Senate Battle Blocks Food Aid Add On
Senate Democrats redraw their strategy for a $25 million Red Cross food fund tied to the agriculture bill as drought relief looms. A two thirds vote is needed to attach the measure, with Robinson signaling a wider legislative scrap if blocked.
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Senate Democrats
Robinson
Arkansas
Red Cross
White House
Agriculture Department
Thomas Democrat
Oklahoma
Payne
Relief Organization
Rayon Mills to Run Full Time in Spindale
Receipt of a large order for rayon goods will insure full time operation by Stonecutt mills in Spindale North Carolina. J C Cowan Jr superintendent announced today.
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Spindale
N. C
Stonecutt Mills
J. C. Cowan
Burns Fatal in Memphis Thawing Accident
A. M. Woodard a 37 year old street railway employe died from burns received while thawing a frozen water pipe with a blow torch. The torch fell into a gasoline can causing the deadly fire. The incident occurred in Memphis on January 15.
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Memphis
A. M. Woodard
No Quorum Marks Law Enforcement Panel Session
Washington January 15 AP the law enforcement commission met briefly with only two of its eleven members present assurance was given that the long awaited prohibition report has not gone to the White House there was no indication when it will be submitted
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Washington
The
Law Enforcement Commission
White House
Weather Summary Tennessee and Virginia Fair and Warmer
Tennessee forecast calls for fair skies, easing cold tonight with increasing cloudiness and warmer temperatures. Virginia remains fair and cold tonight with a warming trend tomorrow. Yesterday's high 36, low -25, with 6.5 inches of snow yesterday and 0.04 inches of rain a year ago. readings taken at 6 p.m. by T. C. Harris, U.S.W.O.
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Tennessee
Virginia
T. C. Harris
U.S.W.O
Lucas Faces Prohibition Demand Over Cartoon
Alfred E. Smith demanded an apology from the Republican national committee for a bar room cartoon he says quoted him improperly Lucas responded with a conditional apology offer if Smith would declare support for prohibition He also raised questions about Smith and Raskob apologizing to the American people for Governor Smiths campaign activities.
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Washington
Alfred E. Smith
Robert H. Lucas
Republican National Committee
Smith
Senator Wagener
Democrat
New York
Republican Committee
Lucas
Rakob
Democratic National Committee
Prohibition
Raskob
United States
Census takers count jobless in city survey
Census workers in twenty cities tally unemployed people as Hoover’s emergency relief effort updates last April’s count of 2.5 million idle. Over 4,000 enumerators are on duty as bureau machines await new data for release.
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Washington
Hoover
Emergency Employment Committee
Census Bureau
William H. Steuart
Directo
New York
Bureau
Boston
Brooklyn
Pittsburgh
Seattle
Buffalo
Duluth
Philadelphia
Birmingham
Cleveland
Denver
Houston
Minneapolis
Dayton
Detroit
St Louis
New Orleans
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Chicago
Seven Killed as Houses Collapse in Mexican Quake
An Oaxaca earthquake killed six people and injured nine, with much of the city in ruins and residents spending the night in parks due to fear of aftershocks. Oaxaca, SE of Mexico City, is noted as a historic industrial center with many low, earthquake resistant buildings.
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Oaxaca
Mexico City
Universal
Mexico
Ahuzotl
Mail Order Booze Ring Under Federal Probe
Federal investigators arrested two men and a woman in a Times Square building amid a mail order liquor scheme that shipped C O D to customers nationwide and allegedly netted millions. The case ties a narcotics network via trans Atlantic telephony between Paris and New York, with four indictments anticipated.
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New York
Times Square
Texas
Washington
Maine
Illinois
B. and O. Novelty Company
Henry Miller Company
Southern
Daniel M. Lefkowitz
Benjamin Williams
Pauline Paris
Akas Weiss
United States
Henry Gerson
Jacob Bloom
Atlanta
Gerson
Paris
Bloom
Rayner Heads South to Visit 109 Year Old Father
R H Rayner 81 travels from Guymon Oklahoma to Goodlettsville Tennessee to see his father who is 109 years old. Rayner has not seen him in 26 years and expects his father to come out in a motor car to greet him.
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Kansas City
R. H. Rayner
Goodlettsvile
Tenn
Rayner
Guymon
Ok’s
Hi “Pappy
Sankey urges India to nurture its budding self government
Lord Chancellor Sankey told a round table conference in London that India's future as a self governing dominion depends on Indian actions. He warned delegates not to trample the gains of the past six weeks, saying the plant of independence must be left to grow and be trained. He noted the conference remains divided over Hindu Muslim issues and urged continued aid from Indians at home and abroad.
