Hoover outlines federal spending and wage policy in 1931
President Hoover announced total federal public works spending for 1931 would reach 724 million dollars with wages on government contracts kept at pre downturn levels. He detailed allocations for highways, public buildings, rivers and harbors, ship construction, and air navigation, noting adjustments with minor contractors and added emergency appropriations totaling 116 million for 1931.
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Washington
Hooverer
Mr. Hoover
Farm Board
Objection Narrowly Halts Nine Foot Mississippi Channel Plan
Public hearing over United States engineers nine foot channel on the Mississippi River drew one objection. Sam Davis of Moline Power Company urged a dam be widened instead to protect power plants, claiming it would be cheaper and compatible with the project. Davenport officials warned navigation would suffer without further study, while Moline and East Moline asked for flood and sewage protections on the Illinois side. Col. Robert Randolph of Chicago spoke for the cities but could not estimate costs.
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Rock Island, LL
United States Engineers
Sam 5S
Davis
Moline Water Power Company
Moine Power Company
Arsenal Island
Moline Canal
Davenport
George Baker
Interstate Power Company
Illinois
Moline
East Moline
Col
Robert I
Randolph
Chicago
Identified as Burke Wanted in Colorado
Danville Indiana bank robbery case links William Long held by Indiana authorities to Mike Burke and Clais Jimmie Wilson. They participated in the December 18 1922 federal reserve bank truck robbery at Denver Colorado. The Denver band escaped with 200000 dollars.
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Danville
William Long
Indiana
Clinton
Ind
Mike Burke
Clais
Jimmie Wilson
Federal Reserve Bank
Denver
Colo
Robert Swift
Starvation Crisis Talked in Wisconsin Radio Address
Aubrey Williams of the Wisconsin social work conference warned on a radio program that northern Wisconsin faces starvation among children and adults. He urged a statewide relief effort, employment insurance with correlated services, and longer range plans to raise living standards, shorten work hours, and stabilize wages while preventing future relief dependence.
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Milwaukee
U.2
Wisconsin
Aubrey Williams
Wisconsin Conference of Social Work
Williams
Citizens’ Committee On
Willams
William
Discovery of arc division method by Zager and Hurd
Newton Mass report on a new method to divide an arc or circle into any unit. Professor Harold A. Zager of Boston College and George A. Hurd, a Boston manufacturer, claim a square and angle based approach superior to circle based earlier systems. They plan to copyright the method, noting its navigation, range finding, and astronomical uses.
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Harold A. Zager
Boston College
George A. Hurd
Boston
Zager
Hurd
Metal Corridor Planned Between High and Beach Schools
A committee recommends a metal second floor corridor between the High and Beach school buildings to meet immediate need with an estimated cost likely under 5,000 dollars. Plans by E L Mundin include plaster interior, metal exterior, and possible later replacement with Bedford stone when the old brick High School is rebuilt.
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Board of Education
E. L. Mundin
Tee
3St
Marriage ends kidnap plot against Tulsa Creek freedman
Peter Johnson a week after marrying in Tulsa, a Creek Freedman, was abducted from his brother in law's home. The plan to force him into another marriage to gain wealth failed when he was released unharmed. Two men and a woman connected to the kidnapping are sought as authorities identify the suspects. The marriage left him penniless prior to the abduction.
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Tulsa
Okla
Peter Johnson
Wewokada
Johnson
C C. Harvey
W. C. Henneberry
Mother of Eight Killed in Interurban Crash
Milwaukee dispatch reports Anna Sommer, 40, mother of eight, died when an interurban bound for Milwaukee struck her at a crossing in Greenfield. Coroner Henry Grundman will preside over an inquest.
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Milwaukee
Anna Sommer
Greenfield
Henry Grundman
Republican clash over Norris split widens in Congress
Washington dispatch reports a sharp Republican split over Senator Norris. Chairman Wood denounces Norris as a demagogue and plans a hard line against him, while Lucas claims a cancer in the party must be cut out. Norris and Brookhart challenge Mellon over party control as the India round table conference adjourns amid Hindu Moslem deadlock.
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Wood
Congress
Troover
Senate
Norris
Lucas
Brookhart
Republican Independent of
Iowa
Mellon
Voice of
Robert H. Lucas
Republican Party
Wallace Carroll
United Press Right
London
Andrew Hindus
India
W. Mellon
Fof
Ramsay MacDonald
Round Table
MacDonald
Shah Nawaz
Subbarayan
Begum Shah Nawaz
Siri Muhammad Shafi
Windus
Madras
Oxford
Maintaining Wage Orthodoxy in Hard Times
United Press reports industrial leaders stress sustaining wages during downturns. Woods of Hoover’s emergency employment committee cites three aims: preserve payrolls, repair and invest to create work, and carefully manage layoffs with fair, interest-free loans when possible.
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Raymond Clapper
United Press
Washington, WA
United States
Forthug Woods
Hoover
Woods
Woolls
Napoleon
Residents aid early for New Lisbon flyer landing
Milwaukee pilot Mel Freeburg of Northwest Airways diverted mail from the Twin Cities to Milwaukee and Chicago and landed at New Lisbon after residents rose at 2 15 a m to guide the emergency field search. Cars with headlights and flares aided the sighting before Freeburg safely touched down shortly before dawn.
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Milwaukee
Mel Freeburg
Northwest Airways
Mski
Twin Cities
Chicago
Liston Wis
Freeburg
Republican official targets Norris in secret campaign
Robert T. Lucas, executive director of the Republican National Committee, is revealed as the prosecutor of a secret campaign to oust Senator George W. Norris of Nebraska from the party. The move drew commending and criticism from party leaders, with Fess denying knowledge of the effort and some fearing it could spark wider party turmoil.
