Woman Found Dead Near Memphis Identified as Beatrice Clutt
The body of a well dressed woman found in bushes near Memphis on Thursday was identified as Mrs Beatrice Clutt of a prominent Memphis family. Her husband confirmed the identity after earlier efforts failed to match over a thousand descriptions. Police shift focus to Memphis amid reports two strangers in a car matched a vehicle description.
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Dee
Beatrice Clutt
Memphis
Clutt
Chicago
Santa Claus Indiana Deluged With December Mail
Postmaster James F. Maragaf oversees Santa Claus Indiana’s holiday mail surge as December letters to the famed patron saint flood the tiny town. Despite confusion with a Santa Claus in India, the Indiana village endures a seasonal rush with hundreds of letters arriving daily for Christmas wishes.
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Santa Claus, Ind
Washington
Dee
Bates
Wiscoinia
Indiana
Postoffice Department
James F. Mar- Ag
Santa Claus
Ind
Santa Chis
India
Santa Chius
Ichcilles
Africa To Ban Hunting Big Game With Cars
English sportsmen push for restraint as Lord Onslow cites Africa hunting by motor car. Last Passfield says Tanganyika will punish car-assisted hunts with imprisonment and confiscation of the vehicle and equipment.
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Africa
London
Earl of Onslow
House of Lords
Last Passfield
Tanganyika
Turkey Plans To Adopt Corps of Women Police
London reports success of England’s women police inspires Turkey to press for a training school for women officers. Commander Mary S. Allen will visit Constantinople early next year to study policing practices and recommend a suitable system for Turkey. She travels to meet Turkish elites during her survey including multiple meetings and briefings.
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Turkey
Corps of Women Police
London
Dev
England
Mary S. Allen
Allen
Constantinople
Sever Buimtls
Police Report on Stolen Woman Not Woman Found
Evanston police responded to a report of a stolen woman at the Needler home. Needler described the woman as average height, older, about a quarter of a tan in weight, valued at five dollars, and noted she had been studying a year for feotatala ful sever hours.
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Evanston
B.C. Needler
Needler
Santa Claus Letter From Rebecca Drake
A young writer Rebecca Drake asks Santa for four desks and chairs, assorted dishes, candies, and gifts for her little brother including a cowboy suit, sending hopeful notes from a child’s Christmas list.
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Hope
Arsiulsas
Sant Christ Lama
Ryan
Rebecca Drake
Pine Bluff Fashions Split on Dress Lengths
In Pine Bluff opinion on women’s dress length shows a split between short skirts and long gowns. Women favor short dresses for daily wear with long styles for evening, while men mostly prefer shorter looks but vary by the wearer. Business leaders note a trend toward short bustles and evolving styles continuing.
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Pine Bluff
Dee
Freeda
Lin
Santa Pays Visit To Many Places
Santa visits multiple stores in a day entertaining children with a candy filled wagon. He stops at Pattersons department store Hephirs Montgomery War Hope Furniture Co Stewart's Jewelry Co Robison Co Scott stores John Gibson Drug Gartum Gassell 2 C Penney Co Rec Bal store Right Price store Keiths Jewelry Ware Drug Store delighting young shoppers with sweets.
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Patterson's
Hephir's
Montgomery Wari Hope Furniture Co
Stewart's Jewelry
Coa
Robison & Co
Scott
Los. John
Gibson Drug Co
Gartum & Gasnell
2. C. Penney Co
Rec Bal
Right Phice
Keith's
Ware Drug
Ginnings in Hempstead County Exceed 1928 Output
The Bureau of the Census reports this year’s cotton ginnings in Hempstead County at 92,540 bales, compared with 16,943 bales in 1928, indicating a substantial rise in production. The figures reflect the current harvest period and contrast sharply with last year’s crop.
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Hempstead
Bureau of the Census
Pig War Between Spain and Portugal Escalates
TLIBSON, Dec. 14. A pig war has broken out between Spain and Portugal. Spain discriminates against Portuguese pigs provoking a market glut. The British Government claims Portuguese pigs are tainted and will be banned until clean health bills are produced. Portugal retorts that pork has no widespread health issues and blames policing errors.
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Tlibson
Spain
Syretish
Irion
Portugal
Cotton Broker Testifies Before Senate Agriculture Committee
Dee Warmington of Clayton & Cay in Houston testified that a Texas cotton broker manipulation depressed prices. Senator Heflin said the firm had an overshadowing influence as Clayton argued supply and demand factors differed. Clayton estimated speculators held four to five million bales of American cotton through December 1 via futures.
