Spectroscope to Unlock Solar Eclipses Ghee Problem
New York World News Service reports on eclipse science focusing on spectroscope use. It notes how prisms and gratings reveal solar composition, with Fraunhofer lines guiding study of the sun’s chromosphere and corona, and mentions helium’s historical discovery linked to eclipse observations.
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Same
A. Mitchell
Amer_tcan Astron
Mical Society
New York World News Service
New York
Fraunhofer
Kirchoff
Ramsay
Young
Princeton
Ford Shoals Bid Possible After Capitol Visit
In Washington on March 22 the House pressed to send the Underwood Muscle Shoals bill to conference with the Senate as W B Mayo of Henry Ford explored renewed interest in a Ford bid under leasing terms. Mayo met several bill supporters but said he was merely renewing acquaintances. Sources said Ford’s plans were not disclosed. The Rules Committee planned a meeting to consider a rule for action by a simple majority.
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Associated Press
Washington
House
Senate
Capitol
W. B. Mayo
Kenry Ford
Mayo
Ford
Underwood
House Rules Committee
Ich
Chamber
President Coolidge Signs Record Peace Time Treasury Bill
The Treasury Post Office appropriation bill totaling 760,000,000 was signed, the largest peacetime sum in a single law. The Senate began consideration of the postal rate increase bill, while the War Department appropriation bill of 332,000,000 was reported. The Senate Commerce Committee backed government purchase of Cape Cod.
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Coolidge
Treasury-Post Office
Senate
Senate Commerce Committee
Cape Cod
War Department
Wheat market soars with May futures at new highs
Chicago reports a brisk wheat surge with May prices leaping 45 cents to 1.93 ¾ as cash wheat hits 2.05 ¾. Experts deny any corner while citing heavy foreign demand and export growth, noting rye and corn follow higher prices and bread costs looming.
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New York World News Service
Chicago
Board of Trade
United States Department of Commerce
Julius H. Barnes
Winnipeg
Liverpool
Germany
France
Holland
Italy
America
United States
Canada
Europe
Russia
Argentina
Hoovers Report Shows 1924 Grain Export Surges
Secretary Hoover reports 1924 grain exports up sharply versus 1928 with total value rising 122.45 million dollars. Wheat exports lead the gain at 120.62 million, barley up 12.43 million, rye 11.02 million, and wheat flour 3.07 million. Corn crop shortfalls cut exports by 19.02 million. rice and oatmeal also declined.
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New York World News Service
Washington
Hoover
Impostor Posing as Pension Agent Warned by Radio
The Interior Department will use radio to aid in arresting an impostor in Ohio claiming to be a Bureau of Pensions agent. Cleveland and Cincinnati stations will air a description and appeal for tips. The man has used the names Dr Evens Dr Evey and J C Wickersham and travels by car posing as an eye specialist.
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Washington
Interior Department
Ohio
Bureau of Pensions
Commissioner of Pensions
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Evens
Evey
J. C. Wickersham
Pension Bureau
Robbers Steal $10,000 In Jewels From Bronx Apartment
Four robbers forced entry into Mrs. Sadie Geller’s Bronx apartment, choked the maid, and threatened the ill woman before fleeing with $10,000 in jewels and a valuable fur coat. The incident occurred in New York on January 22.
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New York
Sadie Geller
Bronx
Norwood Disturbance Prompted Ohio Guard Inquiry
Governor Donahey orders Col O B Hardway to Cincinnati to investigate a Norwood crowd disturbance last Sunday amid reports police used tear gas. Elmwood Place and St Bernard citizens sought state troops, while locals petitioned for an inquiry into mayor, police actions at a religious content meeting led by Mrs Helen Jackson of Toledo.
