Santa Barbara Quake Devastates City and Triggers Relief
The Santa Barbara earthquake and fire left eleven dead and caused immense damage to the business district and landmarks. A water shortage followed the collapse of the Sheffield reservoir, but dam walls held and a famine was averted by old main connections. Bankers mobilized a revolving fund of 2.5 million and sought 20 million more in credit as reconstruction plans began within days.
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San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Santa Barbara
Sheffield
Gibraltar
California
Arlington
Californian
Hall of Records
American Legion
Knights of Columbus and Elks
Central Bank
County National Bank
Morning Press
Santa Barbara Mission
United States
Montana
Wyoming
Idaho
Washington
Teton National Forest
Chief Mountain
Paul Goode
Department of Geography
University of Chicago
Pacific Ocean
Cordillera
President Coolidge Returns Home After Father’s Operation
RESIDENT COOLIDGE hurried from the summer White House at Swampscott to Plymouth Vermont due to his father’s serious condition. The elderly colonel underwent a surgical operation and recovered quickly. Doctors told the President he could return to White Court, and he and Mrs. Coolidge began the journey back by motor, navigating misdirections but arriving safely.
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Coolidge
White House
Swampscott
Plymouth
White Court
Edith Nourse Rogers elected to Congress in Massachusetts
Edith Nourse Rogers wins the Fifth District seat to fill the late John Jacob Rogers's vacancy. A Republican, she defeats Democrat Eugene N. Foss by more than two and a half to one. She becomes the first New England woman in Congress.
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Edith Nourse Rogers
Fifth Congressional District
Massachusetts
John Jacob Rogers
Eugene N. Foss
Rogers
New England
Congress
Chinese Warlords Strain Amid Shanghai Strike Incidents
Hang Tso Lin pressures the government to address Shanghai strike disruptions while Gen Feng Yu-hsiang calls for war to end extraterritorial rights. British forces land on Shameen island Canton as a protest over evacuation and apologies. Russian Soviet activity evident with search in Shanghai. John MacMurray arrives in Peking as Tokyo signals no current need for U.S. armed intervention.
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Hang Tso-Lin
Shanghai
Feng Yu-hsiang
Shameen Island
Canton
Communist Party
Hongkong
John MacMurray
China
Peking
Tokyo
America
Abd el Krim Assault Repulsed by French Across 60 Mile Front
Abd el Krim and his Morocccan followers attacked French lines between Cheyab and the Algerian frontier seeking entry to Fez but were met with heavy resistance. French forces sustained severe losses but held the front with support from loyal Moroccans as Abd el Krim led the assault in person.
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Bd-El-Krim
Cheyab
Fez
Abd-el-Krim
Pacific Fleet Sails From Honolulu Toward Australia
Fifty ships of MERICA'S great Pacific fleet, sailing from Honolulu on Wednesday, head for Australia New Zealand and Tasmania. The fleet will split into two detachments near Australia and later scatter to visit many ports across the region.
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Merica
Honolulu
Australia
New Zealand
Tasmania
Pan Pacific conference opens in Honolulu with 110 delegates
About 110 representatives from eight Pacific-bordering nations gather in Honolulu for a Pan Pacific conference aiming for peace. Governor Farrington hosts as residents showcase entertainment and notable scientists educators economists statesmen and businessmen attend.
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Honolulu
Pacific
Farrington
Haynes May Seek Ohio Governor Post After Prohibition Shakeup
Commissioner Roy A. Haynes is expected to resign from his post as prohibition enforcement reorganizes on August 1 and run as a Republican for Ohio governor. He has twice considered quitting his current job, with President Coolidge once persuading him to stay.
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Roy A. Haynes
Ohio
Coolidge
Wisconsin Bar Leader Joins Senate Race After LaFollette Death
O P Wilcox of Eau Claire announces his candidacy for the Wisconsin senate seat left vacant by LaFollette. He rejects factional ties, seeks broad support, and endorses Coolidge era tax cuts and efficient government. Francis E McGovern also enters the race. Others linked to the contest include Mrs LaFollette Fred Zimmerman and Zona Gale.
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O. P. Wilcox
Eau Claire
Wis
Wisconsin Bar Association
LaFollette
Wisconsin
Chicago furniture makers plead guilty in anti trust case
Two ice box furniture firms joined others in Chicago charged with violating the anti trust law by stabilizing and artificially raising prices. They pleaded guilty and were fined a total of 68000 dollars by Federal Judge Cliffe. The next group slated for arraignment includes dining room bedroom and living room furniture makers.