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London
India
Sankey
Round Table
East
Public Enemy business in Chicago grows precarious
Chicago police and prosecutors press the war on organized crime. Ralph Capone and Jack Guzik face federal prison terms for income tax violations. Gangsters Zuta Aiello Belcastro Druggan Volpe among those tied to legal actions as authorities tighten the net.
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Chicago
Chicago Crime Commission
Ralph Capone
Scarface
al’ Capone
Jack Guzik
Capone Gang
Jack Zuta
North Side
George “Bugs” Moran
Wisconsin Lake
Alfred Lingle
Tribune
Joseph Aiello
James Belcastro
Terry Druggan
Druggan
Clara Bow Testifies in Deboe Theft Trial Extortion Claim
Clara Bow, a prosecution witness in the Daisy De Boe theft case, testified she was extorted for 125000 and that De Boe stole 16000 from her. Bow sobbed and denied De Boe’s cooperation with a former boyfriend Rex Bell while documents and telegrams were introduced in court.
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Los Angeles
Clara Bow
Daisy DeBoe
Graud
Miss DeBoe
Nathan Freedman
Miss Bow
Flapper
Daisy
W. S. Gilbert
Clara
Rex Bell
Bell
Miss DeFoe
Financial Wizard Dont Mind Probe In Belvidere Tale
Albert W. Benham, a Belvidere resident hailed as a financial prophet, allegedly pays 20 to 50 percent interest on locals' savings through a garage office. Bankers complain of withdrawals totaling 310000 as investigations begin in Boone and Winnebago counties. Benham says he operates bargain buys of bankrupt stocks and resells quickly for profit with no secret, while inviting inquiries.
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Belvidere
Albert W. Benham
Inirkenham
Benham
Rockford
Elgin
Joilet
Kankakee
Chicago
Omar H. Wright
Second National Bank
Llino Bankers Association
Directo
Effingham in distress after propeller shaft break
The 6,500 ton steamship Effingham reports distress 1 000 miles east of Poston with a broken propeller shaft. Coast guard Mohave is en route to assist while Nichmann and Halifax serve as possible tow options. The vessel is owned by Southern States Line of New Orleans and trouble began yesterday.
Rampaging mad dog prompts lockup of all dogs
In Woodruff South Carolina a mad dog bit one man, multiple dogs, a mule, four dogs and a goose before being killed hours later after a hunt spanning over two miles. The town council passed a resolution ordering all dogs in the community restrained for thirty days.
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Woodruff
S. C
Mile
Notorious bad man Rodgers found dead in Clinton prison cell
DANNEMORA N Y Jan 15 The record of Bum Rodgers notorious bad man is closed in a solitary confinement cell in Clinton prison a guard found his body dangling from the door bars a strip of shirt Rodgers was serving a term for burglary and for escaping from vision Ahead of him beginning August 1 1935 stretched a life of crime He escaped from a train at Mineola after being tried for a holdup and spent years linked to robberies and killings across New York New Jersey and Pennsylvania
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Auburn ‘Ison
Mineola
N. Y
Cain
125Th Treet
Rodgers
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Probing Tennessee State Affairs Moves to Audit and Primary Reform
Nashville January 15 The joint legislative committee on investigating state government plans audits of nearly six million dollars in state funds held in three banks and may precede hearings with a full department audit. Gov Horton has counsel. McReynolds and Williams named. Harris proposes repeal of the state primary law to restore conventions, citing costs and party weakness. He aims to file the bill this week with related measures on unstamped tobacco and taxed butter substitutes.
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Nashville
Joint Legislative Committee
General Assembly
Tennessee
Harris
Toll Bridge Consolidation Proposal Opens Senate Debate
A bill by Senator J. T. Durham proposes unifying all toll bridges into one project and using surplus funds from any bridge to advance other bridge efforts. The measure amends an earlier act which tied tolls to full repayment. Other items include a fire policy clause on insurance claims and corporate charter surrender requirements.
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Nashville
Senate
J. T. Durham
Gallatin
Durham
John R. Todd, Jr
Kingsport
W. W. Craig
Ripley
Secretary of State
Fish gigging bill introduced in Tennessee
Nashville Tenn Jan 16 The ancient art of fish gigging will return to Clay county if a bill by Representative George Stockton is enacted. The measure states that it shall be lawful to take catch and transport fish gigged in Clay county under defined rules.
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Nashville
Tenn
Clay County
George Stockton
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