Senators Push Boulder Dam Contracts Despite Nevada Dispute
Washington reports urged by Senate and House irrigation committees to let Boulder dam contracts proceed. Wilbur pressed for immediate project progress with brief talks among states. Nevada seeks one third power, objecting to 18 percent split in a seven state compact. Contracts likely after legal staff finalizes details.
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Wilbur
Senate
House Irrigation
Boulder Dam
Department of Interior
Johnson
Califorty
Walsh
Montana
Pittman
Oddie
Nevada
Boulder
Italian note expected in arms parley at naval conference
Washington reports that the American delegation seeks to reconcile French, Italian positions on parity at the naval conference. Dwight W. Morrow meets Dino Grandi as Rome may issue a formal statement of Italy's nav al requirements next week. In China famine worsens in Shensi with mass deaths and destitution amid natural calamities and civil wars.
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London
France
Italy
Mexico
Dino Grandi
Mussolini
Rome
Mussolini Daughter to Wed Ciano in Formally Announced Betrothal
Edda Mussolini aged 19, daughter of Italian Premier and Dictator, to wed Gaetano Ciano 27, son of the minister of communications. Premier to host a small reception at Villa Torlonia for the betrothal announcement with a wedding date not yet set. Ciano serves as secretary at the Italian embassy in the Holy City under Count Devecchi.
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Edda Mussolini
Galleazzo Ciano
Costanzo Ciano
Mussolini
Villa Torlonia
Clano
Holy City
Count Devecchi
Rome
Sidda
Duce
Republican Leader Seeks Massachusetts Senate Nomination
William Koputler, former RNC chair and U.S. Senator, announces candidacy for the Republican senatorial nomination in the September primaries. He pledges to build up and protect New England's business and industrial prosperity against competition from the South and West.
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Soston
William Koputler
Republican National Committee
United States
New ‘England
Hoover Returns From Sea To Resume Duties
President Hoover ends a six day fishing holiday off Long Wey aboard the Saunterer to return to Washington. He spent the time in isolation on the chartered house boat and sailing the gull stream in pursuit of game fish before resuming official duties.
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Fvz
Hoover
Washington
Long Wey
Saunterer
Death Rate Rising for Americans Over 87
New York February 15 Dr Eugene Lyman Fisk medical director of the Life Extension Institute told executives that the death rate of Americans past 87 is rising while other civilized nations show improvement at all life stages.
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New York
Eugene Lyman Fisk
The
Life Extension Institute
Office Executives’ Club
Spanish Students Attack Newspaper in Madrid Facade Clash
About 150 students demonstrated outside the Region newspaper in Madrid shouting insults at editors and breaking windows, with police eventually dispersing the mob. No injuries or inquiries reported.
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Madrid
Oviedo
Moore Taken To Hospital
Alexander P. Moore ambassador to Poland was moved to a Los Angeles hospital from Pottenger Sanitarium in Monrovia after a grave illness reported by his physician. Attaches said his condition remained unchanged.
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Los Angeles
Alexander P. Moore
Poland
California Hospital
Moore
Monrovia
P. G. White
Elihu Root Celebrates 85th Birthday in New York
Elihu Root, cabinet member in two administrations and noted international law authority, marked his eighty fifth birthday in New York. He was guest of honor at a dinner hosted by Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler of Columbia University, with guests from a decade ago who attended his seventy fifth birthday eve event.
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New York
Elihu Root
Auto Ao
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
Br. Butler
Mr. Root
El Paso Newspaper Man J C Wilmarth Dies Suddenly
El Paso Herald former general manager J C Wilmarth died suddenly in El Paso Texas on Feb 14. He had retired years ago and devoted time to civic affairs. The body will be sent to Janesville Wisconsin for burial.
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Paso
Texas
J. C. Wilmarth
el Paso Herald
Janesville
Wis
Inquest Planned for Belmont Death Near Railroad Tracks
An inquest will be held in Belmont Arizona to determine responsibility for the death of a young man tentatively named Ray Auten of Los Angeles. His body was found yesterday near railroad tracks and investigators believe he fell from a train while attempting to steal a ride. Identification came from letters in his pockets.
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Flagstaff
Ariz
Belmont
Ray Auten
Los Angeles
House Passes Annual Supply Bill Increases for Agencies
The house approved the annual supply bill funding 28 independent government offices and agencies. It includes more than half a billion dollars for World War veteran activities and an extra 143000 for the federal trade commission to bolster anti trust investigations.
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Washiington
House
Senate
Federal Farm Board
Federal Trade Commission
Family Burned in Owen Sound Farmhouse Tragedy
Mrs. Roy Lonsway and her two children died in a farmhouse fire in Owen Sound Ontario on February 15 presenting a fatal blaze scene with a mother and two children as victims and neighboring responders investigating the tragedy.
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Owen Sound
Roy Lonsway
Wooden Palace Crumbles After Oil Boat Collision
A Romanian oil boat collided with Kadri Pasha’s wooden palace near Kanlidja on the Bosphorus. The current pushed the vessel into the water dwelling, causing the palace to topple and be destroyed.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Romania
Kanlidja
Bosphorus
Kadri Pasha
Byrd Ready to Begin Journey Toward Home
New York report says Byrd Antarctic expedition breaks camp at Little America and heads home. A second expedition under Sir Hubert Wilkins is leaving Deception Island for Montevideo after completing a year of study.
