Former Aide Willebrandt to Testify on Enforcement Shift
Washington hearing of the House Expenditures Committee discussed inviting former assistant attorney general Mabel Walker Willebrandt to testify on transferring prohibition enforcement from the Treasury to the Justice Department. The session also covered Hoover commission proposals to empower U.S. commissioners and reduce federal court congestion.
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Washington
U.P
Mabel Walker Willebrandt
Treasury
Justice Department
House Expenditures Committee
Willebrandt
Schafer
Republican
Wisconsin
Williamson
South Dakota
Drgs
Congress
Wisconsin Net
Expenditures
House Judiciary
Hoover
Law Enforcement Commission
U. S
United States
Jesse Duke
Duke
Attorney General
Greyhound strike continues in Cleveland
Striking Greyhound Lines drivers and employers failed to reach a settlement. Cleveland division superintendent J L Sheppard claimed only a few short runs were affected, while spokesman W E F Crozier said bus service was almost completely tied up as talks stalled.
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Cleveland
U.P
Greyhound Lines
J. L. Shepperd
W. E F. Crozier
Une
Shepperd
Seaplane Sinks in River During Test
Two airmen narrowly escaped drowning when their all metal seaplane sank in the Ohio River during tests. Pilot Robert Dawson 24 and mechanic Don Breeding 22 blamed a nose heavy ship and a faulty part for the accident.
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Cincinnati
Jan
U.R
nMo River
Robert Dawson
Don Breeding
Gunfight at roadside roadhouse injures four including Baker
Jan 24, Arron report that A R Frank Baker 24 of Wadsworth was near death from wounds suffered in a roadhouse gunfight nearby during the night. Three other men were slightly wounded. The cause of the brawl was not learned.
Ruth Furr of Memphis Crowned Most Beautiful High School Girl
Ruth Furr, 18, chosen as Memphis' most beautiful high school girl, is celebrated by her parents who are blind and have never seen her face. Ruth leads her mother to church each Sunday and aids at home, while her father, though nearly blind, recalls his past at a broom factory for the blind.
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Memphis
Tenn
Ruth Furr
Mrs. C. LE. Furr
Northampton
Mase
U.P
Nusan Albright
Smith College
Bruffalo
Miss Albright
John J. Albright
Niagara Falls Power Company
Buffalo
William Allan Neilson
Albert M. Casey
Garbo Talks A Salary At 150000 A Year
The item notes Greta Garbo discussing earnings and career prospects with a figure of 150000 dollars a year mentioned as a potential wage. The piece frames talk of continued fame for the star as she ages.
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Los Angeles
Californians Grow in Warm Winter Sun
A vivid Los Angeles scene describes a city stretching from mountains to the seaport and enjoying mild winters. A native son calls New York about sunny weather, remarking how the brightness shapes life and mentions Helen Wills as a product of California.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Pacific
New York
Helen Wills
California Fitness Club Endorsed by Governor Promotes Hard Work
A California group called Fit At Fifty offers honorary memberships and claims gubernatorial endorsement. The piece urges every state to create Fit At One Hundred clubs and advocates that fifty is just the start of fitness through diligent effort.
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California
Hollywood Dazzle Draws Burgeoning Billboard Yuletide
A fragment notes large billboards advertising moving pictures branch across major cities. It mentions ships to the Clyde Chicago to New York and Strassburg goose livers with cinema hype. Readers are told to continue on page.
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Clyde
Chicago
New York
Strassburg
Hollywood
Former Teacher Is Believed Murdered
Springfield dispatch reports Mary I. Bunton a former Camden N J and Lincoln Neb school teacher was found dead at Charles B. Snyder New Carlisle village blacksmith home. Authorities say body found with head on chloroform soaked sponge and house ransacked as murder theory is investigated.
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Springfield
U.R
Mary I. Bunton
Camden
N. J
Lincoln
Neb
Charles B. Snyder
New Carlisle
Snyder
George B. Benham
Theodore Schaefer
Ohio Democrats Blast Assembly Over Workers’ Comp
Henry G. Brunner, chairman of the Democratic State Executive Committee, blamed the last General Assembly for halting workmen’s compensation payments to public employees in 27 Ohio counties. He criticized the lawmakers as overwhelmingly Republican and said the move necessitated the stoppage.
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Columbus
U.R
General Assembly
Henry G. Brunner
Democratic State Executive Committee
Ohio
Stolen 1923 0 Chevy Recovered in Athens Night Pickup
A 1923 0 model Chevrolet coupe reported stolen in Nelsonville Thursday was recovered by Deputy Wayne Wingett and Night Policeman Charles Maple around 11 pm on Cemetery Street in Athens. Lancaster officials later retrieved and returned it to its owner. Authorities believe two boys hitchhiking to Kentucky stole the car and abandoned it on Cemetery Street after confusion about their route.
