Salvage Crew Recover Two Bodies From Plane Collision Out at Sea
In Santa Monica the Salt salvage tug recovered Kenneth Hawks and Tom Harris from wreckage of one plane after a mid air collision of two camera planes. The search for five other missing crewmen, George Eastman Otto Jordan Henry Johannes, continued as heavy swells halted operations offshore.
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Santa Monica
Cal
Point San Vicente
Charles E. Smale
Kenneth Hawks
Hawks
Harris
Smale
Hallock Rouse
Ross Cook
George Eastman
Otto Jordan
Henry Johannes
WIGKERSHAM MEN HEAR PEN EXPERTS
Washington January 6 officials called a conference of penal experts to probe rising inmate outbreaks. Judge Kenneth Mackintosh led discussions with Dr Hastings H Hart’s consulting committee to assess overcrowding clothing food and treatment strictness as reform challenges. Attendees included Sanford Bates Lewis E Lawes Oscar Lee and Walter N Thayer Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Law Enforcement Commission
Kenneth Mackintosh
Hastings H. Hart
Russell Sage Foundation
Sanford Bates
Federal
Lewis E. Lawes
Sing Sing Rison
Oscar Lee
Wisconsin
Walter N. Thayer Jr
Maryland
Pershing Not Inclined To Enter Senate Race
In Lincoln Nebraska on January 6 Mark W Woods a leading Republican and longtime friend of General John J Pershing said Pershing is not inclined to seek a U S Senate seat but Nebraska friends are preparing to draft him for the race and will press the effort.
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Pershing
Senate
Lincoln, Neb
John J. Pershing
U. S
Nebraska
Mark W. Woods
General Pershing
Taft to enter Garfield hospital for treatment then rest
Chief Justice William Howard Taft will enter Garfield hospital in Washington for treatment before leaving for Asheville North Carolina for a rest, as ordered by his physicians.
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William H. — Taft
Garfield Hospital
Washington
Asheville
N. C
Taft to Enter Garfield Hospital for Rest Before Asheville trip
Chief Justice Taft, in weakened condition from a bladder trouble, will enter Garfield Hospital in Washington for treatment. Doctors hope rest in Asheville, North Carolina, will restore his strength within a week and allow him to resume official duties.
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Washington
Taft
Garfield Hospital
Asheville
N. C
No trace found of pilot Pat Reid in Alaska search
Fairbanks Alaska January 6 search crews scoured the northern wastes for three cabin planes missing with airmen Carl Ben Eielson Earl Borland and others. One plane carrying Reid Hughes and Hutchinson disappeared November 9 near the Nanuk ship and the five men remain lost in the frozen north.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Carl Ben Eiefson
Earl Borland
Pat Reid
William Hughes
Jim Hutchinson
Nulato
Nome
Elelson
Borland
Nanuk
North Cape
Reid
Cotton men warned not to overplant
Washington reports the federal farm board warns Southern farmers that last year's cotton acreage was too large and asks them to consider how much to plant next year. The board clarifies it cannot protect farmers if they overplant and will determine marketing help based on planting decisions.
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Washington
Federal Farm Board
Farm Board
Reparations Conference Faces Setbacks in Second Session
The Hague Jan 6 Delegates struggle with several issues delaying the reparations conference. An attempt to broker a deal between Austria and its creditors collapsed and negotiations continue. Major powers lean toward advancing the Young plan, while smaller creditors feel sidelined. The session may end early as British Chancellor Philip Snowden is reluctant to extend debate beyond the German reparations issue.
