Senate Weighs Cuba Sugar Tariff Amid Holiday Break
The Senate abandons Saturday holiday to decide sugar import tariff from Cuba. Senators Borah La Follette oppose proposed 2.20 cents per pound. critics cite burden on consumers and Latin American relations. Smoot backs current rate, linking sugar policy to domestic and foreign stakes.
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Western Independent Republican Group
la Follette
Borah
Senate Finance Committee
Latin America
Senate
Smoot
Finance Committee
National City Bank of New York
Cuba
Satirical British Propaganda Document Debunked
Dr William J Maloney identified the so called secret British document as a 1919 skit on British propaganda written by himself. The pamphlet claimed to reveal a vast British spy system in America and was distributed in 1929 as a joke of Irish interest, with 500000 copies printed.
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Washington
Senate
Wiliam B. Shearer
William J. Maloney
New York
Shearer
Geneva
Maloney
Shortridge
Dr. Maloney
Lord Northcliffe
State Department
Borah
Idaho
Allen
Kansas
Re shaped G. O. P. order approved in Senate
The re shaped senate republican organization is approved by the republican conference led by La Follette of Wisconsin and Thomson of Idaho on the finance committee. Jones of Washington becomes chairman of the appropriations committee as McNary moves to assistant leadership. Grundy of Pennsylvania lands on banking and currency and naval affairs, civil service and manufacturers.
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Senate Republican
LaFollette
Wisconsin
Thoms
Idaho
Republican Conference
la Follette
Thomson
Senate
Jones
Appropriations Committee
Warren
Wyoming
McNary
Oregon
McMaster
South Dakota
Interstate Commerce Committee
South
Committee On Committees
Senator Grundy
Pennsylvania
Banking and Currency
Parrot Fever Scare Spreads Across States
Washington reports two deaths from psittacosis with eleven more cases in Ohio Maryland and California. Annapolis and Baltimore health officials link three cases to an imported parrot from a New York store. Dr Cumming cautions avoiding contact with newly imported parrots to prevent contagion.
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Toledo
Ohio
Percy Q. Williams
Baltimore
Maryland
Louis Schaeffer
California
Annapolis
Hugh S&s Cumming
New York
Shirley Wynn
Federal Bureau
Charles Armstrong
Lee Kalmey
Kalmeys
Warren
W. W. McEntire
Clody McEntire
Cumming
Carolina News Briefs from the Carolinas
The WCTU seeks harsher punishment for rum violators in South Carolina. A public meeting backed the measure. Floyd Stegall eluded officers by jumping from a two story house. J C R Carter, 4, shot his sister dead after grabbing a gun his father had laid down. Randall Blue, 14, was killed when crushed between loading wagon poles. Ocean Forest hotel in Myrtle Beach to open informally January 15 with Edward H. Crandall in charge. James Crawford, still wearing chain and prison suit, captured in stalled auto. West Gastonia residents failed to deter a mysterious creature that killed rabbits and pig, prompting fears of a panther or catamount.
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Yatlhb Beach
Ocean Forest
Myrtle Beach
Edward H. Crandall
New York
Alisbury
N. C
James Crawford
Astonia
West Gastonia
Western Kentucky Floods Bring One Death and Homelessness
Floodwaters across western Kentucky forced evacuation of numerous families with Robert Carter ages 14 drowned in McLean county when a submerged bridge collapsed under a load of corn. Mississippi River near Hickman rising rapidly toward 40 feet. Green River near Calhoun also flooding. In Vermont, the Mississippi floods rise two feet with a seven mile ice jam and widespread cellar floods as temperatures dropped to 15 below zero.
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Kentucky
Robert Carter
McLean County
Hickman
Mississippi River
Green River
Calhoun
Mississippi
Swanton
Lake Champlain
Landlady Faces Embarrassment From Prank Calls In Court
Chicago wife Ida Bard endured a string of prank calls claiming to be the assistant state attorney and a judge. Police arrived to escort her to court over a rent dispute with roomer Gunnar Westerling, who later resolved the matter by paying rent and reclaiming belongings.
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Chicago
Ida Bard
Hoover law enforcement report due Monday
Washington Jan 11 AP The Hoover commission will publish its long awaited report on anti liquor laws and present it to Congress via President Hoover. It says prohibition and other federal laws overtax enforcement capacity and calls for action on industrial alcohol, agency coordination, and federal court congestion. La Follette urged the crime study group be free from outside influence during its survey.
