Senate Backs Non Binding Two Term Rule For President
The Senate approved a non binding resolution 56 to 26 stating two terms are enough, with 76 to 5 rejecting a narrower limit. The measure targets no president directly and does not create legal obligations. Meanwhile the House moved the army bill with an added 6 million for river surveys and opened general debate on the treasury and post office bill.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
White House
Coolidge
House
Texas
Murderer 15 Losing Poise
William Edward Hickman, found sane for kidnaping and killing Marian Parker, faces sentencing as motions for a new trial loom. Judge Trabucco set tomorrow for sentencing but a defense appeal and waiver questions cloud the proceeding.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
William Edward Hickman
Marian Parker
J. J. Trabucco
Hickman
Superior Court
Parker
Jerome Walsh
Kansas City
Trabucco
Walsh
Wilkins Prepares Final Arctic Blind Spot Flight
Captain George H Wilkins and Lieut Carl B Eielson plan a third air dash into the Arctic blind spot heading for Alaska then Point Barrow They expect to fly to Spitzenbergen in May and will ship a large monoplane to Fairbanks for assembly before the voyage
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Associated Press
Seattle
Wash
Arctic
George H. Wilkins
Carl B. Eielson
Alaska
Point Barrow
Fairbanks
Montana School Boards Hold Convention In Great Falls
The second annual Montana School Boards convention opens in Great Falls with 60 delegates. Key topics include school finances and non taxable property effects. Chancellor M A Brannon urges a statewide survey of education status and a survey commission with broad state representation.
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Associated Press
Great Falls
Montana School Boards Association
Resolutions Committee
M. A. Brannon
University of Montana
Brannon
Montana
Parent-Teachers’ Association
Department of Public Instruction
State Board of Education
Search for two deputies and prisoners extends across the Midwest
In Lafayette Indiana on February 10 two deputy sheriffs John P. Grove and Wallace McClure and their two prisoners Samuel Baxter and John Burns disappeared after leaving for Pendleton maximum security reform school. Sheriff C M Johnston chased valueless clues across Indiana and the Middle West. A report placed the convicts in Danville Michigan visiting Burns' aunt.
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Associated Press
Lafayette
Ind
State Reformatory
Pendleton
Middle West
C. M. Johnston
Indiana
John P. Grove
Wallace McClure
Samuel Baxter
John Burns
Danville
Burns
League body backs outlawing aggressive war
Geneva experts urge outlawing aggressive war while allowing self defense under League Covenant. They favor regional non aggression pacts linked to the League and note improving council methods reduce war risk under global security efforts.
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United States
France
League Council
Butte Reports Sharp Drop in Juvenile Removals to State School
In ten months Butte sent only one boy to the State Industrial School at Miles City, a striking fall noted by probation officer Dave O’Connor. Residents recall decades of dozens. Girls show similar decline with a girl sent to Helena’s House of the Good Shepherd. continued on Page 2.
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Butte
Miles City
Dave O'Connor
Houses of Correction
House of the Good Shepherd
Pan American union committee delays deadlock decision
In Havana on February 10 the Pan American union committee deferred a subcommittee report to avoid a deadlock. Officials announced they could not reach unanimity on the preamble of a proposed convention to regulate Pan American union activities, delaying closure of the committee's labors.
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Associated Press
Havana
Pan-American Union Committee
Pan-American Union
Great Inventor to Get Berry Treat on Birthday
Thomas A. Edison reaches 81 tomorrow and will celebrate with strawberries at luncheon prepared by Mrs. Edison in Fort Myers Florida. reporters will grill the electrical wizard at the annual birthday session before the meal.
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America
Edison
Milan
Ohio
Associated Press
Fort Myers
Fla
Thomas A. Edison
Rockefeller Jr. to testify in Teapot Dome inquiry
In Washington on February 10 John D. Rockefeller Jr. will be the chief witness as the senate Teapot Dome committee plans another session into the Continental Trading company affair. The panel hoped for new disclosures from Robert W. Stewart of Standard Oil of Indiana, but Stewart offers no new information beyond what the committee already possesses.
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Associated Press
Washington
John D. Rockefeller Jr
Senate Teapot Dome Committee
Continental Trading Company
Rockefeller
Robert W. Stewart
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Stewart
Lindbergh Given Noisiest Greeting in Havana
Crowds in Havana greet Col. Lindbergh with a boisterous welcome as Cuban and American attendees fill the Prado. Mayor Gomez awards the keys to the city while firemen maintain order for the official party including Machado and Ambassador Judah. Lindbergh thanks the crowd in Spanish through Ambassador Ferrera.
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Associated Rese
Havana
Cuba
Charles A. Lindbergh
Joe Marti
Prado
Lindbergh
Machado
Judah
Gomez
United States
Orestes Ferrera
25 Lose Lives in Storms Near Oslo
The Associated Press reports 25 people have died near Oslo due to recent storms and landslides. Officials estimate fatalities from the past several days as searches continue for missing residents and repair work begins in affected areas.
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Oslo
Associated Press
Norway
MINE FIRE CLAIMS FOUR Toronto Is Scene of Disaster
A Beacon Oil refinery unit in Everett Massachusetts exploded causing massive damage. Ten dead and at least fifty injured with fears of more bodies in the ruins. The blast shattered windows, sent flames 80 feet high, and hampered rescue efforts. The plant employs about 300 workers.
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Toronto
Associated Press
Everett
Mass
Beacon Oil Company
Vito Raneso
Massachusetts General Hospital
Oil Company
Mystic River
R. B. Kahle
Engineer Pin ned In Train Wreck North Of Sacramento
Southern Pacific train Eldorado No. 48 wrecked 15 miles north of Sacramento when the engine crashed into a mule. Engineer Walter Miller of Oakland was pinned beneath the locomotive and baggage car as crews and medical staff responded. Initial reports said he was not dead. No serious passenger injuries were reported. Doctors nurses and wrecking crews were dispatched from Sacramento and Roseville.
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Associated Press
Sacramento
Cal
Southern Pacific
Walter Miller
Oakland
Roseville
Costes and Lebrix Receive Warm Greeting at Capitol
President Coolidge and Congress welcomed French transatlantic fliers Lebrix and Costes at the White House luncheon. The aviators met with Ambassador Claudel, Gen. Pershing, and officials, visited the Senate and House, and were honored by newspaper men at the National Press Club before inspecting their Nungesser Colt aircraft for tomorrow’s flight to New York and beyond.
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Associated Press
Washington
President Coolidge
American Congress
Lebrix
Costes
White House
Claudel
William J. Carr
State Department
General Pershing
J. Fred Essary
Baltimore Sun
Bollingfield
Nungesser-Colt
New York
Capitol
Lebix
House
Senate
Longworth
Dawes
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Magnate
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Taft
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Massachusetts
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Bolling Airfield
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