secretary of War Baker asking for her husband Harry Copp to be sent home or funds to support their three children and herself. The Army sent a check for 228.60 dollars. Quartermaster W. L. Smith notified Mrs. Copp of a 45 dollar monthly allotment in addition to 30 dollars to her husband each month.
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Aurora
Mollie Copp
Homer Avenue
Harry Copp
Company D
Fort San Houston
Tex
Baker
Copp
W. L. Smith
Federal Army
Russia asserts rights to Dardanelles and Nape through war alliance
Petrograd reports Premier Trepoff read a proclamation stating that Russia, with France and Great Britain and Italy later, established the right to the Straits and to Constantinople. The pact, he said, binds Turkey by entering the war to guarantee territorial integrity, enabling Russia to reach the straits.
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Petrograd
Semiol
Trepeff
Russia
France
Great Britain
Italy
Dardanelles Straits
Trepoff
Turkey
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Thos. R. Marshall
American Press Association
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Ghiruahua City
Protosol
Greece
Lucey
Attorney General
Danville, Ill
Tuk
Pope Benedict
Secretary of State
Americon Sore Association
Lloyd George
Gusis Grews
Brother Woodman
Gapital
Long LU
Titu—Mackensen
Russ
Pathians
Queen of Auto
Sam
Constantinople
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