Trustees Put in Charge of Aviation Endowment
Daniel Guggenheim announces a 2.5 million endowment to advance aeronautics in cooperation with government agencies. He provides 500,000 already and will fund up to 2.0 million more, directing civil aviation work and a NYU school precedent. Hoover and Coolidge era advisory plans guide administration.
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Associated Preps
New York
Daniel Guggenheim
New York University
Guggenheim
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Wan
Coolidge
Interac
Daniel Guggesheim
Legion Commander Warns US Dangers Over Defense Propaganda
The American Legion leader denounces promoters of a scheme to cut national defense funding. He urges every Legion member and all Americans to oppose the movement and protect the nation's inheritance of safety amid warnings of propaganda against preparedness.
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Associated Press
Muskogee
Okie
America
Guige
National
National Legion
United States
American Legion
Teachers Save 40 Children From Church Fire
Seattle January 17. Miss Violet Norton sixteen and Misa Jeanette Whipple eighteen Sunday school teachers rescued forty children during a church fire. The teachers formed two lines and led the children through smoke to safety as the blaze from an overheated furnace caused light damage.
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Seattle
Violet Norton
Misa Jeanette Whipple
Attempt to wreck Great Northern Oriental Limited near Blackfoot
Fresh from two weeks' work that led to the capture of two men charged with an attempt to wreck the Great Northern Oriental Limited train No 1 near Blackfoot in Northern Montana. R J Cross of Cut Bank, first and only American Indian county sheriff, is featured as a visitor in Butte. Sheriff Cross won Put Into office at the last election in Glacier county. He is a native of Montana from Blackfeet territory. Um es by Night and Peter Crane, Indians, are in jail. Continued on Page 2. Column 6.
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Butte
Crows
Glacier County
Peter Crane
Charleston Tamed 10 Protect Buildings and Guard Dancers Shins
Des Moines reports efforts to modify the Charleston to curb dangerous dancing. Rules bar dancers from crossing feet beyond a single side and prohibit waist movement to avoid wall damage. Officials seek a safer, still lively version while preserving the dance’s appeal.
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Charleston
Des Moines
Mehdy
Dancng
President Coolidge May Push World Court Vote Now
Washington reports quote a White House spokesman saying the president believes it is time to vote on the world court. He regrets Senate delays and notes that tax bill debate may push the vote past the tax bill’s intro. Democratic opposition could influence timing.
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World Court
Senate
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Pittsburg Streetcar Plunges 40 Feet Into Ohio River
A Pittsburg Railways street car carrying about 24 people plunged 40 feet from Fleming Park bridge into the Ohio River at McKees Rocks. Three dead, three missing, nineteen injured. divers found no bodies inside the half-submerged car as authorities prepared to bring in a locomotive for salvage. Motorman Harry Kershun praised for keeping passengers calm during the fatal plunge.
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Associated Press
Pittsburg
Lake Erle
Ag Johnson
Hazlewood
Mra
Rebecca McKee
Marion Signet
Hoth
Wilkinsburg
Subur
Harry Curshun
FE Shell
Widow Held For Minister's Death
EAST LIVERPOOL Ohio January 11 A lunacy commission likely to be appointed to determine the mental responsibility of Mrs Laura E Christy 48 accused of poisoning her husband William Christy 66 who died Wednesday Prosecuting Attorney Robert M Brooks said he intends to question the woman tonight She admitted giving her husband three days of morphine while he was ill with indigestion A decision will be made whether to file insanity affidavit She cried in her cell and said I dont know why I did it Police tomorrow will question her brother Charles Whippler about her four prior marriages all husbands said to have died suddenly Mrs Christy claims all died from natural causes
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Associated Press
East Liverpool
Ohio
Lisbon
Laura E. Christy
William Christy
Robert M. Brooks
Christy
Charles Whippler
Women petition president for no sex in labor laws
A National Women's party delegation marched to the White House with a petition for an equal rights amendment and "no sex in labor laws" and wage legislation. The group held a mass meeting at the Belasco theater and planned to meet President Coolidge the next day.
