Congress Schedule Highlights of Thursday Actions
Senate debates Hopkins nomination for federal judge in Kansas while hearings proceed on sugar tariff. House resumes agriculture supply bill work and naval shore construction. War and prison legislation, appropriations, and impeachment of Cuban sugar ties noted. Bastman confirmed as ICC member. Jones nomination referred back. Emergency funds for Mediterranean fruit fly and veterans hospitals approved. Byrd bill advances rank for Liebard Byrd. Trail fly campaign and highway aid measures advance as page six continues.
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Richard J. Hopkins
Kansas
House
Presiderat Hoover
Joseph BB. Bastman
Massachusetts
Robert M. Jones
Tennessee
Senator Schansoi
Virginia
Liebard l. Byrd
Florida
Utah engineers propose San Juan dome dam option to Boulder
Salt Lake City December report details a Utah Society of Engineers committee plan for a massive dome dam on the Colorado near the San Juan juncture. It would store about 2.5 to 3 million acre feet, rivaling Boulder Dam’s 25 to 30 million, and aim to improve silt and flood control with potentially lower cost.
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Salt Lakes City
Colorado River
Utah
Arizona Hine
Boulder Dam
Boulder
Apecial
Utah Society of Engineers
Lnsted
I. H H. Wimball
San Juan
Colorado
A F E Ways Cuts Plane Fares
Southwest Air Faster Express announces Jan 1 fare cuts to match rail Pullman rates into the southwest. Erle Halliburton, president, says the move tests whether slow air traffic growth is due to fear or high prices.
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ST. Louis
Southwest
Southwest Air Fst Express
Erle Halliburton
Cold Snap Hits Hard Back East
The Associated Press reports a nationwide cold wave with sub zero to near zero temperatures from Canada to Dixie and the Rockies to New Kneeland. Dozens died from gales and ice as blizzards and freezing conditions disrupted Christmas trade and kept shoppers indoors across Chicago Milwaukee Detroit St Louis and other cities.
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Prairies
Canada
Dixie
Rockies
New Kneeland
Midwest
Dominion
New Orleans
Kentucky
Tennessee
Georgia
Atlantic
Virginia
Carolinas
Texas
Saco
Mont
Willison
Chicagzo
Milwaukee
Detroit
St. Louis
Chicago
Middle West
East
Our Car Battle Delights and Deliberates House Leaders
In Washington on December 19 AP reports a daily exchange between Jack Garner and Nicholas Longworth over the House car. Garner jokes the car is for the Democrats to preserve his bid to become speaker after the next election while Longworth dismisses the claim as常 repeated.
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Nick
Jack” Garner
Texas
House
Democrats
Nicholas Longworth
Ohio
Garner
Ete
Aviator Sets New Army Altitude Record
Lieutenant George E. Pierce flew a Boeing P-12 at 31,700 feet at Rockwell field near San Diego, surpassing the prior mark by 1,500 feet. He reported an oil gauge freezing at ten below zero as pursuit planes push rapid record breaking in tests.
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San Diego
Cal
George E. Pierce
Rockwell Field
Price
Hall Bundy
Norman Ives
Bundy
Meteor Seen Near Highway Sparks Fire Near Joseph City
C K E Garten driving on Route 66 west of Joseph City reported a meteor flashing past Smy route from Holbrook to Winslow. He described a fireball as large as a wash tub that struck the ground about half a mile ahead, setting a tree on fire which burned away by next day with no meteor trace found.
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Smy
Holbrook
Winslow
Public Library Urges Return of Overdue Volumes
Mrs Horace Evans librarian appeals for the return of books currently checked out from the public library. All items now overdue should be brought back promptly to avoid further notices.
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Horace Evans
School Girl Dies Victim of Attacker
Freeda Bolt an 18 year old Roanoke area student was found dead beneath Bent Mountain logs after a week missing. A heavy cord was found around her throat and Buren Harmon the initially held acquaintance faced police questioning.
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Roanoke
Freeda Bolt
Bent Mountain
Buren Harmon
McNary Man Receives $1653 For Injuries
Phoenix report states James Cook of Standard received 1653.79 in work injury compensation after a water tank fell on him while being moved to a McNary forest fire site. He worked as a mechanic for Cady Lumber and suffered fractures in both legs plus other injuries.
