Flood Waters Reach New Cumberland Crest Across Tennessee
Nashville reports Cumberland river at 51.1 feet with a crest of 52 to 53 feet forecast for Wednesday or Thursday as floods surge. Across Tennessee and neighboring states rains swell rivers, displacing thousands, causing deaths and widespread property and highway damage.
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Nashville
Tenn
Cumberland
United States Weather Bureau
Carthage
Bureau
Stone River
Eleven Deaths From Whisky in New York
New York recorded eleven whisky related deaths on Christmas, with 73 hospitalizations for alcoholism, eight in Manhattan and three in Brooklyn. Officials blamed improperly redistilled alcohol while autopsies pointed to excessive drinking in seven cases.
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New York
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Charles Norris
Thomas A. Gonzales
Neutral zone set by Latimer at Puerto Cabezas in Nicaragua
Washington reports little information on Nicaragua as Rear Admiral Latimer lands blue jackets near Puerto Cabezas and proclaims a neutral zone within rifle shot of American properties. The Sacasa Liberals oppose Diaz’s government, which the United States recognizes, while Mexican officials deny aiding the liberals and warn against intervention.
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Washington
Julian Latimer
Puerto Cabezas
Honduran
Sacasa Liberals
Diaz
United States
Rio Grande Bar
Mexico
Nicaragua
Latimer
Sacasa
Mexico City
Herman Rosseto
No Train Service Cuts Off Indiana Line Towns
Eleven towns on the Louisville and Nashville line between Louisville and Memphis lacked train service as floodwaters from the Cumberland and Tennessee rivers rose. A detour ran from Hamatite over the Pond branch to Pond then via Dickson to Paris. Towns affected include Palmyra Carbondale Sailors Rest Cumberland City Erin Tennessee Ridge Stewart McKinnon Danville Faxon and Big Sandy. Water stood three feet over parts of the tracks and the Cumberland River neared the 1882 flood stage.
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Clarksville
Tenn
Louisville
Memphis
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Cumberland
Tennessee
Pond
N. C
St. L
Dickson
Paris
Palmyra
Carbondale
Sailors Rest
Cumberland City
Erin
Tennessee Ridge
Stewart
McKinnon
Danville
Faxon
Big Sandy
Emancipation Day Events At First Baptist Church
The sixty fourth Emancipation Proclamation celebration will be held Saturday at 10 am at First Baptist Church colored East Washington Street. O E Simmons directs music and Rev H R Walden presides. Speakers include Rev C W Carver and Rev H L Ashe. an old folk dinner will follow with donations welcome to Professor E E Cirbright.
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First Baptist Church
Colored
East Washington Street
O. E. Simmons
H. R. Walden
Annie Louise Parham
C. W. Carver
H. L. Ashe
E. E. Cirbright
Boy shoots at can miss hits James Polk during Christmas
Charlotte report says 14 year old Ernest Pressley fired an air rifle at a tin can target but struck James Polk. The youth was arrested and released on bond with a hearing set for today.
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Charlotte—Ernest Pressley
James Polk
Salisbury Man Takes Own Life
Ernest Thornburg a 36 year old white oil truck driver of Salisbury shot himself in the right temple at 5 30 this morning while seated in his car on North Main street near the street car barns He had earlier visited the barn and told acquaintances of his plan leaving a parent and other relatives.
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Salisbury
Ernest Thornburg
North Main Street
Snowstorm Bags Northeast with Fatalities and Drifting Barges
Snow and ice blanketed the Northeast as sleet and light snow hit New York streets causing multiple accidents. A man died on slippery steps and another fatality followed a skidding car. Twenty barges broke from moorings on the East River with 20 occupants rescued by fire boats and tugs after drifting toward Hell Gate. A boy was killed in a Glen Falls coasting accident and Massachusetts reported nine inches of snow.
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New York
East River
Hell Gate
Glen Falls
Massachusetts
Pope Pius Sends Condolences Over Japanese Emperor Death
Pope Pius ordered the apostolic delegate at Tokyo to convey condolences to the emperor's family and Japanese government after Emperor Yoshihito died. The pontiff had shown keen interest during the illness.
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Rome
Yoshihito
Japan
Pius
Tokyo
Kidnaped Officer Had Date For Wedding He Confesses
MOBILE AL December 27 AP It was a careless crew that manned the French rum running schooner Arsene J off the Louisiana coast on the night of November 22 and took two government men aboard Coast Guardsman J Arthur Handley captured with J B Mathews assistant prohibition administrator at New Orleans arrived here aboard the Tallapoosa His memory was a catalogue of a merry scramble Handley expected a church conference with a minister and a maid on December 20 and wondered if his sweetheart minded Mathews left Jamico where the Arsene J had hove to and began a return trip by rail Mathews boasted of agility from Kentucky and Virginia mountains but claimed no ducklike skill One sea voyage for Mathews was enough.
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Mobile
Ala
Arsene J
Louisiana
J. Arthur Handley
Coast
Birmingham
Mathews
Jampico
Arsene Jd
Brockway
Tallapoosa
Kentucky
Virginia
Tokyo
Harajuku
Imperial Palace
Yoshihito
Hayama
Hirohito
Imperial Guard
Sadako
Open House at the Y M C A Draws Former Members
The Y M C A on East Russell Street hosts Open House during Christmas with former members visiting from school and work. The lobby features red and green decor and a Virgin Birth display as many read magazines, use the gym and heated pool, and socialize. A HIV club reunion of High Point members gathers Wednesday with a basketball game and talks by leaders.
