Hoover Urges Tight Enforcement of Dry Laws Nationwide
President Hoover plans to submit the Law Enforcement Commission's prohibition recommendations to Congress within 10 days. He will pursue a hands off stance during the debate. Recommendations include reducing court backlog, codifying dry laws, shifting prosecution from Treasury to Justice, and unifying enforcement boards. Senator Thomas criticizes medicinal liquor permits as fostering graft and theft from government distilleries amid New Year demand for bootleg goods.
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Washington
U.P
Hoover
Law Enforcement Commission
Congress
Treasury
Justices Department
Board of Control
White House
Treasury and
Justice Departments
Thomas
Oklahoma
Norwalk men arraigned on liquor transport charge
E H Shimman and Ralph Elfridge, both 88, paid $1,000 fines in Fremont then were arraigned in Norwalk on transporting liquor. They pleaded not guilty and posted $1.90 bond each for a Friday trial. The case raised questions about multiple courts handling the same offense. Sheriff Edward Gregory, who had released the alcohol, resigned after the arrests.
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Norwalk
U.P
E. EH. Shimman
Ralph Elfridge
Fremont
Common Pleas
Irving Carpenter
Huron County
Vremont
Edward Gregory
Sackett Chosen as Ambassador to Germany
In Washington on December 30 President Hoover named Senator Frederic M. Sackett Republican Kentucky to replace Jacob Gould Schurman as ambassador to Germany. Schurman resigned last week after more than four years in Berlin.
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Washington
U.S
Soover
S Nator
Frederic M. Sackett
Kentucky
Jacob Gould Schurman
Germany
Schurman
Berlin
Stimson Denies Britain Interpreted Kellogg Pact On Neutrals
Secretary of State Stimson repudiated reports that Britain had officially interpreted the Kellogg Anti War Pact to bar future neutrals. London dispatches described a White Paper claiming a stance on neutrality that sparked U S debate and widespread controversy.
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Washington
Stimson
Great Britain
London
United States
Three Gangsters Dead After Labor Union Shootout
In Chicago a showdown with three gangsters ends with all three dead and one detective wounded. The assailants demanded graft from The Workers Repairers and Vulcanizers union and were confronted by Detective O Connell as Powers remained unharmed. Police call it an incident in bootleg era crime.
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Chicago
Powers
Detroit Actress Signs Contract With James Cruze in Hollywood Deal
Genevieve Searle, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robinson P. Searle, who moved to Hollywood five years ago to write motion pictures, has signed a contract to do scenarios for producer-director James Cruze, known for The Covered Wagon and other successes.
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Ohio
James Cruze
Hollywood
Toledo
Genevieve Searle
Miss Searle
Robinson P. Searle
Snook Fight Continues as Ohio Supreme Court Review Sought
Attorneys for Dr. James Howard Snook, sentenced to die January 31 for Theora Hix’s murder, filed a motion in the State Supreme Court seeking reversal of a prior decision. The motion asks the court to write an opinion on its ruling that Snook’s right to a fair trial was not violated and that no constitutional question existed.
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Columbus
Dec
U.R
James Howard Snook
Ohio State University
Theora Hix
State Supreme Court Today
Snook
NY Central accused of tax evasion via airline route
Petition filed with the Public Utilities Commission by Henry Clinton Tully of Mechanicsburg alleges the New York Central Railroad avoided taxes on its New York Cincinnati line by using a Cut-off flight path through 3 miles of Delaware County. The action claims the tactic deprived townships of thousands in school taxes.
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Columbus
U.R
New York Central Railroad
New York-Cincinnati
Public Utilities Commission Today
Henry Clinton Tully
Mechanicsburg
Champaign County
Delaware County
Higher and lower lawlessness in Butler 1929 report
Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia University, argues in a 1929 report that America misreads lawlessness. He distinguishes a higher lawlessness that is essentially law abiding from a lower, selective lawbreaking and urges gauging law by public opinion beyond constitutions and statutes.
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New York
U.P
America
Nicholas Murry Butler
Columbia University
Butler
Movement to overhaul Ohio legislature gains signatures
About 8 000 voters in Lorain and Erie Counties signed petitions proposing an initiated constitutional amendment to reapportion Ohio's legislature. Senator George H. Bender filed the measure with Secretary of State Brown. The plan would set 30 senators and 120 representatives. It would use a 120 member House ratio based on state population.
