Gales And Floods Bring Heavy Toll Across Britain
Severe gales and floods sweep the British Isles driving death toll to 184 along coastlines. Floods engulf notable sites including Windsor grounds, Eton College, and the Tate Gallery while rivers rise, waters spill into towns, and riverside Meads become lakes as authorities brace for worse weather.
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London
England
British Isles
Portugal
France
Temes
Everal
Tate Art Gallery
Windsor Castle
Eton College
Runnymede
Welham
Curfew Enforced as Haiti Braces for Riots Aftermath
Haiti Port au Prince under martial law with a 6 p m curfew for indoor stay. President Borne says little to fear for the future as Nacional Garde keeps watch with U S Marines support. Colonel Vans expects no major trouble in towns though interior unrest possible. Agitators claim the president and Marines conspired to tax tobacco and coffee.
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Port-Au-Prince
Laiti
Dec. IL
Louis Borne
Nacional Garde
United States Marines
Frank Vans
Tse
Battle near Pukow threatens Nanking as rebels gain
Wounded began arriving in Nanking from a fight 50 miles north of Pukow between Loyalist forces and the Pukow garrison. British and Japanese ships move up the Yangtse to evacuate nationals while an American flotilla is expected. Five hundred Nationalist troops in Nanking were disarmed amid loyalty doubts. Foreigners flee as central China rumors filter through a strict censorship.
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Shanghai
Nanking
Pukow
Yangtse Kiang
China
Prison Riot at Auburn State Prison Suppresses Hostage Crisis
Warden Edgar S. Jennings and four guards were held by long term convicts for over two hours in Auburn State Prison before a picked squad of white troops freed them. One convict was reportedly killed as troopers armed with tear gas and machine guns moved to breach barricades and stop the riot. Fire department crews were mobilized as fires burned in prison shops amid the chaos.
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Auburn
N.Y
Edgar S. Jennings
Auburn State Prison
N. Y
Oneida
Sune
Two Day Air Rail Service Announced Between Cities
St Louis reports a two day air rail service from New York to San Francisco starting tomorrow. The plan links San Francisco Barstow and Los Angeles with the Transcontinental Maddux lines, via Alameda and Glendale Grand Central. Eastbound arrivals in San Francisco are set for evening time, with westbound connections in Barstow and Los Angeles.
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ST. Louis
Cal
New York
San Francisco
Clement
Trans-Continental Air Transport
Barstow
Calif
Los Angeles
Alameda Airport
Grand Central Terminal
Glendale
San Jerancisco
Counterfeiters Reaping Harvest
Christmas savings fund checks mailed by subscribers through various capital banks have drawn a band of mail box looters. Police report numerous complaints from apartment house districts and note counterfeiters are active as a gang is said to be plastering town with forged checks from a prominent bank. The stolen notes are typically passed at downtown department stores where they are often honored without suspicion.
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Washington
Youth Confesses Killing Parents
Herman Riley a 19 year old farmer confessed to shooting his mother and father and wounding his brother at their farm near Waxahachie Texas. He said the killings were to start his life harvesting the crops and he waited for his father to sleep before acting. He described plans and actions including lighting a match to see and an accidental second shot.
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Waxahachui
Tex
Herman Riley
A. D. Emerson
Riley
Walter
Nermaan
Herman
Hiim
Death by Own Action Puts His Pets In Safety
Harry Wallbraunn a 59 year old man in Chicago turned on gas and then lay down to die. He moved two canaries to a rear porch to keep them safe before the gas killed him. His sister found him dead after returning from Christmas shopping.
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Chicago
Harry Wallbraunn
Wallbrunn
Man Leaps to Death from Cleveland High Level Bridge
James E. Naughton assistant cashier at U S Fidelity and Guaranty leapt from Cleveland's high level bridge today dying after a 110 foot fall to the pavement.
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Cleveland
James E. Naughton
U. S. Fidelity and Guaranty Company
Carnegie Tech Tartans Arrive in Winslow For West Coast Trip
Twenty seven Tartans and 34 staff reach Winslow aboard Train No 9. They meet a Santa Fe Indian band and local boosters, tour Winslow High School, lunch at Harvey House, then depart for Grand Canyon overnight before continuing to Pasadena for a big Coliseum game against Southern California on Saturday.
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J. Morris Richards
Carnegie Tech
Winslow
Santa Fe
R. B. Walton
Winslow Chamber of Commerce
Igh
Harvey House
West
Albuquerque
Wiflligins
Grand Canyon
Canyon
Rim
Williams
Tomorow
Pasadena
Tartans
Southern California
Coliseum
Los Angeles
C. Overend
R. M. Waddell
Walter FP. Steffen
William L. Marks
RM. Wright
Jess Carver
Max Hannum
Pittsburgh
Utah
Colorado
Grundy Fundraising Tied to Senate Belief of Influence
The lobby committee reported to the senate that Joseph R. Grundy of Pennsylvania aided Republican fundraising and that Grundy and associates believed this would influence party leaders in the general election. The testimony suggests an irresistible inference that his service helped enable influence over party actions.
