Coolidge Signs Boulder Canyon Dam Bill in Historic Act
The Boulder Canyon Dam bill becomes law after President Coolidge signs, marking the final major step before building the highest dam on the Colorado River at Black Canyon on the Arizona Nevada line. Ratification of the Colorado River compact by Utah or Arizona remains needed.
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Washington
Boulder Canyon
Coolidge
Colorado
Black Canyon
Arizona-Nevada
Wyoming
New Mexico
Nevada
California
Santa Fe
N.M
Utah
Arizona
White House
Senator Johnson
Representative Swing
George H. Young
Los Angeles
Lsxqiii
Congress
Alsatian Rebel Prosecutor Shot in Paris
Charles Henry Fachot, Public Prosecutor, who led trials against Alsatian separatists, was shot at his home in Paris. The assailant rang the bell and shot him as he answered, then surrendered twelve hours later. The attack sparked debate in the Chamber of Deputies on Alsace home rule and political tensions.
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Paris
Charles Henry Fachot
France
Fachot
Million-Dollar Fire Destroys New Riverside Church
Fire crews fought subfreezing temperatures for four hours to control a blaze that damaged a $4,000,000 church under construction on Riverside Drive. The $1,000,000 fire endangered nearby homes, toppled scaffolding, and sent flames 400 to 500 feet from the Laura Spellman Rockefeller Memorial Tower as thousands watched from Riverside Park.
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New York
Riverside Drive
Park Avenue Baptist Church
Upper Manhattan
Laura Spellman Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Riverside Park
New Jersey
Hudson River
Teacher Anna Preher Found Dead In Carmi Home
The nearly decapitated body of Miss Anna Preher a 45 year old grade school teacher and civic leader was found in her Carmi Illinois home after an attack meant to start a fire. Evidence included torn clothing a floor burn mark a stopped clock and bloody fingerprints. Authorities questioned Isaac Austin and her estranged sister while a fingerprint expert was summoned from St Louis to aid the investigation.
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Miss Preher
Isaac Austin
Austin
Jesse Grissom
St. Louis
Theodore Roberts and family rift haunt late actor's will
Edward Higgins, nephew and commercial illustrator, reveals in Los Angeles that Theodore Roberts left a three page will detailing a lifelong clash with his parents. The actor who died recently bequeathed over ten thousand dollars to Higgins and spoke of a family feud rooted in parental plans for ministry or a seafaring trade and a disputed estate core.
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Los Angeles
Theodore Roberts
Edward Robert Higgins
Associated Press Today
Higgins
New York
Roberts
Theodore
San Francisco
Martin
Princeton Dean Hurt in Auto Accident
Henry Burchard Fine 71 dean of Princeton University science department was seriously injured when run over by a car in Princeton New Jersey. Doctors at Princeton Hospital said his condition is critical.
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Princeton
N. J
Henry Burchard Fine
Department of Science
Princeton University
Princeton Hospital
Guard's Auto Kills Stranger in Cincinnati
An unidentified white man, about 55 to 60, was killed when an automobile driven by Workhouse guard Leslie Munson struck him near Wilder avenue and Hopple Street Viaduct after he stepped from a Clark street car. The victim, identified only by laundry mark Helms, died on arrival at Good Samaritan Hospital.
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Leslie Munson
Wilder Avenue
Spring Grove Avenue
Hopple Street
Clark Street
Good Samaritan Hospital
Rum Parties of Kansas Legislators Under Fire
Governor-elect Clyde M Reed warned that liquor law violations flourished in Topeka during recent legislative sessions. He urged vigorous enforcement and cited a supposed liquor party at a major hotel. Kansas City prosecutors accused police of supplying drinks leading to four deaths at a North Side resort before the November 6 election.
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Kansas
Topeka
Kan
Clyde M. Reed
Shawnee County
Mr. Reed
Gov. Paulen
Tokepa
Senate
Kansas City
North Side
James R. Page
Page
Passenger Trains Collide Head-On At Shoals Indiana
An eastbound and a westbound passenger train on the B and O line collided head on at West Shoals near Shoals Indiana. Several cars derailed but no serious injuries reported. Engines damaged and track torn up. Wrecking crew from Washington Indiana called to clear the scene. Cause not determined.
Wealthy insurer Goshorn dies of heart attack in hotel
62 year old Taylor CC Goshorn, recently retired from Neare Gibbs Co, died of a heart attack in his Gibson Hotel room in Cincinnati while preparing to sail to Jacksonville with his wife for a South American cruise on his new yacht. A large cash sum and over $30,000 were found with him. The Goshorn family is noted for its long German American lineage and early Cincinnati business influence.
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Jacksonville
Fla
South America
Taylor CC
Goshorn
Gibson
Swing
Neare, Gibbs & Co
Clifton
Cincinnati
Seth Cutter
Pennsylvania
Nicholas Gosh
Westmoreland
Albin Oliver Goshorn
University of Cincinnati
Alfred T. Goshorn
Anchor White Lead Company
National Lead Company
Albin Goshorn
Louisville
Alfred
Philadelphia
Queen Victoria
Sir Alfred T. Goshorn
Armored Cars Guard Mourners At Chicago Rites
Key witnesses and suspects in the Ranieri kidnaping case attended Ole Scully’s funeral with police guard and armored cars outside a South Side church. Cappellano and Petitti testified about movements during Billy Ranieri’s disappearance and release. defense rested as Judge Gentzel planned night court to finish the trial.
