President Opens Continental Divide Tunnel to Commerce
The Moffat pioneer bore was blasted through at 10:10 p.m. by a White House signal from President Coolidge. Governors and mayors witnessed as rock was removed, uniting east and west 2,300 feet below James Peak. KOA broadcast the final blast as officials greeted the continental divide opening.
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Moffat Tunnel
East Portal
Colo
Moffat Pioneer
Coolidge
White House
Washington
Pioneer Tunnel
W. H. Adams
Colorado
Neslen
Salt Lake
Cross ‘Cut No. 13
President Coolidge
Moffatt Tunnel
William H. Adams
C. Clarence Neslen
Salt Lake City
James Peak
Adams
General Electric
KOA
Farm Relief Bill Faces President Coolidge Today
Two army airmen Lieutenant William A Gray and Lieutenant Willard J Harris are missing after a fog bound flight from Mitchell Field New York to Langley Field Virginia. A wing of their plane was found and officials believe they may have drowned after their De Havilland aircraft disappeared in fog over the sea.
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Mitchel Field
N. Y
Army
Navy
William A. Gray
Willard J. Harris
Langley Field Va
Harris
Langley Field
Coast-Guard
Ashbury Park
N. J
Virginia
Lakehurst
Mitchell Field
Gray
France
President Coolidge
Washington
Coolidge
Congress
White House
Senate
House
Jardine
Hoover
Mellon
Representative Fort
New Jersey
House Agricultural Committee
Samuel H. Thompson
American Farm Bureau
B. W. Kilgore
American Cotton Growers Exchange
Mabel Normand Improves After Pneumonia Fight
Mabel Normand, star of the screen, has made rapid improvement from bronchial pneumonia. Doctors report no danger and she can now talk by long distance telephone to her mother in New York saying she is feeling all right.
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Santa Monica
Cal
Mabel Normand
Screen Comediene
New York
U.S. Intervention In Nicaragua Debated In Managua
In Managua discussion centers on American intervention to end the civil struggle between conservatives led by Adolfos Diaz and liberals. The Haiti treaty is reviewed by Diaz supporters in congress to advise U S action. Charles C. Eberhardt heads toward Corinto to confer with Rear Admiral Julian Latimer. Diaz troops face pay arrears and harsh marches causing mutinous conduct and auto travel refusals.
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Managua
Nic
Nicaragua
Adolfos Diaz
Haiti
United States
Charles C. Eberhardt
Corinto
Julian Latimer
Eberhardt
President Diaz
Road funding bill advances for Fort Apache wagon road
A bill by Representative Akers of Maricopa to allocate 100000 dollars to cover half the cost of building a wagon road between Cooley and Whiteriver on the Fort Apache Indian reservation passed the House committee of the whole.
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Phoenix
Akers
Maricopa
Cooley
Whiteriver
Fort Apache
House
Legislature Moves to Repeal Secretary of State Vehicle Registry Power
Phoenix lawmakers audit the secretary of state office and vote to repeal the seventh legislature act that gave complete control over motor vehicle registration and funds. Representative Orme notes $102,000 cost for $5,000 in receipts as Kerby’s report shows nine months of receipts totaling $107,414.42 and disbursements of $93,405.
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State Highway Department
Department of Vocational Education
State Industrial Commission
University of Arizona
House of Representatives
Wisener
Yuma
Secretary of State
Orme
Maricopa
Hannon
Greenlee
McCormick
Gila
James H. Kerby
Hunt
Maricops
Kerby
Grand Jury Bars Lewd Magazines Under State Law
In Tucson on February 18 the grand jury withdrew thirteen magazines from sale deeming them lewd under state law. Federal Attorney Jones urged the action after inspecting eighteen periodicals and naming eighteen banned titles.
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Grand Jury
Tucson
Jones
Grand Jurs
Storm Death Toll Rises to 23 After California Floods
A second storm failed to bring heavy rain to southern California as floods subsided. The death toll rose to 23 with the drowning of H. A. Webster, a Hemet rancher, in a torrent. Unofficial damage was about 2.5 million dollars. Rail and road links remained disrupted in parts of the Imperial Valley and Los Angeles area.
