Search Ends with Found Bodies of Two Pilots
The body of Pilot Carl Ben Eielson was found in a wrecked plane 90 miles southeast of North Cape Siberia. Pilot Joe Crosson and mechanic Karl Borland were lost November 4 en route from Teller Alaska to the Nanuk. Borland’s body was found last week. Eielson’s was located under light snow near the crash site.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Carl Ben Ekkclson
North Cape
Siberia
Joe Crosson
Karl Borland
Teller
Borland
Ender
Fielson
Harold Gillam
Eielson
Crosson
Gillam
Slipenov
Nanuk
Eiclson
Four new world speed records set by Lee Shoenh air
At Miami Beach Florida on February 20 Lee Shoenh air, Akron Ohio, in Miss Silvertown, set four new world speed records with 1000 kg added weight on 100 km and 500 km courses 175.997 and 168.114 mph surpassing Broad of Britain. He then aimed to beat 1000 km record held by Paillarg Compland of France. Concurrently Winslow association recommended closing Clear Creek to fishing for two years due to depletion of planted bass crappie and bluegill.
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Jackson Willie Beach
Fla
Lee Shoenhair
Akron
Silvertown
Shoenhair
H. S. Broad
Great Britain
Broad
Paillarg Compland
France
Clear Creek
Arizona Fish and Game Commission
Winslow Game Protective Association
Chautemps Presses Tardieu to Join New French Cabinet
Paris Feb 20 AP Camille Chautemps radical socialist leader seeks a cabinet post for former premier Tardieu and to keep him head of the French delegation to the London naval conference. Tardieu, whose government was toppled amid Chautemps outcry, has not yet decided. Chautemps, deputy from Blois, is forty five and long a lawyer before politics in four cabinets.
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Paris
Tardieu
Camille Chautemps
London
M. Tardieu
Chautemps
Blois
Toqurairie
France
Dugan Appeal Aims to Halt Arizona Execution
Attorney General says appeal to Arizona Supreme Court cannot stay Eva Dugan’s death sentence and the board of pardons must grant any stay. Florence officials note two ways to perfect the appeal with potential for a last minute reprieve. Dugan, convicted of murdering Tucson rancher A J Mathis, remains calm but hopeful despite the looming gallows in Florence.
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Peterson
Supreme Court
Board
Phoenix
Ariza
K. Berry Peterson
Pinal County
Eva Dugan
Bane
State Board of Pardons and Paroles
Florence, Ariz
Eva ‘Dugan
Supreme Court of Arizona
Pinal’ ‘County
E. L. Green
Supereme Court
High Court
Florence
Ariz
A. J. Mathis
Tucson
Eva Dagan
A. Mathis
Arizona State Prison
State Board of Pardons
Hannah Confesses To Slaying Of Boy
In Wooster Ohio Charles Hannah 61 a bakery wagon driver and banjo player confessed to killing Melvin Horst four year old missing since December 27 1928. The sworn admission ends a week of police questioning and shifts focus from Carl Donald whom Hannah had accused.
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Wooster
Ohio
Charles Hannah
Melvin Horst
Orville
Carl Donald
Hannah
Senate Objects To Tate Appointment
Washington February 20 opposition in the senate to confirming Hugh M. Tate to the Interstate Commerce Commission echoes the Hughes rejection effort. A small group of southern Democrats argues Tate is biased toward big corporate interests due to environment and professional ties.
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Washington
Charles. Evans Hughes
United States
Senate
Hugh M. Tate
Interstate Commerce Commission
Tate
Coolidges Visit Catalina Island
Calvin Coolidge and his wife arrived in Los Angeles to embark on a pleasure trip to Catalina Island. They will be guests of William Wrigley Jr. on the winter visit, despite drizzling rain in southern California.
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Wilmington
Cal
California
Calvin
Mrs. Coolidge
Los Angeles Harbor
Catalina Island
William Wrigley, Jr
Wool Growers Debate Boston Buyers Charge in Southwest Meeting
Sonora Texas February 20 AP Wool growers of the southwest today considered a charge by FP Haydenbarth president of the National Wool Growers Association that Boston wool buyers were seeking to hamper cooperative wool marketing sponsored by the Federal Farm Board.
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Sonora
Texas
Southwest
FP. J. Haydenbarth
Spencer, Ida
National Wool Growers Association
Boston
Federal Farm Board
Ordered To Give Answer On Power Commission Job
Washington February 20 F. Bonner executive secretary of the federal power commission was ordered to prepare a detailed answer to charges of maladministration at the end of a three hour hearing before the senate interstate commerce committee.
