Queen Helen Snubbed by Former Mate as Royal Rift Deepens
Dispatches from Bucharest describe discord in Romania's royal circle. Queen Helen refuses reconciliation with King Carol, insisting on staying for her son Michael. Carol plans a Christmas party at Simala Palace, inviting all but Helen, while Queen Sophia of Greece seeks access that is reportedly denied.
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Rumania
Ste Dvaya
Bucharest
Alexander
Jugoslavia
Helen
Carol
Marie
Michael
Romania
Simala Palace
Sophia
Greece
George
Probe Continues Into Airplane Pilot's Death
Chicago dispatch reports coroner John Foster of Michigan City continues investigating Bert J. Roesch's death after a crash in a snowstorm near New Carlisle Indiana. Roesch identified by his Chicago father Joseph Roesch, occupation unclear beyond pilot. Three quart liquor bottles, one full, were found in the wreckage amid unsubstantiated rumors of rum running from Canada to Chicago.
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Chigago
John Foster
Michigan City
Bert J. Roesch
New Carlisle
Indiana
Joseph Roesch
Chicago
Roesch
Canada
Veteran railroad engineer dies after 47 years service
Atchison Kansas December 24 AP R F E Cahill 69 longtime Missouri Pacific division engineer died unexpectedly in the city He had served the carrier 47 years and would have retired in May
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Atchison, Kas
R. FE
Cahill
Norther
Kansas
Missouri Pacific
Evangelical Church Names New Choir Director BH Schneider
BH Schneider, noted tenor and musician, named director of the Evangelical Choir by the Church Board. He will begin duties on New Year’s Day, aims to elevate the choir to regional prominence, and brings training from Irene Slate along with years of theater singing and Presbyterian quartet experience.
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BH. W. Schneider
Evangelical Church
Schneider
Evangelical Choir
Iréne Slate
Presbyterian Church Quartette
Oldest mummified wood found in Alberta tar sands
Ottawa reports a find of 15 million year old mummified wood in Fort McMurray tar sands. Government engineers say the discovery, unearthed last summer by S. CO. Elis, is among the era’s most important scientific finds and links North American and Asian flora through a preserved trunk type also found in Japan.
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Fort McMurray
Alberta
S. CO. Elis
Federal Department of Mines
Orr
I. W. Bailey
Harvard University
Japan
North America
Asia
Embargo on Canada Wheat Favored by Farm Board Chair
Senate panel hears a temporary embargo on Canadian wheat as the most effective response to potential price declines. Legge argues it would curb imports amid a burdensome surplus, while Capper backs sponsor action if world prices fall further.
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Tegge
Farm Board
Senate Agriculture Committee
Legge
Capper
Kansas
Congress
Casper
Liverpool
Chicago
Winnipeg
Canada
Caspper
Pilgrims Trudge to Bethlehem but Not to Pay Tax
Bethlehem Palestine December 24 AP crowds filled the streets as autos carry pilgrims and sightseers to Bethlehem for Christmas. Louis Bar Jassina, leader of a Jerusalem procession, arrived with police escorts and headed to the Church of the Nativity to inspect the golden throne before midnight mass.
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Bethlehem
Palestine
Joseph
Mary
Caesar Augustus
Jerusalem
Louis Bar- Jassina
Christ
Disbarment Sought for Tulsa Congressman and Four Attorneys
Oklahoma City December releases report that former congressman T. A. Chandler of Tulsa and four EuFaula lawyers Hazen Green Jack G Harley M E Turner and K B Turner were urged for disbarment by the State Bar Association. They were previously convicted in Muskogee federal court in 1927 of conspiring to defraud Exte Fife Greek Indian heiress divorced in 1924 by Berlin Jackson, with a $50 000 settlement in which $35 000 allegedly went to the attorneys. The disbarment suit was filed in the State Supreme Court.
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Oklahoma City
T. A. Chandjer
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Exte Fife
State Bar Association
Hazen Green
Jack G. Harley
M. E. Turner
K. B. Turner
Eufaula
Muskogee
Berlin Jackson
Jackson
State Supreme Court
Nashville attorney named receiver for Commercial Appeal holdings
Nashville attorney Larkin E. Grouch arranged a 25000 dollar bond as receiver for Southern Publishers Inc holdings for the Memphis Commercial Appeal and Knoxville Journal. Chancellor James B. Newman denied a separate bid for a receiver for the Tennessee Publishing Company amid claims of mismanagement. The case ties Colonel Luke Lea and Rogers Caldwell to the enterprises, with their stock described as a precarious equity.
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Nashville, Tenn
Larkin E. Grouch
Nashville
Southern Publishers, Inc. Holdings Company
Memphis Commercial Appeal, Inc
Knoxville Journal, Inc
James B. Newman
Grouch
Minnesota and Ontario Paper Company
Nashville Trust Company
D. D. Robertson
Bank of Tennessee
Newman
Tennessee Publishing Company
Nashville Tennessean
Evening Tennessean
Luke Lea
Southern Publishers, Inc
Memphis
Commercial Appeal
Evening Appeal
Knoxville Journal
Colonel Lea
Rogers Caldwell
Caldwell and Company
Mr. Caldwell
Southern Publishers
Woman is found slain near War Eagle in West Virginia
Elizabeth Hall, 38, was beaten and stabbed, found dead near her home at War Eagle, about 30 miles from Williamson. Husband Dewey Hall and stepson T J Hall were arrested pending investigation. Motive unknown.
