Senate votes twenty four million for enforcement
The Senate approved 24 million dollars to aid prohibition enforcement with the president directing expenditure and power to allocate funds across departments, plus 250 thousand for a prohibition general investigation. The vote reflected wets and drys clashes and opposition from Secretary Mellon.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Ciry
Mellon
Harris
Georgia
F. Scott McBride
Anti-Saloon League
McBride
A. H. Briggs
California
Briggs
Edwin C. Dinwiddie
Wayne B. Wheeler
Perfume for Garbage To Curb Bad Odors
San Francisco residents read of a new municipal scheme where garbage collectors layer scents on each trash can. The perfumed sanitation effort targets odor control as workers spray narcissus and mignonette scents while emptying pails.
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International News Service
San Francisco
Olympian Heights
Russian Hill
American Sky Scraper Hotel Rises in Leipzig Germany
Leipzig hosts the first American style 14 story steel and concrete sky scraper hotel with 800 rooms and 800 baths. The building aims to serve 2300 U S business visitors at the Leipzig Trade Fair as Dean White and Miss Ruby Kirk return from New York.
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International News Service
Leipzig
Germany
Europe
United States
Dean White
Ruby Kirk
New York City
Gas Tablets Promise Relief From Stomach Bloating
Advert says Baalmann's Gas Tablets permanently relieve gas in stomach and bowels. Claims include ending gnawing pit pain, easing heart palpitations, preventing drowsiness after meals, stopping bloating, and preventing cold limbs by improving circulation. Urges purchase of genuine yellow package at drug stores for $1.
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Baalmann
Baatam
Arrested editor defies English meeting order in Toronto
Phillip Halphern editor of Kampf was arrested in a Toronto theater during Lenin memorial services for speaking Yiddish in defiance of a police order that all public meetings be conducted in English. The crowd reacted with jeers and a tear bomb incident followed by audience songs.
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Associated Press
Toronto
Phillip Halphern
Kampf
Draper
Board of Police Commissioners
American girl urged to marry Americans by Princess Chakir
Princess Lydia Chakir formerly Sadi Spreckels urged American girls to marry at home. She warned of obstacles from cross country marriage and said Turkey remains patriarchal. She lives in San Francisco apart from Mustapha Bay Chakir and rejects returning to Turkey with her 12 year old daughter.
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International News Service
San Francisco
Lydia Chakir
Sadi Wirt Spreckels
Mustapha Bay Chakir
Turkey
Madame Chakir
Mme. Chakir
John Spreckles, Jr
Lighted Wing Signs Advertise on Planes
Chicago January 23 Electric signs on airplanes flash on and off on the lower wings as big as six foot letters. The American Air Transport association says the signs light up with colored bulbs to display complete advertising messages during flight.
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International News Service
Chicago
American Air Transport Association
New Charters Granted by State Office in Texas
United Press reports from Austin on January 23, 1936 list several new charters issued by the Texas secretary of state. J. F. Zimmermann & Sons Inc of Dallas with $5000 capital. incorporators Fred A. Zimmermann Floyd G. Zimmermann and Kidney F. Zimmermann. Langs Inc of Dallas with $35000 capital. incorporators W. J. Lang Mrs Johnnie Lang and O. B. Crawford. Davis Millinery Co Inc of Dallas with $20000 capital. incorporators Deck Davis W B Davis and F P Davis.
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United Press
Austin
Texas
J. F. Zimmermann & Sons, Inc
Dallas
Capial
Fred A. Zimmermann
Floyd G. Zimmermann
Kidney F. Zimmermann
Lang's, Inc
Capital Stock
W. J. Lang
Johnnie Lang
O. B. Crawford
Davis Millinery Co., Inc
Deck Davis
W. B. Davis
F. P. Davis
Two Brothers Reunited Behind Nebraska Penitentiary Walls
Lincoln Neb Jan 23 Two brothers separated twenty five years ago after their parents death in New York are re united in Nebraska prison William Townsend of Council Bluffs Iowa located his brother Otto Williams serving one to seven years for grand larceny Williams was adopted by a Nebraska family and given the Townsend name Townsend seeks sentence commutation to help his brother start anew.
