Filipino beaten by eight men in Seattle attack
In Seattle a Filipino named Vivente Catoda was assaulted by eight white men in a car with California plates. He was left on a sidewalk with multiple injuries and told police the assailants asked for other Filipinos. Police prepared guards around local Filipino gatherings to head off possible riots like those in Watsonville and other California towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vortland
Ore
Vivente Catoda
Vatoda
California
Catoda
Yelloa
L. V. Jenkins
Watsonville
Calvornia
Plea Against Hysteria At Steuben Dinner
New York on February 6. A plea to guard against indulgence in hysteria and tensions a war threat would evoke was made by Allinson B. Houghton former U S ambassador in Berlin and London at the 26th annual Steuben Society dinner. Houghton, recently back from London, was guest of honor. Dr B W Von Prittwitz German ambassador to the United States also spoke praising Houghton for restoring friendly U S German relations after World War I.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Comuntty
Allinson B. Houghton
United States
Berlin
London
Steuben County
Haughton
Meow Gornin
BW. von Prittwitz
Mr. Houghton
Germany
National Merchants elect Miles City man president
John M. Schenck of Raymond was chosen president of the National Merchants association by the board of directors in St. Paul. Other directors named include T. G. Tall of Pierce Nebraska Jake N. Schoob Cody Wyoming John Bonde Arlington South Dakota and W H Arnold Miles City Montana. A separate item reports Charles Blake 62 dying after throat and wrist slashing in what police say was self inflicted. In Butte five pedestrians were injured by automobiles with none seriously hurt, three of the injured being children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Minn
John M. Schenck
Raymond
National Merchants’ Association
Mr. Schenck
T. G. Tall
Pierce
Tel
Charles Blake
Butte Butte
Fab
Lewistown Bank chartered amid quick solutions to troubles
A. J. Lochrie called in G. M. Robertson to oversee the Lewistown bank as negotiations with group banks began to take over and reorganize the institution. Northwest Bank of Minneapolis, with $8 million in deposits and resources across Minnesota and neighboring states, joined early. R. E. McGregor and A. T. Wibbard led the incorporation for a new Lewistown bank aiming to open by Monday at latest, with a large board including Th. T. McGregor and J. L. DeKalb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Lochrie
Lewistown
Cental Banks
Trust Company
G. M. Robertson
Northwest Isane Corporation
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Dakota
Nebraska
Wisconsin
Montana
R. EB. McGregor
Big Group
Banking Consern
Manana
Banking Department
Brncorporation
McGregor
With &. McKennan
Union Bank and Trust Company
A. T. Mwibbard
Th. T. McGregor
A. T. Fobbard
Uelenaz
Samuel Phillips
W. 2
Symmes
F. J. Dingly
J. L. DeKalb
Tom Stout
C. A. Manning
I MM Traywick
John Mas- Milan
M. Burke
Tewstown
Lochrie Wis
Six Known Deaths In Utah Coal Mine Blast
Six men died and three were rescued after a late night explosion at Standardville Utah mine. Authorities list names including Pritchard brothers and Ray Springer among the dead. The fate of about twenty other miners remained uncertain as rescuers worked at the isolated site 150 miles south.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Win Coal Wine
Standardville
Utah
Standard Coal Company
Pritchard
P. T. Pritchard
Ray Springer
Automobiler
First Day Bill Advances in House on Mild Beer Measure
Washington Feb 6 The House moved to its first consideration of President Hoover’s plan to shift prohibition enforcement to the Justice Department and to study Dyer’s proposal to authorize manufacture of 2.75 percent beer. Debate featured opposition to shifting control to the two departments and to regulating industrial alcohol permits. A House Judiciary subcommittee also heard arguments on federal court congestion and the use of United States commissioners for minor offenses, with attention to jury trial rights and grand jury submission under existing Jones law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill
Dyer
Ceci
McKeon
Washington
Wil Mamson
Hoover
Treasury
Justice Department
House
Weta
Law Enforcement Commission
United States
Wan
Wickershant
Roercoo Pound
Conamunion
United States Commissionars
Caag
Wickersham
Dyer Republican
Missouri
Seduction of Daughter by Earle Told by Mrs Salazar
In Los Angeles on February 6 the prosecution wrapped its case against Ferdinand Pinney Farle, alias Earle, in a $30,000 breach of pre nuptial contract suit by Dolores Salazar, a Spanish dancer. The plaintiff’s mother Afra Aurelia Salazar testified with broken English and gestures about how Earle won the Salazar family affection, detailing Jane’s Central American birth and the family’s eight children as she recalled meeting him before Christmas 1926.
