New Federal Plan Aims to Coordinate Law Enforcement
Washington Sept. 4 Far reaching plans to strengthen enforcement of the Volstead act and other laws are under study by President Coolidge. A proposed law enforcement coordinator would oversee a council including Treasury Justice Labor Agriculture Commerce State and other agencies. A border wall of agents and a joint Treasury immigration unit are among features under consideration.
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Washington
United States
L. C. Andrews
the Treasury
War Council
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Coolidge
Unug
Customs and Immigration
Detroit
Coast Guard
Customs Service
Prohibition Unit
Immigration Service
Department of Justice
Agriculture
Prohibition Chief Chosen for Chicago District
E. C. Yellowley, previously assigned to San Francisco, was selected by Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Andrews to head prohibition work as administrator for the Chicago district.
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Chicago
Washington
E. C. Yellowley
San Francisco
Secretary of the Treasury
Andrews
Charles Henri Claims Proof of Elusive Human Fluid
In this excerpt from 1925, Charles Henri, a distinguished mathematician, asserts he can prove the existence of a firmal like substance. He describes the human being as containing an utterly elusive ideal fluid that defies scales and microscopes.
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Charles Henri
Debares
Bible Verse Parable Quoted Amid Fragments Of Speech
Fragmented passage references biblical lines and a discussion on coal strikes and oil stocks. It mentions Professor Horace Lamb addressing thousands of British rifle association members and a note about science agreeing on an ancient age, with page four referenced.
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Horace Lamb
Lightning may have hit Shenandoah ship, survivors say
Nineteen survivors report incessant lightning flashes during the storm that sank the Shenandoah. Commander Weyerbacher’s theory gains support as sailors recount unable to gain headway, motors failing, and the craft rising at a 90 degree angle before the vessel plunged toward the ground. They arrived at the Philadelphia navy yards after Pittsburgh passage.
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Pittsburgh
Weyerbacher
Shenandoah
Philadelphia Navy Yards
Navy Department
Walter Johnson
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Lieutenant Houghton Survives Two Flight Crashes
Lieutenant Houghton escaped death in the ZR-3 crash in England and again in the wreck of a seaplane off the Delaware capes, according to wartime dispatches.
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Houghton
England
Delaware Capes
Repeal of Eighteenth Amendment Sought at VFW Encampment
Tulsa reporters note a large vote by delegates at the twenty sixth annual VFW encampment calling for repeal of the eighteenth amendment to the constitution. The action reflects the strong sentiment among veterans gathered in Tulsa on September 4.
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Tulsa
Okla
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Weather Fashion: Cool Mornings Warm Evenings
The article notes cool mornings and hot evenings as current weather fashion. Temperatures were 96 at 6 pm, 91 at 8 pm, and 61 this morning at 8 am. An approaching storm promised relief, but rain clouds passed Athens without rain after two dry weeks. Farmers urge rain for corn.
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Athens
Akron Woman Run Down and Two Die in Collision
Akron: Mrs. Ethel Callicutt an 85 year old woman, struck by a truck while stepping from a curb and dying at home an hour later. Bedford pair Irene Farkas and Marie Barbath, both 19, killed near the Bluebird Inn when driver Joseph Pitzer, 22, Cleveland, lost control and overturned in a ditch.
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Akron
Official Probe of Dirigible Crash Opens This Morning
Caldwell reports the inquiry into the Shenandoah disaster begun at 10 o clock with Commander Jacob Klein leading the naval board of inquiry. Secret service and government representatives guard the wreckage as logbook recovery and loot concerns unfold amid rumors of missing bodies and valuables.
Fire damages eight story Arrott Power Building in Pittsburgh
Fire destroyed the four upper floors of the eight story Arrott Power building No 2 in downtown Pittsburgh injuring five firemen, routing twelve families, and causing losses over 300000. Three firefighters were slightly hurt when a fire escape collapsed and two more were cut by debris.
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Pittsburgh
Arrott Power Building
Athens merchants to close shops on Labor Day
Judge J. M. Johnson announces that all member stores of the Athens Retail Merchants association will close Monday for Labor Day. Practically the entire city will observe the closing. no notices will be issued on that day.
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Athens Retail Merchants Association
J. M. Johnson
Shenandoah Crew Member Allely Survives Crash
Franklin E. Masters of Akron reports that Lieutenant Commander Lansdowne and Louie BE Allely of Logan were the only Ohtonne aboard the Shenandoah to survive yesterday's crash. Allely, 38, aviation chief rigger, helped construct the ship at Lakehurst two years ago and has served eighteen years in the navy. His mother, Merc. W. R. Linn, resides in Logan.
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Akron
Lansdowne
Louie BE
Allely
Logan
Ohtonne
Shenandosh
Lakehurst
Allery
Navy
Shenandoah
Merc. W. R. Linn
William Barker Ruled Out as Nelsonville City Auditor
William Barker, longtime city auditor of Nelsonville and Republican nominee, cannot run in November after the attorney general ruling bars him from the primary due to serving as a precinct clerk. Nelsonville has no independent candidate for city auditor as of midnight.
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William Barker
Long City
Nelsonville
Barker
Oneone
Poison Plot Report Targets Bulgarian King Boris II
Reports from Rome of a poisoning attempt on King Boris II of Bulgaria were unconfirmed in London. A dish containing typhoid germs allegedly aimed at the monarch followed a controversial period after a large anti government outburst and a funeral attack. The king, resting in Varna, later resumed duties at his summer palace.
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Posson
Borta
Bulgaria
Boris le
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Georghieff
Boris
Monastary
Varna
Tarata Transfer Follows Chile Peru Boundary Award
Washington reports Chile has handed Tarata to Peru as part of the boundary settlement under President Coolidge’s award. Official information reaching here confirms the transfer.
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CBILE
Washington
Presidem Coolidge
Peru
Chile
Tarata
Mysterious PN-9 Seaplane Flight Vanishes Over Pacific
The Galilean crew of five on the PN-9 Number 1 disappeared after a cross ocean attempt from California to Hawaii. After sixty hours with no trace, hopes faded and fear grew that the aircraft would join the legendary naval Cyclops as a lost airship in the Pacific.
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Mander Galileat
California
Hawaii
Souvenir Hunters Hamper Shenandoah Disaster Inquiry
A military board of inquiry will determine the Shenandoah deaths near Belle Valley five miles east Caldwell as souvenir hunters damaged wreckage. American LegionPost 364 guards the remains while regulars from Fort Hayes relieve them. Cadigan Red Cross aids mourners as 14 dead and 20 injured are tallied.
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Shenandoah
Naval Board of Inquiry
Cincinnati
Jack Cennar
Caldwell
Belle Valley
American Legion
Jacob Miein
Cheir
Legionnnaires
United States Army
Fort Hayes
U. S
Bondy
American Red Crom
Washington, D. City
Aviation policy hangs in balance after Shenandoah wreck
Washington reports weigh the future of naval aviation as the wreck of the Shenandoah looms over policy. Secretary Wilbur signals no aviation shift, but hints of reduced flight activity and safety measures may come with tighter controls to protect crew and cut risks as the bureau of aeronautics adapts.
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BM. K. Reynolds
Washington
Naval
Hawaii
Tion
Anor
Navy Wilbue
Bureau of Geronaction
Savai
Seem
Fragmentary note on evacuees from shore area
An unclear fragment describes survivors from Ohio moving through a city toward a lake area. References to a group or ship and a general evacuation context remain but precise details, dates, or names are unreadable.
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Ohio
Lakehurat
Enandeah
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