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Washington
F. . Bonner
Federal Power Commission
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Gang War Moves To Kansas City
Kansas City police investigated a shooting that wounded Roy Moore amid gangland clashes in the city. Authorities attributed the gunfire to an underworld dispute and sought suspects, but no witnesses were located.
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Kansas City
Roy Moore
Ferguson Seeks Texas Governor Return in Democratic Primary
James I. Ferguson announced another bid for Texas governor subject to the July Democratic primary. His wife Miriam A. Ferguson, Texas first woman governor, had run after his impeachment prevented his ballot inclusion. She was later defeated for re election by Dan Moody.
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Auston
Texr
James I. Ferguson
Texas
Ferguson
Miriam A. Ferguson
Dan Moody
Prohibition repeal hearings feature Atterbury and Dupont witnesses
In Washington on February 20 AP report notes opponents of prohibition pressing repeal in the house judiciary committee hearings. Industrial leaders W. W. Atterbury of Pennsylvania Railroad and Pierre S. Dupont of DuPont De Nemours sat among the prominent witnesses.
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Washington
House Judiciary Committee
W. W. Atterbury
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pierre 8. Dupont
E. J. Dupont de Nemours Company
Bank Investigation To Be Started Soon
The house banking committee will launch an investigation into group chain and branch banking on Tuesday. Secretary Mellon or an assistant and J. W Poole comptroller of the currency will be the first witnesses.
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Washington
House Banking Committee
Mellon
J. W Poole
Norris proposes senate panel to probe campaign expenditures
Washington Feb 200 AP Senator Norris introduced a resolution proposing a Senate committee to investigate campaign expenditures of senatorial candidates in the upcoming primaries and general election. Nebraska Republican.
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Washington
Senate
Norris
Republican
Nebraska
Manila Students Continue Strike Over Teacher
Manila North High School students kept their walkout with only 16 of 2770 enrolled attending classes. They demand the dismissal of Miss Mabel Brummitt, an American teacher formerly of Valparaiso Indiana, accusing her of insulting Filipinos and branding them as savages and idiots amidst anti Filipino tensions and communistic agitation.
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Manila
Manila North High School
Mabel Brummitt
Valparaiso
Ind
California
Senate to reconsider Stone for Smithsonian regents board
The senate agreed to reconsider the selection of Charles Augustus Stone to join the board of regents of the Smithsonian Institution, reopening the nomination process and review.
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Washington
Senate
Charles Augustus Stone
Board of Regents
The
Smithsonian Institution
Oldest active judge plans 100th birthday in office
St Charles Minnesota reports 97 year old Municipal Judge Salmon W Gleason Minnesota's oldest active judge intends to spend his 100th birthday in office He has held the post since 1899 and filed for reelection for a four year term Clarkson Stewart F challenges him in the March 4 election.
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ST. Charles
Minn
Salmon W. Gleason
Minnesota
Gleason
Stewart F. Clarkson
British Ship City of Lille Floats Free Off California Coast
Coast Guard reports the British motor ship City of Lille, stuck in sand near Newport Beach since yesterday, was floated by high tide and is being towed by the salvage tug Peacock to the outer harbor at San Pedro. Divers will inspect the hull.
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San Pedro
Cal
Coast Guard
Algonquin
City of Lille
California
Newport Beach
Peacock
Western Pacific California Railroad denied to build lines
The Interstate Commerce Commission denied permission for the Western Pacific California Railroad to construct proposed lines in San Joaquin Stanislaus Merced Madera and Fresno counties and to operate over the Tidewater Southern Railway. A second item notes a call by the Nations Electricians Union urging workers to aid in protecting public officials as a member heads to Alderson Federal Prison in West Virginia serving thirty months for falsifying an income tax return.
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Washington
Western Pacific California Railroad
Interstate Commercs. Commission
San Joaquin
Stanislaus
Merced
Madera
Fresno
California
Tidewater Southern Railway
Mexico
CETY
Republic
The
Nations Electricians’ Union
Alderson
W. Va
Berger Begins Prison Term After Exhausting Legal Avenues
Miss J. Marjorie Berger, a prominent figure in Wollywoods elite film circles, started her prison term today after all legal recourse was exhausted. The case highlights long legal battles and the impact on a high-profile social sphere.
