Woodruff objects to private power from Boulder dam
George Woodruff acting secretary of the Interior tells President Hoover he fears a legal and public interest breach if Boulder dam power is allotted to private firms. He says the Boulder dam law targets the power trust and would free municipalities in California Nevada and Arizona from its control. He attacks Finney’s rulings and questions funding private resale of cheap power to the public.
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Washington
Boulder Dam
George Woodruff
Roosevelt
Hoover
Woodruff
Power Trust
California
Nevada
Arizona
Finney
Interior Department
Wilbur
Dugan sanity trial slated for tomorrow in Arizona
Mrs Eva Dugan faces a sanity hearing in Pinal county superior court tomorrow as part of her murder case. If found insane she would be committed to the Phoenix state insane asylum. if not, execution proceeds unless a further stay is granted. Nine witnesses, including four physicians, will testify.
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Florence
Ariz
Eva Dugan
A. J. Mathis
Tucson
E. L. Green
Pinal County
Dynamite Ends Life of Flier at Cuban City
Lieutenant Walther G. Maser, naval aviator, is dead from a premature dynamite explosion while his plane was catapulted from the U S S Nevada at Guantanamo Cuba. Maser, 31, son of Frederick Maser of Dickinson North Dakota, left a wife and four month old baby in Norfolk. Reports say he tested a new catapult using dynamite as the starting force. cause of the blast remains unknown.
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Washington
Walther G. Maser
U. S. S. Nevada
Guantanamo
Cuba
Navy Department
Maser
Frederick Maser
Dickinson
North Dakota
Norfolk
Deadly arrest shocks Tampico labor leaders
Fifteen people including prominent labor leaders were arrested in Tampico over the weekend and sent under heavy guard to Mexico City following the shooting of President Ortiz Rubio on his inauguration day. In Portland the Admiral Benson rescue efforts shift to saving 47 crew aboard the liner stranded on Peacock Spit. In Paris the Tardieu government loses a confidence vote as Premier Tardieu is ill with grippe.
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Tampico
Mexico
Mexico City
Ortiz Rubio
Portland
Ore
Admiral Benson
Peacock Spit
Paris
Tardieu
Cheron
Troubles Of Chicago And Cook County Aid Scrip Payroll
Chicago and Cook County move forward with paying about 4000 employees in scrip worth 350000 dollars for the last half of December. Protests come from State Street stores bankers associations and Citizens' Relief Committee head Silas Errawn. County Board chair Harry Newby says the plan stands under the law though workers may refuse the scrip.
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Chicago
State Street Department
Chicago and
Cook County Bankers’ Associations
Silas H. Errawn
Citizens’ Relief Committee
Harry Newby
County Board Finance Committee
Former Winslow Mayor Alfred Gillard Dies at 53
Alfred Ernest Gillard former Winslow mayor and merchant died Sunday morning after a long illness He had lived in Winslow 28 years born January 15 1877 in Canada He is survived by wife Anna Kilbory and children Frederick Betty and Marion The funeral will be held at the Masonic Temple with Gillard remembered for service on the city council and as mayor.
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Alfred Ernest Gillard
Winslow
Masonic Temple
Gillard
Canada
Anna Kilbory
Eau Claire
Wis
Frederick
University of Arizona
Betty
Marion
Washington
Eight Convicted in Pottawatomie County Liquor Conspiracy
In Oklahoma City on February 17, a federal jury convicted eight of twelve defendants in the Pottawatomie county liquor conspiracy trial. Former sheriff Frank Vox led the convictions while Randall Pitman the county attorney and three others were acquitted.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Ehight
Pottawatomie County
Frank Vox
Randall Pitman
Alcoholic poisoning causes death of Mrs Daisy Neilson
Kansas City February 17 AP report says Mrs Daisy Neilson 23 died from alcoholic poisoning after drinking liquor her husband Otto Neilson bought Saturday night. He told officers she suffered severely after the drink.
