Creation of Two Bureaus to Split Agriculture Research Tasks
The Agriculture Department seeks two substitute bureaus to separate chemistry and soils research from other units while creating a food drug and insecticide administration for regulatory work. The $128.362 million appropriation bill funds highway maintenance, insect pest control, and expanded endowments for agriculture stations amid cuts and reallocations.
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Department of Agriculture
Department
House
Jardine
House Appropriations Committee
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Food, Drug and Insecticide Administration
Fights Loom as Congress Begins Week
Washington December 138 AP The second week of Congress opens amid clashes over farm relief prohibition and taxation. Senate debates extension of the maternity act while Muscle Shoals and the poison gas treaty loom. House moves include a 260 million interior bill and an agriculture bill. Laguardia pushes for prohibition reform via local option with federal rules. border patrols proposed for dry states. Republican leaders push tax revisions.
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Congress
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Foreign Relations Committee
House
George W. English
Illinois
Interior Department
Agriculture Department
Laguardia
New York
Jury Deliberates in Doheny Fall Conspiracy Trial
The Washington jury weighing conspiracy to defraud the United States in Elk Hills oil leases heard closing arguments. The case centers on whether a $100,000 payment from Doheny to Fall was a loan or part of a large scheme to wrongfully acquire oil reserves.
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Washington
Albert B. Fall
Edward L. Doheny
United States
Doheny
Fall
Elk Hills
Calif
Secretary of the Interior
Hoehling
Harding
Navy
Interior Department
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Teapot Dome
Mrs. Fannie J. Brown Dies at Daughter’s Home
Mrs. Fannie J. Brown aged 89 died at her daughter Mrs. M. F. Sechrest’s home 1408 North Hamilton Street this afternoon after months of illness. She was born in Virginia September 22, 1837 and lived in the community most of her life. Survived by two sons R. L. and W. C. Brown. three daughters Mrs. M. F. Sechrest Miss Mary Brown and Mrs. Annie Gillian. 36 grandchildren 28 great grandchildren and four great great grandchildren. Funeral Wednesday at 2 with Rev. Charles P. Noble and Miss Clara I. Conn officiating. Burial in Oakwood Cemetery.
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North
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Mrs. Brown
Virginia
Obediah Brown
R. L
W. C. Brown
Mary Brown
Annie Gillian
Hampton
First Presbyterian Church
First Presbyterian
Oclock
Charles P. Noble
Clara I. Con
Springfield Friends Church
Oakwood Cemetery
Hunter Andrew J. Chandler Found Dead Near Home
Andrew J. Chandler, 33, failed to return from a hunting trip. A searching party found his body in a gulley near Winston-Salem at 11 o clock Saturday night. A coroner's jury ruled death from heart trouble due to absence of signs of a struggle.
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Winston-Salem
Andrew J. Chandler
Fines Levied Against 36 Fertilizer Firms for Anti Trust Violations
In UTIMORE on December 13, Judge Morris A. Soper assessed penalties totaling 1,800 to 3,500 dollars against thirty six fertilizer firms accused of violating federal anti trust laws. The AP report notes the fines were imposed in federal district court.
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Apepirty
Morris A. Soper
Civil War Veteran Shoots Himself at U S Capitol
John W. Caldwell 68 a Civil War veteran from Berkeley California shot himself on a stairway near the rotunda in the U S Capitol. He was an inmate at Soldiers' Home hospital and doctors said death was imminent. Two notes expressed despair and asked that his son Arthur Caldwell be notified.
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Washington
Capitol
John W. Caldwell
Berkeley
Calif
Rotunda
Caldwell
Soldiers
Arthur Caldwell
Berkeley, Calif
Fight On Muscle Shoals Opened In Senate Debate
In Washington a senate session opened with Senator Deneen urging passage of a bill to lease Muscle Shoals property for fifty years to Alabama Power and affiliated firms. Chairman McNary indicated plans to return the Muscle Shoals subject to committee review and Dent addressed objections to making it a standing order. Deneen said the power companies proposed to develop the full Tennessee River from above Virginia to below Muscle Shoals.
