Hoover Relic Program Deeply Entangled in Senate Defense
Washington reports the Hoover relief program remains mired in congressional conflict as the emergency public works bill faces renewed Senate-House negotiations. Republican leaders defend Hoover amid calls for action while debates focus on drought relief and food loans.
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LaFollette
Wisconsin
A. C. L. Seeks to Quit 5 Miles of Nonexistent Line
Washington report notes Atlantic Coast Line Railway seeks to abandon five miles of Florida track that does not exist. The company had earlier dismantled Monticello to Perry track after state court orders and Supreme Court refused review. ICC denied abandonment, then sought rehearing with Commissioner Eastman dissenting on restoration needs.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Atlantic Coast Line Railway
Florida
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Yuste
Perry
Supreme Court
Eastman
Coast Line
Ruth Bryan Owen Sets Brief Testimony Record
Ruth Bryan Owen, Florida representative, sets a brevity record in a house committee hearing. When her turn came she said simply Me too and sat down, with the chairman deeming the testimony unprecedented. Her concise remark drew attention amid the witness lineup.
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Washington
Ruth Bryan Owen
Florida
Brayan
House
Narcotic Cargo Seized From Steamer Alesia
In New York harbor the steamer Alesia yielded what customs called the largest narcotic seizure in U S history a total of 1009 pounds with a market value above 1 million dollars. The contraband shipped from Turkey inside fur cases from Constantinople. importers not caught. Announcement credited customs and treasury narcotics bureaus.
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Turkey
Constantinople
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Tiaréotics Bureaus
Nation shivers in grip of cold wave this week
Nationwide harsh cold grips the United States with temperatures mostly below freezing from the Rockies to Maine. Boston Albany and Portland report four degrees. Montreal ten. Chicago fourteen. Norfolk twenty two. Abilene thirty. Owls Head New York dips below seventeen as Vermont New Hampshire towns suffer extremes and a Newfoundland blizzard adds to the chill.
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Berlin
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Subzero Cold Grips New England Cities
A penetrating cold fronts New England with subzero temperatures. White River Junction Vermont hit 15 below, Northfield Vermont near zero, Berlin Maine at 10 below, with several towns recording zero or near zero readings.
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White River Junction
Northfield
Berlin
Motorist Wounded by Pickets Near Danville Mills
In Danville Virginia on December 16 a motorist identified as Lockwood Pickett of Forrest Hills North Carolina was wounded after refusing commands to halt as guardsmen patrolled the Schoolfield textile strike area. Police said 60 gallons of whiskey were found in his car amid a weekend of bombings including an assault on magistrate R S Fitts residence and a dynamited filling station.
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Rebels Fly to Portugal in Four Planes After Madrid Uprising
Reports from Spain describe a general mobilization with 75 000 troops, martial law, and nationwide strikes. Leaders Ramon Franco and Queipo de Llano escaped to Portugal in four planes and were interned in Lisbon after the Cuatros Vientos airfield attack. casualties include four dead and numerous wounded as riots spread.
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Georgia deputy accused in New York party liquor search
William Kennelly president of the New York Athletic Club a deputy from Folkston Georgia followed his party into Florida crowded them off the road threatened use of a gun searched the car without badge or warrant near the St Marys bridge on the Florida side Kennelly said no liquor was found and criticized the deputy as unreasonable un-American and unfair to Florida and Georgia authorities in Jacksonville reported the complaint to Georgia governor Hardman through Florida authorities
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Georgia
William Kennelly
New York Athletic Club
Jacksonville
Doyle R. Carlton
Kennelly
J. H. Barnes
Folkston
St. Mary's Bridge
Carlton
L. G. Hardman
New York
Weather Forecast for Southeast States Tonight Through Wednesday
South Carolina sees partly cloudy skies with a cooler north and east tonight, and a cloudy Wednesday as temperatures rise slowly in the northwest with fresh northeast winds. Georgia expects cloudy conditions with rain in the extreme south tonight, cooler air, then partly cloudy Wednesday with a northward temperature rise and fresh northeast and north winds. Florida reports cloudy skies with rain this afternoon and tonight and likely into Wednesday morning in the southeast, cooler north portions tonight, with gentle south winds and fresh northeast and north winds in the north. Alabama and Extreme Northwest Florida remain mostly cloudy tonight and Wednesday, with colder air and freezing near the coast.
