Two Chesapeake Vessels Collide in Dense Fog
In a dense Chesapeake Bay fog early today the bay steamer City of Annapolis was rammed and sunk by the City of Richmond about Smith's Point. All aboard were saved as the Richmond returned to Baltimore with 53 passengers and crew.
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City of Richmond
Smith's Point
Chesapeake Bay
City of
Richmond
Chesser Steamship Company
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Cever Point
Annnapolis
Maritime Exchange
Annapolis
Wawr
Chesapeake Steamship Company
Norfolk
C. B. Brooks
City of Batimore
Brooks
Ernest Ricker kills wife and sheriff then shoots self
In New Jersey Ernest Ricker murdered his wife and a sheriff in South Langhorne and then, after calling a newspaper reporter, shot himself in a Berkeley Carteret Hotel room. He died after police and doctors attempted to save him.
Fire devastates Manila business district amid mass destruction
A large Manila fire destroyed nine Calle Escolta business houses and damaged four more near the Pariz River, causing estimated losses of 1.1 to 2.0 million dollars. No fatalities reported, authorities begin investigation while a prior January blaze in Tondo left many homeless.
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Calle Escolta
Pariz
Binondi
Tonds
Binonds
Tondo
Florence Stones Reports Motive in Slaying Case
Florence Stones, a former sweetheart of James Glennon slain Tuesday night, surrendered and confessed. She said Glennon handed her a pistol and urged her to marry him, claiming he wanted to end her disgrace, while she claimed she planned suicide if refused. Her tale left police puzzled about a mail order instruction for the revolver found in her room.
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Chicago
Florence Stones
James Glennon
Clennin
Ben
Glennon
Hair care boom reshapes American warer looks
AP reports in Chicago on February 21 that about 240 tons of hair have been shingled or sheared from American heads during the Bob Era. M Eugene Suter, a London-based trade expert, estimates 11 million bald heads in the United States with about half spending 15 million dollars annually for waving and styling.
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Chicago
M. Eugene Suter
Perameet Water Smcialiet
London
Ari
United States
Fragmented late news bulletins mix amending liquor laws and international moves
A collage of brief reports from Washington to Shanghai and beyond notes a proposed constitutional amendment restricting liquor traffic in the United States, Italy’s De Pinedo reaching Port Natal, troop movements near Shanghai, a two week domestic trip return in New York, a separation dispute at a pier, and naval actions around Nicaragua and Bremerton.
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Brant
Ap—Crommanier de Pinedo
Italy
Ace
Port Natal
Fernandes Noreoha
America
New Vort
Frances
Peaches) Braenag
Carolyn M. Heenan
Meron
Phutsgragher
Keatthe
Washington
United States
United States Naval Radeo
Bremerton
Scandia
Chinese apologize for smell of city fate of 27 agitators
Shanghai notes the general strike’s end affecting more than 100000 workers and overturns executions of agitators. General Li Pao-chane discontinues orders after raids on Cantonese leaders. Foreign consuls were briefed on shelling damage in the French concession and native city.
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Shanghai
General Tabor
Li Pao-Chane
Shansai
San Chuan- Fang
Kuonintang
Marshal Sun
Bestie Found On Burned Oil Tanker Near Brooklyn
A wireless from Resolute to police reports Bestie found in the wreck of the Miack Sea oil tanker beached off Red Hook Flats in New York Harbor. Police and divers search the vessel after tugs towed the burning ship from Bayonne three miles across Kill Van Kull, with two seamen found on the port side and no details on further casualties.
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Red Weck
Brooklyn
Tis ‘Resolute
Bayonne
New York Harbor
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Creoten
Pol Cesmen
Four Men Rob Theater in Quiet Double Heist
Four armed robbers entered the New Palace Theater last night, corralling ushers and the manager without alerting patrons. Within two hours, two suspects were caught as officers recovered 1908 dollars from the scene and traced the getaway toward Valparaiso.
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New Palace Theater
Valparaiso
Phantom rider caught by police in Northwest City attacks
Police clear up a crime spree claiming six attacks on white women plus 24 robberies. Frank Vernon Webb, 15, alleged as the suspect nicknamed phantom rider, confessed to multiple assaults including Miss Gillis and others near the Wilson home. Police say two other suspects, Phillip Jackson and Phyres Merry, are linked to additional violent acts in capitol grounds and northeast districts.
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Saturnia
Bibby Jones Crowned Open Golf Champion
Bibby Jones, noted as an open golf champion, is highlighted among great players of the United States. The article recalls his decade of top form and framing him as one of the era’s leading figures, with mentions of his career highs and public recognition.
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Bibby Jone
Ura
United States
Aen
Curt Muande
Leterias
Radio Control Commission Set as Five Members to Be Appointed
Washington February reports that President Coolidge signed the bill creating government oversight of interstate and foreign radio transmissions. A five man commission will regulate all radio matters with a yearly salary of 16608 and daily fees for each day of ruling after initial implementation on February 25, 1928.
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Bet
Coolidge
Senate
Hhe Commission
Likim
Hhe Senate
Secretary of Commerce
Bay Span Kent Co Bridge Bill Favored by Senate
The Senate Bridges and Highways Committee reported favorably Senator Beck's bill to build a 10 million dollar Chesapeake Bay bridge from Back River on the Western Shore to Tolchester Beach on the Eastern Shore. The measure, set to third reading, would be undertaken by the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Company, already approved by Congress and supported by the president.
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Annapolis
Senate Bridges and Highways Committee
Beck
Chesapeake Bay
Back River
Tolchester Beach
Chesapeake Bay Bridge Company
Congress
Governor Commutes Sentence in Local Murder Case
Springfeld Alabama February 24. Governor Small commuted the sentence of Sam Washington Chicago Roger to life imprisonment for the murder of his common law wife. The governor’s action removes Washington from the shadow of the gallows where he had faced six times.
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Small
Sam Washington
Chicago
Rego
Washington
Exemption for Baltimore Vehicles From Gas Tax Studied
Governor Ritchie proposes to amend the gasoline tax bill to exempt trucks and taxicabs operating exclusively in Baltimore City from the 1-2 cent levy. The measure, tied to financing lateral roads, faces Senate action at a special session tonight. The governor supports a one cent rise for grade crossing elimination.
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Annapolis
Ritchie
Baltimore City
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
President criticized for deceptive budget practices by Burns
Representative Burns of Tennessee attacked President Coolidge for submitting loaded estimates to Congress. He argued that Army ration allowances were inflated by last minute increases, creating fictitious savings and forcing deficiency appropriations later.
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Conlidge
Burns
Tennessee
House
Congress
Aneo
Tennesseean
Army and Navy Journal
Senate
Linlee
Robbers Fail As Safe Holds No Valuables
Bandits broke into a machine works and found a sign claiming no valuables inside. They attempted to force the safe, but the door remained intact. The incident recalls a similar robbery at the same shop a year earlier.
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Rubini
Aafe
Ecfe
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