Much More Money Spent in Davis-Brown Primary
Senate campaign funds committee chair Nye reported concealed expenditures totaling 641 274 for the Davis Brown ticket in Pennsylvania. The panel found 272 312 above previously reported sums and 19 500 received by county treasurers with no accounting by the Davis Brown committee.
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Washington
Nye
Senate Campaign Funds Committee
Pennsylvania
Davis
Francis Shunk Brown
Davis-Brown
Samuel Vauclain
Secretary of State For
Davis Brown campaign fund costs run over six figures
Senate campaign funds committee reports $368 962 spent for Davis and Brown in the May primary with expectations total could exceed 600 000. Witnesses describe election machine costs and allocations, while Nye predicts expenditures could top a million dollars as debates focus on the Davis-Brown ticket.
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Washington
James J. Davis
Pennsylvania
Senate Campaign Funds Committee
Nye
Senate
Davis
Francis Shunk Brown
Davis-Brown
George F. Weaver
Philadelphia
William R. Douglas
Camp Hill
William S. Ware
Brown
Dale
Vermont
Douglas
Oath Administered to Dwight Morrow Senator of New Jersey
Dwight W. Morrow was administered the oath as Senator from New Jersey completing the senate's membership. He took the oath at the start of the session, accompanied by Senator Kean. The senate now stands Republicans 53, Democrats 42, farmer-labor 1, with Democrats gaining three seats to total 46 in the next session.
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Dwight Morrow
Washington
Dwight W. Morrow
New Jersey
Morrow
Senate
Curtis
Kean
Democrats
Farmer-Labor
Marooned man reaches safety after ten days on Whiskey Island
Kenora Ontario reports John Pencoeff survived ten days marooned on a wind swept reef after his boat ran aground on November 22. He sheltered in the boat and on a raft of gasoline cans and the boat’s false bottom. He reached a nearby island and later a house for sugar tea and firewood. His gun supplied rabbits during a six day stay until the lake ice bore him to safety.
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Kenora
Lake of the Woods
John Pencoff
Whiskey Island
Closed session in Moscow on trial of eight Soviet engineers
The special tribunal in the House of Columns closed its doors to question eight Soviet engineers accused of plotting to overthrow the Moscow government. Ray mond Poincare and alleged French agents are named in private questioning. The session will resume Friday with prosecutors and defense counsel, with possible sentencing by week’s end. Witnesses Kirpotenko and Esaider testified about departmental sabotage, while Ramsin defended the pace of disclosures.
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Moscow
Raymond Poincare
France
Russia
Peter Kirpotenko
Peter Esaider
Leonid Ramsin
Erilenko
Ramsin
Donetz
Krilenko
Reichstag adjourns debate on finances until tomorrow
Berlin Dec 3. The Reichstag heard Finance Minister Hermann Dietrich outline plans to cut expenditures by 345 million dollars yearly and adjourned the debate until tomorrow at noon. He warned of Spartan living for three years and described broad cuts to salaries and agencies to reduce debt and war burdens.
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Berlin
Reichstag
Hermann Dietrich
Dietrich
Bruening
Germany
Opposition to Prohi Referendum Grows in Capital
Washington reports widen opposition to a city backed national referendum on the eighteenth amendment. Ernest H. Cherrington of the World League Against Alcoholism argues if such a poll occurs all nineteen amendments would be reviewed by the people. He predicts the prohibition amendment would pass, while others might not.
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Washington
Ernest H. Cherrington
World League Against Alcoholism
Cherrington
House Net
Representative Lea
Democrat
California
Hoover Asked to Submit Unemployment Report Soon
The Senate adopted without debate a Shipstead resolution urging President Hoover to submit the unemployment commission report as long as it is not incompatible with public interest.
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Hoover
Washington
Senate
Shipstead
Farmer-Labor
Minnesota
M Clemenceau here on Paris to New York travel
Michael Clemenceau, son of the late French premier known as the Tiger, arrived in New York today en route from Paris to California. He stood about six feet six inches tall and was described in the report as a notable figure in the party.
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New ‘ York
Michael Clemenceau
France
New York
Paris
California
M. Clemenceau
Hoover Urges Large Public Building Spending Plan
President Hoover proposed 132 million dollars for public buildings before the end of the next fiscal year as part of his budget message. The plan accompanies a 150 million dollar unemployment emergency request and aims to spend 56 million already appropriated this year and over 76.5 million in the next.
