U. G. Ory Plans to Aid Enforcement Surge
Treasury proposes $2.59 million more for prohibition and customs to boost enforcement. Funds would increase personnel and support intensified national prohibition efforts after House rejected Senate amendments. Prohibition bureau would get $1.5 million and customs $1 million in additional appropriations.
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Washington
Bureaus of Prohibition and Custome
Treasury Department
Department
House
Budget Bureau
Prohibition Bureau
Customs Service
Treasury
House Appropriations Committee
Senate
Prohibition and Customs Bureaus
Chapman bid for U S ships is accepted
The bid by P. W. Chapman Inc for United States Lines and American Merchant Line totaling 16.3 million dollars was secured after the Senate Commerce Committee declined to block the sale. Chapman will operate the eleven vessels on existing routes for ten years and plans to add two new liners of at least 45 000 tons each within two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
P. W. Chapman, Inc
United States Lines
Shipping Rd
Senate Commerce Committee
Chapman
Trotzky In Turkey Tightens Turkish Anti Communist Rules
In Constantinople on February 14, Trotsky's presence heightens Turkey's anti Communist measures. Passport formalities grow stricter to prevent exile followers and block a Trotsky centered group. The government has long rounded up sporadic Communists, leaving no organized Communist group in the country. No authentic word on Trotsky's ultimate destination.
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Constantinople
Leon Trotsky
Turkey
Trotzky
British move to disarm may unfold
London February 14 A new British approach to naval disarmament is reportedly imminent. The government is said to consider removing the parity bottleneck that collapsed the Geneva talks, with cabinet approval not yet sought. Any new policy hinges on joint approval and maritime law disputes remain unresolved. The British admiralty’s stance appears unchanged.
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London
Tniong
British Admiralty
West Virginia Bill Seeks Oil and Gas Well Regulation
The West Virginia House Mines and Mining Committee recommends a bill by Delegate Harry S. Gay Jr. to regulate drilling of oil and gas wells. Robert M. Lambie urged passage to protect miners where wells pass through coal seams. Oil and gas interests supported the measure setting drilling conditions and setback distances.
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Charleston
W. Va
Harry S. Gay Jr
Logan County
House Committee On Mines and Mining
Robert M. Lambie
State Department of Mines
Lambie
Mother and Child to Stand Trial in Michigan Slaying Case
In St Joseph Michigan on February 14 Mrs Ethel Lewis 49 and her daughter Mrs Okel Gorham 23 waived preliminary hearing on first degree murder charges over the death of Gorham's infant son Clarence Wesley The pair were bound over to the circuit court without bond Both women may undergo sanity tests while two men Wallace Lewis and Herbert Gorham were jailed but prosecutors said no charges against them The case centers on alleged poisoning by milk described as “sore mouth medicine” and lased with conflicting statements from Mrs Lewis about the child’s death and possible prior fatalities in the family
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St. Joseph
Mich
Ethel Lewis
Okel Gorham
Gorham
Justice Court
Wallace Lewis
EU Claire
Herbert Gorham
Dowagiac
Huebande
Wilbur N. Cunningham
Berrien County
King George Sits Up At Window In Sussex
King George rested in a chair by an open window at Craigwell House in Bognor today enjoying the sea view and crisp air. An official statement said his majesty passed a fair day.
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Bognor
Sussex
England
George
Craigwell House
Ormiston Denies Knowledge Of Legal Advice To McPherson
Kenneth G. Ormiston a former radioman at Angelus Temple testified for five minutes to a state legislative committee that he never knew of any alleged legal advice passed to Aimee Semple McPherson by Superior Judge Carlos E. Hardy. The panel sought facts about a 1926 kidnapping case and a $9,500 love offering to the judge for legal aid.
