Fresh faces in U S Congress face seniority drag
The piece notes that one third of the Senate and all House members come up for election every two years and a lame duck amendment aims to shift sessions. It reports 163 new members composing 87 percent of the House, with Democrats holding a large majority and seniority shaping power despite new faces.
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America
Fathers of the Republic
Senate
House of Representatives
Congress
Goss
Farmer-Laporites
House
Federal payrolls spark tale of job seekers and delays
The piece notes six to seven hundred thousand federal workers, excluding the armed forces, with seventy thousand in Washington. It recalls hopeful applicants writing repeatedly to congressmen, and a senator who strings them along with vague replies as the new administration reshuffles hiring.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Sam
Postal Service
House Days Plan to Fight Content Bill on Alcohol
House prohibitionists pressed to slash the 8.2 percent alcohol limit to 2.75 percent and add distribution restrictions as amendments. Chairman Collier predicted passage with about 126 supporters, while Rep Christopherson anticipated a 2.7 percent amendment. Speaker Garner said the bill would be given ample time before Christmas, with party lines not decisive.
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Bill
Washington
House
Collier
Wage and Means
Garner
Snell
New York
Lea
Calif
Wine Bloc
Powers Hapgood Wounded in Accidental Shooting Near Indianapolis
Powers Hapgood a well known Socialist and former Indiana gubernatorial candidate was seriously wounded in an accidental shooting at a country estate south of Indianapolis. He was shot in the abdomen and rushed to a hospital where a blood transfusion may be needed. William L. Hines vice president of the Columbia Conserve company was involved.
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Powers Hapgood
Indianapolis
Powers
Indiana
William L. Hines
Columbia Conserve Company
Argentina moves to a siege amid revolt arrests
Buenos Aires reports a 30 day state of siege approved by congress and issued by the government. Police arrest radical leaders including Lieutenant Colonel Francisco Bosch and Major Olivero. ex President Hipolito Yrigoyen is sent to Martin Garcia island and others are held incommunicado on a cruiser. The seizure targets radicals and suspected plots to assassinate officials.
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Buenos Aires
Congress
Senate
Workmen’s Union
Francisco Bosch
Olivero
United States
Argentina
Tribuna Libre
la Proa
Hipolito Yrigoyen
Martin Garcia Island
Jose Uribburu
Marcelo de Alvear
Tamborini
Dellepiane
Atilio Cattaneo
Justo
Escaped Georgia chain gang fugitive recaptured in Newark
Robert Pilot Burns once escaped from a Georgia chain gang to profit from a forthcoming book and film. He was held in Newark New Jersey on a $25,000 bond awaiting extradition, after earlier holdup convictions. Burns had fled to Chicago before being recaptured and jailed again.
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Robert Pilot Burns
Georgia
Newark
N. J
Top
Burns
Burne
Chicago
East Range
Prisoner Burns Extradition Hearings Spark States Row
New York and Georgia clash over the fate of Robert Elliott Burns a chain gang fugitive wanted for a 1922 forgery. Governor Moore schedules a Georgia extradition hearing while New York requests extradition if Georgia fails. Burns was arrested in New York January 10 1922 under the alias Elliot Burns.
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New York
N. Y
Georgia
Robert Ellett Burns
Burns
New York City
A. Harry Moore
Trenton
Joseph Donovan
Hiliott Burns
Louis Wilson
Robert Elliott Burns
Burne
Mary T. Norton
C. M. Curtis
College Park
Wyatt Brown
Episcopal Diocese
Herrisburg
Examiner Probes Interstate Coal Freight Rates
An Interstate Commerce Commission examiner in Columbus scrutinizes coal freight rates across Ohio Pennsylvania West Virginia and New York. Western Pennsylvania and southern West Virginia interests claim Ohio rates unfairly favor local mines and penalize shorter hauls. Proceedings resume after Christmas then reconvene in January in Washington with officials Boden Woods and local operators presenting the case.
