Winter Storm Grips West With Record Sub Zero Temps
The West endures a brutal cold wave with sub zero readings from Montana to Nebraska and near zero in Chicago, St. Louis, and Kansas City. A severe snowstorm subsided across Wyoming and Colorado, but ice and sleet disrupted Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Northwest Texas, delaying traffic and cutting wire lines.
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Chicago
St. Louis
Kansas
Wyoming
Colorado
Kansas City
Rigid Rock
California
Gull
Mexico
Glasgow
Mont
Montama
Dakotas
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Rockies
Missouril
Texas
Frosty California storm ends drought relief noted
California storms bring heavy mountain snow in Summit and Siskiyou counties and lower temperatures forecast. Forecasters say storm benefits may offset damage from communication outages and high winds at Redondo Beach as Miss Ellora Bennett dies after slipping on ice in Minneapolis amid extreme cold.
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San Francisco
California
Weather Bureau
Sierree Railroad
Summit
Placer County
Siskiyou
T. R. Reed
Redonda Beach
St. Paul
Minn
Northwest
Mankato
Bemidji
Minnesota
Ellora Bennett
Minneapolis
Pay dates delay at The Hague reparations talks
The Big Six powers reached a deadlock at the Hague conference over German payments and delays. They left unresolved issues on defaults and moratorium while discussing how to liquidate past obligations and convert Dawes plan pledges into Young plan terms. Bulgaria balked at creditor demands, with Bouroff and Moloff rejecting a 15 million mark annual settlement as financially impossible.
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Hague
Netherlands
Germany
del Es
Young Plan
Bank For International Settlements
United States
Bulgaria
M. Bouroff
M. Moloff
Supreme Court
Bourof
Maid Pronounced Dead Walks About Room And Dies
In Baracoa Havana Province Adelaida Delgado a 16 year old girl was pronounced dead by doctors but after being prepared for burial she rose from her coffin walked a few feet and then collapsed. Physicians later said she may have been in cataleptic coma during the first appearance.
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Havana
Havana Post Today
Baracoa
Adelaida Delgado
Husband trapped in blast deaths in Seat Pleasant case
Upper Marlboro Md Jan 7 formal murder charges will be filed against one of two men grilled over the New Year's Day bombing that killed Naomi Hall Brady 18 and her infant brother and sister. Herman Brady 22 claimed in a statement that implicates his brother Leroy 26.
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Upper Marlboro
Seat Pleasant
Naomi Hall Brady
Joseph Itzel
Baltimore Detective Bureau
Herman Brady
Leroy
Washington
Itzel
Herman
Rhine
J. Frank Parran
Prince Georges
Harry W. Gore
Orman
Hermann Brady
St. Mary's County
Naom/ Hall
Pershing declines Nebraska Senate bid
Gen John J Pershing announced he would not seek the United States senate seat from Nebraska. In a telegram to Lincoln Iowa supporter Mark Woods Pershing stated he never sought public office and his decision is final.```
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Washington
John J. Pershing
Senate
Nebraska
Pershing
United States Senate
Perehing
Mark Woods
Lincoln
Neb
Norris
President Urges Patience As U S Delegation Heads To London
President Hoover urged Americans to be patient and withhold criticism during the London naval conference. Secretary Stimson headed the American delegation with advisers as they prepared to sail for London, stressing cooperation to limit capital ship construction.
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Washington
Hoover
Stimeon
White House
London
United States
Charles G. Dawes
Great Britain
Hugh 8. Gibson
Belgium
Dwight W. Morrow
Mexico
Reed
Pennsylvania
Robinson
Arkansas
Congress
Adams
Pehich
Comp
Thurey
PLAN PACT seeks Mediterranean non aggression amid naval talks
Representatives from Spain, France, Italy and Britain draft a Mediterranean pact of non aggression and mutual guarantees to sway the London naval conference. Spain will be consulted. Britain aims to keep East trade routes open via Suez. The plan envisions a looser framework than the Locarno accord.
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Spain
France
Italy
Great Britain
Suez Canal
Pacific Ocean
United States
Britain
Japan
Confidential sugar interest memos teased in Senate inquiry
Washington January 7 confidential memoranda from sugar interests were read to the senate lobby committee as it resumed its inquiry. The documents involve R L Purdon and a sliding scale for sugar duties proposed at the White House and by Chairman Smoot. The committee said it would clear up conflicts in reports and Pike Murmey and Purdon were summoned to testify.
