Avalanche Toll Rises to 88 in Utah Snowslide
In Bingham Utah avalanche debris search continues after yesterday's slide near Sap iakch. Sixty two additional bodies recovered bring death toll to 88 with about thirty missing. Governor Dern visits scene to discuss relief fund. Red Cross aid mobilized as risks of further slides loom while thaw threatens new avalanches.
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West Coast Feels Slight Earthquake
The coast area of Southern California from Santa Barbara to Los Angeles was gently swayed at 10:10 am by a rolling quake centered in the Simi Valley. Intensity ranged from sharp tremor in Santa Barbara to light roll in Los Angeles with no confirmed damage. Minor reports at the Saticoy Edison plant were very light and schools briefly halted as clocks stopped and the tremor was felt along the coast and inland.
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Mid West Buried Under Snow Fall
Mid west towns dig out after a heavy snowstorm sweeping across several central states. The blizzard caused at least two deaths, halted train and road traffic, and disrupted communications as the weather bureau warned of much colder air and near freezing temperatures ahead.
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American pays 210000 for Rembrandt painting
Stockholm reports a Rembrandt titled Par of a Young Ban etanod belonging to Count eilmeister sold to an American for 210000. The painting, described as precious, was announced last week and is now en route to New York. The buyer's identity remains undisclosed.
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Sweden
Counteilmeister
New York
Gilpatric Used State Funds to Cover Losses at Putnam Bank
AP reporting from Putnam Connecticut details George M. Gilpatric’s alleged use of state funds to cover bank losses at the First National Bank of Putnam. Receivership inquiry revealed misappropriations totaling about $150,000 and possible Liberty loan bond purchases charged to state accounts. Investigators question whether state funds were used for personal benefit and consider recovery actions.
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Ex-Police Chief Quinn Released From Jail After Bankruptcy
Boston AP news item reports former Swampscott police chief William L. Quinn, jailed for two years of unpaid state income taxes totaling 2041 dollars, released after bankruptcy adjudication. He sought a debtor’s oath in municipal court but was denied. his lawyer later filed a voluntary bankruptcy in federal court.
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Swampscott
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Coolidge Abed With Cold Seeks Rest At White House
Washington February 18 President Coolidge remained in seclusion at the White House most of the day confined to bed with a cold though no alarm was felt Major James Coupal the only physician in attendance said the president’s pulse and temperature were normal and he would be ready to address the National Education association Monday night with no business transacted from his sick room Grippe cases are reported in the capital and the president hopes to return to his desk tomorrow
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Salm Consults Attorneys Over Fulfilling Father Role
Palm Beach February 18 Colint Balm must consult his New York lawyers before any contact with his infant son Peter Morehan and family. He asked whether to seek Rogers family permission to see the child more than four times weekly or follow the court order. The Telegram notes mis-spellings like Gets Rain Check as he associates with the baby at a hotel and beach, while a rumor places him returning to New York by week’s end.
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H. H. Rogers
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Peter Morehan
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Rogers
Chambers
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Congressman Blanton Bet Drunken Beer Challenge in Baltimore
Washington reports a heated exchange as Rep Thomas Blanton of Texas challenges Rep John Philip Hill of New Mexico to a beer drinking contest in Baltimore. The wager links the Wet forces to the Anti-Saloon League with $100 pledges awaiting outcomes amid Prohibition tensions.
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Washington
John Philip Hill
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Association Against the
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Ardent Dry
Haltimore
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Double speed of traffic plan debated at highway officials meeting
Syracuse New York February convention of the Association of Highway Officials of the North Atlantic States heard A W Brandy state the main traffic issue is handling rising car numbers. He urged broadening roads and maintaining them over building trunk lines. Connecticut commissioner John A Macdonald proposed an alternate plan.
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Connecticut
Bar exam fraud arrests in Boston scandal case
Warrants were issued today for 11 men believed to have bought or sold state bar exam questions and answers last July. Secret indictments reflect a long investigation dating from September. About $17,000 was spent by young law students who lacked passing grades to obtain copies or stolen answers. A character committee probe sparked the re examination, and most candidates reportedly passed the retake.
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State Board of Examiners
Boston Bar Association
Dynamite Found Hidden In Tree
Police investigate a dynamite discovery after a boy brings a stick to Detective Sergeant Fred Derrick. About 30 sticks were found in a tree near Mountain Grove cemetery and the Braghlawin Riding Academy. No theft report has been filed.
