Lindy Lands Bogota Right on Schedule
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh completed a six hour one minute flight to Bogota Colombia becoming the first airman to cross the mountain ranges to the capital. The Spirit of St Louis landed at Madrid field amid cheering crowds as flowers showered from balconies and Indians and city elites gathered in the streets.
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Bogota
Colombia
Charles A. Lindbergh
Cartagena
Lindy
St. Louis
Madrid Field
Mount Monserrant
Hill Charged With Killing Mother in Ottawa Garden
Harry Hill, last seen August with his mother Eliza Hill, is charged in her murder. Sidney Istowitz testified as investigators noted clay on both Harry and Eliza Hills shoes. Prosecution ties clay to the yard. defense argues soil similarity muddying the link.
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Ottawa
Ills
Harry Hill
Eliza A. Hill
Sidney Istowitz
Streator Clothier
Harry
Atste
New Exams For Day Agents In Prohibition Service
The Civil Service Commission approved new examinations for several prohibition positions after federal officials and judges urged another test to retain top admins and agents. Exams will cover assistants in the Montana Idaho Utah district and related posts. Harry L. Youngerman, 40, long-time Denver stock show manager and cattleman, died of pneumonia.
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Washington
Prohibition Bureau
Civil Service Commission
Denver
Harry L. Youngerman
Million Gone and Romance Has Blown Up
Mrs. Sara Smith Scollard, a wealthy elderly widow, files for divorce after accusing her missing husband of stealing a million dollars of her fortune and of harming her. She cites repeated disappearances and a past gas range explosion at their Menlo Park cottage as alleged attempts on her life, alleged to be designed by the defendant.
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Bellingham, Wash
Sara Smith Scollard
St. Louis
Menlo Park
Calif
Scollard
Sud
Frigid Weather Threatens Niagara Falls Freezing
Niagara Falls New York January reports ice piling up in the Niagara River above the falls blocks water flow. The cataracts may entirely freeze if cold spell endures with ice mounds forming near the base and an ice bridge spanning the gorge. Locals recall past winters when the falls froze solidly and water ceased flowing.
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Niagara River
Seo
Ibanez Dies in Exile at 72 in Mentone Villa
Vincente Blasco Ibanez, famed author of The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, died in political exile at Mentone France at 3:40 AM after a bronchial pneumonia and diabetes complication. His son Igfrido arrived from Barcelona to be at his bedside. The writer’s Riviera villa, designed to house his vast manuscript collection, featured book lined rooms and a firm stance against telephones and radios.
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Mentone
France
Vincente Blasco Ibanez
Igfrido
Barcelona
Ibanez Villa
Fontana Rosa
Riviera
Praitice
Vicente Blasco Ibanez Opposed King Alfonso in Exile Campaign
The famed novelist Vicente Blasco Ibanez criticized King Alfonso XIII and Primo de Rivera in pamphlets urging a republic in Spain. He denounced the monarchy as the main cause of Spain’s troubles and Morocco’s catastrophe, vowing no rest until the country is free. He carried his campaign while in France to avoid Spanish authorities.
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Vicente Blasco Ibanez
Alfonso
Spain
Ibanez
France
Primo de Rivera
Morocco
Nurse Missing on Desert Route Between Badad and Mosul
Officials of Near East relief say they have not given up hope for Miss Alice Carr of McRea Georgia who disappeared yesterday while traveling by auto with a small party between Badad and Mosul en route to Smyrna She is a veteran nurse with four years service in Turkey and Syria and carried drafts on a 10000 relief appropriation which were nonnegotiable The party may have been stopped by bandits and could be rescued by British or local police if the vehicle broke down Desert bandits rarely harm captives a cautious note
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New York
Near East Relief
Alice Carr
McRea
Baddad
Mosul
Smyrna
Red Cross
Turkey
Syria
Utah Governor Seeks Return of Grant Hale on Desertion Charge
Governor Dern issued a requisition to Idaho's governor for the return of Grant Hale from Twin Falls to Washington County Utah where he is charged with wife desertion and is sought for legal action.
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Salt Lake City
Dern
Idaho
Grant Hale
Twin Falls
Washing County
Utah
Federal official labels river project investments hazardous
Secretary Work called federal investments in the Colorado River region unduly hazardous under the Pittman resolution. The statement responded to Senator Johnson of California who opposed Colorado states claiming rights to royalties from planned Boulder Canyon dam power development.
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Washington
Pittman
Colorado River
Work
Johnson
California
Boulder Canyon Dam
Pan American union closer through agricultural and livestock coop
At the Pan American conference observers note a trend toward a united agricultural and cattle sector to rival world producers. The steering committee approves two resolutions: inviting a conference of agricultural and livestock representatives and creating a permanent Pan American Agricultural and Livestock Institute to foster cooperation among nations.
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Havana
Poraguay
Pan-American Union
Tocal
Pan-American Agricultural and Livestock Institute
Amercan
New World
Honorio Pueyrredon
Argentina
Committee On Economic Problems
Charles Evans Hughes
United States
Army Navy grid row unsettled in football dispute
Washington Jan 28 AP A conference among President Coolidge Representative Britten of Illinois and Fish of New York to ease the conflict between the navy academy and West Point over football rules failed to show any near solution Britten said the president listened but gave no commitment and hinted Coolidge might issue a comment or direct the War or Navy departments to act.
