Army Wins Grid Tilt with 6 to 0 Victory Over Navy
Army defeats Navy 6 to 0 at Yankee Stadium in front of 70,000 spectators. Ray Stecker, Cadet halfback from Hazelton, Pa., sprinted 57 yards on a reverse to seal the win late in the game. Army dominates with 12 first downs to Navy's 3, marking the Cadets’ 16th series victory over the Middies.
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Alan J. Gould
A. P
Yankee Stadium
New York
Ray Stecker
Hazelton
Army
Navy
Stecker
Weavy
Middies
Notre Dame
Cry Baby Bandits Die At Sing Sing
Three youths known as the Cry Baby Bandits were executed in the Sing Sing electric chair for the slaying of Long Island druggist Charles Bauer during a Westbury holdup on February 4. Governor Roosevelt denied clemency, noting their confessions to seven robberies.
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Ossining
N. Y
Long Island
James Bolger
James Butler
Italio Ferdinandi
Sing Sing
Roosevelt
Charles Bauer
Westbury
N. C
Twenty Injured In Turkish Theatre Riot
In Samsoun last night a cinema theater fire caused a deadly stampede injuring twenty people including women and children. Fire department reports and witnesses cite chaotic evacuation and crush injuries at the Istanbul area event.
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Turk
Istanbul
Turkey
Samsoun
Buddy Rogers Underwent Appendectomy in Toledo Flight
Charles Buddy Rogers, noted film actor, underwent an appendectomy in Toledo this morning. His condition was reported as good and stable following the procedure.
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Toledo
Ohio
Charles
Buddy) Rogers
Weather outlook for New Mexico and Arizona
Fair tonight and Sunday with little change in temperatures. Winds in Winslow moderate, no significant cooling expected. Friday high near 53 degrees, with mild overnight lows around the same range.
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New Wexico and
Arizona
Winslow
Congress Resting For The Week End
Congress plans a Christmas recess from December 23 to January 5. A weekend recess delayed further actions on Hoover administration unemployment and drought relief. Senate allies express unease though Senator Watson asserts no real division with Hoover and denies any ultimatum.
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Washington
Longworth
Congress
Hoover
Senate
Watson
Indiana
Prices Fall Off On Stock Market
New York reports a sharp stock market plunge as fresh commodity breaks unnerved traders. Major declines hit U.S. Steel and American Telephone among others, with losses of 1 to 4 points and a new low since 1917. Trading volume reached about 1,590,000 shares.
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New York
U. S. Steel
American Telephone
Wife of Invalid Commits Death by Her Own Action
BISBEE Ariz Dec 138 Mrs J C Oppel 35 years old committed death by her own action in her home late yesterday Despondent over family matters she refused an antidote to poison and waved neighbors away saying she wanted to die She is survived by her husband an invalid of several months and two sons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bisbee
Ariz
J. C. Oppel
Saxony Bans Red Ink For Posters In Gov Proclamations
In Magdeburg, Saxony authorities join Russia's Rhine province in banning red ink for posters. From now on political posters must use black blue green or other subdued colors. Proclamations by government remain exempt.
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Magedeburg
Germany
Saxony
Russia
Rhine
American Big Game Hunter and Wife Found Dead
Dr. R. L. Magoon, renowned American big game hunter, and his wife were found dead in their bedroom in Umitali Southern Rhodesia on December 18. Police suspect Magoon attacked his wife with a heavy instrument and then killed himself.
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Umitali
Southern Rhodesia
R. L. Magoon
Eighteen Mexican Bandits Slain in Jalisco Skirmish
Dispatches from Aguas Calientes report federal soldiers killed eighteen bandits and wounded eight in a skirmish near Santa Maria in Jalisco. The note appears in La Prensa from Mexico City dated December 18.
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Mexico City
la Prensa
Aguas Calientes
Santa Maria
Jalisco
Defense Opens Case in Shepard Murder Trial
The 70 year old mother of Zenana Shepard testified for the defense in the murder trial of Major Charles A. Shepard, accused army medical officer of poisoning his wife at Fort Riley Kansas in June 1929. Defense plans call for medical witnesses to challenge prosecution experts who linked the death to mercurial poisoning.
