Ohio’s illicit liquor boom stuns state with mail order trade
An official survey estimates 3,000 people in Cuyahoga County profit from prohibition violations, with a $150 million annual county market. Judges and mayors have accumulated nearly $2 million in profits, while federal probes track outside mail order liquor rings and escalating enforcement challenges.
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Ohio County
Frank H. Fraysor
Cleveland
Federal Grand Jury
Ohio
Buckeye
White House
Roy Haynes
Mabel Walker Willebrandt
C. C. Crabbe
J. E. Russell
Prohibition
M. Bb. Copeland
Cuyahoga County
Municipal Court of
Post Office
S. E. Siegfried
Henry Dickman
New York
Atlantic Seaboard
Cleveland Express
New Discoveries At Lehman Caves Draw Tourists And Scientists
Ely Nevada March 26 Thousands visit Lehman caves as science flags new fields in biology ethnology and archaeology. CC Boak wins congress to set aside caves as national monument while Governor Scrugham supports prehistoric research by State University professors yielding fossils and a petrified skull described as a missing link in human ancestry.
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Ely
Nevada
Lehman Caves
CC. C. Boak
Congress
Scrugham
State University
United States
Garden of Eden
American debutantes flocking to London court season
American debutantes arrive in London for the court season. Mrs Alister McKinnon and Iris McKinnon of Providence stay at the Savoy. Miss Pamela Curtis of Hartford will be presented. Millicent Davis of New York was to be presented last year and arrives early. The Cornelius Vanderbilts will be at Claridge's during the season.
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London
Alister McKinnon
Mises Iris McKinnon
Providence
Savoy
Pamela Aka
Addie Curtis
Hartford
Conn
Marchioness of
Headfort
Millicent Davis
New York
Cornelius Vanderbilts
Claridge’s
Will Husband Love Wife Who Is His Equal
Paris report on the postwar stage drama L’Egale at the Odeon Theatre. The plot follows Cecile who runs a factory in her husband Georges absence and proves her equal, inspiring pride, doubt, and pursuit by an old love, with a final reconciliation. The article notes shifting gender roles after four years of war and a growing interest among French women.
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Alice Langelier
Paris
Gemnier
Odeon Theatre
Germany
Cecile
Georges
Blanche Hardain
Beaucoup
Power Plant Halted at Philo on Muskingum River
Ohio Power Company halts work on six unit Philo plant with only two units currently to be completed and workers to be withdrawn once the second unit comes online. The facility currently produces about 600000 kilowatts daily.
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Zanesville
Ohio Power Company
Philo
Muskingum River
Teaching Home Care Defiance Classes Open
Twenty five students enrolled in home hygiene and care of the sick courses in public and parochial schools under Miss Sarah Neal Hutchinson an itinerant Red Cross nurse brought by the local Red Cross chapter for an indefinite period.
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Sarah Neal Hutchinson
Red Cross
Yosemite Park Opens Museum for Tourists
Yosemite National Park plans a new museum to display park specimens and exhibits for visitors. The facility will showcase natural history highlights and educate tourists about the park’s geology flora and wildlife.
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Yosemite National Park
Horatio Algerland Hollywood Rise From Rags to Riches
Hollywood, Calif. March 26. The piece chronicles the rise of film stars from humble beginnings, noting Gloria Swanson’s leap to fame and a record weekly salary offer. It recalls Erich von Stroheim, Marshall Neilan, Phil Rosen, Adolph Zuker, Jesse Tasky, Marcus Loew, Raoul Walsh and others who transformed from common jobs to cinema landmarks. It also mentions Joseph von Sternberg, Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, Rudolph Valentino and early career shifts.
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Copeland C. Burg
N.S
Hollywood
Calif
Horatio Algerland
Los Angeles
Gloria
Erich von Stroheim
Marshall Neilan
Phil Rosen
America
Adolph Zuker
Jesse Tasky
Marcus Loew
360 Theatres
Raoul Walsh
Walsh
Christy Cabanne
Cabann
Fei Vetito Laver Cabaane
Mary Fochford
Blanche Sweet
Dr. W. Griffith
Charlie Chaplin
Chaplin
Mary Pickford
Douglas Fairbanks
Rudolph Valentino
Principals Clash Over Sociology Textbook at Bucyrus High
The Bucyrus board of education banned the textbook Principles of Sociology amid a split vote. Two women on the board favored keeping it while three men voted to remove it, sparking debate on classroom materials.
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Bucyrus
Bucyrus High School
Board of Education
Girl in the Purple Mask Held in Essex County Jail
Salem on March 6 reports a woman dubbed The Girl in the Purple Mask, Blanche Dubois, aged eighteen, accused in a Haverhill store holdup with three bandits. Samuel Linden, the Chelsea pugilist, testified to connections in the case.
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Salem
Mass
Essex County
Pretty Blanche Dubois
Haverhill
Samuel Linden
Chelsea
Robbery Convicts Named in Confusing Holdin Case
Testimony centers on Sica Duboia and Linden with claims of clothing borrowing and a purple mask. Miss Dubois repeats the story while prosecutors convict Linden Francia Maffi Hastino Roma of the robbery. A plea pleads innocence for Blanche, claimed to be a mistaken suspect.
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Sica Duboia
Linden
Miss Dubois
Francia Maffi
Hastino Roma
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Covington, Ky
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