Hope To End Mills Strike In Virginia
Danville Virginia January 9 A stockholders meeting of Dan Riverside Mills on January 22 offers hope for ending a textile workers strike active since September 29 Between 4 000 strikers demand recognition of the United Textile Workers of America and mill management resists mediation efforts by Governor Pollard and AFL President Green National Guardsmen were stationed in the area after complaints of North Carolina trucks being harassed at the state line Governor Pollard has made two visits to the strike zone
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Danville
U.P
Dan Riverside Mills
Grill
United Textile Workers of America
John Garland Pollard
Virginia
William Green
American Federation of Labor
United Textile Workers
National Guardsmen
Pollard
GO. Max Gardner
North Carolina
National
Shaw and Tagore Clash Over Politicians in London
George Bernard Shaw and Rabindranath Tagore met in London and debated politics. Tagore called nations run by politicians a danger, comparing it to robbers governing the police, while Shaw noted the difficulty of swaying people against their will.
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London
U.R
George Bernard Shaw
Rabindranath Tagore
Tagore
All Peoples Association
Shaw
Critics urged letters form relief for Danville textile strike
Heywood Broun told a New York meeting that dramatic critics write under false signatures to editors. He proposed striking workers compose letters to New York editors detailing their exact conditions to prompt investigation and relief.
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New York
N. Y
Danville
Heywood Broun
Russia Will Forge Ahead in Producing Wheat
Dr. C F Marbut of the U S Agriculture Department projects Russia will export 200 million bushels of wheat in 1933 if the five year plan holds. His survey compares Russia's vast first and second quality wheat lands and transport advantages with the United States, noting Russia's superior acreage and rail and river routes.
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Russia
Washington
U.P
C. F. Marbut
U. S. Agriculture Department
Geographical Review
Doctor Marbut
Leniingrad
Moscow
United States
Plains States
Today by Arthur Brisbane
A brief syndicated column fragment presents Arthur Brisbane’s daily observations and reflections on current events and public life in concise prose, characteristic of the era. The piece offers a compact glimpse into social themes and contemporary issues through Brisbane's distinctive voice.
Unemployment in United States Shows Slight Peak Reached
Chairman Woods of President Hoover's Committee on Unemployment says four to five million men are idle in the United States but the peak of idleness has about been passed with bettgyscorp tions coming.
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United States
Woods
Hoover
Committee On
Cities face hunger amid idle arms in New York streets
John Brisben Walker describes thousands waiting for ten cents on Sev enth Avenue near the Franciscan Church as armories nearby sit empty. Our civilization generates wealth but struggles when machines fail and Red Cross cannot fix all problems.
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John Brisben Walker
New York City
Seventh Avenue
Thirty-Second Street
Thirty-First Street
Red Cross
Two Girls Run Over by Street Car Survive
In Chicago on January 9 Elaine Rosenkranz age six and Lorrain Dobmeter age five stepped in front of a street car. Motorman Claude Hughes applied brakes but could not stop in time. The car was jacked up after an hour of traffic being blocked. Both girls crawled out unaided with only bruises and scratches.
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Chicago
U.P
Elaine Rosenkranz
Lorrain Dobmeter
Claude Hughes
Hughes
Elaine
Lorraine
Deasy takes VP post at central Pennsylvania Railroad
John F. Deasy assumed duties as vice president of the central region of the Pennsylvania Railroad. He announced plans to spend 10 million dollars on rails and equipment, with an order for 1,500 nine steel cars of new 65 foot length. He added that further orders may follow at Altoona Enola and Pitcairn shops.
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Pittsburgh
U.P
Pennsylvania Railroad
John F. Deasy
Deasy
Altoona
Enola
Pitcairn
Will Rogers Warns About Farmers and Governors
Beverly Hills columnist Will Rogers contrasts angry farmers with mischief makers as he notes a news item: over 100000 men have been employed, a start toward broad jobs. He predicts many new governors will be sworn in this week and next and urges hopeful governance.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Senate
Pleads Guilty In Death Plot At Marietta
Charles Whiting the alleged trigger man in an insurance slaying pleaded guilty to shooting with intent to kill George Gourley a World War veteran. He was sentenced to one to 20 years at Mansfield reformatory with a parole board recommendation for the maximum minimum. Wife Carrie Gourley and Harry also face the same charge in Marietta jail. Gourley was wounded in an ambush at home on Thanksgiving Five and is recovering.
