House panel bars cross examination in liquor repeal push
Washington report on February 18 notes the House Judiciary Committee refused to allow Attorney General William A. Smith to cross examine Walter Liggett over his testimony about liquor sales timing. The panel also heard Michigan figures challenge Liggett’s claims while debating repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment.
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Washington
House Judiciary Committee
William A. Smaith
Kansas
Walter Liggett
Washington Magazine
Liggett
Kansas Cities
Graham
Sparks
Lambertson
Tambertson
Smith
Michener
Michigan
F .Rom
Green
Detroit
William H. Stayton
Stayton
Slayton
Grayson M. P. Murphy
New York City
Henry Ford
Henry B. Joy
Packard Motor Car Company
Wickershaw
Law Enforcement Commission
VERNIGHT IN MISSOURI REPORTS BLOT OF CRIME AND ACCIDENTS
AP dispatches from Missouri on February 19 describe multiple incidents. A bookmaker named Jake Hoffman was kidnapped and robbed by five masked men in St Louis, with police only confirming one witness. Separate reports note Marie Guhl's fatal burn in Higginsville after dress caught fire while carrying lye from a stove. The Missouri University debate team defeated Kansas 66 to 22 in Columbia. St Louis hosted the 1931 convention of the Missouri Association of Sheet Metal Contractors after B Kolbenschlag became president. A fire at a St Louis button factory caused 25000 in damage with several burned. Bernice Brown died from carbon monoxide poisoning linked to a faulty gas heater. Roy Turpin was held on arson charges in Bethany.
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ST. Louis
Ray Weaver
Carmelo Fresina
Charles Freese
Fresina
Jake Hoffman
Mississippi
Higginsville, MO
Marie Guhl
Columbia, MG
Donald Gox
Carthage
James A.wilson
Bethany
University of Missouri
Kansas
ST. Joseph
Missouri Association of Sheet Metal Contractors
B. Kolbenschlag
Bernice Brown
Starkloff
Canaries
Roy Turpin
Theronit Court
Hoover sought Muscle Shoals settlement in 1920s efforts
Senate lobby committee heard a 1927 letter stating that as secretary of commerce President Hoover tried to reconcile power and chemical interests over Muscle Shoals. J W Worthington wrote Huston that efforts to unite dike payer and chemical groups failed, with Hoover later attempting to mediate through Owen D Young but also failing.
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Washington
Hoover
Huston and Worthington
Dike Payer
Chemical
Huston
Tennessee River Improvement Association
Owen D. Young
Young
Radio Corporation of America
Naphtha Blast at New Jersey Refinery Kills Ten
A Standard Oil Refinery alcohol plant blast in Linden New Jersey injures about 60 workers, killing ten by today. High pressure naphtha line rupture ignited by forges caused the fire, with 1100 night workers exposed 55 minutes after shift start. Rescue and hospital chaos follows as crews fight flames and authorities cordon access.
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Linden
Eliabeth General
St. Elizabeth
Alexian Brothers
Elizabeth
Air travel seen as safest transport with instrument landings
Lieut James H Doolittle telling the Society of Automotive Engineers in St Louis envisions a day when airplanes fly by instruments alone and fog cannot hinder travel. He notes blind landings have shown feasibility and calls for further testing toward commercial use by qualified agencies.
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Oscar Selding
Associated Press
ST. Louis
James H. Doolittle
Society of Automotive Engineers
Doolittle
Guggenheim Fund For the Promotion of Aeronautics
Phil Love
Army
Kelly Field
Texas
National Conference of Aeronautical Education
W. Harold Taylor
University of Buffalo
Department of Commerce
Russian religious question debated in New York
Christian and Jewish groups protested Soviet religious policy while supporters defended it. The American committee on religious rights urged President Hoover to withhold recognition until persecutions end. The Lutheran World Convention set March 2 as a day of prayer for Russian churches, aligning with actions by Pope Pius XI and other church leaders. The American Jewish Congress issued a denunciation.
