Zepeda Claims Heavy Marine Casualties in Nicaragua
Pedro Zepeda a Nicaraguan liberal says United States marines have suffered hundreds of deaths in six months of fighting with Sandino followers. He accuses U S authorities of withholding exact figures and aims to provoke world attention at the Pan American conference. He warns of renewed heavy losses as roads dry and marines advance, with Sandino forces retreating to the mountains.
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Mexico City
Pedro Zepeda
Nicaragua
Zepeda
Juan Sacaza
Mexico
United States
Augustino Sandino
Sandino
Havana
Cuba
Scandal papers deemed spurious by Hearst experts
Handwriting experts hired by William Randolph Hearst for the senate probe said Mexican documents published in his papers are spurious. They testified that signatures of P Elias Calles and L Montes de Oca appear unquestionably inauthentic and that some documents show inconsistent typewriter use.
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Washington
William Randolph Hearst
Senate
William A. Deford
Hearst
James R. Sheffield
Miguel Avila
Elbridge W. Stein
York City
P. Elias Calles
Mexico
L. Montes de Oca
Finance
Kidnaper Slayer Hickman as Boy in West Hartford Picture
The article recalls William Edward Hickman as a five year old in West Hartford showing his Hickman family posed before a gate. It notes a family rift with a fire that burned their homes after the parents separated and includes a teacher's remark about his goodness.
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William Edward Hickman
Los Angeles
Marian Parker
West Hartford
Ark
Hickman
Horace
Alfred
Mabel Bright
Young Hickman
William
Postmaster General Opens Talks on Mexico Air Mail Service
Postmaster General announces immediate negotiations with Mexican postal officials to establish an air mail route after Colonel Lindbergh’s flight demonstrated feasibility and practicality.
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Washington
New
Lindbergh
State Banks Asked for December 31 Reports
Boise, January 4. E W Porter commissioner of finance urged all state banks to file statements of condition as of December 31. Reports must reach the department by January 18.
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Boise
E. W. Porter
Department
Whippet models cut prices by Willys Overland
Willys Overland chief John N. Willys announced broad price cuts on Whippet models before about 1,000 dealers and managers. New prices lower than Chevrolet and Ford, with four door sedan at 585, roadster 485, touring 455, Cabriolet coupe 545, and chassis 355. New features include improved body, wind shield wiper, rear vision mirror, larger brakes, and balloon tires.
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United States
Canada
Chevrolet
Willys-Overland
Montana Woman Barred from Entering College
Mrs Janet Thome Ingersoll, barred from Montana State University due to charges of hosting parties with alcohol, has exhausted state appeals. Attorneys will seek rehearing and may take the case to the U S Supreme Court if denied. The Rochester, New York native is linked to Eastman Kodak through her father.
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Helena
Mont
Janet Thome Ingersoll
Supreme Court
Montana State University
United States Supreme Court
President
Ingersoll
Rochester
N. Y
Eastman Kodak Company
Montana
Glacier Park
Rufus Ingersoll
Jewelry Found Belonging to Mrs Appleby Tied to Murder Case
Los Angeles January 4 Dr Charles M McMillan confessed jewelry found in his apartment belonged to Amelia Appleby widow of a Chicago inventor. McMillan warned he did not kill Appleby as reporters heard him after a lengthy conference with defense attorneys sheriffs and a handwriting expert. Appleby was found December 26 near San Fernando trussed in a canvas sack with blows on the head though death blamed on exposure and lung congestion by the coroner’s jury.
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Los Angeles
Amelia Appleby
Charles M. McMillan
McMillan
Chicago
San Fernando
France-U S Treaty Proposal Aims World Peace Pact
Washington January 4 France urged by the state department to join a joint effort with the United States to unite major nations in renouncing war as a policy. A draft treaty to replace the Root arbitration pact accompanies the offer, sent to Britain and Japan and to all powers with Root treaties.
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Washington
France
State Department
United States
Kellogg
Kelloge
Briand
America
Pacific
Fellogg
Chippewa Ritual Used in Murder Verdict Rejected
In Detroit Lakes Minnesota a federal jury convicted Chippewa Alex Jourdan for killing his 90 year old mother in law with an axe in March. He argued his tribe’s custom required hastening the elderly to the afterlife but the court rejected this defense and sentenced him to life imprisonment.