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Marietta
U.P
Charles Whiting
George Gourley
Mansfield Reformatory
David H. Thomas
Whiting
Carrie Gourley
Harry A
An. O
Officials reveal plot to kill husband for insurance and car
Investigators charge Mrs Gourley plotted her husband’s death with her son and Whiting. Whiting was to receive 150 dollars for the shooting and the son a new automobile. The trio aimed to collect Gourley’s 2599 war risk insurance.
Bucyrus Council Stands Pat Over Rail Deed
Bucyrus officials announce they will rest their case after the New York Central failed to make a compensation offer for moving railroad shops to Cleveland. The city holds a 50 year old deed and a 1900s agreement calling for land revert and a $50 900 payment, with the council hoping to enforce the contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bucyrus
U.R
New York Central Railroad
Cleveland
H. J. Carle
Ash
Carpentier says he faced four holdup men without resistance
Georges Carpentier explained that only cowards carry revolvers after submitting peacefully to four assailants who allegedly kidnapped him and Lita Grey Chaplin and stole money and jewelry totaling 14 009 dollars in a New York robbery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U.P
Georges Carpentier
Lita Grey Chaplin
Warburg backs optimism for America’s economic future
Paul M. Warburg, chairman of the Manhattan Company, told directors that a future revival is inevitable despite a current mood of depression. He warned against isolationist policies and predicted that stock prices today may look undervalued in coming years as production and business activity rebound.
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New York
U.P
Paul M. Warburg
America
Warburg
Manhattan Company
Lawmakers Propose Log Dormitory For Kansas House
In Topeka on January 9 a Kansas House resolution by Caldwell Davis requests building a log dormitory on capitol grounds for legislators. The facility would have wooden bunks, straw, candles, and a kitchen to teach domestic science so members can live on the 8 dollar daily income.
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Topeka
Kas
U.R
Kansas
Capitol Grounds
House of Representatives
Caldwell Davis
Bourbon County
Capitol
Sewage System Mandate Ruling by Attorney General Bettman
A ruling by Attorney General Bettman states that municipal health officials may compel installation and operation of a modern sewage system only when streams water courses canals lakes or ponds nearby face pollution risk. The decision outlines conditions under which health authorities can enforce upgrades to protect public water bodies.
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Columbus
Jan
U.R
Department of Health
Health
Bettman
Convict May Gain Release
A Kentucky Reformatory prisoner Roy Bonar may win release due to a confession from Cincinnati gang leader William Angilan in Ohio Penitentiary. Angilan admitted committing the robbery for which Bonar was jailed and sought a chance for exoneration. The Angilan clan members had varied fates including deaths in a prison fire and ongoing murder terms.
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Columbus
U.P
Kentucky
Frankfort
Ohio
William Angilan
Cincinnati
Roy Bonar
Angilan
Theodore
Frank
John
William
Bonar
Thomas
Massacre Figures Reported in Kiangsi Interior by War Zone Panel
Hankow reports to the National Government detail mass casualties from Communist actions in Kiangsi Province. About 100,000 killed and 124,000 houses burned in six weeks, with $300 million in property destroyed. Some cities fell under Soviet-style rule as violence spread.
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Hankow
China
U.P
Kiangsi
Kian
Chung-Shan
Klan Relief Commission
Klangsi
People's Commission
Young Wife Steals Baby To Reconcile Husband
Mrs Angelina Shiron 22 is charged with kidnapping the newborn daughter of Mr and Mrs Anthony Rotundo in Brooklyn New York. She allegedly took the six weeks old infant from its crib to win back her husband who had left her for being childless. Police say she confessed and was found with the baby at her parents home while the husband rejoiced at his wife’s “new baby.”
