Vanderbilt Sees Butler Hit-Run Tale As Minor
Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr. claims General Smedley Butler twisted his story to gain advantage and says he will sue to reveal facts from a planned court martial. He asserts testimony would have exposed remarks at a November American Affiliated Lecture Bureau meeting about naval pact failures.
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Los Angeles
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Jdr
Smedley D. Butler
Vanderbilt
General Butler
Butler
Tacture Reau
United States
Great Britain
Japan
Favorable Report Ordered On Veteran Compromise Plan
The House Ways and Means Committee ordered a favorable report on the $700 million veterans compensation compromise plan by a 17 to 4 vote. Opponents named were Hawley and Representatives Treadway Chindlom and Ramseyer. The plan would more than double loan limits for veterans on their certificates, up to $500 on a $1,000 certificate from the previous $225.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Hawley
Treadway
Massachusetts
Chindilom
Illinois
Ramseyer
Iowa
Firefighters Overcome by Gas at Five Hour Blaze
Rochester firemen battled a five hour basement fire when water met burning oil releasing carbon monoxide. Forty eight firefighters including three battalion chiefs were hospitalized after widespread smoke inhalation. Emergency care stations and ambulances treated the affected as damage was placed at about $20,000.
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Rochester
Congressman Rowbottom Indicted for Bribe Influence
Indianapolis February 13 Congressman Harry E. Rowbottom a Republican from Indiana's first district was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of accepting bribes in exchange for using influence to obtain post office appointments for district residents.
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Indianapolis
Harry E. Rowbottom
Congress
Indiana
Arizona House passes ten measures sent to Senate
The Arizona House, led by Speaker M J Hannon, approved ten measures and sent them to the Senate. A memorial to Congress asking for 216,911,367 acres of public domain was supported 43 to 77. Other bills included adjutant general term alignment 58 to 1 and private financing ban for state departments 47 to 8.
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House
Senate
Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona House of Representatives
M. J. Hannon
Congress
Arizona
Valentine of
Pinal
Sayers
Maricopa
Lurber
John Dean
Yuma
Tway
Cureton
Coconino
Bevan
Cochise County
Rapp
Loveless
Filibuster Ends As Oklahoma Senator Moves Relief Bill Back
Senator Thomas of Oklahoma concluded a near five hour filibuster in the Senate and moved to return the relief bill with the $20,000,000 drought loan fund to conference. Leaders remained confident the measure would pass despite continued opposition and further speeches planned.
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Washington
Thomas
Oklahoma
Senate
Watson
Interior ‘Department
Somere
Fresh Liquor Kills Flagstaff Worker
In Flagstaff Arizona a coroner's jury ruled that Miguel Sais died of acute alcoholism after buying three pints of freshly distilled liquor. Francisco de Laho and Luis Montoya, both Mexicans, are jailed on charges of selling the intoxicant and will be turned over to federal authorities for trial. Sais left a widow and a five-year-old son. he had lived in Flagstaff seven years.
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Flgstaff
Ariz
Francisco de Laho
Luis Montoya
Coconino County
Miguel Sais
Flagstaff
H. L. Russell
Sais
Russell
de Laho
Montoya
Meningitis Rages in Chekiang Province
Shanghai report from P Kuo Min states a spinal meningitis epidemic is raging in Chekiang province. Hangchow dispatch notes 812 cases at Haining with 610 deaths and authorities respond to widespread urgent requests for help.
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Shanghai
P—Kuo Min
Chekiang
Haining
Weather in Winslow Arizona Fair to Night
Generally fair weather across Arizona with little temperature change through tonight and Saturday. Winslow remains under clear skies with light winds and mild conditions.
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Arizona
Railroad Ordered to Turn Excess Earnings to Government
The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered Norfolk & Western to pay $15,849,344 to the government for excess earnings between 1922 and 1926. It marks the first major trunk line case under the excess earnings principle in effect since 1920.
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Railway
Washington
Norfolk & Western Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Quakes Hit Napier New Zealand Causing Damage
Severe earth shocks rocked Hawkes Bay at noon today causing damage in Napier where much of the town had been ruined by a previous quake. Standing walls collapsed injuring workers and delaying cleanup as returning residents escaped from unstable structures. The coast area to the south of the town was noted.
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Napier
New Zealand
Hawkes Bay
Mexican Rebel Chief Leads Bandit Gang
In Cocula Jalisto reports say former rebel leader Jesus Gonzalez has risen with 15 followers looting the countryside. Gonzalez was prominent in the Cristero rebellion and was granted amnesty after its 1929 settlement. Troops have been sent in pursuit.
