Steps Toward Forming Border Patrol Army
Washington january 15. Congress debates Hoover enforcement plan as immigration and labor officials testify on mustering a border patrol force to guard one of the longest boundaries. Senate and House discuss constitutional issues over turning petty offenders to federal commissioners while committees plan joint action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Chamblin
Press Star
Washington
House
Immigration Committee
Hoover
Johnson
Hull
Immigration Bureau
Labor Department
Senate
United States
House Judiciary Committee
McKeown
Oklahoma
House Commerce Committee
Coast Guard
Border Patrol Force
Bombing damages west side tailoring firm in Chicago
Chicago reports another bombing on the west side last night causing damage to a tailoring building. Owner Andrew Bulka cites labor troubles as the cause amid ongoing unrest in 1930.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
West Side Tailoring Company
Andrew Bulka
Parrot Fever Death Toll Rises Across Several States
Federal health officials report eight total deaths from Psittacosis with 26 new cases across New York Connecticut Maryland and Ohio. A single parrot shipment is blamed for the outbreak as experts warn the epidemic may fade once infected birds are traced. Meanwhile in Honolulu a former executive aboard the City of Los Angeles is critically ill with a pneumonia-like illness linked to a pet parrot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Percy Q. Willi
Roger Buchanan
Yonkers
New York
Leon F. Swesrs
Johnstown
Queensborough
Penny Q. Williams
Toledo
William Shields
Pittsburgh
Louise Schaeffer
Baltimore
Connecticut
Maryland
Ohio
Charles Armston
George W. McCoy
McCoy
Honolulu
Lenar Pepperdine
Los Angeles
Western Auto Supply Company
Pepperdine
South America
Funeral services held for Kennis Wiggins
Funeral services for 21 year old Kennis Wiggins were held at Wiggins cemetery at 10 AM with Rev Cox officiating. The Houston Funeral Company arranged the details. He is survived by his parents and several brothers and sisters, all of Dothan route one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennis Wiggins
Dothan
Wiggins Cemetery
Cox
Houston Funeral Company
New Head Of Cotton Association Organizer Of Wide Experience
Allen Northington named head of the American Cotton Cooperative Association, a major new agricultural body. A Prattville native, he built a long career in banking and farm bureau work, including leading Autauga Bank and Trust, First National Bank Prattville, and Alabama Farm Bureau federation. The cooperative has handled large cotton volumes in Alabama, with 100,000 bales this year and more than half a million bales totaling over 55 million dollars in value previously.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Allen Northington
Alabama Farm Bureau Federation
American Cotton Cooperative Association
Northington
Prattville
Prattville Academy
University of Alabama
William Northington
Continental Cotton Gin Company
Autauga Bank and Trust Company
Birmingham
Jemison and
Central Mortgage and Trust Companies
First National Bank
Alabama
Tihe Alabama Association
No Indictment In Black Duck Liquor Killing
A Rhode Island grand jury reconvened to weigh evidence in the slaying of three men aboard the rum runner Black Duck by coast guardsmen. After hearing 22 witnesses, including eight crew members from Coast Guard patrol boat 290 and a wounded survivor, the jury said no true bill was found. The report, read by foreman John H. Balcom, stated the attorney general’s department presented all available evidence and the investigation was completed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
R. L
Coast
Coast Guard
Charles Travers
Superior Court
John H. Balcom
Attorney General’s Department
Locke Attacks State Committee in First Campaign Speech
Birmingham attorney Hugh A. Locke condemned the State Democratic executive committee for barring voters as candidates in the August primary. He called the action autocratic and punitive and argued it harms supporters of the 1928 presidential opponent. Several hundred attended in Roanoke Alabama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Locke
Action of State Committee
Roanoke
Ala
Hugh A. Locke
Birmingham
State
Democratic Executive Committee
Ihose
Fear for Berdsey Island Inhabitants Amid Gales
The Daily Express reports grave fear for Berdsey Island residents off Carnarvonshire who have not had mainland contact since December 15 amid persistent gales. They are believed to be without food and no beacon signals have been answered, an unprecedented situation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
The
Daily Express
Berdsey Island
Carnarvonshire
Army Arctic Patrol Planes Struggle Against Northwest Cold
The army Arctic Patrol, launched from Slefridge Field, Mich, endures harsh weather as 22 ships spread over a 1300 mile storm front. Thirteen planes plan to depart for Spokane, the test’s western terminus, amid freezing conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Falls
Mont
Army “Arctic Patrol
Slefridge Field
Mich
Spokane
Champion fly catcher wins state health prize
Howard Schaub of Radford Virginia caught 153 252 flies and won a 2 25 prize from the state bureau of health in a 4 percent championship event.
