Judge Clark Rules Prohibition Amendment Invalid Without Conventions
Federal Judge William Clark of New Jersey holds that amendments transferring powers from the people must be ratified by constitutional conventions not state legislatures. The ruling quashes the indictment of William Sprague, a New Jersey township clerk, and prompts an immediate appeal by Atty. Gen. William D. Mitchell.
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William Clark
New Jersey
United States
Clark
New York County Lawyers Association
William Sprague
William D. Mitchell
Philip Forman
United States Supreme Court
Mr. Mitchell
Prohibition
Amos W. Woodcock
Supreme Court
Congress
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Sutherland, Butler, Stone
Roberts
Hoover pick for Fed board attacked by McSadden and critics
Representative Louis T. McSadden urged the Senate to reject President Hoover's nomination of Eugene Meyer as governor of the Federal Reserve Board, accusing him of links with international banking and J. P. Morgan & Co. The month’s business survey report cites improving U S conditions and hopeful signs from several foreign markets, with Julius H. Barnes noting resilient industries and balanced production.
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Federal Reserve Board
Louis T. McSadden
Pennsylvania
House Committee On Banking and Currency
Senate
Meyer
Federal Reserve System
Mr. McFadden
J. P. Morgan & Co
War Finance Corporation
Wall Street
United States
Julius H. Barnes
Barnes
Speaker Longworth and wife Alice Roose in a momentous OT
Notable national moment centers on Speaker Nicholas Longworth and his wife Alice Roose. The fleeting OT framing underscores the enduring political prominence of the Longworths amid a broader national context.
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Nicholas Longworth
Alice Roose
Social precedence shift elevates Speaker Longworth
Longworth gains social parity with the vice president and cabinet as President Hoover and Mrs. Hoover accepted a dinner invitation at the Longworth home. The speaker’s dinner moved ahead of cabinet hosts, second only to the vice president in the season’s sequence. Elizabeth Evans noted as the social figure. Hughes daughter Miss Evans Hughes wed William Thomas Gossett Friday at the Hughes home in Washington with Dr Fosdick officiating.
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Hoover
Longworth
White House
Elizabeth
Evans
Hughes
William Thomas Gossett
Washington
Harry’ Emerson Fosdick
New York
William S. Abernathy
Admiral Bristol Opposes Six Inch Gun Cruisers
Admiral Mark L. Bristol testifies before the House Naval Affairs Committee on the 83 million dollar cruiser submarine and aircraft authorization bill. He says the navy will not favor six inch gun cruisers now and notes the department has not finalized six inch cruiser specs and is weighing small versus maximum treaty size.
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Navy General Board
House Naval Affairs Committee
Navy Department
France’s new ministry faces swift downfall rumors
Theodore Steeg forms a leftist cabinet in Paris with a goodwill program. Right and center parties are believed to be prepared to topple the government. In Spain, King Alfonso resumes activity after a failed republican revolt and ongoing strikes fuel unrest.
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France
Paris
Pain
Alfonso
Jaca
Ramon Franco
Air Force
Portugal
Inter
Berenguer
Madrid
Einstein Sails to California After New York Visit
Albert Einstein sails via the Panama Canal to southern California to meet scientists and engage with educational institutions. In New York he voiced pacifist ideas urging military aged men to refuse fighting to prevent war, prompting A D Houghton to call for barring him from landing in California as a pacifist traveler.
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New York City
Panama Canal
California
Metropolis
Einstein
A. D. Houghton
Los Angeles
American Legion
Guatemala Faces Coup and Military Revolt After Chacon Fall
President Chacon was ill when Baudillo Palma seized power in a coup. A brief revolt with street fighting in Guatemala City followed. Palit and followers hid in the German legation. Gen Manuel Orellana led a military junta that promised to restore Chacon if he recovered.
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Chacon
Baudillo Palma
Guatemala City
Palit
Legation
Manuel Orellana
Italy to Rio flight plan sails with Balbo led air armada
In a daring 1930 transatlantic voyage, twelve Italian planes under Gen Italo Balbo depart Orbetello, Italy, for Cartagena Spain and onward toward Brazil. The longest leg spans 1,900 miles from Portuguese Guiana to Natal.
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Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Orbetello
Cartagena
Spain
Italo Balbo
Alr
Atlantic
Portuguese Guiana
Natal
State board to urge $2.36 million for university units
Montana state board of education, at Helena, recommends to the Montana legislature a $2,355,000 appropriation for the six units of the greater university and four other institutions. Additional requests total $3,070,000 for buildings, surpassing last election bond issues.
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Helena
Montana
Greater University
Erickson
Northern
Havre
Eastern Montana Normal School
Billings
State College At
Bozeman
Hamilton Hall
State University At
Missoula
School of Mines
Butte
Normal College
Dillon
School For Deaf and Blind
Boulder
Industrial School
Miles City
Twin Bridges
Northern Pacific Wins Skirmish Over Woodrow Bloomfield Line
Interstate Commerce Commission examiner Haggerty said after a Glendive hearing that he would recommend granting the Northern Pacific the right to build a 24 mile branch from Woodrow to near Bloomfield in Dawson county. He based the ruling on expected development of the Bloomfield region and NP’s 25 year traffic program.
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Northern Pacific
Woodrow
Bloomfield
Dawson County
Haggerty
Richland county bonds planned for Yellowstone bridge near Sidney
Richland county presented for payment its $85,000 issue of bridge bonds recently purchased by the state board of land commissioners. The funds will be matched with federal aid to construct a 1,231 foot bridge across the Yellowstone river near Sidney. I. M. Brandford ordered payment of the bonds. Lewistown notes follow.
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Lewistown
Oscar Stephens
Montana
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Spud” Stephens
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T. H. Stewart
State Card of Equalization
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Butte & Superior.company
St Joseph Zead Company
East Butte Coppers Company
State General Fund
School Equalization Board
Billings Stock Show Largest In The State
The sixth Annual Show and Sale of the Yellowstone Registered Livestock Association in Billings on January 6 7 and 8 will be the state’s largest Hereford and Shorthorn sale with 227 head entered. Bulls and females dominate consignments from Montana breeders. judges include Louis Vinke and Dick Richards.
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Billings
Montana
Louis Vinke
Montana State College
Dick Richards
Montana Extension Service
R. B. McKee
Montana dairy group to hold January convention in Havre
Preparations for the Montana Dairy Products Manufacturing association annual convention are underway in Havre. The meeting, set for January 12 and 13, will feature speakers including E B Duncan, H B Brooks, Fred Traber, Glen Sands, and B F Thrailkill.
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Rosebud County
Havre
Montana Dairy Products Manufacturing Association
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Great Northern Railway
H. B. Brooks
Montana Crimme Commission
Havre Daily News
Chinook Opinion
Fred Traber
Great Falls
Glen Sands
Montana State College
B. F. Thrailkill
State Department of Agriculture
Helena
Chicago
Montana
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Synthetic products advance at rapid pace says American Magazine
The American Magazine notes that the development of synthetic products proceeds at a pace beyond any single industry’s comfort. It warns that no sector can remain complacent about its future security as these almost magical achievements reshape markets.
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