Breach widens as Nutt attacks Nye over slush fund claim
Treasurer J R Nutt called for a public apology from Senate campaign funds committee Chairman Nye after accusing a bank slush fund of 850000. He alleged 232000 disbursed to support congressional races and named Robert Lucas and other party leaders in the dispute. Brookhart urged Democratic cooperation, warning against Mellonism and noting weak leadership in both parties.
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WASHINGTON
DEMARDS
J. R. Nutt
Republican national committee
Nye
senate campaign funds investigating committee
national committee
Norris
Nebraska
Robert H. Lucas
Lucas
Nutt
Commercial National Bank
capitol
Senator Nye
Nuttead
senate of the
United States
dolar
Robert "T Lucas
Waldo Wood
congressional campaign committee
Wood
BROOKHART
Tawa
crganzang
senate
Democratic party
Republican party
Child Killed By Automobile In Springfield
Eleven year old Lois Richards died after being struck by a car while running home with a new doll on Christmas morning. She was taken to a hospital where she succumbed to injuries.
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SPRINGFIELD
Lois Richards
Gas leak at church panics Hanford congregation
Nearly a dozen people were overcome and the Seventh Day Adventist church in Hanford California flooded with escaping gas during morning services. The gas leaked from the heating system and was believed turned on without lighting. Congregation members will recover.
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HANFORD
Cel
Seventh Day Adventist church
Death of Lord Melchett Ends Era of British Finance
London December 24 Lord Melchett former Sir Alfred Mond a leading British industrial financier died after weeks of illness Phlebitis relapse feared death He chaired Imperial Chemical Industries a major firm worth about 76 million pounds He also served as minister of health in the Lloyd George war cabinet and was active in politics and finance across Britain.
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LONDON
Lord Melchett
Alfred Mon
Britain
England
Palestine
Iimperial Chemical Industries
Great Britain
TOLCE
Lloyd George
Liberals
Gambling boats scene of raids in Long Beach
Seven alleged gamblers were arrested on charges of violating the state gambling law after raids on the Rose Isle and Johanna Smith off Long Beach. The operation involved fifty two officers led by Los Angeles County District Attorney Baron Pitts. Paraphernalia was seized on both craft as authorities seek a test case on jurisdiction and enforcement. The seven included two barge managers and five gamekeepers.
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LONG BEACH
Cal
Rose Isle
Johanna Smith
Baron Pitts
Los Angeles county
Fitts
Governor’s kin seriously hurt in bridge boating accident
In Toledo Washington on December 27 Frank Meier twenty nephew of the Oregon governor elect and two Port Jan youths were hurt on the Cowbta river bridge. Alfred Wolf eighteen with a fractured skull and Myer Swett twenty with a fractured pelvis were listed in grave condition. Meier suffered fractured ribs and a head injury.
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CHEHALIS
Wesh
Frank Meier
Meier
Oregon
Port Jan
Cowbta river
Toledo
Wash
Alfred Wolf
Myer Swett
Midshipman Ends Navy Career Over Clever Dorm Prank
A Navy midshipman resigns after turning Bancroft Hall into a conning tower with wires clocks lights and an elevator. An inspector uncovered a hidden maze of wiring tapping lines and a wastebasket receiver. The sophomore could not explain the setup and faced possible dismissal while a roommate received demerits for not reporting it.
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ANNAPOLIS
Bancroft hall
United States Naval Academy
tappen
Bigger loaf from bakery in Kansas City
Kansas City December 2. Mayor Bryce B Smith announces a larger and longer loaf from his bakery. He explains rising wheat prices raised the sixteen ounce loaf to twenty ounces, while wholesale price dropped by one cent.
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KANSAS CITY
Bryce B Smith
Smudge pots save fruit in Northern California orchards
Sacramento reports indicate extensive smudging in Glenn and Butte counties reduced frost damage to crops over the last two nights. James Mills of Mills Orchards said about 100,000 gallons of fuel burned in 50,000 smudge pots across Hamilton City area Thursday and Friday nights, with negligible fire risk.
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SACRAMENTO
Glenn
Butte
California
James Mills
Mill s Orchards Company
Hamnton City
Night Clubs Exposed to Prohibition Administrator Greeting
Chicago December 27 Night club and hotel operators received New Year greetings from JFP Herbert prohibition administrator for the seventh district. They were told two or more observers would be present at each location New Year Eve to note any infractions and that all are responsible even if not participants. The letter stressed a friendly spirit and hoped no incident would disrupt that friendship.
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CHICAGO
J. Herbert
alliance
Suit of Arizona to delay work at dam studied
Representatives from six upper and lower basin states met in a closed session to discuss Arizona’s motion to delay Hoover Dam work pending power and benefits decisions. Nevada AG Diskin absent at start. draft of U.S. Solicitor General’s dismissal motion prepared. Sessions aim to shape the answer before a January 5 Supreme Court deadline.
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GREELY Cola
Colorado
Arizona
Hoover dam
Utah
Wyoming
New Mexico
Diskin
Nevada
United States supreme court
United States
Wilbur
interior department
Washington
supreme court
i wyoming fise
George P Parker
Finds Jewelry: Bum Finds Jail Time in Chicago
Chicago December 27 a man named Steve Pens was jailed after finding a $600 diamond brooch and a platinum piece studded with diamonds in Loop slush. Police say finders keepers if the owner does not appear, but Steve faces disorderly conduct charges. If the owner does not surface he could stay jailed through Christmas and beyond.
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CHICAGO
Steve
Escaped killer recaptured after jail breakout in Georgia
In Waycross Georgia Dee S7 Jt Jim Pa her condemned slayer of his baby who fled Ware county jail yesterday with four other prisoners was recaptured near here today. Officers who hunted the fugitives found him and an escaped prisoner identified as Oscar Johns Parker without resistance, but Parker fled into a nearby road. Parker is under sentence to die in the electric chair in January.
