Spanish Revolt Crushed Under King’s Leadership
Madrid reports a week of insurrection ending with monarchy and Berenguer government victorious but nationwide unrest persists. General mobilization, 75,000 Madrid troops, and martial law extend control while strikes, disorder, and troops in streets continue to influence Spain.
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Madrid
Spain
Bilbao
San Sebastian
Ayamo Te Isla Christina
Huelva
Alicante
Spanish Foreign Legion
Damaso Berenguer
Jaca
Cuatro Vientos
Valencia
France
Portugal
Gijon
Barcelona
Air Force
Franco and aviators receive asylum in Portugal
Lisbon Portugal Dec 17 Major Ramon Franco the Spanish revolutionary leader and surviving comrades who escaped after the failed Monday revolt are granted asylum by Portugal War Minister Col Namorado Aguiar said. The aircraft used to reach Portugal are the property of the Spanish government and will be returned on demand.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Ramon Franco
Spain
Col
Namorado Aguiar
Four rioters killed as civil guard fires on mob at Samm De Lambreo mines
In Oviedo Spain on December 17 civil guards opened fire on a protesting mob at the Samm De Lambreo coal mines killing four workmen. Details on identities and casualty tolls remain sparse as authorities investigate the disturbance.
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Oviedo
Spain
Samm de Lambreo
Radio Wave Guides Planes At Night Soon
A device using radio wavelengths to guide aircraft home will be demoed for the army air corps in Washington next week. Geoffrey G. Kruess of Western Air Express heads to Asheville to confer with Herbert Hoover Jr. on the invention. The system uses a loop antenna on the fuselage and a dial that points toward the broadcast source, supplementing beacon navigation in fog.
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New York
Amos and
Andy
Stein
Army Air Corps
Washington, D. C
Geoffrey G. Kruess
Los Angeles
Western Air Express
Washington
Asheville
N. C
Herbert Hoover, Jr
New
National Boxing Association weighs cautious Schmeling defense
New London Conn December 17 The N B A championship committee plans cautious steps before forcing Max Schmeling to defend the title under the six months rule. Donohue says no indoor arena can hold the anticipated crowd and the group will not pressure an indoor bout. W L Young Stribling of Macon Ga remains the leading challenger in the eyes of the committee.
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New London
Conn
National Boxing Association
Max Schmeling
Germany
Thomas E. Donohue
Donohue
New York Athletic Commission
Schmeling
Jack Sharkey
Donahue
Championship
Schemeling
W. L. (Young) Stribling
Macon, Ga
Schmeling to wait for challenger before title defense
Joe Jacobs, manager of Max Schmeling, said he would not agree to a title defense against Jack Sharkey now. He plans to wait until April to sign Schmeling against the emerging contender from winter bouts. If forced to pair Sharkey, the milk fund may move the championship to Chicago for Schmeling to face Stribling or Campolo.
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Jacobs
Max
New York
Joe Jacobs
Max Schmeling
Jack Sharkey
New York State Athletic Commission
Schmeling
Sharkey
Milk Fund
Chicago
Stribling
Campolo
Stribling Slams Boxing Commission Over Contender Status
Georgia heavyweight W L Young Stribling bitterly criticizes the New York Boxing Commission after it reestablished Jack Sharkey as the leading American contender for the title. He notes discord between New York and the National Boxing Association which praised him after defeating Tuffy Griffiths. Stribling travels to Macon for rest after injuries from Griffiths bout.
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Stribling
Boxing Commission
Atlanta
W. L. (Young
John V. Clinnin
United States
Tuffy Griffiths
Griffiths
Macon
Poincare Improves Says Bulletin After Illness
An official bulletin from M. Poincare’s physicians reports improvement and hopeful prospects for his recovery after a vascular spasm last Saturday. The notice notes the former president’s condition has shown advancement and favors a positive outcome.
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Paris
M. Poincare
Christmas Weather Moves In On The South This Week
Christmas weather moved into the south with snow and sleet ranging from traces to knee deep in places. Reports from Georgia and nearby states describe freezing temperatures, school closures in North Carolina towns, and heavy snow in Virginia and North Carolina.
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Atlanta
Dixie
Rutherfordton
Forest City
N. C
City
Atlanta Weather Bureau
South
Alabama
Mississippi
Tennessee
Virginia
North Carolina
Danville
Charlotte
Carolinas
Beaufort
Georgia
Macon
Augusta
Weather Bureau
Florida
Control of Labor With Russia Latest Policy
Central committee issues decree for the USSR third year of five year plan restricting job changes without authorities permission. Wages fixed by job across the nation to remove labor competition. Quitting workers face six months ineligibility. those who refuse offered jobs are struck from labor lists for six months.
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Moscow
Central Executive Committee
Edison Believes Prohibition Has Helped America
Thomas A. Edison told Rev. James K. Shields that prohibition aids America's industrial and economic life and enforcement improves daily. He cited fewer destitute mothers at factories, a stronger national morale, and urged continued enforcement of the 18th Amendment as a blessing to homes and future generations.
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Newark
N. J
Thomas A. Edison
America
James K. Shields
New Jersey Anti Saloon League
West Orange
Ameri Ea
Weather forecast for the Southeast states
The forecast details cloud cover rain and potential snow across South Carolina Georgia Florida and Alabama with gradual temperature rises. Winds shift from northeast to northwest and vary in intensity. Extreme northwest Florida is largely fair with a likely freezing coastal edge and hard freeze inland.
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South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Prohibition Amendment Invalidated by New York Judge
Former Judge Ben Lindsey faces renewed disorderly conduct charges after a church disturbance at St. John the Divine Cathedral. Magistrate Dreyer dismissed the prior charge, noting a church has a right to divine service, while Lindsey’s trial proceeds with Bishop Manning as a principal witness.
