Army appropriation bill reported to the House
Washington Jan 3 The army appropriation bill was reported to the House totaling 436 million for the next fiscal year. It includes 133.6 million for army pay and funds for flood control aviation expansion and river harbor works, with increases for National Guard and reserves and substantial non military provisions. The bill raises officer strength and funds military posts construction. Continued on page four.
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Washington
War Department
House
Air Corps
Army
Mississippi
Congress
Chief of Army Engineers
National Guard
Panama Canal
National Home
Reserve Officers Training Corps
Planestarts Relief Jaunt Edmontons Northern Outpost Aid
Edmonton January 2. An airplane carried anti toxin to two diphtheria struck trading posts about 600 miles into the frozen north. Captain Wop May piloted with Vic er as passenger and 500000 units of anti toxin. The mission follows a New Year appeal from Dr H A Hamman provincial health officer. The Vermilion river Hudson Bay post factor died and 5000 inhabitants faced possible epidemic as supplies were sent to Fort Vermilion and Little Red River.
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Edmonton
Alta
Law Army
Fort Vermilion
Little Red River
H.A. Hamman
Peace River
Hamman
Hudson Bay Company
Vermilion River
Curtin Rites Set For Friday Afternoon
The body of Harry B. Curtin a 62 year old lumber operator arrived from Baltimore after a ten day illness of influenza and pneumonia. The funeral will be held at his Clarksburg residence Friday at 3 p m with burial in the Masonic Mausoleum. Curtin was general manager and principal owner of Pardee and Curtin Lumber Company and one of West Virginia's leading timber operators. He was a former Graton resident and Mystic Lodge Mason. Also noted are visiting relatives from Pittsburgh.
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Clarksburg
Harry B. Curtin
Baltimore
Tomor Y Row
Harry B. Gurtin
Gratton
West Grafton
George Curtin
Harry Curtin
Grafton
Pennsylvania
Tygart Valley
Curtin
Walnut Street
Gilbert
Red Cross
Pardee and Curtin Lumber Company
West Virginia
Mystic Lodge No. 75
A. F. and
A. Masons of
Toy Motorcycle Is Taken From Throat Of Child
Cincinnati January 3 A feeling of relief filled Mitchel Hospital as 18 month old Prankle Brooks of Asco West Virginia recovered after two weeks with a toy motorcycle lodged in his throat. Surgeons yesterday inserted an esophageal scope and drew out the obstruction in about one minute with no incision or anesthesia.
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Cincinnati
Mitchoeter Hospital
Prankle Brooks
Asco
W. Va
Question Mark shatters hours long refueling endurance
The Army monoplane Question Mark neared a world endurance milestone after 48 hours aloft as refueling plane 2 delivered 150 gallons, with all three engines reported to be operating well. Lieutenant Odas Moon coordinated 150 gallon transfers, and the craft aimed to stay airborne until engine failure.
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Metropolitan
Los Angeles
Army
Odlas Moon
Odas Moon
Ita
San Diego
Liieutenants
Lowell, Smith
Paul Richter
Rockwell Field
Congress Back On Job After Holiday Push For Navy Bill
Congress resumed work after a ten day Christmas break with the Senate poised to debate the Kellogg anti war treaty and the cruiser bill while the House considers a war department appropriation of 435 million dollars for next year. Senator Jones called for a probe of prohibition enforcement and a House member urged future Congressional Record paper be made from corn stalks. Committees were largely inactive as farm relief prospects remained doubtful.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Appropriations Committee
War Department
Tivera
Jones
Emrque
Laguardia
Capitol
King George Remains In Ill Health Says Royal Bulletin
London reports King George enters seventh week of serious illness with a slow path to recovery. Morning medical bulletin notes no improvement overnight and warns public progress will be very gradual, despite cautious optimism from authorities about his condition.
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London
George
Girl Sets Record In Los Angeles Debut
A young Los Angeles girl, aged several years, enters the limelight with a new endurance record. The precise age and event are unclear from the fragment, but the achievement marks a notable milestone in local athletic news.
Whalen Leads AIS Men Into Liquor Raids
New York officers under Commissioner Grover Whalen organized sweeping raids on more than 60 speakeasies and restaurants from Washington Heights to Greenwich Village. Proprieter and employee arrests and stock seizures followed, with liquor sent to the chemist for analysis. The revived strong arm squad, led by Inspector John O'Brien, prepared for intensive action tonight to rid the city of gunmen gangsters and pool room habitués.
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New York
Grover A.’ Whalen
Washington
Greenwich Village
Whalen
John O'Brien
Trio Thought Lost On Peak At Longs Peak
Estes Park Colorado January 3 Three men feared lost in a blizzard on Longs Peak are the focus of a rescue search by a party from Longs Peak Inn led by Ranger John Preston. An automobile left at the inn by the men prompted the call for help. The climbers faced extreme conditions atop the 14271 foot peak with only supplies for three days.
