Hoover taps Stinson for secretary of state in Latin America move
President-elect Hoover's selection of Henry L. Stimson, then governor general of the Philippines, for secretary of state signals emphasis on Latin America and a more liberal policy in Central and South America. Stimson’s work smoothing Nicaragua’s crisis drew broad approval, with Hoover plans to announce duties soon. Stimson said he would leave the Philippines at Hoover's request to take up a new duty, sailing in about five weeks.
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Thomas L. Stokes
United Press
Miami Beach
Fla
Hoover
Henry L. Stinson
Philippines
Latin America
Central
South America
Stimson
Nicaragua
Mr. Hoover
Stintson
Slimson
United States
Testimony of Witness Denounced by Postmaster General
Washington February 6 AP Postmaster General New wrote to Senate Post Office Chair Moses calling Anselm S Russell testimony untrue and detailing government witness status. He cited Russell and his brother at Magee Mississippi as under investigation for a shocking scandal at the office and noted steps to replace the postmaster.
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Washington
New
Moses
Senate Postofice Committee
Anselm S. Russel
Magee
Miss
Perry W. Howard
Mississippi
Republican National
Howard
Russell
Post Office
M Agee
Walther League Comedy Getting Acquainted With Madge
The Walther League presents a three act comedy titled Getting Acquainted With Madge in the Lutheran School Auditorium Friday at 8 pm. The cast includes Helen Williams Paul Wilkerson Enos Eggers Alma Richter Ester Pohlman Adele Trippensee Arthur Trippensee Irvin Hoffman Fred Atkinson Paul Viet Cisucs Eggers and Aleda Beck.
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Walther League
Madge
Lutheran
Helen Williams
Paul Wilkerson
Enos Eggers
Alma Richter
Ester Pohlman
Adele Trip
Minnie Hauk Dies Former Prima Donna at 77
Minnie Hauk once a renowned American opera star best known for the Carmen role died in Lucerne Switzerland at age 77. Her career spanned major houses and stages, leaving a lasting mark on opera.
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Lucerne
Switzerland
Minnie Hauk
Carmen
Quimby Urges City Action to Enforce Law and Vice Rules
Curtis J. Quimby argues for strict enforcement of city ordinances to curb crime and vice in Jefferson City. He cites police, city attorney, and police court as key, urges aggressive action, notes fines up to 100 dollars and up to three months in jail for misdemeanors, and lists ordinances targeting bawdy houses gambling and vagrancy.
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Curtis J. Quimby
Dicket
Jefferson City
Justice of the Peace
Sun
Woman Tad Little Respect for Governor
Oklahoma City February 6 AP The lexicon of terms attributed to Mrs O O Hammonds confidential secretary to Henry Johnston suspended governor expanded with incom petent with the back bone of a jelly fish Roy Burton auditor State Board of Affairs told a house investigating committee he heard the term The committee weighs impeachment charges against Johnston including incompetency If not for her the administration would go on the rocks Opponents say Hammonds was the de facto governor Burton said she emerged angrily from the governor s private office after asking to leave so he could speak privately with a visitor Wollard chairman State Board of Affairs added details of a rock crusher contract at Granite State Reformatory in which witnesses testified Hammonds showed interest Johnston Asked Wollard if Hammonds had an interest he said he believed she was involved Hammonds denied it
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Oklahoma City
Okla
O. O. Hammonds
Henry
Johnston
Roy Burton
State Board of Affairs
House
Hammonds
Senate
Burton
Gus Wollard
State Reformatory
Granite
Wollard
Tragedy in Baltimore as man stabs three women then dies
In Baltimore on February 6, Frank Pervis, 28, killed one woman and stabbed another and an eight year old girl before leaping to his death from his home. Police say he chased his wife and brother-in-law from the house, chased his wife into a store, then attacked Mrs Kalichman her daughter and her mother Mrs Sarah Silverman in the store. Mrs Silverman died at a hospital. Mrs Kalichman was in serious condition.
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Baltimore
Frank Pervis
Pervis
Ife
David Kalichman
Kalichman
Sarah Silverman
Silverman
Har Pital
Kaliehman
Katherine Wilson Resigns After 30 Years With Illinois Terminal
Katherine Wilson, after three decades from stenographer to assistant general manager, resigns from Illinois Terminal Railroad at Alton as the belt line, now 50 miles, shifts under new owners Illinois Power and Light Corp. Her departure follows reports she declined earlier resignations. she cites retirement due to increased scope under new control. She received about 100000 as a goodwill gift from former owners.
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Louis
Middle West
Katherine Wilson
Ilinois Terminal
Alton
Illinois Power and Light Corporation
Illinois Traction System
McKinley Lines
Miss Wilson
Aser
Delegates Named for Clover Meeting in County
County Court selected delegates for the annual Clover and Prosperity Meeting to be held at the courthouse on Wednesday February 20. Moreau township leads with 21 delegates followed by Jefferson Osage Marion Clark and Liberty with varying counts. Five general delegates are chosen from the county. County Agent T F Lucker forecasts a highly engaging farm meeting. a lightning hash is noted as taking about one seven thousandth of a second to complete.
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Farm Bureau Office
Moreau Township
Jefferson
Osage
Marion and Clark
Liverty
T, FP. Lucker
Queen Mother of Spain Maria Christina Dies in Madrid
Maria Christina, queen mother of Spain and regent during the late 19th century, died at the Royal Palace in Madrid at 4:30 a.m. Her death ends a pivotal era marked by colonial losses and the war with the United States. Her son Alfonso XII succeeded the throne as a child in 1883 after her regency 1885 to 1902.
