Earthquakes Devastate Imperial Valley New Year
Destructive tremors and fires across Calexico Mexicali and surrounding towns cause an estimated 2.5 million dollars in damage as martial law is declared in Lower California. No deaths reported but extensive property loss and outbreaks of fire follow the new year celebration.
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Calexico
Cal
Imperial Valley
California
Lower California
Mexicali
Mexico
Lower
Rodriguez
Mayor urges pay changes and routing reforms in council report
Mayor Seasongood asks city lawmakers to end salaries for Rapid Transit Commission members and to adopt an omnibus rule to speed routine business. The 1927 budget includes 15 110 345.47 for all city purposes, with transit salaries totaling 3 000 for three members.
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Seasongood
Rapid Transit Commission
Philip O. Geie
Richard Groeninger
Christian Schott
B. H. Kroger
Transit Commission
Cleveland
Smith's fourth NY governorship ends. Smith eyes national bid
Governor Alfred E. Smith inaugurates a fourth term in Albany and signals a 1928 Democratic presidential bid. He pledges service, humility, and asks the Legislature for cooperation while noting the state’s three-branch structure and legislative power.
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Albany
N. Y
Alfred E. Smith
State of
New York
United States
Gov. Smith
Joy and Joyless New Year In Cincinnati Observes Prohibition Era
Cincinnati crowds celebrate New Year with minimal liquor arrests amid visible drinking. Officials note lax enforcement as six liquor charges in a twelve hour period, with revelers drinking openly in clubs hotels and downtown streets. White House reception report covers balanced attendance and grand decorations.
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Raing
Washington
White House
Executive Mansion
Massachusetts approves first compulsory auto insurance law
Massachusetts enacts the nations first compulsory auto insurance law. All 1927 registrants must post a bond or carry insurance. Rates set for three state regions, with Boston paying the highest. Legal disputes arise over fleet rates and districting while courts and lawmakers prepare for challenges. Premiums rise from 2 to 150 dollars depending on vehicle type.
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Boston
Massachusetts
United States
Wesley E. Monk
Ormiston testifies on McPherson missing case moves
Kenneth G Ormiston the McPherson case figure told grand jury of his movements from Carmel California May to Harrisburg Pennsylvania after Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson vanished He described travels with a companion identified as Miss Elizabeth Tovey and recounted quarrels and detours through Santa Barbara Oakland Denver Chicago and New York before Pennsylvania stops The DA Asa Keyes and staff plan to hear the jury report after last weeks Lorraine Wiseman-Sielaff hoax story emerged.
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Los Angeles
Kenneth G. Ormiston
McPherson
County Grand Jury
Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson
Santa Barbara
Ormiston
Oakland
Denver
Chicago
New York
Pennsylvania
Asa Keyes
Grand
Lorraine Wiseman-Sielaff
Risberg says 1917 White Sox fixed four games for pennant
In a sworn affidavit to Commissioner Landis Risberg alleges the 1917 White Sox fixed a four game series against the Detroit Americans to win the AL pennant. He names manager Clarence Rowland and cites a $1,100 payment. Buck Weaver nods along but declines to speak. Risberg says he will return to face others named next Wednesday.
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Chicago
Charles A
Risberg
Black Sox
K. M. Landis
Chicago White Sox
Detroit Americans
Sox
Detroit
Clarence Rowland
George “Buck” Weaver
Rowland
Eddie Collins
Philadelphia
Ray Schalk
Donie Bush
Pittsburgh
Rochester
Minn
Landis
Polygamy Fades in Turkestan Amid Census Gloom
In Turkestan the Soviet census shows men outnumbering women three to one, triggering a marriage drought and rising prices for marriageable women. Polygamy dwindles as men struggle to find wives while some marry Russian and Christian women. Husbands now perform most domestic tasks, reversing traditional roles.
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Samarkand
Russian Turkestan
Turkestan
Soviet Union
Bokhara
Resolutions Pay Off With Economy Ads
Read today’s Commercial Tribune Classified Ads for practical tips and offers to cut living costs. Small businesses and households alike find deals on essential goods and services to help meet annual budget goals.
