Air Features Tonight and Concert Schedule Across Stations
Radio schedule lists tonight’s lineup from 6:30 to 9:00 featuring an address by Charles Evans Hughes on The Debt the Nation Owes George Washington, a wodevil act, and a Washington program review plus a Challenger orchestra. Stations include WEAF WGN WOC WDAF WFAA WKY and many others across multiple cities.
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Charles Evans Hughes
George Washington
WEAF
WGN
WOC
WDAF
WFAA
WKY
KOA
KSL
KPO
KGO
KFI
KGW
KOMO
KHQ
Wodevil
Bellie Baker
WADC
WMAQ
KMOX
WOWO
KMBC
KOIL
WCCO
WHK
WGHP
WLAC
WDOD
WBRC
KFIF
KFH
WDSU
Washington
Weather report for West and Oklahoma regions
Fair tonight and Saturday with warmer conditions. Temperature ranges shown from 27 to 40 degrees in the day. West Texas partly cloudy tonight then warmer Saturday while Oklahoma sees fair to colder conditions with slightly cooler northwest areas.
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Associated Press
West Texas
Oklahoma
Northwest
Rockefeller Gift to Yale Expands Medical Department
Arthur Brisbane discusses John D Rockefeller's 2 million dollar gift to Yale University for expanding the medical department and building a laboratory. He critiques wealth use for public welfare and praises educated leaders guiding health and science. The column also notes Chicago coroner Bundeson and gangster tensions in Reform era crime reporting.
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Angell
Yale University
Mr. Rockefeller
Yale
Senate tackles naval appropriation as Congress schedules votes
Friday actions include Naval department appropriation bill in Senate and consent calendar items in the House. Senate Public Lands panel persists in Salt Creek oil leases probe while the Interstate Commerce Committee taps new radio commissioners. House Military Affairs reviews Army promotion bill. Thursday saw passage of Lead Line, a limited Navy debate on the appropriation bill, Interior bill sent back, and a second deficiency bill received. Senator Blease blocks House resolution to probe Judge Winslow charges.
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Associated Press
Senate
Naval Department
House
Senate Public Lands Committee
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Military Affairs Committee
Navy Department
Interior
Blease
South Carolina
Winslow
Southern District
New York
Edison predicts 50 years of startling discoveries ahead
Thomas A Edison, 82, told United Press in Fort Myers Florida that surface has not been scratched and the next half century will bring unlimited advances in machines, electricity, and science. He said the next 25 years will witness startling developments beyond his past work.
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United Press
Thomas A. Edison
Edison
Fort Myers
Fla
Devel
Court Excludes Persons Under 21 From Trial of Henry Long Assault Case
The jury for the Henry Long assault case completed selection after a day and a half of examinations. Twelve jurors were chosen with two more seated as the court neared its 75 person special venue limit. The trial proceeded with evidence set to begin at 1 30 this afternoon.
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Henry Long
District Criminal Court
W. E. Holman
Joe Killian
M. F. Zollicoffer
Baby Drowns in Shallow Water
In Schleicher County Texas Morris Virgil Burk 13 months old son of Mr and Mrs Silas Burk drowned after falling into 12 inches of tank water while family members washed clothes nearby. The incident occurred Thursday as ranch people were at home and the child died.
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San Angelo
Texas
Morris Virgil Burk
Silas Burk
Schleicher County
Hays Assists Audit of Prairie Gas Properties in Amarillo
V A Hays of Independence Kansas arrives to aid city auditors examining Prairie Oil and Gas properties in Amarillo. He asserts records for Amarillo Gas and Panhandle Pipeline will be fully available and defended as fair, with returns under 46 percent and no surplus created, while rates remain fair to all user classes.