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Associated Arena
Washington
National Women’s Party
White House
Belasco Theater
President Coolidge
Mussolini defies opposition in special session
Rome premier Mussolini announces he will not yield to opposition demands as Aventine deputies refuse entry to the chamber. He defends his tenure while addressing the moral question surrounding the Matteotti murder allegations and asserts continued control over the government.
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Associated Press
Rome
Mussolini
Chamber of Deputies
Aventine
Chamber
Cocialiat
Matteotti
Romanian Princess Injured in Beverly Hills Horse Accident
Princeen Bidescu wife of the Romanian ambassador to the United States was thrown from a horse on the Douglas Fairbanks estate in Beverly Hills. She suffered bruises and a slight concussion. The horse fled in fright with her younger brother Anthony Asquith riding nearby. The princess is daughter of Earl Merbert Henry of Asquith, former prime minister of Great Britain.
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Associated Press
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Cal
Princeen Bidescu
United States
Douglas Fairbanks
Mermount
Anony Asquith
Earl Merbert Henry of
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Rita
Jugoslavia hit by terrible storm reports incomplete damage
An Associated Press dispatch from Belgrade on January 17 describes a severe storm sweeping Yugoslavia. Many lives lost and widespread damage to public utilities and infrastructure is reported, with exact extent undetermined for days.
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Associated
P Belgrade
Jugorloiavia
Montana Beef Dominates Chicago Market Known As Treasure State
Helena reports three consecutive years of top world sales with a Montana helicopter of prime beef shipped from Crazy Mountains ranch. A. B. Cook Herefords win blue ribbons at fairs and Chicago International with Ken Daryl senior champion and valuable vase winner Mian Joy. Dr Butler highlights Yellowstone park supply chain and Montana cattle value above rivals.
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A. B. Cook
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Utah
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Aro Us
Yellowstone Park
Impetus Given to Boom of Ritchie in 1928 Race
The New York Times reports that Governor Ritchie of Maryland and Governor Donahey of Ohio lead growing Democratic support for Alfred E. Smith in the 1928 presidential race. The piece notes Ritchie as a leading advocate of states rights and an opponent of Prohibition, with Baruch shifting from McAdoo.
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New York
Albert Ritehle
Maryland
A. Victor Donahey
Ohio
New York Times
Clem L. Shaver
Mitchie
Vernara
Baruch
Ritchie
Carnegie endowment to study Soviet links in Egypt and Near East
The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace will send Dr. Henry B. Pritchard to Egypt and the Near East to assess reports that Soviet Russia seeks cooperation with Mohammedan leaders to inflame nationalism. Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler outlined the plan, with Alward Holeman sailing for South America to discuss settlement methods by judicial means.
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York
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
Henry 8. Pritchard
Egypt
Near East
Soviet Russia
Nicholas Murray Butler
Endowment
Pritchard
Seamship
Lapland
Dethiont
Europe
Inter
League of National and
the Hague
Ocean to Find Heart's Ideal Lands in Jail
Two Rudolph Raymondi fell in love with a Red Cross poster girl in Rome. He crossed the ocean to find her after seeing the face in newspapers and films. He traced her to a photographer's shop, learned her name, and called. Possibly because she was married she rejected him and had him arrested. he is held for arraignment.
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Associated Ps
New York
Rudolph Raymondi
Red Cross
Rome
Ihe
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Raymondi
House to sanction 50000 appropriation for Geneva
The Allpointed Press reports Washington on January 17 that the House will approve tomorrow the 50 000 appropriation for American participation in the Geneva preliminary disarmament conference while the Senate resumes consideration of the world court adherence. Tax bill timing, possible cloture talk, and committee hearings are noted alongside related naval and air defense topics.
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Wit Goeu
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Chicago
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Robert Speer
Nne A. Middletow
Misa Mary Anderson
Wamnie Sherwin
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