Lindbergh Lands in Costa Rica After Frantic Landing
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh faced a frantic Costa Rican crowd as he landed after three failed attempts. He dropped a Guatemala map with written notes and instructed officials to clear the field before finally touching down at 2 18 p m CST. The 210 mile Managua leg took 3 hours 15 minutes including 40 minutes circling.
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Associated Press
San Jose
Costa Rica
Charles A. Lindbergh
Managua
Lindbergh
Guatemala
Nicaragua
New Franco American Pact Talks Get Fresh Start
Washington reports a new French note to the State Department revives Franco American treaty talks. Officials say the note appears satisfactory and lifts the mood after Paris indicated a difference over an anti war covenant. Arbitration pact discussions progress despite no immediate agreement on the anti war clause.
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Associated Press
Washington
State Department
Kelloge
Colhnistaion
Paris
France
Watson Linked to Long Criminal Record in Western States
Police describe M. J. Watson a 22 year old San Francisco man with a broad criminal history across three western states. He and Rose Arrowood were arrested for forging payroll checks in Butte on Christmas Eve and later escaped from jail with Donald Arrowood and Bob Lay after a rush of gunfire.
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M. J. Watson
San Francisco
Butte
Watson
Stephenson Lumber Company
Donald Arrowood
West Virginia
Bob Lay
Arrowood
Lay
Lavelle Taxicab Company
Rose Arrowood
Mexico to Demand Ten Million Dollar Damages
El Continental reports that the Mexican government via its Washington embassy will sue William Randolph Hearst for 10 million dollars, claiming Hearst published false reports and forged documents damaging Mexico.
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Mexico
Associated Press
EL Paso
Texas
el Continental
Mexico City
Washington
William Randolph Hearst
Hearst
SING SING WARDEN PREPARES FOR SNYDER-GRAY EXECUTIONS
New York January reports the last full life week for Ruth Snyder and Henry Judd Gray before their planned execution next Thursday. Governor Smith weighs clemency while Warden Lawes prepares death chamber procedures and brief funeral rites. Gray remains silent. Snyder expresses sadness and claims the warden is angry with her over papers credited to her.
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Albert Snyder
Associated Press
New York
Ruth Snyder
Henry Judd Gray
Governor Smith
Lawes
Sing Sing Prison
Gray
Snyder
Warden Lawes
Slayer Identity Seen in Marks on Bodies of Men
Authorities in Salmon Idaho believe triple murder suspect Ben Hamilton matches Bert Lee, an escaped Montana state hospital inmate, by scars on his left hip and knee. Coroner Doebler noted Hamilton and Lee’s descriptions align and that Hamilton had entered Idaho in July 1926 while Lee escaped in June 1926. Awaiting W O Smith arrival to confirm, Smith knows Lee since 1919 at Warm Springs.
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Ben Sjlamilton
Bert Lee
Montana State Hospital
Warm Springs
Salmon
Idaho
Hamilton
W. C. Doebler
Lee
Doebler
Montana
Salmon Country
Tennessee
W. O. Smith
Butte
Smith
State Institution
Livingston
Alex Douthie
Northern Pacific
Men’s Hospital No. 2
Gale Strikes Ketchikan Alaska Wrecks Town
A Jan 7 windstorm in Ketchikan drove winds up to 70 mph causing widespread damage in New Town and Tongass narrows. Many buildings suffered, three homes were swept into the water, vessels broke moorings, and 350 thousand logs from the local lumber company were carried away. No fatalities were reported.
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Associated Press
Ketchikan
Alaska
Tongass Narrows
New Town
New Town. Three Hundred and Fifty Thousand Logs of the Ketchikan
State Hospital for the Insane Managed Efficiently
A Montana governor's committee reports the State Hospital for the Insane at Warm Springs is well managed. The 10 page document praises Superintendent H A Bolton and notes 1472 patients and 135 staff with modern wards, hydrotherapy, and quality menus. The report, signed by Dr S A Cooney and two others, calls care as good as facilities allow.
