Earthquake Ravages Southern Chile With Martial Law
President Thanez directs relief as a large area 150 miles south of Santiago is wrecked. Deaths exceed 100 with 400 injured. Tacla suffers 108 dead and 300 injured. Martial law imposed to curb looting. relief trains move in. Damages reach millions as hospitals collapse and transport routes fail. President-elect Hoover to visit Chile this week.
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American Student Is Found Dead in London
London reports say George Ronald Robinson a Downing College Cambridge law student described as American was found dead in his lodgings in pajamas. Police found a gas jet turned on in the room. His father is believed to be in Paris. This marks the second American student death in England in recent days, following Robert David Cohen whose parents live in San Francisco and who was found dead near an Oxford residence last Friday.
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Burton of Ohio at 77 returns to Senate after long absence
The veteran Ohio senator Theodore Burton, age 77, returns to the Senate after a lengthy hiatus. Burton, who once chaired rivers and harbors, had retired to private life but is now seated again as the state’s representative in Congress. He previously served in the Senate in 1909 and 1916, later rejoining public service. Burton’s return follows Warren Harding’s era and reflects a long career spanning diplomacy and domestic governance.
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Senate veterans Reed and McLean among seven seeing last session
Washington dispatch notes two Senate veterans Reed of Missouri Democrat and McLean of Connecticut Republican end their terms this session. It lists six Democratic lame ducks and five new Republican appointments filling vacancies, including Thomas of Illinois and Larrazolo of New Mexico, with terms extending to 1982.
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King George II is reported with improved condition
London Dec 3 The King’s health showed a slight improvement after a night of fear as doctors said he had oxygen and a heart threat, though the public remains convinced he is fighting for his life. The 99.8 temperature and quieter sleep give cautious hope amid official notes that oxygen use is standard care. The Prince of Wales sailed for England aboard the cruiser Enterprise after attending several formal duties.
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England
Dry agent fined five dollars for shooting woman in neck
Elyria Ohio December 3 Prohibition officer Louisy Cicco of Lorain City was fined five dollars and costs by Judge A R Webber for wounding Miss Betty Heywood when her automobile was fired on near Lorain by a dry squad seeking to inspect the car for liquor Investigating officers were sent to explain the shooting and Cicco admitted the act claiming he fired at the pavement The judge postponed sentencing several times to allow a possible settlement with the injured woman
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Lorain
Pow Wow Doctor Killed Over Hair Lock Spell
In York Pennsylvania on December 3 The Po Hee reported John Blymer 22 and John Curry 15 among three suspects in the slaying of Nelson D Rehmeyer a farmer accused of casting a Pow Wow spell. The trio claimed they did not intend to kill him but were not sorry the man is dead saying the spell would be broken. Wilbert G Hess whose family believed Rehmeyer a Pow Wow doctor appeared distressed. A lock of hair was to be buried eight feet underground to break the spell.
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Stock Quotations From New York Market Dec 3
Alaska Juneau Mine at 9 percent Chrysler 126 percent Eldigon Shields 39 percent Kennecott Copper 143 Missouri 72 Nevada Consolidated 36 Packard Motors 140 Sears Roebuck 185 Btowart Warner 115 Texas Corporation 68 U S Steel 164
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Nine Die as Trimotor Plane Crashes Near Spur
Five men burned to death six miles north of Spur Texas when a trimotor plane carrying them from San Antonio to Denver crashed and burst into flames. Homer D. Ballard of Denver, owner of the plane and president of Sunbeam Air Transport Co, was among the victims.
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Shasta Limited Derailed injuring passengers and crew
In Roseburg Oregon on December 3 the Shasta Limited traveling from Portland to San Francisco derailed when a locomotive rim failed. The locomotive and six cars plunged into a ditch. A score of passengers and several crew members were injured and hospitalized as wrecking crews cleared the line.
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Hoover welcomed in Guayaquil on South American tour
President Hoover received a rousing welcome in Guayaquil Ecuador on his first South American city visit. Aboard the Maryland, escorted by the Mevelan, he praised democracy and non imperialism while aiming to strengthen ties with Western Hemisphere nations amid a hopeful talk of work and prosperity.
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Byrd Heads to Antarctic With 50 Advance Members
Commander Richard Byrd and a 50 man advance party sail from Dunedin aboard the Eleanor Bolling to establish a base at the Bay of Whales. The voyage covers nearly 2000 miles through ice filled seas. The ships expect to meet polar ice about 200 miles offshore and must navigate crevasses in the barrier.
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Women rally for Kellogg pact ratification at Senate
Sue McNamara reports women from nationwide groups back the Kellogg Briand pact renouncing war. Spokesmen include Maud Wood Park and Belle Sherwin as they push for Senate galleries to witness support. The Newton bill also advances, proposing a one million dollar annual fund to reduce maternal and infant mortality and boost child welfare.
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Two Believed Drowned as Auto Plunges Into Lake
Chicago dispatch reports two people feared dead after a car veered from a road and plunged into a lagoon near Newton Park. John van Duzer, 18, and Herman Reed, owner of the car, believed inside when witnesses describe the crash. Rescue attempts continued as authorities investigated.
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Ezra Meeker N W Pioneer Passes Away
Seattle a Dec 3 Ezra Meeker 97 year old pioneer died at 4 05 this morning in a hotel room after several months illness Meeker clung to life by sheer will power until the end despite doctors and relatives having given up hope The pioneer was at the point of death in a Detroit hospital Conteived on Page Three
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Dispute Over Legislation Erupts as Congress Opens
At the start of a Coolidge era Congress, tensions rise over upcoming policy and relief plans. President Coolidge faces a tie to Hoover era patronage while preparation for next year’s budget and reform drives intense debate among House and Senate leaders.
Negro in Congress is First Since 1903
Chicago dispatch reports Oscar De Priest 47 years old wins a congressional seat after the Thompson Crowe split within the Republican faction. De Priest becomes the first Black member in Congress since 1903, amid a wave of party defections and irregularities in Cook County politics.
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