Atlantic Storms Ravage Shipping From Orkneys to Spain
A December storm belt from the Orkneys to Spain crippled trade and cost lives. At least 24 sailors are believed dead as ships seek shelter, including the Norwegian vessel Aslaug sunk off Parallones with all hands. Pansen recovered eleven bodies near Vigo. several steamers report propeller and rudder trouble amid fierce winds.
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London
Orkney Islands
Spain
Aslaug
Parallones
Pansen
Vigo
Lloyd’s
Enforcement plans ready for committee
Washington reports plans for prohibition enforcement including a unified border patrol and limited entry from Canada will be sent by the Treasury to Congress for a joint committee to consider prohibition questions. The move comes amid debates spurred by Senator Borah and calls for a Hoover Law Enforcement Commission report. President Hoover had suggested a committee to coordinate plans between the Treasury and Justice Department on transferring enforcement to Justice.
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Washington
Canada
Treasury
Congress
BCON
Congressional
Borah
Idaho
Hoover Law Enforcement Commission
Hoover
Department of Justice
Senate
Carolina farmer kills family then takes his own life
Walnut Cove North Carolina December 26 A farmer killed his wife and six children on Christmas Day and then shot himself. The incident, described as the husband and father becoming insane, left an entire family dead and a community in shock.
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Walnut Cove
N.C
Charles D. Lawson
Marie
Care
Marshbelle
James
Raymond
Mary Low
Nineteen Injured In Box Car Crash At Sweetwater
A box car blown by wind ran into an old tank car in the Santa Fe yards as Am arillo bound train No 96 entered. The collision damaged two pullmans and a chair car, injuring nineteen and leaving berths damaged but most passengers spared.
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Sweetwater
Pex
Santa Fe
Amarillo
Panhandle
Mountain Signal Mountain Reimagined As Engineering Lab
At University of Arizona in Tucson on December 26, students use the Apache signal mountain on the city outskirts as a lab for engineering work. Sentinel Mountain glows nightly as survey classes advance a special project, recalling historic signal use for defense against attacks on Old Pueblo.
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University
Arizona
Tucson
Apache Signal Mountain
Sentinel Mountain
Veis
Pra
Pueblo
Fares Equal To Railroads Begun Today By Airline
Here in EVEIELAND the first commercial airplane passenger service to compete with railroads began today. Universal lines introduced rates exactly equal to railroad ticket prices mirroring sleeping car fares.
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Eveieland
Sandino Bribed Allegations Stir Mexican Probers
Mexican observers investigate rumors that General Augusto Sandino accepted sixty thousand dollars to halt anti American actions in Nicaragua. He has been living in Merida Yucatan after arriving from Nicaragua, drawing money from supporters who aided the insurgent effort against U S Marines in Nuevo Segovia.
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Mexico
Nuevo Segovia
Nicragua
One Dies When Autos Collide
A Christmas day crash near the Agua Prieta port gate killed Francisco Morales. James We Abernathy of the quartermaster's corps at Camp Jones is held for investigation after Abernathy's sedan struck Morales, who was traveling toward Douglas in a lighter cay.
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Douglas
Ariz
Francisco Morales
Agua Prieta
James We Abernathy
Quartermaster’s Corps
Camp Jones
Abernathy
Morales
Plane And Crew Lost Near Greece
An Italian postal seaplane with five aboard vanished near St Eustratios Island off the Turkish coast in the Aegean. The Greek cruiser Helle failed to locate the vessel or crew as rough seas and high wind hinder search efforts. Italian mail company planes joined the search.
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Athens
Greece
St. Eustratios
Aegean
Helle
Son of Police Officer Killed by Coast Guards in Rum Runner Case
Eugene F Downey Jr son of Buffalo police lieutenant was killed when Coast Guardsmen aboard cutter 964b shot at the Dodge boat suspected of carrying liquor from Canada. The Dodge ran aground at a Buffalo pier leaving the boat empty and Downey dead. The medical examiner faced obstacles from federal attorney Richard Templeton in questioning guardsmen. Downey had been free on bail after pleading not guilty to conspiracy to smuggle liquor. Coast guardsmen named include Rudolph Thompson Asa Ennis and Orville Grant.
