War on Pest and Brewing Beer in a Single Sketch
A collage of notes by Arthur Brisbane and others discusses the pink boll weevil fight funded by Congress, pest control via unconventional plant feeds, and warnings about chemical warfare. It rails against social standardization, praises Turkish child labor history, and notes Los Angeles Chinese New Year customs and Detroit crime-cable surveillance plans.
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Russia
Arthur Brisbane Gedy
Wwe Feavere
Arizona
Blale
Los Angeles
Couse
China
Hoover Plans Short Florida Fishing Trip
President Hoover starts a brief respite from duties with wife Eleanor and a small party traveling to the southern tip of Florida for a fishing retreat. The trip aims to offer a pause after prolonged official strain as high winds and seas are noted in the Weather Bureau briefings.
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Washington
Teoover
Sra
Florix
Pet
Deen Wea Cabling
Wurzbach-McCloskey Election Committee Report
In Washington today a pure elections committee report found Wurzbach, Republican, entitled to the Fourteenth Texas seat. The majority avoided stamping McCloskey with stigma while noting some uncertainty in the partial recounts. A minority pushed for more specific fraud findings in Bezar counts.
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Wahington
D. C
Pure Elections Committee
Wurzbach- McCloskey
Tiarry
Wurzbach
Remblicam
Texas
Augustus McClonkar
McCloskey
Explosion Kills Man in Chicago Building Blast
An explosion at a Chicago construction site killed one man and shattered windows across two blocks. Buildings trembled as workers feared for others in the vicinity. The blast occurred at the base of a 100 foot core shaft during excavation for a new building. cause was not determined.
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Chicago
Pair Charged in Charity Frauds in Chicago
Federal agents charged two men, Jacob Karchland and Morris Rubin, with racketeering for a charity fraud scheme. They allegedly raised about $50,000, but only around $5,000 was donated to the claimed charities. The investigation centered on a hotel suite where the scheme operated.
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Chicago
Jacob Karcland
Snd
Morris Rubin
Montana Senator Denounces Farm Board and Wheat Farmers
Senator Wheeler of Montana criticized the federal farm board for failing to implement the farm relief bill. He warned that unless deadlines are met and cooperative negotiations move forward, wheat and cotton farmers face financial ruin.
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Washington, D
Federal Farm Board
Fienator Wheeler
Montana
Vandals Ransack St. Gabriel Catholic Church Chicago
Vandals invaded St. Gabriel Catholic Church in Chicago today and damaged the altar and chalices, stealing Father Rodgers’ two gold chalices, jeweled monstrance, and four ciboriums. Loss valued at over $3000.
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Catholic
Chicago
Tvs
Vandme
St. Gpberel Catholic
Father Rodgers
Condition of Taft Is Reported Better
Former President William Howard Taft shows improvement in health after illness. Reports from Washington indicate Taft's condition has progressed toward stability, with medical staff considering next steps in his care and potential discharge plans.
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Taft
D.C
Willam Howe
Taft Hine
Naga
Hin Gudden
Illinois Convicts Lead Life With Inmate Radio System
Warden Henry C. Aurl announces at Wisconsin prison that each convict will receive an individual radio connected to a central microphone in the warden's office. The system is already underway and will allow officials to address all prisoners or specific cell blocks without bringing inmates to the office.
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Wotaet
Bel
Couyter
L Ife
Mlinoia
Dorr Denied Free Trial in O'Brien Murder Case
Chicago, February 8. Samuel Howard Dorr, convicted of murdering William J. O'Brien and sentenced to life, was denied a new trial by Judge Harry B. Miller. Dorr cried out I am not guilty. Don O'Brien and Mrs. Dorr attended the hearing as Genevieve, his sinning mistress, was tried and acquitted.
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Chicago
iHsp
Samuel
Howard Dorr
William J. O'Brien
Uarry B. Miller
Dorr
Don O'Brien
Darr
O'Brien
Genevieve
Burglars Loot Two Chickens Coops in Weekend Thief Pair
Ben Martinez reports 12 chickens stolen from a coop on M10 South Pecor Street during an early weekend burglary. Seven chickens were taken from Mrs. Hulti Manger’s yard at 140 East Cincinnati Avenue, with thieves escaping.
