Navy Wants More Men Pay and Aircraft Carriers
Secretary Adams outlines Navy needs including larger manpower, higher pay and more promotions to avoid officer stagnation. He urges modernization of battleships, a West Coast air base, expansion of naval air power, and a submarine replacement program while warning current ship allowances impair wartime readiness.
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Washington
Adams
Navy
Hoover
New Mexico
Mississippi
Idaho
Pacific Coast
Congress
Ernest Lee Jahncke
Eleht
Objects of Navy for Past Year Cut Down to Four Propositions
Secretary Adams summarized the navy's aims for the year in four points. He said to exercise and train the fleet to peak efficiency and provide a nucleus for expansion in emergencies. He added protecting American interests in disturbed areas, assisting countries receiving U S aid, and cultivating friendly relations with foreign peoples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Adams
Hoover
United States
Romance is Gone From Railroading Behind Grocery Counter
San Francisco Dec 8 There is more romance behind a grocery store counter than in railroading says Jack Shoup son of Paul Shoup President of the Southern Pacific Railroad He is a clerk in a chain grocery and his father approves The elder Shoup began as a telegraph operator The romance has gone out of railroading he adds In this business the grocery business romance is just starting
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San Francisco
Cal
Jack Shoup
Paul Shoup
Southern Pacific Railroad
Young Shoup
Stanford
Columbia
Shoup
Glances Not Exchanged By Two Suspects
Portland millionaire Nelson Bowles and his former secretary Irma Loucks Paris were arraigned on first degree murder charges in the death of Leona Bowles. The two avoided eye contact and spoke no words during arraignment as the case heads to a Grand Jury this week. Central Washington fruit growers hire an expert to aid developing hardier orchards and better fruit varieties.
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Portland
Ore
Nelson
Central Washington
Secretaries report shows 74 cent refund in naval costs
In Secretary Adams' annual report the Massachus etts battleship scrapping costs are noted. Bethlehem Steel Company originally billed 3,907,626.32 dollars for 11 percent completion before the wash Washington treaty. Bethlehem remitted 0.74 dollars after determining the final cost at 3,007,635.58 dollars. The tiny refund is included with totals of about 350 million dollars, while the rest covered construction and scrapping of five combat vessels.
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Washington
D. C
Adams
Massachusetts
Bethlehem Steel Company
Quincy
Bethlehem
Snake’s Poison to Soup Forty Students Dead
In Bombay a report from Madras states forty students at the London Mission School in Erode died after a snake topped soup with poison. The incident occurred after noon meals on Sunday. a snake was found in a utensil used to cook soup and the cook, among the deceased, had prepared the meal.
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Bombay
India
London Mission School
Erode
Madras
Man Wants Trunk Not His Wife in Norristown
NORRISTOWN Pa December John Davis of Black Horse value trunk and contents at 20 dollars more than his wife. He sought a warrant for William Jackson a boarder who vanished Davis said took his trunk to Lancaster police there relayed that Davis wife seemed to be with Jackson. The trunk owner admitted his wife disappeared with Jackson but he did not want her back.
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Norristown
John Davis
Black Horse
Davis
William Jackson
Lancaster
Lanscaster
Jackson
Mother Jones Buried Among Laborers in Mount Olive
Mary Mother Jones aged 100 a famed labor rights crusader died in Washington December 1 and was buried in Mount Olive Illinois on the following Sunday amid the workers she championed led by the local labor community and paying tribute to her lifelong activism.
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Mount Olive
Illinois
Mary
Local mine to pay dividends soon
The Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company will adopt a dividend plan soon. Directors will meet in San Francisco next Wednesday to discuss dividends on common stock at about 40 cents per year, or four percent on par value. Based on a $6.25 New York quote, the yield would be about 6.4 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaska Juneau Gold Mining
Associated Press
Empire
San Francisco
New York
Tardieu Briand Join New Paris Cabinet Effort
Paris reports former Premier Andre Tardieu agrees to join the Bathou cabinet plan with Aristide Briand. Senator Louis Bathou seeks Republican backing and offers a post to President Poincare who declines due to health. Later Bathou abandons the bid citing Radicals opposition.
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Paris
Andre Tardieu
Barthou
Louis Bathou
Aristide Briand
Tardiett
Bathou
Poincare
Louis Marin
Drugged and robbed in Salt Lake City hotel slaying
Sam Frank a 66 year old auctioneer from Memphis was slain in a Salt Lake City hotel room and robbed of jewelry and about $5,000. Police found evidence of drugging including a whiskey glass and vial. a woman's companion or visitor is suspected. Frank died from a fractured skull after a struggle to reach the telephone. Martin Perl, his partner, heard a woman's voice in the room but did not enter. A separate item notes a cooperative cattle sale in Macon County, New York, bringing $2,511 for 100 head.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Sam Frank
Memphis
Tennessee
Frank
Martin Perl
Macon County
N. Y
Judge Ben Lindsey ejected from church in New York
Former judge Ben Lindsey interrupted Bishop Manning at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine and was beaten by the crowd before being arrested for disorderly conduct. He appeared in court for the charges with a continuance till December 12.
