Chinese bandits capture American missionary in Hupeh raid
News dispatch reports followers of bandit Laoyao Jen seized missionary Miss Tuliana Kilen and wounded two colleagues during a raid on Taang in Northern Hupeh near Frangyangfu. The three captured missionaries were members of the Lutheran Prethren church and longtime residents of Minneapolis.
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Associated Press
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Laoyao-Jen
Tuliana Kilen
Bernhard Hoft
Hott Ux
Taang
Hupeh
Frangy
Minneapolis
Tsanyang
Church of Lutheran Prethern
Sensational tunnel escape from Atlanta federal prison
Four inmates including George Anderson attempted to break out of the Atlanta federal prison by crawling through a three foot tunnel under the wall. Anderson, linked to the Chapman gang, had been serving 25 years for the New York mail robbery.
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Associated Press
Atlanta
Atlanta Federal
Seniteon One
Gerald Chapman
Abarry
George Anderson
New York
Chapman
Newport Police Chief Tobin Dies
The Newport police head, James S. Tobin, died today after illness. Appointed permanent police in 1898, he became inspector ten years later and chief in 1918. Renowned for his enforcement of law, Tobin helped shape city police policy as the new year approached 1924.
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Court
Jatmes
S. Tobin
Tobin
Guards Recapture Jail Breakers Near Elmira
Four convicts escaped from the Elmira Reformatory were recaptured early today by guards while walking along the railroad toward Caming, about ten miles away. The fugitives offered no resistance. This item moves to Portsmouth Motor Mart.
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Associated Press
Elmira
Iglmira Reformatory
Cerming
Sleet delays lift on Memorial Bridge operation
A sleet storm halted the Memorial Bridge lift work. The R L and P Co. had to send extra men to remove ice from the cables before the lift could be raised, causing about a fifteen minute delay in lowering.
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Memorial Bridge
R. L. and P. Co
Dixmude Tracing Deepens After Sailor Found
Paris reports French authorities will begin diving near the Sicily coast as soon as seas calm to locate traces of the Dixmude dirigible and determine if it went down in the area. The airship carried 50 officers and men.
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Associated Press
Paris
Sicily
Lieut
Granadan
Wood disposes of interest in ice company dealings
Ralph Wood retires and disposes of his ice company interests to Charles Badger. The firm Badger and Rand will take over former Portsmouth Ice Co. interests controlled by Harry Beneaton.
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Ralph Wood
Charles\. Badger
Badger and Rand
Portsmouth Ice Co
Harry Beneaton
Montendo Woman Killed Shielding Husband in Precinct Shooting
Mrs Anna Montendo was killed early today while trying to shield her husband from bullets fired by neighbor Ithel Trimmo who had quarreled with him. Arnieo fled and is being sought by police amid noted activity in bootlegging circles.
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New York
Anna Montendo
Ithel Trimmo
Lriano
New Year Celebration Promises Big Midnight Festivities
The town readies a grand New Year 1924 event with a large fireworks display funded by the Elks Radio club and Franklin Pierce Veterans. A large parade led by fife and drum corps is planned, with crowds to gather near the Christmas tree as theatres, dances, and parties wind down.
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Radio Club of the Elks
Tranklin Pierce
Fime
Franklin Pierce
Elks’ Radio Club
Little Nellie Company
Colonial Theatre
Market Square
Gold and silver rush sparks Yukon stampede near Keno
Dawson reports a new gold and silver rush at the Beaver river head fifty miles west of Keno. Assays show pay dirt with about 1000 ounces of silver per ton triggering a rush from Mayo and Eno to the Yukon mining settlement. Local entertainments include moving pictures twice weekly and a regular whist party at the K of C Home.
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Associated Press
Dawson
Klondike
Beaver River
Keno
Will
Eno
Mayo
Yukon
Fort Constitution Basketball Team Disbands But Hopes for Baseball
Due to a shortage of personnel at Fort Constitution the basketball team has disbanded. Only 24 men remain at the reservation with Capt. Greggs as the sole commissioned officer. Harold V. Snyder, longtime team manager, reenlisted and hopes to form a baseball squad in the spring.
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Fort Constitution
Fort
Capt
Greggs
Harold V. Snyder
Lord Curzon Probes French Loans to Armies Abroad
Paris December 21 1923 Lord Curzon British foreign minister begins inquiry into guarantees given by Warsaw Belgrade and Bucharest to France for loans exceeding a billion francs to bolster their national armies amid Franco British political tensions and a new post Ruhr dispute.
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England
London
Lloyd George Jefe
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Prague
Warsaw
Belgrade
Bucharest
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