Moscow ridicules forged anti-Soviet documents findings
Moscow reacts to a United States Senate committee report alleging forged documents showing Senators Porah and Norris received money from Soviet Russia. Pravda notes the Zno vieff letters and suggests anti-Soviet forgeries reveal propaganda networks in Europe. The piece asserts Washington has faced forgeries that could mislead the American public.
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Moscow
United States Senate
Porah
Norris
Russia
Europe
Pravda
Communist Party
Znovieff
Ramsay MacDonald
Severe Winter Grips Parts of Europe and Influenza Surge
Severe winter weather hits Europe with an influenza outbreak in Scotland Germany and the Balkans. Berlin residents suffer grippe as hospitals strain staff. Glasgow reports ten days of frost and rising influenza cases, with Zagreb noting widespread illness in western Jugoslavia.
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London
Scotland
Germany
Balkans
Berlin
Glasgow
Zagreb
Jugoslavia
Utah Republicans Decide on Gardner for Senate Leader
Salt Lake City January 11 Republicans settled the Utah state senate leadership after a caucus nominated Hamilton Gardner of Salt Lake City for president of the body. A B Irvine was named Republican floor leader. Gardner won by unanimous vote after a previous tie. An additional meeting of majority Republican senators was set for Monday evening.
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Salt Lake City
Utah State Senate
Hamilton Gardner
A. B. Irvine
Senate
Floes
Gardner
Mondey Evening
Midwest Cold Snap Threatens Midwest Transportation
Chicago reports a severe cold spell sweeping the midwest with blizzards in North Dakota and Minnesota causing road closures and transit delays. A high of 38 above earlier gave way to a noon rain and a plunge to 10 below zero with a 30 mile per hour wind by night.
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Chicago
Midwest
Weather Bureau
Bligzords
North Dakota
Minecote
Biamark
N. D
One man fire alarm flies to warn of blaze
Gene Brown, a night airmail pilot between Atlanta and Richmond, spots a fire from aloft and swoops low to alert a building. This dispatched act marks his third such emergency alert in two weeks.
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Atlanta
Gene Brown
Richmond
Gene
Monocle Sensation: Calllaux Injured in Car Crash
Joseph Calllaux former prime minister nearly lost an eye in a Chartr es auto accident yesterday. His nose was broken and his eye injured but officials said there is no permanent injury.
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Paris
Joseph Calllaux
Chartres
World War veteran admits killing former wife in pact to die
Garland Williams 28 confessed to slaying Myre Lorraine Ambrose in a San Francisco hotel room saying she urged him to kill her and then die by his own hand. He claimed they planned to die together and that police will decide his fate after reviewing his statements and the facts.
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San Francisco
Garland Williams
S‘beria
Myre
Lorraine Ambrose
Williams
Labor Leader Held on Extortion Charge in Detroit
Detroit labor figure Prank XxX Martel, president of the Detroit Federation of Labor, is held for trial on extortion charges. The Recorder's Judge Ar thur W. Kilpatrick denied a dismissal motion. The case stems from testimony about a $500 demand tied to damages from a home bombing and a strike threat against Jacoby's cleaning and dyeing business. Manuel Jacoby testified he paid the money and produced a canceled check.
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Detroit
Martel
Detroit Federation of Labor
Recorder's
Arthur W. Kilpatrick
Chas Jacoby
Poice
Purple Gang
Manuel Jacoby
Charlies
Jacoby
Jacoby Cleaning and Dyeing
Uninformed Foe Cited By Legion Commander on Peace
Paul V. McNutt national commander of the American Legion told the War College that the army and navy serve as educational institutions for youth and act as instruments of peace. He warned that ignorance is the greatest foe and that armaments alone do not prevent conflict.
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Washington
Jan
War College
Paul V. McNutt
American Legion
Army
Navy
McNutt
Reed Attacks Kellogg Pact as a Failure in Senate
Senator Reed of Missouri assails the Kellogg treaty to renounce war, arguing it contains British exceptions and zones of influence that undermine its vow to end all wars. He uses a world map to illustrate Britain’s claimed spheres and Monroe Doctrine defenses while urging careful scrutiny before ratification.