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Phoenix
James Cook
Standard
McNary
Ife
Cady Lumber Company
Bishop Kinsolving Dies At 67 In Brazil Mission
Rev. Lucien Lee Kinsolving, 67, co founder and bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Missionary See of southern Brazil, passed away. He helped establish church work in Brazil and led the mission for decades.
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Forest Pls
Lucien Lee Kinsolving
Protestant Episcopal Missionary
Brazil
Fort Victoria Sinks After Collision Near Ambrose Light
250 passengers aboard the Furness Bermuda Fort Victoria were rescued after it was rammed midships by the Algonquin near Ambrose Light. Most of the crew of 165 were saved. Captain A. R. Francis and 12 crew stayed aboard until sinking at 7:30 pm. Passengers with lost baggage were ferried to Manhattan or landed at Stapleton.
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Fort Victoria
Ambrose
Miami
Galveston
Sandy Hook
New Yorker
A. R. Francis
Fort Victories
Stapleton
Staten Island
Manhattan
North River
Furness-Bermuda Line
The
Steamship Company
Widow of French Ambassador Dies
Paris reports the death of Madame Daueschner widow of Camille Dueschner former French ambassador to the United States She notes M Dueschner was appointed ambassador in October 1924 and served in Washington until December 1925.
Arizona Governor Questions Boulder Canyon Power Allocation
Governor John C. Phillips of Arizona telegrammed Secretary Wilbur expressing surprise at delays in final power allocation from Boulder Canyon Dam. He noted Arizona and California have not reached a tri state agreement since the hearings and stated there was no plan to confer until negotiations with Nevada are complete.
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Phoenix, Arviz
Secretary of the Interior
Ray Lyman Wilbur
John C. Phillips
Arizona
Fed
Eral
Boulder Canyon Dam
Phillips
Wilbur
Colorado River Commissions
California
Nine chiefs seek Blagt reason at McAlester mine blast
Four investigators from state and federal agencies planned to enter the Old Town coal mine at McAlester to determine the cause of Tuesday’s explosion that killed 49 miners. They would be joined by a mine company representative, with entry scheduled near noon. Relief funds were being gathered nationwide for families.
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Mcalester
Okla
Old Town Coal Company
Miller D. Hay
C. A. Kerbert
United States Bureau of Mines
William Ogilvie
Wildcats To Open 1929-30 Basketball Schedule In Phoenix
The University of Arizona Wildcats and freshmen face a double header in Phoenix with the Varsity meeting the Phoenix Saunders Stores quintet and the freshmen clashing with the Tucson High Badgers on the University court. Three former Arizona stars will play for Phoenix.
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Tucson
Ariz
Dee 1
API
University of Arizona Wildcats
Wittens
Phoenix Saunders
Mareet
Tucson High Badgers
Arizona Stars
Phoenix
Aces Crash On Side Of African Mt
In Tunisia an RAF flight from Cranwell attempting a nonstop 6000 mile hop to Cape Town failed, crash landing on a North African mountain near Tunis. wreckage found on St Marie D Azit. two fliers Jones Williams and A H Jenkins presumed dead after stormy night and difficult search.
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Tunis
Africa
Royal Air Force
Kingland
Here
St. Marie D'Azit
Jones-Williams
A. H. Jenkins
Cranwell Airdrome
Capetown
South Africa
Mediterranean
Maricopa Gets Busy Catch Fleeing Thug
Charles Barnes 24, one of four county jail escapees, was captured near Phoenix by Sheriff Charles H. Wright and two deputies. He rode in a car with two men who said they picked him up in Mesa. Barnes, convicted of robbery with 16 to 76 year sentence, claimed the escape occurred shortly after midnight.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Charles Barnes
Maricopa County
Charles H. Wright
Barnes
Mesa
Glendale
Supreme Court
Hoover Ally Questioned by Senate Lobby Panel
CAPD Edwin F. Shattuck, a New York attorney described as a close Hoover friend, was questioned by the Senate lobby committee over his activities lobbying for a low sugar duty in the tariff bill pending before Congress.
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Washiington
Edwin F. Shattuck
New York
Hoover
Senate Lobby Committee
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