General cold spell hits the south states early season
The first general cold wave of the winter swept the South with northwest winds driving temperatures toward freezing. Atlanta reported a reading near 20 degrees, with Little Rock expected to hit 20, Memphis 29, and Nashville 24 as the cold front pressed from Louisiana to Georgia.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Florida
Little Rock
Memphis
Nashville
Mercury
George
Althoneh
South Atlantic
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Police hunt for clothes of abducted girl in Salt Lake City
Police press search for hat shoes and galoshes worn by 12 year old June Nelson abducted and slain New Year’s Eve. Body found in canal. a stolen car linked to the case is being examined. Four suspects, including a former convict, questioned but released.
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Salt Lake City
June Nelson
Charley
June
Weather summary for Virginia and Tennessee notices
Weather report notes for Virginia and Tennessee forecast colder conditions tonight with rising temperatures Thursday and diminishing northwest winds. In Tennessee fair conditions turn to increasing clouds and warmer temperatures with possible light rain Thursday and Thursday night.
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Virginia
Tennessee
West
Question Mark Tri Motored Army Plane In Air To Endurance
Los Angeles January 2 AP the army tri motored Fokker Question Mark shuttled San Diego to Metropolitan Airport to extend fuel endurance toward the world record of 60 hours seven minutes. It logged 20 hours after takeoff, reached the third mark, refueled at 4000 feet over Dat Mar California, and continued flight with two more midair transfers reported without incident.
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Los Angeles
San Diego
Army
Fiers
Anoyp Munnak
Ross Truyt
Dat Mar
Calif
Hoyt
Pasadena
Rose Bowl
Georgia Trek
California
Carl Spatz
Spatz
Mark
Rail rate compromise set after protests at lake coal traffic
The Interstate Commerce Commission moves to a compromise schedule on lake cargo coal rates due to protests and inaction by regulators. In Arlington National Cemetery, four generals and two line officers attend the funeral of Staff Sergeant Joseph Suel, aged 30, marking a final salute to a long army career.
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Associated Press
Washington
Commerce Commission
Joseph Suel
Arlington Cemetery
Holston River Power seeks three dam sites
Holston River Power Company petitions the public service commission for writs of convenience to build three power projects in upper Bas Tennessee at a total cost of 15 million dollars. Construction would start six months after writs issue with two dams to be finished within three years. The first dam on the south fork near six miles from town will be 39 feet high and house a 24,000 horsepower plant. The second dam on the Watauga and south fork, and the third on the south fork near Bluff City would greatly aid local industry by supplying power to plants.
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Holston River
Watauga
South Fork
Bluff City
Normal School Fire Fatal to Three Girls in Dormitory
A Christmas tree blaze ignited by faulty wiring trapped students at Oregon Normal School in Monmouth on January 2. Three girls Miss Evelyn Ohman Miss Florence Graham and Miss Margaret Memmers died. Six others escaped by jumping from a second story porch as fire spread through curtains and furnishings. Minnie Mack the building owner tried to fight the flames and warn residents, while delayed aid due to crippled telephone service and snow hampered firefighting efforts.
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Monmouth
Ore
Oregon Normal School
Yde
Evelyn Ohman
Portland
Florence Graham
Newport
Margaret Memmers
Gresham
Org
Gladys McCumsky
Irene Stevans
Alice Wallare
Woodlands Washn
Beulah Thomas
Wilma Baker
Lillian Ribneck
Minnie Mack
Independence
Two Workers Die In Dynamo Blast At Mexican Factory
A half ton of dynamite exploded destroying a Gransecherp factory in Mexico killing two workmen and injuring several. In El Paso a dispatch reports General Juan Espinosa Cordoba, military chief in Oaxaca, was killed when his car overturned on the Puebla Mexico City highway.
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Stockholm
Gransecherp
Elpaso
Continental
Juan Espimosa Cordoh
Oaxaca
Pueblo
Mexico City
Hoover begins cabinet selection talks after arrival
President elect Herbert Hoover plans to start cabinet discussions in Washington after his arrival, meeting Republican leaders from across the country. He has not chosen his picks yet, reserving cabinet decisions until after his Latin American goodwill tour.
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U.S. & Glah
Herbert Hoover
Washington
Iis
Hoover
Curtis
Moses
New Hampshires
Borah
Idaho
Sackett
Kentucky
Longworth
Tilson
Republican Rouge
Newton
Minnesota
Fort
New Jersey
Republican National Committee
Kansas City
Three Arrested In Abduction Case In Orrville
Orrville Ohio January 2 three men were arrested at 2 am in connection with the abduction of four year old Melvin Horst who vanished from his parents home last Thursday. Police held the suspects in the city jail after extended questioning and prosecutor Walter J Mougey said formal kidnapping charges would be filed before noon.
