Five doctors called to see King George again
Five physicians who have attended King George returned to Buckingham Palace for a further review of his case. The bulletin said the king had sleep but a raised temperature due to a local lung condition. his general condition remained essentially unchanged. The Prince of Wales began his voyage home from Cairo to be with his father.
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George
London
Lonnon
Sir Stanley Hewett
Lord Dawson
pPenn
Jewett “Dawson
Palace Circes
Buckingham Palace
Wales
Cairo
Fayot
Prince of Wales
King George
Port Said
Heroism of Sailors Rewarded By Order
Four American sailors aboard a British steamer at Tutuila Samoa were commended by Secretary of the Navy Wilbur for throwing a burning cargo overboard. The act, amid flames of acetylene, creosote, matches, oils, and pains, saved the ship and reflected the service's best traditions. The four named sailors are G. T. Heslip, W. B. Webster, R. W. Akers, and H. E. Stevens.
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Washington
Tutuila
Samoa
Wilbur
Naval Service
G.T. Heslip
Ft. Worth
Texas
W. B. Webster
Cody
Wyoming
R. W. Akers
Kansas City
Missouri
H. E. Stevens
Fall Weather Outlook With Christmas Special
The forecast calls for a chilly night with tonight’s temperatures dropping and a slow warm up Sunday. A Christmas special note accompanies the briefing, emphasizing colder air and gradual temperature rise into the weekend.
Thief Arrested in Looting of Catholic Churches
San Francisco police arrest Ralph Sawyer, a former San Quentin convict, for theft of church valuables valued at over 100000. He confessed to targeting ninety Catholic churches in California and Mexico, implicating two others and revealing methods to antique dealers and accomplices. Police continue to seek Sawyer’s confederates as loot is returned.
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San Francisco
Cafornia
Mexico
San Quentin
Ralph Joseph Sawyer
Tlas Sauer
Los Angeles
Sawyer
Paileo
Savryer
Confssion
California
Hoover welcomes Bolivian delegation aboard Maryland in Chile
President elect Hoover arrives in Antofagasta aboard the Maryland for a goodwill meeting with Bolivian foreign minister Alberto Palacios and cabinet officials. A luncheon is planned for over one hundred guests on the ship’s quarterdeck after salutes. The Maryland will move to Valparaiso then a special train to Santiago scheduled for Monday afternoon.
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U.S
Maryland
South America
Hoover
Antofagasta
Chile
Bolivia
Alberto Palacios
Simon Bolivar
George Washington
Blame Tramp for Slayings at Poor Farm
Un clear article reports shootings at Crawford county infirmary where Clifford Deffenbaugh superintendent Mrs Deffenbaugh and inmate John Nicholson were killed while with two children. Officers pursue Howell, a former inmate discharged after work refusals, as posses hunt with bloodhounds.
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Deffenbaugh
Howell
Rud Howell
Nicholson
Narcotics Raid Ties Rothstein to Big Ring
Federal agents seizure of two trunks and papers from Arnold Rothstein case suggests major narcotics ring links. Officials say seized documents indicate Rothstein financed the syndicate and may illuminate motives behind his murder. Arrests in Buffalo and Chicago accompany the probe as three narcotics trunks are seized.
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New York
Arnold Rothstein
U. S
Tuttle
United States
Rothstein
Banton
Serand
Rothste
Buffalo
Chicago
Doran report details Treasury Prohibition Bureau year
The Prohibition Commissioner Doran released the annual report outlining the Treasury Department bureau's efforts in 1928. It cites 75 307 arrests and 8 813 convictions, with seizures of 1 048 626 gallons of illegal spirits, and 4 254 029 gallons of malt liquor, plus 399 003 gallons of wine and 16 220 illicit distilleries. The narcotic division also logged 12 569 violative cases and 26 232 ounces seized.
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Hinston
Die
Prohibition Bureau
Treasury Department
Prohibition
Doran
Bureau
Va Pag
Two Dead In Auto Plunge Near Morgantown
Virgil Huggins and Thorney Keener died when a car carrying two girls plunged from an embankment into Lake Cheat seven miles from Morgantown during a return from a revival meeting. Myrtle Furman survived, Rosie Stiles was injured, and Cecil Kennedy was initially reported missing.
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Morgantown
Lake Cheat
Virgil Huggins
Thorney Keener
Myrtle Furman
Rosie Stiles
Sfender
Cecil Kennedy
Kennedy
Hugkins
Coune
Cheat Mountain
Second Policeman Shot by Chicago Gang
Chicago on December eighth a county policeman Ernest Schubert was wounded in the leg in Niles Center while questioning in a car raid. This followed the fatal shooting of Leroy Gilbert, South Chicago Heights police chief, and comes as John A. Swanson starts his first week as Cook County state's attorney amid pressure to crack down on gun violence.
