Bandit Escapes After Hospital Window Leap During Robbery
A bandit who snatched 146.60 from Rothenberg School student Arthur Riley was beaten by bystanders after grabbing a bag on McMicken Avenue. He fled from the General Hospital window where nurse Oma Redwine treated him, with clerk Albert Webb pursuing.
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Saich
Twelfth
Main Streets
General Hospital
Robert Lischer
Joseph Duffy
Oma Redwine
Miss Redwine
Albert Webb
Webb
Col. Sherrill
William Ritchey
Vine Street
Arthur R. Riley
Rothenberg School
McMicken Avenue
Main Street
Flood waters ease on Ohio as rains stop
The Ohio River at Cincinnati stood at 40.5 feet at 6 PM and rising slowly. With clear weather expected, observers forecast an early recession of the river, after light rains pushed levels past forty feet and creeks around Cincinnati showed slight declines.
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Ohio
Cincinnati
Ohio Valley
Miami
Ohio River
Thirty Roads in Ohio Flooded by Recurring Waters
Rain ended in central Ohio raising hopes of averting a major flood that had threatened to last 36 hours. Precipitation over the prior three days pushed many streams to flood stages and submerged sections of thirty roads across the state, with detours set as waters recede. Prospect residents reported flooding problems as waters rose.
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Ohio
Associated Press
State Highway Department
Columbus
Prospect
Coroner rules death of Florence Geilfus self inflicted
Coroner F C Swing reverses earlier accidental death ruling in the 32 year old Florence Geilfus case. He notes new evidence after interviewing husband Gordon Geilfus. Geilfus’s body was found December 25 in the family home basement garage from exhaust fumes.
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Florence Evelyn Geilfus
Avon Fields Lane
F. C. Swing
Gordon L. Geilfus
Ella Geilfus
Bruce and
Hamilton Avenues
Northside
Geilius
Norwood
Smuts Visits Hoover In Warm White House Greeting
Gen. Jan Smuts, famed peace advocate from South Africa, met with President Herbert Hoover for over 30 minutes at the White House. The two old allies, once together in Paris on treaty work, recalled past ties as Smuts laid a wreath at Wilson's tomb in the National Cathedral.
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Washington
Jan Christian Smuts
Hoover
White House
Eric Hendrik Luow
Smuts
Gen. Smuts
Paris
Supreme Economic Council
Woodrow Wilson
Wilson
National Cathedral
Firemen Overcome in Detroit Basement Blaze
Clouds of smoke from a small fire in the Commerce Building basement at Lafayette boulevard and Wayne street trapped twenty firefighters. Sixteen were hospitalized with full recovery predicted. The blaze started in a tenant basement storeroom and filled the building housing the Cass Theater, Gov. Green's Detroit office, and the Board of Commerce.
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Detroit
Commerce
Lafayette Boulevard
Wayne Street
Cass Theater
Fred W. Green
Detroit Board of Commerce
Britain urged to abolish battleships by Commons members
Seventy seven MPs call for total abolition of battleships and ships over 10 000 tons at the five power naval conference in London urging British delegates to push abolition as a principal aim. If major powers reject the move they urge consideration of unilateral action by Britain amid advances in naval science and potential danger.
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New York World News Service
London
House of Commons
Great Britain
Charred bodies identified as two missing pilots
In Amston Connecticut a Fairchild cabin monoplane missing from Farmingdale Long Island was found burned in woods near Lake Amston. Watches reading W K and D M identified the pilots as William Kirkpatrick and Daniel Marra. Medical Examiner Pendleton will confirm once a claimant appears. The crash occurred after a collision with an oak tree near the lake shore. In Utah another snowstorm halted an aerial search for Maurice Graham of Western Air Express missing since Friday night.
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Amston
Conn
W. K
D. M
Lake Amston
Farmingdale
Long Island
William Kirk‘patrick
Daniel Marra
Cyrus Pendleton
Hebron
Willimantic
Salt Lake City
Utah
St. George
Maurice Graham
Western Air Express Air Mail
Las Vegas
Nev
Whisky Transfer Halted At Eden Park Entrance
Federal prohibition agents stopped a whisky transfer at Eden Park when two men moved twelve cases of Canadian whisky from a truck to an automobile in view of workers. John Lacey and Pasquale Rowe, both held on charges of transporting and possessing liquor, faced bond set at 2500 dollars each and an arraignment before U S Commissioner August Slemon with a January 28 hearing date.
