Lindbergh Completes first Central American leg in seven hours
Guatemalan welcome honors Colonel Lindbergh as he lands at Aurora field after a 675 mile flight from Mexico City in seven hours five minutes. The Lone Eagle receives the title adopted son of Guatemala City and plans to resume his tour toward Belize or San Salvador.
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Guatemala City
Guatemala
Land of the Eagle
Lone Eagle
Charles A. Lindbergh
Central America
Spirit of
Mexico City
Aurora Field
Lindbergh
Fuego
Agua
Coolidge
Salvador
Ministry of War of
Belize
British Honduras
San Salvador
Kelly Field
Dallas
Detroit
Brooks
Impeachment of Johnston Fails in Oklahoma Senate
Oklahoma City staff report says the Oklahoma Senate sitting as a court of impeachment dismissed charges against Gov. Henry S. Johnston Chief Justice Branson and Agriculture Board President Harry Cordell by a 22 to 16 vote. The ruling held the House lacked authority to convene. The meeting occurred in a downtown hotel with no adjournment.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Henry S. Johnston
Oklahoma Senate
Senate
Guy L. Andrews
McAlester
House of Representatives
H. Tom Kight
House
Johnston
Branson
State Supreme Court
Harry Cordell
State Board of Agriculture
Judge to rule on Miners Union strike restraining order
In Council Bluffs Iowa Judge Woodrough prepares to decide a motion to dismiss the United Brotherhood of Miners suit to bar United Mine Workers from picketing in Appanoose County. A temporary injunction blocked UMW pickets two weeks prior. The miners argue the Brotherhood is a Missouri group with no standing in Iowa courts.
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Council Bluffs
Woodrough
United Brotherhood of Miners
United Mine Workers of America
Appanoose County
United Mine Workers
Brotherhood of Miners
Missouri
Iowa
Winter Weather to Return Iowa Engagement
Winter weather will return to Iowa tonight and Friday as a cold wave sweeps the state. Forecasters expect temperatures to near zero near Sioux City and to drop below freezing statewide, with the cold reaching eastern and southern sections by Friday.
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Iowa
Des. Moines
Tlown
Sioux City
Towa
Remus Awaits Court Decision In Murder Case
In Cincinnati on December 29 AP reports George Remus the former bootlegger awaits probate court ruling after a sanity hearing following a not guilty verdict on insanity. Judge William H. Lueders will decide whether Remus is freed or committed to Lima State Hospital after consulting alienists and reviewing the trial record.
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Cincinnati
George Remus
William H. Lueders
Remus
Lueders
State Hospital
Lima
Teacher in elopement case faces abduction charges
Northwood Iowa dispatch reports Unionville Mo. school teacher Joey Rennells 22 faces probable abduction counts in a so called elopement with Pauline Thompson. Rennells says she joined voluntarily and will accompany Sheriff Burns to Missouri. Thompson defends her departure as voluntary and vows not to marry.
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Northwood
Pauline Thompson
Unionville
Joey Rennells
Worth County
H. D. Burns
Putnam County
Rennells
Missouri
Miss Thompson
Minnesota
Canada
Manly
Hickman Links Welby Hunt to 1926 Rosehill Slaying
William Hickman confessed to killing Ivy Thoms in a Rosehill holdup in 1926 and implicated Welby Hunt of Alhambra California. Hunt was arrested and confessed corroborating Hickman but denied firing the fatal shot. The case ties Hickman to Marian Parker’s kidnapping and murder and prompts police shakeups in Los Angeles.
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Marian Parker
Ivy Thoms
Rosehill
Pasadena
Welby Hunt
Alhambra
Calif
Hickman
Los Angeles
William Edward Hickman
Fox
Hunt
New York Firemen Escape as Butler Brothers Store Collapses
In a $500000 blaze in lower Broadway the Butler Brothers department store eight floors collapsed to the cellar as white-hot steel pillars failed. Fifty firemen narrowly escaped death as hose teams entered from the street. A blast blew manhole covers and shattered windows while 125 firefighters were forced back. The fire started in the basement at the pillars’ base and buckled under the eight-floor weight.
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New York
Butler Brothers
Lower Broadway
Weather unsettled and cold with regional swings
The report notes Iowa: unsettled tonight and Friday with a moderate cold wave in the northwest north central east and south regions. Illinois: probably fair tonight and Friday with some cloudiness and markedly colder conditions.
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Iowa
Illinois
Davenport Men Repulse Bandits in Grocery Store Hold-Up
Henry Aschermann age 76 and his brother August 72 repulsed bandits who entered their Davenport grocery store last night using an old fashioned pistol. Henry was wounded by a bullet in the side while August was struck in the face with a revolver butt. Bandits fled in a waiting car and remained at large.