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New York
Ben Lindsey
Dreyer
Ben B. Lindsey
William T. Manning
St. John the Divine
Lindsey
Manning
Arthur Garfield Hays
House Committee Votes to Trim Relief Loan Bill
The House Agriculture Committee voted 16 to 1 to reduce the relief loan bill from 60 million to 30 million dollars, striking out loans to farmers for human food. Secretary Hyde said 25 million dollars would cover drought relief needs, calling the Senate food funds proposal dangerous and noting drought damage is regional to corn hay and pasture.
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HOUSE
Washington
House Agriculture Committee
Senate
Garber
Virginia
Hyde
Agriculture Department
Morrison Senator Objects to McNich Confirmation
Senator Morrison of North Carolina informed the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee chairman he has no objections to the confirmation of Frank R. McNich of North Carolina as a member of the Power Commission.
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Washington
Morrison
North Carolina
Couzens
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Frank R. McNich
Power Commission
Brother and Sister Freed After Nine Years in Prison
Ira Cook then 17 and Mamie 15 were jailed for their father Sellers Cook murder in Lexington county. Governor Richards commuted their sentences on good behavior and the gates of the state prison were to swing open in Columbia on December 17.
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Columbia
8. C
Ira Cook
Mamie
Sellers Cook
Lexington County
Richards
Bank of Sturgis Fails to Open in Union County
Frankfort Ky Dec 17 The Bank of Sturgis in Union County failed to open this morning according to state banking commissioner W A Dicken. The bank reported resources of 468 838 94 and deposits of 386 514 in its last statement.
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Kentucky
Frankfort
W. A. Dicken
Bank of
Sturgis
Union County
Ten Arkansas banks closed by officials
The state banking department announced the closing of ten banks in northwest Arkansas. One director of the American Exchange Bank and Trust Company of Little Rock was involved in the closure. Eight state banks were placed in the commissioner’s charge, while two national banks were turned over to the U S comptroller.
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Little Rock
Ark
State Banking Department
Arkansas
American Exchange Bank and ‘Trust Company of
United States Comptroller
Insurance plot tied to Rose Murphy sinking deaths
Two seamen died as they faced arrest in a federal case alleging a scheme to sink the Rose Murphy off the Florida coast in 1927 and collect Hull insurance. Captain George Wonson Sr and crew member Orice Roddy died amid the investigation. others denied charges and posted bonds.
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Mobile
Ala
Florida
George H. Wonson
Department of Justice
Bona L
Niceville
Fla
West Coblat
Virginia
Orice C. Roddy
Rose Murphy
Norfolk
D. J. MacDonald
John G. Murphy
James A. Fulford
Galveston
Tex
Salvata Motterli
Boca Grande
William G. Caffey
Murphy
Hull
Muscle Shoals Compromise Possible Tomorrow
Washington predicted a senate and house conferees compromise on Muscle Shoals legislation will be reached tomorrow. Chairman McNary announced the likelihood after another day of talks between house and senate negotiators. The plan would have the government operate the power plant and lease the nitrate plant for fertilizer by products.
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Washington
House
Senate
McNary
Senate Conference Committee
Train wreck kills ten in Spain near Larabla
Ten passengers die and fourteen injured when an express passenger train collides with a freight train near Larabla Oviedo today.
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Oviedo
Spain
Larabla
Romanian Challenge for Duel Excited in Bucharest
In Bucharest a duel challenge circulating from M Filipescu, president of the American Telephone Company, to Herr Mittus the German minister arises after a letter mocking Premier Mironescu and Prince Barbu Stirbey circulated. Filipescu published a facsimile of the letter and seeks Mittus recall.
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Bucharest
Rumania
Bucharst Society
M. Filipescu
American Telephone Company
Herr Mitius
Herr Mittus
Mironescu
Barbu Stirbey
Carol
Writer Peter Warlock Found Dead in Chelsea Home
Peter Warlock, renowned songwriter, was found unconscious in a gas filled room at his Chelsea residence and died later at a hospital. Police began investigations into the circumstances surrounding the death.
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London
Peter Warlock
Chelsea
State school fund mailout funds for teachers and counties
The office of M. L. Duggan, Georgia state superintendent of schools, mailed checks totaling 197 433.74 dollars to county superintendents from the gasoline tax as part of the equalization fund. Duggan had requested 235 000 dollars to pay the state’s teachers and 200 000 dollars of the funds remained unallotted.
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Atlanta
M. L. Duggan
Duggan
Prohibition Enforcement Continues After Judge Clark Ruling
Federal judges in Newark indicate they will not decide on the Clark ruling yet and will wait for a case to come before them. In New Jersey, officers proceed with raids under Hobart act and arrest thirty people at Riverside Boat and Yacht Club.
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Newark
N. J
United States
Joseph Holland
A. L. Friedmann
Federal District Court
William Clark
Guy S. Lake
William Runyon
Clark
Fake
New Jersey
George S. Hobart
Bergen County
Riverside
Emerson Ll. Richards
Judiciary Committee
Hobart
Common Pleas
William B. Harley
Trenton
Guatemalan Government Ousted. Palma Replaced
Washington reports Guatemala’s government has been overthrown. General Manuel Orellana named provisional president as Rod Rodriguez Boteta signs the military junta’s control. The United States had just recognized Palma as chief executive in a message from President Hoover.
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Washington
Recinos
Guatemala
Palma
Rodriguez Boteta
Manuel Orellana
Senct Palma
Hoover
Department allocates funds for payments balance
The department mailed 197,433.74 to cover part of the payments while the remainder is held for future disbursements.
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Balbo
South America
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Maxie
York
Pittsburgh
KDKA
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Russia
Edison
Anti-Saloon League
Mr. Edison
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