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Nelsonville
Wayne Wingett
Charles Maple
Cemetery Street
Athens
Lancaster
Kentucky
North Cemetery Street
British Whaler Southern Princess Offered for Byrd Relief
Owners of the British whaler Southern Princess informed Ambassador Dawes in Longton they are willing to assist Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd if it is compatible with the ship’s safety.
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Washington
State Department
Antarctica
Head of School to be Ousted in Delaware
Mrs. Margaret Elton of Hillsboro faces removal as matron of the Girls Industrial School at Delaware. Welfare Director Hal Griswold will ask for her re signing. refusal leads to discharge and possible Civil Service charges. Elton has served six years after succeeding Mae I. Stannard.
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Industrial School
Delaware
Elton
Columbus
U.P
Margaret Elton
Hillsboro
Girls’ Industrial School
State Welfare
Hal H. Griswold
State Civil Service
Griswold
Mae I. Stannard
Detroit
Stannard
Welfare Department
Civil Service Commission
Toledo
Buckeye Lake Home Telephone rate case denied
The Public Utilities Commission refused to recognize going concern values for Buckeye Lake Home Telephone Company and rejected an increased rate schedule for the Bal timore Millersport Pleasantville and Thurston exchanges. The ruling cited no demonstrated stockholder sacrifice in developing the business for which rates would be charged. Since 1928 the company has collected advanced tolls under bond pending a settlement of the rate case.
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Columbus
U.R
Public Utilities Commission
Buckeye Lake Home Telephone Company
Baltimore
Millersport
Pleasantville
Thurston
Riot Flare in Pittsburgh Taxi Strike Ends in Hospital
Rioting broke out as 1,500 Pittsburgh taxicab drivers remained on strike for 18 days. Seven men were hospitalized at Mercy. one serious, others hurt, arrested and given treatment at a police station.
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Pittsburgh
U.R
Mercy Hospital
Ohio canal hearings set for Feb 4 in Washington
Hearings before the Army Rivers and Harbors Board on the Lake Erie Ohio River ship canal project are scheduled for February 4 in Washington. Six Ohio cities Toledo Sandusky Cincinnati Portsmouth Cleveland and Marion along with possibly several Pennsylvania towns may be represented at the session.
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Washington
U.P
Army Rivers and Harbors Board
War Department
Ohio
Yoledo
Sandusky
Cincinnati
Portsmouth
Cleveland
Marietta
Pennsylvania
Alpha Sigma Alpha Wins Green Goat at Ohio University
Ruth Zimmerman presides as Alpha Sigma Alpha is announced winner of the Green Goat sales contest at Ohio University for the first semester. The sorority earns a silver loving cup after competing against 15 sororities.
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Alpha Sigma Alpha Sorority
Ruth Zimmerman
Ohio University
Progress at naval parley proposes tonnage compromise
British and French delegations inch toward agreement on naval tonnage under the Washington Treaty. Secretary Stimson said progress was satisfactory as talks continued at St James Palace with private sessions and meetings at Downing Street and Chequers. France seeks to reallocate 175,400 tons from battleships to light cruisers and submarines.
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Stimson
St. James Palace
MackDonald
No. 10
Downing Street
Andre Tardieu
Trance
Paris
No. 10 Downing Street
MacDonald
Chequers
France
Senate rejects Oddie Amendment on tariff hides
The Senate voted 31 to 39 to reject the Oddie Amendment to the Tariff Bill which would set duties of five cents per pound on green hides and nine cents per pound on dried hides.
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Senate
Washington
U.P
Oddie
Proposal of a 13 month calendar with four week months
An international committee promotes a 13 month year of four weeks per month plus one extra holiday day. First day Sundays last day Saturdays with four paydays per month. Holidays fixed dates align to weekdays. Fourth of July and Christmas stay the same. The calendar shifts many holidays to new dates.
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Washington
Dog Team Races Through Idaho Snow To Aid Miner
A dog team raced death through Idaho mountains to reach Fred Burke at Copper King Mine with medical supplies. Summer Stonebreaker drove the sled with Dr J P Weber and Lee Pettibone guiding through heavy snow as storms delayed departure from Elk City. The 42 mile trek over treacherous winter terrain faced a long, uncertain delay before arrival.
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Grangeville
Idaho
Fred Burke
Copper King Mine
J. P. Weber
Lee Pettibone
Copper King
Elk City
Burke
Ministers Urged To End Piffle Talk At Centennial
Bishop Francis J. McConnell and the Federal Council of Churches warned ministers to stop “piffle talk” as Ohio Pentecostal Centennial events proceed in Columbus. Governor Cooper urged crime solutions via home, school, and church reforms, not statute alone.
