Plan to Probe Federal Finances and Balance Budget
The House and Senate Democrats plan a full review of the federal government's fiscal condition to balance the budget this session. Speaker Garner urges balancing the budget as the government runs large monthly deficits, with Ways and Means set to meet January 4 as Mills predicts a large deficit this year.
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Associated Press
Washington
House
Senate Democrats
Garner
Congress
Collier
Ways and Means Committee
Treasury
Mills
Senate
Tragedy II Rescue Efforts Underway At Mine
Rescue crews from 420 skilled miners labored to reach trapped workers after an explosion in a mine. Debris blocked the 52 men as rescue teams bore through coal and rock with a field telephone for underground communication. Fresh air was pumped into the shaft while officials said prior inspection and a recent fire had no relation to the blast.
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Millhouse
Newsort
J. E. Hickman
Milhouse
da Quoin
la Salle
Vincennes
Ind
Associated Press
Moweaqua
Santa Claus
Tom Jackson
Jolly St. Nick
John G. Millhouse
Ther
George Kenney
Springfield
Christmas observances and charity across local churches
Sunday school classes distributed hampers and clothing to families in need while Christmas masses were celebrated at St. Frances de Sales and St. Stephens Episcopal churchs. The Woman's Club of Beckley delivered fruit baskets to 62 Raleigh County poor farm inmates, including 20 children, with toys for the youngsters.
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St. Frances de Sales Cuathollc
Maly
St. Stephens Episcopal Church
Woodlawn Avenue
Raleigh County
Shady Spring
Santa Claus
Woman's Club of
Beckley
Missing Man Romy Leaves Court Riddle for Des Moines Move
A missing man, Romy, formerly linked to a Pacific coast merchant ship, traveled to Des Moines as an accountant for a New York firm. He had been declared dead by a court at his father’s petition to collect an 81000 policy. He planned to visit his mother in Kenton Ohio, staying in a hotel with Mrs. Romy and declining comment on plans.
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Des Moines
New York
Nes Moines
Romy
H. Runyon
Kenton
Ohio
Nany
Three Held in Infantile Paralysis Case
An examining trial for three men charged in a infantile paralysis case was set for 1 p.m. Monday in justice court. Sheriff Cartwright said Mrs. Catylon would be held as a material witness and she was in a adjoining room when the girl died.
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Cartwright
Gloucester Fishermen Return Home for Christmas
Gloucester mass fishermen ashore for Christmas as the entire fleet gathers in port for the holiday. Families reunite on the docks while churches hold services including Midnight Mass at St Ann's and Our Lady of Good Voyage. The town celebrates with prayers, parades, and grateful memories of the sea.
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Associated Press
Gloucester
Mass
Dee
Cherry
St. Ann’s
America
Old Slaves Have Party at Holmes Institute
A group of former slaves gathers at dusk on Christmas Eve at the Holmes Institute to receive presents, sing, and dance. They recall childhood songs like Fol de Wah and Swing Low Sweet Chariot, with tears and memories of a life behind them as they sense a distant horizon.
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Holmes Institute
Congo
Galilee
Jordan
Jericho
Holiday rituals and Hoover era Christmas across America
The article recalls national Christmas observances as President Hoover sails south on the Sequoia while Vice President Curtis assumes duties in Washington. It notes church services and charitable drives, with Americans sharing food clothing and toys, and the capital lighting the national tree amid festive broadcast greetings. Jean De Latreseauy hosts a French style Yuletide gathering.
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The
Hudson
America
Washington
Associated Press
Hoover
Curtis
Jean de Lattreseauy
Boars Head Procession Featured At Arts Club Carols
The text describes a midnight mass outing with a supper and an old English boar's head procession as the arts club's highlight. Guests sing an ancient carol as the boar's head is carried upon a large silver platter. Carollers appear in multiple locations.
Mine Blasts in December Record Long-Running Toll
Pittsburgh reports December mine disasters since 1895 claim 1528 lives before the Moweaqua 11 explosion today. The Bureau of Mines notes the Moyongah West Virginia blast of 1907 killed 361, and 239 died at Jacobs Creek Pa in 1907.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
United States
United States Bureau of Mines
Moyongah
W . Va
Barr
Jacobs Creek
J. L. Forbes
The
Bureau
Herriot In Debt Speech Stirs French Debts Debate
Ex premier Edouard Herriot vows to continue the fight after the chamber defers France's war debt payment to Washington. He cites conscience and recalls US aid, warns against compromising relations with America amid disputes over 480 million francs and large transfers to Hungary and banks.
