Communists in Reval Revolt Sparks 50 Casualties
In Reval Esthonia armed men seized the railway station and tried to capture telegraph and telephone officers. Police and troops fought with grenades and machine guns. martial law proclaimed and government buildings held. Premier Akel escaped an assassination attempt as insurgents surrounded his residence.
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Reval
Helsingfors
Finland
M. Kark
Akel
Esthenia
M. Akel
Tax Sale Sells 134 Pieces for Over Eleven Thousand
The county treasurer announced that 134 parcels were sold this morning for a total of 11046.05 dollars. The sale was adjourned to January 26 with remaining properties offered then and every two months thereafter as required by law. Many settlements reduced the list from over 600 descriptions and most parcels sold to foreclose mortgages rather than for investment.
Formal press notices flood campaigns and White House channels
Washington reports show chiefs of parties and many national bodies flood reporters with handouts to inform the public. The National Press Club notes authenticity but little evidence of real information. Correspondents read vast material daily yet gain limited new facts from official notices.
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Washington
National Press Club
Press Club
White House
Year’s grid games draw over a million fans nationwide
The season drew over a million spectators as California faces Pennsylvania on New Year’s Day in Berkeley and Notre Dame meets Stanford. Eastern and regional champions finished with ties and no clear national title, while coast rivalries highlight the year in college football.
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Associated Press
New York
United States
California
Pacific Coast
Pennsylvania
Berkley
Notre Dame
Stanford
Middle-West
Dawes Leaves Bed After Hernia Operation
Brigadier General Charles G. Dawes, vice president elect, left bed for the first time since his hernia operation two weeks earlier. He walked a little and said he feels better than ever before.
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Chicago
Charles G. Dawes
Photographs Transmitted Across Sea by Radio Test
Trans Atlantic transmission of photographs by radio becomes a reality. Portraits of President Coolidge Premier Baldwin the Prince of Wales and Owen B Young were sent from London and reproduced in New York within twenty minutes. RCA officials say the all American instrument can also transmit printed messages. The device, developed by C H Taylor and E F W Alexander, costs about 30 to 40 dollars per picture.
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Associated Press
New York
President Coolidge
Stanley Baldwin
Prince of Wales
Owen B. Young
London
Radio Corporation of America
C. H. Taylor
The
Radio Corporation
E. F. W. Alexander
Parkin Gained 631 Yards Last Season for Iowa
Iowa City Dec 1 Captain Leland C Parkin of the University of Iowa football team compiled 631 yards from scrimmage in five Big Ten games 118 yards on kickoffs and 25 yards on punts while 62 yards were charged as losses He led gains against Ohio State Minnesota and Wisconsin and Iowa totaled seven wins in eight games drawing 150000 spectators overall with crowds in Ohio State Wisconsin Michigan and other venues listed.
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Iowa City
Leland C. Parkin
University of Iowa
Big Ten
Parkin
Hawkeye
Ohio State
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Ilinois
Hawkeyes
Michigan
Iowa
Wolverines
Oklahoma
Lawrence
Milne's
Urbana
Butler
Madison
Ann Arbor
Favors Completion of Alaska Railroad Plan
A program for finishing the Alaska railroad was recommended to Secretary Work by Noel W. Smith. The plan budgets 11,878,781 dollars for six years. It notes Colonel Lee H. Landis resigned as general manager on November 10.
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Washington
Alaska
Noel W. Smith
Philadelphia
Solons Breakfast With Mr Coolidge
President Coolidge met with more than a dozen Senate leaders from the Republican side in Washington for a breakfast conference. Senators Norris Borah Curtis and others, each chairing major committees, discussed the legislative program with no definite conclusions, the first in a planned series.
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Associated Press
Washington
Coolidge
Senate
Republcan
Norris
Nebraska
Curtis
Kansas
Borah
Idaho
Moses
New Hampshire
Wadsworth
New York
Hale
Maine
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Sterling
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Warren
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Spencer
Missouri
McLean
Connecticut
Watson
Indiana
Smoot
Utah
Cummins
Iowa
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Banking
Post Office
House
Arctic Explorer Roald Amundsen Speaks at Cornell
Captain Roald Amundsen, famed discoverer of the South Pole and notable Arctic navigator, will lecture at Cornell College in Mount Vernon on December 6 about The Discovery of the South Pole. He visits to raise funds for another North Pole airplane expedition after earlier Maud drift attempts.