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Chicago
Leroy Gilbert
Chicago Heights
Ernest Schubert
Schubert
Tha'street
Niles Center
Jan
John IA
Swanson
Cook ‘County
Gilbert
South
Thomas Scanlon
Scanlon
Planes Soon to Be Chief Mail Carrier
Air mail in the United States will be carried by air within five years as the sole method for first class mail. Glover cites rapid transport progress and advocates airplane use replacing other means. Hoover’s wish for regular air routes abroad is expected to become reality next year per conference officials.
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Chicago
United States
Glover
International Civic Aeronautics Conference
Hoover
William P. MacCracken
Commerce
MacCracken
Grafton Shops Full of Christmas Gifts
Crisp winter air and snow set the scene as Grafton stores brim with Yuletide gifts for all ages two weeks before Christmas. The piece highlights children’s laughter, familial memories, and the seasonal rush to prepare for Santa Claus, inviting readers to continue on Page Three.
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Grafton
Santa Claus
Doctor Remembers Poor Patients In His Will
The will of late Dr. Franke Bunts and chief of staff at Charity Hospital sets up a $50,000 trust to fund artificial limbs for deserving patients, with probate filed in Cleveland in December.
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Cleveland
Charity Hospital
Franke Bunts
Three Killed In Gulf Refining Tanker Explosion
Three unidentified men were killed and at least three injured in an explosion aboard the Gulf Refining Company tanker Gulfland off Port Arthur Texas. Bodies were severely burned, a fire followed but was checked, and crew escaped by leaping into the ship canal. The vessel had arrived to load gasoline for coastwise ports and was moved to a safe berth to fight the flames.
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Des
Port Arthur
Texa
Gulf Refining ‘Company
Gulfland
Doctor and Wife Slain in Eaton Home Burglary
Mrs. Lora Silver age 58 was killed and Dr. Horatio Silver age 55 wounded fatally when two burglars entered their Eaton Ohio home today. A bullet through the heart killed Mrs. Silver while Dr. Silver died after operation in Dayton hospital. Their daughter Anna Mary Silver 14 alerted neighbors. The burglars fled in an automobile. loot amount undetermined.
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Eaton
Ohio
Lora Silver
Horatio Silver
Father Admits Shooting Of Son To Scare Him
Edward L Leidner, 60, cashier of Carpenter Ice Cream, testified he fired last night to scare his son Walter 35, killing him at their Universal City home. His wife Charlotte and widow Edith Bebrynan Us Wie dow corroborated. Walter allegedly drank and fought before being shot. Leidner said he did not intend to kill. Police were notified and he was arrested.
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St. Louis
Edward L. Leidner
Carpenter
Tce Cream Company
Walter
Universal City
Charlotte
Edith Bebrynan Us
Leidner
Danish steamer saves all 11 crew after Baltic wreck
The Danish Coal Company's steamer M. C. Monberg rescued the entire crew of 11 men from the Norwegian motorship Oplander after a Baltic storm wrecked it last night. The Danish vessel notified its owners about the rescue today in Copenhagen.
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Copenhagen
Dec
Danish Coal Company
M. C. Monberg Wireless
Oplander
Senate panel questions Work on West nomination in open hearing
Washington December 8 The Senate public lands committee asked Secretary West to appear next Wednesday to answer questions about his nomination as head of the interior department and the Salt Creek lease renewal to Harry Sinclair. The panel summoned West's predecessor Hubert Work and other officials and political figures for near term testimony as it weighs legal and policy issues surrounding the deal.
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Washington
Senate Public Lands Committee
West
Interior Department
Salt Creek
Harry F. Sinclair
Department of Justice
Hubert Work
Republican National Committee
Coolidge
William J. Donovan
Herbert Hoover
B.C. Finney
Interior
Ernest O. Patterson
Senator Capper
Kansas
James P. Kém
Kansas City
White Eagle Oil Company
Capper
Sinclair
Work
Walsh
Montana
Senate
Teapot Dome
Glenn
Illinois
Nye
Donovan
Fragmentary local notice on price list and address
Fragmented OCR reads a daily notice mentioning a price and a location for Gilat W vena. It lists an address 923 West Main Street and includes garbled text likely from a small business notice.
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Egypt
Father
Ideal Christias
The
Palace
Main St
Grafton Sentinel
Grafton Printing Co
West Coast
New York ‘City
Kinsey
T, M
C. L. Kinsey
Federal Prohibition
Augustus McCloskey
Bexar County
Harry M. Wurzbach
San Antonio
Heights
William E. Berchtold
Associated Press Aviation Hosror
Dr.work
Public Lands Committee
Secretary West
Boulder Dam
House
Postoffice-Treasury
Houlder Dam
Johnson
Hayden
Arizona
Colorado
Gilat
Pears
Palmer
West Malln Street
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