American Delegation Drives Naval Pact Push at London
The American team at the London naval conference proposes two new moves to break deadlock. They seek a general declaration allowing any nation to build its navy and a Mediterranean consultative pact without US commitment. France seeks stronger teeth, while Japan pressed for stricter cruiser ratios.
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Johnl. Balderston
New York World News Service
London
United States
America
Great Britain
France
Italy
Spain
Turkey
Greece
Senate
Tragic accidental shooting during Miami River outing
Russell Wolf a 25 year old Post Office clerk was shot and killed by his bride Olga W his wife Edith Fath and Lester Int on a Sunday target practice hike along the Miami River in Hamilton Ohio Miss Fath was exonerated by Coroner Edward Cook with gloves on and the weapon fired accidentally Wolf a Hamilton High School graduate had taught his wife to shoot and was a keen marksman The weapon discharged when Wolf showed his German made automatic revolver in their field near Chase avenue Mercy Hospital rushed Wolf but he died Police noted Wolf had stated it was an accident and he was done for
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The
Commercial Tribune
Hamilton, O
Miami River
Russell Wolf
Dixie Highway
Edith Fath
James Fath
Brough Avenue
Wolf
Olga
Miss Fath
Lester Int
Clinton Avenue
Iint
Chase Avenue
Mercy Hospital
Edward Cook
Ent
Ernest Wolf
Byrd says Antarctic expedition ready to leave pole
Don Wallace of radio station WeAM in Long Beach reports contact with Rear Admiral Richard Byrd near the South Pole between 11 and 2 am. Byrd says the expedition is not icebound and not alarmed, despite rumors of food shortages and a possible winter in cold storage.
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Long Beach
Cal
Don Wallace
Weam
South Pole
Wallace
United States
Pole
Richard Byrd
Air Crash Near Siberian Coast Leaves Two Missing
Carl Bielson and mechanic Earl Borland disappear after a plane wreck 90 miles south of North Cape on an ice island in a Siberian lagoon. Joe Crosson Harold Gillam and a Gostorg representative search wreckage and snowdrifts. possibility of survival or parachute escape explored.
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Seattle
Wash
Siberia
North Cape
Carl Bielson
Earl Borland
Anguiema River
Russia
Joe Crosson
Harold Gillam
Gostorg
Nanuk
Seattle Times
Crosson
Gilman
Wielson
Borland
Gillam
Hielson
Eielson
Hamilton Man and Bride Detained Over Bad Checks
Russell T. Sellers of Hamilton Ohio and his bride Alice C. Sterling detained in Bangor Maine after complaints from several towns in Aroostook County about worthless checks. Merchants in Houston Ashland Presque Isle and Fort Kent reported counterfeit payments. A check book found on Sellers claimed to cover a legitimate account as the couple deny any wrongdoing.
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The
Commercial Tribune
Bangor
Russell T. Sellers
Hamilton
Dayton (Co
Aroostook County
Houston
Ashland
Presque Isle
Fort Kent
Sellers
Alice C. Sterling
Miss Sterling
Dayton
Canada
Toronto
London
Ottawa
Ontario
Montreal
Maine
Hir
Glider Pilot Dies After Attempting Loop Record
Norman A. Goddard head of the Palo Alto School of Aviation was killed in Alameda while attempting to set a looping record with a glider. His craft collapsed at about 3 000 feet and he drowned after falling into the Oakland harbor. He wore a parachute but could not free himself in time. his neck was broken. He held a reserve naval commission.
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Alameda
Cal
Norman A. Goddard
Palo Alto
Mussolini Hosts Befana Gifts for 43000 Children
Premier Mussolini presided over the distribution of gifts to 43,000 children visiting the circus, moving picture theaters, and Fascist centers in Rome for the Befana holiday celebration. The event highlighted Fascist social activities and youth outreach with state involvement across venues.
