Senate Approves Nye Funds as Davis Seat Challenge Grows
The Senate approved a 50000 campaign funds expense grant for Nye and scheduled hearings for Senator Davis of Pennsylvania whose seat may be unseated over alleged excessive expenditures. A motion by Senator Glass sought broader inquiry into 1928 election campaign activity involving Bishop Cannon Jr. of the Methodist Church.
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Washington
Senate
Nye
Moses
New Hampshire
Davis
Pennsylvania
Glass
Virginia
Campaign Funds
James Cannon, Jr
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Virginian
Cannon
Methodist Church
Senate Lobby Committee
Bishop Cannon
Anti- Smith Committee
Armour and Company President Dies in Fall at Chicago Home
F Edson White 1878 192? former car checker rose to Armour and Company president died from a seven story fall in his North Side home. Coroners ruled accident though a previous stumble during a dinner address raised doubt on cause. White born Peoria began as a packer in 1890 rising through district manager to top post.
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Chicago
F. Edson White
Armour and Company, Packers
North Side
P. J. Dwyer
P. L. Reed
Armour and Company
Reed
White
Okeh Reed
Dwyer
J. Ogden Armour
Peoria
San Francisco
Western Meat Company
Senate panel moves 25 million for Red Cross relief
The Senate coalition sought to push a 25 million dollar Red Cross relief appropriation as an amendment to the interior department bill. Senator Robinson of Arkansas claimed enough votes for passage. A roll call was expected. Agricultural agencies also prepared to distribute a 45 million loan fund for seed and supplies to drought areas. funds to go out within a week after the bill was signed, aiding feed for animals and people alike.
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Washington
Senate Coalition
Hoover
House
Red Cross
Interior Department
Robinson
Arkansas
Congress
Arkanasas
Senate
14 Lives Claimed in Mexican Quake
Oaxaca city, four centuries old, lay in ruins as soldiers and volunteers searched the debris for victims. Eleven bodies were in morgues and death toll estimates reached as high as 48 with widespread damage across Southern Mexico.
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Mexico City
Oaxaca
Puebla
Mexico
Record Cold Snap and Embassy Purchase Report
The piece notes a single degree above zero tying Kingsport records and recalls historic cold days from 1928 and 1917. It also reports the United States government buying an embassy site in Rome for about $1,000,000.
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Mercury
United States Weather Bureau
Kingsport
Holston River
Rome
United States
Cuba to Expel American Editor Wilford
Havana reports an expulsion decree for John T. Wilford owner and publisher of the Havana American following a government crackdown on anti administration coverage. He would have 48 hours to depart after signature by President Machado, as one of nine suspended publications. His wife Mrs Wilford is Cuban and their son Alfredo remains in a political prison.
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Havana
Cuba
John T. Wilford
Havana American
Republic
Machado
Wilford
Mobile Alabama
el Siboney
Menocal
Informacion
Alfredo
Robert Hicks
Clara Bow Case Sees Crowd Dwindle as Defendant Missing
In Los Angeles a court session on the Daisy DeBoe embezzlement case drew hundreds but thinned after Clara Bow did not appear. Auditor George Armstrong described about 48 000 in missing checks from a Clara Bow account and items seized from DeBoe’s safety deposit box. Red Bell acted for Bow while the star herself was absent.
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Los Angeles
Daisy DeBoe
Clara Bow
George Armstrong
Armstrong
Miss DeBoe
Clara
Mrss DeBoe
Marjorie Fairchild
Red Bell
Miss Bow
State Park Board to Appeal Land Valuation for Smoky Mountains
D C Chapman head of the Tennessee park commission said the state will appeal a jury of view's report valuing Champion Fibre Company's 39 000 acres at 2 325 000 in the Great Smoky mountains area The panel added 25 000 for incidental damages to Champion Fibre's Canton plant A minority valued the property at 1 250 000 with no damages Chapman noted the commission cannot pay the jury amount with only 1 900 000 available to acquire remaining lands Judge Frantz commented the full report was not surprising but not to be blamed for.
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Jury of View
Champion Fibre Company
Smoky Park Area
Sevierville
Tenn
D. C. Chapman
Tennessee Park Commission
Great Smoky Mountains
Tennessee
Great Smoky Mountain
A. R. Large
J. C. Cole
John H. Denton
Canton
N. C
C. L. Thurman
C. A. Temple
Chapman
John H. Frantz
Charles L. Cornelius
Nashville
John Gambliss
Chattanooga
Highway Department
Cornelius
Marshall Priest
Huntingdon
Tired of Whippings Heavy Strains Endures Seventeen Years
Mrs. William McKechnie of Gaven told a magistrate she endured daily whipping from her husband for 18 years. Magistrate Campbell placed William on probation for 12 months and warned of a jail sentence if he used a razor on his wife again.
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London
William McKechnie
Gaven
Campbell
William
Murder case tops coroner jury findings in Beulah Limerick death
A coroner's jury ruled that Beulah Limerick died under suspicious circumstances and held four men including Patrolman Robert L. Langdon in jail without bail for possible grand jury action. The group faced questions over possible guilty knowledge and tampering at the scene.
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Washington
Vernon Limerick
Richard Reed
William
Paddy
Prohibition Marks Twelfth Year Amid Debates and Bills
Washington January 16 marks twelve years since prohibition began with the eighteenth amendment and state ratification. The Wickersham commission expected to report while a $2,000,000 expansion to hire 500 dry agents faces House debate. Prohibition move includes bureau transfer to justice, new alcohol denaturant alcotate, and various tax and highway bills.
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Washingston
Nebraska
Wickersham Law Enforcement Commission
Prohibition Bureau
Supreme Court
Clark
Wickersham Commission
Treasury
Justice Department
Hoover
Senate Lobby Committee
Inauguration Date Set For Horton Second Term
Nashville January 16 AP The Senate adopted a joint resolution naming January 21 as the inauguration day for Governor Henry H Horton for a second term. Five representatives and four senators will be appointed to arrange the ceremonies. Another resolution would name the new bridge over the Tennessee River at Trotters.
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Senate
4. L. Coleman
Marshall
Henry H. Horton
Tennessee River
Trotters
Tennessee eyes probe into state funds in failed banks
Chairman Walter Faulkner said the legislative committee will begin by tracing how the state's money became tied up in banks that closed. Attorney General L D Smith listed nearly six million dollars in state deposits in the three banks. Hearings likely to start next week.
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Nashville
Tenn
Walter Faulkner
Tennessee Legislative Committee
L.D. Smith
Faukner
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Miss Francis
Katherine Gibbs
Mackenna
Leo Midlziner, Jr
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Detroit
River Rouge
Ford Motor Company
Rita Shelton
Lete Casuso de Torriente-Brau
Cabanas Fortress
Suarez Solis
Senate Coalition Seeking Fund For Red Cross Relief
Administration
Nicholas Peniagua
Mazatlan
Sinaloa
John F. Chester
Hickman - Lockart Memorial
Humphreys
Benton County
Priest
Will H. Clarke
Jonesboro
Johnson City
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