First Picture of Rioting in Haiti and Killer Sentenced
In Tucson a 14 year old, Johnnie Quantrell, found guilty of murder after shooting Felix Geronimo, an Indian cook, the jury recommending life imprisonment. Defense witness cited mental age, while Quantrell boasted after verdict. Separately, a Bolling Field air crash killed Representative William Raynor and Stanley Lowe, among others, causing initial confusion and erroneous death reports.
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Ariz
Johnnie Quantrell
Texas
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Theo
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Ole A. Smiley
University of Arizona
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Washington
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William Raynor
Massachusetts
Springfield
Stanley B. Lowe
Harry A. Dinger
Arthur A. McGill
Valadimir Kizma
Capitol
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Michigan
Lowe
McGill
Raynor
Kaynor
Congress day by day tariff and agency actions
Senate resumes debate on tariff bill and sugar lobby hearings continue. House moves on agriculture department appropriations. Senate confirms Richard Hopkins for federal judgeship in Tulsa. House bill to fund Supreme Court building authorized at 9.74 million dollars. Senator Harris requests report on law enforcement commission probe. Nomination of Annabel Mathews to tax appeals board reconsidered. Lobby committee hears about Erwin Shattuck and President Hoover relations.
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Associated Press
Senate
HOUSE
Agriculture Department
Richard Jd. Hopkins
Tulsas
Supreme Court
Law Enforcement Commissions
Prohibition
Harris
Georgia
Aliss Annabel Mathews
Board of Tax Appeals
Erwin P. Shattuck
New York
Hoover
Santa Claus Delights Dead Letter Office With Misplaced Mail
Washington December 20 AP Santa Claus has begun daily visits to the dead letter office where last Christmas 3.205000 cards and parcels wandered. Many messages from mothers fathers sisters sweethearts and friends go undelivered while donors add money to misdirected gifts. Superintendent Frank G Staley says most mail is not delivered but every effort is made to find the correct recipients.
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Washington
Santa Claus
Post Office Department
Frank G. Staley
Detroit Breach of Promise Verdict Sets Record High
Judge Homer Ferguson ordered a new trial denied and entered a $450000 judgment for Miss Bertha Cleavenger following a $750000 breach of promise verdict against John H Castle, a 37 year old Detroit real estate operator. The award, believed to be a record, doubles the previous high and surpasses the $225000 O'Brien Manning case. The verdict was delivered yesterday in Detroit and the final judgment will be entered after 20 days.
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Detroit
Homer Ferguson
John H. Castle
Bertha Cleavenger
Castle
Ferguson
O'Brien-Manning
New York
Jury Frees Farmers In Arkansas
A Mountain View jury cleared four mountaineer farmers of murder charges in a controversial case tied to a claim that a man named Connioe Franklin was slain. The trial added $8,000 to Stone County’s debt as the judge urged the community to move past bitter disputes over the alleged kidnapping of Tillie Suimmer-17 and the defense witness's identity.
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Mountain View
Ark
Connioe Franklin
Stone County
S. M. Bone
Tillie Suimer- 17
Franklin
Alex Fulks
Bill Younger
Joe White
Herman Greenway
Wubert Hester
Senator Starris aims to withhold law commission funds
Senator Starris of Georgia told the Senate he would seek to amend the dry law appropriation bill to withhold funds from the law enforcement commission unless it held open hearings for four years.
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Washington
Law Enforcement Commission
Starris
Georgia
Senate
Laredo Border Port Closed Over Mexican Dispute
The United States seeks to resolve a Mexico Laredo dispute after the Mexican consulate closure. Indictments against former President Calles and a planned arrest in Laredo sparked the move. Secretary Stimson and Governor Moody discuss options while Mexican officials demand resignations or dropping charges.
