Relief loan compromise agreed in assembly vote likely Monday
A $20,000,000 relief loan compromise, added to $45,000,000 for drought relief, replaces a $25,000,000 Red Cross fund. Conference reports will go to the Senate for approval with a Monday vote anticipated. Democratic leaders Robinson and Caraway support it, while Wheeler of Montana remains opposed. The interior bill with the agreement was reported to the Senate, with further action on veterans’ funding deferred by the Senate Finance Committee.
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Caraway
Arkansas
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Epstein Faces Harsh Reception for Genesis Statue in London
Critics across London condemned Jacob Epstein's marble sculpture Genesis, calling it an ancient primitive woman. Newspapers published protest letters, including one from a retired clergyman fearing archaeologists may misread modern Londoners. Epstein declined to respond.
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Three Men Killed In Bad Collision At Crossing
DETROIT Feb 7 Three men died when their car collided with a Perre Marquette freight train at a road crossing. The victims were tentatively identified as Albert Thompson 25 Fred Walker 20 and Benjamin Barnett 27.
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Perre Marquette
Albert Thompson
Fred Walker
Benjamin Barnett
Negro Woman Burned to Death in Sumter Fire
Letha Martin a middle aged black woman died when a fire destroyed her Sumter South Carolina home early today her husband escaped by leaping through a window.
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Letha Martin
Fishermen Drift Into Lake When Ice Breaks During Salvage
Snow and rain relief across the drought hit middlewest as farmers welcomed moisture in Illinois Michigan and surrounding states. In Buffalo New York at least 25 fishermen were swept onto Lake Erie when a large ice floe broke away as northeast winds drove ice toward the harbor. Coast guard crews battled to reach the men as exposure and waves threatened the trapped fishermen.
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Hoover Moves To End Controversy
President Hoover seeks to end the dispute between Senator Schall and Attorney General Mitchell over a Minnesota federal judgeship. Hoover informed Schall he could not approve Ernest Michel and urged submission of a list of fit appointees after Schall renewed his attack in the Senate.
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Mitchell
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Michel
Husband forces wife to swallow lit cigarette in divorce
MARION, Ill. Feb. 7 Mrs. Burwell F. Rader of Herrin testified that her husband Robert, enraged by her smoking, forced her to swallow a lit cigarette. Circuit Judge R. R. Fowler granted a divorce as Rader did not contest the suit.
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Herrin
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R. R. Fowler
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Made Soldier of U S By President's Pen
President Hoover signed a seven year bill making Herman Lincoln Chatakoff a soldier of the United States though he never served in the U S Army. A $100 monthly pension with hospitalization follows. Chatakoff, once of Massachusetts, earned many decorations with the French Lafayette Escadrille and now lives on a Virginia farm.
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Virginia
Latin American policy praised by Stimson in two addresses
Secretary of State Stimson defends U S Latin American policy as a safeguard for southern republics. He cites the Monroe Doctrine, a nonrecognition pledge with Central American states, and arms embargo against rebels. He criticizes Wilson's nonrecognition stance and explains the policy's support for revolutions’ outcomes when capable of international duties.
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Mexico
Subway Collision Injures Twenty in New York
An empty subway train bumped the rear of a six car train carrying 150 passengers on the east side lines early today, injuring about twenty with bruises. Ambulance surgeons treated the injured as traffic on south bound tracks was tied up for almost an hour while wrecking crews removed the trains.
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Four Are Killed In Train Smash Up In Hamilton Ohio
Four people, two men and two women, were struck by a freight train in Hamilton Ohio early today and killed. One victim was believed to be Herbert Campbell of Dayton, identified by the wrecked automobile’s license plate.
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Shouse to Dems: Nation Faces Prohibition Question
Miami, February 7. Jouett Shouse, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, urged party leaders to confront the prohibition issue at the next convention. He said states with a majority in the convention already favor change and that the party must declare its stance. He also urged action on unemployment legislation and favored a five day work week for federal employees.
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Flia
Jouett Shouse
National Democratic Executive Committee
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United States
Senate Finance Committee Defers Bonus Payment Action
The senate finance committee deferred action on veteran adjusted compensation certificates until next week awaiting House Ways and Means action. Republican leader Watson predicted House passage, while Chairman Hawley warned the House will not consider Senate originated bonus legislation. The committee plans to reconvene next Thursday if no House bill is reported.
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Gas Distribution Project Reaches Funding Stage
MEMPHIS Tenn Feb 7 A 3 million dollar gas distribution project moves toward reality as Memphis Natural Gas accepts a 20 year franchise from Covington giving service to Jackson Ripley Brownsville and Covington The company has accepted 30 year franchises from Ripley and Jackson with Brownsville likely to follow next week Attorney W D Kyser says work may start within 60 days.
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Three Lawyers Added to Butler Court Martial Team
Philadelphia Feb 7 three widely known lawyers join Major General Smedley D Butler U S Marine Corps defense team for his February 16 court martial They are Roland Morris former ambassador to Japan Colonel A M Holding of West Chester Pa and Lieutenant Colonel Jesse F Dyer USMC Morris a partner and former Contemporary club president Holding a former Pennsylvania Bar Association president and Chester County bar leader Dyer stationed at Newport News War College Officials say further witness plans will unfold in conferences and testify may include contemporary club members who heard the Butler talk released no confirmation on Pershing witnesses
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Smedley D. Butler
U.S. Marine Corps
Henry Leonard
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Japan
A. M. Holding
Westchester
Jesse F. Dyer
War College
Newport
General Butler
Leonard
Referendum on Prohibition Favored by Judge McCormick
Fresno, California February 7. A national referendum on prohibition is urged to clarify the issue, advocated by Federal Judge Paul J. McCormick of the Wickersham commission. The jurist says a referendum would clearly show the nation’s attitude toward the law and help bring about change from the present unsatisfactory national conditions.
