Loan to Lucas to bankroll Nebraska fight revealed
Wade H. Cooper, head of Commercial National Bank, testified that a $4,000 loan to Robert H. Lucas, executive director of the Republican National Committee, was backed by a letter from the committee. Lucas said the money financed literature against Senator Norris. The loan was authorized by James B. Reynolds and was made December 3, after the election. Senator Cutting demanded immediate repudiation or risk implying the GOP's disintegration.
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Washington
Wade H. Cooper
Commercial National Bank
Senate Campaign Funds Committee
Robert H. Lucas
Republican National Committee
Norris
Nebraska
Cooper
Lucas
James B. Reynolds
Cutting
New Mexico
National Republican Organization
Dr. Lucas
Republican Titmal Committee
Lincoln
Bobby Jones to Broadcast Weekly Golf Advice
Bobby Jones will air 15 minute weekly golf advice broadcasts from January 14. The program runs 26 weeks from 8 to 8 15 EST each Wednesday over a nationwide network, following a contract with a pharmacal company.
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Atlanta
Bobby Jones
Bobby
Urban and rural populations by state in census release
Census Bureau shows total U S urban population 68 955 521 and rural 53 819 525 for 1930. Idaho urban 129 507 rural 315 525. Washington state 884 539 urban and 678 857 rural. other states listed with totals and breakdowns.
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Washington
Census Bureau
United States
Mont
Idaho
Colo
Utah
Wash
Oregon
Calif
Will Rogers Wires the Tribune on Jobs and Government
Will Rogers comments from Hollywood reflect on Americans enduring long unemployment while Congress debated funding. He notes people lived on nothing for a year awaiting government action and suggests the public endured while officials delayed relief.
Accommodating Robber Makes Trade In Sausages
Chicago on December 22 reports Morris Lieberman a deli owner faced a robber who took $113.13 and suggested paying the rest in trade. The robber obliged by draping sausages over Lieberman’s coat and walking away.
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Chicago
Morris Lieberman
Delicatessen
Lieberman
Tribune Maintains Pocatello Price Amid Rising Costs
The Tribune states there will be no price increase for its Pocatello Tribune at 20 cents per week by carrier 7.00 per year by mail or 5 cents per single copy. Management cites higher production wages and telegraph tolls but plans to absorb costs through tighter operations and waste reduction. No time frame for a future price change is set.
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Denver Post
Salt Lake Tribune
The
Tribune
Pocatello Tribune
Idaho
Dany
Shepard Convicted on Charge Fatally Poisoning His Wife
Major Charles A. Shepard was found guilty of fatally poisoning his second wife at Fort Riley Kansas. The jury sentenced him to life imprisonment with no capital punishment. Evidence included testimonies from Grace Brandon and letters between the parties and Mrs Shepard.
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Kansas City
Kas
Charles A. Shepard
Shepard C. L. Kagey
de Sponsel
K City Club
Army
Grace Brandon
Brooks Filed
San Antonio
Texas
Miss Brandon
Major Shepard
Fort Riley
Fears for Safety Move Gun to Jackson County Jail
Raymond Gunn, a Black trapper charged with the murder of Velma Colter, 19, a rural school teacher, was moved from Buchanan county jail to Jackson County jail for safety after a mob at Maryville attempted to seize him. Deputies, police, and guards dispersed a 150-strong mob and a 25-person group at the courthouse yard.
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Raymond Gunn
Velma Colter
Buchanan County
Gunn
Maryville
Jackson County
National Guard
Borah Calls for Special Session After March 4
Senator Borah Republican Idaho urged a special session of Congress after March 4. He cited legitimate reasons beyond the world court issue including bus, power and railroad regulation, export debenture for farm relief, and a bill to regulate use of injunctions in labor disputes.
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Washington
Congress
Borah
Idaho
Flo Irwin Dies Veteran Actress Survives Vaudeville Duo
Flo Irwin longtime actress dies at age 72 after a career spanning 52 years. Death followed news of sister May Irwin’s planned Christmas reunion tour. Police say heart attack triggered by excitement from May’s visit. May Irwin en route from New York to arrange funeral. Flo and May Irwin were a famed vaudeville act seen across three nations.
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Los Angeles
Flo Irwin
Miss Irwin
May
May Irwin
New York
United States
Canada
Clarence G. Follis Dies In Sausalito Heart Attack
Clarence G. Follis aged 60 and nephew of California bonanza king James Plood died of a heart attack in Sausalito. A San Francisco native, he moved to New York in 1901 to work in brokerage, returned after 20 years as a representative of a large company, and retired two years ago.
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Clarence Follis
Sausalito
Cal
Clarence G. Follis
James Plood
California
San Francisco
Follis
New York
Plans for Dedication of Blackfoot Elks Temple
A Blackfoot Elks dedication planning meeting discussed honoring Lawrence H. Rupp national grand exalted ruler of the BPOE at the January 5 ceremony. Local organizers include L B Dustin and Ray M Berry with committee members R W Jones William Wallin Britt Hay Graves Hugh MacCoshan and Harry J Fox. The Pocatello high school band and local drill team will march in the parade. Rupp arrives in Pocatello at 11 20 a m and will attend a luncheon at the Bannock hotel before proceeding to Blackfoot for the dedication events.
