Pullman Car Merger Nears Final Approval
Three car builders merge into a 400 million corporation led by Pullman Inc. with Standard Steel Car and Osgood Bradley joining. J K Drake would chair Pullman Inc while Remains Crawford stays president of both entities. Stockholder votes set for January 28 in Wilmington to approve merger and issue an extra half million shares.
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Chicago
Pullman Inc
Standard Steel Car Company
Osgood-Bradley Company
Pullman Car and Manufacturing Company
J. K. Drake
Standard Company
Pullman, Inc
Cr. A. Crawford
Pullman Company
C. A. Tiddle
Pull Car and Manufacturing Company
Standard and Osgood-Bradley
P. H. Joyce
Standard
Pullman
Wilmington
Del
Chiang Kai Shek Announces Comprehensive Political Reform Plan
Chiang Kai Shek announced through Kuomin that he completed a comprehensive program for sweeping political reforms in the nationalist government. The plan will be published on New Year’s Day and he urged free constructive criticism of party and government affairs.
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Shanghai
Chiang Kai-Shek
Kuomin
Chiang
China
British Duchess Makes Washington Debut at Davis Reception
Duchess Wira, 18, great granddaughter of Queen Victoria, attends Washington debutante events as guest of honor at a reception hosted by Mr and Mrs Percy Hamilton Davis for their daughter Emiscah Gale Davis.
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Washington
Wira
Queen Victoria
Percy Hamilton Davis
Emiscah Gale Davis
Britain to Modify R-101 Airship With Surgical Section
London AP reports Britain's giant dirigible R-101 will be cut in two and a 75 foot section with a 500000 cubic foot capacity inserted between halves. After modification the ship will be 800 feet long, larger than its twin R-100 and the world’s biggest airship.
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London
Great Britain
Land Found Between Enderby and Coats Lands by Norwegian Airmen
Captain Riiser Larsen and Lieutenant Luetzow Holm reported discovering new land between Enderby Land and Coats Land in Antarctica. They landed near the area and took possession in the name of Norway. Enderby Land lies at about 50 east 65 south, Coats Land at about 20 west 25 south.
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Oslo
Norway
Riiser, Larsen
Norwegia
Tidens Tegn Today
Luetzow Holm
Enderby Land
Coats Land
Enderby Quadrant
Antarctica
Enderby
Liquor Output War Waged on Canada Border
Rival Detroit and Buffalo liquor running gangs fight over Ontario output. Treasury investigator M Cramer probes the case after a Detroit smuggler killed and three others vanish. The conflict began with Detroit gangs raiding Bridgeburg Port Colborne and Fort Erie to recruit Buffalo traffickers.
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Canada
Buffalo
Detroit
Ontario
Co. M. Cramer
Treasury Department
Hynor
Bridgeburg
Port Colborne
Fort Erie
China declines renewal of Commercial Pacific Cable pact
A government committee in SELANGHAT says China will not renew its contract with the Commercial Pacific Cable company, which expires in a year marked by a readjustment of foreign cable agreements in China. The decision comes as authorities review existing terms before year end.
Washington Eyes Involvement in Maricopa Officers Dispute
Washington may intervene in the clash among federal county and city officials over prosecuting and jailing federal liquor law violators in Maricopa court. Judge Phelps refuses to accept federal dry cases in superior court. A jail stalemate leaves federal prisoners without local confinement as January approaches.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Washington
Maricopa
M. T. Phelps Adamiant
United States
Marsha
Phelps
Three Power Armament Pact Recommended by U.S. Panel
Chairman Britten of the House Naval Affairs Committee recommends a three power armament agreement among England Japan and the United States in response to the French memorandum on the forthcoming naval conference. The report underscores alliance coordination ahead of international talks.
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Washington
England
Japan
United States
Britten
House
Naval Affairs Committee
Inp
Murder Suspect Held By Police In Wisconsin Case
A youth, jailed in Florence county, is watched as he faces detailed questioning about Erdman Olson, the fugitive suspected in the 1918 murder of Clara Olson. Olson vanished after the sweetheart's body was found near Rising Sun, Wisconsin, sparking a nationwide pursuit.
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Florence
Wis
Erdtan Olson
Clara Olson
Yvesterday
Michigan
Miles Davis
Olson
Wisconsin
Erdman
Gale College
Sweethart
Rising Sun
Coast Guardsmen Convicted in Downey Shooting Inquest
In Buffalo New York on Christmas night Eugene P. Downey Jr. was killed by three coast guardsmen. Judge Frank W. Standart found the guardsmen guilty of reckless shooting during an inquest in city court and allowed bail arrangements under related charges.
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Bupalo
N.Y. Dee
Coast
Woodrow Wilson prize awarded to League of Nations for world peace
The Woodrow Wilson peace prize of 1929, worth 25 000 dollars, is awarded to the League of Nations for ten years of world peace service. Sir Eric Drummond tentatively accepts. final approval by the League council is due in January. The prize money is to help fund a Wilson memorial in Geneva.
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New York
League of Nations
Woodrow Wilson Foundation
League
Woodrow Wilson
Eric Drummond
Council of the
Newton D. Baker
Cleveland
Wilson
Foundation
Geneva
Iowan Bishop Morrison Fatally Struck by Car in Davenport
Right Reverend Theodore Nevin Morrison Episcopal Bishop of Iowa died after being struck by an automobile driven by Margaret Volz of Davenport. Volz posted $2000 bond pending investigation. Morrison’s death elevates Rev. Harry Sherman Longley of Des Moines to Bishopric of Iowa. Longley, previously coadjutor, helped found St. Catherine's School for Girls and St. Luke's Hospital in Davenport.
