Senate nears feed relief compromise amid relief impasse
Senate leaders push President Hoover to accept a 15 million dollar food relief plan to avert a March congressional crisis. Vice President Curtis to plead. Capper Plan to flood wheat to the hungry faces resistance from Democrats and insurgent Republicans.
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Hoover
Congress
Curtis
Senate
Robinson
Capper
Kan
Federal Farm Board
Borah
Relief Bills Up in Columbus Tax Committee
In Columbus on February 8 the House Taxation Committee examined two relief finance bills. The Prin gle Bill would authorize short term bond issuance for poor and unemployment relief work. The Roberts Bill would allow bonds issued against delinquent taxes.
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Golumbus
U.P
Taxation Committee
House of Representatives
Pringle
Roberts
Miles Sues Over Alleged Cheap Bootleg Alcohol
Columbus case where George Franklin Miles seeks 50 000 damages against A G Elberfield Druggist claiming he was sold cheap bootleg alcohol rather than Jamaica Ginger. Miles says he lost the use of his hands and legs and seeks compensation.
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Columbus
George Franklin Miles
Alhol
Jamaica
A. G. Elberfield
Miles
Good Business For Somebody In Economic Slump
In a NY College address United States Labor Statistics Commissioner Mothelbert Stewart notes that across industries some firms added workers in 1930 while overall employment fell. He cites metal and textile firms, cotton goods, and automobile makers showing gains despite sector declines. He credits better products, value, advertising, salesmanship, and strong management as the inoculation against gloom.
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Mothelbert Stewart
United States Commissioner of Labor Statistics
College of the City of New York
E Tron
Steel
Britain May Seek a Ten-Year War Debt Moratorium
London reports a push for a ten-year moratorium on wartime debts to the United States. Conservative MP Thomas C R Moore said he will push the issue in the House of Commons. Oliver Locker Lampson also urged an early conference and parliamentary questions on the matter.
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Britain
U. S
London
U.P
House of Commons
Thomas C. R. Moore
The
United Press
Commons
United States
Oliver Locker- Lampson
Italy Finds Oil and The Strange British Hanging
Italy announces discovery of new oil reserves as international markets react. A controversial British hanging case draws renewed scrutiny and debate, while Mohammed's Pigeon offers a humorous cultural aside in this syndicated column.
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Italy
Mohammed
Gold reserve blamed for global economic woes
George E. Roberts of National City Bank argues our business troubles stem from a huge gold reserve. He blames inflation and reckless speculation, saying silver’s collapse worsened world poverty. He notes China and India lack usable money and cites Mexico suspending interest payments on gold bonds.
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George E. Roberts
National City Bank
Silver values and world money amid Mexican crisis
The piece discusses demonetizing silver and its impact on global finance. It notes small French and British banknotes pushed silver out of circulation, Britain's gold basis attempt in India, and India's diminishing silver hoards. It recalls silver's long role alongside gold and cites a gold dollar worth about 650 times its weight in silver, with a continued note to Page 4.
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France
Britain
India
Michigan Legislature Reopens Death Penalty Debate
Lansing, Feb 3. Senator Jos. C. Foster introduced the same bill vetoed two years ago. The measure would establish death by electric chair for first degree murder and require automatic mandatory review by the State Supreme Court after conviction.
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Lansing
Mich
U.P
Michigan
Jos, CC. Foster
East Lansing
Fred Green
State Supreme Court
Chaplin hints at talkies after City Lights reception
Charlie Chaplin told reporters in Kansas City he may try talking films if City Lights disappoints audiences. He said he might not be able to talk but would do anything for good entertainment and would change his medium if viewers do not find pleasure in the silent feature.
