Resignation Accepted for Col William Mitchell Army Air Officer
President Coolidge accepts the resignation of Col William Mitchell from the army effective February 1 1926 restoring him to civil status and commuting his court martial sentence. Secretary Davis prepared the order and notified Mitchell without comment. The announcement notes the formal army order will appear in Army Orders and be sent through Brig. Gen. Samuel Rochenbach.
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Associated Press
Washington
Coolidge
William Mitchell
Army
Dwight Davis
Mitchell
Samuel D. Rochenbach
District of Washington
Lobe
Wiliam Mitchell
Air Service
Davis
Equal Rights Pledge Shaves In Class at Berkeley
At the University of California two male students arrived with shaving gear and fully shaved in Professor Cross's money and banking class. The incident followed his advocacy of equal rights, with Gross applauding and promising to arrange a suitable trade for the students if they revealed themselves.
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Associated Press
Berkeley
Cal
University of California
Ira B. Gross
Cross
Gross
Americans Set to Join Geneva Arms Talks Delegation Led by Gibson
Senate approves 50000 dollar appropriation to fund an American delegation to the Geneva disarmament conference. Minister Hugh Gibson will head the delegation with Rear Admiral Hilary P. Jones and Brigadier General H. A. Smith as chief technical advisers. Instructions are being prepared for Coolidge and Kellogg approval prior to sailing from New York February 6 if Geneva proceeds.
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Associated Press
Washington
Geneva
Senate
House
Council of the
League of Nations
Coolidge
New York
Preparatory Commission
Hugh Gibson
Berne
Switzerland
Hilary P. Jones
Bridg
H. A. Smith
State Department
War and
Navy Departments
Kellogg
Congress
Alleged Swindler Jailed in Chicago After Nationwide Search
John Kenneth Frank was arrested in Chicago on swindling charges involving more than 300000 dollars from Los Angeles banks. He vowed to reveal a syndicate of fraud in Los Angeles and said he would name prominent business men, claiming protection by others. He waived extradition.
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Associated Press
Chicago
John Kenneth Frank
Los Angeles
Frank
Tomb of Senefru Unsealed by Reisner Expedition in Egypt
Cairo January 29 Dr George Reisner leading the Harvard Boston expedition has begun uncovering a 6000 year old tomb near the pyramid. The chamber may be the final resting place of Senefru though no mummy is expected as the era predates embalming. Work proceeds under bright electric light as 100 tons of earth are cleared from a 150 foot shaft.
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North American Newspaper Alliance
Cairo
M Harvard- Boston
George Reisner
Standard and North American Newspaper Alliance
Carter
Tutankhamen
Senefru
Reisner
Senefra
Cheops
Egypt
Children Hurt When Sleds And Autos Collide
Three children were treated at St James hospital for injuries after sleds collided with parked cars. Frances Venus, 8, sustained severe cuts and lacerations near 218 South Jackson street and may be home for days. Tony Rabich, 10, suffered a badly skinned knee on Leatherwood Street and returned home after treatment. Joseph Warren, 12, from 706 South Wyoming Street, had severe bruises and shock but left hospital the same day. This followed a prior fatal coast incident on Copper street hill.
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St. James’ Hospital
Frances Venus
Frances
South Jackson Street
J. L. O’rourke
Tony Rabich
Cottonwood Street
Leatherwood Street
McQueen
Young Rabich
Thomas Stodden
Joseph Warren
South Wyoming Street
Young Warren
Clarence Burns Jr
Copper Street Hill
Slayer says he bungled the dismemberment in Dietrich case
In Philadelphia the slayer David L Marshall, held at Moyamensing prison, reflected on his “great mistake” after dismembering Anna May Dietrich. He said he would have used poison to feign suicide and evade detection, showing no sorrow for the act.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Anna May Dietrich
Hillside
David L.’ Marshall
Moyamensing Prison
Marshall
Father and Four Children Die After Party Tragedy
Police in Cleveland investigate a party death after Arthur Fulvi 33 and four children were found dead. The mother and another child were hospitalized in serious condition while eight guests escaped illness. A wine batch and a gas furnace indicate possible murder or accidental suffocation. no gas odor found.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
Pfive
Arthur Fulvi
Giro Pulvi
Victor
Cardinal Mercier Laid To Rest In Malines Cathedral Crypt
In Malines Belgium Cardinal Mercier the war prelate was lowered into the cathedral crypt at St Rombaut in a burial tradition dating to 1589. Lord Halifax attended the farewell with other ecclesiastical authorities and the cardinal’s valet Franz carried a promised ring.
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Marines
Cardinal Mercier
Halifax
Abbey
Malines
Lord Halifax
Cardinal
Franz
Mondell Credits GOP for National Prosperity at Kansas Dinner
Former House GOP floor leader Frank W. Mondell told Kansas Republicans that the nation’s strength and progress come from the Republican Party. He spoke at a Kansas Day Club dinner in Topeka, defending party standards and leadership amid opposition critiques.
