Davis Seated in Senate After Nye Protest
Washington dispatch reports James J. Davis of Pennsylvania won the Senate seat amid Nye committee protest. A motion to deny his oath failed 58 to 27 as Reed opposed stepping aside and Nye pressed for oath denial. Committee later noted over $600,000 spent to back the Brown-Davis ticket.
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Senate
Davis
Nye
Lonely Island
Davis- Brown
Pennsylvania
Washington
James J. Davis
Reed
Curtis
Brown-Davis
Francis Shunk Brown
Gifford Pinchot
Mr. Davis
Brown- Davis
New Jersey
Delaware
Ohio
Tennessee
Kentucky
Kansas
Wyoming
Hoover urges emergency relief and $150 million for federal works
President Hoover asked Congress to fast track unemployment and drought relief legislation and to authorize temporary advances for federal road aid. The plan includes a $150 million appropriation to accelerate construction, signaling a potential $650 million outlay in the next year. The Senate and House prepare bi party measures, with drought relief funding discussed separately.
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Washington
Congress
Hoover
House
Muscle Shoals
Robinson
Arkansas
Aviatrix Awaits Better Weather in Transcontinental Run
Ruth Nichols plans to attempt a west-east record when weather improves after logging 16 hours 59 minutes from New York to California. She cites terrible conditions west of Amarillo and may fly back in two days via Wichita with a possible extra fuel tank. The prior east-west record stood at 25 hours 44 minutes.
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Burbank
Cal
Ruth Nichols
Rye
N. Y
New York
Amarillo
Texas
Wichita
Kansas
J. M. Keith- Miller
Nichols
Enormous Excavating In Reclaiming Arid Lands In the West
Secretary Wilbur in his annual report notes extensive earthwork to reclaim western arid lands. The imagined ditch ten feet deep and fifty feet wide highlights the scale of excavation described for public works.
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Washington
Dec
Wilbur
Four Hunters Die as Camp Burns Near Otis Mass
Four hunters die when a camp housing fourteen men is destroyed by fire near Otis Massachusetts after a stove explodes. The dead include Otto Rittner and Joseph Genniv of New Britain Vermont and Thomas Hill and Daniel Reilly of Shelton Connecticut. Six others are burned or wounded, weather is five degrees above zero, and aid arrives only after farmers notice the blaze.
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Otis
Mass
Here
Otto Rittner
Joseph Genniv
New Britain
Thomas Hill
Daniel Reilly
Shelton
Conn
Winsted
Withdraw Pickets at Dan River Mills in Danville
Pickets at the Dan River cotton mills were withdrawn after a day as striking workers sought a conference with officers of the 116th Infantry regiment on patrol duty in the area. AmALG public relations chief C S Garrison announced the withdrawal. President Buford Nash of the United Textile Workers of America stated the strike continues until mills recognize workers right to unionize and bargain collectively.
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Danville
Dan River
116Th Infantry Regiment
C. S. Garrison
American Federation of Labor
National Guard
Buford Nash
United Textile Workers of America
Riverside
Nash
Jury Service Used as Unemployment Aid in Richmond
In Richmond two court officials report a pilot program using unemployed men for jury service as relief from unemployment. Jurors receive 2.50 dollars daily. Separately Bible classes are raising funds to keep 100 men employed maintaining public parks.
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Richmond
North Carolina Governor Launches Unemployment Relief Council
Gov. O Max Gardner opens North Carolina unemployment relief council saying the state faces its most critical period since the Civil War. He pledges 5000 for financing and calls on employers to keep wheels turning as localities bear the jobless burden.
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North Carolina
Raleigh
Max Gardner
Union
John B. Blandford
Hoover
Gardner
State Department of Labor
Men Kidnapped by Bandits Set Free in Kansas
A. L. Miller cashier of the Farmers State Bank Hunnewell and Walter Edward a druggist were kidnapped yesterday by a bandit who robbed the First National Bank of Braman Oklahoma. They were released near Lehigh Kansas and reported unharmed by telephone to Miller’s wife.
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Hunnewell
Kan
A. L. Miller
Farmers’ State Bank of
Walter Edward
First National Bank
Braman
Okla
Edward
Lehigh
Poisons Gas Ban Debated by League Delegates
Geneva December 2 Delegates to the League preparatory disarmament commission opposed use of poison gas in warfare in a spirited session. The vote for budget limits on air forces failed 6 to 5 with Gibson abstaining. The German proposal to ban tanks and large guns was defeated 10 to 1, with Gibson voting no.
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Gibson
Geneva
League
Hugh S. Gibson
Preparatory Commission
Lord Cecil
England
Germany
Count von Bernstorff
Britain
Charity Game Set By Columbia High and LaGrange
Columbia South Carolina December 2 The Columbia high school football team will meet the LaGrange Georgia high squad in a charity game this Saturday Neither team has lost a game this season
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Columbia
S. C
Columbia High School
LaGrange
Cold spell sinks to seventeen below in Tupper Lake
The thermometer fell to minus seventeen at daybreak as cold weather grips Tupper Lake New York and the surrounding region. A deep freeze continues with subzero readings reported across eastern areas.
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Tupper Lake
N. Y
Cold wave drops mercury to 20 below zero at Saranac Lake
A cold front hit Saranac Lake New York driving temperatures to 20 degrees below zero today. Local residents faced frigid conditions as the deep freeze persisted across the region.
