Eastern Republicans Block Senate Sugar Tariff Increase
The Senate rejected higher sugar tariffs 48 to 38 and backed a Democratic plan to keep current rates. Senator Harrison's amendment would maintain 1.76 cents per lb for Cuban raw sugar and 2.20 cents for other origins. House rates diverge at 2.40 and 3 cents, requiring conference.
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Washington
Senate
Finance Committee
Harrison
Miss
House
Shipstead
Minnesota
Harrison Oocrats
Sugar
Broussard
Ransdell
Louisiana
Kendrick
Wyoming
King
Utah
Japan halts preconference technical talks between delegates
The Japanese government forbids naval experts from continuing pre conference discussions between Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald and former Premier Reijiro Wakatsuki. Tokyo seeks a different ratio in eight inch gun cruisers, favoring Britain in small cruisers. The move signals Japan's displeasure and prompts surprise in London as delegations prepare to arrive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Balderston
New York World News Service
Tloun
Ramsay MacDonald
Reijiro Wakatsuki
Tokyo
Japan
London
Daily Telegraph
MacDonald
Wakatsuki
United States
Great Britain
House of Lords
Times
Morning Post
the Telegraph
Soviet Arctic Commission Reports Landing Near Anguemy River
The Soviet Arctic Commission received a report that Carl Ben Eielson and Earl Borland may have landed near the Anguemy River in Siberia. A dog-sled expedition will search the area, with air support from Cape Providence and Cape Wellen. aboard the icebound Nanuk is 17 year old Seattle girl Marion Swensen and her father Olaf Swensen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Soviet Arctic Commission
Carl Ben Ejielson
Earl Borland
Anguemy
Siberia
Anadyr
Anguemy River
Milovsorov
Stavropol
North Cape
Kyrilenko
Pinkigaly
Cape Wellén
Eielson
Borland
Cape Providence
Gladyshev
Stepnev
Cape Wellen
Anguy River
Wrangel Island
New Siberian Islands
Marion Swensen
Seattle
Olaf Swensen
Woman shoots youth at door in Kentucky killing him
In Jackson Kentucky January 16 17 year old George W Thompson Jr was killed when he demanded entry to a home where a girl named Evalee Geasy was believed to stay Mrs Kash Tharp fired through the door striking him in the back of the head She and a teenage girl living with her were jailed and a coroner's hearing was planned as Tharp who is expectant and whose husband works for the railroad faced possible release after the hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
George W Thompson, Jr
Kash Tharp
Cold Friday Predicted As Snow Flakes Drift Over City
Meteorologist W C Devereaux notes a cold day with temperatures near 65 to 10 degrees above zero. Cincinnati and Cleveland report similar swings, with Cincinnati recording 0.01 inch of rain while Cleveland shows a blank. Snowy flurries and frigid air marked the day as observers marked the tenth anniversary of Prohibition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Devereaux
United States Weather Bureau
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Ice Coats Floods In Central States Relief Breathing In
Ice and melted snows leave Central states rivers easing back to channels while Arkansas and Mississippi lower reaches still rise. Flooded Quitman County Mississippi and Greene County Arkansas suffer thousands of acres of farmland loss as winter freezes lakes into mirrors and drives Frigid Havre Montana to 30 below zero.
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Chicago
Arkansas
Mississippi
Wabash
Quitman County
Miss
Greene County
Ohio
Missouri
Havre
Mont
Four youths held after string of recent robberies
Four youths aged 19 to 29 were arrested by police after suspected involvement in at least three hold ups. They allegedly robbed George W. Zimmerman for 22 dollars and a Kroger grocery for 145 dollars, and two are suspected in a home robbery yielding 5126 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer DeLaney
Main Street
Allen Thompson
Cleveland
Charles Fields
Augusta
Frank Poindexter
East Thirteenth Street
DeLaney
Sergt
John Cameron
John Tebbe
Robert Gernhardt
Thirteenth
Sycamore Streets
Thompson
Fields
Sixth
Walnut Streets
Poindexter
Twelfth
Main Streets
George W. Zimmerman
Oregon Street
China’s exiled emperor calls for change and peace
Henry Pu Yi, the dethroned emperor Hsuan Tung, told the Associated Press in Tientsin that China must reform as the world changes. He blamed selfish leaders for civil war and banditry and said the people crave peace and relief from taxes and upheaval, noting the situation is worsening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Tientsin
Hsuan Tung
Associated Press
Henry Pu Yi
Four bandits rob Silver Grove Kentucky restaurant
Detective squads narrowed suspects after a Silver Grove robbery at W. W. White’s River Road restaurant. One possible robber named Bob Zwick was ruled out by Detective Joseph Schaefer after interviewing a man held by Ft Thomas police. The other suspect, E. L. Doxey of Chicago, 26, allegedly drove a car used by the bandits who claimed to be federal agents before fleeing in a dark green sedan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silver Grove
Bob Zwick
Joseph Schaefer
Cincinnati Police Department
Ft. Thomas
E. L. Doxey
Drexel Boulevard
Chicago
W. W. White
River Road
C. & O. Railroad
Federal
Prohibition
White
Louis Cook
Cook
Clark
Hopkins Learns Why Cleveland Ousted City Manager
W R Hopkins, Cleveland city manager ousted last Friday, learned today the council's charges. A public hearing is set for Tuesday as Hopkins plans to contest the accusations and seeks reinstatement. The council approved a long written statement accusing negligence in preventing a 33.2 million dollar city swindle and other misconduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
R. Hopkins
Hopkins
Maurice Maschke
Republican National
East Ohio Gas Company
Maschke
Daniel E. Morgan
Purse Snatcher Ritchey Fled Hospital After Captured
Police report William Ritchey a 38 year old tinsmith of 1213 Vine Street escaped from General Hospital Tuesday night after being stopped by civilians during a purse snatching attempt. He allegedly tried stealing $146.60 from Arthur Riley a Rothenberg School student on Thirteenth street. A second wallet snatch was reported by Loraine Hicks on Linn Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Ritchey
Vinestreet
General Hospital
Loraine Hicks
Linnstreet
Thirteenth Street
Yukon Alley
Ritchey
Arthur Riley
1815
Elm Street
Rothenberg School
Main Street
Clifton Avenue
Riley
Kitchey
Mrs Winter confronts lobby panel demanding war conference probe
Mrs. Charles Fuller Winter president of the American Federation of Industrial Women interrupted a Senate Lobby Investigating Committee hearing to demand an inquiry into the National Conference on the Causes and Cure of War. She denounced the protesters as silly women and peace groups marching through the Capitol corridors seeking Senators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York World News Service
Washington
Senate Lobby
Charles Fuller Winter
American Federation of Industrial Women
Robinson
Rep
Ind
National Conference On the Causes and Cure of
Capitol
Winter
Senate
Shearer
United States
Caraway
Dem
Ark
Mrs. Winter
Resolutions Seek To Void Dry Law After First Decade
Boston observes ten years of Prohibition as Dr. James M. Doran and Maj. Gen. Clarence R. Edwards lead opposing sides in a Faneuil Hall rally. The event, sponsored by wets, drew a wildly cheering crowd and highlighted calls to repeal the Dry Law.
