Curtis Moves Toward Gotham as Lowden Quits
The Curtis campaign for the Republican nomination opens in New York City led by Governor Paulen of Kansas. Lowden exits the scene as Curtis, hailed by Paulen, faces a crowded field and broad GOP prospects. An ensuing Smith rally dominates Tammany Hall as Democratic leaders predict Smith’s Houston nomination.
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Charles Curtis
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New York City
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Illinois
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Sen . Paulen
Kansas Society of New York
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Paulen
Senator Curtis
Senate
Alfred F Smith
New Jersey
Virginia
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Delaware
Maryland
Georgia
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Texas
Arkansas
Smith
Herbert Hoover
Curts
Tammany Hall
United States
Walker
America
Houston
Indianapolis Mayor Dispute Rewards Police Guard Office
In Indianapolis on January 31, a police and detective detail guarded the office of L Ert Slack after the Republican majority council ruled Slack was erroneously elected mayor last November. Ira M Holmes and Joseph L The city council claimed Duvall resigned and vacated the office, with Holmes asserting succession and a quo warranto suit pending. Maude E B Duvall briefly served as controller before resigning. The payroll of 125000 was due, and Clyde E Robinson refused to issue it.
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Indianapolis
L. Ert Slack
Ira M. Holmes
Joseph L
Slack
Clyde E. Robinson
Holmes
John J. Duvall
Duvall
Eciewlc
Mra
Maude EB. Duvall
Holmes City
Swedish Denies Princess Ingrid Betrothal to Danish Crown Prince
Stockholm reports an official denial of the reported engagement between Princess Ingrid of Sweden and Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark. The Danish heir is in Stockholm for Danish Week celebrations in the Swedish capital.
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Sweden
Ingrid
Gustavus Adolphus
Frederick
Denmark
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Weather outlook: fair tonight and Wednesday
The forecast calls for mostly clear skies with light winds. Temperatures remain mild with little change from current levels and no significant precipitation expected through Wednesday.
Mayor Gillis Defeated in Cracking War of Wits with Walker
Newburyport mayor Bossy Gillis, famed for sharp quips, arrived in New York to face Mayor James J. Walker. The exchange featured jokes about reporting entourages, baths, and city repairs as Gillis failed to outshine Walker in the verbal bout. Gillis then returned to Newburyport without winning the crowd.
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New York
Walker
Newburyport
Gillis
Jimmy Walker
White House Breakfast Resumes With Senators as Guests
President Coolidge hosted a bipartisan breakfast at the White House inviting Democratic and Republican senators for a meal of buckwheat cakes and sausage signaling a return to routine affairs after holiday recess.
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Washington
White House
Coolidge
Heart action restored after near death of baby
In Angelus hospital a two day old girl declared dead by four physicians revived after adrenalin was injected into her blood. The infant’s heart regained life within seconds while the mother Mrs L P Cushen faced a critical Caesarean.
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Loe Angeles
Jon
Angelus Hospitel
L. P. Cushen
Edwin Larach
Larson
WCTU Leader Rates Candidates Dry or Wet for Prohibition
Mrs. Ella A. Boole of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union warned women voters to demand a clear dry or wet stand from presidential hopefuls. She labeled Coolidge as dry on enforcement, Lowden dry, Borah and Curtis dry, Wadsworth wet, Longworth mixed, and Dawes undecided. In the Democratic camp she called Smith wet, Ritchie and Reed wets, Hull friendly to prohibition, Meredith dry, and McAdoo dry but non-candidate.
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Ella A. Boole
Women's Christian Temperance Union
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Coolidge
Frank O. Lowden
Ilinois
Illinois
Borah
Idaho
Hoover
Willis
Ohio
Curtis
Kansas
Bool
Wadsworth
New York
Nicholas Longworth
Dawes
al Smith
Jones bill to build merchant fleet passes Senate
The Jones bill to create and run a government fleet passed the Senate 53 to 31 despite President Coolidge opposition. It directs a replacement program with no new appropriation and moves to the House, with administration forces failing to curb the measure.
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Washington
Senate
Coolidge
Farrmer-Labor
House
Shipping Board
Jones
Speed Urged By President In Building Washington
President Coolidge told the semi annual government meeting that the naval construction program before Congress serves American needs alone and invites international competition. He said ships would be built as rapidly as treasury conditions allow, with no start date fixed, and urged support for a 225 million tax cut while noting the plan costs about 740 million dollars based on current prices.
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Washington
Congress
Coolidge
Treasury
House
Senate
Continental Memorial Hall
Dawes
Kills His Wife and Paramour in Utah Shack
In Ogden Utah on January 31 authorities jailed John Charlies Logan 29 after he confessed to killing his Aztec wife Juana Chavis Logan 32 and Cruz Garnica 35. Logan said Garnica stole his wife and he pursued them across states before finding and shooting them while washing blood from his clothes at a service station.