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Kansas City
U.P
Charlie Chaplin
Will Rogers Praises Oklahoma Governor Alfalfa Bill Murray
Will Rogers returns to Oklahoma City and comments on Governor Murray known as Alfalfa Bill. He jokes about oil politics and predicts Murray will gain influence in the Capitol while delivering a pointed appraisal of state governance.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Oklahoma
Bill Murray
America
Farmers Jeer County Agent at Courthouse Meeting
About 400 farmers crowded the Bryan County Courthouse to oppose county extension work and delivered a petition bearing 3 000 names demanding its drop. Sylvester of Edgerton urged tax relief as butterfat and egg prices stayed low and jeers targeted extension supporters. County Agent J F L Bell spoke amid disruption while Prosecutor Charles Stahl warned against attacking other offices.
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Bryan
Sylvester
Edgerton
Charles Stahl
Sealer of Weights and Measures
County Health Boards
Bryan Exchange Club
JF. L Bell
Butler Charge May Be Light
Washington reports indicate Major General Smedley Butler may face a lighter charge as he leaves Quantico to prepare his Philadelphia Navy Yard defense. Navy Secretary Adams signals hearings open to the public with possible charge alterations. President Hoover leans toward clemency after Mussolini's assurance over the incident apology.
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Washington
U.P
Smedley
Butler
Quantico
Navy Department
Ben H. Fuller
Marine Corps
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Fuller
Adams
Philadelphia
Hoover
Mussolini
Griswold resumes law practice in Cleveland
Hal H. Griswold former state welfare director has joined Bartholomew Leeper and Griswold in the Standard Bank Building Cleveland. He urged a definite welfare building program with financing plans and prevention aimed at reducing overcrowding in institutions.
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Columbus
U.P
Hal H. Griswold
Cleveland
Bartholomew
Ruling Expected in Daugherty Funds Case
Ruling on 16 demurrers in the Mal Daugherty case over alleged mismanagement of Ohio State Bank funds will be issued at 10 o clock Thursday morning Judge Charles F Bell announced in Washington D C.
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Washington D. H
Daugherty
Ohio State Bank
Charlies F. Bell
Voice of Pope to Be Heard Worldwide Via Vatican Radio
The Pope Pius XI will address a global audience during the inauguration of Vatican radio on February 12. The station, built by Marconi Co and labeled HVI, will broadcast tests with England and the United States before live transmission.
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Pope
Marconi
England
United States
Vatican City
U.R
Pope Pius XI
Vatican
Holy See
Guglielmo Marconi
HVI
The
Marconi Co
Vatican Gardens
Vatican Central
Vatican Station
Stations May Join in Columbus Merger Talk
Directors of Radio Station WCAH meet in Columbus to consider a merger proposal from American Insurance Union operating WAIU. WCAH, run by Commercial Radio Service Co with T. Stotler of Crooksville as president, would reallocate wave channels if agreed. WAIU would keep its call letters and assume WCAH’s wave.
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Columbus
U.R
WCAH
American Insurance Union
Tation Waiu
Commercial Radio Service Co
T. Stotler
Crooksville
WAIU
Eall
Athens Mayor Warns Motorists Over Traffic Violations
Mayor R S Wood issued a warning to Athens drivers to heed traffic ordinances. He cited daily court receipts for double parking and overtime parking and said traffic laws are enforced with violators prosecuted.
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R.S. Wood
Athens
Wood
Fire destroys Home Builders Supply Co plant in Wheeling
Fire at the Home Builders Supply Co plant and warehous es in Wheeling West Virginia last night caused an estimated loss of about 100000 dollars. Five box cars on a Baltimore and Ohio Railroad siding loaded with building supplies were also destroyed.
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Wheeling
W. Va
U.R
Home Builders Supply Co
Baltimore and Ohio
Buying Selling Bargains Today Ads Note Prices
Classified blurbs from The Messenger feature a white enamel gas range with left-hand oven for 43.50 in Nelsonville listings and a request for a notary public seal, plus a Lancaster notice seeking pigs. The ad set includes roller skates at 1.65 and various buyer wants.
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the Messenger
Nelsonville
Lancaster
Napier Town Ravaged by Quake Fire and Tidal Wave
A severe quake struck Napier on North Island New Zealand with fires and landslides. About 100 feared dead at Hastings, nearby inland. Part of Napier cliff and hospital collapsed, many nurses and patients missing. The town is isolated as communications break and a fire sweeps the bay area.
