Abolition of Elec College Advocated by Norris
Senator George W Norris of Nebraska announced a campaign to abolish the Electoral College starting with the next Congress. He said the move aims to let an independent run for president without a party organization and rejected joining a third party candidacy.
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Washington, D. C
George W. Norris
Nebraska
Norris
Nebraskan
John Dewey
League For Independent and Political Action
Nutt and Nye clash over campaign fund charges
Joseph R. Nutt treasurer of the Republican National Committee demands an apology from Senator Nye over alleged slush fund charges. Nutt cites a $50,000 fund at Commercial National Bank of Washington with $32,000 spent by check, and says facts were on file in Washington when Nye spoke.
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Washington
D. C
Joseph R. Nutt
Republican National Committee
Senator Nye
Senate Investigating Committee On Elections
Commercial National Bank of Washington
Nutt
Nye
Brookhart Says Democrats Have No Program Yet
Senator Smith W. Brookhart complains that Democratic leaders have not adopted a platform or program, suggesting they lack policy direction and share leadership traits with the Republican Party as they prepare to organize the next Senate.
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Washington, D. C
Smith W. Brookhart
Senate
Brookhart
Democratic Party
Republican Party
Pike Whale Skeleton Identified Near Glacier Island
The Smithsonian named the Glacier Island find near Valdez a pike whale skeleton. Regional Forester Charles H. Plory announced the rare specimen will be shipped to the United States National Museum after Cordova forest officials collect and prepare it for federal shipment.
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Smithsonian Institution
Glacier Island
Valdez
Charles H. Plory
Smithsonian
United States National Museum
Washington, D. C
W. J. McDonald
Cordova
Flory
Hudsons Bay Company suspends dividends after stock crash
London reports that the Company of Adventurers of England trading in Hudsons Bay has paused usual dividends amid market decline. Furs fell about 45 percent after October stock slump, prompting land sales and retail ventures to offset profits. Shareholders form a committee to review the situation as Canadian wheat farmers’ woes press profits.
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London
Company of Adventurers of
England
Hudson's Bay
Hudson's Bay Company
New York City
Dominion
Issatisfied
Lord Melchett Dies in London After Illness
London dec 27 Lord Melchett the former Sir Alfred Mond a leading British industrial financier died today after a long illness He was chairman of Imperial Chemical Industries with a capital of 380000000 W P Breslin entered St Ann's Hospital late yesterday for medical treatment.
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London
Lord Melchett
Alfred Mond
Great Britain
Lon Diness
Imperial Chemical Industries
W. P. Breslin
St. Ann's Hospital
Synthetic Air May Aid Divers for Gold in Sea
Kansas chemistry professor J Willard Hershey of McPherson college has developed synthetic air for classes and now proposed for divers off Cape Pinisterre France to salvage the Egypt liner cargo worth about 8 million dollars. The tale traces back to a Midwestern high school where Hershey began experiments by making synthetic diamonds, dazzling colleagues before the size proved too small to be useful.
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New York City
N. Y
Kansas
Egypt
J. Willard Hershey
McPherson College
Cape Pinisterre
France
Atlantic
Hershey
Prenchman Moisson
American Chemical Society
Californian convict tied to eight million thefts sentence
Gilbert Bessemyer, linked to eight million dollar defalcations at the Guaranty Building and Loan Association, was sentenced in Los Angeles to ten to one hundred years in San Quentin. He pleaded guilty to ten counts of grand theft and received one to ten years on each count, to run consecutively, with a six day stay granted.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Gilbert Bessemyer
Guaranty Building and Loan Association
San Quentin
New Industry Promised for Seattle Radio Equipment Hub
A working agreement between American Telephone and Telegraph and Northern Electric of Seattle will make the city a major center for radio telephone equipment manufacturing and connect Pacific Northwest service to a world network. Northern Electric licenses for coastal stations were shifted as AT&T sought similar licenses. after a hearing, Seattle withdrew its application and the manufacturing pact was announced. Once installed, Paris to Alaska shipping conversations will be possible.
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Seattle
American Telegraph and Telephone Company
Northern Electric Company
Pacific Northwest
Jens Scott
Northern Electric
Federal Radio Commission
Bellingham
Tacoma
Everett
Port Angeles
Hogulam
North Pacific Ocean
Washington
American Telegraph and Telephone
Paris
France
Alaska
Last Survivor of March Through Georgia Dies at 91
MONROE Wis December 27 Captain Nathaniel Treat aged 91 dies here. He was last survivor of General Sherman s staff on the march through Georgia. A Maine native he served with Company B Thirty First Wisconsin Infantry.