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Niagra Coast Guards
Buffalo
N. Y
Eugene K. Downey, Jr
Eugene F. Downey
Niagra River
Downey
Canada
Rocco C. de Pominicis
Richard H. Templeton
Templeton
de Dominicis
Rudolph Thompson
Asa Ennis
Orville Grant
Coast
Let Us Have Dog Dyed Red Says Coolidge
President Coolidge chose a white dress for a portrait while artist Howard Chander Christy proposed red with a white dog for contrast. The humorous exchange ended with the president’s quip about dyeing the dog red to match.
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Coolidge
New York
Howard Chander Christy
Pneumonia Claims Life Of Phoenix Advertising Executive
Cort Bartle longtime Phoenix advertising figure and former Phoenix Evening Gazette manager died after a brief illness from influenza pneumonia. He had been active in local advertising and was stricken less than a week earlier with a relapse on Christmas Eve, dying in Phoenix.
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Phoenix
Aviz
Cort Bartle
Menix
Phoenix Evening Gazette
Bartle
Italian Royalty Visit the Pope in Private Audience
The Duke and Duchess of Aosta the Duke of Spoleto the Count of Turin and the Duke of Abruzzi members of the Savoy line were received by Pope Pius in private audience. Crown Prince Humbert and Princess Marie Rose plan a private visit on January 8 after their wedding accompanied only by their personal suites. The Belgian sovereigns will be received officially the day before with the same ceremony.
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Vatican City
Aosta
Spoleto
Turin
Abruzzi
House of Savoy
Humbert
Marie Rose
Pope Pius
Letter Finally Finds Its Owner
A letter mailed in Boston, Mississippi, reached Henry Fine in Phoenix after four months of postal misrouting. The envelope bore mixed stamps and cancellations, and several postmasters attempted redirects before the missive finally connected with its intended recipient in Prospect, Arizona.
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Fine
Prospect
Arizona
Go Toon
Canadians Join Air Searchers in Alaska Mission
Three Canadian cabin planes with experienced pilots arrived in Seward to assist the hunt for missing aviators Carl Ben Eielson and Earl Borland. They will be reassembled in Fairbanks and flown toward Nome or Teller, with one craft expected to depart soon and two more within a day. Moscow says the search continues with an airplane dispatched and two others to follow.
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Seward
Alaska
Northland
Carl Ben Eielson
Earl Borland
Siberia
Seattle
Coast Guard
Chelan
Fairbanks
Nome
Teller
Ater
Moscow
Senator Borah
Idaho
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United States Department of the Interior
Carl Ben Eijelson
North Cape
Foreign Office
Japan Thanks U S For Greeting Envoy
Baron Shidehara, Japan's foreign minister, cabled Secretary Stimson to express deep appreciation for the magnificent reception given to the Japanese delegation in Washington en route to the London Naval Conferences. The message credited the American people and the U S government for hospitality shown to the envoys.
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Washington
Baron Shidehara
Stimson
London
Interesting Life For Chicago Man Shot Three Times
Chicago reports Salva tore Mastroianni known as Frank the Calabrian was shot a third time under police eye amid terror tactics among Italians. He says two men attempted a robbery and he resisted. Police tie the attack to the Billy Ranieri kidnapping case from a year ago. Mastroianni had been indicted for extortion but charges were recently dropped.
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Chicago
Salvatore Mastroianni
Frank
Mastroianni
Billy Ranieri
Detroit Woman Wins Record Breach of Promise Verdict
Miss Bertha A. Cleavenger of Detroit won a $450,000 verdict against John H. Castle in the largest breach of promise award in the country. She testified she aided Castle from a $4 a day mechanic to a multimillionaire real estate operator.