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Stimson
Moody
Calles
Mexico
John A. Walls
Mexico City
State Department
Enrique Santibanez
San Antonio
Walls
Nation braces as blizzards loom over winter
Weather across the United States shows severe cold and heavy snow. The midwest faces the worst blizzard since 1918 with widespread travel disruption and multiple deaths reported, while New York harbor fog and Lake Erie shipping trouble add to the storm's impact.
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Atlantic
Ontario
Middle Western
Haven Dixie
Middle America
Middle West
Chicago Weather Bureau
Chicago
New York
Lake Erie
Alabama
Grand Haven
Mich
Louisiana
Soviet ambassador greeted by Britain in diplomatic gesture
The Soviet envoy K Sokolnikov presented credentials to the Prince of Wales in St James Palace as Britain and Soviet Russia near full diplomatic resumption. A simultaneous British envoy to Moscow was to present credentials and discuss propaganda notes, none involving King George. A parade of state carriages and scarlet guards accompanied the delegation.
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London
Great Britain
Soviet Russia
Prince of Wales
George
St. James Palace
K. Sokolnikov
Seariet
Whitehall
Forest Fire Threatens Griffith Park Homes Evacuations Ordered
A fast moving brush fire driven by a 30 mile per hour wind swept Griffith Park threatening the Los Felix enclosure and prompting evacuations. A water truck crash killed three department workers, while hundreds fought the blaze as yellow smoke hung over Hollywood.
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Los Angeles
Griffith Park
Los Felix
Water Department
Hollywood
Grave ready for 30 bodies after McAlester mine disaster
McAlester Oklahoma December 20 A mammoth grave awaits the bodies of 30 victims of the Old Town Coal mine explosion that killed 59 miners on Tuesday. A mass funeral directed by Father Maurice Fuerstenberg will honor mostly Mexican victims arranged by Mexican consul H Valdez. The grave is in a city provided plot prepared by 15 penitentiary convicts.
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Mcalester
Okla
Old Town Coal Company
North
Maurice Fuerstenberg
H. Valdez
Oklahoma City
Seclusion Of Pontiff Ends After 60 Years in Vatican
Pope Pius XI left the Vatican at dawn entering Italian territory ending nearly sixty years of papal seclusion. He traveled to St John Lateran with a small entourage to mark the fiftieth anniversary of his priestly ordination as Lombard seminarians assisted at Mass. The departure, kept secret from most, was announced by Stefani News at 9 55 a m.
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Pius XI
Vatican
Kingdom of
United
Italy
Papal State
St.John Lateran
St. John’s
Stefani
St. John Lateran
Christendom
Monsignor
Caccia Dominione
Don Achille Ratti
San Carlos al Corso
Yuletide at White House Planned by President Hoover
President and Mrs. Hoover plan an old fashioned Christmas at the White House with two christmas trees one in the east room one upstairs featuring scenes around the birth of Christ. A special party for children of officials and staff is set with attendees from the War Department and private secretaries. A public tree lighting and carol singing will follow in Sherman Square and the north lawn with hundreds of schoolchildren participating.
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Washington
Deco
White House
Anth Mrs. Davis
Davis
War Department
George Akerson
Walter Newton
Christ
Hoover
Sherman Square
Herald Angels
Chloride business buildings burned in arizona town blaze
Two Chloride business buildings the Chloride Stores company and the Arizona Central Bank were destroyed by fire causing about 40000 dollars in damage and cutting off water for part of the town. The origin of the fire is under investigation and a Public Utilities water tank was destroyed, interrupting supply until a temporary tank was connected.
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Kingman
Ariz
Chloride
Severa
Chloride Stores Company
Arizona Central Bank
Public Utilities Corporation
Sonora Governor To Study Arizona Visit Honor Demands Arizona Ties
A large crowd of native Sonorans and Arizonans gathered at the Arizona capitol to honor Francisco Elias governor of Sonora Mexico as he guests Governor John Phillips. Elias arrived in Phoenix to spend several days and planned further activities with Arizona officials.
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Ariz
Elias
Phonenix
Arizona
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