Coast Guard Maintains Great Patrol Off New Jersey
A fleet of more than 20 Coast Guard patrol boats and destroyers with the cutter Champlain block the coast from Montauk Point to New Jersey to stop an illegal liquor run. Officials say three foreign ships sighted off Montauk Point pose no threat, as several small craft have been seized recently and the mother ship remains at large.
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Unavoidable killing of smugglers praised by Treasury official
Washington December 31 Bay non Lowman Assistant Secretary of the Treasury called the killing of three bootleg smugglers and wounding of a fourth at Newport Sunday unfortunate but unavoidable. He said the smugglers, defying the Government, have no one to blame but themselves and praised the Coast Guard for its work done well.
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White Pass to remodel river boats
I Hahn of the White Pass and Yukon Route travels to Skagway aboard the Princess Norah after six weeks with family in San Francisco. He says one Yukon steamer will be remodeled at White Horse to increase ore tonnage from Mayo and reduce barge use, with work starting immediately. A busy tourist season is anticipated next summer. George B Grigsby, Ketchikan attorney, arrives on the Queen to attend court.
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Skagway
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San Francisco
Hahn
Mayo
White Horse
New Irish Army Stirs Opposition in the Saorstát
Recruiting for the 50 000 strong volunteer reserve aroused strong resistance led by young intellectuals and older Republicans who fear a militiaman movement used to suppress strikes. National University students protested officers enrollment at National University College, while Free State army officers enrolled applicants amid protests and later bomb incidents.
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National University
Arish Republican Army Whith 4
National University College
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Officers’ Training Corps
Army
League Seeks Economic Basis for World Peace
The League of Nations pursues an economic program in 1929 to foster international cooperation as a contribution to world peace. Leaders report hopeful progress in disarmament and security while pursuing the tariff truce to widen economic collaboration among nations.
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Tragic Fire Kills Many At Nuptial Theatre Matinee
A fire at a Scotland motion picture theatre during a holiday matinee raged through the crowded auditorium. Officials estimate 60 to 80 deaths, possibly up to 80, with more than 150 children taken to infirmaries for burns. Tramcars and wagons aided the emergency response as exits jammed and the operator's box sparked the blaze. The film shown was The Scrowd.
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Spain
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Scotland
Watson Chosen Chamber Chief for Next Year
WATSON Chosen Chamber Chief for Next Year. Watson, former Secretary to Gov. George A. Parke, was elected President of the Juneau Chamber of Commerce at the weekly board meeting. FE. M. Goddard was named Vice President and H. G. Walmsley Secretary. All three officers have long service with the chamber and Watson previously acted as Secretary.
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George A. Parke
Juneat
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Fairbanks
Goddard
F. L. Goddard
Sitka
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Jumeau
Pacific Coal Company
Chamber of Commerce
Sackett Nominated for Ambassador to Germany
Havana Cuba December 31 United States Senator Fred M Sackett of Kentucky says he will resign his Senate seat and depart for Berlin if his nomination as Ambassador to Germany is confirmed Germany has told the United States that Sackett is acceptable.
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Fred M. Sackett
Kentucky
Berlin
Germany
Sackett
Five Die in Amarillo Plane Crash on Golf Course
In Amarillo Texas Lieut Gray and Mrs Gray along with H L Allison Robert Moore and M Dillon were killed when a plane attempting a landing crashed on a golf course yesterday afternoon. Ambulances arrived to find all victims dead except Dillon who died soon after.
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King Alfonso and Rivera Clear Madrid Traffic Jam
In Madrid on December 31 King Alfonso and Premier Rivera joined police to untangle a dense traffic jam. Their cars were caught in the congestion, and the two leaders stepped out to direct vehicles, earning the gratitude of local officers before leaving.
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Rivera
Year’s Trend in Financial Field Marks a Stock Slump
The year ends with a major stock market downturn led by October liquidation. Prices fell across exchanges and unlisted markets, wiping out margin speculators and shrinking investors’ holdings. Some see worse business outlook while others expect credit released from speculation to fund expansion.
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Wall Street
Boy four accuses mother in fatal shot in Ohio
Bellaire Ohio police report four year old Dobnie Schroeder said his mother Irene Schroeder fired the shot that killed Corporal Paul of the Pennsylvania State Hospital near Newcastle Friday night. The boy, found at his uncle’s home, was taken for questioning and described two men named Glenn Cage and Tom Crawford as associates.
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Dobnie Schroeder
Irene Schroeder
Paul
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Newcastle
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J Glenn Cage
Tom Crawford
Sumae
Nationalists Issue Mandate to End Extraterritoriality
The Nationalist Government's Foreign Office reported sending identical telegrams to Chinese ministers abroad, instructing them to notify their governments that the Nationalist mandate terminates extraterritorial rights in China.
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Bec
China
Temperature fifty below in interior Alaska opening search
Matt Niemenen arrived in Fairbanks in an open cockpit from Anchorage as temperatures held at fifty below zero all day The third attempt to beat the haze failed and Niemenen takes the place of Canadian flyer Hroatch who returned to the United States Russian and Siberian natives and dog teams search for Eielson and Borlund indicate active efforts to locate them by air and ground
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Alaska
Dee
Matt Niemenen
Anchorage
Fairchild
Niemenen
Hroatch
States
Tuailer
Washington
Theile
Wilbur
Siberia
Eielson and Borlund
New Lands Discovered By Wilkins
Montevideo Dec 31 The first fruits of Capt George H Wilkins exploration flights over the Antarctic are revealed in advices that he has discovered a previously unknown land in his last venture over the Polar ice The Government radio station today announced the advices from the steamer Melville which carried the explorer to Deception Island A base is noted but details are sparse It is believed the land lies near Deception Island or south of Tierra del Fuego Also today stock quotations from New York show Alaska Juneau mine 74 American Ice 37% Bethlehem Steel 94 General Motors 40 5 Combustion 5 International Harvester 80 Kennecott 58 Magma 45 Montgomery Ward 48 National Acme 20 Standard Oil of California 61 Standard Oil of New Jersey 66 Texas Corporation 56
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del Fuego
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American Ice
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England’s Labor budget may tax land values shock landowners
London reports the first budget of the Labor government to be submitted early next year. Chancellor Philip Snowden reportedly prepared a bold move taxing land values to raise funds for social legislation. Snowden’s stance unsettles supporters and opponents alike as anticipation grows.
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Associated Press
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England
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Philip Snowden
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