Dam Disaster Tied to Bomb Plot, Sheriff Guard Dams
Investigators weigh dynamite theory as St Francis Dam collapse prompts heavy security around all LA Aqueduct reservoirs. Evidence includes frayed rope, a chart, and handwriting matching prior dynamitings. Death toll 277, missing 173. Federal probe starts with Dr. Elwood Mead directing engineers.
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Los Angeles
St. Francis
Santa Clara River
City Department of Water and Power Bureau
John M. Pyles
J. Clark Sellers
Elwood Mead
Reclamation Service
Mead
American Society of Engineers
Child Struck by Trolley Dies in Covington
Four year old Jackie Nienaber son of Albert Nienaber of 124 East Pleasant street Covington was struck by a Greenup street car at Pleasant and Greenup streets at 5 o clock last evening and died en route to St Elizabeth Hospital. Motorman George Ferlage and conductor Alvin Wright were aboard the southbound car. Witnesses said the child darted from behind a northbound car and ran into the path of the southbound vehicle.
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Jackie Nienaber
Albert Nienaber
East Pleasant Street
Covington
Greenup
Pleasant
Greenup Streets
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Greenup Street
George Ferlage
Alvin Wright
Tax Revenues Rise for First Quarter Ahead of 1928 Reductions
Washington reports March 17 income tax receipts at 215,550,008, up from 197,690,398 a year earlier. If the trend holds, 1928 total income tax collections could exceed prior estimates by about 100 million dollars. Officials caution the gain may fade as taxpayer familiarity and collector efficiency grow. President Coolidge and Congress plan to wait for March 15 results before any tax revision.
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Washington
Treasury
Coolidge
Iceman’s arrival saves thug’s victim from freezing
In Cleveland on March 20, Timely visit by an iceman Andrew Wick saved Louis Nigoff from a refrigerator after two men struck him and robbed his pockets of 280 dollars. Nigoff, 35, a storekeeper, was found jammed between two ice cakes and transported to a hospital.
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Cleveland
Louis Nigoff
Andrew Wick
Nigoff
Disarmament Clash At Geneva Between Britain and Soviet
In Geneva on March 20 Lord Cushendun challenged Maxim Litvinoff on the Soviet union plan for disarmament. Cushendun accused Moscow of coming to show scorn and to damage the League of Nations as he pressed for clarity on Soviet motives during seven years of effort.
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Geneva
Maxim Litvinoff
Preparatory Commission On Disarmament
Lord Cushendun
Viscount Cecil
Great Britain
League of Nations
Moscow
League
M. Litvinoff
County Demands Clarification On Tap Water Charges
County Commissioners accuse city of overcharging for county water connections claiming 276 percent excess over city rates. They cite a 1926 agreement setting 50 percent excess and note new contracts raise the overcharge. They request Col. Sherrill or a representative explain at next meeting and begin an inquiry after protests from taxpayers.
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Col. Sherrill
Maj
Lynn C. Boyatt
Maj. Boyatt
J W Packard Former Auto Firm Chief Dies
J W Packard 64 a founder and former president of Packard Motor Car Company died in Cleveland Ohio He spent his last years in Warren and retirement He funded philanthropy including 200000 to the Cleveland Clinic and 1 million to Lehigh University plus gifts to the Warren Library Salvation Army and Seaman's Institute He is survived by his widow three sisters and a nephew
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Cleveland, O
James W. Packard
Packard Motor Car Company of
Detroit
Warren, O
Packard
Warren
Cleveland Clinic
Lehigh University
New York City
Packard Electric Company
Detroit Capital
Packard Motor Car Company
Cleveland Clinic Hospital
Warren Public Library
Warren Salvation Army
Seaman’s Church Institute of
Guy S. Gardner
Cleveland
James B. Davidson
Accotink
Carlotta Packard
Warren Packard II
Recaptured lifer dies leaping from train near Winthrop Harbor
James Bradley, 45, being moved from Marquette to Paintsville after a murder conviction, escaped custody by leaping from a Chicago & Northwestern train near Winthrop Harbor and was killed. He had broken jail after being sentenced to life imprisonment for killing a man in a lumber camp quarrel.
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Waukegan
James Bradley
Marquette
Mich
Paintsville
Chicago & Northwestern
Winthrop Harbor
Bradley
Thomas J. Gullett
Kentucky
Gullett
High-Tone Social Scene Blamed for Liquor Traffic Clash
The dispute in Washington centers on whether high society and upscale hotels drive prohibition violations. Senator Brookhart argues enforcement failures stem from the smart set, while Senator Bruce counters that blaming one class is wrong and notes liquor flows in many hotels. Commissioner Doran cites improved conditions since the dry law.
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Brookhart
Bruce
Washington
Rep
Dem
Maryland
Baltimore
Iowa
Cry
Doran
Prohibition Bureau
Iowan
Dale
Chester Mills
New York
Congress
Congress members take aviation tour with Lindbergh over Washington
About forty members of Congress joined Charles A. Lindbergh for twenty minute flights over Washington in an army Fokker monoplane and a Douglas biplane. Notable riders included Rep. Rogers of Massachusetts and Rep. Langley of Kentucky, both among the four women in the House. The trip promotes aviation education ahead of tomorrow’s Congressional Medal of Honor presentation to Lindbergh at the White House by President Coolidge.
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Washington
Congress
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lindy
Bolling Field
House
Rogers
Massachusetts
Langley
Kentucky
Lindbergh
Coolidge
New York
Paris
White House
Richard E. Byrd
Mrs. Rogers
Mrs. Langley
Clarence Chamber
Hughes Lots Point in a Gripps Case Skirmish
A legal brief notes Hughes Lots asserting privilege in a gripps case related to a contract dispute. The brief outlines privilege requests and argues the privilege applies to certain communications and documents.
