Prohibition Admin Intends Businesslike Oversight Plan
Assistant Secretary Andrews aims to recruit a dozen top executives from industry to head 22 prohibition posts plus in Puerto Rico and Hawaii. Field directors may be promoted, with some officials leaving by October. Conferences in New York and Washington weigh candidates to balance skill with job needs. The effort signals a shift to private sector style management of enforcement.
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Prohibition Raids Lead to Five Arrests in New York
Wire dispatches report that twelve prohibition agents battered two Broadway supper clubs with sledge hammers, arresting five men as government liquor stock valued at 1 009 dollars was seized.
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No New Outbreaks in Foot and Mouth Disease Reported
Houston August 1 no fresh cases among cattle in the neighborhood were reported to Dr Marion Imes an expert in charge of eradication. Guards guarded a quarantined area of about eleven square miles and veterinary examiners scanned a wide area for symptoms with instructions to report suspicious cases. Additional cases may be found but spread seems unlikely unless a stray carrier lands the germs on other fields.
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New Post Road May Link San Antonio to Laredo or Brownsville
San Antonio Aug 1 The new post road from San Antonio to Austin will be a link in a high type highway extending ultimately to either Laredo or Brownsville if the ambition of John H. Bickett Sr of San Antonio member of the state highway commission is realized.
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Texas county commissioners face pay delays under new remuneration laws
Austin August 1 Texas lawmakers passed three bills on remuneration that may hinder commissioners from collecting pay after September 1. Senate measure sets salaries at 3600 for counties above 100 million valuation and 1200 for those at or below 10 million, while House bills propose graduated scales, ending at 5 per day with a cap of 1000 yearly for road overseer duties.
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Flames sweep two blocks at Liberty
A major fire in Liberty destroyed about two city blocks, estimated at 100000 dollars in damage. Eighteen building owners reported losses including two leading hotels, multiple restaurants, stores, and grocers as flames began behind the Jo-Mil Feed store and consumed structures across the area before suppression.
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Weather outlook shifts with high pressure over western Kansas
A southeastern movement of the western Kansas high pressure area brings partly cloudy and warmer conditions tonight across the central plain states. Cooler weather remains in the plain states with rain along central and eastern Texas Louisiana and showers along the middle Atlantic coast. Temperature readings for Amarillo show historical highs and lows for 1924 and 1925.
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Pepper Confident World Court Entry Will Win Senate Support
Senator Pepper of Pennsylvania arrived in Wam\npscott as a guest of President Dodge and voiced confidence the Senate will approve America's entrance to the world court with reservations acceptable to other powers. He noted his visit was social but would involve talks with the president on the world court and anthracite issues before Maine.
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Will Rogers declines Arkansas governor bid
The famed comedian Will Rogers refused a invitation to run for Arkansas governor. A Rogers Kiwanis club offer elicited a reply noting he could not govern Arkansas, joking that his best part is already in the state and saluting Arkansas and its people.
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Preacher Shoots Wife Dead at Breakfast Table
In Richmond Virginia on August 1 Rev George W Holder killed his wife during breakfast then shot himself. The couple, married recently, were about 85. Holder had retired from ministry years earlier and worked in a furniture store. Mrs Holder had been his housekeeper prior to marriage. Both are aged about 85 and he leaves three children by his first wife.
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Work Train Wrecks Near Fort Stockton
SAN ANGELO Aug 1 The motive overturned and five bank cars derailed when an Orient westbound extra carrying workers from San Angelo to beyond Fort Stockton struck soft track one mile east of Big. The rails spread but none were hurt.
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Condemned Russell Scott Awaits Last Legal Bid
Mrs Catherine Scott fights on as her husband Russell Scott, condemned to death, awaits a final legal bid by his attorneys after twice being saved from the gallows at the last minute. The case centers on ongoing efforts to win clemency or a reprieve.
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French Complete Evacuation of Ruhr Reported
Paris reports the French evacuation of the Ruhr is finished with not a single French soldier remaining in the mining basin after midnight. The entry occurred January 11, 1923, and the operation spurred extensive coverage on reparations payments, though the French press largely ignored the evacuation.
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Man confesses to killing Maurer in Chicago drug store
John Gordon, held on charges of first degree robbery, kidnapping, and criminal assault, confessed to county attorney that he killed Joseph Maurer, a Chicago drug clerk. Police doubt the account but are investigating after the Aug. report from Wichita.
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Bancroft's Body to Be Sent Home Soon
Washington Aug. 1 The body of Ambassador Bancroft who died in Japan will be sent home on the Japanese cruiser Tama which will sail shortly for San Francisco. Funeral ship to be commanded by Captain Demitsu of the Japanese navy in keeping with standard diplomatic envoy customs.
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Broken Family of Bryan Still in Washington
The widow Mrs Bryan and her family remain in Washington after William Jennings Bryan s funeral with no definite plans for memorials or travel. Former Governor Charles W Bryan heads to Omaha for lectures while other children may stay briefly. Mrs Bryan appears cheerful as she plans to return to Miami after recovering from the strain of the day s events.
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German baker linked to Del Rio alien smuggling ring
San Antonio report says a Villa Acuna German baker directed aliens smuggled from Tampico to Monterey then Villa Acuna and across the Rio Grande. Captain Hanson notes the arrest disrupts a border operation spanning Texas, with 85 mounted officers plus 20 extra guards. Fourteen aliens, including Germans Greeks and a Spanish girl, were recently seized near Del Rio.
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