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New York City
N. Y
Dee
Ben Lindsey
St. John the Divine
Willam T. Manning
Jampire
House of Justice
House of God
Manning
Judge Lindsey
Lindsey
Willian Manning
Min
Two Percent Income Tax Increase Proposed by Borah
Senator William E Borah Idaho urges a two percent rise in income taxes in addition to preserving the current year one percent cut He argues the increase is needed to cover a looming deficit projected by the administration to reach 355000000 after accounting for unemployment and farm relief and possible changes in farm loan levels
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Washington, D. C
William E. Borah
Idaho
Yacht found wrecked survivors saved after Guadelupe Island incident
Rescue of the yacht Iola and its passengers was reported from the Langley aircraft carrier. Nine passengers were aboard the yacht at the time of the November 20 disaster. The Langley and other navy craft found survivors while searching for the fishing boat Fidelity, missing since November 24. Survivors were taken aboard the destroyer Avram Ward and brought to San Diego.
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San Diego
Cal
Iola
Guadalupe Island
Here
Tier Langley
Langley
Fidelity
Ither
Avram Ward
Wife Sued on Visit to Wrong Husband in Chicago
Mrs. Lillian Goodwin sues Mrs. Almeda Angelica in a $50,000 alienation of affections case alleging Angelica was found with another woman's husband in an apartment. The suit cites a midnight raid on October 25, 1930, and a man who attempted to jump from a window was restrained by a detective.
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Chicago
Almeda Angelica
Amerigo Angelica
Restaurateur
Lillian Goodwin
Earl Goodwin
Goodwin
Explosion in Lamb Mine Kills Three Workers in Madrid
An explosion in the Lamb Coal Mine near Madrid on Saturday night killed three men and injured several others. The deceased are foreman Tom Burke electrician Victor Lies and miner Henry Zrizzie. About 100 workers in other sections escaped unharmed. Cause of blast is not yet determined.
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Madrid
New Mexico
Lamb
Tom Burke
Victor
Henry Zrizzie
Gunmen Kidnap Girl in Lafayette Bank Robbery Plot
Three gunmen planned to rob the Stockwell State Bank in Lafayette Indiana last Friday night. They abducted Oscar Hamilton and his wife to force their daughter Melon 19 to flee with them. Melon was released unharmed in Chicago while Mary 18 escaped to raise the alarm. Neighbors frightened the would be robbers away, believed to be Chicago gangsters using a hostage tactic.
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Lafayette
Ind
Stockwell State Bank
Oscar Hamilton
Melon
Fee
Chicago
Mary
Million seed loan approved by House Agricultural Committee
The House Agricultural Committee backed a 30 million seed feed and fertilizer loan for farmers in drought areas by an 11 to 7 vote. It rejected a 60 million fund proposed by Representative Aswell by 12 to 6. The Senate committee had unanimously approved the larger sum Friday.
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Washington, DE
House Agricultural Committee
Aswell
Louisiana
Senate
Ilew
Air search for Renahan ends after naval plane arrival
The organized air search for Pilot Robin Renahan and companions Sam Clerf and Frank Hatcher ends with two naval planes arriving from Alert Bay under Lieut Greber. They will fly to San Diego in stages while continuing efforts to locate E J A Burke and party last seen October 28 near Lucy Island, B C, with searches along the BC coast and Southeast Alaska.
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Seattle
Dec
Robin Renahan
Sam Clerf
Frank Hatcher
C. PF. Greber
Alert Bay
B. C
San Diego
Cal
Renatan
E. J. A. Burke
Emil Kading
Bob Martens
Lucy Island
Prince Rupert
B.C
Navy
Anscel Eckmann
British Columbia
Alaska
Five of eight engineers die for treason plot in Moscow
Five of eight engineers convicted of conspiring to overthrow the Soviet government were sentenced to death in Moscow. The others received ten year terms, with property confiscation. A Reuters report noted the Soviet Central Executive Committee later commuted the death sentences for five to ten years and reduced others to eight years.
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Moscow
Lenaid Ramain
Victor Larichev
Nikoai Churnovisky
Tyan Kalinovok
Alexander Fedotov
Valadmir Ochkin
Sergei Kufmianov
Zend
Phon Sitnin
Russia
Imade
London
Reuters
Soviet Central Executive Committee
Earthquakes Shake Formosan Region Killing Four
Severe quakes in Southwestern Formosan region last 13 minutes killing four people and collapsing 253 houses. Tokyo reports Tokyo area and Denver case references appear in transmission.
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Tokyo
Japan
Pearl O'Laughlin Trial Defense Motion Overruled
In Denver on December 8 the defense motion for acquittal in the Pearl O'Laughlin case was overruled. She is charged with killing her step-daughter Leoni, age 10, with the trial continuing as the state had rested and the defense prepared its cue.
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Denver
Cole
Pearl O'Laughlin
Le~oni
Petriet
Pompeii Loot Revealed in Dressing Room Exhibit
A fragmentary report describes excavators uncovering a Pompeian lady’s dressing room from 79 AD. Relics include silver kitchenware, gold jewelry, a mirror and perfume containers, amid the ash covered ruins of Pompeii.
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Pompeii
Tuily
Vesuvius
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