King George on road to recovery says medical bulletin
Five physicians issued a lengthy bulletin stating King George's condition shows firmer progress. Right chest improvement, better respiration, but exhaustion remains profound and empyema healing will be slow. overall strength rising modestly. Public cautious optimism follows update. Prince George's quiet birthday onboard Berengaria marked by celebratory cake as news improves.
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Midon
Ing George
Rolleston
Dawson
London
George
Berengaria
Prince George
Cook
Imperial Suite
Atlantic
Chicken Supper Bazaar at Simpson Baptist Church
The Women’s Circle of the Simpson Baptist Church will hold its annual bazaar and chicken supper at Shafferman Hall in Simpson. The event takes place Thursday December 20 with supper served starting at 5 o’clock. Everyone is invited.
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Simpson Baptist Church
Shafferman Hall
Simpson
Ax Smashing Saloon Signals Dry Crusade in Kansas City
Kansas City dec 20 a drive against liquor dealers gains steam as a modern woman using an ax like Carrie Nation targets a saloon claimed by her daughter and husband. Police and ministers react while she faces a grand jury and later visits churches amid praise from congregations.
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Kansas City
Carrie Nation
Kansas
Maude Wilson
Missouri
Carrie A. Nation
Mellon tightens reply to Garner in budget clash
Washington December 20. Treasury Secretary Mellon refutes Representative Garner's charge that the treasury misrepresented the condition of government funds. Under-secretary Mills joins the dispute stating there will be no 1929 deficit unless Congress spends more. Garner claims $56 million tax refunds to U S Steel, Mellon says figures do not fit facts.
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Washington
Garner
Texas
House
Mellon
Treasury
Congress
Mills
Budget Bureau
United States Steel Corporation
Internal Revenue Bureau
Derailment Halts Cumberland Division Trains
A serious derailment on the seventeen mile grade of the Cumberland division of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad halted freight and passenger movement for hours. Trains No. 22 and No. 21 were rerouted via Connellsville to Cumberland and the east, with cars piled along the tracks and repairs by Monongah division crews. Wreckage included damaged equipment and scattered loads, with an expected mid to late afternoon restoration. A bake sale by the West Baptist Church Ladies Aid Society will be held December 22 starting at 10 o'clock in the church lower rooms, offering rolls pies cakes including fruit cakes and mincemeat.
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Cumberland Division
Baltimore ‘and Ohio Railroad
Connellaville
Monongah Division
Cumberland and
Keyser
Fairmont
Connelsville
Cumberland
Ladies Aid Society of the West Baptist Church
Judgments Filed in Clerk's Office Four Dockets Recorded
Abstracts of judgments from four local court cases were filed in the county clerk's office. Two from Squire W. Leach include Imperial Ice Cream Company versus Edna Porter for 60.90 dollars and J M Haller versus G C Fleming for 24.50 dollars. From Squire Mabel P. Smith's jurisdiction appear Grhiton Feeds and Storage Company versus B I No for 172.63 dollars and A Rt Cunningham versus Excelsior Mantel Company for 120 dollars.
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Squire W. Leach
Imperial Ice Cream Company
Edna Porter
J. M. Haller
G. C
da Fleming
Squire
Mabel .P. Smith
Grhiton Feeds and Storage Company
B. I. No
A. Rt. Cunningham
Excelsior Mantel Co
Corporation
Lost pair in Grand Canyon river search ends with craft sighting
Grand Canyon December reports the missing Idaho couple Glenryde and spouse in a homemade scow after their river trip. Army aviators Don Q. Adams and William G. Plummer located the boat at river edge, prompting renewed air and water searches for the lost pair amid turbulent currents.
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Grand Canyon
Glenryde
Hansen
Idaho
Colorado
Don Q. Adams
William G. Plummer
Girls Charity Club Drive Details at Chamber Room
Friday December 21 the Girls Charity Club will hold a collection in the Chamber of Commerce Room. Items requested include corn tomatoes potatoes rice flour milk sugar coffee apples soup beans candy nuts jelly and other staples.
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Chamber of Commerce Room
Prohibition Changes Sought in Biennial Report
Charleston dispatch reports six recommendations by Rossa Wells, state prohibition commissioner, to strengthen penalties for public drunkenness, empower deputies, and restrict malt used for home brew, aiming to clarify enforcement of prohibition laws. A second item notes Hoover will skip Havana on goodwill trip but may visit Rio, Mexico City, and Texas before March 4. The Utah steamship continues toward Rio de Janeiro as Hoover handles speeches and administration prep.
