Opposition to Stimson naval parity plan in Senate debate
Senate naval committee chairman Hale harshly criticized the Stimson proposal for parity with Britain. He warned any treaty along those lines would be debated thoroughly on the Senate floor and in committees before ratification, focusing on cruiser provisions and cost. He argued the plan diverges from Washington treaty limits and may not meet American naval needs.
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Washington
Stimson
Great Britain
Senate
Hale
Senate Naval Committee
Maine
Navy Department
Hoover to spend week off Florida fishing trip
President Hoover will depart tonight for Long Key Florida with Mrs Hoover and companions including Dr Joel T Boone Vernon Kellogg Justice F Stone and Mark Sullivan. He plans to stay aboard The Saunterer for a week or more fishing the deep sea and sending mail via a courier twice daily from Long Key. The trip marks his first long excursion since Virginia camps were restricted by season laws.
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Washington
Hoover
Long Key
Fla
Joel T. Boone
White House
Vernon Kellogg
Justice F. Stone
Mark Sullivan
Saunterer
Jeremiah Milbank
New York
Mr. Hoover
Virginia
Five Armories Burned at Vincennes Arsenal Fire
Paris reports five large armories at the Vincennes arsenal destroyed by fire. Hundreds of oxygen tanks roared like guns as buildings collapsed on artillery stocks. Loss estimated at $3,000,000 with potential for higher totals if more structures fail.
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Paris
Vincennes
Hoodlums Ordered To Leave Chicago
Chicago officials launched a citywide crackdown on gang activity with Police Commissioner William Russell funding 25 tickets to a boxing show to recruit undercover detectives. Several suspected gang figures were arrested but released. a Chicago Association of Commerce “courage committee” also formed to curb gangster influence.
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Big Boys
Chicago
William Russell
Jack Dempsey
Russell
Chief Egan
Detective Bureau
Benjamin
Buddy) Jacobson
Morris Eller
David
Mulligan) Albin
Epicure Club
Sam
George Kreiss
C. and O
North Clark
Izzy Lazarus
Robert Isham Randolph
Courage Committee
Col. Randolph
Williamson Bill Moves To Shift Prohibition Enforcement
The House began consideration of the Williamson bill to move prohibition enforcement from the Treasury to the Justice Department under a process allowing amendments. It is the first step in implementing Hoover commission recommendations to strengthen dry law enforcement, with leaders expecting final passage by nightfall.
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Washington
House
Treasury
Justice Department
Hoover Law Enforcement Commission
LaFollette Attacks Hoover Over Unemployment Policy
Wisconsin Senator LaFollette charged President Hoover with doing nothing to ease technological unemployment. He criticized optimistic statements and said the administration used mass production to speed up output but failed to address the human problem and taken no concrete steps to remedy the situation.
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Washington
LaFollette
Republican Independent
Wisconsin
Senate Today
Hoover
Mr. Hoover
Republican Party
Brady Case Jury Deliberations Stall On Fifth Day
In Austin Texas a twelve jurors continue deliberating over the sanity verdict of John W Brady 59 former civil appeals judge accused of stabbing his stenographer Lehliah Highsmith 28 on November 9. The jury entered its fourth day of talks and showed no progress toward agreement as they retired.
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Austin
Tex
John W. Brady
Civil Appeals Court
Lehliah Highsmith
Rich Gold Strike in Alaska Confirmed Near Fairbanks
Confirmation of a rich ruby district gold strike between Fairbanks and Nome reached here by air. The Poorman Wolfe and Beaver creek watersheds were reported, Beaver creek showing ground as high as six dollars a foot and 1.20 to the pan.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Ruby District
Nome
Poorman
Wolfe
Beaver Creek
Perez and Moreno wed after three day license wait
In Los Angeles on February 8 Guillermo Perez and Alcita Moreno married under a sequence of old customs. After Perez secured a license and three day wait, parental objections were bypassed by habeas corpus and a necktie loan, with Judge Walton J Wood presiding.
