Dry Guns Aimed at Millionaire Liquor Dealers
Prohibition enforcement intensifies against large scale bootlegging rings as Amos W. Woodcock directs 12 federal administrators and 200 special agents to target big shot racketeers with millions in income and to crush large scale bootlegging operations nationwide. The push signals a potential shift in enforcement policy and possible broader legislative modification discussions.
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Amos W. W. Woodcock
Woodcock
Warships posted as demand for tribute echoes Changsha looting
The State Department plans to seek indemnity for American holdings in Changsha believed looted and burned by bandits. Properties worth over 2.5 million dollars include Yale in China, the Presbyterian Church, Seventh Day Adventists, and Standard Oil of New York. American warships ring the Chinese coast as officials weigh responses and protect citizens.
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State Department
Changsha
China
Yale
Presbyterian Church
Seventh Day Adventists
National Anilene
Ll. E. Gale
Singer Sewing Machine Company
Liggett and Myers
Standard Oil Company of New York
Foreign Office
The Athens Messenger Publishes Beauty Hints Booklet
The Athens Messenger offers a booklet titled BEAUTY HINTS that argues true beauty starts with health and a happy mind. It says women can enhance their gifts with practical steps and invites readers to send six cents for cost and postage to obtain a copy.
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Haskin
Athens Messenger
Beauty
The Unimaginable Failure Says Mr Coolidge
A fragment from Arthur Brisbane discusses President Coolidge and economic conditions abroad with a focus on France. The piece suggests a sharp critique of policy and uncertainty about U S leadership in the postwar era.
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Mr. Coolidge
France
Mr. Smith
Giant British airship R-100 to land in Canada Wednesday
The R-100 airship crosses the sea at sixty miles an hour and is expected to land in Canada Wednesday afternoon. The piece notes how past predictions doubted steam rail travel yet proved wrong and suggests flying may similarly become practical, despite public skepticism.
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Canada
England
Coolidge on Farm Board and Global Price Powers
Mr Coolidge asserts the Farm Board failed to restrain wheat and cotton prices while noting worldwide price efforts faltered. He argues supply and demand laws render reversals impossible and cites repeated government attempts as ineffective across commodities including steel rubber silver sugar and coffee.
French Wheat Farmers Benefit as Bonds Rally Worldwide
The article notes French farmers receive $1.70 per ton of wheat while the government increases its gold reserves. Government bonds rise in value as Americans who bought French 744 bonds at $100 or less can sell above $125. Seven years prior those bonds traded at $84.
France Earns Quiet Gain As Markets Hold
France, another country not to be underestimated, shows steady gains amid cautious investor sentiment. Page 4 continues with detailed analysis of French economic resilience and regional impact.
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France
Christian General Feng Yu Hsiang Jeered by State Department Notes
State Department writers insert quotation marks around the term Communists when referring to Chinese groups. They are known in China’s international settlements, but the United States has no definite information linking them to Russian Communists.
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Feng Yu Hsiang
State Department
China
United States
Endurance Flight Record Tilt By O Brine and Jackson
Forest O Brine and Dale Jackson piloted their endurance monoplane from St. Louis as they chase a longer flight, reporting smooth progress at 6 11 a m Central Time while staying aloft 263 hours. Jackson added magneto adjustments as a precaution during the high altitude passage.
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ST. Louis
U.R
Forest O'Brine
Dale Jackson
Jackson
Endurance fliers reach halfway mark in 553-hour attempt
Louis Reichers and Robert Black, in a long endurance flight from Roosevelt Field on Long Island, reached 274 miles by 6:34 a.m. still aiming to beat the Hunter brothers 553-hour record. The voyage has stretched to almost 12 days in the air.
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Roosevelt Field
L. I
U.P
Louis Reichers
Robert Black
Endurance
Hunter Brothers
Fire damages roof at Daugherty home in Athens
Sparks from a nearby furnace caused a fire that damaged the roof of C. A. Daugherty’s home at 7 Arden Place. Marshal Harry Dalton blamed the blaze, and Athens Fire Department crews responded to the 3:45 PM alarm Thursday.
