Bank of United States Taken by State Officials in New York
Depositors faced notices that the Bank of United States at 535 Fifth Avenue was taken by the New York State Banking Department after a rush of withdrawals. The move aims to protect deposits while negotiations for merger or reorganization continue with hopes of a speedy reopening and fair treatment for all. Crowds gathered outside branches as the department assumed control and offered time to plan stabilization measures.
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NEW YORK
state banking department
Bank of United States
New York Federal Reserve Bank
Bank of the
Wall Street
financial district
Mudtown
state of New York
Fifth avenue
Joseph A. Froderick
banking department
Broderick
New York clearing house
clearing house
C. Stanley Mitchell
Bernard K. Marcus
Saul Singer
Simon H. Kugel
Bronx
British aviators welcomed after forced sea landing
Miss Winifred Spooner and Capt. E. C. T. Edwards, British aviators, arrived in Naples with facial wounds and bruises from a forced landing in the Tyrrhenian Sea off Bell Monte Calabri. Aviation officials gave a warm welcome. Colonel Lindbergh has twenty five men clearing stumps and rocks on his New Jersey land to aid a landing end.
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NAPLES
Winifred Spooner
E. ¢. T. Edwards
Bell Monte Calabri
PRINCETON
N. J
Lindbergh
Einstein meets reporters in New York amid anti militarism appeal
Dr Albert Einstein arrived in the United States and used a radio address from the Bergenland to urge an end to militarism. He spoke in German, urged destruction of militarism, praised liberty under free government, and noted Americans’ vital role in global peace while reporters and photographers crowded the quarantine arrival.
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NEW YORK
Albert Einstein
United States
Bergenland
hals
Einstein
IMISS
Regenland
Federal liquor control urged by wet group
Washington December 11 resolutions proposing a government controlled dispensary system to handle liquor were adopted by the National Constitution Convention for the Solution of the Prohibition Question. The plan would permit manufacture transportation and sale of wines and beers with low alcohol content. Dispensaries would be limited to towns over 50 000 and not in states with existing liquor bans.
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WASHINGTON
F. W. Buck
federal dispensary tax reduction league
ALIOURNS
Federal Dispensary Tax Reduction league, Inc
Congressional Districts Modification league
Devoka gas well Deep Rock No 1 Douglas under control
In WeWOKA Oklahoma on December 11 the Deep Rock No 1 Douglas gas well in the Devoka town pool was finally shut in after several days of outflow. The well was delivering about 60,000,000 cubic feet of gas daily before containment.
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WEWOKA
Okla
Deep Rock No. 1
Douglas
Devoka
Valencia Returns To Normal After Riots End
Valencia Spain resumed work today following forty eight hours of Isbor riots that left one dead and several injured. The city has returned to normal. In New York a magazine report notes three square meals daily for four adults for a week cost 10.42 dollars with dietitians planning the meals.
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VALENCIA
Spain
Isbor
NEW YORK
Family
ween
Cuba Takes Step 10 End 10 Disorders in Republic
Havana reports constitutional guarantees suspended for a second time this month as Machado fights disorder across Cuba. Martial law had been declared in Havana on November 13 amid rioting and deaths, with student disturbances in Havana and several provinces and a Matanzas bomb blast. Moguel Campa resigned as attorney general as students accuse educational authorities of autocracy and demand autonomy. A cabinet meeting reportedly included U.S. Ambassador Guggenheim.
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HAVANA
Cuba
Machado
republic
Matanzas
Santa Clara
Moguel Campa
Hany F. Guggenheim
Railroad Men Support Shorter Day For Rail Workers
Chiefs of twenty one railroad labor groups endorsed a shorter day and week after a three day conference. D B Robertson of the Brotherhood of Railroad Firemen and Engine Men announced the call for prompt action to cut working time, but he did not reveal methods to achieve the objective.
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WASHINGTON
D B Robertson
the
Brotherhood of Railroad
Brainerd Named Chairman of Interstate Commerce Board
Ezra Brainerd Jr of Oklahoma, an I C C member since 1927, was elected chairman for next year by fellow commissioners. He succeeds Frank McManamy of the District of Columbia.
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WASHINGTON
Ezra Brainerd, Jr
Oklahoma
interstate commerce commission
Frank McManamy
District of Columbia
Tables Are Turned on Victim By Quick-Thinking Highwayman
In Los Angeles a robber confronted M. B. Hutching during a walk. Hutching declared the money was in the bank, prompting the thief to force him to write a five dollar check and cash it at a corner store. The thief jeered as he left, noting Hutching had no money on him.
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LOS’ ANGELES
M. B. Hutching
Hutching
Huthing
Uncertain World Court debate fills Senate session
In Washington the senate debated American adherence to the world court with no vote expected this session. President Hoover urged prompt consideration while leaders warned against forcing extra sessions. Borah indicated the issue would be raised next week as part of regular meetings.
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FRANCIS M STEPHENSON
WASHINGTON
senate
Hoover
Watson
congress
Borah
foreign relations committee
Johnson
Lawson
Vir-gime
Virginian
Walsh
Montana
Western roads cut maintenance costs in nine months
Morris of Chicago, on the western railways committee, said western railroads reduced maintenance expenditures by 85 000 000s in the first nine months of 1930 versus 1929. He warned the savings are largely a postponement of needed work and not permanent, needed to cover charges until revenues rise.
