Plane crash kills four including Rep William Kaynor
A Bolling Field army transport plane carrying four men including Representative William Kaynor of Massachusetts plunged from about 400 feet during a Night flight to Springfield. The crash killed Kaynor his private secretary Stanley Love pilot Captain Harry Dinger private Charles Kunzier and ally See Eine Mesh. An inquiry was ordered as weather was clear and officials cited non atmospheric causes.
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Washington
Der
Wiliam K. Kaynor
Massachusetts
Bolling Field
Springfield
Mass
Kaynor
Raynor
Stanley B. Love
Harry 4. Dinger
Charles Kunzier
Charges Public Against Lieut Northcott in Navy Scandal
Norfolk Virginia reports Lieutenant H W Northcott formerly of Norfolk Navy Yard is charged with scandalous conduct and will face a Navy court martial at Puget Sound Navy Yard. He disappeared from duty in October and was found in Vancouver with a nurse from a New York hospital. No embezzlement charges cited as university funds were reconciled. Miss Wilhelmine Larsen a Chilkoot school teacher traveled on the Fornance to Juneau for holidays.
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Norfolk
H. W. Northcott
Norfolk Navy Yard
Puget Sound Navy Yard
Northcutt
Navy Yard
Vancouver
B. C
New York
Navy Department
University of Virginia
Wilhelmine Larsen
Juneau
Diplomatic relations resume between Britain and Soviet Russia
London reports the full resumption of diplomatic ties between Great Britain and Soviet Russia. Soviet Ambassador M Soko noikow presents credentials to the Prince of Wales as the British envoy to Moscow prepares to present credentials. An exchange on propaganda is to occur immediately, a condition of the renewal. King George did not meet the ambassador while the Prince of Wales greeted him at St James's Palace.
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London
Der
Great Britain
M. Sokonoaikov
Prince of Wales
Soviet Russia
George
St. James Palace
Four Mountain Farmers Acquitted in Strange Murder Case
In Mountain View Arkansas on December 20 Herman Greenway Bill Younger Joe White and Hubert Hester were acquitted of murdering a man who appeared as a defense witness named Connie Franklin The four men were also charged for attacking Franklin's former sweetheart Tillar Ruminer aged 17 on the same night the slaying was said to occur Franklin testified he escaped the mob after being robbed and burned but later returned to court as Connie Franklin against the earlier claims
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Mountain View
Arkansas
Herman Greenway
Bill Younger
Joe White
Hubert Hester
Conaie Franklin
Franklin
Hester
Greenway
Tillar Ruminer
Einatty
Connie Franklin
Mexican general executed by firing squad in Nogales
Gen Carlos Bouquet, marked as military head of a nascent revolution in Mexico, was executed by a federal firing squad in Nogales Sonora after arrest and trial led by Gen Juan Rico. Vasconcelos condemned the act as outright murder calling it personal revenge.
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Nogales
Arigona
Carlos Bouquet
Mexico
Sonora
Juan Rico
Bouquet
Jose Vasconcelos
Harri man National Bank to issue $10 million stock dividend
The Harri man National Bank and Trust Company announced a Christmas present for stockholders valued at nearly $10,000,000. A 5,000 share stock dividend is approved and prorated at nine new shares for each three held, paid from undistributed profits.
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New York
Harriman National Bank and Trust Company
Tne
American Woman Wins Paris Beer Drinking Race
Miss Helen Eshelman of Lancaster Pennsylvania won the world beer drinking contest staged in an American bar in Paris. She finished 60 2 5 seconds for a two quart beer glass. The event marked another instance of women entering a male dominated competition.
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Paris
Helen Eshelman
Lancaster
Eshelman
Starts for Home In New Zealand In Tiny Plane
London December 20 F Chichester wealthy New Zealander climbed into a tiny moth plane at Croydon Airport and told friends Cherie I am off to Australia He took off aiming for the continent to beat Bert Hinklers 15 day England to Australia record set in February 1928
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London
Chichester
New
Alaska Girl Seeks World Trip via Press Club Contest
Seattle announces votes for Queen of the Press Club Cir cus maxims to be received through December 28 to back Miss Patsy Ray daughter of Seward mayor in Alaska The Alaska Weekly backs Ray a University of Washington journalism student Seward leads with 2 000 votes though Alaska entry is in second place Each $1 ticket buys ten votes with final winner to be awarded a world trip through the Seattle Press Club contest.
