China Plans January Start to Abolish Extraterritoriality
Reports from Nanking and Peiping describe China moving to end extraterritorial rights on Jan 4 with talks open for representations. Observers foresee years of adjustment as foreign firms weigh moving to Japanese Dairen or Hong Kong, while the U.S. vows to keep American courts for citizens in China until Chinese law aligns with modern standards.
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Nanking
China
C. T. Wang
Peiping
Dairen
Hong Kong
U. S
Washington
Dec
United States
Vanderbilt wed without Swank in simple West Orange wedding
William H. Vanderbilt and Anne Gordon Colby wed in a quiet ceremony at West Orange New Jersey. Only 30 guests attended reflecting the couple's preference for simplicity despite their prominent families.
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William H. Vanderbilt
Anne Gordon Colby
Everett Colby
West Orange
N. J
Intensified Search For Two American Airmen Near Siberia
Moscow reports natives in icy Northern Siberia sighted the missing American aviators Carl Ben Wielson and Earl Borland. Soviet authorities dispatch rescue pilots Straube Alekseev Sterligov and Chukhnoyvsky toward Cape North to join sea and land search efforts near Wrangel Island and Kiliuchinsk Bay.
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Moscow
Siberia
Carl Ben Wielson
Earl Borland
Alaska
Ivan Chukhnoyvsky
Straube
Alekseev
Sterligov
Krashnoyarsk
Cape North
Milozorov
Stavropol
Kiliuchinsk Bay
Wrangel Island
North Cape
Hunters Press on in Cold Alaska Search for Earial Fliers
Hazy skies and frigid conditions hinder airmen in Alaska and the Siberian arctic coast while searchers seek fliers Carl Ben Heielson and Earl Borland missing since they left Teller and the icebound trading ship Nanuk at North Cape Siberia seven weeks ago.
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Nome
Alaska
Siberian Arctic
Carl Ben Heielson
Earl Borland
Teller
North Cape
Siberia
Gerry A Death by Own Action
Wilfred E. Gerry one time London Ontario resident and 52 year old president of the Rite Pencil Corporation died in his Chicago hotel apartment after taking poison. The suicide was linked to heavy losses from the recent stock market crash.
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Gerry
Chicago
Wilfred E. Gerry
Rite Rite Pencil Corporation
London
Ontario
Enforcement Of All Law Would Be Absurd Says Nicholas Murray Butler
In his annual report Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler president of Columbia University argues that enforcing all laws would paralyze social order due to absurdities and conflicts. He says lawlessness is selective and a gentleman’s conduct and moral standards exceed mere law as social control.
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Nicholas Murray Butler
New York
Columbia University
United States
Butler
Extortion plots surface in Chicago gang war reports
The Herald and Examiner cites police wire taps detailing plots by racketeers to extort labor unions and businesses, with one gang targeting 22 unions. Probing the Moran Aiello-Capone feud, figures warn of a multi‑million dollar racketeering flow and planned racketeering operations in construction and tire unions.
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Chicago
Herald and Examiner
Scarface
al Capone
Philadelphia
Moran-Aiello
George ‘‘Bugs
Moran
St. Valentine’s Day
Capone
Gordon Hostetter
Employers’ Association
Tire and Rubber Workers Union
Grover Whalen
New York
Twin-City Alliance Against Crime
Royal wedding protection at Brussels for Italian train
Police guard the royal train to Rome for the Belgium royal wedding. Stric t measures ban all on board access and deploy detectives along routes to and from Brussels northern station and the Luxembourg frontier. The Duke of York will attend in Rome as representative of King George and stay with the British ambassador.
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Brussels
Belgium
Rome
Marie Jose
Humbert
Luxembourg
Duke of York
London
George
Italy
Edison Seeks Government Out of Business Field
Thomas A. Edison urges in an interview that the president should keep the government out of business and prune bureaucracies in Washington. He says the government never truly makes ends meet and cites this as a fundamental flaw in government operation.
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Edison
Chicago
Thomas A. Edison
Illinois Manufacturers’ News
Washington
Cafe Owner Liable When His Glasses Used For Liquor
In Chicago on December 30 the U S district attorney said a cafe owner faces up to one year in prison if a patron uses a cafe glass to drink liquor brought into the cafe by the patron.