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Hague
Netherlands
Austria
Philip Snowden
Hoover asks Congress for 80 million in deficiencies
President Hoover submitted a deficiency estimate package totaling over 80 million dollars to cover contingencies in nearly every federal department for the 1930 fiscal year. The agriculture department led with 37.4 million, including 31.4 million to reimburse states under federal aid road acts. The coast guard would gain about 1.5 million to curb liquor smuggling on the Great Lakes, with 30 motor boats and 90 men proposed. Additional amounts covered tax and court expenses, naval power plant upgrades, and preparations for the 1930 census among other items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Jan
Hoover
Congress
Coolidge
Agriculture Department
Treasury Department
Coast Guard
Treasury
Great Lakes
Teste Department
Gulf of Mexico
War Department
Europe
Justice Department
Aldercon
W. Va
Commerce Department
Navy
The
Proving Grounds
Indian Head
Maryland
Two Brady Brothers Detained Over Seat Pleasant Bomb
Police say statements from Herman Brady led to intensified questioning of Leroy Brady in the New Year’s Day bombing that killed Naomi Brady and injured two children. Prince George’s County and Baltimore detectives plan further actions as they hold the brothers for inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upper Marlboro
Herman Brady
Leroy
Seat Pleasant
Herman
Naomi
Baltimore
Prince Georges County
Joseph Itzel
Baltimore Detective Bureau
J. Frank Parran
Prince George County
Leroy Brady
Kansas
Charles E. Munroe
Division of Explosives
Bureau of Mines
Washington
Munroe
Itzel
Parran
Clarence Brady
Ford Shifts Old Virginia Gold Mine to Dearborn Museum
Fredericksburg Virginia January 6 Henry Ford announced plans to move the old machinery from the Vaucluse gold mine in Orange County Virginia to his Museum of American Industry in Dearborn Michigan. Ford noted uncertainty about developing the mine properties and he and a party of engineers had inspected the site.
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Fredericksburg
Vaucluse
Orange County
Virginia
Museum of American Industry
Dearborn
Mich
Henry Ford
Automobile
Ford
Eye on Expense Bills in Schwab Kellogg Probe
Secretary Mellon faced a demand from Rep McClintic to list all dollar a year government employees and their expenses, focusing on Charles M Schwab’s claimed $260 000 in expenses or about $500 a day during World War I and Kellogg’s alleged instructions to Bethlehem officials. The Oklahoma Democrat urged new committee action if not answered, while a Senate inquiry into Shearer’s activities had paused with MacDonald’s visit pending.
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Washington
Mellon
McClintic
Democrat
Oklahoma
William B. Shearer
New York
Charles M. Schwab
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Shearer
C. McClintic
Geneva
Kellogg
Oklahoman
Senate
MacDonald
Great Britain
Slander Defendants Granted New Trials in Warren Case
In Rockford Illinois on January 6 five defendants Judd Van Sickle Henry Graham Edgar Best George Fritz and A B Swinson won new trials in the slander suit brought by discredited Methodist pastor Rev John A L Warren alleging a conspiracy to damage his reputation The pastor unfrocked over alleged intimacy with a housemaid in his home and sought damages of 20000.
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Rockford, II
John A. L. Warren
A. E. Fisher
Judd van Sickle
Henry Graham
Edgar Best
George Fritz
A. B. Swinson
TWO YOUTHS SLAIN IN BORDER BATTLE
In McAllen Texas authorities report two youths Juan Gonzales and Salvador Brun slain during a clash tied to Mexican border liquor runners. A third man Cipriano Ybarro is missing and presumed killed. Manuel Zamora and a second suspect face murder charges over the hijacking incident.
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McAllen
Texas
Juan Gonzales
Salvador Brun
Rio Grande
Cipriano Ybarro
Manuel Zamora
Mexico
Zamora
Rogers Kelley
Rio Rico International Bridge
Youthful Illinois student to be examined by alienists after fatal shooting
Alan Schumm a 17 year old University of Illinois premedical student faces an alienist evaluation after authorities accuse him of killing his father William Schumm and wounding his mother Fayette Schumm. A coroner's jury holds him for murder in the first degree while a Smekey warrant awaits grand jury action pending the study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Louis
Franklin Miller
Alan Schumm
University of Illinois
William Schumm
Fayette Schumm
Schumm
Senate lobby probes renew hearings on sugar duties
Washington reports the senate lobby committee will renew hearings after the Christmas recess. Testimony will cover attempts to influence Congress on the sugar duties in the pending tariff bill. Witnesses include Rupert Purdon from commerce and Junior Owens of the American Bottlers of Carbonated Beverages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Lobby Committee
Congress
Rupert J. Purdon
Department of Commerce
Junior Owens
H. H. Pike Jr
Wall Street
W H. Baldwin
Morris Merney
New York
Owens
Coca Cola Company
Hershey Company
Ike
Pardon
Commerce Department
Ten Coast Guardsmen Before Court Martial
Ten guardsmen among thirty nine charged in the theft of whiskey from a captured rum runner appeared before a general court martial in New London. They admitted guilt of becoming intoxicated at the state pier during the unloading of the Flor De Mar cargo of whiskey and were sent back to their ships. Sentences will be reviewed by the secretary of the treasury in Washington before disclosure.
