Admiral Brownson Resigns Chief of Navy Bureau
President Roosevelt accepted the retirement resigning Rear Admiral Willard H. Brownson as Chief of the Bureau of Navigation. Commander Cameron Winslow will act in his stead. Officials dispute whether the Reuterdahl criticisms influenced the move, with Secretary Metcalf denying ties to the decision.
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New York Times
Washington
Roosevelt
Willard H. Brownson
Bureau of Navigation
Atlantic
Pacific
Cameron McC. Winslow
Admiral Brownson
Metcalf
White House
Rixey
Navy
Brownson
Controller of the Treasury
Navy Department
Imprisoned Miner Writes From Ely Nevada Shaft Caves In
A miner imprisoned since December 4 at the Alpha Mine in Ely Nevada 1000 feet underground sends a letter describing a shaft cave in that trapped four men with two above and two buried. He reports water and rations reach them via a six inch pipe and a telephone line to the surface. He hopes to reach the surface soon and reunite with his family.
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New York Times
Victor
Col
Sam D. Bailey
Ely
Nevada
McMaster Hints at Rockefeller Gift for Medical Faculty
Toronto report says McMaster University may secure a 2 million dollar donation from John D Rockefeller to establish a medical department. Chancellr N C McKay neither confirms nor denies the rumor while Baptist delegates discuss faculty plans in Woodstock noting endowment concerns.
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New York Times
Toronto
McMaster University
John D. Rockefeller
N. C. McKay
Convention of the Baptists of
Quebec
Ontario
Woodstock
Rockefeller
Board of Governors
Runaway Express Wagon Tramples Shoppers in Midtown Crash
The front wheel of a United States Express wagon fell near Sixth Avenue and Fifty-sixth Street throwing driver George Douglas into the street. The horse bolted south among Christmas shoppers, dragging the three wheeler, smashing a car canopy, and finally collapsing at the car barns on Fifty-first Street. No injuries reported.
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United States Express
George Douglas
West 131St Street
Sixth Avenue
Fifty-sixth Street
Douglas
Fifty-second Street
E. L. Young
Jersey City Heights
Fifty-first Street
Christmas Doll Prank Brings Joy to Bloomfield Couple
In Bloomfield New Jersey on December 24 Mr and Mrs Samuel Andrews on Montgomery Street found a large package left at their door. The box contained a life sized doll prompting the couple to call it a Christmas present and celebrate surprising neighbors gathered at their home. The anonymous gifter and the discovery caused wide amusement in the town where the baby doll was mistaken for a real infant at first.
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New York Times
Bloomfield
N. J
Samuel Andrews
Montgomery Street
Sam
Mrs. Andrews
Mr. Andrews
Andrews
New York City
Kansas City Mexico & Orient Railroad Seeks 120000 Bond Payout
The KC M&O Railroad aims to finish 26.5 miles of track by Jan 1 to earn 120000 in bonds. The line would extend from Wichita Kansas to the Red River 278 miles, linking to a system south to the Texas line. The project adds 90 miles in Texas and about 250 miles in Mexico, with 125 miles of Chihuahua and Pacific in operation.
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New York Times
Kansas City
Kansas City, Mexico & Orient Railroad
Wichita
Kan
Red River
Texas Line
Texas
Mexico
United Charities Shuts Doors Over Funds Shortfall
The United Hebrew Charities, the nation’s largest Jewish welfare group, paused operations with doors closed at its main building and four branches after a $75,000 deficit and funding declines. About 8,000 local families received aid previously. monthly operations resume Jan 1 and again Feb 1 as funds allow. President Henry Rice heads the board with Edgar Nathan and Sigmund Rosenwald as vice presidents.
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United Hebrew Charities
United States
Second Avenue
East Broadway
Rivington Street
Nathan Bijur
Society of the
Twenty-first Street
Solomon Loeb
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Mrs. Luck Delivers Quadruplets in Roanoke
Mrs. William Tuck of Roanoke Va presents four babies two boys and two girls this Christmas morning. The newborns join a large family with six children in eighteen months and a pair of twins born less than a year ago. Mother and all four infants are reported well.
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Roanokh
William Tuck
Luck
Jeff Davis Touts Frugal Family Costs in Senate Speech
Washington December 24 Senator Jeff Davis of Arkansas in his maiden Senate speech boasted of the low cost to support his family of eight daughters. He contrasted his expenses with the President and criticized the White House spending, claiming it takes far less to raise his family than the president’s.
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New York Times
Washington
Jeff Davis
Arkansas
Senate
United States
Davis
White House
Roosevelt
Subway Car Fire Injures Printer on West Farms Line
On a southbound West Farms train near Sixty sixth Street yesterday at 5 30 p m a fuse blew causing a short circuit and flames. Joseph O'Brien a printer of 811 Tinton Avenue suffered severe burns to his legs and was taken to Roosevelt Hospital after an ambulance was summoned.
