Gibson Outlines American Points At Arms Parley
Geneva February 9 The United States presented a nine point disarmament program led by Ambassador Hugh Gibson. It urged budgetary limits on war supplies, calls for continued naval reductions and abolition of submarines, protection for civilians from air bombing, and limits on armed forces with focus on internal order. The session also heard Chancellor Bruening pledge for general disarmament and Brazilian delegate Jose Carlos de Maceno Soares.
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Geneva
America
Hugh Gibson
Heinrich Bruening
Germany
Jose Carlos de Maceno Soares
Gibson
Bruening
Gustav Stressemann
Latin America
John Calvin
Washington
London
Organized labor seeks federal relief through Lafollette-Costigan bill
A 100 strong labor delegation led by AFL President William Green presented to President Hoover, Vice President Curtis, and Speaker Garner a demand for $375 million in relief via the Lafollette Costigan bill to aid the unemployed. They warned of a real national emergency and urged swift action to end hunger and suffering.
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Washington
Hoover
Congress
Senate
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Curtis
Garner
America
Reservists in Shanghai Ready to Fight for Rising Sun Flag
During peaceful times these Japanese nationals in Shanghai worked as ordinary citizens. With Japanese warships and troops arriving, they quickly shouldered rifles and prepared to defend the flag of the rising sun. The armband marks them as reservists rather than bandits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uring
Shanghai
Japan
Mills Seeks 455 Million Tax Boost to Balance 1933 Budget
Washington hearings reveal the tax plan must raise about 455 million dollars more to balance the 1933 budget. Ogden Mills as treasury secretary to succeed Mellon, Senate Finance approves both appointments. Shanghai conflict deepens as Grew named ambassador to Tokyo amid global tension.
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Washington
House
Treasury
Ways and Means Committee
Ogden L. Mills
Capitol
Mills
Andrew W. Mellon
Great Britain
Senate Finance Committee
Arthur A. Ballantine
Norris
Nebraska
Senate
Mellon
Harding
Coolidge
Hoover
South
London
Crisp
Georgia Democrat
Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
Move to block oil merger organized by Prairie Pipe Line holders
A group of Prairie Pipe Line stockholders led by attorney Murray B. Kestinark announced a campaign to block the Sinclair Consolidated Oil, Prairie Oil and Gas, and Prairie Pipe Line merger slated to take effect March 1 in New York.
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New York
Sinclair Consolidated Oil Corportion
Prairie Oil and Gas Company
Prairie Pipe Line Company
Prairie Pipe Line
Murray B. Kestin
Hoover Halts Formal Handshake Receptions
President Hoover announced a moratorium on extended handshakes and formal receptions for the coming months to protect his time and health. Mrs. Hoover will host visiting organizations and officials instead, as 20 000 handshakes and rising calls strain the president’s schedule.
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Washington
Hoover
White House
National Capital
Coolidge
Mr. Hoover
Death verdict for Winnie Judd shocks Arizona crowd
Winnie Ruth Judd was found guilty of first degree murder and sentenced to death for the October killing of Agnes LeRoy and Hedvig Samuelson. Extra guards were placed at her jail cell as her aged parents grappled with the news and awaited further steps toward potential clemency or a new trial.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Winnie Ruth Judd
J. R. McFadden
Agnes Anne LeRoy
Hedvig Samuelson
Beckley Protest Seeks Legal Block on Bridge Sale
Residents of Beckley Hinton and Jumping Branch in Summers County hire counsel to challenge the $325000 sale of the Hinton toll bridge to the state bridge commission. They argue the price was too high the sale wrongly included the free Bluestone bridge and prior tolls were excessive.
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Beckley
W. Va
Hinton
State Bridge Commission
Jumping Branch
Summers County
Co. C. Sanders
George Williams
Beclay Manfer Massie Fatally Struck in WV Incident
Beckley West Virginia February 9 A manfer Massie age 39 a carpenter from Shady Springs was fatally injured when struck by an automobile near Beckley Robert Vines of Ghent said Massie walked in front of his car and was killed.
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Beckley
W. Va
Manfer Massie
Carpenter
Shady Springs
Robert Vines
Ghent
Massie
Hoover Administration Nominates Grew to Japan Post
President Hoover names Joseph Clark Grew ambassador to Japan after naming him to Turkey. Senate Finance Committee approves Ogden Mills for treasury secretary and Arthur Ballantine as undersecretary. Senate confirms Robert O'Brien and Ira Ornburn to the tariff commission.
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Associated Press
Hoover
Joseph Clark Grew
Turkey
Japan
Senate Finance Committee
Ogden L. Mills
Treasury
Arthur A. Ballantine
Senate
Robert L. O'Brien
Massachusetts
Ira M. Ornburn
Connecticut
Tariff Commission
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Jouett Shouse
Demcratic
National Headquarters
Government unit lists rail income findings at hearings
The Interstate Commerce Commission reported 446 railroads had recapturable earnings totaling $361,465,815 for 1921–1930. Class one roads led with $336,443,578. coal lines and big firms like United States Steel and Van Sweringen-controlled lines contributed major shares.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission Today
Joseph B. Eastman
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Pocahontas
Chesapeake and Ohio
Norfolk and Western
Virginian
Rew
United States Steel Corporation
van Sweringen Brothers
Cleveland
Floods Shut California Highways Across Regions
Floods swept southern and central California halting highways and forcing residents to flee. Water from Waterman Canyon in the San Bernardino mountains created a six foot high, 100 foot wide wall of water that washed away bridges highways and cabins as the storm, the heaviest in seventeen years, drenched the region since Sunday.
