Prohibition Revision Sparks White House Debate
Bitter internal differences at the Wickersham commission emerge as revision options unfold. Senator Tydings introduces a Senate inquiry while President Hoover’s role remains disputed and no final changes are agreed.
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Fess
Republican National Committee
Hoover
White House
Union
Washington
Congress
Wickersham Commission
Commission
Monte M. LeMann
New Orleans
LeMann
Ahe
Tyuig’s
Maryland
Wickersham
Tydings
Senate
Tyding
Bingham
Connecticut
Norris
Judiciary Committee
Farm For Sale In Frederick County With Orchard Timber
342 miles from Winchester on a paved highway this 122 acre limestone land features a 15 acre bearing orchard 7 acres in timber and the rest pasture and cultivated ground. An 8 room frame dwelling with a large bank barn a silo and all necessary outbuildings plus a reservoir 2 wells and a cistern complete the property. B M Sullivan offers this best value in Frederick County.
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Winchester
Frederick Co
Low cost foods guide for healthy economical meals
Suggestions for buying and serving inexpensive foods to maintain health. Recommends liver pork fish beans potatoes cabbage carrots tomatoes dried fruit and cereals. Advises saving cooking water and replacing fresh fruit with dried fruit. Notes educational leaflets from the Bureau of Home Economics in Washington DC.
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Bureau of Home Economics
United States
Agriculture
Washington, D. C
Notables Will Broadcast Plea For Red Cross
The Winchester Red Cross reports NBC will air a full hour on drought relief from 9 to 10 pm ET with speakers Calvin Coolidge Alfred Eith Will Rogers and Judge John Barton Payne. Citizens may contribute at the City Hall Red Cross office for transmission to Washington.
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National Broadcasting Company
Red Cross
Winchester
National Headquarters
Washington
Boxing Matches Made Legal By Frederick Council
Boxing bouts sponsored by National Guard units American Legion and fire companies were legalized in Frederick Maryland after the City Council amended an old boxing ordinance. The sponsors urged high standards and promised bouts would be conducted on a high plane to protect participants and the public.
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Associated Press
Frederick
Freedrick
National Guard
American Legion
Fire Companies
Coal Truce Sets Price At Five Fifty A Ton
B SNIDER & SON announce a coal truce fixing price at 5 50 per ton for all shipments. The notice lists the agreement date and the dealer as the sole signer.
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B. Snider & Son
Notice correcting sale start date for National Sales Co
A typographical error in yesterday's notice lists the sale start as January 2, 1931. The correct start date is January 23, 1931, and the sale begins then.
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National Sales Co
Drought Boosts Speed on Potomac Bridge Project
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad advances on a Potomac River bridge in Harpers Ferry as drought lowers the water, enabling access to submerged sites. Eleven concrete piers rise around an $800,000 structure while grading proceeds and steel arrives, aiming for a five to nine month completion.
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Blue Ridge Mountains
Har Ferry
W. Va
Potomac
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Baltimore and Ohio
Navy Dirigible Heads South For Fleet Maneuvers
The navy dirigible Los Angeles left Lakehurst at 9 15 am heading for Washington on the second flight toward a Panama trip for naval maneuvers. Lieut Commander W A Clarke commands with 56 men aboard and the ship may circle the capital or go further south.
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Lakehurst
N. J
Yan
Los Angeles
Naval Station
Washington
Panama
W. A. Clarke
Congress Member And Wife Escaped Fire At Home
Rep and Mrs Bankhead of Alabama were rescued from a Nineteenth Street house fire in freezing weather. Firemen used a ladder after smoke blocked the stairway. they were shaken but unharmed. A 300 year old tapestry owned by Mrs Bankhead was ruined. The couple had been in the house two days after leasing it for the short session.
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Associated Press
Washington
Army Seeks Men in Panama Zone
Sergeant H. T. Smith, in charge of the U S Army recruiting station, says openings in the Panama Canal Zone are available for men aged 18 to 35. Positions include infantry engineers coast artillery field artillery and air corps with high school education required for the air corps.