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Los Angeles
Ferdinand Pinney
Affinity
Farle
Dolores Salazar
Piatntiff
Afra
Aurelia
Salazar
Earle
Jane
Central America
Cantile
Spai
Milwaukee Jobless Parade Ends in Rout as Police Break It Up
Milwaukee police dispersed a jobless demonstration estimated at 75 men outside an employment agency. A speaker urged a city-wide protest, while officers broke ranks in front of City Hall as protesters demanded "work or wagon" to appeal to Mayor Daniel W. Hoan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wis
Mulwukee
Pollen
Daniel W. Hoan
Canadian divorces set record in 1929 in Canada
A Ottawa report notes 1929 saw 816 divorces granted in Canada, up 31 from 1928. The yearly total marks a continuing rise since 1913 when decrees totaled 60, indicating a steady long term increase in marital dissolutions across the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Canada
Saw Sails Two Blocks To Behead A Woman
In Richmond Virginia a flying saw wheel hurtled two blocks, smashing through a house roof and severing the head of Winnie Jones, a Black woman. James Brice, a Black man, acted frantically in a vacant lot as the iron disc snapped from the device.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
James Brice
Hovses
Winnie Jones
Scores in New York riot injure many workers
In New York on February 6 clashes between strikers and non strikers in the garment and millinery districts left scores of men and women cut and bruised. Police made nine arrests as rioters were dispersed. four injuries required medical treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Law York
New York
Potlee
London Powwow Attains Anglo American Naval Parley
In London, Col Henry L Stimson announced an American position at the naval conference. Key points include immediate Anglo American parity, reduction of fleets, a five power agreement on humane submarine warfare, a yardstick for fleet strength, and progress toward a London treaty within two weeks. Premier Poincare and Prime Minister MacDonald apprised, with Japan informed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank HW. King
Preas Aiats
London
Lorion
Henry L Stimson
St James Palace
Millona
Dallara
Tardiey
France
Jwittan
Slimson
MacDonald
Stimson
United States
Great Britain
Wage Too Small Drives Youthful Husband to Suicide
Cleveland February 6 a 23 year old craftsman Charles F R Hacker married four years to a young art student faced crippling finances after earning 123 dollars a month He struggled with pride and failure to provide for his wife and dreams of art After a morning quarrel she heard a shot and found him dead revealing a tragic tale of poverty and sacrificed occupation and schooling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Charles FR. Hacker
Oradtte Medhnue
Polen
Tiacker
Hedy
Tincker
Montana
Mia
Zacker Anid
Wacker
Wichita drug clerk shot by robber in North Wichita
Horral Hambleton, 32, a drug store clerk in a North Wichita rug shop, was shot and killed during a robbery. A companion fled with about $60 as the killer, believed to have acted without warning, fired a .38 caliber revolver. Police think the shot may have been accidental. Hambleton was unmarried.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita, Kan
Feb
Horral
Wichita
Willa
Stamlin
Civil War Vet Seeks Divorce From Aged Wife at 83
Peb. 6 7 Solomon Niles 83 a Cane Cade County resident and Civil War veteran sues for divorce from wife 81 Mrs Niles. She contests the suit saying she may need aged home care if granted alimony and counsel fees. The couple married in Sterling Illinois in 1925. She denies desertion claiming she worked to help family income. She says he was mean only once calling her the meanest woman she knew. Judge Ewing adjourned for advisement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Solomon Niles
Canecade County
WH. HF. Rwing
Niles Asid
Sterling
Nilen
Mean
Sha
Wieband Xiao
Ewing
Woeder
Music piracy racket nets fame and fear in New York
Feb 6 New York reports that piracy of popular songs by racketeers has grown powerful, drawing warnings from United States Attorney Charles J. Tutile and others. He notes letters threatening officials and a Brooklyn stabbing tied to the racket, and cites charges against Morris Stapiro and Samuel Cohen as part of the wider syndicate backed by figures near Al Capone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States Alterne
