Below Zero as Minnesota Towns Endure Record Cold
The AP reports a week of violent winter weather across the Middle West with sub zero temperatures in Minnesota. Several ships were reported safe as storms eased. two flyers are missing and more than forty dead. Duluth and many Minnesota points logged 12 and 8 below zero respectively. Coast guards tracked ships at Sault Ste Marie and Cleveland remained secure.
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Fireman Wilkerson Heroically Reaches Child in Burning Home
In Jonesboro a firefighter named Wilkerson attempted a daring rescue of three year old Leann Betts trapped in a frame house at 510 Last Monroe Avenue. He entered with a water soaked coat over his head but the child suffocated from smoke before rescue teams could reach her. The home was engulfed in flames when responders arrived.
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Bandits Hold Up Train in Station Birmingham
Two armed men boarded a Southern Railway express at Birmingham's terminal as rain delayed a train to Selma Alabama. One robber covered messenger D C Findley with a pistol while the other rifled the car, seizing between 5000 and 7000 dollars in consignments to country banks. They escaped before the train could be halted.
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Morrilton Bank Reopens After Suspension
Morrilton Arkansas First State Bank reopened Saturday after taking over assets and liabilities of the suspended institution. New bank capital is 50000 dollars with a 5000 dollar surplus. Officers include B H Dickenhorst as president, E B Mitchell and T Oates as vice presidents, and E Mitchell as cashier. Deposits total around 400000 dollars, reflecting the Arkansas banking turmoil as 71 banks suspended or closed in the period.
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Man Guilty in Almy Bank Robbery Case
A circuit court jury found D. H. Butler of Grosbeck Texas guilty of burglary and robbery for the September bank holdup in Almy Arkansas. He received three and 12 year terms to run concurrently while H. A. Stanley of Fort Worth pleaded guilty to identical charges and awaits sentencing. Noah Shoop of Van Buren went on trial Friday night with three others held as accessories.
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Vicious Wolf Is Caught By Trapper Near Rohner
Government trapper Andy Ray captured the famed timber wolf known as Two-toes near Rohner. The animal has caused about $2,000 in livestock damage. Two-toes and a feral black wolf were brought to McGehee and tied at the Missouri Pacific depot. both are to be killed.
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Arkansas Teachers College Receives Full Credit Status
Conway reports Arkansas State Teachers College has been awarded full credit by the University of Arkansas for all departments. Dr. H C Hotz sent the notice after a university committee visit, marking a historic change from prior practice and aiding admission into the North Central Association.
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Six Bandits Rob Wisconsin Bank in Broad Daylight
Six robbers with sawed-off shotguns and revolvers held up Layton Park State Bank in Milwaukee, securing $25,000 in currency as nine employees and customers endured a chaotic raid. They forced staff into a conference room and basement, attempted the vault, then fled in a gray sedan and a small coupe. A previous December heist netted $53,000. no arrests reported.
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Baby Princess Rose Rattle Made for Princess Margaret
London queen consorts a dainty white rose rattle for Princess Margaret Rose crafted by a designer of royal baby rattles since the Prince of Wales birth. The Margaret piece features a white rose of York with bluebell sprigs and is born of valued handwork.
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Hempstead County Ginnings Show Decline in 1930 Cotton
County Ginnnings in Hempstead County for 1930 show continued improvement on the Binning report received Friday night by Webb Liseter. The ginnings total reached 12,578 bales on November 14, down from 22,080 bales on the same date in 1929. The November 1 condition stood at about 53 percent, well below the 1929 level of near 12,000 bales for that date.
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21 Believed Lost With Lake Vessel
MARQUETTE Mich Captain v B Deegan commander of the United States station said he believed the Maple Bay which carried a crew of 21 had gone down in Lake Superior after leaving Bet Gris Bay Tuesday. Captain Richard Graham commanded the Maple Bay and efforts to locate the missing steamer resumed Friday with coast guardsmen moving toward Bet Gris Bay from Eagle Harbor Keweenaw Peninsula.
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Catapults Tested To Aid Airplane Takeoffs
London report from the Air Ministry details full scale tests of a portable catapult for land airplanes. The compressed air device shoots aircraft into the air in under 30 yards, is compact and collapsible, and can be moved by truck to erect in about one hour. The aim is to enable wartime squadrons to use fields too small for traditional takeoffs.
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Air Ministry
English Pilot Flies Over 600000 Miles in 16 Years
Captain Walter Rogers of Imperial Airways has logged over 600000 miles in 16 years on the London India air mail route. He joined the Royal Flying Corps in 1944, ferried cross Channel air diners from 1920, and became a veteran of British airlines. Rogers is popular with passengers and peers.
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Fanatic Blamed for Dallas Oak Cliff Church Fire
Authorities blame a fanatic for a fire that damaged the interior of Oak Cliff Presbyterian Church in Dallas early Friday with an estimated $250 in damage. Reverend Thongs F. Gallaher said the act resembles threats against another city church by a crank. Both churches lie in the same city section.
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Black Man Fatally Struck In Southeast City
Benson a 25 year old Black man was fatally injured Friday night in the southeast city quarter after being struck by Fred Mack a Black man who was being sought by police the sheriff's department. Mack connected to a similar incident less than a month earlier where Mack was injured. Benson died shortly after the confrontation and authorities pursued Mack.
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Royal Exiles Celebrate Silver Wedding in Exile
Grand Duke Cyrille Vladimirovitch and Grand Duchess Victoria mark their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary in exile near the seashore. Once allied with the Czar’s court, Cyrille’s position as aide de camp and Victoria’s divorce sparked royal objections, yet their marriage remains celebrated as one of the happiest in the annals.