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Associated Press
Lyons
France
Edouard Kerriot
Chamber of Deputies
America
Racial Socialist Federation
Herriel
Herriot
Republic of France
United States
Tam
Herriott
Hungary
Christmas Cheer Reaches Moundsville Penitentiary
Christmas treats of nuts and candy will be shared with every prisoner at Moundsville State Penitentiary tomorrow. Workers in contractor shops to receive presents. shops close at noon and reopen Tuesday. A silent film program with three showings will serve about 2,000 inmates. Ten men discharged over the weekend, some on paroles, others at sentence ends. A special Christmas menu is planned.
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Associated Press
Moundsville
W. Va
Woman Killed Delivering Christmas Gifts in Staunton
Miss Mary Ann Buckley, 60, delivering Christmas gifts in Staunton, was fatally struck by a car and died en route to a hospital. The driver, O W Rowe, released on $500 bond to await a preliminary hearing December 28. Buckley is survived by two brothers J Buckley of Auburn Indiana and W K Buckley of New York and a sister Mrs Maggie Finley of New York.
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Associated Press
Staunton
Mary Ann Buckley
O. W. Rowe
Ake
J. Miss Buckley
Alk, Buckley
Auburn
Indiana
Maggie Finley
And
W. K. Buckley
New York
French favor expert study on American debt question
Paris reports say authoritative French opinion supports examination of the debt issue by experts as the most feasible approach. Roosevelt’s impending arrival and Hoover’s stance push back any quick solution until the new administration, with Franco American experts, can tackle the matter on practical economics grounds. Ambassador Edge awaits Washington direction before replying to Premier Boncour’s embassy visit.
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Associated Press
Paris
America
Hoover
Roosevelt
Washington
France
Joseph Paul Boncour
Walter E. Edge
Dawson Resigns As Insurance Chairman
Federal Judge Charles I. Dawson resigned as chairman of the board of Kentucky Home Life Insurance. Ernest Woodward also resigned as a director of Missouri State Life Insurance. Neither board has acted yet, Missouri State Life meets January 4 and Kentucky Life January 24.
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Associated Press
Louisville
Charles I. Dawson
Kentucky Home Life Insurance Company
Ernest Woodward
Missouri State Life Insurance Company
Dawson
Missouri
Missouri Company
Kentucky
Five Power Treaty Praised as World Christmas Gift
General Wilhelm Groener in the Vossische Zeitung calls the five power treaty the world's best Christmas present. He argues peace comes from equalizing armament rather than universal disarmament and endorses balance of power by mutual consent. He cites recent accord among Germany, France, Britain, Italy, and the United States to restore Germany to the disarmament conference and ease French German security tensions.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Wilhelm Groener
Vossiche Beitung
France
Germany
Groener
Great Britain
Sicaly
United States
Death of Taxi Owner Ernest Miller Shocks City
New York December 24 Ernest Henry Miller 45 taxi operator died at his Park Avenue office after a stroke. Miller a pioneer in taxi regulation and former president of the Parmeree system led operations in Minneapolis Chicago Cleveland Pittsburgh and New York. He also served as a director of the Chicago Yellow Cab Company. A native of Larue Ohio Miller’s death follows the stroke earlier the same day.
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Associated Press
New York
Ernest Henry Miller
Park Avenue
Miller
Parmeree System
Whir Js
Minneapolis
Chicago
Cleveland
Pittsburgh
Chicago Yellow Gab
Larue
Ohio
Yellow Cab pioneer advances in Newark New Jersey to New York
The subject entered the taxicab business in 1909 forming the Yellow Cab company of Newark N J. He helped organize the Yellow Taxi corporation of New York in 1921 and became its president in 1926 later leading the Parmelee system from 1929. He studied at New York University and left a widow Beatrice and a brother Harry Miller of Los Angeles as survivors.
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Yellow Cab Company
Newark
N. J
Yellow Taxi Corporation of
New York
Parmelee System
Marion
Ohio
Marion Star
Marion High Schoor
Bradford
New York University
Beatrice
Harry Miller
Los Angeles
Millionaire Rover Montpelier Dies in California
Jacques A. H. Montpelier once a millionaire ambulance driver and Royal Canadian Mounted Policeman died in San Diego at 47. He left Cleveland as a flashy social figure after failing to manage his vast property, with three marriages and multiple lawsuits marking his career.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
Jacques A. H. Montpelier
Royal Canadian Mounted
Montpelier
San Diego
Calif
James
War Minister Innocent in Revolt Case Declared
Buenos Aires December 24 General Luis Bellepiane former minister of war is freed of complicity in a radical revolutionary plot. The federal court finds insufficient evidence to convict Dellepiane of taking part and also fails to detain Honoria Pueyrredon former foreign minister Carlos Noel and Jose Tamborini former interior minister. The government had earlier ordered state of siege powers and suspended the radical newspaper Cordoba in Cordoba.