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WAYCROSS
Dee
Jim Pa
Ware
Oscar Johns Parker aienceren
Johns
e-cepen Parker
Queen Elizabeth Recovers From Influenza For Winter Holiday
Queen Elizabeth completely recovered from influenza and will travel with King Albert to England Switzaland for a fortnights winter holiday. The couple plan activities including skiing skating and mountaineering as usual, with the queen noted as an expert on winter sports.
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BRUSSELS
Elizabeth
Albert
Engardine
Switzaland
Leaps into Molten Steel at Dortmunder Steel Works
In Dortmund Germany on December 27 Robert Germann, after years at the blast furnace, declared the furnace called him and then leaped into the white hot molten steel. No motive was found for the deadly act, as colleagues witnessed the event at the Dortmunder Steel Works.
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DORTMUND
Germany
Dee
Dortmunder
Robert Germann
Lobbyist Racketeering Alleged Over Veterans Benefits
Washington reports a House veterans committee charge of a lobbying racket for veterans' compensation certificates. Johnson accused widespread commercial petition drives of racketeering, saying circulators pocketed ten cents per signature and demanded ten sen ts per signer. Patman, who forwarded petitions, called it lobbying but noted paid participation signals real interest.
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WASHINGTON
Johnson
house veterans committee
South Dakota
Republican
congress
Jwinson
Texas
PATMAS
INTERFST
Patman
Hunter slain by companion near Dillon Cole
Robert Hunter a Colorado law student and University of Pennsylvania graduate was shot to death yesterday by his companion Thomas Bowman during a hunting tap near Dillon Col e. Hunter crawled under debris when Bowman, drawn by a moving flame mistaken for an animal, fired a single blast. His wife, a Denver civic figure, witnessed the accident. Hunter had recently moved to Boulder to study at the University of Colorado law school.
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DENVER
Robert, Hunter
Unity of Colorado law
agreduste
University of Pennsthame
Thomas Bowman
Dillon Cole
Hunter
Bowman
Hunters
Boulder
law school of the Unversity of Colorado
Mystery plane aids Otto in Budapest leaflets drop
Hungarian authorities investigated a mysterious airplane that flew over Kemenesska and Ga Dbahoese districts on December 27. The craft reportedly dropped leaflets prophesying Archduke Otto’s New Year ascension, with officials suspecting legitimist conspirators behind the act.
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BUDAPEST
Kemenesska
Archduke Otto
Robbers Hold Up Oluer Bank at Rising Sun Branch
Four men robbed the Rising Sun and Wyoming Avenue Oluer Bank and Trust Company in northeast Philadelphia. About $25 000 was taken from cash drawers while $100 000 remained in the vault unscathed. Authorities pursue suspects as investigation continues.
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PHILADELPHIA
Rising Sun
Wyoming avenue
Oluer Bank and Trust Company
Rebel Bands Raid Villages in Burma
Rebel bands continued raids in the Tharawaddy District of Burma as British troops arrived, sparking hope that several days of unrest in the inhospitable region may soon end.
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Burma
RANGOON
Tharawaddy
Death Looms as Marshal Joffre Fights Grave Illness
Paris and S t Jean de Dieu hospital report Marshal Joffre near death after last Saturday leg amputation due to arterial gangrene. Doctors say age and weakened condition reduce recovery odds. bulletin notes disquieting progress as France mourns the Marne hero in his greatest battle yet.
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PARIS
Joffre
Marne
Mme. Joffre
St Jean de Dieu
marshall
Dr. Beidin
Marshall Joffre
SOUVECIENNES
France
Pepa” Joffre
army of
Cernan
the
Marshal Joffre
Leriche
Labbe
Boutin
J. Faure
Boulin
Dy Fontaine
Aristiide Briand
Warrington Dawson
Atlanta
Versailles
Prince George Thrown From Horse Injures Shoulder
London December 27 Prince George youngest son of King George and Queen Mary suffered a dislocated shoulder when thrown from a horse while hunting with the Belvoir hounds near Melton Mowbray. He was rushed to Melton Mowbray Memorial Hospital where it was set by Dr Montague Ditton. The injury was not serious and he planned to join the Prince of Wales in South Africa.
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LONDON
Prince George yourgest
King George
Queen May
Belvoir
Melton
Mowbray
Melton Mowbray Memorial Hospital
Montague Diton
South Africa
Prince of Wales
Furness
Thelma Morgan Converse
Ha Hi Morgan
Church Fire Damages Ottawa Holy Tract Parish
An incident at St Josephs Catholic church in Ottawa left the Renaissance style structure mostly intact except for a limestone wall after a lithe boy overturned heated canales onto the Christmas trib. The 459000 dollar church, dedicated in 1892 and serving one of Ottawa’s largest parishes, was damaged while the boy tried to light a candle for a dead relative.
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OTTAWA
St Josephs Catholic church
Ship's Fate Still Secret in Halifax Harbor
The steel schooner Doren and her crew of six remain unreported after a towing cable parted from the steamer Constante near Halifax harbor last Tuesday. The vessel’s engine and much of its rigging are stripped and two government steamers continue search efforts with no word as of this morning.
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HALIFAN
Doren
sever
Tre Doren
Helifax
Constante
Halifax harbor
Kirk
Australian cricket star reprimanded for autograph on calf
Sydney dispatch reports a member of the victorious Australian cricket team who recently toured England was reprimanded after signing the calf of a pretty girl passenger aboard the liner Homeward Bound from London. The team had pledged not to sign autographs to curb autograph bunters, but the incident made the identity of the player clear as the young woman wore the souvenir proudly.
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Cricket Star
SYDNEY
Australia
London
England
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