Edison Dollar proposed to replace gold in new monetary plan
Dr John P Norton, at an AAAS meeting in Atlantic City, proposes an Edison Dollar valued by 40 kilowatt hours of electricity and legal tender for short contracts. The plan envisions wage and dividend payments in electric dollars, with banks operating on electric currency and gold standard retired gradually.
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Atlanti City
N. J
John P. Norton
Suffield
Norton
United States
Edison
Electric Light and Power Companies
Treasury
Electric
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Rockefeller Meets Golfer Van Wie At Ormond Beach
Aged oil magnate John D Rockefeller is pictured at Ormond Beach Florida with golfer Virginia Van Wie. In New York City Ruth and daughter Julia knit sweaters for the unemployed, while Babe Ruth watches.
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John D
John D. Rockefeller
Virginia van Wie
Ormond Beach
Fla
Ruth
Babe
New York City
Julia
Paralyzed Doctor Carries On Practice After Shot
Dr. William A. Kruegel, paralyzed from the waist down by a robber’s bullet, continues his medical work in St. Louis. He moves with a trapeze from his bed and sees patients at bedside, performing several operations. He recalls wishing to go on calls but remains confined to his home.
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ST. Louis
William A. Kruegel
Tie
Ens
Kruegel
Small Size Studio Piano Offered On Lease Balance
Available small size studio piano from a well known maker, fully guaranteed. Sold for a small balance due on lease with no down payment. weekly payments of 2 dollars. Returned pianos in this method. contact Mr Hale at 42 Broad St by telephone 2113 for offers.
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Hale
United States ends efforts to extradite Samuel Insull
The U S government will make no further efforts to extradite Samuel Insull after a Greek Appellate Court ruling found no material penal act under Greek law. Chicago officials planned to pursue extradition, but Greece’s decision was deemed binding and higher courts unlikely to grant relief. Insull may travel to Jugoslavia or Bulgaria, and he hoped to bring family members to Greece.
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Athens
United States
Samuel Insull
United Press
Legation
Insulh
Insull
Jugoslavia
Bulgaria
Chicago
Greece
Paris
Samuel, Jr
Martin Insull
Charles Bellows
Andrew Viachos
Unitel Press
Taney
France Delays Debt Talks Until Roosevelt Inauguration
Paris reports that France will pause debt negotiation with the United States until the Roosevelt administration takes office. Secretary Stimson demanded the December annuity of 19,261,432 dollars be paid before any debt revision talks. Premier Boncour and the Cabinet uphold a Chamber of Deputies resolution linking discussion to payment, with Herriot pressing for payment.
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Paris
United States
Roosevelt
Stimson
Joseph Paul Boncour
Chamber of Deputies
Herriot
France
Condon to Question Hollister Demo in Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
John F. Condon planned to speak with Hollister Demo of Mariners Harbor after Demo, questioned in Newark and Morristown, was not arrested and spent a night in police custody. An anonymous Newark letter led to Demo’s questioning. investigators doubt Demo’s involvement while Condon reviews suspects.
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Jersey City
N. J
John F. Condon
Jaffie
Hollister Demo
Mariners Harbor
Demo
Newark
Morrristown Barracks
State Police
Daniel Casey
Condon
John J. Lamb
New Jersey State Police
Foreign Air Line Reads Between New Orleans and Pilottown
A foreign air mail line operates within the United States connecting New Orleans and Pilottown Louisiana. The route, marked as foreign on U S maps, serves as a Mississippi River mouth quarantine station and handles mail for interiors or outgoing vessels under a government subsidy. Horace C Frantz yields trout to the White House from his Frantzhurst Rainbow Trout Company near Salida Colorado praised as one of the best equipped in the nation.
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Foreign Air Line
Washington
United States
New Orleans
Pilottown
Department
U. 8
Mississippi River
U. S
Salida
Colo
Horace C. Frantz
Frantz
Frantzhurst
Here
White House
Wellington Boy Shot At Family Christmas Celebration
Wellington Dec 28 William Barber 14 son of Mr and Mrs John Barber was shot in the left leg while the family gathered for Christmas dinner at the grandmother Mrs Addie Barber on Taylor street. The accident occurred as children examined a rifle in the home. He is under Dr R W Falls care at the grandmother's home.
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Wellington
William Barber
John Barber
Addie Barber
Taylor Street
R. W. Falls
C. W. Dickerson
Akron
Marietta Wheeler
Harry Martin
John Street
M. BE. Zacharias
Earl Zacharias
Cleveland
Elinor Bryenton
Litchfield
Floyd Zacharias
Siederia
Grafton
Arthur Zacharas
Sheffield Lake
Lorain
Willis Hines
Virginia Hines
Hine
C. W. Hines
Homer Johns
Hugh Johns
Mary EH. Johns
Lima
Ohio
Homer H. Vincent
Norwalk
Burr Vincent
Huntington
J. P. Schaffer
Arthur McQuate
Ruth Walters
Guy Phelps
Jean
James Turner
Margaret
Will Rogers
Elyria
Louise Pierce
Western Reserve School of Nursing
Robert Pierce
Ohio State
Robert K. Pierce
Pierce
Wellington Trustees Hold Final Meeting Of Year
The Wellington Trustees report caring for 51 families with relief funding doubled this year. They estimate needing about 7000 dollars for next year if relief requests continue. Local Baptist notes list meetings, dinners, and officer elections along with holiday visits and travels. Reverend H K Finley to give a New Year message. Kenneth Avery ill with pneumonia. Frank D Warren and family mark 62nd anniversary with carols and Christmas dinner. Mrs John Murray and daughter Kathryn travel to Florida for a two week vacation.
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Wellington
Willis Hines
Hines
Baptist Notes
The
Baptist Church
Floyd Scoville
Friendly Bible Class
Baptist Sunday School
W. L. Lamoreaux
Dolores Finley
Cleveland
Frank D. Warren
Warren
R. H. Clifford
Bessie Cunningham
Pauline Clifford
Walter Warren
Eva Hall
Prince of Wales's Equerry May Feature in Grand National
Hugh Lloyd Thomas of the Foreign Office may gain attention at the Grand National near March. He recently rose to prominence by winning the Grand Sefton steeplechase at Aintree on Nes ting Bay, an amateur achievement noted for the forties. Destiny Bay, owned by an injured rider’s stable, is described as a likely Grand National winner after success in point-to-point and hunters races.
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London
Hugh Lloyd Thomas
Foreign Office
Thomas
Aintree
Nesting Bay
Destiny Bay
Cheltenham
Hors-De-Combat
Vivian
Relief Agencies Aid 30 Percent of St Louis Families
United Relief Organization figures show three of ten St Louis families receive aid or support. Per capita costs rank second lowest in the nation at 3.98 dollars, with Baltimore at 2.99 and Boston at 15.36. Other cities report higher costs.
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ST. Louis
United Relief Organization
United States
Baltimore
Boston
Los Angeles
Cleveland
Philadelphia
Detroit
Pittsburgh
San Francisco
New York
Buffalo
Milwaukee
Chicago
Pros Appointed to Golf Staff at Miami Biltmore
Gene Sarazen and Walter Hagen, two of the world’s top golfers, have been named to the pro staff of the Biltmore Country Club in Coral Gables Florida for the winter season by Barry Doherty owner of the Miami Biltmore hotel and utilities magnate.
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Coral Gables, Fla
Gene Sarazen
Walter Hagen
Biltmore Country Club
Barry Doherty
Miami Biltmore Hotel
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