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Texas
Clayton
Gardner TM. Miller
New York Cotton Exchange
President Hoover Paid Fourty Dollars A Month Geologist Assist
In 188 he served as assistant to the state geologist in Arkansas and drew a salary of 40 dollars per month, listed as Bert Hoover on the payroll. The detail surfaced in the state auditor’s office during a voucher search tied to a funeral survey of actions in northern Arkansas.
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Hoover
Little Rock
Deg
Ian Arkansas
Bert" Hoover
Ceveald Whiy
J. Oscar Huterphrey
Bess
John C. Brunner
North Arkans
Sus
Notables Visit Arkansas Man
Harvey C. Couch, president of Arkansas Power & Light, hosted a party of notable writers and editors led by Irvin Cobb in Pine Bluff. The group, including Roy Long of Cosmopolitan and George Goodman of the Louisville News-Democrat, hunted ducks in Arkansas county before moving on to Louisiana.
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Pine Bluff
Harvey C. Couch
Arkansas Power & Light Company
New
Irvin 8. Cobb
Cobb
Roy Long
Hearst
Cosppolitan
George Goodman
Kyi News-Democrat
Arkansas
Rice
Arkansas County
Couch
Light Company
Louisiana
Court Restrains Jadwin's Spillway
In Shreveport Dee 14 Judge Ben C Dawkins granted aerovision to join the government in the Jadwin flood control plan for the Boouf basin without first compensating landowners for damages. The ruling arises in the suit of R Q Foster Kincaid against the United States of America the Secretary of War and others seeking assurances of cooperation for use of land as a spillway.
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Shreveport
Dee
Ben C. Dawkins
Aerovision
Boouf
Danmiages
R. Q. Foster Kincaid
United States of America
Secretary of War
French Museums Get Gifts From America
Americans gifts continue to enfielh the famous museums of France. A bust of Marshal Foch by Jo Dav idgori, the American sculpt, the gift of the artist, was accepted by the Council of National Museums and ordered placed in the Versailles pile. James Uaxen Hore gave seven painted doors and sculptured panels on the home of Adolphe Yvon to the Compiegne museum.
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Paris
France
Marshal Foch
Jo Davidgori
Council of National Museums
Versailles
James Uaxen Hore
Adolphe Yyon
Compiegne
Aerosleds Line Opens in Chuvash Republic
The new aerosled passenger route in the Chuvash Republic links the capital to Kupash Station, 83 kilometers away, using rear-mounted propeller driven craft developed at Sugiel University. The line marks the region as a pioneer in future gas and aero vehicle transport.
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Mascow
Rogenhe
Chuvash
Mhebakwwle
Goodfellows Near Goal In Drive for Christmas Funds
The Goodfellows Club led by Mark Smyth and Kendall Lemley races to fund the Christmas effort. Mrs Arch Moore notes donor lists exceed prior years as drives net $75, then $1645, with total rising past 30,000 to cover toy purchases and distribution. The final push includes a Saenger event next Saturday and a strong committee lineup of Lemmy Smyth Johnson and Wilken.
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Goodfellows Club
Mark Smyth
Kendall Lemley
Arch Moore
Goodfellows Committees
Lemiy
Smyth
Johnson
Wilken
Goodfellows
American Legion
Ralph Renton
L. Reed
Orrie Reed
Ed McCarkie
Miss Lillie Middlebrooks
Robl, Wilson
Texas Jail Standoff Ends With Espinoza Return
Carlos Espinoza, 30, who preferred Webb County jail in Texas to returning to Mexico, was recaptured after trespassing near the Rio Grande. Border patrols, surprised by a lone approacher, learned Espinoza aimed for U.S. custody, insisting he would wait for federal court action before facing prison. He had been deported after a recent U.S. district court session in the southern district of Texas.
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Laredo
Texas
Mexico
United States Court For
Southern District of
Tom
Carlos Eapinots
Webb County
Uniterd
Espinnan
Jos Espainadis
Webb
Officers Seek Suspect in New Orleans Attack on Pair
In New Orleans police hunt a suspect after an attack on a pair sitting in a car in a residential area. Joseph Cugrieges, 40, and his stenographer Josephine Milligan, 38, were wounded with injuries described as to the right side and the shoulder. Authorities investigating the circumstances behind the shooting and shouting reported.
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New Orleans
Dew
Pilice
Bre
Joseph Cugrieges
Josephine Milligan
Blasphemy Laws Targeted by Commons Bill
London December 14. A bill to abolish the Blasphemy Laws has been introduced in the House of Commons. It would bar criminal proceedings for schism, heresy, blasphemy, libel or atheism. A delegation from the Society for the Abolition of Blasphemy Laws urged Home Secretary support.
