Senator Seeks Higher Wheat Tariff to Protect Markets
Senator Steiner urged raising the wheat tariff beyond 42 cents rather than a temporary embargo to shield U S markets. He warned that if world prices fall enough to permit imports, Canada wheat at the pegged price would be bought, and he noted foreign relations concerns with an embargo. He also urged a 15 percent duty on bran and other by products, citing rising imports from Argentina and Canada.
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Legge
Farm Board
Steiner
Oregon Republican
Tariff Commission
Argentina
Canada
St Paul Road Eyes 2 Cent Passenger Fare Experiment
Chicago railway official H E Pierpont announced a 2 cent a mile fare trial on four Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa divisions starting January 1 to win local traffic lost to motor buses. The lower rate replaces 3.6 cents a mile and may expand to main lines if successful amid other railroads considering similar steps.
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Chicago
H. E. Pierpont
Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Pierpont
St. Louis-San Francisco Railway
Western Passenger Association
Government loans eyed by 250000 veterans in January
Washington reports about two hundred fifty thousand former soldiers will seek loans next month on their adjusted service certificates. Officials anticipate spending around $18,000,000 to be handed to the group this January with total loans for the year near $125,000,000 as the staff adds 250 employees to handle the January rush.
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Washington
Veterans Bureau
Burreau
Night clubs warned by prohibition administrator in Seventh district
Chicago night club and hotel operators received New Year greetings from J F J Herbert prohibition administrator. They were told he would be represented by observers on New Year’s Eve and that nuisance complaints could follow for improper conduct. He stressed responsibility even if not directly involved, in a friendly spirit to avoid incidents.
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Chicago
J. F. J. Herbert
Bandit Slugger Sought After Ladysmith Robbery
A bandit slugged and robbed 80 year old Thomas Lambert, proprietor of a Ladysmith filling station, of 25 dollars. Lambert was struck with a revolver butt and described as in critical condition. Authorities sought the assailant after the attack.
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Ladysmith
Wis
Thomas Lambert
New Holstein Safe Crackers Hunted
New Holstein Wis safe crackers who robbed five business houses in a week were hunted today after chasing a mail messenger with guns early yesterday morning Elmer Green who carried mail to an early Milwaukee train saw the two men in front of a furniture store He notified the night marshal and walking past them a second time on the opposite side of the street was chased home The marshal and other authorities checking possible losses found safes in the furniture store and a nearby oil warehouse opened and several hundred dollars gone
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New Holstein
Wis
Elmer Green
Milwaukee
Demand for Nye apology over accogations slush fund charge
Joseph R. Nutt, treasurer of the Republican National Committee, demands an apology from Nye, saying the fund in the Commercial National Bank of Washington was $50,000, not $40,000, with $32,000 expended and all checks on file. The fund aided congressional campaigns, and its existence was disclosed in testimony before the committee.
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Nutt
Washington
D. C
Joseph R. Nutt
theRepublican National Committee Today
Nye
Special Elections Investigating Committee
Commercial National Bank of Washington
Cleveland
National Committee
Capitol
Robert H. Lucas
Norris
Republican
Nebraska
Mutt
Commercial National Bank
House of Representatives
Senate
Refuse To Confirm Story Of Man Who Killed John Murphy
Antigo Wisconsin reports a sister and her son deny charges linking them to the murder of 65 year old John Murphy. Curtis Cockerham confessed the killing after weeks of pressure and was held for trial. Sheriff and prosecutors expected arraignment of the Nickerson parties despite no admissions.
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Antigo
Wis
Deerbrook
Rose Nickelson
Lawrence Nickelson
Curtis Cockerham
Murphy
Cockerham
Nickerson
Trigger Man
Overhead Rail Crossing to Remove Traffic Hazard at Vandyne Wis
A 1931 project on highway 41 at Vandyne Wisconsin plans an overhead viaduct to replace two grade crossings and eliminate two dangerous curves. The 370 foot bridge will span the railroad, with 2720 feet of new highway to be built. R Meyer & Sons Construction Oshkosh holds the award. governor Kohler must sign before work begins.
