Business warns against threat of extra term
The Associated Press reports business leaders caution against protracted debate on new measures possibly delaying an extra session. Julius H. Barnes urges focus on public administration and employment aid while warning against extended discussions. He praises leadership but notes friction in Congress amid steel price questions and national policy.
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Associated Press
Congress
Hoover
Julius H. Barnes
United States Chamber of Commerce
Barnes
Enmcative
Norris
Judiciary Committee
Department of Justice
Stecl
Woman Accused of Slaying Girl Faints in Court
The trial of Pearl O Loughlin for the murder of her 10 year old step daughter was halted when she fainted on the witness stand after being called to discuss treatment while in police custody following the discovery of the girl's body in a city park lake.
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John M_. Keating
Denver
Calc
Pearl O'Loughlin
Thief Ties Up Police Dog Then Robs Home Gems
Pittsburgh December robbery tale recounts Patrolman Herman Selinger finding his watch dog tied in the kitchen and his family gems and money stolen while the family was away. The dog had been a fearsome deterrent to burglars, with neighbors noting increased anxiety over robberies in the area.
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Pittsburgh
Herman Selinger
Selinger
Missouri River canal project gets $17 million boost
The War Department plans to spend 17 million dollars to create a navigable Missouri River channel below Kansas City by July 1, 1931. Secretary Hurley said the extra funds come from other projects with less immediate need. In Iowa Ben T. Sorum, pheasant hunter, shot two birds then surprised to find a third pheasant crash through his windshield en route home.
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Washington
War Department
Missouri River
Kansas City
Hurley
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Ben T. Sorum
Sorum
Omission of Preston Sturges in Gotham Social Register
The article notes playwright Preston Sturges and his wife Eleanor Hut ton are omitted from New York's Blue Book 1931 while public figures like Gene Tunney and wife Polly Lauder also miss the list. It questions reasons for their exclusion and previews interest in social-elite circles.
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Monroe
Paramount Theater
New York
Preston Sturges
Eleanor Hutton
Sturges
Social Register
Gene Tunney
Tunney
Polly Lauder
Americas
Wempen
New Yorks
Resignation of UC Coach C. M. Price Follows Bears Season
C. M. Price resigns as California football coach after a disappointing season. The article also briefly notes internal theater missteps and the ongoing anxiety over social registries and annual Blue Book listings, illustrating a period tone of ambition and fate.
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C. M
Nibs” Price
University of California
Golden Bears
Smoking rooms sought for British airplanes aboard imperial routes
Imperial Airways has applied to the air ministry for permission to allow smoking in new four place biplanes to be used on European and empire routes. The design includes dedicated smoking rooms for passengers.
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London
Imperial Airways
Air Ministry
Fireproof Smoking Room For Twenty Seats Planned
A design describes a fireproof smoking room capable of seating 20, separated from a non smoking compartment for those who choose not to smoke.
Careless Regina Man Finds Keys In Stomach
J W Spry a Regina business man swallowed two trunk keys after placing them on a ring in his mouth at a hotel. An X ray revealed the keys inside his stomach and a surgeon removed them.
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Winnipeg
J. W. Spry
Regina
B C Pain Relief Promises Quick Results
An advertisement touts B C as fast acting relief for colds headaches sinus pain neuralgia and earache. It claims pain begins to ease in three minutes with nerves rested fever reduced and comforting relief, noting RC contains multiple ingredients for safe non habit forming relief.
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Tarzan
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William W. Ellison
Eugene
Coldetter
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Texas
Tim O'Mara
Gene
O'Mara
Tex Rickard
Tim
William Willock, Jr
Steel
Adelaide Ingebreitsen
Long Island
Coxwell
OME . Furniture Company
Monroe, Louisiana
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