Dedication of Alaska Capitol Opens January 31
The Alaska capital building dedication is set for January 31 and February 1. Ceremonies run 8:30 to 11 p.m. January 31 and 2 to 4 p.m. February 1. A Chamber of Commerce committee led by H Van derLeest and others directs plans. Building expected to be nearly complete by January 15 with offices relocating around that date.
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Alaska Capital
Chamber of Commerce
Alaska
Chamber
H. van derLeest
B. M. Behrends
UW. B. LeFevre
8. L. Faulkner
Pilot Wasson Heads North To Recover Burke Body
Pilot Everett L Wasson departed Whitehorse for the Liard district to locate the body of Pilot Ev A Paddy Burke. Burke was buried by survivors Emil Kading and Bob Marten, who were later brought to Whitehorse by Wasson. After the mission, Wasson planned to marry Florence Gertrude Jones and tour south on a honeymoon.
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Everett L. Wasson
Whitehorse
Liard
Ev. A
Paddy) Burke
Burke
Emil Kading
Bob Marten
Wasson
Florence Gertrude Jones
Hoover Proposal For Federal Farm Board Funding Approved
Washington December 18. The House Appropriations Committee approved President Hoover's request to add 150 million dollars for the Federal Farm Board. The funds would be immediately available to continue grain purchasing work by the Board. The House passed the bill promptly after the committee report.
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Washington, D. C
Hoover
Federal Farm Board
House Appropriations Committee
House
Bus Skids on icy Cincinnati street injuring nineteen
Nineteen persons were injured when a street railway bus skidded on an icy street and crashed into a street car in Cincinnati. Two passengers were seriously hurt. there were 45 aboard the bus at the time.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Christmas Dollar Goes Further This Year Says Government
Washington reports that Christmas groceries and clothing will cost less this season with wholesale prices at their lowest since spring 1916. Prices for dresses, fur coats, shoes, hosiery, and meats show notable drops from 1929, while overall living costs are expected to stay low through winter.
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Washington
Dad
Johnny
Mary
Labor Department
England Seeks Care for Habitual Crime
The Chamber of Commerce opposed transferring Alaska schools from the Office of Education to the Indian Affairs Bureau, arguing it would centralize federal authority and weaken local control under the Governor. It urged keeping native education under Alaska authorities, signaling a planned move in July and ongoing inquiries with Delegate Sutherland.
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Alaska
Office of Education
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Hoover Administration
Chamber of Commerce
Washington
Chamber
Sutherland
Interior Department
Department of Interior
Fiery Laborite Ellen Wilkinson to Lecture in U S
The Labour MP Ellen Wilkinson plans a January lecture tour in the United States visiting Toronto Montreal Boston Ohio New York and Philadelphia. She sails Christmas Eve and will return for Parliament’s February session after a busy schedule including nine lectures in one weekend and a church preaching engagement in Ohio.
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Ellen Wilkinson
U.S
London
America
Labor Party
United States
Toronto
Montreal
Boston
Ohio
New York
Philadelphia
New
York
Burnley
Gangsters Short in Cash, Judge Says in Chicago
Judge John Lyle, foe of the underworld, laments gangsters’ cash shortage as several suspects fail to post high bonds. Bernard O’Donnell, unable to post 10,000 dollars, is jailed on vagrancy charges, while Frank Rio, Capone’s bodyguard, also remains jailed for lack of funds. Henry Johnson lies in hospital care.
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Chicago
Ill
John Lyle
Underworld
Lyle
Bernard O'Donnell
Frank Rio
Capone
Senator Greene Dies at Birthplace in St Albans
Frank L. Green aged 60 United States Senator soldier and editor died yesterday after a hernia operation following a gunfight injury in 1924. Born February 10 1870 in St Albans he rose from reporter to editor at the St Albans Daily Messenger and served in the Spanish American War. A Republican he was first elected to Congress in 1912 and served continuously. He left behind a wife and three children.
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ST. Albans
Frank L. Green
United States
Senator Greene
Washington, D. C
Daily Messenger
Reds bombed in Hunan as Nationalist air raids kill hundreds
Nationalist aircraft in the last 24 hours killed 500 Communists in northern Hunan Province. Bombs fell in areas where mass killings occurred during Reds advances capturing Lichow, Bingshih and Hungan. Reds continued depredations along the Yangtse and menaced shipping despite the raids.
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Shanghai
China
Hunan
Lichow
Bingshih
Hungan
Yangtse
Arlington May Carry Added Purse for Classic
Arlington park management considers setting the added purse of the Arlington Classic next summer at $100,000. This year Gallant Fox won the race, which netted the winner $64,780.
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Chicago
Arlington Park Management
Gallant Fox
Eeneeeene
Gavel Club of Ex Presidents Appointed to Committees
The Gavel Club of Ex Presidents named a new committee headed by Tt. M. Goddard to plan next year’s Legislative Banquet. The Local Chamber also approved a waterpower referendum stance backing state control with federal override for national projects.
