Salvage ship explosion rocks Italian crew off French coast
The Italian salvage vessel Artiglio Vio carrying heavy explosives exploded and sank near Vayas Island, killing fourteen and injuring seven. The Rostro rescued seven injured crew members while divers worked beside wreckage. Authorities believe the blast may have touched off cargo loaded with powder and ammunition as the ship hunted the sunken wrecks.
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Loretent
France
Arties Vio
Wang Levins
Vines Meyel
Wye Island
Arias
Port Offiginks
Aftunoon
Hogdiesland
Yount
Belle Isle
Hoodie Island
Ths Station
Florence
Ask Dismissal of Bankruptcy Suits Against Caldwell
Federal court motions seek dismissal of involuntary bankruptcy petitions against Caldwell and Company a Nashville based investment bank in receivership. Attorneys argue petitions fail to state specific acts of bankruptcy or assets to meet liabilities and request time to answer if needed. Proceedings likely to be heard tomorrow with a subpoena returnable on the petition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville, Tenn. Dee
APJ
Caldwell and Company
Investment Banking
House
Federal District Court
Dyer County
Middle Fork
Weakley County
le Gullimore
Calawell and Company
Drainsire
Prohibition Campaign Under Scrutiny In Washington
Delegates to the national venue union met behind closed doors in Washington to plan the widest prohibition campaign in a decade. Hoover's law enforcement commission also convened after a 12 day pause, with officials saying completing the dry law report within days is physically impossible but may be doable without another adjournment. An open attack on prohibition began as the national constitutional convention gathered, signaling mounting public contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dec
Prohibition
Siies
Hoover
Law Enforcement Commission
Red Bandits Wipe Out China Troops in Hupeh
Reports from Northern Hupeh say nearly 20,000 provincial troops were massacred by bandit Reds between Kiwangshui and Hwangan, the heaviest loss since the civil war. Chiang Kai-shek has assumed command of the north central campaign against communism and vowed 300,000 troops, 29 gun boats, and 800 airplanes if needed.
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Nankow
China
Kiwangshui
Hwangan
Huoch
Iass
Chaing
Chaine Kai-Shek
Yangtse
Chiang Kai-Shek
Yangtsze
Ex-judge Benny Lindsey seeks delay after church outburst
Former Denver judge Benny Lindsey, ejected from the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine after interrupting Bishop Manning, appeared in West Side Court seeking a continuance to February 12 in a disorderly conduct case. Lindsey pleaded not guilty and cited preexisting engagements away from the city before December 12. defense planned to argue free speech in church under provocation.
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New York
Benny Lindsey
Denver
John the Divine
William J. Manning
West Side Court
Dreyer
Lindsey
William
May
Lind
Break Up Pickets With Tear Bombs at Riverside Mills
Danville Virginia reports police used tear bombs to disperse a mass picket at Riverside cotton mills where union workers are on strike. Chief Hanibal Martin Judge Henry Leigh Commonwealth's Attorney John W. Carter led 18 officers at the water entrance. No lights, no injuries reported. one man arrested for carving steel knocks and resisting arrest. National guard troops were called to assist at Dan River mills in Schoolfield without disorder.
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Danville
Bec. 8
Riverside Cotton Mills
Hanibal Martin
Henry ©. Leigh
Commonwealth
John W. Carter
Wate
Grover Brumfield
National Guard
Dan River Mills
Schoolfield
Congress Pushes Relief Program Feeds Veterans Aid Debate
Washington December 8 Congress moved ahead with relief legislation under warnings against treasury waste. Senator Borah Idaho condemned persistent spending for prosperity saying deficits must be funded by higher taxes with emergency needs met. He stopped short of opposing federal awards or seed loans, urging minimal measures and income tax funding where possible.
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Washington
Congress
Treasury
Mellon
Borah
Idaho
Joan
Bomb Explodes When Boy Opens Christmas Package
Chicago reports a deadly explosion after a bomb hidden in a gift opened by a boy, killing Tony May and injuring his 15 year old son Eugene. May, a bondsman once called a millionaire, died in hospital. the boy suffered head and back wounds. The blast shattered windows across a 410 apartment building on Lincoln Avenue. Police pursue two theories including extortion tied to May's finances. A separate blast damaged a nearby Fleetwood hotel, wounding no one.
