Costigan resigns from U S Tariff Commission
Edward F. Costigan of Colorado resigns from the United States Tariff Commission effective immediately with President Coolidge accepting. A Democrat founder of the Progressive party, Costigan opposed Coolidge policies and attacked fellow commissioners Marvin Lowell and Brosbard in a letter to Senator Robinson, calling the era in Washington the age of Daugherty Fall and Sinclair. He cited pressure against the Sugar investigation and questioned the Commission’s usefulness.
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Washington
Edward F. Costigan
Colorado
United States Tariff Commission
Coolidge
Commission
Wilson
Progressive Party
Costigan
Senate
President Coolidge
Marvin, Lowell
Bros- Bard
Marvin
Robinson
Arkansas
Daugherty
Fall
Sinclair
Lewis
Army Fliers Start Panama Flight From Galveston
Galveston March 15 F Trubeca Davison assistant secretary of War in charge of aviation and Major General James E Fechet chief of the Army Air Corps left Galveston at 6 35 am for Tampico en route to Panama after delays from engine trouble and fog. They aim to reach Tampico in about six hours.
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Galveston
F. Trubeca Davison
James E. Fechet
Army Air Corps
Tampico
Panama
Wild Geese Flight Signals Spring Arrival
Reports from focus towns indicate signs of spring as observers note geese migrating northward. Willoughby Santman counted 76 geese in a large flock, with more likely present, while H J Hollingsworth saw a pair of robins at 640 Summit Avenue this morning. A Williamsport man heard the first spring sparrow’s warbling.
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Willoughby Santman
Mr. Santman
H. J. Hollingsworth
Summit Avenue
Fear of ice forces down monoplane Endeavour
Jacksonville Florida March 15 Charles A Levine arrived from West Palm Beach and said ice on wings may have forced the Endeavour down during Captain Walter Hinchliffe and Elsie Mackay’s attempted trans Atlantic flight. Levine recalled shared flights with Hinchliffe and praised his piloting skill amid similar cold weather experiences.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Walter Hinchliffe
Elsie Mackay
England
Charles A. Levine
West Palm Beach
New York
Levine
Clarence Chamberlin
Germany
Hinchliffe
Europe
Columbia
Waynesboro Family Arrives in Bombay Aboard S S Resolute
Mr and Mrs D Maurice Wertz and their children from Waynesboro sailed aboard the S S Resolute on a world tour and arrived in Bombay India. The family is well known in Hagerstown.
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D. Maurice Wertz
Waynesboro
S. S
Aged Man Dies at 107 in Alabama County Home
Stancill Moore, 107, died at the county home near Gadsden Alabama yesterday. He stopped chewing tobacco for health reasons two years earlier at age 105.
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Gadsden
Ala
Stancill Moore
Moore
Dead lists in dam disaster tell many sorrowful tales
Santa Paula March 15 The St Francis dam disaster lists of dead and missing reveal ruined families. Cerna Moorpark eight missing. Luna Santa Paula four children lost. Rogers Fillmore four children perished. Kelly Saticoy mother and two daughters die. Cummings Gordon wife child perished. Willmott family losses. Carrillo above Fillmore wife and child missing. Gottardi Fillmore family missing. Godolga five of six perish. flood searchers recover bodies as morgue fills.
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Santa Paula
Cal
St. Francis Dam
San Francisquito Canyon
Santa Clara River
Cerna
Moorpark
Polito
Florencia
Isabella
Lupa
Mercedes
Lens
Morgue
Luna
Rogers
Fillmore
Dda Kelly
Saticoy
Phyllis
Doris
Cummings
Gordon
Narvis
Cr. G. Willmott
Willmott
Carrillos
Jesse Carrillo
Joe Gottardi
Richard
Godolga
Bitter survivors blame Los Angeles for St Francis dam disaster
In Santa Paula and San Francisquito Canyon anger over the St Francis dam break grows as coroner inquests and investigations begin. With about 200 valley bodies in makeshift morgues and 300 missing, local leaders charge Los Angeles seized valley water rights to build the dam. Dr D W Mott and Santa Clara Valley officials accuse L A of responsibility and seek acknowledgment of the losses.
