Celtic Runs Aground At Roaches Point In Ireland
The White Star liner Celtic ran on rocks near Roaches Point at the harbor entrance while under tow attempts failed. All 253 passengers were rescued and debarked safely as crew stayed aboard to aid. A gale lashed the coast with rough seas. the ship listed severely and was taking water, with salvage efforts planned for the next tide.
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Cobh
Ireland
White Star
Celtic
New York
Roaches Point
Enders
Yort
Price
Gelizee
Wiergecock
Hoover Welcomed by Chileans on Latin America Visit
President elect Herbert Hoover received a warm greeting at Santiago's railroad station from President Ibanez on his return from Valparaiso. Hoover then traveled to the American Embassy for lunch and later met with Chilean leaders at the National Palace.
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Santiago
Chile
Herbert Hoover
Ibanez
Valparaiso
Latin America
Hoover
U. Ss. Ss
Maryland
Bolivia
Mr. Hoover
National Palace
Pan American meeting aims to settle Paraguayan Bolivian dispute
The Pan American conference moved to conciliate the Paraguayan Bolivian frontier dispute with a resolution urging peaceful settlement. Cuban ambassador Ferrara and Peruvian delegate Mauriua sponsored the motion, which calls for a committee to examine the case and cooperate with agencies seeking reconciliation.
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Bolivia
Washington
Ferrera
Cuba
Victor Mauriua
Peru
Coolidge
Kellogg
Manuel Foster
Palicy
Orestes Ferrara
Delate
King George Battling Exhaustion From Prolonged Illness
Reports from London state King George remains exhausted by his long illness though physicians call the strain inevitable and his pulse steady. Those near him praise his courage while doctors rely on his patient constitution to aid treatment as medical opinions vary on the outlook.
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London
George
Mine Community in Farm Study Stops
Washington reports differences between Southern sites and federal plans for a farm demonstration community. House Interior appropriations subcommittee halted funds for further study after initial investigations by the Bureau of Reclamation in North Carolina and South Carolina.
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Washington
House
Interior Dpartment
Crisp
Mocrat
Georgia
Bureau of Reclamation
Vear
North Carolina
Pric
South Carolina
Carroll Case May Go To Jury Tuesday
Winding into its third week, the Carroll case in Raleigh neared jury deliberation after twelve hours of argument. The state board of charities seeks to revoke Highland hospital’s license in Asheville over immorality and cruelty claims against Dr. Robert S. Carroll.
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Raleigh
W. C. Harris
Carroll
State Board of Charities and Welfare
Highland Hospital
Asheville
Robert S. Carroll
W. B. Jones
Welfare Board
Dr. Carroll
J. W. Bailey
Jones
Hastings Named U.S. Senator to Succeed DuPont
Dover Delaware December 10 Governor Robinson appointed Daniel O Hastings currently Wilmington Municipal Court judge to fill the term of T Coleman DuPont who resigned last night in a sudden Senate vacancy.
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Dover
Del
Robinson
Daniel O. Hastings
Wilmington
United States
T. Coleman DuPont
Couple Of Burns Heroes Of South State Street Flop House Fire
In Chicago the Salvation Army hostel known as a flop house housed nearly 200 guests when a blaze broke out. Two men, unnamed bums, fought through smoke to rescue Peter Recter, 54, from the third floor. They carried him to an ambulance and left, their names unrevealed.
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Ouple
Burns
Heroes of
South State
Chicago
E Reliance
Salvation Army
Peter Recter
Recter
City Schools Close Over Flu Epidemic
All public schools in Eggh Point shut down today due to the influenza outbreak. The School Board voted to reopen after Christmas on December 31, with no reduction to the nine month term, citing lower attendance and health concerns. Fifteen teachers were out sick as the district prepared a formal statement from Mr. Andrews.
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Eggh Point
School Board of Commissioners
Commercial National Bank
Andrews
Stocks Churn On Wildly Amid Market Cross Currents
New York prices swung wildly on December 10 as buying and selling conflicted. Radio jumped to 314 in early trading, then slipped toward 275 and 345, before rebounding to around 312 and 295. Montgomery Ward fluctuated after an initial 342 gain, dipping to 305.50 and recovering to 335.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Montgomery
Ward
League council delays world court advisory opinions study
In Lugano Switzerland the League of Nations council, with 14 members, postponed action on a resolution seeking a study on whether advisory opinions to the world court could be requested by a simple majority vote of the council, delaying American adhesion considerations.
