Meuse Valley Fog Causes Toll and Uncertainty
Reports from Belgium describe a mysterious poison fog over the Meuse Valley for three days, with 64 deaths and many animal fatalities. The cause remains disputed, with theories ranging from buried German war material to industrial byproducts and possible secret gas releases. London notes an overarching fog disrupting European ports and transport, with ships unable to move and Havre awaiting clear weather.
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Brussels
Meuse
Belgium
Liege
London
England
Europe
France
Siene
Harve
Havre
Paris
Four Men and Woman Convicted in Stock Scam Case
In Seattle Federal Court on December 6, four men and one woman were convicted of mail fraud in promoting stock in seven Kittitas County mines. Sentences ranged from 13 to 18 months. fines totaled $1,000 for each defendant. Faith W Batchelder was fined $1,000 but spared prison. Two others, R H Stevens and H P Osborne, were acquitted.
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Seattle
Kittitas County
William A. Denny
Frank Denny
William Denny
R. W. Landon
Seattle-Tacoma Cooperative Rare Metals Company
Neathan Batchelder
Denny
Faith W. Batchelder
R. H. Stevens
Los Angeles
H. P. Osborne
Grants Pass
Woman Drowns Kiddies After Taking Them From Cribs
Chester police report Ida Twaddell, described as demented, carried two of four children from their cribs while asleep and drowned them in a bathtub. She allegedly told officers she thought they would be better dead.
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Chester
Penn
Ida Twaddell
U. S. Scientists May Aid Einstein's Study
In New York on December 6, U S scientists discuss Einstein’s Ameri can Testarch and the search to explain space mysteries beyond relativity. Dr Robert Millikan argues cosmic rays arise from space energy creating matter, while opponents cite stellar matter annihilation. The 200 inch telescope at Caltech and Mt Wilson work, plus red shift measurements, shape the debate. The article notes ongoing research by Pettit and Nicholson and hints at Pacific coast advancements aiding Einstein’s calculations.
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New York
Albert Einstein
Space
Robert A. Millikan
California Institute To Technology
Ein
Stein
Millikan
Earth
Einstein
Edwin Hubble
Mt. Wilson
Cal Observatory
Carnegie Institute
Edison Pettit
Seth Nicholson
Pacific Coast
Mercy Plea From Soviet Court In Treason Trial
Four engineers in Moscow appeal for mercy as trial for treason adjourns for sentence. All defendants confessed while government aired the case nationwide. Sitnin tears up his plea for life promising honest work if spared. Kuprianov seeks mercy and a chance to live to wipe clean his record. Others request no death sentence. Also Mississippi 4 H club posters warn of forest fires across the state.
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Moscow
Russia
Sergi
Kuprianov
Xenophon
Sitnin
Sitlin
Mississippi
Income tax increase seen by Sec Mellon predicts deficit
Washington December 6 1930 Secretary Mellon warns in his annual report to Congress that the current year will likely require one percent higher income tax than last year with a projected deficit of about 180 million dollars. He notes a possible future surplus around 1931 and outlines shifts in tax exemptions and foreign debt payments.
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Washington, D. C
Mellon
Congress
Treasury
United States
Northwest businessmen press fight for Seattle to St Paul air mail line
Spokane leaders say the Post Office Department discriminates against the Northwest by denying an air mail route. They organize to seek funding for the Seattle to St Paul line, launching a telegram campaign to Washington lawmakers as the route project was halted.
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Spokane Stains Action
Seattle
St. Paul
Spokane
Wash
Post Office Department
Northwest
Seattle-St. Paul
Washington
Minnesota
Hollywood Police Raid Immoral Show in Loft
Hollywood police clashed with about 150 officers and 500 attendees during an alleged immoral entertainment raid in a loft over a storage garage. One hundred men and four women were jailed on vagrancy and immoral charges after bottles and fists flew when officers attempted arrests. Gambling equipment was reportedly in use and some women claimed clothes were torn.
