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January 12, 1928

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COUNTRYMEN CHEER LINDBERGH AS GUEST IN THE CANAL ZONE; Army and Navy Officers and Employes and Their Families Bestow Their Plaudits. HE SEES CHILD SWIMMERS In Speech He Predicts Air Line Between United States and Panama Soon. WILL HOP TO COLON TODAY There Spirit of St. Louis Will Be Tuned Anew for Flight to Venezuela. Greeted by Americans. Cheers Hospital Patients. COUNTRYMEN CHEER LINDBERGH AS GUEST Presented to Chiari's Grandson. Watches Youngsters Dive. Lindbergh Denies He Is Dead. Speaks on Favorite Topic. Gets Boy Scout Medal. Accepts Venezuela Invitation.

By C.h. Calhoun, Special Correspondent of the New York Times. Copyright, 1928, By the New York Times Company. Special Cable To the New York Times

In Panama Canal Zone; presented to Pres Chiari's grandson; denies rept of death; s in Balboa on commercial aviation; gets medals; will go to Venezuela; plans there

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MARINES KILL 14 IN NICARAGUA FIGHTS; They Defeat Two Attempts of Sandinistas to Ambush Them --Airmen Account for 9. OUR MEN TAKE SAN ALBINO Haiti Bandit-Fighter Assumes Command--Bogota Press Protests to Coolidge. New York Peace Body Leaves. MARINES KILL 14 IN NICARAGUA FIGHTS Bluejackets Guard Bridge. Colombian Protest to Coolidge. Echo at Havana Is Predicted. Argentinians Attack Us.

By Harold N. Denny, Staff Correspondent of the New York Times. Copyright, 1928, By the New York Times Company. By Tropical Radio

Defeats 2 attempts by Sandinistos to ambush U S forces

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SMITH'S NAME UPPERMOST AS PARTY LEADERS GATHER FOR THE HARMONY DINNER; DRYS DISPOSED TO WAIT Will Avoid Clash for the Present at Least, It Is Expected. McADOO NON-COMMITTAL But Says He Made No Pledge Not to Mention Governor's Candidacy. CITIES BID FOR CONVENTION Contest at Capital Meeting Appears to Lie Between Detroit and San Francisco. Rivalry for Convention City. Any City Suits Smith Men. SMITH DISCUSSED BY PARTY LEADERS Still Doubt About McAdoo. Drys Seek a Candidate. McAdoo Denies Making Pledge. CLEVELAND OFFERS $150,000. City Sending Delegation to Present Bid in Washington.

By Special to The New York Times

Smith's name uppermost as leaders gather for Jackson Day Dinner, Wash; McAdoo non-committal

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UR KING'S RETAINERS FOUND IN HIS GRAVE; Wives and Servitors Had Been Killed to Accompany the Monarch in Death. FIRST HINT OF THE CUSTOM Discoveries in Tomb Show Chaldean Civilization Superior toEgyptian in 3,500 B.C. Woolley Tells of Discoveries. Bodies Are Huddled Up. UR KING'S RETAINERS FOUND IN HIS GRAVE Custom Was Not Recorded.

By Copyright, 1928, by the New York Times Company. By Wireless To the New York Times

Discoveries in grave of a king of Ur of the Chaldees, by joint British Museum and Univ of Pa expedition in Mesopotamia; wives and servitors had been killed to accompany monarch in death

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COOLIDGE WILL URGE PAN-AMERICAN AMITY AT HAVANA CONGRESS; Speech to the Delegates May Furnish Cornerstone for Better Understanding. CORDIALITY TO BE KEYNOTE No Prospect Is Visible of Out-cropping of Irritation Against the United States. INTERVENTION TO COME UP But Neither Nicaraguan Nor Mexican Questions Are Likely to Be Stressed Formidably. Cordial Keynote Expected. The Nicaraguan Question. COOLIDGE TO URGE PAN AMERICAN AMITY The Crucial Proposals. Jurists Rule on Intervention. Importance of Problems. Our Delegation Imposing.

By Richard V. Oulahan. Special To the New York Times

Pan-Amer Conf

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1928Ruth Brown, American R&B singer-songwriter and actress (died 2006)^[†]

Ruth Alston Brown was an American singer-songwriter and actress, sometimes referred to as the "Queen of R&B". She was noted for bringing a pop music style to R&B music in a series of hit songs for Atlantic Records in the 1950s, such as "So Long", "Teardrops from My Eyes" and "(Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean". For these contributions, Atlantic became known as "the house that Ruth built". Brown was a 1993 inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

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