Hoover's drought relief bill adopted by the House
The House approved the administration's $30 million drought relief bill as a substitute for the Senate's $60 million plan by a 226 to 146 vote. Democrats opposed the substitute hoping for Senate action on the larger measure. A test vote later rejected doubling the relief to $60 million by 189 to 133.
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Washington
House
Senate
Hoover
McKeown
Oklahoma
Hale
New Hampshire
Bill Washington
Missing Eastman dealer believed lost in Ocmulgee swamp
Frank Skelton an Eastman automobile dealer disappeared Tuesday night while hunting in snow and sleet near Abbeville Georgia. H M O Callaghan Fred Wynn and Skelton rode a small bateau down the Ocmulgee river. O Callaghan was knocked overboard by a gun recoil and rescued later. Searchers braved sleet and swamp for daylong signs of Skelton with cries heard at dawn and no trace found.
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Eastman
Ocmulgee
Abbeville
Frank Skelton
Eastman Automobile
Skelton
H. M. O’callaghan
Fred Wynn
Jesup’s Landing
O'Callaghan
Wynn
Norman Statham
Hastman
Rogers
State Department weighs recognizing new Guatemalan regime
Washington reports the State Department faces a decision on recognizing Guatemala’s coup government amid a flurry of Latin American upheavals. Officials note the 1923 Central American treaty requires elected consent for recognition, and Guatemala must have a provisional or permanent officer in office with public assent.
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Washington
State Department
Bolivia
Peru
Argentina
Brazil
Cuba
Chile
Ecuador
United States
Spain regains calm as loyal troops cap revolt affected districts
AP dispatch from Hendaye reports Spain returning to normal after a failed uprising. Loyal crown troops control Bilbao and San Sebastian areas where strikes and street unrest linger though otherwise quiet. Some leaders fled or jailed as rail and street life gradually normalize.
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Hendaye
Spain
Associated Press
Melvin K. White-feather
Paris
Jaca
San Sebastian
Bilboa
Strikes Throttled as Spain Restores Order
Madrid reports broad strikes across Spain but the monarchy moves to restore calm. Eleven killed and several wounded in Torrelevada Andalusia and Oviedo with Alicante and Barcelona seeing agitation. Troops and foreign legion deployed. machine guns in key spots. many arrests. Jails crowded as security tightens.
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Madrid
Spain
Torrelevada
Andalusia
Oviedo
Alicante
Barcelona
Spanish Foreign Legion
Synagogue Fire Destroys Temple Bethel in Pensacola
Fire destroyed the Temple Bethel in Pensacola Florida early today along with two storage plants and 36 automobiles. The blaze spread from a garage as the fire department battled a separate fire near black houses, splitting its crew. Loss was estimated at 100000 dollars. The synagogue housed a prized pipe organ.
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Pensacola
Fla
Revival Tally At Memphis Methodist Conference
Evangelists at the annual conference in Memphis report 21 551 joined churches during 1930. Of these 8 508 joined the Methodist church south and 8 016 united with other churches. The Rev. James M. Smith noted 3 599 professions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Methodist Church South
James M. Smith
Guatemala Recognition Hinge on Congress Session
The Guatemalan congress is in session as U.S. interests in Guatemala push toward recognition of a regime that can fulfill international obligations and be controlled by the will of the people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Guatemala
Heaviest Snow Of Season Melting In South
The south faced record snowfall easing as public agencies and residents worked to clear 30 inch depths in North Carolina. Two deaths linked to the cold included a Durham heart attack and a Virginia auto crash near Cape Henry. Snow caused roof collapses and school closures, while a Georgia hunter remained missing in Ocmulgee swamps as bobcats were hunted near Macon.
