Tragic Collision Sinks Oberon. 45 Feared Dead
In heavy fog off Laso Island the Finnish liner Oberon struck the Arcturus and sank within minutes. Of 45 aboard including 17 passengers many are feared dead. 36 survivors were rescued, with four Oberon crew members brought to safety.
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Copenhagen
Oberon
Cattegat
Laso Island
Arcturus
Eris Hijelt
Ossi Hijelt
J. W. H. T. Douglas
Ossi Hjelt
Phyllis Tipping
Helsingfors
Surrey
England
Hengist
Black Gang
Captain loses wife and child in Oberon sinking
Copenhagen December 20 Captain Erik Tjelt of the Oberon lost his wife and four year old daughter when the Oberon sank after colliding with the Arcturus. Skipper of the Arcturus is his brother Ossi Hjelt. Erik was rescued by the Arcturus and is en route to Copenhagen. He was found in the water holding his daughter's body.
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Copenhagen
Erik Tjelt
Oberon
Arcturus
Ossi Hjelt
Erik
Chinese forces capture Pingkiang in Hunan province
Chinese press dispatches report 200 communists killed as nationalist government troops seized the red stronghold of Pingkiang in northeastern Hunan province.
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Shanghai
Pingkiang
Hunan
Weather outlook for next week in the South Atlantic states
Periods of rain expected early in the week midweek and again toward the end. Temperatures are expected to remain steady with no material change.
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South Atlantic States
Weather Summary for South Carolina Georgia Florida and Alabama
Partly cloudy tonight with increasing cloudiness Sunday. Florida sees cloudy skies with rain likely in the northwest portion Sunday. North and northeast winds moderate. Alabama and extreme northwest Florida mostly fair tonight and Sunday with frost potential tonight as skies clear.
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South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Eep Aser
Mystic healer Bran don dies in Poona coroner’s verdict
In Poona India coroner rules death by a broken heart after James Brandon once of Nashville Tennessee claimed God gave him power via “God given spectacles” to heal. He died after thieves stole the spectacles from his banyan tree hut near a Hindu temple.
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Poona
India
James Brandon
Nashville
Tennessee
Brandon
God
Former Kaiser Content With His Lot In Holland
In Doorn Holland the former Kaiser Wilhelm appears content as a village patriarch. He works daily in a rosarium with his one good arm, mingles with peasants, and is treated as a kindly old man. Villagers say they call him highness and he likes it, though he remains a simple figure among friends.
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William W. Chaplin Doorn
Holland
Kaiser Wilhelm
Germany
Son of Asbestos King Divorced for Second Time in Years
Lois Arlene Mccoin Manville, once stenographer to Johns Manville president Thomas F. Manville, Jr., was granted a divorce in Reno on grounds of desertion. This marks the second marriage failure for the son of the asbestos magnate, whose first union with Florence Huber ended in divorce.
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Reno
Lois Arlene Mccoin
Manville
Thomas F. Manville
Johns Manville Company
Thomas F. Manville, Jr
Florence Huber
Follies
New York
Victoria distributes winter clothing to the poor at royal palace
Queen Victoria personally hands out winter clothing to the poor in an annual Christmas custom at the Royal Palace in Madrid. Dainty underwear for women was provided, much of it made by aristocrats.
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Madrid
Victoria
Royal Palace
Tampa Woman Dies From Gas Fumes After Funeral Arrangements
Miss Mamie Alderman, 45, died while being taken to a hospital in Tampa today police said she turned on gas fumes in her home after arranging for a casket and a loan on an insurance policy to pay funeral expenses. She leaves relatives in Valdosta Georgia whose names are not known locally.
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Tampa
Fla
Mamie Alderman
Valdosta
Capone Leader Frank Nitti Sentenced for Tax Evasion
Chicago reports Frank Nitti a Capone lieutenant was sentenced to 18 months in Leavenworth and fined 10000 dollars after pleading guilty to income tax evasion. Internal revenue data show 1925 1926 1927 earnings totaling 168823 from alcohol and gambling, with 1925 profits 97699.