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Santa Paula
Cal
Los Angeles
San Francisquito Canyon
Santa Clara River
St. Francis
Valley
California
St. Francis Dam
D. W. Mott
C. C. Young
Search for 14 year old Dorothy Campbell widens
Baltimore reports a statewide search for 14 year old Dorothy Campbell and 23 year old Walter C. Weiland who left her Daisy School yesterday. Weiland, just back from a funeral in Pittsburg for his niece and nephew, may have resumed travel toward Pittsburg with Dorothy. Police deem the case an elopement despite Dorothy’s parents believing she was forced to go.
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Baltimore
Dorothy Campbell
Walter C. Weiland
Daisy
Pittsburg
Weiland
Catherine Ward
Dorothy
Robbers Take 100 Diamonds From Baltimore Jeweler
In Baltimore on March 15 two armed men robbed monument street jeweler Morris Bershtein. They forced him to open a safe and selected 100 diamond rings before fleeing, threatening to harm Bershtein if he alerted authorities.
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Baltimore
Morris Bershtein
Monument
Bershtein
City Bonds Get AAA Rating in Moody's Book
Municipal obligations of the city of Hagerstown are accorded the highest rating Aaa in Moody's Manual of Investments for 1928. This places Hagerstown’s bonds among first grade issues for intrinsic strength and security, reflecting well on the city’s credit. Moody's Manual is regarded as an authority on investment ratings.
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Moody's
Hagerstown
Moody’s Manual of Investments
Moody’s Manual
State bathhouse destroyed in $500000 fire at Saratoga
Saratoga Springs N Y March 15 The State owned Lincoln bathhouse described as the largest in the United States was destroyed by a fire believed incendiary. State Department of Conservation officials placed the loss at 500000.
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Saratoga Springs
N. Y
Lincoln
United States
State Department of Conservation
Last Day for Income Taxes
Federal and state tax deadlines loom as today marks the last day for payment of first quarter federal income taxes and for filing Maryland and foreign corporation reports with the State Tax Commission. Penalties accrue for delays up to $5 for the first day and $1 for each subsequent day.
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Internal Revenue
State Tax Commission
Maryland
Former Officers Are Being Sued in False Arrest Case
A $5000 false arrest suit filed in Frederick circuit court targets former Sheriff Richard Duffey and former deputy Samuel C. Kaylors. Harry Baker of this city claims unlawful arrest and detention, though Baker was later found not to be the wanted man.
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Harry Baker
Richard Duffey
Samuel C. Kaylors
Frederick
Baker
Bachtell Heads Potomac Hills Community Club Session
The Potomac Hills Community Club elected E. K. Bachtell as president for the year with George T. Twyford as vice president G. S. Kidwell as secretary and Elliott Haines as treasurer. Plans for activities and property reassessment were discussed. A mass meeting in the high school auditorium was planned for next month.
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Potomac Hills Community Club
E. K. Bachtell
George T. Twyford
G.S. Kidwell
Elliott Haines
Survey Shows 1000 Homeless In Flood Area
Los Angeles March 15 Estimates of the homeless in the St Frances dam flood region varied with the death toll. Chaotic conditions hindered counting as people hunted for missing friends and relatives. Hundreds of houses were destroyed or moved, with towns like Piru Santa Paula Fillmore and nearby Santa Clara River Valley affected.
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Los Angeles
St. Francis Dam
Piru
Santa Paula
Fillmore
Santa Clara River Valley
Flu Epidemic Hits Istanbul United States
Constantinople March 15 American ambassador Joseph C. Grew is bedridden with influenza as an epidemic sweeps the city. American hospital infirmaries and school facilities are at capacity and American activities are crippled across families and institutions.
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Constantinople
Joseph C. Grew
Ili
Marines to Make Short Work of Rebels in Nicaragua
American Marines under Brigadier General Logan Feland were ordered to intensify operations against Sandino’s revolt in Northern Nicaragua. Supplies and munitions were pushed forward by airplane, trucks, pack trains, and oxen as weather and dwindling rebel resources promised an accelerated campaign. Fifty sailors from the cruiser Denver replaced Marine units heading north.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Sandino
Augustino Sandino
Logan Feland
Feland
Denver
Motors show net gain of 8 million
General Motors Acceptance Corporation reports 1927 profit of $8,578,475 vs $5,193,203 in 1926. All stock owned by General Motors. Earnings per share $24.51 vs $20.77. Dividends totaled $5,350,000 and surplus $3,288,475.