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Columbus
O. E. Hardway
One Hundred and Sixty-sixth Infantry
Ohio National Guard
Cincinnati
Donahey
Norwood
Elmwood Place
St. Bernard
Helen Jackson
Toledo
Legislative Office
Catholic Women Seek City Action Over Mrs. Jackson
Eight Catholic women urged Cincinnati officials to forbid Helen Jackson from speaking publicly after alleging her lectures slander the Catholic faith. They cited unfit remarks for children at a women only meeting and asked police to bar the Odd Fellows Hall event. A prior Norwood incident involved a tear bomb and a pending incitement charge against Jackson.
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Mrs. Jackson
Helen Jackson
Cincinnati
Charles E., Tudor
Copelaw
Lillie M. Long
Epworth Avenue
Frank Konkler
Maurice Smith
Mitchell Avenue
Ella M. Rudolph
Spring Grove Avenue
Nellie Donnelly
Mary Gannon
Greenlee Avenue
Nellie Burns
Rosemont Avenue
Gertrude Rapp
Jackson
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Seventh
Elm Streets
Missouri Legislator Fights Robber in State House Corridor
Jefferson City Missouri January 22 Representative Frey aged 71 described as over six feet tall disarmed a robber in the State House corridor after a gun was thrust into his face. He returned to the House bleeding from a cut hand and introduced a bill proposing at least five years for first degree robbery and at least twenty years if the robber is armed or aided by accomplices.
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Associated Press
Jefferson City
State House
Representative Frey
Frey
Fire on small craft sighted off Sea Beach
Observers at Huntington Beach report a vessel about fifty feet long afire four miles off Sea Beach. Boats moved to assist as crews observed the blaze with long-range glasses.
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Pacific
Huntington Beach
Cal
Sea Beach
Alsatian student expelled for wireless crib during exams
In Strasbourg on January 22 a medical student used a wireless setup with a companion at an apartment post to relay dictation and dictation aided answers. A rival candidate exposed the fraud and the faculty expelled the student found using the wireless device.
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Strasbourg
France
X ray pioneer Dr. Carey Stout dies after burns
Dr. Carey A. Stout 49 years old died at his Kennedy Heights home after burns from X ray experiments begun in 1902. He helped develop early X ray use and suffered a relapsed illness after past procedures. Funeral planned for 2 PM tomorrow at his residence with burial at Spring Grove Cemetery.
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Burns
Carey A. Stout
Valley View Avenue
Kennedy Heights
Stout
Taylorsville
Hillsboro
Eclectic Medical College of Cincinnati
Kansas City cashier charged with embezzling $38 thousand
Fred A Day, a 36 year old cashier at the Kansas City branch of the Methodist Book Concern, is charged with embezzling $38,623.28 after an audit found shortages including $14,250 due Cincinnati and $7,750 due New York. An official said Day did nothing illegal and the funds were used with permission of officers.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Fred
Methodist Book Concern
Kas
George D. Colter
New York
Cincinnati
Day
Publication chief cites remittance shortage from Day
Louis C. Fritsche states a $14,250 shortage in remittances to the Cincinnati office from Fred A. Day in Kansas City. He does not know details and notes Rev. George C. Douglas, resident publishing agent, is currently out of the city.
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Louis C. Fritsche
Methodist Book Concern
Cincinnati
Fred A. Day
Kansas City
George C. Douglas
Gasoline Price Raised by Standard Oil in Indiana Territory
The Standard Oil Company of Indiana will raise gasoline prices by one cent per gallon effective tomorrow across its territory. In Chicago the new retail price becomes seventeen cents per gallon.
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Chicago
Standard Oil Company of Indiana
France Debt Repudiation in Senate Borah Sees Early World Court Vote
In Washington the debate over inter allied debts rises as France may repudiate its US obligations. Senator Borah signals possible early World Court action amid White House talks and disarmament hopes. President Coolidge seeks cautious liaison with Congress on foreign policy.
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France
America
Borah
Senate
The
Commercial Tribune
Washington
United States
Coolidge
Congress
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
White House
Department of State
Hughes
Idaho
Germany
Johnson
Hiram Johnson
California
Paris
Harding
Delaware Legislature Backs US World Court Membership
The State Legislature unanimously adopted a resolution urging the United States to join the World Court on President Harding's terms. The measure argues the US should decide to participate and substitute law and arbitration for war with other great nations.
