Tilden Seeks New Material for 1928 Davis Cup Defense
At the national junior indoor tennis championships in New York, William Tilden reviews Davis Cup prospects among 84 entrants. Three young players Jelvis Seligson Frank X Shields and Edward Jacobs show potential for future Davis Cup teams. Seligson easily advances to the fourth round with dominant wins while Shields and Jacobs also reach the later rounds.
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Tilden
York
Pcne
Hay
William T. Tilden
United States
Jelvis Seligson
New York
Lehigh
Frank X. Shields
Shields
Murray Zargalla
Cornell
Joseph Schaffer
New York University
Seligson
Eddie Jacobs
Eric Baker
Fred Meyer
Fordson
Walter Swaybill
Joseph Groge
National Academy of Fine Arts
Swaybill
Dawn radio message drives wartime search over Sable Island
Maritime units including destroyers Shaw, Cowies, Monaghan and the Los Angeles dirigible pressed an air and sea search for the missing Dawn amid reports of a Dawn emergency. Crews scanned southwest of a 75 mile zone while coast guard craft patrolled nearby waters at night and daybreak loomed.
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Sable Island
Island
75 Mile
Coast Guard
Shaw Cowies
Monaghan
Lecatelli
Greenland
Hes
Lakehurst
N. J
Los Angeles
Rosendahl
Atd
Long Island
Washington
Cape Cod
Batt
Mahan
Frances Wilson Grayson
Nova Scotia
Wilbur
Department
Herbert Jarvine .Browne
Ocean
Secretary of Commerce
Famous Bandit Baker Sentenced to Life in California
Norman Baker once of Boston and known as the Blueblood bandit received a life term from Judge Leon Yankwich for first degree murder in the shooting death of Paul Chetham during a Slavery store hold up. Baker also drew one to 20 years for robbery.
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United Press Transcontinental
Los Angeles
Norman Baker
Boston
Blueblood Bandit
San Quentin
Chetham
Baker
Yankwich
Unidentified Woman Found Dead Near Mulholland Highway
In San Fernando California a body of an unidentified woman was discovered in a canvas sack about 100 yards from Mulholland highway two miles from town. A loosely tied apron around the neck suggested strangulation and deputies noted a broken nose, likely caused by a heavy instrument. The killer left the scene, tossing the sack into nearby bushes.
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San Fernando
Calif
Mulholland Highway
Youth Recovering Incoma Ninth Day After Auto Strike
Gale Peterson a 15 year old girl in Phoenix has spent nine days in a coma after being struck by a car. Doctors reported restlessness tonight as a possible sign of returning consciousness.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Gale Peterson
Missing fliers search ends with no trace found
Navy destroyers and the os Angeles sped northward to follow the Dawn route. They searched from Cape Cod to near Emerald Bank but found no trace of the missing fliers.
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Sturtevant
Theos Angeles
Cape Cod
Emerald Bank
Grandfather of Missing Dawn Voices Final Hopelessness
Munice Indiana December 27 A J Wilson father of Mrs Frances Grayson admits giving up hope for the missing Dawn after days of searching and a message from Sabie Island. He says the worst has happened and plans a Phoenix trip with his daughter with relatives in Arizona.
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Munice
Ind
Virgil
A. J. Wilson
Frances Grayson
Wilson
Sabie Island
Phoenix
Arizona
Bomb Explosions injure eighteen in Buenos Aires banks
Eighteen people were injured in simultaneous explosions at the National City and First National of Boston branches in Buenos Aires. Police link the blasts to radicals protesting Sacco and Vanzetti. Manuel W. Taboada das is suspected as the bomb carrier and likely fatally hurt.
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Buenos Aires
United Press Transcontinents
National City
First National of Boston Bank
Nicola Sacco
Bartolomeo Vanzetti
National City Bank
Manuel W. Taboadas
Oliva
Thomas Little
Michigan
C. H. Husseley
Hubert del Valla
United Press
Taboada
Manuel
Exchange Department
Missing Webb Couple Searched For In Missouri And Oregon
Riverside Missouri and Coquille Oregon began searches for Mr and Mrs Dennis Webb who have been missing since November 28 after leaving Bandon Oregon for Roseburg. Their families fear an accident or foul play may be involved.
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Wnhited
Transcontinental Wire
Riverside
Coquille
Dennis Webb
Roseburg
Bandon
Ore
Navy Refuses Future Searches Without Flight Plans
The navy will not hunt missing airplanes in the future unless fliers provide advance trip details. Secretary Wilbur announced after the Dawn disappearance near Newfoundland, noting historic large-scale searches cost thousands with no trace found.
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United Press Treanscontinental
Washington
Navy
Secretary of the Navy
Wilbur
Friendly US Mexico ties grow amid eased embargo and Lindbergh visit
Washington reports rapid warming of US Mexico relations as embargo on airplanes to Mexico eases and licensing granted for the Lindbergh flight plane. Calles moves to modify oil land law while Catholic leaders urge caution, citing religious and press liberties concerns amid presidential tensions. Naval officials note plans to warn if Dawn flight risks route.
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Mexico
State Department
Evangeline Lindbergh
Mexico City
White House
Calles
Mexican
United States
Lindbergh
Madero
Morrow
Kellogg
America
Coolidge
Mary G. Hawks
National Council of Catholic’ Women
Col. Lindbergh
Cales
Naval
Four Crew of Submarine Proclaimed Dead
United Press dispatch from Washington reports that Secretary of the Navy established December 17 as the date of death for three sailors and others of the crew after the submarine wreck following a collision with the destroyer Paulding.
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United Press
Iohitd Wire
Washington
Dee
Mead
Secretary of the Navy Wilburgy
Chait’ ‘Guard
Paulding
Roe
Interference Theme in Mexican Internal Affairs Critique
A historical snippet highlights concerns over external meddling in Mexico's internal matters. The quotation points to tensions around sovereignty and diplomatic interfaces between governments during the period.
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Mexico
Dallas teen charged with assault to murder in Flora Wright case
Clifford Thomas a 19 year old who says he knew Jed ward Hickman confessed to assault to murder in Dallas Texas after striking Flora Wright on the head with a monkey wrench during a car ride following her refusal of a kiss The case ties to the Kansas City high school killer.
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Dallas
Texas
Clifford Thomas
Jedward Hickman
Kansas City
Thomas
Flora Wright
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