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WATERLOO
Plea of Soa Saves Mother in Cleveland Case
Mrs Julia Glovka of Cleveland was acquitted of plotting to help her son William Lenhardt escape jail. Lenhardt faces the electric chair tonight for the murder of a restaurant owner during an attempted holdup. Co-defendants were also acquitted after brief jury deliberation in Judge Jos eph Sibath's court.
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CHICAGO
Julia, Glovka
Cleveland
William Lenhardt
Glovka
Joseph Sibath
Three Injured In Train Wreck Near Mullinville
Three persons were injured, none seriously, when five cars of Rock Island passenger train No 12 the Apache derailed east of Mullinville Kansas today. All injured were dining car employees. The diner and four Pullmans were derailed. the diner turned on its side while the Pullmans stayed upright. A broken rear wheel is blamed as the cause. track torn up for nearly 100 feet.
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MULLINVILLE
Gan
Rock Island
here
Eliminate bids to speed work
Washington December 11 Assistant Secretary Heath urged ending competitive bidding for the federal construction program to finish by 1934. He asked Congress to let Mellon award contracts and set fees and jump sums, claiming speed gains could shave about three years. In Rochester, Walter Wiley, a fugitive, attended the police ball and was socked by a officer after recognition at the door.
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WASHINGTON
Heath
the
treasury
house
Mellon
ROCHESTER
Walter Wiley
Wyoming state institute
Jury Hearing on Love Affair Ties to Shepard Divorce Bid
Grace Brandon, a San Antonio stenographer, testified in the Ma Charles A Shepard murder trial that Shepard planned to divorce his wife before her death and wrote of being “low in spirits.” She recounted letters claiming Mrs Shepard was drinking herself to death and a will naming Brandon as sole beneficiary, with gifts and trips cited as part of their contact before Mrs Shepard’s illness.
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KANSAS CITY
Kas
Grace Brandon
Charles A Shepard
San Antonio
jts
Shepard
Miss Brandon
Fort Riley
Brandon
Lat teda Tex
Girl’s Companion in Utan Killing Hunted by Police
Salt Lake City December 11 Continued questioning of dean Doyle the confessed slayer of Sam Frank a Memphis jewelry auctioneer failed to yield the name of the man she said influenced her to plan the robbery She claimed no one accompanied her while the crime was planned and admitted striking the blow after drugged whiskey left her unable to control her actions She said she gave a 3000 diamond ring and 100 in Frank’s money to a man who helped plan the robbery and kept a diamond stick pin and about 50 dollars for herself Authorities plan to seek a first degree murder charge possibly reduced to second degree and to press an accessory count against Pu Guinin who drove the Dayle woman to a friend’s home after the killing Guinin remains silent.
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SALT LAKE CITY
dean Doyle
Sam Frank
Memphis
Tenn
Frank
Pu Guinin
Dayle
Guinin
bee
Tobbery
Bond 100 High For Suspects
In Chicago on December 11 six young men accused of eighty three robberies were unable to raise cash or real estate bonds. Judge John I Lyle, noted for high bonds, set the total at 8 1 6 6 0 0 0 in cash or 3 320 000 in real estate for their release and sent them to await the grand jury.
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CHICAGO
John I Lyle
Steeg Is Asked To Form Cabinet In France
Paris Dec 11 President Doumergue asked radical socialist senator Theodore Steeg to form a government after Andre Tardieu resigned following a senate vote. Steeg aims to answer this afternoon as the fourth figure approached to resolve the ministerial crisis. The radical bloc assigns blame to Tardieu, while a conciliation cabinet is urged to tackle economic and foreign issues. New York World notes odds of Lindsey's conviction in the cathedral episode at 3 to 1.
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PARIS
Doumergue
Theodoreteeg
French
Morocco
Andre Tardieu
senate
M. Steeg
M Poincare
M. Barthou
Pierre Laval
radical
Tardieu
NEW YORK
New York World
Lindsey
Wife's alimony appeal denied by Texas judge
In Odessa Texas Judge Trade denied the appeal for temporary alimony in a divorce suit brought by Catherine Warren against her husband John Warren age 33. The hearing held December 11 focused on support pending settlement. Police later reported arrest of a suspected bank robber Ace Pendleton who was held after an auto theft claimed while allegedly tied to several southwest robberies.
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CHICAGO
John Warren
Catherine
Trade
ODESSA
Tex
Dee
Ace Pendleton
Warren
ton
Pampa
Purcell
Okia
southwest
Nevada to receive 1.1 million for highways on public lands
The Senate voted to add five million dollars to the emergency public works bill, boosting Nevada’s share to 1.1 million for building, reconstructing, and maintaining roads over public lands. Arizona, Utah, California, Wyoming, and New Mexico also receive allocations. funds come from the Oddie-Colton act. The measure advances to the House for consideration.
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Washington Bureau
Reno Evening Gazette
WASHINGTON
state of
Nevada
senate
Oddie
Goolidge
congress
Hoover
Utah
California
Wyoming
HOUSE
DIA
Robinson
Arkansas
Odldie
Republican
Man Impecunious Tries to Call Dinner Time at Jail
In Santa Rosa California the improvised miscreant Ralph Clifford age thirty seven visited the county jail seeking the dinner hour, then railed at the post office breaking eighteen windows before returning to the jail in time for dinner.
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SANTA ROSA
Cal
Ralph Clfford
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