Will of Mrs. Josephine Crom Peirce Challenged in Cranston
The late Mrs. Josephine Crom Peirce of Cranston left nearly 40 000 to Mrs. Mary Adamson nurse and named residuary legatee Cyrus Eames Hill. Hill, cousin and investment banker, contested the will claiming lack of competence. trial before a jury ended without agreement and resumed later.
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Josephine Crom Peirce
Cranston
Slands
Alary Adawson
Pierce
Cyris Eames Hill
Peirce
Adamson
Busines
Alta Police
Ksimony
Cosin
Curtis Eames Hill
Assisnee
Texan Associated Telephone Opens New Rio Grande Office
The local Texan Associated Telephone branch moved into new quarters in the WO 3 building on Saturday. Over six months the system was rebuilt with a modern switchboard and up to date office equipment. Iota] manager 49 A. Codex announced the improvements.
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Rio Grande Usy
Texan Associated Telephone
Free Sunpie Packets Giveaway Seeks Injured Readers
Odd notice offers 5000 Sunpie packets and a supposed healing remedy. It urges ruptured friends to cut out the ad and pass along, naming Karl H. Schumann at 400 Jerry Building Steubenville Ohio as the contact.
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Osnar
Karl H. Schumann
Jerry Bldg
Steubenville
Ohio
Canopus Tourist Club Announces Week of Events
A full entertainment program for Canopus Tourist Club members and guests unfolds in the Mildm building. Activities include a Monday 2 15 p m prog dorime segment and an 8 15 p m dance, a Tuesday picnic and progressive bridge party, a Wednesday afternoon dance and a Wednesday evening event, with Thursday featuring Mrs Adams of the City Federation speaking on cultural topics and a Mexican music and dance night.
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Mia
Albr
Tiesler
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Ales Adams
City Federation of Women’s Clubs
Los Angeles Flier Lands After China Flight Rebound
Pilot W. Brophy of Los Angeles was forced to land his Shanghai to Manila air route at Chuchow due to motor trouble. He awaits favorable weather to resume the hop to Canton.
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Ouversai
Errire Shanghat
W. Brophy
Los Angeles
Shanghai
Manila
Yanda
Candou
Esterday
Chuchow
Ning No
Doochow
Motir Froulle
Canton
Ten Fishermen Die as Ship Hits Rock
Universal Service reports in Yigo that ten fishermen drowned when their boat struck a rock during rough seas near Spetn. Jan. 24. The tragedy occurred as the vessel ran aground and capsized, authorities said, with rescue attempts continuing.
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Universal Service
Yigo
Spetn
Mexican Governor Plans Air Tour Across U S and Mexico
Jose Benitez governor of Nueva Leon will lead an air tour starting in San Antonio in about three weeks, stopping in eight Mexican cities before returning to Loreto for Washingtons birthday on February 22. Monteros chamber of commerce backs the tour with full cooperation. George MM. Wuebel and Miss Eleanor Lucas head the accompanying party.
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Jose Benitez
Nueva Leon
Mexico
United States
San Antonio
St. Anthony Hotel
Monteros Chamber of Commerce
Fridis
Itaul Gueva
Loreto
Washington
Seeger
George MM. Wuebel
Eleanor Lucas
Sunday ruling bans miniature golf on Sundays in state
Police Justice Gray Haddon ruled that operating miniature golf courses on Sundays violates the state Sunday law, even if run with a restaurant deemed a necessary service. The decision hinges on the day of operation and classification under the law.
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Gray Haddon
Inw
Gale Wreaks Havoc Across British Isles at Night
A fierce one mile per hour gale swept the British Isles during the night causing havoc to shipping. Reports from London indicate extensive disruption at sea and on coastal trades as vessels struggled with rising seas and strong winds.
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British Isles
Universal Servite
London
Inn
Five Die as Suwanee Special Derails in Tennessee
Universal Services reports a deadly derailment near Helenwood Tennessee when the Suwanee special bound for Atlanta crashed this afternoon. At least five were killed including the engineer and fireman and 50 to 60 injured. A rescue train moved bodies and injured to Chattanooga while crews cleared the track.