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New London
State Pier
Flor-De-Mar
Secretary of the Treasury
Washington
Plans to girdle globe in ten days flight
New York January 6 A Cleveland inventor Harry A Husted plans to sign a contract in Cleveland with the Fokker Airplane company for a four motor F 32 to undertake a record breaking ten day round world flight. He aims to start from New York and travel westward via San Francisco Honolulu Hong Kong Asia Europe to Ireland then cross the Atlantic non stop. The launch is anticipated in late February or early March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Cleveland
Harry A. Husted
Fokker Airplane Company
Caleyman
Husted
San Francisco
Honolulu
Hong Kong
Asia
Europe
Ireland
Atlantic
Tariff Debates Split Democrats and Republicans Over Wool
Washington the senate revived tariff work adopting thirty one amendments to the wool schedule raising duties on yarn fabrics blankets clothing and rugs. Senator Grundy recused himself from a yarn vote due to personal manufacturing interests. Republicans and Democrats split over duties as other committee proposals moved rapidly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Eugar
Senator Grundy
Pennsylvania
Grundy
Robinson
Arkansas
Hoover
Plan to Tighten Border Rum Line
Treasury officials proposed tightening the U S Canadian border to curb liquor smuggling by expanding ports of entry from about 100 to 690 and creating designated entry points only. The plan calls for border guards pay and requires Canada agreement on port locations to be effective. Canada reportedly viewed the proposal favorably as it would reduce smuggling in both countries.
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Washington
Jan
Treasury Department
Canada
United States
Treasury
House to debate 1921 War Department supply bill
The House will start considering a $154.231 million War Department supply bill for 1921, despite not awaiting Hoover's economic survey. The bill, with a $442 thousand rise from the prior year, includes a funds restriction if economies arise from the survey, and stays $2.767 million under budget estimates with $337.058 million for military activities and $117.173 million for non military purposes.
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Washington
House
War Department
Hoover
WANTED SUSPECT PROVES ELUSIVE
Pennsylvania state police failed to identify a woman arrested in Youngstown as Irene Schroeder. Wilma Haynes of Akron was held on a technical charge, questioned as a possible match for the killer of Corporal Brady Paul near New Castle, Pa. A Pittsburgh dispatch notes a second description from Mrs Schroeder case.
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Youngstown
Pennsylvania
Irene Schroeder
Brady Paul
New Castle
Wilma Haynes
Akron
Pittsburgh
Benwood
W. Va
Bluefield Discusses Proposed Traffic Ordinance At Meeting
Bluefield officials presented a model traffic ordinance approved by the commerce department. Citizens praised the traffic commission and directors while suggesting improvements to parking and enforcement. The measure calls for uniform enforcement and prohibits solicitation from roadways and sidewalks.
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Bluefield
City Board of Directors
Traffic Commission
City Directors
United States Department of Commercce
C. E. Lilley
George Dunglinson Jr
Dunglinson
Lawrence Alexander
Bluefield Milling Company
Mercury toppled in path of wave across a frigid storm
A cold wave moved from the north driving subzero readings across the Rocky Mountain district and into the Southwest. Montana reported heavy snow while Helena and Harve logged 18 below and Miles City 12 below. Butte had five inches of snow and Sheridan eight below.
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Kansas City
Rocky Mountain District
Mowetana
Helena
Harve
Miles City
Butte
Wyoming
Thermopol
Sheridan
Colorado
Gulf of Mexico
Record Cold Sweeps Canadian Prairies and U S Losses
Extreme cold stretched eastward from the prairies with temperatures dropping 20 degrees in 24 hours. Alberta Saskatchewan towns reported 34 to 36 below zero and Calgary 36 below. In Minnesota and Winnipeg 16 below. Army losses: Lt Clarence O. Mitchell and Sgt Julius T. Bihemi killed near Galveston in the third attack group. Two others escaped by parachutes.
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Winnipeg
Man
Prairies
Edmonton
Prince Albert
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Pas
Manitoba
Calgary
Qui'appelle
Sask
Swift Current
Minnesota
Galveston
Tex
Clarence O. Mitchell
Julius T. Bihemi
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Pacific
Wigkersham
Steko
Dearborn Museum
Bethlehem Steel
Lad
Action
Sullivan
Leatherwood
Utah
Heflin
Alabama
Phipps
Bingham
Connecticut
Watson
Indiana
Rum
Ohio
Mrs. Schroeder
Mercury
Rockies
North
Plains
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