Premonition of Death Haunts Lost Aviatrix Miller
Havana reports say Australian aviatrix Mrs. J M Keith Miller is presumed dead after a flight from Havana to Miami on a fragile plane. Search efforts by six aircraft found no trace as officials note her fear and lack of instruments.
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Homer E. Knoblaugh
Associated Press
Dent
Associated Pressy
Havana
J. M. Keith Miller
Alr
Miami
Gulf
Florida Keys
Keith-Miller
Pittsburgh
Florida
Lancaster joins search for missing woman flier
Captain W. N. Lancaster of the British Royal Flying Corps departed at 2 p m to aid in the search for the missing woman aviator, who previously undertook a London to Australia flight with Mrs J M Keith Miller.
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Lancaster
Pittsburgh
W. N. Lancaster
British
Royal Flying Corps
J. M. Keith-Miller
London
Australia
London Friends Shocked By Aviatrix Death Claim
London reports shock among circles of Mrs. J. M. Keith Miller, Australian aviatrix, believed dead after attempting to fly a poorly equipped aircraft from Havana to Miami. Daughter of English parents, she arrived in 1927 to study aviation and acquire an airplane.
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London
Aviatrix
J. M. Keith Miller
Havana
Miami
Keith Miller
England
Australia
Subpoenas Ordered In New York Graft Inquiry
More than one hundred citizens were subpoenaed to appear at the appellate division inquiry into magistrates courts. Isidor Kreisel’s office questioned figures including Acuna and Weston amid graft and vice investigations. Governor Roosevelt faced calls for a nonpartisan review as New York officials denied involvement.
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New York
Samuel Seabury
Appellate Division
Chile
Westen
Roosevelt
William J. Schieffelin
Citizens’ Union
8. Parkes Cadman
The
Federation of Churches
Benjamin E. Weeks
New York Society
City of New York
Warm Springs
Alfred E. Smith
Mr. Smith
Doak Named Secretary of Labor in Hoover Roster Shakeup
William N. Doak of Virginia, legislative representative of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, is named secretary of labor by President Hoover. He is the first labor secretary chosen outside the AFL and the first native American in the post, replacing James J. Davis. Doak said the appointment came as an absolute surprise.
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Washington
Hoover
American Federation of Labor
James J. Davis
William N. Doak
Virginia
William Green
William B. Wilson
Scotland
Wilson
Wales
Human bones found in Rialto Hotel furnace at Eads Colorado
In Eads Colorado the Rialto Hotel furnace yielded bones identified as human. The discovery shifts the missing Miss Enid Marriott case from Wiggins, a local schoolteacher abducted and feared slain. A large bloodstained suitcase and a stranger who stayed in a basement room are linked to the investigation.
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Eads
Colorado
Colo
Rialto
Enid Marriott
Wiggins
Sheriff's Office
Miss Marriott
Jaser
92,000 Scottish miners to strike starting Sunday
London reports a complete stoppage of work in all Scottish coal fields beginning tomorrow afternoon affecting 92,000 men after failed negotiations with mine owners. Government intervention was hinted as possible to avert the action. South Wales miners, in contrast, voted for a temporary settlement with owners.
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London
South Wales
Scotland
Rockefeller Arrives at Florida Winter Home
John D. Rockefeller, in good health and smiling, arrives in Ormond Beach Florida to spend the winter at his beach house. He greets neighbors and shares his stress on love over revenge and the Christian aim to uplift enemies, quoting a sermon from Dr Jowett. He is accompanied by twelve household staff members as others arrived earlier to prepare the home.
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John D. Rockefeller
Flordia
Ormond Beach
Fla
John K. Rockfeller
John
Rey “Rockefeller
Florida
Jacksonville
George
London
New York
Jowett
Hundreds marooned near Ohio village by heavy snows
In Chardon Ohio Nov 29 hundreds of people and about 150 automobile travelers remained snow bound for two days as five to six foot drifts blocked highways. Farmers rode in on horses to restock supplies while snow plows cleared routes to Cleveland and Painesville.
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Chardon
Ohio
Cleveland
Painesville
Mill Workers Aid Unemployed Through Weekly 10 Cent Contributions
About 8000 to 9000 Amoskeag mill operatives in Manchester New Hampshire began a weekly program to donate 10 cents to aid unemployed coworkers. The mill management will match contributions dollar for dollar, taken from pay envelopes and distributed by the relief committee of the employer employee plan.
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Manchester
N. H
Amoskeag
Westberry guilty of murder by Valdosta jury
Valdosta Ga Nov 29 Austin Westberry 19 was found guilty of murder after a four hour jury deliberation. He faces life imprisonment for the August holdup slaying of W H Browning at a filling station. Four co defendants will not be tried until January.
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Valdosta
Austin Westberry
W. H. Browning
Browning
Here
Westberry
Lowndes County
Allen Westberry
Chaney
Travers Irwin
Homer Padgett
Brownings
Superior Court
Manatee
Ela
Five Horsemen of Cold Snow Stop Army Notre Dame Clash
Army and Notre Dame faced a wintry Soldier Field grid matchup as cold rain and ice tested footing. Fewer than expected spectators endured begloomy conditions while field crews battled hay and sand to ready the surface for the cadets and Fighting Irish.
