Renahan Missing After Fatal Plunge In Dixon Entrance
Ketchikan Alaska December 1 Hope fades that Pilot Robin Renahan and two companions Sam Clerf and Frank Hatcher will be found alive The belief grows they plunged after the Miers disappeared in Dixon Entrance Navy fliers plan another flight along Prince of Wales Island coast If no trace is found the party may move toward Port Simpson or Prince Rupert to search Lacey Island area where Renahan was last seen They have been missing since October 23 with bad flying weather delaying search efforts.
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Ketchikan
Alaska
Robin Renehan
Sam Clerf
Frank Hatcher
Miers
Dixon Entrance
United States Navy
Navy
P. Gerber
Prince of Wales Island
Port Simpson
Prince Rupert
Lacey Island
Renahan
Europe’s Man of Mystery Ill Seeks Medical Relief in London
Vancouver dispatch notes Canadian fliers abandoned search for Pilot Renahan and companions. Everett Wasson and Joe Waist head to Liard River district after plane found frozen near Liard headwaters. Sir Basil Zaharoff, Europe’s famed mystery figure, seeks medical care in London amid illness. rumored to be the richest man in Europe, with a fortified diary and a shadowy past.
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Europe
Man OF Mystery
London
Vancouver
B. C
Renahan
Prince Rupert
Comox
Vancouver Island
Everett Wasson
Joe Waist
Liard River
E. J. A. Burky
Emil Kading
Bob Marten
Wasson
Walsh
Basi Zarshoft
Vancouver Tesalla
On Trial for Shooting Down Newspaper Man
Frankie Foster faces trial in Chicago for the June slaying of Tribune reporter Alfred Lingle in a crowded pedestrian tunnel. Prosecutors seek the death penalty, contending Foster owned the revolver used. weapon traced to Moran gang member Foster, arrested in California. Trial adjourned without jury today. A B E Lawrence, Hollywood rep, remains in Juneau at the Gastineau.
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Frankie Foster
Alfred Lingle
Chicago
Til
Alfred “Jake” Lingle
Tribune
Foster
Lingle
Michigan Boulevard
Moran
California
Mary Mother Jones Dies at 100 in Maryland Home
Mary Mother Jones, a 100 year old labor crusader known for fierce militancy, died last night at her Maryland home. Born May 1 1830 in Cork Ireland, she championed workers from the mines of Colorado to the cotton mills of the South. Her bold campaigns and biting eloquence left a lasting mark on U.S. labor history.
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Washington, D. C
Mary
Mother" Jones
Maryland
Crever
Colorado
West Virginia
South
Mother Jones
Cork
Ireland
Richard Harris
America
Toront
Twins in Accidents Within Space of Two Hours, One Killed
New York City December 1 An automobile and a horse caused death and injuries to the Baldwin twins within two hours Alford Baldwin was thrown from his horse near East Northport suffering a fractured skull Clifford Baldwin was struck by a truck and killed Alford survived but has not been told of Clifford’s death.
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New York City
Baldwin Twins
Alford Baldwin
East Northport
Clifford Baldwin
Alford
Aviatrix Given Up as Perished in Havana Miami Flight
Miami Florida December 1 aviation officials agree Mrs J M Keith Miller a plucky Australian aviatrix perished at sea during an attempted Havana to Miami flight under adverse conditions. She left Havana last Friday morning.
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Miami
Florida
J. M. Keith- Miller
Havana
Inspector of Calcutta Police Shot Dead at Chanpur Station
Inspector Mukherji of the Calcutta Police was shot and killed today as he alighted from a mail train at Chanpur Station. Bengal Police on the trail fired at the two youths, who escaped.
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Calcutta
Des
Mukherji
Chanpur
Sta
Bengal
Davis Delays Taking His Seat in Senate
Washington Dec 1 Former Secretary of Labor John J. Davis announced he would not seek his Senate seat today while awaiting the continuation of the Campaign Investigating Committee inquiry into Pennsylvania campaign expenditures.
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Davis
Senate
Washngton
D. C
Secretary of
Labor
John J. Davis
Nye
Suether
Pennsylvania
Leaders Favor National Vote on Prohibition
Washington leaders of the Prohibition movement discuss backing a national referendum on repeal or modification of the Eighteenth Amendment. plan hinges on state elected constitutional conventions and acceptance by opponents. bitter splits appear among dry leaders while some repealists favor delaying action to build public support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Congress
Scott McBride
Anti-Saloon League
Clarence True Wilson
Methodist Board of Temperance
Prohibition
Publc
New York
Cirys
National Capital
Patrick J. Callahan
Louisville
Association of Catholics
New Jersey
Arthur J. Bartone
North Carolina
Southern Baptist Convention
Trapped Leader of Train Robbery Gang Captured in Oakland
Frank Smith a reputed gang head linked to the November 9 Southern Pacific train robbery of 56000 was trapped in his Oakland home and opened fire while fleeing. He allegedly connected with foiled robberies from Vancouver to Fresno since 1928 totaling over 250000, as accomplices escaped from the fortified house on all sides.
