Prohibition Transfer Bill Debated In House Rules Hearing
The House Rules Committee proposed a four hour limit on debate for the Williamson Prohibition Enforcement Transfer Bill. Drys seek passage with minimal changes while wets pledge a strong fight over a veto power over permits and the broader transfer of the Prohibition Bureau. Senator Wagner plans a Senate speech despite the Tariff Bill. Progress on tariff remains slow and leaders fear finishing before month end.
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Washington
Feb. G
U.P
House
Wickersham Committee
Treasury
Justice Department
Wickersham
Hoover
Law Enforcement Commission
House Judiciary Committee
United States Commissioners
Senate
Robert F. Wagner
New York City
Anglian American Compromise on Submarine Use at Naval Talks
In London the American and British delegates press for limits on submarine use at the Naval Conference. France favors preserving some submarine use while seeking new proposals to modify the 1922 Treaty terms. The talks aim for a tangible shift before the next plenary session as Britain and the United States push for stronger restrictions.
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Raymond Clapper
London
Tugaday
Aubme
Promier Andre Tardieu
Tardieu
St. Janice Ace
France
Wrage
Ashion
Ameren
Britain
Booklet of Canned Food Recipes Offered by The Athens Messenger
The Athens Messenger promotes a Washington Information Bureau booklet of more than 200 canned food recipes. It includes 28 soups 20 seafood dishes 17 entrees 51 vegetables 35 salads 8 sauces 12 sandwiches 10 appetizers and 35 desserts with four cents for return postage and handling.
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Washington Information Bureau
Lindbergh celebrates 28th birthday with bold belief
The report notes Colonel Lindbergh turning 28 yesterday and echoing Napoleon by declaring that credit comes from proving doubters wrong. It frames his early aviation success as proof that ambitious plans can succeed despite skepticism.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Lindbergh
Napoleon
Alps
Lindbergh Flies Glider After Aileron Drop
Colonel Lindbergh piloted a engineless glider with a missing aileron. Spectators feared disaster as the craft landed safely. The public is urged to have him inspect the glider’s wings.
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Lindbergh
Taft Resigns as Chief Justice for Private Life
William Howard Taft retires from the Supreme Court after serving as chief justice. He is praised as a fair judge and a good man who helped many and never harmed anyone. Wishes for his good health to return.
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William Howard Taft
Hughes Returns to Supreme Court as Chief Justice
Charles Evans Hughes returns to the Supreme Court as Chief Justice at President Hoover's request. The report notes public interest and indicates continued coverage on page 4.
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Charles Evans Hughes
Supreme Court
President Hoover
Desperate bank bandit Petro and wife moved to Missouri
Cleveland reports three Kansas City detectives escort Garret Currie Petro 21 and his wife Louise 20 from the city in an 850 mile transfer. Petro sits in the rear with leg irons linked to footboards while his wife rides front seat with Lt. Ernest L. Browning.
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Cleveland
U.P
Kansas City
Garret “Currie
Petro
Missouri
Louise
George Minor
Harry Hartung
Ernest L. Browning
Commission backs juries to speed petty liquor cases
Dean Roscoe Pound of Harvard told the House Judiciary Committee that the Law Enforcement Commission backs empowering United States Commissioners to try petty liquor law offenders to relieve congestion in Federal Courts. He denied any aim to avoid jury trials in prohibition cases.
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Washington
Law Enforcement Commission
United States
Dean Roscoe Pound
Harvard
House Judiciary Committee
Pound
Jones Found Guilty of Manslaughter in New Richmond Case
A Batavia jury convicted 23 year old William Jones of manslaughter for killing 45 year old James Young after an argument over the prohibition law in New Richmond. The verdict was delivered after witness testimony and a several week delay.
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Batavia
U.2
William Jones
Jones
James Young
New Richmond
Man Takes Poison After Quarrel With Sweetheart
William Carter 42 drank poison in front of his employer after a quarrel with his sweetheart. He collapsed and handed the empty bottle to M. W. Johnson asking it be given to his sweetheart as a token of remembrance.
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Kenton
U.P
William ©. Carter
M. W. Johnson
Unpaid Chicago Police Face Gang Violence Surge
Unpaid officers, with hungry families, stand between Chicago’s vast crime wave and a city in turmoil. Seven gang killings, racketeering shootings, and bombings fill a week as police and prosecutors vow to crack down on speakeasies and concealed weapons while patrolmen patrol amid silence from victims and witnesses.
