Tennessee Receives 4.4 Million in Federal Road Funds
Tennessee starts the year with 4 429 005 dollars in federal highway and bridge funds, with more depending on the legislature. Commissioner Baker awaits assembly action before detailing a 1932 program and notes January 30 bids totaling about 750 000 dollars, plus 1 000 000 for 1931 projects.
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Tenn
State of Tennessee
State Highway Department
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Trotter's Landing
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Middle Tennessee
Memphis
Murder trail grows hotter in Oklahoma slayings
Officials narrowed the Tonkawa case to search for Earl Quinn, an ex convict. Kay County attorney Bruce Potter tied Quinn to the shooting and attack on sisters Zexia Griffith 35 and Jessie Griffith 24, arguing the killings were a fiendish whim. Quoted that Quinn was armed and drunk patrolling near Tonkawa aiming to hijack a bootlegger. A button found in the car matched a vest seized at Quinn's Tonkawa room. Continued on page six.
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Jessie Griffith
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Bruce Potter
Kay County
Earl Quinn
Missouri Penitentiary
Oklahoma City
Norman
Jessie
Potter
Quinn
Death Reported, Denied Immediately at Noon Today
Paris dispatch reports Marshal Joffre in a coma at noon with word of his death circulating worldwide. Physicians later announced he remained unconscious since 11 am with 35 breaths per minute and a pulse of 140.
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Marshal Joffre
Respiraion
Joffre Survives Death Hoax After Life‑Saving News
Paris dispatch reports Marshal Joffre, long believed near death, was declared alive by five physicians after an erroneous bulletin claimed he died at noon. The aging commander reportedly rested easily though with abnormal pulse and respiration, as officials noted the report was in error.
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Marshal Joffre
Guatemala to Hold Presidential Election Feb 15
Guatemalan Republic will vote on February 15 and install a regularly elected president on March 1. Dr Reina Andrade designated provisional president after General Manuel Orellana was ousted in a coup on December 16. Congress accepted Orellana’s resignation and set the election and installation dates.
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Guatemala City
Guatemalan
Reina Andrade
Manuel Orellana
Congress
Orellana
20000 Year Old Arizona Butcher Shop Discovered
Dr. Harold J. Cook reported a 20000 year old butcher shop site in Yuma county Arizona. Mammoth bones with flint knives indicate early humans lived in America at least that long. The dry floodplain era showed streams and a Pleisocene landscape supporting advanced early man activity.
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America
Harold J. Cook
Cook Museum of Natural History
Agate
Nebraska
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Yuma County
Perry
Harold Anderson
Cook
Weather Summary for Tennessee and Virginia
Weather fair and warmer in Tennessee with fair conditions in Virginia and cooler nights. High yesterday 36 in Virginia, low 14, no precipitation on the observed date. December averages show 0.43 and 0.26 for high and low temps, 0.34 for average temp, with 2.20 inches of rain and 0.11 inches of snow for December. Readings taken at 6:00 p.m. daily by T. C. Harris, U.S.W.O.
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T. C. Harris
U.S.W.O
Lee A. Gimbel, stock broker, dies in Yale Club plunge
New York reporter notes Lee Adam Gimbel a stock broker killed after plunging from the sixteenth floor of the Yale Club. In Raleigh North Carolina local Republican leaders are urged by Lucas to organize precinct meetings to hear Hoover’s radio speech on Lincoln February 12.
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Raleigh
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Lucas
Hoover
Lincoln
Miners in Wales on Strike Today
In Cardiff the South Wales coal mining area wakes to a general strike. About 150000 miners are out, with 500000+ dependents facing hardship as owners lock mines and the Miners' Federation bans work while negotiations are urged for Saturday.
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Great South Wales
Miners’ Federation
South Wales Conciliation Board
Mobile Begins Year Violently With New Year Accidents
Mobile Alabama reports two dead and eight injured from New Year automo bile crashes and a shooting during celebrations. Fifteen year old Gordon Tucker died after being struck by a car, driver H E Summerall treated for injuries. Four year old Robert Rhinehart died from a truck impact while playing in the street. Twenty seven year old John Lewis found with head lacerations. Fifty six year old Charles Petty treated for a fractured arm and a bullet wound as celebrations continued nearby.
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Mobile
Ala
Gordon Tucker
H. E. Summerall
Robert Rhinehart
John Lewis
Charles Petty
London Navy Pact Proclaimed In Effect By Hoover
President Hoover proclaims the London naval treaty in effect for the United States as a New Year peace gesture. The proclamation restates the 1930 treaty text and notes provisions linking Britain Japan Italy France and the United States in goodwill.
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British woman aviator aims London to Peiping solo flight
Miss Amy Johnston, 23, began a planned solo flight from London to Peiping with a first leg to Lympne and then Berlin. The journey, routed through Moscow and across Asia, is expected to take about two months and faces unknown dangers. Johnston previously flew alone from England to Australia.
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England
Australia
Kidnappers Snatch Busch's Grandson In St Louis
A 13 year old, Adolphus Busch Orthwein, grandson of August A Busch, was abducted from the Orthwein home in Huntleigh Village as the family chauffeur drove him to a New Year’s Eve party at Grants Farm. Officials said little on progress as a wide search began.
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ST. Louis
Jan
Adolphus Busch Orthwein
August A. Busch
Anheuser-Busch, Inc
Adolphus Busch
Percy J. Orthwein
Orthwein
Huntleigh Village
Grants Farm
Orthweins
Legislature urged to strip justices of peace of power
In the Tennessee Law Review Robert S. Keebler argues the legislature can remove most duties from justices of the peace, leaving only quarterly meetings and electing a ranger and coroner. He proposes replacing magistrate functions with an inferior court for misdemeanors and small civil suits.
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Tenn
Tennessee Law Review
University of Tennessee
Robert S. Keebler
Memphis
Keebler
Tennessee
Shelby County
Cancer cells at last cultivated in Johns Hopkins lab
A young laboratory worker and his wife at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore announce successful cultivation of cancer cells in a controlled lab setting. The achievement marks a milestone in cancer research within a major medical institution.
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Baltimore
Johns Hopkins School
Senate probes plans to combine eastern railways
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee signals possible hearings on a proposed four system consolidation of eastern railroads. Couzens questions public benefits while Fess defends Hoover and McKellar joins call for scrutiny of railroad finance and public interest.
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Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
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Wheeler
Montana
Howell
Nebraska
Hoover
Fess
Ohio
Republican National Committee
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Michigan
McKellar
Tennessee
Kentucky Extends Tax Grace Period
Governor Sampson issues proclamation extending the tax grace period to February 1 for payment of state and county taxes and 1931 automobile license tags. No penalty if paid by that date. penalties apply if taxes and new licenses are not obtained by January 1. Proclamation cites stock market crash and unemployment as reasons.
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Frankfort
Sampson
Boaz-Elected President of AAAS in Columbian University Link
Dr Franz Boaz of Columbia University was chosen as president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in a January meeting. The appointment signals a continuation of Boaz s influential research leadership within the scientific community and positions AAAS for upcoming initiatives.
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Franz Boaz
Columbia University
American Association For the Advancement of Science
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