Hoover crosses Andes on special train voyage to La Buenos Aires
Hoover travels the Andes by rail from Chile to Argentina on a landmark route through electrified Chilean lines and a two mile tunnel. He meets President Ibanes, enjoying Chilean hospitality and praising US Chile relations. The journey marks a premier engineering feat and a symbol of future continental cooperation.
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Andes
Chile
Hoover
la Buenos Aires
Eith- Pomiericae
Irdaektagan
Sradlwey
Santiago
Tratetin
Argentina
United States
Ibanes
Thanexedd
Continenta
Siege at restaurant ends with nine injured during standoff
A black individual and two companions attacked a restaurant, sparking a four hour siege. They earlier threw a brick through a window, prompting a panic as neighbors watched police, patrol wagons, and fire trucks surround the block. The gunman injured nine while authorities and residents huddled indoors.
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Mullen
Police Stop Ends in Poisoning After Suspect Confession
In Kensin police station a woman confessed stealing money and a fur coat from Mrs le Bauer after being confronted. Mrs Bauer refused forgiveness and the woman drank poison before police could stop her. She told Ken she did it for him and mentioned Ren ee lagan as a former sweetheart. In New York she appeared well dressed and faced arrest ten days earlier.
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Kensin
le Bauer
Niagara Falls
Chicago
Baker
West Record Continues From Part One on Insull Deals
The 1926 testimony before the Senate committee is read aloud and the session recessed as West’s examination resumes. Hubert Work, about to assume the seat, will be questioned regarding a contract at Silt Creek owned by the government. The Interior Department later canceled the contract after DOJ review.
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West
Walsh
Montana
Hubert Work
Sinclair
Silt Creek
Init
Interior” Department
Justice
Jase Lore
Collapse of Houses Kills Ten Persons
Two houses near the Golden Temple collapsed today in India. Four men, three women and three children were buried under wreckage. only two people were recovered alive.
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India
Golden Temple
Rail race to hear action over West Virginia railroad lines
Charleston date set for a federal hearing on the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad suit against United States Guyandot and Tag River Railroad and Norfolk and Western. The case seeks to restrain an Interstate Commerce Commission order permitting construction of rail lines between Wharncliffe and Gilbert in southern West Virginia. Judges McClintic, Daker, and Northcott will preside. The suit filed last Saturday claims the lines are unnecessary for public convenience and would divert traffic, causing first year losses of at least 450000.
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Charleston
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company
United Stats of ‘America
Guyandot and Tag River
Compu
Norfolk and Western Railway Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Wharncliffe
Gilbert
West Virginia
Federal Court
George W. McClintic
William E. Daker
Federal Court For
Northern West Virginia
Elliott Northcott
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Richmond
Whatneliffe
Ex Bootlegger Turned Informer Dies in Prairie Shoot
Chicago December 73 A former bootlegger who testified for the prohibition department to gain freedom was shot to death in a prairie today. The victim Frank Basil 26 chauffeur for the prohibition department and father of three children. His widow said he left home last night without telling destination. Police suspect Basil paid for squealing on bootleggers amid ongoing feuds.
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Chicago
San
Prohibition Department
Frank Basil
Basil
Jail Break Frustrated By Action of Jailers
Sutton December 12 Owen E Vani Kirby 21 charged with killing Alva Teter 20 made an unsuccessful escape attempt with five other prisoners from Braxton county jail Sheriff said the plan followed Judge Jake Fisher denying bail The six inmates worked to saw outer bars but were detected during a blackout at the town electric plant
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Santa
Pop
Orange Root Golden NUG GETS and Liver Tonic Ad
A crude 19th or early 20th century style advertisement touts Orange Root Golden NUG GETS as a liver cleanser and tonic for energy and clear complexion. It claims to detoxify the liver, reduce poisonous waste, and advertises a 50 cent price for four and a half NUG Gints, with sale through Grafton Drug & Chemical Co in Deceodady.
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Grafton Drug & Chemical Co
Deceodady
Fever raises hope of curing diseases with heat
San Francisco reports at the University of California Medical School that a patient with a skin disease recovered after reaching 110.5 degrees Fahrenheit. Dr. Harold M. F. Behneman and colleagues note this temperature surpasses prior prints and believe excessive body heat helped control the bacteria. They cite 110.8 degrees as among the highest life compatible temperatures.
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San Francisco
University of California_ Medical School
Harold M. F. Behneman
Behneman
Calf Found Safe After Laundry Pickup Mystery
Pruntytown farmer Harvey Scranage bought a calf in transit and, while returning home, looked back to find it missing. After searching with pedestrians, authorities reported the calf was left behind near Beech Street by the St Marys Street Bridge at a laundry rack where it was eventually found safe and ready to continue to winter quarters.