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Walnut Hills
Prohibition
Gilbert Avenue
Eden Park
John Lacey
Race Street
Pasquale Rowe
Wheeler Street
United States
August Slemon
Senators in Sugar Policy Clash Over Levy and Bounty
In Washington on January 14, Senate leaders planned a Thursday vote on sugar policy. Senator Borah of Idaho challenged the idea that higher duties aid U S growers, arguing Cuban and Philippine trade conditions negate relief. He urged protection for domestic sugar producers while criticizing existing Cuba and Philippines preferential treatment.
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Washington
Senate
Borah
Idaho
Philippines
Idahoan
Philippine
War Department supply bill passes House with large increases
The War Department supply bill for fiscal year 1931, raised to 457 043 386 dollars by amendments, was approved by the House today and sent to the Senate. The action moves the measure forward in the fiscal year funding process.
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War Department
House
Senate
Legislators Eek to Abolish Appointments in Kentucky
Frankfort Kentucky January 14 lawmakers in the 1930 General Assembly opened with a flood of bills. Gov Sampson delivered a joint message that shortened sessions yet did not stop major proposals. Measures aim to adopt city manager forms in second class cities and local boards adopting textbooks. Other bills seek to halve auto license tag costs and restrict tags to Kentucky. A gas tax allocation of one fifth of the 6 cent levy was also proposed.
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Frankfort
Legislative Hoppers
General Assembly
Sampson
Assembly
Senate
House
Court of Appeal
Boards of Education
Kentucky
Underground Fire Damages State Road North Of New Straitsville
The long burning coal mine fire near New Straitsville Perry County Ohio broke through State Route No. 75. State Highway Department crews used dynamite to blast open the roadbed and fill the cavity with stone and gravel, easing a traffic hazard after a two foot high break.
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Columbus
New Straitsville
Perry County
State Highway Department
German Reichsbank to join International Bank under Young plan
After a brief Berlin origin squall at The Hague conference the Reichsbank agreed to participate in the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development by German law changes forcing Reichsbank capital subscription. Dr Hjalmar Schacht and German delegates issued a communique and Moldenhauer pledged government action to ensure compliance.
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Tof
Hague
Netherlands
Berlin
Hjalmar Schacht
Aotehatene
Reichsbank
Pate
International Bank For Cpunrationg
Bank
Umembers
Pasanesmet
Dr. Schacht
Moldenhauer
Schacht Signals Cooperation With Ierichsbank for World Settlement
News from The Hague says Dr. Hjalmar Schacht expressed willingness for the Iérichsbank to cooperate with the bank for international settlement. He told an interviewer his earlier letter balking at participation reflected personal views and has no bearing on his official role as financial expert.
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Berlin
Hague
Hjalmarschacht
Iérichsbank
Bank For International Settlement
Judge orders Mrs Reiner to testify in divorce case
In Cincinnati Domestic Relations Court Judge Charles W. Hoffman ruled that Mrs Berta Reiner must appear personally for testimony next Monday in the divorce suit against Fritz Reiner director of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. The attorney had sought deposition due to Mrs Reiner under physician care but the judge said personal appearance is required to let the judge see and hear the parties.
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Berta Reiner
Fritz Reiner
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Charles W. Hoffman
Reiner
Hoffman
Cannibalism Marks China Famine Area Amid Massacres
Shanghai dispatch reports cannibalism amid famine and cold in China. Typhus and starvation threaten millions in Kansu Shansi and neighboring provinces. Missionary George Andrews describes bodies eaten in the streets as authorities struggle to halt the horrors and predict a grim year ahead.
