Rival Financial Efforts Split Chicago Debt Crisis
Rival relief committees emerge in Chicago as city faces a 290 million debt threat. Attawn and Caldwell battle for influence over funding plans. Strawn pushes a 650 million tax anticipation warrants sale while seeking quick borrowing to cover payrolls, street work, and services amid a 20 month tax intake drought.
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Chicago
Bias H. Attawn
Tmuencer
Sccor
Washington
Wallace Caldwell
James Bimpoon
Burden
Jim
Rerawn
Siaipaon
Bimpson
Strawn
Flan
Bonds Caldwell
New York
Board of Education
Caldwell
Pope
Straws
Supreme Court
De Rivera to Lead Opposition Party in Spain
Primo de Rivera declares he will head the patriotic union in opposition as General Berenguer forms a cabinet to restore order in Spain. He asserts no desire for a new revolution and notes his still influential following, speaking at the union club house about his dictatorship’s past errors and its planned expiration.
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Madrid
Damaso Berenguer
Spain
Primo de Rivera
Patriotic Union
Arizona Fugitives Charged With Deputy Sheriff Slaying
Irene Schroeder W Glenn Dague and Vernon Ackerman face degree murder charges in Maricopa County after Deputy Sheriff Lee Wright was fatally shot during a gunfight two weeks earlier. Dague and Schroeder were held in Pennsylvania awaiting trial for slaying a highway patrolman. Ackerman is detained in Arizona. The case involved a speeding vehicle and a later chase with posses exchanging gunfire, leading to multiple arrests and ongoing extradition efforts.
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Phoenis
Ariz
Pirot
Irene Schroeder
W. Glenn Dague
Vernon Ackerman
Lee Wright
George T. Wilson
Mrrs
Schroeder
Dague
Lawrence County
Pennsylvania
Wilson
Maricopa County
Pensylvania
Jegel
Wright
Chandler
Ackerman
Florence
Kidsuper
3& Posses
Tingne Baz
Sow New Castle
Brady Paul
Jonsy
Delmer
Daguela
Pteane
Witness describes alleged death operation in Beckone case
Keyster Jan 22 Miss Lucila Wetesel testified on alleged complicity in the Sept 11 1928 death of Miss Lonnie Beckone. She described a feeding operation by Dr Otto Fisher and the Wilkes employer, with the state arguing legality. Fisher is imprisoned for his role. Witnesses testified about promises of immunity and favors to obtain testimony, including Duretta’s cooperation.
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Dr. Fisher
D. Af. Wetsel
Conty
Erert A. Lee
Miss Beckone
Miss Wetsel
Harrisonburg
Philippine independence debate rattles Senate on timelines
In Washington the Senate eyed a decision on Philippine independence during the current session. The territories committee hopes to finish hearings by February 10 and report a bill promptly, while another bill would create a commission to study the issue. Tydings urged independence discussions citing west coast labor riots and immigration policy, and California officials warned of Filipino boxing crowds. a separate memo noted 15,000 Filipinos living near Stockton amid ensuing tensions.
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Washington
Senate
Chatman Bingham
The
Territories Committee
House
King
Utah
Bingham
Congress
Vandenberg
Michigan
Pilipinas
Tyding
Tydings
Maryland
United States
Johnson
California
Pranciado
Willam H. Hanlon
State Boxing Commisssion
Hanlon
Ricta
Stockton
Long Affair Case Tells of Brady Insanity Defense
In Austin, Brady stands accused of murdering Miss Lehill Highsmith after a yearslong affair and heavy drinking. Doctors Gorall and Wooten testified Brady showed chronic alcoholism and mental instability, supporting defense claims that he was insane the night of the stabbing.
