Brookhart cites Century Club gin cocktails in Hoover era
Senator Brookhart read a letter claiming real gin cocktails are served at the Century Association in New York, a club with Hoover among its members. He urged Wickersham to explain liquor law violations and warned of broader prohibitions disputes as Tydings and Copeland questioned access to the club.
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Washington
Brookhart
New York
Hoover
George W. Wicker- Sham
Law Enforcement Commission
Senate
Wickersham
Century Association
West 43Rd Street
New York City
Tydings
Maryland
Iowa
Copeland
Century Club
Four Men Pay Last Penalty for Murders
Lawrence Mabry a 19 year old Ozark boy was hanged in Boonville Missouri after a 1928 Sedalia murder during an attempted holdup. He prayed whispered a last prayer and smiled as the hooded execution began.
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Boonville
Lawrence Mabry
Ozark
Sedalia
Mabry
William Busch
Daniel Boone
Jesus
Glider Flown Successfully From Navy Dirigible
Lieut. Ralph Barnaby piloted a glider from the navy dirigible Lost Angeles at Lakehurst New Jersey. The craft rose to 4000 feet and completed four successful flights over the naval air station. Barnaby is the only licensed glider pilot in the navy.
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Lakehurst
N. J
Ralph
Barnaby
Lost Angeles
Naval Air Station
Navy
Home Gardening and Landscaping Meet Held Here
About 40 attendees, mainly women, gathered in Monroe for a parish wide home gardening and yard landscaping meeting led by Mrs. Jewel L. Me Quiller, the home demonstration agent. She spoke on The Well-Gardened Home covering yard beautification, trees and shrubs, and vegetable gardening with a diagram showing an ideal country home layout.
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Monroe
Jewel L. MeQuiller
Colorful trio of rum runners
Three men charged with liquor transport were jailed in Los Angeles on January 31. United States Commissioner David Head booked them and confirmed their names as Edmond Black, Edison Green, and Harry T. White, with federal agents noting the identities matched records.
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Cal
United States
David Head
Edison Green
White
Harry T. White
Federal
Tackless Texan Believes Gotham Is Third Best City
Gene Howe Texas editor known for sharp columns says New York is the third best town in the United States behind Amarillo and Atchison. He recalls feuds with Mary Garden and Col. Lindbergh, notes common traits with New Yorkers, and recounts his Amarillo defense amid public reactions.
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United Press
New York
Gene Howe
Texas
Mary Garden
United States
Howe
Biltmore
Amarillo
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Miss Garden
Chicago Opera Company
Fire destroys Owens Hotel injuring fireman and guests
At Horse Cave Kentucky a three story Owens hotel burned early today trapping guests. Fireman Wayne Combs was knocked unconscious when a ladder collapsed during a rescue. Three guests were shocked or bruised after leaping from windows. Loss estimated at 60000 with forty guests and staff escaping.
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Associated Press
Horse Cave
Owens Hotel
Wayne Combs
Man Accused of Blackmail Is Found Dead in Bed
Walnut Ridge Arkansas January 31 After two men were arrested on blackmail charges at his home John P Kirby 55 lunch room operator was found dead in his bed with a heart wound Officials said suicide unlikely noting threats to reveal information about Kirby s son Buster may have driven him to take his life The two men refused to give names were taken into custody last night on the complaint of Kirby and officers expressed concern over the alleged blackmail scheme and its possible link to the son.
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John P. Kirby
Kirby
Buster
Deaf former Tampa official awakes to hearing after years
Peter Ramos, a former Tampa city councilman who was deaf for years, dreamed he could hear and woke to confirm voices of his household and grandchildren. Doctors had long said a cure was impossible, but Ramos reports partial restoration and credits the sudden change to fate rather than medical cause. Mrs. Ramos opposes medical tests.
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Associated Press
Tampa
Fla
Peter Ramos
Ramos
Mississippi Tightens Liquor Transport Rules in House
Mississippi lawmakers approved a bill banning transporting more than a half gallon of liquor in a car not owned by the transporter. Rep John Yeager cited a Supreme Court ruling that indictments must name origins and destinations within the state to convict bootleggers. The Senate passed a separate measure approving a $35,000 appropriation for two wings at Beauvoir Soldiers Home Hospital.
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Associated Press
Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
House of Representatives
John Yeager
Lamar County
Supreme Court
Senate
Old Soldiers Home
Beauvoir
Colored maid rescues baby in blaze on St Charles
A fire at the Burke residence on St Charles avenue in New Orleans caused 1200 dollars in damage. Emma Peppin a Black maid carried a 15 month old infant to safety. A separate blaze on Canal street damaged two frame double houses, awakening the Gough family before they fled.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
William P. Burke
St. Charles Avenue
Burkes
Emma Peppin
Canal Street
Frank Gough
Richard Burke
Boxing Commission
DEDICATION OF $2 MILLION VETERANS HOSPITAL AT CAMP STAFFORD
Alexandria hosts the dedication of Veterans Hospital No. 27 at Camp Stafford. The 10 o'clock ceremony in the Red Cross auditorium drew veterans groups and locals, with Congressman James B. Aswell presiding. Speakers included Mayor Lamkin, Morton M. David, Judge Foster, William Murphy, R. B. Handy Jr, and Dr. Winthrop Adams. A banquet followed with Aswell as toastmaster.
