Democrats Press Hoover Over Denunciations in Debate
United States Senate debate centers on President Hoover's rejection of non administration relief. Senator McKellar demands an apology for Hoover's remarks while Chairman Jones pushes immediate action on a public works bill. The $100,000,000 emergency fund awaits final approval as the scene sharpens between party lines.
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Washington
Hoover
Jones
House
Senator McKellar
Tennessee
Senate
Delegates Target Prohibition Problems in Unified Front
A national conference of dry organizations met to address legislative and political problems facing prohibition. In executive session delegates from many groups discussed the eighteenth amendment, urging condemnation of any prohibition referendum proposals. Deets Pickett reported on the legislative committee's findings.
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Washington
National Conference of Organizations
National Temperance Council
Deets Pickett
Research
Secre
Arizona Delegation To Discuss Gila River Water Rights
An Arizona delegation of farmers above Coolidge dam on the Gila River will meet U.S. Solicitor E. C. Finney to outline tentative plans on water rights. The issue concerns whether Pima Indians below the dam have superior rights to water before it reaches the dam, a matter referred by Secretary Wilbur to Finney.
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Washington
Arizona
Coolidge Dam
Gila River
United States
E. C. Finney
Gila
Finney
Interior
Wilbur
Man Wanted Surrendered in Texas Held on Phoenix Charge
Wyatt Moore surrendered in Marshall Texas and told officers he was wanted in Phoenix Arizona for a jail delivery in 1927 in which he escaped in the sheriff s automobile. He said he recently served a penitentiary term in Mississippi.
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Marshall
Tex
Wyatt Moore
Phoenix
Arizona
Mississippi
Weather forecast for Arizona with frost south central
A forecast notes a colder night with frost in the south central portion of the state. In Winslow the Tuesday high reached 49 degrees with a low near 2.2 degrees noted.
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Arizona
South Central
Aviator Kingsford Smith Married in Melbourne
Wing Commander Charles Kingsford Smith, famed for transatlantic and transpacific flights, wed Miss Mary Powell in the Scot’s Church Melbourne. The romance began in 1927 after his transpacific flight when he met the Irish Australian aboard a liner from Vancouver. He announced their engagement before his 1929 transatlantic flight and pledged to give up long distance flying for her.
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Melbourne
Australia
Charles Kingsford-Smith
Mary Powell
Vancouver
New York
Ireland
Bomb Plot Thwarted Near Santiago Ibanez Train
Government agents thwarted an anarchist plan to bomb President Colonel Carlos Ibanez and officials by discovering ten kilos of dynamite under a Rio Maipo bridge 30 kilometers southwest of Santiago. Police arrested at least four conspirators as the presidential train approached from the south.
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Santiago DE Chile
Carlos Ibanez
Rio Maipo
Santiago
Unknown Soldier Joins Legion at Wilkinsburg Post
America's unknown soldier buried in Arlington has been voted a member of the Captain John M. Clark Post of the American Legion in Wilkinsburg suburb.
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Legion
Pittsburgh
Arlington Cemetery
John M. Clark
American Legion
Wilkinsburg
Richards acquitted in rancher murder case in Idaho
George Richards, 67, was acquitted of killing his employer J. M. Kerr, a rancher from Riggins, in May. Richards testified Kerr shot himself during a barn conversation.
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Grant Neville
Idaho
George Richards
J. M. Kerr
Richards
Kerr
Riggins
Witnesses Testify in Major Shepard Poison Case
Grace Brandon a 22 year old stenographer from San Antonio testified in Kansas City court about her alleged affair with Major Charles Shepard Army medical officer charged with poisoning his wife. Theodore McCoskey first witness described Shepard's grief after Mrs Shepard's death and florist letters ordering flowers. Pathologist Dr Frank Hall said the patient died from mercurial poisoning.
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Charles A. Shepard
Kansas City
Fort Riley
Kaw
Grace
Branton
Brooks Field
San Antonio
Tex
Shepard
Grace Brandon
Texas
Charles
Theodore McCosky
Los Angeles
Zenana ‘McCoskey Shepard
Fort Tiley
Kansas
Brandon
McCoskey
Major Shepard
F. H. Hauser
Frank J. Hall
Roosevelt Honored By Georgia Citizens
In Greenville Georgia on December 10 AP reports Governor Franklin D Roosevelt told a Roosevelt for President club at a game dinner that a candidate may not yet be named and could be someone unexpected. Georgia Governor elect Richard B Russell praised Roosevelt as an adopted son and noted the club is the nation’s first of its kind.