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Soldier Field
Chicago
Army
Notre Dame
Notre-Dame
Tts
Mahoney
O'Connor
Lukat
Polly Humbert
Fields
Jask
Jaskwhich
Ods
Carver
Hamey
Lukats
Polar bear happy to reach New York aboard liner Hamburg
New York reports a polar bear arriving with the Hamburg liner after a ship hold was heated for 8000 canaries. The bear stuck its nose out to enjoy New York's icy air while the birds remained comfortable in the warm hold.
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Polar Bear
New York
Hamburg
Prohi Referendum May Get Support of Dry Leaders
Washington reports leaders of prohibition forces weighing backing a national referendum on prohibition a plan to support a constitutional amendment repealing or modifying the eighteenth amendment with conditions on state constitutional conventions to finality by those groups. debate, and wary reaction from dry and wet camps, continues in New York with possible renewed discussions in December.
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Washington
Prohibition
Congress
F. Scott McBride
Anti-Saloon League
Clarence True Wilson
Methodist Board of Temperance, Prohibition and Public Morals
New York
Patrick H. Callahan
Louisville
Kentucky
Association of Catholics
Representative Fort
Republican
New Jersey
Oliver Stewart
Indianapolis
Flying Squadron of America
Arthur J. Barton
Wilmington
Southern Baptist Convention
McBride
Friends of Prohibition
Stewart
Andrew
Massachusetts
Weather Outlook For The South Atlantic Next Week
Much cloudiness and occasional rain across the South Atlantic states except the Florida peninsula. Temperatures likely above normal early in the week, then turning considerably colder toward week’s end.
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South Atlantic States
Florida Y Peninsula
Weather outlook for Southeast states with warmer weekend
Weather report shows fair to warm conditions across South Carolina Georgia and Florida tonight and Sunday. Clouds increase bringing possible light rain in northwest portions and along the coast with winds shifting from northeast to east or southeast. Alabama and extreme north Florida expect showers in the west and increasing warmth in the east with possible strong southeast coastal winds.
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South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Hoover to Put World Court Issue Before Senate
President Hoover will place the world court adherence before the Senate this session. Key Republicans including Watson and Borah disagree on timing while Swanson and Walsh differ on immediate action. Debate centers on whether to pressure an early vote or delay to December.
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Washington
Hoover
Senate
Watson
Indiana
Borah
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Swanson
Virginia
Foreign Relations
Walsh
Montana
World Court
League of Nations
Wing of giant German seaplane burns in Lisbon
Fire broke out in the Nox, moored in Lisbon harbor, consuming a wing after gasoline was poured into its tanks. Sailors and Portuguese-pilots volunteered to fight the blaze as the Cox, the largest flying boat, lay blackened and tilted after the wing collapse.
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Lipson
Holland
England
France
Spain
Alterhein
Switzerland
New York
Azores
Brazil
New Orleans Broker Requests No Funeral or Clergy
Edward M. Gueydan a 47 year old New Orleans stock broker and Javan Cotton Co agent was found dead in a hotel room with a note titled Request stating he desired no funeral family friends flowers or priest. Coroner Dr Roeling reported four bullet wounds in his right temple and a pistol on the floor. He was a member of the local cotton committee.
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New Orleana
Fedward M. Gueydan
Javan Cotton Company
George Roeling
Gueydan
Storm Devastates Vessels As Temperatures Plunge Across Midwest
Dozens died as a cold wave battered the nation and ships were listed in distress from Lake Superior to Cape May. The Maple Bay, Simcoe, Upshur and Wearbridge were among vessels reportedly in trouble while search efforts continued for missing sailors and a flying passenger near Havana.
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Maple Bay
Lake Superior
Sault Ste. Marie
Simcoe
Cleveland
Lake Erie
Wearbridge
Cape May
N. J
Upshur
Cape Hatteras
Cuba
Florida
J. M. Keith-Miller
Havana
Miami
Pittsburgh
Estern
Ohio
William F. Griffin
Berea
Hamilton
Ontario
Coast Guard
Marquette
Mich
Bete Gris Bay
Fairport
N. C
George W. Barnes
Lewis Answers Critics on Sailing for Nobel Prize
Sinclair Lewis sailed for Stockholm to accept the Nobel Prize in literature and defended his selection. He dismissed attacks as coming from the same source, quipped about Frank Kellogg receiving the Peace Prize, and noted his Swedish greeting Skol and one word meaning thank you. He named relatives in Minnesota and predicted Hemingway or ONeill would win in a decade.
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New York
Sinclair Lewis
Stockholm
Tom
Philadelphia
Henry van Dyke
Princeton University
Lewis
America
Frank Kellogg
Minnesota
E. J. Lewis
Sauk Center
Malne
Claude Lewis
St. Cloud
Fred Lewis
Long Prairie
Eugene O'Neil
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Mid-West
Duluth
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