Days Open Move to Block Vote in California
California voters backed repeal of the 18th Amendment by about three to one as results neared from 8,951 of 9,347 precincts. In Los Angeles a temporary injunction delayed canvassing and certification, filed by Richard M. Cannon and Frank G. H. Stevens claiming Congress alone sets repeal rules.
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California
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Richard M. Cannon
James Cannon, Jr
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Frank G. H. Stevens
Fatty Arbuckle dies as comeback plans fade
The article outlines Fatty Arbuckle life from child stage work through vaudeville to film stardom, noting his acquittal and decline after the Rappe case. It describes marriages, Morality clauses, protests by religious groups, a brief restaurant venture, and a planned comeback, plus his forthcoming cremation and public viewings.
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San Jose
Cal
Leon Errol
Orpheum Theater
Portland
Ore
Arbuckle
Mack Sennett
Bathing Beauty
Sennett
Mabel Normand
Chester Conklin
Charles Chaplin
Ford Sterling
Joseph Schenck
United Artists
Famous Players Lasky Corporation
Minta Durfee
Rappe
Doris Deane
Addie McPhail
Alabama Farmers Approve Live-at-Home Plan Campaign
More than 15 000 Alabama farmers joined a live-at-home campaign to raise their own food and feed for livestock. Dr L N Duncan led efforts across 56 of 67 counties with county agents and district leaders promoting garden canning meat and dairy supply to free cash for other needs. Helen Johnson notes 33 009 women and girls conserved 2 368 876 quarts of food valued at 473 775 dollars. F W Gist adds hogs dairy cattle chickens and turkeys increased during the low mood.
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Auburn
Ala
Alabama
L. N. Duncan
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Duncan
Workforce Reductions Hit Multiple Regions Friday
Ninety workers and several officials across southern states were dropped from duties on a Friday. Notables include Eugene Smith in Alabama and Walter Grubbs in Georgia along with various successors. Administrative staff, clerks, and field workers face cuts while several Louisiana and Texas agents were released or reassigned.
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Alabama
Eugene Smith
F. D. Dismuke
Middle
Georgia
Walter C. Grubbs
J. T. Crowder
W. M. Weaver
S. O. McPherson
Florida
Eugene S. Forsyth
M. H. Daily
Mississippi
E. S. Chapman
Clarksdale
Albert B. Brister
C. H. Kellogg
Texas
Richard B. Hamilton
C. B. Cooper
Richard C. McCall
Verne Miller
W. B. Reynolds
H. P. Wright
Atlanta
L. M. Reynolds
Beaumont
W. L. Getzer
Pensacola
Oklahoma man held in death of two children
A Oklahoma man was jailed after a shooting as he rode toward Sand Springs where his estranged wife worked. On arrival at the rural home, Sam Sewell and John Voss were wounded. Sewell was in critical condition and Voss was expected to recover.
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Oklahoma
Sand Springs
Jones
Sam Sewell
Ingram
John Voss
Sewell
Muskogee
Voss
Texas Gasoline Tax Collections Increase
Texas reports a record rise in gasoline tax collections despite a nationwide 5 percent drop in consumption. State Comptroller George Sheppard cites a 1 percent Texas increase under the new collection law, while noting overall consumption fell.
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Austin
U.P
Texas
George Sheppard
United States
Sheppard
Reduction of Tax Accorded to Kahn
Senate investigators reported Otto H. Kahn received a 1930 income tax deduction on stock sales without knowledge the stocks were sold to his daughter. Kahn claimed paying a $4,480 foreign tax in 1930, believed in England. he and Loeb and Company argued 1930 losses were washed via daughter transfer, though an agency said the sale was on the open market and not a wash sale.
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Washington
Senate
Otto H. Kahn
Kahn
England
Kahn, Loeb and Company
New York
Ferdinand Pecora
Internal Revenue Bureau
Pecora
Mercury 111 At Liberal Kansas Shatters Heat Record
The 111 degree reading at Liberal Kansas marked a torrid heat wave across the region. A government meteorologist linked the extreme heat to a south Atlantic high pressure area. relief was forecast for several midwestern states by Thursday or Friday.
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North Dakota
Fargo
Grand Forks
Twin Cities
St. Paul
Minneapolis
A. G. Pursell
Wisconsin
Missouri
Iowa
Minnesota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Liberal
Kas
City Cuts Refrigeration Electric Rates 50 Percent
The city commission authorized a 50 percent cut in electricity for refrigeration, lowering the rate from six to three cents per kilowatt hour. The new price takes effect Saturday, July 1, and applies to all private and business users, with expectations of increased electricity use for cooling. Dealers in electric ice boxes are already responding to the change.
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City Commission
Woman Ends Life After Losing Government Job
In the wake of a government staff shakeup, Mrs. Helen Warfield a 30 year old Interstate Commerce Commission worker killed herself by gas. John C Perkins a 62 year old Senate enrollment clerk poisoned himself and is near death. Thousands face layoffs and reassignments as budgets tighten ahead of July 1.
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Helen Warfield
Interstate Commerce Commission
John C. Perkins
Senate
Perkins
Electrocution at Pelican Spit Coast Guard Station
William Oliver, about 29, chief coast guard radioman, was electrocuted Wednesday night while working on a transmitter at Pelican Spit coast guard radio station in Galveston. The body was held pending advices from Mobile, Alabama, relatives.
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Galveston
Tex
William Oliver
Coast Guard
Pelican Spit Coast Guard
Mobile
Ala
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