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Los Angeles
Guillermo Perez
Alcita Moreno
Perez
California
Dolores Monero
Alicia
Walton J. Wood
Judge Wood
Shuping Named Bailey Campaign Manager For Senate Bid
Greensboro attorney C L Shuping and Raleigh figure James S Manning will direct Josiah W Bailey's campaign against veteran Senator Furnifold Simmons with headquarters in Raleigh. Bailey announced his manager and chair yesterday. Manning, 70, has a storied political record including 1908 governor campaign work for W W Kitchin.
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Raleigh
Charles L. Shuping
Greensboro
James S. Manning
Josiah W. Bailey
U. S
Furnifold Simmons
Shuping
Sir. Manning
U. S. Senate
Simmons
Bailey
Mr. Manning
Mr. Bailey
A. W. McLean
Manning
W. W. Kitchin
J. C. Baskerwill
C. L. Shuping
Josiah William Bailey
F. M. Simmons
Southern farmers push plan to cut cotton acreage
Several hundred farming leaders returned from a three day meeting in Jackson Miss where the American Cotton Cooperative Association outlined a drastic 1930 cotton acreage curtailment plan. Carl Williams of the federal farm board warned that more than 40 million acres risks the danger line. The program includes reduced plantings improved staple quality, a staple based sales system, and research into wider uses. Dr Bradford Knapp of Alabama Polytechnic Institute will launch a radio campaign to promote the plan with other leaders joining.
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Jackson
Miss
South
Association of Southern Agricultural Workers
American Cotton Cooperative Association
Carl Williams
Federal Farm Board
Bradford Knapp
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Alura
Ala
The
Agricultural Workers
Mexican Assassin Is Turned Over To Attorney General
Emilio Portes Gil announced Daniel Flores, who shot President Ortiz Rubio, has been placed at the disposal of the Mexican Attorney General Aguilar y Maya. Police Chief Mijares Palacios and Aguilar y Maya will lead the inquiry with a public statement due next week. The president's condition was said to be improving.
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Mexico City
Emilio Portes Gil
Daniel Flores
Ortiz Rubio
Aguilar Y Maya
Mijares Palacios
Senor Portes Gil
Senor Aguilar
Hoover Nomination Seeks Interstate Commerce Commission Appointment
President Hoover announced the nomination of Hugh M. Tate of Knoxville Tennessee to the interstate commerce commission. In Oklahoma John Young and his wife La Tosca, both negroes, were acquitted by a district court jury of a murder tied to the death of federal prohibition officer O P Butler during a warrant service at Cushing. Bandits allied with military groups are kidnapping missionaries and terrorizin g parts of China as vast outbreaks of lawlessness continue.
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Ashington
Hoover
Hugh M. Tate
Knoxville
Tenn
Interstate Commerce Commission
Tillwater
Okla
John Young
la Tosca
O. P. Butler
Prohibition Enforcement
Cushing
Oklo
Not Guilty Found for Police Chief in Liquor Case
J B White chief of police at New Smyrna Fla was found not guilty by a federal jury on charges of selling 282 quarts of confiscated liquor. The sealed verdict was opened at 10 a m today. The government alleged the liquor was sold through a jail window.
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Tacksonville
Pla
Peh
J. B. White
New Smyrna
White
Club Royale Padlocked for One Year in Chicago
Federal Judge Wilkerson ordered the popular Loop club padlocked for one year for violation of the prohibition law. Twenty three other places including cafes drug stores and a 24 flat building were also padlocked. Texas Guinan hosted and prohibition agents were cheered as they moved among diners.
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Chicago
Wilkerson
Prohibition
Rocky Mount Merchant Commits Suicide
J. B. Jackson, 53, a Rocky Mount merchant, shot himself yesterday in his home. Despondency and ill health are listed as causes.
