League of Nations Council Drowsiness Aboard Silesian Debate
In Lugano the League of Nations council sessions prompted yawns as the Upper Silesian minority dispute stretched for hours. Polish foreign minister Zaleski sat wide awake while others nodded, prompting Scialoja to remark if his colleague suffered insomnia.
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Lugano
Switzerland
League of Nations
League Council
Lusitania
Briand
Adatchi
Alfies
Scidloja
Zaleski
Scialoja
French Deputies Back Kellogg Anti War Treaty
Paris January 17 deputies applauded when Foreign Minister Briand submitted the Kellogg Anti War treaty for ratification and sent it to the foreign affairs commission for examination.
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Paris
Aristide Briand
Chamber of Deputies
Foreign Affairs Commission
Fire destroys new Hollywood stage with heavy losses
In Hollywood California a new 75000 sound film stage at the Paramount Famous Players Lasky studio burned. Firemen and studio workers were injured as six companies fought the blaze for four hours. A short circuit from a dislodged transformer is blamed for the outbreak.
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Hollywood
Calif
Pla
Senator Rushton says state institutions need finance
Lansing reports Senator Herbert Rushton, chair of the finance committee, says abnormal funding gaps for hospitals and prisons require new revenue. He opposes a property tax hike and warns any income tax must be limited to a four year plan and not exceed five percent of the federal levy.
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Lansing
Gan
Herbert Rushton
Green
Rushton
Durant Motors Reorganizes With Dodge Veterans
New York January 17 Durant Motors reorganizes with Dr. I G Haynes named president. Board and executives include Ralph A Vail and John A Nichols Jr, all previously tied to Dodge Motor Company. The move mirrors the Dodge founders led by John F Dodge and Horace B Dodge.
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New York
Durant Motors, Incorporated
Dodge Motor Company
I. G. Haynes
Dodge Brothers Company
Durant Corporation
John F
Horace B. Dodge
Haynes
Ralph A. Vail
Dodge Motors
John A. Nichols, Jr
Dodge Brothers
Two Women Charged in Twilight Sleep Death at Girls Welfare Home
In Albuquerque, two female officials of the Girls Welfare home face manslaughter charges after coroner's jury finds Helen Haskew died from mistreatment. Witnesses say she endured bread and water and twilight sleep injections for attempting to escape, and was kept on a harsh diet with salted water.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Helen Haskew
Eugene Lajan
Bertha Lips
Evelyn Frisbie
Miss Haskow
F. E. Bird
Prisbie
Miss Haskew
Piva
Miss Heskew
Thirteen Inch Skirt Rule Shocks Glasgow Waitresses
Glasgow workers in the civic tea-room face a new rule requiring skirts to fall thirteen inches above the ground. The decree, approved by the Glasgow corporation, cuts several inches from the former hemlines, prompting disappointment from the waitresses who lament the loss of knee appeal.
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Glasgow
Glasgow Corporation
Fiddlers Contest and Dance Night Set in Riverdale
Riverdale hosts an old-time fiddler contest January 28 at the I Q F hall with two prize winners W Hall of Tennessee and Frank Newcomb of Riverdale. Newcomb known in Michigan for Lansing prizes and Henry Ford Detroit contest. Proceeds benefit Riverdale I O O F lodge.
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Riverdale
F. Hall
W. Hall
Tennessee
Frank Newcomb
Newcomb
Michigan
Lansing
Henry Ford
Detroit
Cash Pries
Peter W. Britten
Charles Green
Riverdale I. O. O. F. Lodge
California quake danger warned by Oregon geologist
Dr. EK J Hodge of the University of Oregon warns another severe earthquake may strike California soon, likely south of San Francisco, citing seismological ties to Chile and Omori's rule. He notes the 1906 San Francisco quake was followed by a major Chilean quake in August and links crustal tension to risk along belts of weakness.
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Eugene
Ore
California
San Francisco
EK. J. Hodge
University of Oregon
Chile
Hodge
Omori
University of British Columbia
Cross State Telephone Service Fails Between Detroit and Lansing
Telephonic links between Detroit and Lansing and other points failed at 11 30 this morning due to water in a cable. Officials of Michigan Bell report service was restored later in the day after the water caused the outage. Divasso Flint and St Johns were among the affected routes.
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Detroit
Lansing
Divasso
Flint
St. Johns
Michigan Bell
Telephone Company
Foch’s condition improves after heart attacks
Paris January 17 Marshal Ferdinand Foch shows improvement after a heart attack and complications. Six physicians say he rests quietly and may read newspapers in two days if progress continues. Doctors express cautious optimism amid lingering fears of another attack.
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Ferdinand
Foch
Paris
John J. Pershing
France
Col
Charles Lindbergh
Ferdinand Fogh
Weitz-Boyer
Marshall
Clemenceau Vows to Outlive Marshal Foch
Paris reports Georges Clemenceau nicknamed the Tiger still defiant in politics and vows to outlive Marshal Foch who fights illness. Clemenceau has largely recovered from the grippe but must stay in bed several days while doctors monitor Foch's daily progress.
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Paris
Georges Clemenceau
Marshal Trerdilland
Foch
Clemenceau
Marshal Foch
Tragic Self Inflicted Rifle Death In Monroe Home
Michigan brief reports 14 year old Robert Finley son of Rex A Finley of Tat Rock Monroe accidentally shot himself with a 26 20 revolver late Tuesday in his parents home. He started downstairs and died before reaching the tower floor. his mother found the body at the foot of the stairs.
