Air Pilots Survive Midair Collision Jumping From Burning Planes
In San Antonio Kelley Field two planes collided at 4000 feet. Lieut C D McCallister and Cadet Charles Lindberg jumped to safety using parachutes as the burning ships crashed. Both men escaped with only minor scratches, a historic first as two pilots leaped from different aircraft and landed alive.
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Prose
San Antonio
Kelley Field
C. D. McCallister
Charles Lindberg
Alleged Slayer Is Sentenced to Life
Raymond Mosley, 22, alleged slayer of three men, was sentenced to life imprisonment after pleading guilty. The jury, which heard pleas of guilt, deliberated less than an hour and opted for life rather than electrocution. He allegedly held up a soft drink saloon last December and shot three men during the robbery.
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Associated Press
South Bend
Raymond Mosley
Mosley
Gas Explosion Kills 26 in Leningrad Center
The Associated Press reports a blast from oxygen tanks in a central Leningrad building killed 26 people and injured unknown numbers. Panic spread as debris and body parts were scattered. most victims were women and children.
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Leningrad
Dublin Faces Question If City Has A Lord Mayor
Dublin debate centers on whether the city retains a lord mayor as no successor has been appointed. The Free State government suspended the council and installed commissioners administering the city. The issue, concerning eligibility of the lord mayor, may be submitted to the Supreme Court for resolution.
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Associated Prose
Dublin
O'Neill
Heven
NG Corporation
Free State
Supreme Court
Coolidge Nominates Warren for Attorney General
President Coolidge submitted to the new Senate the nomination of Charles B. Warren of Michigan for attorney general to complete the cabinet. The same communication named Harry S. New for postmaster general to succeed himself. New’s nomination was immediately confirmed while Warren’s was sent to the judiciary committee for review. Kellogg and Jardine took oaths as secretary of state and agriculture, with Gore becoming governor of West Virginia.
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Associated
Washington
Coolidge
Senate
Charles B. Warren
Michigan
Harry 8. New
Indiana
Mx. New
Warren
Judiciary Committee
Frank B. Kellogg
Charles B. Hughes
William M. Jardine
Howard M. Gore
West Virginia
Three Stores Heavily Damaged by Fire in Pineville
A fire swept through three Pineville stores early today, with about 60,000 dollars in damage. The Smith Wilson Drug Company Miracle Sisters Millinery City Shoe Shop and Cash Grocery suffered the heaviest losses as flames, believed to start in the drug store above apartments, forced residents to flee in night clothes.
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Prom
Pineville
Smith Wilson Drug Company
Miracle Sisters Millinery
City Shoe Shop
Cash Grocery
Hawaii Airplanes Sought to Sanitize Sugar Fields
Negotiations between the Hawaiian department and the Hawaiian Sugar Planters Association seek to use army airplanes to dust sugar cane fields for eyespot control. Initial tests could occur within months, mirroring boll weevil dusting methods in Texas. Annual Oahu losses from the disease are about $100,000.
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Honolulu
Hawaii
Hawaiian Department of the Army
Hawaiian Sugar Planters’ Association
Texas
Oahu
Berlin suicides decline per 1000 population in 1024 report
Berlin reports a drop in self inflicted deaths to 36 per 1000 population in 1024 from 43.4 in 1023. Authorities seek to identify causes and curb deaths further. The report also notes 144 tenants on Morgan County farms.
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Berlin
Morgan County Farms
Writ of Error Filed in Forbes Case in Federal Court
The writ of error in behalf of Charles Forbes former head of the United States Veterans Bureau found guilty of conspiracy to defraud the government was filed in federal court today. A stay of sentence was extended 48 days by a court of appeals judge but the court did not rule in the absence of the trial judge. Forbes was fined 10000 dollars and sentenced to two years in prison. Hazel Blazer 32 died from poison administered by her father Dr H E Blazer physician who is said to have slain his daughter and then attempted death by his own hand He faces a first degree murder charge.
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Chicago
Charles Forbes
United States Veterans Bureau
Court of Appeals
Forbes
Aascalated
Denver
Col
Hazel Blazer
H. E. Blazer
McCormick Estate Left to Widow for Life
Chicago March 6 The late United States Senator Me d ill Me Cormick left his entire estate of upwards of two million dollars to his widow for her lifetime according to estimates of his attorneys The provision secures the widow a life interest in the vast fortune and follows his death from a long illness leaving no immediate heir or other beneficiaries.