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Columbus
Ohio
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
New York
Interstate Commerce Commission
R. N. Trezise
Washington
A. S. Boden
Pittsburgh
Western Pennsylvania Coal Traffic Bureau
L. B. Woods
Huntington
W. Va
Crystal Black Coal and Coke Company
Williamson Coal Operators Association
Boden
Erie
Buffalo
Rochester
N. Y
Parkerburg man jailed for selling sheet music without license
Larry Sharee of Parkersburg West Virginia was sentenced to ten days in jail in police court for peddling sheet music without a license.
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Eee Va
Larry Shareo
Parkersburg
W. Va
Death by Own Action Motwe Baffles Police
A New York hotel death is investigated after Mrs Reeves Brace, stepdaughter of a rear admiral and social figure in Washington and New York, hanged herself with a silk stocking. A sealed letter addressed to the New York Police Department and a signed photograph hint at motive and personal ties.
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New York
Albert Moore
New York State Police
Woodstock
N. Y
Reeves
Brace
O. L. Parsons
Parsons
Navy Bureau of Yards and Docks
Admiral Parsons
Troy
Moore
Boncour to form new French ministry amid war debt talks
Paris reports Joseph Paul Boncour accepted the task of forming a new French cabinet after Herriot’s resignation. He signaled commitment to pursue negotiations with the United States on war debts and to study the debt situation once the ministry is functioning.
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Paris
United States
Joseph Paul Boncour
Chamber of Deputies
Herriot
France
Paul Boncour
Lebrun
M. Herriot
Senate Votes Freedom by 1944 for Philippines
The Senate endorsed independence for the Philippines by 1944, sending the measure to a House conference. The bill lengthens the transition and lowers sugar and coconut oil quotas, while a Byrnes amendment seeking a constitutional vote passed 44 to 29. President Hoover was expected to veto.
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Cutting
New Mexico
Hawes
Missouri
House
Seasion
Representative Hare
South Carolina
Congress
United States
Senate
Byrnes
Hoover
Donna McDonald and Stephen Highland Wed in Charleston
Miss Donna McDonald of Mt Zion and Stephen Lee Highland of Clarksburg married today at the First Methodist Episcopal Church Charleston. Rev. F E Bringsten officiated. The couple left for a honeymoon in Florida. Highland is son of the late Virgil Highland of Daribsburg. Mrs. Highland teaches at Grantville High School.
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South Charleston
W. Va
Donna McDonald
Mt Zion
Stephen Lee Highland
Clarksburg
First Methodist Episcopal Church
F. E. Bringsten
Florida
Highland
Virgil Highland
Daribsburg
Grantville High School
Senate debates go slow on federal coal regulation bills
Washington December 17 Senate mining committee referred pending measures to a sub committee of senatorial lawyers to test constitutionality. Davis Kelly bill would create a federal licensing commission for bituminous production while Hayden proposal favors a producer cooperative with production quotas and tax regulation. Subcommittee led by Senator Walsh with Robinson and Logam considers constitutional issues. Hatfield doubts the bills' constitutionality but says a sub committee substitute could avoid conflict.
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Washington
Senate Mining Committee
Hayden
Ariz
Walsh
D. Mont
Robinson
Ind
Logam
Hatfield
W. Va
Snow Disrupts Traffic Across Bluefield Region
Winter weather blankets the Bluefield area and surrounding states with six inches to a foot of snow. Transportation is slowed as crews clear roads while a 40 degree below reading is reported in Vermont.
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Bluefield
Texas
Oklahoma
Dlino
Vermont
Winter Snow Sweeps Nation Amid Cold Snap
The third major winter attack moves into New England as snow blankets half a dozen states. Baltimore faces disrupted shipping while Midwest and southern regions report heavy snow and freezing temperatures. Several deaths noted with forecasts predicting more arctic cold and rising temps in a few states.
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America
Baltimore
Texas
Oklahoma
Illinoia
Midwest
Danville
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Albany
N. Y
Washington, D. C
New York City
Treifies
Richmond
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Wea
Milwaukee
California
Florida
Washington Snow Buries City Gates Massive Cleanup Effort
A foot of snowfall paralyzed Washington with a rate of an inch per hour, shattering ten year records but not reaching 1922 levels. The DC government mobilized over 3,000 workers, 150 trucks and 45 plows to clear streets, aiding shelters and veterans seeking work. Crews worked around the White House and throughout the capital.