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Cali
Paul J. McCormick
Wickersham Commission
Debating Women Are Conquered By Males
Debating women from Farmville State Teachers College lost their first decision in two years in Raleigh on February 7. NC State College debaters won the argument on free trade two to one, with Elizabeth Johnson and Mabel Barksdale for Farmville and Dwight Stokes and W. B. Amos for NC State.
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Farmville State Teachers College
Farmville
N. C
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Elizabeth Johnson
Portsmouth
Mabel Barksdale
Stuart
Dwight Stokes
Denton
W. B. Amos
High Point
Panicked Night at Orpheum After Theater Explosion
A gas main blast before the Orpheum theater in Los Angeles injured thirty people during the Cimarron premiere. Notable victims include George Delk and Vito Vitallo, while audience members and over 100 film stars witnessed the alarm as police and fire squads controlled the scene. Robert McWade calmed the crowd with a quip about the celebration.
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Orpheum
George Delk
Vito Vitallo
Betty Deter
Earl William O'Dell
T. P. Ewing
Robert McWade
McWade
Delk
H. E. Walker
Government orders two million gallons medicinal whisky in 1931
The industrial alcohol bureau of the treasury department directs distillers in Pennsylvania and Kentucky to manufacture two million gallons of medicinal whisky in 1931 to replenish a dwindling stock. About 1.5 million gallons are used annually, and whisky must be aged four years before sale. Kentucky will produce 70 percent bourbon, Pennsylvania 30 percent rye.
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Express Collision Fatal Near Cracow Crash Kills Engineer
A Warsaw Cracow express collided head on with a Cracow to Kattowitz train near Cracow. The engineer and one passenger were killed and three others seriously injured as both engines were demolished. The crash halted rail service and prompted investigations.
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Poland
Gangster Shot In Detroit Home In Kitchen Tap
Detroit February 6 Ches ter LaMare a 47 year old gangster was shot dead in his kitchen when he answered a door tap. The assailant fled and remains at large.
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Chester LaMare
Gandhi Attacks London Meeting
In Allahabad on February 7 Mahatma Gandhi urged that settlement declarations at the round table conference must come from Sir Tej Mahadur Sapru. He warned future events will reveal if the civil disobedience campaign must be stiffened and said Sapru must bring back more from London than the prime minister’s declaration.
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Brown-Eyed Girl Captured Fancy Prince of Wales
Panama City February report describes Miss Eleanor Nichols of Newport dancing with the Prince of Wales at a Union Club event. Princess Cecilia Alfaro drew attention from Prince George as the royal party prepared to depart aboard the Oropesa en route to Peru.
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Panamas
Eleanor Nichols
Newport
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Balboa
Bay of
Panama
Miss Nichols
Prince George
Cecilia Alfaro
Peru
Forest fires rage in McDowell county area
From Marion West Virginia two separate forest blazes threaten homes as drought dries pines. Dense fog and smoke hinder volunteers battling fires roaring through gorges. Wagons carry fleeing families along dirt roads while rescue efforts struggle with each advancing fire. Marion is not currently in the danger zone.
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McDowell County
Pope To Broadcast For Entire World
Details of the radiocast carrying Pope Pius words to the entire Christian world next Thursday at the Vatican radio inauguration were announced by CBS. Beginning about 10 a.m. EST the Pope will speak in Latin for several minutes, preceded by Senator Guglielmo Marconi and Father Gianfrancheschi. If a draft of the speech is available it will be translated for English listeners. All three speeches will occupy about 30 minutes.
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Vatican
Columbia Broadcasting System
Gugliaelmo Marconi
Gianfrancheschi
Legislative Controversy Looms Over Two Measures
Raleigh February seventh AP report summarizes a busy legislative weekend with the Senate approving three local measures and the House eight as they prepare for Monday night sessions. The week features highway reorganization bills, barbers’ bill progress, and divorce proposals amid committee hearings and notable actions by Governor Gardner’s administration.
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House
Raleigh
General Assembly
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
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Gardner
Buncombe County
Rivers Johnson Seeking Forger
Rivera D. Johnson president pro tem of the state senate seeks a one armed man posing as Johnson who issued forged school vouchers in Duplin county Goldsboro and Wilmington. A man named H C Johnson allegedly received 500 or more in Goldsboro while another posing as C R Johnson got 200 or more in Wilmington. Descriptions suggest the same man supplied vouchers in both towns. Johnson noted his county was in arrears on school salaries and warned of further trouble from impostors using his name.
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Rivera D. Johnson
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MacLean
A Johnson
Ginger Extract Paralyzes Fifty in Los Angeles
The Los Angeles city health department reported 50 people paralyzed after drinking a ginger extract. Health officer Dr. George Parrish cited bootleg liquor and noted bottles made in Long Beach carry a New York label, complicating sales control.
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City Health Department
George Parrish
Long Beach
New York
Order Closing of Cuban High Schools
Havana authorities ordered all Cuban high schools closed for the rest of the scholastic year charging they had become hotbeds of seduction and used as meeting places for anti government plots. The department blamed alumni more than students.
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