Admiral Sims Defends Aviation as Key to Naval Power
Admiral Sims testified before the House Aircraft Committee that airplanes hold the key of power and defended aviation as essential to national defense. He argued aircraft can sink battleships, defend the Panama Canal, and favor mobile naval forces, while opposing a unified air service and pushing for aviation as a navy branch. He condemned battleships as obsolete and warned the Pacific requires a base to protect the Philippines.
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Washington
Admiral Sims
House Aircraft Committee
Ostfresland
Panama Canal
Sims
Gen. Mitchell
Navy
Pacific
Philippines
United States
Great Britain
Japan
Navy War College
Daniels
Denby
Wilbur
Navy Selection Board
Mitchell
Flame lamps blamed for coal mine explosions in past 18 years
Salt Lake City reports 129 large coal mine explosions in the United States over the last 18 years caused by open flame lamps. George E. Rice of the United States Bureau of Mines announced the figures today, noting 3,154 lives lost.
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Saltlake City
United States
George 8. Rice
United States Bureau of Mines
Seven Die As Wall Crashes On Workshop In France
Seven people were killed and 15 injured when a wall collapsed onto a workshop during a high wind in Sarrebourg France. The tragedy occurred February 27 as the wall toppled and trapped workers inside the building.
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Sarrebourg
France
Col Robert Clowry Dies Sudden in Private Car
Col Robert Co Clowry capitalist died last night on his private car returning from Palm Beach Florida He rose from messenger boy to president of the Western Union Telegraph Company Born on a farm in Will county Illinois September 8 1838 He left a career praised for expansion of business and opportunities for youths
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New York
Robert Co. Clowry
Palm Beach
Florida
Col. Clowry
Messenger Boy
Western Union Telegraph Company
Will County
Illinois
Clowry
The
Illinois and
Mis
Passion Play cast to portray Christ statue in Chicago event
Chicago business leaders plan a March 15 Passion Play to benefit juvenile court work. About 500 to 600 Chicago volunteers will portray Christ using a life like statue enhanced by German prism glass and moving limbs. A voice from the statue will deliver the words, heard as if spoken directly from Christ.
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Chicago
Big Brothers
Christ
Armed Forces to be Represented in Inaugural Parade
Washington plans for the inaugural parade show every branch of the armed forces will be represented including a battalion of tanks. The designation confirms wide military participation in the inaugural events.
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Washington
Many Steamers Suffer Gales Off French Coast
Paris Feb 27. Several steamers are aground from Dunkirk to Biarritz and many others send wireless calls for help due to terrific gales. Only four of 18 crew were rescued from the Christina Ruba near La Rochelle. Sein Island off Brest was struck by a tidal wave demolishing the breakwater. Houses destroyed and hundreds homeless as high seas hinder relief efforts.
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Paris
Dunkirk
Biarritz
Larochelle
Sein Island
Brest
Eighty Four Feared Lost In North Sea Ice Grounds
In Hull England on February 27 authorities reported 84 believed lost as gales struck Icelandic fishing grounds over four days. Fourteen perished aboard a steamship in Scapa Flow, six Hull fishermen and 24 Icelanders died aboard the steamer Field Marshall Roberts. The Icelandic steamer Leiferhepar with 40 men aboard is also reported lost.
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Hull
England
Scapa Flow
Field Marshall Roberts
Leiferhepar
Mortimer Divorce Action in Court
Testimony in the divorce case of Mrs. Katherine Hullidge Mortimer of Philadelphia against Elias H. Mortimer was taken by master John M. Scott. Mrs Mortimer charges cruelty. Mortimer did not appear and filed no defense.
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Philadelphia
Katherine Hullidge Mortimer
Elias H. H. Mortimer
Charles R. Forbes
United Stattes Veterans Bureau
John M. Scott
Mortimer
Official of Alaska mine faces trial
Tacoma February 27 Judge Chapman ordered Prosecutor Selden to show cause why he should not prosecute Freemont Campbell Sr. of Tacoma and former Superior Court judge on a $29,000 embezzlement charge from the Pinta Bay Mining Company of Alaska. Campbell allegedly failed to account for $15,000 over four years ending 1921 and $18,600 from 1922 to present, plus $5,900 in treasury stock sales. Campbell's son Freemont Jr. is Pierce County auditor.
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Tacoma
Chapman
Selden
Freemont Campbell, Sr
Superior Court
Pinta Bay Mining Company
Alaska
Campbell
Treasury
Freemont, Jr
Pierce County
Water Power Right Sought on Speel River Area
Thebo Starr and Anderson of San Francisco seek a federal permit for hydro electric units on Speel River and three tributaries, thirty miles southeast of Juneau. W B McGillian reported a pulp mill or pulp and paper plant contemplated at Sweetheart Falls inlet, depending on water and timber supply. He plans a spring return for a fuller survey. firm is a major Pacific Coast hydraulic power contractor.