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Davenport
Theodore Nevin Morrison
Iowa
Margaret Volz
Volz
Morrison
Harry Sherman Longley
Des Moines
Town
Longley
Moodys Land At San Diego Port
Helen Wills Moody and Frederick S. Moody Jr. dock in San Diego aboard the Galatea to continue their honeymoon cruise. Mrs Moody plays tennis at the Naval hospital to stay in practice while Mr Moody handles a business engagement. The couple hoped to keep their landing secret.
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San Diego
Helen Wills Moody
Frederick S. Moody, Jr
Toledo Man Dies After Car Plunges on Apache Trail
Frank I. Audetta of Toledo Ohio died from injuries after his automobile fell fifty feet into a canyon on the Apache Trail fifty miles east of Mesa Arizona early today. The accident occurred along the canyon road as emergency crews attended the scene.
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Misa. Ariz
Frank I. Audetta
Toledo
Ohio
Vesa
Bandit Surrenders After Robbery Related Killing
Bowling Green Kentucky December 22 AP one of three bandits who shot and killed J Robert Kirby Smiths Grove bank president after a Oakland bank robbery was captured Early this morning Elmer Grayson a former Indianapolis resident was found in Blaine Duff s home and taken to Nashville for safekeeping French Elrood drove him to Bowling Green and was detained Officers guarded routes out of the city while the other two bandits were believed in Bowling Green Grayson said he did not kill Kirby but admitted involvement in the robbery
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Bowling Green
J. Robert Kirby
Smith’s Grove Bank
Oakland
Nashville
Elrood
Friend
Lis
Kirby
Navajo County Officers Detain Runaway Albuquerque Boys
Holbrook Arizona December 2 Officers from the sheriff s office detained two Albuquerque boys Alay Frick and Donald Coe at the request of their parents through the Albuquerque police department The boys said they were bound for California by hitchhiking with auto travelers They will be held pending arrival of their fathers on Saturday
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Holbrook, Ariz
Sheriff's
Albuquerque
Alay Frick
Donald Coe
California
Mexican aviation circles hail Azcarate Sidar safe Mazatlan flight
Mexican aviation circles announced the safe arrival of General Juan Azcarate chief of the Army Air Service, and Colonel Pablo Sidar at Mazatlan after a flight from Valbuena field. Earlier reports claimed they were killed in a Toluca crash prompting search efforts.
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Mexico
City
Juan Azcarate
Mexican Army Air Service
Pablo Sidar
Mazatlan
Valbuena Field
Mesmerist Trick Fails As Sargeant Counts To 17000
Chicago police sergeant Tony Hintz arrests a fellow who proves a mesmerist. The performer chants a mystic phrase and attempts to hypnotize, then asks the sergeant to count to 1000. The sergeant ultimately shouts 17 000, ending the odd demonstration.
Arctic Pole Flight Called Off for 1920 Expedition
The Aero-Arctic Society issued a statement that the dirigible Graf Zeppelin North Pole expedition has been called off for 1920 but is expected to be flown in 1931.
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Berlin
Aero-Arctic Society
Three Die In Battle Last Night
Three racketeers were killed resisting arrest after targeting President Michael Powers of the Tire Workers and Repair Vulcanizers' Union for a $10,000 ransom. Police concealed at the union HQ confronted them. one officer was wounded, and three gang members died. The fatalities were William Quan, William Wilson alias Walker, and John Ryan. Detective Ray Doherty was injured.
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Chicago
Michael Powers
Tire Workers and Repair Vulcanizers
Power
Powers
Union
William
Dinky) Quan
William Wilson
Walker
John Ryan
Red” Boulton
West Side
Ray Doherty
Doherty
Quan
Stock market slumps through dismal holiday week
New York report shows a bleak holiday period with stocks down after a brief Tuesday rally. Brokers loans fell $58 million to the lowest since September 1927 and gold withdrawals with year end currency demands tightened call money to 6 percent for the first time since mid November.
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New York
Wall Street
Federal Reserve
Betts Mentioned For I. C. C. Post
Amos A. Betts of Phoenix Arizona was named by Senator Hausden for consideration by President Hoover for an Interstate Commerce Commission vacancy to succeed Commissioner Johnston B Campbell who has resigned. Betts serves on Arizona State Corporation Commission.
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Washington
Amos A. Betts
Phoenix
Ariz
Hoover
Hausden
Arizona
Interstate Commerce Commission
Johnston B. Campbell
Betts
State Corporation Commission
Ari-Zone
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Washington Society
Fred S. Burke
Fred Dane
St. Joseph
Mich
Herman N. Bundesen
William Cox
Frank McDonald
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Dane
Boulder Canyon
Mitchell
Nevada
Wilbur
Boulder Dam
E. C. Finney
Interior Department
Moodys
Navajo County
Paul J. McCormick
Los Angeles
The
Hoover Crime Investigation Commission
Toluca
Man
Gene Tunney
Soldier Field
Tony Hintz
Calumet City
Sersecant Hintz
K. O
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