Tunnel collapse traps San Francisco workmen at Hetch Hetchy site
A cave in at the east entrance of the Hetch Hetchy tunnel near Camp Mitchell traps twenty workers. Rescue teams battle debris while air remains said to be flowing to the entombed men. The tunnel, part of the San Francisco water project in Amador County, had previously seen fatalities in July.
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San Francisco
Hetch-Hetchy Coast Range
Camp Mittchell
Agacm
Beene
Murror Tre Wick
San
Walsh Carries Day In Fight On Power Outfit
Senate votes to reconsider confirmation of three members of the new power commission and asks President Hoover to return the nominations. Chairman George Otis Smith, Claude Draper, and Marvel Garland connected to the dispute after dismissals of Solicitor Charles A. Russell and Chief Accountant William V. King. If Hoover refuses, impeachment becomes the next option for removal supporters. This marks a possible historic first in senate procedure.
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Sen. Walsh
Day
POWER
Nathan Robertsoy Washington
Senate
New Power Commission
Hoover
George Otis Smith
Maine
Claude K. Draper
Wraming
Marvel Garland
Louisiana
Walsh
Montana
Charles A. Russell
William V. King
Veadiank Hue
Troover
Senate moves to reserve funds for state institutions and education
A Montana senate move aims to set aside 1 million dollars from a 3 million bond issue to support fourteen state institutions eight custodial and six higher education. Senator Robert Pauline of Flathead County pushed a resolution seeking full accounting of expenses and revenues of the Greater University of Montana, prioritizing care for Warm Springs asylum, the state prison, orphans home, and Galen tuberculosis sanitarium before higher education. The plan would then leave a reserve to meet emergencies.
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Robert Pauline
Flathead County
University of Montana
Warm Springs Asylum
State Penitentiary
Orphans Home
Galen
First Week Brings 50 Bills and Committee Names
James W. Scott reports the brief legislative session begun with 50 bills introduced and all standing committees named. The week saw 36 bills proposed, 44 to modify criminal law and 11 on various topics. Death notices for Representative Charles M. Simpson and former Representative Samuel Kinvillr were read. two or three members were excused, and adjournment came with work complete. The House Hiking Club, led by Ryton Cooney, plans state capitol hikes. Page 2.
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James W. Scott
Yesterdiay Foreigny
Ai Linneminen
Eeloek
Billy
Charles M. Simpson
Samuel Kinvillr
Tutte
Leagill
Senate
Howse
Woman Caught With Husband 19 Punished
New York January 1 A magistrate's court inquiry heard Rosa Tierhebuona 35 a woman charged with vice waved goodbye to her husband and was found guilty by Magistrate Tessie Siberman and sent to the labor workhouse for two days She claimed relatives in church and priestly kin and alleged a frame up by police.
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New York
Iquiry
Charli
Rosa T Helen Tierhebuona
Tesse Sihermann
Lobe
A. Compean
North
Nakotai
Isador J. Kresel
Asa
Brooklyn Woman Dies in Breadline After Heat Collapse
New York January report says Julia Coakney, a TB patient, died during a Brooklyn breadline scene. Police noted she had $5,000 in bank accounts and five nieces. death deemed heat failure.
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New York
Jan
Juoday
Brooklyn
Julia Coakney
Bank Robbery At Commercial Savings Bank Fund Theft
Six bandits used an automobile stolen from the president of the Maryland Bankers' association in the raid on the Commercial Savings Bank. They fled with $15,000. Three men were held tonight as suspects in the case.
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Daltimers
Maryland Bankers’ Association
Commercial Savings Bank
Relief plan again bucks long delays in Congress
In Washington, January 9, the Senate considered a food relief plan amid delays in the House where a sidetrack held up action on the drought relief measure. Leaders there showed no sign of sending the general drought relief bill to conference, with three prior attempts failing. Senator Caraway of Arkansas was noted amid the ongoing progress reports.
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Washington
Senate
Caraway
Arkansas
Northern Pacific and Great Northern drop merger plan
New York Jan 9 AP The anticipated merger of the Northern Pacific and Great Northern railroads collapses as terms set by the Interstate Commerce Commission cannot be met. Stockholders and merger committee announce withdrawal of the application filed in 1927, citing the commission’s condition to divest joint control of the Chicago Burlington system and create an independent Burlington-based network.
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New York
Northern Pacific
the Great
Northern Railways
Iigtog
Chieweo
Burlington
Charles Donnelley
Ralph Budd
Northe Pacifier
Great Northern
Nla
Widow of “TP. RY?” Back From Trip In Good Health
Theodora Roosevelt former First Lady arrives in New York after a holiday in the tropics. She visited her son Theodore Roosevelt Jr. governor-general of Porto Rico at San Juan, reporting she is in good spirits and health.
