Plot by Grain Brokers To Kill Farm Board Plan Alleged
Senate Lobby Committee ordered an investigation into charges that grain dealers opposed the farmer owned marketing agency. Julius Barnes, ally of President Hoover, was summoned as the first witness while White House denial said Hoover supports the Farm Board. Senator Nye cited Minneapolis grain dealers led by Barnes, and Farm Bureau leaders suggested brokers misjudge the board’s program.
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Barnes
Washington
Caraway
Senate Lobby Committee
Commission Grain
Farm Board
Julius Barnes
Hoover
United States Chamber of Commerce
White House
Frank G. Crowell
Kansas City
Mr. Crowell
Farmers’ Union
Commission
Nye
N. D
Minneapolis Grain Commission
Senate
Legge
American Farm Bureau Federation
Chicago
Cara Way
Chicago Board of Trade
Grain ‘Commission
Minneapolis
Northwest
Norris Grinds Grundy in Senate Parody of Marc Antony
Senator Norris parodied Marc Antony recalling Grundy as Caesar and held a yellow Grundy’s Store jersey as he mimicked the oration. He quoted lines about Hoover, Caraway, and Borah, depicting a political jibe in the Senate chamber with the tariff exhibit as prop.
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Norris Grids
Grundy
Senate
Marc
New York World News Service
Washington
Norris
Rep
Neb
Senate Today
Marc Antony
Caesar
Nebraska
Joseph R. Grundy
Great Hoover
New York
Caraway
Borah
Mark
Lobby panel probes Grundy lobbying in tariff case
The Lobby Investigating Committee led by William S. Caraway urged action against Joseph R. Grundy of Pennsylvania if he is appointed to the Senate seat. The report accuses Grundy of pressuring for tariff influence to repay Republican contributors and praises his alleged role as a revenue raiser for optical campaigns. It cites Grundy’s testimony about aiding the Kansas City platform and raising funds to support Republican candidates.
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Washington
Joseph R. Grundy
Pennsylvania
Senate
William S. Ware
Caraway
Dem
Ark
Lobby Investigating Committee
Brundy
Grundy
Republican National Committee
Congress
Kansas City
Abolition of Federal Farm Loan Board Proposed in House
Representative Dickinson of Iowa introduced a bill to abolish the Federal Farm Loan Board and transfer its functions to the Federal Farm Board. The measure mirrors a Senate proposal by Senator Brookhart, authorizing the Farm Board to administer the federal farm loan act and relocate Loan Board personnel and funds to the new organization.
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Federal Farm Loan Board
Federal Farm Board
Representive Dickinson
Rep
Senate
Brookhart
Farm Board
Loan Board
Cupid Passed Him By Offiers Picked Him Up
Alfred Wooten 20 of Middletown told United States Commissioner he sold a half pint of liquor after a rejected marriage proposal. He said he drank to drown sorrow and was charged with selling to two boys. Bound over to the Federal Grand Jury, released on own recognizance.
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Alfred Wooten
Yankee Road
Middletown
August Siemon
United States
Tit
Wooten
Federal
Eye Doctor Faces Bigamy Charge In Chicago Case
In Chicago on December 19 Dr. Charles H. Eye faces a bigamy case as Mrs. Gladys Eye claims he remained married to Mrs. Doris Eye when he wed her on November 23. Judge Borrelli delays further hearings for a week.
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Chicago
Charles H. Eye
Gladys Eye
Doris Eye
Borrelli
Ohio State President urges students to quit smoking
Ohio State University President George W. Rightmire said co-eds should abandon smoking after a brief trial and urged self restraint. He wrote to Ohio women who criticized the Student Council ruling allowing women to smoke in sorority houses, hoping their judgment would condemn the practice.
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Columbus, CO
George W. Rightmire
Ohio State University
Co-Eds
Ohio
Rightmire
Haiti Martial Law Blames Opposition Leaders
President Borne states Haitian martial law was triggered by secret agents of underground politicians in the customs service and street disturbances across Port au Prince and other cities. He holds opposition leaders responsible for the crisis and vows government action. The dispatch also notes heightened censorship and foreign naval moves near Shanghai and Canton.
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Borne
Haiti
New York World News Service
Port-Au-Prince
Customs House
Central Customs Control
Cape Haitien
Aux Cayes
Jacmel
Gonaives
Wiedemann's Brewery Dissolves After Prohibition
The Wiedemann firm, famed for beer before Prohibition, dissolves after stockholders vote. The George Wiedemann Brewing Company files a dissolution in Campbell County Kentucky with Louise Weaver and Dr Walther B Weaver signing. Property at Newport Kentucky Sixth and Columbia and the old malt house at Twelfth and Monmouth is turned over to Security Realty Investment Company for sale.
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George Wiedemann Brewing Company
Wiedemann
Prohibition
Campbell County
William Milius
Louise Weaver
Walther B. Weaver
Wiedemann Company
Sixth
Columbia Streets
Newport
Twelfth
Monmouth Streets
Newport, Ky
Security Realty Investment Company
Security Company
Charles Wiedemann
Carl Wiedemann
Yes
Atlanta
Ten chorus girls die in Harlem film studio fire
A Harlem Manhattan Movie Studio blaze killed ten people including Edna Burford and Jola Sparks and injured more than twenty. The fatal fire cut off escapes as performers and crew spoke of a sudden wall of flame in the stage area during a Black and White Revue rehearsal.
