Pan American talks near impasse on tariff reform at Havana
Argentine ambassador Honorio Pueyrredon led a demand to fold tariff reduction and sanitary quotas into Pan American study. US delegates oppose turning the union into a political body, preferring arbitration with neutral judges. A Colombian plan for a 21‑member tribunal faced doubt, while Salvadoran proposals urged a permanent conciliation court to preserve peace and cooperation among nations.
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Havana
Pan-American Congress
Honorio Pueyrredon
Joa Washington
United States
Dr. Pueyrrendon
Political buzz in New York as 1920 candidacies loom
January 25 New York papers highlight presidential and vice presidential bids. John A. Stewart introduces Hoover for president group. Theodore Roosevelt to lecture tour in the Midwest may boost vice presidential hopes while pursuing New York governor. Columbia's Nicholas Murray Butler teased as a possible Republican candidate. George W. Olvaney of Tammany Hall voices firm views.
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New York
John A. Stewart
State League of Republican Clubs
Republican
Theodore Roosevelt
Middlewest
the Times
New York Republican Club
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
George W. Olvaney
Tamsmany Hall
Companionate divorce ends as Hummers reunite in matrimony
In Cleveland on January 25 the couple Florian L. and Mrs. Hummer tried a 30 day companionate divorce that let them live together while separating duties. They soon decided disagreements were minor and asked to remarry, noting the judge had not entered a formal journal entry for the divorce.
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Cleveland
Florian L. Hummer
Hummers
Common Pleas Court
Ewing
Court Journal
Hummer
Wilson Vare Senate recount petition faces early tests
The Senate elections committee plans to hear William B. Wilson's petition for a recount of the Pennsylvania senatorial election against William S. Vare. The committee has already heard from counsel for Wilson and Ware and may dismiss the case.
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Washington
William B. Wilson
William S. Vare
Pennsylvania
Senate Elections Committee
Ware
Wilson
Beauty Costs a Neat Item to the Girls
Chicago January 25 AP Ernest E Dalton president of dental laboratory at the mid western clinic of the Chicago Dental society told stenographers that beauty costs a stenographer about 500 dollars yearly while she spends only 5 dollars on her teeth He urged women to invest more in dental care for better health and attractiveness.
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Chicago
Ernest E. Dalton
Dental Ilaboratory
Chicago Dental Society
Mr. Delton
Potato Regulations Raise Violations in Idaho District
Boise officials announced collection of evidence against alleged violators of potato branding rules after reports of wholesale breaches in the Idaho Falls district and upper Snake River valley. The rules prohibit using Idaho on sacks for off grade potatoes and require name and grade on branded bags.
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Boise
Department of Agriculture
Idaho Falls
Snake River Valley
Idaho
Special Seed Potato Rate Cut Announced For Idaho
Boise January 25 AP The Public Utilities Commission approves a 20 percent reduction in seed potato rates for all Idaho points. Oregon Short Line had sought and received permission to publish the rate which is set at 80 percent of the current charge. The special rate, voluntarily set by the railroad, runs until May 16.
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Boise
Idaho
Public Utilities Commission
Oregon Short Line
Old oil stock worth millions
Chicago January 25 AP The Herald and Examiner reports stock once held by the late J Ogden Armour in Universal Oil Products, long rejected as worthless, has added about 30 million dollars to the wealth of the packer's widow Universal Oil Products once financed by Armour. The firm showed little profit for years but earned about 1 million in 1926 and brokers estimate 1927 earnings around 3 million.
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Chicago
The
Herald and Examiner Today
J. Ogden Armour
Universal Oil Products Company
Armour Affairs
Packer
Universal OM Products
Armour
Air Flivver Forced Down By Storm In Asheville
Harry J. Brooks survived a storm during the Detroit to Miami flight in the Ford flivver and landed on a hill in an Asheville suburb. He planned a return trip to Miami with an overnight in Washington, praising the craft's performance and noting weather forced the diversion. Brooks aims to resume awaiting weather clearance and consults Henry Ford before detailing fuel and route plans.
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Asheville
Detroit-Miami
Harry J. Brooks
Florida City
Brooks
Washington
Ford
Detroit
Blue Ridge Mountains
Spartanburg
South Carolina
Miami
Henry Ford
Gale Sweeps Tennessee Kentucky as School House Collapses
A severe wind storm lashed multiple states, ripping roofs, uprooting trees, and cutting power. In Dekalb County Tennessee a rural district school was blown over killing four children and injuring others. towns across Kentucky and Illinois reported similar damage as the storm moved south of Nashville.
