Hoover warns of foreign price control threat to world relations
Secretary Hoover told the committee that the United States must build up resistance to foreign governments manipulating prices of rubber cotton camphor coffee iodine nitrates potash mercury and sisal or face a dire future in world relations. He urged an executive session after reading letters between Commerce State and the British government, while Representative Tilson pressed for a probe into alleged market manipulation.
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Washington
United States
Hoover
Committee On
Department of Commerce
Departments of Commerce and State
John Q. Tilson
Connecticut
Great Britain
Hungarian Fascists Plan March on Budapest
The Arbeiter Zeitung cites a source close to Premier Bethlen claiming Julius Gombos and the Hungarian Fascisti are in the Keoskemet district gathering forces to march on Budapest. Meantime critics seize on a 30 billion French franc counterfeit case, alleging Fascist funding to back Archduke Albrecht’s throne bid. Legitimists led by Count Metternich push for Prince Otto’s succession.
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Vienna
Austria
Arbeiter Zeitung
Bethlen
Blungary
Julius Gombos
Fascisti
Keoskemet
Archduke Albrecht
Count Methten
Prince Otto
Charles
Chileans and Peruvians Clash in Tacna Arica Streets
Rioters wounded as Tacna Arica saw clashes between Chileans and Peruvians. Police quelled the Pattie after unrest spurred by 36 Peruvian electoral workers arriving for the plebiscite on the fate of Tucna and Arica provinces. Troops patrolled to curb further disorder amid heightened public tension.
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Tacna
Arica
Chile
Tucna
Predictions Ship Canal Start Aimed For 1927 In St Paul
At the tidewater congress W L Harding former Iowa governor and Tidewater assoc. president W H Gardner of Chicago predicted construction of the Great Lakes St Lawrence tidewater canal will begin within eighteen months. Delegates, including Harding and Gardner, spoke at the closing session in St Paul.
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St. Paul
Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Tidewater Canal
Tidewater Congress
W. L. Harding
Iowa
WH. CG. Gardner
Chicago
Iowa Governor Forms Panel to Set Farm Meet Date
Gov. John Hammill of Iowa named a fifty member committee to choose the date and site for a corn belt conference to plan a marketing program for corn raisers. Wheat growers seek inclusion and the panel will consider the request. The committee grows from a conference on agriculture sponsored by the Iowa Bankers Association.
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Iowa
Des Moines
John Hammill
Timber Road to Be Abandoned in Wisconsin Section
The Chicago and North Western was granted permission by the Interstate Commerce Commission to abandon 10 miles of railroad between Kenemore and Woodman Wisconsin. The line had operated as a timber route and will be closed under the approved plan.
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Washington
Chicago & Northwestern
Interstate Commerce Commission
Kenemore
Woodman
Wis
Oldest Dakota Bank Closed in North Dakota
The Bismarck State Bank the oldest in North Dakota was closed voluntarily due to depletion of its reserve funds.
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Bismarck
N. D
Bismarck State Bank
North Dakota
Proclaimed Crown Prince Michael of Romania
In Bucharest the national assembly confirmed Prince Michael as heir apparent replacing Prince Carol who renounced succession. A regency till Michael is eighteen was proposed with Nicholas Cristea and Grigore Buzdugan named advisers. Carol, in Milan, denounced rumors as lies. Magda Lupescu appeared with the prince.
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Berlin
Michael
Romania
Bucharest
National Assembly
Carol
Michal
Ferdinand
Nicholas
Mgr
Miron Cristea
Romanian Orthodox Church
Grifore Buzdugan
Mrs Roosevelt Visits White House After Retirement
Mrs Theodore Roosevelt widow of the former president called on Mrs Coolidge in her first White House visit since retiring in 1909. She was with her daughter Mrs Nicholas Longworth wife of the speaker. They toured rooms and greeted longtime White House staff from the Roosevelt era.
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Roosevelt
White House
Flames devastate St Viator's College at Bourbonnais
In Bourbonnais near Kankakee fire destroyed the gymnasium of St Viator's College. Loss estimated at 200000 dollars, partly insured. This followed a prior disaster in 1905 when main buildings burned. Father T J Rice, president, notes the extensive damage.
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St. Viator’s College
Kankakee
Bourbonnais
Here
T. J. Rice
Writer Arthur Train Weds Mrs Coster Gerard in Newport
Arthur C Train writer and lawyer and Mrs Coster Gerard of Newport were married. Mrs Gerard's first husband Sumner Gerard, who divorced two years ago, was brother of James W Gerard former ambassador to Germany.
