Girl 19 Breaks Endurance Record for Feminine Flyers
A 19 year old girl is cited as establishing a new world endurance record for women in aerial flight as the Army Ques tion Mark continues a nonstop mission between Los Angeles and San Diego. The crew refuels from a passing tanker at scheduled times and reports a safe return of the aircrafts crew as they chase the 60 hour mark and the Belgian record.
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San Diego
Carl Spatz
Ira. Baker
Maj. Spatz
Elwood R. Quesada
Lieut. Quesada
Capt. Faker
Harry A. Halverson
Quesada
Sergt
Hope
Metropolitan Airport
Los Angeles
Governor Denies Pardon for Louisiana Hangings
Gov Huey P Long declines to commute the death sentences of Ada Bonner Lebouef and Dr Thomas E Dreher for the Morgan City area crime. They are set to hang Saturday between noon and 3 pm in Franklin Louisiana with Lebouef to become the first white woman executed in the state. Dreher was a prominent local physician and druggist.
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Banton Rouge
UPI
Huey P.long
Ada Bonner Lebouef
Thomas.e. Dreher
State Pardon Board
Little Tower
Franklin
Dreher
Morgan City
Mysterious $1600 loan chase ends with Casey hunt
Kansas City toy maker Dr. A Meyer arrives in Chicago after five years seeking Thomas J. Casey the insurance agent who loaned him $1600 to start a Aransas City factory. Meyer has traced many Caseys to Evanston and elsewhere but has not found the borrower. He still pursues the man with the money in hand.
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Chicago
Thomas J. Casey
Casey
A. Meyer
Kansas City
Mr. Casey
Meyer
Aransas City
Mr. Meyer
Tom Casey
Caseys
Evanston
Five Relatives Held in Orrville Kidnapping Case
Four men and one woman, all related, were charged with child stealing after the disappearance of four year old Melvin Horst. The suspects Elias Arnold 55 his two sons William 30 and Arthur 25 daughter Mrs Dorothy McHenry and her husband Gaston McHenry 34 were jailed in Orrville with bonds set at 10000 each. Prosecutor Mougey says a bootleg ring may be behind the plot aimed at Marshal Horst the uncle.
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Orrville, CO
Melvin Horst
Elias Arnold
William
Arthur
Dorothy McHenry
Gaston McHenry
Orrville
Akron
Wooster
Walter J Mougey
Horst Boy
Roy F. Horst
Melvin
Horst
Mougey
A. A. Weigandt
Rockville Centre resort closes as Nassau raids sweep area
A Rockville Centre resort known for selling alcohol previously posted a sign reading Closed until it gets quiet. Several raids were conducted in Nassau County Tuesday night as authorities intensified action.
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New York World News Service
New York
Rockville Centre
L. I
Nassau County
France’s Modernization Plan Aims for U.S. Style Growth
Premier Poincare and Andre Tardieu unveil a program of realization to modernize France. Decentralize industry offices, rebuild ports and roads, develop hydro power, and build a Sahara railroad. Paris plans include remapping and modernizing Paris, with a vote of confidence to Parliament sought.
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New York World News Service
Paris
France
America
Poincare
Andre Tardieu
United States
Sahara
Predicts Rise In Temperature In Chicago And Midwest
Chicago and the Midwest faced relief from a near zero weather watch as temperatures are expected to rise. The Weather Bureau predicts a minimum low around 14 above tonight with subzero readings earlier across the Great Lakes region. One man died and three others were severely frozen during the cold wave as Duluth 14 below and The Pas 24 below led the coldest readings.
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Chicago
Midwest
Weather Bureau
Great Lakes
Duluth
Minn
Peoria
Ill
White River
Ontario
Pas
Manitoba
Globe-trotting preacher Morill leaves eccentric will
The Rev G L Morrill who died in San Diego left a Bible to churches to gain Christianity a hammer to freedom his blessing to the thief and the scarlet woman and his alarm clock to the Minneapolis Police Department The globetrotter author of religious travel books preached his own funeral service using a talking machine per his last wishes
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ST. Petersburg
Fra
G. L
Golightly) Morrill
San Diego
Cal
Minneapolis
Lowell L. Morrill
Candide
Tibet
Eden
Baudelaire
Hell
Heaven
Morrill
Toy Taken From Boy Throat Saved After Vigil
Frankie Brooks, 18 months, was saved when Dr H H Haggart removed a tiny electric motorcycle from his throat at Mithoefer Hospital. The toy caused pneumonia, and the operation occurred without anesthesia after a long maternal vigil by Mrs. Charles Brooks of Asco West Virginia. Frankie had deteriorated since December 21 and was moved from Bluefield to Cincinnati for better facilities. The mother endured a week of mounting worry, racing to protect her son’s life.
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H. H. Haggart
William Mithoefer
Charles Brooks
Asco
W. Va
Frankie
Mithoefer
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Flu Conference Set for January 10 in Washington
Surgeon General Cummings announced January 10 as the date for the Public Health Service national influenza conference after a meeting with Secretary Mellon. The event aims to outline intensive research and potential methods to curb future waves, amid reports of rising cases across states.
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Washington
Cummings
Public Health Service
Mellon
The
Treasury
Health Service
Girl, 16, Held by Old Man with a Cane
Atlanta police search for Doris Turner a 16 year old girl who vanished after school and left a pencil letter saying she had been kidnapped by an old man with a cane described as kind though half crazy. Parents and detectives work to identify the man while Doris’s friends recall talks with him.