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Washington
New
Hoover
Senate Lobby Committee
Junior Owens
William H. Baldwin
New York
R. L. Purdon
Department of Commerce
White House
Smoot
Senate Finance Committee
Baldwin
Morris Murmey
H. H. Pike Jr
Murmey
Thom Sugar
United States Tariff Commission
Owens
Purdon
Pike
Charles Michaelson
Democratic National Committee
Senator Borah
Idaho
Prohibition Debate Covers Coast Guard Morale Over Killings
House wets and drys clash over enforcement of Prohibition after coast guard killings off the New England coast. Rep LaGuardia accuses lax enforcement and cites the Black Duck incident, while Rep Beedy warns firing down morale and questions Coast Guard duties amid the national policy dispute. Senator Blease also blames Hoover era governance for vice and corruption in Washington.
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Washington
House
LaGuardia
New York
New England
Beedy
Maine
Blease
New Yorker
Coast Guard
Department of Justice
Cleveland Millionaire Buys Four Motored Fokker Plane
Harry A. Husted of Cleveland signs a contract for a four motor Fokker airplane to attempt a world trip in ten days. He plans to depart from San Francisco on June 14 with Hong Kong as the first stop and refuel over Hawaii. James Doyles is likely the pilot. crew of four with no bunks or cooking gear. seats removed for fuel and gear. radio and photography equipment to be included. air speed up to 100 mph. Route beyond Hong Kong not yet fixed.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Harry A. Husted
Fokker
Husted
San Francisco
Hong Kong
Hawaiian Islands
James Doyles
Western Air Express
Five Kluesner family killed in Indianapolis blaze
An explosion in a West Side Indianapolis home caused by kerosene or gasoline ignition killed Donald Kluesner 31, his wife Hattie 25, and three children, Donald Jr 3, Mary Alice 6, Florence 5. Twin infants Eveyn and Everett survived with burns. neighbor Carl Merrick rescued the twins and dragged the father outside.
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Indianapolis
West Side
Donald Kluesner
Hattie Kluesner
Donald Kluesner, Jr
Mary Alice Kluesner
Florence Lottie Kluesner
Eveyn
Everett Kluesner
Carl Merrick
RULES DAY VIOLATORS NOT SUBJECT TO TAX
The Fifth United States Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that prohibition law violators convicted and sentenced are not liable for a liquor tax on their illegal business. The ruling followed a suit against Anthony LaFranca, cited as a test case on double revenue penalties. The court held such taxes are penalties for criminal conduct, invalidating the tax claim.
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New Orleans
Fifth
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Wee Reed
Anthony LaFranca
Liuor
Circuit
Suspected Slayer Found Dead In Barn In Missouri
The body of George Hostetter, suspected double slayer, was found in a barn on a Missouri farm ending a two month search. Authorities note fatal head injuries and knife wounds with a pistol and shotgun nearby. Weddles were killed November 3. Hostetter reportedly opposed his marriage to Mary Hunter.
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Sibley
George Hostetter
Albert Weddle
Hostetter
James Newhouse
Senate Rejects Silk Duty Hike Amid Silk Schedule Talks
The coalition of Democrats and western Republicans blocked an increase on woven silk fabrics in a Senate vote, keeping duty rates as current law and the House bill. Chairman Smoot urged moving to the rayon schedule and dismissing the sugar levies. Princess Marie Jose awaits her wedding in Italy after a grand Quirinal reception.
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Washington
Senate
Smoot
Finance Committee
Rome
Marie Jose
Belgium
Quirinal Palace
Humbert
Italy
Kingdom of
Huembert
P Plus
Pauline Chapel
Quirinal
Rankin Sets New World Record For Outside Loops
Tex Rankin the Portland aviator established a new world record by completing eighteen outside loops today. The flight was accepted by a committee of aeronautic club members appointed by the organization’s president, surpassing the previous thirteen-loop record.
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Portland
Ore
Tex Rankin
Aeronautic Club
Smoot Opposes Plan To Name Lafollette To Committee Post
Washington January 7 The senate Republican split widens over recognizing the Western Independents in the fight to appoint Senator Lafollette of Wisconsin as co appointee of Senator Goff West Virginia to the finance committee. Smoot Utah opposes any Independent on the committee saying he would resign. Borah Idaho for the Independents insists Lafollette's appointment and Chamman McNary supports seniority guiding committee vacancies. The Independents demand representation for Northwestern states amid vacancies from Sackett Kentucky becoming ambassador to Germany.
