Hamilton arrives in Pocatello and dies by suicide
George Hamilton 57, a former Aberdeen hotel clerk and visiting Salt Lake City native, arrived in Pocatello from Salt Lake City despite drinking moonshine. He died at 10:30 a.m. from a self-inflicted gunshot wound with a .32 revolver. a .38 revolver and shells were found in his handbag and in his hand. Coroner and police prepared for an inquest.
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George Hamilton
The
General Hospital
Aberdeen
Washington
Hamilton
Pocatello
Salt Lake City
St. Marie
Lima
H. H. Hughart
Iamilton
Hughart
Wis
Robert Pugmire
J. L. Balderston
Fred McCrory
Paolo Awarded No 1 For 1926 Car
Peter de Paolo, 1925 American speedway champion, was named No 1 for the car he will drive in 1926 after the season ended with a driverless designation. Jimmy Murphy, 1924 champ who died, previously held the number. AAA officials also released championship points showing Tommy Milton second with 1 735 to 1 640 for Harry Hartz. De Paolo totaled 3 260.
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Los Angeles
Peter de Paolo
Ender
Jimmy Murphy
American Automobile Association
Tommy Milton
Harry Hartz
de Paolo
Ogden Feels Brutal Wind Chill As Temperatures Drop
In Ogden Utah on December 30 the wind chilled residents as the air hit 17 degrees in the morning. The season’s coldest low was 12 degrees recorded last November.
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Ogden
Utah
Whiskers Rebuff Breeze For City Celebration
Boise merchants and Nampa men plan a bush beard event for March 31 to create atmosphere for a P. F. E. celebration. They will grow facial hair from February 15. Fines of 10 dollars apply for nonparticipants, funds used as a reward pool for the best growth.
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Boise
Idaho
Retail Merchant's Association
Nampa
Humble Goat Has Iron Constitution
Sacramento reports that among 445 animals condemned by state meat inspectors last month for disease, 293 were cattle, 75 hogs, 15 sheep, 64 calves, and none goats. Dr. George Gordon notes tuberculosis underlies 315 condemnations.
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Sacramento
Calif
George Gordon
Deartment of Agriculture
Meat Inspection Bureau
Theory of Sun Birth by Collision of Two Massive Bodies
Kansas City AP report details Colonel John Millis of Cleveland presenting a theory that the solar system formed from two large bodies colliding. He proposed fragments and planetismal accretion, with heat and motion shaping the sun and planets, including Earth, and suggested oceans, land, atmosphere, and life formed during early collisions.
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Kansas City
Wee
John Millis
Cleveland
Astronomical and Mathematical Soctions
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Olone Millis
Earth
Millis
Mars
Jupiter
Hugh Miller
College of Engineering
George Washingtony University
Wash N, D. C
Capper urges tariff to curb farm surplus and aid farmers
Senator Capper warns that unless tariffs apply to crops, protection for manufactured goods could end. He told Boston Chamber of Commerce that a practical system is needed to move surplus crops to foreign markets and share losses among producers. He urged action on farm relief and a balanced national policy.
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Boston
Capper
Republican
Kansas
Boston Chamber of Commerce
Major Capper
Congress
Moe
British-Australian syndicate to buy farming equipment
Sir Thomas Hughes, on the liner Ventura, arrived in San Francisco from Australia to purchase several million dollars worth of machinery, rolling stock and implements for Australian farmers. He notes prosperity among Australian farmers, especially dairymen and wool growers, with a record wheat crop and higher bank deposits, improving the financial outlook.
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San Francisco
Sir Thomas Hughes
Australia
Ventura
Thomas
Ool Ao
Static storms sweep vast West Coast area
San Diego reports describe severe static storms with air crackling from electrical disturbances. The disturbance extends over 1,000 miles south and south of San Diego and has persisted for about a week, hampering vessel masters in fixing positions by radio compass bearings.
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San Diego
Poultry and Meat Prices Rise as Grocers Note Higher Costs
Chicago reports a broad price hike across meat and produce with 12 of 23 items up, nine down, and two unchanged from last year. Buyers face higher costs for pork, ham, and bacon though beef dips slightly. celery halves in price and beer remains near 9.60 a barrel.
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Chicago
Department of Agriculture
Minneapolis
Death of girl uncovers plot and murder mystery
New York police seek mysterious Senator A B Lewis believed tied to a $100000 prison plot. Edith Burton, a 28 year old stenographer, was killed by Harry W. Cowan who also wounded himself. A warning letter in Cowan’s hotel room alleges Burton planned to lure Lewis to use the fortune. Cowan had absconded with $100000 from Latham Hotel two years earlier.
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New York
A. B. Lewis
Harry W. Cowan
Edith Burton
Senator Lewis
Miss Burton
Carson City
Nev
Lewis
Cowan
Latham
Salt Lake Driver Involved in Fatal City Mishap
In Salt Lake City Utah on December 30 a street car and a pedestrian were struck by a car driven by Sam Camill of Ogden. Camill died from a skull fracture in the incident. E. L. Fisher, the pedestrian, sustained a sprained ankle.
