Outline of 1932 Disarmament Plan Advances at Geneva
Geneva reports the preparatory disarmament commission adjourned after drafting a general outline for a future world disarmament treaty. The draft aims to stabilize current armaments and set the stage for early 1932 negotiations, with limited immediate gains but high potential if governments consent to reductions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
Switzerland
League of Nations
Hugh Gibson
Commission
France
Gibson
Tear gas pistol malfunctions in mayor's office
In New York City Mayor Walker's office Chief Justice Corrigan triggered a tear gas pistol by accident during a talk with football writers about the Army-Navy game. The gas filled the room and corridors as Mulrooney and others fled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Walker
Joseph EB. Corrigan
Corrigan
Mulrooney
Agreement Reached on Two Year Immigration Suspension
Washington reports a House committee tentative agreement to suspend immigration for two years. The plan aligns with the Reed senate proposal and sets up a commission to codify immigration laws during the period. Dickstein supports a limited two year pause and prefers deporting undesirable aliens while allowing worthy applicants to enter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House Committee
Washington
Dec
House
Immigration
Johnson
Reed
Senate
Dickstein
New York
Maine
Huntington Area Is Chosen For Hospital
Washington reports a $700000 veterans hospital site for West Virginia confirmed as Huntington by the hospital board with Hoover approval. Protests from other regions led to reconsideration before final action. The 125 bed facility may be enlarged later to a $2 million establishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Virginia
Federal
Congress
West Virginia
Mountain
Huntington
Cabell County
West
J. H. McGinnis
Henry D. Hatfield
Davis Elkins
The
Legion
People of
Ammonia Fumes Overwhelm Cleveland Store Patrons
Seventy three people were overcome by ammonia fumes when a refrigeration pump failed at the Chandler and Rudd store and restaurant in downtown Cleveland. Firefighters used oxygen and ambulances to treat the victims, most of whom were women, as the four story building was evacuated. The scene prompted rapid hospital treatment and swift containment as victims recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Chandler and Rudd
Tests Show How Germs Are Killed
Ithaca New York December 9 Discovery of how antiseptics destroy bacteria was announced at Cornell University. Researchers led by Wilder Bancroft and G Holmes Richter show that antiseptics coagulate bacterial protoplasm through absorption, causing physical destruction of the germ and stopping its activity. The study suggests broad medical and disinfection applications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ithaca
Cornell University
Wilder D. Bancroft
G. Holmes Richter
Heckscher Foundation
Banker James Whitehead Dies in Detroit at 66
James T. Whitehead banker and manufacturer died at his home in Detroit today at age 66. He was president of Whitehead & Kales company, structural steel fabricators.
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Detroit
James T. Whitehead
Whitehead
Whitehead & Kales Company
Structural Steel
Girl 19 Held In Death Of Gem Man
Salt Lake City police arrested a 19 year old girl in connection with the slaying of Sam Frank a Memphis jewelry auctioneer. She admitted planning to rob Frank with two men and drug his drink but claimed others rushed in and fled with valuables after he was struck.
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Salt Lake City
Sam Frank
Memphis
Tean Doyle
Frank
Dry and Wet Debates Shape Nationwide Prohibition Clash
In Washington national temperance leaders question former prohibition prosecutor Willebrandt while the Methodist board of temperance votes unanimously against a national prohibition referendum. Debates before the National Temperance council and positions in Congress show dry advocates pushing for a constitutional amendment or concessions, while wets face opposition and calls for a measured referendum.
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Methodist Board of Temperance
Wilson
Washington
National Temperance Council
Mabel Walker Willebrandt
Prohibition
Temperance Council
Willebrandt
Methodist Board
Clarence True Wilson
Representative Fort
Republican
New Jersey
Fort
Congress
House
Roanoke Battles Fire In Nelson Hardware Store
A major Roanoke fire broke out about 9 00 last night at the Nelson Hardware building on Campbell avenue. Firemen fought to control the blaze confining it to the one structure by midnight and worked to prevent spread to adjacent buildings as equipment massed in force.
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Roanoke
Magic City
Nelson Hardware Company
Campbell Avenue
Nobel Prize Winners to Receive Prizes Today
Three American Nobel laureates will be awarded tomorrow. Sinclair Lewis will accept the literature prize in Stockholm with Karl Landsteiner receiving the medicine prize in Stockholm. Frank Kellogg will receive the 1929 peace prize in Oslo, with the ceremony at the Stockholm concert house featuring the author of Babbitt and Main Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Sinclair Lewis
Karl Landsteiner
New York
Frank B. Kellogg
Oslo
Revolutionary Party Expels Four Senators in Mexico City
The National Revolutionary Party ousted four senators led by Isaac Diaz de Leon accusing them of indiscipline after attacks on Finance Minister Luis Montes de Oca who is also a party member. Diaz de Leon said the expelled group would press for Montes de Oca to appear in the senate to explain policies on a debt agreement with American bankers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
National Revolutionary Party
Lazaro Cardenas
Luis Montes de Oca
Isaac Diaz de Leon
Senate
Hoover Opposes Liberal Relief. Congress Action on Bills
President Hoover opposed too liberal relief funds as Congress moved ahead with a $110,000,000 public works construction bill. The Senate finance committee approved six nominees to the tariff commission. The Justice Department said it was examining bread prices. The House immigration committee tentatively approved a two year suspension of immigration. Senate confirmed George C. Butte of Texas as vice governor general of the Philippines.
