King Cold Broadcasts Across Nation Weather Shift
A nationwide weather report notes a drop in temperatures across the central and eastern United States. Cold snaps from Kentucky Tennessee and Georgia see readings fall to the twenties with Kansas City at two below zero and Atlantic states milder yet foggy in New York and Boston.
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Chicago
Prairies
Great Lakes
Pixie
Hentucky
Ternnessee
Georgia
Virginia
Carolinas
Kansas City
Ontario
New England
New York
Boston
Pacific Coast
Collision sinks Fort Victoria after ram by Algonquin
New York December 13. The liner Algonquin rammed the Fort Victoria near Ambrose Lightship en route to Galveston. The Fort Victoria sank after being struck amidships. All passengers crew and officers were saved and returned to New York by tugboats and pilot boats. The Algonquin remained anchored with a large bow hole. Charles G Warner of Warner Machine Shop is a passenger for Seattle on the Queen Bee.
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New York
Algonquin
Galveston
Fort Victoria
Samk
Ambrose
Ambrose Channel
Charles G. Warner
The
Warner Machine Shop
Seattle
King George Will Open Five Power Naval Conference
In London on December 19 Premier Ramsay MacDonald said King George will preside over the opening of the Five Power Naval Conference set to meet in London January 21. The King will deliver the opening address.
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King George
Naval Conference
London
Ramsay MacDonald
House of Commons
George
Disappearance of former stage beauty tied to divorce case
Los Angeles Examiner reports Helen Bee Worthing, once a New York stage star, believed found after alleged separation from husband Dr Eugene C Nelson of Los Angeles. Worthing allegedly sought a divorce, with marriage in Juana in 1927. The paper says it cannot locate Worthing.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Helen Bee Worthing
New York
Miss Worthing
Eugene C. Nelson
Nelson
Anof-Cauersian
Examiner
Dr. Nelson
Bo Tisjuana
Gil
Chamber Names New Directors Elect Seven To Board
The Chamber of Commerce elected seven directors for next year: Gunnar Blomgren C E Cleveland J J Connors B M Goddard J W Holimann H J Turner and G Watson. The board will elect a president and secretary and take office at the first regular January meeting. Major Malcolm Elliott of the Alaska Road Commission spoke on Alaska development and funding, noting an $800000 Alaska budget and ongoing work on the Chisana road and Pacific Yukon Highway progress with cooperation from the US Canada and British Columbia governments.
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Chamber of Commerce
Gunnar Blomgren
C. E. Cleveland
J. J Connors
BE. M. Goddard
3. W. Holimann
H. J. Turner
G. Watson
Uwi
H. A. Faulkner
G. EB. Cleveland
Washington
Alaska
Maj
Malcolm Elliott
Alaska Road Commission
Road Commission
Chisana
Richardson Highway
Commission
Elliott
Mexican ex-candidate predicts bloodless revolution
Jose Vasconcelos, defeated candidate in the Mexican presidential race, foresees his installation as president of a Southern Republic early next year through a largely bloodless upheaval. He spoke during conferences with supporters in the United States and plans to return to Mexico after a Tuscon visit with his family for holidays.
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EL Paso
Texas
Jose Vasconcelos
Mex-ico
Vasconcellos
Tuscon
Arizona
Joi
Pacific Coast
Vancencellos
Mexico
Train Wrecker Not to Hang Given Two Life Terms
Tom Vernon, a confessed train wrecker, escaped the death penalty and was sentenced in Los Angeles to two life terms at Folsom Prison as an habitual criminal and train wrecker for wrecking and robbing a Southern Pacific Passenger train on November 1. He has served five prior prison terms in California, Ohio and Pennsylvania.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Tom Vernon
Southern Pacific
Folsom
California
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Fascist Feuds Bother South France Police
In Cannes on December 19 a secret war between Fascists and Anti-Fascists troubles police with many disappearances and killings over the past year. Bombs, murders, no arrests, and cross border suspects haunt the Alpine Maritime district amid secret societies and shifting workers.
