Japanese Ambassador Sees Hope in Naval Craft Talks
Tsuneo Matsudaira at the Japan Society dinner in New York expressed belief that the United States Great Britain and Japan will reach an agreement to limit auxiliary naval craft despite Geneva Conference failure. He called negotiation ongoing and urged moderation in China stressing protection of Japanese lives and peaceful aims.
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Associated Press
New York
United States
Great Britain
Japan
Tsuneo Matsudaira
Japan Society
China
Orient
Rangers Seek Snowbound Party in Cascade Pass
Efforts were under way to reach 12 persons marooned by heavy snows in Natches Pass region of the Cascades east of Seattle. Ten are youths from Fairmount Congregational church. they stayed at Silver Springs lodge 33 miles from Enumclaw. Sheriff Bannick sent four deputies to aid rangers. search also sought L V Elson of Kirkland and Tacoma snowbound at Silver Lake cottage.
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Associated Press
Seattle
Natches Pass
Cascade Mountains
Fairmount Congregational Church
Silver Springs Lodge
Enumclaw
Claude G. Bannick
L. V. Elson
Kirkland
Tacoma
Silver Lake
Cascades
J. G. Burgin
Dr Charles M McMillan Indicted for Sack Murder
Los Angeles report states Dr Charles M McMillan, 57, is indicted for the murder of Mrs Amelia Appleby whose body was found in a sack in San Fernando valley. Coroner says death from exposure after beating and binding. Investigators note forged will and stolen papers found. safety box yielded little of value.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Charles M. McMillan
Amelia Appleby
San Fernando Valley
Here
Chicago
McMillan
Mrs. Appleby
Smith Heads for Senate Fight Over Illinois Seat
Frank L. Smith leaves Chicago for Washington to face a Senate inquiry into charges he used an enormous slush fund to win his election. He arrives to testify before the senatorial slush fund committee on Saturday.
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Associated Press
Chicago
United States Senate
Frank L. Smith
Washington
Smith
Illinois
Senate
Kidnap Letters Alarm Wisconsin Town
In Cornell Wisconsin fear grows as two families guard children after anonymous letters threaten to kidnap boys unless cash is paid. Dr J H A Foster and Mrs Clara Tarlmen receive demands of 400 and 200 dollars due Friday night. Police hunt the writer. a $500 reward is posted. a posse blocked roads near Cobban while Foster waited for a rendezvous, but the kidnapper did not appear.
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Armed Posse
Associated Press
Cornell
Wis
Marian Parker
Los Angeles
J. H. A. Foster
Thomas
Indian 3 Heroism Daves Family In Idaho Flood
Ice jams on Idaho's Clearwater River flooded the area from Spalding to Arrow interrupting rail service. A three mile ice jam raised water 12 to 15 feet, washing out tracks near Arrow. Indian boy Joe McCormick braved treacherous ice to rescue Roy Luce’s family, guiding a boat to shore.
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Associated Press
Spokane
Wash
Clearwater
Idaho
Spalding
Arrow
Lewiston
Orofino
Northern Pacific
Joe McCormick
Roy Luce
Luce
Kidwell Parents Again Challenge Affidavits
The parents of Edward J. Kidwell Jr. joined him in accusing District Attorney James J. O Leary of writing untrue statements into affidavits meant to be used against Harry F. Sinclair William J Burns and four associates in the Teapot Dome case. Mrs Mary Pearl Kidwell testified that she signed affidavits without understanding their contents as the court inquiry into witness intimidation continued.
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Associated Press
Washington
Edward J. Kidwell Jr
James J. O'Leary
Harry F. Sinclair
William J. Burns
Mary Pearl Kidwell
O’leary
Germany's Foreign Debt At End Of 1927 Estimated
Berlin Jan 5 Germany's foreign indebtedness at end of 1927 is estimated by the statistical bureau between 8.8 and 9.5 billion marks excluding the Dawes loan.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Germany
The
Statistical Bureau
Child's testimony saves mother in manslaughter case
Esther Lucile Jensen, eight, testified that her mother Lillian May Strand did not intend to kill Edna Reed. The girl claimed Mrs. Strand fired during a scuffle at Edward Strand, striking Reed by accident. The jury acquitted Jensen’s mother after the emotional testimony.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Esther Lucile Jensen
Edna Reed
Lillian May Strand
Edward Strand
Town Destroyed by Old-Day Storm Inhhabitants Flee
Reports from Chihuahua say six days of rain and snow wrecked Batapilas and nearby towns. Inhabitants flee the flood area in caravans seeking shelter beyond rising waters. Mothers with babies and the aged trudge through snow and water toward safety. Batapilas, a famed silver mining district, lies desolate as a dam in Cerro Colorado was destroyed by a cloudburst and the flood submerged the region.