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Hoover Law Enforcement Commission
Congress
Hoover
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la Follette
la’ Follette
Wisconsin
Independent Republican
Army's Snow Birds Delayed In Duluth Flight
In Duluth Minnesota on January 11 the 18 Army Snow Birds, delayed by a frozen motor, finally lifted at 9 53 a m on the second day of their test flight to the Pacific coast. Major Ralph Royce led the formation as the planes, in trips of three, joined the air above the bay en route to Grand Forks North Dakota.
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Minn
Army
Pacific Coast
Grand Forks
N. D
Ralph Royce
Rosenwald Gave Bride One Million in Prenuptial Agreement
Julius Rosenwald, Chicago philanthropist and businessman, entered a prenuptial agreement with his bride Mrs Adelaide Goodkind. He provides her one million dollars in exchange for all rights to his estate and waives rights to her estate. The couple married in Philadelphia earlier this week.
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Chicago
The
Herald - and-Examiner
Julius Rosenwald
Adelaide Goodkind
Mrs. Goodkind
Philadelphia
Spectacular Fire Razes Elevator in Cleveland
The Cleveland Grain Co elevator in the industrial Cuyahoga area burned fiercely last night leveling the ten story structure. Fire crews from twenty nine companies fought ice and flame for hours as grain valued at 500000 and the building worth 400000 were consumed, with flames reaching 100 feet high and molten iron sheets flying from the ruins.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Cleveland Grain Company
Cuyahoga River
Charles G. Watkins
Grain Company
Atlantic Seaboard In Winters Grip
Frigid weather grips the Atlantic seaboard as warm January days end in the east. Temperature plunges from 65 to 20 in New York with fog rain and snow. Chicago and the Great Lakes face sub zero readings as a west coast blizzard spurs 13 deaths and heavy snowdrifts. Memphis reports flood relief after a day of sub freezing air and river recedings while highways and bridges suffer damage.
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British Plan to Cut Battle Cruisers Sparks Interest
London conference talks on reducing Britain’s battle cruisers from 70 to 50 draw keen attention aboard the American delegation. Officials see no quick dismissal of cruiser issues, while France and Italy present puzzles. Secretary Stimson hopes for a workable solution and plans talks with the French delegation to foster conciliatory spirit.
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England
George Washington
The
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Great Britain
London
Henry L. Stimson
Riots, Bombs, Deaths Reported in Nationwide Telegram
About 275 people were arrested after a communist riot with a police injury. A Chicago plant was damaged by a bomb tied to labor disputes with minor losses. Actress Mrs Lillian Shaffner died after a brief illness in Los Angeles. Goodyear blimps Puritan wrecked near Campton Kentucky with no injuries.
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Erlin
Hicago
OS Angeles
Lillian Shaffner
Shaffner
Minneapolis
Minn
American Car Firm Bets Big on Australia Bodies
In Adelaide on January 11 an American motor car company announced contracts to build bodies in Australia totaling 1 010 750 pounds for the coming year. About 90 percent of work will be in South Australia with wages around 260 000 pounds.
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Delaide
Australia
South Australia
Minneapolis magnate William Levings dies in Florida
William Hamilton Levings a 71 year old manufacturer and utilities magnate from Minneapolis died suddenly at his Olympia Beach estate Wilner near Palm Beach. Officials said heart failure caused the death early today.
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Alm Beach
Fla
William Hamilton Levings
Minneapolis, Minn
Olympia Beach
Wilner
Here
Bank of Ensley Fails to Open in Birmingham District
The Bank of Ensley, a leading Birmingham area financial institution, failed to open today and was placed in the hands of the state banking department.
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Irmingham
Bank of Ensley
Birmingham
State Banking Department
Freedom of Speech and Press to Be Defended Before Supreme Court
The American Newspaper Publishers Association led by Colonel Robert R. McCormick seeks to overturn Minnesota's gag law that silenced the Minneapolis Saturday Press in 1927. The case centers on free speech and press rights versus state and local court actions and a county attorney who obtained the injunction.
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Chicago
Socrates
Milton
Supreme Court of the
United States
Publishers of
America
Robert R. McCormick
Chicago Tribune
Minnesota
Minneapolis
Minnesota Supreme Court
Minnesota Supreme Court. Colonel McCormick
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Colonel McCormick
Athens
J. M. Near
Howard A. Guilford
John M. Young Nurseries Leader Dies in Greensboro
John M. Young 70 a leading southern nurseryman died suddenly at his home near Greensboro from heart trouble. He headed John A Young nurseries and stock farms, served as 1907 president of the Southern Nurserymen Association, and helped advance Guilford County highway building. Funeral Sunday at 3 30 p m. widow and nine children survive.
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John M. Young
South
John A. Young
Guilford County Board of Commissioners
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