Kountz Hosen Named Portsmouth Mayor For Two Years
Joseph Kountz Hosen will become mayor of Portsmouth on New Year’s Day with John M Salladay as vice mayor. At a council session, Kountz was elected mayor and Salladay vice mayor by unanimous vote. Committees were formed with Schirrmann chairing Finance and Salladay heading Police and Light. Kountz, 53, a longtime clothing businessman, will succeed Mayor Robert G Bryan, who completes four years in office.
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Joseph L. Kountz
Portsmouth
John M. Salladay
Vicemayor
Masonic Temple
Kountz
Albert Weghorst
Frank Bickett
Charles Schirrmann
Salladay
Wezhorst
Kouitz
Schirrmann
Bickett
Weghorst
Prest
John
Maria Kountz
West End
City Health Board
William Y. Gableman
Fire Pension Board
Lions Club
Masonic Lodge
High Street
Magonie Lodge
McConnell Avenue
Robert G. Bryan
Bryan
Adams Acquitted Again in Arson Trial
W. W. Adams of Ashley corner was found not guilty of arson with intent to defraud an insurance company by a common pleas court jury. It marks a second acquittal in two years amid conflicting testimony including statements by H. O. Craft and Karley Bailey.
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W. W. Adams
Ashley Corner
Common Pleas
Adams
Tut Adams
North Moreland
Karley Bailey
H. O. Craft
Bailey
Taft
Craft
Helles
Y &N Automobile
Voms
De'Ose
Miller, Sear and Fitch
Jmes B. Miller
Garrson
Cyrus P. Kahl
Rout of Long Forces Sparks Ballot Boycott in 3 Parishes
In Tangipahoa Livingston and St. Helena three parishes halted the sixth district election as residents armed and resisted the proposed vote. Elsewhere voting proceeded with light turnout as police and armed citizens watched polling places and a single garbage can served as a mock ballot box.
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Associated Press
Baton Rouge
Huey P. Long
Bolivar E. Kemp
Senator Long
Congress
Tangipahoa
Lee Ponder
Sixth District
Democratic Committee
Long
Feliciana Parishes
West Baton Rouge
Pointe Coupee
Iberville
Hammon
Argentine Tariff Study Proposal For Pan American Talks
Argentina proposes a Pan American conference to study tariffs commerce and navigation. Cordell Hull supports early economic rehabilitation study. Committee already accepts in principle reviewing inter American shipping treaties and each country’s exports imports, freight taxes production costs and sanitary restrictions.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Carlos Saavedra-Lamas
Cordell Hull
Twin sisters seek prize at Ohio State University auction
Miriam and Marjorie Beal, 16 year old twins from Crawford county near Bucyrus Ohio, show Hereford steers in Cleveland. They aim for a blue ribbon and plan to save prize money to help fund their education at Ohio State University. Both are high school sophomores and entered in the livestock show.
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Cleveland, CO
Miriam
Marjorie Beal
Ohio State University
Marjorie
Crawford County
Bucyrus
Relief Food And CWA Projects Across Scioto County
Scioto county receives surplus pork flour and butter to aid relief families, with 31 450 pounds of pork and flour and 12 580 pounds of butter allocated for 3 145 families. The CWA also reduces the relief list to about 1 300, enabling heavier distribution. City projects add workers to paving and water break programs while schools hire 48 skilled workers and four clerks handle license plates.
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Scioto County
W. R. McNamara
State Relief Commission
Columbus
County Relief Commission
CWA
Lawrence County
Frank E. Sheehan
Ninth Street
Chillicothe
Ofmaere Street
J. Phipps
Portsmouth Public Service Co
Charles Stevenson
Washington Street
Ritchie Street
Mabert Road
Joseph Frantz
Kate Flannigan
Thomas McNamara
Fred Bodmer
Glass accuses Wiggin pension vote in Senate probe
Senator Glass charged during a Senate banking inquiry that Chase National Bank awarded Albert Wiggin a $100,000 yearly pension in violation of New York law. Wiggin asked the bank to stop payments after the disclosure, and Glass pressed Aldrich on directors’ influence and Wiggin’s advisory role.
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Washington
Glass
D. Va
Senate
Albert H. Wiggin
Chase National Bank
New York
Senate Banking Committee
Wiggin
Virginia
W. W. Aldrich
Chase Bank
Aldrich
Byrd Antarctic Flagship Reaches Wellington Harbor
Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd’s antarctic flagship arrived in Wellington harbor late tonight flagging a major milestone in his polar expedition. The inbound vessel drew observers and local officials who awaited confirmation of next voyage plans and port duties.
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Byrd
Wellington
N. Z
Richard BE. Byrd
Antarctic
New Step Seen In Gold Policy
Washington reports slower market response to gold price gains and a stronger dollar abroad suggest a new phase in President Roosevelt’s monetary program. Officials note steadier bond markets and hints of renewed energy to push higher commodity prices, with discussions of stronger daily gold quotes and larger foreign purchases.
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Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt
R. F
Gold Price Unchanged as Government Keeps Rate
Washington reports the government held the gold price at 34.01 dollars per ounce for the fourth straight day. The rate, set last Friday, marks a new high after a 25 cent rise in the RF C price. The London price stood at 32.16 dollars per ounce on sterling basis.