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Columbus
Lorain
Erie
Ohio
Brown
George H. Bender
Cleveland
whisky production to begin at Broadford Distillery
In Connellsville Pennsylvania Dee reports A Overholt and Company will begin producing 2,600,000 gallons of whisky at the Broadford Distillery, the largest plant of its kind in the world, according to sources.
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Connellsville
Broadford
A. Overholt and Company
Wets Liquor Movement Foresees Government Sale Impact
Mrs Fila Bolle, president of the Women's Christian Temperance Union, predicts that if liquor is legalized for government sale in the United States it will lead to far reaching consequences. She bases her forecast on a Canadian government report noting provincial experiences with local sale and control of liquor.
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Evanston
Lil
Dee
Fila
Bolle
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Ever
Princes
Edward Leland
Nova
Government Sale of Liquor Faces Canadian Debate
A Canadian official report argues government liquor sales reduce prohibition problems as it details 1929 alcohol statistics. The seven provinces show rising convictions to drunkenness, increased alcoholism deaths, and a sixfold revenue surge to 72,560,501 dollars from 1919 to 1928, with liquor sales climbing from 21 to over 107 million gallons.
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Scotia
Mra. Boole
James Maleceim
M. P
Duel Over Dog Ends With Wounds and Jail
A gun duel over ownership of an old hound left Jeff Allen aged 65 critically wounded and W H Bohannon 73 jailed. Their wives watched as Bohannon visited Allen’s home to pet the dog and the双方 exchanged shots wounding Allen in the face chest and abdomen while Bohannon was grazed.
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PIAL
U.P
Jeff Allen
W. H. Bohannon
Bohannon
Allen
Break at Missouri State Penitentiary Leaves Guard Stabbed
Two convicts Virgil Davis and Clarence Hansen climbed the guard tower at the Missouri State Penitentiary and tried to overpower guard John Ty Tradley. In the struggle Bradley was stabbed in the abdomen and near the heart. one prisoner was wounded during the attempted break.
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Jevverson City
U.P
Missouri State Penitentiary
Virgil Davis
Clarence Hansen
John Ty Tradley
Bradley
Hocking Valley RR to discontinue passenger service
The Hocking Valley Railroad Company wins approval to end passenger service on the Logan Nelsonville and Nelsonville Murray City branch lines. The order takes effect January 4.
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Columbus
U.R
Public Utilities Commission
Hocking Valley Railroad Company
Logan
Nelsonville
Murray City
Ruling On Dry Law May Be Reviewed
The Justice Department said it will ask the U S Supreme Court to review a Pennsylvania federal court decision. The case concerns whether a liquor purchaser can be prosecuted for conspiracy to transport under the National Prohibition Act.
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Justice Department
U. S. Supreme Court
Pennsylvania
Leaders Speak Steel Railroads And Lines To Stay In 1930s
United Press surveys business and rail leaders in New York and across regions predict 1930 prosperity may match or surpass 1929 records. Executives from United States Steel General Electric Montgomery Ward Woolworth New York Central Atchison Topeka and Canadian Pacific foresee stable prices and earnings with improved employment and ongoing demand across steel auto and retail sectors.
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United Press
United States Steel Corporation
General Electric Company
Montgomery Ward & Company
B. W. Woolworth Company
New York Central Railroad
Atchison H Railroad
Canadian Prete Railway
James A. Farrell
Derald Swope
General Electric Co
George
Everitt
Montgomery, Ward & Co
H. T. Parson
F. W. Woolworth Company
Martin J. Insull
Middle West Utilities Company
Electric Light and Power Industry
P. F. Crowley
New York Central
Prohibition Violence Escalates With Week End Killings
New reports show prohibition era violence rising as three rum runners were killed and another wounded in Newport Kentucky while Coast Guards seized crafts and liquor valued at six hundred thousand dollars. An ambush wounded a federal agent near Clarksville Virginia as Rear Admiral Billard pledged firm action.
Athens Officials Plan New City Administration in 1980
Athens to organize a new municipal administration at a 10 am Wednesday meeting at City Building. Robert Wood will become mayor with seven councilmen and a new council president, Griffin Evans starting a fifth term as city auditor and re elected officers filling solicitor and treasurer roles. Wood expects few changes. initial week will review departments under his supervision and appointed safety and service directors.
