Extradition of Burns Refused by New Jersey Governor
Robert Elliott Burns was granted freedom in New Jersey after Gov. A Harry Moore refused to extradite him to Georgia. The governor ruled on merits despite constitutional limits, citing reports of brutal chain gang conditions. Burns thanked Moore and remained in New Jersey on probation.
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Burns
Gov
Moore
Trenton
N. J
Robert Elliott Burns
New Jersey
Harry Moore
Georgia
United States
Supreme Courts
Vincent J. Burns
American Civil Liberties Union
Newark
Arthur Garfield Hays
Harry V. Osborne
Charles Handler
Samuel Bernstein
Bernstein
Osborne
Far Rockaway
N. Y
Gov. Moore
Disappointment of Berlin schoolchildren overseen by teacher
A Berlin public school story recounts 300 students who saved every pfennig for Christmas gifts only to have their funds stolen by a teacher. The piece condemns adult deceit and links the act to broader government burdens on future generations. It contrasts Congress inaction on the budget with calls for fiscal solvency and national duty. It also criticizes Prohibition and the rise of criminal figures like Nitti and Capone in a waning moral order.
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Berlin
Germany
Congress
Frank Nitti
Will Rogers on Technocracy and Government Cost
Will Rogers humorously critiques the technocracy concept as a sales pitch offering four hour workdays and no politicians. He argues that government must live as cheaply as the people to avoid needing technocracy, noting the irony that individuals still struggle to support their families.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Georgia Governor rails at Moore over Burns extradition denial
Governor Richard Russell of Georgia voiced incredulity after learning from United Press that New Jersey Governor A Harry Moore denied his requisition to extradite Robert Elliott Burns the so called Georgia chain gang fugitive. Russell asserted that the constitutional mandate requires such extraditions for properly identified convicts.
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Atlanta
Richard B Russell, Jr
Georgia
United Press
Harry Moore
New Jersey
Robert Elliott Burns
United States
Gilda Gray Seriously Ill With Influenza
Worcester dancer Gilda Gray is under physician and nurse care at Hotel Bancroft after a severe grippe case. Doctors fear possible pneumonia as condition remained serious Wednesday.
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Gilda Gray
Worcester
Mass
Hotel Bancroft
Illinois Special Session Adjourns After Four Months
Springfield session ends after a four month special session called to consider unemployment relief. The adjournment closes the legislative action on the issue with no further sessions planned.
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Illinois
Springfield
Ill
Illinois General Assembly
British Oppose French Scheme of Arbitration
Paris reports say Britain will informally counsel France against submitting the December interest on the American debt to arbitration. London favors a Franco American study by experts and a general conference, while expecting no major results before the Roosevelt administration. The American embassy has contacted France’s new cabinet on the debts question. Theodore Marriner met M Cot in the foreign ministry.
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Paris
Great Britain
France
America
Roosevelt
Chamber of Deputies
Theodore Marriner
M. Cot
Foreign Ministry
Taxpayers Seek Consolidation Of Pepin And Buffalo Counties
Milwaukee AP reports taxpayers in two adjacent Wisconsin counties Pepin with 15 500 residents and Buffalo with 7 500 push for legislative approval to consolidate. Advocates say combining areas could save about 300000 annually, a substantial sum for the sparsely settled region along the Mississippi River, with public sentiment lining up behind the plan for possible approval by the legislature.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Peipin
Buffalo
Pepin
Mississippi River
Senate Passes Seed And Crop Loan Bill
The Senate approved and sent to the House a bill by Senator Norbeck authorizing the secretary of agriculture to adjust debts owed to the government for seed and crop production loans.
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Washington
Senate
House
Norbeck
Rep
S. D
Secretary of Agriculture
West States Hit By Widespread Pacific quake
A strong earthquake shook the western United States from Salt Lake City to Fresno and Needles to Spokane. Nevada was the epicenter with windows shattered and clocks stopped. Berkeley and Santa Clara recorded quakes as UC Berkeley pens flew from the drum. No major damage was reported and residents rushed outside as tall buildings swayed.
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San Francisco
United States
Nevada
Salt Lake City
Utah
Fresno
Calif
Western
America
Pacific Coast
Spokane
Wash
Berkeley
University of Santa Clara
San Jose
University of California At Berkeley
Byerly
Santa Barbara
Rawlins
Wyo
Needles
Colorado River
Sacramento
State Capitol
Farm relief plan faces split over wheat and cotton scope
The House Agriculture Committee failed to decide on the domestic allotment relief plan but discussions showed support to apply it to wheat and cotton only in emergencies. Hearings drew praise and sharp criticism as lawmakers weigh the draft ahead of Christmas.