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Tennessee
Maryland
Delaware
Delmar
New York State
Ansonia
Broadway
73Rd Street
Nashville
Dekalb County
Tural
Holmes Creek
Aubrey Smith
H. Grady Carter
Smithville
Neightxor
Cheatham County
Williamson
Maurey
Rutherford
Here
Dekalb
Lang Ky
Hattie Scott
A. Trice
Gage
Franklin
Columbia
Murfreesboro
Arthur van Cleve
Kentucky
Ohio
Illinois
Utah Weather Mostly fair in south with unsettled north
The forecast calls for generally fair conditions in southern Utah with unsettled skies in the north tonight and Thursday. Temperatures remain mostly unchanged across the state with only minor variations expected.
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Utah
Spring Lingerie Styles Displayed At Hotel Astor
New York January 25 AP spring lingerie styles shown at the Hotel Astor under the United Women's Wear League of America. Models wore a formal line with a close fitting bodice and full flaring silhouette. Flesh pink and printed silks dominate, with pajama novelties including vagabond trousers and a three piece set in gold and peach satin details.
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New York
Hotel Astor
United Women’s Wear League of America
Passport seeker may be missing Smith College student
Atlanta reporter Charles A. McGrew says four clerks and he sighted a girl matching Frances St John Smith’s description seeking a France passport in Houston. She wore a reddish brown fur trimmed coat and claimed a February 14 sailing on La Salle. She planned to go to Le Havre with a friend, delaying while visa questions arose.
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Atlanta
Charles A. McGrew
Federal Court
France
Frances St. John Smith
Smith College
Northampton
Mass
McGrew
Sugar interests form a combine to back domestic sugar
Protection and advancement of the domestic sugar industry is the aim of a new domestic sugar producers association formed in Washington with representatives from Hawaii Porto Rico Louisiana and nineteen beet states. W D Suppert of Great Western Sugar was elected president and Royal D Mead of Hawaii Sugar Planters as vice president.
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Washington
Hawaii
Porto Rico
Louisiana
United States
W. D. Suppert
Denver
Coro
Great Western Sugar Company
Royal D. Mead
Hawkiian Sugar Planter’s Association
Bank Robbery Ends With Fatal Shooting in Marifua
In Marifua Oklahoma at noon a Love County National Bank robbery ended with one bandit shot and killed and Sheriff S C Long gravely wounded. A second robber escaped across the river into Texas. no loot was taken.
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Marifua
Okla
5S. C. Long
Love County
Oklahoma
Love County National Bank
Texas
World’s Largest Family Found Living in One Room Shack
In Uzumlu Turkey a 50 year old peasant Agha Faoha resides with seven wives and 23 children in a single room. Moslem law allowed four wives. new law abolishing polygamy is not retroactive. The first six wives stay, the last wife must be divorced, a heavy personal tragedy for the family.
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Usumlu
Turkey
Uzumlu
Agha Faoha
Defense Moves for Change of Venue in Parker Kidnapping Trial
The Hickman kidnapping murder trial opened in Los Angeles with a change of venue request discussed. Judge Carlos Hardy and DA Aga Keyes considered an exception claiming bias. the court adjourned to 2 p.m. to rule on the exception, which was later deemed faulty and returned for adjustment.
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Williams
Edward Hickman
Los Angeles
Marian Parker
Jerome Walsh
Kansas City
Hickman
Asa Keyes
Carlos Black
Welby Hunt
Rose Hill
Calif
Hall OF Justice
William Edward Hickman
Kittl Marian Parker
Carlos Hardy
Aga Keyes
Hardy
Forest Murray
Herdy
Hickma
Alfred Hickeman
Thomas Hickman
el Paso
Tex
Sullivan
Sandino's Men Head Toward El Chipote After HQ Fall
American marines advanced toward El Chipote mountain near Managua as they pushed through jungle to seize Sandino's stronghold. Rebels' Quila HQ had fallen earlier, with several rebels reported killed while patrols said many were killed or evacuated in the area.
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Managua
Nice
el Chipote
Augustino Sandino
Sandino
Quila
Mariz
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