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Hoover
Congress
House
Senate Finance Committee
Tariff Commission
Justice Department
House Immigration Committee
Senate
George C. Butte
Texas
Philippines
Legal Battle Delays Dough Boy Lunch Demolition
City director adopts hands off stance in dispute between Gulf Refining and Dough Boy Lunch owner over a lease expired room in the building at Mercer Street and Bluefield Avenue. Ninety day notice questions loom as oil company moves to tear down. building deemed hazard with openings. City to plank doors and observe demolition while tenants depart.
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Gulf Refining Company
Dough Boy Lunch
Oil Company
Mercer Street
Bluefield Avenue
Dough Boy
D. M. Hasley
William McCarthy
Ronceverte Street
J. H. Wright
Augusta Street
Lelia Baldwin
Oakhuret Avenue
BH. C. Curtis
Pearl Street
City
School Land Commission
Clyde Ewald
North Street
D. M. Easley
Rogers Street
Mountain View Avenue
South Street
Hill Street
Midway
Jackson
Ronceverte
Government Starts Bread Price Inquiry
The Department of Justice opened an investigation to explain the price gap between wheat and bread. Attorney General Mitchell announced the study as Farm Board officials noted only 39 cents of the consumer dollar for bread reaches farmers and millers before bakers.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Mitchell
Legge
Farm Board
Des Moines
Iowa
Secrets in Life of Army Man Revealed at Trial
Major Charles A. Shepard, charged with poisoning his wife Zenana, faces new testimony about his life. Witnesses describe telegrams and gifts to Grace Brandon a blonde 22 year old stenographer at Brooks Field. Evidence includes viscera analysis showing slow acting poison and mercury in Mrs Shepard.
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Kansas City
Kas
Charles A. Shepard
Zenana
Shepard
Grace Brandon
Brooks Field
San Antonio
Texas
Sove
James B. Ash
Army Medical Museum
Washington
Major Ash
Major Shepard
Muehlberger
Theodore McCoskey
Los Angeles
Brandon
Waco
Love
Charley
Bryan Dawson
Clintor
Okla
Junction City
John Taylor
Max Geisler Bird Company
Omaha
Neb
World War II Starter Debate In Senate
In Senate debate on December 9, 1939, Reed blamed Germany for starting the war while Borah argued Britain and France shared responsibility. The dispute arose from a discussion on international debt cancellations and a Copeland push to insert a magazine article into the Congressional Record.
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Washington
Senate
Reed
Pennsylvania
Germany
Borah
Idaho
Great Britain
France
Copeland
New York
Congressional Record
Society Girl Ruth Nichols Sets West-East Flight Pace
Ruth Nichols, the Rye New York aviatrix, halved the continental trip in seven hours and one minute to reach Wichita from Los Angeles signaling a bid for the West-East transcontinental record. She trails Captain Hawks by about two hours and captured a place among top speed pilots as she plans to resume toward New York pending favorable weather.
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Wichita
Kansas
Ruth Nichols
Rye
N. Y
Aviatrix
Frank Hawks
Charles A. O
Los Angeles
New York
Miss Nichols
Hawks
Albuquerque
Indianapolis
Lindberghs
J. M. Keith- Miller
Hoover Demands Funds For Relief Keep Within Limit
President Hoover condemned congressional balking at emergency relief funds and urged keeping relief within Treasury limits. Senate action favored a $60,000,000 drought relief bill, while Democrats pressed for broader aid and resisted tax-increase fears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoover
Senate
Washington
Cooperative Emergency Relief Program
Treasury
Republican-Democratic Cooperation Movement
Lafollette
Republican
Wisconsin
Bluefield Stores Extend Hours Ahead of Holiday Trade
Bluefield merchants will stay open until 9 p m starting tonight through Christmas Eve. Fred R. Christie secretary of the Bluefield Business Men's Association announced the policy ahead of the holiday season to boost shopping four days earlier than usual.
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Fred R. Christie
Bluefield Business Men’s Association
Kangaroo Court Delays Slaying Trial Over Confessions
In Middlebourne West Virginia on December 9 the trial of James Dunn for the Bayless boy slaying stalled for a third day as lawyers debate the admissibility of alleged confessions. Jurors remain absent while defense argues mistreatment tainted confessions and the state contends they were voluntary. A kangaroo court at Wetzel county jail figures in the dispute amid the four defendants awaiting trial.
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Middlebourne
W. Va
James Dunn
Garlan Bayless
Dunn
Wetzel
Wetzel County
Laval Baffled in Selecting Aides
Paris December 9 Pierre Laval accepted the president’s invitation to form a new cabinet but delayed final acceptance after consultations with political leaders. Radicals block cooperation, and Laval weighs forming a broad ministry without them. He hoped to succeed despite daily setback as Radicals met late.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Pierre Laval
Tardieu
Doumergue
Third Republic
Radical Socialiate
Laval
Senate
Radical Party
Wdl Herriot
Tariff Commission Nominee Brossard Faces Opposition
Washington reports a contest over confirmation of Hégar B. Brossard Republican Utah to the reorganized tariff commission after the finance committee approved all six nominees. Senator Harrison Mississippi opposed Brossard citing sugar duty concerns tied to a sugar cost report.
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Washington
Hégar B. Brossard
Utah
Reorganized Tariff Commission
Senate
Finance Committee
Commission
Smoot
Harrison
Mississippi
Brossard
Alfred P. Dennis
Maryland
Henry P. Fletcher
Pennsylvania
John L. Coulter
North Dakota
Thomas W. Page
Virginia
Frederick
Coolidge
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Emma Messmore
First National Bank of Uniontown
Gem Man
Willegrandt
Nelson Hardware
Revolutionary Party
Associated Press
Princeton Avenue
Lindbergh and
United States
Robinson
Arkansas
McNary
Hyde
Caraway
Walsh
Massachusetts
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Glass
Bluefield
Kangaroo Court
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