Thorn Creek Sanitary Bond Drive Pressed by City and AG
Attorney General Oscar E. Carlstrom warns Chicago Heights to stop Thorn Creek pollution and urges a new bond vote for the Bloom sanitary district. Mayor Bergin says bond approval is needed after engineer reports, with a spring election possible to fund sewage plant improvements and meet state order.
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Bloom Sanitary District
Oscar E. Carlstrom
Chicago Heights
Thorn Creek
Bergin
Sanitary District Board
Pearse, Greeley and Hansen
Chicago
Sanitary District
Carlstrom
Harvey Republican Club
South Holland
Izaak Walton League
Swason
Daniel P. Bergin
Little Calumet River
Department of Purchases
Cook County
Smith- Hurd
Bond clash halts Bloom sanitary district plans in Chicago suit
Quo warranto actions filed in Judge Harry Stubble's Chicago court challenge the Bloom township sanitary district as a state constitutional anomaly. The case tests 1917 legislation creating 20 large districts and aims to block a bond issue while stripping the district of corporate authority. Objections list Carl L. Fierler and others.
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Bloom Township
Harry Stuttle
Chicago
Chicago Heights Star
Sanitary District
Thorn Creek
Carl L. Fierler
Abou Ben -Dhem
J.S. Shaw
Frank R. Hall
Herbert C. Tate
C. C. Mercier
The Boyish Figure Theory Hurting Vegetable Trade
E B Briggs manager of the American Fruit and Vegetable Shippers Association warned at the annual convention that the vogue for a boyish slim feminine figure has harmed vegetable sales. He blamed promoters of feminine pulchritude for causing a glut of potatoes and rhubarb as people avoid starchy foods in pursuit of slenderness.
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Chicazo
Briggs
American Fruit and Vegetable Shippers’ Association
Homes Skip Baths and Sinks in Many Dwellings
One third of homes surveyed by the General Federation of Women's Clubs lack bathtubs and one fifth lack kitchen sinks. The federation warns the home falls behind progress in American life across offering fields.
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Washington
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
New Yorkers Baby Born Turkish Citizen in Constantinople
Rudolf Meierstahl Jr., born in an American hospital in Constantinople to New York parents, is claimed as a Turkish citizen under a new law. Foreign-born children in Turkey become Turkish citizens but must renounce Turkey upon reaching majority if they choose their parents’ nationality. Prof Rudolf Riefstahl teaches Moslem art at New York University and is a visiting professor at the American College in Constantinople. Mrs Riefstahl teaches art at the American College for Women in Constantinople.
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Constantinople
Rudolf Meierstahl, Jr
New York
Turkey
Rudolf Riefstahl
New York University
Lucky Individual Reflects on New World Wonder
The quote contrasts a lucky person with a curious awakening to novelty, comparing their fresh perspective to Adam on the first day as they admire the moon and stars and the garden of life. It evokes wonder at exploration and discovery.
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Adam
C. E. Montagne
Eloquence Critiqued by Hi Ho the Sage of Chinatown
Hi Ho the sage of Chinatown warns that eloquence is a gift of the gods to be used with discretion. He cautions that statements once spoken cannot be fully corrected, even by eloquence itself, highlighting the danger of careless speech.
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Hi Ho
Chinatown
Washington Star
Early roller skates shaped by 1819 France and 1864 Austria demand
The record notes a French patent for roller skates in 1819 and credits Austria in 1864 with the first popular demand for roller skating, indicating the sport's emergence in Europe during the 19th century.
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France
Austria
Hoover Farm Relief Plan to Be Pushed in House
President elect Hoover's tariff revision and farm relief programs will be pushed by a Republican controlled House. The Ways and Means Committee, led by Hawley, aims to adjust tariffs mainly for agricultural products and sectors with major changes since the current law. Garner signals bipartisan support if manufactured goods tariffs stay reasonable. Agricultural hearings will be authorized before the extra session, per Tilson, with committee members aligned to Hoover's farm relief vision.