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Atlanta
Doris Turner
Oscar L. Turner
Doris
Three Deaths Here Said to Flu and Pneumonia
Influenza and pneumonia caused three deaths in Cincinnati yesterday. Adam J. Shafer, 78, of 290 Mcstreet, was among the deceased, with others unnamed.
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Cincinnati
Adam J. Shafer
Coolidge Returns to Washington Sets Busy Two Months Ahead
President Coolidge arrives with Mrs Coolidge in Washington after a Florida Christmas break. At Union Station they are met by Kellogg and Sanders. He goes to the White House to review accumulated business and may meet Congressional leaders before week’s end to discuss proposals for the remaining two months of his term.
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Washington
Georgia
Coolidge
Sapelo Island
Howard E. Coffin
Union Station
Kellogg
Everett Sanders
White House
Firemen battle four hours to curb $2500 blaze
Firefighters under Marshal William Hilsinger fought over four hours to subdue a fire at the home of the late George E. Meinhardt, 534 Mt Hope Ave. Damage was pegged at $2500. Frank Schaap, 40, of 1123 Iliff Ave, a Fire Company No. 17 member, was hospitalized after stepping on a nail. The blaze likely started from an overheated furnace. the upper floors housed H Hill and family while the widow and family of Meinhardt occupied the lower floor. No one was home when it started. flames spread through walls to the roof.
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William Hilsinger
George E. Meinhardt
Mt. Hope Avenue
Marshal Hilsinger
Frank Schaap
Iliff Avenue
General Hospital
H. Hill
Meinhardt
New York Central Plans Electrification from New York to Buffalo
The New York Central Railroad is considering electrifying its system from New York to Buffalo and using Niagara Falls power. The project would cost from 75,000,000 dollars upward.
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New York
New York Times
New York Central Railroad
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Treaty for Niagara River works with Canada announced
The state department announced a treaty with Canada to construct works in the Niagara River above the falls to maintain and improve the scenic beauty of the falls and rapids.
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Washington
Jan
Canada
Niagara River
State Department
Bribe Demand for Sunday Ball Permit Charged
Boston hearing reveals Emil Fuchs testified William Lynch claimed a council bloc would receive 5000 dollars each if Sunday's sports permit passed. Lynch allegedly listed 13 council members and discussed bribe motives while Fuchs faced cross examination amid clashes and applause.
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Boston
Emil Fuchs
Boston Nation League Baseball Club
William G. Lynch
Boston Braves
Boston Finance Commission
Charles F. Adams
Braves
Fuchs
Lynch
Adams
Suffolk County
John C. L. Dowling
Finance Commission
Thomas H. Green
Green
Joseph P. Walsh
Daniel Carroll
Jim Maloney
Walsh
Rogers Hornsby
Carroll
Hornsby
Bruce Whitmore
Storms Kill Dozens on Honda Coast Near Niigata
Several hundred houses destroyed and at least sixty six killed as storms plow along the Honda coast southwest of Niigata. Railways report twenty villages inundated and many injured as high seas lashed the shoreline yesterday.
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Tokyo
Japan
Honda
Niigata
Railway Department
Snowy Hair to Rich Brown by Gazing at Panel
Charlottesville dispatch notes John Armstrong Chaloner, famed for Who's Looney Now, leaves for New York to show scientists a claimed magic to dye his snowy hair brown by gazing at a wardrobe panel. He offers 1000 dollars to prove it, describing a walnut slab and a hair dye that lasts hours.
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Charlottesville
John Armstrong Chaloner
New York
Chaloner
Chajoner
Virginia
North Carolina
Lina Cavalieri
Senate Recess Ends With Treaty And Navy Bill Fight
Washington reports the new session will tackle the Kellogg peace treaty and the naval construction bill in the Senate while tariff revision remains for the House after March. Borah and Hale reach an agreement to test the treaty first, with votes on both major measures likely soon. Roy West confirmation and seating Senator-elect Vare spark contests as hearings begin on 1926 campaign expenditures.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Ways and Means
Borah
Hale
Roy O. West
Chicago
Secreaary
Interior
Vare
Pennsylvania
West
Senate Lands Committee
Reed
Dem
Girl Sues Man Believed Adopted Her For Ten Years Of Work
Miss Edna Grigsby claims she worked as a household helper for George Bohlander at the Central Y M C A for fifteen years believing he adopted her. She says the adoption never occurred and seeks 10,000 dollars for services rendered. She was in the Children's Home when Bohlander brought her into his home.
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Edna Grigsby
George Bohlander
Central Y. M. C. A
Bohlander
Common Pleas Court
Grigsby
Two Thugs Disarm Cops and Escape in Police Car
In Buffalo and Lackawanna a raid on a house ended with William Wunderlich and a companion disarming four Buffalo officers and two Lackawanna detectives. Patrolman Fred C. Smith was shot in the stomach and not expected to live. The pair fled in the detective car, speeding toward the Pennsylvania line.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Lackawanna
Fred C. Smith
William Wunderlich
Smith
Wunderlich
Angola
Pennsylvania
Mayor Seeks Annexation as 1928 Report Highlights
City Manager Col Sherrill and Mayor Seasongood urge formal annexation talks with Cincinnati amid plans for a municipally owned river rail terminal and central market. They warn that outlying districts hinder policing, zoning, and city finances, citing roads, hospitals, and utilities costs. Continued discussion promised.
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Col
Sherrill
Cincinnati
Seasonguved
Norwood
Duck Creek
County
Cincinnati Street Railway
City of
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati Hospital
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Allegheny County
Lucas County
Cuyahoga County
Burk
New York
Philadelphia
Ohio
City Planning Commission
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