Young Busch Kidnapping Ends. Boy Returned Unharmed
Adolphus Busch Orthwein, 15, grandson of August A. Busch and great grandson of Adolphus Busch, was kidnapped by a Black assailant on New Year's Eve in St. Louis but was returned to his parents unharmed. A family spokesman said no ransom was paid despite earlier talk of a generous reward.
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Adolphus Busch Orthwein
Augusta AL Busch
Anheuser-Busch, Inc
Adolphus Busch
Breyer
Ffewyry Troll
Anditermes
Usher At White House Marks 40 Years of Service
Washington veteran Dan Ya presses on as White House usher in his 40th year of service. He began during the Harrison administration, later serving under successive presidents and continuing through today.
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White House
Washington
Dan
Harrison
Stork Delivers Baby for Missoula Couple in Seattle Flight
Missoula Montana couple Mr and Mrs Cuaracht welcomed a New Year’s daughter born during a Seattle delivery trip. The unnamed infant arrived after a cross country journey that began in Idaho on January 1. The event, announced by local friends, marks a bright start to 1 uuP.
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Willace
Idaho
Uup
Missoula
Mont
Cay
Seattle
Mussolini Urges Peace Aid From U S For Prosperity
Premier Mussolini spoke to a large New York audience via international radio, declaring Italy would not start war and urging United States assistance to restore prosperity. He stressed fascist youth training, praised wartime achievements, noted economic ties with Soviet Russia, and asked for world peace with Hoover cited.
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New York
Mussolini
Italy
Barror Sahiyan
United States
Soviet
Russia
Duce
Sasinge
Stati
Pearce Hippi
Hoover
School probe bared says more supervision needed
Washington AP January report on a three year investigation of nine land grant colleges finds that the presence of both fraternity and sorority houses on coeducational campuses is a serious problem. The government agency recommends that schools assist student body officials to remedy evils blamed on weak controls. Women reportedly could go to men's fraternity houses amid loosely regulated social life and broader campus abuses.
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Washington
Federal Office of Education
Lan
Shont Actotties
POBING ARE SEEK NEAR SPRING 15 NEAR FAIRMOUNT
Derby says he was perfectly sober and Perhy reports waking to see fire rolling in his yard as authorities seek Po bing area near Spring 15. The fragmentary text notes police or witnesses mentioning sober condition and unexplained fire.
Mrs Kate Ancene y Drowns in Car in Madison Lake
Mrs Kate Ancene y of Bozeman drowned when her car crashed through the ice on Madison Lake near Bozeman. Her son Charles and Clyde Simpson escaped and swam to the surface. An expert diver was sent to recover the body as her husband Charles Ig a momument stockgrower and her daughter Rea visit Los Angeles.
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Southia
Kate Anceney
Charles
Clyde Simpson
Anceney
Charles L
Rea
Jos Angeles
Madison Lake
MeAllister
Here
Arena I Mnight
Ancenes
Kate James
Rozeman
Bobbie and Eqn May Shon Gome 10 Gre
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VPI
Bobbie Wrout
Los Angeles
Asiatrig
Max Cooper
File Ate Ideas
Mamen Wenn Dashial
UGAN LABORER PASSES AFTER A CELEBRATION
Adolph Qisen a 57 year old section laborer was found dead at his Logan home after returning from a New Year s Eve celebration An inquest will be held tomorrow to determine the cause of death Mrs Olsen was at work at a hotel when her husband died Ol sen also leaves a 6 year old son.
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Adolph Qisen
Logan
Olsen
Unknown sun spots reported from New Haven
New Haven Conn Jan 1 Prof We W Marriott of Swarthmore University reports newly observed dark spots in the sun's corona. They appeared in photographs by the Naval Observatory eclipse expedition at Ninafou island in October.
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New Haven
Conn
We, W. Marriott
Swarthmore University
Naval Observatory
Ninafou Island
8 Marines Killed in Nicaragua Skirmish
Managua Nuategna January report says insurgents attacked a U S Marine patrol. Eight Marines killed and two wounded in two hours of combat near a telephone line site. Casualties listed include Sergeant Paleng and Privates Avon Lambert and Fillatt among others.