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Saranac Lare
N. Y
Coal Miners Vote To Extend Scottish Strike
Union delegates representing 90 000 striking Scottish coal miners decided to continue the strike after talks toward a temporary agreement with mine owners failed.
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Glasgow
Scotland
Weatherman Turns On Refrigerator Record Cold
New York report notes a dramatic cold snap as the weatherman predicts more unsettled weather. A 7 am reading shows a temperature of 16 degrees, reflecting a sharp drop after days of fluctuating conditions.
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New York
Ontario Winter Chills Hit Cities With Subzero Temps
In Ontario cities today record cold snaps brought 20 to 25 degrees below zero readings. Toronto reported two degrees below zero as key blasts kept residents indoors and warming centers in use across the province.
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Toronto
Ont
Ontario
Forced Down Off Course By Gas Shortage In Bahama Islands
Mrs. J. M. Keith-Miller Australian aviatrix says adverse weather compass failure and gasoline shortage forced her down on Andros Island after leaving Havana for Miami. She received aid at Kemps Bay, plans to fly to Miami. Captain Lancaster intends to persuade her to stop the attempt. The pilot, wife of a Sydney newspaperman, held a two way transcontinental women's flight record.
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Nassau
Bahamas
J. M. Keith-Miller
Miami
Fla
Havana
Bahama Islands
Andros Island
Keith-Miller
Kemps Bay
Aviatrix
Forsyth
New York
W. N. Lancaster
Sydney
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania City
Cuba
Lancaster Heads to Nassau to Refuel Plane and Aviatrix
Capt. W N Lancaster departed at 8 15 a m for Nassau Bahamas to refuel the plane carrying Mrs J M Keith Miller who landed on Andros Island and to return the ship and the Australian aviatrix to the United States in a chartered aircraft.
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Lancaster
Miami
Fla
W. N. Lancaster
Nassau
Bahamas
J. M. Keith-Miller
Andros Island
Wood optimistic on post office budget passage before holidays
Chairman Wood of the House Appropriations Committee predicted at the White House that the post office department, treasury and interior department appropriation bills would be approved by the House before the Christmas holidays.
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Wood
Washington
House Appropriations Committee
White House
Post Office Department
Treasury
Interior Department
House
Russia Suffering Political Graft in Treason Trial
In Moscow on December 2, eight men on treason trial testified that graft infected Soviet Russia. Defendant Kuprianov said engineers benefited from bribery, noting 50 000 rubles yearly from foreign cotton machinery deals. He described graft flowing from American firms and a split with white Russians abroad.
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Moscow
Russia
M. Kuprianov
Kuprianov
Moto Vita device promised to curb fuel waste and save billions
Dr. Miller Reese Hutchison unveiled the Moto-Vita device claimed to eliminate carbon monoxide fumes from gasoline engines. The detector weighs about a pound and a half and promises low production cost while increasing air in the fuel mix to improve efficiency. Captain Frank M. Hawks planned to test the device on a flight to Memphis.
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New York
Miller Reese Hutchison
Thomas A. Edison
Frank M. Hawks
Hutchison
Help Wanted Hotline Aims to Alleviate Unemployment
The Emergency Committee for Employment opens a city hall basement office at 2039 for job seekers and employers. Mrs W E Price serves as secretary and assists with matching work such as cooking cleaning grounds and repairs.
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Emergency Committee For
City Hall
W. E. Price
Brown proposes postage hike to cut postal deficit
Postmaster General Brown urges a half cent increase for letters mailed out of town with a two to two and a half cent rate for non local first class mail. He cites a 58.8 million deficit for the year and notes last year’s 705.5 million receipts while proposing revenue boosts of 55 million annually plus 8 million from other fees.
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Washington
Brown
Hoover
Senate
Post Office Department
Bailey to Address Southern Society in New York
Senator elect Josiah Bailey will address the Southern Society of New York in New York City Wednesday night December 10. He plans a Washington stop on his way home to acclimate before Congress returns for the short session.
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Raleigh
Josiah William Bailey
Southern Society of New York
New York City
Bailey
Washington
New York
Congress
Babe Ruth Heads to Camp Bryan for Two-Week Hunt
Babe Ruth and Frank Stevens passed through Goldsboro en route to Camp Bryan near New Bern for a two week hunting trip. Ruth said Eastern North Carolina offers the best hunting and has seen most places in the United States.
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Goldsboro
Swat
George Herman
Babe” Ruth
Frank Stevens
New York
Camp Bryan
New Bern
North Carolina
United States
Wets to Hold Prohibition Push Caucus Tomorrow
Washington dispatch reports anti prohibition lawmakers plan a caucus to press repeal and modification of the eighteenth amendment. Representative Linthicum leads the effort with bills for national polls on repeal and for wine and beer manufacture and sale. The wets aim to build momentum this session and stronger force in the next congress.
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Washington
Prohibition
House of Representatives
Representative Linthicum
Maryland
Judiciary Committee
Early Christmas Shopping Advised For Savings
The note urges shoppers to buy early while prices are attractively low and copper costs have recently risen two cents per pound. It warns that delays will bring crowds and higher prices as business conditions shift.
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Willis Booth
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George Adams
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Gant
A. Wayland Cooke
Board of Commissioners
W. C. York
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George Stansbury
Pilot Life Insurance Company
Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Company
Julian Price
A. W. McAlister
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