Hoover Inauguration Opens Hoover Era With Pledge
Herbert Hoover took the oath as president at noon and pledged to uphold the law and prohibition. The inaugural parade featured the Los Angeles dirigible and hundreds of aircraft while radio brought the event to listeners nationwide. Curtis as first to arrive at the White House, Dawes' successor, attended the ceremonies.
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Byron Price
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
United States
Herbert Hoover
Hustonic East
Taft
Charles Curtis
Charles G. Dawes
Senate
Los Angeles
White House
Pennsylvania Avenue
Whitehouse
Capitol
Army
Navy
Lakehurst
Curtis
Senator Curtis
Mayflower Hotel
Gann
Hale
Maine
Overman
North Carolina
Morrows and Lindbergh Motor to Mexico Capital
Ambassador Dwight Morrow and party including Mrs Morrow and daughters Anne and Elizabeth arrive at the American embassy in Mexico City from Cuernavaca. A revolt news forces a swift return to Mexico City with Col Lindbergh driving one car despite his hand injury.
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Mexico City
Dwight Morrow
Mrs Morrow
Anne
Zizabeth
Charles A Lindbergh
Morrow
Cuernavaca
Ambassador Morrow
Colonel Lindbergh
Anne Morrow
Elizabeth
da Tye
Insurance head dies at Park Avenue home
Haley Fiske president of Metropolitan Life Insurance Company dies after collapsing near his Park Avenue home while returning from church. The 77 year old sufferer was said to have died from a blood clot in the heart.
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New York
Haley Fiske
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Park Avenue
Fiske
Curtis the Westerner Takes Office as Vice President
Curtis the Westerner, first Mississippi-born vice president, took the oath in the Senate chamber with Hoover and Coolidge present. Dawes delivered a farewell address, vowing to speak on senate errors, as Curtis pledged partnership and authority over Senate rules.
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Curtis
Washington, D. C
Charles Curtis
Mississippi
Senate
Herbert Hoover
Calvin Coolidge
Hoover
Capitol
Kansan
Dawes
Chamber
Woman killed by avalanche of ice at Madison train station
Mrs Orlando Hoff of Madison was killed when ice slid from a railway station roof and struck her as she and her husband were entering their car after escorting daughter Margaret to a train. The ice fractured her skull and damaged the automobile. her husband was injured.
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Madison
Orlando Hoff
Inauguration Day Program for Hoover Curtis Gann
Washington schedule lists events from 11am to 8pm including oath of office for Hoover as president, Curtis as vice president, Taft administering, inaugural addresses, luncheon, aerial and ground parades, and fireworks on monument grounds with accompanying moves between the White House Capitol Union Station and Mayflower’s vice presidential suite.
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Washington, D. C
Coolidge
Hoover
Curtis
Edward E. Gann
White House
Capitol
Senate Chamber
Taft
Tragic end to high spree in Racine case filed
Herbert F Rapp a 29 year old former army prison guard was arraigned on first degree murder charges in the death of his father August Rapp 59. Police say the man returned from drink and job hunting, argued with his sister and her fiancé, then fired on his father in bed after locking doors and ordering others to stay put. The hearing followed questioning by District Attorney Earl Benlow as details emerged.
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Racine
Wis
Herbert F Rapp
Herbert Rapp
August Rapp
Arthur Geschke
Earl Benlow
Davenport
Young Rapps
Release frees Wis man jailed for La Crosse farmer murder
John Beler, 28, formerly serving a life sentence for the murder of Nick Biesen, a La Crosse County farmer, has been released after his life term was commuted to fourteen years by former Governor Zimmerman early in January.
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Wanpun
Wis
John Beler
Nick Biesen
la Crosse County
Zimmerman
Wisconsin Sends Parade Delegation To Hoover Inauguration
Wisconsin governors and lawmakers led by Gov Walter Kohler join a bold Badger delegation for Hoover's inauguration parade in Washington. The Wisconsin contingent travels in four automobiles with staff and includes Brig. Gen Ralph Mimmel and Col Frank Schneller. Cadets from St Johns Military Academy march, and Kohler hosts meetings at the Carlton hotel before a dinner hosted by Mary Roberts Rinehart at his wife’s insistence.
