Prohibition enforcement moves toward justice dept control
The House expedited transfer of prohibition enforcement from the Treasury to the Justice Department as part of Hoover era reforms. The bill creates a prohibition bureau under the attorney general with joint rulemaking, and renames the Treasury division as the Bureau of Narcotics and Industrial Alcohol.
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House
Senate
Jin
Prohibition
Hoover
Law Enforcement Commission
Williamson
House Expenditures Committee
Treasury Department
Department of Justice
Longworth
Aesident Hoover
Nationalaw Enforcement Commission
Siilleneon
Treasury
Justice Department
Prohibition Bureau
Secretary of the Treasury
Internal Revenue
Secretary For Treasury
Prohibiton Bureau ‘of the Treasury
Bureau of Narcotics and Industrial Alcohol
Commissioner of Narcotics and Industrial Alcohol
Douglas County Red Cross elects McCoy chair and plans
J Wayne McCoy of the local telephone company was elected chairman of the Douglas County Red Cross for the year, succeeding Prof. K K Landes. Other officers include George Beal as vice chair, C E Beeks treasurer, and Emily Ferris as rural health nurse. Ferris reported 11 627 miles traveled and 1879 children examined with 704 corrections. Beeks noted 2024 88 receipts from the annual roll call, up 50 percent. A budget for the current year was to be drafted for February. Separately, the city planning commission reviewed Fritz Meyn’s request to rezone Lot 166 at 13th and Massachusetts to business use, referred back to the city commission due to 50 percent residency signatures rule.
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J. Wayne McCoy
Douglas County
Red Cross
McCoy
K. K. Landes
George Beal
C. E. Beeks
Baldwin
Emily Ferris
Mary Mcauliffe
Miss McAuliffe
City Planning Commission
Fritz Meyn
City Commission
Thirteenth
Massachusetts Street
Meyn
Walter [Ete
John S. St. Clair
Christian Science Church
Verhe Bryan
Planning Commission
Salesman confesses to faked robbery in Kansas City
Lawrence based salesman William C. Jones of the Linge Mirytar Company admitted to Kansas City police that he staged a robbery to cover thefts of sixty five dollars in cash and company checks. He was returned to Lawrence by officers and turned over to County Attorney Harry Frazee. Jones said money motive and prior moves from Pittsburg framed the incident. In another note a plane crash report from Salt Lake City and a school accident from Mount Morris were also reported.
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Wiliam C. Jones
Kansas City
William C. Jones
Lawrence
Linge Mirytar
Massachusetts Street
Head
Jones
James Weed
George Price
Will Johns
Chief Johns
Johns
Harry Frazee
Frazee
Kansas Weather Forecast Shows Snow and Cold
Weather outlook for Kansas predicts unsettled conditions with possible snow tonight or Wednesday and continued cold. Roads in Dodge City and Coffeyville are snow covered but passable. Douglas County roads also affected. Temperatures observed yesterday and today show a cooling trend with noon readings noted.
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Kansas
Ee Dodge Land
Coffeyville
Ak eyeRan
Douglas County
Lobby Group Absolves Hoover of Impropriety
Washington reports that the senate lobby investigation committee cleared President Hoover of any impropriety in dealings with Cuban and American sugar interests. The panel condemned efforts to polarize Latin America over sugar tariffs, noting total related expenditures surpassing 400000 dollars, with roughly split funding by pro and anti groups.
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Washington
Hoover
Senate Lobby Investigation Committee
Senate
United States
Kidnapers Sought After Deputy Shooting in Arizona
Armed posses hunt three Arizona counties for a machine bearing a 1980 Kentucky license linked to the abduction of a Florence deputy. Deputy Toephap from Florence and Deputy Lee Wright from Chandler were hospitalized after being shot while stopping the vehicle near Chandler. Wright and Chapman were attacked as the car sped away. Chapman was thrown from the car. Meanwhile sixty four cadets including Alonzo Parham were discharged from West Point for failing mid term exams.
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Chandler
Ariz
Arizona
Florence
Toephap
Tan
Lee Wright
Mesa
Pima
Pinal
Maricopa
Kentucky
Here
Chapman
Wright
West Point
Alonzo Parham
Chicago
United States Mlitary Academy
William R. Smith
Schacht Reverses Stand On Reichsbank in International Bank
In The Hague and Berlin on January 14 AP reports Dr Hjalmar Schacht, previously balking at Reichsbank participation in the Bank for International Settlements, agrees to bow to majority will. German delegates plan to modify law to require Reichsbank capital subscription and full participation, addressing his concerns. The move follows sharp domestic criticism of Schacht’s influence and calls for government accountability.
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Hague
Hijalmar Schacht
Reichsbank
Bank For International Settlements
Schacht
Berlin
Hjalmar Schacht
Reich
Mueller
Reichssbank
Bank of International Settlement
Vorwaerts
Social Democratic Party
Dr. Schacht
Berliner-Tageblatt
Smuts Talks to Hoover at White House Meeting
General Smuts, renowned peace advocate from South Africa, met with President Hoover for over 30 minutes at the White House. He arrived with South African minister Eric Louw, and the leaders spoke as old friends, recalling their Paris peace treaty period and work on the supreme economic council.
