Lindy and Stimson May Be In Cabinet
New York reports Henry L. Stimson of New York now governor general of the Philippines has accepted the secretary of state post in the Hoover cabinet. Belf K Lindbergh may be named air secretary of commerce. discussion followed Hoover's meeting with the aviator at his headquarters.
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Lindy and
Stimson
New York
Tlenry L. Stimson
Philippines
Hoover
Elihu Root
Charles E. Aughes
Colonel Stimson
Belle Iste
Fla
Charles A. Lindbergh
Air” Secretary of Commerce
Twoover
Panama
Lindbergh
Mr. Hoover
Air
Civil Aeronautics
William P. MacCracken, Jr
Chicago
Trubee Davison
Navy
Edward P. Warner
South America
Governor Henry Johnston Pleads Not Guilty in Oklahoma Impeachment
Oklahoma City governor Henry Johnston, suspended, pleads not guilty before the senate court of impeachment on 11 charges. Trial date set for February 11 with no demurrers. Attorney statement cites public interest and urges examining the charges on their merits amid ongoing testimony about the state supreme court.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Henry
Johnston
Senate
House of Representatives
House
Charles K. McPherson
Oklahoma National Guard
State Supreme Court
High Court
Radio Western Union merger talks reportedly advance
The Radio Corporation of America and Western Union Telegraph plan an operating agreement as a step toward merging R C A Communications with Western Union. The arrangement aims to push White Act changes to allow consolidation of competing systems. Western Union President Newcomb Carlton says no final negotiations have occurred and Western Union is not committed only to cable transmission abroad.
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New York
Radio Corporation of America
Western Union Telegraph Company
R. C. A. Communications, Inc
Western Union
Wall Street
Romania Ratifies Kellogg Pact by Unanimous Vote
In Bucharest Romania parliament ratified the Kellogg peace pact amid loud cheering by a unanimous vote, marking official acceptance of the agreement.
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Rumania O. K
Bucharest
Rumania
Iowa House Backs Tariff on Blackstrap Molasses
Des Moines reports the Iowa house of representatives adopted a resolution urging Congress to impose a high tariff on blackstrap molasses. The measure notes molasses is a common source of industrial alcohol and is also obtainable from low grades of corn.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa House of Representatives
Congress
Langlade Board Approves Five-Year Deer Closed Season
The Langlade County board in Wisconsin voted 14 to 5 to establish a five-year closed season on deer hunting in Antigo and surrounding areas. The measure aims to protect deer populations and regulate hunting activity over the period.
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Antigo
Wis
Langlade
Premier Svehla Resigns in Czechoslovakia
Premier Antonin Svehla resigns after over a year of illness. President Masaryk asks War Minister Frantisek Udrzal to form a new government in Prague.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Antonin Svehla
Masaryk
Frantisek Udrzal
Detroit skater Loretta Neitzel shatters world records in meet
Loretta Neitzel of Detroit sets three world records in one day at the national outdoor amateur speed skating championships. She clocks one mile in 3:16.4 and 440 yards in 39.2 seconds, then breaks Leila Potter’s mile and quarter mile marks, finishing well ahead of Mildred Bjork of Minneapolis.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Allen Potts
Brooklyn
N. Y
Douglas Ibson
Chicago
Loretta Neitzel
Smiling Lass
Detroit
Mich
Miss Neitzel
Leila Brooks Potter
Toronto
Leila Potter
Marie Becker
Miss Neusel
Mildred Bjork
New York Five Day Week Move Blocked by Court Order
Justice Aaron J. Levy granted an injunction halting the five day week and 10 percent wage hike planned by the Electric Contractors' association and Electrical Workers' union Local No. 3. The court found the agreement violated four prior accords with the Building Trades Employers' association.
