Map shifts reshape House seats as census redraws districts
By Associated Press writer Leo Ryan the looming congressional map redraws follow the 1930 census. California gains nine seats while Missouri Florida Georgia Iowa Kentucky Pennsylvania lose multiple seats. Michigan and Texas gain several while many states each shed one seat. Continued on Page Six.
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Associated Press
United States
Uncle Sam
House of Representatives
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Florida
Middle Plains
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New York
Chicago
Missouri
Georgia
Iowa
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Kansas
Maine
Massachusetts
Minnesota
Mississippi
Nebraska
North Dakota
South Dakota
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Tennessee
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Virginia
Wisconsin
Los Angeles
Hollywood
Michigan
Texas
New Jers
Arizona Cotton Farmers Get Aid
The first deficiency bill before the president carries 675000 to compensate Arizona non cotton zone farmers for 1930. The measure provides 45000000 for government expenses this year. Arizona to reimburse half of the non cotton item except 20000 spent on the Sacaton Indian reservation. An Arizona Senate bill seeks 327500 over two years to cover the state share.
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Arizona
House
Senate
Sacaton Indian Reservation
Minnesota bill to restore capital punishment killed by delay
In St Paul a house committee postponed action on a bill to restore capital punishment, effectively killing its prospects for this session. In Lincoln a Nebraska house vote approved allowing women to serve on juries with optional participation, sending the measure to the senate. In New York bar silver priced at 26 1/2 ounces.
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Minnesota
Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska House of Representatives
Senate
Weather in New Mexico and Arizona Fair Nights Ahead
Generally fair tonight and Saturday with little temperature change. Winslow records through Thursday show stable conditions with slight variation. forecast covers New Mexico and Arizona regions, signaling dry, calm weather through the period.
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New Mexico
Arizona
Winslow
Lew
Testimony Ends in Cannon Case as New Allegation Emerges
Washington report notes the church board closed evidence against Bishop James Cannon Jr after claims that core charges drew from his then wife Helen McCallum. The temperance leader of the Methodist Episcopal Church South then began his defense with Austin O'Malley reporting.
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Washington
James Cannon, Jr
Helen McCallum
Mead Says Hoover Dam Work Begins Within Two Weeks
Dr. Elwood Mead, director of the U S Reclamation Service, told Governor Dern and the Colorado River Commission in Salt Lake City that actual work on the Boulder canyon project will start in two weeks. He noted the railway to the site is in place and contractors are busy with preliminary dam work before visiting Denver and Washington.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Remember the Red Cross Steamships Voyage on City Streets
Torrential rains flood towns on the New South Wales north coast. Boats rescue people from house tops and a steamer passes along Lismore's main street. No casualties reported. Railway service suspended in affected areas.
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Sydney
New South Wales
Lismore
Parties Unite To Speed Vet Funds
The Senate and House Republican leaders agreed to expedite action on a $10,000,000 Veterans Administration hospitalization program. Attending were Senator Watson, Speaker Longworth, Representative Tilson, and Chairman Snell. The plan aims to provide 2,797 beds as relief for veterans and to aid employment.
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Senate
House
Veterans Administration
Watson
Longworth
Tilson
Snell
House Rules Committee
Hines
Divorce bill moves back to judiciary in Arizona
Senator C. C. Crenshaw's divorce bill returns to the senate judiciary committee and will stay there until next week or later. The measure would cut residency for divorce filings to 90 days from the current one year. In the House, the force account highway bill remained on the calendar after a reconsideration vote and faced final action, delayed to Monday. Both chambers adjourned for Arbor Day in southern Arizona.
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Ariz
C. C. Crenshaw
Senate Judiciary Committee
Arizona
House of Representatives
House
Coxon
Cochise
Fred Sutter
Senate
Crenshaw
Judiciary Committee
Cyrus McCormick Sued for Divorce in Chicago Court
Mrs. Dorothy Linn McCormick, daughter of W. R. Linn, files in Superior Court seeking a divorce from Cyrus McCormick vice president of International Harvester on grounds of cruelty. The suit, filed yesterday, comes as McCormick is believed en route to Europe and alimony is not requested.
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Chicago
Cyrus McCormick
International Harvester Company
Dorothy Linn McCormick
Douglas Predicts Favorable Action On Veteran Bills
Representative Lewis W. Douglas of Arizona predicted an early Veterans Committee hearing on bills for extra construction at Tucson and Whipple hospitals. He said data show the need for facilities and cited strong American Legion support, noting a recent $10,000,000 bureau program did not include Arizona.
