Dam Break Devastates California Valleys
San Francisquita and Santa Clara Valleys laid waste by the St Francis Dam collapse. 264 confirmed dead with about 300 missing, many buried under mud and silt. Authorities face weeks of assessment as Los Angeles bears responsibility for the disaster. Red Cross and local groups organize relief while rehabilitation plans unfold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Paula
Cal
San Francisquita Canyon
Santa Clara Valley
St. Francis Dam
Red Cross
Los Angeles
Anch
American Legion
Co. Cc
Teague
California Fruit Growers’ Exchange
M. L. Steckel
St. Francis
Santa Clara River
Santa Clara
W. W. Mott
Co. Co. Young
Mott
Impending Anglo Indian Marriage Sparks Brahmin Uprising
London sources say troops and armored cars move to Indore amid fear over Nancy Miller a American girl wedding to the ex Maharajah. Brahmins condemn the union as sacred city defiled while crowds gather at the Godavari bank for the rites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gul
London
Bombay
Indore
Nancy Miller
Godavari
Nasir
Miller
India
Negro Attacks White Boy. Police Hunt Suspect
Police scouting the black belt chased a suspect after an eleven year old boy, Freddie Freeman, was dragged into a dark hallway near Richmond and Fillmore streets, threatened with a knife, beaten unconscious, and later fled home. Investigators broadcast a description: 35 year old, five foot five, 140 pounds, light skin, two gold teeth, wearing a dark blue suit and cap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Belt
Freddie Freeman
Hale Freeman
West Eighth Street
Richmond
Freeman
Court battle over alleged alienation of affections in New York
In New York on March 14, Countess Andres Marco Giuseppe Soranzo, once tied to James F. Corbett, faced Mrs. Alice Bland Corbett in Supreme Court over a $250000 suit for alienating her husband’s affections. The trial, before Justice Mullan, resumes tomorrow as details of a wife, a countess, and a Philadelphia clerk unfold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York World News Service
New York
Social Register
Andres Marco Giuseppe Soranzo
Alice Bland Corbett
Philadelphia
Supreme Court
Mullan
Corbett
Florence
Italy
Countess Loranzo
Frederick A. Stevenson
American Car and Foundry Company
Helen Corbett
Miss Stevenson
Miss Corbett
Alice
Alice Corbett
Injunction Sought To Block LCC Coal Rate Huling
The United States District Court for Southern West Virginia set next Monday for a hearing on a petition by 500 coal companies from West Virginia Kentucky Virginia and Tennessee to restrain the Interstate Commerce Commission from enforcing a suspension of proposed lower lake cargo freight rates to Southern bituminous operators. Defendants include several railroads and the ICC. The petition argues the suspension is unlawful and would damage business. Southern carriers had already cut schedules and claim the move aims to preserve tonnage and revenues. The ICC suspended Southern rates on February 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court For
Southern
West Virginia
Kentucky
Virginia
Tennessee
Interstate Commerce Commission
Southern Railroads
Louisville & Nashville
Norfolk & Western
Chesapeake & Ohio
Cincinnati
New Orleans
Texas Pacific
Northern Territory
Flow of Income Tax Money to Coffers Of Uncle Sam
Washington report notes taxpayers paid first installment of income taxes as the Senate Finance Committee weighs a House backed tax reduction. First returns will gauge the year’s financial health and whether a rate cut is feasible in coming years. Preliminary government survey cited by Senator Smoot suggests a 9 to 10 percent drop in income last year, though no trend shown yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
Washington
Sam
Senate Finance Committee
House
Treasury
Smoot
Finance Committee
Tax Returns Rally as Deadlines Near Midnight
Kenneth P. Clark announces a surge in returns in three days surpassing January totals. Louis J. Howe warns that midnight tonight is the filing deadline without penalty. late submissions incur a 25 percent penalty if not in the office by midnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis J. Howe
Internal Revenue
Revenue comparison for month to twelfth period
The month to the twelfth totaled 24,933,331 dollars versus 31,110,210 dollars in the same period last year, indicating a decline in revenue.
Physician SLAIN in Office by One-Legged Youth
In Scranton, Joseph Kameniskey Jr., 20, of Jessup, shot and killed Dr. Gerald A. Kelly in his office after awakening him with a patient present. Apprehended in a theater, he confessed the motive tied to a past operation that left him with a prosthetic leg. He was held without bail on murder charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton
Gerald A. Kelly
Jessup
Joseph Kameniskey, Jr
Kameniskey
G.C. Davis
Dr. Kelly
Ameniskey
Liquor raid damages awarded in Ohio Supreme Court case
Mary Smith of Dent wins in Ohio Supreme Court over Greenlee Hahn prohibition agent for injuries from a November 1924 liquor raid. Court upholds $1,000 damages after prior reductions. venue and constitutional questions contested. Tumey precedent cited but no reversal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio Supreme Court
Mary Smith
North College Hillory
Columbus
Dent
Hamilton County
Greenlee S. Hahn
North College Hin
Supreme Court
Anti-Saloon League
James A. White
League
Hahn
Smith
Earhart
Tumey
Robbery Suspects Held In $45,000 Jewelry Heist
Two men suspected of staging a February 22 robbery at Ideal Jewelry and Loan Company were arrested by Detectives Gernhardt and McShane. Officers found a blackjack two revolvers and a leather satchel in a room used by the suspects. Clerks Harry Michaelson and Ben Saul were bound during the break in while a third robber remained at large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ideal Jewelry and Loan Company
West Fifth Street
Gernhardt
McShane
West End
Harry Michaelson
Huron Avenue
Ben Saul
Heresford Avenue
Truscon Steel bids $1,000,000 for Hydraulic assets
Truscon Steel of Youngstown placed a cash bid of $1,000,000 for the plans and assets of the Hydraulic Steel Company, which has been in receivership since October 16, 1923. The bid was the only one submitted at the auction held in Cleveland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Truscon Steel of
Youngstown
Hydraulic Steel Company
Lindbergh Arrives in Washington Aboard From Coatesville
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh landed in Washington at 11 50 a m after flying from Coatesville Pennsylvania His arrival was announced by the War Department but no purpose for the visit was disclosed by officials in Washington
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lindy
Washington
Charles A. Lindbergh
Coatesville
War Department
Baby Drowns in Water Jar Accident
Marie Shaw eighteen months old daughter of Mr and Mrs James F Shaw drowned after falling into a six gallon jar half full of water in Columbus. The tragedy occurred while the child was playing.
