Recess Finance Group to Start Labor on Budget Cuts
Nashville January 25. The recess finance committee began examining state expenses with a aim to cut unnecessary staff and trim costs while keeping departments functioning. Senator Charles Crabtree outlined a plan to form squads to study each department, report findings, and draft tailored appropriations. The panel will hold public sessions Wednesday through Friday with hearings for citizen input.
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Charlies Crabtree
Shelby
Crabtree
Squade
Frank W. Moore
House Ane A. F
Pat
Charles Crabtree
Crabtreu
Cairman
Woman Confesses Killing Daughter in Kiowa Colorado
Jurell Howe Spicer, 48, confessed to deputy district attorney J. Nelson Truitt and Sheriff G. R. Brown that she smothered her 13 month old daughter Doris and later slashed the neck of her four year old son George to prevent him from returning to the ranch. Officials have not yet decided whether to prosecute for murder or pursue commitment to an insane asylum. The district attorney noted Spicer appeared demented. Two other children deaths are under investigation relating historic cases in Los Angeles and near Boulder.
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Kiowa
Colo
Jurell Howe Spicer
J. Nelson Truith
Distret
G. R. Brown
George
Spicer
Truitt
Ruby Morrison
Los Angeles
Theodore Spicer
Boulder
Zero Misplaced Bills Ends With Odd Inflation Theory
Baltimore police report James Dixon, 58, in city jail after attempting to make large bills from smaller ones. He allegedly added a zero to a W in the upper right but placed a zero before the one in the upper left, mixing up inflation and deflation concepts.
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Baltimore
James Dixon
Dixon
Treasury Receipts and Expenditures January 20 Report
Treasury receipts for January 20 were 4.533 million dollars with expenditures totaling 11.448 million and a balance near 382.951 million. Customs duties for the first 20 days of January amounted to 12.632 million dollars.
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Treasury
Washington
Britain Opposes Return to Gold Standard
London editors react to Anglo American debt talks and possible U S leverage on Britain. Cabinet meets to discuss a British debt mission after March 4 with no immediate acceptance. The Times warmly welcomes the American invitation while editorial pages critique a gold standard return.
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Britain
U.S
London
Great Britain
Washington
United States
London Times
Roosevelt Turns Sympathetic Ear to Relief Plans
President elect Roosevelt in Warm Springs discussed unemployment relief and direct federal appropriations with Senators La Follette and Cutting, both GOP independents who backed him. He hears cabinet ideas, surveys independent reformers for posts, and aims to push his international economic program with support from advisers like A. A. Berle.
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Warm Springs
Roosevelt
LaFollette
Wisconsin
Cutting
New Mexico
Manufacturers’ Committee
Beth LaFollette
Be‘ Jloskine
Owen D. Young
Young
Pine Mountain
A. A. Berle
Columbia
Charles W. Tausiz
American Molasses Company
Cuba
Cubs
Notable funeral for Eliza Marbury in New York city
A notable funeral was held for Eliza Marbury, 76, a renowned leader in theatre, politics, and civic life who believed true female success meant marriage and motherhood. Governor Lehman attended the St Patrick's Cathedral service after her death from a heart attack, with Marbury noted for war work, author relations, and wide public influence.
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New York
Metropolis
Eliza‘beth Marbury
Miss Marbury
Weather summary for Tennessee and Virginia
Fair and colder in Tennessee with a slight warmup Tuesday. Virginia remains fair, colder tonight and in the east, with a modest rise in the west on Tuesday. Temperatures and rainfall readings are provided for yesterday and the same date last year, based on 6:00 PM observations.
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Tennessee
Virginia
Woman on trial for murder amid childbirth in New York
In a Brooklyn case dated January 28, Cecelia McCormick, 20, faces first degree murder charges for allegedly smuggling a pistol to her husband Andrew McCormick at the Raymond Street jail. Authorities say the weapon, sewn into her coat, was used in the killings of keeper William McConnell and Andrew McCormick himself. The trial draws parallels to the South Carolina Snipes case, where an expectant mother was initially sentenced to death but later commuted to life.
