Hoover asks 1931 budget to fund prohibition enforcement
President Hoover asks Congress to appropriate 15 200 000 for the Prohibition Bureau plus 32 131 040 for the Coast Guard and 32 017 292 for the Department of Justice to strengthen enforcement against liquor smuggling and related crime. The proposals maintain staffing at about 4 285 and include ship, aircraft, and administrative upgrades across agencies.
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Washington
Congress
Hoover
Prohibition Bureau
Coast Guard
Customs Service
Department of Justice
Coast Guard, Customs and Justice
Customs Bureau Administration
Eble
Customs, Prohibition
Byrd Narrow Escape Cited Near Zion on Edge
Com Byrd recounts a narrow escape on a perilous edge near Zion. The report notes Eharth and Wibur Ginn Voliva asserting that despite a pole flight the earth remains a circular plane.
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Zion
Byrd
Eharth
Wibur
Search Continues for Nine Fishing Schooners Off Newfoundland
St Johns Newfoundland December 4 The search for nine fishing schooners missing since Friday after a storm near this port continues. Three of a fleet of twelve bound for Bonavista were wrecked but crews were saved. Steamers Meigle and Beathric patrol waters south and east of St Johns for survivors and wreckage.
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Newfoundland
ST. Johns
N. F
Ince
Bonav'sta
Meigle
Beathric
New Foundland
Plane crash kills one three escape unharmed
In Goodwater Alabama Lieutenant E G Schmidt was killed when a Curtis twin motor transport crashed near the town. His three companions parachuted to safety after the explosion and flaming fall from about 500 feet. The plane was en route from Langley Field to Mexico City and witnesses reported it circled searching for a landing field before bursting into flames. Major Weaver dispatched an automobile to bring survivors to Maxwell Field.
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Goodwater
Ala
E. G. Schmidt
Curtis
Langley Field
Goadwater
Schmidt
Gillespie
Mexico City
Brennan
Capps
Montgomery
Augusta
Maxwell Field
Sergeant Capps
Brenner
Walter R. Weaver
River pilot loses life saving passengers in ferry fire
Harry Richardson, 40, river pilot, died during the Nancy F ferry fire off the Arkansas shore near Westover. He stayed aboard to help passengers, checked a life belt for a frightened child, then threw her to safety before the ship sank. Fifteen passengers and six crew were rescued. Richardson’s body was not recovered.
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Westover
Ark
Harry Richardson
Mississippi
Arkansas
Richardson
Narcy F
Clarke ‘Ale
Miss
Richardon
Lennie Delasser
Delasser
Helena
Four men face habeas corpus hearing in Geneva murder case
The entire Wire cross section shifts to Geneva tomorrow for a habeas corpus hearing to decide if four of five men held for the Claude Avant murder will be released. Suspects include Dr. G. W. Smith, Clyde Smith, Randall Jones, and Charley Brown Negro. Lee Phillips serves a Kilby prison manslaughter sentence. J O Mullins, circuit solicitor, absent. Hotel staff say Charie C. McCall may have erred in Geneva today. In New York, Columbia University plans pay for student coffee surveys to study effects of caffeine on capacity.
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Geneva
Claude Avant
Thal
G. W. Smith
Clyde Smith
Randall Jones
Charley Brown
Jude H. A. Pearce
20Th Judicial Circuit
Lee Phillips
Kilby
J. O. Mullins
Chirlie C. McCall
Teday
Petition Drives Repeal Prohibition Act in Massachusetts
Massachusetts citizens filed 32 045 signatures with the secretary of state to repeal the prohibition enforcement act. The Constitutional Liberty League claims 12 000 signatures above the required amount and vows to pursue further measures if needed, while anti prohibition leaders argue the move undermines law and loyalty to the constitution.
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Massachusetts
Boston
Siate
Constitutical Liberty League
Sponer
Charles 5. Rackemann
Milton
League
Elizabeth Tilton
Cambridge
Arthur Davis
Massachusetts Anti-Saloon League
Herbert Usaver
Thigoing
Rand
Mr. Filter
Maesochurth
Julian Codman
Weceral Co Rutin
Masachusett
Soviet reply says US note on Kellogg Pact not friendly act
The Soviet government told the United States it could not consider Washington's note on the Kellogg Pact reform as friendly. A Moscow memorandum to the French envoy stated amazement that the US would advise a regime it has no official relations with. It asserted the pact grants no protector role to any state and noted ongoing railway administration talks in the Far East.