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Auckland
New Zealand
Napier
North Island
Hastings
Northumberland
Napier Bay
Campbell Aims For World Speed Record In New Run
Captain Malcolm Campbell after a sand speed run in Daytona Beach seeks to exceed the 231 mile an hour mark set March 13, 1930 by Major H O D Serrage. Campbell reached about 240 mph in the Bluebird II, and plans an official attempt to surpass the record.
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Daytona Beach
Fla
Malcolm Campbell
Mark Campbell
H. O. D. Serrage
Great Britain
Hoover Cabinet Debates Red Cross Relief Funding
President Hoover chaired a cabinet meeting on the $25,000,000 Red Cross relief appropriation that had passed the Senate but stalled in the House. Secretaries Mellon Hyde and Wilbur were said to back Hoover in opposing the measure. Hyde presented agricultural distress statistics and demand trends.
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Robinson
United Press
Hoover
Senate
Red Cross
Agriculture Department For Administration
Washington
U.R
House
Mellon
Hyde
Wilbur
Submarine X-1 Explosion Injures Crew Near Thames
February 3 report from Saindon states an explosion aboard the submarine X-1 near the Edinburgh Lightship in the Thames Estuary injured several crew members.
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Saindon
Edinburgh
Thames Estuary
Veterans urged to extend benefits while aiding able bodied ex servicemen
U S General Frank T Hines head of the Veterans Bureau testified before the Senate Finance Committee and declined to endorse any readjustment plans. He urged Congress to extend benefits to the disabled widows and orphans and to build more hospitals and soldiers homes while letting able bodied veterans help themselves into civilian life.
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Washington
U.S
Frank T. Hines
United States Veterans Bureau
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
Rural Credit Seen As Major Farm Bureau Problem
Murray D. Lincoln executive secretary says rural credit is a major issue for the Farm Bureau at the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation convention. He hopes a credit system with reasonable interest links farmers to large credit pools and notes talks on a state wide intermediate credit organization. Poetty T. Green reports the treasurer and awards are part of Farmers Week activities at Ohio State University with 1,796 attending the first day.
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Columbus
Farm Bureau Organization
Murray Db
Lincoln
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
Poetty T. Green
Ohio
Ohio State University
D. Farrell
Kansas State Agricultural College
Farrell
T. 8. Adama
Yale University
Safety Bill Hearing Held in Ohio Legislature
The Ohio House Insurance Committee held its first hearing on the Safety Responsibility Bill proposed by the Ohio State Automobile Association. Representatives from Columbus and Cincinnati argued the measure aims to reduce traffic deaths by requiring accountability of drivers, with insurance as a secondary element. A second hearing was scheduled for today to continue consideration.
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Columbus
Insurance Committee
House of the Legislature
Ohio State Automobile Association
C. Jones
Joseph F. Gardner
Cincinnati
Wilbur EK. Reney
Automobile Aasasociation
Aalid Benoy
The
Automobile Association
Motor Vehicle Committee
House
Relief Approved for Needy School Children in State
Governor White's unemployment and drought relief committee approved a $59,000 appropriation to aid needy public school children. The proposed bill by Senator J. G. Lowery would distribute funds via the state director of education. The governor urged further measures to aid destitute children and support state aid and mothers' pensions where tax revenue is reduced.
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Columbus
J. G. Lowery
Muskingum County
White
Dornier DC-X Flight Delayed From Las Palmas
The Dornier Flying Boat DC-X voyage from Las Palmas to the Cape Verde Islands was delayed again today due to motor trouble.
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Las Palmas
Canary Islands
Cape Verde Island
Rescued From Sea Aboard Moth Plane Flight
U K Alden Freeman honorary consul general for Haiti at Miami was rescued by a passing steamer after floating six hours in a single motor moth plane between Kingston Jamaica and Port au Prince Haiti. Radio advices to Pan American Airways today reported the event.