Edison selects protege among youths in New Jersey
Nine of the nation's most promising youths waited in West Orange New Jersey for the announcement that would name one as a protege of Thomas A Edison, the world's foremost inventor.
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Watt Edison
West Orange
N. J
Thomas A. Edison
Woodcock seeks experts to train 24 new city school agents
Woodcock plans to hire two expert educators to train 24 men set to become city school agents in each district. The National Education Association may assist in selecting the trainers. He backed adding about 500 prohibition agents and estimated salaries require roughly 1.25 million dollars. Emphasizing cooperation with alcohol permit supervisors, he noted Treasury and Justice share authority over permits. He assured no large personnel shakeup is planned.
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Woodcock
Dty
National Education Association
Treasury
Justice Departments
Girl Singer Arrested in Buckley Murder Probe
Margy Mansell 21, radio artist at WMBC, was arrested in her east side apartment as part of the Buckley murder investigation. Detectives seized Licavoli’s automobile found in her possession and she was detained for questioning after the arrest following prior arraignment of Angelo Livecchi for murder. Six men were arrested in two raids. four Italians were among them with pistols and shotguns seized.
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Detroit
U.P
Margy Mansell
Gerald E. Buckley
East Side
WMBC
Buckley
Miss Mansell
Licavoli
Angelo Livecchi
Two Indicted for Murder in James Porello Killing
Cleveland July 27 case of corn sugar king James Porello led to two first degree murder indictments by the county grand jury. Names listed are Louis Cangelosi 45 and Charles Citent 25.
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Cleveland
U.P
James Porello
Louis Cangelosi
Charles Citent
Four Die in Asheville Crash Near Weaverville
Four people were killed and five injured when a sight-seeing car collided with a small motor truck near Weaverville today.
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Asheville
N. C
U.P
Weaverville
Archbishop Mooney Visits Cleveland On Charity Hospital Tour
Archbishop Edward A. Mooney apostolic delegate to India made his first Cleveland visit in two years, arriving via Charity Hospital to continue church outreach and assessment in the area.
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Cleveland
A.pri
Edwarda. Mooney
India
Charity Hospital
State tax plan outlines broad income and sales levies
The Lamson draft, presented to Governor Cooper's Tax Committee, proposes a 1.5 to 6 percent income tax with exemptions, a sales tax on playing cards, amusements, and stock transfers, and a 10 percent club dues levy. It shifts burdens to city dwellers and relieves agriculture, with withholding agents, property taxes, and penalties to enforce compliance.
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Columbus
Cooper
BE. C. Lamson
Jefferson
Committee On Agriculture
Lamson
State Tax Commission
Ocean Hop Flight Starts From Kirkwall To Chicago
U R Wolfram Hirth and Oscar Weller, German aviators, began a three stop trans Atlantic flight to Chicago at 9 40 a m from Swanhister Shore to Iceland. They plan to fuel in Labra dor after Greenland and Iceland before the dash to Chicago using a 40 horse power light plane. Delays due to winds slowed them.
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Kirkwall
Scotland
U.R
Wolfram Hirth
Oscar Weller
Chicago
Swanhister Shore
Iceland
Greenland
Labrador
Desert question hinges on a lady's looks says Stewart
Thomas Edison exam problem known as the desert question prompts opinions from writer Donald Ogden Stewart. He says he would save his fiancée if she is good looking, or the scientist's wife if not, and would not send his best friend away with his fiancée. He imagines saving three of eight while others perish.
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New York
U.R
Thomas Edison
Desert
Donald Ogden Stewart
Toftay
Ex-Highway Official Charged With Payroll Embezzlement
U P W A Good of Canfield, former Mahoning County Division Highway Superintendent, was charged with embezzling 834.60 of state funds through payroll padding. State Examiner Johnson reported Good signed a confession admitting fictitious names on highway maintenance payrolls.
