Seventy Six Children Killed In Fire
El Paso reports a revolutionary movement declared in Mexico with Jose F. Gandara named secretary of war and Rene Capistran Garcia named provisional president. The proclamation signals armed operations and 15000 fighters, with Fernandez and Galindo directing campaigns in Chihuahua and Durango.
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Jose F. Gandara
el Paso
Rene Capistran Garcia
Mexico City
Mexico
Gandara
Republic
Nicholas Fernandez
Juan Galindo
Fernandez
Chihuahua
Galindo
Durango
Government of Freedom
President Coolidge Blames Mexican Officials for Nicaragua Row
In a special message President Coolidge accuses Mexican officials of aiding and outfitting gun runners for the Sacasa revolutionists in Nicaragua. He warns against outside interference and asserts the United States will protect American interests in Nicaragua. The message traces U S policy since 1912 and the 1923 Central American treaties aimed at stabilizing the region.
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Washington
Coolidge
Mexico
United States
Nicaragua
Nicaraga
Bolazzano
Juan B. Sacasa
Jerged
Solarzano
Chamorro
Fire-destroyed dormitory shocks Virginia boarding school
Royal Virginia January 10 AP Two hundred fifty students at a local academy were awakened by a basement fire that ripped through the three story main building. Many jumped from dormitory windows in their night clothes as snow covered the grounds. Five students were badly injured and rushed to a Winchester hospital while others found shelter with local families. Property losses estimate at 100000 dollars.
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Mbt
Royal
Egres Macon Academy
Winchester
Utah Senate moves to scuttle Colorado river pact
Salt Lake City January 10 AP The Utah state senate introduced an emergency bill to rescind the six state Colorado river pact and replace it with the seven state agreement approved by the 1923 legislature Senator ape said the six state pact jeopardizes Utahs Colorado development interests The six state pact was approved in 1925 by the Utah legislature
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Salt Lake City
Utah State Senate
Herbert
Auerbach
Utah
Ape
Colorado
Fall in critical condition at home in El Paso
Albert B. Fall former secretary of the interior remained critically ill at his El Paso residence with a weak condition reported as unchanged. A medical consultation and stimulants were used to heighten his blood Sunday night.
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el Paso
Albert B. Fall
Secretary of the Interior
Aimee McPherson Charges Dismissed In Court Motion
In Los Angeles on January 10, criminal conspiracy charges against evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson her mother Minnie Kennedy Kenneth Ormiston and others connected to the disappearance case were dismissed in superior court on motion by District Attorney Asa Keyes. Judge Albert Lee Stephens granted the dismissal.
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Los Angeles
Aimee Semple McPherson
Minnie Kennedy
Kenneth G. Ormiston
Superior Court
Asa Keyes
Keyes
Albert Lee Stephens
Ormiston
Temple
Kenneth Ormiston
Lorraine Wiseman -Sielaff
Stephens
Legless Swimmer Enters Catalina Channel Swim
Charles Wimmy of Oakland, a legless swimmer, plans to start the $40,000 Wrigley marathon channel swim from Catalina Island to the mainland next Saturday. He recently completed a ten mile workout in six hours forty three minutes and is 33 years old weighing 153 pounds.
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Avalon
Santa Catalina Island
Charles Wimmy
Oakland
Clifornia
Vimmy
Isis
No Joint Action Mentioned by French in Shanghai Concessions
Reports from the French consul at Shanghai indicate concern over safeguarding foreign concessions. Officials in Paris foresee no joint action and note that no aggressions have occurred despite alarming latest dispatches.
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Shanghai
Anti Foreign Conditions Worsen Across Interior China
Dispatches report worsening anti foreign conditions beyond Hankow as British and American nationals evacuate. Americans move from Ichang, Kiukiang refugees reach Hankow, and divisions among Cantonese troops raise fears of unrest. Banks reopen gradually while economic paralysis and unemployment hit both Chinese and foreign communities.
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Peking
Hankow
Yangtse
Ichang
Hupeb
Hunan
Zingwich
Kiukiang
Shanghai
Pinchot Dodges Official Duty In Pennsylvania Senate Return
Governor Pinchot refuses to certify William S Ware as duly chosen for the Pennsylvania senate seat, stating he cannot certify due to alleged bribery and fraud in the November election. He sends a nonstandard certificate asserting Ware appears to have been chosen. The note cites primary and general election fraud and asserts votes do not reflect the voters will.
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Ntarrisburg
Pennsylvania
United States Senate
Pinchot
William S. Ware
Commonwealth
Ware
Riots in Hankow blamed on Cantonese regime
Jan 10 dispatch reports authorities laid responsibility for January 3 riots that forced evacuation of the British concession and removed Americans from Hankow on the Cantonese regime after investigative results.
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Hankow
Nampa Supervisor Dave Roe Dies En Route to Woodbury
Dave Roe, supervisor of the signal service, died Saturday night in Nampa. Survived by his widow, his body will be shipped to Woodbury, New Jersey for interment. A Woodmen of the World member, Roe joined the Short Line on March 28, 1902 and moved to Nampa in 1917.
