Congress Cannot Show Much In Way Of Progress Made
The new Congress spent its first week in cautious preparations and is not yet ready to begin major duties. The House elected a speaker and organized three committees, while the Senate blanked aside for a president pro tempore and committee assignments amid a three day deadlock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byron
Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Moses
Democratic House
Garner
Texas
Dem
Hudderston
Alabama
Progressive Conference
Huddleston
Dole. G. O. P. Senate
Wounded Warden Heroically Foils Prison Break
Warden Thomas B. White of the Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary sacrificed his safety to enable a girl and her brother to escape from convicts who had seized them as hostages. He grappled with the armed men and was seriously wounded, while the youths reached their home in safety.
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Thomas B. White
Federal Penitentiary
Leaverworth
Kan
Hubert Gray
Zerbst
Fred Morrison
White
Morrison
Gray
George Harvey
Kansas City
Department of Justice
Professor Kane Cleared in Wife Drowning Trial
Elisha Kent Kane, University of Tennessee professor, is acquitted of murdering his wife by drowning her in Chesapeake Bay last September. After a five day trial with 50 witnesses, the defense argued heart trouble caused the drowning amid a troubled marriage, while the prosecution sought premeditated murder aided by a love triangle. The jury deliberated 3 hours 45 minutes.
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Hampton
Elisha Kent Kane
University of Tennessee
Chesapeake Bay
Kane
Thomas L. Kane
Kanes
Grand View Beach
Betty” Dahl
Dahl
Fort Bragg
Professor Kane
L. J. Barnes
Tennessee
Barnes
Paul J. Parker
University of North Carolina
Jennie Graham Kane
Inukai Forms Japanese Cabinet With Seiyukai Picks
Tsuyoshi Inukai completed a cabinet alliance with Seiyukai loyalists. Korekiyo Takahashi becomes finance minister and Admiral Mineo Osami heads the navy. The new government may seek 15,000 troops for Manchuria to deter China at Chinchow. Kenkichi Yoshizawa may be named foreign minister.
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Tokyo
Tsuyoshi Inukai
Seiyukai
Kenkichi Yoshizawa
Japan
League of Nations
France
M. Inukai
Korekiyo Takahashi
Kisaburo Suzuki
Ichiro Hatoyama
Yonezo Mayeda
Newspapermen Lampoon Gridiron Club Dinners Big Wigs
Washington December 12 The Gridiron Club dinner featured sharp satire of both parties with Jay G. Hayden of the Detroit News presiding. Democrats and Republicans parodied leaders, including Fess of the Republican National Committee as a royal figure, while Senate critic Moses of New Hampshire voiced jesterlike impatience.
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Gridiron Club
Washington
Democratic Congress
White House
Fess
Republican National Committee
Moses
New Hampshire
Hoover Backs Counter Proposal on War Debts
Washington reports a white house counter proposal to revise war debts as Senate Smoot proposes paying foreign obligations in silver rather than gold. Officials said the moratorium cannot be ratified before debts due Tuesday, with Mills pledging no blame on Congress for the delay.
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Washington
Hoover
Smoot
Senate Finance Committee
White House
Ogden Mills
The
Treasury
War Debt Commission
King
Utah
United States
America
Mills
Stimson
Congress
Sunday Movies and Wine Bricks Stir North Carolina Policy
Raleigh Dec 12 Wine bricks and Sunday movies have been presented to the North Carolina attorney general. The 1741 Sunday law exempts charity films, while wine bricks face legal review under the 1923 Turlington act. Some 60 requests for a ruling have been filed and a formal opinion is expected early next week.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
A. A. F. Seawell
Prison Break Probe Opens as Convict Missing
Government investigators launch a formal probe into yesterday's escape from Leavenworth federal penitentiary. Guards face criticism while the search for missing Bar Thayer continues after the escape utilized Warden Thomas White and six others as shields.
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Leavenworth
Eas
Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary
Bar Thayer
Oklahoma
Fred Zerbst
Penitentiary Annex
Thomas B. White
Albemarle Youth Dies as Truck Crashes into Streetcar
Jesse E. Chips, 25, of Albemarle, is killed when his truck crashes at high speed into a standing street car on Central Avenue at Hawthorne Lane in Charlotte. The truck bursts into flames and whisky bottles are found among the wreckage. A conductor and two passengers escape, with injuries from flying glass. Witnesses describe a 50 mph impact and a 20 plus foot flame jet.
