Prohibition Hearings Flag Bootleg Trade Scale
U S district attorney Emory R Buckner told a senate committee illicit liquor sales from alcohol diversion reach 3 6 billion dollars annually, with 216 million in reduced potential bootlegging under Treasury official Andrew’s enforcement. Buckner cited vast New York bootleg networks and poison laced liquor amid a dry era, as hearings opened with wets framing reform.
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Washington
Emory R. Buckner
United States
New York
Senate
Buckner
New York City
Reed
Missouri
Committee of Five
Chairman Means
Senator Reed
Wets
Andrews
the Treasury
General Andrews
Canada
Federal
Greater
Alfred J. Talley
Court of General Sessions
W. Mendian
Pan American journalists meet in Washington
A Pan American Congress of Journalists opens in Washington with nearly 300 delegates from 22 republics. Secretary Kellogg urges press influence for peace and mediation, with Francisco Sanchez Latour of Guatemala stressing press responsibility as the event runs through next week. Walter Williams of Missouri named president as Coolidge is set to speak and lay the cornerstone of the National Press Club building.
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Washington
Pan-American Congress of
Kellogg
Pan- American Union
Congress
Tacna-Arica
Chile
Peru
Francisco Sanchez Latour
Guatemala
Pan-American Board
Coolidge
National Press Clvic
Capitol
House
Senate
Walter Williams
School of Journalism
University of Missouri
Polar flight sets new northward record from Point Barrow
Captain George H. Wilkins and pilot Ben Eielson reached 73 degrees 30 minutes north in a March flight, far surpassing prior Arctic attempts. Stefansson hailed the voyage as proof of airplanes’ value in exploration, while overland supply delays at Barrow sparked continued recovery efforts.
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New York
Point Barrow
Alaska
George H. Wilkins
Ben Elielson
Alliance
Vilhjalmur Stefansson
Arctic Explorer
Karluk
Robert H. Bartlett
Lee Pack
Wilkins
Stefansson
Roald Amundsen
Lincoln Ellsworth
Spiteberzen
Pole
Polar Basin
Fairbanks
Stefanseon
Siberia
United States
Brooks Range
Smith
George Hubert Wilkins
Carl Benjamin Eielson
Arctic Ocean
Railroad man from Tennessee commits suicide in Alabama hotel
C. J. Trantham a railroad man from Columbia Tennessee today killed himself in a Montgomery hotel by slashing his throat with a razor.
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Montgomery
Ala
C. J. Trantham
Columbia, Tenn
Couzens and Wheeler in a Real Side Feud
Washington April 7. A feud erupts between Senator Couzens Republican Michigan and Wayne B Wheeler of the Anti Saloon League. Couzens calls Wheeler unable to testify before a committee he chairs. Wheeler replies by labeling Couzens a five per cent advocate from a dry state. Wheeler had testified when asked by a civil service committee member.
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Washington
Senate Prohibition Committee
Ouzens
Michigan
Wayne B. Wheeler
Anti-Saloon League
Couzens
Wheeler Ne
Wheeler
Civil Service Committee
State Supreme Court Grants Injunction Over Betting at Barbourville Races
Charleston wires report an injunction from the West Virginia Supreme Court to Huntington preventing county officials from stopping betting at the Barbourville race meeting. The West Virginia Jockey Club seeks to shield betting under existing games of chance law, citing old Virginia precedents and contending races were orderly. The order targets Cabell County Sheriff Harvey C. Taylor and Prosecuting Attorney L. R. Via, with dissolution anticipated as next action.
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Charleston
W. Va
State Supreme Court
Stuntington
Barbourville
Virginia
Barboursville
Harvey C. Taylor
L. R. Via
Cabell County
West Virginia Jockey Club
G.S. Wallace
Huntington
Via
Jockey Club
Commonwealth of Virginia
Shelton
Miller and Hatcher
Supreme Court
Chambers
Cabell Sere
John W. Shay Dies at 66 in Pittsburg Oil Leader
John W. Shay, president of the Shay Mc Mullen Oil Company and vice president of Greensboro Gas Company, a leading figure in western Pennsylvania Ohio and West Virginia oil fields, died at his home in Pittsburg. He was 66 and had retired from active business in 1920.