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Hughes
Scripps Heirship Case Presents 30 Letters in Federal Court
In a federal trial Judge Hickenlooper views about thirty letters and a draft agreement from E W Scripps to James G Scripps. Mrs Josephine Scripps seeks 6 to 10 million dollars alleging an oral pact granting half profits from the Scripps papers taken over in 1908.
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E. W. Scripps
Smith Hickenlooper
Josephine S. Scripps
Miramar
Cal
Scripps-Howard
Scripps
Charley Evans Hughes
Newton D. Baker
President Wilson
Robert Paine Scripps
John Weld Peck
Governor Smith Enters Massachusetts Presidential Race
Gov. Smith approves using his name in Massachusetts primaries marking him as a candidate for the Democratic nomination. The action follows his earlier certification of his name on the Michigan ballot and reflects ongoing national political correspondence. He had hesitated before deciding and notes continued nationwide discussions on the presidential question.
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Albany
N. Y
Smith
Massachusetts
Associated Press
Charles H. McGlue
Gov. Smith
Michigan
Teller Fails to Identify Pair in Bank Robbery
Atlanta report says J. Leinwahl of Peoples Bank Cincinnati failed to identify suspects held for a $5,000 branch robbery. The men named W. H. Merchant of Louisville and R. E. Allen of Cleveland were held for Cleveland police. They denied the robbery and admitted selling fake diamonds to Cincinnati loan offices.
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Atlanta
J. Leinwahl
Peoples Bank and Savings Company of
Cincinnati
W. H. Merchant
Louisville
R. E. Allen
Cleveland
Washington 1914 War Policy Details Published in 800 Page Volume
The State Department released an 800 page set of supplementary documents on US foreign relations in 1914, the start of World War I. It notes President Wilson and Secretary Bryan sought to avert the conflict and expand the Bryan conciliation framework with many notes now printed in full text.
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State Department
Washington
Wilson
Bryan
Germany
Austria
United States
Paris
Shipping clerk’s failed suicide in Cincinnati area
Richard Wientjes 46 of Newport tried to end his life with a razor at Speers Hospital Dayton Ky after a string of failed ventures from furniture to groceries to real estate. He left behind seven children and faced mounting financial stress and nervous illness.
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Speers Hospital
Dayton
Richard Wientjes
Linden Avenue
Newport
Wientjes
Cincinnati
Russel Street
Covington
War fears as American telegraph group hints at global clash
New York World News Service reports a merger of Postal Telegraph and International Telegraph and Telephone triggers talk of conflict with the Eastern and associated lines and the Marconi Company. British observers speculate on American wireless stations and cross Atlantic linkage amid cables and ownership moves.
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London
Marconi System
New York World News Service
Postal Telegraph
International TelePhone and Telegraph Companies
Eastern
Marconi Company
Evening Standard
Lord Beaverbrook
Standard
International Telephone and Telegraph
Europe
United States
Central America
Cuba
South America
Marconi and Eastern Cables
N. Y
Senate moves to urge Mellon resignation over oil reserve scandal
Senator Couzens introduces a resolution urging Secretary Mellon to resign citing failures to disclose Sinclair's Republican contributions and alleging long running fraud in naval oil reserve matters. The debate recalls 1924 calls to resign Denby and Daugherty and sets a rapid vote path.
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Washington
Mellon
Senate
Treasury
Couzens
Michigan
Harry F. Sinclair
Denby
Navy
Daugherty
Coolidge
Reed
Pennsylvania
Senate of the United States
Andrew W. Mellon
the Treasury
Republican National Committee
One S-4 Crew Member Wrote Message Before Death
A note found in Seaman George Pelmar's clothing at Chelsea Naval Hospital shows one of the six torpedo room crew members on the sunken submarine S-4 wrote a brief message during the last seventy four hours of life. The message read My body to Pelmar 5609 South Nineteenth street Omaha Neb. Naval Secretary Wilbur announced the find as the salvage voyage continues at Provincetown. The board has not located any other message and continues cleaning the torpedo compartment for further clues.
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Boston
George Pelmar
Chelsea Naval Hospital
S-4
Pelnar
South Nineteenth Street
Omaha
Neb
Kate Meleziva
Provincetown
Graham N. Fitch
Naval Board of Investigation
Investigation Board
Wilbur
J. B. Willson
Navy Yard
Southerner
Philip Andrews
Ernest J. King
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Santa Clara Valley
Iceman
Lord Cughendun Ito
Mos
Cow
League of Na
Stalin
J. W. Packard
Lehigh
Lifer
Senate Civil Service
Prohibition Service
Atlantic
Col. Lindbergh
St. Paul
Hickenlooper
Baker
E. W
James
OWT
Lad
Teller
Cincinnatian
Razor
Able War Oeen
MacKay
Walsh
Nye
Secretary of Treasury
Gouzens
AL W. Mellon
Crew
Falcon
Chicago
Montanan
Senate Teapot Dome
Gerald P. Nye
North Dakota
Thomas J. Walsh
Montana
Alfred E. Smith
Harding
Frederick L. Siddons
District of Columbia Supreme Court
George E. Martin
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Alaaa
Continental Trading Company
Lucius J. M. Malmin
Martin
Adolph H. Sus
Sinclair Refining Company
Sinclair-Burns Oil
Virgin Islands
Soa
Malmin
Gow Smith
Robinson
Naval
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