Prohibition hearings reveal limited reach of enforcement
Washington April 6 Gen Lincoln C Andrews says enforcement army can curb only five percent of liquor smuggling as senators press for changes in the Volstead act. He notes dismissals from the force for extortion bribery padding and falsified records and criticizes denaturing plants as bootlegger havens while detailing a Cleveland conspiracy case and urging harsher action against dishonest brewers.
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Prohibition Enforcement Army
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Senate
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Sman
Wets
Cleveland
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New Jersey
Congress
League of Nations
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F. Pope Sheppard
Chattanooga
Roland Kerry
Keywest
Fla
Bob Baker
Palm Beach
Eva W. White
Boston
Viola Anglin
New York City
M. B. Wellborn
Atlanta
British Novelist Sees Death of Gerald Chapman
State Prison at Wethersfield reports April 6 with Gilbert Frankau recalling WWI horrors and a personal witnessing of execution. He writes of soldiers slain, a brutal trench head wound, and a man executed to protect humanity, entering a pale green room and a barred chamber.
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Gilbert Frankau
Masterson
International News Service
State Prison
Wethersfield
Conn
Loos
Somme
Nelsonville City Council Rejects Gas Rate Hike Proposal
Nelsonville's city council voted unanimously to block an Ohio Fuel Gas Co proposed ordinance raising the service charge for gas use. The measure, tied to public utilities commission action, had called for a $1 charge for the first 500 cubic feet and 50 cents per 1000 thereafter with a 6 cent prompt-pay discount. The mayor reported March fines and licenses collected, sidewalk repair needs, and bonding options for fire department work. overall finances show a $73,735.28 municipal debt with $10,630.04 retiring this year.
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Co. H. Bartlett
Nelsonville
Ohio Fuel aGs Company
Judiciary Committee
Public Utilities Commission
Eberle
West Washington Street
State Department
Master criminal Chapman pays final penalty in Connecticut
Gerald Chapman, infamous for the New York City mail holdup, met death in an execution chamber at the state prison in Wethersfield Conn at 12 04 10 AM. Witnesses describe a swift, precise hanging as the hood closed and the trap released. Father Barry offered the last rites as Chapman faced the noose and died a few minutes later.
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Gerald Chapman
Gerald Cha
James Skelly
New York City
Chapman
Father Michael P. Barry
Jury Is In Session Summons Witnesses in Two Trials
The court this month will hear Richard Rhodes and John Bryant known as Shorty Bryant as juries convene and witnesses are summoned for their trials.
Meigs county grand jury weighs indictments in murder cases
Meigs county's January grand jury met all day at the court house and has not finished its work. Indictments for first degree murder against Forrest Sapp and Donald Elbin in the Sam Hill slaying at Thomas Fork are anticipated. A quiet post-arrest probe by local authorities led to the two boys' arrest Friday. The state, via Special Counsel L. Chary Davis, says a solid case exists. Trials of Richard Rhodes and John Shorty Bryant for first degree murder in the James McCumber slaying are also noted with 150 petit jurors summoned. Rhodes and Bryant pleaded not guilty. Rhodes seeks extra counsel funding. Bryant is represented by A. D. Russell and R. A. Mauck. Rhodes by Crow appointment.
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Messenger
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Court House
Forrest Sapp
Donald Elbin
Sam _ Hill
Thomas Fork
L. Chary Davis
Richard Rhodes
John “Shorty
Bryant
James McCumber
Wyllis Hill
Jerry Nuby
Rhodes
A. D. Russell
R. A. Mauck
Gallipolis
Crow
President Coolidge Considers Potters Convention Invite
President Coolidge is weighing an invitation to attend the Potters' convention in Canton Ohio on June 12. Louis T Brush, an Ohio newspaper publisher, extended the invitation yesterday.
