Coolidge Tests Skill With Gun On Sapelo Island
President Calvin Coolidge tested his marksmanship on live game at Sapelo Island Georgia with Col Osman latrohbe and Starling. Three pheasants and two wild turkeys fell as beaters drove birds toward the field during the hunting demonstration. Mrs Coolidge sat for an artist portrait and a mail delivery arrived from Washington as Governor Hardman canceled his Roses trip for the visit.
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Sapelo Island
Howard BE
Coffin
Coolidge
Virginia
Ue Hapelo Island
Osman Latrohbe
Albert Johns
Brunswick
Edward Varey
E. W. Starling
White House
Secret Service
Mr. Coolidge
Sapelo
Starling
Brrde
Colonel Starling
Army Air Corps
Washington
L. G. Hardman
Georgia
Pasadena
Calif
Lilneas
Two Grossing Crashes Fatal On December Day
Six people died and four were injured in two major crashes. A Soo Line train struck Henry Olsen’s auto at Oak Park killing Olsen and several family members. The Rosses were hurt when their car was hit by a Chicago and North Shore interurban at Niles Center. Howard Olsen survived the first crash. Bohatry, flagman, was held for coroner’s jury after witnesses said gates were not lowered as the Olsen car crossed.
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Henry Olsen
Berwyn
Halver Olsen
Chicago
Arnold Olsen
Virginia Olsen
Howard Olsen
Herman Ross
Tesnville
Ill
Raymond Ross
Soo Line
Oak Park
Rosses
Niles Center
Ross
E. Joseph Bohatry
Olsen
Trades Peach Orchard for Single Elm Tree
Pittsburgh December 27. J C Trees a millionaire old man has traded a peach orchard for a single elm tree weighing 40 tons. The tree is being moved from the School for Boys at Warrendale to the Trees estate. About five thousand dollars is the estimated cost to Trees for the move. Thirteen men with special equipment have labored a week to prepare the journey.
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Pittsburgh
J. C
Boye
Warrendale
Levic
Hope Institution
Much Hidden Wealth Found In Phone Operator's Home
In St. Clairsville Ohio on December 27 authorities report Miss Carrie Hayes a 70 year old Barnesville telephone operator found dead of exposure after being reported missing. Appraisers valuing her estate discovered 5709 dollars in banks 1000 dollars in dividend checks and hidden wealth including twenty suits of underwear dresses silk fabric face powder perfumes and fourteen pounds of chocolate bars.
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St. Clairsville
Carrie Hays
Barnesville
Miss Hayes
Hoover asks no salutes on arrival at Hampton Roads
In a message from the battleship Utah to Norfolk authorities President elect Hoover requests that all salutes honors and calls be dispensed with on his January 6 arrival. If weather allows the Hoover party will disembark at Old Point Comfort after luncheon and proceed to a special train to Washington.
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Old Point Comfort
Washington
Utah
Fifth Naval District
Norfolk
Elect Hoover
Hampton Roads
Fortress Monroe
Hoover
Hoover sails toward equator on Utah voyage
President-elect Hoover travels aboard the battleship Utah as it nears the equator after rounding Brazil’s northeast coast. The ship maintains about 350 miles daily, with sailors practicing gunnery drills and crew members reading, dictating letters, and walking on deck.
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Utah
Hoover
Virginia Capes
Brazil
Natal
Rio Janeiro
Equator
Mr. Hoover
Brazil considers sending special ambassador for Hoover inauguration
Rio de Janeiro December 27 Brazil weighing sending a special ambassador to Washington for Herbert Hoover's inauguration. Officials note Brazil often sends envoys to neighboring inaugurations, though this would be the first time for a United States ceremony.
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Rio Janeiro
Brazil
Washington
Herbert Hoover
United States
Poisoned Coffee Sparks Robber-Killer Hunt at Lab
Police chase a gunman who poisoned night watchman Henry Gaw and rifled files at the Guggenheim laboratory at 202nd Street and 10th Avenue. Two truck drivers from Baltimore, Elmer Mayhew and Chester McCauley, were tied up. $24 stolen. Safe with about $1,000 in metals untouched. James Baker, a former lab employee, is sought as a motive-linked suspect.
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New York
Guggenheim Brothers
202Nd Street
10Th Avenue
James Baker
Elmer Mayhew
Chester McCauley
Baltimore
Prober
Tear Gan
Henry Gaw
McCauley
Mayhew
Gaw
Author Prisoner Murphy Eligible for Parole in Ohio
John L. Murphy an author prisoner at the Ohio State penitentiary is made eligible for parole after Governor Donahey commuted his sentence from Marion county for burglary. Murphy admitted September 1923 served ten to fifteen year term and has written war stories earning about 7000 dollars last year with a New York editor recommending the commutation.