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Associated Press
Chihuahua
Batapilas
Cerro Colorado
Two Men Executed at Sing Sing for HoldUp Murders
Ossining N Y Jan 5 Two men were executed in the electric chair at Sing Sing for murders tied to holdups. Charles J Doran 21 of Albany and Louis Mason 30 of Buffalo were put to death. Doran convicted for an Albany holdup in November 1926 in which a gasoline station owner was killed. Two Court of Appeals justices dissented from the verdict. Governor Smith declined to commute. Mason convicted in a Buffalo murder.
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Associated Press
Ossinning
N. Y
Sing Sing
Charles J. Doran
Albany
Louis Mason
Buffalo
Doran
Court of Appeals
Smith
Mason
Butte Man Killed in Auto Collision East of Anaconda
Dan Swede Meehan 29 formerly a football star and ex service man died in a seven mile east of Anaconda crash when his car struck a heavy truck driven by Clifford Des Jardine 35 of Flood block. Des Jardine uninjured and reported the coroner.
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Dan
Meehan
Des Jardine
Hollywood Inn
Anaconda
Sheriff's Office
Butte
Hogg ‘Transfer Company
Ohio Democrats Draft Pomerene as First Choice for President
In Columbus on January 5 former U S Senator Atlee Pomerene and former Congressman George White of Marietta are named as the first two choices for Ohio Democrats’ presidential nomination. With no declared candidate in the state delegates are drafted to secure authorization for convention delegates. Delegates pledged to Pomerene will vote in his favor then be free to back other candidates.
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Associated Press
Columbus
Ohio
United States
Atlee Pomerene
George White
Marietta
Candates
Senators Open All Of Otooldh In Verbal Tilts
The Senate confronts a crowded session with fierce exchanges and extended debates on a single bridge bill. Members take to the podium in rapid-fire volley while the majority listens for concessions.
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Senators
Otooldh
Lindbergh Lands at Managua Field in 1930 Visit
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh, U S ambassador of goodwill, landed at Managua's landing field at 2 25 pm after flying a long route to avoid troubled northwest Nicaragua where Marines and Nicaraguan troops clash with Sandino rebels. Thirty thousand locals greeted the aviator noted as the Lone Eagle amid a tense pre war backdrop.
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Associated Press
Managua
Nicaragua
Teymuetgalpa
Leon
Charles A. Lindbergh
Good Will
United States
Tegucigalpa
Lindbergh
United States Marines
Sandino
Republic
Managuans
Marines
Lone Eagle
Missile fragment crashes through house injuring woman
A piece of iron hurled a block and a half by dynamite blast from city workmen demolishing an abandoned pump crashed through a house in Great Falls Montana injuring Mrs. James Moniger who was struck in the back and knocked unconscious. Workmen saw part of the house torn away and rushed to help.
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Associated
P'ress
Great Falls
Mont
James Moniger
Legislative gridlock slows Congress on bridge bill and spending
In Washington the Senate considered one postponed bridge measure as the House prepared an $89 million appropriation for state, justice, commerce and labor. Lawmakers sparred over topics from Nicaragua to ventilation concerns amid a field day atmosphere with no major action expected. Fletcher and Wheeler urged government operation of the merchant marine and a Nicaragua resolution, respectively.
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Washington, Jan
Congressional Law Factory
Nicaragua
House
State, Justice, Commerce and Labor Departments
Senate
Fletcher
Florida
Wheeler
Montana
Woman Preacher Miss Royden Cancelled by Philadelphia Group
The Philadelphia Woman's Home Missionary Society joined Chicago and Boston in canceling Miss A Maude Royden's speaking engagement after learning she smoked cigarettes. Local officers, initially inclined to overlook this, canceled once she clarified her views on smoking.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Woman's Home Missionary Society
Chicago
Boston
A. Maude Royden
Miss Roydon
Philadelphia Society
City to Buy Equipment to Free Streets From Snow
City officials moved to create a rapid snow-clearing system after a heavy storm in Butte. The ways and means committee, led by Alderman Herman Blank, with Mayor Beadle and Public Works Commissioner Walsh, approved 1500 dollars to start equipment purchases and study a permanent snow-cleaning department.
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Butte
Ways and Means Committee
Herman Blank
Beadle
Public Works
Walsh
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