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Los Angeles
J. Marjorie Berger
Spectacular Lamm Lumber Yard Fire at Modoc Point
Klamath Falls Ore February 20 The largest blaze in Klamath county history destroyed the Lamm Lumber company yards at Modoc Point with estimated losses of 300000 officials stated.
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Klamath Falls
Ore
Klamath County
Lamm Lumber Company
Modoc Point
Army air corps pilots take nonstop trip to Panama
Three officers and two non commissioned officers of the Army Air Corps departed Miami at 6 2102 today in a tri motor transport plane for a non stop flight to Panama.
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Miami
Fla
Army Air Corps
Panal
Ohio Governor Denies Snook Stay Of Execution
Governor Cooper refused a stay of execution for Dr. James H. Snook, who was sentenced to die for the slaying of Theora Hix. The ruling closes a federal appeal delay in Columbus, Ohio.
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Columbus
Ohio
Cooper
James H. Snook
Theora Hix
Japanese Hold Record Election
Japan held its second universal manhood suffrage election with turnout near 10 million. In Tokyo Nagoya and other cities about 80 percent cast ballots as counting starts tomorrow and results may not be clear until the weekend.
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Tokyo
Japan
Nagoya
Ashfork
Ment
Hamaguchi
Five Power Naval Conference Opens Holiday Session
The Five Power Naval conference in London began a week long holiday amid doubt over its outlook. The talks, started over a month ago with an Anglo American parity base, now focus on future limitations and curbing naval ambitions rather than immediate reductions, with Paris political crisis as a key factor.
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London
Paris
False meningitis death report in Sonora State
Hermosillo Governor Francisco Elias denied earlier claims that 94 people died in Campas Sonora from cerebrospinal meningitis and said only seven deaths occurred in the state. The Ex celsior dispatch quoted him debunking the higher death toll reported to public health.
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Sonora
Mexico City
Hermosillo
Excelsior Today
Francisco Elias
Department of Public Health
Campas
Mother Saves Life Of Son Who Would Cast Her From Home
In Chicago on February 20 a 75 year old mother, evicted by her son Louis Friedman, saved his life after returning home to a gas filled kitchen. Friedman had been fined a week earlier for evicting his mother. A son in law broke in a window and found Friedman unconscious.
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Chicago
Louis Freidman
Friedman
Terror of Bisbee Man Arrested Near Benson
A man who called himself Henry Gathing terrorized Benson area residents for days. Police and citizens pursued him across the hills until captured after a struggle and held at Tombstone jail for observation. He carried a pistol and wore mismatched heavy shoes.
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Bisbee
Ariz
Henry Gathing
Benson
Gathing
Tombstone
Wells Bound Over To Superior Court
Wells bound over to the Superior Court for trial in the death of Deputy Sheriff Lee Wright from gunshot wounds in Chandler Arizona. The defendant faces a murder charge after a preliminary hearing with Irene Schroeder W Glenn Dague present.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Joe F. Wells
Superior Court
Lee Wright
Chandler
Irene Schroeder
W. Glenn Dague
Wells
Prescott Man Contests Will In Cattle Barons Estate
Prescott, Ariz. February 20. Dan J Sullivan files suit in Yavapai County Superior Court to set aside the will of late Jerry Sullivan and divide the estate between his brother and sister Margaret Sullivan of San Francisco who has been bed ridden for years. The will bars any contesting party with one dollar.
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Prescott, Ariz
Jerry
Sullivan
Arizona
Dan. J. “Sullivan
Yavapai County
Margaret Sulivan
San Francisco
Leg Removed After Railroad Accident Near Ashfork
S N McKeel of Safford Kansas was injured near Ashfork when a train passed over his left leg. He was brought to Prescott hospital where doctors amputated below the knee.
National Guard Captain Acquitted In Federal Fraud Case
Lon G. McCallum, a Hawaii National Guard captain, was acquitted by a federal jury of forging and cashing a government check for 8.40 dollars with intent to defraud.
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Honolulu
Lon G. McCallum
National Guard
Hawaii
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Mrs. Edison
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Henry Ford
Harvey Firestone
Florida Field
Game Commission
R. L. Bayless
T. N. McCullough
Fish and Game Commission
Bayless
T. E. McCullough
Kinbab
Houserock
McCullough
New York
Coolidges
Power Commission
Wet Group
Naval Meeting
Prescott
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