Senators balk on additional debt activity
Congressional leaders rejected further European debt relief and pressed for ratification of Hoover moratorium. They warned against reviving the war debt commission and said the administration must address debt payments due America, which could not be suspended by a rushed pact.
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Francis M. Stephenson
Washington
Europe
Senate
Mills
The
Treasury
Hoover
War Debt Commission
America
Stimson
Congress
House
Winter Chills Manchurian Front as Japan Holds Ground
Snowbound in Mukden, Japan’s expeditionary force entrenches for winter while observers expect shifts if Tokyo’s leaders yield to League of Nations plans. Chinese generals at Chinchow and bandit chiefs may restrict movements in line with the council’s proposal and await further developments.
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Mukden
Manchuria
Japan
Tokyo
Chinchow
League Council
Army Smashes Navy 17 to 7 In Colorful Classic
Army overcame a sluggish first quarter to defeat Navy 17 7 at Yankee Stadium before 77 000 in a stirring rivalry game. Ray Stecker led a second quarter field goal and TD and Ed Herb scored two short plunges as Army raised funds for charity near 375 000 dollars.
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ARMY
NAVY
Edward J. Neil
Yankee Stadium
New York
Midshipmen
Ray Stecker
Stecker
Hazleton
Ed Herb
Milwaukee
Reason for slaying wife told at trial
Reno, Dec. 12. William Conradt testified in court about his motive to stop Fern Morley from taking his wife's affections. He said Morley boasted of past killings and moved toward him, forcing Conradt to shoot Morley, with a stray bullet accidentally hitting his wife.
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Reno
U.P
William Conradt
Josey Conradt
Fern Morley
Conradt
Morley
Christmas Seals Booths Open This Week In Butte District
W E Pierce president of the Butte Anti Tuberculosis society announced booths for Christmas Seals will open this week in the business district. Mrs Miles Cavanaugh secretary will be in charge with about 50 Junior league members assisting. The first booth starts at the chamber of commerce. Receipts fund tuberculosis work in the district and many citizens have already bought seals by mail.
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W. E. Pierce
Butte Anti
Miles Cavanaugh
Chamber of Commerce
Junior League
Pierce
Two men burned to death in Franklin hotel fire
Two men trapped in fourth story rooms of the old Franklin hotel at 623 Pennsylvania avenue were burned to death this afternoon. Six others were injured and one identified victim was W. L. Conley, an inmate of the Soldiers' Home. Twenty guests escaped without injury.
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Washington
Old Franklin
Pennsylvania Avenue
W. L. Conley
Butte Merchants Boost Staffing for Christmas Shopping
As Christmas nears, Butte merchants plan to add clerks to handle rising trade. Window displays on Park and Main streets showcase affordable goods including toys and Christmas tree ornaments. Vendors report higher quality and lower prices since the 1893 panic, with more Christmas tree sellers than ever and stores opening in unused spaces.
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Park Street
Main Street
Department of Forestry
Agreement on Rail Wage Proposal Seen
Chicago report notes early amicable talks on a voluntary ten percent wage cut by rail workers and unemployment relief. Union leaders back joint conference with carrier executives to negotiate details for about 1,500,000 workers, with optimism from President Daniel Willard of the Baltimore and Ohio.
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Chicago
U.P
Mtatives
Daniel Willard
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Imme
Diately
High Church Honor To Be Bestowed On Dr Louis W Allard
Dr Louis W Allard of Billings will receive the Knight of the Order of St Gregory the Great for unswerving service to humanity. The bishop of Great Falls will confer the honor at a January 6 mass in St Patrick's church. Less than 150 Americans have earned it in a century. only one other Montanan has, the late James A Walsh.
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St. Patrick’s Church
Order of St. Gregory
America
Montana
James A. Walsh
Helena
Louis W. Allard
Butte
Disappearance of Opera Star Santa Biondo Stirs Manhattan
New York police probe the disappearance of opera star Santa Biondo, with detectives split between theories of voluntary seclusion or possible kidnapping. Voice teacher Enrico Rosati reported a mysterious call the night of the vanishing, later learning Biondo had been in her Plaza Annex apartment.
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New York
Manhattan
Santa Biondo
Miss Biondo
Enrico Rosati
Plaza Annex
Rosati
Congress spends first week in cautious prep work
Byron Price reports from Washington that the new Congress has not begun major duties. The House elected a speaker, revised rules, formed three of 50 committees, and adopted one minor resolution. The Senate is stalled with only a resolution of inquiry and no president pro tempore or committee assignments due to deadlock.
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Byron Price
Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Jane Addams Prize Winner Under Knife
Miss Jane Addams, 11, Nobel peace prize winner, was operated on at Johns Hopkins Hospital today. A simple ovarian cyst was removed and she is resting comfortably. Addams led a million women’s peace campaign and shares the 1931 Nobel prize with Dr Nicholas Murray Butler of Columbia University.
