Hoover names 57 for Red Cross drive aid effort
President Hoover declares a national emergency and appoints a 57 member committee led by Calvin Coolidge to back a Red Cross drought relief drive of 10 million dollars. He argues the senate should not undermine voluntary aid as it considers a 25 million dollar Red Cross appropriation. The senate vote is scheduled for tomorrow.
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Hoover
Red Cross
Washington
Calvin Coolidge
Alfred E. Smith
John J. Pershing
Senate
American Red Cross
Noted gang records spark shock waves through Chicago crime links
Police seize two safes from the Rex hotel tied to Al Capone's outfit. Investigators say the loot includes cancelled checks ledgers and pay off lists showing illicit ties between gangsters, police, politicians, and officials in Cook County potentially reaching Congress.
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Chicago
The
Law
Underworld
Rex Hotel
al Capone
Charles J. Mueller
Charles L. Lounsbury
Cook County
Congress
Capone
Mueller
Lounsbury
Grape Firm Head Jailed Amid Prohibition Raid
A. E. Brunett, manager of Ukiah Grape Products Company in Kansas City, was jailed after federal agents raided a sales conference and arrested 22 salesmen. U S district attorney William L. Vandeventer said warrants likely to be issued for company officers on conspiracy to violate the Prohibitory Act.
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Kansas City
A. E. Brunett
Ukiah Grape Products Company, Inc
Brunett
William L. Vandeventer
United States
Hungarian Ship Signals SOS From Greek Coast
A Lloyds dispatch from Pyrgos Greece reports the Hungarian steamship Tatra 3856 tons sending a wireless SOS drifting ashore and warning that crew may be lost if boats cannot be lowered, asking for assistance.
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London
Lloyds
Pyrgos
Greece
Tatra
SOS
Mob Seeks Killer Of Officers In Montana News
Butte high school announces first and second honor rolls for the first semester with 45 students on the first list and 188 on the second. Principal Scott Fries praised the results as exceptional and noted 1,800 current students plus many transfers and recent graduates returning for further study.
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Fries
Butte High School
Scott Fries
Mr. Fries
Washington Junior High School
Blanche Alexander
Lucille Alexander
Tom Barker
Gene Boyle
Margaret Bateman
Alvin Cote
Avron Canty
Montana Weather Outlook Prefers East Clear
Montana forecast calls for generally fair skies in the eastern area while the western portion remains unsettled. Monday brings slightly colder temperatures in the far east with unsettled conditions continuing to Tuesday.
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Montana
Scientist predicts quake in western Pacific this week
Budapest January 18 Prof Martin Hanko of Pecs University Hungary predicts the world’s next earthquake will occur between tomorrow and Wednesday in the western Pacific or in Japan. He says a simple mathematical system underpins his forecast and notes eleven quakes since October have already formed from it.
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Budapest
Hungary
Martin Hanko
Pacific Ocean
Japan
Hanko
Pecs University
Calm in Maryville After Rumored Lynch Mob Threat
Maryville Missouri awoke to a reported race riot scare that led to armed patrols and a National Guard call out. Governor Caulfield ordered troops deployed at Mayor Garretts request but they were demobilized at dawn when no raiders appeared.
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Maryville
Little Northwest Missouri Co
K. O. Garrett
Henry 8. Caulfield
National Guard
Raymond Gunn
Gunn
Velma Colter
Police guard Charity Hospital as crowd swarms corridors
A mob estimated at over 1500 gathered at Charity hospital in Shreveport as police guarded Lemon McDaniel after a raid left him critically wounded and two officers dead. Patrol officers Lee Allen Williams and Teddy Williams were killed leading a raid on a reputed gambling house.
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Shreveport
Charity Hospital
Lemon McDaniel
Lee Allen Williams
Teddy Williams
Williams
Bank Robbery Trio Tracked After Loot Found in Tree
Three bandits fled Oak Lawn Trust and Savings with 3400 dollars yesterday. They hid the loot in a tree blocks away. After news of recovery circulated, two ex-convicts Louis Kasper 35 and John Bartz 39 returned to claim it and walked into a police trap.