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Seattle
Seattle Press Club
Queen of the Press Club
Patsy Ray
L. V. Ray
Seward
Alaska
Fairbanks
Alaska Weekly
Miss Ray
University of Washington
Mother Throws Baby Daughter To Her Death
In Landon ing Maryland on December 30 Mrs Marlen Tratt a 34 year old was charged with causing the death of her five weeks old daughter by throwing the child into an abandoned iron ore furnace The infant was found at the bottom of a 40 foot drop on a pile of junk and later died of a fractured skull Police suspect poverty and ill health deranged the mother and the sister s suspicions led to the confession and discovery of the furnace scene
Breach of Promise Awarded Record Sum in Detroit
Miss Bertha Cleavenger wins 450000 in breach of promise suit against John H Castle, a Detroit real estate operator. Judge Homer Ferguson presides. The award is the largest in the United States for such a case, doubling the next highest, the 100000 O'Brien Manning award in New York. Castle’s lawyers consider a new trial.
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Detroit
Mich
Bertha Cleavenger
John H. Castle
Homer Ferguson
United States
O'Brien-Manning
New York
Cleavenger
Castle
New Litigation in Foshay Case in Minnesota
Liabilities of the Foshay Building Company total 3 177 000 dollars per a Chapman receiver report filed in federal court. Principal assets include Foshay Tower real estate and unfinished adjoining projects with tower portions producing 294 000 annual gross rent but a 100 000 deficit. Rockwood as Poshay parent receiver filed state suit against Warner Company loans totaling 595 000 tied to agreements. Warner countered with a federal foreclosure suit. No answers were filed.
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Minneapolis, Minn
Foshay Building Company
W. B. Foshay Company
Federal District Court
Joseph Chapman
Foshay Tower
Dresenti
Chapman
C. J. Rockwood
Poshay Company
Poshay Holding
EBC. Warner Company
Minneapolis
Warner Company
Alaska Juneau mine and others stock quotes
New York stock quotes list Alaska Juneau mine at 7 percent American Ice 36 14 Bethlehem Steel 90 General Motors 38 percent Combustion 6 International Harvester 761 percent Kennecott 5444 Magna 48 Montgomery Ward 45 National Acme 16 Standard Oil of California 60 Standard Oil of New Jersey 60 percent Texas Corporation 54 percent.
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New York
Alaska
Juneau
American Ice
Bethlehem Steel
General Motors
Combustion
International Harvester
Kennecott
Magma
Montgomery-Ward
National Acme
Standard Oil of California
Standard Oil of
New Jersey
Texas Corporation
Sears Roebuck to Use Thirteen Month Year
Chicago December 20 1930 Sears Roebuck announced a shift to a thirteen months year starting January 1 1930. The mail order house employs about 40000 people and says uniform months will simplify operations and year to year comparisons.
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Chicago
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Ban On Public Checkers Debated In Local Campaign
In Grosse, Wis mayoral race fronted by Joan E Langdon, officials discuss banning gambling devices and public checkers. Plan imposes Sunday observance, shifts payroll to reflect thirteen dollars yearly per worker, aims to close poolrooms and curb public games.
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LA Grosse
Wis
Joan
E. Langdon
Lobby Committee Flags Sugar Policy Talks And Crowder Links
Senate Lobby Committee moves to question Gen Crowder over alleged war plan disclosures to Cuba Company head H C Larkin. Report labels J A Arnold’s lobbying as reprehensible and urges safeguards via new law. Lakin letter hints at Hoover talks on Cuban sugar.