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Agricultural Dept Probes Grain Deals and Short Selling
Washington reports reveal expanded flying squadron inquiries to prosecute irregular grain market transactions. Dr. Duvel seeks authority to curb short selling by foreign governments and tighten broker oversight amid disclosed Chicago pit irregularities.
County Delegates Urge Paying to Barnett Board Meeting
Delegates from ten Georgia counties met with the state highway board in Atlanta to seek early action on projects. Chairman J W Barnett said the state plans to use Georgia's share of an $80 million federal aid package and expects about $3 million for the state, not requiring matching funds until after 1933. Counties represented include Chatham Jackson Lumpkin Troup Pickens Jasper Immanuel Butts Dooley and Baldwin.
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J. W. Barnett
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Pickens
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Immanuel
Butts
Dooley
Baldwin
Kids Find Package of Money in Street
Eight year old Ernie Lee, an orphan at the Parkersburg mission, found a stash of money in a book on the street. He summoned friends but a mission worker stopped the loot, later identified as ten hundred dollar bills and three fifty dollar bills totaling 1150 dollars, and the cash was returned to a Parkersburg woman who reported the loss to police.
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Union Mission
Ernie Lee
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Mission Home
Lamont Praises New York Banks in Speech
Thomas W. Lamont of J. P. Morgan & Co. addressed the New York Stock Exchange urging confidence in banking strength. He praised bankers for stabilizing amid overproduction and speculation and cited the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and clearinghouse banks as safeguards after the Bank of United States closure.
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Bank of United States
Agricultural Department Supply Bill Presented to House
The annual agriculture department supply bill, totaling $213,043,000, was reported to the House by the appropriations committee. It increases outlay by $51,516,000, mainly due to highway aid funding. Allocations cover weather bureau information services, animal husbandry, dairy, plant and forest services, chemistry, soils, entomology, biology, economics, quarantine, cotton programs, naval stores research, and a pecan station in the Mississippi region.
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Appropriations Committee
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Animal Husbandry Bureau
Dairy Industry Bureau
Plant Industry Bureau
Forest Service
Bureau of Chemistry and Soils
Bureau of Entomology
Biology Survey
Agricultural Economics
Food and Drug Administration
Naval Stores
South
Middle
Mississippi
Georgia Governor calls extra session on state finances
Gov Hardman and key lawmakers meet over Georgia finances amid deficits and unpaid appropriations. He notes 1928 29 revenue shortfalls, debt to schools, and insists an extra session in January 1931 is needed to remedy conditions and avoid further burdens.
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Hardman
W. C. Nell
State Senate
Richard B. Russell
House
R. D. Redwine
Fayetteville
Senate Appropriations Committee
George W. Lankford
Lyongs
Senate Finance Committee
J. W. Culpepper
House Finance Committee
Columbus Alexander
Savannah
House Appropriations Committee
Neil and
Russell
Redwine
General Assembly
Legislative Branch
Sultan Abdul Hamid’s Family Declared Penniless by Tribunal
The Turko British Tribunal ruled it could not handle the widows daughter and seven sons of former Sultan Abdul Hamid in their suit for restoration of properties seized by Great Britain. It cited Lausanne Treaty articles 60 and 65. Royal decrees sought $80 million in properties in Irak and Palestine.
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Turkey
Abdul Hamid
Great Britain
Irak
Palestine
Unexpended flood relief funds set for Georgia South Carolina Alabama
The Treasury Department will make available until June 20 1932 the unexpended balances of last year’s flood relief appropriations for roads and bridges in Georgia South Carolina and Alabama.
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South Carolina
Alabama
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