Woman Pilot Flies Planes With Stubbed Arms at Dycer School
Miss Josephine Callaghan, 22, wealthy rancher and sportswoman, after completing a stunt class at Dycer airport, solos a Lincoln-Page biplane using a shoe extension and raised seat to operate a modified cockpit. She performs loops and spins proving persistent nerve and skill. She manages all controls with her fingerless limbs and has trained with Charles F. Dycer.
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Los Angeles
Josephine Callaghan
Dycer
Cillaghan
Charles IF. Dycer
Dycer School of Commercial Aeronautics
Miss Callaghan
Woman faces double wedding woes in Oklahoma court
Ella Mae McMullen seeks custody of her five year old daughter after divorcing E W McGruder whom she left in 1920 Norman. He was later reported dead in South America. She married Earl McMullen while not legally divorced from McGruder, who now threatens a divorce suit upon learning of the second marriage.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Enoch Arden
Ella Mae McMullen
No. 1
Ea Mae
E. W. McGruder
Norman
Oklo
South America
Earl McMullen
McGruder
Yearning for Red Hat Gets Boy in Trouble
Eleven year old Leon Garlock of La Plata Missouri stole $25 from a local meat market after breaking in to obtain a collegiate red hat he wanted. He persuaded a clothing store to open after hours to buy one and later confessed when questioned by police.
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la Plata
Leon Garlock
Leon
Basketball Invented by James Naismith in Springfield
In 1892 James Naismith, an instructor, invented basketball in a Springfield Massachusetts gymnasium to provide an indoor sport for winter.
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James Naismith
Springfield Mass
United States to Extend Rhine Army Costs Payments
Washington officials say the United States is ready to modify the 1925 Paris agreement terms concerning annual payments for army of occupation costs. The total owed stands around 206 million dollars with about 17 million yearly payments, and a note has been sent to Paris as reparations talks proceed. A White House conference with President Hoover, Secretary Stimson, and Secretary Mellon reviewed progress as experts near completing a Paris settlement. Officials indicate the U.S. may reduce annual costs and extend the payment period.
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Washington
United States
Germany
Rhine
White House
Hoover
Henry L. Stimson
the Treasury
Andrew Mellon
Congress
Stimson
Mellon
Treasury Department
Paris
International Committee
Houses of Congress
Portes Gil Launches National Temperance Campaign
President Emilio Portes Gil initiates a broad temperance drive aiming for eventual prohibition of all alcoholic beverages except beer and wine. Government funds the campaign, with a national committee on temperance to lead actions over five to ten years, restricting hard liquors to sealed bottles and excluding pulque from plans.
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Gil
Mexico
Mexico City
Emilio Portes Gil
Chicago Smoke Kills 6000 in a Year
Health officials told a legislative committee that smoke from Chicago rail terminals is a major health menace. Doctor A N Kegel said eliminating smoke could cut the death rate from 12 to 10 per 1,000, potentially saving about 5,000 to 6,000 lives annually in a city with roughly 35,600 total deaths each year.
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Chicago
A. N. Kegel
Kegal
Congress to Confer on Farm Relief Bill and Tariff Changes
House votes to send the farm relief bill to conference with Hoover opposing the debenture plan. Conferees likely remove the bounty, shaping the bill for presidential approval. Sugar tariff debate grows, with talks of maintaining rates and opening shoes and leather schedules to placate eastern interests.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Senate
Hoover
House
Nicholas Longworth
John Q. Tilson
Bertrand H. Snell
New York
Committee On Rules
David I. Walsh
Massachusetts
United States Tariff Commission
United States
Prominent Woman Sentenced for Mail Fraud in Amarillo
Elizabeth Murray a noted author lecturer and descendant of a revolutionary era family was sentenced to 15 months in a federal women’s prison in Amarillo for using the mails to defraud. She pleaded guilty.
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Amarillo
Texas
Elizabeth Murray
Murray Hill
New York
Zeppelin Abandons Ocean Trip From Friedrichshafen
The Graf Zeppelin turned back over motor trouble during its transatlantic flight from Friedrichshafen to Lakehurst New Jersey. It carried 18 passengers and a crew of 41.
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Zeppelin
Friedrichshafen
Germany
United States
Lakehurst
N. J
Governor Vetoes Michigan Death Penalty Bill
Lansing Governor Green vetoed the bill to reestablish the death penalty in Michigan stating the measure should be put to a referendum of the people. He urged letting voters decide the issue.
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Michigan
Lansing
Mich
Green
Long Beats Ouster as Louisiana Senate Adjourns Trial
Governor Huey P. Long wins his battle against impeachment when the Louisiana senate adjourns sine die ending the trial on charges of high crime and misdemeanors.
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Long
Baton Rouge
Huey P. Long
Louisiana Senate
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Horace Heelmes
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