Prohibition Faces Senate Vote in Washington
Washington January 23 AP Prohibition was debated in the senate with a 39 to 29 vote pushing enforcement for the District of Columbia. Amendments seek 4 per cent beer and penalties while wets aim to use the measure to test Wickersham commission recommendations amid a tight count. Senator Howell, author, urged swift action as others warned rum influx to the capital.
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Airman Missing From Odessa Flight In Washington Search
Portland officials said today a search would continue for Walter I se Varnes, a pilot missing since yesterday morning near Odessa Washington. The investigation focuses on locating the pilot and securing the aircraft as officials coordinate with aerial and ground teams.
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Tadit
Odessa
Wash
Walter Ise
Varnes
Senate committee hears fraud claims in Pennsylvania senatorial recount
Pittsburgh attorney Ralph H. Frank testifies for Governor Pinchot aligned interests about differences in official count and recount of ballots in 64 counties. He charges two county officials show unwillingness to prosecute election frauds while a Grundy supporter says Davis faces a harsh fight for the nomination in Philadelphia and across the state.
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Pennsylvania
Joseph R. Grundy
Davis
Tavis
Hitler
Hns
Philadelphia
Senate clears decks for flood of house bills next week
Senate action clears the way for a busy week as 132 house measures state funding bonds and educational needs move toward committee review. A touring allocation group, led by Senator Tom Larson, plans visits to State College at Bozeman, Billings Normal, Northern Montana at Havre, Miles City industrial school, and beyond, with tight deadlines.
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Helena
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Billings
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Miles Cily
Illness Hits Prohibition Probe Leader in Binghamton
Col Amos W W Woodcock arrived in Binghamton to investigate bootlegging with prohibition enforcement, but fell ill with a high fever. The inquiry targets Andrew J Torratt, former president of the closed Bank of Binghamton, amid unconfirmed claims of large bootlegging operations and criticisms of local enforcement.
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Binghamton
N.Y
Amos W. W
Jorlo Conference on Disarmament Dates
Geneva hosts a four day general conference on arms control at the end of January. Delegates from many nations gather as German demands to alter terms previously tabled in November are challenged and debated.
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Dan
Armour resigns from Armour and Company after leadership shift
Philip D Armour cut all official ties with the Armour and Company packing house today shortly after T George Lee, from the ranks, was elected president. Armour resigned as first vice president and as a director while remaining informally linked to the firm he helped build since 1913, with a planned succession after Edson White’s accidental death.
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Philip D. Armour
T. George Lee
Armour, and Company
Associated Press
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Witl Armour and Company
Edson White
Two Men Shot Down in New York
Two bandits slew one man and wounded another during a holdup at the Societa Vittoria Colonna on lower Madison Avenue. They fled in a waiting taxicab after failing to obtain anything, with one victim possibly fatally wounded.
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New York
Mambera
Societa Vittoria Colonna
A. F. L Opposes Eastern Rail Consolidation Plan
Miami January 25 The American Federation of Labor reports its executive council opposes railroad consolidation plans pending, unless workers receive guarantees protecting their welfare and interests. President Green states unions will press Congress and the Interstate Commerce Commission to demand worker safeguards and priority considerations for labor.
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Améicant Federation of Labor
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Federation
Executive Council
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United States
Interstate Commerce Commission
American Federation of Labor
General Amnesty in India Could Free Mahatma Gandhi
The report states Gandhi may be released within 24 hours as negotiations at the Round Table Conference focus on a general amnesty for Indian political prisoners. British officials and congress leaders discuss terms, with liberation tied to broader amnesty and the fate of other detainees.
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Mahatma Ghandi
Mahatma Grandi
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Jymnesty
London
Ramsay Mar Yonald
Briand May Try 10 Form Gaul Cabinet
Political observers expect Aristide Briand to attempt forming a new French cabinet after Theodore Steeg’s failed bid. Partisan divisions in the chamber persist, hindering a stable government as the crisis deepens amid economic pressures and party splits.