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Washington
Jane Christian Smuts
Hoover
White House
Eric Hendrik Louw
Smutts Ag
General Smuts
Paris
Supreme Economic Council
Snowstorm Halts Search For Missing Pilot In Utah
Snowstorm halts search around St George and Leeds as ground parties resume weather-delayed efforts to locate Maurice Graham Western Air Express pilot who vanished after leaving Las Vegas. Planes stood by and ground teams inactive awaiting better conditions.
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Salt Lake City
St. George
Utah
Kent
Maurice Graham
Western Air Express
Las Vegas
Nev
Leeds
Graham
Another Wolf Is Slain In Kansas City Area
In Kansas City on January 14 AP reports a second wolf has been killed in the city. Ten days earlier a wolf spurred furor in Penn Valley Park and hunters killed a coyote. A wolf was later slain near the northeast residential section. Early today C G Huggins in the east part of town shot and killed another wolf eating breakfast in his chicken pen.
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Kansas City
Penn Valley Park
Union Railway Station
C.G. Huggins
Radio from Pole to Pole ties Byrd by radio from Franz Josef Land
Awireless triumph linked Ivan Krenkel in Franz Josef Land with Rear-Admiral Richard Byrd at the South Pole for over an hour on December 1. Denver endures a bitter cold spell as forecasts predict continued cold and snow flurries in the Rockies.
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Pole
Moscow
Ivan Krenkel
Franz Josef Land
Richard B. Byrd
South Pole
Toll for 1929 Auto Fatalities Reach 31 500
National Safety Council figures released show 31 500 people were killed in automobile accidents across 31 states in 1929, up 18 percent from 1928 while registrations rose 8 percent. California deaths rose 20 percent in nine months, New York and Ohio up 17 percent in eleven months. Oregon Rhode Island Delaware Wisconsin and Vermont down modestly. More than half the victims were pedestrians.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
California
New York
Ohio
Oregon
Rhode Island
Delaware
Wisconsin
Vermont
Indian village camp ground planned near Lawrence by McDonald
Frank W. McDonald athletic rector at Haskell Institute announces development of a unique filling station and camp ground on eleven acres one mile north of Lawrence at the highway cutoff. The plan includes a forty foot high Indian teepee as the main station with sixteen smaller cabins, a roundhouse rest bath house, barbecue stand and curio shop. Night illumination will use giant floodlights and Haskell students will work in tribal costume. Opening program may feature buffalo barbecue. the venture aims to advertise Lawrence, KU and Haskell Institute.
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Lawrence
Frank W. ‘McDonald
Haskell Institute
McDonald
Haskell
Ies
Topeka
America
K. U. and
Appeals Award Under State Compensation Act Case in Douglas County
The Kelley-Dempsey construction firm and Central Surety Co filed an appeal in Douglas County district court over an award by IP L Harvey of the Kansas Workmen's Compensation Commission. The decision favored plaintiff Rena Cansler for 4,438 dollars for the death of Henry Cansler on September 4, 1929 while employed by Kelley-Dempsey laying a pipeline south of Lawrence. The commission granted 4,000 dollars to be paid weekly and a 288 dollar lump sum, with 150 dollars funeral expenses. The company argues Cansler was not at the site or performing duties when killed in a collision involving Kelley-Dempsey trucks.
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Kelley-Dempsey Construction Company
Central Surety Company
Douglas County District Court Clerk
IP. L. Harvey
Kansas Workmen's Compensation Commission
Rena Cansler
Henry Cansler
Carsler
Kelley- Dempsey Company
Lawrence
Harvey
Cansler
Kelley-Dempsey
Wreckage Found Believed From Test Plane
The wreckage of a Fairchild cabin monoplane believed to belong to test pilots Daniel Marra and William Kirkpatrick, who departed Farmingdale, New York, Friday, was found near Lake Amston Connecticut. One body was trapped beneath the burning craft and another was found nearby. Town officials said the plane caught fire after the crash. Used tires seen in classified ads.
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Farmingdale Amston
Conn
Daniel Marra
Wiliam Kirkpatrick
Farmingdale
N. Y
Lake Amston
Beating of University Pair Sparks Jefferson County Probe
Lawrence reports three Jefferson county officials in town to question University of Kansas students after a Sunday night fracas in Williamstown. A sled theft led to a fight in a restaurant, where two Williamstown youths used stools as clubs injuring KU students Wurst and Nelson. County officials deny being summoned and promise action, while Swoyer seeks charges of assault with intent to kill if evidence supports.
