Prohibition plan prize won by Major Mills in New York
Major Chester P. Mills, former federal prohibition administrator for New York, wins the $25 000 prize for the best plan to make the Eighteenth Amendment effective. Malcolm D. Almack, Palo Alto high school, takes the $5 000 school prize. Checks mailed to Mills Almack and Walter H. Nichols on Christmas. Mills focuses on preventing diversion of industrial alcohol to bootleggers. Almack's plan to be released January 1.
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Chester P. Mills
W. C. Durant
Malcolm D. Almack
Palo Alto
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Mills
Walter H. Nichols
Young Almack
Stricken Child Receives Large Number of Toys
Frank Brooks an 18 month old boy from Asco West Virginia lay in a Cincinnati hospital on Christmas Day in critical condition after swallowing a miniature motorcycle toy ten days earlier. Surgeons said operation was unlikely but improvement could come by tomorrow as gifts from readers arrived.
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Cincinnati
Frank Brooks
Asco
W. Va
Frank
Christmas day releases from city jail for drunken celebrants
Police Judge Daniel F Shea ordered the release of twelve men held for celebrating too well. Jailers Jack Barry and Bill Taylor supervised sobriety checks, freeing those who passed as soon as they could walk straight.
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Daniel F. Shea
Jack Barry
Bill Taylor
Man stabbed in Galena Street affray leaves Moreno critical
Tore Moreno 28 Mexican of East Park street is in critical condition at St James hospital after a stabbing on East Galena street about 5 30 yesterday morning. Andrew Holguin a Mexican of South Arizona street at 535 South Arizona street is jailed after being identified as one assailant. Moreno recalls a fight in the Cabbage Patch and officers search for a second attacker.
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Tore Moreno
East Park Street
St. James Hospital
East Galena Street
Moreno
Andrew Holguin
Arizona
Powell and
Leyden
Holguin
Bus and Train Collision Kills Three in Sedalia
In Sedalia Missouri three people died when a bus collided with railroad cars being switched at a crossing. Victims include Mary Griswold eighteen and Thomas Stabley forty five with an unidentified man about twenty five. Driver Emmett Burge was severely but not seriously injured and Mr Laird and his daughter were among the most seriously hurt of about thirty passengers treated in local hospitals.
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Sedalia
Mary Griswold
Thomas Stabley
Knobnoster
Emmett Burge
Mr. Laird
Butte Meat Prices Among Lowest Nationally
United States Labor Department data show Butte's October meat prices well below national averages. Sirloin 5.03 vs 3.59, Round 4.46 vs 3.45, Rib roast 3.68 vs 3.18, Plate beef 2.08 vs 1.80, Chuck 3.02 vs 2.53, pork 0.03 below, sliced bacon 0.05 lower, hams 0.07 lower, lamb 0.02 lower, canned salmon 0.005 lower, milk 0.01 lower, butter 0.01 lower. Providence, Rhode Island, continues noted.
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United States
United States Department of Labor
Providence
Rhode Island
Bolivian President Publishes Bolivia Paraguay Stand
President Hernando Siles of Bolivia outlines Bolivia's position in the dispute with Paraguay. The article, transmitted by cable, presents Bolivia’s justification and argues that Paraguay’s ground is disputed. Jose P Guggiari of Paraguay had his stance published by the Montana Standard.
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Montana Standard
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North American Newspaper Alliance
Paraguay
Its.ent
Jose P. Guggiari
Nation Wide Christmas Joy Graces White House Trip
Washington observes a peaceful Christmas as Americans exchange greetings and the Coolidges begin a Georgia coast vacation after an early White House morning. The holiday mood spreads from the capitol to cities and towns across the country. Their departure signals a seasonal pause in federal duties as citizens celebrate peace and goodwill.
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Washington
America
Capitol City
White House
Bolivia Boundary Lines Include Chaco Boreal Region
Bolivia reports boundary lines with Paraguay run along the Paraguay and Pilcomayo rivers on the Bolivian side near Chaco Boreal. The note references a map and dates dating back to 1559 with continued coverage on page 2.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
Paraguay
Pilcomayo
Bolivian
Chaco Boreal
Identity of man who died in fire remains uncertain
More than a dozen visitors at the morgue seek to identify an unknown man said to be Butte miner John Tunney, burned in a Clarence hotel room fire on East Park Street. Michael O'Rourke, Tunney's Mountain Con mine partner, asserts the dead man is Tunney, with several friends corroborating the likeness despite unresolved positive ID. Tunney, a longtime miner, had been released from St. James hospital three weeks earlier after pneumonia.
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John Tunney
Butte
Clarence Hotel
East Park Street
Larry Duggan
Duggan
Michael O'Rourke
Tunney
Mountain Con
O'Rourke
St. James’ Hospital
Influenza Epidemic Fears Sweep Mexican Cities
Despatches from Guaymas report 500 public centers in Sonora fearing invasion of the epidemic from the United States. In Ortiz, town affairs halted as cinemas and schools close due to the disease, reflecting growing concern in Mexico City.