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Associated Presa
Buenos Aires
Luis Bellepiane
Yrigoyen
Dellepiane
Honoria Pueyrredon
Carlos Noel
Jose.Tamborini
Cordoba
Mrs Sloan Dies in New York Home at 80
Mrs Alfred V Sloan mother of Alfred P Sloan Jr of General Motors died suddenly in her New York home from heart disease. She was 80, born in Coxsackie N Y, married in New Haven and relocated to New York in 1885. Surviving children include Harold Sloan Raymond Sloan Clifford Sloan and Mrs Katherine Sloan Pratt.
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Associated Press
New York
Alfred V. Sloan
Alfred P. Sloan
General Motors Corporation
Sloan
Coxsackie
N. Y
A. J. Meade
New Haven
Conn
Alfred P Sloan
Alfred P., Jr
Harold Sloan
Montclair
N. J
Raymond Sloan
Plandome
Clifford Sloan
Katherine Sloan Pratt
Tornado Strikes In Sections Of Arkansas
Tornadoes hit three separate areas in Arkansas causing property damage and injuries. England in Lonoke county suffered 36+ damaged dwellings and two injuries while Hampton Calhoun county saw a church and a filling station wrecked. A tornado damaged areas north of Mountain Home in Baxter county.
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Associated Press
Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
England
Lonoke County
Hampton
Calhoun County
Mountain Home
Baxter County
Struck by Truck and Bigamy Tales From Virginia
A newspaper fragment reports M. L. Matheny a retired railroad carpenter foreman severely injured after being struck by a truck. It also notes Louis George repeatedly married and divorced, arrested for bigamy, claiming his affairs were getting too mixed up for him.
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Gratton
M. L. Matheny
Toay
Louis George
Film Stars Share Christmas Charity In Hollywood
Hollywood reporters note a Christmas fund funded by nearly all regular workers and part timers. Stars like Ann Harding George OBrien Janet Gaynor Wallace Berry contribute gifts or money to local orphanages clinics and charities. Marion Davis plans a clinic party and 800 baskets for families while Laure l Hardy Warner Baxter Joan Bennett and others distribute aid and Christmas baskets nationwide.
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Associated Press
Hollywood
Cal
Ann Harding
George O'Brien
Janet Gaynor
Wallace Berry
Berry
Salvation Army
Miss Harding
Maurice Chevalier
Paris
Chevalier Dispensarie
Marion Davis
Comedians
Laure
Hardy
Warner Baxter
Joan Bennett
Richard Ariens
Victor McLaghlen
Fall Is Fatal
Merman Krah aged 40 from New Castle Pennsylvania died in City hospital after injuries from a fall at the Ohio Edison facility.
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Associated Prenk
Local Worker Fatally Injured At Toronto Plant
A worker at a Toronto plant suffered a fatal injury when his skull was fractured during a incident at the facility where he had been employed. The accident is being investigated by authorities and company officials.
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Toronto
Virginia Counties Not Collecting 50 Percent
Two Virginia counties Wise and Neg Kent show delinquent tax reports with more than half of their assessments unpaid. Wise county records $40,005.07 assessment and $16,132.27 collected while Neg Kent reports $5,279.22 assessment and $2,403.47 collected. Arlington county also reported delinquency with $871,008.43 assessed and $45,598.71 collected.
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Associated Press
Richmond
Virginia
Wise County
Neg
Kent County
Arlington County
Arlington
Steel man dead in garage suicide in Los Angeles
The body of John Worley Jr., 47, a steel manufacturer, was found in his car in a Los Angeles garage. Police believe he died by suicide from exhaust fumes. His widow cited financial harassment as a possible factor.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
John Worley, Jr
First Woman Seeks Nebraska House Speakership
Mrs. Mabel Gillespie of Gretna Nebraska a Democrat is the first woman ever to seek the speakership of the Nebraska house of representatives.
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Mabel Gillespie
Gretna, Neb
Nebraska House of Representatives
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