Congress Adjourns for Holidays Amid Shake-Up Railways
Washington December 21 Congress adjourned for the holidays after passing a 160 million dollar income tax cut and a 16 million dollar hospital bill. The session featured Byrd’s promotion to rear admiral on the retired list and a condolence resolution for Representative Raynor. The tariff bill remained unsettled as the Senate resumes in January.
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Congress
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House
Senate
South Pole
Raynor
Massachusetts
Brookhart
Iowa
Sinbad
Hoover
Dill
Radio Commission
German plebiscite on anti Young plan faces voters
Berlin dispatch notes Alfred Hugenberg and party followers must persuade about 21 million German electors to vote for the anti Young plan law. The Reichstag defeated the measure yet the plebiscite required a nationwide referendum. officials from President von Hindenburg downward could be punished if the Young plan is approved.
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Berlin
Alfred Hugenberg
Nationalist
Reichstag
von Hindenburg
Shivering South Sees Warmer Spell Then Snow Forecast
Atlanta reports a brief moderation in cold followed by clouded skies and a predicted mix of snow and rain over the weekend. Snow fell in Eldorado Arkansas shaping a second snow event for the season as temperatures rose in many southern cities and a white Christmas was forecast for north Georgia.
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Arkansas
Louisiana
Tennessee
Mississippi
Alabama
Georgia
C. F. Vonherriman
North Georgia
Eldorado
Ark
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Texarkana
Louisville
Kentucky
Asheville
N. C
Birmingham
Little Rock
Pantages In Hospital After Heart Attack In Jail
Alexander Pantages, jailed while appealing a 1 to 50 year sentence for attacking Eunice Pringle, 17, suffered a heart attack and was moved to the jail hospital overnight. He returned to his cell this morning still ill.
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Pantages
Los Angeles
Alexander Pantages
Eunice Pringle
Wabash Seaboard System To Consolidate North Carolina Lines
The Interstate Commerce Commission outlined a plan to consolidate steam railroads into nineteen units, reshaping the national transportation map. Five eastern systems include the Pennsylvania, Baltimore and Ohio, Chesapeake and Ohio, New York Central, and Wabash. New England roads Boston and Maine and New Haven. southern leaders Atlantic Coast Line, Southern, and Illinois Central. Democrats attack for lacking through transcontinental links. Senate debates possible additional legislation. Senator Fess of Ohio pushes compulsory consolidation legislation with early talks planned in Congress.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
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New England
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Maine
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Southern
Illinois Central
Great Northern
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Atlantic
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Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
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Reward Offered For Battleboro Bank Robbers
North Carolina Bankers' Association secretary Paul P. Brown announced a 50 reward for the arrest and conviction of robbers who entered Planters Bank at Battleboro last night. The tear gas bomb blocked access to the main vault containing 12 000. The thieves took more than 100 in change from trays in the outer areas.
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Raleigh
Paul P. Brown
North Carolina Bankers’ Association
Planters Bank
Battleboro
State Association
Brown
Snow and Cold For Christmas Promised
The forecast foresees more snow and continued cold for Christmas week across the Midwest. In Chicago temperatures near four above zero and a cold trend continues with snow likely, while the northwest sees a warming trend amid prevailing cold.
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Chicago
Old St. Nick
Santa
Great Lakes
Thompson Trophy races touted as future of American aviation
Cleveland announces plans for Thompson trophy races to spur land plane speed. Thompson Products founder Charles E. Thompson says the event will invite international competitors, with a $10 000 prize and an endowment. Gasoline, oil or rocket power allowed. land planes may use retractable gear.
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Cleveland
Ohio
America
Charles E. Thompson
Thompson
Thompson Products, Inc
National Aeronautical Association
Association
German Cabinet Faces Christmas Crisis as Finance Ministers Resign
Berlin December 21 The German cabinet endures a Christmas crisis with Finance Minister Hilferding and State Secretary Popitz resigning amid criticism of Reich finances. Interim Finance Minister Moldenhauer now leads as Germany prepares for the Hague talks on the Young plan and international banking.
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Hilferding
Popitz
Berlin
Johannes Popitz
Reich
Paul Moldenhauer
Hagu
Wheat Market Rallies as Grain Corp Bolsters Support
The Farmer's National Grain Corp acts to aid prices, placing a $1.18 cash bid for No 1 hard wheat as futures surge early but settle near loan value. Prices climb from initial gains to finish with December at 1.214, March and May contracts showing notable movement amid farm board loan support.
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Chicago
Farmer’s National Grain Corporation
Federal Farm Board
Farm Board
Esses Wecsetciwm
Senecsetcem
Owie Pas Pelewes
Cooperative Corporation
Lindy Approves Purchase Of Two Pan American Amphibians
J T Trippe announced that Colonel Charles A Lindbergh approved the order for two 45 passenger ocean going amphibian planes for Pan American Airways. Sikorsky will build them in Bridgeport Conn at a cost of 250000 dollars for U S South American service.
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New York
J. T. Trippe
Pan- American Airways, Inc
Charles A. Lindbergh
Pan- American Airways
Sikorsky Aviation Corporation
Bridgeport
Conn
Disabled Vessel Is Taken In Tow
The freighter Santa Ana, reporting a broken rudder and heavy leaks after sending an S O S from 130 miles south of the Isle of Pines, was taken in tow by the steamer Athel Chief. The tow aimed for Grand Cayman as radio messages from Tropical Radio Company disclosed.
