Missing Child Melvin Horst Rumor Turns Grave in Orrville
In Orrville and Wooster, a long missing child case ends in fear as Prosecutor Walter Mougey investigates a report that four year old Melvin Horst is dead. A supposed chaperone driver allegedly told officials of the death and buried the boy, with immunity uncertain. The tale sparked renewed tension before further confirmation.
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Walter J. Mougey
Mougey
Melvin
Gill
Ohio
Day
Calles Arrest Warrant Stirs Texas Security Fears
Texan officials report plans to protect exiled Mexican leader Elias Calles as threats arise over a warrant for his arrest. District Attorney John Alls says federal forces may back local authorities if needed while Calles travels toward Laredo en route to unspecified destination. The warrant cites deaths of Gen. Lu Blanco and Col. Aurelia Márquez whose bodies were recovered bound in the Rio de la Plata in 1922.
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Tex
Fedial
Pad Bilasses
Laredo
John Aalls
Calles
Mexico
New York
Callies
Couract
Lu Blanco
Aurelia Marchéz
Riode
Marseille Fortified: Monte Cristo Port Defenses Upgraded
The Marseille area and its defense network see modernization with anti aircraft guns bolstering protection of the largest French port. The upgrade follows a broader effort to strengthen strategic coastal defenses and deter potential threats.
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Marseilles
Monte
Rebel Gunfire Heard Again In Old Mexico Near Sahuaripa
Nogales Sonora December 14 Details of a battle Wednesday near Sahuaripa between federal cavalry and about 200 bandits or revolution ary sympathizers were brought to the border. Francisco Fiores purported loyalist to Jose Vasconcelos was killed along with two lieutenants. Twenty others captured were executed. Macias claimed the band planned to use Sahuaripa as a base for revolutionary operations in Sonora. General Rico dismissed the rebellion as insignificant.
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Nogales
Sonora
Sahuaripa
Fabio Macias
Hermosillo
Macias
Francisco Fiores
Jose Vasconcelos
Pascual Ortiz Rubio
Juan Rico
Macia
Rico
Divorced Wife Fires Shots at Ex Husband in California
Mrs Helen Lois Andrade fifty six was held on a charge of assault to commit murder after firing five shots at Albert Andrade a millionaire rancher of Arizona and Mexico his present wife Judith Lavender Andrade and their six week old baby Police were summoned to the home by Mary E Warren widow of United States consul to Honduras the suspect had reportedly sought a share of property by court order and ambushed him at his residence
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Los Angeles
Helen Lois Andrade
Albert
Arizona
Mexico
Andrade
Judith Lavender Andrade
Mary E. Warren
Walter Warren
United States
Honduras
Hungarian Women Accused in Wide Scale Murders
In Szolnok Hungary authorities probe a wide scale set of killings by middle aged and older women. More than 30 bodies exhumed as investigations continue. Juliane Lippka is charged with seven killings including relatives. Lydia Ola and Rosa Holybe are named among the accused. One defendant is 81 years old and some admit poisoning food.
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Juliane Lippka
Lydia Ola
Rosa Holybe
Japanese Protest to Russia Over Manchuria Occupation
Tokyo informed the Soviet government that Japan is not satisfied with assurances of safety for Japanese nationals in northwestern Manchuria. An international consular train headed to the occupied zone aims to investigate on the ground. Japan insists on more detailed guarantees and notes Moscow's conflicting statements about Soviet troop withdrawals.
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Tokyo
Japan
Manchuria
Khingan
Harbin
Moscow
Russia
Two Die and Three Hurt in Auto Truck Crash
In Greensburg Pennsylvania a car collided with a truck near Export today. two people died and three were injured. The deceased are Esther Marie Hall thirty five from Delmont and Charles Hickey nineteen from South Wilmerding.
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Greensburg
Esther Marie Hall
Delmont
Charles Hickey
South Wilmerding
Chemist Dies in Blast at Mine Bureau Station
In Bartlesville Oklahoma December 14 a gas station operated by the United States Bureau of Mines exploded destroying the facility. One chemist R R Bradenthaler was killed and three others injured Meredith Miles severely burned in the ensuing fire. Cause of the blast was not determined.
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Bartlesville
Okla
United States
J Bureau of Mines
R. R. Bradenthaler
Meredith Miles
Senate Deliberates Tax Cuts Amid Amendment Clash
Washington on December 14 reports Senate on second day of examining a 160 million tax reduction plan. Senator Couzens of Michigan opposed retroactive cuts and offered a 1 percent amendment aligning with a proposed 11 percent corporate rate, condemning prior Treasury tax cut programs and estate tax lobbying.
