Coal probe hearings reveal railroads' obstruction and miners' courage
Senate coal investigation hears Roseville Coal's Thomas Sagle accuse Pennsylvania Railroad of willful destruction of operation potential. He cites a 1926 price offer rejection and a tied wage scale. Chester Penrod corroborates. The subcommittee lauds miners and families for courage while condemning coal police and relief society actions. House and Senate bills propose 75 million dollars for relief to children of unemployed in coal regions and agriculture.
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Washington
United Mine Workers of America
Senate Coal Investigation
Thomas Sagle
Roseville Coal Company
Roseville
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Pennsylvania Railroad
Henry Owens
Jacksonville
Sagle
Owens
Chester Penrod
Robinson Cogs Company
Crooksville
Penrod
United Mine Workers
Pennsylvania
Senate Coal Investigation Subcommittee
Coal and
Ohio and Pennsylvania Relief Society
Seament
Relief For Children
House
Senate
LaGuardid
New York
Wheeler
Montana
Bettty Jane Selders in custody dispute as father charged
Betty Jane Sellers nine is in juvenile protection as Carl A. Sellers faces assault charges for beating the girl with a strap. She had lived with him and his second wife while a custody fight with vaudeville actors concluded years ago. The case highlights guardianship concerns and family pressures.
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Tes Moines
Betty Jane Sellers
Carl A. Sellers
Betty Jane
Sellers
Charles Leroy
Blaine Faces Questioning Over World Court and Prohibition
Progressive leader A B Fontaine grills Senator John J Blaine on his world court stance, wet cause friendliness, and endorsement of Beck. Fontaine claims Norris endorsement was secured by deals and calls for a public, three party contract with voters.
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Milwaukee
John J. Blaine
A.B. Fontaine
Fontaine
Blaine
Wisconsin
Norris
Beck
Congressman Beck
Aary
Senate
State Senate
la Follette
Neris
Moore of Pittsburgh Named Ambassador to Peru
Alexander P Moore of Pittsburgh was nominated by the President to serve as ambassador to Peru. He succeeds Miles Poindexter of Washington who resigned last year. Moore, a newspaper publisher, had previously been ambassador to Spain before resigning last year.
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Washington, D. G—P
Alexander P. Moore
Pittsburgh
Googe
Peru
Moore
Miles Poendexter
Washington
Harding
Spain
Sulphur Springs Man Confesses in Texas Triple Murder Case
Sulphur Springs Tex Uy New ton Gurns driver today confessed to killing three Juergens women in San Angelo home. Mrs J W Juergens daughter Myrra and mother Mrs Ilose Schara were found beaten and stabbed to death last Saturday night. Sheriff Frank Flippen announced the arrest and confession.
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Texas
Sulphur Springs
Tex
Newton Gurns
J. W. Juergens
Myrra
Juergens
Ilose
Schara
Sherif Frank Flippen
San Angelo
Rescuers Separated From Entombed Miners by Curtain of Fire
Mexico City dispatch reports water rising at Aurora mining area near Temutlan where eleven men are entombed. Rescuers were separated from the entombed miners by a curtain of fire and their fate remained unknown.
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Mexico City
Universal
Iran
Temutlan
Aurora Ming
Miers
Wes
Congress Deliberations Continue On Norris Muscle Shoals and Related Panels
Today in Congress the Senate debates the Norris Muscle Shoals resolution with speeches limited to fifteen minutes as the Interstate Commerce Committee investigates coal. The Agriculture Subcommittee pursues the coltan inquiry while the House weighs Radio 1 Merchant Marine Committee measures and ship operations.
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Senate
Norris Muscle Shoals
Interstate Commeres
Agriculture
House
Radio 1 Merchant Marine Committee
Cananel Shipping
Heartacs
Plant Hunters Return From Tanganyika With Vast Seed Haul
Bascom N. Timmons reports L. W. Kephart and RB. L. Picmeisel of the U.S. Department of Agriculture returned from Tanganyika Africa with over 160 grass and forage seed lots and 400 plant specimens. They crossed Kilimanjaro region terrain gathering promising seeds as part of a long quest to improve U.S. pasture and meadow forage.
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Bascom N. Timmons
Washington
Daily Northwestern
Washington, D. C
L. W. Kephart
RB. L. Picmeisel
United States Department of Agriculture
Africa
United States
Kenya
Tanganyika
British East Africa
German East Africa
Beloit Chaplain Rev Father Becarria Dies Suddenly
Beloit Wisconsin March 141 Rev Father John Becarria 45 pastor at St Pauls Beloit and longtime chaplain at Merry hospital Janesville died suddenly here Sunday He was born in Turn Italy and came to the United States about eleven years ago
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Beloit
Wis
John Becarria
St. Paul's Catholic Church
Merry Hospital
Janesville
Becarria
Turn
Italy
United States
State Tax Commission questioned over 1927 income tax hikes
Taxpayers challenge the 1927 amendment claiming the changes labeled administrative raise state tax costs. Married filers with children and low income groups face higher rates under the new law, with brackets shifting and exemptions tightening.
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Ncome
State Tax Commission
Tsons
Railroad president wed in Omaha home ceremony
Henry S Sean drett, president of the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul & Pacific railroad, known as a prize bachelor, married Sunday to Frances HochsteNer Dougherty at the Hochsteter home in Omaha. He is 51 years old.
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Omaha, Heb
Omaha
Neb
Henry S. Seandrett
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad
Frances HochsteNer Dougherty
Flbr. Hochsteter
Scandret
GC. M, St. P. & P. Railroad
Two Die as Result of Streetcar Collision in Milwaukee
Milwaukee residents Urban Karsten, 26, and Mrs Rose Cronan died after being struck by streetcars. Karsten lost his life from injuries suffered in the auto streetcar crash while Cronan died after being struck by an interurban car in the Cleventown district.