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Young Men's Christian Association
College Ark
Association
East Russell Street
Florida
High Point
Sayre Attacks Army Officers Over Speech Ban
John Navin Sayre, Episcopalian minister and brother-in-law of Mrs. Jessie Woodrow Wilson Sayre, writes to Secretary of War Davis accusing army officers of harassing opponents of compulsory military training in colleges. He names Lt. Col. George Chase Lewis over objections to addressing students at the University of Oklahoma and notes restrictions on meetings and campus speeches. Sayre also cites denied speaking access at Missouri and Indiana, and compulsory R O T C endorsements for Wy oming.
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New York
John Navin Sayre
Jessie Woodrow Wilson Sayre
Davis
George Chase Lewis
Regular Army
59Th Reserve Division
University of Oklahoma
Norman
Y. M. C. A. Hall
Sayre
The
Civil Liberties Union
Committee On Militaries In Education
Lewis
Oklahoma City
Bridgeman
Mich
War Department
Burns and Lutz Boys Hurt in Christmas Eve Wreck
Charles Burns 15 and Horace Lutz Jr. 11, sons of local families, were improving after a foggy Christmas Eve collision. Driver Esley Miller and car owner H C Lutz were uninjured. Five crashes in the region over the weekend left the two youths seriously hurt, others spared.
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Hickory
Charles Burns
W. W. Burns
Horace Lutz, Jr
H. C. Lutz
Esley Miller
Burns
Lutz Boys
Exchange Closed in London and Liverpool Markets
London and Liverpool exchanges suspend operations as of December 27 with trading halted across major venues. Government and market officials monitor conditions as financial activity pauses, awaiting reopening guidance and potential volatility once markets resume.
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London
Liverpool
Cooperation Between Officers Boosts Prohibition in South Carolina
P. M. Caudle, deputy prohibitions administrator in South Carolina, praises close cooperation between local and federal officers in the western district. He notes some bootlegging and distilling persist, but violations of the Volstead act are decreasing due to joint efforts with federal agents. Caudle, based in Greenville, S. C., spoke while visiting over holidays.
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South Carolina
P. M. Caudle
High Point
Caudle
Coaches Respect Rival Gridiron Machines For New Year Tilt
Pasadena Cal Dec 27 AP Both coaches say Alabama and Stanford have near perfect teams. Pop Warner worries Stanford players lack focus after holidays and exams. Wallace Wade confident but wary of matching wits with the greatest living coach. Alabama trains in Los Angeles this week.
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Pasadena
Cal
University of Alabama
Stanford University
Glen
Pop) Warner
Stanford
Crimson
Wallace Wade
Los Angeles
Alabama
Business Optimism For 1927 From Banking And Industry Leaders
Banking and industrial leaders forecast a favorable 1927 with cautious optimism. James Simpson of Marshall Field predicts steady business through mid year, Elbert H. Gary cites fair treatment by government, Alfred P. Sloan Jr notes GM auto production may meet or exceed the four year average, and railroad heads anticipate strong traffic and favorable results.
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New York
James Simpson
Marshall Field and Company
Elbert H. Gary
United States Steel Corporation
Federal Reserve Board
Alfred P. Sloan, Jr
General Motors Corporation
William Sproul
Southern Pacific Company
Patrick E. Crowley
New York Central Lines
Alvin Krech
Equitab’ Trust Company
Earthquake Felt in Fresno Region Early Morning
An earthquake struck Fresno California and surrounding towns at 1 20 this morning waking residents and rattling dishes in Turlock Sanford Porterville and Coalinga. No damage reported though shocks were strong in several San Joaquin valley towns. The tremor was felt by telephone operators and others eighty miles from the epicenter.
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Fresno
Calif
Turlock
San Joaquin Valley
Mystery of Gladys Houck Stirs Washington Police
District of Columbia police chase a possible lead in the two week old disappearance of Mrs Gladys W Houck wife of Dr Knute Houck a psychiatrist at St Elizabeths hospital. A telegram from Blytheville Arkansas police reports a woman matching Houck seen December 23 en route from Cairo Illinois to Springfield Missouri carrying a black grip with a Washington haberdasher tag.
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Washington
District of Columbia
Gladys W. Houck
Knute Houck
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
Gallinger Municipal Hospital
Famous Rich Man onetime GUB Reporter Dies
Galen L. Stone, who rose from newspaper reporting to financier, died at Brooklyn on December 27. He co founded Hayden Stone & company in Boston with Charles Hayden. Stone started as a reporter for the Commercial Bulletin and financial editor of the Boston Advertiser. He and Hayden built a firm that financed copper companies, then expanded to steamships, railroads and other enterprises.
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Brooklyn
Mass
Galen L. Stone
Stone
Boston
Hayden, Stone and Company
Charles Hayden
Old Commercial Bulletin
Boston Advertiser
Hayden
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Walker County
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Rockmart
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Royal Palm
Y.mca
Woodrow Wilson
MR. and
Mrs. Burns
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Porterville
Coninga
Houck
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