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Railroad Studies Truck Auxiliary Experiment In New Haven
The Telegram learns the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad is contemplating a 600 foot truck loading platform between Henry and Whiting streets on a first terminal side-door delivery plan. The plan aims to create a continuous shipper to receiver transit, reducing terminal delays with a 30 foot wide terminal platform and later track expansions.
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Henry and
Whiting
Etty
Countess Shows Strain of Battle at Ellis Island
Fel. 18 AP report on Vera Countess of Cathcart exhausted after ten days of struggle with immigration authorities for U S admission. She has been held at Ellis Island since a special board of inquiry recommended deportation for moral turpitude. Gordon Cart, her friend who sued for years, says she is extremely nervous and needs quiet, with Countess seen in her room, hands swollen from exhaustion.
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Fel
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Tonighe
Vera
Countess of Cathcart
Elis Island
Mrs. Carr
Plot on Galles Leads to Arrest
In San Antonio a federal grand jury indicted RR. Esparza Martinez as a leader in an alleged revolutionary Junta bent on overthrowing the Calles government. Martinez, once Mexico’s secretary of the congress, waived arraignment and pleaded guilty, with bond set at 2506 dollars. Authorities declined to say if others were indicted.
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Calles Admintistra
Perry Wins Last Elimination In Old-Time Fiddler Championship
Joseph R. Perry, 61, of Blackstone Street, won the final elimination at Palace Theatre. Andrew McKnight and William Kelly also contended as judges split over the second prize. Ten contestants from Waterbury Bridgeport Milford and other towns competed for two finals spots with Kelly later placed in the finals.
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Orchard Street
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Edward T. Buckingham
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Waterbury
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Naugatuck
Stratford
Hugh Weena
Methods of Days Attacked in House in Arow
A House session sparked by Representative Deal denouncing enforcement methods. Rep Blanton denounces modificationists and warns restoring beer would undo the Eighteenth Amendment. Rep Hill questions and jokes escalate into laughter and disorder. Deal accuses cold blooded murder amid the fray.
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Baltimore
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Miner Killed as Men Return to Coal Industry
SCRANTON Pa Feb 18 AP John Luzenbak thirty was the first miner to die after work resumed today in the Sloan mine of the Glen Alden Coal company He was injured and died several hours later in Moses Taylor hospital The company declined to give details of the accident.
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Yale apologizes to beaten crews man ineligible
Yale admits error in assigning A E Hudson 1927 to the 1925-26 varsity crew. Hudson, of White Plains NY, was ruled ineligible under the Harvard Yale Princeton agreement due to a June 1924 loss of class rating. Yale disqualifies Hudson from all intercollegiate contests for 1925-26 and informs Harvard and Princeton with apologies.
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Princeton
Defensor Nettheton
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Columbia
Cornell
Nettleton
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Hadson
King and Queen Caught Penniless at London Fair
King George and Queen Mary, visiting a London fair, were asked to donate to a Salvation Army self denial week fund. Lacking money, the couple borrowed from spectators after admitting their purses were at home. The scene drew embarrassment and bemused laughter from onlookers.
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Opera star to sing old songs over radio from WJZ
Marion Valley, 79, famed as Gilda at the Metropolitan, will feature older tunes on tomorrow night's radio program. She plans Coming Through the Rye and Home Sweet Home, explaining home memory connects her with Kansas City listeners. Valley also praises Believe Me, and notes she must balance touring with home visits.
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Gilda
Metropolitan Opera
Miss Taliby
WJZ
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Marguesrite
D’alvarez
Tails
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Home Sweet Home
Miss Talley
Miss Valley
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Conferees Clash Over Inheritance Tax Repeal
Washington reports a heated conference as House and Senate tax conferees battle over repealing the inheritance tax. The dispute included walkouts and rapid reversals, with Senate demands for repeal and House insistence on restoring the tax to the measure as approved. The session ended without agreement after about 45 minutes.
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Senate
Mana
House
Senate Ark House
Anthracite Mines Reopen Across Scranton Region
Scranton Pa February 18 AP Coal mines restarted after idle since September 1 as workers returned to colliery duties. Crews cleaned gasways relaid tracks reinforced timbers and readied driveways for coal movement to breakers. Cutting began before 6 am and trains began shipping fuel to distant towns.
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Scranton
Strike Settlers End Wireless Service Dispute in Britain
London February 18 AP report says a strike by wireless operators affecting nearly 5,000 marine workers on British ships was settled at the Ministry of Labour. Work will resume immediately. The walkout, begun November 2, paralyzed wireless service on many vessels and disrupted despatches for days.
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Ministry of Inbor
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