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Prairie Oil & Gas Company
Amarillo
V. A. Hays
Independence
Kansas
Hays
Amarillo Gas Company
Mr. Hays
Panhandle Pipeline Company
Que
Amarillo Oil Company
British Ambassador Hails Washington as Greatest Link in Friendship
Sir Esme Howard, the British ambassador, said Washington must prove to be the strongest link in the chain of friendship between the United States and Great Britain. Speaking in Washington to the Daughters and Sons of the American Revolutions and the Society of the Children of the American Revolution, he urged weighty regard for the Kellogg treaty as a factor for world peace and criticized enmity on both sides.
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Washington
Esme Howard
George Washington
United States
Great Britain
Daughters of the American Revolution
District of Columbia
Sons of the American Revolution
Society of the Children of the American Revolution
Murder Car Identified in Chicago Gang Slayings
In Chicago on February 22 police identified the murder car used by gang killers in a mass slaying that left seven dead. The burning vehicle, once a police squad car with a siren, was found in a garage with its parts cut away by an acetylene torch. Police questioned about a half dozen men but released no details.
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United Pres
Chicago
Stratford and Mlean Win in Canyon Tourney
In Canyon on February 22 Borger was eliminated first. McLean beat Cherry 37 to 20 to open the district 1 basketball tournament. Stratford then defeated Happy 35 to 33, with W Plunk scoring a late goal to seal the win after a 15 all halftime score.
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Canyon
Borger
McLean High School
Cherry Men
Stratford
Happy
W. Plunk
Hoover Observes Washington's Birthday Quietly
President elect Hoover limited political consultations on his program and spent the Washington's Birthday in quiet observance after returning from South America.
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Associated Frese
Washington
Hoover
South America
Utility Legislation Dies On Shelf In Texas Senate
In Austin on February 22 the Senate laid on the table public utility bills after a test vote showed 105 present. The move, urged by Senator T. J. Holbrook, signals the governor will push the matter in a special session. The House meanwhile tackles minor measures as time runs short. Final action favored Galveston’s Pelican Island acquisition and a Brownsville navigation district bond validation.
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United Press
Austin
Senate
T. J. Holbrook
Galveston
Public Utility Commission
Pelican Island
Brownsville
Husband Shot By Wife Hurries To Change Will
Jamen H. Combs, 37, a gambler, was shot twice by his wife in Kansas City Missouri. He fled to his attorney’s home to sign a new will disinheriting his wife leaving her modest share of an estate valued around $59 000. Mrs Combs said she shot in self defense after threats to her life and claimed marital cruelty amid a prior divorce dispute over property and cash.
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United Prena
Kansas City
Jamen H
St. Louis
Dry Fund Bill May Be Halted
Senate action on naval cruisers appropriations is expected before adjournment with the 24 million prohibition enforcement increase remaining in doubt. The filibuster was broken and a ten minute debate limit set for a swift vote, while leaders struggle to resolve the prohibition item amid deficieny bill revisions. Chinese Maritime Customs revenues for 1928 reached 82,332,000 haikwan taels, up 13,597,000 from 1927.
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Paul R. Mallon
United Press
Washington
Senate
Congress
All
China
Truck Driver Tells Strange Story Of Case
A San Francisco mother is joyfully reunited with her 4 year old daughter Doris Virginia after a seven day mystery. Edward Sharp, a San Francisco truck driver, claimed a note to his wife triggered the child’s return and said the tale linked to an orphan home in Vallejo.
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Dorothy Mackaye
Valerie Raymond
Los Angeles
San Quentin
Miss Mackaye
Ray Raymond
Paul Kelly
Richard G. Baldwin
United Press
United Pressa
San Francisco
San Francisco Daily News
EB. J. Murphy
Doris Virginia
Doris
Pacific Coast
The
Edward Sharp
Doris Virginia i 5
Sharp
Vallejo
Legislature Debates Land Leasing Powers and Capitol Renovation
University regents gain land leasing powers as a land commission bill passes the house. Senate undecided on Holbrook or Cousins penitentiary bills after lengthy debate. House offers 3 million dollar Capitol renovation bill. Holbrook seining ban in certain bays engrossed by the house. Senate approves penitentiary deficiency appropriation bill.
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Regents and Land Commission
House
Senate
Cousins
Capitol
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