Ohio Rivers Threaten Eastern Ohio. Levees Strained
Swollen Ohio and Tuscarawas rivers with ice blocks threaten eastern Ohio. East Liverpool, Dover, Stark and Tuscarawas counties face flood danger as levees strain to hold back rising waters. Monongahela and Allegheny-affected Pittsburgh also sees high water. Second flood death reported in Massillon.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Tuscarawas
East Liverpool
Stark
Dover
Ohio River
Liverpool
Monongahela
Allegheny
Pittsburgh
Wellsville
Smith's Ferry
Congo
W. Va
Tuscayrawas
Stark County
W.W. H. Lee
Massillon
Surprising Pittsburgh Flood Recedes After High Water Threat
In Pittsburgh and surrounding rivers, water levels fell after a day of fair weather. The three rivers were receding from a flood stage of twenty five feet with a high mark of 25.3 as ice carried by the Allegheny and Monongahela slowed river traffic and flooded basements, though no major damage was reported. Rivers across eastern Pennsylvania also receded from a serious flood threat.
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Pittsburgh
Allegheny
Ihs
Monongahela
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Schuylkub River
Philadelphia
Ohio River Rises Near Flood Stage in Wheeling WV
The Ohio River, swollen by melting snow and recent heavy rains, rose to just under 26 feet in Wheeling and is expected to crest around 28 feet tomorrow afternoon, two feet below flood stage.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Ohio River
Ohio River Flood Forecast at Dam 28 Tonight
Flyntington West Virginia reports the Ohio river stage at dam 28 was 36.1 feet tonight and rising at 0.4 feet per hour. A maximum stage of 45 feet is expected tomorrow though flood stage is 50 feet.
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Flyntington
W. Va
Ohio River
Herve
Charlie Chaplin Described as Pretty Sick Man
Los Angeles February 27 Charlie Chaplin the noted screen comedian is described as a pretty sick man by studio representatives He was stricken by ptomaine poisoning Monday Recovering Tuesday he relapsed last night Doctors and a nurse remain at Chaplins home The studio reports a 101 degree fever and says an intestinal influenza aggravates the poisoning.
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Los Angeles
Charlie Chaplin
Chaplin
Cecil Reynolls
Senate Adopts Probes Into Indian Affairs Bureau
Washington reports the senate adopted two resolutions to continue investigations into the bureau of Indian affairs and to appropriate an extra 15,000 dollars for the investigating committee's expenses.
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Washington
Senate
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Man Shoots Self in Front of 5-Year-Old Son in Maryland Home
Charles E. Gruber, 32, a railroad worker, killed himself in his Hagerstown residence with his young son as an eyewitness. Coroner’s inquest says he was drinking and had threatened his wife before the tragedy. Neighbors found Gruber dead on the upstairs floor as the boy screamed.
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Hagerstown
Charles E. Gruber
Gruber
West Virginia Senate Debates Capitol Levy Bill
West Virginia's Senate chamber turns into a battleground as lawmakers advance to third reading a Capitol building bill proposing a five cent direct levy on property to fund construction. Debate centers on revenue methods with amendments aimed at limiting or delaying the levy and critiques of taxing practices.
Foch Summons Jesuit Preacher at Paris Bedside
Paris February 27 Marshal Ferdinand Foch, gravely ill with lung heart and kidney ailments, summoned Father L''Honde a Jesuit preacher to his bedside. The marshal requested extreme unction not be discussed, and the priest declined to reveal their private conversation. They spoke of Napoleon's Italian campaign.
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Paris
Marshall Ferdinand Foch
L’'Honde
L'Handle
Napoleon
Italy
Lilness al Pelier
Weather forecasts withheld for Hoover inauguration ceremony
Weather officials refuse to forecast for March 4, citing a ten year forecast accuracy record and public memory. Hoover and Coolidge will attend Curtis’s inauguration, with a roofed White House stand, parade, and evening fireworks and dances planned at the Washington auditorium.
