Houghton Named Ambassador to England in Coolidge Plan
In Washington on February 24 President Coolidge sent to the Senate the nomination of Alonzo B. Houghton as Ambassador to England, succeeding Frank Kellogg who is slated to become Secretary of State. The period also saw Justice St Sure named for a Southern California U S Court judgeship and Will Humphrey confirmed to the Federal Trade Commission. Charles B Warren’s nomination for Attorney General moved favorably, while John H Edwards was proposed as Assistant Secretary of the Interior to replace F M Goodwin of Spokane.
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Washington
Alonzo B. Houghton
Germany
England
United States Senate
Coolidge
Houghton
Frank B. Kellogg
Charles EB. Hughes
Justice St. Sure
United States Court
Southern
California
Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate
Humphrey
Seattle
Federal Trade Commission
Charles B. Warren
Warren
Sugar Trust
John H. Edwards
Indiana House
Major Zanni Pursues World Flight Route From Seattle
Patricio D. Murphy arrives to arrange Major Pedro Zanni, the Argentine flyer, for a spring world flight. Zanni plans to travel from Seattle to San Francisco by air mail route, avoiding Canada, and proceed toward Newfoundland to Ireland or the Azores to Portugal depending on weather. Murphy will follow to Amsterdam after coordinating with Vancouver and Japan, unsure if boats will convoy Zanni around the North Pacific.
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Seattle
Patricio D. Murphy
Pedro Zanni
Osaka
Amsterdam
Zanni
Kuriles
Prince Rupert
United States
Argentina
San Francisco
Canada
New Foundland
Ireland
Azores
Portugal
Murphy
Japan
Vancouver
B. C
North Pacific
Peace Policy Outlined By Coolidge At Conference
Washington February 24 President Coolidge presented a peace policy linking progress in tribunals for peaceful settlements to shrinking military establishments. He told delegates at the Women's Conference on National Defense that peace insurance would strengthen nations and pledged support for a 1,000,000 woman organization to combat efforts to overthrow the government by force.
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Washington
Coolidge
Women's Conference On National Defense
Shipstead backs federal control of international investment
Washington February 24 Senator Shipstead Minnesota urged federal government control of all American investment and credits abroad as a tool to promote world peace in the Senate today. He argued centralized oversight would curb capital flight and stabilize foreign relations, framing the measure as essential to global harmony.
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Washington
Senate
Senator Shipstead
Minnesota
Muscle Shoals Bill Is Sent Back to Conference
The Und erwood Muscle Shoals leasing bill is returned to conference by the Senate after President Cummins ruling, upheld by the Senate, that House managers violated rules by inserting new legislation into the measure.
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Muscle Shoals
Bill
Washington
Underwood Muscle Shoals Leasing Bil
Senate
Cummins
House
Baltic States Reach Common Ground for Peace Efforts
Helsinki Finland February 24 Baltic states conference ends with no entente. Dr Procope Finnish foreign minister says alliance plan rejected by parliament. He notes accord on peace measures and willingness to reduce military costs with eastern protection. Polish Estonian and Latvian foreign ministers agreed to compulsory arbitration.
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Helsingfors
Finland
Baltic States
Procope
Associated Press
Poland
Esthenia
Latvia
Dr. Procope
Urgent Call for More Sight-Saving Classes in Schools
Cincinnati report details a national shortage of sight-saving classes for visually impaired children. Lewis H. Carris of the National Committee for the Prevention of Blindness urged immediate expansion, noting about 60,000 affected nationwide and only 200 classes exist now. He praised Cincinnati as a model city with ample classes and urged state funding alongside municipal support.
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Cincisnati
Ohio
Lewis H. Carris
National Committee For the Prevention of Blindness
United States
National Educational Education Association
Carris
New York State
Minnesota
Massachusetts
Cincinnati
Clash Between Catholics in Mexico Hurts Seven
In Mexico City last night one person was killed and seven injured during a clash between followers of the Mexican Catholic Apostolic Church and Orthodox Catholics. Women attacked the separatist priest Lush Monje as he tried to celebrate mass at the Solebad Church.
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Mexico City
Mexican Catholic Apostolic Church
Lush Monje
Solebad
States move to pass traffic laws for road safety
Washington Feb 24. Secretary Hoover reports at a national conference that states and municipalities are actively adopting measures to reduce deaths and accidents on streets and highways. Since January 20 eight state legislatures have enacted penalties for reckless driving.
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Washington
Secretary of Commerce
Hoover
National Conference of State
Daniel Guggenheim Dies at Phillips-Exeter Track Meet
Daniel Guggenheim, a Philadelphia student at Phillips Exeter Academy, died suddenly after noon while preparing for a track meet in Exeter New Hampshire. He was a nephew of Simon Guggenheim.
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Daniel Guggenheim
Exeter
N. H
Philadelphia
Phillips-Exeter Academy
Simon Guggenheim
125 Miners Escape from Mine After Explosion
WHEATLAND Indiana February 24 A gas explosion at the Standard Coal mine left one miner dead one severely burned and 125 others escaped the incident occurred this afternoon amid rising rescue efforts and a tremor of concern across the local mining community
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Wheatland
Indiana
Standard
Socialists plan future politics after Chicago conference
The Socialist Party, after an all day meeting in Chicago, voted to continue its organization arguing a third party would fail without integrity. They advocate Socialist rejuvenation and invite labor groups to join. A radio station acquisition to broadcast propaganda was discussed.
