Mexico severs relations with Soviet Russia
Mexico orders the entire staff of its Moscow legation to leave Soviet Russia in protest over communist activity against the Mexican government. The foreign minister Genaro Estrada said the Moscow backed propaganda targeted Mexican institutions and the national revolution, and criticized Russia for coordinating demonstrations abroad. The action follows tensions with Moscow and affects Mexican nationals and diplomats worldwide.
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Mexico City
Moscow
Soviet Russia
A. M. Makur
Legation
Genaro Estrada
Washington
Buenos Aires
Rio Janeiro
Russia
U.S
Singing Pair Sued For 25 900 In Broken Contract
Dramatic soprano Rosa Raisa and husband Giacomo Rimini of the Chicago Civic Opera Company were named defendants in a 25 000 damage suit filed for the Denver Civic Opera Company. The suit alleges they breached a contract to perform in Denver last fall.
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Chicago
Rosa Raisa
Giacomo Rimini
Beritone
Chicago Civic Opera Company
Denver
Colo
Civic Opera Co
Arthur S. Lytton
Arthur Oberfelde
Denver Opera
Raisa
Rimini
First Woman Senator Rebecca Felton In Critical Health
Mrs. Rebecca Latimer Felton aged 94, noted feminist leader and former U S senator, remains seriously ill in Atlanta hospital with pneumonia. Officials report she is conscious at times, holding her own but with little hope for recovery. condition unchanged from yesterday.
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Atlanta
Rebecca Latimer Felton
United States
Annual Beaux Arts Ball Held Tonight in New York
The Society of Beaux Arts Architects hosts the annual Beaux Arts Ball at the Hotel Astor in a Florentine court themed setting. Proceeds support Beaux Arts Institute of Design education. Guests must wear costumes as parts of the transformed main ballroom and additional rooms.
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New York
UPI
Beaux Arts
Hotel Astor
Society of Beaux Arts Architects
Beaux Arts Institute of Design
Astor
Florentine Palace
Lorenzo the Magnificent
Old City Clerk Customer Seeks Marriage License
An Evansville area item reports a longtime city clerk customer requests a marriage license. The applicant, who has prior dealings for car, dog, water and hunting licenses, sends a $3 payment and asks to be mailed the license. He notes a Cook County rule requires in person appearance, and asks for the bride’s name.
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Evansville
Cook County
Chicago
Byrd expedition reports no immediate food shortage
Captain H H Bailey, Admiral Richard E Byrd’s representative, said the Antarctic expedition faces no immediate food shortage despite ice pack blocking base access. The New York Times said crews have ample fuel, no ration cuts, warm clothing, and potential whale, seal, or penguin sustenance if needed. Vilhjalmur Stefansson warned pack ice risks are common but would not end the mission this year.
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New York
H. H. Bailey
Richard E. Byrd
Antarctic
Byrd
New York Times
Associated Newspapers
Vilhjalmur Stefansson
Heiress Kills Self In Six-Story Leap
Pi Miss Bes sie Greve a 45 year old heiress to part of her father Henry Greven's estate leaped from a sixth floor Forest Park Hotel window in St Louis early today. Found by two garbagemen on the snow covered ground, she had been dead a short time and was fully dressed.
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ST. Louis
Bessie Greve
Henry Greven
Forest Park
Free Lecture On Christian Science Here Tuesday Night
A free lecture on Christian Science is to be given at the city auditorium Tuesday night at eight o’clock. Paul A. Harsch, member of the board of lecturers of the First Church of Christ Scientist in Boston, will speak. The public is invited to attend.
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City Auditorium
Paul A. Harsch
First Church of Christ
Boston
Bright Lights Blamed In Ashford Road Wreck
R R Hicks of Dothan route seven and two companions escaped serious injury when bright undimmed lights from a speeding car blinded Hicks and forced his truck with a cattle load into a ditch on Ashford road near Porter's Fairyland. Hicks said the other motorist did not stop after the crash. Another witnesses reported a rapid driver with bright lights who refused to dim.
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R. R. Hicks
Dothan
Hicks
Ashford Road
Porter’s
Fairyland
Aviation and Medicine Rescue Girl on Puget Island
In a night mission from Portland Oregon aviator Tex Rankin and Dr Ernest Boylen flew to Puget Island eighty miles west over the Columbia River to reach nine year old June McGilvray suffering pneumonia. The ski equipped training plane landed on the island and the physician was rushed to the child's bedside to save her life.
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Portland
Ore
Gan
Puget Isand
Columbia River
Tex Rankin
Ernest Boylen
June McGilvray
W. E. McGilvray
Longview
Washington
Epidemic of Smallpox Strikes Clay County
Dr. G Gill state health official reports from Clay County a smallpox outbreak with over 200 cases last week. State laboratory shipped several hundred vaccines and officers assist local doctors in containment.