Lucas Dispute Turns Toward White House
Washington December 24 AP The Norris Lucas conflict moves to the White House with questions on when President Hoover will act. Senator Norris and RNC director Lucas trade attacks as party leaders debate Lucas’s role and funding amid Nebraska circulation of anti Norris material. Lucas says only 850 of 4090 borrowed supported his campaign against Norris.
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Norris-Lucas
White House
Hoover
Norris
Nebraska
Robert H. Lucas
Republican National Committee
Senator Watson
Senate
Lucas
Watson
Wood
Indiana
Republican Congressional Committee
Borah
Idaho
Raskob
Association Against the
Democratic National Committee
al Smith
Henry B. Gurran
Anti-Prohibition Association
Fess
Republican Party
Great Britain
Mr. Lucas
Horse Buyer Dies in Hotel in Kansas City
John BD. Guyton aged 77, a renowned horse and mule dealer, died in his Kansas City hotel. He belonged to Wolcott Beers and Grant and was born in Reform, Ann. He lived in Lathrop, Mo. Surviving are his widow, a son Frank of Lathrop and a daughter Mrs. George S. Carener of Kansas City.
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Kansas City
John BD. Guyton
Wolcott, Beers and Grant
Guyton
Reform
Ann
St. Louis
Lathrop
Frank
Ford Rubber Plantations Riot Rumors Spread Across Para
A Pan American plane was sent at Brazilian request to the Ford rubber concession in Para amid reports of labor trouble and property damage. A Cayapo raid near Cardoso reportedly killed 21, with 3 children abducted. Para authorities requisitioned aid and battles to reach the site may take days. Ford’s vast 6,000,000 acre concession aims to clear lands and cultivate rubber, with long term production projections. Detroit offices denied any new information on trouble at the Ford Rubber Concession.
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Faro
Breil
Pan American Airways
Pan American
Ford Rubber Plantation
Para
Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Pan-American Airways
Ford Concession
Cardoso
Caras Doso
Ford
Tapajos
Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Brazty
Prohibition Anniversary Observed by W.G.T.U. in 10,009 Programs
Chicago dispatch reports the eleventh anniversary of national prohibition to be celebrated January 16 by W. G. T. U. members across the country. The keynote, "observance and enforcement not repeal," was stated by Mrs. Ella Boole, president.
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Chicago
W. GC. T.us
Ella Boole
Retired Ark banker Eugene Cox dies from bullet wound
Eugene Cox a retired banker and former Arkansas Democratic leader died at his Mena home from a bullet wound authorities say self inflicted. Sheriff J E Joplin said Cox’s wife found him dying in his bedroom with a bullet wound in his temple and two pistols nearby. She believed the shot was accidental. Cox chaired Polk County Democratic committee and served on the state Democratic central committee. He held timber and lumber holdings across western Arkansas and eastern Oklahoma.
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Mena
Ark
Eugene Cox
Arkansas
J. E. Joplin
Cox
Tnis
State Democratic Central Committee
Polk County
Democratic Committee
Oklahoma
Prospects for New Market Loom for Oil Producers
Ten thousand independent oil producers in Southeastern Kansas and northeastern Oklahoma face a loss of Prairie Oil and Gas Company as a purchaser on Jan 1. A conference of crude oil buyers and pipeline carriers is set for Friday in Tulsa to arrange an outlet. Secretary Wilbur and the Federal Oil Conservation Board foresee new markets. Prairie offered its pipeline facilities for moving the oil.
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Tulsa
Okla
Pec
API
Kansas
Oklahoma
Prairie Oil and Gas Company
Fedeal
E. B. Reeser
American Petroleum Institute
Pulsa
Reeser
Wilbur
Interior Department
Federal Oil Conservation Board
Prairie Company
Oil Conservation Board
Santa Claus Robber Strikes Swampscott Man
Swampscott Massachusetts December 24 AP Daniel Thomas a 2 cook at a hotel was waiting for a streetcar when a man dressed as Santa Claus emerged from the bushes and, with a gun, robbed him of 11.25 dollars. Swampscott police hope to intercept the suspect before he reaches the North Hole.
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Swampscote
Mass
Daniel Thomas
Santa Claus
Daniel
Nick
Christ
Santa
Swampscott
North Hole
Grand Central Hosts Giant 15-Foot Wreath In Rotunda
New York residents decorate for Christmas as a 15 foot wreath with red satin streamers dominates Grand Central Station while holly adorns Sutton Place apartments and small bands of urban life mingle with memories of distant homelands.
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Grand Central Station
Third Avenue
Sutton Place
East River
Santa Claus
Broadway
Algonquin
Park Avenue
Kalamazoo
Sandusky
Helena
Germany
France
Italy
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