U S fishing boats win BC licenses for port use
Ottawa reports licenses issued to ten American fishing vessels allowing landing in British Columbia ports without duty on trans shipments to the United States. Vessels may buy bait ice nets lines oil coal provisions and ship sales in bond to a dealer authorized by the Minister of Marine and Fisheries. Each license costs 1 dollar per vessel.
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Ottawa
Ont
British Columbia
United States
Minister of Marine and Fisheries
Chicago Seeks Democratic National Convention Site
Chicago associations and the Chamber of Commerce pressed their bid for the Democratic National Convention telegraphing every member of the Democratic National Committee that Democrats were offered the same advantages extended to Republicans.
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Chicago
Chamber of Commerce
Democratic National Committee
Philip Fox Trial Opens in Slaying of Klan Leader
ATLANTA December 13 A jury has been seated in the murder trial of Philip Fox charged with killing W. B. Coburn attorney for the Ku Klux Klan Clarence Everett the first witness testified Fox bought a seven inch knife for four dollars on the day Coburn was killed.
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Atlanta
Philip Fox
Coburn
Ku Klux Klan
Clarence Everett
Fox
Greek Dances by Young Women Stir New York Church
Dr Norman Guthrie pastor at St Marks Bowery and vestrymen summoned by Bishop Manning to explain dances in church and parish house. Reports say dances were Greek classic in style staged by young women to bring beauty to religion, shocking church leaders.
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New York
Norman Guthrie
St. Marks
The
Bowery
Manning
Episcopal Diocese of
Guthrie
Arson plot suspects Salstad and Anderson in custody
Edward J. Salstad and his stenographer Dorothy Anderson, linked to an arson plot, were moved to Superior Wisconsin in custody. Salstad admitted burning his bungalow in 1919 after robbing a grave to claim insurance. He disappeared with Anderson, who was arrested last week.
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Napa
Cal
Edward J. Salstad
Dorothy Anderson
Superior
Wis
Salstad
Weather at the North Pole from Bowdoin radio
Radio messages report severe weather at the North Pole with high winds and heavy ice, relayed from the MacMillan expedition ship Bowdoin.
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North Pole
Avalon
Cal
Bowdoin
Rum fleet expands as 3 more vessels reach New York for Christmas liquor
In New York on December 13 a larger rum fleet near New York Harbor brings 22 boats with a joint cargo estimated at $5,000,000 by customs officials. New Jersey rum runners are said to be racing boats driven by two airplane motors, capable of 40 mph, to unload and sell the liquor before Christmas.
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New York
New York Harbor
New Jersey
Bail Jumper from Alaska is Arrested in Seattle
O J Ruckman, sought for 12 years after escaping a 1911 2000 bail bond in a Santa Fe box car robbery amid Alaska Railroad work, was captured as he stepped from an Alaskan steamer in Seattle and is en route to Santa Clara California to face charges. He said he paid one bond and would pay the other.
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Seattle
O. J. Ruckman
Santa Clara
Cal
Ruckman
Santa Fe
Alaska
Anchorage
Wife of Convicted Man Charges He Is Insane
Lodi Cal December 13 Mrs Alex Kels, wife of a man sentenced to hang January 4, declared her husband insane and demanded a test to determine his condition The husband murdered a stranger hoping to pass the body off as his in order that his wife might secure his insurance.
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Lods
Cal
Alex Kels
Kels
Kels Declared Sane by Prison Officials
Sacramento reports Alex Kels is sane per Warden J J Smith of Folsom prison. Dr Rodgers took a spinal fluid sample and UC laboratory tests found no insanity, clearing Kels who faces execution on January 4.
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Kels
Sacramento
Cal
Alex Kels
J. J. Smith
Folsom
The
Sacramento Union
Smith
Rodgers
University of California
McAdoo Sees Tax Cuts And Veterans Pay Together
William G. McAdoo told a Democratic luncheon that tax relief and compensation for veterans can be achieved simultaneously. He criticized Coolidge's message as a council of dormancy and denounced the Veterans' Bureau as political spoils, urging action on relief and reform.
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W. G. M’adoo
Los Angeles
William G. McAdoo
Democratic
Womens’ Democratic League
Coolidge
Congress
McAdoo
Veterans’ Bureau
Woman Rum Runner Captured Near Leonardo
State troopers report the capture of a woman rum runner who used a car to transport liquor for the Christmas trade into New York. The incident occurred near Leonardo on December 13.
