Senate group approves three reconstruction corporation nominees
The Senate banking committee reported favorably the nominations of Charles G. Dawes Jesse H. Jones and Harvey C. Couch to be directors of the reconstruction corporation Dawes Jones and Couch hailed from Chicago Houston Tex and Pine Bluff Arkansas with Dawes as the lone Republican on the board and the panel rejected a delay until a fourth Democrat director is named.
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Banking Committee
Dawes, Couch and Jones
West
Washington
Senate Banking Committee Today
Charles G. Dawes
Jesse H. Jones
Harvey C. Couch
Reconstruction Corporation
Norbeck
Senate
Hoover
George
Tilson
Conn
Dawes
Jones
Couch
Houston
Tex
Pine Bluff
Arkansas
British U Boat Fails to Rise From Channel
News briefs report a British submarine M-2 sank off Portland after a routine dive. Rescue efforts continued as 56 crewmen were feared lost, with divers and ships scouring the channel floor and reports of a possible contact on the seabed.
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Channel
Portland
England
Dead Man’s Bay
English Channel
Navy
Start Point
Devonshire
London
British Admiralty
Evening Standard
H. M
Dolphin
Manchurian diplomatic notes sent to Senate
The American government delivered its diplomatic correspondence on the Manchurian situation to the Senate in response to a resolution, including expostulations against Japanese attacks on Chinchow. Irregularities involving 63368.30 of Merchants Bank of Durham funds are detailed in a special audit filed with the clerk of superior court. The House also passed the 175 million agriculture department appropriations bill and sent it to the Senate.
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Senate
Bank Durham
Merchants Bank of Durham
Superior Court
Washington
House
Agriculture Department
Firefighters battle flames at three Baltimore lumber plants
All available fire equipment in southeastern Baltimore rushed to the lumber district this afternoon to battle a blaze burning across three plants. The incident drew crews from multiple stations as flames threatened nearby structures and prompted a rapid emergency response.
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Baltimore
Railway Brotherhoods Progress on 10 Percent Wage Cut
Chicago January 27 railway brotherhoods made progress in talks on accepting a ten per cent wage cut. An answer to the railroad president could come later today.
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Chicago
Railway Brotherhoods
Murder in Second Degree Charged in Island Slayings
A Hawaii grand jury indicted Mrs. Granville Fortescue and three naval men for second degree murder in the Kahahawai slayings. Lieut. Thomas H. Massie, Mrs. Fortescue’s son in law, E. J. Lord and Albert C. Jones are held at Pearl Harbor without bail. Bail set to be fixed today as defense challenges the indictment amid questions over jury coercion.
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Honolulu
Granville Fortescue
Joseph Kahahawai
Montgomery Winn
Thomas H. Massie
Massie
Daniels Returns to Raleigh After Atlanta Hospital Stay
Josephus Daniels former secretary of the navy and News and Observer publisher returns to Raleigh after a two week hospital stay in Atlanta due to injuries from a car accident. He says he feels better though not as spry as usual and hints he will speak later. Friends urge him to run for governor.
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Raleigh
Josephus Daniels
Gardner backs practical cotton surplus plan not statewide acreage cuts
Raleigh January 27 Governor Gardner says he will cooperate in any practical plan to withhold the cotton surplus from the market but is not in favor of Senator Smith of South Carolina urged nationwide legislation on acreage reduction. He spoke in reply to Smiths invitation to Washington for talks with other cotton states representatives and President Hoover on the issue.
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Raleigh
Gardner
Smith
South Carolina
Washington
Hoover
Heavy guard surrounds Alabama Capitol after bomb plot claim
A security detail of Montgomery police and Kilby Prison officers patrolled the Alabama State Capitol after Auditor John Brandon reported a letter detailing a plan to bomb Governor Miller and three state officials. The letter, from a Birmingham man, claimed four men planned attacks yesterday or today.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Kilby
John Brandon
B. M. Miller
Birmingham
Miller
William F. Feagan
State Board of Administration
John Peach
Roy Nolan
State Convict Department
Thomas E. Knight, Jr
State Supreme Court
Scottsboro
Atmore
Shanghai braces for war as Japs issue final city ultimatum
Shanghai faces a Japanese ultimatum demanding an end to the economic boycott dissolution of anti Japanese associations reparations for disturbances and apologies to the emperor. About 2 400 US and British marines prepare to defend the international settlement as 10 000 Chinese troops brace for possible invasion.