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State Hospital For Insane
Associated Press
Helena
Matthew Kokko
State Hospital For the Insane
Warm Springs
Bolton
J. E. Erickson
A. Cooney
George M. Jennings
Missoula
B. L. Pampel
Livingston
H. A. Bolton
Mitchell
American Planes Fired On By Sandino's Troops
Airplanes returning from Quilali with wounded marines came under fire from Sandino forces today. No hits were recorded and planes were forced to fly low as American marines engage in the conflict led by General Augustino Sandino. Continued coverage advised.
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Sandino
Associated Press
Managua
Nicaragua
Quilali
Augustino Sandino
Wilbur to be heard on warship program
Secretary Wilbur and his principal advisers will testify before the house naval committee next Wednesday on the administrations 725000000 warship building program. Questioning will be limited to speed procedure. Representative Britten of Illinois urged swift approval but sought a definite completion time in the bill.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilbur
House Naval Committee
Britten
Illinois
Republican Committee
Patrick Calls For A Strong United Air Force
Maj. Gen. Mason M. Patrick urged the National Republican club in New York that the United States must have a well equipped air force to defend national lines of communication and supply. He warned that aerial warfare targets railroads and water systems and that the air force must match other nations to avoid unprepared entry into future war.
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Associated Press
New York
Mason M. Patrick
Army Air Force
National Republican Club Today
Boston
London Faces Worst Flood in Regent History
London endures its worst flood in living memory as high tides driven by a North Sea gale breach barriers along the Thames. Fourteen people died and thousands faced danger, with residents warned to brace for further overflow as police monitor the swollen river tonight.
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Associated Press
London
Thames
North Sea
Thames Valley
Former diplomat Henry Fisk dies from bullet wound
Henry Clay Fisk former Vermont attorney state senator and newspaper publisher who once served as American consul at Quebec died today in a Pasadena hospital from a bullet wound police say was related to personal safety. He had long suffered a chronic digestive ailment and reportedly became despondent.
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Associated Press
Pasadena
Cal
Henry Clay Fisk
Vermont
Quebec
Pasadena Hospital
Coolidge Heads to Havana in Pan American Mission
President Coolidge will leave Washington for Havana to open the Pan American congress and show U S friendly intent toward the western hemisphere. Accompanying him are Kellogg Wilbur Hughes Fletcher Scott Wilbur O'Brien and others to represent the United States at the sessions.
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Havana
Cuba
White House
Washington
Coolidge
Morgan J. O'Brien
New York
Charles Evans Hughes
H. B. Fletcher
Italy
President Coolidge
Frank B. Kellogg
Oscar Underwood
Alabama
James B. Scott
L. S. Rowe
Pan-American Union
Associated Press
United States
Pan-American Congress
Rio Grande
Kellogg
Leland Stanford University
Morgan J. O’brien
Remus to Remain in State Hospital for Time
George Rem acquitted of slaying his wife Imogene will stay in the state hospital for insanity for a period under observation by hospital physicians and three Lima doctors. His lawyers plan habeas corpus proceedings to attempt removal from confinement, likely early next week.
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Associated Press
Lima
Ohio
George Rem
Cincinnati
Imogene
State Hospital
Remus
Charles H. Elston
Francis W. Durbin
D. ©. Henderson
Earling says Milwaukee receivership near end
Vice President H B Earling announces the Milwaukee receivership should exit court control within days and the railroad will operate under new management and the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific name. He expects no further interstate commerce commission hearings and cites approval of the reorganization plan.
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Milwaukee Railway
H. B. Earling
Milwaukee Depot
Earling
C. H. Buford
D. E. Rossiter
M. A. Myers
Chicago
Milwaukee
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railway
Interstate Commerce Commission
The
Henry A. Scandrett
Union Pacific
Mr. Earling
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