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Los Angeles
Kenneth G. Ormiston
Angelus Temple
Aimee Semple McPherson
Carlos 8. Hardy
Ormiston
R. A. McKinley
Long Beach
McPhereen
Gladwyn Nichols
Temple
Elfere
West Virginia Senate backs new day bill on prohibition
West Virginia Senate approved a committee substitute for a prohibition bill with one dissenting vote by Senator A. C. Herold Braxton. He argued he drinks since prohibition and questioned enforcing age limits while noting past saloon days. The measure tightens penalties for home brew manufacture and sets limits on transport and sale of preparations to make intoxicants.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Senate
M. T. Miller
Boone County
A. C. Herold
Braxton County
Herold
Sutton
Miller
Jacob D. Smith
Lincoln County
Gas Explosions Hurt Twenty Five In Boston Downtown
A sequence of gas explosions in Boston damaged South Station area streets injuring more than twenty five commuters. Manhole covers were hurled skyward and plate glass shattered as underground mains ignited, halting traffic for blocks while crews fought the fire and checked the lines.
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Boston
South Station
Summer
Chauncey Streets
Themen
Young West Orange boy breaks short flight records
One year old David Clark built wooden wings from shed sticks and canvas after reading It’s Easy to Fly. He launched from a neighbor’s house and landed in a hospital with cuts and bruises, joining a famed group of aviators who attempted but did not succeed.
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David Clark
West Orange N. J
Storm rips Alaska Coast as crew fled icy gale
In a Seattle dispatch dated February 14, 1934, coast guard rescue saved two dozen sailors from ships in Arctic storms. A freighter Alloway, crew of thirty four including a maddened oiler, remained adrift near Unimak Point as other crews were evacuated by Montauk and Mankeh Maru before nightfall.
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Seattle
Wash
James L. Posey
Alloway
Coast Guard
Chelan
Unimak Vass
Alaska
Montauk
Japan
Oller
Lindbergh Seeks Quiet Fishing Break Between Flights
Miami February 14 Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh, after returning from Panama and assisting stranded airmen, spent a half day fishing with Pan-American Airways official J. M. Eaton. He announced engagement to Anne Morrow, saying the news sufficient acknowledgment. He plans quick departure for Washington for talks before a survey flight.
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Miami
Fla
Hoover
Coloniel
Charles A. Lindbergh
Panama
J. M. Eaton
Pan-American Airways
Lindbergh
Anne Morrow
Mexico
Les Bowers Coffin
Sapelo Island
Washington
West Virginia House Delegates Probe Wildlife League Funds
In Charleston on February 14 the House of Delegates adopted a resolution ordering the state game and fish commission to provide an itemized statement of all expenditures from July 1, 1928 to the present, amid allegations that payments to the Wildlife League were unauthorized. The session also debated pensions for supreme court judges, rural medical education, and several other measures.
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Charleston
W Va
Wild Life League
State Game and Fish Commission
House of Delegates
House
Supreme Court
Senate
Henshaw
Herkeley
Reynolds
Mineral
Smith
Marion
Lincoln
Woodyard
Roane
White
Mingo
Mathews
Calhoun
Walker
Jackson
Bil
Hiner
M. H. Tabor
McDowell County
Will F. Crow
Marshall County
W. Merle Watkins
Taylor County
West Virginia Reformatory
Penitentiary
M. L. Brown
House Judiciary Committee
Board of Control
Commssion
Reformatory
Volunteer Coal Miners Sought in European Crisis
London reports extreme cold across Europe worsened by fuel and food shortages under snow and ice bans. In Czechoslovakia trains halted to rush coal. Berlin seeks volunteers to boost fuel output. Warsaw lines form for coal. many areas face rationing and rail disruption as several fatal cold incidents are noted.
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London
Europe
Czechoslovakia
Austria
Hungary
Berlin
Warsaw
Poland
Budapest
Five Hour New York Fed Session Ends Without Rate Change
New York bankers held a gruelling five hour session to discuss restraining credit for stock speculation but kept the rediscount rate at 5 percent. The Federal Reserve Board in Washington had urged steps to check speculative credit, while New York directors did not adjourn until 6:50 p m. Wall Street had expected an increase or other measures to withdraw funds from the market.