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Washington, B
Caraway
Senate Lobby Committee
War Department
Gen. Crowder
H.C. Larkin
Cuba Company
Gen Crowder
Washington
J. A. Arnold
Southern Tariff Association
Senate
Lobby Committee
Notate
Arnold
Hoover
Former stage beauty reconciles with negro husband
Helen Lee Worthing, once Broadway’s highest paid dancer, says she and Dr. Eugene Nelson have reconciled after separation. She reveals they married June 1 1927 and plan to return home together, ending a two year estrangement and rumors.
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Los Angeles
Det
Helen Lee Worthing
Eugene Nelson
Toast of
Broadway
Nelson
Sleepy Watchman Blamed For Spain Bus Train Crash
In Barcelonia Spain a sleepy crossing watchman is blamed for a collision that killed 15 and injured 16 when a passenger train struck an auto bus. Every bus passenger was dead or injured. The locomotive was damaged but crew and passengers aboard the train were unhurt. Miss Grace Batehelder of Wachson at Haines School arrived to spend Christmas with friends.
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Barcelonia
Spain
Grace Batehelder
Wachson
Haines School
Fornance
New Alaska Fisheries Regulations Approved by Lamont
United States Bureau of Fisheries regulations governing Alaska Industries approved in Washington by Robert C. Lamont of the Department of Commerce. Details withheld. copies to be printed in Washington and distributed by year end. Effective January 1 next year.
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United States Bureau of Fisheries
Alaska
Washington
Robert C. Lamont
Department of Commerce
Eee
Crosson and Gillam Make Safe Flight
Pilot Joe Crosson in a Warg plane and Pilot Harold Gillam in a Stearman departed Teller Alaska for Siberia. Dispatches say they crossed the Bering Strait by noon and landed on the Siberian coast despite westward fog banks. Barnhill returned to Nome in a Stinson plane, with others preparing to move toward Fairbanks and Siberia from Teller.
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Joe Crosson
Harold Gillam
Stearman
Teller
Alaska
Siberia
Associated Press
Empire
Bering Strait
Siberian
Barnhill
Numer
Stinson
Frank Derbandt
Fairbanks
Bes
Menen
Victor Roxas
Nome Avig
Naytaie
Lomen
Young
Three Planes Loaded Aboard Search for Missing Men
Flight crews and officials prepared for a northward chase as coast guard cutters and Canadian pilots arrived. The Chelan was loaded with priority equipment and aims to reach Seward by night, with Colonel Carl and Ear Borland among the missing aboard unspecified planes.
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Seattle
Des
Col
Carl
Gon
Ear Borland
Seward
Cutter Chelan to Take Christmas Mail to Seward
Seattle December 20 Captain R W Dempwolf said the cutter Chelan will carry about 1000 sacks of Christmas mail to Seward for delivery before the holidays. The emergency trip followed the Chelan’s mission to assist with search planes at Eielson, using three Fairchild aircraft.
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Chelan
Seward
Seattle
Fairchild
Eielson
R. W. Dempwolf
Byrd Navy rank to be raised to Rear Admiral in Senate bill
The Senate has passed a bill to promote Richard E. Byrd from Commander to Rear Admiral and to retire him from the Navy for his South Pole explorations. The measure now goes to the House for consideration.
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Byrd
Navy
Washington
Richard E. Byrd
South Pole
Senate
Polish envoy's wife wonders why Americans never walk
Madame Tytus Filipowicz wife of Poland's new minister notes outdoor exercise and social welfare as hobbies. She observes few American women walk in parks, contrasts Warsaw youth with local social life, admires American country clubs yet laments scarce recreation places for women in war torn Poland.
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Washington
Diplomatic Corps
Warsaw
Madame
Poland
Madame Filipowicz
Tome
Putnard
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Lieut. Northcott
Aids Defense
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World Trip
Patsy Kay
Queen of Seattle Club
Foshay
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Atlantic Ocean
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lone Eagle
Roosevelt Field
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St. Louis
Lindbergh
Pope
Vatican
Italy
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Pius
Pontifical
Church of St. John Lateran
Sleepy Watchman
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Crosson
Gillam
Beeng Strait
Nome
RG. Wright
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Sue McNamara
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