Rail merger plan called unethical by Senator Couzens
President Hoover announced a four-system rail consolidation, drawing sharp rebuke from Senator Couzens who branded the move unethical. Baltimore & Ohio President Daniel Willard declined to detail the plan, saying final approval depends on Interstate Commerce Commission review and arbitration over a disputed Lake Erie trackage right.
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WASHINGTON
Hoover
Couzens
senate interstate commerce committee
WILLARD
Michigan
Datel Willard
Baltimore & Ohio
interstate commerce
Acissio
comummission
commission
Pennsylvania
New York Central
Wabash
Lake Erie
Wizard
Maryland
Couzins
England
New York
Nickel Plate
Baltimore & hig
house
congress
senat
committee on interstate commerce
senate
Burma Rebels Bomb Bridge Near Rangoon
Rebels rattle rail lines near Rangoon as Tharaiwaddy forces clash with Punjabis. An attack severs a train line, killing three, while looting of a government forest camp at Okkan prompts swift rifle deployment. Insurgents believed to concentrate east of Pashwegyaw.
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RANGOON
Burma
Tharaiwaddy
uiet
FA Punjabi
Irwin
Therawaddy
Okkan
Burma rifles
Pashwegyaw
ealm
California WCTU to probe legislators personal conduct
The California Women’s Christian Temperance Union announces a new year campaign targeting state legislators during the upcoming biennial session. It plans surveillance of lawmakers elected by dry votes and will extend probes to district attorneys and law enforcement statewide to uncover personal habits and conduct.
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LOS ANGELES
California Women's Christian Temperance Union today
Eva Wheeler
Sacramento
Wheeler
RIE
Phrenologists Reported Pricey Cure for Pain
In Rockford Illinois on December 31 Louis Rossi sought relief from stomach pain through phrenologists who promised a cure. They provided a water bottle and claimed success charging 3309 dollars, leading Rossi to mortgage his home and borrow from friends. The pain returned and the phrenologists vanished from the apartment they occupied, along with Rossi's purse.
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ROCKFORD
Ill
Louis
Rossi
Hires Wife as Housekeeper in Divorce Ruling
Cedar Rapids Dec 81 The divorce decree in the Smith v Smith case from Springerville awards the former husband the option to hire his ex wife as housekeeper or pay $5 weekly alimony. The judge notes the arrangement hinges on her job suitability.
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CEDAR RAPIDS. Ja
I. J. Smith
Springerville
Bandits Kill Two in White Hood Bank Robbery
New Orleans police hunted three hooded bandits who stormed the Whitney Trust and Savings Bank third district branch, killed two depositors and a watcher, wounded another, and escaped with cash estimated at 3100. Cefalu was later killed trying to flee. Couche wounded and jailed then escaped. Police launched citywide manhunt and roadblocks.
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NEW ORLEANS
Claude Cefalu
third district
Whitney Frust and Savings Bank
Whitney Trust and Savings Bank
Pierre N. Rizan
bank
watcrman
ts barly
Gilbert Dietrich
Albert Bronson
Owen Couche
Frenchman street
Couche
Cefalu
Rescued Greek Steamer Theodoros Bulgaris Crew Saved
The British steamer Viceroy of India radioed Lloyds that she rescued the crew of the sinking Greek steamer Theodoros Bulgaris in the Bay of Biscay and that Theodoros Bulgaris was abandoned.
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LONDON
Viceroy of India
Lloyds
Theodoros Bulgaris
Bay of Biscay
Girl Bandit Gets Pennies in Hollywood Ice Cream Robbery
A robber entered a Hollywood Lake Ice Cream store, took 10 dollars in bills and left pennies behind. About an hour later a young woman with a pistol demanded pennies, but fled after finding no money. The incidents, occurring at a local chain outlet, highlight a curious sequence of crimes in Los Angeles.
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LOS ANGELES
lake
Hollywood
Backyard Weather Tests Duel Old Almanac and Government Forecaster
Philadelphia reports a month long test pitting Samuel Brunner, veteran prognosticator, against George S. Bliss, district government forecaster. Brunner offers a dog-eared almanac and weather eye while Bliss uses charts, telegraphs, barometers, rain gauges, and scientific methods to forecast.
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PHILADELPHIA
George S. Bliss
Samuel Brunner
Bronner
Bliss
Einstein pleased by schoolchildren greeting in San Diego
Albert Einstein arrived in California and spoke of faith in youth while watching a crowd of school children aboard a departing steamer. He said relativity does not conflict with religion and will become as simple as Newton’s theory, praising youth as eternal.
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Associated Press
SAN DIEGO
Cal
Dec
Albert Einstein
California
Neraur- Taured
Elsa
Germany
Fraucisa
Search renewed for lost pilot and crew near Prince Rupert
Victoria B C December 31 search for pilot Robin Pat Renahan and companions missing since October 28 will be renewed with government aid. Premier Tolmie set aside 2000 for the search plus 3000 reward if the airmen are found. J L Carmen Jr of Seattle to arrange expedition aboard Renahan’s plane with Sam Clerf and Frank Hatcher. They were heading north to aid Captain E J A Burke and his party who were forced down October 11 on return from a prospecting flight to the Lierd district. Burke died. his burial at Atlin followed.
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VICTORIA
B. C
Robin “Pat” Renahan
C. H. Johnson
British Columbia
Alaska Washington Airways
Johnson sail
F. Tolmie j
L. Carmen, Jr
Seattle
Renahans
Sam Clerf
Frank
Hatcher
Prince Robert
E .J. A. Burke
Atlin
Lierd past
Emil Kading
Bob Marten
Burke
Headache Job Draws Applicants at Illinois Hospital
Chicago March 31 The headache job at the University of Illinois hospital offers 50 dollars a month plus free lodging and requires the winner to produce at least one migraine headache each month. The applicant must have migraine only and submit weekly blood and skin tests.