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Washington
Senate
Lafollette
Isconsin
Goff
West Virginia
Finance Committee
Robert Lafollette
Smoot
Utah
Borah
Idaho
McNary
Committee On Committees
Reed
Pennsylvania
Senegal Goff
Thomas
Fess
Ohio
Senator Gorf
Metcalf
Rhode Island
New England
Hoover
Sackett
Kentucky
Germany
Indictments Sought Against seven F. M. Smith Directors
Nugent Dodds presents to a federal grand jury in New York seeking indictments of seven F. M. Smith Company directors for mail fraud. The firm sold 30.9 million dollars in securities, some dubious or worthless, to U S clients, financing hotels and apartments with inflated valuations.
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New York
Nugent Dodds
United States
Washington
F. M. Smith Company
Dodds
Daniel R. Crissinger
Harding
Federal Reserve Board
Fred N. Zihlman
Maryland
Henry C. Maddux
G. Bryant Pitts
Smith Company
J. H. Edwards
Samuel J. Henry
C. Elberts
F. H. Smith Company
Dodd
Senate
Complainant Shot in South Side Cabinet Shop
Jean B. Hassener, who had filed complaints against several Chicago policemen for fraud and extortion, was found shot to death in his cabinet shop early tonight on January 7.
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Chicago
Jean B. Hassener
South Side
Charleston Police Hold Young Members of Gang
Ten men and boys were held by Charleston police after confessions by three of the group tied them to 18 robberies in Charleston over six months. A youth nabbed for trying to break into a car confessed membership and named seven others and two alleged receivers. Two more youths admitted involvement. others denied links.
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Charleston
West Virginia water commission weighs Elk river pollution actions
The West Virginia state water commission reviewed pollution concerns from Coal river to Brush creek and Elk river between Sutton and Charleston. Officials and industry representatives pledged cooperation while considering negotiated solutions and postponing further action. Charleston and Princeton officials pressed for waste disposal plans and sewer projects to improve water quality.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
State Water Commission
Charleston Wild Life League
American Rolling Mills
Nellis
Boone County
Clarksburg Country Club
Weston
Commission
Princeton
Brush Creek
Mercer County
Chamber of Commerce
Elk River
Sutton
E. S. Tisdale
State Health Department
Tisdale
Mine-Edgar Chemical Corporation
United Fuel Gas Comany
South Penn Oil Company
Elk Refining Company
W. W. Wertz
R. E.L. Holt
Breathitt Clam Members Jailed In Mob Slaying Case
Four men plus six indicted for murder and conspiracy in the Breathitt county mob killing of Chester Fugate. Fugate named six mob members before dying. Former jailer 8. L. Combs and son Lewis charged in conspiracy. Indicted kin of Clay Watkins include Ben Watkins brother Lee Watkins Howard Rice and others. Sheriff issued bench warrants for Combs’s son.
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Jackson
J. Weshing
Lee Wat Benton Howard Ul K. Rice
Railroad Crossing Debate Delays School Route Access
City officials will study an abandoned crossing near Couch and Poplar Streets as Norfolk and Western engineers assess a potential right of way. Officials say no crossing or crossing guard will be allowed to protect pedestrians, especially schoolchildren, until the investigation concludes. Northwest residents seek a bridge or underpass to reach Bluefield Avenue and improve access for students, noting past requests and long travel paths.
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Norfolk and Western Railway Engineering Department
W. O. Franklin
Pocahontas
Couch and Poplar Streets
Franklin
Pocahontas Division
Euperinetendent
Northwest
Harry
Brush Fork
Bluefield Avenue
Allen Street
West End
Mercer Street
Board of Education
Couch and
Poplar Streets
State approves funds for water commission and employment bureau
The board of public works voted to appropriate 2000 to sustain the state water commission through June 30 and 1500 to support a state employment bureau in cooperation with the labor department. The water commission funds come from the emergency fund, with most used to cover the chemist’s salary. The employment bureau money will pay part of a director’s salary and office rent.
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Board of Public Works
Water Commission
Charleston
W. Va
State Water Commission
The
State Health Department
Game, Fish and Forestry Commission
Public Service Commission
Connecion
State Department of Labor
W. C Cook
Side
Department of Education
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Young Brady
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Royal Palace
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Tate Body
Breathitt Clam
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