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Austin
Texan
Uplentao
John W. Brady
Brady
H. A. Berry
Berry
Gorall
Joe Wooten
John Brady
Public
Hia
Godall Wooten
Leblim Highsmith
Joe Wobten
Fire Destroys River Steamer At Pt. Pleasant
POINT PLEASANT, Jan. 29 The river steamer Clyde operating between Pittsburgh and Mem was destroyed by fire on the Ohio river tonight while tied up at the Marietta boatbuilding plant awaiting ice break up. Three ropes broke as flames consumed the vessel, which drifted about a mile downstream before breaking in two and sinking. There were no passengers aboard. The Clyde cost about 580,000 when new and was owned by Capt. Rays HH Burnside of Point Pleasant, with tower steel barges between Pittsburgh and Stempkin. At the fire start it lay alongside the Walter Windsor, a new vessel under construction for Captain Burnstue.
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Point Pleasant
Clyde
Pittsburgh
Mem
Ohio
Marietta
Rivertten
Rays HH
Burnside
Point Pleas
Ant
Tower Steel
Stempkin
Walter Windsor
Burnstue
Presbyterians Approve Union for Three Denominations
Pittsburgh officials report the Presbyterian group and the Reform church moved toward an organic union involving about 3,000,000 members. The plan requires ratification by church authorities and calls for coordinating committees to finalize terms. Speakers urged action to overcome inertia and strengthen the church’s witness.
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Pittsburgh
Jah
Presbyterian
Reformed Church
United Presbyterian Church of North America
Presbyterian Church In the
United States of America
Presbyterian Church In
United States
Reformed Church To America
Conference
Orgente Union
Teformed Churen
America
Jemea I. Vance
Nashville
Tera
Dhugitt
Harria E. Kirk
Baltimore
Raleigh Prosecutor Testifies at Trial
BECKLEY West Virginia January 22 Raleigh County prosecuting attorney W G McCinnis Jr testified as a witness for the defense in a criminal court trial charging Grace Franklin a Negro with the slaying of her husband Creed Franklin Franklin claimed he shot himself Harless questioned McCinnis about a death bed statement Harless said Franklin forced him to sign McCinnis denied knowing the statement
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Beckley
Raleigh County
W. G. McCinnis, Jr
RB. Hurleas
Grace Franklin
Creed Franklin
Harless
Franklin
McGinnis
Hope Fades as Crew Strives To Free Diver Held in Water
Montreal reports a dramatic airlift and 20 foot under river entrapment of diver Peter Trans near Outardes. Rescuers labor in icy St Lawrence currents with a wooden cage nearing the trapped man as hours tick by, hope dwindling for survival.
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St. Lawrence River
Jury chosen for Walter Crabtree murder trial in Romney
Jury selection for the Walter Crabtree case proceeds as 142 jurors across three panels are questioned. Attorneys argue for venue change to March, but request denied. Crabtree faces charges for the December killing of Inkeeps. The panel includes Roy Enton and others from Hampden and surrounding areas. foreman to be named tomorrow.
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M. Bruce Grndorff
A. C. Lovett
Daniel Goldsborough
D. E. Swisher
Dr. W. FE. Hutchison
Gordon Foltz
WU. Linthicum
Alex Lee
Asa Come
Joseph Everett
Charles FE. Frye
Eaton
Romney
Pari
Hamp
Enire County
Crabtree
Nera
Iglea
A. G. Hughes
Preston County
Hughes
G. Kump
Hampshire
Tria
Natico
Federal Court Awards Damages Against N W
A federal court verdict granted G W Hall eighteen thousand six hundred dollars against Norfolk and Western Railway and American Railway Express. Hall claimed permanent injuries from being struck on the head by a stanchion in a storage mail car near Blackstone Virginia in December 1927. The judge overruled a motion to set aside the verdict and the case on appeal to the United States circuit court of appeals.