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Clay County
Montgomery
Ala
CP -Dd
G. Gill
Bureau of Communicable Diseases
State Health Department
Clay
County
Gijl
Father and Son Die in Galewood House Fire
A late night Galewood suburb fire claimed the lives of George Outlaw, 52, a factory worker, and his son Robert, 12. Another son James, 8, was seriously burned and rescued by sister Marjorie, 13, as the blaze destroyed the family home.
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Grand Rapids
Midh
Galewood
George Outlaw
Robert
James
Marjorie
J. T. Tally Dies At Home of Daughter
J T Tally aged 75 died yesterday afternoon at the home of his daughter in Dothan route two. He is survived by one brother Andy of Abbeville, one son O L of Dothan, five daughters including Annie Elmore Newton and Evie Prunt of Wewahitchka. Funeral services were to be held at Mt Arrat Church at 3 pm with Rev Murphy Andrews officiating. interment in the church cemetery. Fellows and Forrester were in charge.
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J.T. Tally
Uifford Fuaties Baum
Dothan
Andy
Abbeville
O. L
Annie Elmore
Newton
Bercie Batth
Marianna
Minnie Coghrane
Peachand
Evie Prunt
Wewahitchka
Fla
Clifford Quattibaum
Mt. Arrat Church
Murphy Andrews
Fellows
Forrester
Housewives Of Los Angeles Battle Power Co in Street Clash
Newspiece reports a street clash on the north side of seventy ninth Street where local Housewife residents formed a protest against the Los Angeles Railway Company over a power line project. Police and company workers confronted the demonstrators as tensions rose, with the dispute described as a trench warfare style confrontation.
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Housewives of
Los Angeles
Power Co
Seventy-Ninth Street
Los Angeles Railway Company
Kent Street Parkway
Warkven
Electron Portrait Shown By Thomson At Franklin Institute
Philadelphia report details Prof. G P Thomson of Aberdeen exposing an electron portrait at the Franklin Institute. Using X rays and radio tubes he presented the electron as both a particle and a sprawling web of electrical waves, expanding beyond the atom. The demonstration aimed to reshape concepts of space and substance.
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Philadelphia
Franklin Institute
G. P. Thomson
University of Aberdeen
Scotland
Mullins Files to Seek Reelection as Circuit Solicitor
Col J N Mullins, solicitor of the 20th judicial circuit since 1921, qualified yesterday to run again. He filed with the state Democratic committee, Secretary of State John Brandon, and probate judges of three counties. His motto is courteous treatment to all and special privileges to none.
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J. N. Mullins
20Th Judicial Circuit
John Brandon
Mullins
Circuit
Geneva County
Thomas Kilby
Kaiser Plans Quiet Observance of 71st Birthday Anniversary
Doorn Netherlands January 24 Kaiser Wilhelm II marks his seventy first birthday with a subdued observance as in contrast to last year’s large Hohenzollern gathering. Former Crown Prince Frederick William will attend likely with Crown Princess Cecile. Princess Victoria Louise and Duke Ernest August may join, while attendance of other sons remains uncertain.
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Doorn
Holland
William II
Frederick William
Cecile
Victoria Louise
Ernest August
Prunswick
Luneburg
Eitel Friedrich
Adalbert
August Wilhelm
Oscar
London Financial Crook Draws 15 Years In Pen
London, Jan. 24. Clarence Harry, leader of a fraud network that manipulated millions in pounds, is sentenced to fourteen years penal servitude for “appalling frauds” linked to the Hatry collapse. Co-defendants Edmund Daniele, John Graham Dixon, and Albert E. Tabor receive seven, five, and three years respectively after pleading guilty as the four day trial concluded.
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London
CPI
Clarence Harry
Hatry
Ito
Old Bailey Court
Cin
Edmund Daniele
John Graham Dixon
Albert E. Tabor
Harry
Daniels
Dixon
Bandits Hold Up South Park Bank in Dayton
Three unmasked bandits robbed the South Park Bank in Dayton Ohio taking 216 000 from five employees and several customers. They escaped in a motor car.
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Dayton
Ohio
South Park
Weather Update Alabama Frost Tonight Coast
The forecast calls for fair skies in Alabama with a heavy frost along the coast tonight. Saturday should be fair with continued cool conditions and no precipitation expected.
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Alabama
Delegates Finish Busy First Week at Five Power Naval Talks
Delegates from five powers wrap a lively first week at the London naval conference. The talks center on Anglo American purity and the cruiser issue from Geneva, with American Secretary of State Stimson guiding as Paris and London seek parity and wider press access. The Big Five plan to meet Monday as Italian, French, and British envoys press for progress with hopes for early adjournment.
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Byron Price
Associated Press
London
Henry L. Stimson
St. James’ Palace
Robinson
Teed
No. 10
Downing Street
Rene Massigli
Robert Leslie Carigie
Foreign Office
Dino Grandi
MacDonald
Stimson
Piccadilly
Ritz
Tardiga
Paris
Explosion Rocks Kenova Refinery Killing One Worker
An explosion at the Tri-State Refining Company's Kenova West Virginia plant near Catlettsburg Kentucky was felt across the Big Sandy. One man identified as Robertson was found dead beside a seriously injured worker whose name was not learned. Fire crews faced trapped areas and could not confirm additional fatalities.