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Washington
Coolidge
Britten
Illnois
Fish
New York
Navy Academy
West Point
Ilinois
Commercial plane in long flight tests air link to South America
Joseph F P Donnellan of St Joseph Michigan plans a 16000 mile Chicago to Santiago Chile round trip starting next day from Chicago Municipal Airport at noon with overnight in Louisville and stops in Atlanta and Miami. The flight aims to demonstrate feasibility of commercial air contact with South America.
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Chicago
Joseph FP. Donnellan
St. Joseph, Mich
Santiago
Chile
Louisville
United States
Atlanta
Miami
South America
Childs and Lundgate Murray Wed in Small Church Ceremony
William Childs, head of the Childs restaurant chain, married Victoria Lundgate Murray at Basking Ridge Presbyterian Church. Only the pastor’s wife and a chauffeur witnessed the ceremony, marking a quiet nuptial close to a prominent couple.
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New York
William Childs
Childs
Victora Lundgate Murray
Basking Ridge Presbyterian Church
Defense plan may include second trial
William Edward Hickman, the kidnapper slayer of Marian Parker, repudiated his confession and does not admit the alleged facts of the crime. His lawyers said a second trial could be demanded if the jury finds him sane. The defense also plans to challenge the verdict if Hickman is found sane at the time of the crime.
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Los Angeles
William Edward Hickman
Marian Parker
Jerome Walsh
Hickman
Walsh
California
A. L. Skagg
Kansas City
Alienists
Skagg
William Hickman Sanity Trial Sees Legal Snarl
The Hickman sanity case in Los Angeles today faced a legal snarl as prosecutors and defense argue over trial procedures and admissibility. Judge and attorneys clash, delaying proceedings as motions are debated.
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Los Angeles
William Edward Hickman
Texas Oil Fire Kills Chemist as Big Blaze Hits Humble Tank Farm
A massive Texas oil field fire killed chemist Pred Hendricks and injured five others after a spark ignited gas in a 3000 barrel tank. The blaze destroyed 12 gasoline tanks at the Humble refinery, causing about 100000 dollars in damage before subsiding within hours. Early reports of many deaths proved unfounded after investigation.
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M'Amey
Texas
Hendricks
Humble O
Wool purchase from Mount Pleasant sheepmen set at 34 cents
Salt Lake City Jan 28 Forty two thousand fleeces totaling about four hundred thousand pounds of wool were bought from Mount Pleasant sheepmen by the James Wolstenholme company of Philadelphia for 34 cents a pound. The price is slightly higher than last year's similar deal.
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Salt Lake City
Mount Pleasant
James Wolstenholme Company
Philadelphia
Beaux Arts Ball Transforms Hotel Astor Into Desert Pageant
New York hosts a lavish Beaux Arts ball at the Hotel Astor with a desert garden setting and a tableau inspired by 1847 North Africa. Thousands from society attend as French soldiers Arab chiefs and slave girls appear in elaborate costumes amid desert music and a muezzin call. The pageant progresses as modern music replaces the desert tones and the ball saga continues amid splendor.
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New York
North Africa
Hotel Astor
Abb-El-Kader
Sid el Brahim
Big dirigible lands safely on Saratoga
The Los Angeles, the first dirigible to land on a carrier at sea, completed the test off Newport R. I. in heavy expectations. Navy officials hailed the feat as proving sea landings and at sea refueling are practicable, with potential for trans Atlantic service and greater freight or passenger capacity.
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Lakehurst
N. J
Saratoga
Newport
R. I
Los Angeles
Charles E. Rosendahl
W. A. Moffett
Bureau of Naval Semantics
Washington
Rosendahl
Moffett
Former Officer Wallace McCutcheon Ends Life in Hotel
Wallace McCutcheon, ex British army officer and former husband of film star Pearl White, killed himself in a Los Angeles hotel. A scribbled note inviting a drink was found with a half empty bottle used as a paper weight, a pistol beside him, and a bullet wound to the temple. Police call it a death by self action.
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Los Angeles
Wallace McCutcheon
Pearl White
McCute
Man Plunges To Death From Mount Vernon Monument
An unidentified man with one cent in his pocket dies after leaping 180 feet from the top of the Washington monument in Mount Vernon Place Baltimore following an admission fee. The incident occurred on snow covered pavement.
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Baltimore
Washington Monument
Mount Vernon Place
Motives Explored In Missing Smith College Girl Case
Northampton Massachusetts January 26 AP twelve possible motives surround the disappearance of 19 year old Frances St John Smith two weeks after she vanished from Smith College General Alfred F Foote public safety commissioner says motives discussed but he will not disclose them He heads the investigation with state and family representatives while New York psychologists also review the case seeking clues to her movements and thoughts
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St. John Smith
Frances Smith
Northampton
Mass
Smith College
Frances St John Smith
Alfred F. Foote
Massachusetts Commissioner of Public Safety
Foote
Miss Smith
New York
Lydiard H. Horton
Boyston
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AIR
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Niagara
Niagara Falls, N.Y
Be- Bagdad
Americas
Asa Keyes
Keyes
J. J. Trabucco
Uah
Gotham
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