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Shanghai
China
Japan
International Settlement
Wu Teh-Chen
Yangtze Valley
Chiang Kai- Shek
United States
Whangpoo River
Woosung
Yangtze
U S Japan War Forecast by Eugene Chen in Shanghai
Eugene Chen, ex Chinese foreign minister, says Japan seeks Manchuria annexation and Pacific domination leading to war with the United States. He warns occupation of Manchuria is a step to access raw materials for war and Australia’s conquest, driven by a militarist government.
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Shanghai
China
Japan
Pacific Ocean
Eugene Chen
United States
Manchuria
Australia
Dr. Chen
Asia
Chen
Austrian Cabinet Resigns. Buresch Leads Step Down
The Austrian cabinet led by Dr. Karl Buresch resigned today, announced by the foreign office with plans for an official communique to follow.
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Vienna
Karl Buresch
Foreign Office
Blue Law Clamp Hits Miami During Parimutuel Start
Miami officials launch a broad enforcement drive targeting gambling and Sunday blue laws as parimutuel wagering begins. Sheriff Lehman and Solicitor Pine promise to enforce all Florida statutes statewide, though tracks remain open.
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Miami
Fla
Fred Pine
M. P. Lehman
Dade County
Pine
Lehman
Florida
Akron Airship Defects Sparks Dismissals
The Navy committee heard that an investigation into Akron materials led to two machinists being discharged. W. R. Underwood and Lt. Col. E. C. MacDonald reported defects fearing a Shenandoah replica risk. Goodyear allegedly learned of the charges and fired the two men who had spoken.
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Washington
House Naval Committee
E. C. Davidson
Mount Ida
Virginia
International Association of Machinists
William A. Moffett
Naval Bureau of Aeronautics
Davidson
W. BR. Underwood
Madisonville
Tenn
E. C. Mac
Donald
Underwood
Akron
McDonald
Shenandoah
Navy
Goodyear Company
South Bend Man Kidnapped For $50,000 Ransom
Howard Woolverton a 52 year old South Bend manufacturer was abducted on his way home from a theater and held for $50,000. His wife Mrs Florence Woolverton 49 was taken with him and released two miles from the city. A note demanded the ransom and set tonight as the deadline. Police under Chief John B. Kuespert pursued the case as they protected the family at home.
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South Bend
Ind
Howard Woolverton
Florence Woolverton
Woolverton
John B. Kuespert
Kuespert
Cyr Takes Governor's Oath But King Remains In Louisiana Office
Paul N. Cyr, Louisiana's lieutenant governor, took the governor's oath and asserted himself as chief executive. Alvin O. King, already in the governor's chair after Huey Long left for Washington, held the office with guards at the state house and mansion, rejecting Cyr's demand to ceded power.
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Cyr
King
Louisiana
New Orleans
Paul N. Cyr
Alvin O. King
Huey P. Long
Long
Washington
United States Senate
State House
District Court
Secretary of State
Will Rogers on Europe and debt blame in London
In London Dan, Will Rogers jokes about Europe blaming America for debts, disarmament, disease, and other woes of 15 years. He cites a prison mutiny blamed on American influence and asks what happened to the disarmament troop, noting he plans to leave before more blame lands on the U.S.
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London
Dan
Europe
America
Mother of Winnie Ruth Judd Testifies on Insanity Plea
In Phoenix on January 27 the elderly mother Carrie McKinnell described her daughter’s erratic life and family insanity to support an insanity defense for Winnie Ruth Judd. The defense planned psychiatric testimony to seek confinement in an asylum, while the state pressed for the death penalty. Judd later caused a courtroom scene accusing a sheriff of pressuring witnesses.
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Phoenix
Brig
Winnie Ruth Judd
Carrie McKinnell
Darlington
Ind
Agnes Anne LeRoi
Hector Samuelson
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