Nine Die as Rail Train Wreck Slams Virginia Shore
A488 wreck near Onley Virginia leaves nine dead and twenty four injured among 488 excursion passengers. Sailor heroics saved many as cars overturned and glass flew in the eastern shore accident. Survivors say a battleship crewman helped stop a deadly stampede by assisting a woman.
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Karl F. Chenoweth
Oklahoma
A. V. Kemp
Norfolk
Chenoweth
Annie Abrams
Ralph Smith
Middleton
N. Y
U.S. S
Utah
Marion A. Calloway
Krakenuit
Delma
James Diggs
Virginia
Sky Smoke May Signal Missing Arctic Flier Search
In Nome Alaska December 2 AAP pilots Crosson and Dorbandt wait for better weather at Teller to fly the Siberian coast in hopes of locating Carl Ben Kielson and Earl Borland, missing after engine trouble halted their second trip from the Nanuk icebound off North Cape. Fog and above freezing temps hinder renewed search after three weeks.
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Nome
Alaska
Joel Crosson
Kitank Dorbandt
Teller
Siberian
Carl Ben Kielson
Earl Borland
Crosson
Kielson
Borland
North Cape
Kiowa Strands on Lake Superior Shore Five Missing One Dead
The freighter Kiowa ran aground ten miles west of Grand Marais Michigan during a storm on Saturday night. Captain Alex Young of Duluth launched a lifeboat to reach shore but it capsized, throwing the crew into the lake. One body recovered, others missing as Coast Guardsmen continued the search.
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Sault Ste Mari, Mich
Dee
Kiowa
Lake Superior
Grand Marias
Mich
Alex Young
Duluth
Sd Fs
Nave Hhédti
Honeymoon Ends in Tragedy as Six Die at Cal Crossing
At Whittier California a coroner's jury heard the inquest into six young people killed when their small car failed to stop at a grade crossing and was struck by a Santa Fe passenger train. The impact hurled the car against a wig wag signal base in the wreck.
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Whittier
Cal
Here
Flagstaff Man Saved In Desert After Thanksgiving Wanderings
W B Cherry a Flagstaff barber who got lost while prospecting Thanksgiving Day relied on desert knowledge to survive three days. He used bear grass root for water, prickly pear fruit for food, and lit a fire with a match on a creosote bush. He was found by two Indian braves and guided to a highway. Separately a fatal crash near Los Angeles killed six people including William R De Ford and a newlywed couple, with investigators noting the car tried to beat a train.
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Flagstaff
Ariz
W. B. Cherry
Here
Texas
Cherry
Sherif
Los Angeles
William R. de Ford
Joseph McCann
Centralia
Wash
Edwin C. Bike
Arlene Herr
Audna Day
de Ford
McCann
Plane Pilot Long Overdue With Mail
Plane pilot Thomas P. Nelson of Plainfield New Jersey is overdue in Cleveland after departing Bellefonte Pennsylvania for the city at 12 15 p m yesterday and last reported over Brookville Pennsylvania at 12 45 a m officials fear he may have been overcome by a snow storm in the Pennsylvania mountains and failed to complete the flight for National Air Transport Company
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Cleveland
Thomas P. Nelson
Plainfield
N. J
Bellefonte
National Air Transport Company
Pennsylvania
Nelson
Brookville
Cowpuncher Swings Wide Loop To Rope a Bride
VANCOUVIER B C Dec 2 AP The marriage of Lord Cheylesmore ranchman to a nurse was disclosed today He came to Alberta six years ago took up 4000 acres at Alix near Calgary and established the Happy Valley ranch On July 25 he was married to Miss Margaret Pearl Sund berg daughter of Mr and Mrs A L Sundberg of Alix Lord and Lady Cheylesmore plan an extended trip to eastern Canada and the United States
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Vancouvier
B. C
Lord Cheylesmore
Alberta
Alix
Calgary
Happy Valley
Margaret Pearl Sundberg
A. L. Sundberg
Lord
Lady Cheylesmore
Canada
United States
Arizona Orphan Cheated Of Home Love By Tragedy
MIAMI, Ariz. Dec 2. James Smith 12 died after clothing caught in an air pressure machine at a Mi mi service station. The boy, who had been housed at the Arizona Children's Home since last summer, was found unconscious by owner W R Randall near the running engine. Adoption papers had been filed by Randall and his wife.
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Miamyj
Ariz
Mimi
James Smith
W. R. Randall
Smith
Randall
Arizona Children’s Home
England's Premier Names Delegates To Naval Parley
Prime Minister MacDonald announced in the House of Commons that British government delegates to the January Naval Conference would be himself Foreign Secretary Henderson A V Alexander first Lord of the Admiralty and Wedgewood Benn Secretary of State for India.
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London
MacDonald
House of Commons
Henderson
A. V. Alexander
Admiralty
Wedgewood Benn
India
1930 License Plates For Navajo County On Sale Soon
About 9000 1930 vehicle plates for Navajo county arrive at the county assessor office and will go on sale Thursday December 5. Plates share size with prior issues but feature black letters on light grey, with a new paired division and staticized figures. Each county gains a key letter and numbers run consecutively, suggesting clipping key numbers for statewide reference.
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Navajo County
Senate and House Set to Open 71st Congress
Washington December 2 AP reports the Senate and Republican led House began the 71st Congress amid divisions over tariff revision and other tough laws. The session faces a stubborn pace that may stretch to June before the biannual elections broaden the field.
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Washlengton
Senate
House
Seventy-First
Congress
Rotary Clubs Meet in Winslow for Largest Gathering Yet
J Morris Richards reports northern Arizona hosts the Flagstaff Holbrook and Winslow Rotary clubs convened at the Winslow high school in the largest gathering of its kind in the region. Nearly one hundred visitors, welcomed by Sam W Proctor, shared a turkey dinner prepared by the Winslow Woman's Club with limited speaking between meal courses.
