Fog Causes Ship Collisions Off Nantucket and Scotland Lightship
New York radio stations along the north Atlantic and inland to Chicago were silenced as naval and coast guard efforts sought to contact two ships sinking near Nantucket and Scotland lightship. The Aalsum reported collision with the Danne aike 25 miles south of Nantucket while the Dewitt Brown lost sails and took water. The Danneaike answered distress calls, and the Aalsum asked to be picked up. Weather records showed no gales along the coast. damage totaled about 250,000 pounds with factory losses around 123,000.
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Navy
Coast Guard
Hovland
Aalsum
Nantucket
Dewitt Brown
Scotland
Aulsum
Danne@aike
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Keown
United States Weather Bureau
New York City
Io Atlantic
Ape Hatteras
En Aalsem
Nantucke
Brock Island
Government to Prevent Seed Corn Shortage This Spring
Washington moves to avert seed corn shortage for planting this year and assures farmers adequate supply. The agriculture department has told President Coolidge there is no idea of a repetition of conditions from the spring of 1918.
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Washington
Department of Agricultural
Coolidge
Greece Faces General Railway Strike Again
In Athens a broad railway strike grips Greece as workers refuse to wait for the government's reply to demands for higher pay and shorter hours. A government decree for mobilization of the workers is anticipated.
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Greece
Athens
Brothers Die In Fire In Rochester Pa
Two Sidler brothers Frank and John died in a house fire in Rochester Pennsylvania while trying to save each other. The blaze left the siblings burned to death in their locked home, as a local tragedy unfolds with responders attending the scene.
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Rochester
John Sider
Frank Sidler
Prolonged May Special Session Hints Senate Delays
Washington debate over extending the special session grows as Republican leaders debate Isle of Pines and Lausanne agency actions. Nomination of Charles B. Warren to be attorney general faces one to two more days of debate before a confirmation vote.
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Washington
Isle of Pines
Lausanne
Senate
Tora
Charles B. Warren
Michigan
Omaha Bank Robbers Hold Up Security State Bank
Six armed bandits robbed the Security State Bank in South Omaha, lining up 13 people and escaping with between 2000 and 3000 dollars. Bank guards on a balcony fired to deter the robbers. the safe remained intact and the thieves fled in a ready car from an adjacent alley.
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Omaha
State
A' Rathsack
Swiss Councillor Fined for Blasphemy in Volkawa He Case
Berne Switzerland M Canova National council member was convicted as a blasphemer for describing God as a scoundrel in his socialist newspaper Volkawa He He. He argued that as there is no God there can be no offense. He was fined 200 francs and said he would appeal. Demonstrators greeted him with flowers.
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Berne
Switzerland
M. Canova
National Council
Volkawa
Canova
Ground Radio Heard Deep Below Gypsum Mine
A radio program was reportedly heard 500 feet below the surface in a gypsum mine near Centerville with 18 men in the shaft area. The event marks a probable first extraction of signals from such depth without wires or tracks. Separate notes mention Germany’s political figures including Dr Walter Simons, former foreign minister and interim president candidate amid reparations talks.
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Germany
Herlin
Fer
Dis
Reichstag
Pashy
Fort Worth
Bere
Neagate
Walter
Sim
Bhus
Simons
Supreme Court
Leipsic
Fehrenbach
Beauty Parlor Opens at Elgin State Hospital for Insane
Chicago beauty parlor installed at Elgin state hospital for the insane cost 32000 will open with three beauty experts and assistance from women patients. No charge for services including hair bobbing manicuring and facial treatment.
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Chicago
Elgin State Hospital
Swindler Dupes Chicago Bond Firm in 350000 Fake Deal
Investigators reveal a Chicago bond house sold forged school district bonds in a 350000 fraud. A large block was bought by Modern Woodmen of America as Tay lorville lodge investigators examine bonds issued by High School District No. 303 in South Fork, Christianson County, TN.
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Chicago
Woodmen of America
Taylorville
Lodge
South Fork
Christianson County
Taylorville Natonal Bank
Four Children Die in Fire at Robins Home
Four young children aged 1 to 5 perished in a blaze that consumed the Sylvester Robins family home. Authorities said the fire spread quickly as the parents were away, making rescue attempts futile.
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Freedom
Wro
Sylvester Robins
Mail Carrier Held for Theft in Des Moines
Ian Gotttieb Gross, a Des Moines mail carrier, was arrested and allegedly confessed to stealing about $1,000 from lottery mail. He reportedly admitted taking small amounts over a year.