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Atlanta
South
North Carolina
George Wilson
Durham
N. C
Cheriton
Mary Anne Birch
Cape Hatteras
Manteo
Cape Henry
Patrick County
Virginia
Frank Skelton
Eastman
Hunter
Ocmulgee
Skelton
Hastman
Macon
Sweetwater Camp
Christmas paroles for Alabama men approved by prison commission
Atlanta December 18 the state prison commission recommended Christmas paroles or pardons for 19 prisoners and declined to act on 46 others. Among the released are four life term inmates John Arnold of Oglethorpe county J T McBride of Muscogee Major Bird of Candler and Robert Taylor of Laurens counties.
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Atlanta
State Prison Commission
John Arnold
Oglethorpe County
J. T. McBride
Muscogee County
Major Bird
Candler County
Robert Taylor
Laurens County
Cotton Emergency Deemed Temporary by Legge
Chairman Legge of the farm board says the cotton acreage reduction is a temporary emergency measure not a long term need. He cites slow global demand and widespread industry distress with little improvement in the spinning trade though recent market activity shows modest gains.
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Washington
Legge
Farm Board
Weather forecast for Southeast states shows mainly mild, rain chances
The forecast calls for partly cloudy skies across South Carolina Georgia Florida and Alabama with warmer conditions in parts and increasing cloudiness Friday. Rain is expected in western portions with moderate northeast winds shifting to east and southeast in many areas.
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South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Senate Eyes Free Hoover Hand On Emergency Funds
The Senate reversed to allow Hoover discretion over a 116 million emergency construction fund. Debate raged over public works and drought relief as Congress weighed backing a 60 million or 30 million plan and faced potential conference with the Senate on key amendments. Both chambers pressed to send measures to the White House before holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
House
Hoover
Jones
Alabama
Georgia
White House
Shoal Conference Postponed Amid Senate Talks
The Muscle Shoals conference planned for today was postponed as members of the senate conference committee drafted a compromise agreement proposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Muscle Shoals
Senate
Federal authorities push to bring Clark decision to Supreme Court
In Trenton New Jersey federal officials move to expedite the case United States versus Sprague and Sioney to the Supreme Court after Judge William Clark invalidated the eighteenth amendment. U S attorney Phillip Forman plans to enter judgment and appeal, seeking abeyance pending high court review.
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Trenton
N. J
Supreme Court
William Clark
Phillip Forman
United States
Washington
Mitchell
Clark
Sprague and Sioney
New Jersey
William Runyon A. Newark
Nquor
Boston
Chicago
George Morris
Cause of Woman's Death Argued by Doctors in Court
In Kansas City on December 18, defense and prosecution clashed over autopsy scope in Major Charles A. Shepard’s murder trial. Doctors debated whether a full autopsy including brain and lungs was necessary versus examining only viscera, while evidence suggested the motive to marry Grace Brandon.
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Kansas City
Kas
Zenana Shepard
Charles A. Shepard
Dc. J. Gentzkow
Fitzsimmons General Hospital
Denver
Fort Riley
Shepard
Airplane Mechanics Strike For Higher Wages
Four hundred Wright Aeronautical Company mechanics walked out protesting bonds and group incentive plans. The International Machinists union cited sped-up systems as wage reduction, while D M Gordon of the company claimed no legitimate reason for the strike. The walkout followed a proposed ten percent wage cut effective December first.
Guatemala's third government in a week amid deadly street fighting
Guatemala City reports a fresh government after a hour of clashes in which 57 were killed or wounded. General Manuel Orellana pledges to serve until President elect General Lazaro Chacon recovers from illness. Baudilio Palma is said to be a refugee at the German legation.
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Gutemala
Guatemala
Manuel Orellana
Lazaro Chacon
Baudilio Palma
Chacor
Council of Ministers
Legation
Mauro de Leon
Chacon
Filiberto Aguilar Bonilla
J. Grijalba
Baudilto Palma
Christmas paroles for nineteen long term convicts in Alabama
Montgomery, Ala. December 18 Governor Bibb Graves announced 350 long term state convicts will receive 10 day Christmas paroles effective December 22 in a publicity move for good conduct. Short term prisoners are excluded. The annual Alabama custom aims to encourage discipline in penal institutions.