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Hollywood
Cal
Los Angeles
Air transport advances and a hangings at San Quentin
The annual aviation report credits progress in scheduled air transport for mail and passengers while noting continued growth and demand for air service. In California, George Ryley, 21, was hanged at San Quentin for the Jones taxi driver murder. priest Father Patrick Kerrigan fell ill during the execution.
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San Quentin
Cal
George Ryley
Hammer
George Did
Levine Cleared Of Conspiracy Charges In Coin Plot
Vienna December 6 Charles A Levine was cleared of conspiracy charges to counterfeit French coins. He told the Associated Press the charges stemmed from his plan to fly around the world solo in fifteen days. He said the idea led to a misunderstanding and to medals depicting a plane around a globe.
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Vienna
Austria
Charles A. Levine
Levine
Associated Press
Swedish Student Glee Club To Visit United States
Lund University Glee Club from TUND Sweden will visit the United States early next year to celebrate the society centennial. Director Emil Gagnér led their 1904 U.S. tour. Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf supports the trip with regional patrons from Scania providing funding. The group will tour New York New England states and the Midwest into Kansas City. Principal soloists include Einar Beyron and Joel Berglund from the Royal Opera in Stockholm.
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Middle West
Einar Beyron
Joel Berglund
Hie Reyne Opera
Stowk
Surprise verdict in Portland knife death case shocks observers
A Portland coroner's jury unanimously blamed Trina G. Tericks aged 28 or Nelson C. Bowles aged 34 or both for the death of Leone C. Bowles a 33 year old society matron. Bowles and Irma G. Loucks Paris were together at Paris's apartment when Bowles went to discuss his relationship with Bowles's companion. Initially reported as a suicide the case now advances to the grand jury.
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Portland
Ore
Trina G. Tericks
Nelson C. Bowles
Leone C. Bowles
Portland Society Matron
Paris
Xram
Pilot and Guide Seek Burke in Yukon Search Run
Pilot Everett Wasson and Guide Joe Walsh left Whitehorse at 10 to search for Burke and two companions Emil Kad ing and Bob Martens. They aim to inspect camps along Pelly River and Wolfe Lake area, following a food shortage note found on the Burke plane.
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Everett Wasson
Joe Walsh
Whitehorse
Pelly Banks
E. J. A. Burke
Emil Kading
Bob Martens
Empire
White Pass
Yukon
Wasson
Walsh
Pelly River
Taylor and Drury
Campbell Creek
Burke
Liard River
Wolfe Lake
Pelly
Watson
Mrs Grant Logan Welcomes Son at St Ann's Hospital
Mrs Grant Logan of Douglas is the mother of a son born early this morning at St Ann's Hospital. Mr Logan is a proprietor of the Tom Thunth golf course in A B Hall Junwan.
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Grant Logan
Douglas
St. Ann's Hospital
Logan
Kuburn
Channel
Tom Thunth
A. B. Hall
Junwan. Ee
Alaskan Sues Wilkins for sum of $450
Bert Magids of Keterbue Alaska sues Sir George Hubert Wilkins in Superior Court for $450 plus interest. Magids claims he loaned money to Wilkins through a man named Tewin Smith Furguar while Wilkins was in Alaska during the Detroit Arctic Expedition and Wilkins has not reimbursed him.
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Seattle
Der
Sir George Hubert Wilkins
Bert Magids
Keterbue
Alaska
Magids
Tewin Smith
Wilkins
Katter
Hughes on Own in Australian Politics
Canberra dispatch notes William Hughes, long a central figure in Australian politics, now once more without a party. Once leading Labor to power and later steering the National Party, he remains a lone force as coalitions shift and new parties form, ending with Hughes back at the dockside “on his own.”
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Hughes
Canberra
Wami ‘Hughes
A & Deckator
Labor Party
Restos
House of Representatives
Laborites
Maxwell
Victtoria
Marts
New South Wales
New People's Party
Hag
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Clarence M. Young
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