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Alexandria
P. S. Veterans Hospital No
Camp Stafford
Red Cross
Louisiana
James B. Aswell
V. V. Lamkin
Morton M. David
American Legion
Rufus E. Foster
New Orleans
William J. Murphy
R. B. Handy, Jr
Adjutant General Veterans of Foreign Wars
Winthrop Adams
U. S. Veterans Bureau
Frank T. Hines
Veterans Bureau
Aswell
State Probes Brady Insanity Plea With Friends Testimony
The state sought to refute John W. Brady insanity claim in the Highsmith murder case by presenting long standing friends testimony. UT historian Dr Eugene C Barker rebutted by noting Brady quoted Latin maxims at Town and Gown club events.
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Austin
Tex
John W. Brady
Civil Appeals Court
Lehlia Highsmith
Eugene C. Barker
University of Texas
Town and Gown
Brady
Hambone’s Meditations by J P Alley
A humorous dialect piece portrays Tom’s anger and the pot shot about street life. The narrator recalls a scenario where Tom would not be missed if he had not slammed the door.
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Hambone’s Meditations
J. P. Alley
Legionnaires to Attend State Legion Meet in Alexandria
Officers and members of Monroe Post American Legion depart for Alexandria for three days of activities beginning with the dedication of a new veterans hospital. The department executive committee meets Saturday as part of the state gathering.
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Monroe
The
American Legion
Alexandria
Legion
Veterans Hospital
Department
State
Farm Board Debated Cotton Policy Sparked Southern Losses
In Washington on January 31 Senator Harris charged a Farm Board remark led to a $50 million drop in cotton prices. The board said it would not buy cotton though it would loan to cotton co operatives under the act. Fort urged clarification of the Volstead Act to permit home production of light wines and beer while preserving prohibition.
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Washington
Harris
Georgia
Senate Today
Charman Legge
Farm Board
Legge
Cotton Association
United Press
Franklin Fort
N. J
Hoover
Fort
New Jersey
Mississippi Legislature Sees Little Action in First Weeks
Jackson Mississippi January 31 Legislators packed for weekend departures noting little legislative progress in four weeks. Major proposals stalled in committees with finance and highway bills delaying action while the Senate approved a 2.5 million insane hospital appropriation expanding the hospital commission and granting Governor Bilbo added appointments.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi General Assembly
Theo. G. Bilbo
Ten Million Pledged for Chicago Public Services
A pledge of 10 million dollars for police fire health protection and essential public services was handed to the citizens relief committee led by Silas H. Strawn. The donation was made by the Building Managers association which operates most downtown buildings.
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Chicago
Citizens’ Relief Committee
Silas H. Strawn
Building Managers’ Association
Washington Man Wins Prize For Great Bravery
Washington, Jan 31 The prize for daring a $50 prize during the heavy snow goes to Andrew Madden 23 who lives on Spring road The night the snow began a Madden family conversation reached a climax when the husband declared for $50 he would run without a coat
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Washington
Andrew Madden
Spring Road
Woman Dies in Chile at Age 139
In Santiago Chile a Spanish woman Millago Forcadell Ca dena died aged 139. Municipal records show she married a Chilean 119 years ago.
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Santiago
Chile
Millago Forcadell Cadena
Fleas on Dog Declared Owner’s Property in Ohio Court
In Cincinnati on January 31 Common Pleas Judge Otis Hess ruled fleas and other insects that normally accompany a cat or dog are the property of the animal’s owner. Mrs. Amy L. Roth sued former roomer Charles Poorman for 80 dollars to cover renovations for pets including three dogs four cats a parrot an alligator and several canaries. The court awarded damages of 65.05 dollars.
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Cincinnati
Common Pleas
Otis Hess
Amy L. Roth
Charles Poorman
Poorman
Roth
Mothwarf Resigns as President of Tennessee Rayon Plants
Dr. Arthur Mothwarf resigns as president of the American Bems and American Glanzstoff rayon plants in Elizabethton Tennessee. The resignation dated January 25 was accepted today. He helped locate the plants in Happy Valley and led the company since opening. He has just returned from a trip to Germany.
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United Press
Elizabethton
Tenn
Arthur Mothwarf
Bems
Mothwarf
Happy Valley
Germany
Fire destroys Grand Leader department store in Blytheville
A blaze swept through Blytheville Arkansas store Grand Leader last night from suspected wiring defect. Damage is estimated at twenty five thousand dollars. Fire officials say the department store suffered major smoke and structural damage.
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Blytheville
Ark
Grand Leader
Hutchinson Details Love Triangle in $300000 Suit
Samuel Sheffield Hutchinson testifies in Los Angeles that he preferred Edith P. Taylor to his wife Mattie Dean Hutchinson due to modesty and thrift. He admits fathering Edith Taylor’s 16 year old daughter Jane and says the couple separated in 1909.
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Los Angeles
Samuel Sheffield Hutchinson
Edith P. Taylor
Hutchinson
Chicago
Taylor
Mattie Dean Hutchinson
Valparaiso
Ind
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