Guerrero Chosen Head of Key Pan American Law Committee
At Havana on January 20 AP reports Gustavo Guerrero Salvadoran delegate was elected head of the Pan American conference committee on public international law. The panel handles draft treaties on codifying American law and nonintervention rules, with Hughes supporting Guerrero’s nomination. The steering committee met amid intense speculation.
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Havana
United States
Latin America
Gustavo Guerrero
Jurists
Rio Janeiro
Guerrero
Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
Charles Evans Hughes
Dwight W. Morrow
Noble Brandon Judah
School Stunt Ends In Medical Crisis At Toledo High
A high school initiation stunt went wrong injuring two girls seriously and leaving another near death. Alice Eggleston, 15, and Jane Sellech, 16, both Toledo residents, are hospitalized after chemicals used in the prank were mixed. Chemistry instructor Lulu Howard testified chemicals were tested. oysters dipped in castor oil were thought to be involved, ending the series of tests conducted by the science club under Clarence C. Coontz.
Tremors Reported Near Harvard University
Seismograph readings at Harvard University detected slight earthquake tremors at 11 30 06 last night. The record showed no indication of the origin point.
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Cambridge
Mass
Harvard University
Wool Growers Uphold Tariff as a Benefit
Walter Humphreys of Boston tells the National Woolgrowers Association annual convention in Ogden Utah that wool prices should be high enough to aid growers but not hurt consumption. He joins with manufacturers opposing crop price forecasts by the Agriculture Department, arguing its role is statistics not price guidance. A paper by Paul G Redington notes coyotes still threaten stock, while the gray wolf is mostly controlled in the west. Continued on Page Ten.
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Ogden
Utah
Walter Humphreys
Boston
National Woolgrowers Association
Department of Agriculture
Humphreys
National Association of Wool Manufacturers
Paul G. Redington
Biological Survey
W. E. Joseph
Montana
Prospect Church Reunion Sparks Bitter Controversy
London readers report deep dispute over a revised Anglican prayer book to be issued tomorrow. The piece notes Evangelical opposition and the Marine Conversations as tools in the debate over Anglo Catholic tendencies toward Rome, with both Anglican and Roman Catholic leaders voicing cautious positions.
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London
House of Bishops
Commons
Church of England
Rome
Frances Smith College Girl Still Missing
Northampton Massachusetts January 20 AP no new leads after a $10000 reward was offered for Frances St John Smith missing from Fraces Smith College. Detectives review dozens of hotel records while family asks for her return and state detective Daley holds to a theory that she drowned in the Connecticut River.
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Northampton
Mass
St. John Smith
Frances St. John Smith
Smith College
Dewey Hall
Pittsburgh
Miss Smith
Toronto
Joseph V. Daley
Connecticut River
New York
Prison Inmates Stage Fire Rescue at Missouri Reformatory
In Boonville Missouri 200 inmates on their word of honor freed six fellow patients from a hospital fire at the Missouri state reformatory. Six others escaped unaided. 16 year old Lee St James died of burns. The blaze started around 1 30 am and cost about 40000 dollars, with no “honor boys” missing after the incident.
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Boonville
Missouri State Reformatory
Reformatory Hospital
Lee St. James
Reformatory
Boonville Fire Department
Publicity shifts as student conduct becomes news
Dr. H. M. Winston, president of Lawrence College, says publicity now frames student actions as news. He notes a 1910 contrast where drunken sleigh mishaps were ignored, while modern incidents like drunk driving garner attention. He adds smoking among co-eds isn’t a moral issue at Lawrence.
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Miilwauker
H. M. Winston
Lawrence College of
Appleton
Wis
Association of College Presidents
Deana
Lawrence College
Dr. Winston
Lawrence
Fire damages $300,000 in Case Radio plant blaze
A fire at the Case Radio plant in Marion Indiana caused about 300000 in damage last night. The blaze started in the boiler room and wrecked all machinery in the plant owned by the Indians Manufacturing and Electric Company.
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Marion
Ind
Case Radio Plant
The
Indians Manufacturing and Electric Company
Silver Plane Over Sterling Reported In Idaho Mystery
Two Sterling area brothers Ralph Rupe and John Rupe reported a silver colored airplane passed low overhead between 3 and 4 pm on Saturday the day of Hoyt disappearance. Weather was clear and the engine reportedly had a desolate sound as the craft headed south toward American Falls reservoir. The missing pilot Fred Hoyt case prompted searches by ranchers and aerial teams halted until more precise search directions emerge.