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Ben Martinez
Pecor Street
Hultie Manger
East
Cincinnati Avenue
Allen Named New Dean at Missouri Medics School
Dr. Edgar Allen will succeed Dean T. Nyes at the University of Missouri medical school and director of the university hospital following the board of trustees meeting in Kansas City. Nyes died last week, and the appointment was announced today.
John McCormick Heads Home to Ireland from New York
John McCormick, his wife and daughter, were en route to New York to sail for their home in Ireland, departing from HIOLXY WOOD, Calif., on a winter day in February.
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John McCormick
Ireland
Lamp Posts Equal Number of Saloons in City
A London official told a royal commission that one street in Liverpool has as many saloons as lamp posts. The remark highlights urban disorder and the balance between street features and nightlife in the unnamed city.
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London
Fairerpool
The
Royal Commission On
Stubby Plumpness Passe in France
In Paris Deb. &-Gone to the day of the ahorr, a tubby plain figure of a French woman. Madamoiselle Labraugse, chosen to represent her country at the 1930 world beauty pageant, is described as five foot eight inches tall and slender, a contrast to the typical French ideal.
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Chivernal Servier
Paris
Ahorr
Madamoiselle
Labraugse
Shata
AIN Family Of Asoagsin Imprisoned After Assassination Attempt
Virtually the entire Flores family is detained by Mexican military authorities following the FeboLINS attack on President Ortiz Rubio. Daniel Flores, the youth who fired at the president, his wife, and niece, is among those held. His parents and two brothers are also imprisoned at the military death quarters, kept incommunicado. Earlier reports claimed his mother died upon learning of the alleged plot, but later sources said she and others were considered capital.
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Mexico City
Febolins
Daniel Flores
Pascual Ortiz Rubio
Ortis Rublo
Ingentournge
Flores
Faye
Nailusal Palace
Plores
Characas
San Luis Patosi
Dt. Wae
Riots in Brazil Kill Eight in Capital and Provinces
Rioting erupted after an assassination attempt on President Mercado in Montes Carlos Minas Gerais. Among the dead are Nancy Calabello owner of a major trucking concern and Dr Mello Viguna's secretary. India and other towns reported calm. martial law rumors denied.
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Hig DE Janeirg
Eixil
Mello Viguna
Chain Broadcasters Control Most Radio Channels, Witness Says
Witness Eugene Sykes vice chairman of the Federal Radio Commission told the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee that chain broadcasters directly controlled 26 of 40 cleared channels and, via chain programs, dominated nearly the entire radio spectrum.
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Washington, D.C
Eugene
Sykes
Federal
Ralio Commission
Gay
Senate Inter- State Commerce Committee
Chain Broadcasters
Raidio
Knoxville Man Is Named for Interstate Commerce Post
President Hoover named Slogh M. Tate of Knoxville Tennessee to the Interstate Commerce Commission in Washington D C to succeed Richard Taylor of Mobile Alabama whose term expired January 1. Tate's nomination comes as the commission fills a vacancy and confirms a new member for the regulatory body.
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Washington
Hoover
Senate
Slogh M. Tate
Knoxville
Tenn
Interstate Commerce Commission
Richard ¥. Taylor
Mobile
Ale
Carnegie Estate Hires Ten Million Dollar Gain Revealed
New York March 4 Since 1919 when his will was probated Andrew Carnegie's estate has grown to over 10 million dollars, revealed today by the philanthropist's executor Sarcogsta O'Brien approved a voluntary recount. During his lifetime Carnegie gave away 350 million. At probate Discatala inventory valued the estate at 35,201,183.
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Talgerant
Priest Quits Church to Wed Teenager in Passaic
In Passaic New Jersey a 3rd Catholic priest, Lovin I Jeckert, resigned as pastor of Holy Trinity Church to marry 17 year old Marie Miller of Passaic. Church official Edward F. Schultze expressed amazement, noting Jeckert’s release from clerical vows upon marriage.