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Monroe
Wis
Nathaniel Treat
Sherman
Georgia
Maine
Thirty First
Wisconsin Infantry
Prospector Found Dead in Lonely Alaska Cabin
Cordova Alaska December 27 Dan Person a prospector was found dead in his cabin his head shot detectives say he was the sixth such victim in the McCarthy district in recent months Howard Foster had earlier been found dead and Person claimed Foster was murdered but the coroner ruled death by suicide authorities suspect revenge by Fos ter's killer
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Cordova
Alaska
McCarthy District
Dan Person
Person
Howard Foster
Foster
Finland May Abolish Prohibition in Beer Law Change
Helsinki December 27 The Finnish Diet has passed an amended bill to raise alcohol in beer from 16 to 2.25 per cent under the present law. The bill is seen as the first serious step toward modification or abolition of prohibition in Finland.
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Helsingpors
Finland
Pinland
Mitchell Quitting Rumor Denied by Justice Dept
Reports that Attorney General Mitchell planned to resign from the cabinet to join a New York law firm were denied by the Justice Department. No resignation was announced and officials said there was no basis for the rumor.
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Washington, D. C
Mitchell
New York
Justce Department
Canada to push St Lawrence deep waterway talks soon
Washington December 27 Prime Minister Bennett returns to Ottawa and signals renewed negotiations on a bilateral plan to develop the St Lawrence deep waterway to link the Great Lakes with the Atlantic. Canada promises to answer US note and press earliest possible date. The project aims to cut shipping costs, with wheat moving through the route.
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Washington
Bennett
Ottawa
St. Lawrence Deep
Canada
Col
Hanford McNicer
United States
London
Bids Called for Hoover Dam Construction on March 4
Washington dispatch reports the government inviting bids for the Hoover Dam project in Boulder Canyon. Bid opening is March 4 with completion milestones through 1938 for storage, 1936 for power equipment, and a total project cost authorized at 105 million dollars. Labor favors ex service men. aliens barred. about 1,000 workers expected.
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Washington, D
Hoover Dam
Boukier Canyon
Colorado River
Congress
Boulder Canyon
Black Canyon
Interior Department
Pros
Nod
Mie
Wasi
Ttt
Canyon
Wilkins Proposes Giant Submarines for Grain Route
Sir George Hubert Wilkins, Arctic explorer, envisions 15,000 ton grain carriers operating year round from Canadian prairies to provinces under Hudson�s Bay, with a mileport at Port Churchill Manitoba. The submarines would traverse Hudsons Strait and cross the Atlantic. Mr and Mrs HL Bowman of Petersburg are among the guessers in the Gazette.
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George Hubert Wilkins
Artic Explorer
Canadian Prairies
Port Churchill
Manitoba
Grovee St
Hudson's Bay
Huidsor's Strait
Atlantic
Auto on Track: Woman Loses Legs in Train Collision
Fairfield Ohio report of a car on tracks failing to heed a flashlight signal. Mae Veilet, 0 years, and Mise Vaniel were injured. doctors amputated Vaniel’s legs in a hospital attempt. The train, bound for Southern Pacific, failed to stop.
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Fairfield
Ohio
Der
B.D. Redewrs
Southern Pacific
Maemte Venlet
Mise Vaniel
Condition of Joffre Reported Low After Urgent Paris Intervention
Le Temps reported Marshal Joffre’s right leg was amputated on December 20 in a private hospital. An official Paris bulletin said his inflammation worsened, requiring urgent intervention by Prof Leriche with assistants, and despite brief improvement his condition remains grave.
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Bulletin
Paris
LeTemps
Marshal Joffre
Joseph Jacques Joffre
Leriche
Labbo
Bolin
Ilo Ultra
France and Italy near naval pact says Foreign Office
Rome December 27 prospects of a naval agreement between France and Italy grew more optimistic than at any time since the London Naval Conference. The government declined to comment but said the current naval holiday ends in five days and negotiations, halted and resumed, are expected to reach a definite stage by the League of Nations Council meeting on January 19.
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Rome
France
Italy
London
Foreign Office
Associated Preas
League of Nations’ Council
Prince George Thrown From Horse In Hunt Collision
Prince George youngest son of King George was thrown from his horse today while hunting with the Belvoir hounds and sustained slight injuries. The accident occurred during a hunting outing in London with the royal party present.
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London
Prince George
King George
Bel
Wade Funeral Bargain Ends With Pauper Grave
Gardiner Yerkes, at cremation bargain, may be buried in pauper’s grave after his suicide in New York City. He visited four funeral parlors before Christmas and chose the lowest cremation rate. Police found his body in a vacant apartment. he left a note requesting cremation. Yerkes’s wife and kin in Seattle were notified. His sister, Mrs Harriet McKennie of Newton Center, Mass, was consulted for arrangements.
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Wade
New York City
Gardiner Yerkes
Yerkes
Bik Som
Seattle
Harret McKennie
Newton Center
Mass
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Montreal
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