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Washington
Coolidge
Canton
Ohio
Louis T. Brush
Law Amendment Links Car Return to Theft Transport
Washington reports a proposed amendment by Representative Dyer of Missouri ties the failure to return a hired automobile to evidence of intent to violate the law against transporting stolen motor vehicles. The measure aims to strengthen penalties and signal intent in offense cases.
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Washington
Dyer
Missouri
Bird Houses and How to Build Them
A public notice promotes a free booklet titled Bird Houses and How to Build Them. It extols birds as helpful neighbors that protect trees and gardens from insects, and describes the houses as easy and inexpensive to construct. The Bureau offers the booklet at no cost with return postage via a 2 cent stamp.
Brookhart Looks Set to Win Iowa Senate Seat
A confidential Senate poll shows 49 Senators favor Brookhart, 23 favor Steck, 19 undecided. If debate does not shift votes, Brookhart is likely to be seated by a comfortable margin amid Republican opposition to Steck.
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Smith W. Brookhart
Daniel F. Steck
Iowa
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Brookhart
Senate Today
Steck
Caraway
Democrat
Arkansas
Election Committee
Minority Report
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Mississippi
Curtis
Kansas
Reed
Pennsylvania
Bingham
Connecticut
Copyright laws to be observed threaten radio music future
Washington April 6. Musical compositions from 1909 to 1926 may vanish from air if Congress passes the copyright bill amendment. Hearings in committee reveal fixed broadcaster payments would apply only to works copyrighted after the bill becomes law.
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Washington
C. P
Congress
Paint Dealers Question State Fair Bid Irregularities
Attorney General Crabbe and State Auditor Tracy reviewed testimony from several local paint firm general managers in a joint probe of the state agricultural department. Bidders denied samples were analyzed and rejected bids based on quality, challenging the claim that 600 gallons for the state fair grounds went to Empire Paint and Varnish of Cleveland, with director Judge David Ladd Rockwell connected.
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Crabbe
Tracy
State Agricultural Department
Junx
Empire Paint and Varnish Company
Cleveland
David Ladd Rockwell
Ravenna
March fines total in Athens city court rise
In March Athens saw 38 arrests led by Chief Parker and Captain Mae. Total fines amounted to 531 dollars with an average of 15 dollars per offender. Mayor Moore assessed 534 dollars in fines.
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Athens
Herbert Parker
Charles Mae
Alex M. Moore
Court rules denaturing plants may resume operations
Washington April 6 The New York court of appeals struck down Treasury regulations that had closed more than 200 alcohol denaturing plants, ruling the measures illegal and allowing the plants to restart operations. The decision marks a significant setback to prohibition enforcement efforts.
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Washington
Prohibition Enforcement
New York Court of Appeals
Treasury Department
Court of Appeals
Gurgle of Beer Breaks Death Deception by Murderer
Moscow reports a man named Paul Gorbachev who faked death after robbing a grocery and killing the owner. After 96 hours without sustenance, a detective drinking beer triggered his awakening, leading to a confession. Militiamen shot him as he fled. The case involved a coma misdiagnosis before the truth emerged.
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Moscow
Paul Gorbachev
Gorbachev
Aurbachov
British group backs League council conference on World Court reservations
London reports the British government believes a conference of League of Nations council members is necessary to discuss American reservations to the World Court despite President Coolidge's decision to skip participation.
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London
Council of the
League of Nations
World Court
Coolidge
Darling Cartoonist Returns to Desk in Des Moines
Des Moines Register reports Jay N. Darling, famed editorial cartoonist known as Ding, is fully recovered in health and back at his desk on April 6. He resumes work for the paper, continuing his nationally recognized political cartoons.
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Des Moines
Jay N. Darling
Ding
The
Des Moines Register Today
Editor Mencken Faces Court Over Impure Magazine Sale
Henry AL Mencken editor of the American Mercury was summoned in municipal court in Boston for selling impure literature. He will also press a federal suit for 50000 against J Frank Chase head of the Watch and Ward society for interference with his legitimate business. A large crowd awaited his arrest on Boston Common in a test case against press muzzling.