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Managua Nuategna
United States
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Apel
Marin Barracks
Miguel Orter
Leutenant
Augistine Rando
Bieten
Manne
Jerant
Arthur Wo Balrog
Thex
Marine
Paleng
Fort Lyons
Coto
Irving P. Avon
Trook- Inn
NOY
Lambert
FENN DEPOT FIRE IN NEW JERSEY RAGING
A spectacular blaze swept five float bridges at Pennsylvan ia railroad's Greenville terminal in Jersey City today. Loss unofficially several hundred thousand dollars. One man injured. Firefighters from multiple rail lines kept flames from warehouses as freight cars were moved away.
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Jersey City
Pennsylvania Railroad
Greenville
Pennnsylsvania
Lehigh Valley
Awanna Vailinais
New York
Utopia Report Claims Perfection in Ta Town
An odd town report from Palmita, Wh. dan describes a year of perfect conditions. No accidents, no crime, no poverty, and high community activity, suggesting an ideal community despite the garbled OCR text.
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Palmita
Urima
Bank Examiners Kidnap False Alarm at Milwaukee Bank
Four men posing as bank examiners gained entry to the Lawrence Avenue National Bank in Chicago and abducted assistant cashier John E. Malloy. They drove him to Milwaukee, dumped him after a gunfight, and left with no money found. police note Malloy had received a misleading telephone call earlier claiming more examiners would arrive.
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Chicago
Lawrence Avenue National Bank
John E. Malloy
Milwaukee
Malloy
Malling
Death Toll on Holiday Across Nation Rises Again
A three months old baby survived after a collision at a grade crossing in Harvey, Illinois, where ten people from two families perished. The Grand Trunk International Limited train struck their sedan at a crossing with no warning signals or watchman. Police noted limited visibility and a fresh quad construction on nearby streets. The wreckage lay amid scattered debris as investigators began noting the tragic toll.
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International Limited
Grand Trunk Railway
Harvey
Gen Joffre in coma nine days after illness
Paris reports Marshal Joffre remaining in a coma nine days after his dangerous illness. Doctors, baffled by his stamina, fear the end may come at any moment as Parisians reel from conflicting reports of his condition.
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Paris
Jan. T
Marshal Joffre
Tiis
Paria
Man shoots estranged wife and dies by self in Alaska
Fairbanks Alaska January 1 George Wardy entered his estranged wife's home to offer New Year greetings and shot her then killed himself. Police say the couple had been separated for years. Five minor children survive.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
George Wardy
Hardy
Roosevelt Warns U S Against Dictator Rule Inaugural Address
Albany Jan 9 Franklin D Roosevelt sworn in for a second term as New York governor with a brief ceremony. He warned against centralization of government and called for reform in local rule describing it as archaic in design. A single cavalry troop escorted him to the capitol as decorations were pared for economy.
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Albany
N.Y
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
New York
Good Samaritan gas station operator killed in Burlingame
Henry A. Thom-Wohrden, a Burlingame gas station operator, shared his lunch with a hungry stranger who later shot him during a Tuesday night robbery. The assailant fled with 815 dollars, leaving Thom-Wohrden dead after the gunfire.
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Burlingame
Calif
Henry A. Thom-Wohrden
Thom-Wohrden
Gay Station
Thom Woolorden
Wolher
Death by Own Action in Trolley Tragedy
Dan Vacoma reports 60 year old Py Willan Sorenson killed by trolley wheels inside a looping tram. Coroner assistants believe Sorenson threw himself in front of the car after wandering onto the track. Sorenson was employed as a laborer and is described as unemployed at the time.
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Vacoma
Willan Sorenson
Sorenson
Veterans to leave national home January 3 in Leavenworth
About 150 World War veterans at Leavenworth national military home prepare to depart January 3 under veterans bureau order issued weeks earlier. Some 230 veterans were listed. 20 discharged veterans had returned after suspension. The American Legion post plans to assist veterans unable to pay transport home, with fares potentially remitted through posts.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Veterans’ Bureau
Flt. Hines
Dureno
Legion To Rescue
American Legion
New Year Revellers Destroy Lindbergh Statue in City
New Years revellers in Los Angeles smashed a nine foot plaster Lindbergh statue, toppled it from its pedestal in a city subdivision named for the aviator, and carried pieces to the highway where cars ran them down.