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Baltimore
Jane Addams
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Miss Addams
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
Gray-Haired Train Robber Escapes U S Pen Siege
Leavenworth reports a bold escape from the federal penitentiary as seven convicts attack with guns and a kidnapped warden. Three die by their own hand, others are jailed or hunted, including Earl Thayer a gray haired Oklahoma mail train robber who vanished amid a four hour siege.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Oklahoma
Earl Thayer
E. ©. Salsbury
Salsbury
Thayer
Football results from college games across the nation
Georgia 0 beat Southern California 17. Army 17 defeated Navy 7. Alhambra Vets 7 lost to Catholic U 0. Vets 6 defeated Georgetown 0. Vets 0 lost to George Washington 6. At university 20 Tulsa university 7.
Akron May Make Pacific Flight
Akron, the world’s largest dirigible, may fly across the Pacific Ocean before spring. C W Litchfield president of Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co said the airship will visit Los Angeles in February and fly to Honolulu, possibly continuing across the Pacific. He spoke while en route to Arizona to inspect the company’s 18 000 acre cotton farm.
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Los Angeles
U.P
Akron
Pacific Ocean
C. W. Litchfield
Goodyear Tire and Area Company
Honolulu
Pacific
Litchfield
Arizona
Powers Sentenced to Hang for Bluebeard Murders
Clarksburg West Virginia reports Harry F Powers condemned for the Bluebeard killings of Dorothy Lemke and linked to the Elchers case. Judge John C Southern set Friday March 18 1932 for execution after denying a motion to set aside the verdict. Powers showed no outward emotion.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Harry F. Powers
Bluebeard
Dorothy Lemke
Northboro
Mass
John C. Southern
Powers
Big drifts strand Navajo mission fuel supply in snow
In Ganado Arizona was cut off as snow drifts blocked the Steamboat Canyon coal mine, leaving the Ganado Presbyterian mission with only two tons of coal in three weeks while 350 people including 125 boarding students shelter there. Relief efforts focus on Ganado as most of the Navajo southern jurisdiction remains snowbound and schools close until roads clear.
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Gallup
N. M
Steamboat Canyon
Ganado Presbyterian Mission
Arizona
Mission
Fort Defiance
Ganada
Presbyterian School
Ganade
Entombed Miners Hinder Rescue at Wilkeson Mine
Rescue parties labored through coal and debris to reach two miners trapped by a cavern at the Wilkeson Coal and Coke Co. last Wednesday in Tacoma Washington. Officials said the goal likely cannot be reached before tomorrow night and little hope remained that John S. Johnson and Oscar Huhta, ages 46 and 42, would be found alive.
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Tacoma
Wash
Wilkeson Coal & Coke Co
John S.S. Johnson
Oscar Huhta
Minister Convicted of Slaying His Son in Georgia
The Rev. J. M. Williams, former Rochelle Methodist minister, was found guilty of murdering his son Raford Grady Williams a U S N pharmacist's mate and was sentenced to life in prison by the Richmond county superior court. The verdict followed a 16 hour jury deliberation and came after a mistrial tied to a previous failure to agree. Evidence suggested he killed his son to collect life insurance to cover cotton losses. The body was found August 5 and Williams claimed alibi. He is confined in Richmond county Jail.
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Augusta
U.P
J. M. Williams
Raford Grady Williams
Es County Superior Court
Rochelle
Williams
Richmond County
Debts in Silver Is Smoots Plan
Washington December 12 Chairman Smoot of the senate finance committee said he would introduce a bill on Monday to permit the payment of foreign debts in silver at the market value.
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Washington
Smoot
Senate Finance Committee
Hoover
Juniors Open Caseys Cage Series With 14 Teams
The Knights of Columbus gym hosts the junior independent circuit opening at 1 30 this afternoon with seven first round games. Director Ben Gannon teams with former Central High stars for matchups including Pirates versus Ramblers and Rowdies versus P C s.
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Knights of Columbus
Ben Gannon
Central High Stars
Pirates
Ramblers
Rowdies
P. C.’s. Bulldogs
McQueen
Raiders
Boulevard
Broncs
Daly-Shea
Laurel Leaf
St. John’s Berchman
South Side
Brother killed over jealousy and race relation in Waterville
In Waterville Maine on December 12 police charged Merton Levine and Eleanor Johnson in the murder of Levine's brother Abraham, saying the wealthy cattle dealer's son killed his sibling in jealousy over a romance with the housekeeper. Johnson admitted buying the revolver used the night of September 26. Johnson said I love Merton and I will die for him. Police cited clear evidence of jealousy over the affair with Mrs. Johnson.
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Waterville
Merton Levine
Eleanor Johnson
Johnson
Levine
Abraham
Merton
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Maaley
North Sea
Grand Junction
Colo
Minturn
Henry Cording
Minturn Railroad
Harry Friend
Minturn Pool Hall
U.S
Ing
Thomas B. White
Kansas
T. N
Asta Eicher
Park Ridge
West Virginia
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