Colier beer bill passes house amid heated debate
The Collier bill to legalize beer with strict content limits and new taxes sails through the house 230 to 105 after fierce opposition. It imposes an alcohol cap, a $1000 brewers permit tag, and reimposes old taxes while barring shipments to dry states. The measure weathered GOP and wet opposition as leaders credited Speaker Garner and Rep Henry T. Ratney.
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Supreme Court condemns entrapment in Prohibition case remands for retrial
The U S Supreme Court reversed the Fourth Circuit in a North Carolina entrapment dispute, affirming the trial judge that jurors should decide. The majority condemned the agents abuse of authority as a gross violation but held it does not alone preclude prosecution. remand for retrial to proceed under lawful theory.
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Hoover proposes debt conference commission for world war oans
President Hoover outlined a plan to form a commission to handle debt settlements with nations that did not default. The group would discuss debtor nations trade, concessions, and armament cuts in exchange for debt seating. He asked Roosevelt to help select members and noted resolution would come after his term. Roosevelt invited Owen D Young for talks on reparations.
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Debts and diplomacy shape Europe’s stance on U S debt plan
ISVPATCHES reports that Great Dritalo will inform France to drop arbitration on the $20 million December interest owed the United States. Britain backs the French call for a general conference, while Paris seeks open negotiations with America. The American embassy in Turin engages with the new cabinet on the debt question as Roosevelt’s inauguration nears.
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Manchurian dispute stalls at League talks amid Japanese refusal
The Japanese government blocks a proposed committee settlement as China and smaller nations push for a United States represented panel. The League of Nations committee pauses negotiations until January 16 amid Christmas holidays, while China and allies insist on binding terms. The outcome hinges on whether the League invokes covenant articles or admits it cannot resolve the dispute.
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Roosevelts cabinet talks amid labor and party chatter
New York chief executive contemplates leaving office January 1 while consulting with party leaders Arthur Mullen of Nebraska and William Green of the AF of L about cabinet posts. Talks include potential opposition to Daniel J. Tobin of Boston, who backed Roosevelt in the campaign.
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Correction of Roosevelt era industrial commissioner named
Fragment mentions Altan Frances Perkins as industrial commissioner of Nework during the Roosevelt regime, but text is garbled. No verifiable event or outcome is presented.
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Bipartisan farm bloc backs relief aims in short session
Frow and ONFAL announced in Washington that about 150 members of Congress formed a bipartisan farm bloc to push agricultural relief. The plan includes currency expansion, dollar price reduction, halting farm mortgage foreclosures, and economic equality for agriculture, while opponents from the packing industry warn the relief bill with a tax on meat and grain prices would hurt farmers.
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Veterans Administration Funds Reach Half of Annual Revenue
William B Bullitt testified before a joint Congress committee that the national government now allocates nearly one half of its yearly revenues to veterans benefits and disbursements. He argued that current costs exceed the Spanish American War total and World War I payments alone approach half the war's cost, with adjustments totaling about 2 billion dollars. He urged cutting veterans spending by 450 million annually, proposing 100 million cut for Spanish American War vets and 340 million for World War I vets.
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Alessandri takes office promising steady Chilean leadership
Arturo Alessandri assumed presidential authority in Chile and pledged to guide the nation through economic and political turmoil. He sought backing from Conservatives, Liberals, and quasi socialists, while excluding Col. Marmaduke Grove and his red allies. He courted former premier Janvier Sigueroa and allied figures including Gustavo Rosa, returning financier Stogs, and a secret Rothschild pact emerges from London negotiations.
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Argentina uprising thwarted sparks terror plot, authorities say
The crackdown on radical leaders in Argentina reportedly averted a terror era as authorities seized documents, bombs, and plans to unleash criminals in Buenos Aires. Ex-president Irigoyen and associates were arrested and Irigoyen sent to Martin Garcia Island after the failed revolt.
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There in a great deal of little news in California
A roundup of brief items from politics to science. California Governor Ralph once pardoned 128 bootleg convicts while voters rejected prohibition. Philosopher Kraus rethinks suicide amid attacks on Jews in Poland. a doctor’s warning about the value of life is noted. A Central of Georgia rail line enters receivership. a Duluth pig-heist tale amuses. Mining science advances include sunlit showers for Ontario miners. Word lists highlight beauty in words and the enduring power of short terms like God and yes. Bernard Shaw tours the world insisting on no autographs and Ireland’s fate shifts toward the United States.
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New Years Day Resolutions Cause Family Feud
Marie Marsh Ow Judson wakes to a cuff button caper as Peggy, eighteen and pretty, pilfers his cuff buttons for her masculine blouse. Tom faces a string of humorous resolutions, including not getting engaged before the next year’s end, not being late for dinner, and being kind, while Peggy recruits friends for a New Year gathering.
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Ring Out Ring In The Year On Truth And Peace
The piece blends a Tennyson excerpt urging ring out false pride and ring in noble virtue with a later scene of a young man Tom navigating a daytime street encounter and a perilous evening, ending in a proposed engagement between Sally’s cousin and Tom. The tale mixes moral verse and a serialized urban romance with a dramatic confrontation and social caution.
Indignant MP Uncovers Tobacco Sauce Tied to Louisiana
In the British House of Commons an indignant member discovers tobacco sauce used in the House restaurant is made in Louisiana. The House agrees to discard the concoction and substitute a British product. Meanwhile some Americans press Britain on trade and finance British labor and commerce through King Peacures Syndicate Inc.
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