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J. Morris Richards
Arizona
Rotary Clubs
Flagstaff
Holbrook
Winslow Club
New High School
Sam W. Proctor
Winslow Rotarians
Railroad City Club
Hub City
Skylight City
Winslow Woman's Club
Italian Rulers To Visit Vatican In Call On Pope Pius
An official communication announced that the Italian sovereigns would visit Pope Pius at 11 a.m. Thursday. Their majesties will travel to the Vatican with a large suite including the foreign minister, prefect of the palace, the court chaplain, and others.
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Vatican
Pope Pius
Rome
Pius
Judging Of Cattle At Livestock Show
Judges at the international livestock exposition weigh prize steers barrows and sows as Montana grain growers win sweepstakes in barley rye alfalfa and timothy. Purdue University captures the intercollegiate judging contest and the Sir Thomas Lipton trophy along with the bronze stockyards trophy.
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Chicago
Montana
Canada
Purdue University
Reichstag Defeats Young Plan Rejection Bill
The nationalists defeat the rejection of the Young Plan in the Reichstag and send the measure to a referendum of the German people on December 99.
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Berlin
New York Marriage Fails As Bride And Groom Seek Angeleno Remarriage
A Brooklyn minister voided a wedding after discovering misrepresentation in Edward Tannous of Los Angeles and Yasseemie Katiboh of Brooklyn. Tannous had claimed no prior marriage to obtain a license, prompting a cancelled ceremony at the couple’s home. They planned a second remarriage in Los Angeles.
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New York
City of Angels
Los Angeles
Brooklyn
Edward Tannous
Yasseemie Katiboh
Lauristen Castleman
Church of the Epiphany
Tannous
Wis
Angeles
Castleman
Mr. Castleman
Fresh Cold Wave Sweeps On Midwest
The cold weather followed a bitter spell last week as a fresh cold front moved from the northwest toward the Midwest. The weather bureau warned the chill would arrive before nightfall and linger for some time.
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Chicago
Middle West
Weather Bureau
Flagstaff Legion Rifle Club Forms With 14 Charter Members
Flagstaff hosts the Flagstaff Legion Rifle Club formation with 14 charter members under Swaske game Post American Legion sponsorship. A long applicant list is filed as practice shoots are planned using the old national guard range near the ranger station for upcoming state rifle matches. H. L. Newman named president Ja Ro Harkey vice president red Henderson treasurer and T. G. McCarty secretary.
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Flagstaff
Flagstaff Legion Rifle Club
Swaske Game Post
American Legion
National Guard
Ranger Station
H. L. Newman
Ja. Ro Harkey
Red Henderson
T. (. McCarty
Senora Maria Teresi Landa de Vidal Acquitted
In Mexico City Maria Teresi Landa de Vidal was acquitted of murdering her husband General Moises Vidal. The ten hour trial drew wide attention and closing arguments were broadcast on radio while she resumes life as a free woman and owner of Miss Mexico.
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Miexnico City
Senora Maria Teresi Landa de Vidal
Moises Vidal
Senora de Vidal
Galveston
Mexico
Sing Sing convict stabbed in ancient penalty for squealer
Ossining New York reports four inmates in solitary confinement as authorities seek the motive and details after young inmate Rubin Kaminetsky is stabbed near the heart in Sing Sing jail. Warden Lawes orders continued questioning of Jacol Pibakoty and others tied to the case.
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Ossining
N.Y. Dees
Sing Sing Prison
Ees
Tits Frelluwes
Rubin Kaminetsky
Brooklyn
Torr
Highway Work Ordered at National Park
A 625000 road improvement program will start at Grand Canyon National Park in 1930. The north entrance road from the park boundary to Bright Angel Point costs 105000, with the forest service completing most of the outside road. Surfacing 22 miles to Cape Royal and Point Imperial costs 280000, and an approach road from Highway 66 to the park costs 100000 with four contracts underway. Finishing work aims for December 10 with graveling inside the park by January for 47 miles.
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Grand Canyon National Park
Yellowstone
Bright Angel Point
Union Pacific Railroad
Park
Forest Service
Kanab
Fredonim
Cape Royal
Point Imperial
Wit
Six Charred Miners Recovered After Old Ben Mine Blast
In West Frankfort Illinois the bodies of six coal miners were recovered from Old Ben Mine No 1 near here after an explosion early yesterday. Rescuers still search for a seventh victim. officials say the blast triggered dust suppression that likely saved 33 other miners.
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West Frankfort
Old Ben
Offer
AP Inaugurates High Speed Arizona News Wire
The Associated Press launches automatic printers on its Arizona leased wire delivering 60 words per minute. This upgrade doubles world news matter for Arizona newspapers and expands coverage with faster connections to foreign, domestic, and state centers via Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Associated Press Today
Arizona
Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company
Winslow Daily Mail
Phoenix Shriners To Hear Speaker Tonight
Leo Youngworth, imperial potentate of the mystic shrine for North America, will address El Zaribah temple members in Phoenix on Canadian American peace plans. He arrived from Albuquerque, N M, and will depart for Los Angeles after tonight's talk.
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Phoenix, Ariz
Dev
Leo Youngsworth
Imperial
Mystic Shrine
North America
el Zaribah Temple
Youngworth
Albuquerque
N. M
Los Angeles
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Arctic
Bering Strait
Dorbandt
England
County
Gila
Winslow
Legion Rifle Club
Senora the Air
Ehaut
Lewis & Juaowes
Jacol Pibakoty
Barakeff
Kaminelsky
Warden Lawes
Garakeot
Murbishea
Wheainiuetsky
National Park
Ire
Sean
Phoenix Shriners
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