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Madrid
Maria Christina
Spain
United States
Royal
Alfonso XII
Maria
Christina
Alfonso
Charles Ferdinand
Elizabeth Pranelsea Maria
Alfonse
Austria
Mercedes of Bour
Bon
Battle of the Session heats up in both houses
Debate over the park barrel substitute targets highway revenue splits and constitutional limits. Blair warns the plan could delay the state highway program and violate citizen voted amendments. Whitaker adds a new apportionment rule while Wammack lays out a $100 million primary plan with county refunds and road upgrades.
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Blair
State Supreme Court
Highway Commission
Supreme Court
Missouri
Shannon
Dent
Hickory
Whitaker
Wammack
State Highway Department
Highway Department
Road bond amendment debate on refunds and farm road funds
Senator Wammack led morning session remarks arguing against amending the road bond, noting legality concerns of appropriating road money from the state treasury without legislative action and opposing constitutional writing. He pressed for the promised 40 million dollars for farm to market roads to be protected in enabling acts.
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Highway Department
Wammack
Gruiser Bill 1060 To Water House Soon
Congress advances a Navy expansion bill authorizing fifteen new cruisers and an aircraft carrier for the U S Navy with a total outlay of 274 million dollars. Senate passage 68 to 12 and return to the house for amendments, despite President Coolidge’s opposition to some terms.
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Gruiser
Water House
Coolidge
Mie
Navy Department
Legislative
Norris
Nebraska
Mrs Eugene King Died At Topeka Kansas
Mrs Eugene King former resident of this city died Tuesday afternoon at her Topeka home after a short pneumonia illness. She was about 55, born near Wardsville, lived there until marriage, then moved here and six years ago left for Topeka. Survived by two sons Harry of Topeka and William of this city, a daughter Mary of Topeka, and her divorced husband. Funeral services will be in Topeka Thursday afternoon with burial there. In this city she was active in the Methodist Church and many friends mourn her passing.
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Eugene King
Topeka
Kansas
King
Methodist Church
Federal Reserve Report Triggers Selloff In Stocks
New York trading opened with a market scare after the Federal Reserve Board signaled a later statement on credit conditions. Prices fell 1 to 9 points on many issues, with heavy declines in Curtiss, Radio, General Electric, Union Carbide and others while copper stocks hit new highs briefly before a midday reversal.
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Stanley W. Prenosil
Associated Press
New York
Federal ReServe Board
Wright Aeronautical
Montagu Norman
Bank of England
Washington
Great Britain
Rock Island
Pere Marquette
Ironage
Anaconda
Chile
Gerro de Pascal
Granby
Curtiss
Radio
Advance Runnely
General Electric
Johns Manville
American Linseed
Dupont
Union Carbide
German Trans Atlantic Flier Von Huenefeld Dies at 36
Berlin reports the death of Baron Ehrenfried Gunther Von Huenefeld at a Berlin sanatorium after surgery for a stomach ailment. He was 36 and one of three men who achieved the first westward North Atlantic air passage, earning fame despite shrapnel wounds from World War I. He also served as vice consul at Maastricht and once sheltered the exiled Kaiser.
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Berlin
Baron Ehrenfried Gunther von Huenefeld
North Atlantic
Baron von Huenefeld
Maastricht
Holland
Wieringen
Hagen of
Tronje
Bremen
Herman Koehl
Jamies Fitzmaurice
Saorstat Air Corps
Baldownel Air Field
Dublin
Greenley Island
Labrador
New York
Germany
Japan
Mer
Mastery of Sea Depths a Step Nearer Today
Aboard the U S S S 4 test depth dives yielded three successful escapes from the submarine S 4 using new life lungs. Lieutenant Monson and Chief Torpedo Man Soloniski donned the devices and surfaced after submerged exits from hatch, motor, and torpedo rooms.
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Mallard
Key West
Fla
Co. B. Monson
E. Soloniski
Kolonski
Monson
Co. Il, Tibbals
Frank Hobson
Graham Predicts 5 Million Cars In U.S.
George M. Graham vice president of Willys Overland forecasts U S production of 5 million passenger cars and trucks in 1929 with about 1 million exported. He notes 1928 total around 400 thousand over 5 million. St Louis Auto Show attendance listed at 18 754. Gas demonstration at Kremer Nash Building on Jefferson Street hosted by Standard Oil of Indiana.
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ST. Louis
George M. Graham
Willys-Overland, Inc
United States
Kremer Nash
Standard Oil Company of Indiana
Kremer, Nash
Jefferson Street
George Gaston
Small business stock prices and broker quotes list
A compact excerpt lists numerous company names with share figures such as Webash Ry Warner Bros. Pictures Westingh Bl & Mig White Motor Co. Willys Overland Wilson & Co and Woolworth Co. with price-like figures including 7 128 159 51 25 2004 and 283. Punty Bakery appears with 134 1 8.
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Webash Ry
Warner Bros. Pictures
Western Union Tel
Westingh. Bl. & Mig
White Motor Co
Willys. Overland
Wilson & Co
Woolworth Co
Wright Acre
Punty Bakery
Prisoners Brew Alcohol in Summers County Jail
United States Commissioner Wagle opened an inquiry into charges that inmates at Summers County jail manufactured intoxicants during spare moments. Joe Adkins, who just finished a 30 day sentence, claimed materials and a large fermenting crack were smuggled in by trustees. Sheriff Fox said searches found no evidence of liquor production.
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Hinton
W. Va
United States
C. Wagle
Summers County
Joe Adkins
Adkins
E. B. Fox
Eagle
Prescription for Rheumatic Relief Circulates in France
In a wartime appeal, Paul Case of Brockton Massachusetts recounts obtaining a rheumatic remedy while with the American Army in France. He claims thousands have used it with wonderful results, that the prescription cost nothing, and offers to mail it to anyone who writes for the address and sends a postal.
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France
Paul Case
Dept
M- 69
Brockton
Mass
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