Death toll from brutal winter storms in 60 deaths and rising
The Chicago death toll from the ongoing brutal cold and blizzards climbs with 29 fatalities in the city and widespread subzero readings from Georgia to the Great Lakes. New England reports warmer weather while the South endures record lows. two train wrecks are linked to the severe conditions.
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Chicago
Weather Bureau
Middle West
Great Lakes Region
Ohio Valley
Atlantic Sea
Gulf of Mexico
Georgia
Alabama
Little Rock
Atlanta
Hendersonville
North Carolina
Great Lakes
Mississippi
Northwest
Nebraska
Ilinois
Iowa
Indiana
Missouri
New England
DS Lenvesoee
Los Angeles
San Diego
Calif
New York City
Chi- Cao
Joss
Wwere
Condition Of Fall May Postpone Trial
Albert E Fall and Harry Sinclair trials may be postponed as Fall, age 66, is reported seriously ill in El Paso Texas. Meanwhile the contempt of court cases against Burns and four others for juror shadowing in the first Fall Sinclair trial will continue.
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Washington
U.R
Albert E. Fall
Secretary of the Interior
EL Paso
Texas
Fall
Harry Sinclair
Sinclair
William J. Burns
Teapot Dome
Phillies and Reds Take 3 in City Bowl Tournament
The Phillies extend their lead in the city bowl league by three straight wins against the Giants and Reds. Reds post strong totals with 2882 while Phillies reach 2557 for a three game series, Brooks posting 213. Giants suffer three losses as the Reds claim the sweep.
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Phillies
Giants
Reds
Brooks
Ypsilanti Daily Ypsilanti Press Rebrands Name
The Daily Ypsilantian Press will become the Ypsilanti Daily Press under publisher George Handy. Handy said the name change reflects shifts in publication and policy for the city’s only daily newspaper.
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Ypsilanti
Ypsilantian Press
Daily Press
George
Handy
Mrs Lindbergh Returns Safely To Detroit Home
Mrs Evangeline Lindbergh resumes teaching chemistry at Cass Technical High School after flying to Mexico City to visit son Colonel Charles A Lindbergh. The Solo First Flight Enterprise monoplane landed in Detroit after a snowbound trip via Sturgis and St Louis. The pilot Harry Brooks and crew endured a rough three day journey with two forced landings.
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Detroit
U.P
Mexico City
Evangeline Lindbergh
Cass Technical High School
Sturgis
St. Louis
Crowding Grows in Statuary Hall as Hawaii Seeks Statues
Hawaii files resolutions asking Congress to authorize entrance for statues of Sanford Dole and Prince Kuhio Nalanianaole. lawmakers weigh space constraints and possible remedies including expanding display to adjacent corridors or building a separate edifice.
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Harry We Frantz
United Press
Washiington
U. P
Statuary Hall
Territory of Hawaii
Congress
Sanford Ballard Dole
Prince Jonah Kuhio Nalanianaole
Hawaii
United States
Capitol
House of Representatives
J. S. Morris
Vermont
Rotary program features Father Time in Mt. Pleasant
Mt. Pleasant Rotary club opens the year with William D. Hood presenting a Father Time Miss 1928 act and a review of 1927 Isabella county and national affairs. Hood cites bank and savings trends, road totals, and school enrollments, predicting increased U.S. activity in 1928 per Ayres and Hooght forecasts.
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Mt. Pleasant
Father Time
Hood
Isabella County
United States
Leonard P. Ayres
Herbert Hooght
Commercce
Man Bags 26-Pound Bobcat Near Coleman
Wesley Old of North Bradley shot a 26 pound bobcat near Coleman Sunday afterTracking it to a hollow stump about three miles southeast. He fired a 16 gauge shotgun and bagged the animal as it emerged from the stump less than 80 feet away.
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Wesley Old
North Bradley
Coleman
Stanford Cardinals Rally To Beat Pittsburgh In East-West Classic
In Pasadena California on January 2 a 46 000 crowd watched Stanford overturn a 6 0 deficit in the third period. A late 81 yard pass from Hoffman to Worden and relentless line play set up a 7 6 comeback win over Pittsburgh amid a key fumble recovery by Tagan and strong offensive surge.