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Jefferson County
Lawrence
Williamstown
University F of Kansas
Charles West
Kansas City
Wurst
Ralph I. Canuteson
Everett Nelson
Qosanatomie
K. U
Inpurea
Swoyer
Nelson
Sweyer
Parnell Brothers
Arty
Ship speeds toward Plymouth to land naval delegation
The George Washington sails eastward at increased speed from S S George Washington Jan 14 AP. The aim is to reach Plymouth Friday so an Americans train will take them to London for the forthcoming conference. Colonel Henry L Stimson, secretary of state, expects early arrival to please Premier Ramsay MacDonald.
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S. S
George Washington
Plymouth
London
Henry L. Stimson
Ramsay MacDonald
England
Stimson
MacDonald
Andre Tardieu
Dino
Andgrees
Texas
Feathers in Cold Weather Highlight Bird Feeders
A Lawrence woman feeding birds in a cleared backyard spot found blood spatters and many birds with frozen feet after a recent wintry blast. She notes birds return for feeding and urges continued feeders to help birds endure the severe weather.
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Lawrence
Lawrence Post Office Annual Report Shows Busy Year
The Lawrence post office, among the city’s busiest units, reports 1929 receipts of 136,851.63 and about 2,719,116 pounds of mail handled by 53 employees. October to December receipts rose to 40,074.06, routes average 755 to 1,792 pieces daily, with 450 to 1,064 possible stops. Veteran Sam Elliott has 41 years on a 27 mile horse and wagon route. L. B. Read, 36th year, once walked 75,000 miles on an 11 mile route.
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Lawrence
Clyde M. Hosford
Sam Elliott
Elliott
L. B. Read
Twant
Read
Worls
Ship Freed from Ice byChemical Compound
Quebec January 14 AP Science proved victorious over nature as a chemical compound freed the steamship Concordia from an ice covered drydock in three minutes. Dr Howard T Barnes of McGill University used a high pressure pump and hose to spray the ice at Lauzon splitting it into fine particles allowing the Concordia to float free. The compound's use may also guide river ice removal and snow clearing efforts.
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Quebec
Science
Nature
Howard T. Barnes
McGill University
Champlain Dry Dock
Lauzon
Concordia
Oppose Cook Parole Say Kansas City Bureau
The Kansas City Better Business Bureau and fellow bodies will oppose clemency for Arctic explorer Dr. Frederick A. Cook. George M. Husser said Cook’s five years in prison for an oil fraud scheme in Fort Worth do not constitute adequate atonement for alleged public theft of 100 million dollars.
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Kansas City
Frederick A. Cook
Leavenworth
Better Business Bureau of
George M. Husser
Cook
Husser
New Chamber of Commerce Adress Draws Civic Leaders
Ralph Bradford of the national organization spoke at Forward Lawrence where Kiwanis Rotary Cooperating clubs and Chamber members attended. About 140 were present at the Chambers of Commerce luncheon, with 25 turned away for seating. Bradford stressed a developing not exact but growing Chamber focusing on civic and community development through broader membership and funds. H. G. Constant outlined progress and introduced three major membership units with teams announced by Curfman McDonald McCoy and their members. Banjo music by Jim Holyfield and Lt. Harry Moyers accompanied the event.
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Chamber of Commerce
Ralph Bradford
National Organization
Lawrence
Kiwanis
Rotary and Cooperative Clubs
Chambers of Commerce
C. B. Holmes
Bradfant
Chamber l of
Comerce
United States
Bradford
H. G. Constant
W. W. Curfman
Wayne McCoy
Frank McDonald
Curfman
HT. Chambers
Ralph Harman
Armin Woestemeyer
Harold Ingham
L. Dunkerley
H. A. Jetmore
Dick Stevens
Stephen Hinshaw
Frita Meyn
D. R. McWilliams
Phil Bowen
Pat Maloney
McDonald's
McCoy
C. B. Hosford C. Shaad
Harry Frazee
Jack St Clair
Don Hoag
George Wetzel
Jim Holyfield
Harry FP. Moyers
New Air Mail Rate Scale Urged by Brown in Cleveland
Postmaster General Brown proposed a complete overhaul of the air mail rate system with a yardstick based on weight and distance. He outlined concentrated federal aid on essential routes and a shift to fixed plane rates, citing today’s aviation growth and the era’s expanding network. Cleveland was highlighted as an aviation inventory center with 200 planes, 259 expert pilots, 25 contractors, and about 40,500 miles flown daily across 14,4558 miles of routes.
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Air Mail
Brown
Cleveland
Ohio
Post Office Department
Washington
Post Office Devartment
Pony Express
War Supply Bill Passes House for 1931 Fiscal Year
The House approved the annual war department supply bill totaling about 457.0 million dollars for the 1931 fiscal year. About 339.9 million targets military activities and 117.2 million covers nonmilitary departmental uses. The bill includes a 2.0 million increase for the army housing program and advances to the Senate. Genuine rust proof Texas red seed oats advertised by J. Underwood & Sons.
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Washington
War Department
House
Senate
Texas
J. Underwood & Sons
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