Vote to Appeal Report on Nine Foot Barge Canal
The Fox Wisconsin Waterways association formed at the Chamber of Commerce voted to appeal Major Trippe's unfavorable report on the Green Bay to Prairie du Chien waterway. They authorized talks with Trippe to set proper procedures and seek time for data. An economic and engineering survey was deemed necessary before progress. Officers include Mayor Taylor G Brown Oshkosh president and W Burl Dalton Port Edwards and Alan H Tripp Oshkosh as directors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fox-Wisconsin Waterways Association
Chamber of Commerce
H. M. Trippe
Milwaukee
Green Bay
Prairie du Chien
Trippe
Oshkosh
Taylor G. Brown
P. Jackson
Depere
A. A. Porter
Poytage
E. R. Smith
Democrats Renew Their Assault on President Hoover
Francis M. Stephenson reports Democrats in Congress challenging Hoover over his non administration relief stance as an emergency 110 million for public works moved toward final action. Senators McKellar Walsh Robinson Wagner and Glass critique timing and impact while urging longer relief programs and state matching of federal funds.
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Francis M. Stephenson
Washington
Hoover
Jones
Appropriations Committee
House
McKellar
Tennessee
Senate
Tennesseean
Walsh
Massachusetts
Robinson
Arkansas
New Alcohol Denaturant Named Alcatate by Bureau
Washington chemists announce a new denaturant called alcatate for industrial alcohol obtained from California and Mexican petroleum. It will replace deadly wood alcohol and orders for use are to be issued within three weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
California
Industrial Alcohol Bureau
Doran
Senators clash as drought relief bills spark Senate split
Democratic leader Senator Robinson rebuked President Hoover over drought relief spending while Republicans defend $110,000,000 and $60,000,000 proposals. McKellar charged Hoover misused power. Robinson urged cooperation on the $16,000,000 public works measure amid warnings of treasury raids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hoover
Robinson
Senate
Treasury
Jones
Bingham
Connecticut
McKellar
Drought Relief Committee
McNary
Republican
Oregon
Budget Bureau
United States
House Passes Bill Granting Half Holiday to Postal Employes
Washington reports the House approved a bill to set a 44 hour week for about 300,000 postal workers and grant a Saturday half holiday. If Saturday service is needed, compensatory time is given the following week. Estimated annual cost ranges up to $2 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Senate
Hoover to veto liberal use of spending plans
President Hoover plans to veto or oppose high spending bills this session to keep unemployment and drought relief within budget limits. The seed and seed loans bill, carrying 60 million dollars, may trigger the first veto fight as the White House demands cuts and removal of human relief provisions. Political associates expect a clash to raise Hoover's prestige before 1922.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul R. Mallon
United Press
Washington
U.P
Hoover
Congress
Senate
House
White House
Legislative Branch
Treasury
Lyle C. Willison
Capitol
Veterans of Congress
Mr. Hoover
Five Billion Relief Bills Aim to Ease Postwar Strain
Congress considers broad relief proposals that would require up to five billion dollars, including Patman paid veterans certificates, public works and drought aid. Other plans call for extended highway aid, county road crews funded by a 250 million federal pool, and farm loans. Arkansas road funds and Florida fruit fly reimbursements appear among measures, with foreclosure suspensions by federal land banks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Treasury
Legislative Mill
Patman
Farm Loan Board
Land-Grant Colleges
Federal Industrial Commission
Arkansas
West Point
Florida
Iowa crop values hit lowest since 1921 in 1930 report
Charles D. Reed, director of the Iowa weather and crop bureau, announced in Des Moines that Iowa crop values for 1930, based on December 1 prices, fell 25 percent from 1929 to 427,307,000, the lowest since the 1921 deflation. The drought cut corn production and value, reducing corn by about 92 million dollars and lowering yields by 6.5 bushels per acre. oats, though the second largest crop, also dropped to their lowest value since 1921, while five minor crops showed small gains and hay and oats provided excellent feed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Charles D. Reed
Iowa Weathlee and Crop Bureau
Iowa
Jonelis murder trial set for Monday in Sheboygan
The murder trial of Anton Jonelis, 38, charged with killing his wife, has been docketed for Monday in Sheboygan Wisconsin. The case proceeds amid concern for local court handling and awaits jury selection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheboygan
