Bolivian Paraguay dispute and King George VI health news
In South America the Bolivia Paraguay dispute edged toward arbitration as talks with Argentina and Chile offered mediation. Kellogg chaired a Pan American conciliation effort while Washington urged pacific settlement amid broader regional diplomacy. Separately King George VI remained gravely ill in London with two lung operations reported successful.
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Edward W. Pickard
Bolivia
Paraguay
Gran Chaco
Siles
Natonal Defense
Guggiari
Council of the
League of Nations
Washington
International Conference of American States On
Argentina
Chile
Diez de Medina
Kellogg
la Paz
United States
Charles Evans Hughes
Hoover Latin American tour shadows by tense incidents
Erbert Hoover's Latin American tour may be enlivened by exciting incidents as authorities keep watch. Just before the press boarded a railway journey across the Andes, Buenos Aires police uncovered a development that heightened alert.
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Erbert Hoover
Andes
Buenos Airea
Argentina
Grant in Charge of Hoover Inauguration Arrangements
Col. U. S. Grant III is given charge of all inauguration arrangements for Hoover on March 4, with Maj. Gen. Charles P. Summerall named grand marshal to manage the parade. The move follows precedent and aligns with the president elect’s wish for a simple ceremony.
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U. S. Grant
Hoover
Charles P. Summerall
Peasant party victory dominates free parliament election
In Umania the Peasant party led by Premier Julio Maniu won a sweeping victory with about 85 percent of ballots on partial returns. Liberals under Bratiano took 8 to 10 percent, Hungary’s minority the rest, and extremist groups Anti-Semites and Communists won no seats out of 876. Maniu, who is Albanian, ran in Bucharest and secured 65 percent.
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Umania
Julio Maniv
Bratiano
Maniu
Bucharest
President Coolidge suggests temporary White House site
In a fifty year edition article Coolidge calls for a country retreat for the President near Washington. Representative C A Woodrum introduces a resolution to establish a temporary White House in Virginia with directing the buildings commission to act.
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Coolidge
White House
Washington
C. A. Woodrum
Virginia
Buildings Commission
Wrights attend international aeronautics conference in Washington
A three day International Civil Aeronautics conference in Washington brought together aviators from forty nations. Orville Wright attended as a member of the American delegation and guest of honor. President Coolidge welcomed attendees and spoke on the present and future of aviation. MacCracken presided and traced aviation progress in America.
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Washington
Coolidge
Wright Brothers
Orville Wright
Aeronautic Science and Industry
Commerce MacCracken
America
Mexican Federation of Labor Crumbling Amid Split
The Mexican Federation of Labor, long influential in the government and a source of friction with the United States, is crumbling. Obregonistas blacklist the party, its ranks split, and state governors backing it face boycott. Unions, led by the federal district press union, have seceded.
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C R
Mexican Federation of Labor
Republic
United States
Obregonistas
Union of
Federal District
Woman with ten children faces life term in liquor case
In Lansing Mrs. Etta Mae Miller was found guilty of a fourth liquor law violation. The case could reach the Supreme Court on appeal, potentially avoiding a life sentence.
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Ichigan
Lansing
Etta Mae Miller
Supreme Court
Epidemic Pellcerea Closes Colleges Coast to Coast
The PELLcereA epidemic swept across the nation forcing many colleges and schools to close until after the holidays. Health officials coordinated federal and local efforts to curb spread. The outbreak began on the Pacific coast and moved eastward with milder causes and lower death rates than 1918.
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Pacific Coast
Chicago financier Patten dies at seventy six
Amesa Patten, once dubbed the wheat king, a Chicago financier and philanthropist, died at his suburban home at age seventy six. He amassed great wealth but spent vast sums for the good of mankind, and was sincerely mourned.
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Amesa. Patten
Chicago
World owes much to South America
Washington reports a National Geographic summary by Dr. John Oliver La Gorce praising South America’s contributions to civilization and its economic ties with the United States. It highlights crops, minerals, rubber, and meat, notes mutual trade dependence, and extols the Andes and vast natural resources shaping future commerce.
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Washington
South America
Hoover
United States
National Geographic Society
John Oliver la Gorce
Peru
Chile
Pampas
Argentina
Brazil
la Gorce
Colombia
Venezuela
Ecuador
North America
Maine
Florida
Amazon
Paraguay
Uruguay
Guianas
Andes
Europe
France
Italy
Old Pirate Island Leper Refuge Moves to New Quarters
Tal Kam island, off southeast China, hosts a major leper colony started in 1901 by Dr. John Lake and his wife. Wu Ting-Fang, former minister to Washington, bought the island and donated it to the missionary. The island is seven miles square and has a history as a pirate refuge.
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Canton
Tal-Kam Island
China
Tal-Kam
John Lake
Edgefield
Wu Ting-Fang
Washington
Doctor Lake
Divorce sought by 71 year old Pittsburgh man
Henry W. Lehman of Pittsburgh is seeking a divorce. He states he met his wife at a matrimonial bureau twenty nine years ago and she deserted him five years later.
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Pittsburgh
Henry W. Lehman
Curious British wills spark laughter and litigation
London lawyers say unusual provisions in wills fatten lawyers and irritate beneficiaries. Cases include a trust lasting 20 years after the last Victoria descendant, gifts to deter relatives, and odd bequests such as a shilling and a cracker bowl. Other notable examples involve Toronto ministers, a door and a petticoat as wills, and a London widower ordering his wife to walk barefoot to the market on anniversaries.
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London
Queen Victoria
High Court
Engand
Toronto
Canada
Ontario Jockey Club
Chinese Women Form Bands to Fight Bandits
Several hundred women in northern Kinangsu districts declare war on bandits after homes are pillaged and daughters taken. Two foreign missionaries report a clash near Ko Lah Da village where the bandits were routed, fifteen killed, seven captured, and women attackers wounded or killed. Troops under two generals are ordered to suppress the bandits as women vow to act independently of soldiers.
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Hsuchow
China
Kinangsu
Ko Lah da
Rheumatism Forecasts Storms Says Rochester Doctors
Three Rochester physicians report a link between rheumatic pain and storms in about 90 percent of cases over years. They note sunshine reduces pain and weather prediction accuracy. Dr Mills of Cincinnati adds adrenal malfunctioning patients show weather sensitivity.
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Chicago
Rochester
Minn
B. B. Rentschler
Frances Vanzant
L. G. Rowntree
Central Society For Clinical Research
A. Mills
Cincinnati
Moon Timekeepers Track Moon Through the Ages
London astronomers and horologists led by Sir Frank Dyson say the moon's timing drifts of up to 80 seconds across centuries. He notes periods when the moon lagged, then caught up, and urges several observatories to maintain clocks accurate to one second per year for better celestial timekeeping.
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London
Frank Dyson
British Horological Institute
Frank
Sir Frank
Men Marked for Death Live in Fear and Seclude Themselves
New York feature on criminals living outside the law with prices on their heads. It describes a former gang member who barricaded his home, became a recluse, and moved when danger mounted. It notes criminal feuds, the role of bodyguards, and the instinct for revenge.
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New York
He May Be Right on Cosmic Curvature and Closed Universe
Astronomers edge toward Bernstein’s view that space may be curved and the universe closed as nebulae whirl billions of light years away at vast speeds and appear to recede. The discussion signals a shift in understanding of cosmic geometry and the fate of the cosmos.
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New York
Bernstein
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