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Monroe, Mich
Robert Finley
Rex A. Finley
Tat Rock
Ife
Michigan highway department seeks calendar year basis
Lansing January 17 A proposal to place the Michigan highway department on a calendar year basis rather than a fiscal year will be presented to the legislature after it reconvenes next week. Deputy highway commissioner W R Burton says the change would simplify bookkeeping by aligning maintenance and weight and receipts with construction work, and improve department efficiency. Burton notes the calendar year would allow plans to match expected calendar receipts.
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Lansing
Michigan Higruway Department
W. R. Burton
Burton
Coolidge Signs Treaty To Outlaw War In Senate Vote
In the White House East Room President Coolidge signed the multilateral treaty to outlaw war as national policy. The Senate, with 86 to 1, ratified after 12 days of debate, formal signing ceremonies followed a Monday vote.
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Washington
U.F
White House
U. S.’senate
Coolidge
Pascel
Fire Devastates Nurses Home At McPherson Memorial
Ten nurses at McPherson Memorial Hospital were driven from their beds by a fire that gutted the nurses home on N Michigan Avenue. Fire, thought to originate in the furnace room, caused about 8000 dollars in losses. The hospital itself had been gutted previously during construction across the street.
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Howell
McPherson Memorial Hospital
Michigan Avenue
Canadians Abet Sale of Liquor by Government
Ontario liquor law assigns sale to the government as Sir Henry L Drayton, head of the Liquor Control board, praises in a United Press interview. He cites public opinion, reduced bootlegging, and revenue going to the treasury, arguing the act elevates respect for the law.
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Harry van Langer
United Press
Toronto
Ont
Tan
U.P
Ontario
Henry L. Drayton
Liquor Control Board
Sir Henry
Quick Work Saves Four Oil Men at Muskegon
Muskegon January 17. Forest Liedecker risked his life to rescue four oil field workers overcome by gas eighteen feet underground. C B Huff Charles Clark and George Barrett descended to aid Charles Hoffman who was suffocating at a gas connection they too fainted Liedecker pulled them to safety with a rope and brought all four to the surface.
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Muskegon
Forest Liedecker
C. B. Huff
Charles Clark
George Barrett
Charles Hoffman
Liedecker
Freight Wreck North of Ionia Kills Two Trainmen
A Pere Marquette freight derailed north of Ionia when spreading rails caused the crash. Fireman Bert Font and brakeman William Gierman were killed. engineer Humphrey was seriously injured and pinned in the cab. Conductor Melvin Kinkle survived. Gierman and Font left widows and children.
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Ionia
William Gierman
Sonia
Bert Font
Werman
Humphrey
Spead
Font
Gierman
Jack
Pauline
Albert
Floyd
Brunson
Olive Tracy
Grand Rapids
Train crashes into section gang killing four
Middletown Ohio January 17. A Baltimore and Ohio railroad train struck a section gang at Poasttown three and a half miles northwest of Middletown. Frank Kehner 27 was killed instantly Milts Tansy 26 died about two hours later in a hospital. A third victim remained unidentified Homer Harold of Middletown escaped injury.
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Middletown
Poasttown
Here
Baltimore and Ohio
Frank Kehner
Milts Tansy
Homer
Harold
Escana
Evangelist Acquitted In Murder Case
Harvey L. Smith, a former evangelist and circus worker, was found not guilty of murdering Mrs. Genevieve Stultz a beauty culturist. He admitted taking $50 to remove her from town but denied the killing. Her body was found in a lime pit near Elkhart, Indiana, last autumn.
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Elkhart
Tud
Harvey L
Prohibition Era Attitudes Shape Public Response to Laws
A fragmented archival line notes that prior prohibition fostered public disregard for temperance norms, with a broader drift affecting respect for other laws as minds hardened against regulatory measures. The quoted passage highlights cultural shift during earlier enforcement periods.
Michigan Senator Attacks Legislators as Rubber Stamps
State Senator Seymour Person denounces Michigan lawmakers as not fit to pass laws and calls them rubber stamps. He urges amending the criminal code to list felonies and criticizes careless passage and unread bills from the 1927 legislature.
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Lansing
Michigan
Seymour H. Person
Person
Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate
Sovernmait
Booth Out As Salvation Head
Sunbury on Thames Eng Jan 17 The Reform group led by Commander Evangeline Booth gained control of the Salvation Army after the high council voted General Bramwell Booth unfit for office The decision may prompt court action to appoint a new commander London dispatch claims Bramwell Booth will retire but is unconfirmed and no official report issued Sunbury Court remained guarded as the council debated for 14 hours with a late vote result announced after midnight
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Sunbury-On-Thambes
Eng
Reform Group
Evangeline Booth
Salvation Army
Bramwell Booth
London
Sunbury-On-Thames
England
High Council of the Army
Booth
Sunbury Court
Schwab to turn over millions for more leisure time
Charles M Schwab, 66, will transfer control of his millions to trustees to give him more time to play. He will resign as chairman of the board of the Bethlehem Steel company and place his stock holding under trusteeship.
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New York
Charles M. Schwab
Reas
Cnip
Bubhleher
Feet Corporation
Hand of Trustees
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