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Bertha A. Cleavenger
Detroit
Bove
John H. Castle
Miss Cleavenger
Castle
End of five and a half months of quasi-warfare on Manchurian border
Executive protocol between China and Russia for control of the Chinese Eastern Railway began as Soviet officials return to the rail zone. The inauguration marks the start of formal operation with Julius Rudy named Russian manager and Tsai Yun Sheng representing China at Pogranichnaya frontier crossing.
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Tokyo
China
Russia
Harbin
Renga
Julius Rudy
Denissov
Tsai Yun- Sheng
Pogranichnaya
Montana Girl Dies After Skating Accident
Minnie Randone a 15 year old of Butte died after breaking her neck while skating at a rink. Witnesses said she swerved to avoid four men on the ice, hit a rink edge board and plunged into a fence before help could reach her.
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Butte
Mont
Minnie Randone
Inquiry Under Way Concerning Death Of Former Senator
Los Angeles is to see the district attorney resume an inquiry into the death last January of George Lafayette Finn, former Town state senator. District Attorney Burton Fitts will question several persons connected to Finn as investigators probe potential unnatural death and forged wills involving a 1.5 million estate.
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Los Angeles
George Lafayette Finn
Burton Fitts
Gladys McAfee
Santa Monica
Coand
Towan
Daring Robber Suspect Named After Fatal Wound
In Kansas City a 36 year old man William Shoemaker died from a bullet wound in the jaw after he dared a holdup man to shoot. Police arrested Thomas Borle and Harry Sheckles. Sheckels identified Boyle as the shooter.
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Kansas City
William Shoemaker
Thomas Borle
Herry Scheckles
Sheckels
Boyle
Arctic Explorer Seeks Parole After Fraud Conviction
Dr. Frederick A. Cook, Arctic explorer, applies for parole from a 14 year 9 month prison term for conspiracy to defraud by mail. Hearing set for January before the federal parole board. Cook, jailed in Leavenworth since April 6, 1925, has served one third of his sentence and has good behavior credit. The Pole dispute surrounding his 1909 North Pole claim remains part of his notoriety.
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Leavenworth
Eas
Frederick A. Cook
Federal Parole Board
Cook
Motive Lacking For Argentine Shooting Plot
Metropolitan police in BULNOS ATRES report inability to determine a motive for the attempt on President Hippolito Yrigoyen. The would be assassin, Gerulberto or Gualterio Marinelli, was killed after firing three shots. police believe he acted alone and that no anarchist or subversive group sponsored the attack.
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Bulnos Atres
Hippolito Yrigoyen
Alian Guelberto
Gualterio Marinelli
Jie
Paris Tennis Pair Triumph In Practice Doubles
Bill Tilden and Charles Kingsley defeated Jein Borotha and Luis Torralva in a doubles practice match 7-3 17-15. Tilden celebrated with a merry Christus after winning a dinner wager with Borotha.
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Paris
Bill Tilden
Christus
Jein Borotha
Tilden
Charles Kingsley
Borotha
Luis Torralva
Few Deaths Christmas From Booze
A New York AP report notes 99 alcoholism cases recorded in holiday newspaper tables, with no deaths among the current patients. Four deaths from alcoholic poisoning occurred at Bellevue on Christmas Day last year, with earlier holiday tallies showing multiple fatalities linked to wood alcohol. Bellevue admitted 45 cases around Christmas, while other city hospitals treated only a few.
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New York
Bellevue Hospital
Fire Fatalities After Railway Crash Near Ulmer
Fort Dodge Iowa December 26 AP two men John Adams twenty three and Marvin Beeble twenty two both of Sacramento were burned to death when their car caught fire after colliding with an Illinois Central freight train near Ulmer west of Fort Dodge Iowa today.
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Fort Dodge
Towa
John Adams
Marvin Beeble
Sac
Illinois Central
Ulmer
Here
Airplane demand spurs Lockheed closing at Burbank unit
Plans to close the Lockheed division of the Detroit Aircraft Company in Burbank were abandoned after orders arrived mandating faster production to meet rising airplane demand. Company officials said orders were increasing rapidly.
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Burbank. Cal
Lockheed Division
Detroit Aircraft Company
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