Senator Sheppard Defends Prohibition in Senate Speech
Senator Morris Sheppard of Texas declared there can be no compromise on alcohol policy and that the Eighteenth Amendment will remain. He argued prohibition strengthened American life, warned against repeal, and said state control would still mean liquor control by government overall.
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Washington
Morris Sheppard
Texas
Senate
Sheppard
America
Osing
Thomas A. Edison
Iveys
National Education
Case
Man Killed in Blast at Akron Factory
Alfred Klaus aged 54 died from burns after an explosion at the Stillian Manufacturing Co in Akron. Damage to the land was estimated at 150000 dollars. The incident occurred Thursday night and is under investigation.
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Akron
U.R
Alfred Klaus
Burns
Stillian Manufacting Company
Woman Burned to Death in Incinerator Fire
Jan 16. Joria Turner, 58, homeless, died here when a can she was tending for heat ignited her clothing. Authorities report the incident as a fatal fire and note the victim’s homelessness.
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Oman
Joria Turner
Ned
Co-Eds Criticize Ohio Wesleyan Men At Y M C A Meeting
At Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware Ohio the co-eds told Y M C A members they find men superficial boresome and falsely sophisticated. Representing the women were Ruth Wertenberger from Leroy Gertrude Jaster from Elyria and Catherine Bickman from Wilmette.
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Delaware
Ohio Wesleyan University
Ruth Wertenberger
Leroy, O
Gertrude Jaster
Elyria
Catherine Bickman
Wilmette
Brutal Young Bandits Escape After Hotel Robbery Attempt
Two young bandits invaded a Los Angeles hotel lobby firing on guests who resisted. A 58 year old man J H Thompson was shot in the chest and groin, Raleigh Cronin 21 grabbed the gun, Dan Lewis knocked a bandit with a chair, C B Russell 37 shot in the arm, and Betty Cronin 10 grazed. The trio fled in a awaiting car but were pursued and escaped. Thompson likely fatal at hospital.
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Los Angeles
U.R
Cronin
Dan Lewis
Jarrett
C. B. Russell
Betty Cronin
Raleigh
Thompson
Transcontinental zigzag trek from New York to California
The route details a cross country journey starting in New York to Chicago on the New York Central Advance Twentieth Century, then to Ash Fork Arizona by Santa Fe Chief. From Ash Fork a 5 am Fred Harvey car ride to Phoenix via Prescott, plus a trip to Nogales after a conference, then Los Angeles on the Southern Pacific and a northern return to San Francisco.
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Trinidad
Cole
New York
Chicago
United States
Los Angeles
Southern Pacific
San Francisco
Pueblo Banks Pick Officers For New Year
The Pueblo Chieftain leads with local Colorado and Central States coverage while noting the Denver Post ignores non regional news. It highlights Alice Lucille Humphreys, a 13-year-old daughter of a local millionaire, as bigger news than any steel merger.
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America
United States
Rocky Mountains
Bonfils
Denver Post
Colorado
Central States
Post
Mussolini
Lloyd George
Russia
Pueblo
Denver
Alice Lucille Humphreys
Bonfils Publishes Coolidge Philosophy Front Page
Denver press notes an exception in favor of Calvin Coolidge with his political philosophy featured prominently on the front page. The item hints at continued coverage on later pages.
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Bonfils
Calvin Coolidge
Senate approves extra funds for Nye campaign probe
The Nye Campaign Funds Investigating Committee receives 50000 dollars in additional expense money. Hearings on the Pennsylvania campaign are to resume this afternoon as the committee’s life is extended to the first legislative day of Congress in January 1932.
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Washington
Senate
Nye
Pennsylvania
Committee On Audit and Control
Congress
Will Rogers Urges Direct Aid as Relief Hits Washington
Will Rogers laments hard times and voices demand for direct personal relief. He mocks Congress for rejecting a 15 million food bill while approving funds for national park entrances, noting lobbyists and constituents seek aid and concrete roads to poor farms.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Relief funding fight hinges on deficit amid drought aid
In Washington the first line of defense against further hunger relief funding faced Democratic opposition as the Senate met early. Senate Democrats aimed to attach a food relief amendment to a routine supply bill while Hoover signed a $45 million drought relief measure for feed seed and fertilizer loans. Nye Campaign Funds Committee suspends activity due to lack of funds and hopes to motion to declare Senator Davis's seat vacant.
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Washington
U.P
Senate
Interior Department
Nye
Agriculture Department
Republicans Move to Liberalize House Rules
Washington January 15. Republican leaders indicate willingness to concede to Insurgent Republicans and Democrats on liberalizing House Rules. The exact scope remains unspecified but signals reduce the likelihood of a bitter clash. Some agitation suggested moves to oust Speaker Longworth, though not taken seriously.
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Washington
U.s.house
House
Longworth
Banking panel orders records from Mitchell and Davidson
The House Banking and Currency Committee appointed a sub committee to probe the main committee power to compel Charles Mitchell of the National City Bank and George W Davidson of Central Hanover Bank to furnish records promised during a prior inquiry into group chain and branch banking.