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Washington
District of Columbia
Congress
White House Daore
Snow Locks Grafton Street Cars In Six Inch Blanket
Heavy snow paralyzed Grafton street car service with six inches of snow covering streets. Trolleys were housed in barns as temperatures rose from four to six below zero yesterday to two below freezing this morning and the weather moderated.
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Grafton
W. Va
Bluefield
Roosevelt Brav es Zero Weather on Auto Ride
Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt braved icy highways and zero temperatures on an eighty mile auto trip to his ancestral home in Hyde Park. The frozen Hudson and snowbound roads marked a harsh welcome as he prepared to receive no guests tomorrow while labor leader William Green and Justice Edward Finch visited on other matters.
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N. Y
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hudson Valley
Roosevelt Mansion
Krum Elbow
New York City
Hudson River
Roosevelt
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Edward R. Finch
Appellate Division
Supreme Court First Department
Justice Finch
Green
Organized Labor
Daniel J. Tobin
Boston
Indianapolis
Tobin
National Democratic Organization
Minister Held After Break-In Charge In West Virginia
The Rev. Jasper N. Dobbs a rural community minister was held for action by the Marshall County grand jury after arraignment on breaking and entering. He was arrested on a neighbor’s complaint that Dobbs entered during absence and stole foodstuffs and household articles. Bail was set at 1500 dollars.
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Moundsville
W. Va
Jasper N. Dobbs
Marshall County Ground Jury
Dobbs
William Robinson
Robinson
Snow Closes Bluefield Streets Strands Transit
Four to six inches of snow cripples Bluefield traffic and streetcar service amid widespread accidents. Downtown dries up as merchants close early. buses and rail lines struggle with derailments and limited runs to Princeton and Bluefield Virginia.
Farm Mortgage Plan Urged to Halt Foreclosures
Washington December 17 A four fold emergency program for preventing wholesale foreclosures on nine billion dollars of farm mortgages and helping farmers keep their homes was endorsed by agricultural leaders. They urged quicker private settlements, federal land banks aid for delinquent borrowers, arbitration boards for readjustments, and shared federal funds for agricultural mortgage refinancing.
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Washington
National Farm Organizations
Federal Land Banks
Will Attempt to Break Alibi of Adventurer
Long Beach California December 17 authorities said another attempt will be made Monday through witnesses requisition to break the alibi of William Guy young adventurer in the fatal shooting of Walter Vanderwell aboard the schooner yacht Carma on December 5. The party that was to join Vanderwell on a voyage to the south Pacific will confront Guy again to test their doubtful identification of him as the man who peered through a porthole the night of the shooting and asked for Wanderwell.
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Long Beach
Cal
William Guy
Walter Vanderwell
Vanderwell
South Pacific
Guy
Wanderwell
Carriers Reiterate Wage Cut Proposal in Joint Conference
Chicago reports union leaders refused to answer authority questions on further wage cuts during a week of joint wage talks. Carriers sent a threefold reply by messenger, insisting the current ten percent deduction extend to July 31 and awaiting the union reply.
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Chicago
Labor
Guards Escort Accused Wife Slayer to Grave
In Greenville Pennsylvania F C Doolittle was arrested on murder charges an hour before his wife of 54 died of pneumonia and exposure. He attended the funeral under police escort and pleaded not guilty as detectives guarded him to Hadley Cemetery.
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Greenville
F. C. Doolittle
Doolittle
Hadley
Auto crash injures three on Webster Road in Grafton
Miss June Lloyd of ey dae and two others from Lewisburg to burgh suffered injuries when their car skidded after fire from a shoe and plunged over a small embankment on Webster road. They were not taken to a hospital.
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Grafton
W. Va
Dee
Webster
June Lloyd
Lewisburg
Burgh
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