Wis
Anton Jonelis
Two Women Killed by Auto Accidents in Milwaukee Area
Auto crashes in and around Milwaukee last night killed two women and seriously injured two others. Eva West of Peoria Illinois and Vera Gray her twin sister were in a crash near Milwaukee, while Mary Buettner of Milwaukee and Ida Schaefer were struck at an intersection by driver Joseph White. Deputies captured two men from Chicago, Paul Wilson and Charles Peckham, after the crash and held them for questioning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Eva West
Peoria
Til
Vera Gray
Here
Paul Wilson
Charles Peckham
Chicago
Mary Buettner
Ida Schaefer
Joseph White
Ice Yacht Club Plans Annual Meeting Tonight
Ice Yacht Club will hold its annual meeting tonight at the club to discuss plans for the coming winter season. New officers are to be elected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ICE Yacht Club
The
Tee Yacht Club
Yacht Club
No Prospect Of Another World War Says Kellogg
Former secretary of state Frank B. Kellogg told Oslo audiences that no world war is in prospect and urged education by churches and schools to promote peaceful dispute settlement. He said there is no magic solution to economic malaise and urged confidence in people and leaders to restore order quickly.
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Oslo
Norway
Frank B. Kellogg
Kellogg
Nathan Soederblom
Upsala
Soederblom
Stockholm
Theodore Roosevelt
Elihu Root
Woodrow Wilson
Charles G
Wilson
Mowinckel
League of Nations
League
United States
America
Soederblorm
Alfred Nobel
Brotherhood of Man
Sinclair Lewis Wins 1930 Nobel Prize in Literature
In Stockholm King GustavV presented the 1930 Nobel Prize for literature to Sinclair i Lewis, famed creator of George H. Babbitt, amid cheers from royal family and Stockholm citizens. Other laureates included Karl Landsteiner, Chandrasekhar Venkata Raman, Hans Fischer, and Ossian? Kellogg received the 1929 Peace Prize in Oslo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Sweden
Sinclair i Lewis
Sauk Center
Minnesota
Gustave
George H. Babbitt
Karl Landsteiner
New York
Chandrasekhara Venkate Raman
Calcutta
India
Jand
Hans Fischer
Munich
Oslo
Frank B. Kellogg
Coolidge
Nathan Soedersom
Upsala
Hoover seeks Senate approval of world court protocol
President Hoover sent the protocol and accompanying letter to the Senate for American adherence to the world court. The move comes as the Senate debates unemployment relief and the Foreign Relations Committee prepares for a reg ular session next week. The issue was last before the Senate four years ago with reservations that were not accepted by other powers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Hoover
Senate
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Borah
America
Elihu Root
Swanson
Virginia
Beer for business billboards headline Milwaukee slogan
Three large bill boards showing a foaming beer stein and an industrial scene flank the caption Bring Back Beer for Better Business. The signs were paid for by three or four prominent business men, with the contractors saying sponsors are not brewers and that names cannot be revealed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
W. J. Lauer
Appleton Woman Freed After Stolen Goods Case Dismissal
Mrs Roy Johnston was freed today on charges of receiving and aiding in concealing stolen property tied to a clothing shop robbery in Appleton. Judge Theodore Berg dismissed the case after conferring with store proprietor Herbert Goldberg. Johnston had been arrested in Kenosha weeks earlier where foods valued at $20,000 were recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appleton, Wis
Roy Johnston
Theodore Berg
Herbert Goldberg
Johnston
Kenosha
Rain Likely in Wisconsin and Great Lakes Region
Weather forecast notes unsettled conditions in Wisconsin with possible rain tonight and Thursday, colder Thursday. Winds shift from east to north west across the Great Lakes, with rain or snow possible in Upper Michigan and lighter rain in the lower lakes regions. Observations show cloudy to slightly cloudy skies, high around 51 and low around 31 with no precipitation recorded today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Wisconsin
Upper Great Lakes
Huron
Michigan
Superior
Lower Great Lakes
Erie
Upper Michigan
Northwestern
Buckstaff
Drive to curb slot machines expands in Watertown
Watertown authorities opened a new drive against slot machines with a search warrant. Dist Atty Harold W Hartwig and Constable Leonard Smith seized a machine from James Cagan, who was fined ten dollars and costs. The DA has received many letters complaining about slot machines and punch boards.