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International News Service
Lincoln
Neb
New York
Nebraska Penitentiary
William Townsend
Council Bluff
Iowa
Otto Williams
Williams
Nebraska
Townsend
Lord's Day Society Targets Sunday Contamination Efforts
London leaders of the Lord's Day Observance Society plan a intensified campaign to curb Sunday secular activities. They note 85 percent neglect worship, more Sunday saloons than churches, and readers consuming Sunday newspapers. Proposals include closing shops candy stores and all saloons on Sundays and banning Sunday concerts dances movies theaters games and Sunday newspapers.
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International News Service
London
Britain
Influenza Increases Across Europe Reported
London records a sharp rise as many offices lose staff to illness. Medical leaflets circulate on prevention and treatment. Hungary Finland and Germany suffer severe waves. Warsaw reports 100000 cases with some deaths, while Poland is milder.
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Associated Press
London
Europe
Hungary
Finland
Germany
Warsaw
Poland
Hoover sets 4 day rest at Belle Isle Miami Beach
President elect Hoover settles at the J. C. Penney estate on Belle Isle Biscayne Bay after a Washington to Florida train ride and a crowd reception. He plans a month of rest with limited staff and may tour the West Indies before returning North.
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Associated Press
Miami Beach
Fla
Florida Keys
Hoover
J. C. Penney
Belle Isie
Biscayne Bay
Washington
Miami
Florida
Mrs. Hoover
West Indies
English Antique Expert Succumbs
Edward T. Warren a famous American born antique expert in Lewes England died recently at an advanced age. A native of Waltham Massachusetts he settled in Lewes thirty years ago and was known as a collector of Greek antiques. His cremated remains will be taken to Italy for burial.
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International News Service
Lewes
Eng
Edward T. Warren
Waltham
Mase
Italy
Horseshoe Pitching Sparks Clinton League Plans
Horse shoe pitching once a fireman’s sport has spread through Clinton Massachusetts with men and women eager to play. A special meeting outlines a 10 team league with twelve players per team and allows women to form teams and pitch.
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International News Service
Clinton
Mass
Local horseshoe league forms under Parker leadership
A popular pastime becomes organized as a Worcester County league with RE A Parker guiding the effort, recognized as one of the top horseshoe tossers in the area.
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Re, A. Parker
Worcester County
Big Landing Lights For Safe Night Flying
In Chicago on January 23 the American Aid Transport association reports a beacon landing system with 8,000,000 candle power. The device floods a field with a glare free beam, concentrates light across the field to four feet above ground, and eliminates upward glare. The landing aviator faces no distraction as wheels touch down.
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International News Service
Chicago
Alh
American Aid Transport Association
Bridge Party Held In Spite of Cold
A social notice invites readers to a bridge party despite cold weather. The item encourages timely flu relief and hints at a simple remedy to recover by noon, implying a lively, resilient social calendar.
Pape's Cold Compound Offers Quick Relief For Colds
The ad touts Pape's Cold Compound as a harmless tablet that settles cold symptoms fast. It promises relief from throat and chest congestion without the head ringing of harsher drugs and urges purchase at any drugstore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pape
Free Rheumatism Cure Prescription Offered by Mail
A World War I era ad states a man in France used a costless rheumatism remedy and offers to mail the prescription to readers who send their address. He signs as PAUL CASE, Dept. A 152, Brockton, Mass.
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France
Paul Case
Dept. A
Brockton
Mase
Preliminary Kidney Health Advice Promotes Jad Salts
An advertisement urges readers to drink soft water and take four ounces of Jad Salts before breakfast when kidney pain or backache appears. It claims the remedy flushes aged kidneys, neutralizes body acids, and prevents bladder disorders, touting safety and low cost.
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