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U. S
Nampa
Dave Roe
Woodbury
New Jersey
Woodmen of the World
Roe
Short Line
Establishment of Neutral Zones Reported in Nicaragua
Rear Admiral Latimer told the state department that two neutral zones have been set up in Nicaragua. He cited paralysis of business along the Escondido river, seizure of property, and growing danger to American lives and property as revolutionary forces disrupt provision shipments for protecting forces.
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Washington
Nicaragua
State Department
Latimer
Escondido
Academy Destroyed in Fire at Front Royal
Fire destroyed Randolph Macon School for boys in Front Royal Virginia early today injuring ten of about 200 students who fled in night clothes. Five seriously hurt were rushed to Winchester Hospital, authorities said.
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Front Royal
Randolph Macon Pooleny
Winchester
Montreal Theatre Fire Kills Sixty-Eight Children
A Montreal Laurier Palace fire after a routine film event caused a stampede that killed seventy six children with sixty identified asphyxiated. Eleven crushed and five burned in a two story venue with four exits.
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Montreal
Laurier Palace
East End
City
Secret told by child leads to wife’s murder charge
Bloomfield New Jersey January incident ends in the slaying of Gertrude Stringer 32 and the arrest of husband Richard Stringer 32 on a murder count. A six year old girl Anna revealed a strange visitor secret to obtain pennies for candy. The father admitted firing a rifle after a quarrel and turning himself in at police headquarters.
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Bloomfield
N. J
Richard Stringer
Marion
Anna
Stringer
Newark
Gertrude
Old Main Hall of Merciersburg Academy Destroyed by Fire
Historic Old Main Hall at Merciersburg Academy, once used as a Civil War hospital, burned down. The fire caused about 1 cent of damage and an estimated $300 in losses. President Coolidge’s two sons reportedly rented rooms there during their time at the academy.
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Merciersburg
Merciersburg Accademy
Gettysburg
Coolidge
Fire forces evacuation at Our Mother of Joy School
About 1500 children were guided to safety after a fire broke out today at the Our Mother of Joy School on 48th Street and Lancaster Avenue in West Philadelphia. Fire crews reported the blaze contained with no serious injuries.
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Our Mother of Jows
48Th Street
Lancaster Avenue
West Philadelphia
Ben Lindsey Sparks Knoxville Controversy With Speech Plan
In Knoxville the Baptist ministers urge the Optimist club to withdraw Judge Ben Lindsey of Denver from speaking next April amid objections tied to a magazine series on free love. Lindsey dismisses the attacks, defending free inquiry and promising to speak on any subject, calling Tennessee’s critics a laughing stock and pledging to return.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Knoxville Baptist 8 Ters
Ben B. Lindsey
Denver
Lindsey
Ministerial Association
Civic Club
Jurist
Judge Lindsey
Optimist Club
Baptist Brethren
Baptist Brethren of
Tennessee
Ben Lindsey
Idaho Legislature Names Committee Chairs for 19th Session
Boise Jan 10 AP Committees for the nineteenth Idaho legislature are announced by Speaker Gillis and Senate President Hailey. Rush White chairs the House Appropriations Committee. Roy Sutcliffe chairs the Senate Finance Committee. Alma Hansen and Hiram Severson lead education and irrigation panels respectively. House and Senate chairs cover roads ferries highways and agriculture with multiple Republican appointees. House bill 2 declares lawmakers are state officers while on state business.
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Boise
Idaho
W. D. Gillis
Senate
O. E. Hailey
Make Rush J. White
House
Roy L. Sutcliffe
Butte
M. B. Yeaman
Bonneville
John Sandborn
Gooding
Lloyd Fenn
E. W. Sinclair
Lincoln
Ben W. Oppenheim
Ada
House Committee On Educational Institutions
Alma Hansen
Teton
Ralph 8. Nelson
Kootenai
Jacob Negleby
Madison
House Committee On Education
Irrigation and Water Reservoirs Committee
Hiram Severson
Jefferson
H. H. Falls
Minidoka
Blican
A. Callahan
R. W. Katerudahl
Clark
J. B. McBirney
House Agricultural] Committee
J. W. Henderson
Lewis
Agricultural Committee
Oppenheim
Whitehead
Chalifant
Davis
Ada County
King speaks at luncheon urging home product support
About 80 women attended the Civic club luncheon at the Y W C A when J I King former Chamber of Commerce president spoke. A fine musical program directed by Mrs Karl Warner featured Idaho songs and a Gaylord Sanford tune. King urged Patriotic effort to boost Idaho home products through the Idaho Home Products association and local merchants. (Concluded on Page)
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J. I. King
Chamber of Commerce
Karl Warner
Warner
Gaylord Sanford
Idaho
Irene Weled Gram
Bess Bomar Stewart
King
Civic Club of
Pocatello
Idaho Home Products Association
Marine mascot Jiggs to receive high honors at funeral
Marines mourn the death of Jiggs the eight year old bulldog mascot in Washington. He died after a four day illness at Quantico and was to be honored with a full military funeral and airlift to Quantico for final rites.
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Washington
Diggs
Jiggs
Quantico
Beg Kingdom
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Congress
Aimee
Cale Eers
Hongkong
Wuchang FU
U.S
Yangtze River
Amor
U.S. I
Fromanila
China
Senate of
The
Father
Academy
Newcomb
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