Borah Nominated to Lead Prohibition Study Panel
Washington reports Senator Borah of Idaho eyed for chairmanship of a proposed joint committee to study strengthening liquor laws. Support came from Senator Fess while Treasury and Prohibition officials caution about permit system failures amid concerns over industrial alcohol diversions.
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Washington
Borah
Idaho
Joint
Congressional Committee
Fess
Republican
Ohio
Charles
Treasury Department
Jones
Law Enforcement Commission
Congress
Treasury
Prohibition ‘Commissiontt
James’ M. Doran
Department of Commerce
Mellon
Ten Men Die In Plane Crash While Filming Thriller
Hollywood undertones mark a deadly crash during a movie shoot off Santa Monica. Ten men involved in directing, camera work, and pilots perished as two planes collided and a third maneuvered for a stunt over the sea. Bodies of Max Gold, Conrad Welle, George Eastman, Ben Frankel recovered with Kenneth Hawks and others listed as dead or missing.
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Santa Monica
Cal
Pacific
Alfred Lowenstein
English Channel
Kenneth Hawks
Hollywood
Mary Astor
Max Gold
Conrad Welle
George Eastman
Ben Frankel
Otto Jordan
Hoover's First White House New Year Reception
The New Year's Day reception at the White House drew 6348 attendees, a mix of dignitaries and citizens. President Hoover stood with army and navy aides as he greeted guests in his first formal reception since taking office.
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White House
Executive Mansion
Washington
Hoover
Army
Navy
Charlotte in Wave of Housebreakings Across City
A spike in thefts and burglaries across Charlotte today linked to unemployment. Jewelry valued at 3000 dollars stolen from attorney J S Cansler’s home. Nine incidents of house breaking and store-breaking reported. losses largely small. A burglar at J C Springs home took a child’s bank with a few dollars.
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Charlotte
J. 5
Cansler
J. C. Springs
Lindbergh Sees Women Evolving in Aviation
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh says women will gain a significant role in aviation, likening it to their growing place with automobiles. He and his wife, bundled in cold weather flying gear, toured Wichita aviation facilities as they prepared to depart for Waynoka Oklahoma aboard Transcontinental Air Transport.
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Wichita
Kas
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lindbergh
Transcontinental Air Transport
Waynoka
Okla
Girl Fatally Burned in Kitchen Fire Explosion
Nina Costner, 17, is in a Hickory hospital in critical condition after kerosene oil was thrown on a smouldering kitchen fire, causing an explosion that burned the Costner home in Granite Falls North Carolina.
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Granite Falls
N. C
Nina Costner
Hickory
Costner
Exchange Courts In North Carolina Tomorrow
Governor Gardner announced an exchange of judicial assignments for next week. Judge Walter E. Moore will move to Graham county replacing Richmond, while Judge H Hoyle Sink will be assigned to Richmond.
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Raleigh
Govy. O. Max Gardner Today
Walter E. Moore
H. Hoyle Sink
Judge Moore
Graham County
Richmond
Judge Sink
Negro sought in Baltimore murder and assault case
Baltimore dispatch reports a 24 year old man Reuben Heyman killed and his 24 year old companion Dorothy Burgess assaulted after an auto ride. police hunt a negro with a wooden leg described by Burgess as the attacker. Heyman’s body lay beside his car in a ditch near the Druid Hill reservoir.
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Baltimore
Dorothy Burgess
Reuben Heyman
Heyman
Druid Hill Reservoir
Ten Boys Drown as Ice Breaks on Flian River
Copenhagen report says ten boys aged about 10 to 14 drowned when the ice on the Flian river in Sweden broke beneath them during an afternoon skating session. Rescue efforts were hindered by shifting ice and cold water.
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Copenhagen
Flian
Sweden
Crowd in Boston Protests Coast Guard Killings
A Boston protest on Boston Common followed a meeting at Faneuil Hall over the Sunday killing of three rum runners by coast guardsmen in Rhode Island waters. Youths tore posters from posters and vandalized posters. no arrests were reported.
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Boston
Coast Guard
Boston Common
Faneuil Hall
Rhode Island
G. W. Briggs
Chicago Visitor Wears Bullet Proof Vest Over Lease Talk
Indiana man G. L. Potter arrived in Chicago to finalize a lease. After a hostile warning, he bought a vest and was shadowed by police to a bank. Mistaken as a robbery suspect, he claimed threats and requested protection, becoming a near prisoner at his Kenwood Avenue home.
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Chicago
G. L. Potter
Lafayette
Ind
Potter
Kenwood Avenue
Indiana
Saratoga Fire Inquiry Ordered After Gasoline Blaze Aboard Carrier
A U S S Saratoga off San Pedro faces a court of inquiry to determine responsibility for a gasoline fire that killed two sailors and injured four, with a capsize of a turpentine pot dispute and damage stretching along the starboard side. The captain’s gig burned and the ship’s 1500 crew fought the blaze, keeping it from wrecking the vessel.
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San Pedro
Cal
U. S. S. Saratoga
A. C. Reid
Saratoga
Mathew la Vielle
Hamilton Street
Schenectady
N. Y
Clara la Vielle
Vincent Valentine Lalor
Pacific Avenue
Brooklyn
Muriel McCaffrey
West Ninety-fourth Street
New York City
George William Febrey
Annapolis
H. W. Febrey
Henry Renfield
Hampton
Conn
George Renfield
Albert Lee Houston
Centralia
Wash
George Abbtt Houston
B. J. Morton
Reid
Seven injured as explosion damages seven stores on main street
ANTA CLARA Calif Jan 3 AP seven people were injured one probably fatally when a blast on main street demolished the fronts of seven stores. ASHINGTON Jan 3 AP Prohibition Commissioner Doran said an agreement with industrial alcohol makers would cut 1930 production 15 percent from 1929. ASHINGTON Jan 3 AP A conference of senate Republicans was called by Senator Watson to push the tariff bill to action in the Senate.