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Boston
Santa Ana
Isle of Pines
Athel Chief
Tropical Radio Company
Grand Cayman
Caraway Attacks Grain Deal In Senate Letter
Senate lobby chief Caraway urges the federal farm board to repudiate grain handling agreements said to have been made with Alexander Legge and Julius Barnes. Legge replies that board actions on cooperative finance follow farmer representation and law.
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Washington
Federal Farm Board
Alexander Legge
Julius H. Barnes
Hoover
Business Advisory Council
Legge
Caraway
Senate Lobby Committee
IL Tuly
Rescue ships race to aid Santa Ana freighter near Cuba
The steamship Athelchief heads from Miami toward Grand Caymen to assist the disabled wooden freighter Santa Ana, which sent distress signals south of the Isles of Pines. The Toloa reported the Santa Ana's steering gear failed, but all aboard remained safe despite listing in the sea.
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Miami
Fla
Athelchief
Grand Cayman
Cuba
Isle of Pines
Toloa
Santa Ana
Lad Killed While Playing Soldier Near Durham
G R Cayton Jr seven year old was shot in the breast and killed by his nine year old brother Udell while playing soldier at the parents home eight miles northwest of Durham. The shotgun belonged to the father. The boys were alone with five other siblings nearby. Funeral arrangements had not been set.
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Durham
G. R. Cayton, Jr
Udell Cayton
Cayton
St Nick Stops At White House Deliberations Near 22 Hours
Burns ville, N C December 28 AP Jurors in Yancey county acquitted eight men charged with second degree murder in a deadly October clash at Marion cotton mills. The trial moved from McDowell county to avoid industrial tensions and Mt. Marion strife. The case followed a fatal showdown between strike crowds and deputies at the Marion Manufacturing and Clinchfield mills.
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White House
Burnsville
Dowell County
Marion
Webb Fender
Robert Ward
Charles Tate
Taylor Greene
William Twiggs
James Owens
Bracus Robbins
Dave Jarrett
Yancey
McDowell County
Marion Manufacturing Company
Clinchfield Manufacturing Company
Marion Manufacturing #company
Oscar Adkins
Bank Official in Charlotte Charged With Embezzlement
H L Davenport assistant vice president of American Trust bank in Charlotte was arrested on a $10 000 bond for allegedly embezzling about $48 000. Bank officials said the loss was covered by bonds and Davenport claimed he fell into debt while seeking to cure stock market losses. He faces a preliminary hearing in city recorder's court.
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American Trust Company
H. L. Davenport
City Recorder’s Court
Davenport
T., M. Shelton
A. J. Draper
J. C. Lowe
J. N. McCausland
P. C. Whitlock
Wm. Anderson
W. H. Wood
T. BE. Hemby
B. B. Gossett
Death ends career of Alabama jurist Henry Clayton
Montgomery Ala Dec 21 The long public career of Henry Delamar Clayton judge of the middle federal district of Alabama former congressman and Democratic national committeeman ended in his death after a three week illness He was 72 He had recently declined to preside over the A M Bown embezzlement case and had been treated at Hill’s hospital Clayton chaired the House Judiciary Committee when a congressman and helped frame the anti trust act bearing his name He was elected to the House in 1897 and served seven terms before his 1914 appointment to the federal bench by President Wilson
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Montgomery
Ala
Henry Delamar Clayton
Middle Federal District of Alabama
A. M. Bown
Eufala
Clayton
Hill's Hospital
House
Judiciary Committee
Alabama
Federal Judiciary
Wilson
Pope Pius XI Celebrates Golden Mass in St Peter's
Pope Pius XI marked his golden mass the fiftieth anniversary of his first mass before about 70 000 worshippers in St Peter's Basilica. The ceremony featured sedia gestatoria entries and the Titulus choir singing Tu Es Petrus as the pope delivered the rites in a clear firm voice.
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St. Peter’s
Vatican City
Pius XI
St. Peter's
St. John Lateran
Rome
Vatican State
Peter
Pope
Ssitine
Petrus
Young Men Jailed For Stealing Birds From Raleigh Zoo
Three young men Kenneth Saylor Willie Owens and E L Owens were jailed in Raleigh on a charge of stealing two ducks and one goose from Pullen Park Zoo. Detective Captain Robert Sanders recovered the goose and one duck, with the other duck found dead in the suspects homes.
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Raleigh
Pullen Park
Robert Sanders
Raleigh Force
Kenneth Saylor
Willie Owens
E. L. Owens
Gaston Pays For Aderholt Trial
Gaston county paid final costs of the Aderholt murder trial at Mecklenburg County Court. The general costs totaled 5409.33 dollars, with sheriff and clerk bills extra. A 2324.50 dollar payment arrived two days after the mistrial and a second 4082.83 dollar payment followed as the case was moved here on a change of venue.
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Charlotte
Aderholt
Mecklenburg
Gaston County
Durham Youth Killed In Wreck Near Woodbridge
S Gale Lindsay of Durham North Carolina died en route to Fort Humphreys Virginia after a head on collision between the motorcycle he rode home from New York and an automobile driven by J E Ormes of Durham one mile south of Woodbridge Virginia An ambulance was sent from Fort Humphreys for Lindsay who was badly burned by an explosion after the crash Ormes suffered scratches and cuts but was not seriously injured
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Washington
S. Gale Lindsay
Durham
N. C
Fort Humphreys
New York
J. E. Ormes
Woodbridge
Ormes
Lindsay
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