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Washington
House Committee On Banking and Currency Today
Charles Mitchell
National City Bank of
New York City
George W. Davidson
Central Hanover Bank and Trust Co
White Starts Reduction of Ohio Payroll
Governor White begins cutting Ohio state payrolls and abolishes the Welfare Department post held by Harriet Taylor Upton of Warren effective Feb 4. In the Commerce Department, six salaries are merged into one secretary role for S W Fennig of Celina at 3600, replacing six higher paid positions totaling 11220. He says more job eliminations will follow to curb unnecessary positions without harming public service.
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Columbus
U.P
White
Welfare Department
Department of Commerce
McSweeney
Harriet Taylor Upton
Warren
Fennig
Mercer County
Influenza Epidemic Sweeps Europe in 1930
A wave of influenza spreads across France Germany Spain and Portugal amid Britain's worst grippe outbreak since 1927. Lisbon Military College closes as 370 cadets fall ill, Berlin reports 10 000 treated, England sees about 200 deaths in two weeks.
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London
U.P
Europe
Britain
France
Germany
Spain
Portugal
Military College
Lisbon
Berlin
England
Grippe
Explorer Ellsworth Receives Congressional Medal at White House
Lincoln Ellsworth, famed Arctic explorer and trans polar Roma dirigible pilot, visited the White House to be awarded Congress issued Congressional Medal of Honor for his 1925 Arctic flight and 1926 Roma voyage. President Hoover presented the medal recognizing conspicuous courage and perseverance.
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Washington
Jan
Lincoln Ellsworth
North Pole
White House
Hoover
Congress
Ellsworth
Arctic
Former Ohio Anti Satoon League Leader to Speak at Athens Union Meet
Former leader and Columbus attorney Mr White will be the principal speaker at a union meeting of several Athens Churches Sunday evening. He has been active in temperance work in Ohio and the nation for years.
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Ohio Anti- Satoon League
Athens
White
Columbus
Hook Receives Two Year Prison Term for Non-Support
Thomas Hook was sentenced by Judge I G Worstell in Athens County Common Pleas Court to not less than two years in the Ohio State Penitentiary for non support after being re arrested for failure to provide for his family following a probation release. Alva Foland pled guilty to carrying concealed weapons and was fined $25 and costs.
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Thomas Hook
Athens County Grand Jury
Ohio State Penitentiary
Columbus
I. G. Worstell
Athens County Common Pleas Court
Hook
Wingrett
Alva Foland
Worstell
Charles Smith
Common Pleas Court
Raymond Steinmetz
George Rinehart
Chillicothe
Riley Saltz
Harry Selsinger
Donald Harkins
Steinmetz
Rinehart
Wedded Friends: Ex-Athlete Free After Bigamy Plea
Wallace Estes former California athlete and Marine corporal was freed after pleading guilty to bigamy. Superior Judge Isadore Harris suspended his five year sentence. The complainant Mrs Mary Stuart Estes daughter of Virginia's wartime governor traced a 3000 mile search leading to Estes arrest. She says Estes married her friend Miss Alenna Cooper while still married to her, and fled the state when bigamy actions began.
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San Francisco
U,pr
Wallace Estes
California
South
Isadore Harris
Mary Stuart Estes
Virginia
Estes
Alenna Cooper
Winston-Salem
N. C
Ten-Day Romance Quest Ends in Cleveland Arrest
In Cleveland on January 16 two girls and a Denver youth were arrested at Union Terminal after suspicions arose when one girl arrived wearing four dresses and three pairs of stockings. The group had spent ten days traveling in search of romance and were taken to Central Police Station for questioning.
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Cleveland, O
Central Police Station
Denver
Union Terminal
Legge Sees Grain Speculators Lowering Prices
Alexander Legge, chairman of the Federal Farm Board, told Illinois farmers at Farm and Home Week that wheat prices would drop if speculators maintain market control. He urged support for the Farm Board marketing program and proposed limiting wheat production to match domestic demand, suggesting ceding wheat to livestock to cut surplus.
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Urbana
U.R
Alexander Legge
Federal Farm Board
University of Ilinois College of Agriculture
Legge
Illinois
Farm Board
Russia
America
Trip to Moon Predicted by French Scientist
Prof Robert Esnault Pelterte predicts a manless rocket voyage to the moon and back in 16 to 20 years at 12000 feet per second. The mission would circumnavigate the moon in about 49 hours each way, carry instruments and motion pictures, and cost several millions.
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New York
Robert Esnault-Pelterte
Ohio Education Chief May Face Senate Probe Over Temperance Day
Ohio State Education Director Clifton faces Senate questioning after controversy over Temperance Day in public schools. Bills seek to abolish or rename the observance as Law Observance Day amid protests from prohibition groups and criticism over using schools to propagate anti prohibition aims.
