Prohibition Repeal Fails in House as Roosevelt Plan Advances
The House defeated the repeal of the eighteenth amendment 272 to 144 after Speaker Garner failed to drum up two thirds. Republican Bachmann delivered 103 votes, while 82 lame ducks broke ranks. Democrats move to beer and wine as Collier bills aim to tax beer at five dollars a barrel and wine per gallon, budgeting about three hundred million dollars yearly. President Hoover signals budget cuts and banking reform, with Roosevelt to pursue farm relief and new fiscal measures.
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Illinois
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West Virginia
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Mississippi
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Fred Roosevelt
Senate
Hoover
Washington
Roosevelt
Jones
House Agriculture Committee
Lem Harris
Farmers’ Relief Conference
Solitaire Game Turns Fatal for New York Man
Arthur Kelley, out of work, hosted seven friends for dinner then played solitaire alone in a back room. He asked his wife if he would survive the game, then killed himself with a shotgun after finishing the last move, the ace of spades reading on a card.
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New York
Arthur Kelley
Death in a dry goods shop twist ends in what may be murder
New York reports Little Abe Lazoff a 47 year old immigrant who planned a fortune but left receipts for six insurance policies totaling about 6500 dollars. A note suggested he intended a staged murder by gas while locking doors and the family may be beneficiaries.
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New York
Abe Lazoff
America
Russia
Abe
Fannie
No Flies on Professor Swallows 20 Flies in Court
In Senatobia Mississippi Dr J C Jaggett an entomology professor at Emery College testified for a bottling company in a suit by Mil dred Moore Who claimed she became sick after drinking a bottle containing a fly He said he would drink 20 flies and drank a bottle with 20 flies but the jury still ruled in Miss Moores favor awarding 500 dollars to her
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J. C. Jaggett
Emery College
Doctor Jaggett
Mildred Moore
Doctor Jiggett
Miss Moore
Cigarette Triggers Auto Crash in Colorado Springs
F. E. Zaring, 35, attempted to throw a cigarette from his car but dropped it inside the moving vehicle. Startled, he crashed into a steel telephone pole, the car overturning. Zaring suffered bruises and shock but no serious injuries and was hospitalized.
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Colorado Springs
F. E. Zaring
Zaring
Youth Receives $10,000 for 14 Years of Abstinence
Myron Templin of Somerset Indiana gains a $10,000 legacy on his 21st birthday for abstaining from nicotine and alcohol since birth. His father died in 1918 and left the fund in trust with the condition of lifelong restraint. Myron says he would not have taken the money if it required breaking the vow and plans no smoking or drinking.
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Somerset
Ind
Myron Templin
Myron
Doorbell Sparks Fire Rescue At Mrs Watson Home
A doorbell in the home of Mrs. Marle Watson rang during a night blaze caused by insulation insulation shorts. Miss Lillian Lee and five other nurses escaped the flames awakening others and saving six lives. The fire started after a short circuit.
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Denver
Cole
Marle Watson
Lillian Lee
Mrs. Watson
British officers launch big fight on motor bandits
London reports that Dunstable has become a central hub in a nationwide war on motor bandits along Watling street. Police transfer the division chief to Dunstable to coordinate constant surveillance, with over a thousand outside-m forces requests for aid this year and many sample watch notices for speedy raids and housebreakings.
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London
Watling Street
Dunstable
John Steele
Chicago Tribune
Luton
Sisters Reunited After Separation of 14 Years
In Joplin Missouri three sisters Lorraine Robb Frances De Vaney and Maxine Burros long separated since 1918 by orphanage and adoption are finally reunited. Their adoption by different families kept them unaware of their kin until Maxine learned of two sisters and Lorraine learned Frances was nearby. Frances later returned from California to join the reunion.
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Joplin
Lorraine Robb
Frances de Vaney
Maxine Burros
Frank Selsor
Carthage
Maxine
Lorraine
Frances
California
Father Takes Own Life After Tiny Son's Death
In a gas filled room George Cunningham forty five was found hours after receiving a ten page letter from his wife. The pages read I have just returned from laying dear darling little Guy away. He is safe and happy I know. But I am desolate. A short time before he had pleaded with emergency relief workers for ten dollars to call his home in Pasadena to learn the condition of his sick son.
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New York
George Cunningham
Pasadena
Train Overcomer: Boy Survives Narrow Crossing Incident
Eight-year-old Eugene Harrolle of Olney Illinois attempted to beat a Baltimore and Ohio passenger train at a crossing. The cow catcher grazed him as he lay on the tracks. the train passed over him. He stood, then walked home unharmed.
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Olney
Ill
Eugene Harrolle
Baltimore & Ohio
Eugene
French Scientist Makes Remarkable Five Mile High Parachute Jump
Rene Machanaud, a young French scientist, leaped from an airplane nearly five miles high and landed about 12 miles away. He wore instruments to measure bodily responses and used a respirator during the early free fall before his parachute opened.
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Rene Machanaud
M. Machanaud
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