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Passaic
Maly Trinity Ehuch Hers
Edward F. Schultze
Church
Jeckert
Williameca Bill Transfer Passed by House of Representatives
Washington Feb 3 the house passed a bill moving the prohibition bureau from the treasury to the department of justice following the president Hoover commission plan. The measure is the first of three major enforcement proposals now moving to the senate.
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Waslington
D. C
Hoover
Crime Commission
House
Williameca
Prohibition Buréau
The
Treasury
Department of Justice
Shaménaure
Law Enforcement Commission
Zoe
Senate
Man Pleads Guilty Theft From Church Collections
Houston Texas February William Thomas a 60 year old Black man pleaded guilty to misdemeanor theft confessing he took about 20000 in two weekly installments over ten years from the United Episcopal church where he worked as janitor The money was kept in envelopes he received 30 days in county jail and a $10 fine.
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Houston
Texas
Wiliam Thomas
Hapgood Namesake Parents Deny Relation to Baby Birth
Powers Hapgood and his wifeMary Donovan Hapgood deny paternity of a daughter born locally. Powers Hapgood a Harvard graduate and reader in the Socialist movement, is employed as a container in Lafayette near here. Mrs Hapgood formerly Mary Donovan, noted as the first woman who ran for governor of Massachusetts.
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Denies
Ad Alt
Powers Mapgood
Wapgood
Harvard
Norman Hapgood
Magnolia Builds New Oil Refinery at Sweetwater
Officials of Magnolia De role company announce plans to construct an oil refining plant in Sweetwater at about 4 million dollars. The project would raise the local refinery count to two, joining Gwitt Petroleum which operates an 8 million dollar plant in the city.
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Magnolia
Sweetwaten
Leras
Magnolia Derole Company
Gwit Petroleum Company
10 Cent Car Fare Increase by Denver Mayor
An ordinance signed by Mayor Heort Stapleton raises street car fares from 3 to 10 cents and token prices from two for 15 cents to three for 25 cents, effective February. The move follows a 10 cent fare pace driven by driver concerns and city transportation policy in Denver.
Huge Lemon Grows in Massachusetts Reported
A large lemon grown in Orange Massachusetts is described as measuring 12 inches in circumference. The specimen was measured by Mrs. Elmer D B Whitney of North Main Street, noting the impressive size of the fruit in her yard.
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Massachusetts
Orange
Elmer
Whitney
North Main Street
Britain and United States Diverge Over Aircraft Carrier Limits
London reports show Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald aligning with American views on warship tonnage limits but signaling subtle U.S. differences on aircraft carrier figures. He proposed reducing the Washington conference cap from 135,000 to 100,000 tons, a move stirring U.S. lawmakers. The piece notes the 20 year age limit and statuses of existing carriers, with Britain holding six ships and the United States three.
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London
Feb
Premire Ramsay MacDonald
Great Britain
Atma
Plana
MacDonald
United States
Great Belt
Washington
Senate
House of
Brik
Gren
Britain
Herrues
Fogle
Argus
Furious
Lexington
Saratage
Langley
Shonll Naval
Bomarrow
Hainted Slakk
Lozington
Baraloga
Week end day law urged in Hungary
The interior department proposes a Treasure clone system to close all restaurants inns and bars from Saturday noon to Monday morning. Dancing halls and cafes would be prohibited from selling alcoholic beverages during that period. Prohibition would also extend to all holidays.
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Hungary
Vienna
Department of the Interior
Inna
Bararom
Dual Life Charged In Arrest
A man described as having dual personas and serving as chauffeur to Mayor C J Chambers was charged Saturday with theft and burglary tied to values around 8307.50. Fred Golly of 317 Sidney Street faced related counts. bond of $500 was set in each case and he was released.
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de. Jekyl
Slyde
C. J. Chambees
Fred Golly
Sidney Street
Lin
Meade
Solls
Curb Put On Day Agents Transfer Bill Vote Tied
Washington February 1 9 N S p Overrying the extreme eye the Yonke today amounted the Willian son transfer bill by directing the attorney general to dismiss dry agents who violate the penal provision of the Volstead law The vote was 110 to 30 Representative Cramton city leader fed the f hE against the amendment which was the first important change made in the bilh transferring the prohibition bureau to the justice department.