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Harvey Scranage
Pruntytown
Scranage
Bernhold
Seranage
Beech Street
St. Mary's Street Bridge
Winter Quarte
Seratiage
Five Federal Convicts Escape From Chillicothe Reform School
Chillicothe Ohio December 12 Five prisoners at the federal reformatory serving sentences for automobile theft escaped last night and remained at large today officials said The escapees are Carroll Champion 21 Asheville North Carolina I Lindrow Cohner 25 Rural Hall North Carolina James H Cunning 24 Canfield Ohio Raymond Caf Baltimore Maryland and Abney Russell 22 Can porium Pennsylvania.
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Chillicothe
Federal Reformatory
Liberty
Carrol Chamspion
Asheville
N. C
I. Lindrow Cohner
Rural Hall
James H. Cunning
Canfield
Cos
Raymond Caf
Baltimore
Abney, Russell
Eanporium
Quiet Boulder Dam fight shifts to river plan vote
Washington reports a tense Senate debate over the Boulder Dam matter and pay for L. Mills as Mellon aide, then a shift to the Colorado River development plan. The House moved bills increasing allotments for alterations and repairs to battleships Pennsylvania, California, and Arizona while committees lagged. Sam A. Lewisto warns the Tennessee Copper and Chemical Co that mismanagement risks $2 billion in annual unemployment losses. House Agriculture Committee holds hearings on the Packers and Stockyards Act without a decision.
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Washington
Senate
Loulder
Izhy
Orden L. Mills
Mellon
House
Sahat Public Lands Committée
Secretary of the Interior
Tnsail Utilities Group
Pennsylvania
California
Arizona
Sam A. Lewisto
Tennessee Copper and ‘Chemical Company
Confession Reported After Harsh Interrogation
Chicago police recount a youth confession after an intensive questioning scene at Cottage Grove station. Sergeant Parker pressed for a dying statement as Donald Brown, a negro, appeared shaken and ill with a pulse of 140 per minute before allegedly confessing to the Pontiac slaying.
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Chicago
Ser-geant Parker
Cottage Grove Avenue
Donald Brown
Pontiac
Mich
Brown
Parker
City Home Employee Slain by Ex-Worker at Welfare Island
An unidentified man killed Frank Brannigan head waiter at Welfare Island City Home during breakfast. He fled, later hidden in a delivery truck before authorities found him. The motive tied to a discharged employer amid a broader oil boom town fire threat context.
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Yorksee
Ars
Welfare Island
Frank Brannigan
Brannigan
Sie
C G Lowther Passes Away in Weston's Bartlett area
C G Lowther, longtime resident of Grafton born May 6 1859 near Mt Clare Harrison county, died after a sudden illness. Survived by second wife Mrs Jane Chenoweth Lowther five children from first marriage and three brothers Stephen Oliver John J. Funeral at Bartlett home McGraw avenue Friday at 1 pm Rev John W Brown of First Baptist to officiate Interment McAlpin cemetery Weston by Bartlett Funeral Company.
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Charles G.lowther
St. John Street
Will Comite
Grafton
Mt.Clare
Harrison County
John Q
Mary Ann Lowther
Olive Jordan
Jane Chénoweth Lowther
Stephen
Mt. Olav
Oliver
John J
Clarkeburg
Laura King
Florida
Guy
Fairmont
Charles
New York
Frank
Everett
Lowther
First Baptist Church
B. & C. Veterans Association
Beech Street
Bartlett
McGraw, Avenue
John W. Brown
First Daphist
McAlphin Cemetery
Weston
Bartlett Funeraal Company
Government Tax Claim Questioned by Old Dominion Coal
Charleston December 12 A U S government claim for 21452.04 income taxes due 1920 from Old Dominion Coal Company was put under advisement by Judge Arthur P Hudson after arguments by Okey P Keadle for the government and David C Howard for the coal company The company contends 40000 held in trust by Kanawha Banking & Trust as creditors fund belongs to creditors not the coal firm and that the government forfeited claim rights by not filing before a decree of distribution on February 14 1925. In New York transit figures a statistician cites 285200000 riders a year which subway riders insist should be daily.
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Charleston
United States
Old Dominion Coal Company
Arthur P. Hudson
Gheult
Okey P. Keadle
United States District Attorney
David C. Howard
Kanawha Banking & Trust Company
Effeult Court
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U.S
Nicaragua
Moncada
Corinto
Everhart
Ford
Ford Motor Company
Bull
Boulder Dam
Calveston
Tex. Dee
High Island
London
C. G. Lowther
New York City
Landry
East Main Street
Hme
Rane de Stors
W. Main Street
Beagle
Ops
Sycom
Latroba’ Street
W. Wilford St
W. Main
C. V. Miller's
Main Street
Nive
Brie Franklin
Hegtér
Rteerrinin
Pit Hussian Farm
Gkannans
Moots
Srt
Latrobe Street
Bentinel Wes
Aleit
Ot Marge Manufacturing Company
P. D. Box
Mairmont
Davis Memoriatal Training School
Davis Memorial
Jones
Penn
Logan
Princess of
Orleans
Chichester
Engs
Marie-Louise
Kingsland
Richard
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