Public land road funds adopted in measure
President Hoover signed emergency relief bills totaling 161,000,000 for public works and 45,000,000 for drought loans, enabling immediate use. Congress completed action. debate highlighted unemployment, local labor rules, and concerns over wages as funds become available with presidential signature.
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WASHINGTON
Hoover
White House
Congress
senate
La Follette
Wisconsin
Walsh
Massachusetts
Curtis
Longworth
George
Georgina
Black
Alabama
Jones
appropriations committee
house
COUZENS
Michigan
Cour~ens
Circus owner on honeymoon rings in pair in Jersey City
John T. Ringling, famed circus owner, honeymooning after marrying Mrs. Emil Haag Buck in a ceremony at City Hall. Mayor Frank C. Hague officiated with best man Thomas N. McCarter. Ringling, widower of Buck’s late husband, maintains homes in New York and Sarasota and runs Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey.
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JERSEY CITY
John T. Ringling
Emil Haag Buck
Frank C. Hague
Howard Bradley
Thomas N. McCarter
Public Service Corporaton
Two Sailors Dead In Storm Off Valparaiso Chile
Two crew members of the United States tanker Ceferino were killed when a fierce storm swept the Chilean coast overnight. The Ceferino arrived at port severely damaged with the remaining crew shaken by the incident.
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VALPARAISO
Chile
United States
Hoover Dam name fixed by congress and interior bill
Washington Bureau Reno Evening Gazette reports that designating the project as Hoover Dam, replacing Boulder Dam, was confirmed. Funds for construction are provided by congress, with Cramton credited for the language, linking to the 1920 campaign. The move is seen as asserting legislative authority.
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Washington Bureau
Reno Evening Gazette
LEO A. McCLATCHY
WASHINGTON
interior department
congress
Hoover Dam
Cramton
Michigan
appropriations
interior
Wiliam Johnson
Swing
California
Special Session Not Planned For World Court
President Hoover is said to have no intention of calling an extra session of Congress to consider the world court. Senate leaders express worry over possible calls tied to important appropriation bills, while Republicans defer action on the court question until next December.
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WASHINGTON
Hoover
White House
senate
congress
senate foreign relations committee
Ludlow Retains Seat In Seventh Indiana District
In Washington the election committee ruled Representative Ludlow validly retained his seat for Indiana's seventh district. Ralph Uptake, a Republican who had contested the 1928 election, argued Ludlow lacked residency, but Ludlow testified he always maintained residence in the district despite much time in the capital.
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WASHINGTON
house
Ludlow
Indiana
Ralph Uptlcke
Indlana
Naval Captains Win Promotions to Rear Admiral
President Hoover approved seven naval captains for promotion to rear admiral. Names include William Carleton Watts in Philadelphia, Yancey Sullivan Williams in Washington, Claude Charles Bloch in Washington, Joseph Knefler Taussig of Norfolk commanding the battleship Maryland, Edward Clifford Calbius of State College with the Pacific battle fleet, Clark Howell Woodward of Atlanta as aide to the Panama Canal governor, and John Wills Greenslade of Washington.
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WASHINGTON
Hoover
William Carleton Watts
Philadelphia
Yancey Sullivan Willams
Washington, D. C
Claude Charles Bloch
Joseph Knefler Taussig
Norfolk
Panama canal
John Wills Greenslade
Affiliation Near for Major U S Railroad Unions
Cleveland dispatch reports negotiations opening to affiliate the major railroad labor brotherhoods with the American Federation of Labor. if successful, federation membership would rise to about 3.59 million. leaders see this as a historic labor move. talks involve the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen with AFL, with potential expansion to Engineers Firemen and Enginemen and Conductors. jurisdiction conflicts over electrified railroads have blocked past affiliation talks.