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Montgomery
Ala
Bibb Gravis
Graves
Albamna
Former Teller Sentenced to Year and a Day in Federal Penitentiary
R. W. Vass of Montgomery Alabama, a former local bank teller, was sentenced by Federal Judge A Akerman in Tampa to one year and one day in the Atlanta federal penitentiary for embezzling 1287 dollars several years ago. He repaid the bank and pleaded guilty. The judge urged good conduct in prison and noted parole possible after four months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tampa
Fla
A. Akerman
R. W. Vass
Montgomery
Ala
Atlanta Federal Penitentiary
Vass
Ford Plants Close For Year End Inventory
Detroit December nineteenth four production was suspended in Ford Motor Company's plants here today to take inventory. The company said the suspension follows policy of closing at this season. It did not specify duration. Year end inventory period has often lasted two weeks. Ford has operated on a three days a week schedule for about three months.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Ford Company
Congressional Act Ruled Unconstitutional on Tax Exemption
Federal Judge J Yates Webb ruled the 1924 congressional act exempting Indian lands from taxation unconstitutional. The decision dissolves a restraining order shielding Swain County North Carolina from taxing 32000 acres of such lands and allows delay for appeal to higher courts.
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Shelby
N. C
J. Yates Webb
Webb
United States
Swain County
North Carolina
Circuit Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
Union
Two More Banks Closed in Arkansas Ties to Hudspeth
The Arkansas state banking department announced the closure of two northwest Arkansas banks linked to A. T. Hudspeth. Peoples Bank of Berryville and Farmers and Merchants Bank of Greenforest shut down, adding to eleven others in the region. Hudspeth also served as a director of American Exchange Trust Company in Little Rock, which closed November 17, prompting withdrawals from another institution he was tied to.
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Little Rock
Ark
Northwest Arkansas
A. T. Hudspeth
State Banking Department
Peoples Bank of
Berryville
Farmers and Merchants Bank of Greenforest
Hudspeth
American Exchange Trust Company
State Bank
Walter B. Taylor
Institutong. Ba
House approves $150 million boost for Farm Board
The House passed the Wood bill to raise federal Farm Board appropriations by 150 million dollars, with no opposition. The measure moves to the Senate as the board plans to loan funds to grain and cotton stabilization bodies and seeks further funding.
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Wood
Farm Board
Senate
Washington
House
Federal Farm Board
Woods
Cochran
Missouri
Congress
Cuban pilot recounts 1500 foot plane crash near Charleston
Florencio Guerra the Cuban consul in Miami described Carlos Francisco Fuentes a 19 year old aviator who survived a plane crash at 1500 feet near Charleston South Carolina He escaped without injuries and later traveled by train to Miami before heading to Havana to seek another aircraft Fuentes had paid 700 for the plane which experts doubted could complete a Havana trip.
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Miami
Fla
Carlos Francisco Fuentes
Charleston
S. C
Florencio Guerra
Guerra
Fuentes
Washington
Havana
Ter
Bandits Pursued by Posse Through Alabama Swamp
Four bandits robbed the Marion Junction State Bank in the morning then fled into the Bogue Chitto swamps three miles from Safford. Dallas county sheriff and posse exchanged shots, the robbers ditched their car, set it afire, and used repeating rifles to escape into the swamp. one bandit apparently wounded. Trail dogs requested from Kilby Prison as chase continued.
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Safford
Ala
Marion Junction
Chitto
Tere
Dallas County
Kilby
Montgomery
Aged inventor Henry Houze dies at 90 in Bridgeport
Bridgeport mourns Henry Alonzo Houze a 90 year old inventor and builder who created one of the first steam automobiles. He gained recognition for early automotive innovations and contributed to local industry. His passing closes a long career in mechanical design and invention.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Henry Alonzo Houze
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