Smith signals 1928 presidential bid in inaugural address
Governor Alfred E. Smith suggests he is a Democratic presidential candidate for 1928 while stressing state government growth and cooperation between the executive and legislature. The brief address drew thunderous applause across the Capitol as crowds filled chambers and lobbies with amplifiers relaying the remarks.
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Albany
N. Y
Alfred E. Smith
United States
Mein
Assembly
Senate
State Capitol
Vate
Actios
Florence E. S. Knapp
Ormiston Tells Tale in McPherson Case Probe
Kenton G. Ormiston, linked to the McPherson case, details his May 1926 journey with a Carmel companion named as Miss X to Harrisburg and Chicago, then travels to New York and Denver as prosecutors weigh conspiracy charges and the upcoming grand jury action in the Aimee Semple McPherson inquiry.
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Los Angeles
Kenton G. Ormiston
McPherson
County Grand Jar
Aimee Semple Mesherson
Mra. MaPierson
Carmel
Calif
McPherson issues New Year message in court notes
Los Angeles dispatch reports Aimee McPherson, the evangelist of Temple, facing court charges, issuing a New Year message urging kindness and neighborly love as a path to a happier 1927. Also boxing results from Philadelphia feature Lohman drawing with Adgie after a closely judged bout and a disqualification in a Cleveland card.
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Los Angeles
Aimee Mpi McPherson
Tus Temple
Risberg details 1917 White Sox Detroit fixed series
Swede Risberg testified before Commissioner Landis about a 1917 four game set between the White Sox and Detroit that allegedly favored Chicago. He described a pool of roughly 1100 dollars raised by Sox players and handed to Detroit with claims the series was fixed. Risberg linked other players and managers to the scheme and stated his aim was to clean up baseball.
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Chicago
Chicago White Sox
Detroit Americans
Sox
Kenesaw M. Lands
Charles A
Risberg
White Sox
Detroit
Piteffere
Eddie Collins
Ray Schalk
Collins
Chick Gandle
Bill James
Rowland
Weaver
Landis
Oscar Witt
Donie Bush
Bush
Aml
Idaho prepares for Baldridge inauguration amid staff changes
Boise January 1 The Moore administration will surrender to Governor-Elect H. C. Baldridge in Monday inaugurations held in the House chamber with Chief Justice William E. Lee administering the oath and Adjutant General M. J. Melonnell as master of ceremonies Five elective officials retire after four-year terms: Governor Moore Attorney General F A Jeter Secretary of State Dan F Banks State Treasurer Miss Elizabeth Russum. Baldridge will assume office with successors Frank L. Stepson Fred F. Lukens Byron Defenbach and Mrs Mabel M
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House 7 Representatives
William E. Lee
Wtr
M. Jy Melonnell
Moore
A. H. Conner
Attourney
F. A. Jeter
Dan F. Banks
Stale
Elizabeth Russum
Nicaragua Row Sees Liberal Forces Gaining In Chinandega
In Managua on January 1 AP reports Liberal forces massing at Somitillo Telica and San Pedro with arms expected from a gun runner in the Gulf of Fonseca. The Conservative government races for arms, rails at risk, while Dr. Juan Sacasa, in Puerto Cabezas, vows Liberal gains.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Chinandega
Somitillo
Telica
San Pedro
Gulf of Fonseca
Mexico
Juan Sacasa
Puerto Cabezas
Five Die in Large Factory Fire in Andover
In Andover Massachusetts five Clapp Rubber company workers perished when a large house near the plant burned. Four bodies were recovered by nightfall and the fifth remained missing. The blaze origin was not determined.
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Andover
Mass
Clapp Rubber Company
Fliers Land In Good Formation On Sea Route
Salina Cruz Mexico January 1 Pan American fliers completed the fifth leg of their goodwill flight landing in the breakwater at 12 48 PM after crossing the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in one hour fifteen minutes. Five planes departed Minatitlan near Puerto Mexico under favorable conditions but encountered strong headwinds on the Isthmus. Dust clouds hid Salina Cruz as the group touched water and taxied ashore. The Santo Antonio became stuck on a sandbar for fifteen minutes. They plan to depart for Guatemala City tomorrow morning.
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Salina Cruz
Mexico
San Antonio
Guatemala City
Guatemala
Tenth Escape of a Convict
Ralph Lee, 28, who has escaped ten times, remained free after a New Year’s Eve breakout from Johnson county jail in Franklin Indiana. He and two fellow prisoners knocked a deputy sheriff unconscious during the escape while being held on murder charges from a July 1924 Indianapolis grocery holdup. Policing across Indiana and neighboring states seeks him as officers and citizens search Johnson county. Lee has previously escaped from reformatories state farms and jails in Indiana and other states.
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Franklin
Ind
Ralph Lee
Lee
Johnson Count
Indianapolis
Johnson County
Indiana
Arizona
Washington
Tennessee
New Year White House Reception Draws Officials In Big Display
Washingtons New Year reception at the White House drew a mix of government officials diplomats and officers. President and Mrs Coolidge greeted callers in the blue room for two and a half hours while 4156 guests were received during the day and 50 minutes of public handshakes followed. The Belgian ambassador Byron de Cartier de Marchinne led foreign diplomats in the welcoming line.