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Washington
Reed
Missouri
League of Nations
Missourian
Senator Reed
Kellogg
Mr. Kellogg
Locarno
Great Britain
Canada
Bermuda
Jamaica
United States
Panama Canal
Camden
N. J
Congress
Simeon D Fess
Ohio
Camden Country Real Estate Board
Fess
America
Europe
England
Young Bandit Identified In Murray Bank Robbery
Jack Hardt aged 22 was arrested in Salt Lake City and identified as the bandit who robbed Murray State Bank yesterday afternoon escaping with about 700. Hazelgren the bank bookkeeper and two bank customers identified him after his arrest. Police said he had 100 when taken into custody and hunted two accomplices who waited in a car outside.
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Salt Lake City
Jack Hardt
Murray State Bank
Hardt
Elwell Hazelgren
Vhe
Hazelgren
Banc
Sim
Baron Karl von Skoda Dies at 51 in Berlin
Baron Karl von Skoda, inventor of the 305 centimeter howitzer used in Liege Antwerp and Verdun, died today in Berlin at age 51. He was made a baron by Emperor Francis Joseph for wartime contributions and headed the Skoda steel foundry and works in Pilsen Crecho-Slovakia.
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Berlin
Karl von Skoda
Liege
Antwerp
Verdun
Francis Joseph
Skoda
Pilsen
Crecho
Slovakia
Cripple Ends Life of Acrobat After Auto Crash
In Chicago on January 11 a 44 year old acrobat cripple loses mobility after a car accident. His wife continues to care for him at home as he leaves a note blaming himself and asking for forgiveness. The account portrays a tragic domestic aftermath following the crash.
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Cincago
Les
Levine
Hendrick Levine
Idaho Stockmen push measure to curb truck rustling
Idaho legislators heard a proposal by Rep Sorenson of Lemhi county to curb truck rustling with new cattle theft legislation. A Idaho Woolgrowers committee backed action to stop rustling by any form of law, saying current sighting and killing penalties are obsolete against thieves who move stock long distances.
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Boise
Sorenson
Lemhi
Idaho
Seattles Seneca Hotel Fire Leaves 50 Guests Safe
Jan. 11 Seattle firemen rescued ten guests trapped by flames at the Seneca hotel in downtown Seattle. About 50 guests were endangered but most escaped as a gas tank explosion sparked the blaze. Loss to the hotel and nearby structures is estimated at 875000. Patrolman Palmer and night clerk Parrado helped save occupants and a man leaped from a window to safety.
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Seattle
AliTen
Seneca
D. W. Parrado
Nellie Ashton
W. M. Palmer
B. Wood
TreatyCaught in Cross Fire of the Senate
Washington dispatch notes the Kellogg pact in limbo in the Senate as house reapportionment fights mount. Feen expresses optimism on a census based bill, while opposition remains strong. Fraud probes linger as Borah seeks an inquiry into spurious money claims related to Norris. Senate commerce delays on Jackson and Groves to Mississippi fire commission. House tariff hearings proceed as radio commission extension bill stalls.
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Washington
Senate
Feen
Connecticut
House
Borah
Idaho
Norris
Nebraska
Senate Commerce
Thomes H. Jackson
Ernest Groves
Missisippi Fire Commission
Ways and Mean
Merchant In Line Committee
Radio Commission
Big Dirigible Los Angeles Ties Up Near St. Joseph Bay
The navy airship Los Angeles moored to the Patoka at St. Joseph Bay at 7 05 am CST after an aborted cruise over Florida due to fog and rain. Weather delays force plans to continue toward Miami and other Florida cities before returning to Lakehurst.
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Jan
Los Angeles
St. Joseph Bay
Miami
St. Joseph's Bay
Los Angels
Key West Naval Station
Patoka
Florida
Lakehurst
Woman Testifies She Was Not On Payroll in FTC Probe
Mrs. John D. Sherman former president of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs testifies before a federal trade commission investigation into a power company, saying she never wrote articles for the National Electric Light Association and was never on its payroll. She disputes transcripts suggesting otherwise and asserts she received no pay from the association.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Publi Utility Power Company
John D. Sherman
General Federation of Women's Clubs
National Electric Light Association
Electric Light Association
National Electri Light Association
One Killed and Officers Wounded in Toledo Shootout
In Toledo on January 11 an unidentified man was killed after a garage confrontation. Officers responding to Mike Henson’s report of being ejected from his home exchanged gunfire with two Detroit men. One suspect died from five bullets, while Officer Charles Dolly was gravely wounded and Officer Ben Rube sustained a hand wound.
