Victory muddied as world court steps inch into American policy
In Washington the world court debate ends with both sides claiming a moral or practical victory. Adherence to the League Tribunal is theoretically approved but actual participation remains distant, contingent on ratification by 49 nations and notes with the state department, a process likely to take years.
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Washington
America
Senate
United States
Harding-Hughes
State Department
Luther Govt Wins Confidence Vote In Reichstag
Berlin bulletin reports the Luther government secured a vote of confidence in the Reichstag with a tally of 160 to a still unspecified opposition count. The outcome reinforces the government’s hold amid ongoing political tensions.
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Bulletin
Berlin
Luther
Reichstag Todny
Arrest of Lorenzo Washington in Laundon shop burglary case
Police linked Lorenzo Washington 23, of 51 West Avenue, to a pawned gun from the Laundon bicycle shop burglary. Washington pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct, paid $10 and costs, and faced grand jury consideration after confessing the gun belonged to him. A second arrest yielded a wrist watch, two dice, and 60 cents.
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Lorenzo Washington
West Avenue
Laundon
Washington
Cours
Grand Jury
Average life of planes cited in army air defense costs
Washington dated Jan 28 reports the cost of modern army airplanes without engines or equipment was presented to the House Military Affairs Committee. Training planes cost 8900 dollars, observation and pursuit 12000, bombardment 27000, with fully equipped bombardment planes at 60000 including a 15000 motor and 300 compass. The average life of these planes is five years.
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Washington
House Military Affairs Committee
Resignation of Mitchell to Be Accepted
Washington Jan 28 Billy Mitchell the man who talked himself out of the army and into the imagination of America has filed his resignation. After 28 years of adventure he prepares to face life as a private citizen with his household still calling him general. He says he will continue his reform fight as a private citizen in his next actions and public stance.
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Washington
Billy” Mitchell
America
Wiliam Mitchell
Mitchell
Death of Viscount T. Kato Shocks Japanese Cabinet
Viscount T. Kato, Japanese prime minister since June 1924, died after a four day influenza illness in Tokio. His cabinet resigned promptly after the announcement. Kato, a thirty year statesman, helped steer the Anglo Japanese treaty of 1911 and opposed America's immigration policy.
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London
Viscount T. Kato
Tokio
Kato
Aince
Court of St. James
Japan
Germany
America
Poker craze sweeps Mayfair in London society
English fashionables in Mayfair embrace the new American game of poker as bridge and Sah Jong fade. Observers report calm, stoic play amid a rising interest in poker among social crowds.
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London
Mayfair
Bridge
Sah Jong
Existence of Federal Trade Tariff and Interstate Bodies Questioned
Senators question the usefulness of the tariff federal trade and interstate commerce commissions as investigations proceed into presidential appointments to the commissions. Nominations for the tariff commission and the I C have not been approved amid White House opposition. The issue dominates Washington politics as the world court is sidelined.
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Senate
Washington
Federal Trade
Interstate Commerce Commissions
A. H. Baldwin
Edgar B. Brossard
Tarif Commission
Thomas F. Woodlock
Richard ¥. Taylor
Elyria Battles Record Blizzard In Frigid Rally
Northern Ohio endured a prairie blizzard as Elyria and nearby areas reported two above zero morning temperatures after a 40 mile per hour wind. Snow swirled, roads were blocked, and the day began with zero to near zero readings after a high of 30 previously.
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Ohio
Elyria
A. L. Princehorn
Oberlin
Cooperative Weather Observer
United States Weather Bureau
New England
Storm Ties Up Cleveland Roads As 70 Mile Gale Hits
A fierce 70 mph gale snarled Cleveland traffic as snow piled in drifts up to several feet. The freeze sank the temperature to 4 degrees above zero, causing hundreds of abandoned autos, snarled streets, and long jams. Edgewater Park Boulevard was closed by police. Snow plows worked through the night to clear the routes.
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Cleveland
Mercury
Edgewater Park Boulevard
Lake Erie
Cleveland Railway Company
Kirby case heads to jury in mail fraud suit
Cleveland January 28 final defense argument and government charge wrap up in the Josiah Kirby mail fraud case. Judge John Killitts presides as the case heads to a jury after multiple prior trials and hung juries following Kirby founder of the Cleveland Discount Company.
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Cleveland
William L. Day
United States District
Kirby
California
C. C. Crabbe
Delaware County
Killitts
Meek [9 Held Under Bond for Hatchet Attack on Wife
Tra Meeks of 426 West Thirteenth Street faces a charge of assault with intent to kill after he attacked his wife with a hatchet in their home Tuesday morning. He pleaded not guilty in police court and is bound over to the grand jury on $10,000 bond. Meeks was captured at the railroad depot as he attempted to board a delayed train to Toledo. His wife remains in Memorial Hospital in serious condition after surgery that removed part of a fractured skull. Her niece, 18 year old Miss Elamena Austin, was also struck. Officers report two conflicting accounts from Meeks and his wife’s family amid accusations of jealousy and financial disputes. Meeks had $60 allegedly stolen from his wife. He is held without bail until her condition improves.
