Reconstruction Corporation Bill Triggers 2 Billion Credit Push
Congress passes the Reconstruction Corporation Bill authorizing two billion dollars to kick off President Hoover s relief program. The measure plus easy money moves by the Federal Reserve aims to thaw frozen finances for farmers homeowners and bank depositors. More credit potential lies in this package and related measures, with broad approval expected.
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Washington
Reconstruction Corporation
Congress
Hoover
Federal Reserve Board
Accusations in Bailey Bailey Election Contest
The Senate Elections Committee, after two hours of hearings, plans an executive session next week to decide if the contest over Senator Josiah W. Bailey's election merits a full investigation. George Pritchard's attorney Robert H. McNeil alleged a biased NC system favors the in power.
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Washington
North Carolina
Robert H. McNeil
George Pritchard
Josiah W. Bailey
McNeil
Senate Elections Committee
Bailey
Pritchard
Shortridge
California
Senate
Roosevelt Nomination As Porto Rico Governor Approved
The Senate territories committee approved Governor Theodore Roosevelt's nomination to be governor general of Porto Rico. The finance committee postponed until next week a vote on demanding correspondence from the State Department on the Barco concession. The territories committee also decided against a congressional probe of Hawaii for now awaiting a Justice Department inquiry slated to begin soon.
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Senate Committee
Washington
Jan
Theodore Roosevelt
Porto Rico
The
Senate Territories Committee
Senate Finance Committee
State Department
Barco
Hawaii
Justice Department
Levee Breaches Hit North Mississippi Deltas
Water rushed through six breaks in levees in north Mississippi and reports from Memphis indicate the dykes in the upper delta are in the worst condition in history, threatening towns and farmlands.
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Memphis
Tenn
Mississippi
United Press
Prohibition Marked By Conflicting Senate Views
Washington observers mark prohibition's 12th birthday with opposing Senate takes. Senator Morris Sheppard says sentiment rises and enforcement strengthens while Senator Hiram Bingham argues prohibition has failed and beer legislation continues.
Escaped Chain Gang Fugitive Says Will Not Return Alive
Robert Elliott Burns, a two time Georgia fugitive, says he will die rather than return to the chain gang for a six to ten year robbery sentence. A Brooklyn Eagle interview quotes Burns vowing to kill himself than be dragged back, noting the meeting occurred within a thousand miles of New York.
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New York
Robert Elliott Burns
Georgia
Brooklyn Eagle
Burns
Chain Gang
Wet Amendment Attacked by Dry League Speaker
In Washington on January 16, Edward B. Dunford for the Anti-Salon League argued against the Beck-Linthicum prohibition amendment. He said it would return liquor control to the states with federal supervision of interstate regulation and would injure national unity and enforcement, risking a patchwork of laws across states.
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Washington
Morris Sheppard
Texas
United Press
Hiram Bingham
Connecticut
Sheppard
The
Congress
Beck-Linthicum
Edward B. Dunford
Anti-Salon League
House
Dunford
Wickersham Commission
Husband Spends Days Off On Street Car For Wife
Chicago report says Tillie Herget seeks divorce from Conrad Herget a longtime streetcar conductor. She notes 1906 marriage and that his days off were spent riding the street car line with their children, claiming the only recreation he gave was streetcar rides.
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Hubbie
Chicago
Tillie Herget
Conrad
Navy weighs halting fleet maneuvers near Honolulu
Hawaii Governor Judd claims Honolulu crime is less serious than depicted. The Senate territories committee heard testimony from Wilbur Hurley Adams and Attorney General Mitchell on crime and policing in Hawaii as a possible basis for a congressional inquiry.
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Judd
Hawaii
Congressional
Lawrence Judd
Honolulu
Senate
Wilbur
Interior Department
Territories Committee
Thomas Massie
Hurley
Adams
Mitchell
Islands
Bill would allow federal prisoners bedside visits
A bill introduced by Senator George of Georgia would permit federal prisoners to be at the bedside of dying family members. In New York, two English professors and a lexicographer commented on slang enriching language as a response to journalist Sinclair’s claim of a decadent jargon.
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Washington
George
Georgia
New York
Allen Sinclair
Kidnaping Suspect Escape On Crutches Surfaces
Jacksonville police report Warren R. Workner 24 involved in a kidnapping case. He escaped detention on crutches while recuperating from a leg wound, signaling a possible handicap tactic to flee custody.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Warren R. Workner
Who's Who 1932 Highlights Budge Egyptologist On Top
New York reports the British Who's Who 1932 allocates more space to Sir Ernest A Wallace Budge Egyptologist than any of the 25 009 world’s greatest yet omits Joseph Stalin. It includes five pages advertising how to play the ponies.
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New York
Ernest A. Wallace Budge
Joseph Stalin
Pilgrims See Miracles as Xavier Body Is Exposed
In Genoa Portuguese India two million pilgrims witnessed the mummified body of St. Francis Xavier for 40 days and thousands of miracles were reported during the display.
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Genoa
Portuguese India
St. Francis Xavier
Three Die As Car Strikes Train In Addison Accident
In Addison near Corning New York an automobile ran through railway crossing gates and struck an Erie passenger train. Arthur Woodbeck 30 of Addison died instantly. two other men died later. Mrs Ruth Woodbeck and two children Harry and Elthea were hospitalized in critical condition. Floyd and Arthur Woodbeck ages 8 and 5 suffered minor injuries.