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Watertown
Wis
WFHA
Dist Atty
Harold W. Hartwig
Leonard Smith
James Cagan
Justice of the Peace
E. G. Buroff
Potatoes to be distributed to needy families from city stock
Ten tons of potatoes from Waupaca County were being secured for distribution to worthy families. Mayor Brown announced the plan, with delivery to start Thursday from the municipal warehouse. Funds come from a special potato fund and a charity bowling program. Distribution priorities include family size and safe storage capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waupaca
Brown
Bureau of Family Service
J. N. Nemitz
Edna J. Roddls
Murt Malone
Free Employment Agency
George Webb
Detectives Fire On Gangsters In Minneapolis Holdout
Two Minneapolis detectives waiting in a gangster holdout killed one bandit and captured the other in a night gun battle. The wounded officer, Detective Harry Parker, was in serious condition at General Hospital with a gunshot wound to the abdomen. The captured man identified himself as Mike O Leary and said his dead companion was George Mulcahey. both claimed Chicago origins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Minn
Mike O'Leary
George Mulcahey
Chicago
Mulcahey
Dan Noonan
Harry Parker
General Hospital
Parker
Burke and Clarke Denied Appeal in Milwaukee Disorder Case
John Donald Burke and William Clarke, communists, were tossed from the Milwaukee Common Council while seeking to address pleas for the unemployed. Their appeal on disorderly conduct charges was denied, keeping the case unresolved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
John Donald Burke
William Clarke
Common Council
Four Bandits Escape With 45000 From Kansas City Bank
Four unmasked bandits seized Kansas City's Interstate W National Bank in the Livestock Exchange building. They held 25 to 30 workers at gunpoint for over an hour until the time lock allowed the vault to open. The quartet, aged 30 to 40, fled in a motor car with about $45,000 in currency after dressing smartly. Austin Young, F. B. Moore and other staff were coerced into compliance as the robbers orchestrated the heist.
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Kansas City
Interstate W National Bank
Livestock Exchange
N & Group
Austin Young
F. BH. Moore
Moore
Roosevelt tribute dinner sparks Georgia Roosevelt for president club
Greenville Georgia reports Gov Franklin D Roosevelt visiting on the eve of a New York trip. He acknowledges water must pass under the bridge before naming a candidate. Georgia Governor-Elect Richard Russell praises Roosevelt as a possible nominee. local judges tout candidates and hope for unity with Young mentioned as a possible 1932 contender.
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Greenville
New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Richard B. Russell
Georgia
Natoi
Washington
J. A. Terrell
Meriwether County
Terrell
C. E. Roof
Cowetta
Owen D. Young
Young
Tioof
Atlantic Ocean
Admiral Pratt Opposes Maximum Navy Under Treaty Plan
Admiral Pratt chief of naval operations told the house naval committee that the U S navy would not be built to the maximum strength allowed by the London treaty by 1936 citing cost. He expressed hope for authorization to construct a London treaty navy by that time.
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Washington, D. C
United States Navy
Admiral Pratt
Naval Operations
House Naval Committee
Pratt
Chawman Britten
Adams
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