Lindbergh Completes Havana Stop On Pan American Flight
Col Charles A Lindbergh celebrated his 27th birthday in Havana after landing his twin motor amphibian at 3 58 p m completing the first leg of a three day flight from Miami to Cristobal Panama Canal Zone The Pan American Airways official J A Hambleton and Harry L Buskey accompanied him The route proceeds to Belize Tela Honduras Costa Rica Managua Nicaragua and Cristobal with stops and a birthday cake presentation in Havana by government officials
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United Fresser
Belize
British Honduras
Charles A. Lindbergh
Miami- Florida
Cristobal
Panama Canal Zone
Central America
Lindbergh
Havana
Cuba
Miami
Florida
J.T. Tripple
Pan-American, Airways, Inc
Belize Harbor
Tela
Honduras
Punta Arenas
Costa Rica
Managua
Nicaragua
Dindbergh
Santo Domingo
Navy Senate debate on maritime law and military service
The article notes a Senate debate over a maritime law to protect neutral ship rights, with a plan introduced to negotiate treaties based on an 1785 understanding. It also mentions amendments to build three aircraft carriers and efforts to require Congressmen and capitalists under 55 to serve in future wars.
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Kansas
Reputen
Congress
Brean
Connecticut
King
Utah
McMaster
South Dakota
Hoover plans Florida flood survey and Edison visit
President elect Hoover organizes a personal survey of the Lake Okeechobee flood area in the Florida Everglades with a two day trip starting February 15. He will also attend Thomas A Edison’s birthday celebration at Fort Myers on February 11 with Henry Ford and Harvey Firestone.
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United Press
Miami
Beach
Fla
Hoover
Florida,Everglades
Lake Okeechobee
Here
Glenn B. Skipper
Florida
Godwin
Army
Thomas A. Edison
Fort Myers
Henry Ford
Harvey Firestone
Stimson
Elihu Root
Charles Evans Hughes
William ‘Howard Taft
Congress
Senator Smoot
Utah
Senate Finance Committee
Smoot
Crushed Between Buses Jury Awards Kashioff Damages
Brooklyn youth Joseph Kashioff was awarded 45000 damages after being pinned between two buses at Coney Island last August. He claimed injury while pursuing a Hollywood career promise under the name Don Radaliot and sued Times Bus Lines Inc for 50000. The trial described his hip bones crushed and his hopes spoken from a wheelchair.
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United Press Transcontinental
New ‘York
Rudolph Valentino
Joseph Kashioff
Eer Island
Kashioff
Brooklyn
Times Bus Lines, Inc
Hollywood
Don Radaliot
Arizona Nevada and California river commission moves toward Reno or Phoenix meeting
Arizona senate approves the new Colorado River commission and names John Mason Ross, Charles Ward, A A Favour, and Governor Phillips as chairman. Governor Dillon of New Mexico invites California Nevada Arizona to a tri state conference in Santa Fe to discuss Colorado River water distribution with Wyoming Utah and Colorado invited as advisory participants.
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Upstert Press
Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona
Colorado
Senate
Boulder Dam
Fred .B. Balzar
Nevada
Reno
Phillips
Is Commission
Commission
Arizona Senate
John Mason
Ross
Bisbee
Charles B. Ward
A. A. Favour
Yavapai
Donnelly
Pima
Santa FE
N.M
Richard C. Dillon
California
Ina Stauch
Wyoming
Utah
Francis C. Wilson
New Mexico
Juvenile Night Club Raid Brings 35 Youths Before Jury
In Bakersfield California on February 4 officials investigated a sensational raid on a juvenile night club. Police and deputies say liquor was sold and the walls bore obscene drawings. About 35 minors from high schools were brought before the county grand jury. an adult, Al Coe, is sought for running the club and may face charges of contributing to delinquency.
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United Press
Bakersfield
Calif
al Coe
Sheep Growers Urged To Boost Medium Wool Output
Matt Staff of Boston urged U S wool growers to increase medium class wool to compete with imports from New Zealand and South America at the National Wool Exchange annual meeting in Denver. Wyoming’s W W Daley was reelected board chairman and G T Thompson was chosen secretary treasurer. The exchange serves cooperatives in 25 states and expects the 1929 wool clip to match the 1928 record.
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United Press
Denver
Colo
Matt Staff
Boston
Mass
National Wool Exchange, Inc
New Zealand
South America
Exchange
W. W. Daley
Wyoming
G. T. Thompson
Ira T. Wight
Bank Robbery Suspect Held in Murray Utah Case
Police in Los Angeles hold 29 year old William James on a charge of robbing the Murray State Bank in Murray Utah. He is detained as investigations continue into the bank heist.
