Hickman Adds To His Story Of The Crime
In Los Angeles on January 14 AP reports William E. Hickman adds motives to his confession in the Marian ker kidnapping and slaying. The new statement faces prosecution criticism as a possible defense tactic contradicting prior accounts. Also, 16 year old Wesley Hunt seeks a separate trial while attorney plans to take depositions in Kansas City.
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Los Angeles
Little Marian Ker
William E. Hickman
Hickman
Oregon
Wesley Hunt
C. Ivy Thoms
Carlos Hardy
Hunt
A. Gray Gilmer
Gilmer
Kansas City
Coolidge Special Train Heads Toward Key West for Havana Visit
President Coolidge and Mrs. Coolidge travel by special train from Washington through the Carolinas and Georgia to Miami and Key West to board the battleship Texas. He will sail to Havana for a Pan American congress, conveying goodwill and cooperation. The party includes Kellogg Hughes Fletcher Wilbur O'Brien Scott Wilbur and Wilbur among others. He will address hemisphere nations on equal footing in facing common problems.
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Coolidge
Key West
United States
Texas
Pan- American Congress
Havana
Washington
Kellogg
Charles Evans Hughes
Stray steer disease scare linked to San Francisco shipment
Ogden officials and federal agents met after a steer killed in San Francisco showed possible foot and mouth disease signs. The animal traveled through Ogden yards. carrot shipments were halted as a precaution. Colorado imposed an embargo and cars wait in Cheyenne pending test results.
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Ogden
San Francisco
Weteer
Lester Whitlock
Ogden Union
Colorado
Cheyenne
Whitlock
Pictures Now Join Voices On The Radio
A Schenectady demonstration by General Electric shows television sending vision to a home via a short range system. E F W Alexanderson notes current limits to broadcasting a single object and future aims for longer range as viewers watch faces and objects appear on a small screen linked to a radio loud speaker.
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Te General Electric Company
E. F. W. Alexanderson
Radio Corporation of America
Alexanderson
Planes intensify drive as Nicaragua rebels face air battles
In Managua on January 14 AP reports American Marines under Colonel Louis Mason Gulick will press the anti Sandino push by air bombardment rather than marine patrols. Air strikes target Quilali and eastern Nueva Segovia while Chamorro proposes conservative aid and defends Chamorro’s political position amid arms charges.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Louis Mason Gulick
Neuva Segovia
Augustino Sandino
Coco River
Caribbean Sea
Quilali
Gulick
Sandino
Emiliano Chamorro
Chamorro
State Department
Washington
Uberal
Mush Strike of Prisoners Fails in Illinois Jail
In De Kalb County Illinois 33 prisoners staged a mush strike as Helen Dolder became the first woman sheriff. They refused food shouted protests and banged utensils. Deputies drenched them with fire hose and order was restored. Mush was served and eaten in silence.
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Sycamore
Ills
Dekalb County
Illinois
Helen Doider
Effort Save Baby Ends in Tragedy in Chicago
In Chicago a 58 hour effort by six firemen and obstetricians to save 13 day old Baby George Smith failed. Despite oxygen therapy and two blood transfusions from the mother Mrs Joseph Smith the infant died last night as life seemed secure. Doctors cited heart disease due to respiratory failure as the cause.
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Chicago
George Smith
Joseph Smith
Smith
Hyman Brown
Slain Beverly Hills Suspect Arraigned in Utah Case
Sheldon Clark aged 22 confessed to killing Don Balovich a former Beverly Hills resident in Manti Utah. He was arraigned today on a first degree murder charge and a preliminary hearing was scheduled for Monday January 30.
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Manti
Utah
Sheldon Clark
Don Balovich
Beverly Hills
Calif
Butler
Northwest States Floods Swamp Roads and Towns
Flood waters from heavy snows sweep across Washington Idaho Oregon and Montana causing ruined highways washed railroad lines and several inundated towns. An ice gorge on the Yellowstone endangers five marooned relatives while storms close roads and trigger multiple landslides across the region.
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Spokane
Wash
Pacific Northwest States
Washington
Idaho
Oregon
Montana
Lapwai
Kamiah
Uniontown
Pullman
Dayton
Cleelum
Walla Walla
Thomas
Yellowstone River
Lyle Frazier
Dry Creek
Kittitas County
Hangman Creek
Prince Henry narrowly escapes hunting accident in London
Prince Henry third son of King George narrowly escaped serious injuries today when a woman hunter's horse kicked at him during a hunt with the Cottesmore hounds. He rode with the Prince of Wales and the Duke of York as part of a party crossing a wire fence after a horse crashed and somersaulted, rider unharmed.