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Clifton
Columbus
U.R
Cition
Women's Organization For Prohibition Reform
Senate Temperance Committee
Joe Ackerman
Cleveland
Auth
Women’s Organization
Temperance Day Observed In Athens Schools And Community
Temperance Day activities were held in Athens City and County Schools with special programs. A union meeting at Athens First Methodist Church Sunday at 7 PM will feature James A. White of Columbus lecturing on Law Observance Versus Anarchy. White, former Anti Saloon League leader and ex mayor of Barnesville, now practices law in Columbus. Church groups join for the event as temperance is tied to classroom work today.
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Athens City
Athens
Barnesville
Ohio
Columbus
Methodist
Presbyterian and Christian Churches of
Salvation Army
East Side
W. W. Ankenbrand
Betty McCoy
Eula Pendergrass
Ann Beasley
The
Law
Robert Bird
Lorna June Cooper
Dick Whipple
Boris Walley
Annie Krussell
America
J. L. Clifton
Ohio Department of Education
Senate approves probe into bread and grain prices
The Senate authorized an investigation of bread costs compared with wheat prices. Senator Wagner of New York offered the resolution, adopted unanimously, and the inquiry covers prices of sugar and flours to explain why less refined grades cost more than refined products.
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Washington
U.pd
Senate
Wagner
New York
Walker Defends Himself at Tammany Dinner
New York Mayor Walker challenged the Republican Party to carry out its threatened investigation of his administration during an address at the annual dinner of Tammany Hall Speakers' Bureau.
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Walker
New York
Republican Party
Tammany Hall
Labor Unions Fight White Choice For Industrial Relations Post
Ohio labor leaders vow to mobilize against the appointment of Edmondson of Urbana as state director of industrial relations. They argue he has no direct union background, despite a list of acceptable candidates from unions, including Chapman of Dayton Savage of Columbus and Arnold of Cleveland. Protests spread statewide as Edmondson faces Senate confirmation.
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Cleveland
U.P
Thomas Medmondson
Urbana
Crow
George White
Edmondson
James FE. Matley
Cleveland Federation of Labor
Matley
Ohio Federation of Labor
Harry McLaughlin
State Senate
Ile
Organized Labor
Labor Union Organizationa
Thomas J. Donnelly
State Labor Organization
Columbine
Malley
O. B. Chapman
Dayton
George W. Savage
Columbus
Ohio Mine Workers
Arnold BI
The
Carpenter's Union
Gift of Empty Whisky Bottles Surprises Cleveland Chief
In Cleveland on January 16, Police Chief George J. Matowitz was given a basket of empty whisky bottles with fancy labels and a note reading personal best wishes for the new year from The three Must- Get-Their's. The chief will return the gift if the donors appear in his office.
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Cleveland
George J. Matowitz
Central Police Station
Matowitz
Three Members of Hoover Police Commission Meet
Washington Jan 16 Three members of President Hoover s Law Enforcement Commission met for about 15 minutes and adjourned until tomorrow The prohibi tion report has not yet been placed in President Hoover s hands but is expected to go to the White House later today or tomorrow The session was attended by Dean Roscoe Pound Judge Kenneth Mackintosh and George Wickersham
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Washington
U.pthree
President Hoover
Law Enforcement Commission
Hoover
White House
Dean Roscoe Pound
Kenneth Mackintosh
George Wickersham
Carroll to Expand John Carroll University Campus
John J. Bennet, president of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad and head of the university building committee, announced plans to erect a group of buildings at John Carroll University at a total cost of 2.5 million dollars.
Subway Crash Leaves 19 Injured in Hudson Tubes
A Hudson Tunnel car leaped a switch at the Manhattan Terminal injuring 19 passengers. Smoke and electric sparks filled the tunnel as hundreds were endangered and police aided victims. The switchman fled. many minor injuries went unreported.
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New York
Manhattan Terminal
Thirty-Third Street
Sixth Avenue
New Jersey
Hudson Tubes
Newark
Jersey City
Hudson River
Hudson
Factions in Strike Differ in Virginia Textile Row
Danville Virginia January 16. Conflicting opinions among several factions marked the strike of nearly 4000 textile mill workers begun 3 1/2 months ago. An ultimate settlement seemed distant as of September 29 when United Textile Workers organizers called the strike. Management reported 3100 workers back with a weekly payroll near 60000.
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Danville
United Textile Workers of America
United Press
Dan River
Riverside Mills
Fire damages Hillgreen Lane Co. plant in Alliance
Fire at the Hillgreen Lane Co. plant in Alliance caused an estimated 10000 dollars in damage. Officials said the blaze was checked before reaching the area storing costly organ materials.
Governor to Send Second Message Next Tuesday
Columbus January 16 The Governor will send his second message to the Legislature next Tuesday. It will focus on departmental matters and likely include Welfare Department and state institutions recommendations. He will not present the message in Bergen to the Assembly.
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Columbus
White
Bergen
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Nye Committee
Will Rogers
House Republicans
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Wickersham
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