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Los Angeles
William James
Murray State Bank
Murray
Utah
Northcott ailing defense in murder case in Riverside
Gordon Northcott, facing possible death or life in prison for the killings of three Southern California youths, pressed a haphazard defense during a Riverside court session. He even claimed he sold his clothes to prisoners in Riverside County Jail to prepare for San Quentin or hanging. The day centered on stern cross examination of his wife Mrs. Sarah Louise Northcott.
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United Presa
Riverside
Calif
Gordon
Northcott
Agaihat
San Quentin
Sarah Louise Northcott
Becomes Citizen and Faces Jewel Suit in San Francisco
Princess Chakir also known as Sidi Wirt Spreckels was sued for 80 000 dollars’ worth of jewels in San Francisco shortly after gaining U S citizenship Tiffanys of New York filed the action The princess had lost her citizenship on marrying Mustapha Chakir of Constantinople then regained it after divorce from Jack Spreckels and a later restoration of rights
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United Press Transcontinental Wira
San Francisco
Princess Chakir
Sidi Wirt Spreckels
United States
Tiffany’s
New York
Chakir
Mustapha Chakir
Constantinople
Jack Spreckels
Dividend Declared In Standard Oil Indiana Split Fight
Standard Oil Indiana directors vote an extra 50 percent stock dividend and 50 cents in cash for stockholders of record February 16. The move is seen as part of the proxy fight between Col. Robert W. Stewart and John D. Rockefeller Jr. for control, with meetings set for March 7 in Whiting, Indiana.
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United Press Transcontinental Wire
Chicago
Standard Oil Company of Indiana
New York
Robert W. Stewart
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Col
Stewart
Rockefeller
Whiting
Ind
John D., Sr
Standard Company
L. L. Stevens
McNabb Nominated as U S Attorney for California
President Coolidge sent to the senate the nomination of Samuel W. McNabb for the post of U S attorney for the seventh district of California. McNabb is the current incumbent.
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Washington
Coolidge
Senate
Samuel W. McNabb
U. S
Seventh District
California
McNabb
Rumor Persists Stimson May Be Secretary of State
Belief grows that Henry L. Stimson of New York and governor general of the Philippines will be Herbert Hoover's secretary of state. Officials familiar with the state department say the report seems correct, though Hoover and Stimson have not confirmed it.
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Henry L. Stimson
Philippines
Tranac
Washington
New York
Herbert Hoover
State Department
Manila
Attorneys For Keyes Take Rap At Prosecution
Los Angeles reports opening defense argument in the Keyes bribery case. Jud Rush attacked two key state witnesses Ben Getzoff and Ed Rosenberg as acting from greed and self preservation. He highlighted Pike and Berman to claim the diary and meetings were used to extract money and push prosecutions.
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United Press Transcontinental Wire
Los Angeles
Asa Keyes
Ben Getzoff
Ed. H. Rosenberg
Jud Rush
Rush
Milton Pike
Little Brown
Getzoft
Jacob Berman
Pike
Keyes
Rosenberg
Getzoff
Julian Petroleum Cause
Berman
Star
Glendale Fears Meningitis Epidemic Closes Schools
Glendale Arizona grapples with a suspected meningitis outbreak after a nine year old girl dies and a boy remains critical. Lower grade schools are closed while upper grades stay open with optional attendance, a high school play is postponed, public meetings are banned, and athletic attendance is down.
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United
Glendale
Ariz
Hawks Aims to Break Transcontinental Flight Record
Captain Frank Hawks, piloting the Lockheed Vega monoplane Air Express, started from Metropolitan Airport Los Angeles at 5 30 p m local time to beat the existing 18 hour 58 minute record. He will follow the Goebel Tucker route toward Roosevelt Field New York, facing favorable weather and a 6600 pound payload, with Osgar Grubb his mechanic aboard.
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United
Tress Transgontinenthy
Witte
Metropolitan Airp
Los Angeles
Frank Hawks
Air Express
Hawks
Art Goebel
Harry Tucker
Roosevelt Field
New York
Osgar Grubb
Joe Nickert
Former Governor Hunt Back A Story Of Bandits
Ex Governor George W Punt arrives in Nogales after denying reports his life was threatened by bandits during a Guadalajara vacation. He travels to Phoenix and learns of the death of his mother in law Mrs Ellison in Phoenix on Saturday.
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United Press
Nogales
Ariz
Guadalajara
Jalisco
Mexico
George W. Punt
Phoenix
S. M. Ellison
Radio Sets Sold to Foreign Nations in 1928
American radio manufacturers sold 12,061,410 dollars worth of radio sets and accessories to foreign nations in 1928, according to a Washington dispatch.
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Washington
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