Rebel Forces Behind Puebla Reach Near Mexico City
News reports say rebel forces, fewer than five hundred, escaped Puebla and press pursuit by federal troops under General Martinez. Puebla remains under control, while Cuernavaca 40 miles south has fallen to rebels per a revolutionary communique. Casualties on both sides were estimated at five hundred.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Puebla
Martinez
Vera Cruz
Geaterady
Cuernavaca
Woman and Children Saved From Incendiary Fire
Des Moines December 24 incendiary attempt to burn the home of Mrs Grace Brown and four children failed after she woke to smoke at 2 30 am. A fire brand was thrust under the porch. Police say the act was incendiary. Neighbors note a stranger posed as a detective and watched the house days prior.
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I’remi
No White Christmas Despite Winter Chill Predicted
Washington weather bureau forecasts a chilly Christmas morning with a light frost possible as far south as northern Florida. After recent summerlike warmth, the outlook signals a marked drop in temperature though no snowy White Christmas is expected.
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The
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Weather Bureau
Florida
Cockburn May Not Face Iowa Payroll Charge
Des Moines ex park department worker Russell J Cockburn may avoid court charges for padding state payrolls after extradition to Des Moines. Sheriff Findley said Cockburn, now hospitalized in Jefferson Barracks, is in critical condition and transferred after Governor Hyde granted extradition based on physicians statements of recovery.
Robbery at Glenside Home Yields Liquor and Bonds
Christmas Eve break in at Croasdale Knott residence in Glenside yields liquor worth thousands and $5,600 in bonds dropped by fleeing bandits. Philadelphia police report the Sunday night crime occurred after the water doe chloroform incident, authorities say.
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Philadelphia
Croasdale Knott
Glenside
Long Booze List Disappears Amid Bootlegging Probe
Investigators pursue leads tied to two thousand five hundred alleged bootleg buyers as the vanished list remains the focal point of the case in Washington. Police say evidence was handed to the International Revenue Bureau and court action may follow as bankers are suspected to be involved in financing the syndicate.
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Associated Press
Washington,d . C
Presmont
Grand Jury
International Revenue Bureau
Christmas Tragedy: Girl Dies of Ruptured Heart
Camden New Jersey December 24 a fourteen teen girl Helen Hamilton aged seventeen dies from heart rupture. Her final plea was Jesus take me she clung to her doll asked to be buried with it and prayed to die before her birthday November 26. The case drew nationwide attention as a poverty fund aided her with gifts from across the country.
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Associated Press
Camden
New Jersey
Helen Hamilton
Jesus
Helen
Des Moines Woman Killed When Car Door Opens
Des Moines headlines report Arline Smith 21 from Des Moines killed when a rear door flew open as she rode in a car with eight others. The coroner indicated no occupants were believed responsible for the accident.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Arline Smith
Pope Receives Global Christmas Messages
Christmas greetings from around the world flow to Pope Pius in a steady stream. In Vatican ceremonies today the papal college attended as Pius delivered a brief address wishing God’s glory and peace on Earth.
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Pope
Associated Press
Rome
Pope Pious
America
Vatican
Big College
Police Chief's Auto Stolen From Private Garage
Thieves broke into the private garage of A. Vassar, police chief, in Kansas City Missouri and stole his automobile marked police car. The incident occurred late last night and police are investigating the theft with the label police car on the vehicle.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Dee
A. Vassar
Four Shot in Booze Battle in Williams County
Four men were shot during a roundup of alleged moonshiners and bootleggers in Williams County over Saturday night and Sunday. Thirteen people were jailed in Berton, while 62 remained free on bonds, all charged with violating federal prohibition law.
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Associated Press
Marion
Ill
Williams County
Berton
Girl anarchist acquitted of murder in Paris trial
Germ aine Barthon, a 17 year old girl anarchist, was acquitted by a Paris jury today of killing M Plateau, a reporter for the loyalist newspaper L Action Francaise, in January.
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Girl Anarchist
Associated Press
Paris
France
Germaine Barthon
M. Plateau
L'Action Franciase
Woman Killed When Car Overturns Near Iowa Falls
Mrs. Lulu Smith of Waterloo died instantly when an automobile she rode in overturned on the highway between Eldora and Iowa Falls last night. The driver swerved to avoid a loose horse, causing the crash.
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Associated Pree
Waterloo
Lulu Smith
Eldora
Iowa Falls
Air Mail Pilot Dinty Moore Dies After Wyoming Crash
Air mail pilot F. Dinty Moore perished in Burns Wyoming after his aircraft crashed three miles east of the town. The crash was witnessed by a railroad section crew. Moore died shortly after a physician from Cheyenne arrived at Burns Hospital.