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Chicago
Office of
The
United States District Attorney
Dry Agents In Busy Week End
Prohibition enforcement week end actions led to three rum smugglers killed by the coast guard and 5 000 cases of liquor seized. Three officers were critically wounded in Virginia and California. A federal jury in Coeur D Alene Idaho found 24 or 29 officials guilty of wholesale liquor law violations.
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Associated Press
Coast Guard
Virginia
California
Coeur D'Alene
Idaho
Mullen Idaho
Newport
CG-290
Long Island Sound
Washington
F. C. Billard
Bernard Puryear
Mack E. Tuck
Clarksville
Mecklenburg County
Oxford
North Carolina
John South
Yountville
Robert D. Freeman
San Francisco
South
Freeman
Harry Jones
Officers fatally shot while removing prisoners near Clarksville
Deputy Sheriff Bernard Puryear of Mecklenburg and Police Officer Mack Tuck died after ambush as they moved three prisoners from a still east of Clarksville. Sheriff Deales said the identities of the three prisoners held in Boydton jail are unknown and police suspect a fourth man who fled the scene.
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Danville
Bernard Puryear
Mecklenburg County
Mack .E. Tuck
Clarksville
Oxford
N. C
W. R. Deals
Mecklenburg
Boydton
Deales
Prohibition Row Moves as Hoover Seeks Broad Enforcement Panel
Washington report shows the House ready to approve a joint committee on consolidating general enforcement of prohibition. The Senate has already passed its resolution naming members. President Hoover will transmit the Law Enforcement Commission reports on reorganization but stay a spectator in debate, warning against rushing a solution.
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Washington
White House
House of Representatives
Hoover
Senate
Law Enforcement Commission
Two Spartanburg Banks Fail To Open
Spartanburg banks Carolina National and Dollar Savings failed to open. Notices on doors said affairs were in the hands of the state bank examiner by order of the board of directors. The Dollar Savings bank is a subsidiary of the Carolina National.
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Spartanburg
D. C
Carolina National
Dollar Savings Banks
State Bank Examiner
Dollar Savings Bank
Hammer Blow On Head Proves Fatal
John W. Hall of near Lemon Springs died from a hammer blow after an argument at a filling station. Eugene Gunter, 18, of Sanford, is held without bond on murder charges as a coroner's jury ordered him to stand trial at Lee Superior Court.
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Anford
N. C
John W. Hall
Lemon Springs
Eugene Gunter
Sanford
Hall
Gunter
Lee County
Lee Superior Court
India Seeks Independence at Nationalist Congress
Resolutions calling for full independence from the British crown will be presented at the 44th nationalist congress which opened Sunday with the approval of the all India national congress party's executive committee.
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India
Lahore
Nationalist Congress
All India National Congress Party
Heflin Seeks Senate Probe of Fascist Activities
Senator Heflin of Alabama declared the dissolution of the Fascist League of America deceptive propaganda and said a senate investigation is needed. He criticized Secretary Stimson’s claim of no improper acts and urged the charter and records stay in the United States for examination. He warned of alien influence and the danger to free institutions.
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Washington
Fascist League of America
Heflin
Alabama
Senate
Stimson
United States
State Department
The
Olution
Rome
Senate Committee
Development Of Mankind Is Studied
DURAM Dec 30 The world moves toward teaching social studies through the development of mankind with concrete regional examples. Prof Edgar Dawson of Hunter College spoke at a luncheon on social studies in schools. J Fred Rippy of Duke chaired a luncheon on Hispanic American history as the 44th annual meeting opened with multiple sessions and addresses.
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Duram
Edgar Dawson
Hunter College
American Historical Association
Dawson
J. Fred Rippy
Duke University
Manhunt in Kentucky Pursues Bank Robbers
In Bowling Green Kentucky a manhunt with National Guard and local officers continues for two of three bank robbers who struck Oakland Bank and killed J Robert Kirby president of Farmers Bank Smiths Grove. Trains buses and cars are being searched and guards patrol roads as Governor Sampson ordered the force. Forty men and seven officers under Brigadier General Denhardt remain on duty.