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Washington
London
Ohio Valley seeks NRA code modification over river freight
The Ohio Valley Improvement Association requests changes to the NRA steel code, arguing river traffic of iron and steel cargoes nearly halted by freight rate rules. W. Culkins of the Association of River Shipping Interests says he will file a complaint with NRA officials in Washington, noting a posteconomy mismatch after large river improvements.
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Associated Press
Cincinnati
Ohio Valley Improvement Association
NRA
W. ©. Culkins
Association of River Shipping Interests
Washington
Uncle Sam
Teen jumps from fourth floor at Toledo detention home
Police say 17 year old Helen Dudyk, arrested for petty theft, leapt about 50 feet from a fourth floor window at a juvenile detention home in Toledo. She was injured perhaps fatally and taken to a hospital.
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Toledo
Helen Dudyk
U S Consideres Releasing Medicinal Liquor After Repeal
Washington reports the government weighing a plan to release 500000 gallons of medicinal spirits and wines for immediate consumption after repeal. Roosevelt and Secretary Phillips track repeal events as officials weigh supply for about twenty states and curb bootleg activity.
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Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt
Phillips
State Department
Utah
Joseph H. Choate Jr
E. 8. Greenbaum
Ebrk
William W. Linder
Bureau of Industrial Alcohol
Lindberghs May Try South American Flight Today
A freshening breeze at Bathurst Gambia raised hopes Col and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh might depart today for South America. Their seaplane was ready with extra fuel jettisoned and conditions looked favorable though Colonel Lindbergh remained tight lipped about their next destination, presumed Brazil.
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Bathurst
Gambia
Charles A. Lindbergh
South America
Lindbergh
Brazil
Six Rum Runners Sighted Off Southern New England Coast
Boston December 5 Six rum runners were sighted on rum row off the southern New England coast in the early morning. Coast guardsmen said the vessels appeared to seek a landing before prohibition repeal becomes official this afternoon.
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Coastguard
Boston
New England
Ohio to be 35th state to ratify repeal in U.S.
Ohio opens its convention to vote on repealing the 18th amendment. Gov. George White urges delegates to consider far reaching consequences of liquor policy while noting the issue will be returned to the states. The session begins as Pennsylvania ratifies repeal, Ohio in line to be 35th state.
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Ohio
U.S
Ohio beer law author resigns from convention
State Senator Joseph N. Ackerman of Cleveland resigns from the Ohio convention to ratify repeal of the 18th amendment due to illness. His exit raises to three the vacancies among the 52 delegates elected November 7. Possible successors include Rep William J. Zoul and Senate Clerk Thomas E. Bateman.
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Columbus
Joseph N. Ackerman
Cleveland
Ohio
Ackerman
Lst
Harry McLaughlin
Josephine McGoewan
Canton
Thomas J. Donnelly
Ohio Federation of Labor
McLaughlin
Richard Rector
McGowan
State Senate
William J. Zoul
Thomas E. Bateman
Senate
Clearing Site for Lake Dam on Roosevelt Game Preserve
Roosevelt Camp commander Lieut Zehner assigns 72 men from C Camp to clear the dam site at Roosevelt game preserve along Turkey Creek. Clearing expected within a week. concrete core wall dam construction may start in about ten days.
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Roosevelt Game Preserve
Turkey Creek
C. Camp Roosevelt
E. A. Zehner
Utah and PA Move to End Dry Era Tonight
Pennsylvania becomes 34th state to ratify repeal of the 18th amendment joining Utah and Ohio to end nationwide Prohibition. The nation shifts to the 21st amendment era as celebrations begin with a quiet, early end to federal enforcement and states prepare to regulate liquor anew.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Utah
Salt Lake City
Portsmouth
Senate
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Toma Gress
Carolinas
Rhode Island
New Jersey
Connecticut
Two Bit Cocktails Hit New York Amid Repeal
In New York on December 5 a two bit cocktail appears as repeal pushes lower prices. Chains of restaurants and at least one hotel plan to serve a quarter priced drink. Most cocktails will cost 30 to 40 rents, about half the speakeasy price.
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New York
Friends Seek Senator Lewis
Illinois Senator James Hamilton Lewis failed to appear for a scheduled speech, leaving Chicago and Springfield associates anxious as he vanished after leaving Chicago Friday night. He was due to address a Dallas chamber tonight and did not arrive in Springfield, Missouri yesterday morning.
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Illinois
Dallas
Tex
James Hamilton Lewis
Ilinois
Chamber of Commerce
Associated Press
Chicago
Bee
Springfield
W. ¥. Dallman
Lewis
Dallman
St. Louis
Senator
Weather note reports Schirrman temperature forecast
Temperatures observer Schirrman reports a 11 am forecast with today high and low estimates. The note references yesterday's maximum and minimum and compares to the previous year.
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Schirrman
Prohibition Repeal Ruling Sparks Capitol Debate
Justice Letts rejects bid to halt ratification of the prohibition repeal amendment and delays no relief. The ruling leaves Congress and state officials to wrestle with liquor taxes and a model control law for Washington as debates widen across the winter.
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Ious
Washington
Justice F. Dickinson Letts
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Canon William Chase
Brooklyn
New York
George 8. Duncan
International Reform Federation
Justice Letts
Senate
House
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