Lucky Lindy’s romantic flight ends in a minor mishap
In a Casablanca style air drama over Nalbuena airdrome in Mexico City Lindbergh and his passenger Miss Morrow experienced a wheel failure. The plane glided to a ground stop with one axle broken. Lindbergh suffered a dislocated shoulder while Miss Morrow was uninjured.
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Lindy “Blinv
Lindbergh
Nalbuena
Mexico City
Earth
Miss Morrow
Lucky Lindy
Atlantic
Biographical Directory issued for Congress 1774 1927
The government printing office released a 1740 page Biographical Directory of the American Congress from 1774 to 1927 compiled by Ansel Wold under Senator George H. Moses. It includes 9000 sketches and corrects the claim that Atchison was president for a day. It lists longest service records for Allison Warren Bingham Morrill and notes the oldest member John Henry Lewis. Continued on page two column four.
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Frederic William Wise
Washington
D. C
Congressional Joint Committee On Printing
Government Printing Office
American Congress
Ansel Wold
Joint Committee On Printing
Senate
Continental Congress
Philadelphia
United States
Sixty-ninth Congress
George H. Moses
New Hampshire
Congress
Voice
David Rice Atchison
Missouri
Atchison
Mr. Wold
Senator Atchison
Gower
Clinton County
Allison
William B. Allison
Iowa
Francis E. Warren
Wyoming
Warren
Henry H. Bingham
Pennsylvania
House of Representatives
Capitol Hill
Bingham
Congressional
Battle of the Wilderness
Virginia
House
Justin S. Morrill
Vermont
Morrill
Sti
John Henry Lewis
Timnois
Lewis
Plumb Nominated for Waterloo Postmaster in Iowa
President Coolidge sent to the senate the nomination of Harold B. Plumb as postmaster at Waterloo Iowa Rep Robinson recommended Plumb as sole civil service eligible candidate The postoffice department welcomed the designation noting Plumb has served in Waterloo as acting postmaster since January 1 and would like Hopkinton to have H S Pierce as postmaster as well
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Washington, D. C
U.P
Coolidge
Senate
Harold B. Plumb
Nestmaster
Waterloo
Courier
Robinson
Post Office Department
Flumb
Civil Service Commission
Goolidge
H. S. Pierce
Hopkinton
Postoffice Department
Plumbo Tesk
Correction of HV 13 Delayed
Denver residents report a delay in the correction of HV 13 as followers of the temple of Zion await the supposed resurrection of Yhvh. Six patrolmen guarded the corpse while Deputy Bostwick visited, but the faithful insisted the dead reader would return.
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Denver
Colo
U.P
Emanuel Yhoh
Temple of Zion
Yhuh
George Bostwick
Heaven and Earth
Chaplin Battles Spinal Influenza Amid Illness
Beverly Hills Feb 28 Charles Chaplin famed comedian battles spinal influenza after a relapse from ptomaine poisoning. Dr Cecil Reynolds remains at his bedside as guards keep visitors away and telephone lines cut. Chaplin’s condition remains grave with a high fever above 101 degrees.
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Beverly Hills
Cal
INS
Charles — Chaplin
Silversheet
Physi
Blane
Uns Ife
Cecil Reynolds
Chaplin
Hollywood
Woman Dies After Being Struck by Car in Des Moines
Mrs. Anna Hockenberg aged 67 died from injuries after being hit by an automobile last night in Des Moines. The driver L. L. Davies said the woman stepped into the path of the car and he could not avoid the collision.
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Mes Moines
Anna Hockenberg
L. L. Davies
Hoover picks Good for secretary of war in cabinet lineup
President elect Hoover completes cabinet selections with James W. Good named secretary of war and liaison to Congress. Labor head James J. Davis to stay temporarily. agriculture and commerce posts still unnamed amid surprise picks.
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Maron
Henry K. Stimson
Andrew W. Mellon
William D. Mitchel
James W. Good
Washington, D. C
Hoover
Labor
Davis
Labor Department
Commerce
Agriculture
Altho
Good
War Department
Appropriations Committee
Henry L. Stimson
New York
Treasury
Pennsylvania
Des Moines
Agriculture Post
Thomas Campbell
Montana
Pieree
Seven Perighi Nuthera Floods cause seven deaths
Floods across four southern states submerged rivers and damaged property. A Georgia lawyer Fred McWhorter and his three children drowned when their car fell from a weakened bridge. In West Virginia three men Sherril Maynard Charles Kinstker and Talmadge Wells perished when their car plunged into Twelve Pole creek near Fort Gay. Rain reduced visibility at the bridge.
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Chicago
U.P
Fred McWhorter
Lincolnton
Fort Gay
W. Va
Twelve Pole Creek
Intoxicated Cedar Rapids Officer May Be Discharged
Cedar Rapids Feb 28 The city council will consider discharge of Emil Vostry patrolman amid a raid case alcohol charge. Disciplinary action follows Star man commissioner of public safety recommendations approved by Police Chief Benesh.