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Corning
N. Y
Addison
Erie
Arthur Woodbeck
Ruth Woodbeck
Harry
Elthea
Corning Hospital
Floyd
Rescued From Burning House in Goldsboro
Miss Ethel Vaughan and a companion were rescued by firemen from their burning home in Goldsboro during the early morning hours after flames trapped the women on the second floor.
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Goldsboro
Ethel Vaughan
Two Educators Resign for Higher Paying Posts
In Raleigh on January 16, two eminent North Carolina educators announced resignations to take higher salary posts. Dr Louis R Wilson longtime state university leader becomes dean of the Graduate Library School at the University of Chicago. Dr E C Brooks president of North Carolina State College says Dr J H Beaumont will resign to head horticulture at the University of dang.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Louis R. Wilson
State University
Graduate Library
University of Chicago
E. C. Brooks
North Carolina State College
Grand Jury Declines Indictment in Killings of Son
In Millersburg Ohio a grand jury did not indict James Stenhouse of Killbuck after he confessed to killing his two year old son with chloroform to spare his wife pain. He will undergo a mental sanity examination while he remains jailed. The case raises questions about paternal ethics and treatment.
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Millersburg
Ohio
James Stenhouse
Killbuck, C
Stenhouse
John A. Stevens
Congress Actions Move Through Committees
Senate considers a deficiency bill. Territories committee hears cabinet officers on Hawaii conditions. Judiciary panel weighs a bill to curb federal injunctions against strikes. Watson subcommittees resume home loan bank hearings. Finance panel expands foreign bond inquiry. House in recess as Rules weighs age change for minors. Ways and Means steadies tax hearings. Military Affairs reviews Muscle Shoals study.
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Senate
Territories Committee
Hawaii
Judiciary Committee
Watson
Finance Committee
House
Rules
Ways and Means
Military Affairs
Weather outlook for next week across Atlantic states
Weather outlook for the week beginning Monday. Rain at start except southern Florida, then generally fair with a chance of rain Thursday. Mild temperatures early, cooler midweek but above normal later, with colder weather indicated toward week end.
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South Atlantic States
Florida
Violinist Guillermo Roxio to lead Charlotte Symphony
Noted Spanish violinist and composer Guillermo Roxio will conduct the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra after a meeting of 30 musicians in Charlotte. The announcement marks a major artistic development for the ensemble and the city’s music scene.
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Charlotte Charlotte
Guillermo Roxio
Charlotte Symphony Orchestra
Opera Star Tetrazzini Appears In Added Attraction
Luisa Tetrazzini, aged about 60, debuted in a four a day talkie show at a Manhattan style venue in Boston. She opened with Cara Nome and The Last Rose of Summer, delivering a fading but confident coloratura as galleries once hurled bouquets at electricity of her voice. Her return celebrated a career that began in Florence and rose to fame in New York's Hammerstein era.
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Boston
Luisa Tetrazzini
Lucia
Hammerstein
Manhattan Opera
Caruso
Louise Homer
Renaud
Songbird
Florence
Melba
Sembrich
Rudy Vallee
Westbrook
Madame Tetrazzini
Geribaldi
Tetrazzini
William H. Leahy
Trivoli Opera House
San Francisco
New York
Manhattan Opera House
Farmville Tobacco Warehouse Destroyed by Fire
Farmville tobacco warehouse owned by L. L. Bell and J. W. Holmes burned early today causing about 50000 dollars in damage. Building valued 40000 dollars tobacco 60000 pounds worth around 5000 dollars plus a truck and equipment. Insurance stood at 10000 dollars after a prior reduction from 15000.
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Farmville
N. Sidan
L. L. Bell
J. W. Holmes
Travel notes from Cairo correspondent on journeys and satire
In Cairo on January 16, a traveler reports visits to Jerusalem the Dead Sea and Bethlehem. He notes plans to travel by air to Athens and mocks distant pyramids and the Sphinx, promising not to travel again without reading the Book. The letter ends with a sign off.
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Cairo
Jeresalem
Dead Sea
Bethlehem
Pyramids
Mexico
Sphinx
Coolidge
Athens
Formal Answer to Stimson Nine-Power Invocation
Japan’s reply to Stimson’s invocation under the Nine-Power and Kellogg-Briand treaties was delivered from Tokyo. It argues that conditions in the east have changed since the treaty, China is not united, and a central government does not exist, affecting treaty application. Japan repeats no territorial aims and says it will honor the open door.
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Stimson
China
Washington
Japan
Pr Stimson
State Department
Forbes
Tokyo
Russia
Manchuria
Reasons For Ten Per Cent Slash In Rail Wages Shown
Chicago session reveals railroad managements propose a ten percent wage cut for one year with basic rates preserved. Daniel Willard explains plan while David Robertson outlines aim to stabilize employment and provide force coverage amid unemployment concerns.
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Chicago
Daniel Willard
Baltimore and Ohio
David B. Robertson
Willard
Robertson
Angered Mob Breaks Into Jail To Watch Hanging
In Barre Ontario a mob forced entry to a jail coal shed to witness the hanging of Thomas Wesley Campbell 35 for murdering his father. Neighbors angered by denied access broke down a door as authorities held back the crowd guarding the improvised scaffold.
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Barre
Ont
Thomas Wesley Campbell
Campbell
Robbers Take Safe From Dunn Laundry Night Heist
Thieves carried the safe from the Dunn laundry during the night, opened it on a lonely road and escaped with 101 dollars and securities. Local authorities pursue leads in the case.
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Dunn
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J. H. Beaumont
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Charleston
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