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CLEVELAND
American Federation of Labor
Alexander F. Whitney
the
Brotherhood of Railroad
GREEN
federation
Wiliam Green
Whitney
Brotherhood of
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Brotherhood of Firemen
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Amalgamated Association of Street Railway
Senator Sees Treasury Raid In Post Office Leases
Senator Blaine, chair of the Senate committee, warned that post office lease deals amount to a raid on the treasury. He cited 500 buildings under leases with rents 13 to 60 percent of value, averaging 25 percent, urging competitive bidding to curb excess costs. He called the House Senate conferees’ action on the treasury postoffice subsidy bill a perpetuation of the problem.
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WASHINGTON
treas
senate
Blaine
house
treasury-postoffice
treasury
Vermont Senator Laid To Rest In Native Hills
Vermont's senior United States senator Frank Lester Greene was laid to rest today after dying Wednesday from complications following an operation. The funeral at the Congregational church drew state officials, congressional colleagues, and many locals, with interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
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ST. ALBANS
Frank Lester Greene
Vermont
United States
little Congregational church
L. D. Livingston
congress
Greenwood cemetery
arate
Babies Eat With Fingers Says Dr Davis Natural Manners
Chicago reports Dr Clara M Davis of the American Chemical Society says babies naturally eat with fingers and fists and may spill porridge. In her fifth year long experiment at a Cleveland hospital, the study is continued in a nursery in Chicago to observe choice of simple foods and amount eaten.
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CHICAGO
American Chemical Society
Clara M. Davis
Davis
Cleveland
Tragic Fog Crash Claims 45 Vessels Crew and Passengers
Dense fog off Laso Island leads to Oberon Arcturus collision. Forty five dead or missing including seventeen Oberon passengers. Captain Erik Hjelt saved by his brother on Arcturus. daughter perished. Garm and Hengist rescue efforts recover bodies and survivors. Phyllis Tipping among rescued. Arcturus proceeds to port.
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COPENHAGEN
Denmark
Oberon
Cattegat
Laso island
Arcturus
Svenskund
Anscree
Arctic
J. W. IH
J. Douglas
Erik
Hijelt
Oberov
Ossi Hjelt
Phyllis Tipping
jat Helsingfors
Sather
Surrey
England
Garm
Hengist
esiiers
Hjelt
Gheron
Oberen sa
Nebraskan Republican official admits funding anti Norris lit
Nebraskan political figure Robert H. Lucas, executive director of the Republican National Committee, testified before Senate campaign funds officials that he spent $4000 of his own money for campaign literature opposing Senator Norris of Nebraska. He also acknowledged owing $6200 on the loan used to fund the effort and said no other RNC officer knew of his actions.
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HAROLD OLIVER WASHINGTON
Robert H. Lucas
Republican national committee
senate campaign funds committee
Nertis
Nebraska
Kentuckian
internal revenue
Norris
Gilbert M. Hitchcock
MURRAY
William B. Murray
national committee
Fort, ie
farm board
Ilinois
Iowa
Victor Seymour
Lermott
Luces
Nye
Fall injures window washer in San Francisco
Eugene O'Hulla, a Phelan building window washer, plunged five stories to the ground but escaped with a chin bruise after striking a steel screen. Physicians reported no serious injuries and he returned to work.
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SAN FRANCISCO
Eugene O'Hulla
Phelan
O'Hulla
Capone Leader Sent 10 Prison. Nitti Sentenced in Tax Case
Nitti, linked to Capone syndicate, was sentenced to eighteen months in Leavenworth and fined 16000 after pleading guilty to evading income tax. Internal revenue evidence shows 1925 1927 income of 158823 from alcohol and gambling, with total reported income of 842887. Two fines of 5000 each and three concurrent eighteen month terms issued. Judge Woodward stayed commitment until January 10 to allow Christmas at home and business arrangements.
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CHICAGO
Nitti
Capone
Leavenworth
mts
Nitt
Benismin Epstein
U. S
Charles E. Woodward
Itaire
Santa Claus expects strong toy sales this Christmas
Santa Claus is expected to be generous in the West despite hard times as toy purchases surge. U S commerce officials report record customs receipts in San Francisco through December 14 totaling 12 706 084 dollars, 143 911 more than the 1929 record, suggesting another busy Christmas season.
