Senate Republicans Demand Hoover Ball in Play
Republican senators meet at the Capitol denouncing President Hoover and demanding more cooperation from the White House. They insist on prior consultation before public statements and threaten consequences if the pattern continues. The group aims to align leadership with Congress on the ongoing legislative program.
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George R. Holmes
International News Service
Washington
Hoover
Senate
Capitol
Mr. Hoover
Congress
White House
Pinchot Deliberates Cabinet Posts In New State Administration
Governor elect Gifford Pinchot weighs key appointments in Pennsylvania with talks at the Bellevue Stratord hotel. Prospects for highway secretary include Samuel L. Lewis and James A. Malone, while Clyde L. King and William A. Schnader receive confirmed posts. He also considers Ellen C. Potter for welfare chief and advances support for Senator William D. Mansfield in the Senate leadership race. He plans a Washington visit for the Gridiron Dinner.
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International News Service
Philadelphia
Gifford Pinchot
Bellevue-Stratford Hotel
Samuel L. Lewis
York
James A. Malone
Pittsburgh
Highway Post
Pinchot
Clyde L. King
William A. Schnader
George W. Woodruff
P. S. Stahlecker
Ellen C. Potter
Welfare
Mansfield
Augustus F. Daix, Jr
State Senate
William D. Mansfield
Allegheny County
Daix
Washington
Gridiron Club
King Carol II Settles Early Love Affairs in Paris
Paris reports that King Carol II of Roumania paid 400000 dollars in cash and supplied two chateaus to settle with two women who influenced his life before he became king. The accord ends their disputes and wipes the slate clean on the earlier liaisons.
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Paris
Carol II
Roumania
PA Newc Observes East Siders Erecting Christmas Tree
Pa Newc notes with optimism that a Christmas tree was set at Butler Avenue and East Washington Street just hours after its proposed. Signs point to a mild winter and early spring from an observation of a worm in Officer Flinner's yard. A frail damsel was seen being towed by a large German police dog on Washington Street. No new detour bulletin is issued due to few highway changes statewide.
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Pa Newc
East Siders
Butler Avenue
East Washington Street
Harry Flinner
Hillcrest Avenue
Pa Nene
Washington Street
Pennsylvania State Highway Department
Daily Weather Report U S Weather Bureau Summary
U S Weather Bureau statistics for the 24 hour period ending at nine this morning show a maximum temperature of 46 and a minimum of 34. Precipitation measured .03 inches. River stage stands at 5.6 feet and is falling.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
B and O Seeks Central Link by Acquiring Chicago and Alton
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad buys the Chicago and Alton lines, linking Chicago with Kansas City and St. Louis as part of a west east consolidation. The Alton system spans about 1100 miles, rich in farming and coal areas, and has been under receiver control since 1922. Purchase price around 23 million dollars.
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East Coast
Middle West
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Chicago and Alton
Chicago
Kansas City
Springfield
St. Louis
Interstate Commerce Commission
East
Buffalo
Rochester
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Reading
New York City
Pennsylvania
Sinnemahoning
Williamsport
Alton
Poisoned alcohol scare joke from Beverly Hills note
Special To The News reports a satirical Beverly Hills letter mocking government response to denatured alcohol. The writer claims a new ingredient creates a garlic egg odor and jokes drinkers will endure it by masking it with cologne while continuing to drink.
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Beverly Hills
Cal
Jockey Club
Cologne
Witness resumes in Kansas City murder trial of Major Shepard
Grace Brandon, a blonde stenographer, returns to the stand as government seeks to prove a romance between Major Charles A. Shepard and his wife, who died in 1929. Letters identified reveal proposed honeymoon to Canada and Niagara Falls, with items gifted by Shepard including jewelry and a $1500 coupe.
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International News Service
Kansas City
Grace Brandon
Charles A. Shepard
Miss Brandon
Shepard Pate
Major Shepard
Brandon
Shepard
House Attack on Senate Drought Aid Includes Human Food
Washington officials clash over a $60,000,000 drought loan to farmers to buy seed feed and food. They warn that allowing human food use risks a federal dole precedent and expect a fight to cap the loan at $30,000,000.
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William S. Neal
International News Service
Washington
Administration
House Today
Treasury
John Q. Tilson
Connecticut
Senate
House
Secretary of Agriculture
Hyde
Dole
Charity game pits Marcellas against Croton for city title
Proceeds from a charity football game at Taggart Field Saturday afternoon go to the Mayor William H. Gillespie Relief Committee. The Marcellas of the South Side and Croton clash for the city championship, a rivaled matchup with a scoreless prior tie, expected to draw a large crowd if weather allows.