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Chicago
Tony May
Money Jender
News Box
May
Eugane
Lincoln Avenue
Kralian
Pen
Neek
Fleetwood Paviment
T He Hotel
England Faces Death Fog As Cattle Die In Mass
Reports from London describe a fearsome fog blamed for a deadly epidemic in Belgium and outbreaks of bronchitis and cattle losses near Grosmount England. Belgian doctors attribute deaths to fog alone, a view echoed by London physicians amid rising mortality and disputed counts, as Kellogg travels to Oslo to accept the Nobel Peace Prize.
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England
London
Menge
Belrium
Grosmount
Yorkshire
Belgium
Ugland
Meuse Valley
The
Daily Mail
Kellogg
Oslo
Amsterdam
B. Kellopy
Cary
State
Men
World Court
Lef
Four Escaped Convicts Nabbed After Brooklyn Capture
Four of seven convicts who escaped Matteawan state hospital were recaptured in Brooklyn after Detective George E. Webber surprised them in a apartment. Nelson Gordon Gambill and Biggins were seized. Vanderkuylen Alley and Kaylor remain at large. Mrs Ockenfels jailed on harboring charge with $5000 bail. The escape was blamed on starvation and brutality at the hospital.
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New York
Mattewawan State Hospital
William H. Nelson
Harry Gordon
Rochester
N.Y
John IH. Gambill
John Biggins
Brooklyn
George E. Webber
Frank Vanderkuylen
Tne
Mary Ockenfels
Biggins
Webber
Nelson
Erymir Nala
Wife Admits Plotting Mate's Death Leading to Auto for Son
Mrs Gourley confessed plans to kill her husband by involving her lover Whiting in exchange for $150 and an automobile for her son. The husband, gravely ill after an amputated arm infection from the shooting, refused to believe the plot until the son confessed at the hospital.
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Whiting
Carrie Gourley
Marietta
George
Harry
Charles Whiting
Jury weighs fate of Mrs. O Loughlin in stepdaughter murder
Denver verdict trial centers on Pearl O Loughlin charged with killing 10 year old Leona. Jury to decide between life in peniten tiary or death sentence after closing arguments. Prosecutors sought death but confession evidence was excluded under Colorado law. Leona disappeared October 14 and was found three days later in Berkeley Lake in a city park.
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Denver
Colo
Pearl O’loughlin
Leona
O'Loughlin
O’loughlin
Colorado
Leona O'Loughlin
Berkeley Lae
Virginia and Tennessee Weather Update
Central and east Virginia see cloudy skies and a slight drop in temperature tonight with Tuesday partly cloudy. Tennessee reports fair conditions tonight and Tuesday with little temperature change. Readings note yesterday’s high and low, taken daily around 63:00 p.m. by J. G. Harris.
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Virginia
Tennessee
J. G, Harris
U. 8
Prohi Sentences Run Up To A Large Total
Washington reports jail terms totaling over fourteen thousand years for Volstead act violators in the last fiscal year. Dr James Mr Doran, former prohibition bureau head, lists 68 173 arrests and 22 405 jail sentences with 54 085 convictions to July prior to restructuring. He denies widespread corruption and cites 467 investigations with nearly all charges dismissed or disproved. Also notes government tacitly allowed distilling about 2 000 000 gallons of first whisky.
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Washington
James Mr. Doran
Prohibition Bureau
Congress
Doran
Industrial Alcohol
Mellon
Ciry
Jagt
Prohibition
Five Soviet engineers receive ten year terms for plot
Soviet central executive committee commuted five death sentences to ten years for engineers convicted of plotting to overthrow the regime. Three others got eight years. property confiscated. Trial broadcast nationwide.
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Moscow
Soviet Central Executive Committee
Soviet Union
London
Reuter’s Did
Soviet
Central Executive Committee
Soviet Russia
Ironid Ramsin
Moscow Technical Institute
Heat and Power Institution
Victor Larichev
State Planning Commission
Ramsin
Nikolai Charnovsky
Technical Council
Supreme Economic Council
Ivan Kalinikov
Military
Alexander Fedotov
Vadimir Ochkin
Heat and Power Institute
Sergei Kuprianov
Xenophon Sitnin
All-Union
France
Otrgprom
Paris
Industrial Party of Russia
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Caldwell
Cathedral
Manning
Ben B. Lindsey
Bishop WM. T. Manning
Hoover's
N. Y. Asylum
Mate
Greeley
Colen Farner
Vissing
Russia
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