White House Executive Offices Damaged by Fire
A December fire on Christmas Eve damaged the White House Executive Offices, with President Hoover and family present nearby. Estimated damage reaches $60,000. no insurance. Fire blamed on a faulty overheated flue, while Hoover aides aided in rescue and plans to move offices to State War Navy Buildings amid ongoing congestion.
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Executive Mansion
State Department
Col. U. S. Grant
Congress
Hoovers
Allen
Washington
Walter Newton
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Akerson
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French Strother
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Peerless Bakery Builds Addition and Krause Begins Work
Construction starts on a new two story concrete addition to Peerless Bakery in the rear, with space for storage and an elevator. Henry Meier, proprietor, says the building will eventually be replaced by a concrete structure. A Chicago woman, Mrs Anna Myers, received a $2,000 promise via a newspaper want ad regarding a joint Bertran estate settlement that had waited 60 years.
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Peerless
Unis
G. ©. Krause
Henry Meier
Anna Myers
Chicago
Married in riding habits and leaving on horseback
Miss Jozefa Hoff man daughter of Joseph Hoffman internationally known pianist was married Tuesday afternoon to Howard Parr riding master of the Aiken Preparatory School. The ceremony was on the porch of a tea cottage with both in riding attire. After being pronounced man and wife they rode off on horseback for their honeymoon.
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Atken
South Carolina
Jozefa Hoffman
Joseph Hoffman
Howard Parr
Kingston
Ontario
Aiken Preparatory School
Graf Zeppelin may fly over Arctic region in 1927
Differences over feasibility of the Graf Zeppelin polar flight next year expose tension between Captain Eckener and Captain Burns head of the Arctic Aero Society. Eckener doubts insurance. Burns says negotiations with British insurers likely succeed and flight may proceed despite doubt. Also stock quotations from New York show mixed industrial and mining prices.
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Friedrichshafen
Graf Zeppelin
Polar
Jeape Eckener
Capt. Burns
Aero Arctic Society
Eckener
Zeppelin Company
Arctic Aero Society
Burns
Cardinal Camba Dies Shrinks College of Cardinals
Cardinal Camba archbishop of Turin died today in Rome. His death reduces the College of Cardinals to 62 members, with 29 Italians and 33 others. A separate note says a new film factory in Tiflis, Soviet Russia, will produce 60,000 meters of raw film daily once completed.
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Cardinal Camba
College of Cardinals
Rome
Italy
Turin
Tiflis
Boviet Russia
Parole for Dr. Cook to be heard in January
Leavenworth Kansas December 26 Application of Dr Frederick Cook Arctic explorer for parole from a 14 year nine month sentence for conspiracy to use the United States mail to defraud will be heard at the January meeting of the Federal Board of Parole He has served one third of his term and is eligible for parole for good behavior His health is failing and friends say he cannot complete the sentence Cook edits the prison newspaper New Era
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Leavenworth
Kansas
Frederick Cook
United States
Federal Board of Parole
Cook
Dr. Cook
New Era
Two Convicts Fail Escape Attempt at San Quentin
At San Quentin Prison California on December 26 two convicts attacked guard F. E. Stubbe with an improvised blackjack injuring him and were subdued by A. A. Smith after the prisoners tried to flee in a car. The inmates in the dungeon were John Fitch and Atley Dunne serving time for burglary and grand larceny.
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San Quentin Prison
Cal
F. E. Stubbe
A. A. Smith
John Fitch
Atley Dunne
Chamber of Commerce Hails 1929 Peak Year and Growth
The 1929 year proved the busiest and most prosperous in Juneau Chamber of Commerce history with 238 members the largest tally yet and finances at 5203.96. Faulkner retiring as president outlines broad civil and business work, noting ongoing projects, including floats for gas boats and continued cooperation with city officials to secure future moorage space. The report emphasizes progress since the constitution and a plan to complete unfinished business for 1930.
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Chamber
HHS
Faulkner
Juneau
Maska-Juneau
Alaska-Juneau Mining Company
Alaska-Juneau Company
Gardner
Elliott
Alaska Road Commission
Rivers and Barbers Board
Peculiar 1929 Pattern Studied as 1930 Elections Loom
A burst of 1929 political developments shapes expectations for 1930 votes. Senators clash over tariff issues. a Virginia governor race hints at House gains shifts. Observers seek how tariff fights, patronage coalitions, and off year results will affect Hoover era party dynamics.
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Fotiti
Senate
Virginia
House of Representatives
Old Dominion
Hoover
Fasser
Dixie
Borah
Idaho
Browkhart
Town
Moorer
la Pollette
Norris
Elks Christmas Entertainment Set for Tomorrow
The Elks host a free Christmas program tomorrow evening at 7 15 in the Palace Theatre for children under 12 on Christineau Channel. Ken Maynard stars in a war comedy and Santa Claus will appear to distribute gifts after the show.
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Widdies
Crstineau Channel
Palace Theatre
Ken Maynard
Santa Claus
Expedition to Old Empire of Coba to Start Next Month
New York December 26 officials of the American Museum of Natural History announce an expedition to explore the ruins of the old Empire of Coba in Yucatan. Robert Bennett will lead the party leaving New Orleans January 3. The main goal is to study a stone road from Coba into the interior, believed to connect to undiscovered ruins.
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Coba
New York
Yucatan
New Orleans
American Museum of Indiagseid
Robert Bennett
Washington
Stone
Cal
Charles A, Lind
New Plan of Prohibition Enforcement to Be Submitted
Washington December 26 Plans for Prohibition enforcement include a unified border patrol and tightened port limits at the Canadian border. Treasury officials say the plan, to be sent to Congress, supports Hoover's suggestion for consolidating enforcement agencies and directs intensive border patrol under Coast Guard oversight to curb smuggling.
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Border Patrol
Canada
Treasury Department
Congress
Joint Congressional Committee
Treasury
Millis
Hoover
Congressional Committee
Coast Guard
Honeymooners Take Cruise From San Pedro on Small Craft
Frederick Moody Jr and his bride Helen Wills arrived in San Pedro on Christmas Eve to begin a secret honeymoon cruise aboard a 40 foot yawl. They sailed yesterday morning on the little craft for somewhere.
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San Pedro
Cal
Frederick Moody, Jr
Helen Wills
Soviet plane search for Eielson prompted action
Moscow ordered two Soviet planes to join the hunt for Gov. Ben Eielson and technician Carl Borland, after appeals from U S agencies. Semyon Shestakov was chosen to pilot a Lad of Soviets type plane as nine aircraft prepare to augment the search off the Siberian coast.
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Joe Crosson
GC. H. Gillam
Nanuk
Fairchild
Seward
Fairbanks
Teller
North Cape
Providence Bay
Moscow
Ed. Young
Nanak
Col
Carl Ben Eielson
Earl Borland
Siberian
Frank Dorbandt
Ben Eielson
Carl Borland
United States
William E. Boraly
Foreign Commissariat
Litvinoff
Department of the Interior
Semyon Shestakov
New York
Alaska
Providente Bay
Alcoholism Toll in New York Hospitals on Christmas
New York City papers tally 99 severe alcoholism cases during Christmas. No deaths reported. Three women among the inpatients, with no symptoms of wood alcohol or other poisons evident in the treated patients.
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New York
Hoover's 1929 Programs Shape World and U S Policy
President Hoover starts a year of sweeping domestic and international plans. Kellogg treaty and World Court aims foreseen, naval arms talks advance, while home policy tackles prohibition enforcement conservation public domain waterway progress and army costs. Continued.
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Hoover
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