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Estes Park
Colo
Long's Peak
Long's Peak Inn
John Preston
Mack
Fort Collins
Intenos Mills
Aics
Death of Mrs Nannie Ball Mother Machree’s Original Creator
New York reports the passing of Mrs Nannie Ball aged 171 at Beechhurst Long Island widow of Ernest R Ball the composer of Mother Machree The son died in May 1927 The body will be moved to Chaveleng for burial
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New York
Nannie Ball
Machree
Beechurst
Long Island
Ernest R. Ball
Lackawanna Outlaw Wunderlich Wounds Officer in Botched Escape
In Buffalo New York on January 3 an intensive police search pursued William Wunderlich and an unidentified companion after Wunderlich and an associate disarmed five officers at a Lackawanna home and seriously wounded Patrolman Fred A. Smith who was the only officer to fire. The duo fled in the police car as Buffalo officers and Lackawanna detectives surrounded the residence. Police say the pair lured officers into the living room where two pistols were drawn. Further details appear on page four.
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Buffalo
N. Y
William Wunderlich
Jon
Lackawanna
Fred A. Smith
Wunderlich
Police Department
Carnally
Comauuen
Orrville boy kidnapping case nets five in family group
Four men and one woman from the same family are jailed in Wooster awaiting grand jury review on charges of child stealing tied to the disappearance of Melvin Horst, four, of Orrville. Arned by warrants, they pleaded not guilty. bonds set at 10,000 each.
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Orrville, O
Wooster
Melvin Horst
Raymond Horst
Orrville
A. A. Weygandt
Elias
Nul) Arnold
William Arnold
Akron
Arthur Arnold
Dorothy McHenry
Arnold
Bascom McHenry
Walter Mougey
Melvin
Roy Horst
Mougey
Marshal
Weather forecast for northwest region
Cloudy tonight with a warmer spell tonight. Friday brings cooler temperatures especially in the northwest portion.
Boulder Dam Project Engineer Named For Colorado River Work
Raymond F. Walter of Denver will oversee construction of the Boulder Dam on the Colorado River, serving as the chief engineer for the Bureau of Reclamation and directing the building program.
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Raymond F. Walter
Denven
Bureau of Reclamation
Boulder ‘Dam
Colorado River
Kidnapped School Girl In Atlanta By Aged Man
Doris Turner, a popular Atlanta high school athlete, is missing after a note from the kidnapper claims she was taken by an elderly man with a cane who promised to be gentle and have his wife care for her. Police believe she remains in the city as searches continue.
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Atlanta
Doris Turner
MT Oman Nervana
Doris
Goldie Moon
Chum
Herrick's Condition Improves After Illness
Myron T. Herrick aged 74 United States Ambassador to France was reported much improved by Dr John Fhil ds as he battles asthmatic influenza. He had been confined to bed at his Chagrin Falls estate after bronchitis struck him ten days prior oxygen was kept ready and two nurses were assigned to his bedside. Meanwhile Marion Brown a McMechen youth visited his grandfather R M Brown on West Main Street before heading to Virginia Military Institute in Lexington Virginia for studies.
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Cleveland
Myron T. Herrick
United States
France
John Fhilds
Chagrin Falls
Marion Brown
McMechen
Grafton
R. M. Brown
West Main Street
Lexington
Virginia Military Institute
Hoover Buoyed by Cruise as He Heads Home
President elect Hoover sails toward home waters aboard a Utah bound from Virginia capes. The voyage runs with trade winds and choppy seas as he travels with Mrs Hoover and guests. Deck games and tea service mark a leisurely voyage as the party edges closer to Florida and Hamp Roads, about nine hundred miles east of Virginia Capes. The ship continues to press toward its return while weather remains fair with some roll and pitch.
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U. 8
Utah
Hampton Roads
Hoover
United States
Herbert Hoover
Rome
Southern R. R. Companies In Legal Battle
Judges Baker McClintic and Northcott hear a Chesapeake and Ohio injunction action in Charleston to block construction of a 75 mile Wharncliffe to Gilbert branch in southern West Virginia. C and O argues the Virginian Railway line authorization harms coal traffic with estimated first year loss of 450000 dollars.
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Charleston
Commerce Commission
Virginian Railway
Gilbert
Itmann
Wharncliffe-Gilbert
Chesapeake and Ohio
RS. Marshall
Marshall
Insanity plea seen as last hope in murder case
Baton Rouge January 3 Only an insanity plea and the governor's refusal to commute could spare Ada LeBouef and Dr. Thomas F Dreher from the hangman for the murder of LeBouef's husband James LeBouuer. Attorneys planned to seek a sanity commission and, if needed, a state supreme court halt to allow hearings. The execution was set for Saturday between noon and three.
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Baton Rouge
Supreme Court
Ada LeBouef
Thomas F. Dreher
James LeBouer
Huey P. Long
Thevernor
Com . Britnea
James D. Simon Swhoe
LeBower
Dreher
State Supreme Court
Takis Janes LeBouet
Palourde
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E.amy Bills
Gen. Palmer
Pierce
National Collegiate Athletic Association
New Orleans
William Mallones
Anduushter Mildred
Pittsburgh
BE. F. Clark
D. A. Tetrick
Blaine
M.“Taxhorn
Leonard Rbiner
Tuxhorn
Frield
Jpneumonia
Jan
Coolidge
Snell
House Rules Committee
AIS
New York City
Mother Machree
Son
Stell
Wir
Boulder Dam
Herrick
U.S
Southern R. R
Wandott
Tug- River
Baker, McClintic and Northcott
Hangman
Louisiana
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