That Next War A Royal Salesman and Head Engine
CALVIN COOLIDGE discussed in the Chicago Herald as facing a nation with work water and wisdom in short supply. The piece imagines a future war with submarines tanks and air power, and quips on British royalty visits to South America. It notes heart disease as a leading killer and cites Russia’s vast budget while touching on birth control and divorce debates.
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Arthur Brisbaneerin
Hing Frolures
Tae
Calvin Coolidge
Chicago Herald
Ned Bauvinner
Slave trade in Liberia exposed in American report
Washington January 10 The State Department released a 200 page official report detailing brutal slave practices in Liberia the former American founded republic Slaves were captured by soldiers imprisoned in makeshift jails and held for weeks with little food or mercy The report compares the scene to legendary slave traders Simon Legree’s cruelty and notes local officials profited from the system with villagers fleeing to escape punishment
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Republic
State Department
Prson
Cape Palmas
Fernando
Allen N. Yaney
Cape Pulas
Fernanda Poo
Simon Legref
Fleja
Simon Legree
Yancy
Canlince
Real Gratitude From Hungry Beggar Rewards Oil Windfall
Stockton California January reports a hungry beggar thanks butcher Thomas Tough. The man returns with a $20 bill and a $1000 check, saying the gift arrived as a surprise from an oil company that struck a deal on the old man’s acreage in Oklahoma.
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Thomas Tough
Tough
Oklahoma
Ocean Flierg Off to Fayal in Record Atlantic Flight
The Bellanca monoplane Tradewind, flying from New York toward Paris, began its historic payload flight across the Atlantic. Pilot Mrs Beryl Bart and Lieutenant William MacLaren departed from Bermuda harbor waters at 12 16 p m EST, with favorable weather along the 204 mile leg to Fayal the western Azores.
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Universal Berelce
Hamilton
Bermuda
Tan
Atlantic
New York
Paris
Beryl Bart
William
MacLaren
Jayal
Azores
Wradewindary
Mre
U. & Naval Reserve
Copenhagen Gas Blast Kills Two
A massive explosion at Copenhagen gas works wrecked a wide area. Two bodies have been recovered and several people are injured as relief forces fight the blaze and assess the damage.
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Copenhagen
London
Copenhagin
House to Return Red Report on January 17
The house committee investigating communist activities in the United States will release its report January 17. Chairman Hamilton Fish Jr announced the date after urging deportation of aliens and a ban on Soviet trade.
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House
United States
Hamilton Fish Jr
Divorce Sought by Hollywood Actress in California
Tollywood actress Qua Almosa of Tollywood California seeks divorce from her husband Eddie Buzzell a well known stage and screen figure. Married in 1926 the couple has months of divorce rumors and word from friends confirms plans for a divorce suit alleging cruelty.
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Tollywood
Calif
Year of Recovery Cited in Italy Amid Global Crisis
Rome reports 1991 began in dark times but promises gradual recovery as world economy faces crisis. Analysts note two years of volatility with 1929 and 1930, hope for convalescence, and Italy's unemployment runs around 600,000 with 200,000 in women’s work. Continued on Page 15.
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Italy
New York
Automobile more essential in life says research foundation
Universal Service Detroit Jan 10 The American Research Foundation released a statement asserting the automobile is more essential in daily life than a telephone or radio. It cites 28 120 000 cars versus 20 200 000 elephants and 13 XX 000 people with redics as comparative figures.
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Universal Sertion
Detroit
American Research Foundation
Convicts Escape Through 70 foot Tunnel at Santa Fe Prison
In Santa Fe New Mexico a secret seventy foot tunnel was used by Cirn convicts to breach a long night prison wall and escape the dale penitentiary. Bloodhounds trailed the fugitives briefly before the scent faded as armed posses comb the countryside. Two guards have been suspended pending investigation into the break.
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Santa FE
N. Mydar
Cirn
Plane in Italy fleet sinks in Natal incident
A wireless message from Tet wands Noronha reports that one of the Italian Balbo air fleet planes crashed during takeoff near Natal. The crash follows a January 9 emergency landing off St Peter's Rocks after engine trouble on the leg from Do Tama to Natal. Ten planes completed the crossing. the eleventh repaired at Persanda Noronha and flew to Nota.
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Natal
Brazil
Body of Gangster Victim Found in Chicago
The bullet riddled body of Anthony Sherlock Gasparino, 30, was found on the southern outskirts of Chicago. He had been taken for a gangland ride and was the third hoodlum killed in three days as the death trail continued.
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Chicago
INS
Anthony Sherlock
Gasparino
Unemployed Crowd Repulsed at Australian Treasury
About 1000 unemployed workers in Adelaide attempted to storm the state treasury but were repulsed by police. Several injured and a number arrested amid the clash as authorities maintained control of the area.
