Red forces seize Canton amid fires and looting
Reports from Canton describe Red workers taking control as General Chang Kakwei’s troops are disarmed. A 5 000 strong Red corps occupies government offices as 2 000 Communists exploit troop absence. Sailors refuse ships. British gunboat Moor Hen assists. Shanghai notes Chiang Kai Shek warns Soviet Russia to end China intrigue. US gunboats Sacramento and Pampanga observed at Canton.
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Hongkong
Canton
Chang Kakwei
General Bank of China
Red
Kuomintang
Department of Finance and Military Affairs
West
Hwangsee
Moor Hen
Shanghai
Rusaig
China
Chiang Kai Shek
United States
Sacramento
Pampanga
Asheville
Stinnes Girl Faked Trip to Irkutsk Ironically Claimed Journey
Frankfort on Main Germany December 12 The Adeler Automobile Works charged that Miss Claire Stinnes daughter of Hugo Stinnes deceived the public by claiming she reached Irkutsk Siberia by car The Stinnes tour began with a car built by Adeler and she drove to Kazan and Perm in Russia after leaving Moscow The firm said winter roads made further Siberian progress impossible and that she did not report forwarding the car to Irkutsk.
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Frankfort
Main
Germany
Claire Stinnes
Hugo Stinnes
Irkutsk
Siberia
Adeler Automobile Works
Adeler Company
Miss Stinnes
Kasan
Russia
Perm
Moscow
Tug General Stranded in Ice Near Neebish Cut
Sault Ste. Marie Ont December 12 The tug General with 13 Agawa crew members left Detour for this city this morning and is stuck in ice near Neebish Cut. Efforts are under way to free her.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Ont
Neebish Cut
Crowland Man Severely Injured at Pine Factory
Weland Ontario December 12 Charles Chaffey of Crowland suffered a serious arm injury when an eighteen foot white hot piece of pine shot from a furnace and pierced his right arm while he worked at the pipe factory on Saturday.
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Weland
Ont
Charles Chaffey
Crowland
Gravity Neutralizing Flight Machine Promises Fast Air Travel
Newark report says Bernays Joehneon, a radio engineer, claims a device can negate gravity in air. He says a tested miniature plane hovers by gravity cancellation and a fifty pound weight suspended is possible. He envisions New York to Paris flights in five to six hours if developed commercially. The piece also notes Manchester's Lord Mayor accepting an invitation to ride in England’s first new Ford assembly.
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Newark
N. J
Bernays Joehneon
New York
Paris
Johnson
Manchester
England
Rumania vows to stop anti Semitic student riots
In Bucharest on December 12 the cabinet and military authorities vowed to curb outbreaks linked to the fifth anniversary of the anti minority movement. Arrests were made, authorities warned of further action, and Transylvania was placed on alert after violence across towns like Oradea Mare and Cluj where synagogues were damaged and clashes left many casualties.
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Bucharest
Rumania
Rmania
Oradea Mare
Cluj
Transylvania
Oraden Mare
Eagle Butte Well Closed for Winter Drilling Halted
Pinkey Reed told 'I's News that Eagle Butte all well will suspend winter operations due to extreme heat and cold on the derrick floor. The drill hole reaches 1015 feet and remains in good condition, with plans to resume when weather improves.
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Eagle Butte
Snpt
Pinkey” Reed
Crows
Mr. Reed
Poisoned Coffee Investigates Actor Death in Los Angeles
George D. Bailey a 54 year old film actor died after drinking coffee from a pot that also fed his wife Mrs Bailey and her relatives Blanche Olivarias and Tommy Olivarias who fell seriously ill. Autopsy and chemical analysis ordered.
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Los Angeles
Calif
George D. Bailey
Jews Lassoed and Girls Assaulted In Nagyvarad Riots
A Budapest despatch to the Daily Express reports anti Jewish outrages in Transylvania. Students lassoed three Jews and two Hungarians at Kolozsvar, dragging victims 50 yards until ropes broke. Five schoolgirls were captured and assaulted at Nagyvarad and later thrown from a train. The British legation secretary in Bucharest was sent to Transylvania to investigate.
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London
Daily Express
Budapest
Hungary
Transylvania
Koloz
Nagyvarad
Legation
Bucharest
Entire crew rescued from stranded steamer Agawa on Manitoulin Isle
Tehkummah Ontario reports the Agawa crew rescued after drifting on Advance Reef last Wednesday. Five men were brought to Tehkummah by a yawl on Sunday morning, fourteen were taken to Sault Ste. Marie by the tug General. Survivors described harsh conditions aboard with little food and a single coal oil stove for heat.