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H. T. Smith
United States Army
Panama Canal Zone
Infantry
Engineers
Coast Artillery
Field Artillery
Air Corps
Special prices on home mappe for cash in ton lots
Winchester Milling Co announces cash only sale to clear stock for a new corn meal plant. Home Middlings $32 ton, Home Mixed Feed $31 ton, Home Bran $30 ton. Bulk prices $2 less per ton. Sale notes one line of misread OCR text.
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Winchester Milling CO
Bread Maintains Highest Standards of Nga Ka Gee
A brief note asserts B. and C. Bread maintains the highest standards of Nga ka gee, emphasizing quality and consistency in production and service.
Birthday of the Kiwanis Club Observed Here
The Winchester Kiwanis Club marked its sixteenth anniversary with music, a talk on Kiwanis ideals by President Dr. R. McC. Glass, and wit by Prof. Garland R. Quarles. Guests included Miss Elsie Duncan and her mother, duet performances, and a future Handley High School march.
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Winchester Kiwanis Club
International
Kiwanis
R. McC. Glass
Garland R. Quarles
Handley High School
Elsie Duncan
Duncan
George Emmons
Emmans
Garland Quarles
Glass
Robert A. Hutchison
Manassas
Kiwanians
Rouss Fire Company
Herbert Piltzer
Alfentown
Park Lloyd
Hagerstown
Kiwanis Club
George Dykeman
Winchester
H. J. Heinz Company
Dykeman
Chicken Salad Luncheon at Braddock Street M E Church
Church invites on Friday January 23 from 11 30 a m to 2 p m at Braddock Street M E for a chicken salad luncheon priced at 50 cents. Proceeds go to church activities.
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Braddock St
Locusts Expected in Four State Counties This Year
A warning outlines that seventeen year cicadas will appear in parts of four counties, including Highland and Blacksburg areas, with outbreaks since 1914. It notes egg insertion into wood causes damage, suggests limited control, and mentions emergence around early June in the Valley and earlier in the east.
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Highland
Blacksburg
A. M. Woodside
Sinin Agricultursl
Sapertoesia
Revival to Continue at United Brethren Church Reliance
Revival services at the United Brethren Church of Reliance continue through Sunday with the pastor’s topic God Is Love. Emert Dettra will sing as Rev H E Richardson leads the congregation.
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United Brethren Church of Reliance
Emert Dettra
H. E. Richardson
Counsel Argue Claim Against Jones Company in Bankruptcy
At 2 pm counsel for the Chicago Wool Company, a key creditor, and attorneys for the Jones Woolen Company stockholders began hearings before the referee in bankruptcy in Harrisonburg. The Chicago claim totals about 117000, with about 69000 admitted and 45000 to 50000 disputed. The proceedings concern the largest unsecured item against the Jones mill and follow a creditors meeting at the local plant.
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Chicago Wool Company
Arthur G. Jones Woolen Corporation
Chicago Company
Chicago Woolen Company
Aubrey G. Weaver
W. C. Armstrong
Front Royal
Harry R. Kern
Harrison and Harrison
Attoneys
Mr. Kern
Edward C. Martz
Harrisonburg
States Court
Western District of Virginia
Jones Woolen Company
Jones Company
Illustrated science lecture at Handley High School
An illustrated science lecture by Handley High School tomorrow at 9 a m will be open to the public. The Senior Class sponsors the event with admission 15 cents for pupils and 25 cents for outsiders.
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Handley High School
Handley
Baker Silent On Dry Report Of Commission
Newton D. Baker, member of the Wickersham commission, on a Mediterranean cruise, declined to discuss the commission's report. He stated that the report he signed speaks for itself and that he has nothing more to add, avoiding response to potential criticism.
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Associated Press
Monte Carlo
Monaco
Newton D. Baker
Wickersham Comission
Commission
Luccs and Norris clash echoes old Republican feud
A fragment notes Mr. Luccs in a controversy with Senator Norris seen as following a long standing party line. The piece hints at Moses aiding the situation and mentions a name Shvennbadhale in a Courier-Express context.
