Chief Doran to Quit Dry Department for Private Business
Prohibition chief James M. Doran may resign as his enforcement unit is moved from treasury to the justice department. He reportedly has been offered substantially higher pay by industrial alcohol interests, while Congress presses ahead with Hoover backed anti liquor legislation and hearings. Doran has led the unit for three years and previously was treasury chemist.
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Prohibition
James M. Doran
Treasury
Justice Department
Congress
Hoover
Law Enforcement Commission
Mellon
Doran
Mitchel
Hoover Thewets
House
Pickett
Methodist Public Morals
Deran
The
Boxer's Death Follows Brutal Bout in Wisconsin
Sheboygan Wis Jan 22 Milwaukee amateur boxer William Schrantski 24 died after a three round bout with Walter Cappel West Allis last night Cappel remained for inquest here physicians attributed death to brain trauma from the punishment Schrantski collapsed on the ropes after the fight with Cappel.
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Sheboygan
Wis
Wiliam Schrantski
Milwaukee
Walter Cappel
West Allis
Cappel
Schrantski
Electric heater causes bath electrocution in New Jersey
Simeon Swift aged 20 was killed when a small electric heater fell into the tub as he bathed in Plemington New Jersey. The same dispatch notes President Hoover sending the nomination of Edward E Brodie of Oregon as minister to Finland to the Senate.
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WN. J
Simeon Swift
Washington
Romina
Edward E Brodie
Oregon
Finland
Senate
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France Seeks Bigger Role in Naval Plan
France presses for a larger place among naval powers as delegates at the five power disarmament conference discuss the December 20 and January 10 memoranda. American and other delegates report progress in clarifying the French position, with further talks set for Friday morning.
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London
No. 106
Downing Street
Stimson
MacDonald
Lst
Foreign Office
Probing Beast Terrorizes Washington Suburbs
A wild beast, real or mythical, sparked a ten day chase around Washington suburbs. Police and residents, aided by Walter Johnson and his fox, searched with traps and expert hunters. No dog was killed after a sharp encounter. authorities appealed for professional help and urged residents to stay indoors.
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Washington
Charles T. Peck
W. E. Crouch
Department of Agriculture
Peck
Police T
Northwest
Pope Pius Attends Requiem for Benedict XV in Sistine Chapel
Pope Pius attended a solemn requiem mass in the Sistine chapel for his predecessor Benedict XV who died eight years ago today. About 20 cardinals witnessed the mass including the junior cardinal Pacelli.
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Pius
Sistine Chapel
Benedict XV
Curia
Rome
Pacelli
Trial of Albert Nisbet Over Tabernacle Funds
Albert Nisbet, a blind Lealeville magistrate, stands trial accused of misusing tabernacle funds totaling $22,068. The former treasurer faces a case charging financial improprieties connected with the church organization.
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Albert Nisbet
Lealeville
Tabernacle
Trens
Annual Supply Bill for Fiscal 1931 Reported in Washington
The annual supply bill totals 113,799,286 for four departments state justice commerce and labor for fiscal 1931. Increased outlays go to justice penal institutions immigration labor aviation and foreign service improvement. Census funding rises notably at commerce while overall totals show modest growth despite large census expenditure.
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State, Justice, Commerce
Labor
House
Justice Department
Labor Department
Commerce Department
Foreign Service
State Department
Department
Judicial Branch
Employment Service of the
Woman held in St Anthony Jenkins case
Miss Jennie Bishop, 54, was arrested in St Anthony on charges of being an accessory after the murder of David R Jenkins. Bond set at 25000 after a preliminary hearing. John D Jenkins, brother of the victim, killed himself December 20 during the investigation. Miss Bishop reportedly found his body.
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W. R. Patton
Miss Bishop
David R. Jenkins
Fred H. Mason
Fremont
John D. Jenkins
Jenkins
Winter Grips Nation as Missouri Arkansas Flood Ties In
A nationwide cold snap cripples transport and leaves thousands stranded. In Iowa Charles City records 30 below as Illinois Indiana Arkansas Texas and the Rockies endure zero. Missouri and Arkansas flood cut off 1600 people with 200 marooned by Big Lake spill and 260 in camps.
