Exhaustion Cited in Death of Senator Wesley L. Jones
Seattle reports the death of Senator Wesley L. Jones at 64 after a strenuous campaign and illness. Jones, longtime Washington state spokesman on national affairs and chair of the senate appropriations committee, died in a private sanitarium. He was defeated for re election by Homer T. Bone.
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Associated Press
Seattle
Jones
Department of Justice
Roland A. Hartley
Marci
Senate May Session Opened as Borah Speaks
Senator Borah of Idaho warned no controversial issue can be settled in a short session. independents discussed not Prohibition but pursuing the lame duck amendment now awaiting ratification. The article notes many former city leaders have yet to return their say.
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Borah
Idaho
Congress
Prohibition
Posed constitutional change sparks Senate power debate
Republicans push ahead with a session plan while Democrats warn against ceding immediate Senate control. Senator McNary asserts the Republican organization will not resign its duties, aiming to work with the Democratic House as possible.
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Senate
Lucks
McNary
Democratic House
Vote Buying Allegations In Republican Primaries Describe Payments
Testimony details payments for votes in September Republican primaries. Witness Neck admits paying white voters eight dollars and colored voters two dollars forty cents each. Argo testifies money to buy votes came via a man named Warren in Allendale and later links to Dr. Grier and Milford politics. Magistrate Jones denies office used as payoff site and denies back room used to buy votes of many colored voters.
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Milford
Lucius GC. Jones
Better Government League
Roosevelt II Party To Visit Warm Springs Georgia
Roosevelt II will arrive in Warm Springs Georgia on Thursday morning with National Chairman James A Farley and Mrs Farley in the party.
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Roosevelt
Warm Springs
James A. Farley
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High Stepping in California
The governor will stay two weeks at the health foundation he built and likely will not return to Albany before December 11. Roosevelt remains at Hyde Park until Monday afternoon then heads to New York City. W C Cook undecided on next move and A G Howard Lee unsure whether to return to Bluefield or stay.
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Albany
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New York City
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Howard B. Lee
Bluefield
Girl Found After Year In Virginia After Kidnap Hoax
Eula Wooster 21 of Prexells West Virginia reappears in Winchester Virginia after a year away. Sheriff Luther Pannett says she admitted she left Jackson Mississippi with two men who tossed her from a car here. She confessed the Mississippi kidnapping tale was a hoax and said she had been drinking during the trip. Her father in Pickettts asks that she be detained for relatives to collect her.
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Associated Press
Winchester
Luther Pannett
Eula Wooster
Prexells
W. Va
Jackbony Miss
Virginia
Mississippi City
Pannett
Jackson
University of Mississippi
West Virginia
Pannell
Robert Woosler
Picketts
State Officials Face Uncertain Futures After March Term
The report lists potential successors as terms of several state officials expire. Robert M. Lambie may keep his post as head of the wines department under Governor Kimp. J. Wade Coffman’s Public Service Commission seat may pass to Robert G. Kelly. Howard S. Jarrett retires February 28. Governor Copley plans to resume private practice in Charleston, with others like Treasurer William S. Johnson, Secretary of State George W. Sharp, Auditor Edgar G. Lawson, and Commissioner Howard McGure also weighing future steps.
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Department of Wines
Cornwell Morgan
Gore
Conley
Kimp
J. Wade Coffman
Public Service Commission
Robert G. Kelly
Chaim
Howard $. Jarrett
Copley
Charleston
William S. Johnson
George W. Sharp
Edgar CG. Lawson
Howard McGure
Clarksburg
Debt talks at White House hinge on war obligations
President and Hoover plan discussions on war debt payments due December 13 and oppose a further moratorium. Reuters notes Curlius met Borah as Curlius and leaders weigh options including a three year moratorium and potential debt renewal while Germany reparations stay separate.
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Hoover
Roosevelt
White House
Julius Curlius
Borah
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Otimson
Watson
Ind
Lolis Parley
Indianapolis
Hitler and Cabinet Promise to Expand Economic Drive
The report says Hitler and supporters vow to strengthen the regime’s efficiency and rally mass support while pressing on with the Versaille treaty restrictions. It notes a cabinet led by Hitler would prioritize reducing unemployment and channeling people into productive work after weeks of third party efforts.
