Rail consolidation plan faces uncertain fate in Congress
Washington reports indicate the Interstate Commerce Commission favors 19 regional units with major lines such as the Pennsylvania, Chicago, Milwaukee and Saint Paul, and the Great Northern Northern Pacific. Senator Fess backs compulsory consolidation while Senator Watson supports quick additional legislation. Opposition from Senate Democrats, including Wheeler and Pittman, grows amid tariff debate.
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Congress
Commission
New England
Pennsylvania
Baltimore & Ohio
Chesapeake & Ohio
New York Central
Wabash
Boston and Maine
New Haven
Atlantic Coast Line
Southern
Illinois Central
Great Northern
Watson
Indiana
Senate
Wheeler
Montana
Northern Pacific
Pittman
Nevada
Bears In National Parks Face Trouble
Washington report from 1929 shows Yosemite bears increasing in number and causing injuries with 31 visitors hospitalized. Officials warn park pets and residents fear growing disturbances as park life faces mounting pressure from bear activity and related damage.
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Washington
National Parks
C. G. Thomson
Yosemite
Albright
Wilbur
Veterans urged to file adjusted compensation before year end
Adjutant J. M. Caldwell of the North Carolina American Legion warned former service men that no applications for adjusted compensation certificates would be filed after December 31, 1929. More than 5,000 NC veterans from April 6 1917 to November 11 1918 have not yet acted and must file by year end to receive due compensation. dependents of those killed or died in service are also eligible.
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Raleigh
J. M. Caldwell
North Carolina American Legion
Legion
United States Army
Naval
Marine Corps
North Carolina
American Legion
Caldwell
Trans Atlantic Airmen Leave For Montevideo
A Aeropostal plane departed Rio de Janeiro at 6 02 am for Montevideo carrying two transatlantic aviators Major Ta deo Larre Borges and Lieutenant Leon Chele. They arrived from Natal after a prior crash last week ending a transatlantic flight from Se Cie Sprir.
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Rio Janeiro
Aeropostal Company
Montevideo
Uruguay
Tadeo Larre-Borges
Leon Chele
Natal
Brazil
Nea
Toy
Fr m Se Cie
Sprir
Fire gutted Firet Presbyterian Church in Clinton
A fire early today destroyed the $100,000 granite Firet Presbyterian church in Clinton Ohio. The flames forced the fire department to stop attempts to save the structure, leaving only a smoking stone wall several hours later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton, &. C
Firet Presbyterian
Unassuming 10 year old leads failed Chicago holdup
In Chicago on December 23 a 10 year old pin setter acted as go between for two bandits who demanded cash. The boy delivered a note to Rockett's restaurant and returned with a bag containing 852 dollars which was later found in the bag. Police stopped the suspects as they fled.
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Chicago
North Side
Johnnie Decoste
Rockett
John Rickett
Rickett
Repisht
Ing
Johnnie
Wordy Fight Over Hoover Cuba Stand Flows in Washington
Washington reports a heated clash between the Republican congressional committee and the Democratic publicity bureau over President Hoover and a sugar tariff. Rep Wood defends Hoover while Rep Garner pushes for a White House statement clarifying the president’s role amid Cuba and sugar lobby testimony before the lobby committee.
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Washington
Hoover
National Republican Congressional Committee
Publicity Bureau
Democratic National Committee
Representative Wood
Indiana
Garner
Texas
House
Lakin
H. C. Lakin
Cuba Company
Senate Lobby
Edwin P. Shattuck
New York
Shattuck
Ways and Means
Wood
Columbia Axe Murder Shrouded In Mystery
Police worked on slender clues to identify the axe murderer who struck last night at A. G. Wackum’s store on Richland Street in Columbia. The 75 year old Syrian died en route to the hospital after being found crumpled among boxes with a fatal head wound.
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Columbia
A. G. Wackum
Richland Street
Wackum
Two Train Wreck Near Gorham Injures Five
Five train workers injured in a collision east of Gorham Kansas when the east bound engine failed to clear the main line and the west bound train struck. Injuries not life threatening. Victims include Thomas Moran James J Walton Claude Blevens and Lola Firebaugh.
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Gorham
Kans
Union Pacific
Here
Hays
Thomas Moran
Kansas City
James J. Walton
Junction City
Claude Blevens
Lola Firebaugh
Rawlings
Wyo
Trains Collide at Avondale Injuring Fireman and Engineer
Two section trains the Louisiana Limited from Shreveport to New Orleans and the Texas Limited from Houston to New Orleans collided at Avondale twelve miles north of New Orleans. A fireman was pinned and an engineer scalded but no passengers were hurt. A Texas and Pacific engine struck the Southern Pacific locomotive mid track after failing to stop at the crossing.
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New Orleans
Louisiana Limited
Shreveport
Texas Limited
Houston
Avondale
Texas and Pacific
Southern Pacific Texas Limited
Midway
Prison Riot Chronicle From Auburn Report
A detailed account of the 1929 Auburn prison mutiny pieces together official statements and chief testimony. Police Chief Chester Bills’ report to Mayor Osborne anchors the narrative as guards and wardens confronts hostages and carnage during the December 11 event.