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W H Doherty
Associated Press Star
Washington, D
D. C
Wisconsin
Herbert Hoover
Pennsylvania Avenue
Badgers
Walter J .Kohler
Iowa
M Py Anderson
Army War College
Anderson
Madison
Walter
John Kohler
Charles King
Ralph Mimmel
Frank J. Schneller
Harry G. Williams
George A Huntzicker
John P Wood
Wausau
Robert M. Sieser
Foch Patient Reports Better Night in Paris Bulletin
Paris morning bulletin from the physicians of Marshal Foch states the patient spent a better night with a temperature of 99.3 and a steady pulse. The update reflects cautious optimism about the patient’s condition amid ongoing treatment.
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Paris
Marshal Foch
Stewart Faces Defeat as Director and Chairman
Chicago Herald and Examiner reports Col Robert W Stewart will likely fail to secure enough votes to be reelected director of the Standard Oil Company of Indiana at Thursday’s stockholders meeting. Edward Grentbert is expected to be elected chairman in his place.
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Chicago
The
Herald and Examiner
Luimhesh
Robert W Stewart
Standard On Company
Indiana
Wis
Edward Grenebert
Schaimman
Stewart
Confesses He Was Author Of Letter Mentioning Borah
Berlin reports that Vladimr Orloff confessed to authoring a letter mentioning United States Senator William Borah. Michael Sumarokov allegedly offered the letter to an American correspondent as coming from the Communist International. Both men face forgery charges related to state documents. New York Evening Post correspondent Hubert Knickerbocker aided the investigation.
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Berlin
Vladimr Orloff
United States
Willie Borah
Michael Sumarokov
Communist International
Hubert Knickerbocker
New York Evening Post
Weitzel
Rockefeller Stewart proxy battle ends in draw for Indiana Standard Oil
Chicago dispatch reports the first skirmish in the one billion dollar proxy battle for control of Standard Oil Company of Indiana ended in a draw. Rockefellers' Winthrop W. Aldrich and Stewart’s attorney Albert L. Hopkins failed to agree on how contested proxies would be voted at the stockholders meeting Thursday in Whiting, Indiana.
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Earl J Johnson
United Press
Chicago
Jonn B. Rockefeller Jr
Col
Robert W. Stewart
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Winthrop W. Aldrich
Rockefeller
Albert L Hopkins
Stewart
Hursday
Whiting
Ind
Congress Ends At Noon In Quiet Inauguration Day
The Seventieth Congress ended quietly at noon as inauguration events took center stage. The Senate met briefly, bills advanced with little debate, and Charles Curtis prepared to become vice president while Dawes and Robinson praised old allies amid traditional ceremonies.
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Harald Oliver
Associated Press
Wallington
Daves
Senate
House
Charles Curtis
Dawes
Capitol
Watson
Indiana
Robinson
Arkansas
Smoot
Utah
Curtis
Bingham Republican
Con Needleul
Sesson
Bynes
Joing
Congress
Inaugural Speech Draft Omits Enforcement Transfer Sentence
Washington D C President Hoover left out a prepared sentence in his inaugural address proposing moving prohibition enforcement from the Treasury to the Department of Justice. Officials said the deletion was inadvertent and that the advance text remains the official stance.
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Washington, D. C
U PH
Tnover
Treasury Department
Department of Justice
Treasuury Department
Hoover
White House
The
Breauty
Wife of Kansas City Star Editor Dies of Pneumonia
Mrs Kathrine Wright Haskell, wife of Henry J Haskell editor of The Kansas City Star, and sister of Orville and Wilbur Wright, died of pneumonia last night in Kansas City. Her husband, son Henry Maskell, and brothers Orville and Lorin Wright were with her. Beth supported their early aviation work in Dayton.