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Columbus
Marie Shaw
James F. Shaw
Army plane to carry mail to isolated villages by convoy
An army transport plane arrived at Sel Field from Chanute Field and will attempt a ski equipped hop to Sault Ste. Marie weather permitting. The mission aims to deliver mail and supplies to snowbound upper peninsula villages with Detour as a landing option if a clearing is made. officials did not set a hop off time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saulteste. Marie
Mich
John F. Deadman
Raber
Detour
Here
Deadman
Russell Goetz
Wallace Benson
Selfridge Field
Clemens
St. Mary’s
Lake Huron
Arthur E. Heyes
St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church
Detroit
Chanute Field
Ill
Sault Ste. Marie
Upper Peninsula
Army Air Field
Robbery Foiled by Station Keeper at Oil Station
Rube Bressler recently earned a thousand dollars from a sale to Brooklyn. Last night two robbers tried to hold up the oil station at 1783 Reading road run by Bressler and Eppa Rixey. George Mayhew, 60, thwarted the crime by grabbing the revolver, wounding no one as four shots were fired. Mayhew was treated for thumb injuries at General Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rube Bressler
Brooklyn
Eppa Rixey
Reading Road
George Mayhew
West Eighth Estreet
Mayhew
General Hospital
Cincinnati Renaissance Voiced at Advertisers Club Luncheon
W C Culkins executive vice president of the Chamber of Commerce outlined a city rebirth at the Gibson luncheon. He credited parkway links and riverbank beautification for a transformed Cincinnati and urged residents to believe in their city. He cited a survey showing the fault lay in Cincinnatians' lack of confidence rather than in institutions.
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Cincinnati
Ohio River
W. C. Culkins
Chamber of Commerce
Advertisers’ Club
Gibson
Culkins
Busi
Nicaraguan Leader Demands US Marines Withdrawal
Sandino sends a message to Senator Borah protesting what he calls barbarism by American forces in Nicaragua and urging immediate withdrawal. He proposes Latin American oversight of elections and a non candidate for president to lead Nicaragua. The letters were released by Lewis Gannett and forwarded to the Senate committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Augustino Sandino
Sandino
Sellers
Special Service Squadron
Admiral Sellers
Chairman Borah
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Lewis S. Gannett
The
Nation
Senator Borah
Idaho
Carleton Beals
Gannett
Quilali
Costigan resigns from Tariff Commission in Washington
Edward P. Costigan, last of the Wilson appointees, resigns from the Tariff Commission and accuses President Coolidge and three commissioners of raising tariff rates. He labels the Marvin group as protectionist and says the White House has lost confidence in the chairman. He urges Congress to act on corrective remedies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Tariff Commission
Edward P. Costigan
Wilson
Costigan
Coolidge
Marvin, Lowell and Brossard
White House
Commission
Marvin
Senator Robinson
Arkansggs
Senate
Daugherty
Fall
Sinclair
New England
Congress
Plane lands in Jersey after long Atlantic flight mystery
Newark dispatch says Hinchliffe plane possibly landed in Menlo Park as state police probe a reported discovery. Major Sinclair says fuel sufficiency for 50 hours. Elsie Mackay aboard as hopes for Capt. Walter Hinchliffe's safety linger amid sightings near Boston Philadelphia and Atlantic City.
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Newark
N. J
Menlo Park
Hinchliffe
Walter Hinchliffe
Elsie Mackay
England
America
Boston
Portsmouth
N. H
Salem
Lynn
Mass
Northfield
Atlantic City
Philadelphia
Eastman Escapes Flaming Train In Egypt
Rochester camera maker George Eastman and his physician survived a Luxor to Cairo express fire in Egypt after a hot box ignited a coach. The car was lost, papers and money were destroyed, and passengers escaped in night clothes while the train halted in time. Eastman borrowed clothes and dressed in mismatched footwear for the Cairo station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastman
Egypt
Cairo
Africa
George Eastman
Rochester
N. Y
Luxor
Mr. Lastman
Dr. Kaiser
Mr. Eastman
Endeavor Trans Atlantic Mono Plane Reaches Mitchell Field
At Mitchell Field New York authorities kept landing lights burning and 50 soldiers on standby for the Endeavor era flight led by Capt Hinchliffe and Elsie Mackay. The plane departed England to cross the Western air lane toward Newfoundland while observers reported no definite progress by mid afternoon amid secrecy and high public concern.
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New York
Mitchell Field
Army Aviation
Hinchliffe
Elsie Mackay
England
America
Newfoundland
Ireland
Great Circle
Cranwell
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Drirta
Garry
Thug
Januing Aaka
Hegan Marines
Custigan
Capt. Hinchliffe
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