Ritchie Enters Democratic Presidential Ring
Maryland Governor Albert C. Ritchie formally announces his candidacy as Democratic prep for the 1932 campaign. Roosevelt supporters push for control of key committee votes and Kansas City as the convention site while Jackson Day events unfold and other aspirants age for influence.
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Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York
Democratic National Committee
Albert C. Ritchie
Maryland
Baltimore
Free State
Alfred E. Smith
John W. Davis
James M. Cox
Smith
New Yorker
National Committee
John J. Raskob
Kansas City
San Francisco
Chicago
Atlantic City
Raskob
G.O.P
Congress
Ritchie
Mayflower Hotel
Ritchie hints at Democratic presidential bid at Jackson Day
Maryland Governor Albert C. Ritchie denounces the Republican administration in a Jackson Day dinner speech. He says he would be proud to carry the Democratic banner in November and urges a return to fundamentals, criticizing government ownership and foreign war debts. Continues on page six.
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Baltimore
Albert C. Ritchie
Concord
Democratic Club
Maryland
Ritchie
Washington
Hightower Trial Nears End Delayed by Missing Witnesses
The William Hightower murder conspiracy trial in Mount Sterling Kentucky slowed as 38 potential defense witnesses from Harlan county could not attend due to lack of funds. Judge Henry Prewitt ordered their appearance to contest charges that Hightower urged violence and plotted deputy sheriffs deaths to win a mine war.
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Mount Sterling
William Hightower
Henry Prewitt
Harlan County
Commonwealths
Hightower
Blue Grass
Coast Guardsmen Take Rum Bribes In New York
Federal investigation reveals wholesale bribery of coast guardsmen by liquor runners in the New York area totaling about one million dollars. Twenty guardsmen arrested, some confessing, with officials indicating possible high level involvement. Territory centered on Long Island shore, linked to Vannie Higgins, already tied to liquor running. Higgins and others face federal trial on prohibition charges.
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New York
Howard W. Amell
Grand Jury
Department of Justice
District Attorney’s Office
Customs
Prohibition Department
Coast Guard
Ameli
Long Island
Vannie Higgins
Higgins
Long Beach
Weather report for Tennessee and Virginia trends
Mostly cloudy in Tennessee with light rain or snow flurries possible in the northwest and colder in the east. Virginia sees rain and a colder finish with northeast winds backing to northwest. Temperature readings show yesterday's highs around 57 and lows near 42, with no rain on the same date last year. Readings taken at 6 p.m. by T. C. Harris U.S. Weather Office.
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Tennessee
Virginia
T. C. Harris
U.S
W.O
Ex Congressmen Fordney Dies at 75 in Michigan
Joseph Warren Fordney longtime Michigan congressman and co author of the Fordney McCumber tariff died at his Saginaw home at 75 after months of illness caused by erysipelas He served 24 years in Congress and led the Ways and Means Committee introducing the soldier bonus bill and shaping postwar policy known as Uncle Joe by constituents.
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Saginaw, Mich
Joseph Warren Fordney
Congress
Fordney
Michigan
Wilbur M Brucker
Hoover Ready to Bloodshed Peril Act Sure Solons Pass Plans
President Hoover moves to launch the two billion dollar Reconstruction Finance Corporation with seven directors to run the agency. Democrats likely head the body. names like Bernard M. Baruch, Owen D. Young, and Edward N. Hurley mentioned. Senate action pressed as amendments linger and House action anticipated before week’s end.
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Hoover
Solons
Washington
Congress
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Bernard M. Maruch
War Industries Board
Owen D. Young
New York
Edward N. Hurley
Chicago
Shipping Board
The
Federal Trade Commission
Darkens Horizon of India Foretells Bloodshed in Bombay
A threatening poster from the Hindustan Republican Society warns British officials to stay armed and declares nationalists will oppose the government. Leaders, under arrest, claim the struggle will continue for two years with planned acts to provoke a government response.
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Bombay
Mahatma Gandhi
Empire Building
Hindustan Republican Society
Hearing on Volstead act amendment favors beer as harmless
Senate committee hears Yale professor Yandell Henderson and Yale dean Clarence Mendell declare beer four percent alcohol is not intoxicating and socially advantageous for students. Senator Bingham pushes four percent beer while Bishop James Cannon Jr. attends and likely testifies against prohibition modification.
