Trisecting an Arc Proclaimed Achievable by Hurd and Zager
Newton Mass February 23 Two Boston based researchers George H Hurd and Harold A Zager claim a formula to trisect arcs and divide them into any number of parts using a compass without rulers. They say their natural law of the relation of angles could supplant sextants for range finding and maybe aid astronomy.
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Nec
George H. Hurd
Boston
Harold A. Zager
Mathhmatics
Boston College
Hurd
Zager
Lynn
Triscot
Zuger
Theorem
Aged caretaker reinsated by governor Hardman
Atlanta Georgia December 23 Mrs Annie Bayne aged capitol caretaker discharged yesterday was re instated today by Governor Hardman after women Capitol employees protested her dismissal. The governor scheduled an 11 o clock meeting with the workers amid proclamation talks of an extra legislative session next month.
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Atlanta
Annie Bayne
Hardman
Dixie Willson Still Five Dollars Ahead in Chase
Mason City Iowa December 23 Dixie Willson described as scenarist and short story writer from New York chased a purse snatcher for 37 years. Arbitration followed over a five dollar note and three ones. The robber kept the five to buy himself a feed. Willson wished him a Merry Christmas and returned to her mother revealing a salvaged coin purse.
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Mason City
Iowa
Dixie Willson
Miss Willson
New York
Weather Forecast for Southern States Includes Frost Warnings
Regional forecast notes fair conditions across South Carolina and Georgia with frost risks in central and southern areas. Florida shows a mix of fair and partly cloudy skies with heavy frost in central interior and northern portions, cooling trend into Wednesday. Alabama and northwest Florida remain cold with heavy frost and near freezing coastal temperatures, improving by midweek.
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Georgia
Florida
Alabama
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Federal government to spend 724 million on public works in 1931
President Hoover announced total federal public works spending for 1931 will reach 724 million dollars. He noted the policy requires contractors to keep wages at pre down mood levels and align with district standards to avoid wage reductions.
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Washington
Hoover
Executive Department
Georgia to receive federal funds for roads now
Washington reports state highway departments will receive their portions of an 80 million emergency highway construction appropriation immediately. Secretary Hyde will apportion the funds to states including Georgia which is slated to receive 32,077,996, with labor-focused spending and full backing of construction bills through September 1.
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C. J. Curtiss
Bureau of Public Roads
Curtiss
Alabama
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
Maryland
Mississippi
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Virginia
Atlanta Postoffice Sets Day's Record
Postmaster E. K. Large announced the Atlanta postoffice set a new single day receipts record. Reported business reached about $38,000, beating the previous $30,000 high from December 21, 1928, while last year’s Christmas volume did not reach the 1928 peak.
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Atlanta
E. K. Large
Atlanta Postoffice
Brunswick Bank Declares Semiannual Dividend in Brunswick
Directors of the National Bank of Brunswick in Brunswick Georgia on December 23 declared a semi annual dividend of percent plus an extra dividend of five percent, totaling seventeen percent for the year the highest ever. They also announced bonuses of ten percent of annual salaries to all officers and employees.
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Brunswick
National Bank of Brunswick
Augusta Man Kills Wife in Hotel Case in Memphis
Mrs. Jessie Knowlton, 28, of Osceola Arkansas, was shot to death in a Memphis hotel. Her husband Rex Knowlton, 40, surrendered and admitted the killing. He said she had been friendly with another man and threatened him with a poker earlier that day. Police found a poker in her hand.
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Tenn
Jessie Knowlton
Osceola
Ark
Rex Knowlton
Knowlton
Pitts Sentenced To Fourteen Years In Prison Today
Washington reports G Bryan Pitts former chairman of the board at F H Smith and Company was sentenced to fourteen years for conspiracy to embezzle millions. Elbert Anadale and John H Edwards Jr also officers received nine and four year terms. Edwards may appeal on bond while Pitts and Anadale were denied bail.
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Washington
G. Bryan Pitts
F. H. Smith and Company of
Elbert Anadale
John Hdwards, Jr
Pitts
Hdwards
Pitta
Anadale
Bessemyer Faces Long Prison Term for Theft
Gilbert H. Bessemyer 45, former Hollywood financier, faces up to 140 years for stealing 5 million dollars from the Guaranty Building Loan Association of Los Angeles. He pleaded guilty to ten counts of grand theft. judge set Friday for sentencing after a brief investigation.