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Chicago
Oak Lawn Trust and Savings Bank
Louis Kasper
John Bartz
Montana lawmakers edge toward final action in stalled session
Helena Jan 18 Montana legislators return to duties after a weekend recess as both chambers prepare for final committee reports and new bills. Four measures await final house action HB 21 HB 54 HB 72 and the pay bill. Senate may announce the committee assigning the 3 million bond fund for state institutions.
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Helena
Montana
House
Senate
Congress
Mississippi
Finance and Claims Committee
Martinsdale Man Wounded in Shootout. Suspect Held
Martin sdale scene of a shooting affray as William Steen was critically wounded near Martinsdale. Charles Phillips is jailed in Wheatland county at Harl ton on charges of shooting. The incident arose after a drinking party at the John Sweaten cabin with witnesses reporting a belligerent confrontation outside.
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Martinsdale
William Steen
Charles Phillips
Wheatland County
Harlowton
John Sweaten
Phillips
Steen
Plan to stabilize silver price proposed by Brownell
New plan aims to stabilize silver without a fixed gold ratio. Francis H. Brownell of American Smelting and Refining suggests an informal worldwide understanding among major governments to curb silver sales and support price stability, noting government stock releases as the cause of recent lows.
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New York
Francis H. Brownell
American Smelting & Refining Company
Brownell
United States
England
India
France
Indo-China
Break in Niagara Falls Rim Tears Bridal Veil Section
News reports a massive 150 foot long break in the Niagara Falls Bridal Veil rim between Goat Island and the American side. The cave in, 50 feet deep and occurring between Saturday midnight and dawn Sunday, caused a visible void in the falling water with no casualties.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
Goat Island
Falls View Bridge
Niagara
Sewers No Place for Mash Village Marshal Warns
Reed City Michigan residents are warned in the Reed City weekly to stop throwing corn whisky mash into sewers as it damages pipes. Village marshal Ben Buerge signs the notice urging offenders to discard mash elsewhere.
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Reed City, Mich
Reed City Weekly
Ben Buerge
Florida resort opens drive to rid gamblers
Miami Beach residents await developments in an all out campaign by a powerful social and financial committee of 100 to remove statute violators from the resort. The contest pits the socially elect against business interests while the municipal council acts as referee. Gamblers and bookmakers observe from the sidelines as organizers led by Joseph H Adams and Clayton pursue a crackdown.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Joseph H. Adams
Clayton
Delayed British Aviatrix News in Dallas Area
Reports say Lady Victor Bruce the British aviatrix on a world tour was delayed in El Paso and is expected to land tomorrow at Curtiss-Wright field Grand Prairie near Dallas.
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Dallas
Tex
el Paso
Victor Bruce
Curtiss-Wright Field
Grand Prairie
Republican leaders push to dispose annual supply bills by February
Washington dispatch reports House Republican leaders press an aggressive plan to pass all annual supply bills by early February to avoid a special session. Major legislation is delayed with six appropriation bills approved, while Senate in dispute over a treasury post office bill and an employer salary raise provision.
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Cecil B. Dickson
Washington
House
Wickersham
Senate
Treasury Post Office
Longworth
Mexican congressmen plan sale of large U S territories
A Mexican group in Oaxaca led by Gen. Rafael Melgar proposes a resolution to authorize Mexico to cede Arizona California New Mexico Texas and the city of New Orleans to the United States. The plan would be funded by nationwide public subscriptions in response to Senator Henry F. Ashurst’s Washington proposal to buy Lower California and part of Sonora.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Arizona
California
New Mexico
Texas
New Orleans
Permanent Congressional Committee
Rafael Melgar
Oaxaca
Henry F. Ashurst
Congress
Washington
Lower
Sonora
Fourteen Die In Turkish Building Fire In Istanbul
A blaze in the Galata quarter of Istanbul killed fourteen people and injured ten girls. Seven victims died from burns, three from asphyxiation, and four from jumping from windows of a building housing commercial offices and a motion picture supply store.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Galata
Daisy De Boe Trials Fireworks in Courtroom Bids
Daisy De Boe secretary to Clara Bow prepares for more dramatic testimony in her grand theft trial involving 15300. She vows more Hollywood revelations as Clara Bow counters with denials and threats, while the film world watches a heated legal confrontation.
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Daisy DE Boe
Los Angeles
Clara Bow
Voleys
Hollywood
Daisy
Clara
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