Charles J. Tutile
Pat Hee
Grover A. Whalen Toth
Tuttle
Brooklyn
John G. Paine
Music Publishers’ Association
Shapiro and
Cohen
Morris Stapiro
Samuel A. Cohen
Wsin Tuttle
Nathan Tarkan
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
Myal
Ciicago
Taft Hospitalized As Sleep Aids Recovery
Washington February 6 telegraph service reports Judge Taft’s condition improved but crisis not passed. Doctors say he slept since evening and was still asleep when checked. Physicians emphasize need for continued sleep and nourishment to restore strength. no fever noted and pulse satisfactory. Continued on Page 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wittan Howard Taft
Thomas A. Alastor
Francis &. Magner
Taft
Crista Nat
Fire saves forty crippled kids at Weightman School
Washington February first. Forty crippled children at Weightman School for Cripples were removed to safety as flames shot through a central corridor. The fire, caused by accumulated debris in pipe vents, burned briefly but no child was harmed. Teachers carried the handicapped to the outdoors, with some children needing assistance in wheelchairs and others walking slowly to escape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Weightman School
Mexico City arrests in Ortiz Rubio assassination plot
In Mexico City after the inaugural ceremonies, about twenty people were arrested in a joint military police probe into an attempted assassination of President Ortiz Rubio. Daniel Flores fired six shots at the presidential limousine, wounding the president, while Flores and others faced questioning at the military prison as authorities pursued the plot’s full scope. A woman and a Vasconcelista staffer were among those detained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Ortiz Rubio
Yiores
Flores
Aloe
Vasconcelista
Durig
Woodmen of the World hear claim on $8 million fund
In San Francisco the Woodmen of the World faced testimony from Adolph Jacobs for 25,000 Bay Area members alleging the order forced 13,000 policyholders to cancel coverage after a premium hike. Attorneys pressed for an $8 million fund division as officials argued reorganization stemmed from postwar member deaths and long-term payments. The hearing continued with Frank Guerena presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Woodmen of the World
Frank Guerena
State Insurance Commission
Adolph Jacobs
Bay District
Javehs
George P. Steele
Denver
Mabel Normand Undergoes Blood Transfusion in Sanatorium
Monrovia reports Mabel Normand former film actress and wife of a motion picture actor received a blood transfusion today at a sanitarium where she has been treated for tuberculosis for ten months. The procedure followed confinement and visitors were restricted to her husband Cody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monrovia
Gal
Mabel Normand
Accresa
Cody
Miss Normand
World War Vet James Olaon Found Dead in Billings
The body of 46 year old World War II veteran James Olaon was found at the old Filling Gas plant in Billings. He had been dead about a month and officials believe illness from wartime exposure drove him to take his own life. Olaon was commended by General Pershing for meritorious service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billings
Fel
Fillings Gas Company
James Olaon
Llnoax
Jia
General Pershing
Plane Crashes Into House Killing Pilot in Jersey
Eliott de Lisser, a New York City automobile dealer, was killed when his plane went into a tail spin at about 2,500 feet. He did not bail out in time as his parachute failed. the plane then crashed into a house about 200 feet away, with the engine plowing through the structure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yast Woempstead
N. J
Eliott de Lisser
New York City
Donis
Hila Plana
de Lisser
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Miles City
Lewistown Bank
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Mrs. Salazar
Gore
Britain
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MagDonald
Tham
Kansas
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Themnd
Chaytor
Jualice
Ouore
Mex
Lores
Rubio
Californa Courts
Wiss Normand
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