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United States department of commerce
San Francisco
William
Hamilton
Chicago Police Kill Another Architect Among 10th Week Fatalities
Chicago dispatch reports a running battle with a carload of gunmen ends with the death of Robert S. Wallace of Evanston, head of a cage firm of architects, when a bullet pierced his windshield. Police kill seven gunmen this week, with others wounded and captured. A later chase on the Northwest side leaves Patsy Steffanelli seriously wounded as three fugitives flee their car.
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CHICAGO
Robert S. Wallace
Evanston
Patsy Steffanelli
American Mystic Dies Near Poona Temple in Mysterious Death
James Brandon, an American recluse once based in Nashville, was found dead near a Poona temple, with inquest testimony claiming he lost his occult power after his legendary spectacles were stolen. He had amassed wealth healing the sick and claimed visions through the spectacles that showed disease causes, but his loss led to his demise. Police seek Brandon’s heirs and bank assets while noting his life’s veil of secrecy and possible fictitious origins.
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POONA
India
ner
James Brandon
Nashville
Tenn
Brandon
eccul
Airs Favaup
comte
m. Brandon
Woman pays for engagement ring in Chicago suit
A Chicago jewelry firm sued Kathryn McMahon for the balance on an engagement ring bought for Lester Hecker. The firm claimed there was still one dollar due when the engagement ended and won a judgment for that amount. Eating paid.
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CHICAGO
Der
Lester Hecker
Kathryn McMahon
Willingdon Wins Appointment as Viceroy of India
London announces Viscount Willingdon to become viceroy of India in March 1931 after Lord Irwin retires. Former Bombay and Madras governor general since 1926, Willingdon to face nationalist unrest and implement constitutional changes from the London round table conference aspirations.
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LONDON
Canada
Viscount Willingdon
India
Lord Irwin
Britain
Ramsay MacDonald
Lord Willingdon
Bombay
Madras
LIBERAL PARTY
round table
John Hampden
Hotel keeper is shot dead in Denver early morning
John A. Berglund proprietor of a bachelor hotel was shot in the head by two unidentified men who woke him at 3:00 am. He died four hours later in hospital. The assailants fled after the shooting and witnesses described the shooter to police. Berglund’s invalid wife slept nearby as the men fled.
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DENVER
John A. Berglund
Berglund
Fannie Berglund
Bandits Hang Store Owner Near Jaurez
El Paso dispatch reports storekeeper Pearson Chi huahua Mexico near Jaarez abducted robbed and murdered. Body hanged to a tree as authorities investigate. Suspected bandits believed responsible. body expected to reach Jaurez tonight.
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EL PASO
Sebastian , Lopes
Pearson
Chihuahue
Mexico
Jaarez
Lopez
Jaurez
Santa in Patrol Wagon Sparks Tears in Baltimore
In Baltimore on December 20 a Santa Claus in a red suit and white beard was dumped into a patrol wagon as children watched. Police charged him with being drunk in a public place. Thames Love, eight, stood nearby as onlookers cried for the holiday spirit.
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Santa Claus
BALTIMORE
Bis Balti
Santa
Thames
Love
Manager Held as Suspect in Destructive Reno Fire
Merrill Stoddard owner of Stoddard Moulding Co whose east Reno plant and lumber yards were razed by a November Fire was arrested on arson charges after Pacific Coast Underwriters and police gathered evidence. Bail set at 10000, preliminary exam slated January 3. three separate fires noted at the plant raised incendiary suspicions.
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Merrill Stoddard
Stoddard Moulding Company
Reno
Pacific Coast
HAWCROFS
Lee Hayncroft
Stoddard
William M. Kearney
Five bandits steal truck of eggs in Chicago heist
Police said five men stole a wholesale produce truck and its eggs after convincing the driver with ham to gain access. The crime left investigators to track the battered vehicle and suspects as authorities probe the unusual ransom of the truck.
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CHICAGO
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Kelly
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Quincy
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