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London
Prince Henry
King George
Prince of Wales
Duke of York
Cottesmore
Lindbergh Lands Safely at Bouquete Panama Field
The United States Army operations post at Prance field reports Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh landed safely at 11 30 am at Bouquete.
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Panama
United States Army
Prance Field
Charles A. Lindbergh
Bouquete
Colombian air force trains in Norfolk seaplane operations
The Colombian air force, led by Lieutenant Benjamin Meade, trains at Norfolk's Hampton Roads naval air station in seaplane operation as the force prepares to triple in size. Two cadets in preliminary training will join to complete aerial navigation studies.
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Norfolk
Colombia
Hampton Roads Naval Air Station
Benjamin Meade
Mendez
Curtis Flying School
Borok’s Field
Texas
Kelly Field
Mitchell Field
New York
Slaying of Dorothy Schneider Triggers Wide Search
A statewide manhunt for the killer of five year old Dorothy Schneider focuses on two suspects viewed by local residents near Mount Morris Michigan. Genesee County officers and 500 police with volunteers pursue a suspect described as about 50, driving a Dodge sedan. A $2000 reward and funeral costs are being arranged as the body is to be buried Monday. A separate alert in South Bend and Mishawaka follows a sighting of a car matching the description near Flint Michigan.
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Flint, Mich
Dorothy Schneider
Mount Morris
Archie Bacon
Piuse Wu
Genesee County
Bacon
Lapeer
Mich
Detroit
Frank Green
Tawas City
Genesee County Board of Supervisors
Leslie Schneider
South Bend
Ind
Mishawaka
Flint
Parmalee
Prominent Utah Banker James Farrell Dies at 83
James Farrell 83 prominent Utah banker and Civil War veteran died at his Salt Lake City home after several weeks illness. Born in Ireland he came to America as a boy later moved to Utah engaging in draying mining and banking. He once served as mayor of Old Park City. Survived by two sons and three daughters including Mrs Elliott of Pocatello.
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Salt Lake City
James Farrell
Utah
Mr. Farrell
Ireland
America
Old Park City
Sant Elliott
Pocatello
Russians Plan Disturbance At Pan American Conference
Havana dispatch says two Russians Flexes and Pablal, who traveled from Mexico, were arrested amid alleged plans to provoke agitation during the Pan American conference sessions. The report notes potential disruption upon President Coolidge's arrival aboard the Texas battleship.
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Coolidge
Pan-American Congress
Havana
Cuba
Flexes
Pablal
Mexico
Texas
Santiago
Pierre Handecourt
Gaetz Bellegarde
Borno
Haiti
Bogota
Colombia
Nicaragua
Americas
Lindy Takes Hunting Trip for a Change
Panama City reports Charles A. Lindbergh deserts the Spirit of St. Louis for a hunting trip with a guard from the army pursuit group. He plans a stay at a hunting lodge near David Isthmus while Dieudonne Costes and Joseph Lebrix fly on to Caracas in coming days.
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Panama City
Charles A. Lindbergh
St. Louis
Panama
Dieudonne Costes
Joseph Lebrix
Guayquil
Ecuador
Caracas
Venezuela
Lindy
Lincergh
Costes
Lindbergh
David
Isthmus
Army
Slayings in Chicago Stir City as Police Seek Suspect
Chicago police search for a dark visaged man with a hooked nose linked to the murder of Betty Chambers 25 found among silken pillows in Fontenelle apartment hotel. Gordon Chambers is sought only for questioning while two female friends Nin the vaudeville singer and Marion the manicurist are also pursued.
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Chicago
Fontenelle
Betty Chambers
Gordon Chambers
Chambers
Mooney
A. J. Reach, Sporting Goods Founder, Dies at 67
Philadelphia announces the death of A. J. Reach, co founder of the A. F Reach Company sporting goods maker and veteran general player, who died today in Atlantic City at age 67.
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Philadelphia
Jar
A. J. Reach
A. F Reach Company
Sporting Goods Facturers
Beneral
Atlantic City
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