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Kansas City
Daisy Neilson
Otto, Neilson
Neilson
Government Launches Chicago Deportation Drive
Federal agents join Chicago police in a weekend operation yielding 1124 arrests, pushing total captures to nearly 5,000 in nine days. Immigration officers screened suspects, 285 with prior records identified. Commissioner William Russell praised the drive for reducing crime and gang violence. Blaine Roth, 45, died in a fatal shooting with two suspects in custody.
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Chicago
Bureau of Identification
William Russell
Blaine Roth
Ambassador Alexander Moore Dies at 63
Alexander F P Moore recently named by President Hoover as ambassador to Poland died in Los Angeles at California Lutheran Hospital at 12:25 pm. An infection of the throat and lungs developed into bronchial pneumonia this morning. He was 63.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Alexander FP. Moore
Hoover
Poland
California Lutheran Hospital
Mexican Governor Resigns for Cabinet Post
The permanent congressional commission accepted Luis Leon's resignation as Chihuahua governor and named Francisco R. Almada temporary governor. Leon leaves to take the portfolio of industry commerce and labor in the Ortiz Rubio cabinet.
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Mexico City
Permanent Congressional Commission
Luis Leon
Chihuahua
Francisco R. Almade
Leon
Industry
Commerce
Ortiz Rubio
Arrests at Philadelphia Club Banquet Shock City
In Philadelphia a raid on two private suites at the Benjamin Franklin Hotel led to 13 men and 11 women being arrested for illegal liquor possession. The group included members wives and friends of the Philadelphia Club of Printing House Craftsmen who had gathered after a club dinner dance in the hotel ballroom.
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Philadelphia
Public Safety
Lemuel B. Schofield
O Day
Benjamin Franklin Hotel
Philadelphia Club of
Printing House
American Minister To Visit Nanking
Nelson T. Johnson, newly named American minister to China, will depart Peiping for Nanking to meet government officials and establish relations after his arrival here.
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Nanking
Peiping
China
Nelson T. Johnson
Body of Earl Borland Recovered by Search Party
In Barrow Alaska on February 17 the body of Earl Borland was found near the wrecked plane that carried Carl Ben Eielson. Nineteen rescuers resumed work after a storm pause. Borland likely died on impact. The body was brought to camp and to the Nanuk steamer. Pilot Harold Gillam reported the discovery.
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Borland
Point Barrow
Alaska
Earl Borland
Carl Ben Hielson
Nanuk
Bielson
Harold Gillam
Coolidges Arrive on Pacific Coast for Rest
Calvin and Grace Coolidge, former president and first lady, reach Los Angeles for rest and recreation. Thousands welcome them despite a quiet reception plan. Governor Young Mayor Porter and Postmaster O'Brien greet the ex president and Mrs. Coolidge with a committee of dignitaries.
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Los Angeles
Calvin
Grace Coolidge
California
C. C. Young
John GC. Porter
P. P. O’brien
Hoovers Return To Washington
President Hoover and Mrs Hoover return to Washington after a Florida trip. They arrived at Union Station at 1 45 a m and went to the White House for breakfast with their guests following the train’s arrival.
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Washington
Florida
Hoover
White House
Union Station
Cold Wave Grips Eastern Seaboard With Fatal Toll
New England endures winter storm after a snow spell as four deaths occur in Boston and one each in Milton River Lowell Webster and Revere Massachusetts and Providence Rhode Island. Shipping slows in Boston harbor and Cape Cod reports drifting snow. Northfield Vermont records a low of six below zero.
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New York
North Atlantic
New England
Boston
Mall River
Lowell
Webster and Revere
Mass
Providence
K. L
Cape Cod
Northfield
New Eneland
New York Churches Prepare Protest Over Soviet Persecution
Protestant churches of greater New York will hold a joint service at St Johns the Divine on Sunday March 16 to protest religious persecution in Russia. Bishop Manning urged all faiths to attend as the event is organized with the Greater New York Federation of Churches.