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Columbus
U.P
Flour Sold at 80 Cents a Sack in Albany Ad
The Messenger classifieds advertise Minnesota Queen Spring Wheat Flour at 80 cents per sack in Albany. Also listed are golf tees at five cents per dozen and a Cleveland tractor for sale in Lancaster. The ad code Tal 0245 appears as a transaction tag.
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Albany
Minnesota
Lancaster
Cleveland
Twelve Miners Hurt in Blast at Tiltonville Mine
Twelve miners were seriously injured in a powder blast at the Red Bird Mine in Tiltonville Ohio owned by Warner Collieries of Cleveland. Eight were taken to Martins Ferry Hospital with two feared dead. Workers entered to clear a rock slide and apparently struck a pocket of powder left in the tunnel.
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Tiltonville
U.P
Red Bird
Warner Collieries Co
Cleveland
Martins Ferry
Edison Tries Answering His Own Scholarship Questions
West Orange New Jersey August 1 Thomas A Edison sits with 49 scholarship hopefuls. He reads a set of questions used for the examination and notes high school boys can outperform college students because college learning fades after graduation.
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Edison
West Orange
N. J
UPR
Thomas A. Edison
National U S 660 Highway Association Holds Meeting
A Thursday meeting at Parkersburg West Virginia elected new national officers for the year and admitted delegates from the Northwestern Turnpike Association of West Virginia. Upon later revelation the move was rescinded and a special committee named to decide on readmitting the Turnpike group into the National U S 40 Highway Association. Visiting delegates from Ohio West Virginia Maryland and Virginia joined local business clubs for luncheon.
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U. S. 660 Highway Association
National Organization
Northwestern Turnpike Association of West Virginia
Parkersburg
W. Va
Edwin A. Brast
D. Frank Culbertson
Vincennes
Ind
H. N Burgett
Athena
Carl H. Beasley
W. T. Calerdi
Warkersburge Lions, Rotary
Kiwanis Clube
Tariff Blamed For Ford Plant Closure in Barcelona
In Barce lona Spain on August 1 the Ford plant directors announced the factory would close stating the new U S tariff law would severely impact operations. The decision follows the tariff’s expected effects on the business.
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Barcelonia
Spain
United States
Ford Automobile
No Convict Labor Evidence Presented in Russian Wood Case
Amtorg Trading Corporation officials produced new evidence at the second hearing before Assistant Treasury Secretary Lowman to support that no convict labor was used in producing Russian pulp wood destined for export to the United States. The Washington hearing continues as officials argue on labor practices tied to the export.
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Washington
U.P
United States
Amtorg Trading Corporation
Treasury
Lowman
Ready for Battle in Hunan as Government Mobilizes Forces
Government troops mobilize in Hunan Province to counter a well armed band described as Communists moving through the interior. The clash signals ongoing internal conflict with reports of slaughter and destruction along their trail.
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China
Hunan
Shantung
Yen Shi Shan
Shanshi
Shanghai
San Francisco bombing case hearings reveal conflicting witness tales
California Supreme Court reviews the 1986 bombing in which 10 people died as witnesses MacDonald and Este Smith offer shifting accounts. Miss Smith claims Billings did not bomb but sprayed acid, while Mooney and Billings may be summoned for retrial context.
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San Francisco
California Supreme Court
San
Warren K. Billings
King
Folsom
Tom Mooney
San Quentin
Hn MacDonald
Este Smith
MacDonald
Billings
Mooney
Miss Smith
Billin
Act
Market Street
Stewart
Mar Streets
Billings Hirself
Amos to Host Fashion Guide on Ties This Sunday
The Messenger reports Amos and his fashion organization will answer questions about matching ties with suits. Topics include striped versus plain ties, blue versus red, bow ties, and when to wear different styles in a Sunday session.
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Amos
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