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Bowling Green
National Guard
Oakland
J. Robert Kirby
Farmers’ Bank
Smith's Grove
Clem D. Sampson
T. C. Ferguson
H. H. Denhardt
Stutz Motor Co Faces Involuntary Bankruptcy Action
Three Indianapolis creditors filed a petition in federal court seeking involuntary bankruptcy against the Stutz Motor Car Company of America. They claim the firm paid cash to preferred creditors and owe $2,176 in claims including E C Atkins Co Hide Leather and Belting Co and Vonnegut Hardware Co.
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Indianapolis
Stutz Motor Car Company of America
New York
Dow Jones & Co
Stutz Motor Car Co. of America
E. C. Atkins Co
Hide Leather and Belting Co
Vonnegut Hardware Co
Stutz Company
Cochran Urges Dry Modification for Farm Relief
Representative Cochran of Missouri calls for modification of the Volstead act to permit the manufacture of beer and light wines for farm relief. He argues it would raise nearly a billion dollars in tax revenue and help farmers without creating excess cereal surplus. He also urges enforcement bills to aid victims harmed by illegal raids and firearm injuries.
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Washington
Cochran
Missouri
Missourian
Congress
Broker Roche Dies by Own Hand in Lexington Ave Rooming House
New York December 30 broker Ernest M Roche was found dead from gas inhalation in a Lexington Avenue rooming house. He was fully clothed with spats and gloves and had rented the room three days earlier.
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New York
Ernest M. Roche
Lexington Avenue
Train kills three in Columbus auto crash
Three Columbus men Gus Stefanus Andrew Karlos and Photios Kyniazias were instantly killed when their car was struck by a Pennsylvania railroad train near Columbus Ohio.
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Columbus
Ohio
Gus Stefanus
Andrew Karlos
Photios Kyniazias
Here
Eight Dead And Seven Injured In Mishaps
Charlotte dispatch reports a weekend toll of eight dead and seven injured in North Carolina traffic incidents. Victims include James Allman 11 Dr A C Whitaker 46 James Marshall 17 Perry Godfrey 14 Milton Stafford 26 James A Bell 76 Miss Rosie Campbell 28 and Foster B Pettie. Injured include David Allman 20 and Bruce Allman 18 in Salisbury wrecks. Mrs T C Godfrey fractured wrist and pelvis in Charlotte crash. Perry Godfrey fatally injured. Mrs Carrie Winder Hughes and daughter Mrs William Dunn injured near New Bern. Dr Whitaker killed in Winston-Salem collision. Milton Stafford found dead near Greensboro. James Bell killed walking on highway. multiple investigations ongoing.
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James Allman
A. C. Whitaker
Julian
James Marshall
Greensboro
Perry Godfrey
Charlotte
Milton Stafford
James A. Bell
Pender County
Rosie Campbell
Maiden
Foster B. Pettie
Savannah Ga
Goldsboro
David Allman
Bruce Allman
Salisbury
North Main Street
Bruce
David
T. C. Godfrey
Godfrey
Carrie Winder Hughes
New Bern
William Dunn
Hughes
Dunn
Miss Campbell
Hickory
Robert L. Hilton
New Hickory
James Franklin Bell
W. Raymond Rooks
Wallace
Bell
Lindberghs Fly From Detroit Airport Without Destination
Col and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh departed Ford airport at 10 07 a m heading unknown their route not disclosed as of departure in Detroit today.
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Lindy
Detroit
Charles A. Lindbergh
Ford Airport
Scientist Predicts Years of Better Radio Reception
Des Moines report on AAAS talk by Harlan T. Stetson of Ohio Wesleyan University. He cites a pattern of sunspot cycles, noting a 15 month cycle and an 11 year peak, predicting improved radio reception through 1930 and into early 1931 as sunspot activity shifts.
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Des Moines
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Harlan T. Stetson
Ohio Wesleyan University
Stetson
Greenlea W. Pickard
Association
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National Council For Social Studies
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Wit Bowden
University of Pennsylvania
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Stutz Motor Co
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Lowell Sherman
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