Standard Oil Faces Government Suit Over Premium Contest
The United States filed suit against Standard Oil of New Jersey charging violation of the oil code and seeking an injunction to stop premiums in a boys club contest. Hearing set for January 30 in the District of Columbia Supreme Court. The case marks a first against a major oil firm for code violations.
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Washington
Standard Oil Company of New Jersey
Ickes
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Oil Administration
Forces Secure Foochow as Nationalists Shuffle Control
Three regiments of nationalist government marines landed to end the rebel reign in Foochow China as gunboat fire crackled. Foreign nationals faced guard patrols around the US consulate while British and Japanese crews remained on duty. General Tsai Ting Kia rode south followed by rebels in retreat toward the Min river valley.
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Foochow
China
Fukien
Tulsa
United States
Tsai Ting Kia
Min River Valley
Three Bodies Found in Fire in Santa Rosa
In Santa Rosa California authorities report a triple death at a service station home. They theorize George Meeks shot his wife and landlord Jack Larner during a rental dispute and then killed himself after setting the blaze. The coroner confirmed a bullet wound in Meeks and noted heavy burns on the other two bodies. All victims were in their mid fifties.
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Santa Rosa
Calif
George Meeks
Jack Larner
Meeks
Marcus Flohr
Fred Young
Larner
Prof Versatile But Cant Dance At Miami Military Institute
Capt William A Thomas of the Miami Military Institute Germantown Ohio is a versatile instructor He can teach English Spanish German Greek French Hebrew Latin mathematics biology chemistry physics history and more He leads singing in Sunday school directs church music and ministers in the Methodist Church He cooks sews laundry and cares for an invalid sister He writes with both hands and summers runs a boys camp He also fixes clocks hangs wallpaper and does plumbing The one thing he cannot do is dance.
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Germantown
Ohio
William A. Thomas
Miami Military Institute
Methodist Episcopal Church
Trial opens with grisly evidence in Wynekoop case
In Chicago on January 16 the state laid out its grisly evidence against Dr. Alice Lindsay Wynekoop, accused of murdering Rheta Gardner Wynekoop. Photos of the basement scene were shown to Miss Enid Hennessey, with other items including stained baskets and brown paper packages moved into court.
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Maurice E. Collins
Associated Press
Criminal Courts Building
Chicago
State Today
Alice Lindsay Wynekoop
Rheta Gardner Wynekoop
Earle
Rheta
Wynekoop
Enid Hennessey
Hennessey
Vera Duncan
Wyneko
Cuban President Takes Oath Amid Unrest in Cuba
Carlos Nevia aged 33, secretary of agriculture, was sworn in as Cuba’s president by his father in law Dr Juan Federico Edelmann president of the supreme court. The brief ceremony followed the resignation of Dr Ramon Grau San Martin amid army rumors of a rift and fears of another revolution.
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Havana
Carlos Nevia
Cuba
Juan Federico Edelmann
Supreme Court
Nevia
Ramon Grau San Martin
Hevia
Will Rogers on college footballs pro style game
Beverly Hills, January 16 Will Rogers says California Sunday showed the first real professional football with 25 000 fans praising the open passing game and lack of penalties He urges colleges to modernize their rules to keep audiences and avoid closing their doors Your Will
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Beverly Hills
Cal
Noted Gunman Clyde Barrow Lifts Prison Break at Eastham
Clyde Barrow of Dallas led an ambush at Eastham prison farm with Raymond Hamilton and four long term convicts. Two guards were shot and Hamilton and others escaped in a sedan and a light coupe. Barrow and his gang fled as hundreds of officers searched Texas for the fugitives. Bonnie Parker suspected aid noted near Dallas.
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Huntsville
Tex
Clyde Barrow
Dallas
Texas
Eastham
Raymond Hamilton
Barrow
Hamilton
Clyde
Bonnie Parker
Major Crowson
Olan Bozeman
Eastham Farm
Henry Methvin
Joe Palmer
W. H. Bybee
J. B. French
Officials Seek Forty Million in Alcohol Diversion Suits
Washington reports Attorney General Cummings aims to recover around 40 million dollars through new tax suits against large alcohol firms. The DOJ pursues seizures of 2.2 million and 8.1 million dollar claims in Cleveland and Baltimore, alleging diversion of vast quantities of distilled spirits from industrial to beverage use. The move marks the first broad federal effort of its kind, with more cases expected.