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Davenport
Henry Aschermann
August
Henry
Dawn crew feared lost after Nova Scotia search
The Dawn disappearance prompts five destroyers to extend patrols along Nova Scotia and Newfoundland in hopes of locating Mrs Frances Wilson Grayson and three male crew members. The mission tightens as radio signals and eye witness reports fuel slim chances of survival. The aviatrix Theo Rasche plans a trans Atlantic attempt next spring with possible female co pilot.
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New York
Nova Scotia
Newfoundland
Frances Wilson Grayson
Sable Island
R. R. Stewart
Thea Rasche
Mrs. Grayson
Oskar Omdal
Brice Goldsborough
Fred Koehler
Theo Rasche
Rasche
Grayson
Fleeing Auto Thief Shot In Neck in Sioux City
Alonzo Byers aged 16 was seriously wounded when fleeing in a stolen automobile with a companion. Byers sustained a neck wound and was hospitalized in serious condition. His companion, 17 year old George Kruz, was jailed after detectives arrested them today.
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Sioux City
Alonzo Byers
Byers
George Kruz
Li Chai Sum Again Takes Canton Control
General Li Chai Sum's troops arrived in Canton today and seized control from General Li Fuk Lam without incident. Li Chai Sum resumes command after the November coup and begins patrolling the city while Fuk Lam's forces retreat to Honam island across the river.
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Li Chai-Sum
Canton
Li Fuk-Lam
Honam
Publisher Appointed Senator In Santa Fe
Bronson Cutting the Republican publisher of the Santa Fe New Mexican was named by Governor Dillon to fill the unexpired term of the late Senator A. A. Jones a Democrat who died in Washington last week creating the vacancy in the United States Senate.
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Santa Fe
N. M
Bronson Cutting
Santa Fe New Mexican
R. C. Dillon
United States
A. A. Jones
Washington
Unlucky Mickey O Neil Mistaken for Hickman in Oregon
Los Angeles resident Mickey O Neil, who resembled Edward Hickman, was seized by excited crowds and dragged to a police station eight times before Hickman was arrested in Oregon, ending the misidentification madness.
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Mickey O'Neil
Los Angeles
Edward Hickman
Oregon
O'Neil
Hickman
Curious Indiana man tours S 4 salvage scene in Provincetown
Lafayette garage keeper Charles Shambaugh traveled to Provincetown to observe S 4 salvage work. He met Rear Admiral Frank H. Brumby, toured the navy yard, rode a destroyer, and stayed aboard the flagship Bushnell, praising the Navy’s efforts.
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Boston
Lafayette
Ind
Provincetown
Frank H. Brumby
Massachusetts Bay
Charles Shambaugh
Charlestown Navy Yard
Navy
Shambaugh
Navy Yard
Mohave
Admiral Brumby
Bushnell
Draw Extra Jurors For Kinney Trial
Iowa City report notes thirty more jurors ordered to report Monday at 2 pm for the State v Joe Kinney murder trial. Kinney among three Oxford men indicted. Guffey and Donahue to be tried later. State accuses the trio of killing Milo Slezak during a robbery attempt.
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Iowa City
Joe Kinney
Milo Slezak
Wisconsin
E. A. Baldwin
Kinney
Oxford
J. W. Guffey
Francis Donahue
Slezak
City Disputes Gas Case Ruling Raises Valuation by 20000
Federal Judge George C. Scott in Des Moines sustains parts of the master report on Muscatine gas operations. He adds 20000 to the city's valuation as a going concern and upholds several objections while cutting the company's payment to the master and reducing other charges. The ruling affects rebates and operating costs from 1921 to 1923 and directs Davenport attorneys to draft the decree.
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Muscatine
George C. Scott
Sioux City
Des Moines
Davenport
Scott
Martin J. Wade
John A. Guiher
Winterset
Gusher
Judge Scott
Municipal Electric Light Plant
Gusder
Muscatine Lighting Company
Lane & Waterman
Frank Drake
J. F. Devitt
Oriental Disease Fatal in Cedar Rapids Death
In Cedar Rapids Iowa Theresa Nason aged 20 died from Shiga dysentery an illness contracted six years ago. The origin of the infection is unknown.
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Cedar Rapids
Theresa Nason
Smith Quits Church Over Rival Coal Dealer Fuel
A local man named Smith disengages from his church after learning the congregation purchased winter fuel from a competing coal dealer. The dispute centers on fuel sources and church affiliations amid rising energy costs.
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