French Dirigible Dixmude Drifts Toward Tunis
Paris reports hope to save the Dixmude with fifty officers and men aboard as it drifts inland over the gulf Gabes area. The airship, after a three day struggle in Algena, moved east toward Tunis but suffered fuel shortages limiting the motors to one of six.
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Associated Press
Paris
France
Gulf Gabes
Africa
Tunis
Algena
Rum Row Smuggling Tackled By Federal Agencies
Federal agents report major seizures off Long Island and New Jersey in the rum running war. Speeds boats deep sea craft seaplanes and motor vehicles are listed with figures: 150 small boats 10 large craft 1 seaplane 40 trucks 375 men 27000 cases of liquor. Coast Guard ships forced large cargoes overboard totaling about 50 cases per boat and losses to smugglers are placed near 5 million dollars. The crackdown followed earlier use of seaplanes and a dramatic capture of vessels such as the Tomoka and Zeehound and the arrest of Mannie Kessler and others as the vigil continues.
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New York
Rum Row
Coast Guards
Customs and Treasury Department
New Jersey
Lantic Seaboard
Ambrose
Long Island
Coast Guard
Tomoka
Jersey Beach
Bil’ McCoy
Mannie” Kessler
King
McCoy
Kessler
Atlanta
IOWA Prepares for Christmas as Shops Bustle Nationwide
Des Moines reports shoppers crowd department stores on Christmas Eve 1923. State offices empty as officials depart for holidays. Governor Kendall and family plan to celebrate in Des Moines, with clear cold weather and heavy postwar shopping.
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Des Moines
Kate
Alice
Jim
Iowa
State House
Cocomo Jones
House
Senate
N. F. Kendall
Albia
Kendall
Santa Claus
All Christians to Observe Christmas Same Day This Year
The Associated Press reports that for the first time in 350 years almost all Christians will celebrate Christmas on December 25. Eastern Orthodox churches including Greeks and Russians switch from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar, ending a 14 day discrepancy with Western churches.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Julian Calender
Greek Dies in Des Moines Hospital After Coffee Shop Shooting
Tony Keros a 45 year old Greek dies in a Des Moines hospital from a bullet wound after a dispute in a local coffee shop last night Police seek James Pareros another Greek and Keros' home is listed as Enter prise Iowa.
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Greek
Des Moines Hospital
Associated Press
Des Moines
Tony Keros
James Pareros
Keros
Enterprise
Iowa
Los Angeles Lawyer Named to German Finances Committee
Henry M. Robinson a Los Angeles lawyer and banker has been chosen as the third American on the expert committee to study Germany finances under the reparations commission. He joins others in Paris as the panel investigates postwar German economic conditions.
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Associated Press
Paris
France
Bec
Henry M. Robinson
Los Angeles
Germany
Venizelos Weighs Return as Greek Faction Strength Talk Grows
From Paris Venizelos seeks information on faction strength in Greece as ministers pressure him to return. He sends a negative reply to a call to return and coalition talks consider four leading parties the republican liberal republican liberal and refugee group while liberals split on coalition.
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Venizelos
Paria
Plateras
Revolutionary Committee
Greece
Athens
Council of Ministers
Republicans
Liberalis
Will Sing Christmas Carols on Grounds of White House
Gates of the White House grounds will be opened tonight for a public Christmas carol event at the north entrance. Mrs. Coolidge organized the revival of the custom inviting the public to join in the singing led by the Vested choir of the First Congregational Church with Marine Band assistance.
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Will
White House
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Little Bowen Shaw Sees Santa With Harding Memorial Gift
Bowen Shaw, six, traveled from Penrose Virginia with his mother to Washington to meet Santa. He handed a quarter to the Harding Memorial Association desk to record a gift for the late President Harding, saying I saw him. His mother recalls Bowen's many sightings of Harding around the capital.
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Washington
D. C
Bowen Shaw
Penrose
Santa Claus
Santa
Bowen
Harding Memorial Association
President Harding
Christmas Pardons Declared for Eleven Federal Prisoners
President Coolidge announced Christmas pardons and commutations for eleven men serving terms in federal penitentiaries. The clemency action was disclosed from Washington as the holiday list was released.
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P E. Associated Press
Washington D. C
Coolidge
Free State Liberates 3481 Political Prisoners
Dublin dispatch reports that between December 1 and December 23 the Free State government announced the release of 3 481 political prisoners.
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Dublin
Free State Government
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