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Washington
Cummings
Department of Justice
Glidden Company
Forest City Paint and Varnish Company
Cleveland
Baltimore
United States Industrial Alcohol Company
United States Industrial Chemical Company
CCC May Open Up Again In April
President Roosevelt met with Robert Fechner to extend the civilian conservation corps for a second year starting in April. Fechner said the corps would stay at full strength of 300,000 men with an appropriation of 300 million dollars.
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CCC
Washington
Roosevelt
Robert Fechner
Civilian Conservation Corps
Fechner
Garbo Mystery Deepens Across Arizona Tour
Greta Garbo and Rouben Mamoulian traveled incognito as Mary Jones and Robert Boni, checked at El Tovar Grand Canyon, fled reporters across Williams and Holbrook, and admitted identity to Holbrook hotel owner Joe Gerwitz before continuing toward California.
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California
Williams
el Tovar Hotel
Mary Jones
Robert Boni
Santa Fe
N. M
Arizona
Holbrook Hotel
Miss Garbo
Gerwitz
Vallee Earnings Dispute Spurs Alimony Bid
Los Angeles January 16 AP Three million dollars or only 160 thousand dollars is claimed as Rudy Vallee net worth as he faces a court petition for temporary alimony of seven thousand four hundred dollars monthly. Vallee says last year earnings were sixty-five thousand dollars while his wife claims fifty thousand dollars monthly.
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Los Angeles
Rudy Vallee
Fay Webb Vallee
Vazanlee
Vallee
New York
Russell Hawkins dies of heart attack in Washington hotel
Russell Hawkins of the Home Loan bank board died today in his Washington hotel after a heart attack. Appointed last June to a four year term, he was a retired lumberman from Tillamook Bay, Oregon.
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Washington
Russell Hawkins
Home Loan Bank Board
Tillamook Bay
Oregon
Solons Distracted as They Turn to Roosevelt Monetary Plan
Washington March 16. Congress debates show lawmakers preoccupied with floor and committee talk while privately pressing quick enactment of Roosevelt monetary legislation. Vanderlip testified in support of a plan linking a dollar to 50 to 60 percent of the present Statutory gold dollar. Senate session discussed the St Lawrence waterway treaty and the eighteenth amendment anniversary as vehicles for broader issues. The RFC ceased foreign gold purchases at noon, fueling cloakroom talk on world reaction to the presidential message. The House prepared to pass federal farm mortgage refinancing bonds guarantees as the RFC extension goes to the White House. The Interior Department requested about 31 million dollars for next year. Railroad labor groups neared approval of Splawn for the Interstate Commerce Commission. Rep Cochran moved to strengthen the Lindbergh anti kidnapping act with harsher penalties for mailed threats by repeat offenders.
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Washington
Jens
Congress
House
RFC
White House
Interior Department
Appropriations Committee
Senate Committee
W. M. W. Splawn
Interstate Commerce Commission
Senate
Belster
Law
Cochran
D-Mo
Justice Department
IOWA WOMAN DIES AT LOCAL HOSPITAL
Mrs. Lillian Esther Cook 74 wife of George E. Cook died at 10 am today at a local hospital. She came from Washington Iowa with her husband to make her home with her daughter Mrs Walter Lloyd 244 South Sixth avenue. There are no other survivors. Funeral arrangements are in charge of the McHan mortuary.
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Lillian Esther Cook
George E. Cook
Cook
Pocatello
Washington
Iowa
Walter Lloyd
South Sixth Avenue
McHan Mortua
Idaho Weather Summary Card
Fair in the south and cloudy in the north with rain and snow in extreme northern areas. Temperatures show little change through the middle of the week.
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Idaho Fair
Actor John Gilbert's Fourth Wife Leaves Him in Hollywood
Beverly Hills report says Virginia Bruce, mother of Gilbert's five month old daughter Susan Ann, has left the screen lover. Friends note his driving ambition and temper as factors in a string of marriages, including Olivia Burrell Ina Claire and Bruce. Bruce calls their union a grand chapter ended by incompatibility.