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Rocky Mount
J. B. Jackson
France And Italy Hold Attention On Naval Talks
Paris and Rome show mixed reactions to Britain's and America's naval limitation statements. Dino Grandi praised progress toward figures while Andre Tardieu expressed displeasure over the announcements. Japan declined to issue a new statement, saying it had nothing to add.
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London
France
Italy
Stimson
MacDonald
Dino Grandi
Andre Tardieu
Paris
Reijiro Wakatsuki
Japan
Commission Gets Haitian Question
President Hoover appoints a five member commission to determine when and how the United States will withdraw from Haiti. Led by W. Cameron Forbes, with Henry P. Fletcher Elie Vezina James Kenney and William Allen White as members, the panel includes lawmakers from both chambers to be named later.
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United States
Haiti
Hoover
W. Cameron Forbes
Massachusetts
Philippines
Henry P. Fletcher
Pennsylvania
Rome
Elie Vezina
Rhode Island
James Kenney
Trenton
New Jersey
Times
William Allen White
Emporia
Kansas
Gazette
House
Senate
Reynolds Not To Boost Cigarette Prices
New York February 8 Reynolds & Co denies plans to raise wholesale cigarette prices and states a recent manufacturers meeting was not about pricing strategy. The company official clarifies no hike is planned at this time.
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Reynolds
New York
R. J. Reynolds & Co
Reynolds Company
Two S. C. Solons Die In Wreck
State Senator W Claude Martin of Orangeburg was killed instantly and Senator William S Legare of Charleston died later from injuries after their road collision near Wolfton. Representative J Rutledge Smith Jr suffered cuts but was not seriously hurt. Legare's car caught fire but was extinguished.
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Orangeburg
8. C
W. Claude Martin
Williams. Legare
Charleston
J. Rutledge Smith, Jr
Legare
William Fair
Wolfton
Tracey E. Fore
Dillon County
Natives Fight To Get Into Prisons
In Adelaide Australia February 8 natives of Central Australia fight for admission to prisons. The resident magistrate reports natives are arrested for cattle spearing again and again after release, hoping to be readmitted to institutions they see as more beneficent than corrective.
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Adelaide
Australia
Central Australia
Doctor amid smallpox quarantine turns endurance tale in Texas
In San Antonio, Dr. James R. Drain, head of a chiropractic college, endures a three day standoff under guard as city health officials enforce a smallpox quarantine. He refuses vaccination, cites patient role, while guards supply food and the city considers next steps.
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Texas
San Antonio
Tex
James R. Drain
Achiropractic College
Co Lege
W. King
Drain
Explosion Kills 17 at Standardville Coal Mine
Grim disaster at Standard Coal mine in Standardville Utah leaves 17 dead and three missing after Thursday explosion and gas flooded slopes. Three rescue workers killed by a falling boulder while searching for missing men as funeral plans begin and communities offer aid.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Standard Coal Company
Standardville
C. H. Brady
Frank James
Todie Wimber
John R. Loman
New Mexico
Clarence KE. Smith
Great Falls
Ment
Walton Henderson
Price
Carbon County
Brokers barred for manipulation in Advance-Rumely case
New York Feb 8 three men Abner S Werblin Leonard J Rollnick and William L Jarvis were restrained from further stock dealings under a temporary injunction in the first action under the Martin act of 1920 involving a New York Stock Exchange listed issue. The trio allegedly financed purchases of Advance-Rumely farm implement stock and used broker networks to manipulate prices generating about 6 million dollars in profit while misleading investors through a Boston tip sheet and a Debater-Criterion publication.
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Abner S. Werblin
Leonard J. Rolnick
William L. Jarvis
Boston
State Bureau of Securities
New York Stock Exchange
Watson Washburn
Securities Bureau
Rollnick
Jarvis
Werblin
The
Stock Exchange
Rollnick and Jarvis
Washburn
Financial Debater-Criterion, Inc
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