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Gilbert H. Bessemyer
Hollywood
Guaranty Building Loan Association of
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Bessemyer
Walton J. Wood
Punishment by Whip for Six Young Thieves in Lapeer
In Lapeer Mich on December 23 six youths aged 17 to 19 received corporal punishment with whips under parental supervision and with circuit judge approval after confessing to a series of thefts. The five confessed individuals are William Kirwin John Bennett Harold Bennett Bernard Toor and Dorland Stoneburg. The sixth implicated boy Nikeer Erwin was punished as well. The parents arranged the discipline and the judge allowed restitution promises before the youths were sent home.
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Mich
William Kirwin
John and
Harlod Bennett
Bernard Toor
Dorland Stoneburg
Erwin
Alfred
Bennett
Bennet
Torr
Tony Shultz
Judge Smith
Georgia Tech to Replace Five Assistant Coaches Next Year
Five assistant coaches at Georgia Tech will be replaced next year with only head coach Bill Alexander Roy Mundorff basketball Kid Clay baseball retained on the staff. Bill Fincher Oliver Hile Mack Tharpe Robby Robinson Kenneth Thrash told their contracts will not be renewed following the season. Fincher said he was shocked by the news and had no word on inefficiency from authorities.
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the Journal
Georgia Tech
Bill Alexander
Roy Mundorff
Kid Clay
Bill Fincher
Oliver Hile
Mack Tharpe
Robby Robinson
Kenneth Thrash
Fincher
Tech
William and Mary
Yale
Alexander
Miles
Princeton
Tharpe
Trasher
Robinson
Counterfeit Dollar Found in Salvation Army Pot
Helena Montana December 23 reports a Salvation Army street corner pot for the poor containing a counterfeit dollar. The incident was noted in local papers and police were informed.
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Mont
Salvation ‘Army
Hardman calls extra session for six emergency fiscal measures
Governor Hardman issued a call for an extra Georgia General Assembly session at 10 a.m. January 6 to consider six items including revenue for unpaid 1927 and 1929 appropriations, an executive budget system, a state tax commission, convict care costs, funding for constitutional amendment advertising, and Confederate veterans pension adjustments. The plan notes caution on school and college finances and references prior deficits. Prison camp details show 750 inmates at Milledgeville and 400 needing placement when counties return convicts.
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Hardman
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Nat B E. Harris
Clifford Walker
State Department
Harviy L. Lutz
State
Searle-Miller and Company of New York
I. L. Rainey
State Prison Commission
Commission
Milledgeville
Prominent Georgia Woman Dies in Milledgeville
Mrs. Mattie Erwin Sibley of Milledgeville dies at her home. Funeral services were held. She is the mother of John A. Sibley a well known lawyer and aunt of Samuel H. Sibley federal judge nominated for the United States court of appeals. She is also cousin of Clark and Albert Howell of Atlanta.
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Mattie Erwin Sibley
Georgia
John A. Sibley
Samuel H. Sibley
United States Court of Appeals
Clark
Albert Howell
Atlanta
Partridge Appointed Senator From Vermont
Montpelier Vermont December 23 Frank C Partridge Proctor businessman was appointed by Governor John E Weeks as United States senator to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Senator Frank L Greene last Wednesday.
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Montpelier
Frank C. Partridge
Proctor
John E. Weeks
United States
Frank L. Greene
Crisis in royal domestry as Carol and Helen apart
Budapest reports a crisis between King Carol of Romania and his divorced wife Queen Helen. Word also reaches that King Alexander of Jugoslavia postponed a planned visit to his brother in law on a suggestion from Queen Marie who fears her son may be driven to despair by outside interference in his affairs.
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Helen
Alexander
Jugoslavia
Marie
Major Shepard Declares Innocent Amid Murder Verdict
Major Charles A. Shepard, once facing a life term, was convicted of first degree murder for the death of his wife Zenana. He plans to return to Denver while his lawyers pursue a new trial. Grace Brandon expressed mixed feelings, while defense counsel denounced the verdict as a compromise.
