Marshal Joffre Near Death After Leg Amputation
Paris reports Marshal Joffre, famed as the hero of the Marne, is critically ill after an artery inflammation and leg amputation performed last Saturday. Doctors say his condition remains grave as Mme Joffre withholds public comment. The 78 year old commander in chief has had a storied career across Asia Africa and Europe.
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Marshal Joffre
Victor
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Mme. Joffre
Marne
France
Leriche
Labbe
Boulin
Joseph Jacques Cesaire Joffre Cwill
Asia
Africa
Europe
Indo- China
Formosa
Hanoi
Senegal
Timbuctoo
Superior War Council
Germany
West
Lis
Aisne
The
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Gallieni
Joffre
Somme
Nivelle
United States
Papa” Joffre
Boy Worshipper Causes Fire At Ottawa Church
A small boy at St. Joseph's Catholic Church overturned a tray lighting candles in the Christmas crib, sparking a fire that left only the limestone walls of the $450,000 structure standing. The 1892 Renaissance church seated about 1,500 and served a major Ottawa parish. the boy lit a candle for a dead relative.
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Ottawa
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Burmese Insurgents Slain as Burma Disturbances Spread
London dispatches report 80 insurgents killed in Tharawaddy district as British light infantry artillery and machine guns rush to quell Christmas disturbances that paralyzed the area. A forest ranger and at least four policemen were killed. twenty policemen treated for wounds as unrest centers about 70 miles north of Rangoon.
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London
Exchange Telegraph Company
Tharawaddy
Rangoon
Port Arthur Girl Found Shot in Front of Church
Elizabeth Johnson 17 of Port Arthur was found shot to death in an automobile outside First Methodist Church South. Justice T A Butler said a rifle shot her. a 6 pistol size cartridge count noted. John Williams 18 UT student and fiancé-to-be claimed heartbreak ended their engagement and he drove her for a talk before returning to the car to find her dead.
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Port Arthur
Tex
Elizabeth Johnson
First Methodist Church
South
T. A. Butler
John Williams
Texas University
S. W. Williams
Austin
Miss Johnson
Glenn Flynn
Man to Begin Ten-Year Term in San Quentin
Gilbert H. Bessemyer, erstwhile Los Angeles financier and secretary of the Guaranty Building and Loans Association, was sentenced to ten counts of grand theft totaling about 7.06 million and 886 thousand from a related firm. He faces one to ten years per count, to run consecutively, with a possible six and a half year term for good behavior.
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Los Angeles
Gilbert H. Bessemyer
Emeraler
San Quentin Penitentiary
Bessemyer
Walton J. Wood
Guaranty Building and Loans Association of
AES
North ‘American Bond and Mortgage Company
Hollywood Financial
Joan Company
He Mayot
Mystery Burmese Rebel Leader Heads 1600 Fighters
A secretive military trained figure leads 1600 Burmese rebels in a forest fortress near Tharrawadty. The revolt's mastermind directs operations from a remote village as battles cause about 200 government casualties aided by malaria. Rebels wear blue pajama pants and white headdresses with protective amulets and charms.
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Rangoon
Burma
Tharrawadty
Bank 15 closure to protect depositors in Edenton
Edenton Citizens Bank of Edenton was closed by board action for the protection of depositors. The bank had $345,101 in deposits and $599,662 in resources with capital of $100,000. In Richmond, Va, M E Bristow announced Bank of South Hill in South Hill, Va, had suspended business.
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Edenton
N. C
Citizens Bank of
Richmond
M. E. Bristow
Bank of South Hill
South Hill
Steel mills recall 2,000 more workers
Youngstown Ohio December 37 AP steel mills in the Youngstown district will call 2,000 men back to work next week. The sheet mills show the largest increase as operations rise for producing material for the automotive industry.
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Youngstown, O
Steel Mills
Youngstown
Nutt Demands Nye Apology Over Slush Fund Claim
Washington reports Joseph R. Nutt Republican National Committee treasurer declares a $50,000 special campaign fund at Commercial National Bank was not a slush fund. He asserts $32,000 of expenditures were properly documented by cancelled checks used in eleven districts.
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Washington
Joseph R. Nutt
Republican National Committee Today
Nye
Special Elections Investigating Committee
Commercial National Bank of Washington
Cleveland
National Committee
Capitol
Capitol. Mr. Nutt
Nutt
Robert E. Lucas
The
Norris
Republican
Nebraska
Commercse National Bank
House of Representatives
Peace in baseball squaddle hits new mag at Kangas City
In Chicago on December 27 AP reports a delay in peace between the major leagues and the American Association as Kansas City Club president George H. Muehlebach demands a special meeting to reconsider the universal draft. American Association president Thomas J. Hickey had filed notice of acceptance. The mail vote carried 5 to 3 with Kansas City Louisville and Minneapolis voting no.
