Two Swamis drawn into LA amid Lindbergh flight and crime
In Los Angeles a pair of Indian swamis run a ladies school where students pay 85 dollars, with claims of fat reduction and love control. The piece notes Lindbergh's Panama flight, discusses life expectancy, and recounts Lyman J. Barber escaping captivity after fending off four captors. It also critiques dementia praecox and comments on Sandino and U S Marines.
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Copsright
New York
Americas, Inc
Los Angeles
India
Mukand Lal Ghosh
Basa Kumar Ragthi
Dhiranarda
Lyman J. Barber
Guerrero
Mr. Barber
Barber
Rescue ships answer radio call for help
Radio distress from the freighter Griffeo prompts coast guard search 300 miles south of Cape Flattery. Griffeo crew of 22 sailing from Honolulu to Portland, captain Herbert T. Martin. Haida cutter and Aorangi to assist. uncertain if calls were genuine.
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Seattle
Washa
Cape Flattery
Pore Townend
Portland
Honolulu
Herbert T. Martin
Coast Guard
Aorangi
Victoria
B. C
Ore
Griffco
Inter-Island Steamship Company
Griffey
Mackay Radio Company
Griffeo
Mackay
Diplas Returns to Clearfield Jail on Debt Evading Charge
Tony Diplas, previously reported as having faked his own death by leaping Niagara Falls, was returned to Clearfield County Jail and charged with evading debts. He formerly owned a shoe shining parlor in Clearfield.
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Clearfield
U. P
Tony Diplas
Eiecn
Buffalo
N. Y
Niagara Falls
Clearfield County
Reenactment planned for S-4 disaster in Provincetown
Salvage work and naval board inquiry proceed near Provincetown Mass as divers prepare to unwater the sunken S-4 hull. A collision reenactment between the coast guard destroyer Paulding and S-4 is scheduled with Monahan and S-3 representing the involved craft.
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Provincetown
Mass
Maury
Board of
Coast Guard
Paulding
Board of Inquiry
Monahan
Charlestown Navy Yard
Thomas Hardy Dies Marking End Of Victorian Writers Era
Dorchester England January reports the death of author Thomas Hardy at his home near Dorchester after weeks of illness. The renowned writer born in 1849 in Dorset produced Tess of the d Urbervilles and Wessex tales, with later works in poetry and prose. Funeral plans hinge on burial location, with Westminster Abbey as a possible resting place. He married Emma Gifford in 1874. after her death in 1912, he wed Florence Dugdale in 1914.
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Dorchester
Eng
Thomas Hardy
Westminster Abbey
Hardy
Pibet
Tennyson
Browning
Dorsetshire
Leas
Tess
The
D’ubervilles
America
Greenwood Tree
Bellstock Square
Emma Gifford
Florence Emily Dugdale
Commissioners Aid Warren Relief Association
County commissioners took temporary charge of expenditures for the Warren Relief Association after a conference at the courthouse. Attendees included M. Brady E. D. Stewart Mac Olney Mrs W W Marks and Mrs Robert Hall. They noted a growing deficit beyond the Community Chest installment and said aid was needed to sustain services until 1928 funds arrive.
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Warren Relief Association
Court House
Warren
M.brady
E. D. Stewart
Mac Olney
W. W. Marks
The
Relief Association
Robert Hall
Marks
Hall
Treasury Reserve
Community Chest
Steel Corp. President Resigns in Pittsburgh
C A Fisher president of Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp submitted his resignation to the board today. The official notice says he retires to give up active business, stated at the company offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
C. A. Fisher
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation
Fisher
Lindbergh’s First Stunt Flight Story Captured
The article notes Lindbergh’s initial stunt flight with a passenger in the fourth chapter of WE, detailing the flying colonel’s epic. A comprehensive preface is being carried Monday for readers who did not start with the first chapter, explaining his parents and early flying, then Lindbergh’s life story continues on page 5.
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Lindbergh
Lind
Lindbergh forecasts new New York Panama air links
Col Charles A Lindbergh predicts rapid air connections between Panama and New York as he tours the western Panama region. He tells 2000 canal employees that airlines could be feasible and profitable, saving days in travel. He plans hops to Colon and other destinations, but will miss the Pan American conference opening in Havana.
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Colon
U. P
Charles A. Lindbergh
France Field
St. Louie
Lindbergh Field
Panama
Panama City
Charles A Lindbergh
Newee
Newatka
Canal
Lindbergh
Venezuela
St. Thomas
Virgin Islands
Porto Rico
Haiti
Havana
Balboa
Burgess
Central America
South America
Attempt Second Endurance Flight from Roosevelt Field
Clarence D. Chamberlin and Roger Williams launched from Roosevelt Field at 10 11 3 a m aiming to reclaim the U S world endurance flight record. A prior attempt failed four hours after takeoff when a gasoline pump quit, halting fuel flow to the wings tanks. They must exceed the German record of 52 hours 22 minutes 31 seconds to set a new mark for the United States.
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Roosevelt Field
New York
Clarence D. Chamberlin
Roger Williams
United States
Fllera
Bellanca
Germany
Williams
Edzard and
Ristics
Irecord
Chamberlin
Williama
Ely Appointed to State Sanitary Water Board
Harrisburg Pa Jan 12 Sumner B Ely of Pittsburgh was named as a member of the state sanitary water board. Announcement came from officials noting the appointment of Ely to the post alongside George Fisher and J Q Handy in what officials called a routine selection by the state government.