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Chicago
Cliffe
New American Ambassador to Germany Presents Credentials
R Jacob Gould Schurman, newly appointed American ambassador to Germany, presented credentials to President von Hindenburg and expressed a government aim to cultivate mutual friendship. He cited cordial sentiments from his youthful studies in Germany and pledged to carry out his government's instructions.
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R. Jacob Gould Schurman
Germany
von Hindenburg
Doctor Schurman
Radiology Congress Opens in London Draws American Doctors
About one hundred American physicians attend the first international congress of radiology in London. Industries such as coal and structural steel show interest as radiologists develop X ray analysis and strength tests. Dr Norman Kemp presented the opening paper.
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London
Norman Kemp
Aronowitz Active in Legion Ranks
Samuel E. B. Aronowitz rose from private to New York American Legion department commander. He helped New York receive its share of a 5 million endowment, expanded membership, and served as state adjutant in 1920 and later as department commander after six years of service.
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New York
American Legion
Samuel EB. Aronowitz
Aronowitz
Albany
Dartmouth
Albany Law School
America
Three Hundred and Ninth Machine Gun Battalion
St. Mihiel
Meuse-Argonne
New York State
Ester
Closer Co operation Aims With Geneva Talks
Thomas W. Miller of the American Legion led a Geneva visit for Fidac and the League of Nations to boost contact between veterans groups and the world body. Suggestions include ex service representatives in national delegations and closer central services coordination. Miller announced Fidac council appointees in Paris and noted a Rome Fidac convention next September.
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League of Nations
Fidac
Interallied Association of World War Veterans
Geneva
Switzerland
Thomas W. Miller
The
American Legion
League
Eric Drummond
Miller
England
Veterans’ Association
London
British Legion
Great Britain
Scotland
Ireland
America
Council of Direction
Paris
Benjamin H
No Fun
A summer escort boasts about a new car and can halt instantly then accelerate to fifty MPH in fifteen seconds. She questions the usefulness of stopping at all, while the male companion shows off the car’s speed.
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American Legion Weekly
The Kitchen Cabinet Reflects on Night Sky
A 1926 Western Newspaper Union piece by Richard Barton describes stepping into the night to feel heaven and stare at uncharted seas of space. Planets loom large, easing mortal fret and earthly cares.
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Heaven
Desserts and Pantry Tips From a Northern Resort Menu
A collection of old kitchen recipes and preservation tips cites Lemon Jelly fruit salads over lettuce with mayonnaise, pineapple rice pudding, Manhattan pudding with almonds and orange juice, Sour Cream Pie, a fruit storage method, Raspberry Whip, Rhubarb Conserve, Cheese Cakes, Boiled Fish with white sauce, and a note on bleaching scorched fabrics in sun.
Helped Through Change of Life in Baltimore
Mrs L Ginoricn of Baltimore credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief during the Change of Life and a failing system. She notes improvement after one bottle and continued use through the critical period, and says the medicine helped her daughters bearing babies and eased nervousness and hot flashes.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mrs. L. Ginoricn
N. Gilmor St
Thief Had Nerve In Chapin Gas Station Swindle
A bold robbery tale unfolds in Chapin New York as an unknown man lingered for over two days at Charles Burd a visiting in Pennsylvania. The suspect sold gasoline and edibles at bargain prices to draw customers and attempted to solicit a sale of the garage without success.
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Chapin
New York
Charles Burd
Pennsylvania
Burd
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Frank W. Mondell
War Finance Corporation
Bankers’ Convention
Hot Springs
State Street
Cal
Edward W. Pickard
Calllaux
Italy
Mario Albert
Rome
Mussolini
Dawes
Paul Henderson
New
Hadley Field
New Brunswick
N. J
John L. Lewis
Scranton
Jacksonville
J. D. Rockefeller, Jr
Charles M. Schawb
Secretary of the Treasury
Mellon
American Legion News Service
Samuel E. Aronowitz
Western Newspaper Union
Richard Barton
Lydia E.pinkham
Harold Somehs
de Ball Avé
Brooklyn
N. X
U.S
United States Rubber Company
Hardway & Cathey Bankers Mortgage Bldg
Houston, Tex
Dickey
Mal Dickey Drug CO
Bristol
Tenna
W. N
Houston
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