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New York
New York Federal Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve Board
Washington
Wall Street
Appalachian 10 Build New Plant
Roanoke Times reports Appalachian Electric plans an 11 million dollar hydro project on the New River near Radford Virginia with 80000 kilowatts capacity. A twenty one mile long lake would form behind the dam and the appropriation was approved at a New York directors meeting.
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Roanoke
Roanoke Times
Appalachian Electric Company
New River
Radford
New York
Borglum Not Returning To Finish Stone Mountain Memorial
Atlanta, February 14. Pa F Willis, president of the Stone Mountain Confederate Memorial association, denied that sculptor Gutzon Borglum would return to complete the monument. He cited a 1925 dismissal and said the association and its directors rejected any demand for re-employment.
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Atlanta
Pa. F. Willis
Stone Mountain Confederate Monumental Association
Gutzon Borglum
Stone Mountain
Dee Moines
Willie
Hie
Borglum
Gale Sweeps Byrd Antarctic Camp
Durham NC February 14 a terrific gale swept the camp of Commander Richard Byrd's Antarctic expedition. Radio operator Grenne reported to F M Whitaker that ships at the base were battered by waves as aerial explorations were suspended after five days of gales.
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Durham
N. C
Richard KH. Hurd
Greniie
F. M. Whitaker
Whitaker
Byrd Base
Grenne
Blind man attempts to identify murderer by voice in Chicago
In Chicago a blind man, T. L. Martin, tried to identify Arthur Davie by voice, linking him to Frank Moran the gunman sought for a ten year old murder. Martin, ill in hospital, said the voice sounds familiar but could not be certain. Police hold Davie while awaiting additional witnesses.
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Chicago
T. L. Martin
Arthur Davie
Frank Moran
James Patterson
Patterson
Davie
Martin
Moran
Davis
Moran Gang Massacre Shocks Chicago Mob War Violence
Chicago detectives describe a paramilitary hit on Moran gang members as seven men were executed in a garage during a police officer ruse. Two identified victims include Peter and Frank Gusenberg with others named Moran followers.
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Chicago
North Side
George “Bugs
Moran
Peter Gusenberg
Frank
Dearborn Street
al Wennehawk
Underworld
James Clark
Join May
Garage
Arthur Haye
Frank Snyder
Arthur Davis
New York
Opposition to Coolidge plan for White House site
Congress faces rival proposals for a presidential residence with bills seeking sites in West Virginia Maryland and Virginia while a senate committee backs a commission to study options. The Fess bill would appoint a panel including the president and top lawmakers to select a site and estimate costs.
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Congress
West Virginia
Virginia
Maryland
Washington
PIA
White House
Senate Public Buildings Committee
Coolidge
Capitol
Fess
Republican
Ohio
House
Senate
St. Lous
Subcommittee backs Portes Gil over assassination attempt
A mixed congressional commission subcommittee visited President Emilio Portes Gil in Mexico City and advised him that congress was indignant over last Sunday's assassination attempt and would back his plans to punish agitators and restore government stability.
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Mexico City
Mixed Congressional Commission
Emilio Portes Gil
Congress
Proposed Changes in Bank Laws Discussed
Charleston February hearing on bills to recodify West Virginia banking laws. Senate and House banking committees heard proposals to remove a stock purchase prohibition, simplify overdraft rules, and redraft the receivership section. State Banking Commissioner H A Abbott and Fred O Blue spoke.
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Charleston
W. Va
Adop
Senate
House of Delegates
H. A. Abbott
Fred O. Blue
State Association
Will Ask Death for Nebraska Farmer Death Penalty Sought
County Attorney T J Howard says the shooting of Fred Hesler a 40 older farmer recluse was a cold blooded insurance murder and will seek the death penalty for A W Emery the charge filed after an insanity complaint was withdrawn Hesler lived near Hesler on a lonely road eight miles from town and was reputedly wealthy with insurance policies now expired officials said no beneficiary had been insured for 20 000 policies prior to his death
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Bie Sop
Acession Lim Young
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Gale
Byrd Antarctic Party
George Moran
Now
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Lone
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