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Washington
Herbert Hoover
United States
Weather Bureau
Wether
Senate Chamber
Charles Curtis
Coolidge
Hoover
White House
Pennsylvania Avenue
Capitol
Mr. Hoover
Washington Auditorium
Pan American Airways Opens Brownsville to Mexico City Air Route
New York reports that starting March 9 daily air mail and passenger service will link Brownsville Texas with Mexico City via Tampico. Col Charles A Lindbergh will pilot the first southbound flight, with U.S. and Mexican officials likely aboard. Northbound service also debuts the same day, using Pan American and Mexican Avia cion divisions with tri motor Ford cabin monoplanes.
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New York
Lan- American Airways
Air Mail
Brownaville
Texas
Mexico City
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lindenbergh
J. T. Trippe
Brownsville
Tampico
Pan-American Airways
United States
Lindbergh
Harry F. New
No legislation needed to curb loans claim
Washington reports the Federal Reserve Board told the Senate it is satisfied with efforts to reduce speculative loans by member banks and sees no immediate legislative remedy unless a change develops.
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Washington
The
Federal Reserve Board
Senate
Heaberlin Attacks Workmen's Compensation Bill
Charleston West Virginia February 27 A clause in the workmen's compensation bill would permit the governor to name a compensation commissioner. Commissioner Heaberlin called it timed at me and said it would legislate me out of office. Heaberlin argued the bill would not help administration or the department. Speakers included Carl Seholz and H D Rummel. Townsend opposed the employers appeal provision.
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Charleston
W. Va
C. L. Heaberlin
House
Senate Insurance
Heaberlin
Carl Seholz
West Virginia Coal Operators Association
H. D. Rummel
T. C. Townsend
Townsend
Girl Wounded After Revival Meet Near Bellaire
Winifred Ramsey 22, daughter of Mr and Mrs Thomas Ramsey, was shot in front of her Jacobsburg home Belmont County. Police seek Thomas Weekley of Deanaville Ohio for questioning in connection with the shooting. Ramsey had attended a revival with Charles Gates at the time of the attack as another car approached and a man fired three shots.
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Bellaire
Winifred Ramsey
Thomas Ramsey
Jacobsburg
Belmont County
Thomas Weekley
Deanaville
Ohio
Miss Ramsey
Charles Gates
Ramsey
Gates
Chicago Gangster McGurn Queried After Valetine’s Day Arrest
Chicago police arrested Jack McGurn, a Capone ally and listed gangster in the sevenfold St Valentine’s Day murder, and rushed him to headquarters for questioning after a detective pickup. The case centers on gangland violence tied to the Capone network.
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Chicago
Jack McGurn
McGurn
al Capone
Lindbergh Hurt In Plane Wreck In Mexico City
Col Charles A. Lindbergh suffered a right shoulder dislocation when his plane the City of Wichita landed on one wheel at Valbuena field near Mexico City Miss Anne Morrow was unhurt A doctor set the shoulder and ordered rest Lindbergh refused to say where they had been or where the wheel was lost, saying I have nothing to say.
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Mexico City
Charles A. Lindbergh
Anne Morrow
Valbuena Field
Miss Morrow
Mies Anne Morrow
Elight Bruke
Valbuena Airflell
Anne
Valbuena
Mexico
Lindbergh
Mies Morrow
Ale
Wichita
Edgle Pare
Mise Morrow
Valderna
Federal Buildings Urged For Princeton And Beckley
Washington reports Secretary Mellon and Postmaster General New urged Congress to spend 2398 million to meet federal building needs. The plan lists 571 projects with 297 new post offices and 100 replacements, including Princetons and Beckley West Virginia allocations.
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Mellon
New
Welch
West Virginia
Washington
Congress
Marine Hospital
Customs and Immigration Service
Clarksburg
Morgantown
Parkersburg
Princeton
Weston
Beckley
Huntington
W. Va
Baltimore
Keyser
Treasury
Logan
Alderson
Montgomery
Wye
New Martinsville
Bible 365 Years Old Planned for Curtis Oath
Ed M. Geis of Salina will travel to Washington with a 365 year old German Bible offered for Vice President-elect Curtis to use in the oath on March 4. A telegram from Kansas Congressman James G. Strong says Curtis agreed to use the Geis Bible, printed in German with a copyright claim by Emperor Ferdinand of Germany dated February 13, 1564.