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Columbus
Ohio
John L. Murphy
Ohio State Penitentiary
Donahey
Murphy
Marion County
New York Magazine
Murhay
Lost Aviators Plan Another Oceanic Hop
Parker Kramer and Fred Has sel plan a second long flight from Rockford Illinois to Stockholm Sweden in June. They were missing for two weeks in Greenland during a prior attempt this year and are securing financing in Rockford for the voyage.
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Bradford
Rockford
Ill
Stockholm
Sweden
Parker Kramer
Fred 1
Greenland
Kramer
Hassel
Changes in American family life survey data released
A Chicago report cites 1920 era statistics on marriage and work. One in eleven married women held outside jobs. restaurant waiters grew faster than families. delis and bakery workers rose. city life discouraged marriage by about ten percent. Projected divorce risk rises with older data, and never-married rates climbed from 1890 to 1920.
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Chicago
American Sociological Society
W. F. Ogburn
University of Chicago
United States
Ogburn
Quey
Christmas Mercy Redirects Funds for Death Row Inmates
In Dallas, December 27, RE V Allen, condemned for a bank robbery in Canton, waives his chance at life to help Henry Helms, soon to face execution in Cisco for a similar crime on Christmas Day. Their doomed partners collected $75 to fund appeals, but Allen chose to gamble his own chances.
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Dallas
Texas
RE. V. Allen
Jaid
Allen
Canton
Henry Helms
Cieco
Helms
Great Fortunes On Increase Amid Economic Shifts
Chicago reports millionaires rising from 7,000 in 1914 to 30,000-40,000 in 1928. Carl Snyder of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York cites currency debasement and soaring security values as drivers, warning prosperity is illusory and unemployment will follow. He notes speculation harms virtues of industry and thrift.
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Chicago
Carl Snyder
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
American Statistical Association
House of
American Nations May Sign Pact to Ban War
Washington reports that the Pan American conference appears close to drafting a multilateral Pan American arbitration treaty similar to recent U S and European pacts. Meanwhile conciliation efforts in the Bolivia Paraguay dispute wait for responses to a draft protocol for cancellation prepared two days earlier.
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Washington
United States
Pariey
Bolivia Seizes Fort Vanguardia as Borders Tension Grows
The Paraguayan government reports Bolivian forces seized Fort Vanguardia and advanced 12 miles into the interior, confirming disputes over territorial rights and reflecting a grave situation. Dr. Juan V. Ramirez released the legation's statement detailing the development and its spur to international contention.
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Washington
Paraguyan
Fort Vanguardia
Juan V. Ramirez
Legation
Bolivia
Pacta
Buyers of Booze Can Be Arraigned, Court Rules
Federal district court holds buyers can be charged if they participate in the transportation of illegal liquor. Alfred E. Norris of New York ordered liquor from Philadelphia bootlegger Joel Kerper, and the judge ruled his repeated orders made him party to an agreement to transport. Norris fined $200 and to appeal. Kerper already serving 18 months.
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Philadelphia
Federal District Court
W. H. Kirkpatrick
Alfred E. Norris
New York
Norris
Kirkpatrick
Joel D. Kerper
Society
Kerper
Atlanta
Herper
U. S. Va
Holte
Leaps from High Window May End in Recovery for Teacher
James R. Orr a 60 year old Birmingham high school teacher attempted suicide by leaping from the 11th floor of the Roosevelt hotel in New Orleans. He landed on a city light nine floors below and physicians said he has a chance to recover. Orr had traveled from Birmingham with a note to his mother and sister expressing ill health.
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New Orleans
James R. Orr
Birmingham
Roosevelt Hotel
Ciylight
Orr
RIGS UP BURGLAR TRAP AND IS ITS FIRST VICTIM
Louis Cellini of Pittsburg connected a double barreled shotgun to his door with a cord to trap burglars. When he opened the door the gun fired. He was wounded and taken to a hospital in critical condition.
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Pittsburg
Louis Cellini
Celliai
Death by Own Action Tied to Voodoo Belief in Havana
In Havana on December 27 a young businessman named Miguel Valdez killed himself, leaving a note attributing his misfortune to a voodoo jinx and a practitioner known to police as Papa Line. Police investigations are ongoing.
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Havana
Miguel Valdez
Papa
Nervous Patients Sleep Longer Before Bedtime
New York report to the American Psycho logical association notes nervous and insane patients rest less efficiently than normals. Dr George E Wei sand of Mellon Institute Pittsburgh presents a Mellon study of twenty patients with bed sensors showing nervous subjects stir about 36 minutes before sleep, about 9 percent more time than typical adults and similar to young children.