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South
France
Cannes
Riviera
Clubber Now Being Sought After East Side Attacks
Cleveland police hunt a nighttime assailant who attacked two young women in the last two nights. Rose David, 19, was struck with a blunt instrument and dragged into a yard. Naomi Devore, 20, was hit by a railroad coupling pin but the attacker fled. Both victims in critical condition.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Rose David
Naomi Devore
Shattuck Denies Hoover Talk on Sugar Tariff
Edwin P. Shattuck, a lawyer and Hoover confidant, testified before the Senate Lobby Committee that he had not discussed the sugar tariff with the President. He confirmed discussing the tariff and proposed scale only with Mr. Newton, a secretary to the President.
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Washington
Edwin P. Shattuck
Hoover
Senate Lobby Committee
Shattuck
Newton
Pantages Granted Visitor Access to Jail Wife
The Superior Court allowed Alexander Pantages to leave his County Jail cell for a brief visit to his wife. He sought the permission to hold a business conference after affidavits from three physicians stated his wife cannot come to the cell.
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Pantages
Cell
Los Angeles
Cal
Superior Court
Alexander Pantages
Naval limitation topics reviewed at London Conference
Washington dispatch reports the second and final London Conference meeting before Far East visitors head to New York. Rear Admiral Jones, a 1927 Geneva delegate, joined American and Japanese delegates in a broad technical exchange on naval limits at the request of secretary Stimson, chairman of the U S delegation.
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Washington
Far East
New York
Jones
Stimson
Walter E. Edge Becomes Ambassador to France
Walter F. Edge, succeeding the late Herrick, presented his credentials to President Doumergue in Paris and was confirmed as United States ambassador. The former New Jersey senator now serves as ambassador in a dignified ceremony marking full accreditation.
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Paris
Walter F. Edge
Ambassador Herrick
Doumergue
New Jersey
Four Trapped in Car Drowned After Ferry Fall
Martinez California December 19 J S Bowen 55 his wife a Japanese woman Mrs Sagara and their two children a 14 year old daughter and a 6 year old son drowned when a closed car fell from an auto ferry and settled beneath 14 feet of water near Jersey Island, trapping them.
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Martinez
Calif
J. S. Bowen
Sagara
Jersey Island
Hart Confirmed as U S District Attorney at Nome
The Senate confirmed Julius Harold Hart to be United States District Attorney for the Second Judicial Division of Alaska with headquarters at Nome.
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Hart
Senate
Dist
Nome
Washington
Julius Harold Hart
United States
Second Judicial Division
Alaska
Six New Cardinals Receive Red Hats From Pope
Vatican dispatch reports Pope Pius confers the Red Hat on six newly created Cardinals at the Secret Consistory held last week. The pontiff notes gratitude to the Lord for allowing him to elevate such worthy men on the golden anniversary of the church.
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Vatican City
Italy
Pius
Sacred College
Community Tree Exercises Set for Sunday Afternoon
Juneau announces outdoor Christmas tree ceremonies Sunday at 4 30 PM on Triangle Place with church choirs and singers joining from the Presbyterian Church after a 2 80 PM rehearsal, proceeding to the site for the program.
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Juneau
Triangle Place
Presbyterian Church
French Debt Settlement Ratified by Hoover
President Hoover signed the congressional ratification completing the settlement of the French War Debt to the United States. The accord covers four billion twenty five million dollars in principal to be paid over 62 years. Russia and Armenia debts remain unsettled with Soviet disavowal and Armenia not yet mobilized.
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Washington
United States
Hoover
Russia
Armenia
Two British Fliers Die In North Africa Crash
Air Minister Lord Thomson announced the monoplane crash near Zaghouan in the Tunisian region of Northern Africa killed Squadron Leader A. G. Jones-Williams and Lieutenant A. H. Jenkins. The two fliers left Cranwell Airdome early Tuesday aiming to set a long distance record and reach Cape Town.
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London
Lord Thomson
Zaghouan
Tunis
Africa
A. G. Jones-Williams
A. H. Jenkins
Cranwell
Cape Town
South Africa
Alaska Junea mine stock and major issues quoted
New York stock market today shows Alaska Junea mine at 7 percent and several industrials including Bethlehem Steel 90 percent General Motors 40 percent International Harvester 784 percent Kennecott 57 percent and Montgomery Ward 53 percent along with others such as American Ice 36 percent and TexaS Corporation 58 percent.
