Captain Fried Saves All Aboard Italian Freighter Florida
In a daring night rescue Capt George Fried now master of the America saved all hands aboard the Italian freighter Florida 700 miles off Cape Henry during a full gale. The search took two other vessels to concede failure before Fried located the doomed ship. The Dannedaike reported distress and headed to Bermuda under its own power.
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Fried
George Fried
United States Lines
Roosevelt
North Sea
America
Virginia Capes
Florida
Dannedaike
Bermudas
Eight File for Postmaster Examination
Labor Secretary James J. Davis mails a letter to Welsh readers claiming 86 percent of Americans are poor while noting workers in the U S enjoy relative prosperity. President Coolidge weighs a Diamond Jubilee for the Republican Party as rival candidates vie for secretary of state amid survey of party origins and foreign service reforms.
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Frederic William Wise
Washington
D. C
Western Mail
South Wales
James J. Davis
Labor
United States
London
Davis
Congress
Hoover
America
Brotherhood of Poverty
Coolidge
White House
Republican Party
Kansas City
Myr
Hils
Jackson
Mich
Ripon
Wis
Pat Harrison
Mississippi
Cal
Pat
Booth
Tarkington
George Ade
Indiana
Chicago
Harrison
Lafayette
Logansport
Says Less Clothes Girls Wear Better Health They Have
Sioux City Iowa January 24 Dr Alexius M Forester of Colorado Springs told the Sioux Valley Medical association that women wear less clothing and stay healthier as skin exposure aids waste elimination. He cited evolving attitudes toward modesty and noted men’s resistance to change yet joked about a man in a street with six inches of knee exposure.
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Sioux City
U.R
Alexius M. Forester
Colorado Springs
Colo
Sioux Valley Medical Association
Fear Trotzky to end new revolt in Red army
Moscow reports the communist party declares relentless war on counter revolutionary activity led by Trotzky supporters. About 150 of his followers are arrested in Moscow and other regions and kept in strict isolation. Exiled leader Trotzky is in Russian Turkestan. Trotskyites are accused of working within the Red army for a coming revolution and civil war against the soviet regime.
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Russia
Berlin
Paris
Trotzky
Russian Turkestan
Moscow
Soviet Union
Leon Trotzky
Red Army
Communist Party
Russian
Turkestan
Filibuster Threatens Cruiser Bill in Senate Action
Washington officials report a likely filibuster to block the cruiser bill as it reaches the Senate. Opponents led by Senator Norris seek to strip a three year construction clause and reduce the 15 ships to 10 or 4. Supporters including Chairman Hale defend the administration measure while pressuring removal of the time unit requirement.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Norris
Nebraska
Hale
Senate Naval Committee
Counties Must House Own Drunks In Inebriate Ruling
Des Moines January 24 A ruling by Gerald Blakey assistant attorney general directs counties to house inebriates locally rather than at state insane asylums. Crowded conditions and the four state hospitals prompt the board of control to seek public funding. Currently more than 125 inebriates serve 30 day sentences in the asylums under the law mandating county housing.
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Des Moines
U.R
Board of Control
Gerald ©. Blakey
Blake
Clothing Shoots Self in State Center Ta
Franz C Rohde 44 a clothing dealer shot himself yesterday afternoon due to dejection from ill health. The incident occurred in State Center. Police report the suicide was by gunshot and note the deceased was a clothing merchant.
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Clotiier
Self
State Center
Franz C. Rohde
Chijse
Seven Seek Waterloo Postmaster Job Including First Woman
Seven men and one woman applied for Waterloo postmaster, with Harold Plumb acting postmaster among them. The civil service commission will interview local business leaders and rate all eight, then certify the top three to Postmaster General for appointment consideration. The winner may be aided by congressional recommendation. Mrs Jessie M R Jones is the first woman applicant.