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Lawrence H. Rupp
Allentown
Blackfoot Elks Temple
L. B. Dustin
Ray M. Berry
Blackfoot
R. W. Jones
William Wallin
Britt Haygraves
Hugh MacCoshan
Plane crashes into house near Los Angeles airport
A Western Air Express trimotor crashed into a Tangent Alhambra area home after hitting high tension wires while returning from Salt Lake City with 1500 pounds of air mail aboard. Pilot Baril Gox co pilot George Sherwood and passenger A Ousterhaut escaped as fire engulfed the wreckage. Ousterhaut was burned. mail load damaged. plane valued over $65,000.
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Western Air Express, Inc
Alhambra
Baril Gox
Jer
Salt Lake City
George Sherwood
A. Ousterhaut
Wyoming
Ousterhaut
A. L. Toner
Homebrew Row Ends in Tragedy at Warhouse Home
In Wheeling West Virginia on December 22 Anna Mars aged 54 killed herself after a quarrel over home brewed Christmas beverage. Her husband John a painter fled and later was exonerated. Police think she died from injuries after collapsing on broken glass during the dispute.
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W. VI
Anna Mars
John
Mars
Faked Story Used to Gain Sympathy in Denver Robbery Claim
Denver, Dec 22. Police Captain George Ead said Lawrence Moore 23 admitted faking a robbery tale to get sympathy from creditors to buy a Christmas gift for his sweetheart. He suggested buying yarn and a crochet set to stay home at a small expense.
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Denver
George Ead
Lawrence Moore
Cold Wave Hits Western Basin
San Francisco dispatch reports a high pressure system bringing freezing temperatures across the western basin. Subfreezing readings hit Imperial California at 29 degrees and Salt Lake City at seven above zero as smudge pots emit smoke in citrus belt communities with no reported damage.
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Jack Frost
Santa Claus
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Citrus
Nevada
Utah
Idaho
Imperial
Calif
America
Salt Lake City
Lewis Says Exile Reformers If They Seek Change
Berlin dispatch quotes Sinclair Lewis after receiving the Nobel Prize. He advocates exile for reformers and those suspected of desiring reform, then clarifies he would be included under that plan.
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Berlin
Sinclair Lewis
America
Dartmouth Head Opposes Dry Law
Dr. Ernest Martin Hopkins president of Dartmouth College opposes the eighteenth amendment in his first public statement on prohibition. He writes to the National Temperance council saying temperance advocates cannot support the current form and practice of the law.
Coldest Boise Morning Hits Seven Below Zero Day
Boise records a seven degree above zero cold morning on the winter solstice with forecasts predicting little change. Weather officials warn of continued chill and steady conditions ahead.
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Boise
Boline
Jennie Bishop Denies Slaying David Jenkins in Idaho Trial
Jennie Bishop testifies in her defense denying state claims she killed David Jenkins whose body was found in a canal near St Anthony Idaho. She rejects improper relations with John Jenkins while the defense moves to rest and the state offers rebuttal in a case expected to go to the jury tomorrow.
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St, Anthony
Idaho
Jennie Bishop
David Jenkins
Here
Miss Bishop
John Jenkins
David
Glen Jenkins
John
Jenkins
Mary Jenkins
Mrs Jenkins
Lucas Defends Stand Against Norris in Republican Fight
Washington dec 22 AP President Hoover and the Republican national committee face a major test over Senator Norris Nebraska. Robert H Lucas RNC executive director defends his funding of a campaign against Norris last election and vows to eradicate him from the party. The clash sparks a broader GOP battle as Norris supporters push for Lucas ouster and party leaders weigh action.
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Washington
Hoover
Republican National Command
Norris
Nebraska
Robert H Lucas
Republican National Committee
National Committee
Senate
Lucas
Fess
National Comuittes
Howell
Norvis
Republican Party
CARGO OF BEANS THREATENS TO SINK SHIP RAMMED BY U.S. BOAT
Fog shrouds North and Baltic seas as ships collide and drift toward harbor. The U S liner George Washington teeth a hole in its stern after a ramming by the Danish motorship Malaya. The Malaya, laden with soya beans, fears its holds will swell and burst. Other vessels, including the Wopateong and Transfer Patria, suffer damages in fog near Istanbul and Lisbon. A fishing schooner, Transfer Patria, sinks with four crew.
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U.S
London
Baltic
English Channel
Bay of Biscay
Mediterranean
Hamburg
United States
George Washington
Elbe
Malaya
United States Shipping Board
Istanbul
Lisbon
Triplets Born in Pittsburgh Household
Five newborns this year at Anna Tiani Saurday home, a boy and two girls join twins from last year. Mrs Anna Tiani Saurday welcomed the trio bearing good news as Santa checks his list and finds a larger family.
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Pittsburgh
Santa Claus
A. N. Tiani
Tiani
Anna Tiani Saurday
Moody Grants Three Christmas Prison Furloughs
Governor Dan Moody issued three Christmas clemencies at the Texas penitentiary granting furloughs to inmates to spend the holidays at home.
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Austin
Tex
Texas Penitentiary
Dan Moody
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