Pope urges Catholic Protestant unity through Mary mediation
Pope Pius XI calls for worldwide union of Protestants and Catholics in an encyclical Light of Truth dated Christmas. He argues Mary is mother of God and must be honored, urging Eastern churches to return to Rome and accept the papal see as custodian of the faith.
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Vatican City
Pius XI
Ephesus
Nestorius
Constantinople
Jesus Christ
God
Mary
Federation of Men
Rome
Japan Will Reply to Western Powers Over Chinchow Crisis
Tokyo reports Japan will present its position to the United States Great Britain and France regarding Chinchow and Manchuria. The statement aims to avoid hostilities while asserting no promises to alter policy, amid worries over bandit activity and Japanese occupation forces in Manchuria.
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Tokyo
Japan
Chinchow
Manchuria
United States
Great Britain
France
Stimson
Inukai
Araki
Senate report warns banks' market participation fuels instability
Washington December 26 a senate committee report finds intensive bank participation in securities markets exaggerates fluctuations and weakens economic stability. The Glass led inquiry notes banks and affiliates influence extend beyond government railroads and utilities, with smaller banks widening holdings over the decade.
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Washington
Senate
Federal Reserve
Glass
Virginia
Coun
Nine-Dead Auto Train Crash Near Charlotte At Dowd Road
A Birmingham Special passenger train struck a crowded car at Dowd road crossing near Charlotte killing nine, including two children. Victims were injured mainly in the lower bodies. two women died after hospital transfusions. The crash tore shoes from victims as rescuers worked at the scene.
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Charlotte
N. C
Birmingham
Southern Railway
Dowd Road Crossing
Here
Two Men and Woman Held in Killing of Negro
In Fayetteville North Carolina on December 26 a coroner's inquest was set for the fatal shooting of Albert Hair a 45 year old negro filling station operator. Ted Powell the woman and Jesse Odum with Loftin Tyner were arrested after the shooting claiming a negro boy dropped their change and that the woman ordered to shoot. The men say the shot came during a struggle over the pistol as they chased for it.
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Fayetteville
N. C
Albert Hair
Ted Powell
Jesse Odum
Loftin Tyner
Hir
World Meet on Reparations Looms at The Hague
Paris dispatch reports a world conference on German reparations set for January 18 at The Hague. France and Britain favor talks with Young Plan signatories while awaiting broader reactions. U.S. stance on debt reductions could influence proceedings as Basel report and Hoover moratorium loom.
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Hague
France
Great Britain
United States
Young Plan Advisory Committee
Germany
Petit Parisien
Sub Committee Created For Dry Law Proposals
A senate judiciary sub committee was created to hear measures for repeal and modification of prohibition. Chairman Norris named five members including Blaine of Wisconsin to study prohibition bills after Christmas. Members include Borah Ohio Herbert Rhode Island Ashurst Arizona and Walsh Montana.
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Senate
Norris
Blaine
Wisconsin
Borah
Ohio
Herbert
Rhode Island
Ashurst
Arizona
Walsh
Montana
Bingham
Connecticut
Robinson
Indiana
King
Utah
Communist Uprising In Chile Suppressed Amid Fatal Clashes
In Chile, authorities moved to crush radical agitation as battles in Copiapo and Vallenar left nearly a score dead and many wounded. Police and troops pursued insurgents after attacks on barracks and meetings. Separate riot in Trujillo, Peru, left three dead and six wounded.
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Santiago
Juan Esteban Montero
Atacama
Copiaro
Vallenar
Pampa
Copiapo
Lima
Peru
Trujillo
el Comercio
Seven Die In Grade Crossing Collision In New York State
In Batavia New York a family of five and two other passengers died when their car collided with a train at a grade crossing on the way home from church. Victims included Alexander Wieclaw 30 Buffalo his wife Mary 27 and their two children Arthur 8 Richard 10 and Mrs Matthew Biedron mother of Mrs Wieclaw. Also killed were Stanley Wucisik 18 and Sigmund Krbeminski 17 both of Buffalo.
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Batavia
N. Y
Lehigh Valley
Alexander Weiclaw
Buffalo
Mary
Arthur
Ricard
Matthew Biedron
Wieclaw
Stanley Wucisik
Flood Rescue Quells Last Of Tallahatchie Flooded Refugees
Rescue boats moved through the Tallahatchie river valley gathering more than three hundred marooned negro tenant farmers. Many were lifted from cabin roofs as relief groups distributed saviors in North Tallahatchie county towns and planter homes. Convicts worked to reinforce levees at Glendora and Sumner while 200 penitentiary workers and an eventual 2000 trustees were pledged if needed. Red Cross counts at least 1000 refugees across Tallahatchie Panola and Quitman counties.