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Chicago
Liack
Ranieri
Ole Scully
Billy Ranieri
Bourbonnais
Ill
Detective Bureau
Cappellano
Scully
South Side
Angelo Pettitti
Andrew Cappellano
Tony
Illinois
Angelo Petitti
Robert E. Gen
Accuses Gilda of Misconduct in Wisconsin Divorce
Gil Boag filed a blanket denial to the divorce suit by Gilda Gray. He claims she conducted herself improperly with her manager C. B. Krepps and other men and asserts she cannot sue in Wisconsin. Boag says he lived in Port Washington due to her lifestyle and cites her London stay with Krepps in August 1928.
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Port Washington
Wis
Gil Boag
Gilda Gray
Boag
New York
Wisconsin
A. W. Grady
C. B. Krepps
Picadilly Hotel
London
England
Krepps
City sets 1929 budget at 16 million for general fund
City Manager Col Sherrill announced the 1929 appropriation totaling 16 107 119 dollars. Eight million six hundred thousand goes to the general fund for salaries. the rest covers sinking fund interest and water works.
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Col
Sherrill
Finance Committee
New Swear Words Needed, Professor Says In Speech
Dr. Burges Johnson of Syracuse University urged the nation to invent new cuss words. He told the Executives Club that old swear words have lost force, with even the strongest oaths becoming harmless slang. He warned no fresh terms have emerged for two to three centuries.
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Chicago
Burges Johnson
Syracuse University
Dr. Johnson
Ex-Prussian War Minister to Face Treason Charge in Coup Plot
The Berlin based Die Weltbuhne says Maj. Gen. Reinhardt, former Prussian War Minister under Ebert, plotted a military coup to restore the monarchy. He allegedly sought Reichswehr involvement, revival of dictatorship, Versailles reversal, and withdrawal from the League of Nations. The first Berlin court is investigating, with evidence of links to top officers and existing groups like Ehrhardt and Stahlhelm.
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New York World News Service
Berlin
Reinhardt
Ebert
German Republic
Die Weltbahne
Gustav Noske
The
Versailles
Locarno
Dawes
Germany
League of Nations
Reichswehr
the Weekly
Die Weltbuhne
Ehrhardt
Die Stahlhelm
Weekly
Stahlhelm
Seldte
Dry Agents Move to Make Cincinnati Dry This Christmas
Prohibition agents and city police launched a campaign to curb liquor possession and sales in Cincinnati. Ten men were arrested on liquor and nuisance charges. five arraigned before US Commissioner Smith with two pleading guilty and three not guilty. Additional arrests and warrants were anticipated as raids continued with vigor.
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Cincinnati
Prohibition
United States
Smith
Yesterpe
Tony Archer
Richmonaé Street
Martin Stormarand
West Ninth Street
Ninth Street
Sam Joseph Gorey
West Seventh Street
Ralph Myer
West Fourteenth Street
Cliff Burdsall
West Liberty Street
Federal Grand Jury
Myer
Eee
Lewis Bar
West Court Streets
Charles E. DeLong
Frmer
John Vance
Gilbert Avenue
Carl Devinney
East Court Street
Morgan Burkes
Providence Street
Vance
DeLong
Orr
Wolf
Scudder, Schmidt
Hase
Darus
Izzy Einstein Seeks Return as Rum Sleuth in the East
Izzy Einstein, ex prohibition agent famed for disguises in busts of bootleggers, has taken the Civil Service exam for reappointment. It will take months to learn if he secured the post.
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Izzy Einstein
RUM Sleuth
East
Washington, Dec
Tragic Russian Aristocrat Seeks Court Ruling on Marriages
Peter N. Novitzky, once a White Army officer, asks a Chicago court to annul his marriage to Zinaida after learning his first wife Barbara is alive in Chicago. The 1890 union produced two children and he seeks legal clarity to reunite with Barbara.
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Chicago Court
Chicago
Russia
Peter N. Novitsky
Agmng
Peter
Barbara
Vladivostok
Pavlinova
Zinaida
Jugo-Slavia
America
New York
Barbara Reiner
Japan
Peter N. Novitzky
Hoover Welcomed in Rio as U S And Brazil Renew Ties
Herbert Hoover arrived in Rio de Janeiro for a Latin American goodwill tour and was welcomed by Brazilian President Washington Luis. A cheering crowd gathered as the Hoovers were escorted to Guanabara Palace, where official ceremonies and a formal banquet awaited.
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Hoover
Rio de Janeiro
James L. West
Associated Press
Herbert Hoover
United States
Washington Luis
Utah
Brazil
United
Hoovers
Congress
Supreme Court
Jurors Hear Opening in Ford First-Degree Murder Case
In Cincinnati, jurors hear details of the Easter crimes at the Pelican Club pool room as Rodney Ford and four associates face a first-degree murder charge in the fatal shooting of Village Marshal Peter Dumele and the robbers. Prosecutors outline a deadly robbery at Warnken’s club and the witness disappearance linked to Ford.
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Rodney Ford
West Eighth Street
Edward M. Hurley
F Ford
John “Todd” Messner
Breck Lutes
Robert Zwick
Ford
Jack Parker
William “Peanuts
Warnken
Pelican Club
North College Hill
Peter Dumele
John H. Clippinger
Walter K. Sibbald
Edward M. Pallard
Geeramieee Eer
Sebpeitea
Clippinger
Dumele
Marshal Dumele
Damele
Robert Andres
Stratford Avenue
Andres
Ballard
Hurley
Cipatinee
Messner
Parker
Cone
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Petitti
Cappellano Aecounts
Ments
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Gilda
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