Australian Woman Flyer Sought After Havana to Miami Flight
Miami, Nov. 29 AP Seaplanes comb the Dry Tortugas west of Florida for Australian aviatrix Mrs. J. M. Keith-Miller missing on a Havana to Miami flight. She reportedly flew a direct course despite a strong east wind. Sea craft are alerted to sight the plane.
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Miami
Fla
Tortugas Island
The
Keys
Florida Peninsula
J. M. Keith-Miller
Havana
Keith-Miller
Australian aviator Keith-Miller believed dead in Havana flight
Mrs J M Keith-Miller, an Australian aviator, faced fear and a premonition of death before her Havana to Miami attempt. Officials expressed strong belief she perished, with search efforts continuing and most hope abandoned for her safety.
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Associated Press
Havana
J. M. Keith-Miller
Miami
Four Trainmen Die In Pacific Crash
Four Western Pacific trainmen were killed in a rear end collision of two freight trains at Sunol Alameda county last night. Crews worked to clear wreckage as service aimed to resume early today while company officials opened an investigation into the cause of the tragedy.
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Stockton
Calif
Western Pacific
Sunol
Alameda County
Fire department crews rescue man from folding bed
In Denver on November 29 AP reports firefighters freed John Smith trapped by a folding bed. The bed expert was was aided by axes and crowbars as rescue teams worked upstairs to liberate him.
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Denver
Colo
John Smith
Smith
O’Loughlin Murder Trial Opens With Fast Jury
In Denver Colorado the Pearl O’Loughlin murder trial moves to testimony as 39 witnesses are endorsed. Judge prepares to hear first statements with Leo O’Loughlin and Frank O’Loughlin among indorsed witnesses in the Leona case from age 10.
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Denver
Colo
Pearl O’loughlin
Leona
Colorado
Leo O'Loughlin
Frank O'Loughlin
Arizona Weather: Fair Tonight Colder Friday
Dry conditions prevail with fair skies in eastern and central Arizona and frost expected in southern areas. Winds diminish. Friday highs around 41 and lows near 6 to 30 degrees with light precipitation possible after midnight.
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Arizona
Winslow
Hollywood predicts 1931 motion picture boom
Hollywood executives forecast the greatest motion picture production boom since talkies. Adolph Zukor cites Paramount plans for 55 to 60 features at a $25 million budget, with New York and Paris studios producing foreign versions. Louis B. Mayer says MGM Culver City will double output as 72 Warner Brothers and First National features are announced. This comes as Congress begins its final session amid leadership tests and legislation battles.
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Hollywood
Adolph Zukor
Paramount Publix
New York
Paris
Louis B. Mayer
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Culver City
Warner Brothers
National Pictures
Jack Whier
Cecil B. Dickson
Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Norris
Nebraska
Secret agents consider indicting 30 customs border patrolmen
Federal grand jury probes Detroit blockade of Canadian liquor with 30 present and suspended members facing possible indictment. Forty five others could be discharged if arrests follow. Offenders accused of conspiracy to import contraband liquor and beer, bribery, and accepting bribes. Many suspects fled to Canada as the probe runs into a second day.
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Detroit
Detroit’ River
Fithni
Warrbhls
Canada
Bids Opened For Ocean Airmail Route
Bids will be opened December 29 for a transatlantic air mail route from New York or Norfolk to Charleston then Hamilton Bermuda and the Azores or similar path to Europe. Return via same route. Ten year contract starts June 1 1931 with weekly service each way.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Glover
New York
Norfolk
Charleston
S. C
Hamilton
Bermuda
Azorés
Europe
Brown
Longworth Opposed To Special Session
Speaker Longworth declared unalterable opposition to an extra session of Congress and said he would do everything possible to avoid an excuse for it. He argued that recovery of business and ending unemployment require legislative certainty and that a session would delay job creation.
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Washington
Longworth
Congress
Sinn Fein Office Raided in Dublin by Authorities
Irish Free State authorities raided the Sinn Fein executive office on Dawson Street in Dublin. Officials reported confiscation of documents and said several items were seized during the operation.
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Dublin
Irish Free State
Sinn Fein
Dawson ‘Street
Transcontinental Western Air Tests Gasoline Tax Law
Transcontinental and Western Air filed suit in federal court at Santa Fe New Mexico seeking to restrain enforcement of the five cent gasoline tax on aviation fuel. The airline operates passenger service in New Mexico and challenges State Comptroller Ruper Asplund arguing the tax would cost about 500 dollars monthly.