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Washington
House Agriculture Committee
Garner
House
Jones
Hart
Dem
Michigan
National Co-operative Milk Producers’ Federation
J. H. Mercer
Topeka
Kan
Kansas Livestock Producers’ Association
Kenneth McGregor
Page
N. D
Noestockman
S G. Thompson
Center Junction
Farm bloc forms in Congress to back relief program
A second bipartisan farm bloc, led by American Farm Bureau Federation president Edward A. O Neal, has grown to about 150 members. Four subcommittees were named with Democratic chairs: farm mortgage foreclosures led by Rep. John N. Sandlin, farm relief legislation led by William W. Arnold, currency reform led by Jeff Busby, and city cooperation led by James M. Mead.
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Chicago
Congress
American Farm Bureau Federation
Edward A. O'Neal
Washington
O'Neal
John N. Sandlin
Louisiana
William W. Arnold
Illinois
Jeff Busby
Mississippi
James M. Mead
Newark
Hoover Prepares Holiday Cruise From Savannah
President Hoover plans to sail from Savannah on a holiday cruise off the Georgia and Florida coasts aboard Sequoia and Kilkenny with Mrs Hoover and guests. He warned aides a cancellation remains possible if Capitol Hill developments or war debt talks require. The trip is slated to start Saturday, Christmas Eve, with departure around noon.
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Washington
White House
Hoover
Savannah
Georgia
Florida
Capitol Hill
Sequoia
Kilkenny
Two Slain Believed Victims Of Duel
Vernon Texas authorities say two men found on Main street after pistol shots were fired died from gunshot wounds. H Hutto aged 50, a defeated sheriff candidate, lay beside a pistol with one shell discharged. David R Farrar 35 had four or five bullets fired into him.
Investigation Demanded By Former Warden
J N Baumel former warden of the men's reformatory sent a telegram to the state board of control demanding an immediate investigation of a 2079.43 shortage cited by the state audit. He said he knew nothing beyond newspaper reports and noted a bond covering all involved. He claimed the accounts were in order when he left office.
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Anamosa
J. N. Baumel
State Board of Control
Des Moines
State Board of Audit
Baumer
Bovey
Bill to Establish Thirty Hour Week Introduced in Senate
Washington AP reports Senator Black of Alabama introduced a bill to set a five day week and six hour day across all industries. The measure targets interstate and foreign commerce and enforces penalties of up to 200 dollars fine or three months imprisonment or both for violations.
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Washington
Senator Black
Dem
Ala
Waltonians Oppose Move To Merge Fish Game Commission
Waltonians pass a resolution denouncing a rumored plan to merge the fish and game commission with the state park department as part of Clyde Herring’s economy program. The document urges sportsmen groups to protest statewide and preserves the commission’s license funded conservation role. Signed by A. J. Smith and A. C. Norton.
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Fish Game Commission
State Fish and Game Commission
State Park Department
Clyde Herring
Commission
A. J. Smith
A. C. Norton
Governor Endorses Lashes for Bank Bandits in Oklahoma
Oklahoma City report says Governor William H. Murray proposed thirty nine lashes on the bare back with a cat o nine tails as a cure for bank banditry in the state. The suggestion was aired Wednesday amid a discussion of crime and punishment policies.
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Oklahoma City
William H. Murray
Oklahoma
Hoover May Seek Roosevelt Clarification On Debt Commission
President Hoover may seek guidance from Franklin D. Roosevelt before deciding on appointing a debt reviewing commission. Roosevelt’s telegram leaves Hoover’s path unclear, offering to use the commission’s findings but not binding action. Roosevelt opposed tying the debt issue to the economic conference.
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Washington
Hoover
Franklin D. Roosevelt
United Press
Roosevelt
White House
Albany
Debt Commission
Congress
Roosevelt would keep aloft from Hoover era policy
Albany advisers say a formal board at this time would prompt immediate terms talks on European aims. The President elect would stay aloof from such action, while remaining closely in touch with the situation. He would not be bound to continue Hoover policies and could later carry out his own ideas after fact finding with Hoover’s group.
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Albany
N. Y
Hoover
Roosevelt
Railroads Offer To Extend Agreement For Nine Months
Chicago AP report says railroad executives proposed to extend the 10 percent wage cut for nine months and allow after June 15 a request to revise the basic wage scale under the railroad labor act. The offer was sent to 21 railroad brotherhood heads after an impasse at a joint conference. A F Whitney said delegates would study the proposal Wednesday night.