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New York
Aaron J. Levy
Supreme Court
Electric Contractors’ Association
Electrical Workers' Union
Building Trades Employers’ Association
Electrical Contractors’ Association
Electrical Workers’ Union Local No. 3
Scarcity of Gold Braid Affects New Army Uniforms
Army supply chief Quar termaster General Cheatham warns of shortages in gold braid lace and embroidery for the newly authorized blue dress uniforms. He may seek imports from France, as the country appears to be the only supplier. When olive drab uniforms were in use, these ornaments were rarely required.
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Washington
Cheatham
France
Canadian Trade Totals Rise to 2.60 Billion in 1928
Ottawa report shows Canada’s trade reaching 2,596,448,113 with exports at 1,374,130,197 and imports at 1,222,317,916. The gain over 1927 is 270,548,179. agricultural and vegetable products account for over 30 percent of exports.
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Ottawa
Ont
Oldest Race Horse Owner Tom Cheek Dies in Havana
Tom Cheek aged 104, the world’s oldest active race horse owner, died at Oriental Park race track in Havana Cuba. Cheek was renowned for his long involvement in horseracing and ownership of successful horses worldwide.
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Havana
Cuba
Tom Cheek
Oriental Park Race Track
Senate boosts army and navy bills with large cash increases
Washington reports a 5 million dollar addition to the army military activities in the War department supply bill, lifting military appropriations from 324 million to 32 billion? The balance funds non military activities. Navy adds 5000 enlisted men and new ships planned to 84,500 personnel. decommission older ships to crew new warships.
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Washington
War Department
Senate Appropriations Committee
Senate
House
Department
Air Corps
National Guard
Charles Robbins
Army
Appropriations Committee
Navy
Wilbur
Naval
Naval Establishment
Coolidge
Woman and Doctor Hanged in Louisiana
Ada Bonner Lebouef and Dr. Thomas E. Dreher were executed by hanging in Franklin Louisiana for the murder of James Lebouef Morgan City electrician. Lebouef and Dreher denied guilt claiming innocence as the narrow jail gallows carried out the sentence. Lebouef was the first white woman executed in Louisiana and the 24th woman executed in the United States.
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Franklin
Louisiana
James Lebouef
Morgan City
Ada Bonner Lebouef
Thomas E. Dreher
Lebouef
United States
Merger Agreement Reached Between Major Churches in Pittsburgh
A definite agreement to unite the Presbyterian Church in the United States and the Methodist Episcopal Church of America has been reached at a Pittsburgh conference. Rev. Eugene M. Antrim of Oklahoma City, secretary of the joint committee, announced the accord affecting six million members.
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Pittsburgh
Presbyterian Church of the United
Railroad Grants Wage Increase to 36000 Workers
The Pennsylvania Railroad announces an immediate wage raise affecting 36,000 employees, totaling 3.5 million dollars for the year. The action expands pay scale across grades and stations, reflecting improved labor terms.
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New York
Pennsylvania Railroad
California Citrus League seeks juice tariff protection
The California Citrus League plans to press for protective tariffs on citrus fruit juices. The tariff committee will travel to Washington to urge Congress to act.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Congress
California Citrus League
Washington
Australian Apple Harvest Poised for a Million Bushels
The Australian apple harvest in Perth and Western Australia is expected to set a record with at least 1,000,000 bushels during the southern hemisphere spring. Local reports indicate a strong crop year across growing regions.
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Perth
West Australia
Fire at Stuart depot threatens station during blaze
A large fire at the Chicago and Northwestern railway station in Stuart damaged the depot but did not destroy it. Fire crews contained the flames as investigators search for the cause. Nearby, Jens Ker Jensen, 23, died in a shack fire eight miles north of Keystone in Keith county with the cause undetermined. County Attorney Maupin said an inquest will be held.