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Guadalajara
Mexico
Cocula
Jalisco
Jesus Gonzalez
Gonzalez
Pardon Board Denies Foster Commutation Plea
The Arizona Board of Pardons and Paroles denied Charles R. Foster's request for commutation of his death sentence. Foster, a Claysville Pennsylvania native, is slated to be executed at the state prison in one week for the murder of Mike Baker of St. Louis. The board's ruling ends his clemency bid as the state Supreme Court has already denied a rehearing of his appeal.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona Board of Pardons and Paroles
Charles R. Foster
Claysville
Mike Baker
St. Louis
Foster
State Supreme Court
English Prohibition Bill Stirs Parliament on Friday the Thirteenth
Edwin Scrymgeour Dundee prohibitionist again sought a bill to ban alcohol in the House of Commons. Observers noted the bill’s number was 13, Friday the thirteenth. Scrymgeour, elected on the prohibition ticket, has long campaigned to end the liquor trade. In 1923 his similar bill failed 236 to 14.
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London
Edwin Scrymgeour
House of Commons
Dundee
Scrymgeour
House
Storms In State Are Continuing
Northern Arizona endures heavy snow with nearly a foot in Flagstaff while rain drenches other areas. University of Arizona faces a 55 mile trip over snowbound roads for a basketball game with Arizona State Teachers College tonight.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona
Flagstaff
University of Arizona
Ashfork
Arizona State Teachers College
Prescott
Navajo
New Mexico Line
Dead Man’s Flat
Bisbee
Rampant Oil Well Spouts Gusher Driving 20 Families Out
In Oklahoma City the No. 4 Mary Jane Ansell Well of the Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Co erupted with a 600 barrel flow and fire risk. A south wind spread gas clouds forcing twenty families from homes as workers battled floods of oil with earthen dikes through the night.
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Oklahoma City
Mary Jane Ansell
Indian Territory Iluminating Oil Company
Arizona Senate OKs repeal of State Corporation Commission
The Arizona Senate passed Senator Fred Sutter's bill to amend the constitution abolishing the three member State Corporation Commission and replacing it with a single commissioner. The vote was 74 to 4 with one excused. bill now goes to the House for final passage and to voters for approval.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Senate
Fred Sutter
State Corporation Commission
Hill
Midgely
McEachren
Nelson
Impure milk poisoning in Manzanillo prompts dairy owners’ detention
Dispatches report 120 people in Manzanillo were poisoned by impure milk. Dairy owners were held by police as authorities investigate the adulteration. In Washington, Senator Frazier reiterated charges against Herbert Hagerman in the Interior Department debate as the Navy supply bill moves to the Senate.
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Mexico City
Manzanillo
Universal Today
Washington
Herbert J. Hagerman
Frazier
North Dakota
Senate
Hagerman
Interior Department
Hunt sees no need for a special session in 10th Legislature
Gov. George W. P. Hunt said there is no reason to consider calling a special session after the 60 day regular session ends. He noted the taxation issue must be settled but that the regular session still has about a month to run and pending legislation can be disposed of.
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Phoenix
Ariz
George W. P. Hunt
Hunt
Queen Helen to marry Romanian officer amid royal divorce
London dispatch reports Queen Helen plans marriage to Colonel Skeletti after divorcing King Carol. Magda Lupescu, in Paris, is said to be lodging near royal quarters and Carol seeks to nullify their 1928 divorce. The Romanian Orthodox Church Holy Synod declares the divorce null and void.
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London
Bucharest Society
Helen
Carol
Skeletti
Paris
Magda Lupescu
Asentia
Holy Synod of the
Romanian Orthodox Church
Aimee and Daughter Visit Chinese Grave
Aimee Semple McPherson and her daughter Roberta sailed from Kobe on the President Wilson after two days in Kobe and Kyoto. They head to Hongkong to visit the grave of Robert Semple, the missionary who died in 1911. Roberta said her mother remains a bit nervous but improved after the Pacific voyage.
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Tokyo
Rengo
Kobe
Aimee Semple McPherson
Roberta
President Wilson
Kyoto
Hongkong
Robert Semple
Pacific
S. S. Pattee Chosen River Commissioner
Governor Hunt appointed Tucson attorney Samuel S. Pattee to the Arizona Colorado River Commission to succeed Charles E. Ward. Senate confirmation anticipated. Other members Homer Wood of Prescott and Thomas Maddock of Phoenix have been appointed and confirmed.
