Former Dry Officer Calls for Eighteenth Amendment repeal
Maj Maurice Campbell, NY prohibition administrator, resigns over Boston transfer and urges repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment. He accuses Washington officials and local politicians of using permits to bolster support for the Republican ticket. He points to William Moss and questions enforcement bias as the Bureau shifts to the Department of Justice.
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New York
Maj
Maurice Campbell
Prohibition
Boston
Treasury Department
Department of Justice
Washington
William B. Moss
Albany
N. Y
Campbell
Treasury
United States
Prohibition Bureau
House trims drastic bill on dry law penalties
Washington AP July 1 The house committee sent to the senate a revisedJones law bill reducing penalties for first violators to a maximum 500 fine and six months jail only if there was a prior conviction or prior view of the dry law within two years The panel also approved defining petty offenses and allowing defendants to waive jury trials Continued discussions focused on an Hoover commission program for liquor age trials and funding for prohibition studies with possible support for a 250000 authorization.
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Washington
House
Senate
Hoover Law Enforcement Commission
United States
Lawent Commission
Hoover
Desert blooms trigger insect boom in Nevada desert life
A 19 day rain in Tonopah Nevada transformed the desert into a bloom of flowers feeding countless insects. Entomologist Letson Balliet reports abundant larvae and eggs thriving due to new plant life causing lizards and reptiles to fatten and lazy, threatening nearby cultivated areas with pests and gnats as moths flourish.
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Tonopah
Nev
Mother Nature
Nevada
United States Bureau of Plant Industry
Letson Balliet
Death Valley
Balliet
Train crashes into explosives truck near Missoula
A train collided with a truck loaded with high explosives near Bear Mouth outside Missoula Montana on July 1. Explosives were scattered but none exploded and no injuries were reported among the two hundred passengers aboard.
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Bear Mouth
Pioneer Times
Hoover says public works aid economy amid six month totals
President Hoover reports that public construction in the first half of 1930 reached at least 1.7 billion dollars, with utilities adding over 200 million, surpassing 1929. He spoke to governors by radio from the White House, praising their response and urging continued expansion as a stabilizing policy.
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Washington
Hoover
Salt Lake City
White House
Commerce Department
Hoover Favors Pension Policy Sparked by Hoover stance
Senator La Follette charges President Hoover with taking the lead on a World War veterans pension policy and criticizes the administration for backing the pension plan amid a heated debate. He argues the president pushed the issue, contrasting prior opposition with the final approval.
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Washington
Hoover
LaFollette
Wisconsin
Congress
Station Agent Hold Up Victim
J F Northrup a 50 year old ticket agent at Elmora station Central Railroad of New Jersey was slain as he stepped from his porch near the station house. He carried a money bag found nearby with a considerable amount of change. He handled large sums in commuting ticket sales at month’s start.
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Elizabeth
N. J
J.F. Northrup
Elmora
Central Railroad of New Jersey
Baseball scores and rain delays across the majors
Baseball results show Detroit and Philadelphia games affected by rain with the Tigers and Browns scoring in several frames. The Chicago White Sox and New York Yankees posted decisive wins while Boston lost to Cleveland in a rain affected schedule. Postponements and cancellations followed in St Louis Washington and Pittsburgh as weather interrupted play.
Governors Discuss Tax Systems At National Conference
In Salt Lake City on July 1 AP reports governors debated state taxation reforms. The roundtable followed Governor Conley of West Virginia outlining gross sales tax and Governor Hardman of Georgia advocating replacing ad valorem property taxes with lower mills. Some governors welcomed a constitutional amendment to cut ad valorem levies while skeptics questioned legislative readiness.
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Salt Lake City
William G. Conley
West Virginia
Conley
Hi State
L. G Hardman
Georgia
Hardman
Governor Erickson Urges State Control Of Public Lands
Montana Governor J E Erickson told Salt Lake City Rotary Club that state administration of public lands is preferable to federal oversight. He argued for unified management of subsurface and surface rights to conserve resources and enable timely development of oil and gas. He cited Montana’s domestic oil and gas needs and urged clear transfer of rights to states to avoid waste and confusion.
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Salt Lake City
J. E. Erickson
Montana
Uncle Sam
Erickson
Withholda
Fiscal year shows surplus in 1930 US government finances
Secretary Mellon announced a 1930 fiscal year surplus of 184 million dollars, noting 76 million came from foreign war debt installments. Ordinary receipts reached 4.178 billion, up from 4.033 billion in 1929, with customs and internal revenue at 3.626 billion, 86 million higher than 1929 and 11 million below the treasury estimate after the tax cut.
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Washington
Mellon
Treasury
Utah Weather Looks for Pair Tonight and Wednesday
Utah forecast calls for a pair of unsettled days with little change in temperatures. County and city readers can expect mild conditions and light to moderate winds through today and into Wednesday.
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Utah
Senator Reed Smoot to wed Alice Sheets in Salt Lake temple
Senator Reed Smoot and Mrs. Alice Taylor Sheets will be married in a Salt Lake City Latter Day Saints temple ceremony performed by Heber J. Grant. The couple’s engagement was announced after Smoot’s Washington tariff work and they plan a Honolulu honeymoon around July 19.
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Alice Taylor Sheets
Salt Lake City
Reed Smoot
Honolulu
Senator Smoot
Mrs. Sheets
Utah
Heber J. Grant
Smoot
Mr Smoot
Washington
Finders Plane Given Check Cedar City Utah
In Cedar City Utah on July 1 a party led by Jimmie James of Western Air Express and 10 volunteers searched the mountains southeast of town for Mau rice Graham, the missing pilot. They believe he died in a January snowstorm near the wrecked plane found two weeks earlier. goggles found north of the site are not confirmed as belonging to Graham. Ward Mortensen and Elburn Orton, Parowan shepherds who found the plane, received $500 checks from Western Air Express.
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Cedar City
Utah
Maurice Graham
Las Vegas
Nev
Salt Lake City
Ward Mortenson
Eiburn Orton
Parowan
Graham
Western Air Express
Jimmie James
Western Air
Press
James
Ward Mortensen
Elburn Orton
Wire-haired terrier saves girl from rattler near Willows
A terrier saved Virginia Sparrow, 13, from a rattlesnake in Willows California. The dog interposed between girl and snake and was bitten, but is expected to live.
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Rattler Willows
Calif
Virginia Sparrow
Hunters Fly Past 300 Hours in Endurance Flight
Chicago July 1 AP report on the Hunter brothers extending their nonstop flight era aboard the City of Chicago and Big Ben with refuelings, ground contact, and a threatened July fourth landing goal. The team broadcasts from a dropped microphone and plans to stay aloft as long as the plane holds.
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Chicago
Walter
Albert
Water Hunter
Plac
Sperta
Ill
Sky Harbor
John
Kenneth
Kenneth Hunter
Hunter
Big Ben
Albert Hunter
Irene
Man Arrested After Attempted Car Theft Near San Francisco
Policeman Edward Miskel, off duty, recovered his own stolen automobile after spotting a man trying to drive away in a car that resembled his. The suspect Albert Georges was charged with automobile theft as the vehicle was recovered.
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San Francisco
Edward Miskel
Miskel
Albert Georges
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Cleveland
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