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Universal Services
Helenwood
Tenn
Herehis
Suwanee
Pair Given Aid Steal Mattress Allegedly
Brady and Cerolina streets resident Murrey reported to police that she helped the unemployed and claimed a man and woman left her with no money. She said they took a mattress and bed friends when they departed.
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Murrey
Brady and
Cerolina
Saterday
Martial Law Withdrawal in Spain Limited to Madrid and Zaragoza
Machil January 24 The Spanish cabinet announced withdrawal of country wide martial law leaving only Madrid and Zaragoza under restriction as leaders from recent uprisings face trial, signaling a return toward normalcy though tensions persist in the capital regions.
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Machil
Madrid
Saragese
Boyd to pilot new air trail from Vancouver to St John
Montreal January 24 Captain Errol Boyd plans a dawn to dusk trans Atlantic attempt flying a new Bellanca Maple Leaf type aircraft renamed to suit Canada. He backs a new high speed plane under Bellanca and J A O’Brien with pilots Liebe and Connor previously flying the Columbia. The journey will start Vancouver and pass through Nelson, Medicine Hat, Swift Current, Moose Jaw, Winnipeg, Kenora, Nipigon, Sault Ste Marie, Sudbury, North Bay, Ottawa, Montreal and Quebec before reaching St John New Brunswick.
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Serosa
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Dominions
Vancouver
B. C
St. John
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Shieh
Los Angeles
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Harry Connor
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Charles Levine
Germany
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Alen
Winnipeg
Nelson
Ferole
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Medicine Fale Alta
Swife
Lask
Brandon
Kenors
Nipigon
Franz
Sudbury
Channel Islands
Wurzbach presses fertilizer bill in House demand
D. G. Wasington January 24. Representative Wurzbach a Texas Republican threatened to block agreement unless fertilizer lessees can sell chemical by products beyond the set limits. He urged making fertilizer production paramount as a condition in the conference on the issue.
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Wierpes Persica Wasitington
D. G
Wurzbach
Texas
Warzbach
Unemployed War Veterans Parade at White House
In Philadelphia on January 24 the parade of more than 100 unemployed war veterans began a dramatic march toward the White House to demand cash payments of bonuses. Veterans wore wartime khaki and insignia as they marched along the main thoroughfare toward the capital.
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Philadelphia
DO X Plane Makes Test Flight Over Lisbon
The large airship reproduction was aloft over Lisbon for a atmosphere test flight. This first hop follows recent wing reconstruction and precedes a planned New York to South America flight at month’s end.
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Urisereay Ceruce
New York
South America
Retay
Shouse Predicts Law Modification
Washington report notes Donde Khan, quote as reform advocate, predicting changes to national prohibition laws. The item cites a February Atlantic Monthly appearance and references a political analysis from a temperate national committee. The readable text is fragmented but points to potential repeal or modification considerations.
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Washington, DC
INS
Donde Khan
Temprantin National Committen
Atlantic Sfonthiy
Army Pay Raise Is Postponed by House Committee
Washington January 24 The Reed French joint committee on military pay recommended dissolving the current panel and creating separate penalties and promotions committees in both chambers to study pay raises for soldiers and sailors. They argued that poor times and higher living costs make sweeping increases unwise this session.
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Univeral
Washington
Jen
Reed
Pennsylvania
French
Idaho
Sen Atenet House
Penaty
House
Frevek
Wen
Fray at Night Club Mystery In New York
In New York Broadway’s Abbey Club a mass melee left Charles Sherman a prominent gambler dead with stabbing and shooting, as patrons scattered amid wreckage and bullets. Police struggled to reconstruct events in the Whitehall District aftermath. Manchester England scene notes retirement after 34 years of service by R M L Howe.
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New York
Van
Broadway
Proton Hous
Abbes
Charles Sherman
Gatinh
Ferris Wheel at the Pyramids Exhibit in Cairo
Berlin dispatch reports a serious Gamburg amusement fair to be built near Cairo for the Ferpilon Jogiicultural and industrial exhibition. The fair will feature a miniature motor racing track a switchback railway and a reproduction of a Great Wheel. Negotiations reportedly involve Krone Sarrasaui Hagenbeek for the amusement park concession at the exhibition.
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Gamburg
Feynt
Ferpilon
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