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Theodora Roosevelt
New York
Tropics
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Porto Rico
San Juan
Lizzie Achieves Victory in Unlikely Smash
A head on crash occurred today in Rockford Illinois between a lightweight auto and an Illinois Central passenger engine. The lighter vehicle sustained minus front fenders and a broken radiator while the train engine was towed from the scene. An airline hat was broken in the collision.
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Rockford
Illinois Central
Montana Republicans face $100,000 pledge tied to Walsh defeat
A New York World Washington dispatch reports Gerald Nye stating $100,000 was pledged to Montana Republicans to defeat Senator T J Walsh and back Albert Isalen. At a Montana GOP meeting, treasurer figures showed receipts of $46,997 and checks of $35,419.89, with total expenditures near $375,000 and unpaid debts of about $35,075.4. The tale includes cash board ads and a large bill for newspaper advertising, while Montana papers claim about $26,000 in claims against the committees.
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Montana
T. J. Walsh
Gerald Nye
Nye
Thel
Washington
New York World
Republicam
State Centra
Albert Isalen
Joe Scanlan
Miles Ily
Lie
Bill Board
Republican Committee
Tom Mix Denies Liquor and Financial Allegations in Natchez Trial
Film star Tom Mix denied charges by his former wife and Zach T. Miller producer of the 101 Ranch short films. Miller sues Mix for fifty thousand dollars claiming breach of contract as courtroom spectators watch the proceedings in Natchez Mississippi. Mix asserts he is not a drunkard and has paid his family bills, challenging the notion of liquor influence and defending his assets.
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Natcher
Miss
Tom Mix
Zach T. Miller
Miller
Mix
Chicago
Cirell
Tom
U. S presses Liberia to halt slavery in republic
Washington reports say the United States has pressed Liberia to abolish slavery in the republic. After Liberia acknowledged the state department demand that sparked resignations of President King and Vice President Yancey, the two governments have been in constant contact. The Cull commission's findings on slavery are to be made public tomorrow night, guiding renewed abolition efforts.
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Washington
Washington An
Unite States
Negro Republic
State Department
Liberia
King
Yancey
British peace powwow is fliv strike will continue
London Jan 9 British labor disputes in coal and cotton threaten extended unemployment for about 676000 workers and hardship for several times that number of dependents. A potential settlement in South Wales coal mines collapsed over a phrase, leaving the mines closed for at least the near week as Down Line New Year works carried on despite wage and hour disagreements.
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London
South Wales
Cval
Cardi
Wales
Woman resumes life after three weeks with broken neck
Wichita Kansas January 9 A woman named Misa Jean Smyser who suffered a broken neck on February 31 was admitted today to a focal hospital after three weeks of work to recover from the injury. An X ray examination was made when the pain did not subside and soreness persisted.
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Wichita
Kas
Misa Jean Smyser
After 60 Years Wiee Divorced in Long Court Decree
In Los Angeles after six decades, a divorce decree was issued dissolving the marriage of Mrs Tobias A. Noble and her husband Frank. The case featured testimony reflecting a strained relationship and prolonged separation, with the court documenting the lengthy duration of the matrimonial split.
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Los Angeles Jat
Darian
Tobias A. Noble
Frank
Key West Fire Chief and Coast Guard Tensions
Fire Chief Ralph Pinder said he would seek charges in Washington against the captain and crew of a Coast Guard picket boat after a shot was fired at the Cody returning from a fishing trip. A second shot hit the pilot house inches from Captain George Watson as guards boarded and searched the vessel.
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Rey West
Fla
Ralph Pinder
Washington
Coast Guard
Baat
Pinder
Cody
Bnat
George Watson
Coast
Chute jumper ends her life by poison in Omaha
Mrs. Laverne Palmer, 26, despondent over financial dire straits in Omaha, ends life by drinking poison after a note from her husband that they faced eviction and had been out of work for some time. Police report the couple faced imminent homelessness and poverty.
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Omaha
Neb
Laverne Palmer
Nye would seek Davis seat vacancy in Keystone fight
Washington January 9 The demand to unseat Senator Davis Republican from Pennsylvania grows. Chairman Nye plans to introduce a resolution to declare Davis’ seat vacant once the investigating committee completes its inquiry and reports to the senate. The move follows assertions that Davis and his tickets spent about 1.2 million dollars in past primaries and general elections.
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Washington
Sensior Valis
Pennsylvania
Senate
Nye
Camp Aten
North Dakota
Jator
Davis
Suspects in Marriott Mystery Are Freed
Fort Morgan January 9 Three Wiggins youths jailed in the case were ordered released by Sheriff Johnson. Two other boys held in Denver will be released tomorrow as authorities continue to investigate the disappearance of a local school teacher.