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Athens
Wood
Robert Wood
New Council
Plopkins
H. H. Rowland
Fred Penzel
Carl Beasley
J. E. Bailey
Clyde Mansfield
W. HL. Pratt
Bert Russell
Griff Evang
John Bolin
Sherrard
George Whipple
A. B. Roe
John Woolley
City Board of Education
Service
Funeral Plans Made Early By Killer Of Girl
In St Louis a 25 year old hairdresser and an embalmer planned their deaths after a lovers quarrel. The embalmer George Sutter called the funeral home saying he would kill himself and the girl and requested a nice funeral for both. Both died later with their bodies in separate morgues.
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Killer OF Girl
ST. Louis
U.P
Pate
Valice
George IL. Sutter
Neth Brown
Sutter
Stevin Geraghty
Coast Guardsman halts biggest one-man rum haul
In Ocean City Maryland a lone coast guardsman stopped eight men who were transferring 1 060 cases of whisky valued at 100 000 from two small boats to three trucks on the beach. The guard ordered surrender as the rum runners paused. It was described as one of the era's largest single hauls.
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Ocean City
Dee
Coast Guards
Greeks Killed in Train Crash in Columbus
Three Greek restaurant proprietors were killed when a Pennsylvania passenger train struck their automobile in East Columbus. The victims Gus Stefanis 35 Andrew Karlos 42 and Frank Kerisd a were fatally injured as their car was dragged 200 feet along the tracks. One body was found in the wreckage while the others were thrown clear.
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Columbus
U.P
East Columbus
Pennsylvania
Gus Stefanis
Andrew Karlos
Kerisda
Stock Worries and Economic Outlook Highlight News
Paul Shour of Southern Pacific Co says the coming year looks not downcast. Roger Babson notes stock value collapses warn that hard work remains essential, signaling cautious optimism amid volatility.
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Paul Shour
Southern Pacific Co
Roger Babson
ACLU Aids Ohio Communists Sentenced in Syndicate Case
The American Civil Liberties Union will aid three Ohio Communists sentenced to long prison terms at St. Clairsville for violation of the State Syndicate Law. Announcement came from Yetta Land, the trio's attorney.
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Cleveland
U.R
The
American Civil Liberties Union
Ohio
St. Clairsville
Yetta Land
Samuel W. Ennis Named Judge in Paulding Common Pleas
Gov. Myers Y. Cooper announced Samuel W. Ennis of Paulding as judge of the Paulding Common Pleas Court. He succeeds Willis F. Corbett who resigned due to ill health.
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Columble
U.P
Myers Y. Cooper
Samuel W. Ennis
Paulding
Ford Motor Company Announces $30 Million Expansion Plan
Detroit report states Ford Motor Company commits 30 million dollars for its first expansion program. The move signals growth ambitions and potential job creation in the Detroit area during the December period.
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Detroit, Mich
Dee
Gtr
Ford Sator Company
Rum Row Coast Guard Seizes $600000 Liquor
Three smugglers aboard the Black Duck are dead and its captain wounded after a Sunday Coast Guard sweep on Rum Row. Two other smuggling craft captured. $600000 worth of liquor seized. Wrecks and bodies taken to New London base and Fort Adams morgue as officials investigate.
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Newport
BR. T
USAD
Coast Guard
New London
Conte
Fort Adams
Coast Guard warns rum-runners after Newport killings
Near Admiral Frederick C. Billard declared the Coast Guard means business after the deaths of three alleged rum-runners off Newport. He warned violators face serious risk if they ignore orders to halt, saying the service must stop liquor shipments at sea with vigor and determination.
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Washington
Coast Guard
Frederick C. Billard
Newport
Billard
Coast Guard battle ends in tragedy on Narragansett Bay
A rum runner Black Duck fired on a Coast Guard patrol near Dumpling Rock. The CG-290 opened fire with machine guns when the craft failed to heave to. Survivors and victims were found aboard the wrecked vessel as authorities called the incident justified by law.
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Coast Guard
Charles Travers
New London Coast Chard
Narrgansett Bay
Dumpling Rock
New England
Fall Injures Local Tile Plant Worker in New Lexington
Joseph Minaugh, a local tile plant employee, fell while walking to work in New Lexington on December 30 sustaining serious injuries. He lay helpless until another worker found him.
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New Lexington
Joseph Minaugh
Aams
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