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Boston
Henry AL. Mencken
The
American Mercury
J. Frank Chase
Watch and Ward Society
Mencken
Chase
Boston Common
Anti Volstead Hearings Reflect Rising Boldness in Capital
In Washington the wet and dry hearings show increasing aggressiveness from wets as they push for a modification of the Volstead Act. Officials’ enforcement failures have shifted the debate from repeal to evaluating social conditions under Prohibition, with twelve days of partisan testimony anticipated.
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Capital
Congress
David Lawrence
the Messenger
Washington
National Capital
Old Kentuckian to Be Up Soon
Grayson Ky April 6 The court will set the date for trial of Jerry Stidman 74 farmer of Carter county on a murder charge for killing his wife 54 in February The grand jury returned an indictment The aged woman was beaten to death at home The husband claimed three robbers did the murder but investigation led to his arrest and indictment
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Grayson
Jerry Stidman
Carter County
Stidman
Radio Control Urged as Crucial For Broadcasting
Secretary Hoover warned that without new radio legislation Congress must grant government authority to regulate broadcasting or about 600 million dollars worth of radio gear in homes could be wasted. He predicted chaos in the industry if control is not established and noted a government suit against WJAZ Chicago for wavelength piracy as a related issue.
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Washington
Congress
Secretary of Commerce
Hoover
WJAZ
Chicago
Disappearance of Mansfield Dance Hall Owner Probed
Federal authorities probe Clark Baker missing since March 10 in Mansfield as mail robbery case against Daniel Hoover grows. Postal inspectors seek links between Baker and Hoover while part of $13 000 stolen from a Pennsylvania mail delivery is recovered and Hoover awaits arraignment in Pittsburgh.
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Cleveland
Clark Baker
Mansfield
Federal
Baker
Daniel Hoover
Pennsylvania
Hoover
Pittsburgh
New Highway Deliberations at County Meeting
At the county commissioner's session in Athens county court house plans for a new inter county highway titled the Middleport McArthur road were approved after a joint Meigs county meeting. Four townships Athens Canaan Ames and Waterloo each paid 500 under Green law road system while bonds worth 45300 may be issued with bids due by 1 pm April 27.
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Athens County Court House
Middleport-McArthur
Meigs County
Athens
Canaan
Ames
Waterloo
R. P. Tompkins
Athens County
Laborites Favor Debt Cancellation at UK Conference
In Whitby Bay England on April 6 the Independent Labour Party conference endorsed resolutions calling for worldwide cancellation of war debts. Seymour Cox urged Britain to cancel debts owed by European nations even without U S agreement, but the majority opposed action as impracticable while Britain still pays the United States.
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Whittey Bay
England
Independent Labor Party Conference
United States
Seymour Cox
Great Britain
Ohio transit officials oppose routes from Lancaster to Columbus and Athens to Vomeroy
In Columbus affidavits filed with the state utilities commission today Ohio transit company officials challenged applications by Porter Murphy Clarence J. Allen Sherman Nelson John Batchick and R Harold Ramsey to extend motor transportation routes from Lancaster to Columbus and from Athens to Vomeroy.
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Ohio Transit Company
State Utilities Commission
Porter Murphy
Clarence J. Allen
Sherman Nelson
John Batchick
R. Harold Ramsey
Lancaster
Athens
Vomeroy
To keep from being annoyed by gray hall consider it dignified
The sentence fragment suggests a matter of attitude toward gray halls viewed as dignified, but lacks clear event, person, or place context to form a proper news item.
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Gray
State Board Acts Suspends Canton Pharmacist and Revokes Ex-Agent License
The state board of pharmacy suspended the license of O. H. Bowers of Canton after finding him guilty of gross immoral conduct. It also revoked the license of Eugene J. Snyder, former federal narcotic agent, who is serving a Delaware county jail sentence for accepting a bribe.
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Columbus
State Board of Pharmacy
O. H. Bowers
Canton
Eugene J. Snyder
Delaware County
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