Bitter attacks on U S polices dominate Mexican chamber session
In Mexico City the Chamber of Deputies amid new petroleum and land laws denounced U S policies and lauded President Calles. Calls to defend Spanish-American unity came as the session noted uncertainty over possible land confiscations and foreign-held concessions before 1917. The U S Embassy reported no confiscations yet. Tampico oil fields showed no developments.
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Mexico City
Chamber of Deputies
United States
Department of State
Calles
Mexico
Tampico Dispatches
Five Die in Ohio Gun Rampage in Steubenville Area
In Steubenville Ohio on January 1 five people were killed and three wounded in a gun episode. Frank Novak 42 died after being shot near Rayland and his stepson John Kinkas 22 was arrested for first degree murder. A separate homicide of Albert Cheli a Rayland carpenter tied to gang activity remains unsolved. Police initially linked the two killings but later said no connection.
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Steubenville
Frank Novak
Martins Ferry
John Kinkas
Ragland
Kinkas
Hemp
Novak
Rayland
Here
Albert Cheli
Kelly
Cheli
Engineers oppose viaduct plan in city report
A special committee of City Engineers led by Frank Shipley Raschig and Ladislas Segoe filed a report with City Council criticizing County Engineer plans for a new Height Street Viaduct. The report opposes a 56 foot roadway extension to Burns Street at an estimated $600,000, arguing limited benefits.
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Heighth Street
Frank Shipley
Seasongood
Planning Commission
Evans Street
Burns Street
Celebrates New Year’s Eve with tenth jail break in Indiana
Ralph Lee, 28, awaiting trial for murder, escaped from Johnson County Jail in Franklin Indiana on New Year’s Eve for the tenth time. He overpowered a deputy sheriff and two other prisoners after luring the deputy with a false tale of a dying prisoner and took accomplices William Rowe and Thomas Snedger. Lee’s escape history dates to 1911 at the Indiana Boys’ School.
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Franklin
Ind
Indiana
Ralph Lee
Johnson County
Lee
Abner Peek
Indianapolis
William Rowe
Thomas Snedger
Greenwood
Indiana Boys’ School
Plainfield
Belasco Injured In New York Auto Crash At 67
Noted theatrical producer David Belasco was in a car collision on Riverside Drive New York while New Year revelers occupied another vehicle. He suffered a slight concussion and other injuries but recovered enough to have the concussion cleared by evening. In Lyons France Edna Purviance fell from a runaway sleigh and was hospitalized with undetermined injuries. French star Armand Bernard was also hurt trying to stop the horses at Montrevard.
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New York
France
David Belasco
Riverside Drive
Lyons
Edna Purviance
Armand Bernard
Montrevard
Seven Lose Lives in Drownings
News briefs report multiple drownings in North American communities. In Nelson British Columbia five Arrow Park residents drowned when a New Year’s Eve boat capsized returning from East Arrow Park. The group included Mrs. Dan Rogers, Sarah Rogers, Mary Kelly, Fanny Graham, and Albert Marsland who was rowing. In Indiana near VeVay two brothers, Clayton and David Furniss, aged 12 and 14, perished after ice gave way during skating on Turtle Creek. companion Manley Chase narrowly survived after attempting a rescue.
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British Columbia
Arrow Park
Upper Arrow Lake
East Arrow Park
Daneb Rogers
Sarah Rogers
Mary Kelly
Fanny Graham
Albert Marsland
Vevay
Ind
Turtle Creek
Here
David Furniss
Clayton
Manley Chase
Cockfight Raid Tangles Newport Nightlife in Silver Grove
Federal agents and local officers raided two River Road venues in Silver Grove, Ky, arresting Mor s cher and three others on liquor and cockfighting charges. Reporters from Cincinnati Post and The Commercial Tribune witnessed the raid as fights at a barn near the Campbell County fair grounds ended and liquor was seized.
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Newport
River Road
Edward Worscher
Silver Grove
Morscher
Campbell County
William Buten
U. S
James Wood
Prohibition
Webe
William Schnellé
Charles Gelvin
Monmouth Street
Robert Sherrod
Randolph Portrum
Ted
Campbell County Fair Grounds
Schnelle
Leonard J. Crawford, Jr
Conrad Motz
William Hagedorn
Cincinnati Post
Hagedorn
Pertrum
Scherrod and
Gelvin
van Attemp
Richard Brite
The
Commercial Tribune
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