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Salt
Kan
Ed M. Geis
Salina
Washington
Curtis
James G. Strong
Kansas
Geis
Ferdinand
Germany
President and Wife Busy Preparing for Retirement
Washington reports the Coolidges intensify preparations to retire from public life. Mrs. Coolidge leads a corps of workers at the White House while the President winds up administration affairs and bids farewell to officials, including Chief Justice Taft and other notable visitors.
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Washington
White House
Mra. Coolidge
William Howard Taft
Mr. Coolidge
United States
Woodrow
Prohibition Funding Fight Reaches Senate Revival
Washington February 27 Up The Senate revived the fight over a proposed 21 million dollar addition to prohibition enforcement. The House split provisions from two deficiency bills, removing most items but leaving a 2.7 million allotment for enforcement in the second measure. Republican members voiced confidence. an agreement with House leaders was hoped for before adjournment.
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Washington
House
Senate
Robinson
Arkansas
Warren
Ground Work of Tariff Revision Nearing Phase
Washington reports the House Ways and Means Committee completed seven weeks of public hearings on tariff revision. Republicans plan executive session and set subcommittee meetings behind closed doors to draft specific changes.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
New Bills Are Now Forbidden Without Consent Of Both Houses
Charleston W Va Feb 27 The legislature completed action as the lower house defeated an effort to kill the lieutenant governor proposal while the senate advanced the five cent direct levy for the capitol and a primary reform bill. The Hallonan anti-blanket appropriation bill passed after house amendments and a revenue clause for state institutions was noted. Debate over a constitutional amendment creating the lieutenant governor and moving inauguration dates persisted as both chambers approved measures for third reading. A resolution to probe Nancy Hanks Lincoln's birthplace was adopted with a commission to study Mineral county findings for a possible memorial. The day centered on water commission, lieutenant governor, and marriage license bills with many amendments.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Senate
A. C. Herold
Braxton County
Herold
Board of Public
A. B. White
White
Finance Committee
Blaine Engle
Harrison County
Wright Hugus
Ohio County
House
House of Delegates
Judiciary Committee
House Judiciary Committee
Melion
ER. M. Hiner
Pendleton County
Willim B. Howe
Mingo
Howe
Nancy Hanks
Abraham Lincoln
Mineral County
State Water Commission
Former Dry Man 1d Found Guilty in Slaying
Hagerstown Maryland February 27 Former Prohibition under cover operative Reginald H Walters was found guilty of murder in the first degree in the July 1927 slaying of prohibition agent Hunter R Stotler. The verdict carries death or life imprisonment. Walters previous retrial ended in a life sentence but appeals court granted a new trial. Walters attempted to speak as foreman announced the verdict and was hustled from the courtroom while his wife fainted.
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Hagerstown
Walters
Prohibition
Hunter R. Stotler
Stotler
James W Good Declines Philippine Governors Role In Hoover Cabinet
James W Good of Iowa reportedly to be Secretary of War while William D Mitchell of Minnesota is named Attorney General. Donovan exits, refusing governorship of the Philippines, as Hoover nears final cabinet decisions amid talks on agriculture, commerce, and labor posts.
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Washington
Hoover
William J. Donovan
New York
James W. Good Lowa
William D. Mitchell
Minnesota
Donovan
The
Philippines
Henry L. Stimson
Buffalo
Moover
Commerce and Labor
William N. Doak
Irginia
James J. Davie
Pennsylvania
Labor Post
Agriculture and Commerce
Good Will
Dwight PF. Davia
War Department
House
Appropriations Committee
Kanla City
Mitchell
Coolidge
United States
Wheth
Vpartean League
Palmer- Labor Party
South
Emsee Eee
Mitchel
Chicago
James W. Good
Associated Press
Herbert Hoover
Wife of Cartoonist Granted Divorce in White Plains
White Plains N Y Feb 27 Mrs Ruth Owen Briggs was granted an interlocutory decree of divorce today from Clare A Brices the cartoonist by Supreme Court Justice Morschauser A male at a New York hovel testified Brices had been living there with another woman alimony had been axed by a previous agreement The Briers were married July 1900 and have three children.
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White Plains
N. Y
Ruth Owen Briggs
Clare A. Brices
Supreme Court
Morschauser
New York
Iigus
Briere
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Junius B. West
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Herberlin
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Marvin
Tariff Commission
Henry H. Bond
the Treasury
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Plan
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