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Tribune
Blackfoot
Ralph Rupe
John
Sterling
Idaho
Hoyt
Sterat
Territory
Salt Lake City
Fred Hoyt
Wichita
Kans
Maughan
Filer
Associated Press
Boise
Raft River Valley
Snake River Canyon
Black
Snake River
Plangs
Burley
Charlies T. Wrightson
Varney Air Service
Senate bars Frank L. Smith from Illinois seat
The Senate refused to oath Senator-elect Frank L. Smith, voting 66 to 27 to exclude him and 61 to 23 to declare the seat vacant. The move cited tainted credentials from more than 200000 in campaign funds from Samuel Insull and other utilities officials. Party splits showed 39 Democrats and Shipstead favored exclusion, while 21 Republicans opposed.
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Sandino
Senate
Smith
Illinois
Washington
Frank L. Smith
Samuel Insull
Chicago
Blease
Sooth Carolina
Stock
Iowa
Curtis
Kansas
Jones
Shipstead
Missesota
Farmer-Labor
Murder charge against Hartford doctor sparks arrest warrant
In Hartford Connecticut a warrant for first degree murder was issued for Dr Harold N Guilfoyle after the death of Mrs Clare Gaudet of New Haven. Mrs Guilfoyle is held on a $10000 bond as material witness. Guilfoyle denies shooting and says his wife claims he admitted a suicide attempt. The doctor, a federal veterinarian, has over 20 years with the government, overseeing post mortem inspections and fighting epidemics across several states.
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Hartford
Conn
Harold N. Guilfoyle
Clare Gaudet
New Haven
Guilfoyle
Gaudet
United States
Chicago Slaughter House
Texas
Missouri
Mississippi
Louisiana
Massachusetts
Rushed Serum By Plane to Aid Dying Spaniard
An army air corps flight rushed serum from Manila to Bacolod to treat a young Spaniard dying from gangrene infection. A field superintendent of a sugar company, gravely injured, appealed for help. two amphibian planes with a flight surgeon delivered serum in five hours. The patient was treated as hopes rose for recovery.
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Washington
Army Air Corps
Manila
Bacolod
Army
Sixteenth victim of gang war killed in St Louis flare
In St Louis on January 20 an unidentified gangster was killed and another was probably fatally wounded as gunfire by extortion gang members erupted. The 16th victim in the ongoing gang war was reported from the scene.
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Louis
Nervy cashier stops two in Mount Scott bank gunfight
In Portland Oregon two bandits died during a botched Mount Scott State Bank robbery. Cashier A J Demorest drew a rifle from the vault and fired hitting J R Benton and Fred Williams as the robber's weapon jammed. Three other robbers escaped in two cars.
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Portland
Ore
Oregon
Washington
Mount Scott State Bank
A. J. Demorest
J. R. Benton
Fred Williams
Demorest
Matthew Harris
Harold Jones
Benton
Williams
Marines Inspect Rebel Barracks After Sandino Death Report
In Managua on January 20 American Marines surveyed El Chipote after reports of rebel general Augusto Sandino's death. Aviators found desolation with no rebels visible, suggesting possible flight toward Honduras or the Caribbean. Evidence pointed to a funeral procession and a burial at San Rafael, amid suspected desertion.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Augustino Sandino
el Chipote
Sendino
Honduras
Coco River
Carrbbean
Sandino
San Refael
Marine
San Rafael
Caddy Trapped in Extortion Plot at Del Monte Links
Del Monte California January 20 AP A 17 year old caddy Andrew Henneken was detained by probation officers amid an extortion plot targeting Mrs R G Tunison wife of a Chicago physician. A decoy envelope from a sand trap led to a deadly threat note found in the car. A man in uniform allegedly offered the boy five dollars to retrieve the envelope as police awaited further developments.
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del Monte Calif
R G. Tunteon
Chicago
Andrew Henneken
del Monte
Heineken
Tuntson
Utes Henneken
Over-Churching Proving Great Economic Waste
Representatives of 28 Protestant denominations met in Cleveland for a national church county conference to discuss uniting to end over-churching and to build new churches in underserved communities. Dr. Hermann N. Morse argued for eliminating excess churches and cited Philadelphia as an oversaturated example. The plan includes a five year survey and interdenominational cooperation. In Chicago cold weather followed a rapid temperature drop from 30 above to zero in two hours, slowing air mail service amid strong winds.
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Cleveland
Church Couity Conference
Hermann N. Morse
New York
Evangelical Christ
Morse
Philadelphia
Chicago
Middle West
Minnesota
Dakota
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Flint
Mich
Adolph Hotelling
Hotelling
Prospect Church
Ernest William
Birmingham
Ridley
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Frances Smith College
Officer
Betty Chambers
Law of the Underworld
Airmen
Frances St. J. Smith
Nervy Cashier
Shelley
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