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China
Shanghai
Kansu
George Andrews
Kansu Province
Shansi
Andrews
Right of Trial by Jury Looms in Hoover Crime Board Protest
Honorary Community Chest member John Omwake received praise at the midyear dinner as Roger K. Rogan was named 1930 Chest Chairman. James A. Wilson will head industrial solicitation as Ralph R. Caldwell and Louis B. Skinner led divisions. Omwake, a longtime activist, vowed continued philanthropy amid a reorganization that renamed the group.
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Hoover’s Crime Board
John Omwake
Community Chest
Music Hall
Roger K. Rogan
C. M. Bookman
James A. Wilson
American Federation of Labor
Ralph R. Caldwell
Co. V. Link
Louis BE. Skinner
Tommy Thompson
Community Chest and Friends of the Movement
Omwake
William H. Albers
Community Council
United States Playing Card Company
Card Company
Rogan
Albers
la Boiteaux’ Company
Frank H. Nelson
Community Chest and Council of Social Agencies of
Cincinnati
Hamil
Mexico Reopens Laredo Consulate After Settlement
Mexico and the United States announced the Laredo Texas consulate would reopen effective today after exchange of notes. Undersecretary Cotton and Acting Foreign Secretary Estrada formalized the settlement with U S officials expressing unreserved disapproval of the prior closure. Mexican citizens visiting the U S near Laredo will face no molestation under immigration and related laws.
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Mexico City
Laredo
Tex
Joseph P. Cotton
Estrada
United States
Rubio to Be Home in Week in Mexico Return
Mexico's President elect Pascual Ortiz Rubio announces plans to return home from Grand Canyon Arizona. He expects to arrive in Mexico City on January 20 or 21 as his secretary confirms the schedule.
Slayers of Cop Taken In Fight Near Laveen
Sheriff Wright says a woman identified as Mrs Irene Schroeder of Benwood West Virginia and two men were captured after a firefight atop a peak in the South Range Mountains near Laveen Arizona The fleeing gang surrounded by possemen surrendered after the main body approached The incident occurred amid a nationwide search following a highway patrol shooting near New Castle Pennsylvania last December 27 Joe Chapman and Deputy Lee Wright were wounded in the ensuing pursuit and arrest attempts involved a car with a 1930 Kentucky license
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Phoenix
Ariz
Charles W. Wright
Maricopa County
Laveen
Irene Schroeder
Benwood
W. Va
Pennsylvania
New Castle Pa
South Range
Goyer
Joe Chapman
Kentucky
Lee Wright
Chapman
Arizona Hills
Hoover Cleared by Senate Lobby Probing Committee
The Senate Lobby Investigating Committee described Washington lobbying as graft and reported more than 400000 dollars spent by sugar tariff interests while absolving President Hoover of impropriety. Chairman Caraway suggested up to a million dollars was spent to sway opinion on sugar duties. The panel also opened a probe into New York importers and heard E R Pickrell deny using Senator King's office as a tariff bill HQ.
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Elliott Thurston
New York World News Service
Washington
Congress
Hoover
Senate
House
United States
Jones
Caraway
Senate Caraway
New York
E. R. Pickrell
General Dye Staff, Corporation of
Senator King
Dem
Utah
Commissioners Try Petty Cases Slated for Vigorous Objection
A historic debate unfolds as lawmakers prepare to challenge minor judicial matters. In both chambers, opposition mounts to the commissions handling small cases, signaling potential clashes over procedure and authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Transfer of Rum Chasing Hits Snag in Senate
Providence Jan 14 The state grand jury investigating eight Coast Guard Patrol Boat 290 members over the December 29 Newport fatal firing on rum runners Black Duck reported no indictment. Druggists and chemists opposed the proposal while anti Hoover forces in the Senate kept silent.
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Providence
R. I
Coast Guard
Newport
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Indiana
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Emmett Dalton
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Young Plan
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Bookman
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Mexico
Arizonians
Posse
Death
Prohibition Bureau
Treasury
Department of Justice
Anti-Saloon League
Semeelenh Chem Society
Hoover Commission
Hanover
Law Enforcement Commission
Law Enforcement
Prohibition Enforcement Agency
Justice Department
Sabath
Illinois
Norris
Senate Judiciary Committee
Harris
U. S. Commis
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