Georgia Days Demand Resignations Over Prohibition Enforcement
Georgia dry leaders and supporters demand resignations from officials who claim prohibition cannot be enforced. At a mass meeting in Atlanta speakers including William Upshaw Mary Harris Armor and Atticus Webb urged officials who betray the law to quit. The event followed Atlanta Mayor Key's France remarks and Chief Beavers note that enough officers cannot curb bootlegging.
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Atlanta
Georgia
William D. Upshaw
Mary Harris Armor
Atticus Webb
Texas Anti-Saloon League
W. A. Covington
James L. Key
France
James Beavers
New York
Webb
Dallas
Texas
Covington
Prohibition Agents Raid Gotham Speakeasies. 32 Arrested
Ninety federal agents raided 20 speakeasies and cordial shops in New York, arresting 32 men on liquor violation charges as theatres closed. Raids spanned from Greenwich Village to the Bronx with trucks transporting seized liquor.
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New York
Prohibition
Paramount Chop House
Jack
Jill’s
Gwich Village
Bronx
Boys and Girls Start Trip to Summer Camps
A special train carries 19 Panhandle youths to Branson Missouri for the Kuggaho and Kickapoo camps. The six week program includes archery rifle practice Indian dancing camping swimming and nature study with teachers Carlton White Bill Askew and Miss Mary Lynn Boyce among the staff. Mrs Tom White leads the Panhandle car. Dr George Miksch Sutton prepares for a summer Arctic search for Harris Sparrow eggs traveling 5000 miles from Manitoba to northern Canada.
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Branson
Missouri
Dallas
Tom White
Ozarks
Carlton White
Bill Askew
Mary Lynn Boyce
C. J. Blackburn
Pittsburgh
George Miksch Sutton
Arctic Circle
Harris Sparrow
Canada
Civilization
Manitoba
Goldfish Gone, Tabby Is Ill. Police Solve It
Northbrook officer investigates missing goldfish case tied to a sick cat. Pepper test reveals a sneezing cat exposing a fish tail, prompting skull X ray suggestion to locate remaining fish. The quirky mystery ends with no enemies found and a baffled owner seeking answers.
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Tabby
Northbrook
Til
Charles Sutherland
Sutherland
Policy firms under attack in Texas
June 30 reports that four mutual health and accident insurers face court action. Attorney General James V. Allred seeks to forfeit charters and shut down Lincoln Health and Accident Co of Texas along with Air Travelers Insurance Co Merchants Casualty Co and Old Republic Indemnity Co for alleged insolvency and law violations.
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Austin
U.P
Texas Insurance Company
Mutual Assessment Health and Accident Plan
Attorney General's Department
J. D. Moore
98Th District Court
James V. Allred
Lincoln Health and Accident Company of Texas
Allred
Air Travelers Insurance Co
The
Merchants Casualty Company
Old Republic Indemnity Company
B C Stops Headaches and Quiets Nerves
A brisk claim for B C a pain relief remedy from North Carolina druggists promises fast three minute relief from headaches neuralgic pains and female pains with no mood drop or after effects. The ad touts its multi ingredient formula claiming rapid effect within minutes versus hours for common ailments.
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North Carolina
Wickersham Commission dissolves into 11 parts
The Wickersham Commission on law observance and enforcement disbands in Washington as 11 of its 12 members depart. With a $500,000 appropriation reverting to the government at midnight, the once central national probe loses its offices and status amid orderly dispersal by remaining members.
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Washington
Hoover
National Commission On Law
Wickersham Commission
Missing Suitor Found in Bath Keeps Cool
Miss Johanna Donnelly sought help when Willard Robinson did not keep a prior engagement. Police found him in his home in a bathtub reading magazines during the ongoing heat wave, after attempts to contact him failed.
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Evanston
Johanna Donnelly
Willard Robinson
Commission records show ten reports delivered to government printer
Night chairman Wickersham alone would remain in the capital as the commission’s record states ten reports have been delivered to the government printer or deposited at the White House, four others.
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Wickersham
Commission
White House
Prohibition Study Sparks Division and Commission Dissolution Hope
The article notes a still-controversial prohibition study publicized with about half a million dollars allocated, revealing roughly $20,000 may be refunded to the treasury. Commission leaders say the body should be deemed terminated only after a final audited history is accepted by President Hoover. Also mentioned are Mr and Mrs Edd Reese of Hancock County Tennessee reporting their garden’s 200 dollar value.
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Treasury
Edd Reese
Hancock County
Tenn
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