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CHICAGO
Mec
University of Tlinois hospital
John Miliinkan
Convict Earl Quinn Searched as Suspect in Teachers Slayings
Blackwell Oklahoma reports Brice Potter state attorney outlines chain of evidence pointing to Earl Quinn, a Missouri convict, as killer of Jessie and Zexie Griffith. Quinn was seen on a highway near Tonkawa before the bodies were found, allegedly driving his own car after a drunken pistol display. Investigators tie the crime to an unpremeditated encounter on the road, amid a nationwide manhunt.
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BLACKWELL
Okla
Earl Quinn
Missouri
Jessie
Zexia Griffith
Brice
Potter
Associated Press
Quinn
Tonkawa
sev val states
formant
earl
Forts
Norman
z dessle
Zexie Griffith
Kay
Zesia
Connors
leched
Werner
Kansas City
Tonka
Small theatre bombed in New Orleans strike scene
Three violent explosions today destroyed the Valentina theatre and damaged five other buildings in New Orleans. The blasts threw residents from beds and caused pandemonium in the neighborhood. Police pursue a theory the theatre was dynamited by an enemy of the owner. it was empty at the time.
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NEW ORLEANS
Valentina
theory
Black man fatally shot in Salt Lake City home to white woman
Roy Baker, a 40 year old Black man, was fatally struck at his Salt Lake City home early today. Police seek a white woman Baker accused before dying in hospital after a reported altercation. Leonard Jackson, also Black, slept through the event. The incident followed an argument.
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SALT LAKE’ CITY
Roy Baker
Baker
Leonard Jackson
Biss
Coal Miners Ordered Strike in South Wales
Officials of the Miners Federation order South Wales miners to strike after over a month of failed talks with operators and government. The stoppage affects about 150,000 men, centered on hours and wages negotiations.
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CARDIFF
Wales
Miners' Federation
South Wales
Times Were Never Better For Writers Says Mencken
Baltimore December 31 H L Mencken editor critic lambasts critics praising young writers while praising the idea that a new Walt Whitman would find publishers readily and earn substantial income. He cites Poe Whitman Dreiser and Lewis as targets of opposition and argues academic criticism is baloney and Nobel prize for Lewis a blow to theologians.
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Bad Boy
Baltimore
Sinclair Lewis
Jand ho
H. L. Mencken
LEWIS
Meneke
Walt Whitman
Walt wuld
Swedish Academy
America
Mencken
Mr. Mencken
Poe
Whitman
Dreiser
Angus Griswold
Mark Twain
William Lyon Phelps
Mark
Al Smith
baloney
Irving Babbitt
Harvaredl
Robert A. Millikan & Co
opposition
Robbers Kidnap Sterling Officers After Filling Station Heist
Two Sterling police officers and a station attendant were abducted and forced to drive their captors to Merino after a filling station robbery. The trio looted the station, took 45 dollars from the register and 15 dollars for the attendant, then ordered the car to Merino before returning.
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STERLING
Colo. Des
Merino
C. Cook
A. R. Skinner
Imperial
Neb
Prohibition Agents Sweep Chicago Nightlife on New Year’s Eve
Federal agents moved early to curb liquor as Chicago planned dry New Year celebrations. The Lincoln Tavern Town Club and Granada Cafe were raided, drawing crowds dancing while bottles were hurled and confiscated. No arrests, but padlock action possible. Police later detained nine men in a separate apartment raid tied to a liquor running gang.
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CHICAGO
Lincolon Tavern
Granada Cafe
Granada
Paul Whiteman
Strong quake felt in Italy amid July disaster echoes
A strong earthquake was reported in Avellino and surrounding towns on December 31. The tremor cracked several houses from the July 23 calamity and started several small fires due to short circuits. It was felt in Monteverde Calleri and Aquilonia but was very slight there.
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AVELLINO
Italy
Monteverde
Calleri
Aquilonia
Davis 10 Quit Islands Post Washington
Washington reports official quarters say Dwight P. Davis considers an early resignation as governor general of the Philippines due to Mrs Davis ill health. The Missouri Republican senatorial primaries in 1932 intrigue him, with Maj. Gen. Frank McCoBe mentioned as a possible successor.
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WASHINGTON
Dwight PF. Davis
Philippines
Kisses Lose Their Effectiveness After Certain Age
Los Angeles dated report on a divorce case where Susie Chiardodit seeks to set aside her annulment from George Chiaredit aged seventy, arguing California law voids a divorce if kisses and affection are condoned. The judge explores when kisses lose legal impact as a factor in the separation.
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LOS ANGELES
Gates
Festerdey
Susie Chiardodit
George Chiaredit
Chiaredit
Chiardochit
California
Chisrocit
kicsei
Nevada weighs bonds for state road program not on federal aid
The Nevada highway department considers a 460 600 state bond issue to build roads not in the federal aid system. Governor Balzar may back the plan if existing state funds and federal matches suffice, with about 2.5 million planned for construction and reconstruction, largely from federal aid. The department faces multiple nonfederal project requests and contemplates using onhand funds and federal emergency loans, but favors issuing bonds to retire via license fees rather than tying to future federal money.
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state
Balzar
highway department
Nevada
SEARESTO
congress
Caliente
Glendale
Springdale
Beatjt
Goldfield
Oddie-Colton
state highway department
bureau of public roads
forest service
bureau of publi roads
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