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Toledo
Ohio
Mike Henson
Detroit
Henison
Mike
Charles Dolly
Ben Rube
Mexico reforms emigration law aims to ease U S border issues
The Excelsior reports that Mexico will reform its emigration law. Officials from the foreign relations and interior secretaries are pursuing steps to ease Mexican immigration and seek an accord with the United States to reduce border difficulties.
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Mixico City
API
Excelsior
Foreign Relations and
Interior
Christmas Crime Sweep Hits New York Police
Amid Christmas observance, a wave of suspects is taken into custody by New York police under a stern leadership. The top police commissioner, aged forty two, warns that law governs the nightstick.
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New York
King Amanullah Withdraws Western Reforms In Afghanistan
Afghan king yields to rebels ending most western reform program. Women to be recalled from Turkey, purdah reinstated, conscription ends. European dress banned, soldiers allowed to follow religious leaders. A council of fifty to amend Moslem law and oversee assembly decisions. Kabul quieted after clashes. British legation briefly in danger. foreigners sought refuge as planes evacuated civilians.
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NEW
DFLHI
Amanullah
Afghanistan
Turkey
Hazrat Sahib
Mustapha Kemal
Kabul
Skirmising
Indias
Chief Relieved as Hinsdale Chief of Police Buzzer Habit Ends
In Hinsdale Illinois Harry Stafford is removed as chief after three years due to overusing police desk buzzers He would press button No 1 prompting a lieutenant to dash in Button No 2 brought a captain and a running glissando display The village board voted yesterday to create a vacancy in the chief's chair and end the buzzer routine.
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Chicago
Harry Stafford
Poice
Hinsdale
Stafford
Senate caps Kellogg debate as Moses blocks plan
Washington reports that Senator Moses of New Hampshire blocked a Borah proposal to limit debate on the Kellogg anti war treaty after 3 o clock. The day also saw a Senate appropriations panel approve a 25 million dollar rise for prohibition enforcement with questions on spending and coast guard funding. The Commerce Committee recommended confirming Brigadier General Thomas P. Jackson and Major Ernest Graves to the Mississippi River Commission.
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Washington
Borah
Foreign Relations Committee
Moses
New Hampshire
Senate
Prohibition Bureau
Harris
Georgia
House
Senate Committee
Coast Guard Service
Senate Commerce Committee
Thomas P. Jackson
Ernest Graves
Mississippi River Commission
Jackson
President Coolidge
St. Louis
Major Graves
Board of Engineers
Hoover Sees Root in Early Breakfast Conference
President elect Hoover met with former Secretary of State Elihu Root at the Hoover home for over an hour at breakfast. The talks reportedly touched on Latin American affairs. Hoover plans to discuss farm legislation and invitation to an extra congressional session with Western senators.
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Washington
Elihu Root
Roosevelt
Elec Hoover
Hoover
S Street
Root
South America
Watson
Indiana
Senate
Congress
Airmail Totals Jump in December 1928 Flight Mail
The airmail service moved 537,113 pounds in December 1928, about 400,000 more than December 1927. The month saw a gain of 112,348 pounds over November. Chicago to San Francisco led with 142,897 pounds, followed by New York to Chicago at 126,179.
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Washington
Jan
Airmail
San Francisco
New York-Chicago
Taxicab bandits haul jewels and furs in Chicago raid
Two men robbed six people in a taxicab in Chicago early today, taking $76,375 in jewels and furs. Victims included Frenk E. Pierce and Mrs. Pierce, Luther S. Hammond and wife, and H Murphy and wife from Detroit. Authorities seek suspects.
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Chicago
Escopr
E. Pierce
Pierce
Luther S. Hammond
Gold Coast
H. Murphy
Detroit
Sagehens Fly Into Wires and Disrupt Boise Circuits
A flock of sage hens crashed into Boise telephone and AP printer lines causing twenty minutes of outages. One lineman recovered eleven birds and noted a larger winter flock in the sage brush area between Boise and Mountain Home. Also noted is the death of Dr Frederick Cheever Shattuck, longtime Harvard Medical School professor.
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Boise
Associated Press
State Game Department
Here
Mountain Home
Shattuck
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Walter Collins
Louisa Northcott
Slayer
Legion
Young Bandit
Statesman Printing Company
Committee On Printing
John Becker
Lewiston
Frank L. Stephan
Callahan
Shoshone County
Grover A. Whalen
Chief
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