No-Rider Push to Break $0 Cruiser Bill Pass
Washington lawmakers face a deadlock over the anti war pact and interpretative declaration. Senator Bingham holds and President Coolidge presses for treaty without reservations while a separate naval construction bill looms. The round robin petition could shift votes but remains uncertain as major appropriation bills await action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
White House
Senate
Coolidge
Bingham
Connecticut
Foreign Relations Committee
America
Boah
Payor Navy
Borah
Capitol
Moses
Rep
N. H
Congress
House
War Department
Appropriations Committee
Treasury Department
Woman wins three royal flushes in first poker game
William Schaumberg chuckled at his wife’s beginner luck as she scored a royal flush in her first game. A half hour later she made another royal flush and fifteen minutes later asked for one more card. He fainted after the third royal flush. Five players corroborated the hands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York World News Service
San Francisco
William Schaumberg
Mrs. Schaumberg
Morgan Chosen as Youngs Aid on Reparations
J Pierpont Morgan was named to Owen Youngs team on the Reparations Commission to determine Germanys payment. The appointment, seen as a counter to big business influence, drew mixed initial reactions but was later regarded as wise. The article notes Americas indirect role in selecting the Americans for the commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan
Young
New York World News Service
Washington
J. Pierpont
Owen Young
Reparations Commission
Germany
Dwight Morrow
Mexico
House of Morgan
Senate
Weeden Arrested in Hospital Chief Murder Case
Frank Weeden, 51, a former inmate of the Rhode Island State Hospital for Mental Diseases at Howard, was arrested near his mother's home in Cowesett and arraigned for the murder of Dr. Ransom H. Sartwell, the hospital superintendent. He pleaded not guilty, claimed self defense, and was remanded to the County Jail without bail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sartwell
Eighth District
Cranston
Weeden
State Hospital
Eva Booth’s move to democratize the Salvation Army linked to U S millionaires
New York dispatch outlines behind Evangeline Booth's bid to reform the Salvation Army. Wealthy American donors including John D. Rockefeller Sr and Jr oppose autocratic control by a single London head. Rockefeller notes the need to reform ownership and succession within the global army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eva
Booth
U. S
New York World News Service
New York
Evangeline Booth
Salvation Army
Rockefellers
John D., Sr
United States
London
Miss Booth
Bramwell Booth
Gen
William Booth
Bramwell
Evangeline
Rockefeller
Jonh . D. Rockefeller, Sr
Tragic accident murder charge after Covington shooting
In Covington Kentucky yesterday Jennie Masten 28 died from a bullet wound while her daughter was getting her hair cut. Walter Masters her brother in law is jailed in Covington on murder charges after testing a pistol left on a mantle. Coroner Stephens leads the investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Covington
Jennie Masten
Maryland Avenue
Walter Masters
Gilpin Avenue
Incinnati
St. Elizabeth’ Hospital
Masters
Mrs. Masters
Inaugural of Myers Cooper Slated in Ohio Today
Ohio readies a lavish pre war style inauguration for Myers Y. Cooper as the 47th governor with a radio broadcast planned. The ceremony includes a morning procession to the Capitol, a brief ten minute swearing in, and a public address streamed to listeners statewide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capitol Square
American Legion Band
Karl H. Hoenig
Columbus
Castleberry
Walnut Hills
Emil Fuchs Painter Ends Life After Prolonged Illness
Famous artist Emil Fuchs, plagued by cancer despite a June operation, rose to a balcony of his studio on West Sixty-seventh Street and, after denying luncheon plans with his sister, killed himself. The scene unfolded in the Hotel des Artistes residence, with his studio filled with paintings and sculptures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York World News Service
New York
Emil Fuchs
Willy Rieser
Hotel Des Artistes
Sixty-seventh Street
Renee Fuchs
Endicott
Former Czarist Chief Slaschoff Shot in Moscow Home
Gen. Jacob Alexandrovitch Slaschoff, a former Czarist and White commander now high in the Soviet Army Commissariat, was shot to death in his Moscow home. The motive appears personal revenge. Slaschoff had led general tactics courses for the Soviet General Staff since returning from Constantinople in 1922.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Jacob Alexandrovitch Slaschoff
Soviet Army Commissariat
Slaschoff
Russia
Constantinople
Wrangel
Denekin
Crimean
Frontier Days Re enacted on Mexican Border
Douglas Arizona January 13 Vigilante expedition by Francisco Fimbres cattleman led eleven scouts beyond Bacerac to avenge his wife’s 1926 death and rescue his son from Apaches in Sonora. A fever and heavy snows halted progress as authorities feared a massacre and searched the border region for the missing group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas
Ariz
Sierra Madre Mountains
Sonora
Mexico
Geronimo
Arizona
New Mexico
Francisco Fimbres
Bacerac