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Hitler
Terrorist captured after long city manhunt in burlesque raid
Tenatius Varecha, 17, sought after three days of a major manhunt as the suspected killer in a gang crime, was arrested while watching a show in a burlesque theater. He was identified in Bertillon records as the fugitive from Dixon state colony with a long police record. The case centers on the slaying of Frank Jordan and the later robbery and assault of Miss Lillia Henry and John Guisinger, with Henry unable to positively identify him. Bennie Vinton of El Paso, Texas, tied the course record with two 66s in back to back rounds.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Tenatius Veracha
Varecha
al Dixon
Bertilon
Jordan
Dry Leader Found After Two Months
Raymond Robins, famed reformer and Hoover ally, was found alive in Asheville after two and a half months of disappearance. He had been living with Raymond Rogers in Whittier, suffering from memory loss, and was hospitalized upon arrival. His wife, Mrs. Robins, visited and described his inability to recognize her, while doctors noted his selective amnesia as investigators traced his vanishing.
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Ashville
Whittier
Raymond Rogers
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John Dreier
New York
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Mfouy Anrlivants Seek Government Jobs
Sheriff Reynolds commented on November 19 that U S Senator Nooly had 1200 applications for federal jobs. He said applications were written for 120 appointments and that twenty people made oral applications that day in Perison County.
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U.S
MM. VW Nooly
Women club federation seeks million in foundation drive
The General Federation of Women’s Clubs aims to raise one million dollars for a foundation fund as described to the Southeastern Council convention in Miami. Mrs Grace Morrison Poole of Brockton Mass was named president of the council and installed with new officers. Miss Jessie Dell urged equality in civil service exams and Dr John Harvey Kellogg outlined a diet based plan to lengthen life.
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Fla
General Federation ‘of Womens Clubs
Southeastern Council
Grace Morrison Poole
Brockton
Mass
Julian G. Hearne
Wheeling
W. Va
Rew
James McChire
Jessie Dell
United States Civil Service Bureau
Washington, D. C
John Harvey Kellogs
Battle Creek
Mich
Poole
Genera Federation
Ley
Norbeck Sets Plan to Resume Senate Stock Market Inquiry
Senator Norbeck of South Dakota announces the banking committee will open its stock market practices inquiry at Congress start. The Insull utilities crash case is among topics. Samuel Insull Jr. may be called if information from others is unavailable. A steering committee meeting is expected before hearings.
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Washington
Senate
Norbeck
Banking
Cormittee
South Dakota
Congress
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Townsend
Insull
Samuel Insull, Jr
Scroggins Denies Resignation Reports
Warden Scroggins of the state penitentiary at Moundsville said on inquiry today that reports he had resigned were unfounded. He added there is nothing to say and has been here several days on official business.
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Charleston
Alc. Scroggins
Penistentiary
Moundsville
Tpson
Inis
International Negro Peace and Good Will Association Formed
Bishop T. C. Glashen announced the organization of the International Negro Peace and Good Will Association. Officers will be elected Monday evening at 7 30. The bishop will preach on Jesus The King of Peace. Ministers and peace lovers are invited to attend tomorrow night.
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T. C. Glashen
Internatonal Negro Peace and Good Will Association
Everning
Jesus the King of Peace
Coal production drops tied to election and Armistice days
A Mines Bureau report attributes last week’s coal output drop of 640,000 tons to miners’ absences on Election Day and Armistice Day, with seasonal factors also mentioned. The prior week yielded 7,300,000 tons. Belgian film history notes a Brussels news reel theater opening as first of its kind.
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Associated Press
Washington
Mines Bureau
Brussels
Belgium
Rankin Out for Speaker As Contest Heats Up
In Washington the race for speaker intensifies as Hankin of Mississippi pledges support from unbossed members. Rainey Burns MeeDuffie Bankhead OConnor are named as candidates. Garner will vacate the post March 4 to become vice president.
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Washington
Congress
Hankin
Mississippi
Banking
Rainey
Ilinois
Burns
Tennessee
McDullie
Bankhead
Alabama
O’connor
Rankin
Nother
Mee Duffie
New York
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Tammany
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