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Jam
Avistidg Briand
Theodore Steeg
Daisy De Boe Convicted Of Stealing From Clara Bow Bank
In Jos Angeles on January 23, a seven man five woman jury returned a verdict convicting Daisy De Boe of stealing from Clara Bow’s bank account during the 18 months she lived with the screen star. The verdict was written on one of the grand jury sheets.
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Jos Angeles
Daisy de Boe
Clara Bow
Seismic Shaker Felt Across Northern California Towns
A slight quake rattled dishes and moved furniture in Butte County at night. No damage reported. Residents in Gridley and Oroville nearby also felt the tremor.
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Calif
Tan
Butte County
Gridley
Chuca
Oroville
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Inmates Contain Fire at Wetumpka Prison Barracks
Montgomery January 24 AP Five hundred prisoners were marched to safety as fire swept through the Wetumpka state prison. Firemen battled the flames. one wing burned while guards kept order. No injuries reported. All prisoners accounted for and secured. Communication with the prison failed briefly after the blaze began. Sheriff Golden of Elmore County said the prison appeared likely to be destroyed but no major trouble with convicts.
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Wetumpka State Prison
Wetumpka
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Golden
Elmore County
New York Pulls Beaux Arts Ball Opens Night in Times Square
New York society staged the 12th annual Beaux Arts ball at the Hotel Astor in Times Square. A fantasy in flame and silver presented modern art impressions of New York to finance scholarships for young American architects abroad. Pajamas and witty costumes dominated, replacing previous years’ lavish spending as hundreds of pajama clad dancers entertained the crowd.
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Sottety
Neaux Arts Hall
Hotel Astor
Times Square
Gasoline tax to 1941 passes House rego law measure
Montana House on third reading passed companion measure to extend the 5 cent gasoline tax from 1941 to fund highway debentures. Speaker Plachenhar signed the first bill. expected Senate President Haselbaker to sign and send to the governor for action.
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Montana
House Hill No. 1
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Senate
Haselbaker
Montana to Award Contracts From Emergency Funds
Montana becomes the first state to use emergency funds appropriated by Congress. The highway commission meets at the Placer Hotel to open bids on 71 projects while crowded Capitol activities push the meeting to the Place. Chairman Warden announced the plan yesterday as contractors gathered in Helena. Continued on page 2.
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Highway Commission
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Speech in Chemnitz Counters Young Plan Reliance
ChanenHor Bruening urged Germans not to rely on the Young plan revision to solve economic ills. He warned that passivity could invite a continental invasion of industries as Germans bear responsibility for unemployment.
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Germany
ChanenHor Bruening
Seattle Voters To Decide Five Day Week Referendum
Seattle residents will vote on a five day work week at the city election March 10. A referndum order by the central labor committee was placed on the ballot, with firemen and policemen exempt.
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Central Labor Comncs
Balloot
Referenadio
Hungry Starvers Squabble Over Relief Fund Debates Funding
Washington observers report a dispute over the Senate's 25 million dollar relief appropriation for drought relief. Democratic spokesmen accuse deliberate delay while Rep Cramton's subcommittee opens hearings. President Hoover opposes the measure, with House allies seeking votes to sustain the position. The Red Cross warns the proposal could hinder public contributions for relief efforts.
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House
Senate
Spector Loneworth
Appropriations Committee
Hoover
Hed Cross
Fire chief snores on own home as it burns
Filton Missouri January 23 Fire Chief M Grant Duncan woke to a telephone warning Your house is on fire He dressed and directed fire crews as flames reached the Venean residence and trucks arrived at the scene The incident shows the chief performing his duties amid a personal emergency
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IU Bets
M. Grant Duncan
Venean
Pasadena banker may become secretary of the treasury
Henry M. Robinson a Pasadena banker and intimate Hoover friend is rumored as Hoover's choice to replace Andrew Mellon. Washington reports say Mellon may resign after Congress adjourns March 4 and Robinson could be named in the spring.