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Chamber of Commerce
Lst
W. W. Council
Tt. M. Goddard
B. M. Bedrands
George
Charles Goldstein
Allen Shattuck
H. B. DeVighne
H. Faulkner
United States Chamber of Commerce
Guatemala Sees Three Governments In One Week
Guatemala City reports three governments in a week after street fighting ends with Gen. Manuel Arrelana replacing Baudillo Palma who had been acting for President Lazaro Chacon during his illness. Military factions opposed Palma. officials say the country is now peaceful and normal conditions return.
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Guatemala City
Guatemala
Manuel Arellana
Baudillo Palma
Lazaro Chacon
Palma
Chacon
Former Denver Judge Lindsey Dismissed in New York Case
In New York City on December 11, charges against former Judge Ben Lindsey arising from his demand for a hearing during services at the Cathedral of St John the Divine were dismissed. Magistrate August Dreyer sustained the demurrer to the original disorderly conduct complaint, rejected a new one, and closed the case after rebuking Lindsey. Bishop Manning denounced Lindsey in a sermon as promoting lurid propaganda on sexuality.
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Ben Lindsey
New York City
N. Y
Cathedral of
St. John the Divine
August Dreyer
Arthur Garfield Slayes
Lindsey
Dreyer
William T. Manning
War era relief machine operates smoothly in Washington
The emergency committee for employment formed by President Hoover, led by Col. Arthur Woods, has organized unemployed from across the country into a coordinated system. In a Commerce Department complex, 57 workers process relief requests with orderly files, telephones, and swift routing to local agencies. Edward Eyre Hunt oversees operations, aiming to dispatch aid quickly and correctly.
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Washington
Hoover
Arthur Woods
Department of A Commerce
Edward Eyre Hunt
Woods
Mr. Hunt
Colonel Woods
Lilian Gilbreth
Hunt
Edison Favors Retention of 18th Amendment
Thomas A. Edison told Newark readers he favors retaining the Eighteenth Amendment as a blessing to the American home. He added enforcement is becoming more practical daily and has aided the nation’s industrial and economic life more than realized, in response to questions from James Shields of the New Jersey Anti-Saloon League.
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Newark
N. J
Thomas A. Edison
James Shields
New Jersey
Anti-Saloon League
Explosion in a Carbide Factory Kills Three in Paris
Paris December 16 three men were killed and eleven severely injured in an explosion at a carbide factory near Youloise. One hundred men were working in the workshop at the time. Material damage was slight.
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Paris
Youloise
Mystery Shakes Cambridge as Ground Moves In Four Day Span
In Cambridge Massachusetts on December 18 officials at the Harvard Srbhanograph station report four days of rhythmic ground movement. Instruments show back and forth shaking more severe than usual with the mystery peaking yesterday and expected to fade tonight. Shakings observed worldwide accompany the phenomenon.
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Cambridge
Mass
Harvard Srbhanograph Station
Snowy Virginia Slams Schools As Coastal Storm Bloodies
Atlanta dispatch reports heavy snow across the south with more than a foot in Patrick County Virginia prompting school closures. Two deaths are linked to the storm: George Wilson of Durham SC from a heart attack while helping children and Mrs. Mary Burch killed in a car crash near Cheriton Virginia. The gale and heavy rain lash Cape Hatteras Cape Henry and nearby coasts as the seacom of winter continues.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Seacom
George Wilson
Durham
South Carolina
Mary Burch
Cheriton
Virginia
Cape Hatteras
Maneto
Cape Henry
Patrick County
Virinka
Alaska Railroad Investigating Committee to Draft Report
Senator Robert B Howell of New York said he will convene the Alaska Railroad Investigating Committee during the Christmas recess to draft a report. He noted a tentative outline is being prepared for review by all members, and the panel has recommended to Postmaster General Brown using airplanes to carry mail from Fairbanks to distant posts.
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Washington, D. C
Robert B. Howell
Newbranka
Alaska Railroad Investigating Committee
Benator Howell
Brown
Fairbanks
Steeg Cabinet Resignations Shake French Policy Debut
Paris December 18 A minister and two under secretaries resigned from the Steeg cabinet just before an initial policy declaration to the Chamber of Deputies. Robert Thoumyre minister of pensions Rene Coty under secretary for the interior and Camille Cautru under of agriculture stepped down, while Premier Steeg pressed ahead with the Cabinet's review before the deputies.
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Paris
Steeg
Chamber of Deputies
Robert Thoumyre
Pensions
Rene Coty
Interior
Camille Cautru
Agriculture
Man Freed After Aiding Clara Phillips Jail Escape
Jesse C Caron, age 46, the figure linked to the Clara Phillips murder escape eight years ago, appeared at the district attorney's office but was told no charges remain. An old arson case against him was dropped and he is not wanted, though the full mystery of his role remains unexplained.
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Clara Phillips
Los Angeles
The
Pist
Jesse C Caron
Attornney
Hammer
Fortune
Captin Winn
Bureau of Inestigation
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