Coolidge Appeals for Peace at Pan American Conference
President Coolidge urged twenty one Latin American nations to settle disputes through justice and equity, not force, in Havana opening talks. Crowds cheered his call for goodwill, while Cuban officials and First Lady Mrs. Coolidge shared in the jubilant reception.
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President Machado
Oil war between Standard Oil and Royal Dutch Shell looms
New York reports a global oil clash may spark a Far East trade war as US exports to the region climbed to 106 million dollars in 1926. The dispute centers on India where Shell accuses Standard Oil of predatory pricing and theft of Soviet oil.
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India
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Soviet
Russia
America
Regulars Loge Vote On Lower Tariff Rates And Ship Bill
Washington dispatch reports Senate approval of downward tariff revision by a 54 to 34 vote and a three to one ruling to grant preferred status to a merchant ship bill opposed by President Coolidge. The House Democrats, led by Garner, attacked Republican delays amid a presidential election year backdrop.
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Congress
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House
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Reed
Missouri
Smith
Illinois
House Democrats
Garner
Texas
Joustin G C P Seen as Gubernatorial Aspirants Rally
Ohio political observers view Myers Y Cooper Edward Turner and James T Begg as key figures in a coming governor race. Turner backs anti Marshall act forces while Cooper, a builder of working men homes, draws city and rural support. Begg signals entry while Smith's Cleveland visit hints at Cooper campaign ties.
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Edward C. Turner
Ohio
James T. Begg
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Cooper
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Orville Smith
Cleveland
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Cuyahoga County
4-H” Club
Farmers’ Organization
Troy
Preble County Farmers' Institute
Morning Sun
Ohio Builders’ Supply Association
Dayton
Lakeside Women’s League of Voters of
W C T U quarrel over Royden smoking at jubilee
In Cleveland on January 16 a W C T U meeting clashed over English evangelist Maude Royden smoking cigarettes. A resolution criticizing Royden was drafted while Mrs Mary Robinson walked out and erased her name from the register.
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Maude Royden
Anna A. Mendenhall
America
Mary Robinson
Wakeman, C
Mrs. Robinson
Miss Royden
Michigan Elder Confesses Kidnapping Slaying of Five-Year-Old Dorothy Schneider
Adolph Hotelling a 47 year old Owosso church elder confessed in Flint to kidnapping and killing Dorothy Schneider five year old on her way home from kindergarten. A mob of 10000 tried to lynch him as National Guardsmen dispersed the crowd. Hotelling was jailed in Lansing after the arrest and confession stunned Owosso residents.
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Mich
Adolph Hotelling
Owosso
Dorothy Schneider
Lansing
Hotelling
Osso
Sault Ste. Marie
Hickman
Schneider
Benson Creek
Comedian Rubens Hailed In Eye Fight At Winter Garden
Maurice Rubens musician in many Broadway hits testified before Magistrate Weil after a Friday altercation with Ted Lewis at the Winter Garden Theater left Rubens with a bandaged eye. Lewis faces a assault summons as Rubens recounts demanding to rehearse with Shubert permission.
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New York
Maurice Rubens
Gay Paree
Spain
Gladys Wheaton
Weil
West Side Court
Ted Lewis
Winter Garden
Charles L. Sylvester
Rubens
Lewis
Shuberts
Dollings Men Lose Nolle Pros In Dollings Case
An order from United States District Judge Hickenlooper dismisses further federal prosecutions against William G. Benham and Dwight Harrison for mail fraud tied to the Dollings Company crash. The move does not affect existing federal sentences and ends additional charges arising from the case.
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Harrison
Columbus
William G. Benham
Dwight Harrison
R. L. Dollings Company
United States District
Hickenlooper
Cincinnati
Department of Justice
Washington
United States
H. E. May
Benham and Harrison
Dollings Company
Mau
Disappearance of Smith College student Frances St John Smith
Northampton Massachusetts January 16. A day of searching in three states failed to locate Frances St John Smith a Smith College student who vanished last Friday. Investigators including State Detective Daly and Smith College president William Allan Neilson pursued leads while a $1000 reward was offered by her father St John Smith.
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Mass
Frances St. John Smith
Smith College
Joseph Daly
William Allan Neilson
St. John Smith
New York
Woman Falls to Death From 12-Story Hotel Window
A Chicago woman identified as Mrs J J Mc Farland of 1112 Spencer Street jumped or fell from a twelfth floor window at the Hotel Imperial in New York today. Her name and Chicago address were found in a hotel Bible. She had not been seen since registering Saturday night and was not discovered until the maid failed to gain entry Sunday.
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Miss Smith
Roswell Billings
Hatfield
Sophia Smith
Smith College
West Hampton
New London
Conn
Sanford
Portland
Elmer Bennett
Bennett
Jacob B. Slosberg
New York
J. J. McFarland
Spencer Street
Chicago
Goat Hill Memorial Site Likely Final Commission Choice
The City Planning Commission heard witnesses on a war memorial site with observers predicting Goat Hill will be approved. The Citizens' War Memorial Committee aims to raise 750000 dollars beyond a 100000 bond and set aside 250000 for maintenance.
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City Planning Commission
Citizen’s War Memorial Committee
Buckner A. Wallingford
Walter S. Schmidt
Citizens’ Committee
Reading Road
Dorchester Avenue
Highland Avenue
Schmidt
Pfiester
Medill High chaperones take charge after club raid
After a raid on Club Bagdad on Chicago's South Side, Medill High School leaders form a principals committee to oversee student social events. Fifty seven couples attended the post prom gathering until 3 a.m. and prohibition agents testified that no drinking occurred.
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Chicago
Medill High School
Bagdad
South Side
Third attempt to beat Chamberlin record ends in failure
Clarence D. Chamberlin and Roger Q. Williams failed to surpass Germany's duration flight record after about three and a half hours as ice formed on their monoplane forcing a landing at Mitchel Field. They planned a possible fourth attempt in two weeks.
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N. Y
Clarence D. Chamberlin
Roger Q. Williams
Germany
Chamberlin
Williams
Philadelphia
Flyers
Mitchel Field
North Atlantic
Nine Entombed Miners Trapped Near Hazelton Pennsylvania
Rescue squads tried to reach nine men buried by a landslide in a mine slope near Hazelton Pa about 600 feet underground. Early AP report said rescuers believed all could be saved as teams communicated with the entombed workers.
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Hazelton
Associated Press
Rebel bands loot two Jalisco villages in early attack
Dispatches from Guadalajara report rebels attacked and looted La Magdalena and Orendain in Jalisco not protected by federal garrisons. Home defense guards rallied and drove off the marauders after depredations, pursuing them and leaving several dead and wounded.
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Guadalajara
Jalisco
la Magdalena
Orendain
Donahey considers state relief for starving mining families
Columbus January 16 Gov Donahey weighing state wide aid after observers report sharp hardships in Ohio mining districts. Guardsmen note widespread hunger among children with schools reporting lunches lacking and families lacking clothing. In Hocking district 1500 homes contain 500 expecting mothers before February 1.
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Columbus
Ohio
National Guard
Hocking
Hollister
Jacksonville
Chauncy
Youngstown Bridge Bill Passed by Congress
Congress approves Mahoning County Ohio plan to reconstruct a bridge over the Mahoning River at Youngstown. The action authorizes local officials to proceed with construction funding and engineering steps.
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Congress
Washington
Jan
Mahoning County
Ohio
Mahoning River
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