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Ogden
Utah
John Charlies Logan
Juana Chavis Logan
Cruz Garnica
Logan
Los Angeles
Garnica
Idaho Public Utilities Board weighs railroad unification terms
Boise January 31 AP The Idaho Public Utilities Commission began consideration of the proposed unification of the Great Northern and Northern Pacific railroads. The petition to endorse the unification was filed by L. C. Gilman Seattle vice president of the Great Northern E J Cannon Spokane Northern Pacific attorney H Sargert Spokane Great Northern attorney and Jess Hawley Boise representing both railroads.
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Boise
Idasho
Public Utilities Commission
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
L. C. Gilman
Seattle
E. J. Cannon
Spokane
H. Sargert
Jess Hawley
Salt Lake City water plea denied by State Engineer
Salt Lake City filed to appropriate Weber River surplus water to boost its supply but State Engineer Bacon rejected the request noting the Weber River waters have already been withdrawn from appropriation.
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Jey
Bacon Todey
City of
Salt Lake
Weber River
Submarine S-3 Safe, Heading to Guantanamo Cuba
The S-3, sister ship to the missing S-4, was found last night at 8 o clock and reported to be proceeding under her own power toward Guantanamo Cuba. Navy officials earlier feared a fate like the S-4 but confirmed the submarine’s safety and continued voyage south after a storm impaired radio contact.
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Florida
Cuba
Navy Department
Frank Brumby
Admiral Brumby
Guantanamo Cuba
Cape Hatteras
Two Testify in Murder Case Against Brizendine and Fister
Two prosecution witnesses testified in State v. Larry Brizendine and Lane Fister over the Del Fino Posada killing at a bunk house. Peterson identified Brizendine, while Delgado described a rifleman and a pistol man taking money as the raid unfolded. Judge Terrell presides as a panel of jurors is drawn. defendants were brought back from Nevada after a Bancroft disappearance.
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Lane Brizen
Delfino Posada
Aable
Arthur Peterson
Ezuequiel Delgado
Peterson
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Pister
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Lorin C. Clark
E. Delgado
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T. H. Gathe
R. F. Weaver
Leo Hurst
Yorace Jenkins
V. Heckstead
L. F Zandele Smith Evans
Thomas Harwood
George EF. Chapin
James A. Quinn
L. A Sadler
Chauncey Stewart
Nevada
Roe White
Bancroft
St Anthony Girl Drowns In Canal
Miss Elvina Miller twenty, drowned this morning after falling from a foot bridge over the canal by the Snake River while on her way to work. The body was recovered about thirty minutes later. Her mother Mrs Ada Miller resides in Sugar City. Plans over Ras Flight: Lt Otto H Camp, German ace of Richthofen squad, will pilot a Bellanca from Richmond to Vienna this spring with Charles A Levine as passenger.
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Elvina Miller
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Ada Miller
Sugar City
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Otta H. Camp
Richthofen
Bellanca
Vienna
Charles A. Levine
Long voyage ends as Seattle ship Sterling returns with wheat
The six masted barkentine E R Sterling of Seattle arrives in London after a nine month journey from Australia. Captain Sterling reports storms and loss of chief officer Robert Mackenzie during the Cape Horn route. The ship carried 4009 tons of wheat and was towed to London by a Rotterdam tug.
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E.R. Sterling
Seattle
Thames
Australia
Sterling
Pacific
Robert MacKenzie
Cape Horn
R. M. Sterling
Adelaide
Falkland Islands
MacKenzie
Cape Verde Islands
Rotterdam
England
Lindberg Lands at St Thomas Island Airport
Lindberg landed at St. Thomas Island at 4:50 local time on January 31, reported by the AP.
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Tost Islands
Lindberg
House Wrecked and Six Dead in Newton Blast
Six people died when a two story Newton building housing Frank Gorgone’s grocery on the ground floor and a family on the second floor was destroyed. Victims included Thomas Gorgon and Lennard D. Jackson, a city health inspector, plus Salvatore Lacava, a relative. Investigators considered dynamite, gas, or liquor stills as causes. an early review suggested explosion from illicit liquor apparatus or internal dynamite, while fire officials noted the damage was too severe to be caused by a small blast.
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Newton
Mass
Waltham
Frank Gorgone
Gorgone
Thomas Gorgone
Lennard D. Jackson
Salvatore Lacava
Walter L. Wedger
Defense offers witnesses on insanity plea in Hickman case
The Hickman insanity trial opened with defense depositions tracing the defendant's mentality to his Arkansas ancestry and troubled home life. Witnesses described the mother Eva Hickman as once suffering low mood and dementia praecox, while Hickman’s own high school record and shifting plans underscored changing plans and sociability issues.
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Hall OF Justice
Los Angeles
William Edward Hickman
Arkansas
Marian Parker
Eva Hickman
Ozark Hills
H. P. Ruth
Little Rock State Hospital
Hickman
Central High School
Kansas City
Science links brunette emotion to love scene arousal
The report by William Marston of Columbia University shows brunettes reacting more intensely than blondes to amorous film scenes. Measurements used include sphygmomanometer and pneumograph, with heart rate and respiration rising higher in brunettes. The study involved six girls, two of opposite types at a time, and notes plans for further experiments.
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New York
William Marston
Columbia University
Marston
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