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New York
U.P
Angelina Schiron
Shiron
Brooklyn
Anthony Rotundo
Nurse Saves Five In Brownwood Hospital Fire
Five patients at Brownwood Hospital were saved by nurse Rose Maberley who carried them to safety as fire tore through the first floor. She then reentered the operating area to remove four cylinders of high explosive gas, risking her life to protect others.
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Brownwood, Tex
U.P
Brownwood Hospital
Rose Maberley
Maberfey
Blithe Broadway Spirit Sours Over Zara Agha Eleven Wife Lawsuit
New York dispatch reports Zara Agha, famed Turkish grand old man, facing a lawsuit from his eleventh wife over a $50 pension left when he came to America. Manager Asin Redvan, who sunk $6,000 into the venture, hopes profits from Zaro the Don Juan, now a movie fan, will emerge.
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Zara Agha
New York
U.P
America
Turkey
Agha
Constantinople
Matcor
Zara
Asin Redvan
Ben Lindsey criticism of Pope Pius encyclical sparks debate
Judge Ben B. Lindsey questions parts of Pope Pius XII's latest encyclical on marriage and education. He praises the pope on youth education but opposes birth control and certain divorce teachings, arguing for reasonable divorce and modern views on companionship among educated individuals.
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New York
Ben B. Lindsey
Pius
Denver
Tindsey
Father and Son Visit In Ohio Penitentiary
Chance led to a reunion inside Ohio Penitentiary as W. J. Grier 58 serving larceny term sickened and his son James 2% visiting after wardens discovered their relation. They were kept in different companies and rarely met during confinement.
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Columbus
Jan
U.P
Chance
Ohio
W. J. Grier
Jefferson County
Thomas
James Grier
Wooward
Young Grier
Kidnapper impersonates mail carrier abducts woman
A man about 36 years old posing as a mail carrier abducted Mrs. Marjorie H. Weston, 22, from the Columbus State Hospital for the Feeble Minded. He called at her cottage, grabbed her just as she was about to sign a delivery book, and fled in an unidentified automobile.
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Columbus
U.R
Marjorie H. Weston
Columbus State Hospital
Prohibition Efforts Grow As Wickersham Report Near
WASHINGTON January 9 Dry forces press ahead with strengthened enforcement as the Wickersham Commission report promises little solace to opponents. Congress advances the Howell and Stobbs bills, aiming to model Washington enforcement, while Federal Director Woodcock touts a now highly efficient 2000-agent Bureau of Prohibition.
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Washington
LRH
Wickersham Commission
Congress
Senate Ta Pre
Hoover
National
House
Commission
Amon W. W. Woodscock
National Dry Tendeere
Woodcock
Lancaster Cashier Given Eight to Twenty Years for Forgery
Harry Jordan 88 a cashier with Security Savings Company was sentenced to eight to 20 years in the Penitentiary after pleading guilty to forgery tied to embezzling about $100000 from the loan firm. He came from Vinton County and had worked with the company for years. Authorities will not disclose the Columbus woman who returned $1200 claiming Jordan gave it to her.
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Lancaster, Jan
Harry Jordan
Security Savings Company
Jordan
Vinton County
Lancaster Business School
Columbus
Airplanes Aid Stranded Fishermen Off Styrsudd Lighthouse
Airplanes dropped food clothing and fuel to 16 fishermen stranded on an ice floe eight miles from Styrsudd Lighthouse as an ice breaker moved in from Helsingfors to assist. The Rescue effort was reported by the Exchange Telegraph Company.
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London
Styrsudd
Exchange Telegraph Company
Helsingfors
For Ginger's Sake opens 1931 fiction program in Athens Messenger
The Athens Messenger previews its 1931 serial For Ginger's Sake by Ethel Hueston about Ginger Toliver a minister's daughter who runs a farmhouse nightclub in Iowa with a wandering artist ex gangster and other youths. The story features a kidnaping ransom plot secret marriage and tangled romance in 42 installments starting January 14.
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Ginger
Athens Messenger
Iowa
Ginger Toliver
Bohemia
Lowa Praires
Chicago
Ethel Huceton
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Psychology and Business
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Arthur Brisbane
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King Features, Inc
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Will Rogers
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Gourley
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Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Sadler Field
State
Pen
Interior of
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Claralow
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