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West Farms
Sixty-sixth Street
Joseph O’brien
Tinton Avenue
O’brien
Roosevelt Hospital
Train Blown From Tracks in Northern Colorado Gale
A severe Colorado gale blows four Colorado & Southern train cars off a Marshall line near Denver. Passengers from suburban towns suffer bruises and glass injuries. three are badly hurt. Wires down hinder aid until Boulder locates help. The engine remains on track amidst flying debris and wreckage.
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New York Times
Denver
Colorado
Colorado & Southern
Marshall
Boulder
Motorist John Handley Implicated in Fatal Street Collision
A black touring car driven by John Handley of 246 West Forty-sixth Street struck and fatally injured an unidentified man at Forty-ninth Street and Seventh Avenue. Handley, who later claimed it was his knock down, was arrested after the police traced the victim to Roosevelt Hospital and pursued clues. The deceased was said to be Owawned by Leo, an importer living at 63 Sebastia, with the fatal injuries deemed unrecoverable.
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John Handley
West Forty-sixth Street
Forty-ninth Street
Seventh Avenue
Roosevelt Hospital
Handley
Curry
Westleigh
Leo
Sebastia
First lynching in Oklahoma shocks Muskogee area
James Garden, a Black man from Henrietta, shot and killed Albert Bates after Bates refused to rent a rig. Garden said Bates discriminated due to color and was jailed pending inquiry. Gunfire riddled Bates’ body as mobs terrorized local Black residents amid the incident.
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Muskogeer
Oklahoma
James Garden
Henrietta
Garden
Albert Bates
Bates
Why No Electric Trains Between New Rochelle and NYC
The New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad explains electric service on the New Rochelle to New York branch is paused because heating equipment on electric locomotives is not yet ready. The Port Chester to New York line remains in service and New Rochelle service will resume soon.
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New Haven, Conn
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company
New Rochelle
New York City
Port Chester
New York
Unclear street notice at Pennsylvania and Atlantic
Fragmentary OCR text mentions Cuba South at 9:25 A M and 9:25 P M and a corner near Broadway and sash, with references to Pennsylvania and Atlantic Coast lines. Details are unreadable. no full event or action clear.
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Cuba
Saestied
Pennsylvania
Atlantic
Tion
Evens Torpedo Flotilla Delayed By Collision at Sea
Admiral Evans's battleship fleet faces a one day delay as the torpedo flotilla Whipple and Lawrence suffer minor damage after a collision with the Norwegian collier Fortuna. The Lawrence rear end damaged the Whipple but repairs proceed as the squadron anchors in Port of Spain awaiting a Rio de Janeiro voyage.
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Tain
New York Trins
Port OF Spain
Trinidad
Admiral Evans
Whipple
Fortuna
Lawrence
Para
Dragon
Hampton Roads
Robert HB. Pipes
Alabama
Rio de Janiero
Two Thousand Sailors Reach Port of Spain for Leave
Admiral Evans's battleship fleet arrives at Trinidad for shore leave as gatherings, luncheons, garden party, and races mark the visit. Gov. Henry Jackson and local officials host receptions while 14,000 personnel are in port.
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Port OF Spain
Admiral Evans
Populgee
Evans
Trinidad
Henry Moore Jackson
Government House
Gov. Jackson
Admiral Vans
Washington
Navy Department
Metcalf
Erie Starts a Rate War Between Chicago and New York
Erie Railroad withdraws all passenger rates from the Chicago rate sheet and plans new tariffs to take effect February 1 if approved by the Interstate Commerce Commission. Other trunk lines, including New York Central, may follow with cuts possibly lowering Chicago to New York fares to about 12 dollars. Second class fare could drop by six dollars and seventy five cents.
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New York Times
Chicago
Erie Railroad
New York Central
Points
Erie
New York
Helen Maloney Seen With Martin Maloney at Lakewood Home
Lakewood New Jersey December 24 Mrs Carberry Ritchie issued a statement about Miss Helen Maloney's presence at the home of Martin Maloney's daughter Mrs Ritchie in Lakewood N J Beating rumors of illness were unfounded and neither Maloney nor his family will comment for publication
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New York Times
Lakewood
N. J
Carberry Ritchie
Helen Maloney
Martin Maloney
Helen
Ritchie
Miss Maloney
Maloney
Woman Aids Peddler After Cab Collision
Mrs Paul La Croix of 275 Central Park West stopped after Greek peddler Stelianos Papageorgiou was hit by a cab at Sixth Ave and 33rd St. She placed him in her car and helped take him to New York Hospital with contusions and possible internal injuries. Driver Patrick Flannigan of 455 Amsterdam Ave assisted. doctors said the man would likely recover.
