Prohibition Enforcement Bill Passes as Senate Debates Boulder Dam
The House approved the Prohibition Enforcement item of the Treasury and Post Office appropriations totaling over one billion dollars, including 13.5 million for enforcement. Senate debates on Boulder Dam continued with arguments over federal construction and the Monroe Doctrine reservation. La Guardia pressed liquor reallocation to states, but his amendment failed. Wallis S. George returns home aboard the Alameda from Seattle.
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House
Senate
Boulder Dam
Treasury
Post Office
Fnally
Kellogg
Committon
Frank B. Kelloge
Pal Te
Johnson
California
Treasury Post Office
Lae Guardia
New York
LaGuardia
San Francisco
War strategy revealed in early war planning notes
Assistant Secretary of War Charles BreA nting states Congress and the Army would mobilize to secure strategic materials for munition production if war is declared. He claims the nation would shift industry rapidly and relies on industrial cooperation to readjust from peacetime. He lists untapped or scarce metals like tin chromium manganese mercury arsenic mica nickel tungsten as critical. He says wartime would suspend unneeded articles and seek domestic substitutes.
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Der
Wir
Charles Breanting
War Department
Marine wounded in clash with bandits near Nueva Secovia
Managua report says Gunnery Sergeant Charles Williams was fatally wounded in the head during a Marine Patrol engagement with bandits in Nueva Secovia. The incident follows the bandits' assassination of a defense-s en peasant near Octopal and marks the first Marine Corps tragedy since August 6.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Fat Aly
Nueva Secovia
Ban-|ite
Octopal
Charles Williams
Marine Corps
Soviet American industrial cooperation noted in Economic Life articles
Articles summarize growing Soviet American economic relations with American firms and engineers acting as consultants in Don basin mining port and railroad surveys. Chicago company to examine factories in Leningrad. General Electric aiding electrical developments. Soviets sending about 300 specialists to the United States in three years.
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Mossow, Dec
Economic Life
Don Basin
Chicago
Central Metal Administration
Supreme Council of National Economy
Leningra
Cal
Aumber
General Elec
Ric Company
Pops Staten
Father kills son as scare ends in tragedy
In Alameda a man named Leidner shot his son after a heated quarrel at their home. The son, aged about 60, died from his wounds and Leidner was reported shaken as his wife Charlotte and others corroborated the account.
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Alameda
Alaska
Pasengers
ST. Louis
Juneau
Jim McCloskey
Ward Lollies
George
J. H. Raymond
Too Craam
J. Harland Norris
S. A
Mifer
H. Archibald
John A. Drom
Ann Waller
Rohner
Leidler
Charlotte
Edith Leidner
Leid
Leidner
Mellon Under Bitter Attack From Senator
Dec 8 Washington United States Senator James Couzens accuses Treasury mismanagement after a $989,843 refund to him in a dispute over attempted $23,000,000 additions tied to Ford Motor Company stock. Couzens threatens a Senate resolution calling for Secretary Mellon’s resignation.
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Washington
Treasury
United States
James Couzens
Michigan
Ford Motor Company
Couzens
Couzen
Three Slain by Wanderer in Arkansas Infirmary
In Van Buren Arkansas police hunt for an aged wanderer suspected of killing Difford Deffenbaugh 44 superintendent of Crawford County Infirmary his wife and John Nicholson an inmate as they sat in the living room Mrs Deffenbaugh naming Howell as possible shooter before dying bloodhounds track bill Howell who was discharged after refusing work duties.
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Ark
Crawford County Infirmary
Difford Deffenbaugh
Ifirmary
Deffenbaugh
John Nicholson
Deffenbaugh Children. Before Mrs. Deffenbaugh
Howell
Bill Howell
Deffenbrugh
King George's Condition Remains Steady
London dispatch reports King George the Sixth had a night of sleep and shows a raised temperature due to illness, with overall condition unchanged. A morning bulletin notes no major change in his status.
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London
Waking Dash To Alaska For Huskies
Bull Riley, a dog driver, arrived in Vancouver aboard the Aorangi to fetch 40 huskies from New Zealand to replace 37 Byrd Expedition dogs that died. Contaminated water suspected to have affected the dogs. Three of a five-dog litter drowned when a seaman injured the mother during deck washing. Four drivers accompanied Riley on the rescue mission.
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B.C
Dunsdin
New Zealand
Yukon
Bull Riley
Aorangi
Hrat
Ie Sterky Vist
Riley
Hoover Arrives in Antofagasta Aboard Maryland
The American Cable Company reports the battleship Maryland has reached Antofagasta Chile this morning with President-elect Hoover aboard. Bolivian officials are to be welcomed there.
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New York
Dec
American Cable Company
Ndvices
Antofagasta
Chile
Maryland
Hoover
States May Contest Over Ryan Residence
States Virginia and New York contest where late Thomas Fortune Ryan’s estate could owe inheritance tax. New York, where he lived 57 years and built wealth, facing about 20 million dollars tax. Virginia and D C dispute his legal residence possibly leading to Supreme Court review.
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District of Columbia
Thomas Fortune Ryan
Virginia
Tryan
Warhington
Supreme Court
Taxation Department
Aviatrix Sets Unofficial Altitude Record in Oakland
Oakland report states Mia Louise Thaden of San Francisco landed yesterday after reaching an unofficial altitude of 26 400 feet. The British aviatrix Lady Tenth recently set a women’s altitude record in London.
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Oakland
Cal
Dee
Mia
Louise Thaden
San Francisco
Lady Tenth
London
Post Election Bull Run Sets Record in Hoover Market
Long post election bull run shocks investors as New York Stock Exchange trading soars with record volumes. Analysts note immense public participation from across the country and abroad, while price gains and volatility mark the Hoover market surge.
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Hoover Market
Foover
New York City
Physician and Wife Shot in Eaton Burglary
Dr Hratha Silver and his wife were killed when two burglars raided their Eaton home early morning. Mrs Silver died at once from a heart wound, while Dr Silver, wounded in the abdomen, died five hours later at Payton Hospital after surgery. Their 13 year old daughter Ann Mary Silver alerted neighbors as burglars fled. The couple were prominent local figures with Dr Silver previously appointed State Finance Officer.
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Eaton
Ohio
Dec. S
Linn Silver
Hratha Silver
Jury Hunger Strike Delays Prohibition Trial in Miami
In Miami the jury in the National Prohibition Act case against Sheriff Bryan and 12 others declared a hunger strike after hours of deadlock. Judge Guubb ordered them housed away from home as talks continued, marking the first known jury hunger strike. The panel later resumed deliberations with an 11 to 1 vote against acquittal.
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Miami
Fla
William Guubb
United States District Court
Fey
Sherif Bryan
Radio stock sinks on NYSE after steep slide
The Radio Corporation of America common stock fell to 296 dollars, down 72 from yesterday, marking a third straight day of price declines on the New York Exchange. The stock sits 124 below its record high set earlier in the year.
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New York
Radio Corporation of America
New York Exchange
Secretary West Summoned to Testify on Interior Nomination
The Senate Public Lands Committee calls Secretary of Interior West to testify at an open hearing next Wednesday regarding his nomination. The panel also reviews the Salt Creek Royalty lease renewal dispute tied to Harry F. Sinclair. Hubert Work and West's prior proxy are asked to appear, with school staff member Miss Rohwer noted in passing.
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Senate Public Lands Committee
West
Interior Department
Salt Creek
Harry FP
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