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Chicago
John A. Swanson
POMEROY DIAL STRUCK BY GAR MOTIVE SEEN IN GANG FEUD
In Pomeroy two separate incidents unfold as Ruth Brown a 12 year old girl is struck by a car while returning from school and is hospitalized with a jaw fracture. Ruth’s assailants are not identified. Ruth Brown’s family and the town mourn as Mrs. T. P. Eiselstein a longtime merchant’s wife dies after a long illness. The Crating details reflect a period of gang activity and community tragedy.
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Pomeroy
Rock Springs Road
Ruth Brown
Bari Brown
Point Measant
Overholt
Holzer
Gallipolis
Brown
Death of Rum Runner on Lake Seems Probable
Federal court in Cleveland confirmed Lee Leonard of Green Bay Wisconsin froze to death at the wheel of a rum running boat on Lake Erie near Pelee Island last week. Leonard did not appear for trial on liquor possession charges and his attorney said he is believed dead. Leonard's clothes are at the Westlake Hotel and a customs officer reported he cleared from Erieau Ontario in the Gray Ghost with liquor cargo. Air searchers failed to find the missing boat or crew.
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Cleveland
U.R
Lee Leonard
Green Bay
Wis
Lake Erie
Pelee Island
Leonard
Eoward C. Stanton
Westlake Hotel
Stanton
Samuel H. West
Erieau
Ont
Justice Dept Probes RCA Monopoly Ties
The Department of Justice has opened a new investigation into monopoly charges against the Radio Corporation of America and affiliated companies, disclosed to the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Radio Corporation of America
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Clair Dinsmore Joins Athens Eagles Fraternity
Clarence Cooley announced Athens Aerie members planned a Valentine party and dance for next Thursday. Clair Dinsmore was initiated into membership Wednesday night of the fraternal order of Eagles.
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Clair Dinsmore
Athens Aerie
Order of Eagles
Clarence Cooley
Mrs Edith Hartinger II Pomeroy Reported Seriously Ill
Mrs Edith Hartinger wife of M D Hartinger is seriously ill in a Mari etta hospital after being admitted last Saturday.
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Edith Hartinger
Pomeroy
M. D. Hartinger
Marietta Hospital
Submarine Warfare Fears Rise at London Conference
Washington alerts that Hoover abandoned hope for a London Conference abolition of submarines yet expects checks on wartime sea warfare. France plans a five power pact to restrain subs, with the Washington Treaty already ratified by the US Britain Italy and Japan but not by France. Submarine counts show France leading in tonnage while the United States holds 76 submarines. Japan and Britain also deploy sizable fleets as talks hinge on coordinated limits.
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Washington
Hoover
London
France
United States
Great Britain
Italy
Japan
Germany
I’ranece
Senate Coalition Seeks Broad Changes to Tariff Bill
The Senate Democratic Independent Republican Coalition expanded its reach in the Hawley Smoot Tariff Bill, overturning many House and Finance Committee changes. The group pressed to rewrite schedules, overcoming Regular Republican votes to cut duties, sometimes below existing law.
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Washington
U.P
House
Senate Finance Committee
Senate Democratic-Independent Republican Coalition
Senate
Finance Committee
Senate OKs $31.4 Million Federal Road Funding Bill
Washington Feb 6 The Senate unanimously passed a House bill authorizing 31.4 million dollars in additional federal aid for nationwide road construction. The measure now goes to the president for signature.
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Washington
U.P
House
Senate
Thieves Steal All Chickens From Ball Run Flock
Still has the coop Pomeroy. February 6. C M Vining Ball Run yesterday boasted of 29 of the finest laying hens in Meigs County. But not today. Last night thieves took every one of the chickens.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Happy School Days play aids two churches in Chesterhill
The Esther Sunday School Class from Amesville presented the play Happy School Days at Chesterhill Union Hall Saturday night. The Finance Committee of the M BE Church organized the event and the Amesville Ladies Aid Society provided lunch. Proceeds will be split evenly between the M EE Church at Amesville and the M BE Church.
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Chesterhill
M. BE
Esther
M. EE
Amesville
Chesterhill Union Hall
Ladies Aid Society
Bluest Bloods Form Private Cinema Salon in NYC Tower
New York society figures create the International Cinema Salon at the Chanin Building. Only 100 members will join weekly draw room viewings for 26 weeks, far above traffic noise and crowds, excluding others from exclusive screenings while most remain in ordinary theaters or at the Met.