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Auburn Police Department
Charles D. Osborne
Empty Stocking Fund Short Of Money For High Point Christmas
The Empty Stocking Fund in High Point needs to reach $2,000 to aid the needy this Christmas. Executive secretary Mrs. W. C. Hammond reports $1,676.60 currently, with nearly $300 required by tomorrow morning. Local donations from individuals and groups are listed, including Mrs. J. S. Presnell and Junior Service League, as part of the ongoing drive.
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W. C. Hammond
Board of Public Welfare
High Point
Jacob H. Froelich
W. P. Anderson
A. W. Thompson
Brantley McAdoo
W. C. Idol
T. Reighter
J. S. Presnell
J. B. Ellis
Baptist City Woman's Missionary Society
Margaret Himbier
John W. Poi Ee
Chow Hse Eelewe
Junior Service League
Fire Demon Strikes North Carolina Widespread
A string of fires across North Carolina and nearby South Carolina in the last four days caused extensive damage, with Albemarle Weldon Fayetteville Elizabeth City Enfield Monroe and Gastonia reporting losses near 300000 collectively. In Fayetteville a three story brick building fire killed one firefighter and injured five others.
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North Carolina
Whiteakers
Weldon
Albemarle
Elizabeth City
Fayetteville
Enfield
Wilson
Rocky Mount
Whitakers
Saurday
Monroe
Gastonia
South Carolina
Swansea
Clinton
First Presbyterian Church
R S. Shaw
N. C
Wilson and
Bears Rule New York as Christmas Week Opens
The market opened with a bear bias as shares fell $4 to $12 intraday while late rally trimmed some losses. Call money rose to 5 percent ahead of the holiday, with declines linked to tax loss selling and lighter year-end activity. United States Steel slid $6.37 to $156.62, after earlier dipping to $150 in November.
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New York
United States Steel
The Year the Mash Froze in Missouri
MINCY MO Dec 23 Real wails of anguish come from Ozark hills as a sudden four day cold snap freezes mash. Christmas joy fades as illicit beverage producers lose thousands of gallons of mash by freezing and many are ruined.
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Mincy
Ozark Hills
Investigators Probe Fatal Tri Motored Plane Crash
An Indianapolis trans continental air transport flight crashed last night killing one passenger and injuring two. D. Co. Law of Philadelphia a Warner Brothers staffer was fatally injured along with C Mahlon Kline of Philadelphia president of Smith Kline French and Company. Miss Mary Fearnow suffered a sprained back. Pilot D W Burford faced heavy snowfall and slick field conditions at Stout Field Mars Hill Airport as the plane struck a stump and tore apart.
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Indianapolis
Pyorridats
Trans-Continental Air Transport Lines
D. Co. Law
Philadelphia
Warner Brothers, Inc
C. Mahlon Kline
Smith, Kline, French and Company
Mary Fearnow
Donald Bartlow
St. Louis
Columbus
Ohio
Stout Field
Mars Hill
D. W. Burford
Italy France Naval Status Is Unchanged
Paris December 23 official circles say Italy's latest reply to the French naval disarmament memorandum leaves the situation largely unchanged. Rome again ties naval limits to political questions, implying further French concessions in North Africa adjacent to Italy's tri polar colony.
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Paris
Italy
France
North Africa
Iraly
Winter Plunges Carolinas Into Snow and Ice
Winter weather gripped the Carolinas with snow and ice over the weekend. Forecasts predict more sleet and snow as government officials report widespread disruptions yet no major accidents. Railroads maintained schedules despite icy roads and telegraph troubles, with some long distance telephone lines down from Charlotte to Atlanta and Augusta.
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Carolinas
Weather Bureau
Charlotte
Atlanta
Augusta
Legge May Testify If Called Before Probe Body
Farm Board Chairman Legge said he has no time to appear before the senate lobby committee but would do so if asked. He noted the committee refused to make his letter part of the record and said the letter was to clarify misunderstood information. Legge said no Farm Board policies were changed after a conference with Julius Barnes of the chamber of commerce and three other grain dealers.
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Washington
Legge
Farm Board
Senate Lobby Committee
Julius Barnes
United States Chamber of Commerce
JP Johnson Bound Over For Lafe Cracking
Three men tied to a Spray North Carolina safe cracking and robbery case were bound over to superior court. J P Johnson 30 of High Point Tug Flannagan 30 of Spray and Walter Tyson were captured after police traced them from a furniture store to a nearby house where they hid. About $600 was stolen from the Spr ay store. Johnson carried some money found on him while Flannagan had nitro glycerine fuses caps and steel drills. They are jailed on five thousand dollars bond.
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Spray
N. C
Superior Court
J. P. Johnson
High Point
Tug” Flannagan
Walter Tyson
Wentworth
Brimmie Vernon
W. L. Vernon
Grover H. Smith
Johnson
Flannagan
Woman And Youth Rescued After Being Lost In Swamp
In Monroe Louisiana on December 23 a woman, Mrs. T. L. Tippertt, and 16 year old Charles Cason were rescued after spending a night beside a small campfire in a snowdrifted swamp while hunting Christmas evergreens. A fisherman's wife on Austin Lake alerted seven rescuers from a large group of searchers who traced a faint campfire signal and guided them to safety.
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Monroe
T. L. Tippertt
Charles Cason
Austin Lake
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White House
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Santa Claus’ Toy Factory
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Jean
Jane
Gorman
W. C. Dapping
Auburn
N. Y
Dee
New
Jennings
Mortimer J. Clark
Clark
David J. Winne
Menjous
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Adolphe Menjou
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JP Johnson
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