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Vandyne
Wis
State Highway Commission
Walter J. Kohler
Lobbying Racket Based Upon Sympathy
Washington charges a lobbying racket exploiting sympathy for veterans compensation. Chairman Johnson of the House veterans committee says organizers solicit petitions for cash, pocketing five dollars per petition while promising work, with west coast origins spreading to Texas and the capital. Some see it as legitimate citizen lobbying, others condemn the racketeering.
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Washington
Johnson
House Veterans Committee
South Dakota
Congress
Texas
Patman
RAIL EXECUTIVES TO STATE POSSIBILITIES REGARDING CROSSINGS
Governor elect Philip F. La Follette asks railroad executives to estimate 1931 spending on grade crossing elimination. He aims to double or triple next year’s efforts to reduce hazards and unemployment. Last year the state highway commission funded 30 separations with railroads and state covering about 60 and 40 percent respectively.
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Madison
J.P
Philip F. la Follette
la Follette
Wisconsin
State Highway Commission
Forged American Passports Linked to Soviet Agents
Washington reports that a former Soviet secret police member claims officials used forged American passports to travel abroad for communist work. G Agabekoff now in Paris asserts the Ogpu department fabricated these documents and kept English and American files, with British diplomatic reports cited as a data source.
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Secret Police
Fish
House
Communist Investigating Committee
New York
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Ogou
Paris
Third Internationale
Agabekoff
Ogpu
Supreme Knight Carmody in serious condition with pneumonia
Martin H. Carmody supreme knight of the Knights of Columbus is hospitalized in Grand Rapids at age 58 with pneumonia. He is a member of the French Legion of Honor and knight of the Order of St. Gregory the Great. Carmody's home is Grand Rapids. Day Dec. 27.
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Mich
Martin H. Carmody
The
Knights of Columbus
Recall of workers after New Year's Day in Detroit
Detroit municipal employment head E. E. Kramp said surveys show early improvement as factories plan to recall groups after New Year. About 30 plants indicated recalls. of 98,891 unemployed, 14,600 have found work, mostly temporary. Will call 2,000 in Youngstown area as mills resume production for auto industry.
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E. E. Kramp
Municipal Employment Bureau
Kramp
Youngstown
Steel Mills
Warren
Niles
Republic Steel Corporation
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
Mystery Deaths Hit McCarthy Area In Alaska
Cordova Alaska reports another mystery death in the McCarthy district as Dan Person, a prospector, is found with bullet wounds in his cabin. He is the sixth man to die under mysterious circumstances in the lonely cabins of the region in recent months. Howard Foster, another prospector, died three months earlier. a coroner ruled Foster’s death self inflicted, but Person suspects murder. Authorities think Foster’s killer may have shot Person in revenge.
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Cordova
Alaska
McCarthy District
Here
Dan Person
Person
Howard Foster
Foster
Four Hundred Tour South To See The Lights In Florida
Fond du Lac educational tour party with four hundred travelers heads south for four days of Florida sightseeing. The train, with ten coaches and assorted cars, stopped in Chicago to add passengers from Superior and other Wisconsin and Illinois points. Some travelers began in Minnesota.
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Fond du Lac
Wis
Chicago
Superior
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Illinois
Florida
Widow 10 to gain more from Whiting estate than will set
County Judge McDonald approved a compromise between Mrs Mae B Whiting widow of George A Whiting and the estate executors Frank B Whiting George Hilton and A Oberweiser The antenuptial agreement originally fixed her share at 10000 but she refused and sued The settlement grants her 90000 plus interest not only but also 10 years free occupancy of the home rent free and 64167 monthly payments for a decade while waiving homestead and personal property rights and relinquishing other shares The estate plans to settle the dispute to avoid heavy costs and preserve the will scheme
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George A. Whiting
Neenah
Whiting
McDonald
Frank B. Whiting
George Hilton
A. Oberweiser
Chicago Hero Officer Stops Robbery by Self Defense
George Wells a 65 year old ticket taker at a Chicago elevated station faced four armed bandits who demanded cash. Wells shot one assailant Edward Baylock 19 who was wounded and possibly fatally. The other three fled but were slowed by their wounded companion and were captured. other suspects Floyd Neal 19 Albert Robinson 16 and Walter Blakely 21 were identified.