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Boston
James M. Doran
Prohibition
Clarence R. Edwards
New England
Faneuil Hall
Liberal Civic League
Dr. Doran
Massachusetts Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Gen. Edwards
Conrad W. Crocker
League
John C. Shafer
Wisconsin
E. Fitzroy Anderson
Organized Associations, Inc
New York
Ella A. Gleason
Alice G. Ropes
Esther Andrews
A. Z.conrad
Park Street
Joseph Egan
Charlestown
Doran
Schafer
Jury Fixing Rumor Halts Dorr Murder Trial In Chicago
A woman report of jury tampering halted the Samuel Dorr murder trial in Chicago as prosecutors investigated. Mrs Peggy Edman claimed three jurors were seen in a speakeasy. officials questioned patrons and even raided the venue. Dorr defends the slaying of William O’Brien, while O’Brien’s wife faces later trial. The case includes witness Henry Dorr and defense claims of an accidental shooting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Samuel Howard Dorr
Peggy Edman
Joseph Blaha
O’brien
Representative Cooper of Ohio Defends Statute
Washington date January 16 Prohibition history dominates Congress with a Senate measure to repeal the Eighteenth Amendment while the House applauds Longworth's veto of Hoover requested joint committees on enforcement. Senator Sheppard praises ten years of prohibition and calls for punishment of liquor buyers as Prohibition Commissioner Doran notes progress in enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Prohibition
Congress
Senate
House
Nicholas Longworth
Hoover
Sheppard
Dem
Texas
James M. Doran
Blease
S. C
United States
Oliver
N. A
Anti-Saloon League
Clancy
Mich
Britten
Blaine
Finland
Prince Edward Island
Gas stove fumes kill four in room in San Francisco
Four persons died and two were critically ill after a gas heater deprived a room of oxygen in San Francisco. Victims include Mildred Lund 35 Dorothy Sorro 4 Salvador Sorro Jr. 18 months and John Aguirre 22. Andrew Gapasin 80 and Mary Sorro 27 survived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Lund
Mildred
Sorro
Dorothy
Salvadore, JR
Aguirre
John
Central Emergency Hospital
Andrew G. Gapasin
Mary Sorro
Prohibition Day Echoes in City Debates Across U.S.
On the tenth anniversary of the Eighteenth Amendment, leaders and clergy voice split views as celebrations and condemnations unfold. Rabbinic critics denounce morality legislation while supporters claim economic gains and social stability amid a crowded Senate debate backdrop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
F. Scott McBride
Anti-Saloon League
Victor Reichert
Rockdale Avenue Temple
Brands
Quebec
New York
Sherrill
Merger urged to unite U S veterans agencies under Cabinet
Secretary Wilbur urged legislation to create an Assistant Secretary for veterans affairs within an executive department to oversee all government agencies serving veterans. The plan follows a Williamson bill and is backed by the American Legion and other veteran groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilbur
Veterans’s Affairs
House Expenditures Committee
Veterans’ Bureau
Hoover
Congress
Expenditures Committee
Frank T. Hines
The
Veterans
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Disabled American Veterans
Truck Load of Liquor Seized Then Stolen in White Plains
In White Plains New York on January 16 a truck with fifty ten gallon barrels of alcohol was seized by prohibition agents A W Stoddard and William Tausty. After bringing three men from the truck inside a city office building to report the seizure the truck was found missing on return.
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White Plains
N. Y
A. W. Stoddard
William Tausty
Ciry
New York
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New England Senators
Nance Committee
Continental
D. Harold Oliver
France
America
Ben Eielson
Earl Boland
Spe
Southeastern Mail I Pybery
BREA
Joseph Gollomh
Madame Alda
Commercial Tribune
Central States
W. W. Pennell
Harry A. Husted
James Coles
West Coast
Zwice
Kentucky
Covington
Stubbs
Astagirl
Women’s Federation
Tale
Representative Cooper
Clares
Rabbi Reichert
Dr. McMillin
Wickersham Commission
Cabinet Office
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