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Chicago
Railroad Brotherhood
A . F. Whitney
Brotherhood
Funeral costs prompt calls to curb congressional rites
A report of the House clerk details high funeral expenses for members including the Longworth burial. Train fares to Cincinnati and a special delegation train cost thousands, with critics calling for limits on celebratory trips and junkets.
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Washington
LLP
Samuel B. Pettengill
Dem
Ind
Sumners
House Judiciary Committee
House
Nicholas Longworth
Aiken SC
Cincinnati
Longworth
How The House Voted On Beer
The AP report lists Democrats voting for and against the Collier beer bill. Among those for the bill are many lawmakers such as Arnold, Auf Der Heide, Beam, Black, Bloom, Boland, Burns, Celler, Condon, Corning, Cross, Davis, Gillis, Fulbright, and Kelley. The roll call shows a large party split with numerous names documented.
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Arnold
Auf der Heide
Beam
Black
Bloom
Boehne
Boland
Boylan
Brunner
Huchanan
Bulwinkle
Burns
Canfield
Cannon
Carden
Carley
Cary
Celler
Chapman
Chavez
Cochran
Missouri
Cole
Maryland
Collier
Condon
Connery
Corning
Cross
Crosser
Crowe
Cullen
Norton
New Jersey
O'Connor
Oliver
New York
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Owen
Palmisano
Parker
Parsons
Petteriil
Polk
Pratt
Rainey
Reilly
Rogers
Ow Hampshire
Romiue
Rudd
Sabath
Schuetz
Bhannon
Sirovich
Smith
Virginia
West
Sweeney
Taylor
Colorado
Thomason
Tierney
Underwood
Vinson
Georgia
Kentucky
Warren
Williams
Woodrum
Von
Alls
Almon
Ayres
Bankhead
Brion
Plot to Overtake Stalin Suppressed in Moscow Arrests
A present minister and several former government leaders were arrested in Moscow on charges of conspiring to overthrow Josef Stalin. Nikolai B. Elsmont, agriculture commissar, and V. N. Tolmasheff, head of federal motor transport, were named. Michael Tomsky and Ale Ei Ryko, former premier and posts and telegraphs head, are also suspected in the plot.
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Berlin
Moscow
Josef Stalin
Soviet
Russia
United Press
Nikolai B. Elsmont
Agriculture
V. N. Tolmasheff
Federal
Michael Tomsky
State Publishing Trust
Right Opposition
Ale Ei Ryko
Restored to Life By Court In Marysville Kansas
Frederick H. Owen, 55, who vanished in 1918 and was declared legally dead in 1931, has been restored to life by the district court. His brother brought him back from Exira Iowa after a mysterious letter surfaced. Owen left $3,850 and a farm when he disappeared and plans to return to Iowa.
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Marysville
Kan
Frederick H. Owen
Frankfort
Kansas
District Court
Owen
Archibald
Charles Owen
Exira
John Smith
Frederick Owen
Frederick
Springfield
Ozark Mountain
Extra
Iowa
House approves 3.2 beer bill amid party lines shift
The 3.2 beer measure passes the House 230 to 165 with Democrats Jubilant and Washington coverage noting Rep Jacobsen of Clinton among few supporters. Wets regroup after early efforts to defeat the bill, as amendments are rejected and supporters claim revenue and personal choice benefits.
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Washington
House
Congress
Garner
Sirovich
Dem
N. Y
O'Connor-Hull
Hnes
Four More Nabbed One Indictments Of Liquor Ring
Cedar Rapids officers arrest Ed and Lloyd Marsh on federal conspiracy charges tied to a liquor ring. They, along with J. S. Holton and Ben Snapes, face indictments from Dubuque. Bonds posted range from 2 500 to 5 000 dollars. Eight men now face Cedar Rapids conspiracy charges with more warrants pending.
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Cedar Rapids
Lloyd Marsh
Ceedar Rapids
United States
Mareshal R. L. Whelan
Grand Jury
Dubuque
D. C. Hutchison
J. S. Holton
Ben Snapes
Marshal Whelan
Holton
Snapes
Hutchison
Mayor Of Mankato Dies In Cistern
Frank A. Neubert, mayor of North Mankato, was found dead in a cistern near his home in Mankato Minnesota. Preliminary examination suggests death by his own action.
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Mankato
Mankato, Minn
Frank A. Neubert
North Mankato
Neubert
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