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Washington
Hoover
Congress
Elliott
House Public Buildings Committee
Rockefellers Give Million Dollars to Unemployment Fund
New York December 3. John D. Rockefeller Sr. and his son contributed one million dollars to the emergency unemployment fund of New York City, bringing the total to 4,136,000. The drive aims at six million to employ about 15,000 men through the winter. Edward S. Harkness had already given 500,000. The committee, formed last month, is chaired by Seward Prosser and seeks gifts from the very wealthy.
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New York
John D. Rockefeller
New York City
Rockefellers
Edward S. Harkness
Seward Prosser
Treasury reports $31 million awaiting unclaimed matured securities
President Hoover’s budget message today notes the United States has $31,715,370 in the treasury awaiting the owners of matured securities. The government stopped paying interest on these notes, and the holders must present the securities to claim the funds.
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Washington
United States
Treasury
Hoover
Foreign engineer cites business mission on French trip
The man with graying hair stated through an interpreter that he represented a French engineering firm and his visit was primarily for business.
Congress Finds Plenty of Work to Take Up Its Time
Congress faces a busy session with nominations and debates on the Couzens bill. The Senate weighs budget message details and tax policy while the House handles annual government appropriations. McNary braces for Muscle Shoals stalemate as conferees plan a formal disagreement. James J. Davis seated as Pennsylvania senator as campaigns funds panel reviews expenditure reports.
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Washington
Dec
Congress
Senate
House
Hoover
White House
Tariff Commission
William N. Doak
McNary
James J. Davis
Pennsylvania
Senate Campaigns Funds Committee
Military share of national budget tops prior totals
President Hoover’s budget message shows military functions estimated at 1.616 billion dollars, or 41.11 cents of every next fiscal dollar. Civil and non functional costs are outlined with pensions, debt charges, and infrastructure in separate major totals.
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Military
Washington
Dec
Hoover
Lfe
Veterans to get first consideration for disability claims
Washington announces that unemployed veterans will be given preference in responding to applications for disability and compensation certificates. Col. G. E. Liams, director of the Veterans Bureau, said the policy is effective in all regional offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Veterans Bureau
G. E. Liams
Weather forecast for the Southeast states
The forecast covers South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama and extreme Northwest Florida. South Carolina and Georgia see fair skies with gradually rising temperatures and moderate east winds. Florida and Alabama expect increasing cloudiness with rain chances and warmer conditions, while Florida’s northwest portion also turns unsettled with occasional rains tonight and Thursday.
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South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Hoover Opposes Continuing Income Tax Reductions
President Hoover urged Congress to adopt a 1932 budget of 3,932,842,000 dollars and warned that continuing reduced income taxes would worsen the deficit. He predicted an 80,000,000 dollar shortfall for the current year and cautioned future appropriations aimed at unemployment and drought relief could drive a new deficit in 1932.
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Washington
Hoover
Congress
Hoover Message Draws Mixed British Headlines
London papers offered cautious reactions to President Hoover's congress speech. The Daily Telegraph labeled him Prosperity Hoover but noted cold comfort in his claim that circumstances could be worse. The Evening Star criticized the message as unpalatable, warning protectionist regimes are not all prosperous.
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London
Hoover
Congress
Jeremiah
Daily Telegraph
United States
The
Evening Star
Star
Cook's Execution Delayed by New Trial Motion
Atlanta held man William J. Cook, convicted of fatally shooting his 19 year old daughter Emma Jane Cook at their home on September 11, had his execution automatically stayed after a motion for a new trial was filed. He remains in Fulton Tower under a respite pending the hearing.
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Atlanta, Ga
William J. Cook
Milledgeville
Emma Jane Cook
Cook
Fulton Tower
Muscle Shoals Bill Heading to House Vote
Washington dispatch says House and Senate conferees plan to report a disagreement and send the government operation bill for Muscle Shoals to the House for a vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Senate
British Government Protests Soviet Radio Speech
London reports the British government will send a formal protest to Moscow over a radio speech broadcast from the Soviet capital last night. Foreign Secretary Arthur Henderson informed the house of commons today.
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London
Moscow
Arthur Henderson
House of Commons
Two New Offshoots of Enforcement Tree to Get More Money
Washington reports two new arms of government enforcement the industrial alcohol and narcotics bureaus will receive increased funding next fiscal year. The House appropriations committee approved 4 814 420 for alcohol 1 708 528 for narcotics with testimony from commissioners noting growing harmony between agencies and projected enforcement challenges abroad and at home.