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Leonardo
New York
English lass checks on wounded WWI soldier in Florida tale
Eileen K Masters, an English nurse, arrives to see Private George Smith, the wounded man she funded at a Florida fruit ranch after wartime years apart. She says she did not seek repayment and would marry only if his farming proves sound, noting he may have met other ladies.
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New York
Eileen K. Master
Tommy Atkins
Florida
Miss Masters
George Smith
America
Newport
Richey County
George
Prentice
Winnie Swanberg
Lott
Ambler
Shoup
Ten Eye Witnesses Tell Story Of Prentice Shooting Trial
The government, in the William Lott murder case, presents ten eye witnesses who place Prentice as the aggressor and Lott as the shooter. Witnesses describe a surprise exchange of epithets and rapid gunfire as Prentice confronted Lott, with autopsy showing fatal bullet wounds and Lott confessing at arrest.
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Prentice
William Lott
W. F
Billy” Prentice
Latt
A. G.shoup
Lott
Eva Wilson
Harry's
Walter Bindsell
Esther Harper
William Strong
Bindsell
H. C. DeVighne
W. L. Tibbetts
Tibbetts
Billy Prentice
Prentice W
U. S
Shoup
Vietiny
Rst
Raymond Yeti
T. J. Ambler
Roy Nolan
Supe
Junean & Cousins Telephone Co
Edward Moffatt
Winnie Swanke
Gene Sarazen Engaged to Screen Beauty
New York social circles report golf legend Gene Sarazen engaged to screen actress Jes Foulme Garon. The former United States open champion has been giving Miss Garon golf lessons for several months as their romance began.
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Jes Foulme Garon
Dainty Percenator
New York City
Gene Serazen
United States
Serazen
Miss Garon
Close Call for Cummins in Senate Vote
Washington December 12 There was a break in the ranks of supporters for Senator La Follette yesterday afternoon in the ballot for the chairmanship of the Interstate Commerce Committee Senator Ellison D Smith Democrat came within one vote of election Yesterday's ballots stood Smith 41 Cummins 40 La Follette 2 After three ballots an agreement was reached to discontinue further balloting until Monday December 17
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Washington
Senator la Follette
Interstate Commerce Committee
Elligon D. Smith
Smith
Cummins
la Foilette
Passion Play Actors Reach United States
Eleven actors from Oberammergan in the Tyrolese Alps, performers in the Bavarian Passion Play, have arrived in America aboard the Reliance to raise funds for the salvation of their beloved pageant. A California meeting launched a league of Coolidge Republicans with volunteers from across the state.
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United States
New York
Oberammergan
America
San Francisco
California
Henry Ford 10 Be Nominated for Presidency
Detroit aims to nominate Henry Ford for president despite his lack of desire. A meeting organized by store importers unanimously backed Ford for president, with delegates nationwide in attendance. The Ford for President conference had been called off, but organizers pressed ahead and elected Roy Harrap to lead the group.
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Henry Ford
Detroit
Mich
Ford
Linia
Heli Tomay
Robert Polmtery
Pord
Roy Harrap
Omintte
My Obwh
Northern States Gain Extra Delegates for Convention
Washington December 13 The Dun finally adopted a representation plan increasing total delegates to 1110 from 984 chiefly due to three added delegates at large for Northern States. Senator R B Howell Nebraska chairing the investigation warned the plan may stir belief the administration favours the South and could offend President Coolidge.
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Washington
Republican Nations
Warren G. Harding
R. B. Howell
Nebraska
Nationnal Committee
Merrauble
Cooliter
Eskimos Seek Tropical Movie Scenes From Alaska
SPATTLE Dec 13 The Eskimo people of the Arctic crave films depicting tropical jungles and African scenery. W T Lopp head of the Alaska Bureau of Education Native schools arrived aboard the Boxer with an Eskimo film showing natives at Point Barrow and reports on Juneau headquarters.
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Spattle
Alaskan
Arctic
W. T. Lopp
Alaska Bureau of Education
Boxer
Juneau
Lopp
Point Barrow
Torrential Rains Flood Italian Coast and Inland
Torrential rains flood parts of Italy while coastal storms capsize small vessels off Sardinia. The period brings occasional tremors felt across regions as authorities assess damage and risks to communities.
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Italy
Rome
Sardina
Ten Thousand Miners Taught Rescue Work by U S Bureau
Washington reports that the Bureau of Mines teaches mine rescue and first aid in 35 states and Alaska with over 100000 miners completing courses since 1910. The annual director Hain notes explosions from coal dust should decline, but hazards remain and safety campaigns are needed to reduce deaths from falls, coal and transport hazards.
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Washington
Bureau of Mines
Alaska
H. Foster Hain
Bureau
Bain
The
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