John E Hill Heads Church Committee
John E Hill was announced as chairman of the building committee of the First Christian Church at the annual meeting led by Dr R L Rogers. The personnel of the committee will be named at the Sunday service. The 1930 reports cited 250 new members, $6000 to missions, $7000 Woman's Auxiliary fund, 830 families clothed, 317 fed groceries, and ongoing aid to T Newton Hill in India.
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John E. Hill
First Christian Church
R. L. Rogers
Woman's Auxiliary
L. Gough
T. Newton Hill
India
Cotton mill strike may close Manchester plants
The central committee of the Cotton Spinners and Manufacturers Association urged affiliated mills to shut on Saturday Jan 17 if the labor dispute with weavers remains unsettled. The action would lock out about 200000 workers.
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Associated Press
Manchester
Eng
Central Committee of
The
Cotton Spinners and Manufacturers’ Association Today
Six Bandits Grab $15,000 Bank Loot in Baltimore Heist
Six men armed with pistols and an automatic gun robed an employee at the Commercial Savings Bank on North Avenue at Bay in Baltimore and escaped with about $15,000 in cash in a later car pursuit.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
Commercial Savings Bank
North Avenue
Arkansas woman overstates age by ten years
Conway Arkansas January 9 United Press reports Miss Sallie Hawkins may not be the oldest woman in Arkansas but is among the oldest. Her brother M C Hawkins says memory failure led her to claim she was 111 years old.
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United Press
Conway
Ark
Sallie Hawkins
Arkansas
M. C. Hawkins
Hindenburg Intervenes in Ruhr Miners Dispute
President Von Hindenburg signs emergency decree under article 43 to widen the government arbiter's powers in a Ruhr coal strike. A six percent wage cut was anticipated as a settlement, with mine owners seeking eight percent and miners offering four percent.
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Associated Press
Berlin
von Hindenburg
Ruhr
Izaak Walton League to Celebrate Ninth Anniversary
The Izaak Walton League of America will mark its ninth birthday on January 14. The organization gathers outdoors enthusiasts who admire nature and promote true sportsmanship, taking its name from Izaak Walton and his outdoor philosophy as reflected in The Complete Angler.
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United Press
New York
Izaak Walton
Wireless telegrams aboard moving Paris trains
The French state railways install a system to receive and send wireless telegrams on moving trains. Initial service covers main lines with plans to extend, following 18 months of challenging experiments. Future plans include a commercial phonetic system allowing in-train calls to Paris or elsewhere.
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Paris
Man Held in Slaying of Raymond More in Oklahoma
Lawton Oklahoma January 9 A man is held for questioning in the slaying of Raymond More 35 Mexican found yesterday in an abandoned car on a highway two miles from Lawton with his head nearly severed. An axe or hatchet used. More had been dead many hours.
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United Press
Lawton
Okla
Raymond More
Kansas Solon Proposes Log House Economy Bill
Caldwell Davis of Bourban county filed a resolution in Topeka asking Kansas lawmakers to live in a log dormitory on capitol grounds. The plan would provide wooden bunks straw and tallow candles and a capable kitchen so members could live on the existing 3 a day income.
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United Press
Topeka
Kas
Kansas
Capitol Grounds
House of Representatives
Caldwell Davis
Bourban County
Capitol
Three Escape from Prison in West Virginia
Three inmates fled the West Virginia State Prison last night by scaling the wall between guard towers as a searchlight swept the area. Fred Morgan, 32, a murder convict, and brothers James Wilson Boggess, 18, and John Clinton Boggess, 25, convicted of armed robbery, are at large after an all night mountain search.
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Associated Press
Moundsville
W. Va
West Virginia
Fred Morgan
James Wilson Boggess
John Clinton Boggess
Explosives Studied for Inflammability
Engineers at the Pittsburgh experimental station of the U S Bureau of Mines study the inflammability of explosives to establish safe handling rules. They test various explosives with an oxyhydrogen flame to measure ignition times and burning behavior.
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United Press
Washington
Pittsburgh
U. S. Bureau of Mines
Jumper Suits for Women Shown at the Riveria
A fashion note reports jumpers for women showcased at the Riveria venue with a distinctive slotted rotating disc flame mechanism description. The item highlights a futuristic styling trend observed during the event.
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Riveria
Levine Sale Continues At Leader Store
Levine's Consolidation Sale of stock at The Leader store continues for several days at Sixth and Taylor Streets. The sale started yesterday morning at 9 o'clock, and will run until the remaining Leader merchandise is sold.
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Levine
Leader
Sixth
Taylor Streets
Bank Books Show 100000 Embarrassment Embezzlement
Federal investigators said the Lawrence Avenue National Bank books indicate at least 100000 dollars were embezzled. The bank closed after assistant cashier John E. Malloy claimed kidnapping by robbers and alleged theft. Malloy faced embezzlement charges and was to face a US commissioner hearing.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Lawrence Avenue National Bank
John E. Malloy
Milwaukee
United States
Great Great Grandson Thomas Jefferson Dies
Lancelot Minor Kean aged 75, a former United States customs inspector at New Orleans and great great grandson of Thomas Jefferson, died. He served 24 years as customs inspector and retired in September. His brother is General Jefferson Randolph Kean of Washington, editor of the army and navy medical journal.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Lancelot Minor Kean
United States Customs
Thomas Jefferson
Virginia
Kean
Jefferson Randolph Kean
Washington
Army and Navy Medical Journal
Unemployed Australians Riot in Adelaide City
In Adelaide police clashed with unemployed workers during a January 9 riot. About 1,000 protesters marched to the State Premier Butler's offices, 12 arrests were made, and a half hour melee with sticks and iron bars followed as Premier Butler blamed Communists.
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Associated Press
Adelaide
Australia
Butler
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