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New York World News Service
Wilmington
Del
United States
World Court
Harding
Miners Tragedy: Bert Nordin Kills Wife and Father-in-law Then Ends Life
Slays Leone Nordin and her father Marshall Jacobs during a dispute after marital troubles. Bert Nordin, 30, a coal miner, then fatally shoots himself. Leone was 19 and married to Nordin eighteen months.
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Two
Pana
Ill
Bert Nordin
Leone
Marshall Jacobs
Emergency relief bill passes House unanimous vote
The Ohio House approved emergency financial relief for municipalities and school districts by 108 to 0 for the bill and 109 to 9 for the emergency clause. It now moves to the Senate where action is expected next week. The measure allows a 3 mill emergency tax with petitions from 50 percent of last election electors to cover deficits, with certificates of indebtedness issued in anticipation of tax collection.
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Columbus, CO
House of Representatives
Donahey
Senate
House
Taft
Onahey
Secretary of State
Brothers Admit Hillsboro Slaying In Confession
Dan Boggs and his brother John Boggs confessed to killing Harry T. Magill in Hillsboro. They also admitted two local robberies and explained abandoning money due to its heavy silver content. Police say the confession was oral and not recorded.
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Springfield
John
Harry T. Magill
Hillsboro
Dan Boggs
Boggs
Lemon
Vernon Fairley
Magill
Leman
Fairley
Dan
Bowersville
Inspector Barghill
Adele
Horace Stafford
Loeb-Leopold
Chicago
Stafford
Hugh Sagen
Lewis
Harris County prosecutor seeks jury for Boggs brothers murder case
Highland County Prosecutor Harold Predmory announced a Hillsboro jury will be impaneled tomorrow to indict the Boggs brothers on first degree murder charges. Fifteen Highland County citizens were summoned for prospective service as warrants prepare to file with Clark County authorities. A hospital patient Edward Lemon testified he did not fire a shot and was struck by a heavy instrument. Medical staff reported Lemon on the road to recovery.
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Harold Predmory
Highland County
Hillsboro
Boggs Brothers
Craig McBride
Common Pleas Court
Predmore
Mr. Lemon
Magill
Hillsboro Hospital
Lemon
These Smiths Do Not Drink in Church Cellars
London January 22 The Smiths deny rumors published during Frederick Edwin Smith Earl of Birkenhead's 1923 visit to America and in London press coverage They reject claims he was offered cellar refreshment and that his daughter smoked on a university campus.
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John L. Balderston
New York World News Service
London
Smiths
Smith
Frederick Edwin Smith
Earl of Birkenhead
India
England
United States
London Press Club
Eleanor
Lord Birkenhead
Y. World News
N.Y
Worvice
fNy World Press Pub. Co
Borah Flags French Debt Repudiation Question in Senate
Senator Borah told the Senate the core issue in the French debt dispute is repudiation as five years pass with no settlement or payments. He contrasted France’s stance with Britain’s generous settlement, noting U S exposure and shifting duties in intergovernmental debt.
Paris Press Backs Marin Views On Allied Debts
Paris papers praise M. Marin’s Chamber speech opposing paying large allied debts. The Temps and Journal Debats say France stands with allied sacrifice, while Paris Soir calls debt liquidation a matter for “kings of the dollar.”
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Paris
Marin
Associated Press
M. Marin
Chamber of Deputies
France
United States
Temps
Journal
Debats
Soir
Maid and $94,000 Missing in Tea Party Theft
Mrs. Ne He Vehon hosted guests when her maid Louise Wernitzer vanished along with jewelry and turf valued between $84,000 and $94,000. The maid had been employed only a week, leaving Chicago police to investigate the sudden loss during a social gathering.
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Chicago
Ne He Vehon
Morris Vehon
Louise Wernitzer
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