Civil War Wages In G O P Circles Waxes Merrily
Washington D C Dec 31 The Republican National Committee and Independent Senators clash over Norris in Nebraska and Walsh in Montana as Robert M Lucas alleges anti Norris literature was funded by party funds while Nye denies substantiation Walsh defends the anti Norris material Lucas asserts his expenditures and calls out Walsh Creager a Texas GOP committeeman backs Lucas arguing Norris should join a party aligned with his views
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Washington, D. C
Republican National Committee
Robert M. Lucas
Norris
Nebraska
Lucas
Walsh
Montana
Nye
Senate Campaign Investigating Committee
North
Creager
R. B. Creager
Texas
National Committee
Democratic Party
Northwestern Sails to Alaska with 72 First Class Passengers
Seattle note reports Steamer Northwestern leaving at 9 am for Alaska ports with 72 first class and twelve steerage passengers. Juneau bound travelers include E. E. Engstrom and wife, Mike Pusich, T Hadland, W. E. Feero, L. W. Turoff, and others. Dallas note mentions $20,000,000 spent on Trinity River to prevent foods shortages and ease traffic.
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Seattle
Northwestern
Alaska
Juneau
E. E. Engstrom
Mike Pusich
T. Hadland
W. E. Feero
L. W. Turoff
G. Battello
Atlock
M. E. Anderson
M. McCormack
J. H. Newman
Emma
Dallas
Tex
Trinity River
Memory of Woodrow Wilson Honored in Atlanta Tablet Dedication
In Atlanta Georgia on December 31 a tribute marked the memory of Woodrow Wilson with the dedication of a tablet on the building where he opened his law office in 1882. The event also celebrated the seventy fourth anniversary of his birth, with exercises inside the same office where a young attorney waited for clients who rarely came.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Woodrow Wilon
Swift predicts bigger outputs for 1931 in packing
By L P Swift president of Swift & Company in Chicago predicts 1931 won t be a big year but should show improvement as liquidation ends and consumption outpaces production He notes meat stocks are unusually low and packing industry may see a busy year with steady meat demand even in off years
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L. PF. Swift
Swift & Company
Chicago
Dev
Theodoris Bulgaris Sends SOS as Ship Sinks
The 2700 ton Greek steamer Theodoris Bulgaris broadcasts SOS with "Ship sinking" from about 609 miles southwest of London. It is bound to Constanza from Hamburg, and the liner Viceroy of India is reported to be heading to assist the distressed vessel, urging to save the crew.
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London
Theodoris Bulgaris
Constanza
Hambure
Viceroy of India
Eleven Die in Political Riots in Colombia Capitalizing Strife
Eleven persons were killed and 20 wounded in political rioting in Capitanejo Santander. Clashes pitted Conservative and Liberal partisans. Federal troops patrolled the village and order was restored. Also noted is France plans to spend 600,002 dollars on extending national roads over the next two years.
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Bogota
Colombia
Capitanejo
Department
Santander
France
Ball aine faults Hoover over Alaska Rail issue
Seattle reader John Ball aine attacks President Hoover and Secretary Wilbur for Alaska Railroad policy. He urges action to make the road profitable, cites naval coal supply, timber plans, and oil prospects as ways to boost annual earnings by hundreds of thousands, criticizing Senator Howell.
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Seattle
John 4. Ballaine
Washington
Associatiion
Hanover
Wilbur
Howell
Albert B. Pall
Alaska
Pacific Ocean
Pacific Slope
Matanuska
Atlantic
Oregon
Ballaine
United States
Hoover
Mr. Ballaine
Island swept by tidal wave hit by quake
San Diego December 31 Albert Einstein arrived in California and marveled at singing schoolchildren on the pier. G Battello, nephew of P Battello, and his wife travel on the Northwestern from Seattle toward Juneau to establish a future home.
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Einstein
Cal
San Diego
Albert Einstein
California
G, Battello
P. Battello
Northwestern
Seattle
Juneau
Tremendous Australasia quake and eight foot tidal wave
A wireless message reports a massive earthquake and eight foot high tidal wave in Australasia Oceanic region on December 24. The wall of water swept western mandated islands and washed houses and cattle out to sea at Awinn. The European manager and natives escaped by climbing palm trees.
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Sydney
Australia
Australasia
Darls
New Guinea
Mandated Islands
Awinn
Awinn Island
Stock Quotations From New York Closing Prices
Daily closing stock quotations from New York list Alaska Juneau 7 percent American Can 110 percent Anaconda Copper 29 percent Bethlehem Steel 50 percent General Motors 35 percent Granby Consolidated 16 percent International Harvester 50 percent Kennecott 2344 percent Montgomery Ward 16 percent National Acme 7 percent Packard Motors 8 fur Simmons Beds 14 percent Standard Oil California 45 percent Standard Oil New Jersey 47 percent Standard Brands 16 percent U S Steel 1394 percent Curtiss Wright 2 percent Pacific Gas and Electric 47 percent Pennsylvania Railroad 564 percent General Electric 49 percent Westinghouse Electric and Mechanical 911 percent
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New York
Oi Ty
N. Y
Alaska
Juneau
American Can
Anaconda Copper
Bethlehem Steel
General Motors
Granby Consolidation
International
Kennecott Corporation
Montgomery-Ward
Natonal Acme
Packard Motors
Simmons Beds
Standard Oil of
California
New Jersey
Standard Brands
Joffre Makes Gallant Stand Against Death
Paris dispatch reports Marshal Joffre in fragile condition after a heart attack last night. He entered the final day of the year but remained exhausted and semi conscious as doctors warned of weak blood pressure and severe risk.