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Fort Morgan
Calc
Bijou
Marriott
Tibsioy
Wiggins
Cale
Johnson
Denver
New York Anti Communist Mass Meeting Adopts Plan
A Carnegie Center mass meeting in New York adopted a plan to battle communism. Police protected the event with lines on both sides of the building and card only admittance. Participants from civic groups urged a DOJ investigative bureau, restriction of Soviet goods, and denial of Communist and Workers’ Party ballot access.
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New York
Mass
RED Outfit
Jan
Ppa
Carnegie Unit
United States
Bureau of Investigation
Department of Justice
Prison detains 1100 in East Galicia unrest
Warsaw Jan 4 General Felician Skladkowski said over 1100 people including students pupils and priests were jailed over alleged revolutionary disorders in East Galicia last fall. His reply to terrorism charges by Polish rooms in Galicia followed a protest by the United Ukrainian association to the League of Nations last November.
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Warsaw
Felician Skladkoewsk
Galicia
United National Ukranian Associaion
League of Nations
Northwest men probe farm chef farm board admin
Washington January 8 A committee representing 11 Northwestern states Farmers Educational and Cooperative union groups studied the farm boards administration. They were assessing charges by John A Simpson national president that Chairman Legge told the agriculture committee wheat prices were kept deliberately low. Legge denies the charges and the committee members include M W Thatcher and Thomas Howard Denver.
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Washington
Pee
Farm Board
Farmer's Educational and Cooperative Union
St. Paul
John A. Simpson
Farmers Union
Legge
Gentile Agriculture Committee
Simpson
M. W. Thatcher
Farmers Union Terminal Association
St. Paul, Minn
Thomas Howard
Denver
The
Mex Forged 10 Quit Indiana Railway Jobs
Terre Haute Ind Jan 9 Between 5 and 0 Mexicans used on a railroad instruction job west of here agreed to leave their work and depart the country Saturday after more than 100 men and women claiming to represent starving workers of Vigo marched to two camps occupied by the workers and demanded their departure. No disturbance was reported and the Mexicans accepted the decree without argument.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Here
Four Die? Plane Crashes At Florida Air Races
Four men crashed during the All American pit meet in Miami Florida. Three Chicago men died including James W. Niddle and Bob Smatley. The fourth, Ware of St. Louis, suffered multiple severe injuries. The accident occurred early during the event as a black cabin plane tumbled to earth.
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Florida
Miami
Mia
Chicago
Speedig
Toftay
James W. Niddle
Bob
Smatley
Itar
Ware
St. Chicaen
Ur Lerngon
Missing Miss Sizer Mystery Near Wayne Nebraska
Wayne Nebraska January 9 1929 officers say Miss Unzled Sizer a Mount Vernon Indiana teacher who vanished November 5 1928 may have killed herself and been buried in a shallow grave near Jere A suspect Andrew of Mount Vernon claims she ended her life and is being brought back from Muscogee Oklahoma for questioning.
Two Air Muscle Try For World Mark
The endurance flight by Bobbia Trout and Edna May Coover ended at 5 20 p m after 122 hours 20 minutes of continuous flight in Los Angeles on January 9 1928 Flight manager Joseph Marin said the decision cited potential objections from the Department of Commerce to the flyers operating at low altitude The pair fell short of the previous women’s endurance record of 122 hours 20 minutes by three minutes and ten seconds set by Trout and Elinor Smith of New York
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Los Angeles
Bobbia Trout
Edna May Coover
Joseph Marin
Department of Commerce
Miss Trout
Elinor Smith
New York
Pal of Ok Will Not Back to Prison Fort Worth TX Jan 9
Fort Worth, Texas, Jan. 9. S Seymour EB, J. Cox, promoter and former business and penitentiary associate of Dr. Frederick A. Conk, one-time Arctic explorer, convinced today he should not be sent back to prison for mail fraud. Cox was acquitted alongside Tagger TD. Mooney, Ret. charged with fraudulent use of the mails in connection with the sale to investors of interests in an oil venture known as the Original Developers nook.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Seymour EB
J. Cox
Frederick A. Conk
Cox
Alane
TD. Mooney
Werr
Nook
Witness murdered in Colorado liquor case blast
A dynamite blast killed Leo Madison Perry in Pueblo as he prepared to testify against a liquor interests conspiracy. Police tie the bombing to a broader plan aimed at intimidating witnesses after an earlier attempt on Frank Arrigo and his wife.
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Mreive
Cale
U. A
Leo Madison
Perry
Viekite
Madison
Shaw
County
Mr and Mia
Waktone
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