Mose the sobriety stunt and Milwaukee fire hero Herman Strauss dead
In Dallas Mose called Old Mose stands on his head to prove sobriety and wins dismissal in court. In Milwaukee Herman Strauss, 77, the Newhall House fire hero who rescued 10 people, died Christmas Eve and was buried amid tributes from major cities.
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Milwaukee
Dallas
Tex
Mose
T’ge Gobah
Looky Head
Walter B. Branan
Herman Strauss
Mexican Captain Battles Police in Mexico City
El Paso dispatch reports Capt. Antonio Reyna of the Mexican army entrenched in a house and opened fire on a large police assault in Mexico City. Four policemen were killed and about 20 people wounded, including two young women, before Reyna was subdued. Police describe him as mentally unbalanced.
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el Paso
Tex
Mexico City
Antonio Reyna
EK Contiental
Reyna
Serapio Sanchez
San Miguel Street
el Continental
Death of University student listed as unsolved case
Lawrence Lumsden, a former University of Texas student, was found shot dead in a car in Austin. Justice Frank R. Tannehill recorded a coroner's verdict that the death was by gunshot from an undetermined assailant. A pistol was found in the car as investigators pursued several clues while Lumsden's father joined the inquiry.
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Austin
Texas
Lawrence Lumsden
University of Texas
Frank R. ‘Tannehil
Young Lumsden
L. Lumsden
Wilson
San Antonio
Babe Found Dead When Wraps Are Removed
In Lockhart Texas a 10 week old baby died en route to a family reunion. Doctors said death occurred about 30 minutes before arrival, due to heart disease. The child was taken to New Braunfels for burial after the discovery by the baby's mother and caregivers.
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Lockhart
Tex
Carl Lehotsky
Houston
Leo Coers
Coers
New Braunfels
Brookhart opposes 15 cruiser measure in letter
Senator Brookhart of Iowa denounces the 15 cruiser bill while endorsing the Kellogg peace treaty to outlaw war. He warns the treaty's ratification and then building $300,000,000 in cruisers would discredit the United States and mislead the public. He calls the policy ultra war and criticizes the American Legion backing.
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Washington, D. C
Brookhart
Rep
Iowa
Frank Miles
Iowa Legionnaire
American Legion
Senate
Man sets trap gun and is shot in home mishap
Philadelphia reports Louis Cellini, living amid burglaries, rigged a double-barreled shotgun over a frame with a cord to the door. He forgot the trap and opened the door, firing both barrels. He was rushed to a hospital in critical condition.
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Philadelphia
Louis Cellini
Cellini
Senate to Take Up Mexican Quota Act
Washington reports early consideration of the Harris Immigration bill placing Mexico under quota. Senator Harris of Georgia, author of the measure, met with the Senate Steering Committee. Chairman Watson and committee members promised rapid action after Christmas. Harris said he is confident the bill will pass.
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Washington
Mexico
Betwen
Harris
Georgia
Senate
Watson
Brookhart urges cooperative marketing to curb war in Senate
Senator Brookhart of Iowa argued in the Senate that cooperative marketing would replace competitive marketing. He cited that over 80 percent of new businesses fail and claimed a general cooperative system would reduce national economic rivalry and help outlaw war due to economic motives behind conflicts.
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Washington
Senate
Brookhart
Lowa
Man Gives Up Chance to Live to Help Mate
Dallas December 27 E V Allen who faces electrocution for a Canton Texas bank robbery offers his share of a jail fundraiser to Henry Helms who also awaits death for a Cisco bank robbery. Allen says he will take his chance and not hire a lawyer leaving Helms with the funds.
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Dallas
Tex
E. V. Allen
Allen
Canton
Texas
Henry Helms
Cisco
Helms
Mexican Burned to Death at Indio Ranch
Margarito Naja, once from Piedras Negras, was burned to death in a ranch house on the Indio Ranch near Eagle Pass Texas. An inquest was held by Justice of the Peace Plumb and Deputy Sheriff Casares, and the body buried on the ranch. His family site was listed as San Jose Mexico and a message was sent. The fire that killed him occurred while he slept and is considered of undetermined origin.
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Eagle Pass
Tex
Margarito Naja
Piedras Negras
Indio
Justice of the Peace
Plumb
Casares
San Jose
Mexico
Runaway horse injures Memphis blacksmith
William T. Trantham, 70, a Memphis blacksmith known for avoiding automobiles, was seriously injured when his horse bolted after a street car yesterday. He was thrown from the buggy and trampled, with a broken leg and possible skull fracture. His wife Mrs. Trantham escaped with minor injuries.
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Memphis
Tenn
William T. Trantham
Trantham
Congress May Print On Farm Waste Paper
Congress considers printing the Congressional Record on paper made from waste crop products. A joint resolution by Senator Schall and Rep Minnesota notes about $275,000,000 in spruce paper imports annually while corn stalks rice wheat and flax straw could yield better paper but lack processing facilities.
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Washington
Congressional Record
Schall
Rep
Minnesota
Carbon monoxide shown not to affect victims minds
Washington D C Dec 30 The study by the Bureau of Mines and the US Public Health Service reports carbon monoxide in small amounts causes no harmful health or mental effects, even with daily exposure for 68 days Tests show no mind impact at 1 / 10 000 to 2 / 10 000 concentrations With higher levels 3 / 10 000 to 4 / 10 000 symptoms arise in many but still no proven cognitive damage.
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Washington, D. C
Bureau of Mines
The
United States Public Health Service
R. M. Doreus
John Hopkins University
G. E. Kagan
Mellon Institute
Tunnel Test Finds No Carbon Monoxide Link to Officer Illness
Test results indicate traffic officers in the Holland Tunnel between New York and New Jersey did not suffer illness from carbon monoxide. Gas concentrations inside the tunnel are kept well below the lowest levels used in the tests.
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Holland Tunnel
New York
New Jer
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