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el Universal Grafico
Guaymas
Sonora
United States
Ortiz
Movng
Ideal Christmas Day in Butte Features Boats of Gifts
Under a bright sun Butte enjoyed a calm Christmas with juveniles showing off gifts and rivalries in playful boasts. Streets quiet as miles paused, trains and streetcars idle, hotels near empty while families savored a holiday marked by sunlit skies and festive cheer.
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Butte
Miles
Woman leaped before train in Wyoming holiday tragedy
In Rock Springs Wyoming Mrs Jimmie James a woman barber died after stepping in front of an eastbound freight at a city crossing during a Christmas celebration. Authorities suspect an estrangement from her Denver husband but a definite motive was not learned. A bystander known as Taxi Bill helped restrain her before the fatal leap.
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Rock Springs
Wyo
Jimmie James
Denver
James
Taxi Bill
Flyer Forced Down By Fog Rescued By Search Party
Frank J. Blazek, 28, a Curtiss Flying Service employee, made a forced landing near Denton Maryland due to fog while en route from New York to Baltimore for Christmas. He was unhurt though the plane was damaged. Delaware and Maryland state police organized a search after he failed to reach Logan Field.
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Frank J. Blazek
Curtiss Flying Service
New York
Denton
Blazek
Logan Field
Delaware
Maryland
Redlands Florist Robbery Ends in Student's Death
Thomas Donald Hall 21, a Redlands University sophomore, was shot and killed by Patrolman Thaddeus Ornes during a florist robbery attempt aimed at Christmas funds. Cooney and Keller, fellow juniors, were arrested after a pursuit and later confessed their lack of money and plan to rob for funds. An inquest awaited, with arraignments planned for the other defendants. Hall, son of a local rancher, was described as an average student with a good record.
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Keller
Hall
Redlands
W. L. Duke
Man Dies After Stab Wounds At Christmas Dance
Raymond Carter aged 22 died from forty stab wounds received at a Christmas Eve dance in Memphis Tennessee. Police say he identifed Albert Beavers 19 and W Beavers brothers as attackers after J B Mundy intervened with Mrs Mundy. Mr and Mrs Mundy and the Beavers were held for questioning.
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Tenn
Raymond Carter
Carter
Poace
Albert Beavers
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J. B. Mundy
Dan
Mundy
Prisoner Shot Trying Escape At Sing Sing Yard
A Sing Sing inmate, Robert Nabi age 23 serving 12 years for robbery, was shot twice and seriously wounded by guards as he attempted to flee during a yard lineup. Nabi slipped from a greenhouse area toward a river dock, scaled a fence, and prompted guards to fire 25 shots.
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N. Y
Sing Sing
Robert Nabi
New York City
Nabi
Disabled Veckels Battle Severe North Pacific Storm
In a heavy gale and snow off Wessels reef Gulf of Alaska two disabled ships with 39 crew drift while a tow line parts. The Seattle tug Roosevelt and halibut boat Attu struggle to regain control as Starr anchors in deep water and Northwestern stands by.
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Roosevelt
Attu
Wessels Reef
Gulf of Alaska
Starr
Northwestern
Aff
Coast-Guard
Daughter identified in handbag photos from Texas wreck
San Antonio residents Mr and Mrs G A Goelitz identified photos found in a deceased young woman’s handbag as their daughter Laura 20 who had been studying art in Chicago and was returning home for the holidays. The victims’ family moved from Kansas City three months ago after the Sunshine Special wreck near Palestine Texas.
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Texas
G. A. Goelitz
Palestine
Laura
Chicago
Goelitz
Kansas City
Park Hotel Fire Claims Six Lives in Akron
Six people died and seven were injured as a basement fire swept through Akron's Park hotel. About 80 guests were trapped when flames broke out below, smoke filling the building via a clothes chute and forcing escapes down stairs from lower floors. Victims were mainly guests on the third and top floors. the dead included Arthur Alexander and his wife Mrs Alberta Miller Alexander and cook Charles King.
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Akron
Ohio
Park Hotel
Arthur Alexander
Alberta Miller ‘Alexander
Charles King
Police Guard Billy Ranieri Kidnap Case Vigilance
In Chicago on Christmas Day 1931 heavy police with real guns guarded Billy Ranieri at his home while the 10 year old and his brothers played with toy guns. Billy had named his kidnapers last September and the case drew renewed attention after an assassination attempt on a witness.
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Chicago
Billy Ranieri
Billy
Robert E. Gentzel
Quiet Christmas at Federal Building Ends Seething Week
After a week of crowded activity, the federal building in Butte rested on Christmas Day. The federal court adjourned to Thursday and the post office closed, with only occasional mail seekers present and a deaf clerk on duty. Most staff celebrated holiday, while belated gifts and hopes for extra Christmas cheer filled local homes.
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