Cruisers and treaty move in same U S Senate session
Senate actions converge on Hellogg Briend multilateral treaty renouncing war and the navy cruiser bill, with Borah and Hele guiding each measure toward votes. Supporters anticipate treaty approval, while a few foes like Jim Reed remain uncertain as speculation centers on cruiser bill changes. Iowa lawmakers prep for Jan 14 session amid pre session politics.
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Senate
Congress
Borah
Hele
Jim Reed
Tt Ae
Judge Rules Liquor Purchase Without Transport Not Punishable
Washington report analyzes federal prohibition act interpretations after Judge Kirkpatrick's Norris case. Attorney Edward B. Dunford and Anti-Saloon League insist purchase without permit remains indictable. law covers manufacturing selling transporting and using liquor with permit rules. Legal nuances include immunity, accomplice testimony limits, and state provisions in Indiana and Texas.
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Frederic William Wise
Washington
D. C
Kirkpatrick
Philadelphia
Anti-Saloon League of America
Edward B. Dunford
Anti-Saioon League
Norris
Official Prohibition Organization
Dunford
Indiana
Texas
Courier delivery by 5:90 o'clock at your home
The Courier should be delivered at your home before 5:90 o'clock. If you fail to receive your paper due to carrier error or other cause, phone 5100 and a copy will be sent. Phone calls must reach this office before 6:30 p.m.
North American talks aim to share high frequency radio bands
Washington reports a planned North American conference in Ottawa probably January 31 to allocate high frequency radio channels. Indications point to a potential clash as Canada Mexico and Cuba oppose U S positions. Delegations from the United States and other nations will seek a multilateral agreement amid facility dissatisfaction.
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Washington
Del
Ottawa
Canada
Mexico
Cuba
United States
Federal Radio Commission
State Department
Navy Department
King George's Condition Unchanged After Restless Night
London dispatch reports King George's condition unchanged with no setback since last bulletin. Official bulletin at 11:15 a.m. notes a restless night but confirms no change in his majesty's status. Signatories include Sir Stanley Hewett Sir Hugh Rigby and Lord Dawson of Penn. Buckingham Palace officials view the wording as reassuring.
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London
George
Stanley Hewett
Hugh Rigby
Lord Dawson
Penn
Buckingham Palace
Hotels Put Barly Phone Booths In Chicago
More than 2,000 nickel telephone booths in downtown hotels closed as owners reject a new deal from the Bell Telephone Co. Retail stores may close 27,000 more booths if actions continue. Dispute started when the company offered lower payments than the long standing 30 year contract. drug stores and hotels may join arbitration if a general order is issued.
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Chicago
INS
Tilois Bell Telephone Company
Telephone Company
Double Cross of Gov Long Ties Lebouef Dreher Hangs Planned
In New Orleans Lt Governor Gyr accuses Gov Long of deceiving the pardon board as Lebouef and Dr Dreher face execution for the Lake Palourade murder. The governor refuses clemency despite board recommendations.
Short Interviews With Home Folks
Weather forecasts prove variable across Iowa as man misses predictions yet proves accuracy elsewhere. Robert J Lichty recalls New Year Day and a drive from Quincy to Waterloo on June 1 with blizzard conditions, deep snow in Keokuk, yet bare ground in Waterloo and wind piling drifts in the north.
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Sam
Iowa
Quincy
Waterloo
Robert J. Lichty
Keokuk
West Liberty
Battle Over Northcott Trial Faces Experts Panel
Riverside Calif January 3 jurists debated defense requests for a commission of experts and psychiatrists to test Gordon Stewart Northcott's sanity in the murder trial. Authorities say Northcott confessed to four killings on his Riverside chicken ranch. the case centers on Alvin Gothen whose headless body was found near Puente. A spectator was seized and a revolver seized by the sheriff as tensions rose. The defense argued dementia praecox while the state kept a simple not guilty plea and denied a continuance. Northcott’s mother Louisa Northcott, already convicted, faces life imprisonment in San Quentin.
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Riverside
Cal
U.r
Gordon Stewart Northcott
Northcott
Alvin Gothen
Puente
Norbert Snaway
George Freeman
ANSE
Freeman
K. Morton
Ammenn Farreed
P.M. Baloni
Henry Espanza
Cleny Sweeters
Espanza
Sanford Clark
Northcots
Worthcott
Louisa Northcott
Judy
San Quentin
Gordon Northcott
Newen Tial
Los Angeles
Sarah Louisa Northeest
Canada
Cyrus G. Northestt
Gurdon
South Dakota cold wave moves toward Iowa
Des Moines weather forecast predicts a strengthening cold wave from South Dakota intensifying tonight as a high pressure system travels toward town. Temperatures to fall sharply with a chance of light snow after a brisk day with early snow flurries.
