Communists Spread Amid Violence in Honan and Hankow
Dispatches from Hankow and Honan report eight Communists executed by shooting in Hankow for distributing Red propaganda. Simultaneous notices describe Red forces pouring from southern Kwangtung into northern areas, pillaging towns and threatening Shinchow as authorities seek protection. Alarming word spreads of renewed Communist activity across Hupeh Honan borders and Namyung.
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Hankow
Anton
Namyung
Klongs
Kwangtung
Canton
Shinchow
China
West Virginia coal chiefs warn against peak in upward trend
Pittsburgh dispatch reports at the Coal Mining Institute of America opening session WV Mines chief Lambie says the coal industry is on an upward trend but cautions against a sudden peak. He urges steady production to avoid costly irregular mine operations. Several hundred industry representatives attend the forty fourth annual meeting with J W Paul elected president.
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Lambie
West Virginia Mines
Pittsburgh
Robert M. Lambie
West Virginia Department of Mines
Coal Mining Institute of America
J Lambie
Bambies
J. W. Paul
U.S. Bureau of Mines
F. B. Dunbar
J. J. Forbes
B. A. Holbrook
George W. Grove
F. B. Bedale
Fairmont
W. Va
Matthew Blair
California
C. W. Gibbs
Harwick
Silas 8. Hall
Connellsville
Richard Maize
Uniontown
C. W. Pollock
Curtisville
John Ira Thomas
Harrisburg
George S. Macea
W. N. Rigg
L. R. Young
Tarantula Bite Banished by Three Hour Dance Tale
An old Spanish superstition claims that a person bitten by a tarantula can avert death by dancing for three hours. The belief reflects folklore traditions where ritual motion seeks to counteract venomous harm.
Kingsford Smith Marries Mary Powell in Sydney Church
Wing Commander Charles Kingsford Smith, famed trans-Atlantic and trans-Pacific aviator, wed Miss Mary Powell, an IrishAustralian girl, at the Scot's church in Melbourne. About 10 000 spectators gathered outside as airforce officers formed an arch of honor for the couple.
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Melbourn
Australia
Charles Kingsford Smith
Mary Powell
Airforce
Four Robbers Hold Up Bank in Kansas City
Four unidentified men robbed the Interstate National Bank in Kansas City, escaping with an estimated 50 000 to 55 000 in currency. The unmasked quartet confronted staff at opening, forced workers to the time lock vault, and dispersed before the vault opened, slipping away in a motor car with bystanders briefly held at gunpoint.
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Kansas City
Deg
Interstate National Bank
Ihe
Ways Of Making Air Travel Safer Discussed In Paris
Paris December 10 Representatives from 45 nations met to discuss safer air travel focusing on better materials for construction, improved instruments, clearer route markings, pilot psychology, and pilot training programs. The congress aims to perfect safety standards and procedures in aviation.
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Paris
Breach Among Clergy Widens Subpoenaed Bishop for Trial
New York Dec 10 AP Ben Lindsey plans 10 heap upon Bishop Manning the blame for last Sunday's disturbance. Lindsey, in Lindsey vs Manning, says Manning made a false statement inflaming his congregation. Manning was subpoenaed as a defense witness at the trial. The rift in Episcopal clergy widens as Dr Bernard Iddings Bell resigns from the New York Churchmen's Association, condemning the group as bishop-baiting.
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New, York
Ben B. Lindsey
William Manning
Lene J Somegeen
Lindsey
Sfandi
Manning
Episcopal
Bernard Iddings Bell
Columbia University
New York Churchmen’s Association
Bell
Kellogg Receives Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo Ceremony
In Oslo on December 10 former U S secretary of state Frank B Kellogg received the 1929 Nobel Peace Prize before King Haakon and a distinguished audience. Dr Nathan Soederblom archbishop of Upsala received the 1930 prize. The award honors Kellogg for his role in the Kellogg Briand pact.
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Oslo
Norway
Frank B. Kellogg
Haakon
Nathan Soederblom
Archiascoe
Upsala
Keltoge
Soederbiom
Women to gain vote in Japanese municipal elections
At the fifty ninth session of the imperial Diet, plans to grant women voting rights in municipal elections and local offices are considered. The move would extend political participation to residents across villages and cities, with an expectation of broad enfranchisement for over 15 million subjects of the Mikado in coming years.
Storm Breaks Over Senate as Hoover Relief Measure Debated
In Washington Democrats pressed President Hoover over his attack on non administration relief as the 110 million dollar public works appropriation faced a final vote. Senator McKellar demanded an apology for yesterday’s remark calling relief supporters politically motivated. The scene showed Senate opposition to Hoover’s stance while House action on the bill awaited.
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Washington
Hoover
Jones
House
McKellar
Tennessee
Senate
Walsh
Massachusetts
Senator Robinson
Arkansas
Plot to assassinate Ibanez thwarted by bomb find
In Santiago on December 10 AP reports government agents stopped an anarchist plot against President Colonel Carlos Ibanez and his party. A bomb of 10 kilos was found under the railway palloverfleet near the capital. Four arrests followed including alleged army general and a medical student.
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Santiago
de Chile
Carlos Ibanez
Protest filed against New River power project in West Virginia
Protestants appeared before the Public Service Commission in Charleston to defer or deny the West Virginia Power Companys permit for New River hydro electric developments. Led by Charles E Hodges, the group included A B White and other officials as protestants.
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Charleston
Public Service Commission
West Virginia Power Company
New River
W.va
Cheat River
Kanawhat County
Newriver
Charles E. Hodges
Morgantown
A. B. White
Parkersburg
A. Spates Brady
Wikins
Robert
Debutante Threatened by Extortionist in Chicago
Miss Marian Wright, 18, and her father, an Edgewater Steel executive, faced an extortion plot. Police say letters promised death and warned of a poisonous fate if $25,000 was not paid. Kuhn, 23, denied involvement. brother Wendell posted bond for his appearance in felony court.
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Chicago
Miss. Marian
Tia Kuhn
Kuhn
Miss Wright
Edgewater Steel Company
Wendell
Chicago Tribune
Unified Front In Prohibition Rally Seeks Legislative Unity
Delegates from numerous dry organizations meet in Washington to form a unified front on legislative and political issues surrounding the 18th amendment. In a closed session of the National Conference of Organizations Supporting Prohibition they review the legislative report and urge rejection of any prohibition referendum proposals.
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Washington
National Temperace Council
Benny McCord Dies After Truck Crash Near Grafton
Benny McCord about 14 years old of Wendel died en route to City Hospital after being struck by a truck operated by Shafford near Laywoon’s filling station Webster. The driver halted and helped, but the youth died before reaching hospital as he crossed the highway from school grounds. Survived by siblings, father a coal miner for Maryland Coal Co in Wendel.
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Benny McCord
Wendel
City Hospital
Exchange Mill Company
Grafton
Shaford
Laywoon
Webster Piles
Shackelford
Cii
Warder
Kat
The
Maryland Coal ‘Company of
Hurley Presses End to Obsolete Laws on Cadet Band
Secretary Hurley warns obsolete statutes hamper the 2 Point music program and the academy’s engineer detachment and quartermaster department. He urges Congress to repeal restrictive laws affecting cadets in the band and related matters, citing unnecessary interference.
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Washington
Hurley
Academy
Congress
Auto Knocks Mail Box Off Its Best
Residents on Thayer and Walnut streets heard a crash Monday night as an automobile struck a corner mail box. A man exited the vehicle and moved the damaged box away from the street, prompting mixed feelings among onlookers who rushed to help.
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Sam
Thayer
Walnut Streets
Wal
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