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Kansas City
Kas
Zenana Shepard
Charles A. Shepard
Zenana Curtis
Los Angeles
Harry A. Class
Shepard
Fort Riley
Kansas
Train Limit Law Hearing Recessed in Phoenix
Hearing on Arizona's train limit law recessed with A C Haynes Santa Fe conductor testifying for the state on train operation under varying weather. Hayes will resume testimony at 10 a m Monday. The three week hearing challenges the 14 car passenger and 70 car freight limits as unconstitutional.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona
A. C. Haynes
Santa Fe
Ashfork
Hayes
Southern Pacific
Memorial Services For Taft And Sanford Held
Memorial services for Chief Justice William Howard Taft and Associate Justice Edward Terry Sanford were held at the Supreme Court this morning. George W. Wickersham presided as former Attorney General under Taft, with eulogies by prominent attorneys. The justices died within hours of each other last March after Taft resigned due to ill health.
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Washington
William Howard Taft
Edward Terry Sanford
United States Supreme Court
George W. Wickersham
Taft
Justice Sanford
Mexican tariffs raised to shield textile sector
Mexico City officials announced higher tariffs on wool, cotton and linen goods including shirts neckties and collars to protect domestic textile industries. The action, dated December 138, was issued by the Mexican government through AP reporting from the capital.
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Mexico City
Dry Agents Probe Protection Ring in Toledo
Government questions bootleggers swept up in a nationwide drive to determine if illegal liquor violators purchased organized protection. Over 20 arrested, five women, after raids by 54 federal agents from four states directed by Edward J. O'Brien. District Attorney Lee N. Marlin says 50 warrants issued. higher-ups to be indicted or flee before arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Edward J. O'Brien
Detroit
United States
Lee N. Marlin
Five Prisoners Escape County Jail in Virginia
Five inmates slipped from the county jail in Tinois on December 15. The county board approved repairs, reasoning renovations would cost less than continuing a manhunt for fugitives.
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Virginia
Tinois
Rich Strike May Spark Nevada Gold Rush Between Brothers Strike
In Reno Nevada two brothers Charles and James Scossa reportedly hit a gold strike in the Rabbit Hole district near Black Rock desert after a year of prospecting. Observers question whether the find will spark a short-lived rush or a sustained boom for west coast prospectors.
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Reno
Nev
Nevada
Rabbit Hole
Black Rock Desert
Charles
James Scossa
Love
State Tribute for Overman in Washington
In Washington on December 13 AP reports a state tribute for Senator Overman of North Carolina as his body is honored near his casket. Vice President Curtis and Senate Chaplain Rev Z B Phillips delivered remarks as family and colleagues mourn the veteran lawmaker who died at 76. He served 28 years in the Senate and will be laid to rest in Salisbury, North Carolina alongside his widow and three daughters.
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Avashington
Eupreme
Overman
North Carolina
Curtis
Z. B. Phillips
Senate
Salisbury
N. C
Washington
Miners Accept A 3 Months Truce
Miners at a Cardiff conference agreed in principle to a three month truce with coal field owners. The action supports allowing industry reorganization under the new coal mines act, with the condition that wages would not be reduced.
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Cardiff
Wales
South Wales
Coal Mines
Dolores Costello to Re Enter the Movies
Hollywood reports Dolores Costello plans a return to film work after retiring post marriage to John Barrymore. She will star in her own right not alongside her husband. The Barrymores recently returned with daughter Dolores Ethel Mae from a South American yacht trip.
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Hollywood
Cal
Dolores Costello
John Barrymore
Barrymores
Dolores Ethel Mae
South America
Buffalo Hunters Headed to Houserock Valley Hunt
R L Bayless state game warden and ten Arizona buffalo hunters pass Flagstaff en route to Houserock Valley for the annual buffalo hunt set for Sunday Monday and Tuesday Bayless estimated.