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Chicago
United States
Medill Me’ Cormick
Farmers' Boys See World Exchange Planned
A group of farmers in Pomerania plan to exchange their sons with farmers' sons from other German regions to broaden life views and observe different agricultural methods. The report notes the exchange aims for equal ages and practical exposure to varied farming practices. Also mentioned is Clay county size, with 254 square miles in another county description.
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Berlin
Pomerania
Germany
Borglum Claims Only He Can Finish Stone Mountain Memorial
New York March report quotes Gutzon Borglum saying the Stone Mountain project is impossible for another sculptor. He describes years living amid granite, needing full conception and boundaries to complete within 300 by 200 feet roughing, likening the scope to the Sphinx. He says he has sacrificed all artistic means and could in months produce a complete design if southern support desires the memorial.
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Borglum
New York
South
Stone Mountain Memorial
Egypt
Svants
Senate Controversy Over Dawes Inaugural Sparks Tense Debates
Washington March 5 The Senate cooled after early clashes over Vice President Dawes presiding. Senators hissed plans to tame him but a recess softened tempers and a quick, limited action allowed roster signing to occur as Reed's resolution moves forward. Hale took blame for miscommunication. Dawes appeared in chamber in a brown suit, and the scene resembled a Roman fete before adjournment.
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Washington
Dawes
Senate
Coolidge
Hale
Maine
Curtis
Reed
Missouri
Leviator Underwood
Alabama
Senate Rules Committee
Galleriea
Political jockeying for next German president after Ebert death
Berlin March 4 The burial of President Ebert tops political chatter as clericals Democrats and socialists maneuver over a joint ticket or split candidacy The right may back a united front and the Christian socialist issue colors plans while the Communist party nominates Ernst Thaelmann as its presidential candidate
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Berlin
Ebert
Wilhelm Marx
Prussia
Voorwaerts
Republican Idea
Socialits
Stresemann
Communist Party
Ernst Thaelmann
Reichstag
Gales Sweep the Aleutian Islands
The Associated Press dispatch from Dutch Harbor Alaska reports violent gales sweeping the Aleutian Islands. Seven houses were roofless and a launch torn from its moorings. Children at territorial schools used ropes to brace against the storm. Unicoi County is six square miles smaller than Meigs County, with areas of 201 and 207 square miles respectively.
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Freee Dutch Harbor
Alaska
Aleutian Islands
Margaret Bay
Territorial
Unicoi County
Meigs County
Damp fog follows mine blast at Peabody coal mine
March 6 Provo Springfield reports that a faulty explosion shot caused a damp formation at the Peabody coal mine near Riverton. About one hundred men were overcome by the damp air. nine were hospitalized and several scores more received medical care at home. Physicians expect recovery.
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Associated’ Provo
Brother Marries Younger Sister in Cumberland Case
Johnstown Penn March 6 Stephen Balgoh 19 who married his sister Helen 17 in Cumberland Md may face prosecution to the limit but the sister wife will gain her freedom father said arranging postponement of hearings. The girl says she is expecting a baby within two months and is in detention home while the brother husband is jailed. Helen expressed regret over the broken marriage. The brother was born in Hungary and only met his sister in 1923.
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Associated Prem
Johnstown
Penn
Stephen Balgoh
Helen
Cumberland
Hungary
Fechet to Succeed Mitchell as AAS Assistant Chief
Washington March 6 Colonel James E Fechet named assistant chief of the army air service succeeding Brigadier General Mitchell whose term expires April 27 Secretary Weeks announced the appointment. The move formalizes leadership changes in the service heading into spring.
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Associated Prose
Washington
James E. Fechet
Army Air Service
Mitchell
Weeks
Lottery Decides Adoption Of Foundling In Paalozala
In Paalozala Italy Feb 9 a baby boy found abandoned in the market was made capital prize in a mayor arranged lottery. Eight hopeful couples rushed to adopt within an hour, tickets sold only to prospective parents, proceeds to be used for a layette for the winner.
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Associated Press
Paalozala
Italy
Markets Louisville March .6 cattle hogs and sheep
Market notes show cattle at one hundred steady unchanged hogs five hundred twenty five higher eight to fourteen twenty five sheep fifty steady unchanged.
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Louisville
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