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Universal Service
Adelaide
Australia
Atate
Rebellion Reported in Eastern Cuba
Unconfirmed reports indicate eastern Cuba is experiencing open rebellion with the government invoking sharp measures to curb the outbreaks today. Rabid unrest spreads as authorities move to restore order amid the crisis in Havana and surrounding provinces.
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Cuba
Havana
Shoals Action Pressed by Senate Demand for Final Bill
Washington January 10 A minister within the administration urged final action on Muscle Shoals legislation threatening Senate action this afternoon Senator Rinek Democrat warned against delay amid sharp price related pressure.
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Washington
D. C
INS
Muscle Shoals
Senate
Rinek
Demarrati
Weather Forecast For San Antonio Area Sunday
The forecast calls for sunny skies Sunday with temperatures near 92 degrees. Light to moderate easterly winds, and a warmer day in the extreme southern coast. Partly cloudy conditions Sunday with a chance of rain and cooler, windy conditions along the coast.
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Sin Antonio
Sveinity
Jowest
Bork
Eeteea
Hishert Sandar
Relief Bill Deadlock Clouds House Action
Washington reports Congress closed the week without enacting major measures as drought relief stalemate persisted between the House and Senate. The maternity bill passed in the Senate 61 to 10 while debates over Muscle Shoals and power commissions intensified the 1042 campaign. A proposed strategy linked the drought aid to the deficiency bill to force House passage of the food program despite opposition.
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Washington
Congress
Hoover
Senate
Power Commission
Campign
Senator Black
Alabama
la Gugret Q
New York
Fienin
Elise
Caraway
Arkansas
Jaid
Beloit College Student Performs Lady Godiva
Beloit Wiss Inn witnesses a male student race a quarter mile in a loin cloth to win a $10 bet from fellow student Harold Lox. The stunt occurred as classes ended at 10 30 am causing shock among coeds and professors. Panston Collins, a freshman from New Braunfels Texas, was the performer and student criers promoted the act.
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Universal Service
Beloit
Wiss
Man City Official Defies Blue Laws in Court
Manchester city councillor and justice of the peace WM Cox faced four head of justices for violating an 1877 act requiring Sunday church attendance. He refused to attend services again, declaring defiance of the court admonition and stating he would remain absent tomorrow.
Twenty Miners Rescued After 23 Hours in Tunnel
In Livermore California, twenty miners were rescued from a tunnel of the Deitch Hetchy San Francisco water system project after being entombed for 23 hours. They emerged to the surface unharmed with the cause of the collapse pending investigation.
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Livermore
Clit
INS
San Francisco
Todag
Sox Fort Union Ground
Payroll Stolen as Employes Held Up
Three bandits aided by a lookout and a fifth man in an automobus entered the office of the County importing company in Long Island City Queens. They leveled revolvers at four employees and forced open the safe at a 1500 payroll.
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New York
Totny
County Importing Company
Long Island City
Queens
Two Mail Pilots Die in Night Flight Crash
Two pilots of a night mail plane en route from Brussels to London were killed when the aircraft crashed and burned at Mellemen Ghent. The mail cargo was destroyed.
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Brussels
Jen. M
UIS
Brusaela
London
Mellemene Ghent
Blizzard Disrupts Japanese Shipping Amid Coastal Storm
A fierce blizzard along the Japanese coast disrupts shipping lanes and threatens many vessels. Telegraph reports from Tokyo note widespread havoc to maritime interests as crews brace for further damage.
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Hovoc
Essela
Toro
Tokio
United States Steel Orders Rise by 303,960 Tons
New York January 10 INS report shows United States Steel Corporation unfilled tonnage increased 303,920 tons in December, per the company’s monthly release issued at noon today.
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New York
United States Steel Corporation
Legionnaires Demand Adequate Defense Policy
National commander Ralph T. O’Neil of the American Legion urged street national defense based on adequate protection to shield American institutions and the progress toward permanent peace. He cited public support, stating a majority of citizens align with the Legion’s defense stance.
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Universal Beevlee
Washington
Street
Ralph T. Q'Nail
American Legion
O'Neil
DEF HURLED AT SENATORS IN HOT NOTE
President Hoover appealed to the country over Congress to back his refusal to submit nominees for the new power board. He warned senators against encroaching on executive authority, signaling a 1932 political showdown. He urged public judgment and cited impeachment as a remedy if Congress acts against presidential independence.
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Washington, D. C
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Senate
Wilneriow
Hoover
Washington
Woodrow Wilton
Congress
Toorer
Corti
Moorer
Aenste Ming
Moover
Wilson
Men Gover Commission
Imapearcment. IE
Ke New Power Commission
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