Smoot accuses National City Bank over Cuban sugar mills control
In Washington, Senator Smoot charges the National City Bank with pressuring Cuban sugar mills to gain control while opposing higher sugar tariffs. He cites bank propaganda against duty increases and calls for a full investigation. Senator La Follette opposes higher duty citing consumer burden and modest domestic gains. Vote expected Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National City Bank
Smoot
Washington
Senate
Crty
Rep
Utah
Finance Committee
New York Banking House
la Follette
Rep.Ind
Wis
Broussard
Dem
Cuba
Coca-Cola Company
Congress
Linden
Remote Control Guides Husband On Bounding Deep
MEMPHIS TENN Jan 10. The H H Colle seagoing tug operates mainly in Memphis harbor. Harvey Brown owner and experienced pilot steers the boat while his wife, a businesswoman, runs the office. From a tall building she signals by flags to direct his moves on the river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis, Tenn
H. H. Colle
Memphis
Harvey Brown
Mississippi
Brown
Georgetown Bank President Dead by His Own Hand
George T. Hambrick aged 54 president of the Georgetown National Bank shot himself in the wash room of the bank amid ill health claims. A note said the act was not due to bank affairs and he had thirty years of service, leaving a widow and two sons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown
George T. Hambrick
Georgetown National Bank
Hambricks
Scott County
Hamilton
Bell
William Howe
Howe
Summerville
James E. Bell
Seven Mile, C
Butler County
Luther Epperson
Hamilton County
Gulf Stream Pirate Pays for Defiance
A vivid article recalls a Florida offender turned outlaw who smuggled rum and harmed others until execution by the U S government. It frames him as the first death penalty outcome tied to national Prohibition laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulf Stream
Everglades
Florida
Sam
Antique chair dispute lands dealer in lockup in New York
Alfred Thonet Jr of the Logan Hotel Washington DC is held on grand larceny charges after a New York woman says he failed to deliver two antique chairs and kept $260 in advances from a $2,113 purchase. He faces a Monday hearing and has filed $5 million damages suits against Thonet Bros Inc and others alleging a conspiracy to ruin his business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Alfred Thonet, Jr
Logan Hotel
Washington, D. C
Margaret Thors
Thots
Thonet
Thonet Bros., Inc
Thonet Warner, Inc
Alias Jimmy Valentine confesses to two robberies
Robert Pancake twenty one from Rockville Ohio admitted to two robberies in Portsmouth after finger print tests. He confessed to robbing a bakery and a meat market and had previously served time in a Kentucky reformatory for auto theft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth
Robert Pancake
Rockville
Pancake
Kentucky
Blind Man's Cup Robber Captured and Fined
Robert T. Elliott aged 41 of Deer Park was fined 60 dollars plus costs in Municipal Court for stealing 35 cents from Max Trisler a blind beggar at Sixth and Walnut streets on September 23. Elliott was pursued after a struggle but was recaptured by Daniel Ruehlman who had observed the theft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Luebbers
Robert T. Elliott
Ohio Avenue
Deer Park
Max Trisler
Sixth
Walnut Streets
Elliott
Daniel Ruehlman
Marshall Avenue
Hiliott
Ruehlman
McMaster Protests as Republicans Shape Senate Committee
Washington Jan 10 Senator McMaster of South Dakota rebels against banning him from the Interstate Commerce Committee in favor of Senator Hastings Delaware The independents win recognition with Senator La Follette placed on the Finance Committee and a Northwest member added The party line up moves toward final approval after McMaster's protest and McNary's rise as floor leader
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
McMaster
South Dakota
Senate
Interstate Commerce Committee
Hastings
Delaware
la Follette
Wisconsin
Finance Committee
McNary
Jones
Senator McNary
Oregon
Watson
Indiana
Young Guard
Old Guard
Senator LafFollette
Northwest
Thomas
Idaho
Chamber says remove Treasury head from Federal Reserve chair
A Chamber of Commerce of the United States referendum urges moving the Treasury Secretary from the Federal Reserve Board chair to the governor. It calls for restricting credit to speculative channels and warns against a uniform rediscount rate, while stressing independent, capable management and regional adaptability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Federal Reserve Board
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Congress
Chamber
Treasury
Wulsin and Bride Leave for Bermuda for Queen City Life
Scientist Frederick Roeler Wulsin and his bride Mrs. Susan A. Emery plan to settle in Cincinnati after a honeymoon in Bermuda. The Harvard professor, ousted over a secret divorce and Mexico romance, leaves Hartford for New York with the former Providence heiress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Commercial Tribune
Boston
Frederick Roeler Wulsin
Harvard
Mexico
Bermuda
Susan A. Emery
Providence
Cincinnati
New York
Hartford
Conn
Wulsin
Concord
Susanne Emery
Paris
Peabody Museum
Britain Plans Cruiser Cut Till 1936 in Naval Accord
London officials reveal the British plan to reduce cruiser strength from 70 to 50 only through 1936 under the Anglo American understanding. Four policy lines emerge from talks between Ramsay MacDonald and naval advisers, including Japan and the United States, with a Mediterranean nonaggression pact under consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
New York World News Service
London
Board of Admiralty
Sheffield
Admiralty
Albert Victor Alexander
Ramsay MacDonald
MacDonald
Japan
