Do X Giant Seaplane Prepares Trans Atlantic Flight
The Do X seaplane from Germany completed a successful trial flight in Lisbon in preparation for a two stage flight to Brazil. Captain Christiansen outlined a route via Madeira Cape Verde the Canary Islands Natal and Rio de Janeiro with planned stops.
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Portugal
Brazil
Christiansen
Madeira
Cape Verde
Canary Islands
Natal
Rio de Janeiro
Poetic Wedding Ends In Stormy Divorce Tale
In Los Angeles on January 28 a humorous verse themed wedding tale unfolds as Frank P. Brice vows temperance before marriage. His wife cites his later drinking and curses as grounds for divorce. The court notes sympathy as Brice quips that the vow is annulled.
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Los Angeles
Frank P. Brice
Rogers Humor Aids Relief Amid Southwest Fund Drive
Will Rogers spoke in San Angelo Texas helping swell a relief fund for the southwest by seven thousand dollars. He joked about Al Smith dodging the presidency and quipped about unemployed governors of Texas and former governor Jim Ferguson earning a farm as payback.
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Tex
Will Rogers
Fork Abilene
Dallas
Texas
Southwest
Will
al Smith
Jim Ferguson
Hawks Speed Toward Fort Worth for Benefit Tour
Captain Frank Hawks and his wife Mrs Hawks fly from Pine Bluff to Fort Worth in a Curtiss navy plane. They will pick up Will Rogers and tour southwestern cities to aid drought sufferers. Mrs Hawks visits her mother and sister in Fort Worth during the trip.
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Ark
Hawks
Frank Hawks
Toney Field
Fort Worth
Texas
New York
Will Rogers
Farmer Loses Cash Hidden in Cow After Bag Goes Missing
In Pridgeton New Jersey Bill Mattox discovers his $420 cash bag missing after feeding stock. Bossy the cow chews and swallows a torn $20 bill along with more money from the bag. The vet retrieves mutilated currency including a $50 bill and a $20 bill from Bossys stomach.
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Pridgeton
N. J
Bill Mattox
Bossy
Farmer Bill
Bill
Tydings Urges Senate to Question Wickersham Prohibition Report
Senator Tydings asks the Senate to召ll on the Wickersham commission for the evidence supporting its prohibition report. The move seeks access to the underlying data and sources cited in the commission’s conclusions.
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Washington
Tydings
Senate
Wickersham Commission
Red Cross Rejects Senate Relief Fund Administration
National Red Cross leaders reject administering the Senate 25 million relief fund, arguing it duplicat es long standing urban programs. Chairman Payne cites impracticality and states the Red Cross cannot raise private funds quickly enough to match federal outreach. The central committee approves a resolution to handle drought relief without public appropriations.
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Washington
Payne
National Red Cross
Central Committee
Senate
House Appropriations Committee
Red Cross
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Mountaineers Embrace Radio Aids Reach in Tennessee Hills
In Harrogate Tennessee the education department and business groups report progress of a radio education program for hill people. Lincoln Memorial University reports 25 battery sets in use within 45 miles, average 7 listeners per set, with 4 to 28 nightly listeners. Sets are in stores, restaurants, two high schools, two rural schools and 19 homes. Early resistance gave way to growing demand for sermons religious programming and farm improvement topics.
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Washington
Office of Education of the Interior Department
Colleges and
United States Chamber of Commerce
H. Robinson Shipherd
Lincoln Memorial, University
Harrogate
Tennessee
Weather Fair No Change Across Tennessee and Virginia
Tennessee sees fair skies tonight and Thursday with little temperature change. Virginia stays fair but colder tonight with increasing clouds Thursday and a bit warmer later. yesterday’s high reached 59 and a 39 low, with a 30-degree reading a year ago. Readings were recorded at 6 p.m. by T. C. Harris, U.S.W.O.
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Tennessee
Virginia
T. C. Harris
U.S.W.O
Fire kills father and six children near Williamsport
Clyde Smith 53 and six children aged 4 to 17 died in a Powys house fire near Williamsport Pa. The mother, badly burned with a two month old infant, escaped with the 9 year old son Howard as neighbors and rescuers arrived after the blaze. The mother and baby were hospitalized in serious condition while the others were lost in the collapse.