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William H. Gillespie
Relief Committee
Marcellas
South Side
Croton
Taggart Field
Death Notices for Harold S Johnston Curtis R Magill and Others
Death records list Harold Steven Johnston 35 of 504 Laurel Boulevard Curtis R Magill 54 of Sunbury Ohio James T Fee 65 of 414 West Grant Street Infant Callahan 103 Garfield Avenue Mary Lou Hoon 3 of 415 Hutchison Daniel Ellis 65 of New Wilmington.
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Harold Steven Johnston
Laurel Boulevard
Curt’ R. Magill
Sunbury
Crawford County Judge Sentences Rodig to Heavy Term
Pittsburgh report says Judge O Clair Kent of Crawford county rejected a jury mercy recommendation and sentenced Frank Rodig for involuntary manslaughter in a card game quarrel. Rodig must pay a $50 fine and costs and serve six to twelve years in solitary confinement at Western Penitentiary.
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Pittsburgh
O. Clair Kent
Crawford County
Frank Rodig
James Hernan
Rodig
Western Penitentiary
Hoover's Relief Plans Near Final Enactment
President Hoover's drought relief and federal construction bills near enactment as party leaders discuss expanding relief. A survey by Senate committees may begin next week to assess conditions and determine if further measures, including a federal reserve against unemployment, are needed.
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William K. Hutchinson
Senate
Former Detroit Patrolman Confesses to Robberies
Fred Nieberte, 30, a former Detroit patrolman, returned from Butler Pennsylvania, confessed to 25 robberies in Detroit. He had been linked to a sensational Briggs hotel holdup three weeks earlier in which one man was killed and three wounded. Police say four additional robberies are involved.
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Marian Wright
Chicago
William Kuhn
Miss Wright
International News Service
Detroit
Fred Nieberte
Butler
Pennsylvania
Briggs Hotel
Nieportens
Westminster College Board Meets in Pittsburgh Meeting
Westminster College trustees gather in Pittsburgh at 1 30 p m to discuss school operations and unpaid pledges tied to the New Wilmington building campaign. Dr Charles Wallace serves as president since 1916 and the 1930 31 enrollment nears five hundred, down slightly from the prior year.
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International News Service
Pittsburgh
Westminster College
United Presbyterian Board of Publications
H. K. Donaldson
Donaldson
New Wilmington
Chas. Wallace
Westminster
Einstein to dine with Adolph Ochs in New York
Professor Albert Einstein arrives in New York and will lunch with Adolph Ochs before a formal reception at City Hall by Mayor Walker tomorrow. He is en route to California to confer with American scientists and verify his theory of relativity.
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International News Service
New York
Albert Einstein
Adolph Ochs
City Hall
Walker
California
Grangers End Convention Bids From Three Cities
Three cities Oil City Uniontown and Harrisburg bid to host next year's Pennsylvania Grange convention after officers were elected and delegates left for home. The final decision will come after the new year according to the executive committee.
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International News Service
Fottsville
Pennsylvania Grange
Oil City
Uniontown
Harrisburg
Youthful Bandit Attempts Robbery Near New Wilmington Road
Mrs James Rugh of Walmo reports a highway bandit stopped her car on the New Wilmington road at night to demand money. He wore a handkerchief over his eyes and brandished a revolver as she sped away, noting the assailant appeared to be a youngster.
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James Rugh
Walmo
New Wilmington
New Castle
Senator Overman Dies at 76 in Washington Hotel
Senator Lee Slater Overman of North Carolina, 76, died at 12:40 this morning from a heart attack after a severe stomach hemorrhage. He passed away in his New Shoreham Hotel suite with his wife, two sons, two sons-in-law, and his physician present. Overman had been ill since Friday when a recurring stomach condition caused a hemorrhage.
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International News Service
Washington
Lee Slater Overman
North Carolina
Senate
Senator Overman
New Shoreham Hotel
Edgar N. Snow
Let It Rain and Rain Till The Ground Is Soaked
The poem contrasts Arthur Mometer who dislikes rain with a farmer lad who begs for rain to fill wells and creeks. It notes dry ground and low water affecting upcoming potato buying and stresses the need for continual rain for next spring's work in forty four.
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