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New York
General Motors Acceptance Corporation
General Motors Corporation
General Motors
Expulsion Ordered for Princess Victoria's Husband in Berlin
Berlin reports that Alexander Lubkoff, husband of Princess Victoria of Schaumburg Lippe and sister of the former Kaiser, has been ordered expelled by Cologne police for failing to renew his residence permit. Lubkoff, a Russian refugee and former dishwasher and dancer, faces departure from Germany.
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Berlin
Alexander Lubkoff
Victoria of Schaumburg-Lippe
Kaiser
Germany
Cologne
Plane seen at St John reported by two CN crew
Unconfirmed reports from St John N H say Captain Walter Hinchcliffe’s plane was seen near Anagance at 1 05 am Wednesday traveling from the coast toward the north. Richard Peters and Edwin Stanley, aboard a CN freight train from St John to Moncton, observed a red and white lighted monoplane that initially appeared rainbow like as it approached.
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ST. John
N. H
Walter Hinchcliffe
Télegraph Journal
Moncton
Anagance
Richard Peters
Edwin Stanley
Canadian National Railroad
Levine Off Again Toward New York
Charles A. Levine took off in trans Atlantic monoplane Columba at 10 10 A M from Jacksonville for Charleston S C after spending the night there en route from Haryana to New York Wilmer Stultz accompanied as pilot and planner to continue to New York today
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Jacksonville
Charles A. Levine
Charleston
S. C
Haryana
New York
Levine
Wilmer Stultz
Stewart Pleads Not Guilty To Charge
Robert W. Stewart chairman of the board of the Standard Oil Company of Indiana pleaded not guilty in the District of Columbia Supreme Court to charges of defying the Senate Teapot Dome Committee by refusing to answer questions. His counsel sought 20 days to decide defense strategy, Chief Justice De Coy extended bond to $5000.
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Washington
Robert W. Stewart
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Senate
Blast Kills Man atchairmain Mine
William E. Hull of near Fairfield was killed in an explosion at Blue Mountain Stone Company plant two in Chairmain. Two of three loads of blasting powder exploded unexpectedly. Hull volunteered to ignite the fuse and was killed. He leaves a widow and several children.
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William E. Hull
Fairfield
Blue Mountain Stone Company
Chairmain
Hull
Fear Grows Of Couple In Air Rescue Drama
New York broadcast reports fear grows over the possible fate of Elsie Mackay and Captain Walter Hinchcliffe after a perilous Ocean flight. Despite hopeful rumors of sightings and ice landings near Newfoundland or Nova Scotia, American reps say only a slim chance remains for rescue as planes search the North Atlantic route toward Boston and New York.
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New York
North’ Atlantic
Elsie Mackay
Walter Hinchcliffe
Walace
Lowenstein-Wertheim
Nungesser
Coli
Endeavour
New Foundland
Nova Scotia
Newfoundland
Boston
Philadel
Lease Voided by Opinion Over West Washington Property
Judge Frank G. Wagaman nullified the long lease held by the Mc Crory Five and Ten on the Bennett property at West Washington street TM. The 1926 petition by Sarah A. Beeler Lou M. Seaman and Edith Dillon argued trustee Frank L. Bennett overstepped rights, the 18 year lease with ten year option offered inadequate rent, and called for setting aside the lease.
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McCrory
Bennett
West
Washington Street
Frank G. Wagaman
Sarah A. Beeler
Lou M. Seaman
Edith Dillon
Louisa Bennett
Frank L. Bennett
Adventurous Elsie Mackay Kept Flight Plans Secret
London reports recall Elsie Mackay born to Lord Inchape pursued a daring Atlantic flight with Capt. Walter Hinchliffe. A 35 year old former actress and society figure, she excelled in riding dancing and theatre before turning to aviation under Sir Alan Cobham. Her love of ships and business matched her fearless energy.
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London
England
Elsie Mackay
Atlantic
Walter Hinchliffe
Poppy Wyndham
Alan Cobham
Britain
Lord Inchape
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Assails Pres. Coolidge
Tariff Board
David J. Lewis
Williamsport
Sparrow
Flier
India
Cc. C. Teague
Santa Clara
Pittsburgh
Broad Atlantic
Halifax
Saratoga
Bachtell Heads Community Club
Turkey
U. S
Blue Jackets
Motors
Princess’ Hubby
Stewart
Charmain
Miss’ ‘Mackay
Capt
Dennis‘Wyndham
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