America Heads to New Decade Amid Prohibition Clash
Washington hopes to keep peace as a naval conference nears in London to cap ship sizes for five powers and extend a five year halt on capital ships. Hoover’s farm board prepares to test its power with surplus crops loans as prohibition enforcement debates intensify alongside Kellog-Briand treaty mood.
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Richard L. Turner
Associated Press
Washington
America
United States
Hoover
Law Enforcement Commission
Congress
Federal Farm Board
Farm Board
Great Britain
London
France
Italy
Japan
Five Die in Amarillo Plane Crash During Golf Course Spin
Aviation inspectors investigate a six passenger monoplane crash at Hillcrest Golf and Country Club Amarillo Texas that killed Lieut Robert Gray his wife Evelyn and three Amarillo businessmen C N Dillon Robert Sox Moore and Ray Allison. The plane spun from 200 feet during approach. Groundskeepers pulled Mrs Gray from wreckage before she died. A stalled elevator control is offered as a possible cause.
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Robert H. Gray
English Air Corps
Evelyn
Robert M
Sox) Moore
C. N. Dillon
Ray Alison
Amarillo
Gray
Moore
Allison
Renew search for murderer of Brady Paul
Bellaire Ohio December 31 AP Chief of Police Francis Moran says four year old Donnie Schroeder admitted his mother Irene Schroeder fired the shot that killed Corporal Brady Paul of the Pennsylvania State Highway Patrol near New Castle Pennsylvania. Donnie described the shooting and named two men Glenn Dayne and Tom Crawford as companions. State officers questioned the uncle Ray Schroeder and the grandfather Joseph Crawford after Donnie was located from a photo found on an abandoned car seat. Authorities say Ray Schroeder had no known connection to the crime.
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Bellaire
Ohio
Francis Moran
Donnie Schroeder
Irene Schroeder
Brady Paul
Pennsylvania State Highway Patrol
New Castle
Paul
Washington
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Moran
Glenn Dayne
Wheeling W. Va
Tom Crawford
Ernest Moore
Donnie
Ray “Ine Bellaire
Joseph Crawford
Elder Huckins Still Enigma in Pending Business Case
A report notes Elder Huckins remains an enigma as a business operation promising investors 26 to 52 percent interest awaits a court decision on whether Huckins will contest extracts. The item emphasizes uncertainty surrounding the enterprise and its management.
Metcalf to seek inquiry if investigations fail
Senator Jesse Metcalf said he would push for an Aragoannet Day inquiry if current probes do not reach the root of the matter. He cited Charles Travers claims that coast guardsmen fired at point blank range aboard the Black Duck and demanded a full investigation.
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Providence
B. L
United States
Jesse H. Metcalf
Charles Travers
Metcalf
Rain or Snow Predicted for Iowa New Year's Day
Des Moines news reports meteorologist Charlies D. Reed forecast a break from recent mild weather with overnight freezing temperatures and likely rain or snow on New Year’s Day. He noted previous lows of 4 above in 1930, 8 below in 1928, and a record 61 degrees for Dec 30.
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Des Moines
Charlies D. Reed
Mercury
Reed
Coast Guardsmen Arrested Over Seized Liquor Theft
Seven coast guardsmen were arrested and several others placed on report in New London after an inquiry into theft of liquor from the Flor-del-Mar rum runner seized Saturday night with 4 000 cases aboard. The misconduct followed a rooming house brawl near the submarine base.
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New London
Conn
Flor-del-Mar
L. T. Chalker
Coast Guard
Flor-del.Mar
State Pier
Chalker
George Rupert
Jack Easely
Harry Stone
Ruth Cummings
Harry Terry
Ervin Graff
Trce
Coversl Tumbers
Journal feature contest fills blanks for cash prizes
Entries arrive slowly for the Journal's $25 feature contest as readers express varied views on favorites like Wash Tables and the classified section. Voters should mark all blanks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 in order of preference to help reveal reader value across features and departments.
Iowa Barber Bars Women From His Shop
Oscar Bernhardt a veteran barber in Council Bluffs has announced a New Year pledge for 1930 not to allow women in his shop. He claims the ban makes male customers feel at home and has doubled his business over three years.
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Council Bluffs
Oscar Bernhardt
Bernhardi
Noisy Welcome for New Year Across Cities
New York prepares for a louder New Year with a 3 am curfew rule in clubs, $20 cover charges, and broadcasts of Big Ben chimes. Chicago expects twenty thousand New Year tables, while Washington plans a quiet at home evening with White House events the next day.
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New York
Grover A. Whalen
London
Tower of Parliament
Atlantic
Chicago
Palmer House
Washington
Three day week for machine workers via artificial light
Des Moines reports Dr W T Bovie proposes a future industrial technique using untapped energy in artificial light to extend a three day week for machine workers. He presented charts showing healthful rays separable from harmful ones and suggested such light could mimic sunshine and provide constant benefits.
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Howard W. Blarebler
Associated Preas
Des Moines
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Association
W. T. Bovie
Harvard Medical School
Bowie
Late Mr. Cohn Almost Upsets His Own Wedding
In Evanston Illinois Miss Elsie Hoffman planned a 4 pm ceremony for Edward Cohn with guests at 5 pm and herself arriving later. Guests and bride waited as 7 pm arrived before the late groom appeared saying he hurried and hoped he was not late.
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Mr. Cohn
Evanston
Ill
Edward Cohn
Cohn
Elsie Hoffman
Borah Sends Secret Prohibition Letter to Hoover
Washington reports Senator Borah has sent a letter on prohibition to President Hoover. The contents remain secret with no White House reply yet. Borah has criticized federal enforcement and spoke with Hoover, while House members push for a possible change allowing light wines and beer.
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Washington
Prohibition
Hoover
Borah
Prohibition Enforcement
White House
Idahoan
Hoover Law Enforcement Commission
House
Congress
Cochran
Missouri
Pleads Guilty on Two Forgery Counts in Tacoma
Jerome E. Johnson aged 39 pleaded guilty in superior court to two forgery counts. Sentence deferred as Johnson, described by police as a prolific forged check writer, faced additional charges over passing worthless checks at two Tacoma hotels after returning from Salt Lake City.
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Tacoma
Wash
Jerome E. Johnson
Superior Court
Johnson
Salt Lake City
Will Rogers Forecasts For 1930 In Gracious Dissent
Beverly Hills column by Will Rogers criticizes year end predictions from others while urging individuals to forecast according to personal beliefs. He notes past forecasts by Clara Bow and others missed the mark, commenting on economic strain and the poor’s limited rights, and advocates personal responsibility in prediction.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Clara Bow
Intended victims turn on two hold up men in New York speakeasy
Eight men in a West Fifty third street establishment confronted two holdup men after being served two drinks each. A confrontation followed with one of the robbers killed and the other wounded as patrons clashed with the men. Police later arrived to secure the scene.
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New York
West Fifty-third Street
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