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Phoenix
Ariz
George W. P. Hunt
Samuel S. Pattee
Tucson
Arizona Colorado Fiver Commission
Charles E. Ward
Senate
Hunt
Homer Wood
Prescott
Thomas Mattock
Wood
Maddock
Pope Pius XI Seeks World Greetings by Radio
From across the globe telegrams cablegrams and radio messages of congratulations poured into the Vatican as Pope Pius XI marked his world message via radio for the first time. Church and state leaders priests missionaries lay Catholics and Protestants united in praise and felicitation.
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Vatican City
Pius XI
Vatican
Hoover approves Sunnyside dirigible base bill
President Hoover signed legislation creating a dirigible base at Sunnyside California and urged immediate funding to begin construction.
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Washington
Hoover
Sunnyside
Calif
Prohibition Downed in London House of Commons
The House of Commons rejected the prohibition bill by a vote of 137 to 18, ending attempts to ban alcoholic beverages in the United Kingdom.
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London
House of Commons
United Kingdom
Spain sees easing general strike as Cadiz workers return
Reports from Cadiz indicate the general strike is weakening with workers resuming duties. Stores reopen and trolley cars resume service as Madrid notes a calmer day.
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Madrid
Spain
Cadiz
Textile Strike Ends in Lancashire Weavers Return to Work
In Manchester England on February 13 the prolonged Lancashire cotton stoppage ended freeing 300000 locked out weavers to resume work on Monday.
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Manchester
England
Lancashire
House veterans committee sends widow pension bill to subcommittee
The House veterans committee referred a proposed pension measure for World War widows and orphans to a sub committee today. The action was reported from Washington on February 13.
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Washington
House Veterans Committee
Red Cross drought relief fund campaign progress
The Red Cross announced receipt of 7.84 million dollars toward a 10 million drought relief fund and ordered 322 thousand seed collections for spring planting in 15 drought states, each with 18 seed packs.
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Washington
The
Red Cross Today
Rain postpones University Polo game at Tucson
Rain forced the postponement of the University of Arizona-Seventh Cavalry polo match in Tucson. The game will be played Saturday with a second contest scheduled for Monday as the Wildcats begin their 1931 season.
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Tucson
Ariz
University of Arizona-Seventh Cavalry
Wildcats
Marines to Withdraw From Nicaragua by June
The United States plans to pull back marines from Nicaragua by June after President Moncada accepts a plan to cut forces substantially. About 800 Marines on combat duty will depart, leaving a training and aviation unit in Managua. The remaining forces will depart following elections in 1932, while the National Guard will be increased by 500 men to assume security duties.
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Washington
United States
Nicaragua
Moncada
Managua
Nicaraguan National Guard
Rodeo Cowboys Convene in Cheyenne for RAA King Crown
Cheyenne hosts the Rodeo Association of America annual convention with national rodeo leaders in attendance. Clay Carr of Visalia California is named world all around cowboy champion as the event closes after a day of judging based on thirty member rodeos.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Rodeo Association of America
Clay Carr
Visalia
Cal
Cable offices closed in Foochow as talks continue
Chinese authorities shut the Danish Great Northern Telegraph cable office in Foochow today. Negotiations proceed with the two companies seeking to replace expired government agreements that ended December 31.
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Shanghai
Great Northern Telegraph
Foochow
Senate backs split session plan for Arizona Legislature
The Arizona State Senate voted nine to eight to recommend passage of Hugo Farmer’s bill for a split session. Discussions dominated the morning as other measures were noted including a $10,000 watershed survey for the Gila River and its tributaries above Coolidge dam in San Carlos in cooperation with the interior secretary, contingent on state or federal matching funds. An emergency $500 appropriation for the State Board of Pardons and Paroles, a new Department of Insurance with a $4,500 superintendent salary and $32,800 first-year cost, and a 50 cent license fee for trapping fur bearing animals were also proposed.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Senate
Hugo Farmer
Gila River
Kelly
Gila
Coolidge Dam
San Carlos
Secretary of the Interior
State of New Mexico
State Board of Pardons and Paroles
Committee On Appropriations
Department of Insurance
Corporation Commission
J. H. Smith
Mohave County
Favour
Yavapai
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Kansas State Teachers College of
Pittsburg
Reba Kirby
Brunet
Picher
Okla
Theta Sigma Upsilon
Chinese Province
Winslow
South Island
Pardon Board
Bulletins
Gov. Hunt
Aimee
Daughter
S. S. Pattee
Pope
Gihers
RED Cross
National Guards of
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