Prince of Wales to Visit Calcutta Amid Hartal Fears
Amid Calcutta hartal worries the Prince of Wales is due to arrive Christmas Eve. Government measures curb open agitation but extremists threaten another hartal. Calcutta hosts a major social event with a large constabulary, fire dance at Bikaner fort, and royal reception as part of a grand race meet.
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Bikaner
London
Associatedress
Calcutta
Morning Post
India
Post
Imp
Riengal
Bukaner India
Prince of Wales
God Save
Famine News From Cape Verde Arrives On Portuguese Steamer
The Portuguese steamer Maessamedes brings grim reports from the Cape Verde islands showing many famine afflicted natives were shipped to St Thomas. A death toll rose with one tenth of those aboard dying en route. In October, 1,048 Portuguese citizens returned to Portugal from Brazil due to lack of work and insufficient earnings.
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Tisbor
Portugal
Cape Verde Islands
St. Thomas Island
Brazil
Ice Plant Case: Commissioners Judge Own Argument at Hearing
Takoma Park Ice and Ice Cream Co seeks two acre site behind Carroll Avenue and Cedar Street. Attorneys Ottenberg and Sieman present a district commissioners letter praising the site as ideal, citing proximity to a railroad and lack of street frontage as reasons it fits zoning and is not suitable for residential or retail use. Residents opposing the plant call it a public nuisance. a decision is expected within days.
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Takoma Park Ice and Ice Cream Company
Carroll Avenue
Cedar Street
Louis Ottenberg
Paul Sieman
Ottenberg
Zoning Commission
Mrs Frederica Underwood Dies in Birmingham Home
Mrs Frederica Virginia Underwood mother of Senator Oscar Underwood of Alabama died at her son Fred V. Underwood senior’s home in Birmingham from heart trouble. She was born in Petersburg, Virginia ninety years ago and had been critically ill for several days. Burial is planned for Wednesday morning in Louisville. She is survived by three sons and one daughter.
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Birmingham
Ala
Frederica Virginia Underwood
Oscar Underwood
Alabama
Fred V. Underwood
Underwood
Petersburg
Louisville
Underwood names tie Birmingham figures in report
Oscar Underwood, Fred V. Under wood of Birmingham, Maj. Sidney S. Underwood of A and A, and Mrs. W. T. Underwood of Birmingham are listed in a local society notice. The filing notes multiple individuals sharing the Underwood surname and Birmingham connections.
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Oscar Underwood
Fred V. Underwood
Birmingham
Sidney S. Underwood
W. T. Underwood
21 Dead 25 Hurt In Head-On Wreck
The crash left 21 dead and 25 injured as rescuers fought through snow to reach the isolated site. Workers hauled water from a nearby creek to fight the flames and carried the injured up the slippery gulch. Communication was unavailable, hampering emergency response.
List of the Known Dead Missing and Hurt in Wreck
Special to The Washington Post from Philadelphia reports the Bryn Athyn train wreck casualties with a long list of the known dead missing and injured. Names include Elmer Hanson John Price Irving Batch Jack Krusen Elizabeth Shelnore Catherine Fitzpatrick Thomas Price Edward Vogel and others. Injured are treated at Abington Memorial Hospital with several listed in critical condition.
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Washington Post
Philadelphia
Bryn Athyn
Elmer Hanson
Woodmont
John Price
Southampton
J. Irving Batch
Newtown
Jack Krusen
Herbert Krusen
Elizabeth Shelnore
Catherine Fitzpatrick
Thomas J. Price
Edward Vogel
Byerss Infant
Charles T. Scott
Churchville
School of Industria Arts
Moe. Hogeland
William Sinkler
Arthur Heaton
Morris van Horn
Thomas Gove
Abington Memorial Hospital
Adolph Scheerweis
Train Engineer Injured In Philadelphia Road Incident
Walter Yeakel of 306 Somerville Avenue Olney Philadelphia and James Rock of Newtown, uncle of Miss Helen Rock, both engineers of inbound and terminal trains, sustained cuts burns and internal injuries in a railroad incident. Both were badly hurt with facial and bodily burns noted.
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Anna Fitzpatrick
Southampton
Helen Rook
Newtown
Herbert Krusen
E. Hartman
Richbore
William Bixler
North
Hutchinson Street
Philadelphia
James Truitt
North Sixig
First Street
Walter Yeakel
Somerville Avenue
Olney
James Rock
Helen Rock
Missing $375000 in gold stock certificates case unfolds
Benjamin Fullman a Thompson and McKinnon messenger was arrested on grand larceny charges after claiming he delivered most of a securities run to Wall Street firms but left $76,000 of negotiable stock with an unidentified messenger called Joe who was headed toward Cohen and Co. The missing certificates were not found in Fullman’s home.
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William Cohen & Co
Joe
Cohen
Fullman
Will Address Ad Club by Louis Wiley in Washington
Louis Wiley of New York will address the Washington Advertising Club at its weekly luncheon today at the Washington Hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Wiley
New York
Washington Advertising Club
Washington Hotel
Morse Promises Return to France En Route to New York
Havre dispatch reports Charles W. Morse aboard the Paris sailing for New York after declaring he has received no reply from Attorney General Daugherty regarding his desire to stay in Europe until January for medical treatment. Morse tells AP he would return if alive and complains of detective shadowing during the voyage.
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Havre
Associated Press
Paris
Charles W. Morse
United States
Department of Justice
Washington
New York
Morse
Daugherty
Europe
Munich and Hamburg Get U. S. Consulates
American consulates opened in Munich and Hamburg, announced by Ellis Loring Diesel. They mark the first posts to be set up in Germany as soon as possible while reciprocity with Germany remains unsettled. Berlin and Washington discuss embassy staff and acceptable consular appointees, avoiding prewar diplomatic figures.
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Munich
Hamburg
State Department
Ellis Loring Diesel
Berlin
Germany
Washington
America
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Cape Verde
St. Thomas
Philadelphia & Reading Railway
F. V. Underwood
Senator
Virginia
Eagle
Spke Loomcraft
James Y. Davis’Son Inc
Penna.ave
Edgar Brehm
George H. Potter
Brown Street
Lewis Johnson
Ad” Club
Fron Farms
Bellevue Farms
St. WV. W
New York Avenue
Washingtons
France
U. S
H. Street
ASE Shorahah
Are
Fifth Avenue
Hugh Reilly CO
Sburgh & Brother
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