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Columbus
U.rra
Pittie
Francis J. McConnell
Methodist Episcopal Church
Federal Council of Churches
Ohio
Mctonnell
Myers Y. Cooper
Cooper
Ohio Council of Churches
Guard Leaves to Return Three Convicts From Georgia
Charleston W Va January 24 AUA Armed with extradition papers guard H Ki Newman leaves for Macon Georgia to fetch Adrian and Dana Bias and Shasil Childers three convicts captured near Macon after escaping West Virginia Penitentiary on December 27 Adrian Bias arm was shot off in a prior gun battle and may stay in hospital for weeks The Bias brothers gained attention last spring after a jail escape and a high speed chase ending in Chattanooga Tennessee
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Charleston
W. Va
AUA
Ki. Newman
State Penitentiary
Macon
Adrian
Dana Bias
Shasil Childers
West Virginia
Adrian Bias
Georgia
Brothers
Childers
Chattanooga
Tenn
Plan to supply gas masks for civilians in 1918
Colonel Bradley Dewey testified in federal court that the United States government considered arming civilians with gas masks during World War I. He said the idea arose from fears the war would last longer and from the increase in poisonous gases and their potential civilian use.
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Columbus
U.P
United States
Bradley Dewey
Cambridge
Mass
Ly &, Chemical Warfare Service
National Carbon Company
Inecorporated
Cleveland
Harnebey‘Cheney Company
Citi Izenry
Labor's Bank Involved In Large Merger
In Cleveland a $23 million merger creates the Citizens Bank & Trust Company of Cleveland by absorbing the Engineers National Bank Nottingham Savings Bank and the Guaranty State Savings & Loan Company. Sterling Smith will head the new institution. The Engineers Bank, founded in 1920 by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, will continue to receive the engineers' fraternity support, but banking circles see the move as the retirement of labor from banking.
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Cleveland
Citizens Bank & Trust Company of
Engineers National Bank
Nottingham Savings S Banking Company
Guaranty Stute Savings & Loan Company
Sterling Smith
Engineers Bank
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Smith
Engineers’ Brotherhood
Labor Organization
Tragedy at Tri-Plate Refinery Stilt Explosion Kills Two
In Kenova West Virginia on January 24 a stilt at the Tri-Plate Refinery exploded killing two workers and injuring or burning five others. Local authorities investigated the cause of the blast.
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Kenova
W. Va
Tri-plate
Herve
Senate panel backs ownership disclosures for newspapers
The Senate Post Office and Post Roads Committee favorably reported a bill requiring newspapers to disclose their real ownership in ownership statements to the Post Office Department.
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Washington
Postoffice
Senate Postoffice
Post Roads Commiittee
Idaho Supreme Court Chief Justice Joins Interstate Commerce Commission
William E. Lee former Idaho Supreme Court chief justice and noted lawyer has been appointed to the Interstate Commerce Commission to succeed J. B. Campbell of Washington state, who resigned.
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Idaho Supreme Court
William E. Lee
Interstate Commerce Commission
J. B. Campbell
Washingtonstate
Debate in House on Hoover commission request sparks party clash
In Washington on January 24 President Hoover pushes for a new commission on conservation and public domain management. Republicans back the plan while Democrats oppose expanding the commission system, arguing Congress should handle duties through regular committees. The House approved a resolution to appoint the commission, but Senate action remains pending.
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Washington
Hoover
House
Democratea
Cramer
Texas
Bankhead
Alabama
Congress
Senate
Hart
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Public Lands Commimion
Pal of Grundt Upholds Story of Patrolmen
Roy Fountain, 83, who was with Walter Grundt in a beer smuggling scheme, corroborated the patrolmen's account of the shooting at Dmtrolt Michigan. Fountain offered his blood for Grundt and was examined then released by Ward Culver the county prosecutor. He admitted he and Grundt were attempting to run a beer load when officers ordered them to halt and Grundt was hit by a fatal shot.
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Dmtrolt
Mich
Walter Grundt
Grundt
Derauwn
Roy Fountain
Ward Culver
Culver
Ohio Bar Association session opens with Geiger address
U R Judge Frank W. Geiger of Springfield spoke at the opening of the Ohio State Bar Association mid winter meeting in Dayton. Geiger is a member of the Public Utilities Commission and addressed attendees on state legal affairs.
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Dayton
U.R
Frank W. Geiger
Springfield
Ohio State Bar Association
Geiger
Public Utilities Commission
Baby Chicks and Supplies Advertised for Sale
Classified page lists baby chicks at 17 cents each, gas heaters from 3.75 dollars, hooded dairy paste at 1.6 dollars, and a 224 acre farm for sale near a church and school. The Messenger classified ads promote these items as available locally.
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By the Messenger
Church
School
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Henry L. Stimson
Ding Grandi
Idaho Mountains
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