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Tehkummah
Ont
Agave
Reef
Manitoulin Island
William Johnston
Sault- Ste. Marie
General
Michael’s Bay
Agawa
Strathbogie
Owen Sound
William Connings
Unload 54 Million More Bushels Of Grain At Buffalo
Buffalo N Y December 12 eighty one vessels with about 24 500 000 bushels of grain are lined up behind the breakwater and inner harbor awaiting unloading at the elevators. Up to Saturday elevators had unloaded from lake vessels 226 000 000 bushels an increase of 54 000 000 bushels over the same date last year.
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Buffalo
N. Y
On Trial for Murder of Taxi Driver in Quebec Case
Doris McDonald and her husband George stand trial in Valley Field Quebec charged with the murder of taxi operator Adelard Bouchard. Customs officers say clothing found near the crime scene matches that worn by the woman at the Mount Royal Hotel earlier that afternoon. The trio left the Mount Royal Hotel in the victim's taxi limousine late on July 17.
Bank Manager's Son Shot Himself in Walkerville
Windsor Ontario December 12 Waller Hoff seven son of Walkerville bank manager Harry Hoff is in hospital with a bullet in his head after accidently discharging a revolver he found in a drawer. He was playing with the pistol alone while his parents were away and faces a slight chance to live.
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Windsor
Ont
Waller Hoff
Harry Hoff
Walkerville
Shipping disasters mount on the Great Lakes on eve of navigation end
Port Arthur reports new losses as the Oglebay and Nambton are recorded wrecks near island shores. Kamloops remains missing with possible treacherous conditions raising fears. Tug Islet Prince searches the north shore while Champlain aids Altadoc. Freighter Martian aground near Hare Island. Lambton crew stranded in Goulais Bay with two missing after reef ordeal near Parisienne Island.
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Port Arthur
Great Lakes
Oglebay
Shot Island
Marquette
Nambton
Parisienne Island
Kamloops
Canada Steamship Lines
Islet Prince
Champlain
Altadoc
Keewenawa
Hare Island
Glen Eagle
Winnipeg
Whitefish Bay
Sault Ste. Marie
Ont
Lambton
Goulais Bay
Lake Superior
M. Bair
Wiarton
Ivan ©. Moore
Owen Sound
A. Livingstone
Livingstone
Indian Mission
Sault
North Western Stranded Off Vancouver Island In Snowstorm
The north bound American steamer North Western ran aground on Cape Nudge ten miles east of Campbell River in a blizzard at 5 a.m. Sunday. In the Seattle Alaska service the 3900 ton vessel endangered 112 passengers and crew for eight hours before rescue by the 40 ton halibut schooner Explorer. The ship is listing and likely total loss with hull ripped and holds flooded, last reported low in water yet on a steady keel.
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Vancouver
B.C
Cape Nudge
Campbell River
Vancouver Island
North Western
Explorer
Dull Day on Grain Exchange in Winnipeg Trade
Winnipeg December 12 trading in all cash grain on the Grain Exchange was dull with a narrow price range and mostly lower closes. Wheat fell about 3 8 to 5 8 cents, cash wheat slow with no export activity over the weekend. Local demand remained strong for No 4 wheat trading around 20 cents under the December option. Cash coarse grains also dull.
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Winnipeg
Grain Exchange
Impeachment Charge in Streets Shocks Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City on December 12 saw National Guardsmen guarding the Capitol as the Oklahoma House was urged to meet in the streets to hear impeachment charges against Governor Johnston. The mobilized Guard previously blocked access to the Capitol to prevent a self-styled legislative assembly. Charges included five against Johnston and three against Harry B. Gordell of the State Board of Agriculture.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Oklahoma House of Representatives
H. P. Hill
Johnson
Oklahoma National Guardsmen
Henry
Johnston
Charles Barrett
House of Representatives
Harry B. Gordell
State Board of Agriculture
Advance Poll Votes Count At City Hall and Ahead
Amid bad weather voters turned out well with seventy seven ballots at City Hall by noon. At the Advance poll which closed Saturday night the total vote reached one hundred three.
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City Hall
Explosion Kills Pilot Over Lowery Field Near Denver
Denver officials report Western Air Express pilot Jack Taylor of Pasadena California died when his aircraft Cheyenne exploded in flight near Lowery Field and crashed ignited, scattering wreckage over several hundred yards.
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Denver
Colo
Jack Taylor
Pasadena
Calif
Western Air Express
Cheyenne
Lowery Field
Taylor
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Sergt. Watson
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