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Clyde Smith
Powys
Frederick
Marian
Darfida
Catherine
Max
Gerald
O. M. Rigby
Trout Run
S. L. Oughterson
Howard
Williamsport Hospital
Deposits in Defunct Bank Scrutinized by Tennessee Panel
Tennessee legislative committee probes how state funds were placed in the Bank of Tennessee before its fall. Assistant Attorney General Nat Tipton testifies on substitutions for securities, large cash shrinkage, and whether deposits exceeded authorized limits. He notes some substitutions were disfavored or unauthorized.
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Tenn
Legislative Investigating Committee
Tennessee
Nat Tipton
Tipton
Bank of Tennessee
State Banking Department
Walter Faulkner
Faulkner
Bank of Emersee
Drought Sufferers Rely on Red Cross One Meal Daily
Marvell Arkansas resident Jacob Miller describes Red Cross aid as only one bread and molasses meal every two weeks for his family. He notes widespread hardship among tenant farmers with low crop profits, loss of hogs and cattle, clothing shortages for children, and looming hunger amid bleak farming prospects.
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Ark
Red Cross
Jacob Miller
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Gangs alleged plan narcotics empire in Southern California
Police disclose Chicago racketeers linked to Capone network in California. They seek real estate agents who offered 200000 dollars for Santa Marguerita Rancho option and report a mountain hideout with bombs and machine gun parts 75 miles north of Los Angeles. Foster and Sheldon gang members are sought. Lingle case cited.
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Los Angeles
the Times
Chicago
California
al “Scarface
Capone
Frankie Foster
Ralph Sheldon
Seek
Santa Marguerita Rancho
Oceanside
Foster
Sheldon
Alfred
Jake” Lingle
Threat to Life of U S Cutter Chief Reported
A board of inquiry examining the shelling of the Josephine K by the coast guard heard that Alfred Cluett the cook and brother of slain master Captain William P Cluett threatened vengeance for his death.
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New York
Josephine K
Coast Guard
William P. Cluett
Alfred Cluett
Gandhi Presses On in Fight for India's Freedom
Gandhi travels by train to Allahabad to meet Motilal Nehru and discuss Britain's offer of dominion status. Crowds welcome him in Bombay where a woman died in a stampede and 31 are hospitalized amid the fervor.
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India
Mahatma Gandhi
Allahabad
Ganges
Motilal Hehru
Jawaharlal Hehru
Yeroda
British Labour Government Faces Confidence Vote in Commons
In London on January 28 AP reports Britain's second Labour government nears a crucial confidence vote. Expected Liberal abstention combined with Liberal and Labour parliamentary maneuvering points to a likely government victory by a margin of 15 to 30 votes. Multiple explanations circulate in lobbies.
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Labor
London
Britain
Commons
J. Ramsay MacDonad
Liberal Party
David Lloyd George
Gen Butler Keeps Capitals Waiting
Washington awaits Major General Smedley D. Butler to explain his Philadelphia speech. Rome reportedly seeks an apology after Mussolini remarks attributed to Butler, prompting a formal protest from Italian ambassador Giacomo.
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Smedley D. Butler
Philadelphia
Rome
Butler
Mussolini
State Department
Giac
ASK CONSTRUCTION AT SOLDIERS HOME
Veterans Administrator Hines urged a 2.85 million construction program for national soldiers homes and asked Congress to fix veterans' in home allowances at half of what they would receive if not domiciled. Funds would favor middle and far western locations with specific reallocation of existing authorizations and new hospital con- struction near Togus and Oteen for TB care.
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Hines
National Soldiers’ Homes
James
House Military Committee
Far West
Congress
Togus
Maine
Mountain Branch Home
Johnson City
Tenn
Oteen
N. C
Mountain Home
Mellon warns cashing veterans bonus would destabilize economy
Secretary Mellon told the Senate finance committee that redeeming the adjusted service certificates now would seriously disrupt the US financial system and prolong unemployment. He warned the treasury faces a large deficit and cash payments could cost about 3.4 billion dollars, risking a collapse of bond and foreign securities markets.
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Mellon
Senate Finance Committee
Treasury
Treasury Department
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