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South Dakota
Iowa
Des Moines
Tawa
Charles D. Reed
Reed
Bridge to be Built Over Maumee River at Napoleon
Miller-Taylor Construction of this city wins a 950000 contract to build a reinforced concrete arch bridge over the Maumee near Napoleon Ohio. The seven 95 foot arches will make nearly 700 feet of roadway replacing an iron bridge condemned as unsafe. Construction starts immediately, with completion set for October 1 1930, while traffic remains on a shifted old span.
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Miller-Taylor Construction Company
Maumee Tives, 2& Napoleon, C
George W. Miller
Henry County
Napoelian
Ohio
Fourth
Fifth Street
Miller
Napoleon
Woaterlon
Stanley Taylor
Miller-Taylor
Bolivian Paraguayan protocol to sign in Washington
Washington January 3. The protocol creating an international conciliation commission to handle the Chaco frontier crisis will be signed at 6:30 p m today at the Pan American Union building United States mediation committee member Charles Evans Hughes announced after a brief committee session.
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Gran Chaco
Bolivia
Paraguay
United States
Cuba
Brazil
Uruguay
Argentina
Washington, D. C
Pan American Union
Charles Evans Hughes
Special Mediation Committee
Flu on Decrease in Western Area
The influenza epidemic is receding in the west and Mississippi region with declines in fatalities, while rising in the east and parts of the south. Reports from 41 states and New York City show a drop from 252,000 to 2,288 new cases in the week ending December 29, driven mainly by Kansas, North Dakota, Wisconsin, Iowa and Montana.
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Washington, D. C
INS
Mississippi
District of Columbia
New York City
Public Health Service
Kansas
North Dakota
Wisconsin
Iowa
Montana
New Dry Chief in Nebraska to Mop Up All Wet Spots
Omaha Nebraska January 2 INS Nebraska is set for an arid regime unseen in state history Brig Gen W McGrowan of Garden City assumed the post of prohibition administrator Elmer Thomas former holder was ordered to shift and left for Topeka to start a new job today
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Nebraska
Omaha
Neb
W. McGrowan
Garden City
Prohibition
Elmer Thomas
Prohibition Department
Topeka
Severe winter storm cripples southern Europe
Paris reports four deaths from cold with Lyon noting two as winter storms sweep across France. Trains and ships delayed and roads, passes, and the Mediterranean disrupted by heavy rain and snow and violent winds. An Algerian packet bound for Marseilles salvages three passengers washed overboard in the storm.
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Paris
U.R
Europe
France
Lyon
Jonnart
Marseilles
Mediterranean
Conference OKs Arbitration Pact
In Washington on January 3, the Pan American Conference committee on arbitration adopted a general treaty of inter American arbitration unanimously. The pact binds contracting American nations to submit to arbitration all international disputes solvable by international law principles. Delegations noted they would sign with reservations, while U S delegate Charles Evans Hughes said the United States would sign without reservation.
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Washington, D. C
Charles Evans Hughes
United States
Final Lap Grade Ended Long Flight Crash Near Girardot Colombia
Lieut Benjamin Mendez, American-trained Colombian air service chief pilot, died in a crash near Girardot as he neared Bogota during a 4600 mile flight from Mitchell Field begun November 23. Poor fuel quality blamed as plane struck a tree before reaching a safe landing. Mendez survived initial impact but perished on the return attempt.
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Girardnt
Colombia
Benjamin Mendez
Colombian Air Service
New York
Bogota
Linut. Mendez
Mitche!field
Girardot
Rafe
Lieut
Mendes
Ylang
Draft Resolutions for Farm Bureau in Des Moines
Members of the resolutions committee of the Town Farm Bureau federation meet to prepare a preliminary draft of resolutions to be presented at the annual state meeting in Des Moines January 19 to 17. Final draft will not be completed until the state meeting opens.
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Des Moines
Town Farm Bureau Federation
Mid
Bureau
Army appropriation bill boosts flood control and air power
Washington, Jan 3 7 The army appropriation bill reported to the House requests 435 498 415 for the war department next fiscal year. Major items include 133 550 368 for army pay up 3 2 million to fund 200 extra second lieutenants and higher officer pay levels, 50 million for rivers and harbors maintenance, 30 million for Mississippi flood control, 24 874 432 for army subsistence, 33 578 083 for the air corps and 32 319 798 for the National Guard. The plan also funds dam No 2 at Muscle Shoals, coast defenses, and increased National Guard and Reserve training.
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Washington, D. C
War Department
House
Army
Fey
Air Corps
Mississippi
Muscle Shoals
Congress
National Home For
Regular
Organized Reserves
National Goard
Oahu
Hawaii
Bruja Point
Canal Yen
Canal Zone
National Guard
Reserve Officers ' Training Corps
Dan
U.P
Tho Wari Department
Topraton
Army Engineer Corps
Mississippi River
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Wilfred May
McLannon
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Alfred Loewenstein
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Rongetti
Loretta J. Enders
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New Orleans
Paul N. Gyr
State Pardon Board
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Ada Bonner Lebouef
T. E. Dreher
Huey P. Long
Charles Pecot
Franklin’ Parish
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