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Moscow
United States
Maurice Herbette
Maxim Litvinoff
Mukden
Nikolsk-Ussuriisky
Vladivostok
Paris
Washington
Congress Debates Norris Vare Seat and Budget Message
Senate continues discussion on Norris resolution to deny Willam S Ware of Pennsylvania a Senate seat and examines a 250 million dollar increase for radio and telegraph investigations. Elections committee reviews Vare Wilson contest. president's annual budget is received. House also receives the budget and supports a 160 million tax reduction plan amid tariff debate and campaign finance criticism.
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Senate
Willam
Vere
Pennsylvania
Elections Committee
House
Ways and Means
Republican Committee On
Ostees
Hoover
Norris
Willam S. Ware
Pennnsylvania
Robinson
Arkicanne Committee
Coly
Texas
Appron
Will Mater Phipp
Rep.blican
Col.Howe
Kelly
Peanwand
Cros
Washington
Weather notes warn of frost across regions
The report describes cold unsettled conditions from Alabama to Florida with frost and freezing temperatures overnight. It cites readings near 14 degrees in Louisville and notes damage to truck crops in northern and central Florida while other southern areas face fair or chilly weather and potential heavy frost tonight.
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Alabama
Atlanta
Der
Savannah
Louisville
Warner
Florida
House Committee Approves Tax Reduction Bill
Washington reports the House Ways and Means Committee backed a $160 million income tax cut and moved to fast track the plan. Undersecretary Mills outlined a one percent rate reduction for corporations and individuals for 1924, with focus on broad relief and safety margins for the coming year.
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Ways and Means
Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Norris
William S. Vite
Betosys i Valda
Saale
Heed
Pennsylvania
One Elections Committee
Vare
William 8
Wilson
Shortridge
Hawley
Ogden Mills
the Treasury
Mills
The
Treasury
Ways and Medals Committee
Hoover
Treasury Department
Althourh
Hunters uncover swamp arsenal of guns and morphine
A party of hunters found a hidden cache south of Lynn's Park containing a machine gun, heavy ammunition, a gramophone of ammo, two automatics, a rifle, 160 shots, and two bootleg items. Albert Barrentine and D Kilgore noted waterproof containers, morphine, and first aid kits added to the cache. investigators suspect gang involvement.
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Jasper
Ali
Dee de
Huntamen
Lynn's Park
D. Kilgore
Albert Barrentine
Barrentine
Norwich City wreck survivors rescued as crew lost
Rescue ships report the loss of eleven crew members and the seizure of three survivors after the British freighter Norwich City struck a coral reef at Gardiner Island, 700 miles north of Pago Pago. The Trongate picked up four sailors and a rocket line connected marooned survivors seeking water and provisions.
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Gardner Island
Samoa
Pago Pago
Here
Norwich City
Tronate
Tronpgate
Enid
Rees
Ainergr
Negro Conference Opens at Tuskegee Focus on Black Farmer Needs
The Tuskegee Negro Conference began in Tuskegee Alabama with Jaime Stone of the federal farm board delivering the principal address. discussions followed on cooperative marketing and borrowing needs for black farmers as organizers seek practical methods for broader cooperative distribution among growers.
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Tuskegee
Ala
Tuskegee Nere
Jaime
Stone
Federal Farm Besard
Mr. Stone
Canfereres
Weocey
Borker TD
Wahlnegtor
Tuskegee Institute
Dav
Nation's Healthiest Boy and Girl Named From States
Readable remnants describe a health contest naming a Florida girl and an Indiana boy as the nation’s healthiest. Mentions judges, tallying measurements, and a boy’s college plans uncertain, with scattered notes on participants and local figures.
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Florida
Indiana
Hoover Seeks Over Four Billion Budget for Next Year
President Hoover told Congress a federal budget of about 4.1 billion dollars is needed for the coming fiscal year with a plan for tax cuts amid hopes of treasury strength. He outlined appropriations and carryovers, noted a projected surplus, and highlighted Navy, flood control, Indian care, and forest protection spending. Secretary Mellon echoed the financial outlook as tax reduction moves advance in Congress.
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Washington
Hoover
Congress
Treasury
Povernment
GUO
Navy
Prohibition Bureau
Mellon
Mctloun
House
Ways and Means
Drug Store Remodeling To House Loan Association
The Mc Callum Drug Store building is being remodeled to provide space for the Southeast Alabama Building and Loan Association. The front portion will keep the drug store in the southern half. Completion is expected shortly and the financial concern is to move into its new quarters soon.
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Mc.Callum
Almbame
Lou Association
Eomployers
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