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New York
Alaska
California gets Pacific Coast Naval Airship Base
The House Naval Committee released the General Board of the Navy report supporting Secretary Adams recommendation. It designates Camp Kearney in California as the site for the Pacific Coast Naval Airship base.
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California
Pacific Coast Naval Airship Base
Washington
Adams
General Board of the Navy
House Naval Committee
Camp Kearney
Pacific Coast
McManamy Elected Chairman of Interstate Commerce Commission
Frank McManamy is chosen chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission for 1930, succeeding Commissioner Ernest J. Levis. The chairmanship rotates annually among commissioners as part of ICC procedure.
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McManamy
Washington, D.C
Frank McManamy
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ernest J. Levis
New Legal Ruling Guards Husband's Purse
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals affirms husband’s responsibility for debts incurred by his wife when no evidence shows apparent authority to pledge his credit. Justice Charles H. Robb cites English and American precedents, noting a husband’s duty to provide may not obligate him further for unauthorized purchases. The ruling mirrors longstanding lines in Jones v Gutman and Jolly v Rees. The decision invites Supreme Court review.
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Washington
Wee
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Charles H. Robb
George Huddleston
Alabama
Huddleston
Caid
England
America
Jn Nustand
Robb
Solomon
Maryland
Jones
Bledge
Husbant
Eho
Gti
Jolly Vy. Rees
House of Lords
District of Columbia
United States Supreme Court
Eighteen Women Shot in Nigerian Native Uprising
London reports from Det. W E that on December 12 in southeast Nigeria during native disorders British police and troops shot eighteen women. Dr Shields, Under Secretary of State for Colonies, told the House of Commons casualties were unclear and all confirmed fatalities were women.
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London
Nigeria
D. Shields
Colmica
House of Commons
Four Aviators Fail to Penetrate Fog Over Bering Strait
Four planes led by Jon Crosson failed to break through dense fog over Bering Strait yesterday while searching for Col. Carl Ber Elefson and Earl Borland from Teller Alaska. The relief expedition, delayed 37 days, sought a base halfway between Teller and North Cape for a broad search as ice blown toward Siberia limited progress.
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Croston
Gillam
Young
Barn
Hill
Bering Strait
Teller
Carl Ber Elefson
Earl Borland
Governor’s
Empire
Associated Press
Fiers
North Cape
Jon Crosson
Interior Alaska
Hibs
Thes
Meads Incortier
Alaska
Barnill
Crosson
Associated Pres
Siberian
Matt Neimenen
Nome
Neimenen
Pairbanks
Mueller
Fuhr Banks
Curse of Tomb Said to Claim Eighth Victim in England
London reports Captain the Hon. Richard Bethell died at 46 amid talk he was the eighth victim of Tut-Ankh-Amen’s curse. The link traces to the 1920s Egyptian expedition led by Lord Carnarvon and Howard Carter, with deaths of Carnarvon, his half brother Aubrey Herbert, Bethell as secretary, radiologist Sir Archibald Reid, Egyptologist H. G. Evelyn-White, and others connected to the tomb’s drama. An inscription warns that those who disturb the tomb invite the curse of Pharaoh.
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Phiggp Hewitt-Myring
London
Richard Bethell
Lord Westbury
Egypt
Lord Carnarvon
Howard Carter
Cairo
Aubrey Herbert
Bethell
Reece
Archibald Douglas Reid
Dian
Laffleur
Magi
University
Luxor
H. G. Evelyn-White
M. Benedite
Department of Antiquities
M Pasanova
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N. Y. Harbor
Chamber
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Canada
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Province of
British Columbia
Makes Clain
Mildred Richardson Hill
Walter J. Hill
James J. Hill
Livingston
Mantane
Bern
Atlas
Alpen
Maritimes
Cenfer
Walter E. Edge
Eeesree
Wu Pasenger Wrangell
George McManus
Arnold Rothstein
Broadway Deteer
L. A. Brophy
Eielson
Misa Mildred Morrison
College
Oregon
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