Three Countries Clear Roads For Wales
London dispatches report rising public anxiety over King George while doctors note no further loss of strength. Prime Minister Baldwin left the House of Commons for Dover to meet the Prince of Wales as Buckingham Palace circles await clearer signs of the monarch’s condition.
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Wales
London
Stanley Baldwin
House of Commons
Dover
Prince of Wales
George
Buckingham Palace
Bolivians Quit Pan American Meet Over Paraguay War Clamor
Bolivia withdraws from the Pan American conference of arbitration after demanding moral satisfaction from Paraguay for an insult. Minister Diez de Medina says Bolivia cannot discuss friendly settlement while Paraguay refuses to repair wrong. Bolivia may rejoin later but leaves the issue unresolved as a boundary dispute committee prepares its report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bolivia
Diez de Medina
Kelloge
Paraguay
International Conference On Arbitration and
Mys
Victor M. Mauriua
Legation
Boulder Dam Settlement Fights Drift In Senate
In Washington on December 11 the Boulder Dam issue moved to a final vote but quickly stalled as Arizona signaled it would oppose the measure to the end while California and Arizona eyed a possible accord. The Senate opened voting on a large block of amendments as other Capitol activities continued.
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Washington
Senate
Boulder Dam
California
Arizona
Boulder
Capitol
House
Kellogg
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senator Scholl
Paid Negro 1500 For Federal Job in Mississippi
Jackson Miss Dec 11 AP testimony opened patronage trials charging 28 counts of sale of public offices. Five defendants Perry W Howard Ed L Patton S D Redmond A M Redmond J Scott Hubbard faced indictments. A P Russell testified 1500 dollars was paid in cash to Howard in Washington on a 1927 trip.
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Jackson
Miss
Washington
Mississippi
A. P. Russell
Magee
Russell
Biloxi
Perry W. Howard
Ed L. Patton
S. D. Redmond
A. M. Redmond
Man and Woman Found Dead on Wedding Eve in Chicago
In Chicago on December 11, a man and a woman, due to wed today, were found shot dead in a Davis hotel room on the Gold Coast. Police termed it murder and death by own action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Davis Hotel
Gold Coast
Princess Heana Returns From Sweden to Bucharest
Princess Heana daughter of Dowager Queen Marie arrives in Bucharest after a Sweden visit. Asked if she sought a marriageable prince she replied she has too many duties to consider engagement or marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bucharest
Romania
Heana
Marie
Sweden
Aok
Flu Epidemic Not Virulent As Previous
Surgeon General Cumming urged against closing city schools to curb influenza as 21,238 new cases were reported in 26 states. He estimates up to 200,000 cases nationwide, noting in cities close contact is unavoidable and school supervision may suffice. Five schools have closed including Sewanee, Culver, Missouri, St Therese near Montreal, and Levis College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Cumming
The
Public Health Service
University of the South
Sewanee
Tenn
Culver Military Academy
Culver
Ind
University of Missouri
Columbia
Seminary of St. Therese
Montreal
Quebec
Levis College
Jonas and Jackson Back Cramer for Hoover Cabinet
Hickory Dec 11 The Hickory Record reports Charles A. Jonas and Brownlow Jackson endorsed Stuart W. Cramer for a Hoover cabinet post and that North Carolina Republican Executive Committee will back him at Greensboro meeting. Cramer from Cramerton and Charlotte served as state treasurer for the campaign and is a leading NC Republican.
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Hickory
Hickory Record
Charles A. Jonas
Brownlow Jackson
Stuart W. Cramer
Herbert Hoover
Republican Executive Committee
Greensboro
Cramer
Cramerton
Charlotte
Republican Committee
North Carolina
Chile Welcomes President-Elect Hoover in Luncheon Visit
In Santiago a luncheon at the presidential palace hosted by President Ibanez celebrated the warm ties between the United States and Chile as President elect Hoover conferred with Chilean officials. Chilean cabinet members and art officials attended as American business leaders expressed hope the visit would advance bilateral goodwill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santiago
Chile
United States
Elect Hoover
Presidential
Ibanez
Hoover
Gardner Calls Meeting on North Carolina Farm Problems
Raleigh December 11 The farm problem in North Carolina and proposed solutions were set for discussion at a conference of agricultural leaders called by Governor elect O Max Gardner. The meeting will be held at North Carolina State College in Raleigh tomorrow as Gardner plans talks with the inaugural committee about his upcoming installation in office one month hence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
North Carolina
O. Max Gardner
North Carolina State College
Gardner
Two Donations Received For Empty Stocking Fund
The High Point Empty Stocking Fund appeal urges local residents to donate as Christmas approaches. Mrs. W. C. Hammond notes rising need. two new gifts bring the total to five contributions totaling 75 dollars, with daily acknowledgments planned in the newspaper.
