U S Nicaraguan War Increases Marines To 2415 In Quest To Stabilize Country
The United States augments its Nicaragua force to 2,415 Marines after clashes at Quilali and Sandino’s Nueva Segovia base. Kellogg vows cooperation with Nicaragua’s constabulary to foster order and free elections while Congress debates policy and possible withdrawals amid criticism.
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Sandino
Nueva Segovia
Quilali
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Paris Island
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Panama
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Kellogg
Congress
Heflin
Alabama
Senate
Nye
North Dakota
Wheeler
Montana
Bloom
New York
Secretary of State
Secretary of the Navy
Begg
Ohio
Garrett
Huddleston
Quilall
el Chipote
Nicarage
Kellogg Rejects Briand Pact Narrowly on War Policy
Secretary Kellogg replies to the French note proposing a perpetual war ban with a counter-proposal to involve all major powers. The United States emphasizes it cannot accept the Briand proposal if it limits or binds American sovereignty and insists on pacific settlement of disputes without surrendering policy flexibility.
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Briand
Kellogg
United States Senate
France
League of Nations
Lindberghs Air Tour Rolls Through Central America
Colonel Lindbergh continued his Central America air tour with smooth landings in Belize San Salvador Tegucigalpa and Managua. He avoided combat zones en route to Costa Rica and Panama while officials warmly welcomed him and Panama issued a million Lindbergh stamps. Ruth Nichols flew nonstop from New York to Miami in 12 hours with Harry Rogers and Maj. M. K. Lee. Rogers piloted half the time.
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Olonel Lindbergh
Central America
Belize
British Honduras
San Salvador
Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Managua
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
Panama
Ruth Nichols
Rye
N. Y
New York
Miami
Harry Rogers
Maj. M. K. Lee
Miss Rogers
Robbins Named Assistant Secretary of War in reshuffle
The President named J. Charles Burton Robbins of Cedar Rapids to succeed ANFORD MACNIDER as assistant secretary of war effective January 12. Robbins, a former Iowa Legion commander and close friend of MacNider, has served in the Spanish American war era and brings veteran credentials to the post.
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Anford Macnider
J. Charles Burton Robbins
Cedar Rapids
Robbins
MacNider
Iowa
Notable amusements world figures pass away
Lole Fuller a famed dancer and friend of Queen Marie of Romania died in Paris after a two month illness. Emily Stevens an actress known for leading stage roles also died, as did Dorothy Donnelly an actress and playwright. Charles M. Kittle, Sears Roebuck president and former Illinois Central VP, died in Chicago after an emergency operation at age forty seven.
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Lole Fuller
Queen Marie
Romania
Paris
Hmily Stevens
Dorothy Donnelly
Charles M. Kittle
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Illinois Central Railroad
Chicago
World’s Largest Lighthouse Planned in Santo Domingo
The Pan American Union plans a monumental lighthouse in Santo Domingo as a Columbus memorial. Estimated cost is 4 million dollars with 50 thousand dollars in prizes for design winners. Albert Kelsey will travel to select the site and organize the competition as Dominican and other governments pledge funding.
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Pan-American Union
Santo Domingo
Christopher Columbus
Albert Kelsey
Phiadelphia
Americans Hard Week Worsened by British Flooding Crisis
The piece contrasts US extreme cold with Britain facing a rapid snowmelt, widespread floods, flooded towns, disrupted communications, and broad suffering across the countryside.
Phylina Hosts a Joyful Neighborhood Party
Phylina, poor and alone in four small rooms, decides to give a party for fifteen. Despite doubts and skeptical neighbors, she prepares treats and invitations, and the gathering swells to thirty with guests enjoying games and warmth. Afterward she recalls the judge and doctor’s stories and forgives Mrs. Hawkins, inviting her into the lingering glow of a successful, shared celebration.
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Phylina
Ps Gage
Mrs. Hawkins
Mr. Poultney
Set the Thames on fire meaning and origins traced
The saying set the Thames on fire is ancient and misinterpreted. The term refers to the fly shuttle groove rather than the river, with Foote credited for popularizing it in 1778, though earlier work by John Kay preceded it by decades. Modern dictionaries omit dialect senses from trades.
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Thames
England
Foote
Calais
John Kay
New English Dictionary
Pacific Ocean Beats Atlantic in Mean Sea Level by Two Feet
The United States coast and geodetic survey reports the Pacific averages about two feet higher than the Atlantic at the same latitude. Observers note a long standing seven foot difference between the canal ends, once thought caused by currents piling water in the Gulf of Panama and lowering it in Mosquito Gulf.
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Pacific Ocean
Atlantic
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
Pacific
Panama Canal
Gulf of Panama
Mosquito Gulf
Bank Teller Hosts Odd Christmas Club Offer
A rough man approached a bank window and made a heavy deposit then declined to join the Christmas club, saying he already had a club. The teller pondered the encounter as the man departed.
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