Marines Rout Rebel Band In Sharp Skirmish
Report from Managua says a 5 patrol of United States Marines and Sandino followers clashed near Cujo with fierce fighting. Five rebels were killed, plus nine more in a separate Quilali bombing raid. Marines suffered no casualties and captured San Albino without opposition. An air strike near Quilali counted nine rebels dead with three wounded. A Marine crash near Esteli injured no one. A deserter group of 14 from the Nicaraguan guard is said to be en route to Sandino forces, taking a machine gun.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Jar
United States
Augustine Sandino
Cujo
Quilali
San Albino
Esteli
Adao
Commotillo
Pennsylvania Motor Vehicle Totals Rise in 1927
Pennsylvania registered 1 365 326 passenger cars in 1927, up 7 percent from 1926, with 217 927 trucks and 14 267 motorcycles also registered. Total motor driven machines reached 1 643 151, yielding 26 17 495 46 in revenue, plus 18 590 in penalties and 437 681 22 in fines for the year.
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Harrisburg
U. S
Department of Highways
Pennsylvania
Fokker Plane Flies From Washington to Nicaragua
Major L. B. Bourne and two companions departed Anacostia Naval Air Station at 6 35 a m in a large tri motor Fokker monoplane bound for Banagua Nicaragua They plan to turn the craft over to U S Marines aiding against rebel chief General Sandino.
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Washington
Upj
L. B. Bourne
Anacostia Naval Air Station
Blanagua
Nicaragua
U. S S
Sandino
New Comic Debuts On Tribune Page Monday
The Tribune Comic Page introduces a new strip about a youth struggling to make ends meet in the railroading world. It depicts empty safes and unwary sows hit by trains, contrasting with the popular Tillie The Teller.
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Tribune
Tillie the Teller
Tomorrow's Tribune
Houston Wins 1928 Democratic Convention Bid
The Democratic National Committee awarded the 1928 convention to Houston Texas after a tight vote against San Francisco. Houston offered 200 dollars to secure the meeting on the fifth ballot amid a southern location preference and civil war era tensions.
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Washington
Houston
Texas
San Francisco
Democratic National Committee
Hounton
President's plan for commission probe approved
In a 9 to 8 Senate vote Republicans push the president's plan for a presidential commission to probe the S four submarine disaster. Democrats pledge floor fight and consider a Senate committee inquiry as a rival option. House changes require two civilians and two retired officers for findings by March 16. Trammell proposes a five senator inquiry with $10,000 aid, tabled pending action.
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Washington
U.P
Coolidge
Commission
Senate Naval Affairs Committee
Howell
Nebraska
Swanson
Virginia
Congress
Senate Naval
House
Trammell
Dem
Fia
Senate
Frisco Leads in Convention Bids
Washington reports Frisco leads in bids for the 1928 Democratic Convention with a $250,000 guarantee and broadcasting concessions. Houston follows with $200,000 and Detroit trails at $125,000, while San Francisco seeks harmony dinner support through a letter from Governor Al Smith.
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Washington
al Smith
New York
Clem Shaver
Democratic National Committee
Smith
Houston
Tex
Jess H. Jones
San Francisco
Detroit
Justice Without Power At Sing Sing
New York officials moved to end the legal fight over Ruth Snyder and Henry Judd Gray as they faced execution at Sing Sing tonight. Attorney General Albert Ottinger said the stay by Justice Aaron Levy was illegal and ordered the sentence carried out, while Warden Lawes prepared for the procedure despite ongoing court questions.
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New York
Ruth Snyder
Henry Judd Gray
Sing Sing Prison
Supreme Court
Aaron Levy
Albert Ottinger
Lawes
Saonel Muller
Gray
Henry W. Goddard
Warden Lawes
Albany
U.P
Albert Otlinger
Ottinger
Pilkington Ends Life at Palo Alto Home
George L. Pilkington, 70, committed suicide at his Palo Alto home near Pottsville today. He had been ill and out of work for some time, and his death is reported as self inflicted.
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Pottsville, Pa
George L. Pilkington
Palo Alto
Here
Weather Outlook Western Pennsylvania and Lake Erie
Western Pennsylvania is partly cloudy tonight with a chance of rain and cooler air moving toward Lake Erie. A low pressure system tracks east from Alberta to Ontario and into the plains and Mississippi valley, bringing broad cloud cover and mild conditions with no precipitation except light center activity.
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Pa—Raig
Bear Lake Erie
Alberta
Lake Superior
Ontario
Port Arthur
Canada
Plains States
Mississippi Valley
Texas
Lake Region
Ohio Valley
Gulf States
South Atlantic States
Rocky Mountains
Chicago
Cleveland
Miami
New York
Pittsburgh Jr
San Francisco
Washington
A.m. Dd. m
Tiver
Seta
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Arthur Brisbane
SigMar
Riviera
Niet
Switzerland
Mexico City
Irving Fischer
Yale
Galapagos Islands
Goethe
Faust
Michael Angelo
Titian
Edison
New England
Indiana
Hickman
California
Mr. Sandino
Republic of Nicaragua
Neo
Diplas
Commissioners Aid Relief Association
Lindy Forecasts
AIR Connections
Chamberlain
Fokker
Wiliam Woods Plankinton, Jr
Miwaukee
Wis
John Plankinton
Milwaukee Packer
Frisco
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