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New York
Manhattan
Harlem
Burford
Edna
Sparks
Jola
Byrne
Betty
Porter
Catharine
Bischoff
Harold
Wilson
Ernest
Kramer
Handyman
Quinn
Jack
Mussman
Robert
Koebble
Charles
Leonia
New Jersey
Fighting near Pukow north of Nanking reported in advices
Shanghai dispatches say fighting between nationalist troops and Chiang Kai-shek loyalists 50 miles north of Nanking at 10 this morning. Wounded soldiers were reported arriving in Nanking from the front.
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Shanghai
Yanktse
Manila
Nanking
Chang Chow
Tang Seng-Chi
Henan
Canton
China
Ironsides
United States
Pittsburgh
Charles B. McVoy, Jr
Berwick
St. Cloud
Serapis
Bruce
Hongkong
Pukow
Deadly North Atlantic Gale Ravages Coasts
British Air Ministry warned of a new gale likely striking Ireland tonight and sweeping the British Isles. At least 184 deaths are confirmed from storms and more than 69 ships sunk or damaged, with further losses reported in France and across the Channel.
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London
Air Ministry
Ireland
British Isles
Great Britain
Paris
Du Pont Named as Defendant in $1,000,000 Suit
In Jacksonville Florida Mrs Mary Ball of New York and California filed a notice of suit for 1 million dollars in Circuit Court naming Mrs Jessie Ball du Pont and her husband Alfred I du Pont as defendants. Attorney Gordon McCauley stated the grounds of the suit were not set forth. The filing aims to serve papers on the du Ponts.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Gordon McCauley
Mary Ball
New York
California
Jessie Ball du Pont
Alfred I. du Pont
McCauley
du Pont
Du Pont says he knows nothing of suit in Jacksonville
Alfred I. du Pont stated through his secretary that he is unaware of a Jacksonville suit filed on behalf of Mary Ball against him and his wife. The case follows a prior divorce action where Mrs. Ball threatened a $1,000,000 claim for alienation of affections, with allegations of conspiracy by the plaintiff’s sister in her Los Angeles answer.
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Wilmington
Del
Alfred I. du Pont
Jacksonville
Mary Ball
Thomas Ball
Los Angeles
Ball
Cemetery of Aspirations for Coolidge in Senate row
Mississippi Senator Pat Harrison warned Calvin Coolidge against entering the Senate and said Republican leaders close to President Hoover may push the former president toward a Massachusetts Senate bid to clear the way for Hoover’s renomination. He praised Coolidge yet urged caution about coming to Washington.
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New York
World News Service
Washington
Pat Harrison
Mississippi
Senate
Calvin Coolidge
Hoover
Cooldige
Massachusetts
White House
Harrison
Coolidge
Fuller
Hoover Picks Special Japan Envoy For London Navy Meet
Hoover names a special envoy to Japan for the London naval conference duration. The report notes the move as part of State Department staffing amid naval meet preparations.
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Hoover
Japan
London
Washington
William S. Castle
Tokyo
United States
Domestic Relations Court hears Nolan divorce case over alleged abuse
Walter Nolan testified in Judge Charles W. Hoffman’s court as wife Clara Nolan petitioned for divorce after twenty seven years of marriage. Witness Susie Clark described neglect of Mr Nolan and a dog fed from the table while Mrs Nolan pursued a preference for “pig men” prompting a heated dispute.
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Walter Nolan
Charles W. Hoffman
Nolan
Clara Nolan
Cincinnati
Susie Clark
Nolans
Crime and Police Reform Talk at Cincinnati Dinner
Two speakers at the Cincinnati Association dinner urged tighter crime control through reform. James M. Hepbrow of the Baltimore Criminal Justice Commission cited reforms that cut Baltimore arrests per crime, while Bruce Smith proposed a central police training school, a regional identification bureau, and a robust crime records system. They contrasted American and European policing and noted high Cincinnati release rates for arrestees.
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United States
Gibson
Cincinnati Association
Cincinnati Regional Crime Commission
James M. Hepbrow
Baltimore Criminal Justice Commission
Bruce Smith
Police Administration
New York
Baltimore
Hepbrow
London
England
Baltimore Commission
Smith
America
Europe
European
Cincinnati
Newport Bandits Use Machine Gun in $1465 Hold-up
Carl Radley, operating a Newport grocery on Eleventh street, faced four masked men, three with revolvers and one with a machine gun. They ransacked the store and residence, taking $1465 in cash and valuables including a $1000 diamond ring and a $125 wrist watch, and later obtained a shotgun and .45 revolver.
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Carl Radley
Eleventh Street
Central Avenue
Newport
Radley
Schwab Foresees Wholesome Steel Expansion and Stable Growth
Charles M. Schwab, speaking via radio at the Illinois Manufacturers Association, hailed solid steel prospects tied to autos, railroads, and construction. He credited better railroad service, prompt supply, and smarter management for a resilient economy despite stock market jitters. He urged a broad, healthy expansion without artificial stimulation.
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Charles M. Schwab
Chicago
Illinois Manufacturers’ Association
Wall Street
Hoover
Senate Leaders Set Friday Vote on 160 Million Tax Cut
Senate leaders expressed confidence a 160 million income tax reduction resolution would be voted on by Saturday after planning to call up the measure Friday. Republican Senator Watson of Indiana and coalition leaders assured consideration on Friday if an agreement allows a Saturday night vote, while Senator Blaine of Wisconsin stayed firm on disposing of the tariff bill first.
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Senate
Watson
Indiana
Independent
Blaine
Rep
Wis
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