Floods and Snows Strain Nation as Legislature Debates Relief
Floods and heavy snows strain municipalities and workers across the country while lawmakers debate financial relief and unemployment aid. The legislature awaits a court ruling on a tax collection act that affects local debts and school bonds before acting. Howard O Hunter of the Federal Relief Administration will speak to urge state matching funds for federal relief grants as unemployed plan a capitol march. A plan to create an emergency debt corporation to aid cities in meeting bonded obligations is under consideration.
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Charleston
Der
Supreme Court
Tt Supreme Court
Kump
Lewislature
Finer
Federal Relief Administration
Howard O. Hunter
Federal
Telt Administration
Iroens
Colertion
Lindberghs Complete 932-Mile Hop Across Jungles In South America
Colonel and Mrs. Charles Lindbergh completed a 932 mile flight from Para to Manaos, crossing tropical jungle segments. Their arrival sparked a joyful crowd at Manaos port as they prepared to continue toward home for Christmas with plans to depart via Trinidad and Puerto Rico.
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Wowner
Lindbergh
New York
Brazil
United Wire
America
Atlantic
Greenland
Iceland
Europe
South Atlantic
South American
Lindberghs
Jungles
South America
Manaos
Chas. A. Lindbergh
Para
Charles
Amazon
Annnuns
Manos
Trinidad
Puerto Rico
Dr Wynekoop Seeks Power to Treat Inmates at Cook County Jail
Chicago dispatch reports Alice Wynekoop, charged with murder in the Mrs Rheta Wynekoop case, seeking authority to treat inmates at Cook County Jail. Jail physician Dr C Theodore says Wynekoop requested permission to assist in the jail infirmary and has already treated two prisoners.
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Dr. Wynekoop
Cook County
Chicago
Alice Wynekoop
Rheta Wynekop
Lteas
Wynekoop
C. Theodore
Theodore
Alrealy
Dance Hall Blaze Kills Three in Hampden
Hampden Maine December 11 three dancers died as a blaze consumed the Paradise dance hall during a marathon contest. Survivors suffer frost bite and burns as wind and blizzard raged. Victims tentatively identified as John Ryan Emilie Pelletier and Gertrude Sousa with chimney failure blamed by survivors.
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Hampden
Paradise Dance Hall
John Ryan
New York City
Emeile Pelletier
Waterville
Gertrude Sousa
Dracut
Mass
High winds stall refueling mission in Miami
In Miami on December 11 strong winds prevented refueling of a flight attempting a record endurance flight. Viola Gentry and Mrs Frances Harrell Marsalis were forced to land as the effort to reset the record went unstated.
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Miami
Viola Gentry
Frances Harrell Marsalis
John H Holt Dies Noted West Virginia Lawyer Huntington
Huntington December 11 John H Holt 73 prominent West Virginia attorney and former gubernatorial candidate died after long illness He was active in Democratic politics for over 50 years and son of Judge Homer A Holt He was born 1860 educated at Randolph Macon College UVA Georgetown and Yale practicing in Wheeling and Huntington including the U S Supreme Court He ran for governor in 1896 and Supreme Court of Appeals judge but was not elected He married Mina Wheeling in 1886 and had four children
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West Virginia
State Supreme Court of Appeals
Holt
Braxton County
Homer A. Holt
Mary A.(byrne) Holt
State Supreme Court of Anperts
John H. Holt
Randolph-Macon College
Virginia
University of Virginia
Georgetown University
Yale University
Wheeling
M. T. Frame
Huntington
United States Supreme Court
Sperinli
G. W. Atkinson
State Supreme Court
Stertin
John W. Davis
Democratic Nations
Notrast
Cowboy Killer Is Protected From Violence
Hutchinson Kan Dec 11 rushed out of Oklahoma to forestall possible mob violence. Jack Wisdom a Kansas cowboy wanted in connection with three killings was brought to the Kansas State reformatory for safekeeping as Governor Alf M Landon said he would call out the national guard if necessary. Continues on page two.
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Hutchinson
Kan
Oklahoma
Jack Wisdom
Kansas
Kansas State Reformatory Heretory
Alf M. Landon
Kauac
Adrian Bank Holdup Pair Captured After Loot Heist
Buckhannon reports a bank robbery at Adrian seven miles away with $1300 stolen. Two well dressed men fled in a red coupe carrying the assistant cashier by force. One robber died, shot by bank cashier Hill Stump as they fled. The living suspect Lee Tiasitins, 20, Detroit, claimed no last name for his companion, while the dead man was named John Malick of Detroit. Money found on both killers, Haskins taken to Upshur jail, body sent to Buckhannon morgue.
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Buckhannon
Bank of
Lee Tiasitins
Detroit
Mich
John
Haskins
John Malick
Upshur
Train Crash In Snow Kills Four In Penna
Four killed and three injured as a train crashes into an auto amid a blinding snowstorm. The disaster occurred in Pennsylvania as winter’s first widespread snow hit the nation. The blast of cold weather and floods caused extensive damage across multiple regions, with Seattle Tacoma rail lines washed out and many homesteads left homeless.
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Penna
Associated Press
Pacific Northwest
Great Lakes
Plains States
Rocky Mountain
New England States
Ohio River
Washington
Puyallup
Nisqually River
Ony
Tacoma
Payallup
Nisqually
Olympia
Seattle
Midwest
East
Pennsylvania
Conference to plan foreign trade agency with Peek
President Roosevelt called a meeting of government leaders to organize a foreign trade agency with George N Peek. Representatives from state treasury agriculture the RFC and the federal alcohol administration will join. The aim is to find overseas markets for American surpluses in exchange for imported goods amid repeal and rising liquor imports.
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Washington
Roosevelt
George N. Peek
State, Treasury and Agriculture Departments
R. F.C
Federal Alcohol Control Administration
White House
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