Pan American Talks Focus On Film Standards And Air Treaty
At Havana on January 24 delegates of the Pan American congress debated a Salvadoran resolution urging careful film production for Latin America to avoid offense and better reflect regional realities. The United States pledged amendments to the draft air treaty to guard flight rights over the Panama Canal and fortified zones. Cuban proposals for a conciliation mission drew little support, with concerns about self rule and the union’s non political character.
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Havana
America
Pan-American Congress
Salvador
Committee On Intellectual Cooperation
Hector Castro
Communications Committee
United States
Henry P. Fletcher
Italy
Panama Canal
Guantanamo
Cuba
Naval Base
Pan-American Union
Interdisputes
Jacobo Verele
Pan-American Union Committee
League of Nations
Western railroads seek to invalidate wage increase for firemen
In Chicago on January 24 AP reports Western railroads filed to void a recent arbitration granted wage rise. The unionized firemen receive 30 cents per day extra for passenger service on 55 roads and 35 cents for others. The dispute centers on the board withdrawal and subsequent reassembling by four members. About 55,000 employees affected.
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Chicago
Western Railroads
United States District Court
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
H. P. Burke
Colorado Supreme Court
Bryan Withdraws From Nebraska Democratic Presidential Primary
Charles W. Bryan, former Nebraska governor, instructed the Secretary of State to withdraw his name from the Democratic presidential preference primary ballot. Petitions from six congressional districts had requested his inclusion.
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Lincoln
Neb
Charles W. Bryan
Nebraska
Marsh
Bryan
Ford's Air Flivver Tiny But Marvel
Henry Ford unveils a tiny air plane named the flivver piloted by Harry Brooks from Ford airport. The non stop hop to Miami is planned in 14 hours despite bad weather. Brooks will fly via Columbus Asheville Greenville Augusta Jacksonville Daytona with minimal provisions.
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Detroit
Henry Ford
Harry Brooks
Ford
Miami
Fla
Brooks
William B. Mayo
Fort Motos Company
Columbus
Ohio
Asheville
N. C
Greenville
8. C
Augusta
Jacksonville
Daytona
Teddy Was Big Force In Building the Canal
The Evening World prints an inside story on how red tape was shed to enable the Panama Canal project. General George Goethals recalls pressing for full command, with Taft and Attorney General doubting a court uphold. The president urged swift action and directed changes to the commission.
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Teddy
New York
Evening World Today
Panama Canal
George W. Goethals
Theodore Overt
John G. Grevens
Geethais
Sion
Washington
Taft
Hoover Boom Begins In New York State Gop Rally
Richard W. Lawrence leads a Hoover pledged delegates drive in New York City with Meier Steinbrink in Brooklyn and William H. Hill in upper New York state. The plans were presented to Hoover in Washington and organizers deny seeking state leadership control.
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New York
Herbert Hoover
New York State
Richard W. Lawrence
Bronx County
Ink
New York City
Meier Steinbrink
Brooklyn
William H. Hill
Binghamton
N. Y
Binghamton Sun
Coolidge dismisses naval war talk as political ploy
President Coolidge told reporters at the White House that newspaper warnings of war by American naval officers are inflated when tied to congressional funding. He questioned why large post office appropriations pass easily while army grants prompt dire predictions, citing motives behind such statements.
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Washington
Coolidge
United States
White House
Plunkett
Congress
Post Office Department
Missing Smith College Student Still Without Clues
Northampton Massachusetts January 24 AP investigators hold a slender lead as state police seek a former Cornell athlete who ran an Amherst area inn frequented by college girls. He was questioned but later eliminated after detectives located him in Hartford and found no connection to Frances St. John Smith's disappearance.
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Northampton
Mass
Frances St. John Smith
Smith College
Cornell University
Ambherst College
Inn
Smith
Amherst
College
Miss Smith
East
Joseph V. Daley
Hartford
Journalist Head Dies After Fall at 79
Talcott Williams a prominent New York newspaperman and former head of the Pulitzer School of Journalism at Columbia University died aged 79. He had been in ill health and ten days earlier suffered a fall that weakened him and led to bronchial pneumonia. Williams directed the journalism school from its founding in 1912 and served 31 years at the Philadelphia Press before becoming director emeritus in 1919.