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Washington
Thebo, Starr and Anderson
San Francisco
Federal Water Power Commission
Speel River
Juneau
W. B. McGillan
McGillan
Sweetheart Falls Inlet
Spell River
Pacific Coast
Inornia
Work robbery in quiet way along rusted rails
Two passengers who boarded the Central Western Express at Toledo rode in the day coach undetected all day. As the train neared Chicago they held up sleeping car passengers, obtaining gems and currency valued at $10,000. The robbers alighted at Gary and vanished.
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Chicago
Central Western Express
Toledo
Gary
Modest Apartment Planned for Rockefeler Daughter and Husband
New York Feb 27 It is announced Abby Rockefeller, only daughter of John D Rockefeller Jr., and David M Milton Jr a lawyer, will live in a modest apartment after marriage relying on his income. they will not have a car at first though the young lady has been noted for speeding in parts of the world.
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New York
Abby Rockefeler
John D. Rockefeler
Ijr
David M. Milton, Jr
Soldier Who Lived in Bathtub Dies in Hospital
EL PASO February 27 John Porter 22 confined for four months in a bathtub filled with water because he could not lie in any position due to pain and bed sores died at the military reservation hospital. Porter fell over a bale of hay and injured his spine a year ago at Fort Elisa encampment of the New Mexico National Guard.
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EL Paso
Tex
John Porter
Military Reservation
Porter
Fort Elisa
New Mexico National Guard
Longworth or Madden Confident Ahead of Speakership Vote
Washington February 27. Both camps profess confidence in the Speakership contest as Nicholas Longworth and Martin Madden redouble efforts before the party caucus tonight. Congressmen and supporters arrive to line up backing the moment they land in Washington.
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Washington
Nicholas Longworth
Martin 2. Madden
Luck Coin Saved Police Chief in Calexico Shootout
Joe Hardwick, chief of police in Calexico, credits a 20 peso Mexican gold coin worn as a watch charm with deflecting a bullet fired while he tried to arrest a negro. The charm, given years ago by a Mexican official, miraculously saved his life though he sustained a superficial wound. The city council praised the talisman for its providential intervention.
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Calexico
Cal
Joe Hardwick
Hardwick
Dawes predicts long era of peace and prosperity
Vice President-Elect Charles G. Dawes told Chicago bankers that the world is entering a long period of peace and prosperity. He cited David Lloyd George on tranquility and noted the U S and England found stability through conservative voting. Dawes linked history to a rising global forward movement toward peace.
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Chicago
Charles G. Dawes
Bankers’ Club of
David Lloyd George
United States
England
Mr. Dawes
Postal Pay Bill Passed by Congress
The Senate approved the postal pay and rate increase bill by 69 to 12 and sent it to President Coolidge. It provides an average $300 annual postal salary increase effective last New Year’s Day and postal rates from April 15, with a rider restricting campaign expenditures by candidates. Expected to be signed by Coolidge.
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Senate
House
Coolidge
Borah
Idaho
Brookhart
Iowa
Howell
Nebraska
Norbeck
South Dakota
Bruce
Maryland
Dial
South Carolina
George
Georgia
Glass
Virginia
Harrison
Mississippi
Pittman
Nevada
Swanson
Underwood
Alabama
Giants Chief Acquitted in Fraud Conspiracy Case
New York February 27 A Federal jury acquitted Charles A Stoneham president and chief owner of the New York Giants and two associates in the Edward M Fuller and Company case charged with conspiring to use the mails to defraud stock market patrons.
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New York
Charles A. Stoneham
New York Giants
Edward M. Fuller and Company
Bucketters
Panama affair reports massacre on Tigre Island
Edison Whitaker, skipper of the motor sloop Ambition, reports that Luis Mojica nephew of Governor Handblastery and 20 Panamanians were killed by Indians on Tigre Island. Mojica was tied to a tree struck with knives mutilated and had his tongue cut out during a war dance.
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Luis Mojica
Handblastery
Tigre Island
Edison Whitaker
Ambition
Whitaker
Mojica
Deneen Named Successor to McCormick in Senate Vacancy
Chicago February 27 Senator elect Charles S Deneen has been appointed to fill the vacancy caused by Medill McCormick's death until next Tuesday when Deneen will take his seat.
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Chicago
Charles 5S. Deneen
Medill McCormick
Deneen
Nevada judge calls for modification of the eighteenth amendment
Reno Feb 27 Former Nevada Supreme Court chief justice Frank H Nocross author of a state legislative resolution urging a national constitutional convention to amend the eighteenth amendment declares universal contempt for law is spreading. He argues Congress should be empowered to prohibit or regulate liquor importation manufacture and sale placing the issue with the national legislature. He favors a moderate national liquor policy that avoids a saloon return and could resemble some Canadian provincial systems. He adds he voted for Nevada prohibition and the eighteenth amendment but supports modification.
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Nevada
Frank H Nocross
Nevada Supreme Court
Congress
Canada
Norcross
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