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Los Angeles
Weather Bureau
California
Hemet
San Jacinto
H. A. Webster
Southern Pacific
Indio
Brawley
Imperial Valley
San Diego
Poverty Drives Father to Slay Family and Die in Utica Tragedy
In Utica New York Guy M Taylor a 55 year old teamster without work killed his wife and five children then ended his own life with a razor. Police forced entry after a neighbor reported conditions. Six dead children include Elizabeth 16 Owen 14 Albert 12 Goldie 8 and an infant. The family from Schenectady had lived in squalor with all doors bolted and shades drawn.
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Utica
N. Y
Guy M. Taylor
Taylors
Elizabeth
Owen
Albert
Goldie
Arizona Fair Weekend Weather Report
Weather stays mild with little temperature change for Saturday and Sunday. In Winslow the Santa Fe Weather Observer lists high and low temperatures without notable fluctuation.
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Arizona
Harvard Students in Cambridge Riot Trial Progresses
Police tell their accounts of the Harvard square disturbance as 39 students face trial. Testimony described shouting pushing ice throwing and police clubs used on a few students. Judge delays ruling until February 25 as Frederick H. Chase questions officers. Roliver Ferguson identified as a leading student in the melee.
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Cambridge
Mass
Harvard
Harvard Square
A. Lawrence Lowell
University Theater
Frederick H. Chase
Roliver D. Ferguson
Paducah. Ky
Tragic Mine Blast Kills Francisco R. Oleo at Inspiration Mine
Francisco R. Oleo, a worker, was killed at the Sulphide tunnel of the Inspiration mine in Miami Arizona on Wednesday. An explosion is blamed on his cap lamp contacting a dynamite hole. Three coworkers witnessed a flash but did not see him fall. He leaves a widow and three children.
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Miami
Ariz
Francisco R. Oleo
Cleo
Beaten Chinese Troops Pillage Hangchow City
Cantonese forces decisively defeated Marshal Sun Chuan- Fang's army, entered Hangchow, looted foreign missions, and burned much of the city. Sun's demoralized troops fled toward Shanghai while Cantonese aim for Sungkiang to threaten the eastern metropolis. British and other foreign forces held a wary line as reinforcements reported possible Shantung aid.
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Shanghai Seh
Sun Chuan- Fang
Hangchow
Sun
Shanghai
Sur
Sungkiang
Far East
Hankow
Niukiang
Chekiang
Kiangsu Province
Kashing
Ningpo
Tisientang
Tornado Toll Rises to 32 as Mississippi Delta Struck
The New Orleans area reports 32 dead with more than 90 injured after a tornado cut through Pleasant Hill in Louisiana and multiple parishes in Mississippi. One drowning occurred at Alexander City Alabama. Destruction hit farm homes, plantations, and small towns. Weather debris and ice threaten rescue efforts as winds ease.
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New Orleans
Pleasant Hill
Alexander City
Ala
Tensas Parish
Lelia Mack
Lake Joseph
Vicksburg
Napecin
Bo!t
Rosehill
Meridian
Leaf
Mississippi
Alabama
Ruth Free
Swing Johnson Boulder Canyon Dam Bill Faces Sprint to Passage
Senate took up the Swing Johnson Boulder Canyon Dam bill with little chance of a vote this session. Opponents plan to seek to displace it within days while House supporters hope for a floor vote next week. Arizona and Utah senators oppose the measure citing the Colorado River compact and irrigation costs.
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Washington
Boulder Canyon Dam
Senate
Congress
Johnson
California
House
Snell
Rules Committee
Arizona
Ashurst
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U.S
Atlantic
Executive Mansion
Sa Moffat
South States
U. S
Department of State
Farmer
Gordon Holden
Taylor
Schnectady
Smoot
Utah
Watson
Indiana
King
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