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Southern Train Men Present to Youth at Home
In Huntsville a young invalid, J.T., who waved to every Southern railroad train, was surprised when a special train stopped at his home on Christmas Day 1929. Railway officials contributed 15 one dollar bills to a collection led by O. B. Keister, who suggested the gift. the engineer delivered it personally. Trainmen noted the boy’s daily greeting of passing trains.
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Rairoad
Three Queens Shop at War Vets Bazaar in London
The three queens Queen Mary Queen Ena and Queen Maud visited an exhibition of disabled ex service men at Londonderry House in London. Queen Mary bought a velvet lined beauty casket a stool and bridge scoring pads. Queen Ena purchased a vanity case. Queen Maud ordered several small items. All three bought workbays with tortoise shell doodles.
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Spain
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Norway
Largest Airplane Partly Destroyed in Portugal Fire
Lisbon report says a fire at the mooring of the German seaplane DO X damaged its wings and crew quarters. The DO X, record breaking with 169 aboard, had its wing girders twisted and motors possibly destroyed, leaving the massive ship severely damaged.
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Dance Revue Set By Miss Harris At Sacpner Theatre
The third annual dance revue by students of Miss Pauline Harris will be staged at the Sacpner theatre on Friday December 12. Local youngsters will perform in white ensemble routines tap dances acrobatics and song and dance numbers with acts featuring Joy Gray Mary Cornere Holloway Marilyn McRae Patsy Ann Campbell Wanda Lane Mary Ann Lille Phana Fuller and Katherine Frances Sims among others.
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Sacpner Theatre
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Joy Gray
Mary CorneRe Holloway
Marilyn McRae
Patsy. Ann Campbell
Wanda Lane
Mary Ann Lile
Ruth Nichols Sets Stage For Transcontinental Flight
Ruth Nichols, famed American aviator, arrived in Amarillo Texas four hours before the current record holder. She plans to depart Saturday for the final leg from Amarillo to Los Angeles, after flying in from Wichita Kansas in two hours eight minutes. Her New Cincinnati plane was substituted due to rough air. she logged an 11 hour 1 minute elapsed time from New York to Amarillo.
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Sheriff Keeps Slayer of Wife Hand Cuffed
Funeral services for Mrs. Bertie Dunham aged 48 were held at Mount Zion church two miles northwest of Paragould after she was slain Thursday by her husband Lee Dunham aged 45 in a fit of jealous rage. Sheriff Len Waldrunt reported Dunham remains handcuffed in the county jail and is closely watched to prevent self harm. Waldruot said Dunham sent a note to his son Earl indicating a plan to kill himself.
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Dean of Oil Operators in Louisiana Is Dead
SHREVEPORT La William Bennett McCormick 60 dean of oil and gas operators in Louisiana died at his home Thursday He drilled the first well in Caddo parish and with S 5 Hunter piped the first gas to Shreveport He discovered the first gas well in the Monroe field and brought in the wildcat which opened the Dr Solu parish
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Justice Wood retires after 33 years on Arkansas Supreme Court
Justice and Mrs Carro ill at home in Little Rock. Justice Wood, retired in 1929 after 33 years on the Arkansas Supreme Court, remains under expert medical care. In Rogers, the body of Oliver Beall was found in a barn on his brother C. C. Beall’s farm with a shotgun wound. his brother says he likely accidentally discharged the weapon while cleaning it. Oliver Beall and Ruth Beall are related as uncles. Ruth had national 4-H honors in 1929.
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Lost Aviatrix Keith-Miller Lifts From Havana In Gulf Search
Aviation authorities widen search for Australian aviatrix Mrs Keith-Miller who departed Havana for Washington in adverse weather. A Pan-American plane scoured south of Florida to Key West with no result while winds pushed her course westward over the Gulf. Officials say she planned the Havana to Washington route with six hours fuel and had recently set a transcontinental time record for a woman.
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Bentonville man linked to burning death in Missouri woods
In a Mississippi Valley area report, 41 year old Paine was found burned in woods near the Missouri line on Thursday. Investigators say he traveled with four companions earlier that week. Paine left home in September and was last seen in his car with his brother and a neighbor. His body was discovered by a neighbor who went for him. Paine leaves three children, a brother Lea, and a sister Mys. Lillig. The scene and exact location are under investigation.
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Nevada court retains agents after special session vote
Prescott Nevada county court in a special session Friday unanimously voted to appropriate funds for two county farm agents. The decision overturns a prior regular-session vote, and was called by County Judge Wortham after a petition from a majority of justices asking to reopen the question.
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Wortham
Wreckage Found From Supposed Air Liner
Wreckage and fuselage parts believed to be from the missing airliner Naliaa "Tropy" were found on Pos Sur Mer beach France after a week’s disappearance between Barcelona and Marseilles. Other fragments washed ashore by wind. none positively identified as from the plane with eight aboard.
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Tropy
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Armed bandit crew shot during attempted bank hold up
Bloomingdale New Jersey police believed eleven gunmen planned a hold up at the First National Bank. One of the seven shot Friday as officers moved in. The men were arrested with Cron near the bank after the incident.
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Wile Cron
Diamond Anniversary Celebration Marks Family Milestones
In Fulaski N Y Mr and Mrs Morton observe their second anniversary of marriage celebrated by their three sons Dennis 13 William 63 and another son. The couple's 75th wedding anniversary occurred near Thanksgiving with Morton now 92 and his wife formerly a sailor on Great Lakes ships.
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Trial of Former Miss Officials Set Thursday
Jackson Mississippi report outlines arraignment of ex Attorney General H Knox and ex State Tax Commission chair Cecil E Inman on charges of embezzlement of state funds. The trial scheduled for Thursday follows pleas of not guilty with a pending decision on potential guilt.
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