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Cedar Rapids
Emil Vostry
John L. Starman
Public Safety
Vostry
Starman
W. CG
Benesh
Second Deficiency Bill Passes Senate
The Senate passed the second deficiency appropriation bill with new amendments including 312,000,000 for reconditioning battleships Pennsylvania and Arizona and a Brookhart provision to raise salaries for lower grade federal employees, sending the measure to conference with the House.
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Washington, D. C
U.P
Senate
House
Pennsylvania
Arizona
Silloway Resigns After Transfer Over Chicago Remarks
Deputy Prohibition Administrator Fred D. Silloway resigns from government service after being transferred east following statements that Chicago policemen were linked to the north side massacre of seven gangsters. His superiors cited his discretion as the reason. In a separate note Cedar Falls reports James E. Larsen critically ill from blood poisoning after a hand infection at Sartori Memorial Hospital.
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Chicago
TNS
North Side
Prohibition
Fred D. Silloway
Silloway
Cedar Falls
James E. Larsen
Sartori Memorial Hospital
Courier delivers by 5 30 or by 6 20 phone notice
The notice states home delivery should arrive before 5 30. If delivered late due to carrier or other error, call 5100 for a copy. Phone calls must reach the office before 6 20 p m.
Lindbergh to Wed Anne Morrow in Mexico’s Cuernavaca Estate
Col Charles A Lindbergh plans a quiet wedding with Anne Morrow at the Morrow estate in Cuernavaca valley Mexico. The couple, after a crash mishap, continue air travel, with Lindbergh nursing a dislocated right shoulder and saying he feels fine.
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Mexico City
INS
Charles A. Lindbergh
Anne Spencer Morrow
Morrow
Cuernavara
Centerville Lawyer Slain in Courthouse Shooting
D Fulton Rice 39, attorney and former state representative from Appanoose county, was shot in the back on Centerville courthouse steps by George Damyancich, a coal miner upset over a delayed slander case. Damyancich surrendered to Sheriff Gaugenbaugh. coroner's inquest pending. Rice taught school in Dike and Ta, later became a lawyer after study at Drake and Michigan. He is survived by his widow and a son, David, and his parents.
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Centerville
U.ri
Fulton Rice
Appanoose County
George Damyancich
Damyancich
Rice
Earl Gaugenbaugh
Damyaneich
Sounty
Midway
Ivial
District Court
Dike
Iowa
Congress
State Normal School
Kirksville
Drake Umiversity
Des Moines
University of Michigan
David
Hungarian Plot to Overthrow Regime Rumored
Budapest reports a conspiracy to topple the Hungarian government. Bela Kun, former dictator now in Moscow, is named as the mastermind behind the plot. Police report 60 communists arrested for planning against the government. Kun was arrested in Vienna last year and sent back to Russia after a brief jail term.
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Hungary
Bela Kun
Moscow
Cuba
Havana
United States
Budapest
Finsi
Vienna
Russia
Aviators Battle Blaze in Clouds Crash Near Rangoon
Lieut Joseph le Brix and companions Antoine Paillard and Camille Jousse crash while en route from France to Saigon. Fire engulfed the plane after takeoff from Rangoon, the propeller failed, and it nose-dived into a swamp. injuries reported to Le Brix and Jousse with Jousse treated in a Rangoon hospital.
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Rangoon
Burma
U.P
Joseph le Brix
le Brix
Antoine Paillard
Camille Jousse
Theinzeik
Jousse
France
Saigon
Indo-China
Havana Plotters Balked by Govnt
Cuba’s government maintained control after uncovering a plot to assassinate President Machado and trigger revolution. Eight men were arrested last night, with 64 more warrants issued. The conspirators allegedly aimed to provoke chaos to invite U S intervention.
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Havana
INS
Cuba
Machado
Cal
Alfonso Fors
Secret
Mghit
United States
Foch Treated With Infections Of Milk And Camphor
Paris February 98 UP Doctors to Marshal Ferdinand Foch used infections of milk to combat tracheal weakness and injections of camphor to strengthen the heart in an effort to carry him through a fourth crisis. His condition remained stationary after a quiet night though his weakness kept him unable to take food.
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Paris
Ferdinand Foch
Bomb Attack on Quebec Premier Investigated
An explosion attempt targeted the office of L A Taschereau premier of Quebec. The dynamite was placed at the top floor of the parliament building and partially burned, with Taschereau narrowly escaping harm during an unscheduled visit. Authorities investigated the incident late Tuesday night.
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Quebec
L. A. Taschereau
Province of
Tascheren
T&schereau
Blaze Ends Bucket Brigade Hope in Gun Train Crash
In Jackson Mississippi near Terry a freight train wreck dumped ten thousand gallons of alcohol into a ditch. Residents rushed out with pails cups and washtubs to save spills but the blaze quickly started, ending any hope of relief by local helpers.
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Terry, Miss
Jackson
Blaze
Bucket Brigade
Miss
Terry
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