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Arthur Train
Suffern
Arthur C. Train
Coster Gerard
Newport
B. 1
Pilgrims Visit Roosevelt Grave in Oyster Bay
About fifty men and women who knew Theodore Roosevelt joined a pilgrimage to his grave at Youngs Memorial cemetery near Oyster Bay New York. They laid a wreath on the tombstone and paid tribute to the late president and explorer.
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Roosevelt
New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Young's Memorial Cemetery
Oyster Bay
Tobacco Tax Proposal Aimed at Kentucky Education Funding
Governor Fields of Kentucky proposed a tax on manufactured tobacco, soft drinks, and water tickets to fund state education, charitable and penal institutions. The annual message to the legislature outlines this revenue measure to support public services.
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Frankfort
Fields
Kentucky
Cardinal Mercier Relapse Alarms Brussels
Cardinal Mercier suffered a sudden relapse and his condition is grave. King Albert of Belgium is at the prelate's bedside as officials monitor his health.
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Mercier
Brussels
Cardinal Mercier
Grive
King Albert
Belgium
Rum Scandal Figure At Ohio State Arrested In Liquor Case
Dabney Horton a part time instructor at Ohio State University has been arrested on a charge of illegal manufacture of intoxicating liquor. Police reportedly found a set at his home listing customers among faculty and prominent Columbus residents.
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Dabney Horton
Ohio State University
Columbus
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw Tries Suicide Again in Walden Place
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, once married to Harry K. Thaw, attempted suicide by ingesting eight ounces of Lysol in her East Walton Place apartment after a drunken period. Her son Russell Thaw rushed to her aid, pouring olive oil and milk to save her. The piece recounts Nesbit’s tumultuous life from her 1905 marriage to Thaw, the Stanford White killing, multiple divorces, European sojourns, stage work, and various dramatic episodes culminating in the 1920s era.
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Evelyn Nesbit
Harry K. Thaw
Miss Nesbit
East Walton Place
Russell Thaw
Winchester
Atlantic City
Evelyn Nexbit
Harry Kendall Thaw
Europe
Thaw
Madison Square Roof Garden
Harry Thaw
Stanford
White
Madison Square Garden
William Travers Jerome
Matterwan
Canada
Ag Sane
Evelyn
Art
Jack Clifford
Hollywood
House Leases Muscle Shoals Move Heads to Senate
In Washington the House approved a resolution to form a joint congressional committee to negotiate for the lease of Muscle Shoals. The panel would report back by April 1 as the Senate debated a bill for federal operation under the secretary of war to develop a power system later handed to a government corporation for power disposal. The vote passed 248 to 7.
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Washington
Howe Ard
Senate
Muscle Shoals
Norris
Senate Agricultural Committee
Secretary of War
House
Congress
Ellin Mackay Elopes With Jazz King In New York City Marriage
Elin Mackay and Broadway jazz king are secretly wed at a municipal wedding chapel after a subway ride and wedding chapel ceremony. Bride's father Clarence H. Maclay, opposed to the match, did not attend. couple leaves for Pall Smith's in the Adirondacks.
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Ellin Mackay
Gil
New York
Irving Berlin
Elin Mackay
Broadway
Pall Smith’s
Adirondacks
Clarence H. Maclay
Postal Telegraph Not Cable Company
Miners and Operators Fail To Agree On New Peace Plan
New York the anthracite operators negotiating committee returned from the hard coal region with no new plan for settlement of the strike now in its sixth month. Mine workers likewise offered no new plan to end the strike, according to their representatives.
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New York
Urges Vet Law Changes in Washington
Director Hines of the veterans bureau urged the House Veterans Committee to amend the Veterans Bureau Act to provide permanent medical service and to appropriate 9,880,058 dollars for the pay of the medical staff.
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Washington
Hines
T Veterans’ Bureau
House Veterans’ Committee
Veerans’ Bureau
Patterson Nominated for Interior Department Post
Ernest C. Patterson of South Dakota was nominated as solicitor for the Department of Interior. The selection places Patterson in a key legal advisory role within the Interior Department.
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Patterson
Interior
Pat Washington
Ernest C. Patters
South Dakota
Department of
Equal Rights Amendment Drive Announced in Washington
National political groups press for an Equal Rights constitutional amendment as a response to a court ruling upholding California community property laws. The drive, targeting broad support, signals renewed federal action on gender equality amid party strategy discussions in Washington.
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Washington
California
Wheat Import Quarantine Declared by Agriculture Dept
The Department of Agriculture announced a quarantine on wheat imports from India Japan China Italy South Africa and others effective February 1, citing disease and pest concerns. This move restricts shipments and governs trade with multiple nations to protect domestic crops.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
India
Japan
China
Italia
South Africa
Italy
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