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Los Angeles
Jat
New Years Revellers
Paris
Charles A. Lindbergh
Onion Weather Prophet Predicts 1981 in Marshfield
In Marshfield Wisconsin Benesch a shoemaker is described as a local prophetic figure who reads onion skins to forecast the year ahead He reportedly performs a mystic rite at year end cutting an onion in half to read the layers The printed forecast lists month by month weather expectations for 1981 including dry snow cold wet and transitional conditions.
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Marshfield
Wis
Benesch
Striking Prisoners in Seattle End Short Sitdown
In King County Jail about 20 of roughly 100 inmates began New Year by ending a brief hunger strike over daily exercise rules. Prisoners initially refused meals and stayed inside cells as the dome remained locked, with some awaiting provision of food. Later most chose to comply and returned to routine.
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Seattle
Wash
King County
Diary of a 19 Year Old Girl Blamed in Death Mystery
Washington police probe a 19 year old girl Beulah Limerick death amid diaries and letters from her male acquaintances and two brothers held for investigation. A gun found fired and a bullet wound noted by a doctor, with conflicting views on natural causes versus foul play. Police seek clues from the diary pages and correspondence to solve the shooting.
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Washington
Limerick
Peaches Browning seeks absolute divorce in New York
Frances Browning known as Peaches instigates a battle for an absolute divorce from Edward W. Browning, a wealthy real estate broker. A New York court appointed her mother Carolyn Heenan guardian ad litem for the 20 year old minor. An affidavit states there is good and substantial cause. the couple separated in 1927.
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Peaches
Edward W
Browning
New York
Carolyn Heenan
Guardian
Aftidavit
Milk Price War Sparks Kansas Town Bargain
In Medicine Lodge Kansas a price war drives milk down to 1 cent a quart at retail. New Year’s menus feature soup and milk toast as residents react to the sharp price cut.
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Kansas
Medicine Lodge
Kan
Taxation to dominate many state assemblies in 1941
NALE HARRISON reports that taxation will be a dominant theme across state legislatures in 1941. Economies face two extremes: demand for definite tax policy and insistence on swift, prudent state spending to curb unemployment.
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Nale Harrison
New York
Students vote on 18th Amendment at federation congress
Delegates at the National Students Federation of America sixth annual congress favored modification of the 18th Amendment. Among college delegates represented by votes, 57 said drinking is increasing on campus while 10 said it was decreasing. Federation officials estimate about 400000 students nationwide participate.
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Atlanta
National Students Federation of America
Fife
Chester Williams
Federation
America
Few at Work in South Wales Mines
Cardiff Wales Jan 1. Few wheels turned in the great collieries of South Wales after last night negotiations among miners operators and government officials ended in a combined strike and lockout. About 150000 men are employed in the fields and most were idle today while small bodies returned to pits under local terms. Additional workers had already been idle due to disputes bringing jobless in the area to near 250000. The trouble stems from a dispute over hours and wages.
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Cardiff
Wales
South Wales
Youths with masks rob grocery store. one killed
Frank Steele about 20 is shot to death during a failed robbery at a local grocery store. His younger brother, T. J., was arrested later as Sparks, the store manager, opened fire with a pistol, and Steele was fatally wounded.
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Frank Steele
Stoy Sparks
T. J
Jail birds roaring at roast beef hash
San Francisco inmates staged a New Year dinner disruption at Ingleside Jail on New Year day drawing 200 prisoners. Guards herded inmates into cells as tension rose and officials feared further trouble from the dining riot.
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San
Burmese Rebel Action Fatal Clash Near Pashegsan
In Tharawaddy district Burmese rebels confronted British forces. A fight at Pashegsan saw ten rebels killed and five wounded as natives fled the jungle from three sides. British troops repelled the attack, captured a rer haaner and burned quantities of stores.
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Rangoon
Burma
Pashegsan
Tharawaddy
Pasadena Floral Pageant Dazzles With 150 Floats
The 1931 Pasadena pageant showcased 150 floats along Colorado Avenue, featuring blossoms from roses to delphiniums. Spectators admired a rainbow of colors as artists wove nature into lavish displays, creating a street full of floral artistry and festive wonder for New Year celebrations.
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Colorado Avenue
Bemius
Alsphiys
Yilion Speetiere
Hupe
Joey
Phuh
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