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Greenville
New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Richard B. Russell
Georgia
Peterson Slams Wilbur Over Boulder Dam Funding Request
Arizona attorney general K Berry Peterson criticized Interior Secretary Ray Lyman Wilbur for urging Congress to fund Boulder Dam while its legality is under U S Supreme Court review. Peterson spoke at the Graham County Chamber meeting in Safford. He said Wilbur should show respect for the court and its pending ruling. Peterson remained confident Arizona would obtain a favorable decision.
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Safford
Ariz
Graham County
Supreme Court
Peterson
Arizona
Bank Robbery in Kansas City Nets $50 000 to 60 000
Four unmasked robbers held up the Interstate National Bank in the Livestock Exchange Building in Kansas City escaping with about 50 000 to 60 000 in cash. They confronted workers arriving for their shift and controlled officials until the vault could be opened. The quartet fled in two cars with two accomplices.
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Kansas
Interstate National Bank
Livestock Exchange
Cuba Becomes Bowl of Love for U S Men and Alien Wives
In Havana the AP reports couples sidestep U S immigration rules by EU women traveling to Cuba, marrying American lovers, and after a short Cuban honeymoon, gaining entry to the United States as spouses of citizens. Cuban rules are described as lenient, enabling the plan to work.
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Havana
Atlantic Ocean
United States
Europe
Cuba
Copper Exporters Cut Price Of Metal
Copper Exporters Inc cut the export price of copper by one cent per pound to 11.30 cents C I F European base ports. The export price had stood at 12.41 cents since a 12 cent level was set for domestic delivered metal weeks earlier, while some smelters and dealers offered domestic material at similar concessions.
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New York
Copper Exporters, Inc
Tramp Novelist Bart Kennedy Dies in England
London reports the death of Bart Kennedy aged 69, the so called tramp novelist who fought Indians in the American southwest and joined the Alaskan gold rush while writing about 20 books including A Tramps Philosophy and A Man Adrift. He died Saturday after a long illness, with the news becoming public days later. Kennedy often described his recreation as doing nothing.
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London
Bart Kennedy
Kennedy
Boulder Dam Progress Report Signals Contractor Bidding
R F Walter chief engineer outlines progress on the Boulder Canyon Dam highway project. Seventeen of the 22 miles of railroad bed from Las Vegas to the dam site have been completed and further work is expected to draw bids from competing firms.
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Washington
Boulder City
Boulder Canyon
R. F. Walter
Las Vegas, Nev
World Court Goes To Senate Today
President Hoover sent to the senate the protocol for American adherence to the World Court with an accompanying letter. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee met earlier, and Borah plans to take up the court issue when the committee reconvenes next week.
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Washington
Hoover
Senate
Borah
Judges refuse to hear divorce cases after December 20
Five Marion county judges in Indianapolis will not hear any divorce cases after December 20, saying Christmas is the day of the child and the home. The judges retire January 1, ending their terms.
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Indianapolis
Marion County
Postal Employees Bill Passed for 44 Hour Week
The House passed a bill providing a 44 hour work week for 300000 postal employees and granting a Saturday half holiday. If service requires Saturday afternoon work, compensatory time is offered the following week. Estimated annual cost starts at about $2 million.
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Washington
House
Senate
Bar Silver Reaches Thirty-Nine and One Half
PAR SUELVER NEW YORK DEC 1 CAP Bar silver moves to 39 1 2 as market activity shows modest gains.
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New York
Kellogg Wins Nobel Peace Prize Of 1929 In Oslo
Frank B Kellogg former U S secretary of state receives the Nobel Prize for 1929 in Oslo with King Haakon present. Archbishop Nathan Soederblom receives the Peace Prize for 1930 for lifelong peace work and the Christian Unity Conference organizer. Additional American winners are noted.
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Oslo
Norway
Frank B. Kellogg
Haakon
Nathan Soederblom
Upsala
Kellogg
Soederblom
Stockholm
Laval inched toward a new cabinet amid bank failure probe
Paris December 10 An unsettled atmosphere swirls around Pierre Laval as he presses to form a government after the Ostuni bank collapse probe. Laval clings to Andre Tardieu despite radical socialist opposition and may unveil a cabinet list tomorrow.