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Bluefield
G. W. Hall
Norfolk and Western Railway
American Railway Express Company
Hall
Blackstone
George W. McClintie
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
House to Hold Sweeping Study Of Liquor Laws
Washington January 29 The House will open hearings February 12 to consider repealing the eighteenth amendment and modifying Prohibition laws with seven repeal proposals and a Dyer subcommittee review on 2.75 percent beer. The expenditures committee plans to end its Williamson bill shifting prohibition unit to the justice department and to tighten industrial alcohol permit provisions. Senator Borah and Attorney General Mitchell clash over a Montana Idaho prohibition administrator report while Worcester, Massachusetts, Rep. Brobbs defends his reputation.
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Washington
House Judiciary Committee
George 5. Graham
House
Dyer
Missouri
Treasury
Justice Department
Secretary of the Treasury
Justice Departments
Senate
Horah
Idaho
Banatot Borah
Mitchell
Senate Judiciary Committee
Vete
Diva
Graham
Ald Hune
Linthicum
Maryland
Sabath
Objections Endanger Naval Conference Plenary Session
London January 29. New obstacles threaten the naval disarmament talks as a steering committee for method and limits faces opposition. Prime Minister MacDonald conferred with Stimson and Grandi amid debates on empire representation and the plan for a preliminary expert committee. Ambassador Gibson may speak as Britain, France, and the United States push Franco American tonnage compromises and potential submarine cost savings loom for Britain.
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London
Dewnpaper
Prairie
Italy
Ramsey MacDonald
House of Common
Henry L. Stimson
Reijiro Wakateuki
Ding Grandl
Mr. MacDonald
British Dominions
Empire
Siiingon
Gibson
Hugh &. Gibson
Belgium
America
MacDonald
A. ¥. Alexander
Admiralty
Great Britain
Andre Tar+dieu
France
Signor
Grandi
Will Withhold
Dise
Stimeon
Alexander
The
Commons
Women Prohibition War Nurses Run House Bloc
Two anti prohibition figures in Congress, Mrs Florence Barn and Mrs Mary Norton, head a surprising bloc of women in the House. The eight women from various parties partly align with dry or wet stances, complicating the usual party lines in the ongoing debate over the eighteenth amendment and prohibition.
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Kenneth
G. Crawford
United Press State
Washington
House of Representatives
Florence Babn
California
Mary Norton
New Jersey
Wftaire
Enelite
Helana
Ruth Bryan Oxen
Pearl Oldfield
Arkansas
Florence Langley
Kentucky
Ruth Pratt
New York
Ruth Hannah McCormick
Finois
Edith Rogers
Republi
Can
Massachusetts
Kahn
Norton
Max
Oyal
Andl
Blease
Page & Cal A
Stage Door Johnnie Becomes History on Broadway
New York chorus girls no longer fear stage door Johnnies as Broadway's social scene shifts with taxi streamlining. Interviews show women noting urban safety or lack of enthusiasts, while stories from Boston and Chicago reveal regional remnants. A young showgirl adds that Broadway crowds now feel more like married patrons than peril, marking a notable cultural change.
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New York
Chorus
Becaue
Chicago
Boston
Sticks
John
Bia
Emile
Broadway
Grover Whalen
Wynnye
Cybil
Sig Spender
Gindy
Addom
Johnnies
Trea
Lloyd George Debate Sparks Will Rogers Satire in London
London coverage notes Lloyd George’s free trade tariff clash in the house of commons. Will Rogers recounts a lively chat with Premier Elvera about his resignation and a later view of dictators, portraying a media portrait of political satire and personal insight amid the upheaval.
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London
House of Commone
Moid George
Ranversatin
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Releigh
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Riviere Aux Ooutardes
Peter Trans
St. Lawrence
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Montag
Trane
Arva ‘Silnyaln
Trang
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Skyale
Traiis
Boriday
Bilyala
Silyala
Silvala
Macy
Bilynia
Rivierts
Outardes
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Trans Wan
Trana
Silynta
Trans
Borah
Hugh
Faitor
United Press
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Wharen
Lloyd George
Will Rogers
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