Record Cold Grips U S Cities Across North
Severe cold wave causes six deaths in Chicago and Michigan. Temperatures sink to 50 below in parts of the Upper Peninsula and 12 below in Chicago. Fire department logs soar with overheated stoves. rescue attempts and stranded lake ships reported nationwide.
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Chicago
Severn
Chieno
Wisconsin
Holland
Mich
Detroit
Der
Michigan
Ilumbolt
Marquette
Upper Peninsula
U S Protest Embargo on American Potatoes
The State Department will protest Britain’s embargo on U S potatoes, citing Agriculture Department data that beetle presence does not justify the ban. Great Britain farmers appeal to Washington over the ruling.
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United Press
Washington
State Department
Department of Agriculture
Colorado
Great Britain
Weather Update Temperate Cloudy Rain Expected in Texas
The weather report notes cloudy conditions with rain and warmer temperatures in Texas. Imbright has not shown much improvement after a partial stroke of paralysis several weeks ago. John R. Capers, father of Mrs. Robi n, is mentioned in connection with the update.
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John R. Capers
Postal salaries fight looms as Congress debates bills
Fr ee fr ee girss return after holidays and a hold on bids. The Senate weighs the Coolidge plan to fund 30 million dollars in postal salaries by raising rates while committee hearings continue. Publishers push to delay action fail as Underwood Shoals drift continues and Republicans forecast defeat of the Jones bill turning the issue to a commission. The postal dispute is set for a floor vote within a week on agreement.
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Girss
House
Senate
Coolidge
Underwood Shoals
Permits Sought for City Domino Clubrooms
Proposals for multiple domino and clubroom venues seek city permits to allow games and amenities like cigars candy and magazines with a fee for play. Operators promise proper conduct and revocation for violations to aid workers and men spending idle hours on street corners.
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Lawus
Strange Malady Clates Har Victims in Att Al Adar All
More than 200 people are dead and many more ill from a new mysterious disease on the Persia Afghanistan border in the Kerezset region. Doctors cannot diagnose it as victims bleed from nose mouth and tongue and fall into a coma in hours.
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London
Persia
Afghanistan
Allahabad
Youth Reconciles Parents With His Gin Life It Seems
CHICAGO December 25 Ray Johnson a 12 year old boy shot himself in a bid to end his parents fighting and induce their reconciliation. His father promised to stop drinking and his mother vowed to be more lenient though doctors doubt the youth will recover.
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Chicago
Ray Johnson
Johnson
Rey
Ray
Electric power trust inquiry proposed in Senate
Senator Norris of Nebraska urges the Senate to authorize a federal trade commission investigation into the electric power trust. Norris claims trust controlled power reaches nearly every home, linking it to widespread use of electric bulbs. A separate Texas note mentions a rainstorm and plans to boost water supplies and drilling activity in the Wortham oil district, with potential farm benefits.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Electric Power Trust
Senate
Norris
Nebraska
Texas
Wortham
Mutinous Chinese Troops Executed After Kalgan Riots
Eight hundred Chinese soldiers who rioted at Kalgan for pay were executed after mutinying along railway tracks. They burned parts of Kalgan, looted banks and shops, and were promised pay if they returned to barracks. Rebels were shot as the train carried them out of the city.
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United Press
London
Kalgan
Tien Tsin
Patt
Kaigan
Millionaire orphan death case hinges on typhoid findings
In Chicago a grand jury probes the death of McClintock the so called millionaire orphan. Typhoid germs were found and typhoid fever listed as the death cause by the attending physician. Foster father William D. Shepherd awaits state action while contesting the will and denouncing motives of others seeking profit.
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United Press
Chicago
Des
Tha di McClirtock
Wolff
William D. Shepherd
McClintock
Shepherd
World Aviators to Be Rewarded For Their Flight
The American around the world flyers will be awarded distinguished service medals and 4 to 15 years advancement in the army seniority list by legislation recommended to Congress by the administration War Department announced.
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United Press
Wallington
Army
Congress
War Department
Week Opens With Two More Worth Wells
The week starts with two more Worth wells, Humphreys Boyd Simmons number 2 at 257 feet, shallower than nearby 2985-00 wells. Rio Bravo’s H. T. of Wighticlway 1 near Texas Company station is a notable first in the Meon field, now entering its sixth week. Field daily production runs about 59 000 barrels with potential 90 000, as wells face high temperature. A daily gasher record from last week is expected to be surpassed, lifting the Wortham pool to lead Texas producing areas.
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Humphreys Boyd
Rio Bravo Company
Wighticlway
Texas Company
Rio Bravo
Meon
Wortham
Texas
Fire Destroys Dallas Rooming House Kills One
A three story rooming house in Dallas burned after midnight trapping Clifford Kerns on the third floor. Firemen rescued about 75 tenants, with one man and a mother and daughter saved by ladders. Loss estimated at 15000 dollars. A kerosene can found among debris in Wharton, Texas.
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United
Dallas
Texas
Dee
Clifford Kerns
T. F. Gooley
Harden
Wharton
Pottsboro Fire Kills Bandits’ Rampage Toll
A downtown Pottsboro blaze destroyed nine buildings with a 150000 dollar loss. The fire began at Long Drug Co where the safe was cracked and robbed. Pottsboro reports as the fourth bandit casualty in two weeks with Valley View Britten and Paradise previously sacked.
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Pottsboro
Texas
Long Drug Company
Valley View
Britten
Paradise
Gas Well Blow Yields Noted Find Near Wortham
The Southern Exploration Company’s T. E. Loughstham reported a Sunday blowout northeast of Wortham about a mile from McCork fearo. Local oil men estimate 1500 to 3 30 million cubic feet of gas in the discovery, promising further leasing and development in the area as the field could extend five miles.
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Southern Exploration Company
T. E. Loughstham
Alphrey
Suz
Fiell
Child Dies After Clothes Fire Injures Infant
Latch of a fire at the Marquez home left a four year old severely burned when clothing caught fire Saturday morning. The girl died at 5 a.m. Monday at Brown Hospital after medical care and was to be buried at the city cemetery. Community officials offered aid but physicians said death was inevitable.
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Marquez
Brown
J. J. Eddie & Company
Annrquez
John R. Corley Company
Southern Pacific
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The body of Major Charles E. Cooke chief topographic engineer of the United States Geological Survey left Austin for burial in Washington after he died here of pneumonia following a brief illness. He previously taught at the University of Chicago and the Missouri School of Mines at Rolla.
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United Press
Austin
Texas
Charles E. Cooke
United States Geological Survey
Washington
Cooke
Universities of Chicago
Missouri School of Mines
Rolla
Chinese Port Is Recovering From Severe Blow Up
Tokyo dispatch reports Otaru in northern Japan suffering heavy losses after a massive gunpowder explosion at the waterfront Saturday night. More than 100 dead and 200 injured, with thousands left homeless, as fires raged during a munitions transfer and fears of total destruction faded. Germany claims a will for peace, though memories of Wilhelm’s war linger.
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United Press
Tokio
Otaru
Japan
Traffic Surges on Mexia Wortham Road After Siege
Commissioner John Kennedy said the Mexia Wortham road will stay in top condition with ongoing repairs as needed. The X All highway will be surveyed after heavy rain. Warmer Sunday brings peak traffic with three lines moving all day and more hauling expected as fair weather returns.
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John Kennedy
Mexia
Wortham
Government insists on dest payments in four billion debt plan
A debt funding commission member criticizes the omission of the four billion French debt from the budget and calls for full payment on easy terms. Finance Minister Clemental says allied debts must be pooled and reduced.
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Washington
Debt Funding Commission
Clemental
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