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Washington
Senate
Yandell Henderson
Yale University
Senator Bingham
Connecticut
Clarence W. Mendell
Yale College
Bingham
James Cannon, Jr
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Flood continues sweep out dikes near Sharkey Mississippi
In Glendora Mississippi Red Cross asks 200 paddle and motorboats to rescue 2000 people and deliver provisions after a new levee break. No loss of life reported though about 50 000 acres flooded and homes inundated. R L Ward seeks national relief funds amid extreme suffering and scarce housing and supplies.
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Glendora
Miss
Mississippi
Louisiana
Sharkey
Red Cross
R. L. Ward
Sumner Red Cross
State Sells Part of Bonds to Pay Teachers Delays
Tennessee funding officials sold 2 million of a 5 million bond issue to cover overdue school payments. Funds will cover about 2.6 million in debts dating from July with 4.2 million red in treasury after upcoming obligations. Remaining bonds to be sold seek 3 million more at six percent interest to meet teacher salaries.
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Nashville
Tennessee
State
Legisature
Roy Wallace
Treasury
Wallace
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co
Chemical Securities Co
National City Bank
Chase National Bank of New York
American National Bank of Nashville
Japanese Cabinet Resigns After Bomb Misses Emperor
Tokyo reports Premier Inukai's government resigns after a bomb nearly struck Emperor Hirohito as he neared the palace. No injuries are recorded. Riho sho, a young Korean, is arrested after a second bomb is found. The premier stays in office on the emperor's orders.
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Hirohito
Tokyo
Inukai
Yamamoto
Count Makino
Rihosho
Treasury Receipts and Expenditures for January
Treasury receipts on January 6 totaled 2,928,457.71 dollars with expenditures of 11,960,310.46 dollars and a balance of 454,460,168.27 dollars. Customs duties for six days in January amounted to 6,094,397.36 dollars.
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Treasury
Washington
Lenz and Liggett Narrow Gap With Culbertson in Bridge Match
In New York on January 8, Sidney S. Lenz and Commander Winfield Liggett Jr. closed within 8 770 points of Ely Culbertson as the 150 rubbers contract bridge match nears its end tonight. Lenz and Liggett posted the session’s biggest gain, 5 405 points, reducing Culbertson’s lead from last night. Culbertson and Howard Schenken won only one of seven rubbers, and their total remains far behind.
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New York
Sidney S. Lenz
Winfield Liggett, Jr
Ely Culbertson
Lenz
Liggett
Culbertson
Dems Report 1931 Finance Standing
The Democratic National Committee reports 1931 expenditures of 1 050 486 and receipts of 1 032 267 filed with the House by treasurer James W. Gerard. Outstanding obligations total 787 747 with 345 250 due to John J. Raskob and 433 766 to County Trust Co New York.
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Washington
Democratic National Committee Today
House
James W. Gerard
John J. Raskob
County Trust Company of New York
Pierre S. Dupont
Vincent Astor
Percy S. Straus
M. F. Reddington
R. R. Young
Charles Sabin
Morton L. Schwartz
John C. Weadock
Election Contest Hearing Near End in Alabama
The Heflin bankhead election contest nears conclusion as most testimony on irregularities in 1930 Alabama vote is heard. Over 200 witnesses testify alleging misconduct by officials, vote buying, intimidation, illegal ballots, and coerced workers. Bankhead faces five days of rebuttal hearings.
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Heflin
Bankhead
Birmingham
Ala
J. Thomas Heflin
Alabama
John H. Bankhead
Harrison W. Smith
Washington
Senate
Hastings
Delaware
United States Rejects Legality of South Manchuria Occupation
The Washington government informed Japan and China that it will not recognize the legality of the Chinchow occupation and any Sino Japanese treaty formed by improper methods. The note cites the nine power treaty and Kellogg Briand pact, warning against any de facto or regularized arrangements in Manchuria and signaling possible action by other signatories. Washington hopes to deter further steps and bolster Chinese resistance to Tokyo’s demands.
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Washington
Japan
China
South Manchuria
Chinchow
Orient
Manchuria
Stimson
South
United States
Tokyo
United States Rejects Japan Claim to Manchuria
Secretary Stimson warned Japan and China that the United States cannot admit Japan's legal right to occupy Manchuria. The notes insist the open door policy the nine power treaty and the Kellogg Briand pact cannot be impaired and signal similar action may follow.
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Washington
Stimson
United States
Japan
China
Manchuria
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