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Tdasadena
Cal
Stanford
Cardinals
Pittsburgh
Wilton
Tagan
Panther
Sanford
Hoffman
Worden
Aged Resident Jene C Gorham Dies After Prolonged Illness
Jane C. Gorham born July 18 1842 in Euclid Ohio died January 2 1928 at age eighty five after a long illness. Funeral services were held at the Gorham home on Northlander avenue with Rev G B Dawkins officiating and Mrs Walter Morn singing. The body was sent by noon train to Cleveland for interment in Lakeview Cemetery near her old home. She was mother of A B Gorham and had lived with her son for thirty five years.
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Jene C. Gorham
A. BE. Gorham
Hai On
Phe
Wass
Gorham
Northlander Avenue
G. B. Dawkins
Walter Morn
Cleveland
Lakeview
Jane C. Gorham
S Hown
Euclid
Ohio
Flood waters reach London suburbs
Flood waters reached the suburbs of London and disrupted traffic as parts of England faced widespread inundation. American millionaire R. H. Walsh and his family, staying at a Coventry cottage in Melton Mowbray, moved furniture from the first floor to upstairs due to rising water.
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London
England
R. H H. Walsh
Coventry
Melton Mowbray
Probe Into Sub Sinking Prepares Meeting In Boston
Preparations are under way for a probe into the submarine S-8 sinking off the Provincetown coast December 17 with 40 lives lost. Rear Admiral Richard Jackson will head the investigating committee to meet at 10 am. Secretary Wilbur orders a broad inquiry into causes, injuries, property losses, and responsibility. The sister ship S-8 will be at the navy yard for firsthand construction and equipment details. A Sing Sing escapee was nabbed in a taxi.
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Boston
Mass
U.P
Richard Jackson
Battle Fleet
Wilbur
Navy Yard
Defense plans for high man still mystery in Hickman case
Los Angeles press reports the Hickman defense remains undisclosed as arraignment nears after his vow to plead guilty. Prosecutors claim enough evidence exists to seek the gallows while questions linger over insanity, youth, and the defendant's true age amid a second murder indictment expected against Welby Hunt in Ivy Thomas case.
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Los Angeles
Calif
U.P
William Edward Hickman
Hickman
Marion Parker
Jerome Walsh
Davis
the Fallows
Fox
Buty
Leopold~Lovb
Oregon
Welby Hunt
Ivy Thoms
Rose Hill
Record Number of Auto Licenses Issued Saturday
State department threats to enforce the auto plate law sparked a rush at Wardrop and Wardrop offices. From 8:30 a m to 3 30 p m Saturday 509 license plate sets were issued in eleven hours averaging about 46 per hour. By now about 2 000 Isabella county car owners have secured 1928 licenses out of an estimated 5 000 cars.
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State Department
Wardrop & Wardrop
Iabella County
Secrecy surrounds executions in Peking
Reported executions in Peking involve 18 men at Heaven Bridge near the Temple of Agriculture and six more later, with suspects taken from the military police headquarters in bound restraints and hurried away in motor cars. No crimes were stated for the condemned.
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Peking
Jesoy i Abe Semua
Temple of Agriculture
Heaven Bridge
Two Battalions of Marines to Nicaragua Reinforcements
Secretary of Navy Wilbur announced two battalions of United States Marines totaling about 1,000 men would depart from the East and West coasts to reinforce Marines in Nicaragua. They will relieve guards and free other troops to respond to Sandino activity as eight Marines were killed and 25 wounded in recent attacks. A patrol sent a message to Managua requesting help as the United States follows its policy to protect American lives and property.
