European Turmoil and Post Office Pay Debates
The column surveys European tensions with King Alfonso, Trotzky, and Mussolini, noting clashes over authority and air travel rights. It contrasts New Haven Railroad practices with trolley operations, questions airline ownership, and discusses a pending pay raise for postal workers while warning of broader financial risks in Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven Toad
Anchise
Lbe
New Haw
United Ares
Europe
Krat
Information Seekers Keep Secretary Busy Telling About Roads
Information seekers fill the secretary’s day with questions about roads as a playful scene unfolds with a quip and a child named Oscar hurrying away. The piece captures a local encounter and a lighthearted moment in a public office setting.
Christmas trees jump to ten dollars in Minneapolis
Minneapolis December 24 a tree shortage sent prices soaring from five to ten dollars as late buyers battled for scarce stock. Small trees that normally sell for 25 to 59 cents surged to two and three dollars overnight while larger trees rose from five dollars to ten dollars.
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Minneapolis
Firemen Santa Claus distributes toys to 400 children
Fire Chief J G Sarran led an effort where more than 400 children received reconditioned toys at city fire stations. Twenty seven firemen aided Santa along with 27 aides, delivering to eligible homes after verification by The Light.
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Santa Claus
Oscar
Sarran
Otelia
Santa
Saint Nicholas
Christmas Cheer Association
Poison murder verdict in Illinois trial Jury returns guilty for Hight and Sweetin
In Mount Vernon Illinois on December 24 a jury found Lawrence M Hight and Mrs Elsie Sweetin guilty of murdering her husband Wil ford Sweetin by poison Hight received life imprisonment and Mrs Sweetin 35 years The jurors said both were guilty from the first ballot with punishment debates over Hight death unpicked and both sides signaling appeals for a new trial
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence M. Hight
Elsie Sweetin
Wilford Sweetin
Hight
I Furlong Rides Report Passable Texas Roads Eastbound
I Furlong's Ride notes roads from the Chamber of Commerce highway department are passable to East Texas with conditions ranging from excellent to impassable on some routes. Ice and rain slow some stretches, but overall improvement, with heavy but passable sections in Wilson and Karnes counties toward Corpus Christi and other routes remaining generally good or rough yet passable.
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May Hearn
W. H. Furlows
Highway Department
The
Chamber of Commerce
San
Os Stan Antonio
W. H. Furlong
Chamber of Commercce
Houston
Wilson
Karnes
Corpus Christi
Phree
Pearsall
Gonzales
Laredo
Tagle Pass
Bandera
Junction
Fredericksburg
Mason
Brady
San Angelo
Crystal City
Carrizo Springs
Dallas
Fort. Worth
del Rio
Karnes City
Cuero
Albanian Federals Capture Serbians in Kosovo District
Albanian government troops retook Krouma in the Kos- district from insurgents and captured a detachment of Serbian regular troops with field and machine guns.
Five Hurt as Auto Plunges Into Fountain Creek
Five persons were seriously injured today when a car plunged off the Ute Pass highway south of Cascade into Fountain Creek. Two occupants were listed in critical condition. Authorities investigated the crash and the vehicle was pulled from the water.
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Colorado Springs
Ute Pass
Cascade
Fountain Creek
San Antonio Stepmother Case Baffles Police Inquest
Coroner R Neil Campbell orders autopsy as chemist Herman A Hester analyzes stomach contents of Mrs Sehnselle and son August Schnelle. Miss Agnes Sehnelle remains in shock at hospital. Police hold scattered clues including a camphor bottle and rags stuffed in vents as investigators await results to determine murder or self-inflicted death.
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R. Neil Campbell
Herman
A.hester
San Antonio
Sehbpia Schnelle
August H. Schnelle
East Guenther Street
Agnes Sehnelle
Robert Bette
Fate
Sherif Jim Stevens
Serbell
Sehnelle
Keene
Gad
Jim Stevens
Justice of the Peace
Neil Campbell
Bolice
Fowder
Aother and Son
Paap
Woman Denies Poison Candy Charge in Mississippi Case
Mrs Hilma Ensminger faces a Marion county Mississippi warrant for allegedly sending poison candy by mail. A child victim, six year old George Ensminger, remains critically ill after eating treats labeled Merry Christmas and Love. Authorities found poison traces in candy and a note in the package. Ensminger, living in Gulfport, is divorced from his first wife who resides with Miss Mosier and the boy.