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Stelianos Papageorgiou
Sixth Avenue
Thirty-third Street
Paul la Croix
Central Park West
New York Hospital
Amsterdam Avenue
Harlem fortune teller warned of loss leads to arrest
A Harlem fortune teller warned Matron Mary Clay of the Hast 126th Street Police Station to beware around Christmas. Clay had the woman arrested for aiding detectives in clearing Harlem of fortune tellers. The matron then had $20 and her badge stolen on 121st Street and Third Avenue, with Detective McManus seeking the fortuneteller to identify the thief.
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Harlem
Mary Clay
126Th Street
Christmas Mail Bomb Found In Hiril South Post Office
A bomb from a Christmas parcel was uncovered in Hiril Penn after an employee spotted a damaged package addressed to Archie Carr. Police, led by Chief Wagner and Detective Pinney, opened the box revealing a bottle and explosive wiring designed to ignite matches. Health officer Dr. J W Wright confirmed the bottle contained high explosive.
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Hirib
Penn
South Drne
Archie Carr
Cherry Street
Sobel
Wagner
Pinney
J. W. Wright
Bad Luck Christmas Tree Disaster in Waterbury
In Waterbury Connecticut on December 24 a farmhand William Smith chopped his great toe, enraging him he threw an axe that broke a window and cut a child Mabel Scoville. Mrs Scoville fell breaking an ankle. Howard Scoville acted to finish the work, lit candles and set the tree on fire nearly burning the farmhouse. Amorose Scoville disposed of the tree claiming Fourth of July sufficed.
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New York Times
Waterbury
Amorose Scoville
Christmas vaccination scare at News Boys Home
Superintendent Rudolph Heig found a man at 2 am at 14 New Chambers Street posing as a Board of Health physician to vaccinate newsboys. A whistle drew a policeman who supported the claimant. The man vaccinated about 220 sleeping boys, aiming to reach many before daybreak.
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Rudolph Heig
News Boys
New Chambers Street
Board of Health
Plans to Blow Up Council of Empire Exposed
A St Petersburg police dispatch reports unraveling a terrorist plot tied to the Council of the Empire. Grand Dukes and high dignitaries are named in documents, with editors of Sovremen noe Slovo arrested then released after a prior application. Daily arrests occur, including in Finland, as bombs and explosives are found near the Finland frontier.
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Toy
New York Times
London
St. Petersburg
Finland
Council of the Empire
Sovremennoe Slovo
Finnish
Czaraper Embezzler Sought for Russian Crown
A $100 reward is offered for Stan ley Grzegorzewsky, a 40 year old municipal officer from Brest-Litowski Russia, who embezzled public funds and fled to the United States. He is believed to have hidden loot in New York and perhaps nearby, under authorization of Baron Shippenbach the Imperial Consul at Chicago. Police nationwide are asked to watch for him.
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Happy Land
Stanley Grzegorzewsky
Russia
Grzegorzewsky
Brest-Litowski
New York
Baron Shippenbach
Chicago
Graegorzewsky
Five Men Marked for Death Plot in Dry Zone
John Johnston of Pittsburgh admits a plan to kill Sheriff Wilkins of New Cumberland and other Prohibition figures in the Hancock County dry zone. He says J A Hostetter arranged the job and that five men were to be paid for the murders. Hostetter and James Jones were wounded in an attack on Wilkins residence and are jailed.
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New York Times
East Liverpool
Ohio
Hancock County
West Va
John Johnston
Pittsburg
Poilos Bonjour
Chester
West Virginia
Johnston
James Jones
A. F. Wilkins
New Cumberland
Wasson Bailey
Allison
Bonjour
J. W. Dunbar
J. A. Hostetter
Hostetter
Jones
Wilkins
Madisons Square Poultry Show Hen Heist Arrest
Six fancy hens worth $30 each disappeared from a Round Hill farm after a bird fancier cared for them at Madison Square Poultry Show. Sheriff William B. Ritch traced footprints to John Volgose, a Polish farmer, where six freshly killed fowl were found. The crop showed whole wheat, confirming the theft and Volgose was arrested. a $50 Connecticut reward awaits the capture of chicken thieves.
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Madison Square
Round Hill
William B. Ritch
John Volgose
Volgose
Ritch
Wolgose
Connecticut
Prairie fires menace town in Colorado outskirts
Prairie fires spread rapidly around Boulder Colorado as winds strike the area. Twelve buildings are reported burned with volunteers fighting the flames citywide hindering water access near university property and hillside districts.
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Boulder
Col
Fisgutert Mountain
Unive
Hil
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