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Miss
Tallahatchie River
Bayou Cassidy
J. W. Williamson
Penitentiary
Ara
Red Cross
Tallahatoe Panola
Quitman
Columbia University Receives 28 Million in 1931 Gifts
New York reports gifts and benefactions to Columbia University for 1930 31 rose by more than 28 million dollars boosting capital resources. President Nicholas Murray Butler announced in his annual report praising financial success despite a trying year and criticizing a decline in student manners.
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New York
Columbia University
Nicholas Murray Butler
Daring Escape Plan Foiled By Leavenworth Glider
Leavenworth Kansas December 24 UP two prisoners planned a roof top glider escape from the four story shoe factory building. The craft with two seats and 14 foot wingspan used bicycle wheels and was to launch on a favorable wind over the walls. The plot blocked when a convict informed the warden. the aviator Russell Hosler of Detroit was later linked but confined.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary
Canada
Detroit
Thomas B. White
Russell Hosler
Derby
White
Weather Lovers Vary Across U S As Season Shifts
Season 5 turned topsy turvy across the nation with warm tempera tures in Minnesota and Chicago lawn mowing moving up, Mora Minnesota baseball played in warm air, Fort William Ontario ice making impossible, Ketchikan Alaska using cotton for snow, and eastern winds bringing milder days. Accidents rose with holiday traffic. two major car crashes, seven deaths at Batavia grade crossing, and nine killed in Charlotte when a train hit a car.
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Prairie
Canada
Fort William Ont
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Alaska
Santa Claus
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Mora
Minn
Middlewest
Batavia
N. Y
Charlotte
N. C
Checkup on hotel fire reveals at least five dead
Springfield reports a blaze at the Court Hotel trapped 48 roomers and killed at least five, including an infant. Police fear the toll will rise as 12 remain missing. Firemen recovered bodies amid smoldering debris while two alarms failed to halt the rapid spread.
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Springfield
Mass
New Court
Samuel Knight
Ernest McCarthy
Della Wilson
McCarthy
T. M. Walker
Flint and Brickett
Five Cents Savings Bank
Funeral Services Held For Victim of Degenerate Slayer
Funeral services were conducted at St Patrick s Catholic church Covington Ky for Marian Mc Lean 6 kidnapped and slain by a degenerate. The crime remains unsolved. Marian s parents Mr and Mrs Joseph McLean attended with sorrow after a year and a half apart. Six of Marian s playmates served as pallbearers. Burial took place at Latonia Ky.
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Cincinnati
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Covington
Marian McLean
Joseph McLean
Marian
Latonia
Plane Pilot Forced to Land After Baby Opens Gas Tank
Eddie Stafford, pilot of an amphibian airplane, was forced to land en route from Nassau to Nassau when a baby passenger turned a gasoline petcock. He landed safely near Nassau Island and returned to Nassau with two women and two small children aboard. The flight originated in Nassau and ended with the aircraft back in Nassau.
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Baby
Miami
Pia
Eddie Stafford
Nassau
Stafford
Aniros Island
Bridge Sessions Resumed At 2 30 P M In 150 Rubber Match
New York December 26 The first afternoon session in the 150 rubber contract bridge match promoted by Sidney Leng and Ely Culbertson will be held at 2 30 p m today Oswald Jacoby will play with Lenz as usual while Theodore A Lightner probably will be Culbertson s partner
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New York
Sidney
Leng
Ely Culbertson
Oswald Jacoby
Lenz
Theodore A. Lightner
Culbertson
Race Riots Flare In Honolulu As Sailor Held
Honolulu police maintain heavy patrols after a Japanese servant girl accuses a navy enlisted man of misconduct. The suspect, attached to the U S Oglala flagship, awaits general court martial as regional naval officials review the charges. Tensions rise after riots sparked by earlier trials involving military personnel.
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T. H
U. S
Oglala
George T. Pettengill
Yates Sterling, Jr
14Th Naval District
Honda
North Carolina Christmas crashes claim fourteen lives
A Charlotte grade crossing wreck killed nine in a light car moving home from a Christmas celebration. Additional fatalities included Ray Croom in Kinston after a bicycle collision, Lloyd Keever on a Sanford motorcycle, Eddie White in Greensboro, and Ulysses Harper from a powder gun accident in Waynesville. Christmas Day passed quietly with communities organizing aid and toys for children.
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Sanford
Lloyd Keever
Asheboro
Eddie White
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