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Emiwet Dougherty
Courier Special Service
Washington, D. C
Waterloo
Civil Service Commission
Harold B. Plumb
Clarence A. Brane
Frank TF. Beniley
Knapp = Matthews
Frank A. Holmes
Iala A. Barron
Edward J. Brucher
Jessie M. R. Jones
Civil Service
Post Office Department
Congress
Robinson
Plumb
Associated Manufacturers Company
Iowa Dairy Separator Company
Hanson
Waterloo Chamber of Commerce
Bentley
Board of Supervisors
Matthews
Waterloo Tribune
Holmes
F. A. Holmes & Co
Barron
Waterloo Roofing & Supply Co
Brurher
Herman Co. Miller Company
Jones
John P. Jones
Town Public Service Company
Fourth Street West
Ranson and
Brucher
MacDonald urges removal of sulky suspicion
Ramsay MacDonald former British labor premier appeals for active government efforts by the United States and Great Britain to remove growing sulky suspicion harming relations. He warns the two nations drift toward mutual misunderstanding and squabbling that erodes forbearance.
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New York
United States
Great Britain
Ramsay MacDonald
Nhe
Plans to Make Ice From Gas Brings New Ice, Resinstown
Chicago January 24 heat less light is passe. Dry ice now takes stage. Weston and associates of Wood River organize a company to manufacture waterless tea at Wanda Hl. New ice is made from carbon monoxide gas and when it evaporates is paid to leave up moisture. It will sell for about 10 cents per pound and 50 pounds will last a month. Inventor sees potential mail order business.
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Illnois
Chicago
H. Weston and Associates
Wood River
Organized & Company
Wanda
Hero of Two Dramatic Sea Rescues Faces Port Reception
New York dispatch reports Captain George Fried, praised for twice rescuing crews at sea, set to enter New York amid a westerly gale aboard the Inner America with 32 aboard the rescued Florida crew. He gained fame for the Antinoe and Roosevelt rescues, earning honors but shunning praise and memorial funds. The city awaits a harbor ceremony, as Fried endures public attention he dislikes.
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New York
George Fried
America
Florida
Roosevelt
King Aska
London
King George
Ike
Noffort
Captain Fried
Widow Heir Named in Hudnut Estate Probate
Glens Falls N Y January 24 A R Mrs Winifred Kimball Hudnut second wife of perfume maker Richard A Hudnut is sole heir to his estate under the will filed for probate by National City Bank of New York Executors named include former wife of the late Rudolph Natacha Rambova and Valentino's widow Beals is omitted from provisions Beals has been given sums of money the exact value of the estate is not stated
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Glens Falls
A.R
Winifred Kimball Hudnut
Richard A. Hudnut
National City Bank of New York
Rudolet
Natacha
Rambova
Valentino
Hudnut
Lindy to Follow Hoover by Plane to South America
Detroit, Jan 24. Col. Charles A. Lindbergh will begin a new South American trip within 30 days, per Captain Eddie Rickenbacker. The mission would be government sponsored as a climax to President-elect Hoover’s tour, following a route along the west coast to Cape Horn then up the east coast.
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Detroit
Mich
U.rh
Charles A. Lindbergh
South America
Eddie Rickenbacker
Rickenbacker
Hoover
Uindbergh
Cape Horn
Snow Storm Forecast to Last Through Friday
Des Moines reports a heavy snowstorm continuing into Friday with the likely setting of a new January record, exceeding 15.4 inches. The weather bureau notes the blinding snow caused an airmail plane to land on Des Moines outskirts. Charles City records also show unusually low temperatures.
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Des Moines
Weather Bureau
Charles D. Reed
Boeing Transport Company
Charles City
Courier delivery promise before 5 30 each day
The notice states that the Courier will be delivered to homes before 5:30 o clock. If the paper is not received by that time due to carrier error or another cause, residents should call 5100 to have a copy sent. Calls must reach the office before 6:30 p.m.
Roads Give Stores Improved Service
Fred W. Sargent, president of Chicago & Northwestern, told the Economics club that better railroad service lets American businesses cut stock. About 5,000 carload lots and 2,000 package cars depart Chicago daily to about 2,000 points nationwide, with one transfer boosting reach to 60,000 more points. Cedar Rapids is set for first morning delivery and Sioux City for second morning delivery.
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Chicago
Fred W. Sargent
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad
Economics Club
United States
Sargent
Cedar Rapids
Sioux City
Death of Bilkert Tribesmen's Error
In Basrah Trak on January 24 a mis understanding by Wahibi tribesmen led to the death of Rev Henry A Bilkert Dutch Reformed missionary. The caravan including Charles K R Crane and John Bilkert was mistaken for police and attacked while traveling through the desert. Snow and ice threaten Town City alfalfa fields with experts urging field trampling or crust breaking.