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Los Angeles
Henry M. Robinson
Pasadena
Calif
Stoover
Treasury
Washington
Andrew Mellon
Congress
Robinson
Hoover
Indictments Tie Seymour and Norris to Senate Plot
Two Nebraskans face perjury charges in the US senate campaign funds probe. Victor Seymour of Lincoln, a farmer and manager for the western Republican senatorial campaign in Denver, is named on eight counts. George W. Norris, a Broken Bow grocer, faces two counts over his bid in the Republican primary.
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Norris
Sen. Norris
United States Senate
Victor Seymour
Lincoln
Republican Ta
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George W. Norris
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Oil relief hopes rise as administration not oppose tariffs
Ralph Arnold of Los Angeles, chairing the California delegation at the governor's oil relief conference, said President Weaver told him the administration does not oppose industry efforts to obtain congressional relief. Independent operators see tariff moves to slow the foreign petroleum invasion gaining support today.
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Washington Jaw
Ralph Arnold
Los Angeles
California
Weaver
Governor Bryan Cuts State Costs in Lincoln
Lincoln Nebraska January 23 Governor Charles W Bryan today cut more than twelve thousand dollars from the state's annual expenditures by reducing salaries of six state officers and abolishing three unnecessary positions.
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Lincoln, Neb
Charles W. Bryan
Dalai Lama Dol Brings A Tragedy
San Mateo, Jan 23 AP The widow Mrs Lillian Tremel died in her cottage fire on Mon fara beach. J W Tremel master mechanic says an Oriental idol's curse on him caused threats to his life and that the Dalai Lama image burned with his wife. He recalls being a soldier in Ching and a pageant in Peking.
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Cal
Lillian Tremel
Monfara Beach
J. W. Tremel
Dalai Lama
Tremel
Ching
Peking
Earthquake Felt Across Several Mexican States
Mexico City reports a strong tremor late last night causing alarm in numerous cities. Travelers near Orizaba volcano described loud subterranean noises accompanying the quake, with reports from Coscomatepec region in Vera Cruz state.
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Mexico City
PuReporta
Excelsior Jet
State Superintendent Budget Bill Noted in House
In the Montana House yesterday a bill was discussed to require all school districts to budget expenditures. Prepared by Elizabeth Ireland and introduced by the House Education Committee, it aims to oversee the $31,000,000 allocated for Montana education for 121,000 children and to prevent unbudgeted spending. The measure has backing from the State Board of Equalization, which in its biennial report urged enactment.
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Montana
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Elizabeth Ireland
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Paxpayers
State Board of Equalization
U S Takes Hand In Swindle Mrs Blacklidge May Suffer
Federal authorities took control of the investigation into a major swindle involving a Chicago official. Mrs Blacklidge, questioned in Springfield, faced questions about an alleged cash stash totaling about 30 000 dollars and 247 notes. The inquiry centered on a key tax matter and the extent of the scheme threatening her.
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Fideral
Collrectoe
Blacklidge
Solapse
Springfield
Blacktideo
Mrs
Senate passes bill for coin for roads
Washington on January 28 the Senate moved swiftly on its calendar approving the agriculture measure and passing a $125,190,090 supply bill to fund road construction. The action sends the bill to the House for amendments as leaders hope to finish work by March 4 and avert an extra session.
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Senate
House
Congress
China under famine claim spurs UC professor plea
San Francisco January 2 Dr Wag Mah professor of political science at the University of California declared eighty percent of China's people are starving and urged the American government to aid the young Chinese regime by improving its business and central posts. He spoke to the Commonwealth club asserting needs would expand demand for American and other foreign goods.
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Wag Mah
University of California
America
Rogers Finds Big Still In Use As Soup House Kitchen
Rogers observes a moonshine still functioning within a schoolhouse kitchen repurposed as a soup kitchen. He reports on drought conditions in the Southwest, noting relief efforts by the Red Cross and state chairman Marvey C. Ommich. Workers patrol firm lands seeking firsthand information for relief funding.
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