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Anta Clara
Calif
Ashington
Doran
Ben
Senate Republicans
Watson
Indiana
Senate
Broadway Theaters Plan to Curb Scalpers
Twenty five leading Broadway theaters will distribute tickets on consignment after March 1 to curb broker activity. Brokers may only add a 75 cent premium, ending prior practice of pre buying choice seats and reselling at high prices.
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New York
Broadway
Ten police wounded as riots flare in Temesvar
Ten policemen were wounded and eight to twelve communists arrested after rioting erupted when demonstrators tried to march on the Temesvar city hall. The clash surfaced as the Communist group staged protests in the Romanian city.
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Temesvar
Romania
Royal Wedding Sparks Belgium Into Frenzied Wait
Brussels reports a nation in eager suspense as Princess Marie Jose age 23 prepares to wed Crown Prince Humbert of Italy in Rome. The journey by famed Italian train follows a long childhood romance that began in Florence and Venice during World War I.
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Marie-Jose
Rome
Brussels
Belgium
Marie Jose
Humbert
Italy
Europe
Padua
Young Humbert
Miss Hammersley
Venice
Dr. W. W. Dawson Committed Death by Own Action
The body of Dr. W. W. Dawson of Grifton was found at a hunting lodge near his home with a shotgun wound. A coroner's jury ruled he had committed death by own action. Dawson was a prominent Pitt county physician and former vice president of the North Carolina Medical Association.
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Greenville
N. C
W. W. Dawson
Grifton
Pitt County
Fifty Victims Buried After Paisley Cinema Fire Tragedy
Paisley Scotland January 3 A city in shock buries fifty of the cinema fire victims as flags fly at half mast and blinds stay drawn for five hours. Hearses carry tiny coffins to Hawkhead Cemetery where nearly sixty graves await, with services held at Catholic churches for Roman Catholic children. Funerals continue tomorrow.
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Paisley
Scotland
Hawkhead Cemetery
Ice Cream Standard Raised in North Carolina
North Carolinians now require ice cream to meet a ten percent butter fat standard for plain ice cream and eight percent for fruit ice cream. The change, approved by the state board of agriculture, follows a request from a committee of the state dairymen's association.
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Raleigh
Jan
State Board of Agriculture
State Dairymen’s Association
Keeplaws League Plans Expansion Across U S
Wadesboro North Carolina January 3 The Keeplaws League of America a crime curb and law respect plan led by Mrs Mary Bennett Little of Wadesboro aims to expand to every state A council will coordinate extension with an adult auxiliary and prominent club women joining the effort President Hoover and four state governors have endorsed the idea Captain Charles D Farmer spoke at the meeting Governor O Max Gardner sent a message urging cooperation
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Wadesboro
N. C
Mrs. Little
The
American War Mothers
Women's Club
Hoover
Charles D. Farmer
State Patrol
O. Max Gardner
North Carolina
Captain Farmer
Keeplaws League
Thms
Bronx River Inn held up. patrons robbed in early morning
In the Bronx six patrons including two women and proprietor Richard Wilkins were held up by five men who fled in a waiting taxi. Jewelry valued at $2,000 and $600 in cash were taken. only the six patrons and Wilkins were present in the establishment.
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Bronx
New York
Bronx River Inn
Richard Wilkins
Bandits Bind LaGrange Heavyweight Cop at Bank Vault
In LaGrange, K L Williams a 225 pound local heavyweight was bound at the National Bank of LaGrange by two pistoned bandits who then torched the vault. After three hours Williams freed himself and alerted the town’s residents who gathered to view the damage. The vault door had a large cut but only a small amount of money was taken.
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LaGrange
Williams
Goggs
Recommends Enlarging Of Court Machinery
Attorney General Mitchell urged expanding court staff in Washington to curb enforcement delays. He asked Senate Capper for legislation, proposing two additional judges and broader district enforcement act duties. Howell bill aims to augment district officials in prohibition cases.
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Washington
Jan
Mitchell
Capper
Senate Committee
District of Columbia
United States
Howell
Republican
Nebraska
Hoover
Senate
Chi Psi Frat House Fire Probed by State Inspector
Raleigh Jan 3 The state insurance department led by Commissioner Dan C Boney investigates the Christmas night fire that destroyed the Chi Psi fraternity house at the University of North Carolina The building was insured for 9000 with an estimated value of 4500 to 5000 Officials stress the inquiry will not drop concerns over potential over insurance
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Raleigh
State Insurance Department
Dan C. Boney
Chi Psi
University of North Carolina
W. A. Scott
Boney
Borah Denies Willebrandt as Source on Prohibition
Senator Borah of Idaho denied reports that Mrs Mabel Walker Willebrandt former assistant attorney general in charge of prohibition cases was the source of his information on prohibition conditions across the country.
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Washington
Senator Borah
Idaho
Mabel Walker Willebrandt
New Orleans Police Order Shoot to Kill If Necessary
Nearly a hundred armed officers patrolled New Orleans streets after a trolley bombing spree raised the total to 64. Police officials said the night was quiet with no arrests and that officers were instructed to charge suspects with bombing under the state death-penalty law.
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New Orleans
Theodore A. Ray
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