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Carl
Milwauker
Urban Karsten
Milwaukee
Rose Cronan
Cleventown
Measles Epidemic Claims 602 Lives in Five Weeks
A severe measles outbreak described as among the worst in years has killed 602 people in five weeks, with the majority of deaths among children. The report notes the rapid spread and high fatality in the affected area.
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Yondon
Transport Plane Asked to Carry Food and Mail to Detayu Residents
Detayu in isolation for twelve days due to heavy snow blocks supplies. Postmaster Willan M Snell sent a request to the post office department for an immediate transport plane to deliver food and mail to about 600 residents. Snow drifts up to fifteen feet hinder state plows and tractors from reaching the village near Sault Ste Marie.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Miehs Ot
Detayu
Post Office Department
Willan M. Snell
Simly Imuge
Stult Ste. Marie
Mexican priest arrested for private mass at Monterey home
Fourteen women and Father Mariano Macias were arrested in Monterey for conducting a private mass at a home. The newspaper Universal reported today that authorities confiscated materials and prepared charges under a private mass warrant.
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Mexico City
Mariano Macias Wert
Monterey
Universal l
Perjury charge eyed in Hays bonds testimony
Washington reports that Senator Robinson urged scrutiny of former Republican campaign chairman Hays over misused Liberty bonds from Sinclair. Mellon testimony and campaign donations are debated as Republicans and Democrats clash on integrity and potential resignations.
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UPI
Teapot Dame Committee
Robinson
Arkansas
Loday
Ways
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Mellon
of Committee
Continental Trading Company
Hays
Republica Vational Committee
Harry F. Sinclar
Jessee
Tenot
Republican Committee
Crooks
Mrr
Naval Air
Kip
Ware
Warants
Bar. Sinclair
Sinclair
Sinclar
Borah
Idaho
Surtts
Nebraska
Tessie Dame
Conhedee
Beery Mitton
Mars
Tim
Millon
Wsald
Weather Outlook With Snow and Cold From Caples to Minnesota
A garbled weather bulletin notes Caples area forecasts with snow and cold across regions, mentioning Tuesday night and Wednesday with mixed precipitation. It references northwest to northeast conditions, snow chances in Minnesota, and colder temperatures extending into the weekend with possible snow on Thursday and Friday.
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Parviensts
East Portians
Cour
Boqlh
Coolidge Signs Wisconsin Bridge Bills
President Coolidge signed bills authorizing bridge construction and maintenance in Wisconsin. Projects include bridges over the Mississippi near Alma and Casville with several named firms, a Menominee river bridge compact between Wisconsin and Michigan, and renewal of a timber trestle at the Duluth and Superior Bridge over the St Louis River between Wisconsin and Minnesota.
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Washington
Coolidge
Wisconsin
Mississippi River
Alma
Wis
Oscar Baettch
Christ Buchmanno
Fred Reiter
Casville
Amenean Bridge & Ferry Company
Menominee
Michigan
Menominee River
Duluth & Superior Bridge Company
St. Louis
Minnesota
Congress Clashes Over Matters While Probes Intensify
Senate and House struggle to stay on their narrow legislative path as probes into Mellon Hays and Butler unfold. Leaders chase inquiries into Continental Trading bonds and deficit while committees request key witnesses and consider related measures.
German Russia relations sour over six German engineers’ arrest
Six German engineers were arrested in the Donets basin conspiracy case. The German government protested to Moscow, citing the arrest of the chief engineer from General Electric. Newspapers warned Germany may halt further trade gestures if Russians do not release the men. Secret service tied the plot to a broader espionage network and warned that other industries could face attacks as foreign technicists are scrutinized.
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German East Africa
Kenya
Tropics
Penin
Donets
Russia
Oats
Moscow
General Electric Company
Russi
Germany
Secret Service
Dex
Saver Lende
Ballot appeal to be argued on its merits in Pennsylvania
Washington Pa The United States Supreme Court is weighing a Reed senate primary investigation committee review of the federal count pensions which refused the committee's request for an order to compel Pennsylvania state authorities to transfer ballot boxes containing votes in the disputed Yates Wilson senatorial election. The appeal will be argued on its merits in the next few human months with a decision likely.
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Washington
United Stats Supreme Court
Wxing Rvamie
Reed Senate
Invest
Pennsylvania
Yates Wilson
Lowden Calls Farm Relief Key to National Issue
Frank Lowden argues the pivotal 1928 election issue is economic, not Prohibition. He advocates farm relief and McNary-Haugen style plans, warns against overemphasis on alcohol policy, and supports balanced national development with resource conservation, flood control, and a unified national defense structure.
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United Press
Oregon
Frank O. Lowden
Ins
Sinnissippi Farms
Here
Lowden
Illinois
North Dakota
Navy
Department
National Defense
Army
Air Corps
Jong
Ahnotw
Marin “Taam
Brandon man dies after fall from lumber pile
Waker 86 of Brandon dies from injuries after a fall from a 10 foot lumber pile at Kovhier Lumber in Fond du Lac County. Doctors believe vertigo caused a fainting spell while he was sliding down the pile.
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Brandon
Fond du Lac
Wiss
Euise ‘Woker
Kovhier Lumber Company
Don
Signature Dispute Over Ballot Order Reaches Dauphin Court
The Dauphin County court refused to interfere with a state election bureau order omitting Ralph Beaver Strasburger from the Republican primary ballot. Strasburger, a candidate for city at large, was abroad when the matter arose and a signature issue arose as ballots were prepared.
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Thoreburg
Dauphin County
State Election Bureau
Ralph Beaver Strasirrer
Privary
Strasburger
Europe
Tef
Igaviz
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