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Miami
Fla
U.K
Alden Freeman
Haiti
Kingston
Jamaica
Port Au Prince
Pan-American Airways
Move To Pay War Vets Gains Momentum In Congress
Washington February 8. The push to pay World War I veterans cash for their compensation certificates moves toward action in Congress. Senate Finance Committee will review bills with a $3.5 billion price tag. Proposals include a full cash payment and two compromises offering loan guarantees or aid to needy veterans.
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Congress
Senate Finance Committee
Hawley
House
Finance
Treasury of State
Vandenberg
Michigan
Johnson
House Veterans’ Committee
Daugherty Fails to Defend as 17 Indictments Stand
In Washington C H Feb a Judge Charles F Bell overruled a defense demurrer to 17 indictments against Mai 8 Daugherty former president of the Ohio State Bank accused of mishandling funds. Daugherty pleaded not guilty to all charges and trial was moved to next Monday to allow depositions outside Fayette County.
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Washington
U.P
Demurrerea
Daugherty
Ohio State Bank
Charles F. Bell
Veterans abroad did not receive yearly pensions after WWI
A United Press survey found that unwounded World War I veterans in Europe did not get annual pensions from 1914 to 1918. Allied nations paid a demobilization bonus similar to the US, while Italy provided insurance policies to its soldiers.
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London
U.P
Europe
United States
United Press
Weather overview with rising temps and cooler change
Yesterday temperatures ranged from 74 to 76 across Phoenix Miami and Tampa while Northfield and Quebec reported lows of 22 and 10 below respectively. A low pressure system near the Canadian border will push temps higher in the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley over the next 24 hours with a colder change expected by Wednesday. Shippers forecast winds mostly from the north to the west with speeds from 20 to 35 mph and higher in the far northeast.
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Phoenix
Miami
Tampa
Northfield
Quebec
Oswego
United States
Canadian
Ontario
Upper Lake
Lower Lake Region
Ohio Valley
Bishop's Son Denies Guilt In Tennessee Murder Trial
James Matthew Maxon Jr., 22, son of a Tennessee bishop, tells a United States jury he is not worried about the outcome of his trial for the murder of David Paynter in a boarding house brawl last April. The bishop sits in the front row, vowing to stand behind his son and ensure a fair trial.
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New York
James Matthew Maxon, Jr
Tennessee
United Team
David Paynter
Maxon
Bandit Captured After Duress of Chain Store Robberies
Hamilton police captured Henry Ferguson, 38, of Circleville and Portsameonth, after he admitted holding up five chain stores since January 12. Plainclothes Patrolman Henry Hart spotted Ferguson entering the Kroger store, drawing a pistol, and taking part in the robbery sequence.
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Hamilton
Henry Ferguson
Circleville
Portsameonth
Henry Hart
Kroger
Ferguson
Cannon on Trial Before Ecclesiastical Tribunal
Washington bishops and elders of the Methodist Episcopal Church South begin an investigation into Bishop James Cannon Jr. amid concerns about his fitness to stand trial due to arthritis and crutch-assisted mobility. The bishop plans to defend himself before the tribunal despite medical warnings against overexertion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
James Cannon, Jr
Threat to Quit as Crawford County Sheriff World War in Local Politics
Political turmoil in Crawford County grows after two Democratic commissioners appoint a Democratic sheriff over a Republican deputy. deputies threaten to resign if changes are imposed. The deputy had won county-wide commendation for bravery in capturing three suspects who shot and killed Sheriff George Davenport last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.prine
Crawford County
George Davenport
Youth Is Killed in Cleveland Gun Accident
Explosion from an antique muzzle loading gun killed Clifford Hayes of Fairview Village and injured his brother Kenneth 24 while they tested the weapon. Clifford aimed at a tree target when the gun exploded at the breech sending metal into his chest and shredding Kenneths face.
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Cleveland
Clifford Hayes
Fairview Village
Kenneth
Ifford
Cliffford
Quiet Athens Nights Amid Ohio University Exams
Athens experiences subdued nightlife as Ohio University conducts examinations through the week. Last week was a quiet period as students study. few wanderers now note reduced activity at restaurants and dance halls. The new semester begins next week.
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Athens
Ohio University
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