Senate debates sugar tariff before noon vote
The Senate plans a noon vote on the Cuba sugar duty as part of the Smoot Hawley review. Republicans seek to raise the tariff from 1.76 to 2.20 cents per pound, while Idaho Senator Borah argues for a domestic bounty amid Philippines imports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Cuba
Borah
Idaho
Philippines
Lindberghs Plane Declared Flying Laboratory
Lindberghs new monoplane described as a flying laboratory designed to test high altitude flying. In cooperation with naval meteorology experts and the weather bureau, Col Lindbergh plans experimental flights to study atmospheric conditions at high levels for future passenger and mail transport and increased speed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
UPI
Charles A. Lindbergh
J. L. Maddux
Naval Meteorological
Lakehurst
N. J
Naval Air Station
United States Weather Bureau
Lindbergh
Maddux
Col. Lindbergh
Extension Time Given Income Taxpayers In 1929 Returns
Treasury officials may grant extensions for 1929 tax returns if reasons are satisfactory. Commissioner Lucas said there would be no general extension beyond the March 15 deadline, but collectors will review requests and grant them if sufficient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury
Lucas
Internal Venue Bureau
Weather in Alabama Turns Cloudy and Cold Tonight
Cloudy weather grips Alabama with colder air moving in. Freezing temperatures expected in the northern portion tonight, with continued unsettled conditions across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Virginia Governor Calls for Election Law Reform and Statewide Primaries
Virginia Governor John Garland Pollard in his inaugural address urges reform of election laws and county government. He backs a compulsory primary for both parties, a state wide primary on the same day, and a commission to revise election laws. He calls for more aid to education and health, tax reduction, and ties law observance to public sentiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
John Garland Pollard
General Assembly
Gov. Pollard
Virginia
Selling Attacks Shake Markets Amid Unsettled Session
New York stock activity opened with modest strength but quickly turned unsettled as selling intensified. Montgomery Ward slumped to a new low around 384 1/2, with declines across many active issues. U S Steel operations ran at about 70 percent capacity while freight car loadings rose week to week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley W. Prenosil
Associated Press
New York
Five Defendants In Textile Killing Are Indicted This Morning
Five defendants in a textile killing are indicted this morning in Lansing Michigan. Governor Fred W. Green announced a commutation ending the life for liquor law era and reducing sentences of five prohibition violators to up to 15 years to fit the new state criminal code amendment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
Mich
Goveror
Fred W. Green
Michigan
Negro Held in Connection With Arson and Murder
At Tunica Mississippi a black man was held for questioning and another sought in connection with the death of F. E. Gilbert a storekeeper at the Tactile Plantation. The coroner's jury reported the body found in the store ruins and the fire believed started by a burglar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tunica
Miz
W. Jan
F. E. Gilbert
Gilbert
Gwaltney Announces Candidacy for Houston County Tax Collector
Breaks the Ice reports Gwaltney enters the Democratic Primary race for Tax Collector in Houston County. A lifelong resident from near town, he describes no formal platform but pledges hard work and courteous service, notes his past roles as bookkeeper at Singletary & Whidden and later at Houston National Bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston County
Gwaltney
Dothan
Singletary & Whidden
Houston
Kiwanis Club hears speakers on Ideals and Citizenship
J. W. Rish spoke on Kiwanis Ideals and Judge Harry K. Martin urged good citizenship and paying the poll tax to aid in a campaign. Mrs. Luther Wilson entertained guests with songs. Other attendees included James Spann Dr. D. C. Hastings and J. A. Shaw of Ashford. Secretary Vaughn announced Montgomery meeting next Tuesday for presidents secretaries and trustees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Rish
Kiwanis Club
Harry K. Martin
Luther Wilson
James Spann
D. C. Hastings
J. A. Shaw
Ashford
Vaughn
Montgomery
Man Kills Wife and Hangs Self After Quarrel
Syracuse New York. Stanizlaus Koskinaki 31 slashed his 22 year old wife with a butcher knife and clubbed her to death with a baseball bat after a quarrel. He then hanged himself from a bannister. Jealousy was the believed motive. The four children slept through the tragedy until Walter 12 woke to find his father’s body falling after the rope broke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
N. Y
Stanizlaus Koskinaki
Kosinski
Walter
Boxing Outlaw Proposed After Ring Fatality in New York
New York officials consider banning unsanctioned boxing following the death of Evan Gustafeon at Moray night event in Cattaraugus County. James A. Farley of the State Athletic Commission calls for stronger laws to curb bootleg and unsanctioned boxing statewide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Olean
N. Y
Evan Gistafeon
Mount Jewett
St. Benaviventure College
Moray
James A. Farley
New York State Athletic Commsion
Jess Fonet
Gustafeon
Giles
Farley
Snowmelt Floods Threaten Mississippi Basin Levees
Snowmelt and rainfall swelled the Mississippi Valley rivers with floods in Indiana Illinois and Ohio. National Guard patrols near Hazelton Bridge faced threats of dynamite as sandbags moved to protect levees along St Francis and White rivers. In Arkansas Mississippi Quitman County Cassidy Bayou levee was dynamited to avert a break. A blizzard brewed in the northern Rockies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Mississippi Valley
Indiana
Wabash River
Indiana National Guard
Hazelton Bridge
White River
U. S&s. Highway 41
Memphis
Tenn
Weather Bureau
Mississippi
St. Francis River
Arkansas
Piggott
Tiree
Big Lake
Quitman County
Cassidy Bayou
Clarendon
A.K
Denver
Rocky Mountains
Contine Tal Divide
New Mexico
Basin
Mont
Medicine Row
Wyo
Durango
Silverton
Colo
Early Forcing Hyacinths By Refrigeration Experiment
Dr. David Griffiths of the U S Department of Agriculture reports forcing hyacinths with artificial winter. A bulb variety named Inno cence was chilled in a refrigerator to develop roots before shoots. This dormancy period allows better root systems to form and ensures water supply before flowering. Temperature warmups then trigger rapid growth yielding earlier blooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Griffiths
U. & Department of Agriculture
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Houdinil
Thas
Joseph Keaton
Senorita Rosalmaria Colomo
Pan American Union
Stimson
New Head of Cotton Association
Alabama Farm Bureau
Huge Cotton Co-Operative
Iron Ave
U. S. Steel Corporation
Ecapacity
Midland Steel Products
Auburn Auto
Colorado & Southern
Columbian
Atlantic Coast Line
Canadian Pacific
Delaware & Hudson
A. W. Gwaltney
Rish
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