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Charleston
State Department of Prohibition
Rossa Wells
State Prohibition
Prohibition Department
Commissioner of Prohibition
Utah
Rio Janeiro
Herbert Hoover
Havana
Mexico City
Texas
Tomorro Hoover
RichManciro
Washington Luis Pereira de Souza
Brazil
United States
Hoover Party
Resignation of Federal Trade Commission Chairman Myers
Washington December 20 Chairman Abram F Myers of the Federal Trade Commission has forwarded his resignation to President Coolidge. He served under a recess appointment after his term expired and recently became chairman under rotation amid opposition in Congress over the consent decree with Continental Baking. Senator Walsh has proposed re instituting proceedings against Continental, while Senator Schall urged appointing Charles March to the commission if a vacancy occurs.
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Washington
Abram F. Myers
Federal Trade Commission
Coolidge
Myers
Senate
Senate Judiciary Committee
Department of Justice
Ward Baking Company
Continental Baking Corporation
Congress
Walsh
Montana
Continental Corporation
Warlier
Schall
Minnesota
Charles March
Commission
Girl Seeks Plane Record At Roosevelt Field
Miss Viola Gentry, 28, attempts a women’s endurance record in an open cockpit bi plane at Roosevelt Field N Y on December 20. She carries 100 gallons of fuel aiming to stay aloft until 7 pm. The barograph is sealed by Harry Booth of the National Aeronautical Association. The weatherproof outfit is unusually heavy for a flyer and reflects her resolve. Gentry, born in Gentry North Carolina, has about 120 hours of flight time. The aircraft is loaned by Grace Lyon of Long Beach North Carolina with field mechanics assisting.
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Roosevelt Field
N. Y
Viola Gentry
Harry Booth
National Aeronauytical Association
Gentry
N. C
Grace Lyon
Long Beach
Weather brief reading tonight and Friday
Light snow and colder tonight with partly cloudy skies Friday. North area expected to be the coldest, with continued chilly conditions.
Witnesses in Kidnap Trial Get Warnings
Chicago coverage details warnings to witnesses in a kidnap trial. The article notes statements by defendant Angelo Petitti and remarks about Mike Devito, with references to Ole Scully, and indictments for extortion involving Caposto Capito and Mastroianni. The piece situates testimony as pivotal to the state's case against the defendants.
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Chicago
Dee
Mike Devito
Angelo Petitti
Billy Ranieri
Robert Gentzel
Petittt
Mueller
Ole Scully
Scully
Devito
Petitti
Andrew Capellano
Tony Capellano
Ittornay
Pasquale
Capitosto
Salvatore Mastroianni
Fred Petit
Angelo
Mad Dash of Girl Probed in Cross-Country Chase
Mystery over an airplane ash across half the United States deepened as Ruth McConnell, 20, eluded pursuer Dr. David O. Meeker of Rochester, who left Omaha by air to intercept her after she rode a train to Reno. Meeker, delayed by a Salt Lake City layover, planned another flight today, reportedly acting for the girl’s uncle Kenneth Coulter of Clifton Springs.
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San Francisco
United States
Ruth McConnell
Reno
Nev
David O. Meeker
Rochester
N. Y
Meeker
Omaha
Salt Lake City
Kenneth B. Coulter
Clifton Springs
N.Y
Deplorable Conditions Reported Over The County
County Commissioner J D Martin described Flemington and nearby coal fields as deplorable with no relief in sight. He said miners families face starvation as payrolls fail and stores refuse to honor company orders. Weston the Flemington justice has been pressed to sign poor funds orders to help. Two constables provided a personal view of the alleged hardship.
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Flemington
Taylor County
J. D. Martin
Mr. Martin
Oni F Company
A. R. Weston
Perod
London gas blasts injure seventeen and collapse houses
Seventeen people were injured as gas mains exploded in central London causing buildings to cave in and vehicles to be damaged. A worker entering a manhole with an electric blower sparked the blasts, with flames and smoke forcing residents to flee as authorities redirected traffic and police investigated.
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London
Neatland
Hatterbury Avenue
New Oxford Street
Blobmasbury
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