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Charles A. Shepard
Denver
Shepard
Grace Brandon
Medical Corps
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Tex
Miss Brandon
Air Corps
Brooks Field
Zenana Shepard
Fort Riley Bas
Richard J. Hopkins
Topeka
C. L. Magey
Defense Counsel
Snow spreads across the nation as colder air moves in
Snow began in the east with light accumulations around New York City and up to New England, Virginia, and Ohio. Forecasters expect continuation tonight with colder conditions and mild overall winter temperatures on day two. City and regional readings show 30 degrees in New York, Chicago, and San Francisco at 5 a.m.
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San Francisco
Aged Union Soldier Charged With Murder
Fayetteville Ark December 23 84 year old Union Army veteran G L Matlock jailed on murder charge in Sheriff John Phillips Madison County case. Matlock arrested at friend’s home near Huntsville after allegedly shooting the sheriff during the arrest reading. Described as eccentric he had divorced his fourth wife last year claiming she took half his pension.
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Ark
G. L. Matlock
John Phillips
Madison County
Matlock
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T. B. Tarker
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Playboy broker pleads guilty to theft in New York
H Russell Ryder a 35 year old playboy broker pleaded guilty to grand larceny charges and was held in 10000 bail with sentencing set for February 27 He was a former partner in Woody and Company whose firm failed last June with liabilities over two million dollars John Vanneck president of Equitable Holding said he gave Ryder 95000 to buy stock and the broker kept the money.
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Woody and Company
John Vanneck
Equitable Holding Corporation
Stribling Reaches Macon After Forced Landing
Georgia heavyweight boxer W L Stribling whose plane was forced down in Stuart Florida last night due to bad weather left today for Macon Ga his home en route north from Miami.
Shakeup in Power Commission From Charman Shakeup in Power
Washington reports the Federal Power Commission saw a major staff purge under Dr. George Otis Smith. Solicitor Charles A. Russell and chief accountant Frank V. King were removed, with executive secretary Frank E. Bonner resigning. New commissioners will appoint or reappoint officials, amid calls to reconsider nominees.
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Charles A. Russell
Frank V. King
Federal Power Commission
George Otis Smith
Frank E. Bonner
Power Commission
Snator Brookhart
Republican
Iowa
Smith
Bonner
Russell
King
Brookhart
Senate
Frank R. McNinch
Marcel Garlaud
Garland
McNinch
Commission
Senator Dill
Army Navy charity game clears 632577 26 at Yankee Stadium
New York December 23 Gross receipts from the Army Navy charity football game at Yankee Stadium on December 13 amounted to 632577 26 according to Grover Whalen chairman of the Salvation Army citizen's committee. Ticket sales totaled 501870 with radio privileges programs autographs and other sources adding 130707 26 Expenses of 25104 80 reduced the net to 607412 45 leaving to be paid the cost of participation by the two academies.
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Army-Navy
Yankee Stadium
Grover Whalen
Salvation Army Citizen's Committee
Citizens’ Committee
Swift & Co Buys 1060 Ford Cars for fleet
Swift & Co. has placed an order with Ford Motor Co. for 1,000 Ford cars. The purchase signals expansion of Swift's fleet and reflects ongoing demand for Ford vehicles. The city and exact dates are not specified.
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FORD
Chicago
Ford Motor Co
College President Beliefs Probed by Presbyterians
Memphis ministers have asked Southwestern College directors to investigate Dr. Charles E. Diehl’s theology and administration. The Rev. Dr. J. J. Hill said eleven Memphis ministers request a board inquiry to verify concerns, while affirming friendship with Diehl.
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Tenn
J. J. Hill
Southwestern
Charles E. Diehl
Diehl
Hill
Die
Verbal clash on Lucas Norris case grips capital
Washington lawmakers pursue hearings into a $40,000 RNC fund tied to Robert H. Lucas and a $4,000 personal loan. Norris demands open battle on party regularity while Nye plans to compel bank officials and RNC treasurer Joseph Nutt to testify after the holidays.
Wood backs Lucas after Hoover meeting claims sentiment of real Republicans
Washington December 23 Representative Wood Republican Indiana after a White House conference said Lucas executive director of the Republican National Committee expresses the sentiment of every real Republican in the United States. Wood said he would back Lucas to the limit and criticized Senator Norris as un-Republican and a demagogue. He warned the Senate is no longer Republican and noted Brookhart opposed Mellon setting up a party committee with money.
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Republican Party
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Nye
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Robert H.lucas
Norent
Wood
Lucas
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Hoover
Robert H. Lucas
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Congress
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