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Washington
Senate
Deneen
Illinois
Harrison
Missisippi
Muscle Shoals
Musclehoals
Tennessee River
Virginia State Line
Petition drive to force floor vote on tax cut bill
Democratic leaders plan a petition among House members to bring the 835,000,9000 tax reduction bill to the floor after Ways and Means rejected it. If signed by a majority of all members, about 218, it would override committee blockage, requiring support beyond Democrats.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Representa
Tive Garrett
Tennessee
Garner
Texas
Sunday Moral Laws Trigger Mass Arrests in New Jersey
In Irvington New Jersey 98 citizens including 10 newspaper reporters were arrested for pursuing worldy occupations on Sunday under the 72-year-old blue law. Bail was set at $2 per person as they faced charges. three reporters refused bail and were jailed briefly. The crackdown involved police, theatre owners and the Elks club. no arrests were made for violations of amusement restrictions.
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Irvington
N. J
New Jersey
Elks Club
Young Woman Calls Bankers Saps After Robbery
Rebecca Bradley, 22, a Texas University graduate and state official staffer, admitted to robbing Farmers National Bank at Buda with firearms, taking about $1000 to seek a thrill. Authorities weigh bond and potential examining-trial waivers as confusion over a possible alleged marriage to Otis Rogers swirls around the case.
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Tex
Farmers National Bank
Buda
Saps
Rebecca Bradley
Here
Miss Bradley
Texas University
Dan Moody
Otis Rogers
Amarillo
D. E. Bradley
State Capitol
Rogers
Ormiston 15 Held But Not Wanted
Los Angeles district attorney Asa Keyes, in Philadelphia, seeks Ormiston’s extradition from Chicago over his role in the Aimee Semple McPherson case. Defense counsel E J Dennison and W J Gilbert debate his value as a witness, with Gilbert quipping he’d prefer Ormiston to a wooden leg. Keyes says he will extradite the radio man now at liberty in Chicago.
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Asa Keyes
Philadelphia
Chicago
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Aimee Semple McPherson
E. J. Dennison
W. J. Gilbert
Gilbert
Ormiston
Keyes
Los Angeles Times
Sttorney Crowe
Liberty
Jester to Begin Serving Sentence After Yuletide
Robert Jester, convicted slayer of Nathan Lankford, will withdraw his appeal to the state Supreme Court and begin serving a five year term in the state prison after the Christmas holidays. Friends say the decision keeps him at home with his wife and children over the holidays. The jury’s mercy recommendation weighed in the sentence. Judge Bowie noted he would have given eleven years without it. Jester, an автомobile salesman, killed Lankford on Mother's Day following an argument over his children.
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Nathan Lankford
Tom Bowie
Superior Court
Supreme Court
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Liberty
Bowie
M. de
D. C. MacRae
Greensboro
High Point
Big Game Hunters Reach Capetown After Africa Expedition
Dr. H. L. Magoon once of Chicago and Dr. Dan W. McMillan of Birmingham Alabama reached Capetown after a May to December African jungle expedition. Magoon suffered an eye injury from a gun explosion and a dislocated shoulder from a fall. McMillan nursed an infected arm from thorn wounds. Magoon’s nurse helper contracted jungle fever.
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London
H. L. Magoon
Chicago
Dan W. McMillan
Birmingham
Ala
Capetown
Magoon
Salisbury
Ronesia
Daily Express
McMillan
Fire destroys Mount Elliott Springs hotel near Staunton
The Mount Elliott Springs hotel, a 66 room frame resort 17 miles west of Staunton, burned today after being discovered shortly after 8 o clock. Fire origin is unknown as two hours later only chimneys remained.
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Staunton
Yva
Mount Elliott Springs
Deserted Mother with Five Children Seeks Help
In High Point a single mother of five struggles after being deserted by her husband two years ago. She works in a local mill to feed and educate her eldest son, who attends high school. The piece highlights the hardship facing this family and others in similar situations.
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Jon
Call for bids on overnight air mail route
Washington December 13 The postmaster general will issue a call for bids within days to operate an overnight air mail route linking New York Philadelphia Baltimore Washington and Atlanta The middle route will pass through Richmond Greensboro Winston Salem High Point Charlotte and Greenville due to anticipated high mail volume.
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Baltmore
Wahington
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Festmaster General New
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Greensboro
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Hich Peirt
Charlotte
Greenville
Mid-Winter Southern Furniture Expo Expected to Draw Big Crowd
The Mid-Winter Southern Furniture Expo opens January 17 at the local exposition building, with ten stories filled by furniture rugs lamps and bric-a-brac. Manager Charles F Long cites record applications from exhibitors nationwide and anticipates a record number of buyers.
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Charles F. Long
Long
United States
High Point
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