Hoover Special Train Passes Andean Divide To Argentina
President elect Hoover and family crossed the Andes on a special train en route to Buenos Aires. The journey included the 10,000 foot crossing, 42 two mile tunnels, with patrols and workers seen along the route. An Argentine delegation welcomed them at Las Cuevas amid a snowstorm as Mendoza was reached for an overnight halt.
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Hoover
Al-lan
Andes Mountains
Buenos Aires
Lake Inca
Mt. Aconagua
Cordillera Panage
Las Cuevas
Aviation Conference Opens With Aviation Pioneers Present
The International Civil Aeronautics Conference opened in Washington with leaders like Orville Wright and Charles Lindbergh among 125 delegates from 39 countries. Industry figures predicted widespread hourly air mail and extensive passenger air service within a few years as key forecasts for aviation’s future.
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Washington
International Civil Aeronautics Conference
Cor
Charles A. Lindbergh
Clarence Chamberlain
New York
Germany
George Haldeman
Ruth Elder
Atlantic
Lord Thompson
Air
United States
Columbus
Ohio
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Paul Henderson
Transcontinental Air Transport Company
Bolivia hopes for peace amid border clash with Paraguay
Bolivian President Siles publicly urged peace while warning war remains possible over the Fort Vanguardia confrontation in Gran Chaco. Government seeks arbitration or reparations as Paraguay action or intermediaries may shape a coalition cabinet and Bolivia readies for hard choices.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
Fort Vanguardia
Gran Chaco
Siles
For Vanguardia
Paraguay
Washington
Congress
Navy To Insure Peace Says Admiral At Riverside Session
The article notes Rear Admiral A H Robertson of the Eleventh Naval District in San Diego urges naval maintenance in line with treaty terms to reduce war risk. He speaks during a meeting at Riverside on how educated publics and a compliant navy advance national peace. Contessa Maria Loschi and George H Huntington offer international friendship viewpoints.
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Riverside
Calif
Turkey
George H. Huntington
Robert College
Constantinople
Institute of International Relations
Contessa Maria A. Loschi
Rome
Japan
Italy
America
Robertson
State Prison Prisoners Numbered At 549 In November
State prison in Florence Arizona reported 549 inmates for November. Six were women and the rest male. The superintendent released the count in a December update.
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Florence
Ariz
Woman Receives Life Sentence for Fourth Liquor Violation
In Lansing, Mrs. Etta Mae Miller, mother of ten, was convicted for the fourth time of selling liquor. Under Michigan habitual criminal law she faces a mandatory life term, the first such punishment imposed on a woman under prohibition-era statutes. Prosecutors must file an information to charge habitual criminal status.
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Lansing
Mich
Etta Mae Miller
Michigan
Channie Tripp
Flint
Marquette
Promoter Julian and Cooke Nearly Clash Over Letter
In Los Angeles on December 12 promoter C. C. Julian and Col. Thomas F. Cooke, foreman of the Los Angeles county grand jury, nearly fought over a letter Julian wished to introduce in the Monte Cristo mine stock sale probe. Julian claimed he feared the letter would be made public and asked that a deputy district attorney read it. Cooke insisted on reading it himself or having it read by a deputy. The letter, an opinion sent to the state corporation commission a year earlier, was ultimately read by Deputy Jordan.
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Anne Maude Wellesley
Marquis Douro
England
Wales
Anne
Los Angeles
C. C. Julian
Thomas F. Cooke
Julian
Amelia Meller
Tracy Becker
Col. Cooke
Jordan
State Corporation Commission
Steamer Starr Grounded Off Kodiak. Crew Land Safe
Eleven passengers and the Starr's crew landed safely tonight after the steamer ran aground on Dark Island near Kodiak. Strong gales shattered the radio room and main mast, ice covered the vessel, and three large fishing vessels plus another steamer raced to aid, while the Starr continued to call for help after its SOS at 8 a.m.
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Cordova
Alaska
Starr
Alameda
Dark Island
Kodiak
Millionaire Philip Chancellor vows no marriage after annulment
Los Angeles reports 21 year old heir Philip Chancellor says he and Helen Baines will not marry now or ever. He plans to spend 6 million inherited from grandfather F W Matthiessen while pursuing archaeology and herpetology in New Zealand, with no change to his simple lifestyle.
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Los Angeles
Philip Chancellor
Helen Baines
Chicago
F. W. Matthiessen
la Salle
Helen
Santa Barbara
Clark Thompson
Philip S. Chancellor
Miss Baines
New Zealand
Rough Waters Sink Sailor as Fleet Practices Near San Pedro
In San Pedro California on December 12 a seaman aboard the U S S New York was killed when a boat taking observers to the U S S Pennsylvania capsized as rough seas disrupted gunnery drills off the southern California coast. George Robert Hart 24 survived by a widow in Berkeley Virginia and his body was recovered by Ensign Earl K Searagen and two sailors. A U S S Arizona seaplane was damaged upon landing.
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San Pedro
Calif
United States Battlefleet
California
George Robert Hart
New York
U. S. S. Pennsylvania
Hart
Earl K. Searagen
E. C. Griffin
H. W. Lawrence
Berkeley
U.S. S. Arizona
Acquitted by Jury in Prohibition Act Case
A federal court jury in Phoenix acquitted A. C. Harry Wilson on charges of violating the national prohibition act. This marks the third federal court appearance for Wilson on related offenses tied to his "Quality Maid" Bread operation.
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A. C. Harry Wilson
Wilson
Prince George Heads to Father’s Bedside in New York
Prince George of Windsor travels from Bermuda aboard Durban to reach King George in New York. He is due about noon Friday and plans to depart Friday night on the Berengaria for England.
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Prince George of Windsor
King George of England
H. S. S. Durban
Bermuda
England
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