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Roald Amundson
South Pole
Cornell College
Amundson
America
North Pole
Co Thiu
Northwest Passage
Maud
Point Barrow
Alaska
Greenland
Cornell
Markham Succeeds Felton as Western Class One PR Chief
Chicago December 1 Charles H. Markham president of the Illinois Central railroad was named to succeed Samuel M Felton as director of public relations for the western group of class one railroads Felton resigned after four years service in the post.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Charles H. Markham
Tlinois Central Railroad Company
Samuel M. Felton
Chicago Great Western Railroad Company
Western
Mr. Felton
Egypt Accepts British Demands After Stack Assassination
Cairo reports that the Egyptian government has agreed to all British terms linked to Major General Sir Lee Stack's murder. Evacuation of the Alexandria customs house is planned, and Egypt’s education and public works ministers have resigned.
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Associated Press
Cairo
Egypt
Lee Stack
Alexandria Customs House
Mustafa Nahas
Chamber of Deputies
Army Football Men Prayed Before Each Game
West Point captain Edward Garbisch says the Army football team prayed before every game last season and credited their wins to prayer. He recalled the squad giving thanks on return after defeating Navy with four dropkicks, amid 1200 cadets at homecoming.
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Army
Associated Press
West Point
N. Y
Edward Garbisch
Garbisch
Navy
Fifteen Teams Start Six Day Bicycle Race in New York
Fifteen teams began the annual six day bicycle championship at midnight in Madison Square Garden. They were bunched by 6 AM after traveling 1523 miles. The eight hour record stands at 189 miles and nine laps.
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Associated Press
New York
Madison Square Garden
Salinger Granted Bond Pending Appeal on Mail Fraud Case
Ben I Salinger Jr former vice president and general counsel for Midland Packing of Sioux City is released on $25 000 bond after a four year federal sentence and $1000 fine for mail fraud linked to the companys promotion. An appeal writ of error will be filed in Omaha Wednesday to set basis for appeal.
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Associated Press
Sioux Falls
Ben I. Salinger, Jr
Midland Packing Company of
Sioux City
Liberty
Federal
Leavenworth
Kansas
Salinger
Omaha
Sao Paulo Revolt Casualties Report Sounded
An official Sao Paulo summary reports 600 killed by bullets or shells during last July's revolution. The Red Cross aided 584 wounded, and 1,200 others were treated at mercantile houses. Damages were estimated at 3,000,000 to 103 commercial and industrial firms. Rebels held 319 trenches around the city.
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Sao Paulo
Brazil
Red Cross
Merc
Isses
Four Die In West 43rd Street Rooming House Fire
Four persons including three women died when a five story rooming house on West 43rd Street burned in the morning. Twelve others were injured with some likely fatally. A woman perished leaping from a roof. bodies of two women were found in hallways on the third and fourth floors. a man was found on the top floor landing. Detectives sought a motorman whose trolley car cut water hoses.
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Associated Press
New York
West 43Rd Street
Miss Sullivan Opens Journal Cooking School in City
Miss Edna Sullivan domestic science expert arrives to open the Journal cooking school at Armory Hall tomorrow at 2 pm. The four day program includes lectures on food values and menu building and demonstrations on broiling meat quick breads and deep fat frying. Ladies urged to bring pencils and notebooks. gentlemen welcome.
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Edna Sullivan
Journal Cooking School
Armory Hall
Sullivan
Corn Products Refining Company
Fort Dodge
Webster (Ly
Ames
Washington
Miss Sullivan
Iowa
Death Toll From Kerosene Fire In Charles City
Earl Wilse died in a Charles City hospital from burns suffered when he tried to start a fire with kerosene ten days earlier. His two and a half year old son also died in the explosion. Mr and Mrs Julius Conger and Mr and Mrs H Finney visited Monmouth for Thanksgiving at J M Pinhey home.
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Associated Press
Charles City
Earl Wilse
Wilse
Julius Conger
H. €. Finney
Monmouth
J. M. Pinhey
President to Send Message Wednesday
Washington scene when the sixtyeighth congress opens its last session with focus on annual appropriation bills and the president’s budget message due after the annual address. Congress aims to read Coolidge’s message in both houses while debate over legislation and party splits shapes the early days.
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Senate
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House
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