President Hoover seeks 55 million for Volstead enforcement
Hoover asks Congress to appropriate 55 million dollars to enforce the Volstead Act, arguing the real cost is not money but loss of morale and self-respect. The piece criticizes Prohibition, noting crowded jails, overcrowded hospitals, and federal prisoners routed to county jails. It calculates indirect taxes funding federal government and estimates total prohibition costs near half a billion annually, citing Sicilian gangsters as beneficiaries until a page 3 continuation.
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United States
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United States of America
Attendance Improves in City Schools Says November Reports
November school reports show attendance at 95.2 percent citywide, up from 94.4 percent last November. Tardy marks reduced to 189 from 212, with overall year-to-date attendance at 96.2 percent, up from 85.1 percent a year earlier. junior and senior high schools led the gains while some grade rooms saw absences rise due to a chickenpox outbreak. Parents urged to cooperate with teachers to cut truancy and lateness. schools will reward rooms with 95 percent attendance with a new library book.
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Holmes
Republicans Divided on World Court Debate
Dissension in the Senate over the World Court grows as senior Republicans, led by L. Watson and R. Borah, clash with Hoover on submitting the pact this winter. Freshmen and the so called price-famished young guard fracture party strategy, with Vandenberg and Moses signaling firm opposition.
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U.pi
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Inston
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League of Nations
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Calif
United Press Today
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Borah
Mosey
Michigan Prison Population Hits 8981 This Year
Lansing reports 426 more prisoners moved to five state institutions in the first ten months of 1930 than 1929. Rich ard W. Nebel says total prison population now 8,981 with Jackson holding 5,914, Ypsilanti 1,839, Marquette 930, Detroit House of Corrections 308, and Ionia State 630. Most male inmates left Detroit jail. remaining charges include 267 women and 2 men.
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U.0
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Richard W. Nebel
Jone State Hospital
Nobel
Jackson Penitentiary
Jackson
Failure of good people to organize in Detroit crime talk
In Ann Arbor the former Detroit police commissioner Harold H. Emmons told a University of Michigan forum that organized support from business and civic leaders is missing, leaving municipal graft and crime patterns in Detroit hard to curb. He urged businessmen to unite to influence crime and political outcomes within two years.
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Harold H. Emmons
Spee
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University of Michigan Forum
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Bowles
Major Charles A Shepard Trial For Wife’s Death
Government builds a case with utmost secrecy as Major Charles A Shepard a medical officer in the army stands trial in Kansas City for the death of his wife. The defense argues acute alcoholism and mercury poisoning claims. Witnesses from Fort Riley and other posts testify to the alleged sequence of events and engagements with Miss Brandon.
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Mia
Zenana “Shepard
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Brandon
San Atetonio
Tex
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Shepard
Chas. A. Siepardhi
Migs Brandon
Miss Ndon
French government overthrown in Senate vote
Paris reports the wartime cabinet collapsed after Premier Andre Tardieu was defeated on a confidence motion by eight votes. George premier Raymond Pointcare refused to form a new administration, leaving France without a stable government for up to eight weeks while a successor is sought.
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Paris
France
George
Yglemenceat
Artile
Andre Tardieu
Raymond Pointcare
Tardeau
Tardieu
One Man Killed Seven Injured in Collision
GRAND RAPIDS Mich Dec 4 One man was killed and seven others injured in a three car crash on US 16 east of here last night George Wyma 56 supervisor of Fillmore township Allegan county died Peter Ringold 40 of Grand Rapids was in critical condition with skull fracture Wyma rode in a car driven by Abe Anroy of Holland After a minor collision Van Anroy lost control crashing into Ringold s truck Burt Nyland of Holland another passenger in Van Anroy s car also was hurt
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Filmore Township
Allegan County
Peter Ringod
Wyma
Abe Anroy
Holland
van Anroy
Ringold
Burt Nyland
Senate cuts secretary salary signaling budget restraint
In Lansing, the 193} legislature trimmed the secretary of the senate salary from 5000 to 3600 dollars, selecting Fred Chase, former assistant secretary, to fill the post. Sen. Calvin Campbell framed the move as a principle for future economies as state officials assess reaction from the house where the clerk earns 5000 dollars.
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Senate
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Dennis Alward
National House of Representatives
Calvin A. Campbell
House
Armed Men Rob Gas Station in Jackson Heist
In Jackson early this morning, four armed men robbed a gas station, threatened the attendant with pistols and a machine gun, kidnapped the man in charge, and fled west toward Al pion with about $35 before tossing the attendant from their car.
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Jackson
Alpion
Continental Europe Dividing Into Two Great Groups
Webb Miller of United Press tours Europe following Versailles treaties. Italy leads a tentative bloc seeking revision of war treaties with Russia, Turkey, and Hungary. Mussolini’s fascist state plays a prominent role in pushing for treaty changes.
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Webb Miller
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United Press
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Russia
Turkey
Hungary
Benito Musao- UN
Relief program moves in Hoover plan votes in House
President Hoover's $150 million unemployment relief bill began advancing in the House as Republicans and Democrats unite to push construction projects nationwide. Budget bureau figures earmark $80 million for highways and $25.5 million for rivers and harbors, with most funds to be spent on existing projects before July 1.
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United Press Star
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United States Chamber of Commerce
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Joseph W. Burns
Tennessee
Pears
Budget Bureau
Department of Government
Federal Farm Board reports limited stabilization success
The Federal Farm Board warned Congress that its stabilization operations failed to prevent major price declines and that voluntary production limits are essential for effective government aid. It noted emergency wheat and cotton purchases were not ideal but justified, and cautioned future measures may be limited to avoid wasting funds and risking cooperatives.
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United Press
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White House reception honors 1500 guests at Hoover event
President and Mrs. Hoover hosted a lavish White House reception for resident diplomats in a season’s brightest event. The couple greeted about 1500 guests as Mrs Hoover wore white and gold, with other attendees in white satin and blue velvet. The Hoovers greeted guests in the blue room and grand staircase area accompanied by the marine band.
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Curtis
Alice Hoosevelt
Longworth
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Punishment Proposed for Game Law Violators
In Lansing on December 5 a group of about 15 sportsmen urged the conservation department to seek drastic penalties for game law violators. A resolution calls for ten years suspension of hunting privileges for those causing deadly incidents, five years for deer law violations, and one year for small game violations. Governor-elect Brucker spoke and the conference also backed starting open season on all small game November 1.
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Mich
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Conservation Department
George R. Hogarth
Wilber M. Brucker
Conservation Commission
Photostat machine approved for deeds office work
The county auditing committee authorized a photostat machine for the register of deeds office to photograph deeds mortgages and other papers replacing typed copies. Installed in the inner deeds room with a basement access stairway for film development the project costs about 3000 and will not change staffing.
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Register of Deeds
Board of Supervisors
Office of Register of Deeds Eddy
Congress Today Senate adjourns amid budget and bills
Congress proceedings include a seed loan bill worth 25 million dollars and multiple committee actions on federal appointments unemployment and immigration while a hunting tragedy in Tronwood Michigan reveals the body of 19 year old Louis Phillippi found in a swamp near Ramsay after he disappeared during a hunt on Saturday.
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Mich
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Ramsay
Weather forecast tracks storm from Texas to Mississippi valley
A disturbance over Texas intensified into a storm moving northeast into the Mississippi valley with 29.74 inch low pressure in Memphis. Heaviest rain fell in the lower Mississippi valley and western Gulf states. Oklahoma City 2.44 inches, Shreveport 1.82 inches. Regions from the lake area northward stay cloudy and mild with rain or snow possible.
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Srireveport
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