United States
Derstood
Wakatsuki
Takarable
France
Italy
Spain
Hilcover
Youths stage hold up of Butler County Savings Bank
Four youths under 25 in a blue sedan robbed the Sommerville National Bank at Sommerville, escaping with 3 500 dollars after subduing cashier W. B. Bell and two coworkers. Deputies flee across the district as authorities hunt for the suspects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler County Savings Bank
The
Commercial Tribune
Hamilton
Sommerville National Bank
Sommerville
Here
Butler County
W. B. Bell
Jennie Bell
Esther Baker
Bell
Ohio Struck by Ice Sleet Blizzard Isolates Towns
A severe sleet storm cripples Ohio communications and power, severing links in North Central areas. Upper Sandusky, Kenton, Lima and Norwalk report widespread outages. Heavy ice damages orchards in Hardin County and disrupts travel with downed lines and collapsed poles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Central
Ohio
Upper Sandusky
Bucyrus
Alger
McGuffey
Harrod
Bellecenter
Dola
Ridgeway
Mt. Victory
la Rue
Marseilles
Kenton
Lima
Hardin County
Defiance
Norwalk
Alliance
Fostoria
Fremont
Sandusky
Parrots blamed for psittacosis deaths and illness
Mrs. Louise Schaeffer died in Baltimore from psittacosis believed linked to parrots. The illness has caused multiple deaths and numerous critical cases in the United States and Germany, with parrot infections traced to homes after birds were introduced as gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teledean
United States
Germany
Baltimore
Louise Schaeffer
State Health Department
Toledo
Warren
Dresden
Hague Arbiters Deadlocked at Conference
At The Hague second reparations session leaders depart as no agreement on the Young plan emerges. Briand heads to Paris via North Star Express while Curtius plans to join him in Geneva. Britain and France press for closure, Curtius returns from Geneva Thursday, London naval meeting looms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Hague
Aristide Briand
France
North Star Express
Paris
Geneva
League of Nations
Julius Curtius
Germany
London
Curtius
Detroit Sleuths Reveal Police Involvement in Garvin Shooting
Detroit report claims a Black Hand unit directed the Garvin attack and that a detective accused high police officials of engineering the assault. The detective denied the charges, saying he and an inspector plotted to target Garvin but the plan was abandoned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Underworld
Henry J. Calvin
Black Hand Squad
Detroit News Today
Garvin
Adolph van Coppenolle
Police
Inspector Garvin
East Side
William R. Rutledge
Woman Defies Lobby Probers In Senate Hearing
The Senate Lobby Investigating Committee heard its first woman lobbyist, Gladys Moon Jones, representing sugar interests. She argued the inquiry violates the Fourth Amendment and refused to answer some questions, while detailing monthly pay from sugar and Cuban investors and asserting that lobbyists are elected by interest groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York World News Service
Washington
Senate Lobby Investigating Committee
Gladys Moon Jones
All-States News Bureau
United States Sugar Association
American Chamber of Commerce of
Cuba
Hoover
Senate
Walsh
Dem
Mont
Teapot Dome
Harry F. Sinclair
Committee
J. A. Arnold
Southern Tariff Association
H. C. Lakin
Caraway
Mrs. Jones
Reuben Clark Named Special Ambassador to Mexico
Reuben Clark former under Secretary of State is named Special Ambassador to Mexico to serve during Ortiz Rubio’s inauguration period. The appointment fills the gap while Dwight Morrow attends the London Arms Conference in London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dan
Reuben Clark
Mexico
Ortiz Rubio
Clark
Dwight Morrow
London
Five New York Girls Fired For Smoking on Train
NEW YORK January 10 Five Northampton School for Girls students were dismissed for smoking cigarettes on a train between Northampton and Springfield Mass A conference of parents was held at the Hotel Belmont to discuss the incident with Miss Sarah Whitaker co principal who called it an unpardonable sin The meeting lasted from 230 to 5 am and left attending fathers and mothers dissatisfied with the school’s handling of the affair
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York World News Service
New York
Northampton
Springfield
Mass
Northampton School For
Sarah B. Whitaker
Hotel Belmont
Miss Whitaker
Victor Roe
Asbury Park
Prohibition Status Under Seal Amid White House Talks
A two paragraph report outlines ongoing secrecy around presidential recommendations on prohibition. The White House, Longworth, and Tilson deny any breach or break in policy as discussions proceed.
Robsion’s Senate oath delayed over credentials
Representative Robsion of Kentucky presented himself to the Senate to take the oath as Senator to succeed Sackett but the ceremony was postponed as Borah refused to accept credentials sent by wire. Watson implied Robsion would not be sworn until credentials arrive from Frankfort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Robsion
Kentucky
Senate
Frederick M. Sackett
Germany
Borah
Rep
Idaho
Curtis
Sampson
Watson
Indiana
Frankfort
Also Mentioned on This Page
Financial Institution
General Sugars, Inc
Bank
Frank R.adarms
Jimmy Valentine
Cleveland
Cleveland Grain Company
Cuyahoga River Flats
G.orges Mellon
Reserve Post
Federal Reserve System
Bride
Queen City
John L. Balderston
Associated Press
Weather Bureau
Crime Board
Oleuth
Black Hand
Elliott Thurston
House
House Committee
White House
Crime Commission
George W. Wickersham
Longworth
Representative Tilson
Schafer
Joint Committee
Wickersham
Committee On Prohibition
Dad
Longworth and Tilson
Docass
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!