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New York
Friends of the Soviet
Hoover
American Committee On
Lutheran World Convention
Russia
Pius XI
Canterbury
York
England
London
William T. Marging
Protestant Episcopal Curch
American Jewish Congress
Soviet Russia
Wall Street mixed as utilities lead gains and general volume slips
The stock market drifted low and uneven despite gains in select utilities and specialties. Public utilities rallied on rumors while volume fell. several industrials eased as oil and freight concerns weighed on sentiment.
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Stanley W. Prenosil
Associated Press Financial Labor
New York
Ironage
Berger
Brooklyn Union Gas
American Water Works
American Telephone
Western Union
North American Standard Gas and Electric Pacific Lighting
American Power and Light
Otis Elevator
Gulf States Steel Yan
Republic Steel
American Rolling Mill
Gulf
Westinghouse Electric
Eastman Kodak
Goodyear
Simmons
United Fruit
Case
Norfolk & Western
Vulcan
Naval Conference Adjourns For A Week In London
The five power naval conference adjourned until next Wednesday with talks of a brief vacation period. Secretaries and delegates consider a pause while France faces a political crisis and questions arise about whether to suspend press conferences. Dino Grandi circulated Italy’s naval policy and plans for public release later in the day.
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London
Naval Conference
Secreary
Stimson
Brighton
Cornwall
Sab
St. James’ Palace
Dino Grandi
Italy
Cape Girardeau Boy Killed While Skating
Jim Chester Walker 12 died after roller skating from an oil station into a street and being struck by taxi driver Dan Fears 21 in Cape Girardeau Missouri. Walker died an hour later at a hospital. Fears not arrested.
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Cape Girardeau
Jim Chester Walker
Dan Fears
Feats
Ernest W. Walker
New Trial Ordered in Missouri Murder Case of Game Warden
The Missouri Supreme Court Division Two orders a new trial for Loren Baublits, former deputy state game warden, sentenced to seven years for killing Henry Burchett during a 1928 hunting party near Bethany. Prejudicial jury instructions prompted reversal and remand.
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Missour T Supreme Court
Loren Baublits
Nodaway County
Henry Burchett
St. Louis
Burchett
Supreme Court
Gentry County
Missouri
St. Joseph
Bethany Church
Bethany
Baublits
Richard F. Ryan
Kansas City
Gil
Joseph Weber
Weber
Ryan
Levy
Karl Weber
Karl
George Culbertson
Dunklin County
Court actions roundup on criminal cases 1920s
The court affirmed the killing of Henry James on February 9, 1920. It reversed and remanded for a new trial BH. F. Madden who was given 3 years in Dade County circuit court in March 1929 for transporting liquor. Ernesh Bryant was affirmed and sentenced to 2 years in Sedalia for stealing C. W. Finley’s automobile on March 21, 1928.
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Henry James
BH. F. Madden
Dade County
Ernesh Bryant
Sedalia
C. W. Finley
Police Injured In Motorcycle Collision Near Carondelet
Two deputy constables of Carondelet township in St. Louis County were seriously hurt last night when their motorcycles collided as they pursued a suspect in a patrol incident reported from St. Louis.
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ST. Louis
Carondelet
St. Louis County
Motorist Escapes After High-Speed Chase Resulting Injuries
A speeding motorist fled during a pursuit. Millard Kais er, 30, an officer, sustained serious injuries including amputation of a right leg and a fractured skull.
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Millard Kaiser
Dr. Dobson Endorses Nujol Health Remedy From Los Angeles
A doctor from Los Angeles proclaims Nujol the key to internal cleansing and daily elimination. The advertisement asserts Nujol is a colorless tasteless harmless lubrication not a medicine and urges daily use for two weeks to gain happiness and health.
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Apter
Martin J. Dobson
Los Angeles
Nujol Laboratories
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Muscle Shoals
New Jersey
James HH
Financial News
Loren Baubblits
Hy, Burchett
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