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New York
U.P
Chanin
Metropolitan Opera House
Cavalry Chief to Lead Washington Police Reform Drive
President Hoover to appoint Maj. Gen. Herbert Crosby head of police, fire and traffic for the District of Columbia. The move aims to show a crackdown on organized crime and make Washington a model city, addressing criticism of law enforcement failures in the capital. Crosby, veteran Army Cavalry chief, to oversee district security and urban order.
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Hoover
Herbert 2. Crosby
Army Cavalry
District of Columbia
Crosby
Blease
South Carolina
Howell
Nebraska
White House
Cco
Washington
Wagner Attacks Hoover on Prohibition Abuses
Senator Wixner of Wet New York denounces President Hoover and the Law Enforcement Commission for ignoring abuses of prohibition and scaling back constitutional rights. He attacks the plan to end jury trials in minor cases and says Hoover has failed to propose remedies for enforcement abuses noted in his campaign.
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Washington
U.M
Hoover
Law Enforcement Commission
Senate
Wixner
New York
Wagner
Washington Groups Object to Crosby Appointment
Washington's Board of Trade and Chamber of Commerce protested Crosby's nomination fearing a military man would occupy a civilian post. The White House said Crosby, retired in March, would have civilian status. Crosby's records show strict discipline and commendations for training.
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Washington
Philadelphia
Smedley Butler
Board of Trade and Chamber of Commerce
Crosby
White House
Mitchell
Third Payday Misses Cash for Chicago Public Sector
Chicago officials faced a third consecutive payday failure as police, firefighters, teachers, and other city workers remained unpaid. Officials tried to borrow funds by selling $123,946,006 in tax anticipation warrants, yet the tax expending bodies carried nearly $404,000 in debt. The city of 3.5 million remained unable to meet payrolls, drawing national attention to the cash crisis.
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Chicago
U.P
Ohio University completes first semester exams
Final examinations for the first semester were completed today by Ohio University students. Many students living in Ohio plan trips home. Monday is the final registration day and classes for the second semester begin Tuesday. A slight decrease in enrollment for the second semester is expected.
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Ohio University
Ohio
Judge Sees Parole For Explorer Cook
Federal Judge John M. Killite signaled willingness to approve a parole recommendation for Dr. Frederick A. Cook, the so called North Pole discoverer. Cook, 66, is imprisoned for mail fraud at Leavenworth after a 1925 Fort Worth stock promotion case. He would be released March 5 if parole granted, contingent on partial payment of fines and costs.
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Toledo
U.R
Frederick A. Cook
North Pole
Leavenworth
John M. Killite
Cook
Killite
Fort Worth
Texan
Pioneer Resident of Poston District Dies
Rhoda Jane Augustine 70 died at her Poston farm home after a long life as a pioneer resident. Born November 27 1860 she married Dodridge Augustine in 1877 and left a daughter and nine children. Funeral at 3 Friday at home with burial in Augustine Cemetery.
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John Cowan
William Hartung
Athens
Garfield Grimes
Chauncey
Clyde Myers
Coshocton
Henry Augustine
Raymond Augustine
Albert Augustine
Augustine
WILKINS LOST IN ANTARCTICA AWAITS WORD
Deception Island dispatch reports no word from Capt. Sir Hubert Wilkins for eight days. He pilots a polar flight expedition aboard the William Scoresby, near Antarctica, with a relief ship planned if communications fail.
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New York
U.P
New York American
Hearst
Deception Island
Sir Hubert Wilking
Wilkins
Ant Arctica
Polar Cap
William Scoresby
Wilkinsseom
Valentine Social at Jackville Factory Schoolhouse
A Valentine social will be held at the Factory schoolhouse Friday evening under the auspices of the Jackville Factory Parents Teachers Association.
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Jackville Factory
Special Constables May Enforce Prohibition In Ohio
Columbus Feb. 6 The attorney general says special constables appointed by a justice of the peace may be used to enforce the prohibition law but only if regularly elected constables are inactive due to personal pursuits. The opinion limits use to official duties and does not require creating new appointments when existing constables are functioning.
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Columbus
U.f
Bettman
Bettina
River Captain John Leonard Dies in Cincinnati Home
Captain John Leonard 79 a veteran river man died at his daughter’s home in Cincinnati He was a native of St Louis and spent most of his life on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers
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Cincinnati
John Leonard
Leonard
St. Louis
Ohio
Miselasippi
Bargains in The Messenger Classifieds
Classified ads list a four year old cow with calf for 85 dollars on offer. A front sleeping room to rent on the first floor on North High Street in Athens. A cabinet for the working tor priced at 68 dollars. Tate cleaning items advertised at 38 cents.
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North High Street
Athens
Tate
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