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Chicago
American Association
George H. Muehlebach
Kansas City
A. A
Thomas J. Hickey
Kenesaw M. Landis
Muehlebach
Louisville
Minneapolis
Do-X May Fly to Japan Via Hawaii in 1933
Hamburg Fremdenblatt quotes Commander Friedrich Christiansen on an experimental Do-X flight plan to Japan by way of Hawaii in 1933. The 50 ton flying boat could become a hundred ton hull integrated ship with in-hull motors, Dornier claims. Starting date hinted as January 20 after earlier January 15 for Lisbon departure.
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Hamburg
Germany
Japan
Hawaii
Ifts
Hamburg Fremdenblatt
Friedrich Christiansen
Christiansen
Canary Islands
Rio de Janeiro
Havana
Claude Dornier
Dornier
America
Lisbon
Christian Sen
Runs Home With New Doll 1 Killed
Springfield Missouri reports tragic Christmas morning accident as 11 year old Louise Richards runs home with a new doll when struck by an automobile. She dies at a local hospital.
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Springfield
Louise Richards
Big Six Committee To Meet In January
Ames Iowa Dec 27 AP Dean S W Beyer of Iowa State College announced a Big Six conference faculty committee on eligibility will meet January 9 at Lawrence Kansas home of the University of Kansas General business will be discussed He said nothing more On Kansas campus it was rumored that several Kansas athletes may be investigated after charges led to the banishment of James A Bausch from varsity competition
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Ames
Iowa
S. W. Beyer
Iowa State College
Lawrence
Kas
University of Kansas
Kansas
James A. Bausch
Lord Melchett dies nicknamed Nickel King of Britain
London December 27 Lord Melchett former Sir Alfred Mond dies in London after weeks of illness. A leading industrial financier and head of the empire's largest chemical company he was also a key figure in English politics and a prominent Jewish national home advocate. He shifted from Liberal to Conservative over land nationalization.
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London
Lord Melchett
Alfred Mond
Britain
British Empire
Church of England
Benjamin Disraeli
Beaconsfield
Queen Victoria
Senator Steiner backs high wheat tariff over embargo
Washington December 27 AP Senator Steiner of Oregon urged a higher tariff on wheat rather than a temporary embargo if world prices fall enough to permit imports over the 42 cent duty. He warned foreign relations could suffer from an embargo but would not oppose one if the tariff commission cannot use flex provisions. He also urged raising the duty on bran and other milled by products from 10 to 15 percent as imports from Argentina and Canada rise.
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Washington
Legge
Farm Board
Steiner
Oregon Republican
Tariff Commission
Argentina
Canada
McCormic Dodges Engagement Talks On Europe Trip
New York December 27 AP Mary McCormic Chicago civic opera star dodges questions about alleged engagement to Prince Serge Mdiyani recently divorced former husband of Pola Negri as she sails on the Olympic. She jokes about a huddle and future wealth from stock investments and plans a concert tour of England France and Germany with a Paris opera engagement in prospect.
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New York
Mary McCormic
Chicago
Civic Opera
Serge Mdiyani
Pola Negri
Europe
Brookhart Rejects Democrat Offer Amid Melonism Clash
Democratic leaders have not adopted a program, says Republican Brookhart of Iowa. He criticizes Democrats for avoiding responsibility and says cooperation between parties is a bi partisan Wall Street rule. Brookhart warns party regularity places party above country and pledges not to switch sides.
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Washington
Bewater Brookfort
Iowa
Senate
Brockham
Brookhart
Democratic Party
Republican Party
Wall Street
Oil Purchasers Conference Adjourns At Tulsa
A meeting of crude oil purchasers in Tulsa adjourned before noon after discussing relief for small producers in northeastern Oklahoma and southeastern Kansas. E B Reeser, president of the American Petroleum Institute, said a statement of results would likely be issued later today. The closed doors conference aimed to arrange a market outlet for wells affected by Prairie Oil and Gas Company withdrawal as a purchaser effective January 1.
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Pulsa
Okla
Oklahoma
Kansas
E. B. Reeser
American Petroleum Institute
Pratrie Ot
Denver Woman Posts Bond For Major Shepard
Mrs. Alice W. Watt a Denver widow posted 20000 to secure the release of Major Charles A Shepard 59 medical corps officer convicted Monday on a charge of fatally poisoning his wife She said her instinctive knowledge made release necessary and she hopes to influence others to aid in a new trial defense fund plans were started for litigation for a new trial or appeal
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Denver
Colo
Charles A. Shepard
Alice W. Watt
Major Shepard Appeals Conviction Amid Wartime Hospital Work
Major Shepard seeks to reverse his life sentence after a February 2 appeal while employed at Fitzsimmons Hospital among tuberculosis patients. He was convicted on government evidence of murdering his wife on June 15, 1829, in Fo Riley Kansas to wed Miss Grate Brandon, a Brooksfield Texas stenographer who testified for the prosecution. Horse racing is cited as a popular sport since ancient Mesopotamian times per Hittite inscriptions.
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Fitzsimmons Hospital
Fo Riley
Kansas
Grate Brandon
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