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Washington
Senate
Couzens
Republican
Michigan
The
Treasury
Mellon
Couzeng
Bremen Arrives Late After Storm Battle at Sea
The steamship Bremen, fastest ocean liner, reached New York in port after a three day delay caused by a fierce Atlantic storm. Ten passengers were injured as the vessel endured towering waves and 120 mile per hour winds. Captain Leopold Ziegenbein reported heavy rolling, with 18 degree tilts during the voyage. A fleet of tugs guided the liner through foggy harbor on its maiden real test against winter seas.
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New York
Bremen
Leopold Ziegenbein
Cherbourg
Alexander Zaimis Elected President of Greece
In Athens on December 14, Alexander Zaimis, who had served as premier before Venizelos, won election as president by the Greek parliament. He succeeds Admiral Konduriotis, who resigned this week due to ill health and advancing age.
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Athens
Alexander Zaimis
M. Venizelos
Greece
Konduriotis
Woman's body found hidden in bush heap
The body of Mrs Beatrice Clutts a Memphis Tennessee family member was identified in Marked Tree Arkansas. Her husband said she had been in Chicago two weeks and left for Memphis by car. Authorities believe she was killed elsewhere and transported by vehicle to the isolated bush area where she was found.
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Ark
Beatrice Clutts
Memphis
Cluttis
Chicago
Clutti
Volcanic Outburst Reports Seven Craters Spreading Sulphur Smoke
Dutch Harbor Alaska dispatch notes seven volcanoes on the eastern Aleutians and Alaska peninsula coast erupting flames and dense sulphur smoke in the first general outbreak in that region. This report leads a page six continuation.
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Dutch Harbor
Alaska
Aleutian Islands
Alaska Peninsula
Intensive efforts to secure county agent for dairying
Intensive efforts were under way today to obtain a county agent in Taylor county to promote dairying as a permanent industry. Superintendent Lloyd L. Schr lver oversaw petitions presented to the county court as 125 citizens signed in support. The Taylor County Board of Trade pledged county court backing, while agricultural committee members explained the need for the agent.
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Taylor County
Lloyd L. Shriver
Taylor County Board of Trade
House Adopts Resolution to Appropriate $2000
Washington dispatch reports Secretary Stimson announced the American delegation to the London naval conference will travel to England on the United States liner George Washington. The original plan was to sail on a foreign vessel, with January 10 tentatively set as the travel date.
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Naval de Co
Stimson
London
Naval Parley
George Washington
Washington
England
United States
Senate Tax Reduction Debate Continues in Congress
The Senate continues the tax reduction debate while the Interstate Commerce Committee holds hearings on a communications bill. An Agriculture sub committee hears Will Clayton of Houston Texas regarding a cotton brokerage firm. The House resumes general debate on the agriculture department appropriation bill. Military affairs committee organizes and foreign affairs discusses Haiti. The comptroller general is asked to file payments for a foreign vessel. A delegation may sail by ship. London arrival papers were noted as necessary. Wood resolution funds $200000 for American delegates. Official greetings to the Japanese delegation arriving for the London arms conference will be extended by Secretary Stimson and Secretary Adams.
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Interstate Commerce Committee
Agriculture
Will Clayton
Houston
Tex
House
Agriculture Department
Military Affairs Committee
Foreign Affairs Committee
Haiti
London
Washington
Monaag
Stimson
Adams
Union Station
State Department
Hoover
White House
New York
Pan-American Union
Slayer Gann Returned to Charleston After Double Slaying
Charleston dispatch reports electrician John Thomas Gann arrived from Newport Kentucky in police custody to face murder charges for killing his estranged wife and her stepfather at Mrs Ganns home. Gann allegedly admitted the double slaying and said he planned to shoot Joe Cobb at his hearing. Coroner's jury ruled the victims died at Gann's hands.
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Charleston
John Thomas Gann
Newport
Kentucky
Joe Cobb
Cobb
Grand Jury
Gordon Woody
Gann
Woody
Silverman
J. Blackburn Watts
John Britton
John Gann
Poison drink at party ends in death in Missouri
Maurice Nolan Clark, 17, died after a group of 12 high school boys gathered at Melvin White's home in St Joseph. Clark pretended to be intoxicated then drank from a jug containing a poison solution used for spraying trees. The incident follows news suggesting sufficient funds remain in the country for community needs.
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St. Joseph, Mo
Maurice Nolan Clark
Melvin White
Clark
Haiti Inquiry Approved by Committee
The House Foreign Affairs Committee unanimously approved the Porter resolution authorizing President Hoover to appoint a commission to inquire into Haiti's situation. Chairman Porter said he hoped to bring it to the House for action on Monday after the president's special message requesting authority for such a commission. Under-Secretary Cotton testified urging approval. Burnsville, Texas, where he will attend, was noted in related remarks.
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House Foreign Affairs’ Committee
Porter
Hoover
House
United States
Cotton
Burnsville
Tex
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Montgomery
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