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John Gilbert
Hollywood
Virginia Bruce
Leah Joy
Olivia Burrell
Ina Claire
Gilbert
Miss Bruce
Susan Ann
Treasury Shows Gold Value Drop and New Dollar Plan
Washington reports a drop in gold value with newly mined domestic gold priced at 3445 an ounce, placing the gold dollar at 60 percent of its legal value. Secretary Morgenthau testifies before the Senate banking committee on the administration bill to cap the Fed gold and stabilize the currency with a 2 billion fund. He gives gold holders a midnight deadline and notes 6.7 million received since December. Federal mints are authorized to take gold not hoarded, while Morgenthau gains power to regulate capital inflows and outflows.
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Washington
Treasury
Morgenthau
Senate Banking Committee
Federal Reserve Bank
Senate
Federal
White House
Reconstruction Corporation
Former police officer recounts bribery scheme in Boise
Ada county grand jury requests new audit of Boise City books amid its probe into embezzlement by former city clerk Angrla Hopper now serving a prison term. Joy Nichols, ex detective, faces nine months for conspiracy to accept bribes and testifies that captain H. H. Murray organized a levy on rooming house operators with profits split between them.
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Boise
Ada Couchy
Boise City Books
Angrla Hopper
Joy Nichols
Boise City
H. H. Murray
Murray
Nichols
Boise Ministerial Association
Andy Robinon
Idaho Fish and Game to be run by commission
The Eastern Idaho Fish and Game association endorsed abolishing the game warden system and backing a game commission to oversee Idaho's fish and game affairs. E. L. Kirppner Rexburg was elected president with Pete Peterson Idaho Falls as vice president and Rufus Babcock Pocatello as secretary treasurer. Directors named include Grant Sole Idaho Falls Seth Kelsey Teton and J E Harrington.
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Idaho Falls
Spe
Idaho
Fish and Game Department
Eastern Idaho Fish and Game Association
E. L. Kirppner
Rexburg
Pete Peterson
Rufus Babcock
Pocatello
Grant Sole
Seth Kelsey
Teton
J. E. Harrington
Republicans May Try to Block Roosevelt Dollar
Washington January 16 AP hints of Republican opposition to the Roosevelt dollar with 50 to 60 percent gold content. The federal reserve board recommends government takeover of all monetary gold. Morgenthau explains plans for a $2.09 billion stabilization fund as talks begin in Congress.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Governor Ross Backs Continued CWA Funding
Idaho Governor Ross urges President Roosevelt to extend the Civil Works Administration program. He telegrams support from Idaho and Oklahoma style advocates to continue appropriations so every unemployed person may gain work at a living wage, boosting buying power for goods.
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Boise
Ross
Roosevelt
Miriam A. Ferguson
Texas
Idaho
Congress
United States
Ferguson
Fan Dances Not Wanted by New Orleans Officials
New Orleans officials refused to permit a Marcus show fan dance prompting promoters to eye Houston where officials vowed the show would go on. Mayor Holcombe said protest letters were ignored while a Mobile viewing by a police matron deemed the act immoral. A court ruling denied an injunction and other cities postponed or canceled similar acts to avoid controversy.
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New Orleans
Houston
Texas
Oscar F. Holcombe
Mobile
Michel Provosty
Monroe
Shreveport
Utah Officials Confirmed Dos Angeles? No
The senate confirmed Daniel B. Shields as district attorney of Utah and Gilbert Me cham as United States marshal for the district of Utah.
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Washington
The
Senate Today
Daniel B. Shields
Utah
Gilbert Mecham
District of Utah
Senator Morris Sheppard Predicts Prohibition Return
Senator Morris Sheppard of Texas warned in the Senate that national prohibition will inevitably return. He blamed repeal on wealthy propaganda to dodge taxes and argued repeal created dangers worse than bootlegging. He urged that the saloon would devastate society and harm victims while profiting a few.
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Washington
Morris Sheppard
Texas
Senate
Sheppard
Republic
Caldwell Youth Held for Murder
Cecil Evans, Caldwell youth, charged with the murder of Harry D. Rouse, was bound over for trial in district court after a preliminary hearing in Caldwell. Attorney D. L. Rhodes said a bail-motion would be filed within days, as Judge Donald Anderson noted a murder charge can be bailed if guilt is in doubt.
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Caldwell
Idaho
Cecil Evans
Harry D. Rouse
Nampa
Evans
D. L. Rhodes
Donald Anderson
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