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Chicago
Socialist Party
Nome native completes dog team journey to Fairbanks
Fairbanks dispatch notes Ralph Lomen of Nome arrived by dog team in 29 days. He sold his dogs to Federal Judge Clegg and will depart for Seattle. Lomen recently drove 2,000 reindeer to Nome for slaughter and storage.
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Fairbanks
Ralph Lomen
Nome
Lomen
Clegg
Seattle
American finds gold on Lena River in Siberia
New York reports the American engineer J. R. Sweet has discovered a large gold field on the Lena River and its tributaries in Siberia. Prospectors are said to be rushing to the strike. The finding was published by the American Chemical Society from Horten, Norway.
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New York
American Chemical Society
Horten
Norway
J. R. Sweet
Siberia
Lena River
Postal Pay Rate Bill Agreed in Conference
Senate and House conferees have agreed to the postal pay and rate bill substantially the same as passed by the House Some second class rates will be lower than those proposed The rates will be effective April 15 Postal pay begins last January 1.
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Washington
Senate
House
First Socialist Premier Branting Dies in Stockholm
Hjalmar Branting Sweden’s first socialist prime minister died in Stockholm at age after resigning a month ago due to ill health. He championed workers, universal peace, and endured prison for his cause. His long public life shaped Sweden’s social democratic era through 1918 to 1923.
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Stockholm
Hjalmar Branting
Sweden
Branting
Jr. Branting
Dr. Branting
Tis
Canadian Mushers Carry Medicine on Irrands of Mercy
Canadian mushers embarked on an inland mercy mission to deliver medicines to camps north of the St. Lawrence River. They traveled 40 miles into icebound districts, loaded supplies from an ice breaker, and then returned to their camps to aid workers and patients.
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Quebec
Dominion Department of Marine and Fisheries
St. Lawrence River
Yachtsmen 10 Cruise in Alaska Waters Planned
Yachtsmen of the Pacific Coast plan a squadron cruise in Southeastern Alaska following the Coast Championship Regatta for 1925 to be held at Victoria British Columbia July 1 to 5. Plans include chartering a steamer to carry those with no other means. The proposed Inside Passage route traverses Nanaimo Johnstone Strait Alert Bay Cape Calvert Fitzhugh Milbank Wright Prince Rupert Ketchikan Wrangell Juneau Taku Inlet Lynn Canal Skagway Sitka and Muir Glacier with possible variations.
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Pacific Coast
Alaska
Victoria
B. C
Pacific Motor Boat Magazine
E. A. Rich
Tacoma Yacht Club
Rosemary
Victora
Nanaimo
Johnstone Strait
Alert Bay
Cape Calvert
Fitzhugh Strait
Milbank Sound
Wright Sound
Prince Rupert
Ketchikan
Wrangell
Juneau
Taku Inlet
Lynn Canal
Navy to Fight Only for Peace Insurance
Washington February 24 Secretary Wilbur told the delegates at tending the Women's Council on Defense that the American Navy is organized to fight and for that purpose alone. He added that when we yield to others and value property life liberty and religion less than maintaining them we may abandon the navy and submit to power.
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Washington
Wilbur
Women's Council On Defense
Aircraft Hearings Reopened By House Committee
The House Aircraft Committee voted five to one to reverse last Saturday action and ordered hearings be reopened next Thursday. This marks a renewed push on the subject with continued attention from members and witnesses expected.
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Washington
House Aircraft Committee
Heavy earthquakes hit Seward and western Alaska
A strong quake struck Seward at 2 PM causing water pipes to burst and chimneys to topple. Tremors lasting about 30 seconds drove residents into the streets and were felt across many areas including Morraine along the Alaska Railroad where water tanks were damaged and the Valdez cable line was broken.
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Seward
Morraine
Alaska
Valdez
Anchorage Quake Shakes City and Exempts School
An Anchorage earthquake struck yesterday at 1 55 pm lasting nineteen and a half seconds. A deep rumble accompanied the tremor causing minor damage including broken dishes. Public schools dismissed, hospital patients were awakened, and clocks halted at Curry on the Alaska Railroad.
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Anchorage
Curry
Alaska
Felt at Fairbanks Earthquake Shakes City
Earth tremor registered in Fairbanks yesterday after 2 oclock lasting about one minute. No damage reported though stores and homes experienced shaking.
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Fairbanks
Seismic Shock Recorded Near Berkeley In February Afternoon
The University of California seismograph logged a quake starting at 34 27 o clock yesterday afternoon and ending at 4 53 o clock. The disturbance was estimated to originate about 2 070 miles away.
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California
Berkeley
Cal
University of California Seismograph
House wrecked by explosion in Tacoma liquor raid
Tacoma February 24. A blast like black powder but without fumes wrecked the two story house of H P Clark at Ruston rousing the building which then burned. Clark crawled out with a pistol and said he saw several men vanish. A large white sheet lay on the ground. The blast is attributed to an anti liquor selling band. Clark admitted running a beer joint.
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Tacoma
H P. Clark
Ruston
Clark
Trade unions gain favor with women workers in decade
New York report shows female union membership rising from 76 748 in 1910 to 296 600 in 1920 across 37 organizations. Major growth driven by Amalgamated Textile Clothing Workers Amalgamated Textile Workers and telephone operators branch of Electrical Workers. Railway Clerks added 35 000 members. Clothing unions remain dominant.
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New York
Sys
National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
Amalgamated Textile Clothing Workers
Amalgamated Textile Workers
Telephone Operators
Electrical Workers
International Ladies’ Garment Workers
United Garment Workers
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