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Washington
Senate
Joseph R. Grundy
Pennsylvania
Grundy
Inferno at New York studio kills ten and injures eighteen
Fire at a Manhattan film studio claims ten lives and leaves eighteen injured. Among the dead are four chorus girls and three electricians plus a bookkeeper. Witnesses report a spark from an arc lamp dropping into velvet drapes. Fire officials cite potential cigarette ignition and note a sprinkler order had been issued last May.
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NW York
Dee. Tl
Manhattan
Talking Picture Company
Pathe
Sound Studios
Bic
Burlard
Edna
Porter
Catherine
Sparks
Julia
Byrne
Norine
Rishott
Joseph
Mai
Koorble
Charles
Kramer
Carl
Nussman
Robert
Quinn Jack
Wilson
Ernest
Peter C. Spence
Fire Prevention Bureau
The
Fire Department
Harlem
Park Avenue
134Th Street
Bank Robbery Leader Fleagle Sentenced to Hang in 1930
Ralph Fleagle, head of the Lamar gang, was brought to Pueblo and placed in jail after Judge Hollenback denied a new trial. His co‑conspirators George Abshier and Howard Royston await hanging for the First National Bank of Lamar robbery, which included four murders during the escape.
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Pueblo
Colo
Ralph Fleagle
Lamar
A. F. Hollenbeck
Fleagle
Hollenback
George J. Abshier
Howard
Royston
First National Bank of Lamar
Hoover declines offer of Indian tenor to sing for president
The president, a music lover, declines a request from a famous Indian tenor for permission to croon at his desk. The unusual bid drew attention as Hoover rejected the proposed performance.
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Hoover
Washington
Hover
Thagks
Husband Imagines Himself a Rabbit in Court Case
Mrs. Charles Flynn told Judge Max Guster that her husband Charles enjoyed rabbit like behavior. He sat on the floor brushing his whiskers and demanded alfalfa bedding and raw carrots. The court considered psychiatric care as a potential outcome.
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Chicago
Dec
Charles Flynn
Tim
Flynn
Psycopathic Hospital
Chinese Rebels at Canton Threaten City Front
Rebels led by Chang Fak-Wei near Canton after a rapid overnight advance. Artillery fire heard as the Ironsides division presses the government lines on a broad front. Rumors say the fall of Canton looms, unsettling native residents.
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Canton
Dee
Chang Fak-Wei
Couple In Death Pact Of Death By Own Action
New York December report of Henry Grew Crosby 82 and Mrs Josephine Roth Bigelow 22 found dead in West 67th Street artist studio. Police consider death by own action pact with no motive evident. Crosby, Harvard alumnus and J P Morgan relative, shared hotel with wife. Bigelow had been visiting New York friends.
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New York
Henry Grew Crosby
Josephine Roth Bigelow
Boston
West 67Th Street
Crosby
Savoy Plaza Hotel
Jacob Peabody
S. V. Lb. Crosby
Stephen van Rensselaer Crosby
Gorton
Harvard
Paris
J. P. Morgan
Flare Blinds Driver as Car Crashes Near Douglas
In Ariz on December 1, Miss Catarina Chavez aged 21 of Douglas was killed when a sedan overturned two miles west of Douglas after the driver Timothy Lopez attempted to light a cigarette. He said the first match failed and a flare blinded him, causing the crash as the car struck a culvert end. Lopez ran two miles for help to lift the body.
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Douglas
Ariz
Catrina Chavez
Here
Timothy D. Lopez
Dulinson
Miss Chavez
Lopez
Dynamite Wrecks Two Street Cars in New Orleans
In New Orleans on December 1, two street cars were dynamited injuring two Black residents and prompting police to charge suspects under state anti violence laws and a federal injunction. The bombings follow a July street car strike with multiple trolley bombings across the city.
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New Orleans
Loyalists in Lead Nanking Amid City Confidence
Loyal troops return to Nanking boosting confidence among Chinese and foreign residents. A large number of families plan to stay in the city as leading officials remain.
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Nankling
Nanking
Remaibine
Three Washington Times reporters freed after 45 day jail term
Jack Nevin Jr Linton Burkett and Gorman Hendricks completed a 45 day jail sentence for refusing to testify before a grand jury investigating liquor conditions. Five days were remitted for good behavior and they were released at midnight amid a cheering crowd.
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Washington
Washington Times
Jack Nevin, Jr
Linton Burkett
Gorman Hendricks
Nevin
Peyton Gordon
Grand Jury
Times
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