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Paris
Marshal Joffre
Year End Reflections On News, People, And Disasters
A reflective piece surveys the year’s major events from sports star Bobby Jones to Lindberghs birth, Pluto’s discovery, Taft’s death, a deadly Ohio penitentiary fire, and the 1930 drought. It notes press memory, record-keeping, and the enduring nature of news.
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Bobby Jones
Ivlions
Charles Agetis Linbergh
Delou
Lindbergh, Jr
Ohio Penitentiary
Cabet
Aviation crash linked to cattle death shocks Banta Rosa
In Banta Rosa California on December 31 a hit and fly aviator is being sought in connection with the death of Mrs E Pinkham and her cow Lydia. The cow was found in a field with four large wounds and a broken back after an incident near the ranch. Local owner seeks the missing aviator as authorities investigate the bizarre case.
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Bossy
Banta Rosa
Cal
E. Pinkham
Lydia
New York City to Celebrate With Glee Tonight
New York City, N Y, reports record bookings as hotels and toy shops cut prices for a gala celebration. The average expense runs about 12 dollars per person, down from 15 last year. Urban LeDoux and Mr Zero spearhead events with Broadway figures joining a somber Old Bucks and Lame Ducks Club in sackcloth and ashes penance.
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New York City
N. Y
Urban LeDoux
Mr Zero
Philanthropiy
Broadway
Old Bucks and Lame Ducks
Bank Robbers Escape From Porterville Branch
Armed masked men robbed the Security National Bank of Los Angeles branch at Bilathmere north of Porterville yesterday afternoon taking about 5000 dollars. Bank officials and pursuing officers pursued the robbers but they escaped. The report notes theatres in Germany have shifted to German talkies.
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Porterville
Cat
Dee
The
Security
Tionel Bank of
Los Angeles
Biiathmere
North of
Here
Wis
Big Railroad Consolidation Attacked by Senate Panel
Washington December 31 President Hoover announced an agreement among eastern railroads for a four system consolidation. Senate Interstate Commerce Committee Chairman Couzens called the plan amest wrvettibens and said ICC approval from Sen Willard of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad is essential. The proposed system would include Pennsylvan ia, New York Central, Baltimore and Ohio and Michigan Central lines.
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Washington, TB
Cozens
Daniel Willard
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Willard
Tnterstate Commerce Commission
Couzens
Ismance
Pennsylvania
New York Central
Baltimore and
Ohio
Renahan Party May Still Live In Famine Fight
Hope of determining the fate of aviator Robin Renahan and his companions, Frank Hatcher and Samuel Clert, may be revived. Their plane perhaps landed in a remote British Columbia area near Telegraph Creek. A rescue message notes a possible survival amid famine and exhaustion as searches continue from Whitehorse to Portland Canal with weather hindering progress.
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Robin Renahan
Frank Hatcher
Samuel Clert
Juneau
BM LE
Blind
Nucult
A. Burke
Blond Bar
J. Lame
Wierd Penh
Lee
Pr Cat
Whitehorse
Mie
Lowe
Blond
Anther
Renshaw
Lucy Island
Mr Blond
Prom
Couraes
Ketchikan
Portland Canal
Telegraph Creek
Diphtheria Fears Ring Tanana And Fairbanks Alaska
In Tanana and Fairbanks Alaska authorities fear a diphtheria epidemic. An airplane was requested to bring anti toxin from here as Tanana has only a small supply. At present there is one clearly defined diphtheria case.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Tanana
Earliest Jesuit Missionary in North Is Dead
FAIRBANKS Alaska Dec A Word reports the death of Aloysius Robeaux 75, the earliest Jesuit missionary in Northern Alaska. He came with Bishop Seghers and founded the Holy Cross Mission on the Yukon River in 18M, traveling the Kuskokwim and lower Yukon for years with one brief trip to the States for health.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Holy Cross
Aloysius Robeaux
Father Robeous
Seghers
Holy Coss
Yukon River
Kuskokwim
Yukon
States
Paddy Burke Laid To Rest In Atlin Churchyard
Paddy Burke, a pioneer of Northland, is buried in Atlin churchyard among other early settlers. The burial marks a chapter in the harsh frontier history, with Burke dying after exposure and hardship endured by explorers and miners in the North.
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Paddy” Burke
Atlain
Northland
Atlin BO
Paddy) Burke
Bob Marten
Emil Kading
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