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Tra Meeks
West Thirteenth Street
Meeks
Elyria
New York Central
Toledo
Memorial Hospital
Elamena Austin
Wales Prince Hurt in Fall from Horse
The Prince of Wales fractured his left collarbone after being thrown from his horse during a hunt in Leicestershire this afternoon. He received medical treatment and is reported in good spirits.
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Wales
Prince
London
the Prince of Wales
Leicestershire
British steamer Errington Court adrift in terri c storm off Azores
The British steamer Errington Court bound for New York has been drifting since Sunday in a terrific storm off the Azores. Radio to Lloyds reports the steering gear is disabled and the first officer was killed during the vessel’s lanternling incident.
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London
Errington Court
New York
Azores
Lloyds
Alleged Slayer Of Woman Collapses In Prison
David L. Marshall a 45 year old chiropractor accused in the Dietrich case collapsed in a prison cell and was placed under observation at the Mayamens prison hospital. Doctors describe him as a nervous wreck after hours of questioning.
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Philadelphia
David L. Marshall
Anna May Dietrich
Mayamens Prison Hospital
Marshall
Marseball
I Ts
Jon
Senate Beling Considers Tax Bill In Congress
Washington January 28 the Senate began debate on a 365 million tax reduction bill after a unanimous finance committee report. Progressives clash with conservatives over income tax publicity inheritance taxes and large fortune reductions as administration leaders seek a two week path to passage by March 1.
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Washington
Senate
House
Ice Floes Threaten Two Tugs Off Muskegon
Nightlong efforts to reach eight men aboard two fishing tugs, the Helen and the Indian, trapped a mile offshore near Muskegon, were failing at daybreak as a 25 mile gale worsened. Coast guard crews and the ice breaker Alabama tried to reach the vessels without success.
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Muskegon
Mich
Coast Guard
Alabama
Antinoe Crew Rescued After Freighter Sinking
London report says the entire Antinoe crew of twenty four has been rescued by the US liner President Roosevelt which answered the distress call. The Antinoe remains in a foundering condition and the Roosevelt lost two men and four lifeboats while saving the crew.
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London
United States
President Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Rimmer Says He Paid For Protection
Joseph Alpert, a Chelsea truckman, testified in a federal trial that he and other moonshine operators paid protection money for nearly a year. He claimed $100 weekly was handed to Eddie Carson, a Chelsea city official described as a go-between for the bootleg operation.
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Boston
Joseph Alpert
Chelsea
Alpert
Lawrence F. Quigley
Eddie’ Carson
Hagman
Children to Observe Child Labor Week in Public Schools
Grades four and eight will observe Child Labor Week tomorrow with special exercises. School Superintendent R C Maston announces a lesson period in each of the four grades for a presentation of Child Labor Material. The program excludes grades below four and above eight.
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R. C. Maston
Cold wave batters Ohio valley and Midwest regions
Gales whip snow and low temperatures grip the Ohio valley and upper Mississippi and Great Lakes areas. Forecasts warn of a sharp cold wave spreading to New England and the South Atlantic states with temperatures dropping to five below in northern Ohio and zero to five below in the south. Relief expected Friday afternoon as warm air moves in.
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Columbus
Ohio
Missouri
Mississippi
Great Lakes
Medicine Hut
New England
South Atlantic
Mercury
Pennsylvania
New York
Maryland
Delaware
North Carolina
W. H. Alexander
Torares
Alexander
Burns on body of woman found in well
Harvey Haver, jailed in New Philadelphia for murder, admits only unauthorized burial of his wife Katherine Haver whose body, burned, was found in an abandoned cistern on a farm near New Comerstown. Coroner reports evidence of fire on remains. Shipments planned to SinkIng Springs burial with sisters present. Haver once claimed wife disappeared after she left him and later sought divorce amid mounting inconsistencies.
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New Philadelphia
Jan He
Harvey Haver
Katherine
New Comerstown
E. N. Farr
Haver
J. X. Lewis
Columbo
Lewis
Sinking Springs
Prince Carol to Return Home to Bucharest
Prince Carol of Romania reportedly decided to return to Bucharest due to homesickness. Central News advises that he regrets renouncing the throne and envoys are sent by the king to seek reconciliation with patriotic Romanian appeals influencing his decision.
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London
Carol of
Romania
Bucharest
Carel
Public Silent Parley Details Shown in Coal Strike Talks
Philadelphia January 28 The public viewed for the first time a stenographic report of joint negotiations between anthracite miners and operators at the Bellevue Stradford hotel. The nine thousand word joint committee statement outlined proposals by John L Lewis and J B Lynett and revealed the operators demand a five year contract and rejection of the miners supplemental proposal. Both sides affirmed good faith as they labored toward a settlement amid rising competition from the strike.
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Philadelphia
Jag
Bellevue-Stratford
E. J. Johnl. Lewis
Ming Workera Union
J. B. Lynett
Scranton
Lewis
Samuel D. Wagriner
William J. Richards
Wrecks Car In Effort To Avoid Hitting Machine
John H. Van Ansdale of Oberlin reported to police at midnight last night that a coupe without lights by the road near the Oberlin Grange bell caused a collision. He said he swerved to avoid it and struck a pole, smashing his car. police traced the other vehicle after checking nearby evidence.
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John H. van Ansdale
Oberlin
Oberlin Grange Bell
van Anedale
Tate
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