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Washington, Dun, S
Secretary of Navy
Wilbur
United States Marines
Marine Forces
Nicaydgua
Special Service Squadron
Manapua
Sandino
United States
Nicaragua
Managua
Levine aviation records questioned by international bodies
New York reports that the Federation Aeronautique Internationale and the National, Altimature association list aviation records corrected to December 15. Charles A Levine’s Bellance flight from Roosevelt Field to Germany shows no credit for the nonstop distance, while Chamberlin and Acosta retain the duration record. Lindbergh’s name drops from the long distance record, eclipsed by Chamberlin.
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New York
Altimature Association
Federation Aeronautique Internatonale
Sabrodd
Charlés ‘A. . Levine
Germany
Clarence D. Chamberling Wright
Roosevelt Field
Levine
Chamberlin
Bert. Acosta
Aia
Capute Dy
Edzard and
Risticz
Genhany
Seindbergh
Helfi
Chamberty
Bellance
Linitest
United States
Dacht
France
Italy
Britain
Czecho- Slovaikia
Hungary
Switzerland
Dawn Believed Sank Near Cape Cod After Flight
Captain Comeau of the Nova Shasta Rose Anne Beliveau reported that the missing Dawn likely sank after passing Cape Cod on the night of December 23. He said he heard motors in the gale near 7:30 to 7:45 p.m. about 18 miles northwest of Nauset Beach, tying to Harbor Grace, N F.
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Portland
Hh OY. Comeau
Rose
Anne Belliveau
Cape God
Frances W. Grayson
Harbor Grace
N. F
New York
Comgall
British West Indies
Nauset Beach Light
Cape Cod
Comeau
Oakey St Alexander
Chatham
Knowles
President Coolidge Sees 1928 Prosperity Era
President Coolidge declares prospects for a prosperous year for industry business and the people never higher as the country enters a new era of prosperity in 1928. He speaks from Washington noting confidence across sectors and the nation.
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Washington
Jan
U.R
Auto price war seen in higher classes today
The report notes a price battle across auto classes as Packard enclosures cut models from 500 to 700 dollars while Ford Chevrolet and Whippet ramp up production. Ford employs about 80 000 producing 1000 cars daily and could reach 100 000 with 5000 daily by year end. Chevrolet uses 50 000 producing over 2000 daily as Whippet chief John N warns aggressive pricing to spark low cost competition.
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Chevrolet
Re‘eports
John N
Willys- Overland Company
Fifty Fifth Wedding Anniversary of Mr and Mrs Ellis
Mr and Mrs Fe W Ellis celebrate their fifty fifth wedding anniversary with a family dinner at their home on College avenue. The couple, who married in a rural wilderness ceremony before a justice of the peace, later moved to Sherman City and Mt Pleasant where Mr Ellis served as sheriff. Their daughter Mrs George Johnson and her Wisconsin-based grandchildren attended the celebration.
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Miic
Mra
Ellis
College Avenue
Flith Benth Haesary
Rileihe Fedler
Johnson
Justice of the Peace
Isabella
Sherman City
Tate
Horges
Mt. Pleasant
George ‘Johnson
Wisconsin
Greenville Coliseum Destroyed by Major Fire
The Greenville Coliseum, a local landmark and longtime exhibit hall for the Western Michigan Potato show, was completely destroyed by fire on Monday afternoon. The wooden structure housed Danish Brotherhoods and Sisters societies and sale storerooms for Chaffee Brothers Furniture Co, with heavy second floor beams contributing to the collapse and a large stack of furniture burned. The fire broke out as firefighters were returning from Stanton and the alarm was turned in while the street truck backed into the station.
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Greenville
Daily Times
Coliseum
Danish Brotherhoods and
Danish Sisters Society
Chaffee Bros. Furniture Company
Stanton
Real Estate Men Split Over Golfer’s Alleged Funds
A garbled item notes a golfer linked to real estate men and hints at confusion over real estate money and energy costs. Names, dates, and specifics are unclear in the readable text.
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Mrs. Lindbergh
Rotary Club
W. Hood
Man
Bobcat
Glassig
Rose Bowl Stadium
London Suburbs
Sing Sing
U. 8
Cape
Cod
Packard
Ford
Irs
Fe W
Greenville Coliseum
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