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Byrd
New York
Antarctic
Richard EK. Byrd
Little America
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
South Dartmouth
Mass
New York American
Sir Hubert Wilkins
Sir Hubert
Deception Island
Montevideo
Henrik Isben
Calvin Coolidge Asked to Dedicate Gila Valley Dam
In Phoenix Arizona on February 15 AP reports former President Calvin Coolidge will be asked to dedicate the completed Coolidge dam in the Gila valley. P D Overfield heads the dedication committee and will extend the invitation with flexible timing based on the ex president’s convenience.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Calvin Coolidge
Arizona
Coolidge
Gila Valley
P. D. Overfield
Overfield
Thousands Welcome Coolidges To Texas
More than a thousand people greeted former President and Mrs. Calvin Coolidge in Houston on February 16 as they stopped en route to Los Angeles. I Bo Morris led the Harris County Republican executive Committee crowd during the 30 minute visit.
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Houston
Texas
I. Bo Morris
Harris County
Republican Executive Committee
Calvin Coolidge
Los Angeles
California
Duvets Feel International Displeasure
Izvestia and Pravda denounce attacks on the Soviet Union over church suppression and peasant policy as part of a global movement. They cite the Pope and charges in Germany Britain and Mexico, asserting such interference will be decisively repelled.
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i.Izvestia
Pravda
Communist Party
Soviet Union
Germany
Routseport
Mexico
Washington
Izvestia
Oklahoma Liquor Conspiracy Case Goes To Jury
In Oklahoma City the Potlwatomie county liquor conspiracy case was sent to a federal court jury. Of 102 defendants originally charged with unlawful conspiracy to violate liquor laws, only 12 individual defendants remain for verdicts after pleas, dismissals, demurrers, verdicts and deaths. Jurors may return verdicts for each remaining defendant.
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Oklahoma City
Potlwatomie County
Buenos Aires Airplane Trip Well Under Way
CAT Lieutenant Clement McMullen of the United States Army air corps and WHT W. White a Standard Oil official left from Pan-American airport on a non stop flight to Crisobal Canal Zone via Newark starting from Buenos Aires in a two leg journey.
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Miami, Fla
Clement McMullen
United States Army Air Corps
W. White
Standard Oil Company
Pan-American International Airport
Crisobal
Canal Zone
Newark
N. J
Buenos Aires
Spanish Ex-Dictator Rivera Arrives for Brief Riviera Stay
On the Italian Riviera the former Spanish dictator Miguel Primo de Rivera arrived today for a short visit. He is staying at a hotel on the Riviera, where officials report no official engagements are planned during his stay.
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San Remo
Riviera
Miguel Prima de Rivera
Spain
Prescott Judge Awards Divorce And An Airplane
In Prescott a superior court granted Anna Lewis a divorce from JL M Pritchard and ruled an airplane is community property. Pritchard, serving a state penitentiary term for aggravated assault, lost custody of four children aged two to eight to Mrs Lewis.
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Prescott
Anna Lewis
Richard Lamson
JL. M. Pritchard
Pritchard
State Penitentiary
Crete Rocked By Severe Earthquake
A severe earthquake last night at Candia Crete caused darkness in the city. No lives were lost but residents, recalling the 1926 shock, were panic stricken as the quake was felt distinctly in Athens and centered in northern Crete.
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Athiens
Candia
Crete
Athens
Robber Traps Butcher in Fridge After $50 Loot
With temperatures at 10 degrees, a robber confined Louis Frederick, a butcher, in his shop refrigerator as a prank after stealing $50. The incident occurred in the town and police began a probe into the bizarre theft and assault.
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Louis Frederick
Hundreds Seek New Cancer Treatment at San Francisco Clinic
In San Francisco on February 15, patients with cancer crowded the Southern Pacific hospital seeking a serum derived from sheep adrenal cortex by Dr. Walter Coffey and Dr. John Humber. They hope the treatment offers relief though it is not yet a proven cure, with 100 patients receiving injections and more clinics planned amid hopeful accounts of improved conditions. A private plane transported Mrs. Edwins, an orchardist’s wife from Wenatchee, to the clinic.
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Walter Bo Coffey
John
Southern Pacific Hospital
Coffey
Humber
Irving Sdwins
Wenatchee
Wash
Edwins
Charles Rector
Thompson and Strawn Groups Meet in Chicago
In Chicago on February 15 AP report notes Thompson and Strawn convened amid city debt pressures. Evictions of destitute workers were denied in court while relief leaders and financiers discuss cash for unpaid obligations. Samuel Insull reportedly ready to aid if Thompson's team aligns with Strawn.
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Chicago
William Blaie Thompson
Silas A. Strawn
Samuel Insull
Strawn
Thompson
Communist Plot Uncovered In Athens Police Reveal Plan
Athens February 18 AP Police disclosed an alleged communist plot in the city alleging orders from Moscow and Vienna to organize disturbances on February 28 and March 12 with a general strike. Authorities seized documents claimed to show funds from the USSR including a subsidy for a local communist paper and plans for propaganda in the army and navy.
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Athens
Moscow
Vienna
Propisanda
U S Fleet Sets Four Month Cruise From San Pedro
Ten units of the United States fleet and base force slipped anchor at midnight in San Pedro California and set course for a four month cruise and tactical exercises.
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Cal
United States Fleet
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