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Chicago
George Wells
Wells
Edward Baylock
Pal
Floyd Neal
Albert Robinson
Walter Blakely
Embezzler Beesemyer to Begin San Quentin Sentence
Gilbert H Beesemyer, self-styled dirty crook and confessed embezzler of more than 8 million dollars, will begin a 10 to 100 year sentence at San Quentin after pleading guilty to 10 counts of grand theft. Judge Walton J Wood sentenced him to consecutive terms with a six day stay of execution. The 10 year minimum may drop to six and a half years for good behavior, but no parole at expiration.
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Allf
Gilbert H. Beesemyer
San Quentin Penitentiary
Beesemyer
Walton J. Wood
Guaranty Building and Loan Association of
Los Angeles
North American Bond and Mortgage Company
Hollywood Financial,civic and Social Jeader
Three Trains For Bratianu Cortege In Roumania
Three special trains carried Vintila Bratianu for his funeral in Romania. The body went from his home to the family estate for burial, with priests conducting services at stations along the route. King Carol sent a condolence telegram praising Bratianu as an exemplar of energy and labor.
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Roumania
Vintila Bratianu
Liberal
Teader
Carol
Bratianou
Hoover to Attend Harding Memorial Dedication in Marion
The Harding Memorial Association will meet to decide on Hoover's stance after Washington announced he would participate if formally invited. A tentative invite was extended before the November elections, and White House officials say Hoover has not been officially asked yet, with plans for the ceremony long delayed.
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Harding Memorial Association
Washington
Hoover
Hoke Donithen
D. C
Warren G. Harding
White House
Coolidge
Mariow
Memorial Association
Baptist School Closed by Chinese Authorities in Canton
Kwangtung provincial officials shut the American Southern Baptist primary school at Shinchow north of Canton alleging teaching Christianity contravene national rules. The government had barred religious instruction in foreign mission schools in China. About 100 pupils were enrolled. The mission's headquarters are in Richmond, Virginia.
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Canton
China
Kwangtung
Southern Baptist
Shinchow
Here
Richmond
Oshkosh to Host Neenah in First League Game Sunday
The Oshkosh hockey team hosts Neenah Sunday at Menominee Park Lagoon at 2 15 PM for its first league game at home. Oshkosh previously lost 3 1 to Neenah on Christmas Day.
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Goshkosh
Neenah
Menominee Park Lagoon
Oshkosh
Joffre Lying Between Life and Death After Amputation
Paris reports Marshal Joseph Joffre, famed for the Marne victory, was gravely ill after an arm or leg amputation for gangrene following arteritis. Doctors say he is sinking, with little hope of recovery, as Mme Joffre guards the details of his condition in a Saint Jean de Dieu hospital.
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United Press
Paris
U.A
Joseph Joffire
Joffre
Erenest Labbe
France
Papa” Joffre
Hospital of
Saint Jean de Dieu
Marshal Joffre
Marne
Mme. Joffre
St. Jean de Dieu
Boldin
Executive clemency granted to six men by governor Kohler
Madison Wisconsin report states Gov. Walter J. Kohler granted executive clemency for six men including one convicted of first degree murder. Sentences commuted or pardons denied were outlined for a list of 13 others, with specifics on cases from Bayfield Milwaukee and other counties.
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Walter J. Kohler
Carroll Blair
Fred Bassett
Christ Deerkop
Guy P. Hurley
Bayfield County
Deerkop
Hurley
C. D
Leslie Harbor
Milwaukee
Mile Jackson
Fred W. Runde
Neenah
Kohler
Stanley Johnson
Harry Pratt
Portage County
Kenneth Crane
Shawano County
John Allison
Charles Bennett
Douglas County
Earl ‘“Walmot
Dodge County
Steve Kojick
Milwaukee County
Hollie Chitwood
Richland County
Vincent Lachapelle
James Mitchell
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