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High Point
Peope
W. C. Hammond
Board of Public Welfare
Lucille Pickens
Vi &. Mover
Meyers In Huge Department Store Chain Formed
A new department store chain with projected annual sales around 1.49 billion dollars begins with 22 stores. Hahn Department Stores, Inc. names Lew Hahn as head and George W. Mitten as board chairman, listing Meyer’s Greensboro NC and many others from Boston to Baltimore as members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hahn Department Stores, Inc
Lew Hahan
National Retail Dry Goods Association
George W. Mitten
Jordan Marsh Company
Boston
Hann Corporation
A. E. Troutman Company
Greensboro
Louis Samler, Inc
Lebanon
The
Welber Company
Columbus, C
Wright-Metzler Company
Connellsville
Naval expenditures rise seven million in fiscal year
Washington reports naval expenditures for wharves dry docks dredging marine railways and other works rose seven million dollars in the past fiscal year Naval air stations received twenty nine hundred twenty two thousand dollars for construction bringing total 1928 naval spend to seventeen million four hundred ninety two thousand one hundred fifty two dollars
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Washington
Naval Air Stations
Flu Epidemic Still Spreading Says City Doctor
City physician Dr. S. S. Coe reports influenza remains active with many mild cases and a large number of people ill. He notes more new calls from doctors yesterday than at any prior time since the outbreak began as the health department does not require reports this year.
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S. S. Coe
Coe
Kellogg Pact Proponents Press Action
The Kellogg-Briand treaty to renounce war is up for a second airing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Proponents push for quick action though some talk of reservations, as the administration fears delays. President Coolidge urges ratification before March 4, with possible reservations discussed.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Coolidge
Senate
Reed
Missouri
League of Nations
Raleigh Colleges Still Immune From Influenza
Raleigh reports several hundred influenza cases in the city but none of the local colleges show an epidemic. State College infirmary holds sixteen influenza patients, Wake Forest reports four cases, while St. Marys Meredith College and Peace Institute remain free of the disease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
State College
Wake Forest
St. Mary's
Meredith College
Peace Institute
U S Offers Mediation in Paraguay Bolivia Border Dispute
The United States officially proposed offering mediation to Paraguay and Bolivia to help resolve their border dispute. The League of Nations council in Lugano sent a cable urging settlement by conciliation between the two nations.
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Asuncton
Paraguay
Diario Patria
United States
Bolivia
League
Lugano
Switzerland
Council of the
League of Nations
New Link In Rothstein Case Breaks
Atlantic City detectives arrest Leo Maloney amid claims he and Rothstein were with McManus at the hotel door where the shooting occurred. On sobering up Maloney later recalled nothing and said he had never met Rothstein or McManus.
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Jersey
Leo Maloney
Rothstein
Maloney
George McManus
McManus
Atlantic City
International
Arnold
Roosevelt En Route To New York Home
Franklin D. Roosevelt, en route from Warm Springs to New York City, shows improved health after a month in Georgia. He left yesterday afternoon and expects to reach his home tonight for a sequence of social engagements and business conferences ahead of the January 1 inauguration in Albany.
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Warm Springs
Empire State
New York City
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Albany
Mass Meetings In Bolivia Support Government Attitude
Bolivian mass meetings rallied in support of government posture on the Paraguayan frontier. Volunteers offered service, with 1000 men in Trinidad forming a regiment. physicians offered hospital facilities and travel to Chaco if needed. teachers urged immediate return to government service. The foreign office rebutted claims by Paraguayan envoy Ayala about insults, stating he was escorted to the frontier and Villazon without incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LA Paz
Trinidad
Chaco
School Teachers League of
Villazon
Sylva Firemen Face Peril In Power House Blaze
Sylva North Carolina December 11 firemen faced a dangerous task entering the smoke filled powder house of the Dillsboro Sylva Electric Company to fight a fire starting in a hot box at the generator. With current on and dense smoke they could not enter safely. A loose belt crashed and clanged as firefighters battled the blaze and it was extinguished with chemicals. Machinery damage was estimated at three thousand dollars and could rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylva
N. C
Dillsboro-Sylva Electric Company
Dillsboro
Clemson Suspends Classes for Flu Outbreak
Clemson College officials acting on a state health department suggestion suspended all classes until January 2 due to influenza spread. Ill students stay in the infirmary until recovery while others are sent home. no full figures released though a large percentage are reported ill.
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Greenville
Clemson College
State Health Department
Wireless Photographs Shown Aboard Liner 650 Miles From Shore
Photographs sent by wireless from Daventry England were received on the Cunard liner Aquitania 650 miles from Britain. A Fultograph process reproduced the pictures as voices guided a synchronized receiver. Notable images of Queen Mary and others were captured, with the experiment led by P. E. Pykett the expert.
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London Daily Mail
Aquitania
Daventry
England
Cunard
Great Britain
Regency Council
Wireless Pictures, 1928, Ltd
Daily Mail
Hner
Queen Mary
Prince of Wales
Duke of York
Archbishop of Canterbury
Lord Hailsham
P. E. Pykett
Bromiley
Kent
Convicts Escape Nashville Penitentiary in Sensational Break
Three convicts escaped the Tennessee state penitentiary aided by night school hours. John Buffo 19 Detroit robbed, Homer Smith 22 Tipton County murdered, Alfred Baldwin 26 Hamilton County imprisoned. Guards suspect ladder and pass key use though details unclear.
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Nashville
Tenn
Liberty
State Penitentiary
John Buffo
Detroit
Homer Smith
Tipton County
Alfred Baldwin
Hamilton County
Baldwin
Coolidge May Spend Christmas in South
President Coolidge weighs a brief southern trip during the Christmas holidays as he recalls the hospitality shown during his recent visit. His Mountain Lake Florida bird sanctuary dedication plans may be altered to extend his stay if business allows.
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Washington
Coolidge
South
Mountain Lake
Fla
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Press Association
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King’s
Arthur Cope
R. A
Royal College of Music
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Jonas
Gramer
DR. Coe
U.S
Arnold Rothstein
Roosevelt
Power House
Clemson
Tennessee
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