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Associated Press
Topeka
Kan
Frank W. Mondell
Wyoming
House
Kansas
Kansas Day Club
Mendell
Faithful dog saves life by warming injured owner in Montana fall
In Montrose Colorado a 75 year old man W. H. Canyon Smith lay injured and enveloped by his dog’s body heat for nearly 24 hours after a fall over a small cliff. The man suffered a broken leg and internal injuries as frigid temperatures hovered near zero until a passerby found him and helped summon aid. Medical staff remained hopeful for recovery.
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Associated Press
Montrose
Col
W. H
Canyon) Smith
Smith
Eberly
Senate Approves Broad Tak Bill Tax Cuts
The Senate tentatively approves many non-controversial provisions of the new tax bill. House changes include income tax rate cuts, higher personal exemptions, and repeal of several miscellaneous taxes. Provisions passed include capital stock tax repeal and tech changes. potential fights loom over inheritance tax and public disclosure of tax returns.
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Senate
Associated Press
Washington
House
Finance Committee
Roosevelt remark stirs Senate over McCamant nomination
Senator Johnson denounces Wallace McCamant for saying Theodore Roosevelt was not a good American. McCamant, serving on the Ninth Circuit, faced Senate scrutiny after defending his recall of judicial decisions stance and Oregon pledge amid confirmation battles under President Coolidge.
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Associated Press
Washington
Johnson
California
Roosevelt
McCamant
Oregon
Prion
Supreme Court
Theodore Roosevelt
Senate of the
United States
Italians Approve Locarno Pact in Chamber Vote
The Italian chamber of deputies approved the Locarno pact by secret ballot 264 to 6. The approval followed a near unanimous show of hands last week, confirming support for the security treaty.
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Locarno
Associated Press
Rome
Chamber of Deputies
Temperatures in Storm Areas Start Upward
The bitter cold of the winter eased as the gale’s wind moderated. Six deaths were reported from New York state New England area due to the storm including two in New York one in Meriden Conn two in Providence R I and one in Hanover N H. Property damage included smashed plate glass windows and fires that sent hundreds into the streets as temperatures hovered near zero.
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New York
New York State
New England
Meriden
Storm beleaguers Pacific coast ships as Colorado battles cold
A Pacific storm from British Columbia to San Francisco battered the coast with heavy snow in mountains and torrential rain in lowlands. Vessels including the battleship Colorado attempted sea departure but turned back as the bar broke and enormous waves rose. The storm brings crop benefits. In Denver a cold wave contrasts with the coast rains and snows.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
British Columbia
Air Francisco
Denver
Broadway
Middle West
Mercury
Women Unmoved by Burbank Views Mass Prayers Delayed
Ten women answered a Santa Rosa WCTU call for a mass meeting to pray for the soul of Luther Burbank. The horticulturist had just voiced opposition to some orthodox beliefs. Three offered prayers, but only two invoked Burbank by name.
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Associated Pres
Santa Rosa
Women's Christian Temperance Union of
Luther Burbank
Burbank
Rock Dust Halts Mine Explosion at New Orient Mine
An explosion at the New Orient Mine in West Frankfort Illinois was largely contained by rock dust, turning a potential disaster with 1235 men underground into a minor accident. Five workers died as safety measures limited blast spread and isolated the impact to the immediate area.
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Prous
Chicago
New Orient
Chicago, Wilmington & Franklin Coal Company
West Frankfort
Mine Blast Kills 43 at Premier Coal Mossboro Mine
An explosion at the Mossboro mine near Helena under Premier Coal Co. killed 27 white and 16 Negro workers, with 53 men inside, 26 escaped. Rescue teams from the U S Bureau of Mines and three nearby mines recovered 17 bodies by nightfall.
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Associated Press
Birmingham
Minera
Mossboro
Premier Coal Company
Helena
United States Bureau of Mines
American record shatters as pilot nears 36k feet
Lieutenant John A. MacReady at Dalton Ohio failed to reach the 40,000 foot target in a record attempt aboard his CZO-5. An unofficial barograph reading listed 35,900 feet, short of Callisen’s 39,596.47 feet world mark. The crash point came when the supercharger quit at 25,600 feet, depriving the engine of sea level pressure.
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Associated
Dalton
Ohio
John A. MaacReady
McCook Field Flyer
Callise
MacReady
Three County Courts Share One Jury Panel in Montana
Three district judges Carroll Bourquin and Lynch sit to form a common jury venire for all three departments. A panel of about 40 to 45 names is expected for duty February 15 to hear the Tony Vettere murder case and other criminal matters, with trials spanning six weeks and additional juries polled from the same pool.
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William ©. Carroll
George Bourquin
Jeremiah J. Lynch
Lynch
Bourquin
Carroll
Montana
District Court
Joe Ruiz
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War Department
Eecenari U.S
Upper Branch OF
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Michael Arlen
Thio
Chicago Hospital
Belgium
G. O. P. Mondell
M’camant
West Coast
Army OF Miners
Alabama
Montgomery
Surface
Colorado
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