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Flagstaff
Ariz
R. L. Bayless
Arizona
Houserock Valley
Bayless
Red Raids In Korea Reported From Seoul
Rengo News Agency reports from Seoul that Korean and Chinese outlaws calling themselves communists led a series of terrorist raids in the Chientao district on Thursday. Four Korean residents were killed and 24 incidents including murder arson bombing and robbery were recorded. Japanese consular police were dispatched to multiple sites in the terror ridden area.
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Tokyo
Rengo
Seoul
Chientao
White House Laundry Becomes Social Office
The White House converts the former laundry into a social office. A mirror is installed in the new space. Guests can adjust dresses and tiaras before meeting President Hoover and Mrs. Hoover at receptions.
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White House
Washington
Steeg Faces First Cabinet Hurdles in Paris
In Paris Theodore Steeg formed a new French cabinet but two under secretaries withdrew at the Elysee Palace. Barely and Riche left the cabinet prompting Steeg to state the program would aim at social progress, justice, peace, and economic activity. In Madrid federal troops captured prisoners near Ayerbe and drove rebels from Jaca in a march on the garrison town, with General Berenguer announcing loyal forces controlled the area.
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Paris
Theodore Steeg
Chamber of Deputies
Elysee Palace
Impr
Madrid
Ayerbe
Jaca
Berenguer
Alfonso
Saragossa
Averbe
Jorge
Fernandez Herdia
Milkman Seeks Auto With Horse Sense Rescue Joke
Hammond police weigh whether a milkman Raymond Thiel can use an automobile to replace his horse Jupiter. Thiel recalls Jupiter guiding him to customers as the wrecked car contacts a telephone pole. He argues a car lacks the horse sense to safely bring a sleeping driver home.
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Hammond
Ind
Jupiter
Raymond Thiel
Joe
Thiel
Jupe
Tornado Lashes Santa Fe Province and Adjacent Areas
A tornado spawned by a hail and rain storm swept the southern Santa Fe province causing extensive damage. The storm also affected parts of Cordoba and Buenos Aires, destroying about thirty percent of crops.
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Buenos Aires
Santa Fe
Cordoba
Soldiers Called To Quell Demonstration In Bombay
One hundred fifty soldiers of the British East Lancashire regiment were called out to quell a demonstration by Indian nationalists on Chowpatty Sands. The marchers carried the body of a man fatally injured when run down by a lorry bearing foreign cloth.
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Bombay
India
British East Lancashire Regiment
Chowpathy Sands
Congress
Missionaries Face Red Menace in South China Uprising
AP dispatch from Peiping reports warning that 36 Anglo American missionaries are endangered by a communist uprising on Hainan Island near Canton. English and American consuls appeal for naval aid and dispatch of warships to protect the missionaries.
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Peiping
China
United State
Lecion
Hoihow
Hainan
Island
South China
Canton
American citizen donates to calendar reform effort
An unnamed American citizen donated 10000 dollars for preparatory work on calendar reform. The League of Nations secretariat announced calendar reform is on the agenda for the upcoming conference on communication and transit near the end of 1931. National committees in several countries are conducting preliminary studies.
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Geneva
League of Nations Secretariat
Fire destroys Standard Iron Works in Edmonton blaze
Fire of undetermined origin destroyed the Standard Iron Works in Edmonton last night. Authorities estimate damage at about $100,000.
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Edmonton
Alta
Standard Iron Works
Variety of Christmas Gifts in Stores This Season
Shoppers note a wide range of suitable gifts for all ages this Christmas. Many items promise something different for everyone from Grandma to the baby. Time is running short and early purchasing is urged to avoid the limited remaining selections.
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Buddy Rogers
Eelow
Hoovers
Herbert Hoover
California
Peggy Anne
Joan
Asheville, N. C
Nce Wiens
Guaranty Building and Loan Association of Los Angeles
Gilbert H. Beesemyer
Beesemyer
Building and Loan Association
Association
Bank of Hollywood
Korea
Steeg
Cage
Milkman
Argentine Province
U.S
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