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Henry A. Bilkert
Mr. Bilkert
Charles R. Crane
Pny
Irak
Basrah
Trak
U.P
Billkert
Charles KR. Crane
China
John
Bilkert
Town City
Gives $3,000,000 to Train Boys for Executive Places
Frederick C Austin of Chicago donates a $3 million office building to Northwestern University. The endowment will yield about $200,000 annually to fund character and commercial training for students deemed fit to become business executives in a program aimed at improving the business education of America's youth.
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Chicago
America
Frederick Carleton Austin
Northwestern University
Loop
Farm relief drive begun in House committee hearings
Miami Beach Jan 24 Dwight W Morrow plans to return to Mexico City soon to remain ambassador for an indefinite period after two hour talks with President elect Hoover. The report notes a farm relief drive and hearings on increases in schedules continue in Congress.
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HOUSE
Miami Beach
Pla
Dwight W. Morrow
Mexico City
Hoover
Johnson deportation bill aimed at alien gunmen and big bootleggers
Washington Jan 24 A compromise movement began to shape a drastic deportation bill targeting alien gunmen racketeers and bootleggers in major cities. The Johnson deportation bill would be withdrawn to immigration for a compromise, clearing the way for early action. Only aliens convicted of long prison terms or moral turpitude would be deportable.
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Congress
Immigration Committee
America
Washington, D
Dns
Johnson
House
Rep
Snell
New York
PLAN WIDE FIGHT ON EVOLUTION
Fundamentalists under the banner of the defenders of the Christian Faith plan a nationwide campaign against evolution and modernism. Chicago evangelist Paul Rader, international president of the Worldwide Christian Couriers, says he has enlisted top fundamentalists including Gerald B. Winrod and Paul W. Rood. A national convention is set for Indianapolis February 3 to 10.
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Chicago
Defenders of
Panul Rader
Worldwide Christian Couriers
Rader
Gerald B. Winrod
Paul W. Rood
The
Bryan Bible League
Indianapolis
Ind
Senator confirms Albert as state game warden for four years
John Jago of 107 Sycamore Street asserts that Governor Hammill's reappointment of W. E. Albert as state game warden will keep Iowa sportsmen aligned with strong enforcement of fish and game laws. Jago praises Albert for fairness and strong deputy support, predicting an improved record with public cooperation.
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Senate
John Hammill
W. E. Albert
Iowa
John ©. Jago
Sycamore Street
Albert
House and Senate Face Day Law Fight
Washington debate centers on deficiency appropriation bill with provision for prohibition increase and tax publicity clause. Key figures include Rep. Selvig of Minnesota pressing farm protection against higher industrial duties, B F Davis of Colorado Farm Bureau pushing livestock fees, and looming Senate House conference over funds and dry measures amid split views. Major players named include Garner, Crampton, Wood, Byrnes, Smoot, Warren, McKellar, and others, with talks of naval cruiser debate and minor bills pending.
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Washington, D. C
C. G. Selylgz
Minnesota
Selvig
B. F
Davis
Denver
Colo
Colorado Farm Bureau
Stockgrowers’ Association
Colorado Livestock Industry
New York City
New York
Washington,d. C
House
Senate
Prospect
Jack Garner
Texas
the Treasury
Garner
Tf Garner
United Press
Representative Crampton
Crampton
Warren
Smoot
Wood
Byrnes
McKellar
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Board of Education
Detroit-Windsor
Sumner -G
Sleeper
Canada
Ban Patiey
Henry Georges
Harvester
Martin Clgors
Fletcher and
Morrow
State
Fletcher
Henry P. Fletcher
Pennsylvania
Mexico
Foreign Service
State Department
Fietcher
Florence Hill Cuneo von Puttkamer
Kurst von Puttkamer
Fear Trotzky
Tia
Commission
J. P. Jones
P. M
MacDonald
Cary Grose
Richard Hudnut
Lindy
Dwight W.morrow
AIM
East
Carroll
AL Curtis
McNabb
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