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Ealt Lake City
Utah
Sam Camill
Ogden
Thesu Mobile
Fisher
Horseshoe Tournament Highlight at Ogden Livestock Show
Indoor horseshoe pitching to be featured at the seventh Ogden livestock show. The event will be held next Thursday and Friday in the new livestock coliseum.
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Ogden
Urah
Dee
Anning Ogden
Floods Erupt Across Central Europe as Death Toll Rises
Reports from AP describe floods across Transylvania western Romania and eastern Hungary with martial law declared in Romania. Thousands of homes destroyed, livestock lost, rail lines washed out, and Belgrade threatened as Danube swells. Britain also faces heavy floods with the Wye Monnow and Avon rivers rising and ships tied up.
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Europe
Transylvania
Rumania
Hungary
Belgrade
Carpathians
Danube
Vienna
Bucharest
Szamos
Bodice
ofTordam
Paris-Constantinople
Arad
Toevis
London
Great Britain
Wye
Monnow
Derby
Avon
Dee
Zeezern
Clyde
Glasgow
Quarantine Imposed on Bad Fruit and Plants
California issues a quarantine against peaches nectarines almonds apricots plums cherries quinces and related plants and containers from infested regions to stop Oriental fruit moth spread. The pest, introduced to the eastern U S around 1919, prompted tighter controls after infested trees arrived as a gift to the White House earlier.
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Sacramento
G. K. Heche
State Department of Agriculture
California
Hecke
District of Columbia
Connecticut
New York
New Jersey
Delaware
Maryland
Virginia
North Carolina
Tennesser
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Mississippi
Texas
Arkansas
Indiana
United States
White House
Washington
Japan
Cyrille Crepin Dies After Wife in Ottawa Race Legend
Cyrille Crepin aged 80, famed long distance runner of the 1870s, died at his Ottawa home after his wife, 79, passed away a few hours earlier. Crepin earned international renown when in 1872 he won a race for United States runners and left a lasting mark in distance events.
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Ottawa
Ott
Cyrille Crepin
United States
Malose
Boise Police Seize Record Opium Haul In Boise
Boise police arrested Tommy Chin, a Seattle resident, after he arrived on train No 24 with a suitcase containing 31 one pound cans of prepared smoking opium and a green hook. Officials valued the haul at over 26 000 dollars, calling it the city s largest narcotic seizure.
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Boise
Idaho
Tommy Chin
Chin
Seattle
Briggs
Bolan and
Stoops
Portland
Blood reaction types identified by racial inheritance
New Haven December 30. Dr L H Snyder of North Carolina state college reports in Yale before the naturalists and genetics section that blood chemistry may reveal race and parentage. He claims unadulterated Europeans Orientals Filipinos and American Indians show distinctive blood reactions though mixed races do not.
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New Haven
Conn
L. H. Snyder
North Carolina State College
American Society of Naturalists and Going Genetics
Yale University
Snyder
Little Hsu shot at Langfang railway station in China
General Hsu Shu Cheng known as Little Hsu was killed at Langfang station. Captain Lu Cheng Wu, son of General Lu, claimed vengeance for his father's murder. Lu, cousin of Marshal Feng Yu Hsiang, vows retaliation as Kuomintang forces advance. Tsangchow action, bridges blown, Shanhaikwan line contested amid retreat from Tientsin.
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Lu Chang-Wu
Hau Shu- Ching
Captain
Peking
Hsu Shu-Cheng
Little Hsu
Langfang
Lu Cheng- Wu
Kuominchun
National People’s Army
Lu Chien-Chang
Tientsin
Feng Yu-Hsiang
Tsangchow
Shantung
Shanhaikwan
Judgment for Bite of Centipede Wins $6.11 Award
San Francisco shoe clerk Becky Clayton was awarded 6.11 dollars by the state industrial accident commission for three days off work after a centipede bite. Tests showed the arthropod lived in a shoebox at the store and there was no infection.
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San Francisco
State Industrial Accident Commission
Becky Clayton
Mrs Pickford Delays European Trip for Mother’s Operation
Hollywood December 30 AP Mrs Charlotte Pickford mother of Mary Pickford will undergo tumor removal surgery delaying the European trip of actress Mary Pickford and her husband Douglas Fairbanks by one or two weeks from the February 2 departure date.
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Hollywood
Calif
Charlotte Pickford
Mary Pickford
Douglas Fairbanks
Grocers Advance Price Of Flour
San Francisco December 30 The Retail Grocers association announced a 6 cent per barrel price increase for flour due to higher milling wheat costs in Chicago. New consumer prices are 3.03 per 49 pound sack and 1.87 per 24 pound sack.
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San Francisco
Chicago
Scientists Debate Darwinism At Yale Peabody Exhibit
New Haven Conn December 30 Dr Henry Fairfield Osborn president of the American Museum of Natural History and Columbia zoology professor led about 500 scientists at Yale Universitys new Peabody Museum gathering. He argued paleontology shows evolution rises unbroken through useful traits and that Lamarckian inheritance and sudden changes are incorrect. He pointed to Mongolian origins for the cradle of mankind.
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Henry Fairfield Osborn
Board of Trustees
American Museum of Natural History and Research
Columbia University
Peabody Museum
Yale University
Winiam
Osborn
America
Jean Baptiste Lamarck
Osborne
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Boston University
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New Haven, Conn
Charles Darwin
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