Great Northern Tunnel Dedication Aims High Power Broadcast
The 14 mile Cascades tunnel near Berne Washington will be dedicated with a national radio program. Hoover and ICC head Johnston Campbell set remarks from Washington while W W Atterbury and L C Gilman speak from Philadelphia and Seattle. Ernestine Schumann-Heink will sing and Ralph Budd will address. The project cost 25 million dollars and eliminates 18 miles of winding track.
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Seatle
America
Great Northern Railway
Cascades
Washington
Herbert Hoover
Johnston B. Campbell
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington, D. C
W. W. Atterbury
Pennsylvania Railroad
Philadelphia
New York
Mmne
Ernestine Schumann-Heink
San Francisco
Berne
Ralph Budd
Great Northern
L. C Gilman
Roland Hartley
Three Mile
Midwest Faces Brutal New Cold Wave
Record low temperatures spread across eight states with Chicago at two degrees below zero. Heavy snowfall and blizzard like conditions disrupted roads and traffic in Wisconsin Minnesota Michigan and Nebraska. Riverton Falls reported the Midwest coldest at 31 below.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Mid-West
Chiese
Taois
Wsomsil
Upper Michigan
Iowa
Nebraska
Three Rivere Falls
Minn
Midwest
Driver Robbed of Mine Payroll on Highway
Three masked men stopped mail truck driver Charles Festi on the road between Hastings and Delagua Colorado. They forced him to the roadside and abducted the payroll money estimated between 15000 and 26000 dollars. Festi, 18, was temporarily replaced on the route while the robbers seized the cargo from seven or eight mail sacks.
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Trinidad
Colo
Jan
Charles Festi
Hastings
Delagua Golo
Victor- American Fuel Company
Delagua
Colorado
Ludlow
Pest
Joe Festi
Feat
Taee
Two Convicted Witch Trial Figures Arrested in Detroit
Grace M Wood and two associates Taylor Pierce and William Thompson were arraigned in Wyandotte Michigan on a charge of assault with intent to kill Ralph A Wood. Bond set at 100000 each with pleas of not guilty. They were nabbed after a police ambush at Wood's real estate office. Mrs Wood defended herself claiming her wealth and birds are her concern. In New York Warren Hess testified he and others went to murder victim Nelson Rehmeyer for a hair lock to break a spell believing they were under a witchcraft curse. Hess admitted striking Rehmeyer once, Blymyer killed Rehmeyer with a hair strike, cursory confession said. Hess showed no coercion during questioning.
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Detroit
Grace M. Wood
Taylor Pierce
William Thompson
Wood
Ralph A. Wood
Wyandotte
Ambrose L. Hagerty
York
Wubert G. Hess
Nelson Rehmeyer
John H. Blymyer
Rehmeyer
Blymer
John Curry
Blymyer
Curry
Hess
Dope Ring at Pittsimmons General Army Hospital Arrests
Four soldiers linked to a drug operation at Pittgsimmons general army hospital were arrested. James O Day worked in the hospital pharmacy while Ralph Luna Edward McCloskey both worked at the hospital clinic and Raymond Cordero served as an orderly. McCloskey faced charges and was sent to county jail on a 1500 dollar bond. O Day held in the guard house. Luna and Cordero jailed in the city jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Pittgsimmon
General Army Hospital
James O'Day
Ralph Luna
Edward McCloskey
Raymond Cordero
MacCloskey
O'Day
Georgia fullback Herdis McCrary marries Mary Bond Palmer
The marriage was revealed in Athens following the December 98 game between the University of Georgia and Georgia Tech in Atlanta. The ceremony took place in Anderson, South Carolina, and ended McCrary’s football career.
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Athens
Herdis McCrary
University of Georgia
Mary Bond Palmer
Cheyenne
Wyo
Anderson
University of Georgia-Georgia Tech
Atlanta
McCrary
Thirteen Widows of War of 1812 on Pension List
Washington report notes thirteen widows of War of 1812 veterans on pension at year end. Civil War pensions total about 68,788 with 191,000 widows, Spanish American War pensions rise to 173,000 with 27,000 widows. Indian and Mexican War veteran widows also listed.
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Washington
Interior Department
Cald
Lumber company funds district operations in Idaho town
The Potlatch district in Idaho relies on the Potlatch Lumber Company to cover monthly shortfalls after state and county aid. Superintendent H. L. Peterson notes the district serves about 405 students and the company funds the balance, as town residents are not freeholders and the company owns all housing for 2,000 residents. Trustees include the company's manager and assistant manager.
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Peterson
California man nominated as commissioner of education
President Coolidge sent the nomination of William J. Cooper of California to the Senate for the post of commissioner of education. The announcement was made in Washington on January 12 as part of daily nominations.
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Washington
William J. Cooper
California
Senate
Coolidge
Lindbergh Pilots New Miami Panama Mail Run
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh to pilot a Sikorsky Amphibian on the Miami to Cristobal leg to open the new Miami Panama Canal Zone air mail service February 4. He will depart Miami at 6 a.m. and land at Cristobal about 4 p.m. February 6 after a nearly three day trip with 19 and a half hours airborne. The flight supports the new U S foreign mail contract awarded to Pan American Airways. Lindbergh remains technical adviser to Pan American Airways and affiliated lines with oversight over routes and equipment.
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New York
Charles A. Lindbergh
Miami-Panama Canal Zone
Lindbergh
Miami
Nicaragua
Cristobal
Canal Zone
United States
Pan-American Airways, Inc
Pan-American Airwave, Inc
Treaty Hold Up Delays Kellogg Pact Vote In Senate
White House pressure failed to yield a vote today as the Kellogg treaty and cruiser bill remained stalled. President Coolidge and leaders sought a path to interpretation while Borah Moses and Reed maneuvered for statements on Monroe Doctrine and American adherence. Debate resumed with Shortridge defending the treaty against Reed’s criticisms amid proposals for a committee report.