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Duce
Rome
Mussolini
Rivera Puts It Up to Army and Navy on Quit Stand
Premier and dictator Primo de Rivera asks the heads of the army navy and civil guards to declare whether he should continue governing Spain. He says he will resign within five minutes if they say he is no longer wanted and adds he seeks a propitious time and a suitable successor.
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Rivera
Madrir
Primo de Rivera
Spain
Riots as Communists Attack Independence Day Meeting in Bombay
On Independence Day in Bombay a crowd clashed when 300 Communist mill workers rushed the Chowpatty Sea Face platform pulling down flags and attempting to hoist a red banner. Police reinforced security as leaders urged nonviolent action for freedom from foreign rule.
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India
Chowpathy Sea Face
Mahatma Ghandi
Jawaharlal Nehru
Congress
New Delhi
Calcutta
Lahore
Ahmadabad
All-India Congress
Congressional Committee
Quake Strikes Psara and Anti Psara in Aegean Islands
Reports say houses collapsed and big cracks opened in Psara and Anti Psara as a violent earthquake struck the Aegean. Residents panicked and fled to open areas though no deaths were reported. shocks continued as dispatches came in.
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Athens
Psara
Anti- Psara
Aegean Sea
Letter denies existence of Cincinnati Watch and Ward type group
Professor B A G Fuller of the University of Cincinnati sends a letter to a Massachusetts committee denying any Cincinnati organization like Boston’s Watch and Ward Society. He clarifies that local efforts target stage censorship only, mainly musical comedy and vaudeville, and that no equal intrusion into current literature has occurred here.
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Fuller
Watch and Ward Society of
Boston
Cincinnati
Massachusetts
B. A. G. Fuller
Graduate School
University of Cincinnati
New York
Watch and Ward Society
United States
Hete
Dunster
Lady Chatterly
Mackay Aeronautical Trophy Awarded to Army Photographer Stevens
Army Air Corps Captain Albert W. Stevens won the Mackay Trophy for aerial photography and high altitude flight. He photographed Rainier from 227 miles and, with Lt. Harry Johnson piloting, ascended to 35,611 feet setting a two‑place plane record and recording altitude effects.
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MacKay Aeronautical
ARMY
Washington
Albert W. Stevens
Army Air Corps
Stevens
Rainier
Harry Johnson
Sevens
Beers, Aliens, and a Washington Blot on Prohibition
A Methodist Church board report accuses the beer bloc in the House of representing alien sentiment seeking repeal of dry laws. It notes 61 of 114 members oppose publicly, with 38 from major cities, and claims alien groups drive organized anti prohibition efforts while states like New York show limited representation. It calls the movement a small group leveraging foreign born support to block enforcement.
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Washington
Board of Temperance, Prohibition and Public Morals
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Clarence True Wilson
Pickett
Chicago
Philadelphia
Milwaukee
St. Louis
Cleveland
House of Representatives
New York State
Beer Bloc
Congress
Senate prepares final tariff bill amid House stalemate
Senate leaders near completion of the 1930 tariff revision after four and a half months of work with about a half dozen committees remaining. House and Senate differences linger over rates on autos steel sugar hides and shoes as Republicans warn of deadlock, while most leaders expect a tariff bill to pass with a conference to reconcile differences.
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Washington
Senate
White House
Headache Relief Ends Near Tragic Attempt
Cora White, 30, a housekeeper from 1114 Broadway, tried to take her life by swallowing 250 grains of aspirin. Police removed the pills and she received hospital care before being discharged after treatment.
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Cora White
Broadway
General Hospital
Snowy crash injures Cincinnati covington youths
Three boys were hurt while coasting in Cincinnati and Covington. Lilly Goetz, nine, is in serious condition with a fractured skull after his sled hit a car driven by Orville Stecht at Hawthorne and Euclid. Stecht rushed the boy to St Elizabeth's hospital. Another boy suffers a broken arm and a third a broken leg. Avery Bowen, five, of Park Hills, broke his left arm when his sled overturned and pinned his arm.
