Rescue Three Men Marooned on Ice in Great Bay
Three Quinney Mass men on a day of melt fishing were stranded when the ice broke. Willis G. Maher and two companions drifted on a plank for hours before a Rye Beach and Portsmouth team reached them with a lifeboat. They survived with minor injuries after exhausting but coordinated efforts to break the ice and pull them to safety.
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Clarence
Portsmouth
Rye Peach Police
Willis G. Maher
Old Colony Avenue
Sawyer
Maher
Harold Garland
Newington
Garland
Cental Fire Station
William
Woods
Clarence Atwell
A. Manning Remick
Rye Beach
Remick
Straw's Point
Simpson's Point
Naval Parley Opens in London at 1920s Conference
In London on December 9, the United States led a push for a 20 percent cut in naval treaty tonnage at an international conference. Norman H. Davis urged progressive disarmament while Roosevelts stance favored maintaining limits if needed. British Prime Minister Baldwin welcomed delegates from five sea powers with 1500 ships, seeking mutual understandings to prevent an arms race. Japanese Admiral Magano pressed for an equality pact, and the outlook remained uncertain among major powers including the United States Great Britain France Italy and Japan plus India and the British dominions.
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Associated Press
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Great Britain
Stanley Baldwin
Magano
United States
France
Italy
Japan
India
British
Notre Dame awards honorary degree at Manila convocation
Notre Dame University confers honorary doctor of laws on President Pooze velt and publisher Carlos Romulo at a convocation presided by Cardinal Mundelein in the university gymnasium. The ceremony marks 400 years of Catholic action in the Philippines amid its separate commonwealth status. Roosevelt, Mundelein, John O Hara, and the gymnasium are pictured.
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Poozevelt
Carlos P. Romulo
Manila
P. 1
Cardinal Mundelein
Chicago
Philippines
Commonwealth
Roosevelt
John ¥. O’hara
Notre Dame
Hauptmann Case Review Refused by Supreme Court
By Associated Press Washington December 9 the Supreme Court refused to review Bruno Hauptmann's conviction for kidnapping and murder in the Lindbergh baby case, signaling the last avenue of appeal was closed with the word denied.
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Associated Press
Washington
Bruno Hauptmann
Supreme Court
Lindbergh
Trio Holds Up Chain Store in Pawtucket
Three armed men robbed a chain food store at Pawtucket Ave and Pine St in Pawtucket Rhode Island on Saturday night escaping with 872 from the register. Owner Max Bussow of Providence, 40, called police from a neighbor’s house. Clerk John Marone, 23 of Centredate, was forced to service a young girl who entered during the robbery and was detained until the robbers fled.
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Associated Press
Pawtucket
R. I
Pawtucket Ave
Pine St
Max Bussow
Providence
John Marone
Centredate
Irregular Market Breaks Amid Mixed U.S. Steel Decline
New York stock activity shows selective strength with some issues at multi year highs while leaders pull back. U S Smelting drops four and Pasco loses two as declines hit Jones Manville Nickel Westinghouse Western Union Bethlehem American Telephone and United States Steel.
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Bethlehem
American Telephone
Schools Close December 20 For Christmas Vacation
The public schools of this city will close on Friday December 20, for the Christmas vacation, resuming classes on Thursday January 2.
Narrow Escape In Hampton Crash Shakes Town
Two Boston taxi operators narrowly escaped death when their car skidded on icy Hampton roads, crashing through railing and into a field after a passenger fled without paying. The other accident near Brown's Bridge involved seven men in a sedan overturning but leaving uninjured. Police and a doctor treated minor injuries. investigators noted no hospital visits.
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Sidan
Roxbury
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Sidney Nealie
Deever-Foxcroft
Maine
Judge Hayes
Dover-Foxcroft
Bay State
Ab Ward
Boston Maine
Terri
Fic
Jerome Harkness
Pierser
A. M. Fernald
Harkness
Brown
Yinroad
Woburn
Ground-parrot Kakepo Named by Maori in New Zealand
The ground-parrot, a flightless bird native to New Zealand, is known as Kakepo in the Maori language. This local name reflects the bird's presence in Maori culture and the region's biodiversity.
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New Zealand
President Defends Farm Program In Chicago
President Roosevelt hailed the New Deal farm program as protecting farmers from bankruptcy and servitude while noting farm income rose by nearly 3 billion dollars in 30 months. He defended the AAA amid Supreme Court scrutiny and backed a Canadian trade treaty as beneficial to agriculture.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
American Farm Bureau Federation
Washington
Hoosaé Mills
AAA
ASA
Hoosac
Canada
Father and Son Shoot Robbers in Armored Car Hold Up
Philadelphia December 9: Edward Dee and Joseph Kennelley, both 29 and 35, part of the Philadelphia underworld, were slain during an armored car holdup after a police disguise misled them. Defenders H W Arnhold and Harry Arnhold, aged 58 and 38, were wounded while protecting the cash. The Arnholds claim the robbers had little motive. The elder Arnhold recounts the incident. A past Mobil pistol fight in February 1920 saw the Arnholds’ son kill one of six gunmen attempting to seize an armored car.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Edward Dee
Joseph Kennelley
H. W. Arnhold
Harry Arnhold
Arnhold
Antholds
On& Lane
Letter from China Clipper speeds letters home
A letter mailed in China on December 2 arrived in this city on December 6, a four day journey. Mrs. John Batick received word from her husband stationed in China, carried by a first day cachet of the China Clipper, completing its round trip.
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China
John Batick
China Copper
Map of route shown on cachet for Alameda fight
The cachet from Alameda California displayed a map detailing the route covered by the fight, illustrating the path and key locations along the way.
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Philippines
Alameda
Calif
Christmas Party for Chase Rome Children
The children of the Chase Rome will be entertained with a Christmas party in the Methodist vestry on Saturday evening by the Intermediate League.
Lecture at Temple Israel on Starg Look Down
Mrs Pannie v Linsky is to give a lecture on Starg Look Down in the Temple Israel vestry this evening. The talk is part of the temple’s speaker series and invites members to attend.
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V Linsky
Starg Look
Temple of
Israe
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