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Washington
Willianson
Cramton
Wepub+ Hean
Ciry
Bilh
Prohibition Bureau
Justice Department
Lindy Takes Air on Test Flight in New Speedship
Col. Charles A. Kindberg flew his new low-wing monoplant speedship today at Glendale to test its load carrying capability. T. J. Holubeck, an engineering inspector for the Department of Commerce, supervised the attempt and was to rate the aircraft.
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Lindy
Glendale
Cabf
Charles A. Kindberg
T. J. Holubeck
Department of Commerce
Admiral Hughes Recovers From Mild Stroke
Admiral Charles F. Thurhes, chief of naval operations, suffered a mild stroke of paralysis. Acting Secretary of the Navy Jahneke announced the afternoon report. Hughes, 68, is slated to retire October 4, his sixty seventh birthday, amid health concerns.
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Hughes
Washington, D. C
Charles FL Thurhes
Naval Operations
Actng
Navy
Jahneke
Ttughes
Icebergs Reported in Transatlantic Shipping Lanes
Due to an early ice formation in the North Atlantic, the steamship Innes was escorted by the cutter Tampa from Boston as it neared the Grand Banks. The Tampa will relay information on iceberg formations and assist as needed.
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Tun
Von
Innes
Tampa
Toston
Kelp
Fraternal Building Blaze Threatens Lawrence Business District
Fire in the Fraternal Aid Union building in Lawrence checked after menaced the business district on February 3. Fire crews fought flames that threatened nearby shops and offices, causing brief evacuations and property losses.
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Lawrench, Kany
Fraternal Aid Union
Bmsiness
Lawrence Toulny
Germany Dismisses Dry Law Benefit, Says Death Rates Similar
Feb Brightly worded testimony from Dr Frey, head of Germanys federal health department, to a parliamentary committee on alcohol deaths, argues that the mortality rate in Germany is not lower than in the United States despite a decade of prohibition there.
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Universal Sersive
Faroen
Germany
Tor the Brey
Federal Health Department
United States
Frey
II DECIDE ON GUILT OF PRISONER II DECIDE ON GUILT OF PRISONER
The theater jury report to District Judge J D Moore that deliberations paused for a recon today and may resume. The panel stood undecided on guilt and returned to their roke to continue deliberation. At 2 oclock the jury had not yet reached a verdict after a long session.
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Austin
Trady
J.D. Moore
Agtee
Anil Sras
U. 8. Has Highest Infant Death Rate
In Denver a drive to fight death among mothers and infants was announced by De B J Lockhend deputy death officer of Rochester Minnesota noting that 80 infants under one year die daily in the United States. Dr W J Hatley, a Denver physician, stated no civilized country has higher infant mortality than the United States.
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Denver
B. J. Lockhend
Rochester
Minn
Dro W. JE Hatley
United States
Mule Attack Ends With Mule Killing Man in Arkansas
A man named Wilson sustained teeth marks on his ankle during a mule incident in Little Rock Arkansas. The mule repeatedly bit and trampled as efforts to free him failed. A hammer or ax drove the mule away after one blow but the man remained injured.
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Little Rock
Ars
Wilson
Jay Rate
Tanuma
Tio
Prison Brush Trade Spirals Beyond Prison Walls
Waupun Wisconsin inmates have run a brush making operation for four years that has grown into a larger memory item business than the pen can hold. Prisoners make brush handles from natural fibers and sell them as souvenirs to visitors. Warren Oscar Lee started the venture to keep prisoners occupied and out of mischief.
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Waupan
Wis
Fob
Uenshes Mae
Warren Oscar Lee
Robber Fails as Samaritans Help Autoist in Chicago
In Chicago three motorists aided a man stalled with car trouble when a thief attempted to steal from him. A suspect drew a revolver and grabbed 473 and a watch from Mr Milon before fleeing as bystanders intervened.
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Chicago
Ohe
Milon
Londoners Revealed as Great Travelers
London residents shown as prolific travelers with high per person travel figures. Report notes vast passenger totals and strong rail and bus use, highlighting urban mobility patterns and economic activity.
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