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Washington
Lewis W. Douglas
Arizona
House Veterans Committee
Tucson
Whipple
Douglas
American Legion
Veterans’ Bureau
Hines
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Indian School Improvements Celebration Set Next Friday
Government officials and Navjo Indians plan a Friday gathering at Tuba City to mark the five year 500000 building program completion at the Indian school. The investment has roughly doubled since 1926 with a dormitory for 100 students a bakery and upgraded power and heating plants.
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Flagstaff
Ariz
Tuba City
C. L. Walker
RED Crc
Twenty Three Years of Hollywood Film Industry
Hollywood and surrounding studios marked twenty three years since the 1908 start by Thomas Persons and Francis Boggs with Across the Divide. The scene was modest a storage room over a laundry and few celebrated as cameras rolled on producing films for worldwide audiences.
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Los Angeles
Thomas Persons
Francis Boggs
Hollywood
Culver City
Universal City
Burbank
Arizona considers creating a highway patrol in new bill
A bill to form an Arizona highway patrol is to be introduced in the 10th legislature. It calls for a 12 officer patrol with a superintendent, funded from the state highway fund, under the highway department. Patrolmen must be state residents for three years and drawn from counties when possible.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona Highway Patrol
R. T. Jones
Pinal County
Division of Highway Patrol
Arizona Highway Department
State Highway Fund
Senate backs relief plan despite White House doubts
Senate forces pressed approval of a relief legislation compromise offered to the administration. President Hoover remains opposed to any measure resembling new appropriations to aid drought and unemployment sufferers. The compromise adds a $25,000,000 drought loan in place of a Red Cross relief fund and hints at a possible food fund without naming it.
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Washington
Senate
White House
Hoover
Red Cross
Interpreter Of Talk By Wilbur Surprises Secretary With Speech
Secretary Wilbur chuckled as he recalled how a deaf interpreter mime written speech while he spoke to a group at the Columbia Institution for the Deaf. The event marked the birthday of Edward Miner Gallaudet, founder of the school.
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Wilbur
Washington
Columbia Institution For the Deaf
Edward Miner Gallaudet
Canal Zone Greets Princes Of Britain
The Prince of Wales and Prince George arrived in the Canal Zone aboard the Oropesa at 8 15 am under a salute. They acknowledged officials then went to France Field and boarded a Pan American airliner bound for Panama City. The royal party later expected to reboard the Oropesa at the Pacific end of the canal.
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Prince of Wales
Prince George
South America
Buenos Aires
France Field
Panama City
Pacific
Panama Canal
Silver prices fall to new lows in New York and London
Bar silver dropped to record lows in New York and London markets. Quotations in New York at 26 1 2 cents an ounce, down about one half to five eighths of a cent, with London also reporting a half penny decline.
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New York
London
Red bandit and 13 Reds executed in Hankow action
Thirteen convicted Communists and one girl bandit were executed here today as authorities press the anti Reds campaign. Communist attacks on Yangtse river shipping extend 300 miles above Hankow with rifles trench mortars and field guns used against passing craft. Reds near Shasi are building six miles of trenches on the Yangtse south bank to gain protection from patrol gunboats.
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Hankow
China
Yangtse
Shasi
Red Cross Wife of Gila Senator Dies in Globe
Mrs. Alfred Kinney wife of the senior Arizona senator from Gila county died after a prolonged illness at the Kinney home in Globe. She was 82 coming to Arizona from Germany as a young girl and lived in Globe 52 years. Once manager of the Kinney House she had been crippled for years and recently paralyzed. Funeral plans not announced.
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Ariz
Alfred Kinney
Gila County
Kinney
Globe
Senator Kinney
Arizona
Germany
Kinney House
Halcyon
Refugees Of Quake Suffering Move Through Damaged Hawkes Bay
The New Zealand government reports order restored in the earthquake zone near Hawkes Bay and relief agencies at Hastings and Napier are working well. About 100 dead are known, including 42 women and girls, as evacuation faced roads cracked and congested with moving vehicles. Refugees die by the roadside. crude crosses mark shallow graves amid continued tremors and hardship.
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London
New Zealand
Hawkes Bay
Hastings
Napier
Austrian balloon pioneer Albert Von Hoffman dies at 68
Albert Von Hoffman emigrated from Austria to avoid military service and became a leading American aeronaut before airplanes dominated the skies. He earned wealth after years of hardship, learning balloon flight early in the century. He represented the United States four times in the Gordon Bennett international race and died of heart disease at age 68.