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Washington
Dbd. C
Norris
Hoover
Wood
Republican Congressional Campaign Committee
Robert &. Lucas
Republican National Committee
Lyle G. Whson
United Press
Washington, D. C
Robert T. Lucas
Sen
George W. Norris
Nebraska
Lucas
Will Wood
Indiana
Republican Congressional Campasion
Fess
Republican ‘National Committee
United Press Today
Luicas
Nye
United Pres
Borah
Day Dee 2 NOT QUITE SO COLD
Wisconsin mostly fall tonight and Wednesday with some cloudiness not quite so cold tonight in the northwest portion. Lake Michigan gentle to moderate northwest winds becoming west to southwest, cloudy to partly cloudy with snow tonight along the pane shore and possibly on Wednesday. Upper Michigan partly cloudy to cloudy tonight and Wednesday possibly snow tonight along Lake Superior. Temperatures show a maximum of 22 at Tamacy with trace precipitation and variable wind.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Lake Michigan
Upper Michigan
Lake Superior
Northwestern
Tamacy
Buckstaff Observatory
South Baromcher
Fatally Injured Auto Collision Near Iola
Mrs. Adam Alft, 32, of Split Rock Shawano County, died after a crash four miles east of Iola. A truck she rode in collided with a car driven by Q A Young. Alft died en route to Iola hospital. Cream cans were hurled 2100 feet by the impact. Young and Alft were unhurt.
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Stevens Point
Wis
Adam Alft
Split Rock
Shaw
No County
A. Young
Tola
Iola Hospital
Young
Alf
Oshkosh Ranks High in Service for Tax Dollars
Oshkosh ranks third in Wisconsin among cities with 30 000 to 40 000 population for service per tax dollar, according to a John Hopkins University study. Sheboygan and Green Bay top the state, San Francisco leads nationally, with Milwaukee second nationwide, in a survey covering public works protection and welfare factors.
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Oshkosh
John Hopkins University
Wisconsin
United States
Sheboygan
Green Bay
LaCrosse
Kenosha
Racine
Milwaukee
San Francisco
Mabel L. Walker
Suspect man set free on bond may be Perry
Dallas officers search for a man released on bond for alleged theft by conversion to verify he is not the sought George Perry, a bigamist and slayer. The man used the name P Gorlane and is connected to a claimed marriage and $2000 investment scheme with a Dallas widow. Perry is also wanted in Wisconsin for the shooting death of Mrs Cora Belle Hackett, found near Bugle River, with reports of four alleged bigamous marriages in the Midwest. His first wife, Mrs Mary Perry, and others named Kathryn Gebhardt, Mrs Hackett, Mrs Tada Downey, and Mrs Harnet Milligan are cited in investigations.
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Dallas
Texai
George Perry
Bigamist
P. Gorlane
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Vilas County
Cora Belle Hackett
Chicago
Bugle River
Wis
Hackett
Perry
Milwane Railroad
Middle West
Mary Perry
Kathryn Gebhardt
Cleveland
Tada Down
Georgia Tech to fire multiple coaches next year
The Atlanta Journal reports Georgia Tech will replace five assistant coaches including Bill Fincher Oliver Miles Mack Thorpe Robby Robinson and Kenneth Thrash plus one more coach. A. H. Armstrong, director, declined to comment beyond stating changes will be made. Madison The Capital Times notes Tory Oman Wisconsin fullback and halfback from the last three years signed to Portsmouth in the National Professional Football League. Lawrence Dean George C. Shaad Kansas faculty rep in the Big Six says William and Kenneth Johnson Kansas sophomore basketball stars are eligible. their right to play was challenged by Oklahoma coach Hugh Meer.
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Atlanta
Bill Fincher
Oliver Miles
Mack Thorpe
Robby Robinson
Kenneth Thrash
Georgia Tech
Atlanta Journal
A. H. Armstrong
Madison
The
Capital Times
Tory Oman
Wisconsin
Portsmouth
Lawrence
Kan
George C. Shaad
Kansas
William and
Kenneth Johnson
Jayhawker University
Hugh Meer
Motl
University of Oklahoma
States to receive emergency highway funds set at 80 million
Washington state and others were notified that their portions of the 80 million emergency highway construction appropriation are immediately available. States may use the 20 million for matching regular federal apportionments for 1932, with labor absorbing much of the funds. Wisconsin is allotted 2,902,410 and other totals follow by state.
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Washington
C. D. Curtiss
Bureau of Public Roads
Curtiss
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
Montara
Nebraska
North Dakota
South Layout
Wisconsin
Rockne told to avoid strenuous work or risk breakdown
Rochester Minn coach Knute Rockne of Notre Dame must retire from strenuous living or risk a breakdown, Mayo Clinic doctor warns after a full medical exam. Rockne plans travel to Los Angeles for a game, but doctor cautions against travel and outside duties until he rests. Frank Leahy, Notre Dame star, received knee surgery and is progressing well. recovery anticipated in about 10 days.
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Rochester, Minn
Knute Rockne
Notre Dame
C. J. Barborka
Mayo Clinic
Rockne
Barbarka
Rock
Los Angeles
Barborka
Rochester
Frank Leahy
Leahy
M. 5
Henderson
Vase Presented by French Children to President Hoover
Washington reports that M. Longebialle presented to President Hoover a vase funded by French youth. The vase depicts Lafayette Rochambeau and regimental flags from the Revolutionary War, and the French ambassador accompanied Longebialle to the White House.
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Washington
Guy de Longebialle
Hoover
France
M. Longebialle
White House
Lafayette
Rochambeau
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