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Oakland
Cal
Frank Smith
Southern Pacific
Smith
Vencouver
B. C
Fresno
New Resident for City Born at St Ann's Hospital
Mrs E Johnson welcomed a new baby yesterday morning at St Ann's Hospital. The newborn weighed eight pounds four ounces.
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E. Johnson
St. Ann's Hospital
Seattle Woman Missionary and Nurse Kidnapped in China
Reported kidnapping of Seattle missionary Mrs HG Hayward and British nurse Miss Gomersell by river bandits near the Yellow River after traveling from Lanchow. Anglo American rescue party assembling with U S and British officers to contact them. both women reportedly held under guard amid fighting nearby.
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Seattle
China
Four Killed In R R Crash Near Sunol California
Four Western Pacific trainmen died in a rear end collision of two freight trains near Sunol Alameda County late Saturday night. An express bound for Sacramento telescoped the freight engine killing engineer R M Middleton fireman W Richenbacher and head brakeman Livya Goslin. Flagman R Jones in the caboose was the fourth victim.
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Stockton
Cal
Western Pacific
Sunol
Alameda County
Oakland
Sacramento
R. M. Middleton
W.richenbacher
Livya Goslin
R. ©. Jones
Fifteen Die in Halley Ola Mine Explosion
Lutke Oklahoma Dec 1 Fifteen miners died in yesterday’s Number 5 Mine blast of Halley Ola Goal Company with two others injured seriously. Thirteen were killed immediately.
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Lutte
Oklahoma
Halley-Ola Goal Company
Government monitors watch radio stations for better reception
Washington Dec 1 The Federal government reveals in W D Terrells annual report that radio stations often deviate from assigned wavelengths. A nationwide monitoring system with a Grand Inland Nebraska primary station and nine secondary sites, plus six test cars, aims to enforce proper frequencies and improve reception.
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Washington, D. C
W. D. ‘Terrell
Commerce Department
Radio Division
Grand Inland
Nebraska
Eix
Unidentified gunman kills 2 policemen in Macomb
Macomb Illinois December 1 A man picked up on a minor loitering charge attacked a carload of police, killing Edward Whittlesey and Ernst Bowman and wounding Officer Al Links. Bowman fired back but died. The suspect, believed from Peoria, is Oliver Harding with a police record. Edwin Veril 28 Canon Illinois identified later as auto thief and petty burglar.
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Macomb
Soi Gueited
Edward Whittlesey
Ernast Bowman
al Links
Bowman
Jong
Whittlewy
Peoria
Oliver Harding
Magome
Illinois
Edwin Veril
Canon
Uinois Veril
Ketchikan Firm Seeks Dam Permit for Lake Perseverance Outlet
KETCHIKAN Alaska December 1 The Citizens Light Power and Water Company of Ketchikan asks the Federal Power Commission for a permit to build a dam at the outlet of Lake Perseverance to augment the Municipal System's power supply.
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Ketchikan
Alaska
Citizens Light, Power and Water Company of
Doam
Einstein allocates half hour to daughter at wedding
Berlin report states Professor Albert Einstein set relative values of things by spending just thirty minutes with his daughter Marget on her wedding Saturday afternoon. The bride wed Dr. Dimitri Marlonoff, a Russian writer on science and arts topics.
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Einstein
Berlin
Albert Einstein
Marget
Dimitri Marlonoff
Short Session Opens Amid Capitol Demonstrations
Washington short session starts with Capita police restraining Communists who display placards reading Release all Political Prisoners and Down With Finger Prints and Registration Some fighting occurs but no injuries reported as American Legion members standby Fireworks pledged and political tensions rise over unemployment drought relief funding and rush to pass bills to avoid an extra session in spring
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Washington, D. C
Capta
Communste
Congress
American Legion
Capitol
Hoover
Governor details seal industry on Pribilof Islands
In his annual report the governor describes the Pribilof seal industry as a government monopoly under the North Pacific Sealing Convention. Native workers, paid in cash for sealskins and fox skins, receive life necessities, medical and educational support. Total payments plus bonuses reached 33 000 dollars for sealskins and fox skins in 1929. About 40 008 fur seals were harvested that year on St Paul and St George, the largest since 1810.
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Pribilof Islands
North Pacific Ocean
Gov. George & Parka
Secretary of the Interior
Aleutian Islands
St. Paul Island
St. George Island
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Basu Zara
Monte Carlo
Grand Cross of the Bath
Lloyd George
Merey
Sir Basil
A. BE. Lawrence
Hollywood Motion Picture Company
Juneau
Gastineau
Mary “Mother” Jones
Crusader For
Wines Vines
Shea
Mary Jones
McBride
Christmar
Oith Nourse
Rogers
Rute Bryan Owen
Mrs. Zworence. Kahn
Oris Winno
Ruts Baker Pratt
Mary Norton
House
Usumgh
Ruth Pratt
Edith Nourse Rogers
Massachuset
Floren Kahn
Detroit
Mich
Secret Service
Conduct Service
Federal Grand Jury
Peiping
Saratii
Suiyan
Mia
Hayward
Gurse
INR. R
Ketchikan Company
Washington
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