Attack on Dry Law Drives Formation of Prohibition Repeal Group
Capt. William H Stayton directs the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment in a national drive to repeal the Volstead act. By October 4 he plans a Chicago visit and has organized state chapters across Ohio Minnesota Indiana Iowa Missouri and numerous others. The group seeks a convention to elect officers and push a plan to remove prohibition from the constitution. Membership is open to men and women at $1 a year with notable backers including Stuyvesant Fish Irvin S Cobb and Kerwin Roosevelt among others.
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Washington
union
United States
Willam H. Stayton
fother
Association Against the Prohibition
navy league
as dgisia Ge
the
asociation
Cant. Grayton
G. €. Hinckley
Stuyvesant Fish
New York state
Irvin S. Cobb
Kerwit Roosevelt
Henry Mitchell Wabater
Augustus Thomas
Harrison Grey Piske
Minnie Maddern Fiske
Gertrude Atherton
Sidney Fish
Winnifred H. Cooley
R. I. Agassiz
Seth Low
John A. Roebling
Capt
Fierce Fight on Morroccan Front, London Dispatch
A Madrid despatch to the London Times says Spanish expeditionary forces have not yet engaged at Tisza. The Spaniards defended the town, routing 16 000 attackers and preventing Moorish forces from surrounding Tisza.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Wimes
Madrid
Tisza
Water purchase leads to grand larceny arrest in New York
Thomas Cassase, an importer and exporter, paid two men 16,000 for thirty five barrels of water believed to be whisky. Police arrested Joseph Mantelie and Anthony Orapello and held them on 7,600 bail for grand larceny.
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New York
Thomas Cassase
fhe
Joseph Mantelie
Anthony Orapello
sue Picton
Strike Vote In Packing Plant Workers Vote On Wages
Tinaha Packing plant employees nationwide will cast ballots next Saturday on a strike to prevent wage cuts. J. W. Burna of Omaha, secretary of district council No. 5 of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America, announced the plan.
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J. W. Burna
Omaha
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Worlmen
North America
Missing Witness In Murder Case Shocks San Mateo
Marie Bianchi, a key witness in the murder proceedings against William Hightower for the killing of Fr. Hestin in Colma, is reported missing by San Mateo District Attorney Swart. Also noted are informal advices that a British armament conference delegation has been selected, including A Bonar Law Winston Churchill Arthur H Lee and H A L Neher.
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San Francisco
Marie Bianchi
William &. Hightower
Fr. Hestin
Colma
Swart
San Mateo county
Washington, D. C
Washington
A. Bonard Law
exchequer
house of commons
Winston Churchill
Arthur H. Lee
Fareham
H. A. L. Neher
British board of education
Unemployment Conference Opens in Washington amid Rail Strike Talks
United States faces unfolding labor tension as a national unemployment conference in Washington, called by President Harding, drafts a broad plan for private public cooperation to expand work, while rail workers vote 80 percent in favor of a strike over wage cuts and working conditions. France, Britain, and Germany confront postwar financial strain and arms talks amid Lloyd George’s Ireland diplomacy and German treaty debates.
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United States
Washington
Harding
Secretary of Commerce
Hoover
Barding
England
queri
tlon
federal railway Inchor board
Brotherhood of
Germany
Austria
Hungary
senate committee
America
international commissions
congress
Wilson
senate
Lodge
reichstag
Wirth
Briand
France
Trench non
Marshal Foch
Japan
Tyeaato ‘Tokugawa
League of Nations
Robert Cecil
South Africa
league
Great Britain
Bolivia
Millerand Keeps Tennis Up Despite Nearsightedness
President Millerand, aged sixty two, continues his daily routines and tennis with his family at Rambouillet. Though nearly blind and starting late, he persists in sport and walking, earning praise as a devoted father and tireless public figure.
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Alexandre Milleraud
French republic
Nishat
Josh
Millerand
Rambouillet
statesman
France
Who's Who
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Bar gifts a Jacobean cabinet American bar to Sir William Sutherland
Sir William Sutherland private secretary to Lloyd George married recently and received an unusual wedding gift a complete American bar in a Jacobean cabinet with decanters shakers siphon liquors syrups gin vermouth plus cigarette boxes and ash trays. Donor is Sir Joseph Hewitt. a cocktail expert furnished it at a West End hotel. The bar may require an expert to use the supplies and Sir William is known for cigars, even on the way home from church.
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England
Wiliam Sutherland
Lloyd George
Sir Joseph Hewitt
West end
Si William
America
Sutherland
Sir Willam
King Alexander of Jugoslovia Seen as Key to World Stability
International diplomats rate King Alexander of Jugoslovia as vital to world safety. As regent and heir, he unified Serbs Croats and Slovenes under a single crown while avoiding punitive actions toward dissenters. His strength and moderation kept the kingdom intact, making his leadership crucial. without him uncertainty looms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander
Jugo-Slavia
Peter
Jugo Slavia
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Two Aberdeen Scouts Chosen for Shackleton Quest Voyage
J W F Mart of Aberdeen Scotland and WN Mooney of Kirkwall Orkney youth patrol leaders were picked by Sir Ernest Shackleton to sail 30000 miles through uncharted Antarctic seas aboard the Quest. Both boys, ages 18 and 20, beat thousands of applicants for cabin boy positions and express eagerness for future expeditions while noting the uncertain chance of a next time.
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J. W. F. Mart
Aberdeen
Scotland
i Mooney
Kirkwall
Orkney
Ren
Sir Ernest Shackleton
Ernest
Mary
Aberdeen university
Banff
Ernest Shackletom
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W. H. Stayton
Bayne Benguer
Wood
Philippine Islands
Morocco
Col. Mason Mathews Patrick
army air service
Conference on Unemployment
EDWARD W. PICKARD
South Wales
Ireland
De Valera
Arthur Griffith
Sinn Fein
Sinn Feta
committee on privileges and
Michigan
Henry Ford
Newberry
War department
army
national army
National Guard
national land defense forces
corns
Adolph Elsner
Cadar Rapids
H. K. Allis
Albert Lea
C,lk Palmer
Britt
Allis
Rose Harland
Collins
Methodist church of
Plano
Knox
Council Bluffe
Glenn Robinson
Grinnell
aviation corps
W. E. Brown
Galedburg
New London
Cromwell
Frank Mullen
Frank Sparr
P. J. Gres
Wesley
William Green
Algona
Iowa pike
Don Marton
Sioux City
Globe Hotel Co
Dorothy Goff
Atlantic
W. 3
Hamilton
Simpson college
Indianola
Alva Clark
Mission Home
boys in blue
Des Moines
Wilson Decries
Raymond Yorty
Spencer
Greenville Savings Bank
Las
William Johnson
Lincoln
DeCries
reform school
John Lock
Thomas Lock
Mason City
Garner
Glen Young
John Smith
Counc Bluffy
Iowa State College
M. J. Riggs
Dag Maines
Anna
Evelyn Skoland
Fort Dodge
William Baene
Baene
Sutherland’s American Bar
Cee
Boy Scouts
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