Fimbres
Ramon Quesada
Quesada
Agua Prieta
Bosbaya
Jesus Valdez
Three Scouts Awarded Gold Honor Medals for Rescue
Three Boy Scouts Edward A. Bush Theodore Antonich and Joseph Erlenwein received the Gold Honor Medal from the National Court of Honor for outstanding heroism rescuing four people from drowning. Vincent Meyers also earned a heroism certificate. Erlenwein’s major award came for saving Mrs Clifford Lewis and Miss Gladys Anderson at Buckeye Lake Ohio in July 1927.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
The
Boy Scouts of America
National Court of Honor
Edward A. Bush
Brooklyn
Theodore Antonich
Great Falls
Mont
Joseph Erlenwein
Columbus
Vincent Meyers
New Boston
Erlenwein
Buckeye Lake
Clifford Lewis
Gladys Anderson
Paris Pig Swindle Nets Big Loss in Buy a Pig Game
Thousands of French investors were lured by a bogus pig breeding scheme run by Gustave Stasse and Leon Lizeray. Buyers paid 20 francs for pigs stamped with their names, promised seasonal growth and profits, but the company skimmed the funds and provided hollow updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York World News Service
Paris
Dupes
Gustave Stasse
Leon Lizeray
Auto Show Fashion Drives 1929 Car Styles in Music Hall
The Cincinnati Music Hall auto show opens amid jazz and luxury, highlighting 1929 models and a feminine influence on design. Dealers seek to move surplus production as Chrysler forecasts five million cars in 1929. Styles shift to empire gowns and aprons, with Dodge dropping its apron and Chevrolet adding a front apron over the chassis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Music Hall
Charles F. Theis
Cincinnati
Walter Chrysler
Dodge
Chevrolet
Mercury Dives Beneath Zero As City Endures Freeze
Cincinnati awoke to a record cold day with a low of 2.4 degrees above zero. Officials at Watson Airport reported 3 below zero in Blue Ash after midnight while the Miami River froze in several spots. Amid the cold, air mail pilots still took off as usual despite snow flurries and delays for Continental Air Lines flights from Cleveland to Cincinnati to Louisville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Weather Bureau
Watson Airport
Miami
Cleveland
Louisville
Continental Air Lines, Inc
Fire rips through Foreman National Bank Building scaffold
Thirty stories above downtown Chicago a major blaze tears through scaffolding of the unfinished Foreman National Bank Building. Ten fire companies battle icy, wind swept flames for hours as spectators watch. A firefighter is badly injured by a falling plank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Financial Center
Foreman National Bank
Conway
Tacoma
Five Escape Fire In Woolworth Tower Sky End
Five men and a woman found themselves on the skyward side of a blaze that damaged insulation on the fifty fifth floor of Woolworth Tower in New York. The fire, described as the highest on record in the city, caused the dramatic evacuation but no serious injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolworth Tower
New York World News Service
New York
Question Mark Pilot Races With Death To Visit His Mother
Capt. Ira Eaker chief army endurance monoplane pilot landed in Midland after a flight from San Diego. He heads to Eden Texas where his mother is critically ill with pneumonia. Despite fatigue he left for Eden by auto after contacting his family. He departed San Diego at 6 30 Western time and landed at 5 05 this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midland
Tex
Ira Eaker
San Diego
Eden
Eaker
Nickels Driver's License Measure Faces Assembly This Week
Ohio Senate Bill No. 1 known as the Nickels bill proposes a driver license system to improve road safety. It sets a $1 fee for automobile owners and 25 cents for other drivers, with 15 cents to the deputy commissioner of motor vehicles. The bill requires licenses within 120 days of passage, plus examinations for those failing qualifications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal W. Ryan
Columbus
General Assembly
Walter G. Nickels
Senate
Nickels
Ohio Safety Council
Safety Council
Ohio Automobile Association
The
Babe Ruth's Estranged Wife Dies in Watertown Fire
Helen Woodford Ruth, estranged wife of Babe Ruth, died from smoke and flames in Dr. Edward Kinder's Watertown home. Fire blamed on defective wiring. Ruth identified by sisters Catherine and Nora Woodford. Babe Ruth visited, then headed to Boston. investigation by state police halted funeral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York World News Service
Watertown
Mass
Helen Woodford Ruth
George Herman
Babe” Ruth
Edward H. Kinder
Ruth
Catherine
Nora Woodford
Boston
Kinder
Dr. Kinder
Boston Garden
Babe
Helen Kinder
George O. West
Middlesex County
Robert T. Bushnell
Brookline
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mellon
Charles Michelson
Asylum
Institution
Snow
John,d.rockefeller, Jr
William
International
American Salvation Army
William C. Pryor
Associated Press
Myers Y. Cooper
Ohio
Vic. Donahey
Cooper
James M. Cox
East Broad Street
Benson W
Mil Fuchs
Dudley Nichols
Band of Arizona Vigilantes
International Line
Monsieur
Babe Ruth
Mercury
Windy City
N.Y
Question Mark
Death
Slugger
Blaze
Johanna Woodford
Weston
Dorothy
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!