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Kansas City
Kathrine Wright Haskell
Henry J Haskell
Kansas City Star
Orville
Wilbur Wright
Haskell
Henry
Maskell
The
Baltimore Sun
Lorin Wright
Dayton
Dayon
Beth
Al Smith Plays Golf At Palm Beach Today
Alfred E Smith, defeated candidate, played golf at Palm Beach while Herbert Hoover was sworn in as president. A party member noted Smith had not sent a congratulatory wire. Smith plans to depart for the north tonight.
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AL Smith
Palm Beach
Fla
Alfred E Smith
Herbert Hoover
United States
Smith
Cioverno Smith
North
Hoover Speech Nuggets Warn Against Law Disregard
United Press reports excerpts from Mr. Hoover stressing that ignoring laws and criminal patronage fuel crime. He calls for citizen support to enforce laws, warns against mutual suspicions in elections, and advocates regulation of private enterprise over government ownership while urging cooperative progress for peace.
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Uwas
Thirteen Die From Bootleg Liquor In 48 Hours
A Vermont and Illinois bootleg liquor scare killed thirteen people in 48 hours. Louis Fels, an alleged bootlegger, was arrested after tainted spirits spread through Decatur Vermont Morgan and Galesburg. The poison reportedly followed a new formula tried at a Pearha convention and party at the Stockyard hotel. Three died Friday and four Sunday. six more fatalities occurred in Murf and Vermont.
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Peoria
Uhnow
Louis “Whitey” Fels
Vermont
Decatur
Morgan
Galesburg
Ellen McFadden
Murfan
Aimed barb at Congress from the White House
Washington reports Mr Goo ndge sent a telegram to The St Louis Post-Dispatch just after leaving the White House. He notes signing a 44000 dollar bill to improve Mr Weather for a presidential refuge. He criticizes Congress for unequal treatment, drawing parallels to wildlife protections, and lauds press approval of the campaign.
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Washington
White House
Goondge
Congress
St Louis Post-Dispatch
Weather Summary for Wisconsin and Upper Michigan
The forecast indicates a cold spell with mostly cloudy skies tonight and Tuesday. North portions expect snow, south portions light rain or show, and temperatures from the mid thirties to near freezing with a brisk southwest wind. Observations show a high of 28 and low of 34 with light precipitation.
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Jake
Michigan
Upper Michigan
Minnesota
Northwestern
Coolidge to Write Human Interest Articles After Presidency
Washington reports former President Calvin Coolidge will pursue literature after today’s inauguration. He agreed to a series for American Magazine on health of presidents and related topics, with potential earnings cited around 25,000 dollars yearly plus a per word rate, amid offers from publishers.
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Washington
J.P
Anders Coolidge
Union
Northampton
Mass
Admucrs
Coolidge
New York
Calvin Coolidge
United States
Merle Crowell
American Magazine
Encyclopedia Americana
Rebels Move Toward Mexico City From Vera Cruz
Mexican revolutionary forces under General Jesus Aguirre advance north from Vera Cruz toward the capital. Reports from the Mexican foreign office claim Vera Cruz and Nogales have fallen and ports at both cities are closed, per Ambassador Manuel Tellez to UPI.
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Vera, Cruz
Mexico
Vera Cruz
Mexico City
Washington
Jesus Aguirree
Nogales
Foreign Office
Manuel Tellez
United Press
State Department
Hoover Inaugural Selloff Echoes Early 20th Century
Wall Street opened firm but soon faced minor interruptions as investors weighed Hoover's inaugural address. Net losses were limited, with some stocks slipping one to two points while several issues rose beyond that level. Highlights included Chrysler, Kennecott, Hudson, Erie, Anaconda, Stewart-Warner, Northern Pacific and Electric Power & Light.
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New York
Wall Street
Hoover
Warren Harding
Woodrow Wilson
Chrysler
Kennecott
Hudson
Erie
Anaconda
Stewart- Warner
Northern Pacific
Eelece
The
Power & Light
Lenroot Nomination Halted as Old Congress Ends
Washington D C Amid the final actions of the Seventieth Congress the Senate failed to confirm several Coolidge nominations before adjournment today. Senator Lenroot’s nomination is among those held up as the body winds down its session.
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Lenroot
Washington, D. C
Coolidge
Senate
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