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Lugano
Switzerland
Council of the
League of Nations
Strikers Attack Americans Homes in Sevilla
In Sevilla near Bogota, during a banana plantation strike area, troops arrived to disperse a mob threatening American homes. Americans defended their houses for five hours as strikers with machetes threatened to rush in. Three soldiers and several protesters were wounded. about 150 mob members were captured.
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Bogota
Sevilla
Murderer Surrenders After Fight in Arkansas
Bill Howell, 65, accused slayer of three Crawford County Hospital victims, surrendered after a gunfight with a 20 officer posse near Van Buren Arkansas. He was jailed in Crawford County awaiting formal murder charges.
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van Buren
Ark
Bill Howell
Crawford County Hospital
Crawford County
Charity Hospital
Howell
Cedarville
Cliff Deffenbaugh
Ida
John Nicholson
Coolidge Praises South American Aid for World Peace
President Coolidge welcomed delegates to the Pan American Conference on Conciliation and Arbitration praising South American republics for aiding peace. He cited milestones of past conferences and treaties in the western hemisphere and noted 21 nations share a common aim to elevate humanity through reason over force.
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Washington
South America
Coolidge
Western Hemisphere
Sheridan Teacher Slain. Son of Janitor Confesses
Sheridan Michigan reports that 15 year old Jimmy Deakin the janitor’s son confessed to attacking and killing Miss Flossie Carter a Sheridan schoolteacher. The body was found in her car on a remote road with blunt force injuries and torn clothing. A note read TV did this myself and cast doubt on the motive. A college student Lea Bracy was questioned as a possible suspect.
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Sheridan
Mich
Jimmy Deakin
Flossie Carter
Miss Carter
Sheridan, Mich
Ray Collier
Lea Bracy
Olivet College
Bracy
Young Collier
Two Tar Heel county farm agents win trips to Houston
Dean I. O. Schaub of North Carolina State College announced that H. K. Sanders of Person and W. G. Yeager of Rowan won trips to Houston Texas in a southern demonstration agents contest by the soil improvement committee of Atlanta. The trips fund attendance at the silver anniversary of extension work in the south Feb 6 7 and 8. Only six trips offered. The contest judged plans for soil fertility development.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Houston
Texas
Soil Improvement Committee of
Atlanta
Dean I. O. Schaub
North Carolina State College
H. K. Sanders
Person
W. G. Yeager
Rowan
South
Old Bluff Church Burns Near Fayetteville
A fire shortly after noon destroyed Wade Presbyterian Church near Fayetteville. The Old Bluff Presbyterian congregation, organized in 1752, used the Wade church. Officials say a defective flue caused the blaze. A piano and table were saved, with losses estimated between 3000 and 4000 dollars.
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Fayetteville
Wade
Old Bluff
Prince of Wales Heads Home on Fast Train
Brindisi, Italy said to have the Prince aboard the liner Enterprise when he landed at 12 33 p m and proceeded to London seven minutes later by special train to reach King George at home.
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Prince OF Wales
Brindisi
Italy
King George
Cramer Enterprise
London
Atlantic City Hermit Dies in Wealth Laden Quarters
The body of James T. Cowden, 75, a hermit and pioneer resident of Atlantic City, was found in a dingy top floor rooming house. Seven wallets stuffed with coins, and packets of stocks and mortgages hidden in old shoes and under carpet. Bank books show a $37,000 balance and other valuables tucked away as police examined the clutter.
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Atlantic City
N. J
James T. Cowden
Woman Held In Rothstein Drug Probe
Mrs. June Boyd, linked to an international narcotic ring allegedly financed by Arnold Rothstein, was brought from Chicago to New York for questioning by U S Attorney Tuttle. Four arrests followed clues from Rothstein’s papers, including a Buffalo trunk seizure with narcotics worth 2 9 million and 500000 found in Mrs Boyd.
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New York
June Boyd
Federal
Arnold Rothstein
Chicago
Federal Building
U. S
Tuttle
Boyd
Rothstein
Joseph Unger
Twentieth Century Limited
Buffalo
Grand Central Terminal
Unger
Samuel Lowe
Esther Meyers
Disinherited Reynolds Heir Drowns In Skiff Capsize
Alton W. Reynolds 36, scion of the tobacco family, died when a duck hunting skiff capsized near Peach Island in Norwalk Conn. His nephew Alton Jr. was rescued after four hours and hospitalized suffering from exposure. Ferbert Preston, the uncle in law, is presumed drowned with the boatman not yet found.
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Norwolk
Conn
Alton W. Reynolds
Ferbert Preston
Reynolds
Peach Island
Preston
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Mr. Coolidge
Americas
Tar Heel County
OLD Presbyterian Congregation
Hazel Blasier
Reynold
Lady McKendrick
Europe
Norwalk
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