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Albert von Hoffman
United States
Austria
von Hoffman
EMBER
RED Cross
Complete Summer School Planned at State College
Dr Grady Gammage president of Northern Arizona State Teachers College announced the first complete summer school will run June 8 to August 14 in connection with the Teachers College Summer session J P McVey Flagstaff High School principal will head the program The session will be two five week periods June 8 to July 10 and July 13 to August 14 Member the Red Cro on message ends with a truncated line.
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Flagstaff
Ariz
Grady Gammage
Northern Arizona State Teachers College
Northern Arizona
Teachers College
J. P. McVey
RED Cro
Pound Beaten For Post On Imperial Irrigation Board
Earl C. Pound the president of the Imperial Irrigation District board and Colorado River Commission member was defeated for re election to the board from the Brawley district by Frank M Beal Ira Aten El Centro representative on the board was reelected while Frank McIver ran unopposed for reelection as secretary treasurer Miss Vinnie Barry chief deputy assessor and collector for the district defeated Dan Wiest incumbent
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EL Centro
Cal
Earl C. Pound
Imperial Irrigation District
Colorado River Commission
Brawley
Frank M. Beal
Ira Aten
Frank McIver
Vinnie Barry
Dan Wiest
Ford Buys 35 Acres to Expand Long Beach Plant
Ford Motor Company announced it has acquired 35 additional acres adjoining its Long Beach California plant to support expansion. The move follows previous growth plans and underscores the company's investment in the West Coast facility.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Long Beach
Cal
Fight disrupts Japan budget panel in Tokyo melee
A budget committee clash in the Tokyo house of representatives ante-chamber left about a dozen injured including two Diet members. Police said several people suffered head and hand cuts and others bruises amid the daggers and scuffles.
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Tokyo
House of Representatives
Diet
Motilal Nehru Dies at 69 Nationalist Leader
Pandit Motilal Nehru, aged 69, a leading Indian nationalist, died after months of illness. He had been released from Allahabad prison in January due to his frail condition while serving a six month term for participation in the civil disobedience campaign. Remembrance and tribute spread as news from Lucknow and the United Provinces.
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Lucknow
United Provinces
India
Pandit Motilal Nehru
Allahbad
Dr Hubert Work Taken To Hospital For Influenza Treatment
Former postmaster general and interior secretary during the Harding Coolidge administrations Dr Hubert Work entered St Josephs Hospital in Denver for influenza treatment. His condition was not serious and he is under care of his son Dr Philip Work of Denver.
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Denver
Colo
Hubert Work
Interior Department
Harding
Coolidge
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Work
Philip Work
Arizona Cattle Growers Plans Annual Convention in Safford
C. W. Peterson of Arlington president of the Arizona Cattle Growers Association announces Feb 10 and 11 as the dates for the group’s annual convention in Safford. Governor Hunt and members of the 10th state legislature are invited. The two day event includes a barbecue and dance.
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Phoenix
Ariz
C. W. Peterson
Arlington
Arizona Cattle Growers Association
Safford
Peterson
Hagerman Defended By Hayden In Senate Hearing
In Washington on February 6 the Senate Indian affairs inquiry funded a $36,600 extension. Senator Hayden of Arizona vigorously defended Indian Commissioner Hagerman amid questions over Navajo land matters tied to oil leases. The committee previously grilled Hagerman on graft concerns and pay amendments were dropped by conferees.
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Senate Indian Committees
Congress
Senate
Hayden
Arizona
Herbert J. Hagerman
Hagerman
Frazier
Interior Department
Cramton
Michigan
House
Hagern
John Collier
The
American Indian Defense Association
Navy Dirigible Heads for Panama After Record Flight
The Los Angeles dirigible left Guantanamo at 8:20 a m today for Panama after a record flight from Lakehurst New Jersey. It covered 1535 miles in 24 hours and five minutes and will join United States fleet maneuvers in Panamanian waters this month.
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Navy Department
Los Angeles
Guantanamo
Cuba
Panama
Lakehurst
N. J
United States
Texas Menus Printed On Cotton For Dining Cars
The Texas and Pacific Railway Company introduces cotton dining car menus to boost southern cotton use. The material provides a smooth printing surface and features colored reproductions of Texas scenes.
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Texas
Dallas
Tex
Texas and Pacific Railway Company
Kinship of Pajamas Sparks College Scandal at Southwestern
At Southwestern Presbyterian College in Memphis the Rev R Girard Lowe faces calls to apologize after remarks about wearing pajamas. Co editors claim dancers wore beach pajamas with belts and veils and no boys were present. Dean M H Townsend collected 126 denials and urged a public apology.
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Tenn
Southwestern
Presbyterian College
R. Girard Lowe
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