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Enforcement
Washington
Industrial Alcohol and Narcotics Bureaus
Treasury
Justice Department
House Appropriations Committee
James M. Doran
Prohibition Bureau
Narcotics Bureau
Harry J. Anslinger
Turkey
China
Land of the Crescent
United States
Anslinger
Major Shepard Faces Murder Charge in Wife Death Defense Statement
Major Charles A. Shepard, 59, a army physician, prepares to defend himself at trial on a federal first degree murder charge in his second wife’s 1929 death at Ft. Riley. He claims she poisoned herself with antiseptic while allegedly an alcoholic and notes she sought death as an escape from melancholia.
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Kansas City
Kas
Charles A. Shepard
Administeringison
Shepard
Ft. Riley
Grace Brandon
San Antonio
Tex
Sierra Madre
Cal
Leukemia and advances in cancer care at radiology meeting
At the Radiological Society of North America gathering in Los Angeles Dr Roy G Gillis of Temple Texas called leukemia a dangerous unsolved problem. Dr George A Wyeth of New York described the electric knife for surgery while Dr Maurice Dwyer of Seattle urged early X ray for stomach disorders to forestall cancer.
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Los Angeles
Radiological Society of North American
Roy G. Gillis
Temple
Texas
Giles
George A. Wyeth
New York
Maurice Dwyer
Seattle
Officials Meet Ahead of Southern Association Session
Important executive sessions of branches of the association of colleges and secondary schools of the southern states were being held in Atlanta today in preparation for the opening of the thirty fifth annual session tomorrow.
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Atlanta
Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
Sourthern States
Association
Border gun fight leaves two Mexicans dead near El Paso
In El Paso Texas two unidentified Mexicans were killed after a gun battle with three US immigration border patrolmen near Cordova Island. The patrolmen fired from American soil as the band fled after a brief ambush leaving two dead on the American side. Authorities suspect a liquor smuggling ring sought retaliation for earlier killings.
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el Paso
Texas
United States Immigration
Cordova Island
No Man’s Land
Mexico
Government collects $300,600 more tax payments than expected
Washington reports that last year the government gathered $300,600 more from taxpayers than they expected when filing returns. The House appropriation committee notes added assessments in the first quarter of this year totaling $71,000,690, bringing over eight years to more than $5,000,000,000. refunds remained 23 percent of that amount.
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Washington
House Appropriation Committees
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Harmony in Congress Narrows Over Emergency Relief Plan
Washington discussion centered on President Hoover's proposal for 100 to 150 million dollars in unemployment relief. Democrats questioned presidential control over funds and cabinet recommendations, while Republicans urged swift action and support for the plan. Some centrists and independents offered cautious support amid partisan divides.
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Washington
Congress
Hoover
Garner
House
Representative Burns
Tennessee
Wood
Appropriations Committee of
Tilson
Brookhart
Iowa
Hines
Farmer-Labor
Kvale
Minnesota
Gasoline truck found hauling load of liquor
A large gasoline truck on the highway between Delray Beach and Boynton was seized by customs agents. The lower half of the tank contained 100 cases of whiskey gin and other liquors worth about 5000. Frank C Currie and George Anderson were arrested. they claimed to deliver the truck for a Miami oil company to Pensacola.
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West Palm Beach
Fla
Federal Highway
Delray Beach
Boynton
Frank C. Currie
George Anderson
Miami Oil Company
Pensacola
Hoover's Message Arouses Interest in Paris Press
Paris reports President Hoover's message to Congress drew strong interest with prominent display in the French press. The Temps noted the address focuses on the world economic crisis and its impact on the United States, and it was surprised by the absence of any prohibition references.
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Paris
Hoover
Congress
Temps
United States
Coast Guard Reports All Time Life Saving Record
The United States Coast Guard announced a new life saving high with 6,004 rescues last year. Commandant Billard told the appropriations committee that the service remains essential to sailors at sea. The treasury supply bill proposed $32,897,682 for next year, up from the current $19,000 but under budget estimates by $413,000.
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Washington
Coast Guard
Billard
Appropriations Committee
Treasury
House
Tobacco exporters may be affected by new Australian duty
Canberra officials announced Australia will raise import duty on leaf tobacco and cigarettes by forty cents per pound to total two dollars and four cents. The excise duty of forty eight cents per pound on tobacco manufactured in Australia, imposed November 5, will be abolished.
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Canberra
Australia
Logan Police Chief Fatally Wounded in Pool Room Shooting
Roy C. Knotts the acting Logan police chief died from gunshot wounds after being shot five times in a Logan pool room. Enoch Scaggs of Logan was charged with the shooting and made no statement.
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Logan
W. Va
Roy C. Knotts
Enoch Scaggs
Scaggs
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Major Shepard
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