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Santa FE
IN. M
New Mexico
Transcontinental and Western Air, Inc
Ruper Asplund
Mexico Considers Ten Year Debt Moratorium Bill
A bill in the chamber proposes a ten year moratorium on Mexico foreign and internal debts. It would set aside 25,000,000 pesos in next year’s budget to fund irrigation and other essential public works instead of debt payments.
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Mexico City
Chihuahua
Berlin Riot Injures Nine in Clash Between Hitler Youth and Communists
In Berlin a clash between the Hitler Young People and communists left three national socialists and four communists injured and hospitalized. Police reported the brawl occurred last night as tensions escalated between the groups.
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Berlin
Wenit
Hitler Young People’s Organization
Ruth Nichols Calls Off Transcontinental Flight Attempt
Ruth Nichols, pursuing a new women’s transcontinental record, postponed today’s flight due to low clouds over the New Mexico mountains and said she would wait for better visibility before resuming.
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Amarillo
Texas
Ruth Nichols
New Mexico
American War Movie Cleared for Berlin Showing
Berlin reports the American film All Quiet on the Western Front approved for display despite protests from the defense ministry. The premiere is set for December 4. A ministry expert argued the film insults the German army and the Reich.
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Berlin
Defense Ministry
Germany
Censorship Board
Reich
Arizona Man Low Bidder On Work At Carlsbad Cavern
The National Park Service announced two low bidders for Carlsbad Cavern work. Charles H. Dunning of Phoenix submitted the lowest bid of 69225 dollars to sink the elevator shaft. Pacific Elevator and Equipment Co. of San Francisco bid 18429 dollars to install the elevator.
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Arizona
Carlsbad Cavern
San, Francisco
National Park Service
New Mexico
Charles H. Dunning
Phoenix
Ariz
Pacific Elevator and Equipment Company
San Francisco
Prohibition Leaders Weigh Support for National Referendum
Washington leaders of prohibition forces consider backing a national referendum and a constitutional amendment proposal from wets seeking repeal or modification of the eighteenth amendment. Support would last until Congress reviews the plan.
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Washington
Congress
92000 Miners Set To Walk Out In Scotland
London AP reports a complete stoppage of work in all Scottish coal fields will begin tomorrow afternoon after failed negotiations. The strike involves about 92,000 miners across nine owners.
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London
Two Hurt In Beer Bottle Fighting In Coburg
In Coburg Germany two social democrats were injured seriously when outside the hall racists hurled beer bottles at a bus party leaving a meeting. A stone struck a chauffeur causing the bus to crash into a ditch and spill the passengers.
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Coburg
Germany
New Clue Found in Mystery of Missing Colorado Teacher
Discovery of a large suitcase in a hotel basement near Mads Colorado adds a new lead in the disappearance of Miss Maid Marriott Wiggins a school teacher last seen November 16. Kiowa county sheriff reported a mysterious stranger checked into Ends Wednesday, left with a room key, and the basement furnace area yielded what appeared to be bone fragments and possible blood stains on the suitcase.
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Fort Morgan
Colo
Mads
Honey Cooperative Founder Promotes Vast Market Reach
A. W. B. Knosness, general manager of the Mountain States Honey Producers association, told convention attendees in Billings that the cooperative is the world's largest and markets 10,000,000 pounds of honey annually.
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Billings
Mont
A. W. B. Knosness
Bulle
Mountain States Honey Producers Association
Bar Silver News Brief From New York
Bar silver trading in New York closed at 35 1 8 per ounce with 11 marks noted. Market activity appeared subdued as traders awaited further cues.
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New York
More Than Fifty Die In Storms
Deaths from the winter storm total over fifty as ships report distress or are feared lost. The Maple Bay reached Sault Ste. Marie undamaged after sheltering from heavy seas, and the Simcoe arrived at Cleveland after hours missing in a Lake Erie snowstorm. Wearbridge sought aid off Cape May before continuing. Air searches scoured the Cuba to Florida region.
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Associated Press
Maple Bay
Lake Superior
Sault Ste. Marie
Simcoe
Cleveland
Lake Erie
Wearbridge
Cape May
N. J
Cuba
Florida
Chicago Bishop Taken By Death
Arch bishop Austin Dowling aged 62 head of the St Paul Roman Catholic diocese died at 11 15 a m in Chicago Nov 29. Bishop Sheldon Munson Griswold of the Chicago Episcopal diocese died in Evanston hospital after a long illness at age 69. He had led Chicago diocese for less than a year and was chosen February as successor to Charles Palmeston Anderson.
