Monoplane Yankee Doodle Killed in Arizona Crash
Prescott Arizona reports the Yankee Doodle monoplane crashed in Crock Canyon near the Bradshaw mountains en route from Los Angeles to New York. Pilot Capt. C B Collyer and passenger-owner Harry Tucker died. The craft carried two trans continental records and exploded on impact.
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Prescott
Ariz
Bradshaw Mountains
Crock Canyon
Here
C. B. Collyer
Harry Tucker
Los Angeles
New York
Collyer
Tucker
J. B. Tomlinson
Mines Field
New York City
Re-Elect Machado Unopposed In Cuban Vote
Havana reports General Gerardo Machado y Morales was re elected president without opposition after broad cross faction agreement. Verification notes the electoral college style concession with compromisarios presidenciales to convene in April and inauguration set for May 20, 1929, for a six year term.
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Havana
Cuba
Gerardo Machado Y Morales
Machado
United States
Electoral College
Compromisarios Presidenciales
Two Girls Beaten to Death Found Near Dallas River Bottoms
Two young Dallas women, Bessie Lynch aged 22 and Cleo Lieto aged 18, were found brutally beaten four miles west of Dallas in the Trinity river bottoms. Messenger boys discovered the victims, marking a grisly murder for the city’s first quarter century.
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Dallas
Texas
Trinity River
Bessie Lynch
Cleo Lieto
Insanity Will Be Plea of Slayer of Girl
New York report says Vincent Rice seventeen has confessed to strangling fifteen year old Alice Jossi in her Port Richmond home. His lawyer Frank Innes announces insanity will be the defense.
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New York
Vincent Rice
Alice Jossi
Port Richmond, & I
Frank If, Innes
Convicts Escape Texas Prison Farm Eluding Guard
Thirty one inmates escaped Clemens state prison farm in Brazoria county after sawing a hole in a wall of their par racks and crawling out. They eluded the single guard on the building as they fled.
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Houston
Texas
Clemens State
Brazoria County
Germany to End Death Penalty in Reichstag Vote
Berlin reports the judicial committee of the Reichstag voted to abolish capital punishment in Germany. The move marks a significant shift in legal policy and state punishment practices. A formal abolition measure now advances through parliamentary processes.
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Germany
Berlin
Judicial Committee
The
Reichstag
Sam Bernard Leaves Estate Worth 686 Thousand
New York report states the late comedian Sam Bernard left an estate appraised at 686,113 dollars in a tax filing.
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Sam Bernard
New York
Records show Hoover landslide across nation in 1920 election
The report details Herbert Hoover’s overwhelming victory, carrying key states including California New York Texas Florida and Wisconsin. It notes Smith’s losses in his home New York and the solid South shift and cites large popular and electoral margins with multiple state pluralities.
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Herbert Ioover
Alfred Eli. Smith
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Arkansas
Georgia
Louisiana
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Massachusetts
South Carolina
Hoover
Smith
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Texas
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Virginia
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la Follette
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Michigan
Ohio
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Wisconsin
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Nebraska
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Eve Bree
Minnesota
North Dakota
Colorado
Republicans Extend Gains In Congress Across Both Chambers
Newspaper report notes Republican majorities rising in the Senate and House as unofficial returns show gains of 5 to 8 seats in the Senate and at least 14 in the House. It lists key races in Ohio Wisconsin Illinois Connecticut and Iowa with incumbents and new senators including Burton Fess La Follette Glenn Walcott and Connally among others.
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Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Smith
la Follette
Nentucky
Congress
Senate
Farmer Labor
House
al Smith
Ohio
Theodore Eli. Burton
Willis
Fess
Rep
Charles V. Tfraux
Vandenberg
Mich
Nrazier
N. D
Thomas
Idaho
Johnson
Calif
Reed
Greene
McLean Republican
Washington DC government dominated by congressional rule
The text explains that Washington lacks a separate city government and is governed by the District of Columbia's commissioners appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate. All laws for the district are enacted by Congress.
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Washington
Romayer
District of Columbia
District
United States
Senate
Congress
Charity Grows in Age Says Pastor
In a recent sermon Grove Patterson notes that as men age they should become more charitable tolerant and patient. He warns that without such growth in kindness older people do not deserve to linger and should yield to those with better hearts.
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Grove Patterson
Verses Division Pioneer Robert Stephens Credits
The note recalls Robert Estienne a French printer who in 1551 produced a Geneva edition dividing the New Testament into verses. It mentions the unknown author of the Old Testament verse division and links Stephens with the modern verse structure.
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Robert Stephens
Estienne
Geneva
The Devil's Dyke Landmark of Brighton Heights
The picturesque Devil's Dyke in Brighton sits about 700 feet above sea level. From its high points on clear days one can glimpse the Isle of Wight the Weald Windsor Castle Leith Hill and Bos Hill.
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Devil's Dyke
Brighton
England
Isle of Wight
the Weald
Windsor Castle
Leith Hill
Bos Hill
Famous English Clock Big Ben Minute Hand Length
The article notes Big Ben in London with a minute hand measuring 14 feet and describes its movement as traveling 100 miles upward per year.
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London
Centers of Population The World’s 20 Largest Cities
A list identifies the twenty largest world cities by population. The lineup includes London New York Berlin Paris Chicago Osaka Tokyo Buenos Aires Vienna Philadelphia Moscow Canton Peiping Calcutta Budapest Bombay Rio de Janeiro Hamburg Sydney and Cairo.
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World
London
New York
Berlin
Paris
Chicago
Osaka
Tokyo
Buenos Aires
Vienna
Philadelphia
Moscow
Canton
Peiping
Calcutta
Budapest
Bombay
Rio de Janeiro
Hamburg
Sydney
Cairo
Farm Journal observes need for fewer epigrams
A Farm Journal quip notes that the country could use less talk about what it needs. The remark highlights a preference for practical action over rhetorical praise or critique.
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The
Farm Journal
Just Won't Believe It Wolmans Home Companion line
A witty saying notes that many men struggle to convince their wives of love even when she clearly knows it, reflecting humorous domestic insight from Wolman's Home Companion.
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Wolman
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