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London
House of Commons
Society For the Abolition of
Home Secretary
Nicaraguan Writer Sounds Alarm Over Intervention
Juerto Cabezas, ex under secretary of education in Nicaragua and now a journalist in Mexico City, has published Blood in the Tropics to present a Nicaraguan view of U.S. intervention. He does not attack the United States but urges Americans to send leaders who understand Nicaragua and its needs and to study the country more closely to build understanding and friendship.
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Mexico City
Teto
Sacasa
Juerto Cabezas
Nicaragua
Unites’ States
The
Tropics
Stimson
United States
Junior High Pupils Sponsor Attraction Change At New Grand
Franklin Horton of the New Grand announces a change in Monday and Tuesday night attractions. The junior high pupils sponsor the show, replacing Love, Live and Laugh with Songs of Kentucky due to a film company substitution. Ticket holders for Love, Live and Laugh may exchange for Songs of Kentucky.
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Franklin Horton
Kentucky
Law Interrupts Honeymoon Start
In Little Rock a man identified as John Hyde Ahrens, with a police record, arrived in Memphis on his honeymoon plan but was arrested there in connection with about $90,000 in indebtment and for issuing bad checks. Ahrens, son of J D Ahrens, president of an insurance brokerage, has prior arrests and has been confined for nervous diseases in a state hospital. authorities allege he used worthless checks.
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Little Rock
S. Rogers
Memphis
Kik Honeymoen
John Hyde Ahrens
Van
Ross
Hope
J.D. Ahrens
Young Ahrens
Alfenke
Editor and Reporter Fined for Contempt in Jackson
In Jackson Mississippi publisher Thos M Hederman and reporter Crad dock Goins were found guilty of contempt of court by Chancellor Judge W H Potter. They were fined ten dollars each with the lines suspended, based on a news story that forecast the county grand jury indictment.
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Wackson
Miss. Dee
Thos. M. Hederman
Jackson Cliiron-Ledger
Craddock Goins
Chenlt
W. H. Potter
County Grand Jury
Hererman and Golas
Potter
Greek Scientist Proposes Spiders Kill Bedbugs
Athens reports a Greek scientist details a method to destroy bedbugs using the Thanates spider. Dr N. T. Torando, chief physician with East Relief and Athens School of Classical Studies, notes ancient writers lamented bedbugs while modern research seeks pest control via spiders.
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Athens
Greece
N. T. Torando
None East Relief Organization
School of Classical Studies
Avigtophanes
Tyetor Loran
Curse of Tomb Said to Haunt Expedition Deaths
London reports claim the Curse of the Tomb of Tutankhamun doomed the eighth expedition member. Names linked to the early 20th century dig and a string of deaths in 1924 1925 are cited as evidence, including Lord Carnarvon and Howard Carter. The article notes analysts’ varying phrasing about the supposed curse and mentions a radiologist’s X ray finding accompanying the events.
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London
Richard Methell
Weothiy
Tube
Ankh- Amen
Dad
Chrnorven
Saveo
Carnarven
CIA
Catoney
Aubrey Murbert
Caracayan
Ilsu
Howard Carter
Anc
Mir
Bothell
Caroline
Latfleny
Universty
Tuxor
Log
Evelyn Willte
Serratay
May
Perniled
Suicile
Mountain View Men To Go To Trial for Franklin Killing
Mountain View prepares for trial of five men charged in a Franklin case. Identity doubts persist as a youth claims to be Connie Franklin, with handwriting experts and 75 witnesses slated. Prosecutors seek a court order for physical examination and fingerprinting to verify hospital confinement.
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Mountain View
Franklin
Connie Franklin
Connie
Foster
Colemar
St. James
Here
Mrs. Satterlee
O'Neil
Prenklin
State Hospital
Little Rock
Hug William
Clarence Combs
Oxford
Paidch
Williamson
State
Irish Slow Up In Trek To America Shortage of Cops Feared
Dublin reports emigration to the United States is falling as 1929 figures show 8,000 fewer emigrants than allowed. July quota lowered to 17,000 and subsequent months remain underfilled. Visa issuances trail quotas despite applicants meeting minimal criteria, with consuls noting a shift to better staying at home.
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America
Dubli
Free State
United States
Auoia
Dublin
Cornelius Ferris
Rocky Mound Beats Fulton High In Tight Cage Battle
Rocky Mound roared to a 70 to 23 victory over Fulton High on a Friday afternoon. The Rocky Mound quintet, young and promising, displayed growing form and potential to trouble tougher rivals this season.
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Rocky Mound
Fulton High
Hempstead
S Tung
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