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ST. Paul
Austin Dowling
St.Paul
Chicago
Sheldon Munson Griswold
Episcopal Church
Evanston
Griswold
Most Fev
Charles Palmeston Anderson
Plane Crash Kills Four Children in Fort Chipewyan
A Commercial Airways plane piloted by Captain W. N. Sherlock crashed into gasoline drums at Fort Chipewyan Alta. four children were killed, three seriously injured, and one minor. Sherlock and other passengers survived. Two of the fatalities were said to be children of Thomas Woodman, post manager for Northern Trading Co.
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Edmonton
Alta
Fort Chipewyn
W. N. Sherlock
Commercial Airways
Sherlock
Thomas Woodman
Northern Trading Company
Fort Chippewyan
Dozen Bandits Rob Pittsburg Motor Coach Garage
Three robbers bound twelve persons including employees and patrons, confined them in a motor bus and robbed the Pittsburgh Motor Coach garage for about $1000 in a two hour burglary. The crime occurred in a well lit building and went unnoticed by passersby.
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Pittsburgh
Aosatfe
Pittstoreh Motor Coach Company
Rumors on D. J. Bird's Whereabouts Proved False
Rumors in Winslow claimed D. J. Bird a Santa Fe brakeman missing over two weeks had wandered into Globe in a demented state with a gun. AP search could not confirm the report and a Globe police chief telegram to Bird's father said the tale is untrue.
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Winslow
D. J. Bird
Santa Fe
Globe
Bird
Associated Press
T. E. Bird
Senator Reed Warns of a Europe on Edge
Senator David R. Reed of Pennsylvania warned at an American Legion post meeting that a devil's broth is brewing in Europe and that bolshevism fear keeps nations from chaos. He said he is pessimistic but notes foreign statesmen share concern about possible incidents that could spark conflict similar to a world war.
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Pittsburgh
David R. Reed
Pennsylvania
American Legion Post
Europe
Christmas Bargains Offer Early Shopping Picks
Bargains at Christmastime are unusually low this year with many articles priced to attract shoppers. Early Christmas shopping lets buyers pick from a wide range at the counters.
Fire destroys wing of German seaplane DC-X in Lisbon harbor
Fire broke out aboard the German seaplane DC-X moored in Lisbon harbor consuming the left wing after fuel was poured into tanks hours before. Portuguese sailors Marine aviation staff and pilots joined local crews in a valiant but unsuccessful effort to fight the blaze. The left wing was destroyed as the ship planned a shakedown before a transatlantic flight to New York or Brazil.
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Lisbon
Marine: Aviation
Europe
New. York
Brazil
Cadix
Will Hays Marries Mrs Jessie Herron Sulesman
Washington reports that Will Hays, famed Czar of moviedom and former postmaster general, wed widow Jessie Herron Sulesman on a Thursday at the Bethesda, Maryland home of her brother Colonel Charles D. Herron. Mrs Herron Sulesman is daughter of Mrs. William Parke Herron of Crawfordsville Indiana. Her father was Civil War veterana captain in Indiana volunteers part of the army of the Cumberland under General John Wilder. He died in 1927 while president of a Crawfordsville bank.
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Washington
Will H. Hays
Jessie Herron Sulesman
Bolivia
Bethesday
Maryland
Charles D. Herron
Hays
William Parke Herron
Crawfordsville
Indiana
72Nd Regiment
Army of the Cumberland
John Wilder
Frozen Meat With Dry Ice Predicted By College Expert
Purdue University professor James R. Wiley predicts a future where dry ice keeps meat frozen indefinitely. Households could buy any meat type, from spare ribs to liver for pets, directly at neighborhood drug stores over the soda fountain counter.
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James R. Wiley
Purdue University
American Society of Animal Production
Wiley
American Woman And Nurse Held Captive In Pelping
An American missionary Mrs. H. D. Hayward and her British nurse Miss Gomersal were kidnapped by bandits near Pao Touchen while traveling from Lanchow to Peiping. They were stripped of clothing robbed of belongings and are believed held captive awaiting a possible demand.
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Pelping
China
H. D. Hayward
Gomersal
Pao Touchen
Lanchow
Peiping
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Homer E. Knoblaugh
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Huart
James D. Preston
Senate Press Gallery
Reed
Thray
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