Bootleggers Hire Gunman To Kill Bailey Victim Dead
Police say William Bailey a prohibition informer was shot by a Pennsylvania gunman hired by bootleggers who he had victimized. The shooter, wanted in a Pennsylvania mine superintendent slaying, was hiding near Baton Rouge. Bailey died after four men fired shotgun slugs into his car two days after a hijacking of rum runners near Slidell. Police believe the killing was revenge.
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New Orleans
William Bailey
Pennsylvania
Bailey
Baton Rouge
Slidell
Hem
District Attorney's
Deneen Backs Albert in Chicago Mayoral Race
Chicago news reports United States Senator Charles S. Deneen endorses Arthur R. Albert, the 32 year old city council member, for the Republican mayoral nomination against William Hale Thompson.Albert’s entry comes after party leaders failed to unite behind one candidate.
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Chicago
William Hale Thompson
Arthur R. Albert
Albert
Thompson
Kid
United States
Charles S. Deneen
Charles V. Barrett
Bernard W. Snow
John H. Lyle
Rumors of Special Session Haunt Baton Rouge
Reports circulated that a Louisiana special legislative session might be called as gas pipes were laid on the second floor of the state house and heaters installed in the senate and house chambers. Governor Huey P. Long denied a session, saying rooms would house a drafting area and road contract settings for the Highway Commission. He later learned the work was authorized by the commission and intended for heated drafting and committee use.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
State House
Senate
House
Huey P. Long
State Highway Commission
Long
Highway Commission
Commission
House of Representatives
Senate Chamber
Legislative Bureau
Joffre Clings to Life as Doctors Express Limited Hope
Paris dispatch reports Marshal Joffre showing slight improvement with regular breathing and a steady pulse, though doctors admit no real chance of recovery. The afternoon bulletin notes his vitality lingering amid continued despair for full recovery.
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Joffre
Paris
Marshal Joffre
Notables Share Hopes for 1931 Overcoming Depression and Growth
Prominent figures including Newton D. Baker, Frank Hawks, Will Hays, and Gene Tunney express their 1931 aims. Baker seeks national adjustment to industrial society to avert recurring depressions. Hawks calls for faster air transport and mail speeds. Hays hopes cinema restores confidence and prosperity. Tunney urges global solutions to economic and political crises from Europe to Germany.
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Newton D. Baker
Frank Hawks
Will H. Hays
Motion Picture Producers and Distributors
Gene Tunney
Adriatic
Balkans
Germany
Long grants clemency to over twenty in New Year pardon list
Baton Rouge dispatch reports Governor Huey P. Long signed executive pardons for 11 convicts and commutations for 10, with one fine remission and three citizens restored. Names include Fremont Benoit, Albert Duplechain, Mrs. C. E. Fairbanks, and others, detailing sentences across Vermilion, Jefferson Davis, Ouachita, Washington, Tangipahoa, Rapides, Orleans, Rapides, and Caddo parishes.
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Associated Press
Baton Rouge
Huey P. Long
State
Fremont Benoit
Jefferson Davis
C. E. Fairbanks
Ouachita Parish
Jacob Major
Weshington Parish
Vincent Melcher
Rapides Parish
Chris Nonesteri
Phillip Monesteri
Joe Monesteri
Tangipahoa
Lloyd J. Soulier
Orleans
Dennis Stewart
Rapides
Louis Wolschansky
Caddo
FP. H. Boyte
Franklin
Byrd Polar Party member Gould led 2100 mile sled ride
Carroll B. Foster told Lions club how Dr. Lawrence M. Gould second in command of the Byrd Antarctic expedition conducted a 2100 mile sledge trek across the South Pole. The aim was geological study and the journey lasted two and a half months with six men.
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South Pole
Lawrence M. Gould
Carroll B. Foster
Byrd Party
Lions Club
Gould
South Polar
Drowning Crash Near Charleston Claims Several
Three to four Jacksonville residents are believed drowned after their car went off a coastal highway thirteen miles north of Charleston and plunged into deep water. The incident occurred today as authorities investigate the wreck. The New York State Athletic Commission also set a one week deadline for Joe Jacobs to confirm Schmeling will defend the heavyweight title against Jack Sharkey in June.
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Charleston
S. C
Jacksonville
Fla
New York
New York State Athletic Commission
Joe Jacobs
Max Schmeling
Schmeling
Jack Sharkey
Cost to New Yorkers for New Year Eve Whoopee
An estimate of Broadway spending on New Year’s Eve shows expenditures from 20 cents to 2000 dollars. Most begin with subway fares and caps and horns at Times Square, while the high end covers hotels like the Ritz Carlton Central Park casino and Club Lido. A midrange plan totals about 60 dollars for a couple plus children to attend a musical, dinner, and celebration.
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New York
Broadway
Times Square
Warburton Heads to New Orleans in World Flight Leg
Barclay H. Warburton Jr. leaves Jacksonville for New Orleans in the next leg of his world aviation steamship cruise. After refueling at Mobile he plans an overnight stop then onward to Dallas El Paso and the Pacific coast. He will ship his plane Little Ups and Downs to Shanghai for Asia and Europe crossing after a forced landing in Daytona Beach.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Barclay H. Warburton, Jr
New Orleans
Mobile
Ala
John Wanamaker
Dallas
el Paso
Texas
Pacific Coast
San Diego
Warburton
Shanghai
Asia
Europe
Miami
Daytona Beach
Hambone's Meditations by J. P. Alley
Dashes of humor from Hambone's narrator as rain pours down while the boys trouble the town. Simple living voice captures weather, resilience, and smalltime antics with rustic charm.