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New York
Russia
Greater New York
Episcopal Cathedral of
St. Johns the Divine
Manning
U S Army Aviators Fly From Talara Toward Buenos Aires
Lieutenant Will White and Clement McMullen leaving Talara in northern Peru and flying over Trujillo en route to Buenos Aires as they repair from Newark, New Jersey, aboard a U S Army aircraft.
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Lima
Peru
Will White
Clement McMullen
U.S Army
Newark
XN. J
Buenos Aires
Talara
Trujillo
Sie
PLIERS REACH PERU LEMMA
Peru February 17 JAPI Lieu tenants WHHL White and Clement McMullen United States Air passengers landed here at Usada a.m. today en route to Buenos Aires from Newaenki Moo
Soviet Orders Convert Churches to Public Uses
The Soviet government ordered over twenty religious buildings to be closed and repurposed as workers clubs schools grain depots and similar facilities. Bells were removed for metal and in several districts ringing restrictions followed the policy. Eleven churches in the Serpukhoft district were abolished and three more in Trasuski slated to close.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Serpukhoft
Trasuski
Police Called To Quell Indiana Riot
Police reserves were summoned to YPCL headquarters as youths attacked Detective Sergeant Ridward Warner and tried to eject him from a hall hosting a meeting. Madge Kolin 18 Evie Thompson 21 Paul Bucha 16 and Ernest Garner were held on a charge of rioting.
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Hammone
API
Young People’s Communist League
Ridward Warner
Madge Kolin
Evie Thompson
Paul Bucha
Ernest Garner
Rail Acquisition Approved By I. C. C.
The Interstate Commerce Commission approved the Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul and Pacific railroad acquiring the Chicago Milwaukee and Gary railway and assuming $5,000,000 of its first mortgage five per cent gold bonds.
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Washington
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad
Chicago Milwauukee
Gary
Interstate Commerce Commission
Research into Prohibition Files Ordered
Washington February 17 AP Prohibition Commissioner Dorad ordered a comprehensive study of enforcement across states and municipalities. Palmer Canfield will collect records to compare statutes and enforcement conditions to guide the Hoover law enforcement commission.
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Washington
Hoover
Law Enforcement Commission
Dor
Doran
Palmer Canfield
al- Dany
Bureau
Canfield
United States
Attack on Medical Licensing Sparks Association Debate
Chicago February 17. Dr Morris Fishbein editor of the American Medical Journal urged unification of state medical examiners on licensing boards before the American Medical Association congress. He said some examiners could not answer questions even with textbooks. The annual congress opened with Dr Ray Vinan Wilbur presiding.
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Chicago
Morris Fishbein
American Medical Journal
Fishbein
American Medical Association
Ray Lvinan Wilbur
Three Missing After Explosion at Reading Plant
Authorities search the ruins of a three story brick building for the bodies of two men and a woman believed buried after a still explosion yesterday caused walls to collapse. Two laborers were killed and several injured as the blast sent debris into the street. two other men and a young woman near the building are unaccounted for.
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Reading
Illness of Tardieu Delays Naval Parley in London
London February 17 There is unease in naval conference circles as five powers pursue sea armament limits. French Premier Tardieu's illness stalls France's naval claims amid efforts to reconcile France and Italy. US and Britain press to bridge the dispute while Japanese elections loom. MacDonald Stimson and Wakatsuki plan talks at St James Palace, but no major decision expected.
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London
Tardieu
France
United States
Great Britain
Italy
MacDonald
Stimson
Wakatsuki
St. James Palace
League Meeting Seeks Tariff Truce Among Nations
Representatives from 29 nations gathered in Geneva to pursue a tariff truce and remove obstacles to trade. The United States, invited, did not participate. The gathering was convened by the League of Nations assembly last September.
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Geneva
United States
League of Nations Assembly
Bar Silver Prices in New York on Feb 17
Bar silver closed at 48 3 8 cents in New York. Mexican dollars traded at 1 4 cent.
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BAR Silver
New York
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Mead
Reclamation Fund
Elwood Mead
Commissioner of Reclamation
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Boulder
Cuban City
Cook County
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Pius
Church of England
A. E. Gillard
Alexander Moore
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