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Detroit Lakes
Minn
Alex Jourdan
Jourdan
New Airway Funding Included in 1929 Appropriation Bill
Washington Jan 4 Funds for constructing 4085 miles of airways were provided in the annual appropriations for state justice commerce and labor. The bill totals 89202000, with allocations to state 14017000 justice 25657000 commerce 37548000 and labor 10978000. It also funds maintenance of existing airways radio stations and related facilities.
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Washington
State, Justice, Commercce and
Labor Departments
House
Appropriations Committee
Budget Bureau
State Department
Justice Department
Commerce
Labor
Pueblo
Cheyenne
Dallas
Chicago
New York
Atlanta
Los Angeles
Seattle
Twin Cities
Salt Lake City
Pasco
San Francisco
Louisville
Cleveland
Post Office Department
Toyo
Seville
Spain
Henry Clay
Caracas
Venezuela
Commerce Department
South
Central America
Labor Department
Children’s Bureau
Women's Bureau
Stocking Whisper Spoils Franck Symphony Recording
A London phonograph firm records Cesar Franck choir festival but a front row whisper asking about stockings is picked up by the microphone and spoils the first movement. The result is known as the stocking symphony, a flawed wax record with unintended audio.
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London
Assassin Band Rounded Up in Guadalajara
AP dispatch from Guadalajara Jalisko announces police rounded up a band planning to assassinate General Obregon. The attempt was tied to a visit by the sole remaining presidential candidate and kept secret by authorities.
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Mexico City
Guadalajara
Weather Outlook: Fair South District with North Showers
The forecast shows fair conditions in the south with unsettled weather in the north tonight and Thursday. Temperatures edge cooler in the southwest area tonight.
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South
North
MacNider Resigns as Assistant Secretary of War
Washington reports Hanford MacNider resigns from the post of assistant secretary of war. President Coolidge nominates Charles Burton Robbins of Cedar Rapids Iowa to succeed him. MacNider had long contemplated leaving, with rumors of returning to business or entering politics lacking official comment.
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Washington An
Washington
Jan
Hanford MacNider
Coolidge
Sowen
Charles Burton Robbins
Cedar Rapids
MacNider
White House
American Legion
Dwight Davis
Weeks
Man is caught by a snowslide near Mammoth mine
Lemon Wetterhuss, 45, pioneer miner in the Kootenay district, was killed by a snowslide at the Mammoth mine near Silverton. Rescuers were buried by successive slides and withdrew for safety. Weather and rescue delays suggest the body may not be recovered before spring. Wetterhuss, a former Norway immigrant and World War II veteran, was foreman and part owner. survived by his widow, two children, and two sisters.
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Nelson
B. C
Lemon Wetterhuss
Kootenay
Mammoth Mine
Silverton
R. A. Grimes
Wetterhuss
Norway
Mammoth
Navy orders 1000 Marines to Nicaragua to aid police
The State Department issued a formal statement pledging full U S cooperation with Nicaragua s constabulary to restore order as the Navy dispatches 1000 additional marines to the country.
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Washington
Jan
United States
State Department
Navy Department
Nicaragua
Officers Foil Lynch Mob as Hamilton Is Killed
In Salmon Idaho a mob of over 300 tried to lynch Ben Hamilton after he allegedly killed Deputy Sheriff Lewis Bancroft and two others. Officers capturing Hamilton lost him when he died from gunshot wounds en route to Challis after a barn confrontation near Tendoy.
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Salmon
Idaho
Ben Hamilton
Big Hole Basin
Hamilton
Lewis Bancroft
Bill Withington
Glen Cummings
Tenday
Dillon
Mont
Tendoy
Challis
Robert Hamilton
Chalis
Big Horn Basin
Cold Weather Sweeps Nation Despite Higher Temps
A large portion of the United States remains in severe cold with sub zero nights in the north and midwest. Sixty deaths from cold and snow since January 1 reported across regions. Duluth posts eight below zero while White River Ontario reads twenty two below at 7 pm. Sheriff’s officers find Mrs Marie Sauer frozen to death on French Island after breaking down a bolted door as dogs guard the home.
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Chicago
Mexico Gulf
North
Middle West
Duluth
United States
White River
Michigan
le Crosse
Wis
Marie Sauer
French Island
Flapper Indicted for Her Clothes and Night Life
Dr S Adolphus Knopf of New York links modern dress and nightlife to rising tuberculosis among young women. He cites filmy dresses sleeveless waists short skirts and silk stockings and blames night life for undernourishment fatigue and unhealthy habits in the 16 to 25 age group.
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Battle Creek
Mich
S. Adolphus Knof
New York
Knot
Medical Officers Reserve Corps of the Army
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