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Catlettsburg
Dan
Tri-State Refining Company
Kenova
W. Va
Big Sandy River
Robertson
Samson Banking Company to Open in Samson
Dent F. Green state superintendent of banks announced Samson Banking Company Inc will open for business Monday January 27. The bank capital is 6600 and a 770000 surplus. Pf. Waton Hartfors is president J P Watson Samson is vice president and Henry Crennavw Rarscon is a director.
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Montgomery
Ali
F. Green
Samson Banking Company. Inc
Samson
Rex
Pf. Waton
Hartfors
J.P. Watson
Henry Crennavw
Rarscon
Dem Women Tea Talk Sparks GOP vs Democrat Feud
Mrs Nellie Fogle Ross, Democratic National Committee vice chair, dismisses teacup politics as a tool for party organization. She notes Louise Dedon, Republican women's division chief, promotes tea as a means to mobilize county committees. Ross says Democrats focus on doctrine and tariff concerns rather than tea party optics.
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Nellie Taylorn
Washington
Nelli Fogle Ros
Democratic National Committee
Ana
Louise M. Dedon
Alvin O. Hert
Republican Party
Scout Field Day To Be Held Here
The Choctawhatchee Area Council announces a Scout field day moved from January 18 to February 8 at the High School. J. W. Budd Jr, field executive, says the program includes athletic and scouting events with prizes for individual and troop contests, drawing Scouts from every troop and hundreds of spectators.
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J. W. Budd Jr
Budd
Marriage of Guggenheim Heiress Set for Annulment
White Plains New York January 24 A Supreme Court Justice confirmed an annulment of the runaway marriage between Natalie Guggenheim an 18 year old copper heiress and Thomas Gorman Long Island real estate man. The secret hearing was held Tuesday night and papers had not yet been signed Justice Marschauser noted religious differences as a major factor with German Catholic Natalie Guggenheim and Miss Guggenheim Jewish.
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White Plains
N. Y
Piain
Natalie Guggenheim
Thomas Gorman
Supreme Court
Joseph Marschauser
Marschauser
Guggenheims
Miss Guggenheim
Promenaders Plan Dance at Elks Hall Monday Night
The Promenaders announce preparations for their annual script dance at Elks Hall Monday night. An established local orchestra will provide music as organizers expect one of the season’s largest social crowds with planned decorations and formal program events.
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Elks Hall
Ortacion
Cotton ginning totals released for January 1
Officials announced cotton ginning statistics up to January 1 showing overall production and comparing figures with prior totals. The report outlines quantities ginned, signaling industry trends and market expectations.
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Alexandrea
Escvpt
Kantar A Et
Chicago Plastic Surgeon Guilty of Fraud and Malpractice
Henry J. Setireson a Chicago plastic surgeon was found guilty by the Tri State Medical Committee on fraud gross malpractice and unbecoming conduct. Testimony cited an operation that led to amputation of both legs and a pattern of medical negligence disclosed by the committee chaired by Dr M J Harsia heading the AMA.
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Chicago
Chicagn
Henry J. Setireson
Kerree Tee
Tri State Medical Comraute
Phsician
Vis
Moore Charged With Slaying Two Day Agents
George W. Moore, alleged boot legger, is charged with murder in the slaying of two federal dry agents during a raid on his West Palm Beach home. A coroner jury ruled Moore killed the agents “on an act of murder” after a day and a half of hearings.
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West Palm Beach
Fla
George W. Moore
Moore
Justice of the Peace Richards
Robert K. Moncure
F. R. Patterson
Contradictory Accounts In Wyandotte Boat Shooting
Investigators in Wyandotte probe the shooting of Walter Grund by customs officer Clare Hopper and fellow guard William Redford. Grund, 27, was wounded after a supposed warning, with Hopper claiming self defense after Grund moved toward his hip. Hopper remains relieved from active duty during the inquiry.
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Detroit
Mich
Jan
UPI
Wyandotte
Ccustomis
Clare B. Hopper
Heinrich A. Pickert
Hopper
Walter Grund
Grand
William
Redford
Grund
Mrs Hoyt Butt Seeks Annulment Of Honolulu Marriage
Mrs Eugene Bankhead Hoyt Butt filed in Reno district court to annul her marriage to Wilfred Lawson Putt a former Nevada football player and lunch counter employee. Hoyt Butt traveled from Honolulu after learning of Putt’s prior marriage. The action cites Butt’s existing other wife at the time of the 1924 Reno ceremony.
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Reno
Nev
Wilfred Lawson Putt
Freesman
University of Nevada
Eugene Bankheal Hoyt Butt
Hoyt-Butt
Renoves Teoday
Honolulu
Butt
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G.O.P
Guggenheim
Bebieeca
Medion
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Jah
Coast Guard
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Ont
Bridgeburg Quer
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