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New York
Talcott Williams
Pulitzer School of Journalism
Columbia University
William
School of Journalism
Philadelphia Press
Texas Party Members in Queer Clash
Houston Democrats split over endorsing New York Governor Al Smith for president. A committee debate led by George E. Woods and James L Bailey produced conflicting claims about endorsement while a rival faction denied backing any candidate. The dispute centered on a resolution praising Smith and Texas Governor Dan Moody as vice president, which was tabled after heated argument.
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Houston
Tex
al Smith
New York
Democratic Executive Committee
Smith
George E. Woods
James L Bailey
Bailey
Dan Moody
Texas
Woods
Henry M. Dudley
Heflin Renews Fight On Modified Party Basis
Senator Heflin intensified his attack on Al Smith and the Catholic Church in a two hour senate tirade. He accused supporters in his party and press galleries, questioned Senator Robinson's leadership, and urged a conference and roll call on the issue. He denied intent to tar and feather Robinson, offering a joint debate in Alabama and Arkansas.
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Washington
Jjan
Heflin
Alabama
al Smith
Catholic Church
Senate
New York
Robinson
Arkansas
Montgomery
Smith
White House
Heffin
Everhart details 180000 payment from Sinclair in Teapot Dome case
M T Everhart son in law of Albert Fall testified before the senate lands committee that he received 180000 in 1922 from Harry F Sinclair as part of a land deal tied to Teapot Dome. He described a 233000 total payment and noted steps taken by Fall and Everhart to refinance a New Mexico ranch with Sinclair’s backing.
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Washington
M. T Everhart
Fail
Senate Lands Committee Today
Harry F. Sinclair
Teapot Dome
Everhart
New Mexico
Senate Lands Committee
Congress
M. T. Everhart
Albert B. Fall
Harry F. Sinclair Everhart
Liberty Bonds
Fall
New Mexican
Sinclair
Senator Walsh
Montana
New York
Walsh
Pall
Utah Weather Update Bright in South and North unsettled
A weather note indicates fair conditions in the southern Utah counties while the northern region remains unsettled with a Wednesday change in temperature.
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Utah
Tion
Parachute Jumper Dies In Macon Plane Crash
Grantland Irwin 30 of Birmingham plunged 1200 feet to his death in a failed parachute jump during a circus stunt near Terra Cotta station Georgia. Pilot Jack Ashcraft said Irwin attempted three leaps. after the third the body landed near Central of Georgia railroad tracks. An inquest was opened to determine the cause of death.
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Macon
Grantland Irwin
Birmingham
Ala
Jack Ashcraft
Earth
Irwin
Ashcraft
Central of Georgia
Terra Cotta Station
Vald Ashcraft
Everett Woodmansee
Sabin
Ohio
Family Lost in Wyoming Fire Kills Parents and Three Children
In McFadden, Wyoming, early today fire consumed a home killing Mr and Mrs John King and their three children. King escaped with the four year old daughter but perished returning to rescue the others. The children Herbert Neal and Don were ages 10 seven and the family tied to Rock Creek ranch life.
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M'Fadden
Wyo
John King
McFadden
Rock River
King
Herbert
Neal
Don
Rock Creek
Twenty-One Federal Prisoners Escape Elmwood Jail by Tunneling Wall
Twenty-one federal inmates escaped from Wayne county Elmwood jail in Detroit by tunneling through a six inch wall between 5:00 and 6:30 AM. The escape involved outside help, relays, and disguises as guards searched the area and recaptured Robert White later that day. Authorities urged a broader manhunt toward Canada.
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Detroit
Elmwood
Wayne County
Robert Y White
Elmwood Avenue
White
Canada
O. L. Smith
United States
Voliva Aims to Demonstrate Flat Earth by Rim Crossing
Chicago January 24 Glenn Voliva leader of Zion City and head of its religious colony has long taught a flat earth. He plans a four month Europe trip with his wife and expects to travel to the world edge and walk around the rim as Europe and Asia are near the rim. The plan supports his flat world theory taught in Zion City schools.
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Chicago
Glenn Voliva
Zion Cst
Volima
Zion
Rajah's Wives Turn Down The Wedding
Bombay report says the former maharajah of Indore faces resistance to marrying Nancy Ann Miller of Seattle. Envoys push for the union while relatives object and public opinion weighs in, with early marriage cited as a concern.
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Bombay
India
The
Bombay Chronicle
Indore
Nancy Ann Miller
Seattle
Abdul Rashid
Colombo
Ceylon
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