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Des Moines
Ian Gotttieb Gross
Pair Given Gallows Sentence for Penryn Murder
Auburn Cal Ray Arnold of Sacramento and E K Sayer of San Francisco were sentenced to death for the murder of Mrs. I Ninimoya, a Japanese woman, at Penryn last November.
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Auburn
Cal
Ray Arnold
Sacramento
E. K. Sayer
San Francisco
I. Ninimoya
Penryn
Quake Shocks Reported in Saguenay District
Reports from Saguenay say quakes continued in the Quebec region though lighter than last weekend. In Wisconsin Sparta, Mrs. George Freeman Kendall has fully recovered from a farm machinery accident in August 1923 with scalp loss and new hair growth after skin grafts at St Marys hospital where she has recovered and been treated.
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Quebec Region
Quebec
Garth
Saguenay
Sparta
Wis
George Freeman Kendall
St. Mary's Hospital
Congress Windup Tame As Senate Fights Farm Legislation
The Sixty-eighth Congress ends with a calm house session but a tense senate debate over farm measures and other bills. An omnibus pension plan stalls as Howell and Frazier push McNary Haugen while Robinson and Gooding clash over wheat price fixing amid four hours of legislative struggle.
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House
Senate
Elf
Underwood Muscle Shoals
McFadden Branch
McNary-Haugen Export Corporation
United States
Veterans Bureau
Howell
Nebraska
Frazier
North Dakota
Robinson
Arkansas
Gooding
Idaho
Haugen Grain Bill Defeated in Senate Vote
Washington Senate rejects modified McNary Haugen bill to create export chain corporation by 69 to 17 after 2p amendments tied to naval omnibus bill. First major farm measure voted on this session and diverges from President Coolidge agricultural conference recommendations.
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Washington
McNary-Haugen
Senate
Horweil
Nebraska
Coolidge
Mayor Accused of Embezzlement in HackensackNJ Trial
Hackensack New Jersey mayor N D Campbell arraigned on indictments charging embezzlement perjury and falsification of records tied to a 294000 shortage at the Industrial Loan Association where he served as secreted counsel He pleaded not guilty. Berlin dispatch from German acting President Hans Bitter felicitates President Coolidge on inauguration and wishes welfare. Gen Pershing reported improved after long journey from Santiago.
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Hackensack
N. J
N. D. Campbell
Coollidge
Berlin
Hans” Bitther
Coolidge
Ameri
Pershing
Piavanna
T.laine
Santiago
Fire Claims Three Perish in Brooklyn Apartment
In a five story Brooklyn building a fire killed Mrs. John Carroll, a years old child, and another child. A dozen tenants were injured and overcome as flames raged through the hall section of the block.
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New York
John Carroll
Burrough Hall
Brooklyn
Iowa Senate Likely to Kill Measure
The Iowa Senate appears set to defeat a state income tax measure as a solid majority opposes its passage. House passage seems likely but the Senate’s split could block action, while calls for broad tax revision continue amid debate on road and banking legislation and federal aid impact.
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Iowa
Senate
House
Thirty-Ninth General Assembly
Hammill
van Alstyne Committee
Thirty-Ninth Assembly
Lowe
House Highway Committees
Tere
Labor seeks Iowa state printing bias to Tow a firms
Organized Labor backs a bill forcing the state printing board to award all publication work to Iowa firms if feasible. The legislature faces about 437 bills and joint resolutions likely delaying adjournment to mid April. Iowa City claims the nation's largest city with a woman as chief executive. A northern farmers relief bill to curb pheasant damage to crops remains in review while a Fort Madison ministers group promotes blue laws banning dancing and Sunday movies.
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LABOR
Towa
Organized Labor
Missouri
State Printing Board
Uncle Sam
Iowa City
United States
Fort Madison
Vegetable Compound Helped Woman Recover Strength
Mrs William Burrs of Wellston Ohio says the Vegetable Compound eased back pain and irregularity after illness and many chills. She reports improved energy, ability to do housework and care for children, and plans to continue treatment in spring.
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William Burrs
Wellston
Ohio
Bridge at Pittsburgh Completes in Quick 24 Day Build
The Jack's Run bridge in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, a 325 foot long and 170 foot high solid concrete arch, was completed in 24 working days. It ranks as the second largest arch bridge after the Cathleen Memorial bridge in Minneapolis Minnesota per Popular Science Monthly.
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Jack’s Run
Pittsburgh
Minneapolis
Minn
Popular Science Monthly
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