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New York
Raymond Street
Brooklyn
Cecelia McCormick
William McConnell
McConnell
Andrew
Red
Reject Old Bills
Nashville officials ruled former state employees cannot collect state funds for expense accounts older than July 1, 1931. The ruling cites appropriations clauses that revert unexpended sums to the general fund every biennium. Some former employees had claimed expenses dating back to 1923. their names were not disclosed.
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Nashville
J. M. Gardenhire
Gardenhire
McAlister
Meanest Man Calls Dr. Stine Over Missing Puppy
Chicago report says dentist Dr Corvin F Stine received a phone call from a man asking for description of his children’s five month old puppy Wildee. The caller claimed to have the dog but warned Stine he would not get it back. The man then hung up.
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Chicago
Corvin F. Stine
Wildes
Beer Bill Advances in Judiciary, Moves to Finance
The Collier Blaine bill to legalize 3.05 percent beer and wine won Senate Judiciary Committee approval after rejecting a 2 percent cap. An amendment prohibits sales to minors under 20, and a tax of 5 per barrel to fund enforcement is planned if the measure advances to the Finance Committee. Hoover is expected to veto. sponsors argue constitutionality.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Torah
Idaho
Senate
Finance Committee
Curb
Bratton
New Mexico
Stron Democratic
House
Hoover
Capitol Hill
British Commission
Lea, Luke Lea Jr, Miss Funds Case Facing Extradition
Nashville publisher Luke Lea and his son Luke Lea Jr. failed to appear in Buncombe County Superior Court leading to arrest warrants. They face conspiracy and misapplication of funds charges tied to the Central Bank and Trust Company of Asheville. Extradition efforts to Raleigh planned. bonds forfeiture possible.
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Asheville
N. G
Luke Lea
Nashville
Buncombe County Superior Court
Leas
Central Bank and Trust Company of
Lea
Tennessee
Xii. A. Townsend
Felix Alley
Waynesville
Raleigh
CG. K. Hughes
Buncombe County
State Capitol
Ehringhaus
Nasheville
Wallace B. Davis
Davis
North Carolina
Union Indemnity Company of
New Orleans
Golden
Liberty Bank and Trust Company of
Holston Union National Bank of
Knoxville
N.C
Percy’ W. Lea
Chinese Armies Massed in Jehol Ahead of Possible Japanese Move
Chinese forces in Jehol and surrounding areas were estimated at 150000 to 250000 troops. Chang Yu Lin, governor of Tehei, reportedly commands 86000 in eastern Jehol with another 50000 from Kalman in central and western Jehol. About 19000 have faced Shanhaikwan.
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Shanghat
API
Jehol
Chang Yu- Lin
Tehei
Jebel
Kalman
Shanhaikwan
Missouri Wins Race to Ratify Lame Duck Amendment
Jefferson City Missouri January 23 The Missouri House approved the lame duck amendment completing legislative action after the state senate had already passed it The move brings the number of ratifying states to 36 with Massachusetts and Nevada also in contention for the final ratification position The amendment shortens the lame duck period and sets new dates for presidential and congressional terms, redefining the start of a new administration The list of ratifying states then includes Virginia New York Mississippi Arkansas Kentucky South Carolina New Jersey Michigan Rhode Island Maine West Virginia Pennsylvania Texas Alabama North Carolina California Oklahoma North Dakota Montana Oregon Kansas Arizona Minnesota Nebraska Wyoming Iowa Delaware Washington Tennessee South Dakota Idaho and New Mexico all having ratified.
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Missouri House of Representatives
State Senate
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Congress
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Missouri
Nevada
House
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Wisconsin
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Virginia
White House
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California
Oklahoma
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Iowa
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Tennessee
South Dakota
Idaho
New Mexico
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