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Clean
N.Y. Dee
Hilma Ensminger
Columbis
Mise
George EB. Ensminger
Galfer
Marion County
Mississippi
Miss Hasriet
Ensmin, Jr
Garen
Ensminger
Gulfport
Miss
Radio Fans Win As Bori and McCormack Agree
Two famous opera stars Lucrezi Bori and John McCormack capitulate to radio demands. They will headline the New Year concert series by Vier ter Talking Machine Company and American Telephone and Telegraph Company. Johnson of Victor Company cites advertising aims behind the policy shift.
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New York
Vierter Talking Machine Company
Thet Company
American: Telephone and Telegraph ‘Company
John’ McCormack
Lucrezi
Bori
BR. Johnson
Victor Company
Two Bricklayers Dead in Wichita Falls Cave-In
A cave-in at a pit being dug and walled for a laundry in Wichita Falls killed two men, bricklayers Ea Gilleland, 36, and an unidentified Chicago man believed to be Thomas Morely.
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Wichita Falls
Ea Gilleland
Thomas Morely
Chicago
Engineer and two sons vanish en route to wedding
Henry Coldwell a Newark construction engineer and his two sons disappeared on the trip to Wheeling where he was to wed Grace Thompson last Monday. Secretary Thomas Meek of a metallurgical organization said search efforts have begun. Coldwell, 45, left Newark Saturday morning, and no word has come since Miss Thompson arrived from New York City.
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Wheeling
Henry Coldwell
Newark
Coldwell
Grace Thompson
Thomas Meek
Thompson
New York City
Radio’s Popularity Grows in Germany
Berlin reports a rapid rise in radio use as the Post Office Department lists 300000 subscribers by Christmas, up from 2000 at year’s start. Dr Hans Bredow, head of the service, expects about 100000 new subscribers each month for some time.
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Berlin
Germany
Post Office Department
Hans Bredow
Parents sue paper over Louise Lawson defamation suit
Cleburne Texas December 24 suit for 100000 damages over publication of alleged defamatory references to Louise Lawson a former Alvarado Texas girl found slain in New York apartment last winter filed in district court against the Southern Publishing Company of Waco publishers of the Waco News Tribune by her parents Mr and Mrs A R Lawson Actual damages 50000 and exemplary damages 50000 sought
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Cleburne
Tex
Louise Lawson
Alvarado
New York
Southern ‘Publishing Company
Waco
Waco News-Tribune
A. R. Lawson
Negro policemen shot and bandit slain in Chicago
Two black police officers were shot late last night in Chicago's south side while questioning two suspects. The exchange, lasting over 50 shots, ended with one officer fatally wounded and the alleged purse snatcher killed as the suspects barricaded in a basement before surrender.
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Chicago
South Side
Justice McKenna Plans To Retire From Supreme Court
Washington December 24 Associate Justice McKenna of the Supreme Court expects to retire within a few weeks. He said the final form of the move is not yet settled and circumstances might lead him to modify his plans.
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Washington
McKenna
Supreme Court
Paradise Robbery Spree Nets Loot Across Texas Area
Fort Worth reports six Paradise stores a bank the post office and the railroad station Burglaries followed a Christmas Eve wave across Texas Louisiana and New Orleans with total loot at least 116000 plus other items In Paradise the Peoples State Bank vault was not opened and safes were pried with hammers Local post office mail was opened and left on the floor Missing only small sums from the post office 2 to 3 dollars per Frost police searched for suspects
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Texas
Louisiana
Thinvis
Paradise
X Bank
Chicago
Parkway Hotel
Fort Worth
Bank
Rock Island
Britton
Peoples’ State Bank
J. €. Frost
Youthful Bandits Loot Parkway Hotel Safe Value Over 100000
CHICAGO December 24 two youth robbers held up employees and guests at the Parkway Hotel and rifled safety boxes. Mrs. Harry Hart wife of a Hart Schaffner&Marx official reported a loss exceeding 100000 in jewels plus valuables in other boxes. Police continued to pursue leads as the crime disrupted the hotel and a page two continuation promised details.
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Chicago
Parkway Hotel
Harry Hart
Hart, Schaffner & Marx Clothing Manufacturers
Hart
Wan
Dick Totter
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Trotzky
Arthur Brisbane
Star Co
M! Franez
Alfonso
Spain
Kaiser
Peror
Emma Goldan
Mr. Frick
Benigno
Varela
Lenves Ibanez
Jdher
New Haven
Milroad
Rhode
Pall Street
Newten
Ilroad
Ossia
Russia
Iice
Moscow
Miers
Hretsky
Lenin
Sti
Kerriot
Huee
Mussolini
Kkhin
Italy
Edicatas Pane Ac
Aide
Mount Vernon, Ill
Excent
Polige
iStomachs
M’cormack
U. S
Justice M’kenna
Chicago Hotel
New Orleans
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