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Washington
Hoover
House
Congress
Ways and Means Committee
Representaive Hawley
Oregon
Representative Garner
Texas
Ways and Means
Garner
Agricultural Committee
Representative Tilson
Connecticut
Indiana Whipping Post Law to Include Women
Indiana senators amend the whipping post bill to require public lashes on county courthouse lawn after notice and to include women among those whipped. The measure, introduced by Senator Robert L. Moorhead, passed to third reading and adds flogging with a cat of nine tails for carrying firearms during a felony.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana Senate
Robert L. Moorhead
Rep
Hawks Set Coast to Coast Flight Record
Capt. Frank Hawks lands at Roosevelt Field aboard a Lockheed Vega monoplane 18 hours 21 minutes 59 seconds after departing Mines Field, Los Angeles. He beats the previous coast to coast record by about 87 minutes set last year by Arthur Goebel and Harry Tucker in the Yankee Doodle.
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Hawks
Roosevelt Field
L. L
Frank Hawks
Mines Field
Los Angeles
Arthur Goebel
Harry Tucker
Permanent political police to govern Spaniards announced
A Madrid royal decree announces a permanent political police force and militia. The ukase signed by King Alfonso extends dictatorial power, enabling rule by executive decrees and giving the regime near unlimited scope to govern Spain.
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Madrid
Alfonso
French president commutes death sentence for Blanche Vabre
President Doumergue of France commuted the death sentence of Blanche Vabre to life imprisonment. Vabre, condemned for stabbing her fourteen year old step son fifteen times, was one of four women in jail facing the guillotine.
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Paris
Doumergue
France
Blanche Vabre
Boulder crushes tunnel. three men dead near Devon West Virginia
A massive rock from a mountainside toppled onto a railroad tunnel in Devon West Virginia, crushing the tunnel roof and killing three men at the scene. Rescue crews battled debris as investigators began work on the cause of the landslide.
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Rolling Stone
Devon
W. Va
Here
Wisconsin Senate Passes Beer Referendum Bill
The Wisconsin senate approved a measure by 17 to 15 to put a referendum before voters on repealing the state prohibition law and replacing it with a 2.75 percent beer tax.
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Badger Senate
Madison
Wis
Wisconsin Senate
Sea Air Aids King George Bogner in Sussex
King George, at Craigwell house on the seacoast, continues to improve as doctors report. Officials say sea air therapy aids his recovery and notes mention steady progress in Sussex England.
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George Bogner
Sussex
England
King George
Craigwell House
Seacoast
Mexico City Provisional President Survives Bombing
Provisional President Emilio Porntes Gil narrowly escaped death when a train he rode was dynamited near Mexico City. A fireman was killed, two coaches and the engine derailed. Gen. Alvaro Obregon, once slated to be president, was assassinated last July and his killer Jose de Leon Toral was executed the day before the attempt on Gil. The president had been returning from Tamaulitas after surrendering the governorship.
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Mexico City
Emilio Porntes Gil
Alvaro Obregon
Jose de Leon Toral
Gil
Tamaulitas
Pope and Duce End 59 Year War
Cardinal Gasparri announced the settlement of the Vatican Italy dispute. The peace pact restores limited papal temporal power, creating a new City of the Vatican around the Vatican walls with control over Lateran Palace Castel Gandolfo and adjoining sites. The accord follows with a concordat and formal pledges, while Mussolini and King Victor Emmanuel III prepare public acknowledgments and demonstrations.
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Gasparri
Vatican
Holy See
Benito Mussolini
Cardinal Gasparri
Borgoncini
Duca
Vizzando
Ferretti
Mameri
Msgr
Pacelli
Italy
Lateran
Holy Office
Santa Maria
Scaccia Hill
Zecca
Abyssinian College
Roman Seminary
Vatican Walls
Lateran Palace
Castel Gandolfo
Mesbreaili Villa
St. Peter
St. John Lateran
St. Mary Major
St. Paul
Savoy
Lome
Victor Immanuel
Assist
Mussolini
Russians Sign Peace Protocol to Enforce Kellogg Pact
Soviet Russia and Poland Latvia Estonia and Romania sign a protocol to put the Kellogg anti war pact into immediate effect. Maxim Litvinoff, assistant minister for foreign affairs, signs for Soviet Russia and reps from other governments sign after him.
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Moscow
Soviet
Russia
Maxim Litvinoil
Poland
Latvia
Esthenia
Rumania
Lityinoff
Seattle Mayor Bans Boxing After Protracted Death Incident
Seattle mayor Frank E. Edwards bans boxing in the city following the death of Eddie Cartwright a 32 year old Portland boxer who died 20 minutes after being knocked out in a preliminary bout.
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Seattle
Wash
Frank E. Edwards
Eddie Cartwright
Portland
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Sanitary Board
Remi
Indiana
Toral
Jos de Leon Tarol
Pope
Duce
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