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Chicago
Frank Nitti
Capone
Leavenworth
Internal Revenue
Nitti
Cicero
Alphonse
Ralph Capone
Guzik Fails to Be Convicted for Vagrancy in Capone Ring
Chicago December 20 The state could not prove vagrancy against Jack Guzik a wealthy gambling house proprietor described as the business manager for Al Capone Prosecutors conceded defeat in under two hours after presenting the case to a jury in Judge Edgar Jonas municipal court Assistant states attorney Harry S Ditchburne said the fight continues Guzik already faces tax fraud conviction and is labeled a public enemy and Capones watchdog The trial focused on whether Guziks gambling operation involved roulette and other games while the defense argued that gambling is prevalent and that wagering small sums at tracks is not wrong
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Chicago
Jack Guzik
al Capone
Edgar Jonas
Harry S. Ditchburne
Guzik
Treasury
No Extra Session Not Planned for World Court
President Hoover will not call an extra Senate session to take up the world court. Only a failure to pass key appropriation bills could trigger such a session. Senate Republicans worry about possible moves to adjourn early and members of the foreign relations panel agreed to defer the court issue until next December.
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Washington
Hoover
White House
Senate
World Court
Congress
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Stock markets to close for Christmas holiday
The financial community will observe Christmas Day with markets closed. The New York stock and curb exchanges banks and all commodity and live stock markets will be closed as usual for the day.
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New York
Two Goldsboro Banks Fail to Open Doors
Goldsboro North Carolina December 20 two banks under the same management did not open today. Notices said the closures were in the interests of depositors. The National Bank of Goldsboro reported deposits of 38215030 and resources of 62366374 in its last statement on September 24.
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Goldsboro
N. C
National Bank of Goldsboro
Campaign Funds Committee Reveals Startling Facts
Robert H. Lucas, executive director of the Republican National Committee, testified that he ordered campaign literature in Nebraska urging defeat of Senator Norris. The Senate panel pressed a broader relief and public works bill with significant funding and political controversy.
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Robert Lucas
Norris
Washington
Robert H. Lucas
Republican National Committee
Senate Campaign Funds Committee
Nebraska
Hooker
Senate
la Follette
Wisconsin
Walsh
Mags
House
Hoover
Congress
White House
Lucas
William E. Murray
Representative Fort
New Jersey
Albert F. Dawson
Republican Senatorial
Dawson
Nye
Senator Norris
Hitchcock
National Committee
Coolidge
Smith
United States
Fess
Federal Judge Upholds Liquor Case Rejection
Judge William Aimyon of New Jersey district refuses to dismiss the liquor case against the defendant citing no reliance on Judge William Clark's adverse ruling about the eighteenth amendment's validity.
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Associated Press
William Aimyon
New Jersey
William Clark
Alimony Row Faces a Bleak Christmas Day
Chicago reports a grim tale from Cook County jail where fifty men in an alimony club face holiday confinement. The article profiles Daniel Beebe and Jimmie Kalcerzzity, detailing arrears and reform efforts while noting the impact on 100 children among 40 fathers.
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Chicago
Cook County
Bridewell
Jimmie Kalerzzity
Jimmie
Daniel 5. Beebe
Vitrolite Company
Atv
Etta Marker Beebe
Jimmie Kalcerzzity
Still Searching for Four Alabama Bandits in Swamp
Catherina Alabama December 20 still chasing three of four bandits who robbed the Marion Junction State Bank. Sheriff R F Hamner of Dallas County and state officers led a posse of peace officers and guardsmen pressed the search. Volunteers and guardsmen strengthened the cordon around Bogue Chitto swamp where the quartet took refuge.