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Iowa
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Dixie
Northwest Territory
Central
Prairies
Cathiamet
The
Columbia
Washington
Big Lake
Ark
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White Rivers
Misour
Riverton
Ind
Griffin
Decker
Weather Bureau
Charles City
Indiana
Texas
Rockies
Crs
Atlantic Slope
California
Inherits Fortune and Hunts Snakes
A 30 foot reticulated python, prize captive of Philip Chancellor, was captured by a newspaper reporter who inherited a $6,000,000 estate and embarked on a serpent expedition to Barnes and the South. The explorer, 22, with income cited, notified his father in Montecito by cable from Sydney Australia.
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San Francisco
Philip Chancel
Barnes
South
Chance
Gay
Phillip S. Chancellor
Montecito
Calif
Sydney Australia
Plane crashes into cliff near Dieppe. five dead
Five people are killed when a taxi-air crashes into a cliff near Dieppe France close to Benes. The plane had been missing for two days and is believed to have struck during the Monday storm. The pilot is among the dead with four passengers. Suspects Irene Schroeder and Walter Glenn Dague were later taken aboard a chartered Pullman car to return to Pennsylvania to face charges in a separate case.
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France
Benes
East
Chandler
Artz
Irene Schroeder
Walter Glenn Dague
Southern Pacific
Pennsylvania
Brady Paul
State Highway Patrol
Has Sharp Tongue William K Henderson Summoned Before
Newspaper note reports William K Henderson known as Has Sharp Tongue of KWEA has been summoned before a hearing. Details of charges or venue are not provided in the fragment.
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William K. Henderson
Kwea
Mellon urges transfer of prohibition unit to Justice Department
Secretary Mellon told the House expenditures committee that placing prohibition enforcement in the treasury is illogical. He urged transferring the unit to the Department of Justice and said the move has treasury approval. He noted enforcement should not be tied to tax collection or denatured alcohol provisions.
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Doran
Lowman
Prohibition
Washington
Mellon
Treasury
House Expenditures Committee
Department of Justice
Hoover
Treasury Department
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Mail train strikes bus in Berea crash kills nine children
Ohio disaster near Cleveland leaves nine children and the bus driver dead as a New York Central mail train collides with a school bus carrying 23 students. Investigators cite a blocked view and a 45 mile per hour dash toward the crossing, with families arriving at the scene and more than a dozen injured. The wreck occurred after a freight train passed, and the bus may have entered the crossing unaware.
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Berea
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Cleveland
Don Taylor
William Davidson
Rita Zelinski
Vernon Davidson
Evelyn Kaltenback
Jacob Walter
Juanita Walter
Dorothy Zelinski
Vincent Zelinski
Rita
William Pastorik
Berea High School
Dudolph Ursprung
Taylor
Hand
J. Beck
Burbank
Shreve
Wooster
Rosie Davidson
Brookmark Village
William
Vernon
A. H. Hancock
Elyria
Flyria
Hancock
Five Candidates Seek Mullan Police Chief Post
In Mullan Idaho five men competed for the post of chief of police as the new city council, appointed to enforce laws, prepared to hold its first session. Governor Baldridge had issued certificates of appointment for the new councilmen who replace recently convicted officials from the Mullan liquor conspiracy. Indications pointed to Stalker Clubb as mayor.
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Mullan
Idaho
H. C. Baldridge
Stalker Clubb
Frontier Doctor Henry F. Hoyt Dies in Japan
Long Beach report confirms the death of Dr. Henry F. Hoyt a frontier adventurer who once raced a foot racer with Billy the Kid and shared a meal with Jesse James. He left the city in December with his sister Mrs. George W Kellogg of Minneapolis and died in Yokohama while returning from Manila. His obituary notes an introduction by Frank B. Kellogg former secretary of State.
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Japan
Henry F. Hoyt
Billy the Kid
Jesse James
Hoyt
George W Son
Minneapolis
Yokohama
Manila
Poison liquor blamed in two deaths in San Francisco
Coroner officers said poison liquor caused the deaths of a man and a woman in San Francisco. The deaths were reported today as authorities investigated the incident and warned of tainted spirits in the area.
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