President Coolidge accused of deceptive budget policy
Rep Burns of Tennessee, ranking Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee, labeled Coolidge's budget process deceptive. He cited increases in army rations not reflected in regular appropriations, causing a projected $4,250,000 deficiency in 1928 and credit for non existent savings.
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Heiress Ada Garrett Revealed Living In Humble Hotel Room
Chicago bankers learned their client Ada Sawyer Garrett known as Chicago's Hetty Green has an estimated fortune of 5.6 million dollars yet resided in a meager downtown hotel hall bedroom. Nurses were summoned and she was taken to a hospital while staff watched in astonishment. A bellhop asked why she seemed to have money.
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Sick Movie Stars All Recovering, Physicians Say
Universal Service reports the film colony members recovering from illness. Tom O'Brien remains in pneumonia crisis, Mabel Normand improving at Santa Monicas, Juanita Hansen to leave hospital in ten days, John Gilbert back home but not likely to need surgery, William Hart Jr. recovering from pneumonia.
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Santa Monies Hospital
Juanita Hansen
John Gilbert
Screen &Lar
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Grade Crossing Crashes Shake Veteran Rail Engineers
A veteran engineer recalls the terror of grade crossing crashes after witnessing a locomotive strike an automobile load of people. He describes Sunday as a day of dread for railway workers and notes many engineers remain fearful of such accidents.
Ship Wrecks Claim Two Ships in Pacific Gale
Rough seas in the North Pacific cost two ships and possibly six lives. A crew of six on the steam schooner Mary E. Moore were aboard after it ran aground near Kodiak Harbor Alaska. A rescue boat from Stacres was hired but the vessel sank in heavy seas.
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Nine hundred political prisoners deported from Portugal
Telegraphed dispatches report nine hundred alleged instigators of the Oporto revolt deported to Portuguese colonies. Other items note rebels slain near Zacatecas, executions at Los Bancos, and various international brief items from Mexico, Chile, London, and Washington.
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Establishment of new primary flying school at March Field
The article notes a new primary flying school at March Field California while planning expansion at Brooks and Kelly Fields to support the Air Corps growth. Kelly Field will have 101 officers and Brooks Field 82 officers plus instructors, matching March Field staffing. Previously both fields combined used about 100 permanent officers for flight training.
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Teachers Headed to Dallas for National Educational Meet
Three San Antonio teachers Mrs Helen Bolton and Misses Mattie Brooks and Opal Hughes of Main Avenue Senior School left Thursday morning for a two day meeting of the mathematics section of the National Educational Association in Dallas. The gathering precedes the association’s annual convention of the department of superintendence opening Sunday.
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Morence Patten Sentenced After Embezzlement Conviction
Morence K. Patten, 34, former bank clerk and church missionary worker, was sentenced to San Quentin to serve a term of one to ten years after refusing probation. She had been offered probation if she ceased contact with her unnamed sweetheart, accused of using her influence for his financial ends.
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Los Angeles
Morence K. Patten
San Quentin
Hamburg Breast Tea for Cold Relief
An old remedy recommends drinking Hamburg Breast tea to break a cold and cure grip. A small package from a pharmacy is prepared by steeping a tablespoon of the Hamburg tea in boiling water, straining, and drinking a teacupful. The brew is described as inexpensive, entirely plant based, and harmless, with for opening pores and relieving congestion.
Lux Toilet Soap Brings Parisian Luxury to America
An advertisement touts Lux Toilet Soap as the French method perfected for American use. It claims Lux provides smooth skin with a fine texture and delicate fragrance, offering Parisian beauty at ten cents per cake. Lever Bros. Co. Cambridge Massachusetts.
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Lux
America
Lever Bros. Co
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