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Cincinnati
Covington
Lilly Goetz
Hawthorne Street
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Orville Stecht
Madison Avenue
Euclid Avenue
Stech
Stecht
Billy
William Goetz
Park Hills
Avery Bowen
Kenneth B. Bowen
Audubon Road
Morgan Lead Managar Race Bender Next
Cleveland political maneuvering surrounds City Manager selection as William Hopkins departs. Rumors of George Bender nomination clash with Morgan support amid Republican caucus divisions. Two top appointive posts will be vacated when Morgan takes office. Continued on second page.
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Morgan
Bender
Hopkins
Associated Press
Cleveland
William RR
W Hopkins
City Council
Daniel E. Morgan
George H. Bender
Leroy Bundy
Landlord Kills Girl in Blackmail Plot Gone Wrong
Atlanta police investigated a fatal shooting after Otis C. Waller fired at two intruders who demanded money, killing Dora Belle Brown, 18, and wounding T. A. Watts, 35. Waller, 39, is jailed pending an inquest into Watts’s critical condition.
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Atlanta
Otis C. Waller
Waller
William Warren
Cora Belle
T. A. Watts
Fatiss Dora Belle Brown
Watts
Skidding Vehicle at Wilmington Injures Three Youths
A skidding car in Wilmington sent three Springfield youths into the path of a fast Baltimore and Ohio train. Rescue crews reported the youths suffered injuries but were kept from further harm by timely intervention. Police and railway officials opened an investigation into the incident.
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Springfield
Three Springfield Men Die as Train Hits Auto near Wilmington
Three men identified by papers in their pockets as residents of Springfield Ohio were killed when their car skidded on ice and was struck by a Baltimore & Ohio train near Reesville ten miles from Wilmington at 3 30 p m The victims were James Gossett Earl Gossett and C J Smithson all about mid twenties Their car was pushed miles down the tracks and mangled beyond recognition They were taken to an undertaking establishment at Sabina with no clear destination information.
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Wilmington
Springfield
Baltimore & Ohio
Reesville
James Gossett
Earl Gossett
C. J. Smithson
Baltimore & Ohio Crossing
Sabina
Indiana
Muncie
Ind
Phillip Evans
Cincinnati
Leo Keifer
Here
W. L. Ford
Dunkirk
Ball Memorial Hospital
Lore
Evans
Munde Glass
Two Ohioans Die In Washington County Auto Crash
Two Wilmington men, Robert Hornell 23 and Fred Bauman 25, died when their coupe skidded off the Thres C Highway four miles east of Washington C H Ohio. The car overturned and burned with both victims pinned beneath. One skull was crushed and both legs burned. The bodies were identified in Washington C H and sent to Wilmington.
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Washington C. Hf
Washington CU. H
Robert Hornell
Fred Bauman
Wilmington
Here
Washington D. H
Raymond Robbe
Ent Avenue
Polle
Quebec Road
Temperature summary from January 26 1930 weather page
Continental report shows Ohivo snow in north and south rain Monday with rising temps. Kentucky and Tennessee expect rain Monday, West Virginia rain in south and rain or snow in north, Indiana snow Monday with fair Tuesday. City readings list highs from 2 to 38 and precipitation figures across Eastport Louisville Boston Albany Cleveland Detroit New York.
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York
Detroit
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Anti-Psara
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Ima
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Middle Atlantic
A. W. Stevens
Footer
Methodist Board of Public Morals
T. A. Waters
Ohio
Edwin D. Barry
Chira
Baltimore & Ohio Train
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Queen City
Edward Poppinghaus
Calhoun Street
Barbara Poppinghaus
Corry
Jefferson Avenues
William Goebel
Cornell Street
Charles Hurst
Jamestown Avenue
Marie Maley
Latonia Avenue
Albert Maley
John Nolan
Laredo Avenue
Sust
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Ralph August
Guerry Road
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William Gillen
West Fifteenth Street
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