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Catherina
Ala
Marion Junction State Bank
R. F. Hamner
Dallas County
Bogue Chitto Swamp
Selma
Escaped convict admits identity to save his wife
In Lexington Kentucky a man identified as R L Stribling alias Harry L Wilson 34 admitted being an escapee from Milledgeville Georgia prison. He said his wife Margaret 21 bought a Christmas tree and planned a holiday, while police sought Georgia authorities who reported two prior escapes. He said he was an engineer and Georgia Tech graduate. Prison officials said he had a long record as a forger and bad-check artist.
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Lexington
Georgia
Milledgeville
R. L. Stribling
Harry L. Wilson
Margaret Stribling
Stribling
Red Cross to Complete Drought Survey by Christmas
The Red Cross expects to complete a county by county drought survey by Christmas, detailing potential food shortages. Dewitt C. Smith notes the focus is on aid rather than statistics, citing 229,403 families in 472 counties needing food during winter. Isolated cases risk starvation where conditions are unknown locally.
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Washington
Red Cross
Dewitt C. Smith
Smith
Moral Dont Open Before Christmas
San Francisco youths Norman and Earle Erickson ages 11 and 12 opened gifts early and both suffered compound wrist fractures from roller skate mishaps. Norman was admitted to hospital, followed by his brother in an adjacent bed two hours later.
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San Francisco
Norman
Earle Erickson
Earle
Senator Greene Buried in Vermont Hills
Senator Frank Lester Greene Vermont's senior United States senator was laid to rest today in the familiar surroundings of his native hills at St. Albans Vermont.
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St. Albans
Frank Lester Greene
Vermont
United States
Tenth Victim of Police Bullets Falls in Chicago
Chicago on December 20 reports the tenth casualty from police gunfire this week during a running battle with a carload of gunmen. Architect Robert S. Wallace of Evanston died when a robber’s bullet pierced his windshield. The robbers escaped, and Patsy Steffanelli of the 42 gang was badly wounded.
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Chicago
Robert S. Wallace
Evanston
Patsy Steffanelli
Steffanelli
Scores of Americans Stranded at Mexico Border Fence
Scores of Americans were stranded in Tia Juana when the hole in the fence at the International Line was closed. The port of entry closes at 6 p.m. A loose spot in the barb-wire fence nearby had allowed crossings for years.
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Mexico
San Diego
Cal
Tia Juana
United States
Cotton 1930 Crop Ginned by Dec 13 Announced
Census Bureau reports 13,259,622 running bales ginned by Dec 13 of the 1930 crop, including 478,421 round bales, 17,411 American Egyptian, excluding linters. Last year by this date 13,456,783 bales, including 519,564 round bales and 20,071 American Egyptian, had been ginned.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Wall Street vice squad probes widen in New York
Investigators seek to uncover Wall Street vice squad activities amid graft allegations. A blanket subpoena targets 1120 members and their families across 2000 metropolitan brokerage houses and banks. Referee Samuel Seabury has heard claims of police collusion with lawyers and bondsmen to frame arrests and extract money. Four officers face departmental trial based on these charges.
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New York
Wall Street
Isidor J. Kresel
Samuel Seabury
Fiery column roars from big gas well at Wewoks
A blazing gas well on the edge of Wewoks Oklahoma sent a fiery column into the sky as about 100 men gathered to attempt a nitro glycerine blast to snuff out the fire.
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Wewoks
Okla
Congress completes emergency relief bills for Hoover signature
The senate approved a $116 million public works bill and a $45 million drought loans authorization, sending both to President Hoover for signature. Congress debated unemployment relief and winter recess plans while a campaign fund hearing drew attention at the capitol.
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Congress
Hoover
Senate
la Follette
Wisconsin
Walsh
Mass
White House
House
Capitol
Rober H. Lucas
Republican National Committee
Norris
Republican
Nebraska
Treasury-Post Office
New Power Commission
Legislative Branch
Budget Bureau
Hyde
Borah
Idaho
LaFollette
Massachusetts
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