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Hambone
Meditations
J. P. Alley
Guzik Sentenced to Five Years Leavenworth and Fine
Chicago December 30 Jack Guzik business manager for Capone gambling interests was sentenced by Federal Judge Charles A Woodward to five years in Leavenworth and a $17300 fine for income tax evasion. He faced a $229090 bill with unreported 1927 1928 income totaling about 1200000 from Cicero gambling and Hawthorne dog tracks. His appeal bond was set at 50000 and release granted pending appeal.
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Chicago
Jack Guzik
Scarface al” Capone
Charles A. Woodward
Leavenworth
Internal Revenue Department
Guzik
Cicero
Hawthorne
Ralph Capone
Scarface
Frank Nitti
Capone
Woodward
Shlenker Reelected Senior counsellor of Pi Tau Pi
Irvin M. Shlenker of Money was reelected as senior counsellor of the Pi Tau Pi Jewish fraternity at the international convention closing in Birmingham Alabama. Other officers named include Mervin Black president Edward Sterne vice president Rudolf Singer secretary M M Tonkin junior counsellor Yale Kroloff historian and Roy Rosenthal publications editor Philadelphia chosen as 1938 convention site.
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Irvin M. Shlenker
Money
Pi Tau Pi
Birmingham
Ala
Mervin Black
Edward F. Sterne
Seattle
Rudolph Singer
Chicago
M. M. Tonkin
Fortland
Ore
Yale S. Kroloff
Omaha
Neb
Roy
Monroe
Simon Shlenker, Jr
Irvin Shlenker
David Marx
Alan Sugar
Beuregard Man Killed by Switch Engine in Mississippi
William Darling McBride 78 of Beauregard Miss died when struck by a switch engine in Jackson Mississippi. The circumstances of how he came to be in the locomotive path were not determined.
World War Veterans Could Borrow 425 Million in 1931
Veteran Administrator Hines estimated that $425,000,000 could be borrowed on adjusted compensation certificates in 1931 and said the bureau planned to lend $20,000,000 to 300,000 veterans in January. He noted 3,395,000 outstanding certificates with $3.42 billion maturity value, about 1.6 million certificates worth $725 million on Jan 1, 1931.
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Washington
Hines
Work of master builder revealed by courthouse repairs
Workmen repairing the Daughters of the American Revolution building on the courthouse lawn uncovered a master builder's craft. S. M. Collins, parish engineer, praised the heart-cypress timbers and precise joinery that would even support a locomotive if walls held. Florent E. Hammonds, courthouse building custodian, aided supervision of the project.
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Courtthouse Lawn
Daughters of the American Republic
S. M. Collins
Collins
Florent E. Hammonds
Ouachita Parish High School Addition Nears Completion
Rapid progress on Ouachita parish high school addition will yield nine new classrooms by late January for the mid term starting January 26, with the auditorium due in March. The extra rooms include a science lab and domestic science space, accommodating about 1,200 students. The new auditorium will be the Twin Cities' largest.
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Ouachita Parish High School
T. O. Brown
Parish High School
Twin Cities
Audi
Burmese Rebels Drove Back by Machine Gun Fire in Burma
British forces clash with savage rebels in the Tharawaddy forest near Rangoon. Insurgents reportedly suffer heavy losses, with 50 to 100 men killed or wounded, while government troops report no casualties.
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Rangoon
Burma
Tharawaddy
Four Eastern Lines to Consolidate Under Hoover Plan
President Hoover announced that eastern railroads will consolidate into four independent systems under ICC review. The plan groups Pennsylvania, New York Central, Baltimore and Ohio, and Nickel Plate. Wabash Seaboard would be abandoned and Virginia Railway and New York Central set boundary lines.
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Washington
Eastern Railroads
Hoover
Pennsylvania
New York Central
Baltimore and Ohio
Nickel Plate
Wabash Seaboard
Interstate Commerce Commission
Congress
Virginian Railway
Riverside Sanitarium Elects New Board Directors
New Riverside Sanitarium directors were chosen at a stockholders meeting on Monday afternoon. The board now includes Dr. C H Mosely as president and GM, and Mrs C H Mosley, Mrs S Mayora, Mrs Mary Banister, and Mrs Viola E Parsons. Retiring members were Elmer Slagle, William Rodriguez, Theo Terzia, and Fred Peters. A meeting of the new board was planned for Tuesday to discuss plans for the coming year.
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Riverside Sanitarium
C. H. Mosely
C. H. Mosley
S. Mayora
Mary. Banister
Viola E. Parsons
Elmer Slagle
William Rodriguez
Theo Terzia
Fred Peters
Business Leaders Forecast Slow Recovery for 1931
New York Dec 30 A general feeling of improvement in industrial and commercial activity expected in 1931 despite a slow and tedious return to normal. Business leaders and economists say the low mood of 1930 is past, with some aiming for substantial recovery after months of cautious optimism.
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New York
United Press
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Henry L. Doherty
Helen Lee Eames Doherty
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