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New York
George E. Weisand
Mellon Oe Snasente
Pittsburgh
American Psycholoxical Association
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Mellon Institute
Rockefeller Hosts Annual Christmas Party at Ormond Beach
John D. Rockefeller and about thirty invited guests gathered at his winter home Casemente in Ormond Beach Florida for a private Christmas party. Caroling by a quartet on the balcony, gifts from Santa Claus, and a glassed in porch reception followed a festive, tightly secured event with no press allowed.
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Ormond Beach
Fla
Woode
John D. Rockefellerer
Casemente
Minority Ends Prolonged Fight Over Chesapeake and Ohio Plan
New York dec 27 minority stockholders of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway have ended their opposition to the Van Sweringen merger plan. The Van Sweringens will reimburse the committee for expenses, with funds returned to stockholders. The Inter state commerce commission has authority to acquire control of Pere Marquette stock, price to be fixed. George S Kemp Richmond Va chairman states stockholders may accept the commission decision.
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New York
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company
van Swearinger
O. P
M. J. van Sweringer
Chesapeake and Ohio
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pere Marquette
van Severen Brothers
Erie
C. and O
Mother of Babe Asks for Help
A month old baby found in a theater rest room in Pittsburgh was sheltered at St. Rosalie's orphanage. A note attached to the child reads that the mother, Catherine from Carnegie, cannot care for the baby due to finances and employment, asking someone to provide a good home.
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Pittsburgh
Eastorm
St. Rosalie’s
Carnegie
Catherine
Sin
Idaho Records Lowest 1927 Death Rate in Nation
Washington dispatch notes 1927 national death rate of 11.4 per 1000. Idaho led with 7.1 per 1000 while California Vermont and New Hampshire topped with 13.9. In states with large Negro populations, Negro death rates exceeded white rates. Kentucky 21 highest, Arkansas 12.8 lowest.
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Washington
Department of Commerce
Idaho
California
Vermont
New Hampshire
Kentucky
Arkansas
New York
Ohio
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Maryland
Virginia
Jews Seek League of Nations Representation Leader
Vienna December 27 Vladimir Sabotinsky, delegate, urged Jewish representation in the League of Nations at the third world conference of Zionist revisionists. He called for a Zionist body in London and said Jews in Palestine should aim for a Zionist state once they outnumber Arabs through immigration.
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Vienna
League of Nations
Eselon
Vladimir Sabotinsky
Zionista
Mandatory
London
Palestine
Sensational suit over common law marriage ends in dismissal
Leona Mae Byers of Beaufort Beau mon t Kas filed a suit claiming common law marriage with millionaire J J Porter and sought half his 20 million property. The case closed today without trial as counsel agreed to dismiss and pay costs. The judge ruled the common law marriage never existed and no division of property was due.
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Howard
Kas
Leona Mae Byers
Beaumont
J. J
Joe) Porter
Porter
Wichita
A. T. Ayres
Body found dangling from tree in Hattiesburg
The body of Emmuel McCallum, a Negro automobile mechanic, was found hanging from a rope on a tree near Kichbure Hill travel lot. A coroner's jury returned verdict of death by unknown hands, with no arrests made.
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Hattiesburg, Miss
Emmuel McCallum
Kichbure Hill Travel Olt
Bluefield Influenza Epidemic Raises Fatality Concerns
Doctors in Bluefield warn the influenza outbreak now termed an epidemic is more serious than city reports show. Dr. Albert H. Hoge says fatalities may exceed fifteen thousand in the quarter, with pneumonia and sinus trouble common and patients slow to recover. Hospitals report increasing complications and delayed recoveries across the area.
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Bluefield
Albert H. Hoge
Hoge
Baby Frank Brooks in Cincinnati Hospital Serious After Toy Strangle
Cincinnati December 27 The one and a half year old Frank Brooks remains in serious condition in a hospital suffering partial strangulation from a toy prize swallowed at an Asco West Virginia home. The toy lodged in his throat and efforts to remove it failed. Pneumonia inflamed his throat making swallowing difficult. He can take only liquids and his overall strength is depleted. Doctors await clearer improvement before attempting extraction with no forecast of recovery.
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Cincinnati
Frank Brooks
Asco
Virginia
Actress Arthur Wins Divorce After One Day Honeymoon
Los Angeles December 27 A dean Arthur screen actress faced a clash between marriage and career. Julian Rncker sought an annulment in superior court after a one day honeymoon. The petition was granted with the ceremony annulled and Arthur returning to her film work.
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Los Angeles
Dean Arthur
Julian Rncker
Aneker
Superior Court
Misa Arthur
Eves Neker
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Mrazil BeHaMe
Marauder
Chemical Office
Jinx
Rockefeller
Bethlehem
Mr. Rockefeller
Santa Clare
Santa
van Sweringens
Chesapeake & Ohio
Babe
J. H. Porter
U. S
Cumming
North Carolina
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