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Los Angeles
California
Waterman Canyon
San Bernardino Mountains
Will Rogers Returns from World Trip Visits Cairo Avoids Sphinx
Will Rogers arrived in the United States aboard the Europa and quipped about Cairo not seeing the Sphinx. He joked about President Hoover’s anti hoarding drive and recounted travels with a Chinese pilot, comments on Geneva talks, and friends like Jimmie Walker and Alfalfa Bill Murray.
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Will Rogers
U.S
Cairo
Sphinx
New York
Europa
Globe
Mr. Coolidge
Rogers
Hoover
Europe
Geneva
Jimmie Walker
Jimmie
Jack Garner
Bill Murray
Oklahoma
Will
Singapore
London
Takoe Chanceg
Lindbergh
House suggests unpledged delegates to pick nominee
Washington Feb 9 The Democratic national committee chairman Jouett Shouse said the party favors unpledged delegates at the convention and denies any Smith Raskob Shouse plan to block Franklin D Roosevelt. He aims to retire from party management after the convention and will not back any candidate.
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Associated Press
Washington
Jouett Shouse
Hia Aole
Shouse
Smith
Roosevelt
Executive Committee
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York
National Committee
Raskob
Escaped convict pardoned by Ohio governor
Columbus Ohio February 9 A former escapee identified as Howard Penny and later Lament Signor is granted a full pardon. Gov George White notes he led a respectable life in New Jersey since nine years on and off parole. Local supporters had urged clemency citing charity work and community ties.
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Columbus
Ohio
Signor Igain
Signor
Pine Hill
N. J
George Whiter
London
Ohio Penitentiary
Auburn Terrace
Gov. White
C. Lawrence Gregoria
New Jersey
Howard Penny
Gregoria
White
Chinese Horsemen Unsheathe Sabers Charge Gun Nests
Washington reports the administration weighing direct sale of Reconstruction Finance Corporation debentures to the public in small denominations to mobilize hidden money into credit. Dawes and Knox pursue this approach with Hoover officials in frequent talks.
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Washington
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Charles Gates Dawes
Frank Knox
Hoover
Knox
Treasury
Century Air Lines fires pilots in historic labor dispute
Chicago February 9 The first major air transport labor dispute ends with Century Air Lines discharging all twenty three pilots who refused drastic pay cuts. Chicago St Louis service continues others Chicago Cleveland Toledo Detroit routes suspended. The firm had cut wages from 350-375 to 150 with layoffs, claiming aviation must become businesslike.
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Chicago
Air Transportation
Century Air Lines, Inc
Century Company
St. Louis
Cleveland
Toledo
Detroit
P. P. Willie
Century Lines
F. L. Cord
Century Pilota
Air Line Pilota Association
American Federation of Labor
Du Pont Private Hangar and Planes Destroyed
A fire and fuel tank explosion at H Belin Du Pont's private flying field near Wilmington destroyed three aircraft owned by Du Pont, Echols, and A Felix Du Pont Jr. valued at 10,000 each, plus a hangar worth 20,000. No injuries reported. cause undetermined.
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Wilmington
Del
H. Belin du Pont
du Pont
Angus B. Echols
A. Felix du Pont Jr
Hearings Grow as Beer Bill Met with Mixed Testimony
Washington hearings open the second month with about six new witnesses split on legalizing four percent beer. Senator Metcalf said another session is likely to accommodate more speakers while a separate District of Columbia bill to ease liquor search warrants draws debate on privacy and enforcement concerns.
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Washington
Senare
Metcalf
Rhode Island
Especial Manufactures
District of Columbia
Howell
Nebraska
Senate
Tydings
Maryland
Bingham
Connecticut
Whiting Williams
Cleveland
Bradford
Bureau of Business Research
The
College of the City of New York
E. B. Dunford
Ashington
Candidates file for Clay county house of delegates nomination
Clay West Virginia February 9 three Democrats and one Republican have filed for nomination to the house of delegates in Clay county. The Democrats are W C Bobbitt Lee D Young and Frank White and the Republican is Floyd Sample.
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Clay
W. Va
House of Delegates
Clay County
W. C. Bobbitt
Lee D. Young
Frank White
Floyd Sample
China Pleas League Halt Japan Operations at Shanghai
Chinese cavalry defended the Chapel battlefront at Shanghai as Japanese forces bombarded Woosung forts and Chapel. An assassin in Japan killed Junnosuke Inouye, a leading opposition figure, likely to become premier if his party won the February elections. The House shelved a Fish resolution to ban arms shipments amid urgent diplomacy.
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China
League
Japan
Shanghai
Woosung
Junnosuke Inouye
Inouye
Manchuria
Whangpoo
Woosung Creek
Chapel
Assassination of Japanese Statesman Inouye Shocks Nation
Tokyo reports Junnosuke Inouye aged 63, a veteran financier and leader of the Minseito opposition, was shot dead by a youth outside a Hongo district primary school where a Minseito rally was to occur. Police detained Tadashi Konuma, 28, as the gunman. The body was moved to Imperial University hospital.
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Tokyo
Junnosuke Inouye
Minseito
Japan
M. Inouye
Baron Shidehara
M.inouye
Hongo
Amall
Bystandera
Tadashi Konuma
Imperial University Hospital
Inouye
Minseito Party
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Organized Labor
Sam
Joseph
Forbes
Stimson
Joseph Clark
W. Cameron Forbes
Ronald Lindsay
Nobile
Giacomo Martino
Hawkling Yen
Legation
United States
M. M. Taylor
Nomura
Winnie
Trunk
Andrew Mellon
England
Ray Long
Hollywood
Democratic Party
Century Air Lines
Chapei
Shanghia
Taylor
Watere
Hongkow
International Settlement
Stmaon
House Foreign Affairs Committee
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