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Paris
Pierre Laval
Oustri i
Andre Tardieu
Laval
Stormey
Herriot
Berlin Police Bar Public Demonstrations After Riots
Berlin authorities publish a decree banning all public demonstrations at 2 p.m. today and warn political groups that gatherings will be dispersed without warning. The action follows protests against the American film All Quiet on the Western Front.
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Berlin
Mexican official named secretary of education
Dr. Jose Manuel Puig Casamrano, former head of the federal district government, was appointed secretary of education today replacing Aaron Saenz who moved months ago to the ministry of industry commerce and labor. Puig recently returned from an extended trip to Europe.
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Mexico City
Jose Manuel Puig Casamrano
Mexican Federal District Government
Aaron Saenz
Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Labor
Puig
Europe
Ruth Nichols Completes West to East Transcontinental Flight
Ruth Nichols, Rye, N Y aviatrix, lands at Roosevelt Field New York at 3 07 46 p m completing a one step flight from Los Angeles In Wichita Kansas she left at 7 41 a m for Roosevelt Field as part of the second and final lap of her transcontinental record attempt Weather favorable eastward and she carried 390 gallons of gasoline sufficient to reach Roosevelt Field without refueling aiming to arrive this afternoon
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Roosevelt Field
N.Y
Ruth Nichols
Los Angeles
Wichita
Kat
Rye
N. Y
Society Aviatrix
New York
Peasants Die as Gangway Collapses at Angreb
Throngs of peasants returning from a congress were thrown into a panic when the gangway from the coaster Topola collapsed. At least four drowned and eight injured were in critical condition. Authorities feared higher casualties as rescuers searched the sea for missing passengers. More than 100000 peasants attended the congress with many coming from Zagreb.
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Souchak
Jugoslavia
APJ
Angreb
Topola
Zagreb
Homesteads Popular in State This Fall
Arizona reports 118 homestead applications filed in November with 52 final proofs and 61 patents issued. Most filings cover lead areas in central and south central Arizona. November permits include coal potash soda nitrate and other minerals prospecting.
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Fhoenin. Ariz
Henry A. Morgan
United States Land Office Register
Arizona
Arzona
Winslow Trainmen Fire Up Car Limit Law Hearing
In Phoenix on December 10, Winslow rail workers testifying before Special Master J E B Morrison and George C Moss argued against Arizona's train limit law. Santa Fe conductors San te Ke and Russell F E Stone from Winslow detailed safety plans to keep freight trains under seven cars and passenger trains under four as they seek to set aside the rule.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Winslow
J. E B. Morrison
George C. Moss
Sante Ke
Sri
Russell FE
Stone
Santa Fs
Moss
Charles Strauss
Saumee
Southern Pacific
Arizone
Governor-elect Puts Appointments In Early List
Phoenix December 10 Governor-elect George W P Hunt revealed an early slate of appointments for his upcoming term including J W Strode as private secretary May S Craig named superintendent of girls school at Randolph John L Parks Loy Turboville Dan McKinney and Dr Edward L Stamm selected for veterinary and state posts William Delbridge Tom Wills Saunders Martin Wright Ross Jacob Hamilton and A E B Mann are listed for various county and capital duties Including roles on the Livestock Sanitary Board Fair Commission and Industrial School assignments across multiple counties with one noted as yard captain at Inspiration Gila Apache Maricopa and Santa Cruz counties are represented in the roster.
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Randolph
May S.craig
Phoenix
John L
Parks
Globe
Gila County
Loy
Turboville
Apache County
Dan McKinney
Elgin
Santa Cruz
Wiliam
Delbridge
Cochise
Tom Wills
Pinal County
de Saunders
Yavapai
Martin Wright
Gilt
Fierce Weasel
Maricopa
Ross Phoenix
Wright
Sidney Sapp
Holbrook
Eion Industrial
Jacob] “Hamblin
Apache
A. ‘Eb. Mann
Tempe
Debates and bills move through committees in congress
On Wednesday and Tuesday debates focus on Jones maternity aid, a $60 million drought relief bill, and an interior supply bill. Conferees fail at Muscle Shoals talks as committees advance nominations to the tariff commission and discuss a $36 million farmers loan. Immigration and military committees study suspensions and public works funding, while naval and agriculture panels work on long term programs.
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Jones
Naval
Uncle Sam Keeps Malls Moving Around Christmas Time
The piece notes Uncle Sam helps keep holiday shopping on track but warns you must start early to ensure gifts arrive on time. It emphasizes timely mailing and starting purchases sooner rather than later.
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Uncle Sam
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