Outstanding Year 1928 Highlights From US Affairs
United Press notes the year 1928 as pivotal with events across politics, science, and economics. Key items include the Hoover election, Kellogg Briand pact, reparations talks, Coolidge Armistice Day address, stock market surge, Havana Pan American conference, FTC probes, and U S recognition of Nationalist China.
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Raymond Clapper
United Press
Washington
United States
Orville Wright
Lister
Germany
Hoover
Great Britain
Coolidge
Federal Trade Commission
China
Lions Plan Christmas Party at Athletic Club
The Lions club announces its annual Christmas party at the Athletic Club Thursday night from 6 30 to early evening. Wives daughters and sons of members will attend with a program directed by President George Ordway to honor college students home for holidays.
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George Ordway
The
Lions Club
Ordway
Bake Oven Explosion Harms Cook In San Antonio Cafe
A bake oven exploded in a San Antonio cafe injuring cook Pedis Denis and imperiling about twenty holiday revelers. The cafe interior was badly damaged and three plate glass windows shattered.
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Associated Press
San Antonio
Texas
Pedis Denis
New Drug Store Opens in Amarillo
The Star Drug company at 911 West Tenth street opens in Amarillo, bought by E. Brooks formerly of Tulia who has moved to the city to run the business.
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Amarillo
Star Drug Company
West Tenth Street
E. Brooks
Tulia
At the Theaters and Vaudeville Listings
The Fair shows Captain Swagger with Rod La Rocque. Mission presents Mother Knows Best starring Madge Bellamy. Deandi features Clearing the Trail with Hoot Gibson and cast plus Zippity Zip. Nat Marty Young and His Youngsters perform.
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FAIR
Captain Swagger
Rod la Rocque
Mission
Madge Bellamy
Vitaphone
Deandi
Hoot Gibson
Lillian Murry
Elmer Wright
Zippity
Marty Young
Former Pro Head Winner $2900 Prize
A former New York prohibition administrator and a Palo Alto high school junior won William Durant's $30,000 prize contest for the best prohibition enforcement plan. Major Chester P. Mills took the $25,000 main prize and Malcolm D. Almack earned the $5,000 school prize.
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Associated Press
New York
Herbert Hoover
William
Durant
Chester P. Mills
New York City
Malcolm D. Almack
Palo Alto
Calif
Major Mills
Almack
Green Farms
Conn
Man Killed Women Hurt In Car Crash Between Port Lavaca Seadrift
Leonard Elliott aged 36 a Port Lavaca area mechanic was killed when an automobile overturned on a highway between Port Lavaca and Seadrift. Miss Bessie Garner and Miss Christine Calhoun were injured slightly in the crash the cause of which was not explained.
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the Associated Press
Port Wac. Tex
Leonard Elliott
Bessie Garner
Christine Calhoun
Port Lavaca
Seadrift
Prominents Celebrate Christmas Across the Nation
United Press reports a festive Christmas with notable figures momentarily diverse in location. President Coolidge traveled from Washington to Sapelo Island Georgia, Herbert Hoover sailed aboard the Utah, Gov. Al Smith spent the day at the Albany statehouse, Henry Ford canceled a toy shop party due to influenza concerns, and Mayor Big Bill Thompson tended to his ill wife in Chicago. Scarface Al Capone reportedly away in Miami Beach after years of large holiday gifts.
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United Press
America
President Coolidge
White House
Washington
Sapelo Island
Brunswick
Howard E. Coffin
Herbert Hoover
Utah
United States
South America
al” Smth
Albany Statehouse
Henry Ford
Dearborn
Ford
William HH
Big Bill
Thompson
Chicago
Scarface
al” Capone
Santa Claus
Miami Beach
Fla
Irving Berlin Jr. dies at 24 days old in New York
The infant son of composer Irving Berlin and Mrs. Berlin Ellin MacKay died yesterday in the Berlin home from a heart attack. Ellin MacKay is the daughter of the Postal Telegraph Company head.
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United Press
New York
Irving Berlin, Jr
Berlin
Ellin MacKay
Postal Telegraph Company
Saxon Cross Found at Sempringham Abbey Site
A portion of a Saxon cross about 1,100 years old was uncovered half-hidden in the Sempringham Abbey graveyard. The village area is noted for antiquarian ruins from past excavations connected to land drainage. Sempringham is linked to St. Gilbert and the Gilbertines founded there.
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Associated Press
Sempringham
Eng
St. Gilbert
Porch Fall Is Fatal in Newcomerstown
An 85 year old woman, Mrs. David Barcroft, died after a two foot fall from the porch of her Newcomerstown home. She missed a step and succumbed to her injuries.
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Newcomerstown
David Barcroft
Christmas Truce Declared For Child In Westlake Family
In Chicago on December 26 Emory Westlake Jr three romped at his mother's South Side home after a cartoon in a local paper sparked calls for a Christmas truce. Emory Sr is sued for separate maintenance by his wife Marie Westlake.
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United Press
Chicago
Emory Westlake, Jr
South Side
Emory Westlake, Sr
Marie Westlake
Westlake
Proposed Law Would Prohibit Rifle Shipments Across States
Washington December 26 The California Congressman Crail has proposed a bill to ban shipping rifles and rifle cartridges between states. If passed, new rifles and cartridges could become almost impossible to buy within years. Eltinge F. Warner of Field and Stream contests the measure citing risks to national defense and gunmakers.
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Wasitington
Doe Crail
California
Congress
Eltinge F. Warner
Field and Stream
Congressman Crail
Warner
Longevity in Hampstead Report Notes Seniors
A Hampstead death tally over three months lists 240 individuals and 39 aged over 80, highlighting a notable share of centenarian-era longevity in the community.
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London
Hampstead
Conquers Cold to Become a Bride
A newspaper notice portrays a bride defeating a cold with a mysterious compound said to cure in hours. Read like a sensational wedding preparation column with health claims and a suspenseful tone.
Lawmaker Crail bill risks sportsmen rights on rifles
The commentary questions including rifles in Crail's bill and warns that banning rifles could deprive law abiding citizens of sport and health benefits. It argues few crimes use rifles and urges vigilance against reforms that erase sportsmen's rights. The piece cites Warner urging citizens to track legislation.
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Crail
Mc. Crail
Mr. Crail
Congress
Hoover delays Florida trip for home affairs and cabinet talks
President-Elect Hoover will anchor at Hampton Roads on January 6 and then head to Washington. High priority on domestic affairs and meeting Republican leaders prompts postponement of a Florida visit planned to select a cabinet and map the incoming administration. The Utah voyage concluded with a tropical dinner and thanks to Navy personnel.
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Wy Thomas L. Stokes
United Press
Utau
Merbert Hoover
Florida
Utah
Hampton Roads
Hoover
Washington
Hoo
Ver
Eleet
Mr. Hoover
Navy
Mrs. Hoover
Argentine Statesman Trigoyen Guests Hoover Aboard Utah
President elect P. Hipolito Yrigoyen of Argentina hosted Mr. Hoover aboard the Utah. Gifts were exchanged and on deck religious services were held as the vessel lay about 3800 miles from Hampton Roads.
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Meneage
P . Hipolito Trigoyen
Argentina
Mr. Hoover
Bu Arrew
Utah
Hampton Roads
Bronze Statue of St Francis Missing in Italy Theft
Florence reported that a bronze statue of Saint Francis by Donatello was stolen overnight from Walter Spellman’s villa. Thieves cut a wall surrounding the property and carried off the statue along with other art.
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ST. Francis
Florence
Italy
St. Francis Attelbue
Ted
Donatello
Walter Spellman
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