Railroads Lead in Wall Street Trading as Stocks Rise
Railroads led the opening stock advance in New York with gains for New York Central Union Pacific and Chicago and Northwestern. Motors and related industries rallied with Chrysler and Hudson up over a point as demand for standard rails and industrials grew. Pennsylvania reached 212 a high not seen since 1917 amid overall strength in rail shares and renewed speculation in motors.
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New York
New York Central
Union Pacific
Chicago & Northwestern
Aos
Chrysler and Hudson
Addi
Pennsylvania
Slers-Sheffield Stesl
Stewart-Warnear
Pullman
Foundation Company
United States Alcohol
Central Leather
Beckett Football Romance Inspires Young Fans
A University of Washington halfback, Hugh Beckett, married his high school sweetheart during WWII. He returned to college to play regularly while his wife and two children watch from the sidelines. The Beckett family dreams of future gridiron glory for the kids.
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Hugh Beckett
Pacific Coast
University of Washington
Hugh Becket
France
Block and Fall liquor still sold freely in South
A southern survey finds prohibition hard hits on smuggling but block and fall whiskey remains common in Georgia and Florida. Prices rise. Florida ports face storms and blocked shipments. New Orleans reports large rum fleets offshore while Atlanta sees scarce legal whiskey and home brewed substitutes widely used.
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Atlanta
International News Service
Florida
Andrews
Orleans
Gulf
Crescent City
Prohibition
Felder conviction upheld by circuit court of appeals
The United States circuit court of appeals upheld the conviction of lawyer Thomas B. Felder for conspiracy to obstruct justice. He was fined ten thousand dollars for accepting sixty five thousand dollars from defendants in the Glass Casket Corporation mail fraud case, to bribe federal prosecutors. Felder had come from Atlanta to New York years earlier.
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New York
Thomas B. Felder
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Felder
Gaston B. Means
Department of Justice
Means
Atlanta Federal Penitentiary
Glass Casket Corporation
Atlanta
Boundary Measure Passes First Test in Dublin
The Anglo Irish treaty conforming bill to Irish boundary settled in London was read first in the dail etreann as crowds packed the chamber. Northern nationalists attended while consuls from the US and other nations appeared in the galleries. President Cosgrave aimed for a second reading but was blocked by Laborite Tom Johnson and a large speaking roster.
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Dublin
London
Free State
Ulster
Dail Etreann
Cosgrave
Ships Without Wireless Service During December Strike
In the House of Commons Sir Philip Cunliffe explains that by December 1 and 3, twenty five patrol ships and 124 cargo carriers have left ports with out wireless Solantane due to the operators strike. The statement was made in reply to a Labour MP’s question.
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Solantane
Sateen
House of Commons
Oi Eeere of
Philip Cunliffe
Steeas Lansbury
Laborite
League postpones Greco Bulgarian frontier report review
The League of Nations council delayed acting on the Greco Bulgarian frontier incident report at Sir Austen Chamberlains request. A special eight man commission will study the entire situation, led by Chamberlain Ishii and Hymans.
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Geneva
Austen Chamberlain
Council of the
League of Nations
Austen
Viscount Ishii
Japan
Paul Hymans
Belgium
Cabin boy attempted assassination of Cantonese general
A Cantonese cabin boy aboard the American liner President Pierce fired at Gen. Hong Chow-Ling, a Canton anti-red leader, as the ship neared Woo Sung. The would-be assassin died by self-inflicted wounds. Gen. Hong was wounded in the abdomen and nose and taken to Shanghai for treatment.
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Shanghai
China
Pierce
Hong Chow-Ling
Canton
Hong Kong
Woosung
Hong
Irish Republicans Oppose New Border
Fifty Republican deputies led by Eamon De Valera met in Dublin and unanimously adopted a union opposing the Irish boundary agreement. A committee including De Valera, Tom Johnson and Austin Stack was appointed to devise the best means of defeating the proposals.
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Dublin
Eamon de Valera
Toda
de Valera
Tom Johnson
Austin Stack
Sneak Thief Snatches Horn From Car in Front of Home
R G Lindsey of 1112 Dauphin street reports a klaxon horn stolen from his car while parked. Mrs J R Middleton of 1118 Old Shell road says her home was entered yesterday and $7 in cash taken during her absence. Notice states an application to the Penitentiary Board of Alabama for pardon in a forgery case with a two year sentence.
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R. G. Lindsey
Dauphin Street
J. R. Middleton
Old Shell Road
Penine Board of Alabama
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Dec
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Frank Judson
Harvard
Stecher
Baum’s
Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes
St. Andrew
Kuppenheimer
Meyer
L. H. Meyer & Sons
House OF Kuppenheimer
Bauer
The
Dave
Bauer Chemical Co
Mobile, Ala
Apanese
Cabin Boy
Watt
L.F.M
Dad
Mother
Robes
Boo-Fay
Oaem
O’coats
Wonder Values
Velvet
Knstead
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