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H. McKeithan
McKeithan
Central Avenue
Hawthorne Lane
Plaza
Charlotte
Audience Flees in Panic as Bomb Hits Gary Theater
About 500 people, including many children, fled a downtown Gary theater after a bomb exploded inside during a western thriller. No injuries were reported though windows shattered and theater damage occurred. Union projectionists had been on strike for several days.
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Gary
Ind
Culbertsons Rally To Narrow Lead In Bridge Rubbers
In New York on December 12 the pair of Ely Culbertson and wife cut into Sidney Lenz and Oswald Jacoby in a 150 rubber match of contract bridge. After 33 rubbers, Lenz and Jacoby led by 48.40 points, while Culbertsons had gained 16.70 in the night’s play. The session featured several little slams and doubled hands with notable plays by both sides.
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New York
Ely Culbertson
Sidney
Lenz
Oswald Jacoby
Jacoby
Culbertsons
Lentz
Culbertson
Ministers Seek Witness Immunity in Buncombe Case
Asheville ministers and three appointed attorneys urged Judge Stack to grant witness protection for those testifying about alleged juror bribery in Buncombe County courts. They proposed four months minimum for those convicted on self incriminating testimony and sought pardons from Governor Gardner. The group planned to widen the inquiry to cover broader court corruption.
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Asheville
Buncombe County
Buncombe
C. Max Gardner
George Floyd Rogers
Trinity Church
William Russell Owen
First Baptist Church
R. F. Campbell
First Presbyterian Church
J. B. Thrall
Congregational Church
D. M. Litaker
Mr. Wamboldt
Stack
Dems Launch Victory Fund Drive for 1932
The Democratic party plans a nationwide victory campaign to raise 1.5 million dollars on January 14. Pre-campaign contributions aim for 500,000 before public appeals. Victory dinners are set and John W. Davis will broadcast a speech from New York with leaders including John J. Raskob and Jouett Shouse.
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Washington
Democratic Party
John H. Fahey
Boston
John W. Davis
New York
John J. Raskob
Jouett Shouse
Shouse
Week Weather Outlook for South Atlantic States
For the South Atlantic states the forecast calls for rain on Monday and again on Thursday. Colder temperatures are expected Tuesday with a warming trend on Thursday and a colder close to the week.
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South Atlantic States
Detailing Dog Cost Jail Term
Detroit report says D R Green an unlicensed veterinary surgeon was jailed for 30 days in Essex County Jail for cutting off a dog tail. He was sentenced for violating the Cruelty to Animals Act.
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Detroit
D. R. Green
Essex County
Two Die and Six Hurt in Washington Hotel Fire
Two men trapped in fourth story rooms died and six others were injured in a blaze at the old Franklin hotel on 623 Pennsylvania Avenue. One identified victim was W. L. Conley from the Soldiers' Home. the other victim remained unnamed. Captain Charles Galpin of the fire department was overcome by smoke and two other firefighters were injured. About twenty guests escaped unharmed as damage reached twenty five thousand dollars.
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Washington
Old Franklin
Pennsylvania Avenue
W. L. Conley
Charles Galpin
Gems Worth 91000 Stolen From Mrs Levine in Atlantic City
Jewelry valued at about $91,000 belonging to Mrs. Charles A. Levine was stolen from her Ritz Carlton room in Atlantic City on Friday afternoon police said. Mrs. Levine is noted as the wife of the man who flew with Clarence D. Chamberlain from New York to Germany in 1927.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Charles A. Levine
Ritz-Carlton
Levine
Clarence D. Chamberlain
New York
Germany
Berlin Postal Department shifts to five day work week
BERLIN UP The Berlin Postal Department decides to inaugurate a five day week rather than dismiss 800 employees.
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Postrhen
Berlin
Rural Cops Seize Whiskey Still in Graveyard
Orangeburg county rural policemen captured a 60 gallon copper whiskey still in a rural graveyard. Water fed the setup from a nearby well, concealed by small trees and bushes. No arrests were reported.
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Orangeburg
8. C
Orangeburg County
World Honors Marconi With Global Radio Tribute
Nations and colonies joined in the largest broadcast to mark the thirtieth anniversary of wireless transatlantic communication. Guglielmo Marconi sent cordial greetings from London as Edward Thorgerson directed the NBC led program with David Sarnoff and M H Aylesworth coordinating in Washington and New York.
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New York
Guglielmo Marconi
National Broadcasting Company
Atlantic
Marconi
London
Newfoundland
Edward Thorgerson
Washington
M. H. Aylesworth
NBC
David Sarnoff
Aylesworth
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Harry F. Powers
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Bluebeard
W. C. Grimm
Powers
Clarksburg
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Northboro
Mass
Albemarle
Wife
Wamboldt
DEMS
Charles Levine
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