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Washington
Senate
Kellogg
Coolidge
Curtis
Fansas
Boreh
Foreign Relations Committee
Moses
New Hampshire
White House
Reed
Missouri
Vic Weat
Borah
Notif Tion
Mit
Bingham
Connecticut
Shortridge
Republican
California
Californian
Punitive Apache Expedition Said Possibly Annihilated
In Agua Prieta authorities fear a punitive expedition against Geronimo descendants in Sonora may have been massacred. A rider was sent to trace the party after a delirious survivor from the Francisco Fimbres group described a deadly march into the Sierra Madre, seeking vengeance for his wife’s death and son’s capture.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Geronimo
Sonora
Agua Prieta
Douglas
Sierra Madre
Jesus Veldez
Presidente Municipal
Ramon Quesada
Francisco Fimbres
Fimbres
Pimbres
Judge Rules on Hatchet Act Indictments in Kansas City
A grand jury probe into liquor conditions after a saloon hatchet incident led to 25 indictments naming five men. Judge Brown Harris criticized Police Chief Lincol R Toyne and Prosecutor James Ro Page over raid operations and political framing. The report notes only two liquor establishments faced charges amid broader city claims of 1000 joints.
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Kansas City
Brown Harris
Lincol R. Toyne
Stils
Brown
Harris
Police
James Ro Page
Police Department
Maud Wison
Wilson Demolshed
Congress Actions and Sentencing in Utah Water Contempt
Senate continues Kellogg peace treaty debates while House committees hear on extending radio commission life and tariff inquiries. Reed attacks Kellogg on the Senate floor. A deficiency bill to Senate includes 2.5 million for prohibition enforcement. Mrs Pearl B Oldfield seated as Arkansas representative. Logan contempt cases dismissed as Logan city officials pledged to obey court decrees on the Logan River.
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Senate
House
House Merchant Marine Committee
Reed
Pearl B. Oldfield
Representative Oldfield
Arkansas
Logan
Utah
Utah Power and Light Company
Logan City
Logan River
Municipal Electric
Oscar W. McConkie
Aviator Hit by Propeller at Parks Airport
Maroney, a 49 year old aviator from Wichita Kansas, was killed at Parks Airport near East St. Louis when struck by a propeller while cranking a plane. Ray W Brown, Travel Air Manufacturing sales manager, piloted the plane. Maroney died two hours after the accident.
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East ST. Louis
Maroney
Wichita
Kans
Parks A'Rport
Piloet
Ray W. Brown
Travel-Air Manufacturing Company
Kansas City
Brown
Uses sawdust instead of coal at Lewiston school
Lewiston State normal school uses sawdust and shavings for fuel instead of coal. Commissioner W D Vincent reports the school burns no coal, sourcing wet sawdust from a local mill stored in a bin and moved to a thermostatically controlled furnace via a belt and blower.
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Boise
Lewiston
Lewiston State Normal School
W D. Vincent
Education
Eight Die After Army Air Crash at Royalton Late Rescue Fails
In Middletown Pennsylvania a Royalton crash killed eight, with Sergeant Patrick Conroy later dying in Harrisburg. Conroy had been sole survivor, while Lieut. Henry R. Angell and Captain H A Dinner perished. A tossed coin determined who would fly the ill fated Fokker back toward Washington.
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Middletown
Royalton
Here
Patrick Conroy
New York City
Harrisburg
Conrey
War Department
Henry R. Angell
Birmingham
Ala
Mindelown
Fokker
Army Air Depot
Bollingfield
H. A. Dinner
Dinger
Washington
Making It Easy for a Burglar
Governor Donahey commuted the 15 year sentence of bank robber Big Jim Morton of Cleveland thus making him eligible for parole. Morton was sentenced for robbing a West Cleveland bank on June 16 1919 when four men seized employees and customers with pistols and fled with 65000. He began a long criminal career with an 1800 Illinois reformatory burglary sentence and served in California Nevada Utah prisons on burglary convictions.
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Columbus
Big Jim" Morton
Cleveland
Ohio State Penitentiary
Donahey
Morton
West Cleveland
Illinois
Communists Protest Slayings as Cuban Government Faces Probe
In Mexico City on January 12, students and communist groups protested the killing of Julio Antonio Melia and urged severance of ties with Cuba after claiming Cuban government involvement. Police later suggested the death may be linked to a personal romance rather than politics. A Boise senate open session heard an invitation to fly over Boise by Russell Owen of Idaho’s sheepman-pilot group.
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Mexico City
Julio Antonio Melia
Cubs
Mela
Peteral
Pres.Portes GU
Mexico
National Confederation of Mexan Students
Cuba
Senate
Boise
Idaho
Russell Owen
Tear Gas Used to Subdue Unruly Prisoners at Holmesburg
Philadelphia dispatch reports tear gas deployed at Holmesburg County Prison to quell a prison disturbance that began last night. About 160 inmates occupied three corridors, wrecked cell furniture, tore mattresses, and broke doors. guards confined them behind iron doors. No serious injuries reported, city safety director summoned police, minor casualties noted from tear gas.
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Philadelphia
Holmesburg
Rtfpelwe
Public Safety
Lemuel B Schofield
Tone
Wdes
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Franklin
Steownd
James
Thomas E. Dreher
James Beadle
Dreher
Canaries
Thurder
Wyoming
F. OC. McConnell
Druid Hills
London
George
Cond
Loop
Martin Hotel
North Clark
Mexican State
Congress
Associated S’ress
Fobby Trout
Aviation
Los Angeles
Ohio
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