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Chicago & Northwestern Railway
Stuart
Jens Ker Jensen
Keystone
Keith
Maupin
Department of Commerce
Nebraska
Elliott
House Public Building and Ground Committee
Sidney
Barker Cleaning Establishment
Robert Rux
Fremont
Izaak Walton League of
Waltonians
New State Park
Stella
Point of
W. W. James
England
United States
Richardson County
Elizabeth Jones
Brownville
Nye-Schneider-Fowler Company
George Champ
Diller
C. E. Fairbanks
Burlington Railway
Indian Creek
Champ
Nicholas Senn
Pete Wendell
Oscar Lyders
School of Fine Arts
Midland College
Fremont-Midland Symphony Orchestra
Midland
Shirleen Jessup
U. S. Jessup
Grand Island
Donald
Andrews
J. H. Claybaugh
Poultry Department
The
State College of Agriculture
Claybaugh
Washington County
Harold
F. E. Lenhart
Beatrice
Anton Drobny
Norfolk
Paul Drobny
Drobny
Nebraska Farm Income Shows Gain in 1928
Nebraska's gross farm income rose 52 percent from the 1922 low, aided by excellent small grain crops and heavy livestock movement. December 1 crop values reached 460,361,490 while corn price rose and other staples fell. state continues top producer in wild hay and ranks high in winter wheat, sugar beets, alfalfa, and corn.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
A. E. Anderson
Anderson
Southwest Nebraska Historical Society opens at McCook
Early day recollections marked the first public gathering of the Southwest Nebraska Historical Society in McCook. Speakers from multiple southwestern counties addressed preservation, settlement motives, pioneer investors, and hardships faced by early doctors and ministers.
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McCook
Southwest Nebraska Historical Society
Nebraska
B.fy. Butler
Cambridge
Red Willow County
Frank Real
Z. L. Kay
M. S. Satchell
Culbertson
Nebraska Insurance Gains With More Nebraska Firms
Nebraska saw 33 more insurance companies authorized to operate in the state in 1927 according to the state insurance department. The trend shows rising total policies written and a growing share of business by Nebraska based firms, with no anticipated shift in the past year per C B Anderson department head.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
State Insurance Department
C. B. Anderson
Grand Island paving bonds sold at Lincoln Trust bid
The Lincoln Trust company bid $70,000 and won the city council's paving bonds auction. Six firms bid, with Lincoln Trust offering the lowest price.
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Grand Island
Lincoln Trust Company
Youths Trapped In Burning Auto Near Sidney
Three youths Raymond Olbrecht Vernon Stiverson and Fred Stockton were severely burned after their car overturned into a ditch and caught fire on the Lincoln highway east of Sidney. Authorities said the high speed turn caused the crash and the occupants broke out glass to escape with Stiverson the car owner suffering burns to arms and legs.
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Sidney
Lincoln Highway
Raymond Olbrecht
Vernon Stiverson
Fred Stockton
Stiverson
Aurora Rotarians Celebrate Ninth Birthday Banquet
The Aurora Rotary Club marks its ninth anniversary with a Fidelity hall banquet. John F. Poucher of Omaha will give the principal address, and President Jim Schoonover will preside. The club began nine years ago in a city praised as among the world's smallest to receive a charter.
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Aurora Rotarians
Aurora
Aurora Rotary Club
Fidelity Hall
John F. Poucher
Omaha
Jim Schoonover
Aurora Club
International Rotary
Talking With God In Prayer Lesson Outline
Lesson outlines false prayer and true prayer with Christ centered model and parable contrasts. It covers the model prayer in Matthew 6, the proper attitude in Luke 18, and confidence in prayer from 1 John 5, detailing elements of right relationship, attitude, and spirit.
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Christ
Paul
God
Jesus Christ
False Security of the Wicked Covenant with Devil Disannulled
The cited biblical verse Isaiah 28 18 warns that a wicked covenant with the devil will be nullified and an impending divine judgement will tread down the disobedient. The message emphasizes the severity of divine judgment against false security.
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Hell
Faith as a Moral Guide in Suffering and Gratitude
The excerpt contrasts hardship with inner virtues, claiming suffering births a serious mind, salvation yields a grateful heart, endurance builds fortitude, and deliverance fosters faith, reflecting a moral meditation on growth through adversity.
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Rustin
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