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Orrville
Ohio
Melvin Horst
Raymond Horst
Walter J. Mougey
Myron T Herrick Ill in Cleveland Estate
Myron T Herrick American ambassador to France worsened suddenly while ill with bronchitis at his Gates Mills estate near Cleveland. Parmlay Herrick says condition not critical, calls in Dr John Phillips. Herrick, 74, has been ill ten days and previously recovered from a major operation. The report notes his wartime service in Paris and welcome back after Lindbergh's flight. Also brief dispatch: Mrs Cav Isparson, an American, wounded in auto incident in Kabul under American flag.
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Cleveland
Myron T. Herrick
France
Paraley Herrick
Parmaley Herrick
John Phillips
Herrick
Gates Mills
Paris
America
Refusin
London
Cable
Afcanistan
Cavol Isparson
Kabul
Dollar Day Planned by Kingsport Merchants
Kingsport Retail Merchants Association night meeting approves January 22 as Dollar Day. Efforts aim to make it the biggest sale ever, with officers to be elected next month and discussions on credit and bad check laws.
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Retail Association
Kingsport
Kingsport Retail Merchants’ Association
Broad Street
RT. Young
S. H. Anderson
J. M. Fuller
Credit Department
Association
Club
T. H. Fratt
Knoxville Merchants’ Association
Peace treaty pushed ahead by advocates in Senate
Senators seek to order the Kellogg peace pact to a vote before the naval construction bill. Borah shows strength to press the treaty to an early vote while Hale’s naval bill would follow. Tacit consent from leaders depends on a pledge that the cruiser measure will still reach a vote.
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Senate
Washington
Borah
Foreign Relations Committee
Hale
Naval Committee
Bilbo Will Not Probe Lynching of Charley Shepherd
Jackson Mississippi January 2 official notice from Governor Bilbo that there will be no inquiry into the lynching of Charley Shepherd a condemned killer and kidnapper. District Attorney Arthur Jordan weighs a grand jury probe while National Guard officers ordered to halt patrols after word of the mob violent act. Coroner’s jury cites death from unknown causes as the burned body rests in the prison farm cemetery amid the escalating vigilante violence in the region.
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Jackson
Miss
T. G. Bilbo
Charley Shepherd
North Mississippi
Arthur Jordan
National Guard
J. M. Haigston
Hairston
J. D. Duvall
Carpenter
Bilbo
Shepherd
Prison Farm
Nathweat Mississippi
Ronvier Trusty
Duval
Ruth
Forest County Crand Jury
Hattlesburg
Flu Decline in West but East Feels Brunt in U S
Washington AP reports influenza diminishing in states west of the Mississippi while cases rise in the east. Despite some optimism a second, more severe wave is possible this winter, officials warn as 90 000 new cases are tallied for the week ending December 29. A national influenza conference is planned for later this month.
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Public Health Service
Washington
Mississippi River
Mississippi
New York City
Health Service
Hearts
Lowden Advises Farmers to Wait for Hoover Inauguration
Chicago Jan 2 Frank G C Lowden former Illinois governor advises farmers to hold demands for agricultural relief until after Herbert Hoover's inauguration. He says legislation, if any, should be acted on at the special session Hoover seeks, and opposes altering the farm issue during the current congress. He heads to a four month tour abroad.
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Chicago
Frank GC. Lowden
Herbert Hoover
Illinois
Negro arts pioneer Burrus leaves estate to Fisk University
Nashville case details James Dallas Burrus 82, a pioneer as the first Black bachelor of arts and first Black master in the South, who died December 5. He bequeaths about 100000 to Fisk University including 85 Nashville houses and stocks to fund teaching endowment and a faculty apartment on campus.
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Nashville
Tenn
James Dallas Burrus
Mason Dixon Line
Fisk University
Fisk
White Mountains
New Hampshire
Tun & Negro
Hearst Offers Prize for Best Plan to Oust Prohibition
New York January 2 AP Hearst through his newspapers offered a 225000 prize for the best plan to repeal the Eighteenth Amendment and substitute a more liberal measure. The telegram to Edwin J Clapp published by Hearst papers argues education over force and questions enforcing prohibition.
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New York
Wk. Hearst
Newwssipers
Mr. Hearst
Edwin J. Clasp
Clapp
Hearst
Durant Moors
W. C. Durant
Chester
United States
Smith
Llauer
Miami Nassau air mail link inaugurated to Nassau Bahamas
A twin motored amphibian plane departed from Pan American Airways field in Miami to Nassau Bahamas marking the start of tri weekly air mail service. The event inaugurates an international mail route and Planned celebrations will be held later in January with Pan American expanding to include flights to Haiti and Puerto Rico.
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Miami
Fla. Gan
Pan American Airways
Nassau
Bahamas
Tine Pan-American
Haiti
Pors Rico
King George III Crisis Report Brings Optimism in UK
London dispatch notes optimism about King George after doctors report improved condition. Cabinet ministers close to Buckinghame Palace, including Home Secretary, express reassurance and plan a brief holiday in the south of France, saying the worst may be over.
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Teat
George
Buckinebart
Pel'ce
William oynson-Hicks
Etary
France
Home Secretary
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