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Luccs
Senator Norris
Moses
Train held up by bandits in Ohio. passenger shot
Six masked bandits halted a Big Four train from Detroit to Cincinnati near Bellefontaine, robbing passengers of about $3,000 in money and jewelry. Edwin K. Nelson Jr of Tampa was shot in the chest and arm, taken to a hospital in serious condition. The robbery lasted about an hour as the bandits fled toward a waiting car. Authorities searched the area for the attackers.
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Associated Press
Belleffontaine
Ohio
Detroit
Cincinnati
Edwin K. Nelson, Jr
Tampa
Fla
Toledo
There
Bellefontaine
Nelson
Wien
Brokerage Firm Owes Millions After NYSE Suspension
The Post-Dispatch cited an authoritative source stating Lorenzo E. Anderson and Company owes creditors about 9 million dollars with collateral originally valued at 12 million. Liquidation would cause a big loss. partners and backers face around 1.5 million dollars in losses. The firm’s suspension from the New York and St. Louis exchanges was announced from the exchange rostrum, and assets are reportedly frozen amid market weakness.
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Associated Press
Louis
The
Post-Dispatch
Lorenzo E. Anderson and Company
New York Stock Exchange
Credi
Exchange
St. Louis Stock Exchange
Arthur C. Holmes
Political Leaders In Scandal Over A Gabling Debt
Springfield reports two Illinois political figures linked to a $50 000 loan to Myrtle Tanner Blacklidge, revenue collector and faro debt target. Edward R. Litsinger says he was swindled and will prosecute. Blacklidge claims loss of $207 500 from winnings and $50 000 borrowed to collect the debt.
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Associated Press
Springfield
Illinois
Myrtle Tanner Blacklidge
Edward R. Litsinger
Cook County Board of Review
Blacklidge
Chicago
earthquake kills and injures dozens in central Java
An earthquake in central Java near Batavia on January 21 left at least 18 dead and 40 injured. Reports say many natives were displaced and homes uninhabitable.
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Associated Press
Batavia
Java
Central Java
Court rules on reservations of title to goods in lease cases
A local court decides that a lease agreement predated a reservation of title on goods sold under a deferred payment plan. The renter defaulted on several months of rent, allowing the landlord to seize the chattels held under the reservation for arrears.
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Sealy
Dlord
Five Die After Drinking Antifreeze Solution
Five men died after drinking antifreeze solution in Ashland Kentucky on January 21. The deceased are Cyrus O’Brien Charles Brown Ben Fannin Beryl Cox and Dudley Gee. Fannin said he bought the solution at a gas station and took it to a boarding house where he shared it.
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Associated Press
Ashland
Cyrus O’brien
Charles Brown
Ben Fannin
Beryl Cox
Dudley Gee
Fannin
National Guard to Relieve Danville Strike Area Troops
250 new National Guard troops will be sent to the Danville strike area in Virginia on Saturday to relieve units there since November 26. Governor Pollard ordered the move based on advice from acting Adjutant General Waller as 60 days of active service end Monday in the Schoolfield Danville area where traffic was halted during a union strike.
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Associated Press
Richmond
John Garland
Pollard
National Guard
Danville
Waller
Schoolfield
Dan River Mills
Important meeting of Virginia fruit growers in Winchester
A very important meeting of the Valley of Virginia fruit growers will be held at the Court House in Winchester at two o'clock on Saturday in February. George W. Koiner, Commissioner of Agriculture, will discuss next year inspection regulations and spray residue. All fruit growers are urged to attend, Frederick County included. Phil H. Gold, President, Frederick County Fruit Growers Association.
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Valley of Virginia
Court House
Winchester
George W. Koiner
Commissioner of Agriculture of
Virginia
Frederick County
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B. M. Sullivan
Miss Farrar
Plea
American Red Cross
Washing
Frederick Council
Navy Dirigible
Panama Zone
I'N
B. & C. Bread
Dolly Gann
Curtis
Frank Hoffman
Gann
Alice M. Smoot
E. 0. Dawley
Colby Dodge
William A. Scully
Dr. Glass
York
Boston
New York Herald Tribune
Calvin
Boston Post
Calvin Coolidge
New York World
the Evening Star
Handley School
Baker
Col
Osborne C. Wood
Leonard A. Wood
New Mexico National Guard
Arthur Selinman
Russia
Phil H. Gold
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