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White House
Herding
Tlo Clock Corps
Byron de Cartier de Marchinne
Republicans Ready for Idaho Assembly Shift in Power
Boise January 1 with control of the nineteenth Idaho legislature starting Monday most attention centers on the Republican caucus. W G Gillis of Twin Falls gains as speaker while Rush White Shoshone county is named for house appropriations chair. Hall Egbert Fremont is an announced candidate for a top post and others line up for senate finance and state affairs leadership.
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Boise
W. G. Gillis
Twin Fails
Rush White
Shoshone County
House Appropriations Committee
Hall Egbert
Fremont County
Sutcliffe
Butte County
Clarke County
C. A. Bottolfsen
Arco
House
Senate
Larah
Bannock County
John McMurray
Cassia County
Republican State Central Committee
Fair Sunday End Monday Not Much Change
A brief weather note indicates fair conditions through Sunday into Monday with little temperature variation expected. The forecast emphasizes dry, mild days and minimal wind impact across the region.
Germany pledges peaceful plan for world reconciliation
President von Hindenburg told the diplomatic corps that Germany will, with all its might, aid in reconciling nations. Chancellor Marx cited Cologne evacuation, Germany’s admission to the League of Nations, and transfer of military oversight to the League.
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Berlin
von Hindenburg
Monsignor
Pacelli
Germany
Diplomata
Cxhinet
Lorsconneil
Reichstagg
Army
Marx
Cologne
League of Nations
League
Gopoasy
Allied Military Control Commission
Long Beach Golf Tour Qualifiers Edge Toward Championship Flight
Harry Cooper of Los Angeles and Leo Diegal of New York advanced in the Long Beach $2,500 golf tournament at Virginia Country Club. Diegal shot 72 while Cooper struggled with putting. Sixty six players from eighteen states qualified for the championship flight, leaving amateur champion George von Elm unable to compete due to illness.
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Virginia Country Club
Long Beach
Calif
Jam
Harry Cooper
Los Angeles
Aecard
Leo Diegal
New York
George von Elm
Riv ers Tops Sarmento In KC Feature Bout
Kansas City report shows featherweight Joe Rivers winning a newspaper decision over Pete Sarmento in a 10 round feature. Armando Santiago defeated Johnny Harris in another 10 round bout.
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Kansas City
Joe Rivers
Pete Sarmiento
Armando Santiago
Johnny Harris
Des Moines
Bass-Ford match disqualified after early foul at MSG
Red Chapman of Boston fouled Benny Bass of Philadelphia in the first round of a ten round featherweight bout at Madison Square Garden and was disqualified.
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New York
Red Chapman
Boston
Benny Bass
Philadelhia
Madison Square Garden
Lesser California rocked by deadly quake and martial law
A sequence of more than fifty earthquakes centered on Calexico and Mexicali damaged Imperial valley property with losses above 2 million dollars. Governor Abelardo Rodriguez declared martial law in Mexicali and ordered saloons closed. Fire destroyed the Aztec Brewery, dozens of adobe houses collapsed, and Calexico police prepared to guard businesses. No deaths were reported.
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Calexico
Calif
Mexicali
Imperial Valley
United States
Mexico
Abelardo Rodriguez
California
Rodriguez
Joe Hardwick
Mexicalia
Medicali
Anaheim
Yuma
Ariz
el Centro
Imperial County
Women scarce in Turkmen Turkestan amid marriage crisis
Samarkand reports show Turkestan’s male to female ratio of three to one after a Soviet census. Polygamy declines as men struggle to marry. officials fear a marriage drought and expect to import women from other Soviet regions. Population fell nearly twenty percent last year due to fewer marriages and births. prices for marriageable women rose from 500 to 1500 rubles.
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Samarkand
Turkesan
Turkestan
Soviet Union
Turkstan
Young Hirohito Puzzles Visitors With Youthful Demeanor
New York January reports recount Lewis Strauss of Kuhn, Loeb & Co meeting Emperor Hirohito last November. He notes the new sovereign appears only twenty six, strikingly youthful and preoccupied with the welfare of his subjects.
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New York
Hirohito
Japan
Lewis Strauss
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Strauss
Associated Press Today
Mexicans Grow Mean on Policy in Mexico City Session
Mexico City reporters describe a tense dawn of 1920 policy as deputies lash into United States Latin American plans. Attacks on the state department and Wall Street threats fill the midnight session while calls for president Calles echo through the chamber. Uncertainty remains over land and oil law enforcement and possible confiscations for pre 1917 claims.
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Mexico City
Chamber of Deputies
United States
Department of State
Cheera
Calles
Mexico
Tampico Dispatches
Nicaragua
Wall Street
Mexicans Seize American Mission Building in Negros
Washington reports state department officials have learned that Mexico seized a building owned by the Methodist Episcopal Missions of the South at Viedrins Negros Coa enila. Officials say no diplomatic action is planned for now as Mexican courts and foreign religious teaching restrictions complicate the case.
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State Department
Methodist Episcopal Missions
South
Viedrins
Negros
Coaenila
el Diardo
Marge
Mexico
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Leial
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