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John W. Shay
Pittsburg
Shay McMullen Oil Company
Greensboro Gas Company
Pennsylvania
Ohio
West Virginia
Promotions and Reassignments Fill Army's Highest Posts
Washington announces major movements in the army with Brigadier General Edgar Jadwin set to become chief of engineers on June 27, Major General Harry Taylor retiring. Robert C. Davis remains adjutant general and others named in finance ordnance and surgeon general posts. Colonel William P. Jackson to brigadier general May 14 as Barrette retires. Colonel Herbert Deakyne to assist chief of engineers succeeding Jadwin.
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Washington
White House
Edgar Jadwin
Harry Taylor
Robert C. Davis
K. W. Walker
Clarence C. Williams
M. W. Ireland
William P. Jackson
Fort Hayes
Ohio
John D. Barrette
Herbert Deakyne
New York
Jadwin
Point ignition not fixed by jury at Crab Orchard mine explosion
Eccles West Virginia April 7 The coroner's jury heard eleven witnesses on the March 8 gas and dust explosion at Crab Orchard Improvement Co mines 6 and 6 Raleigh county that killed nineteen miners and rescued ten. Evidence points to ignition from a coal cutting area and possible failure to inspect for gas with a safety lamp before cutting. The jury noted the company employed fire bosses and foremen to prevent hazards while rescuers and official Robert M. Lambie were praised for efforts and a rescuer narrowly escaped death.
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Eccles
W. Va
Crab Orchard Improvement Company
Raleigh County
Eecles
W. J. Lyons
Beckley
Robert M. Lambie
State Department of Mines
Mr. Lambie
Douglas Robinson May Have Gone to Sea
Boston April 7 Belief Harvard student Douglas Robinson has gone to sea was expressed by Assistant Secretary of the Navy Robinson who rushed from Washington on news of the disappearance. He discounted Rochester reports of a hotel glee club sighting and said he is convinced no harm has be fallen his son. The elder Robinson and his wife will return to Washington and let the matter rest. He noted his son had earlier expressed dissatisfaction with college life and a wish to work.
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Boston
Douglas Robinson
Harvard
Robinson
Washington
Rochester
N.Y
General Engineering plan details $35 million 1926 expansion
In New York a gift of 10,000 shares of General Engineering and Management stock was given to executives by A. E. Fitkin at a dinner. The Fitkin Utilities network, with about 178 companies, will invest roughly $35 million this year under its 1926 expansion program across hydro electric stations and public utilities in Virginia and other states.
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New York
General Engineering and Management Corporation
Fitkin Utilities, Inc
A. E. Fitkin
Fitkin
Virginia
Will Cut Timbers To Rebuild Old Frigate
Brunswick Georgia April 7 Dr. Austin Carey of the United States forestry service arrived to oversee cutting oak timber for rebuilding the United States Frigate Constitution. The original timbers are said to have been cut in 1794.
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Brunswick
Austin Carey
United States Forestry Service
Wage Scale Postings Force Mine Operations to 1917 Level
Morgantown West Virginia April 7 notices posted by the Pursgrove company say four large mines will operate Monday on the 1917 wage scale about thirty percent below Jacksonville scale. Old hands may return but those not reporting lose company housing and may trigger contract abrogation with unions if production resumes without wage concessions. Union leaders insist no wage cut will be accepted and will challenge any move to restart without agreement.
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Morgantown
W. Va
Cleveland-Morgantown Coal Company
Pursgrove Intersexts
Cleveland
West Virginia
Jacksonville
New York
Cleveland-Morgantown Company
Paisley
Gilbert Davie Couny
Paisley Interests
Murray
Morgantown Gas Coal Company
Superr
Ant Pursglove Company
Pursgrove
The
Nothing Immoral in the American Mercury
Boston officials cleared the April issue of Mencken’s American Mercury for sale on Boston Common after Judge Parmenter ruled no law was violated. The case followed Watch and Ward Society protests led by J Frank Chase seeking to curb alleged morals issues.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Chase
Judge Paramenter
Arthur Garfield Hays
Mencken
Early Farm Relief Legislation Predicted by Tincher
Washington April 7 Representative Tincher Republican Kansas member of the agriculture committee predicted early action on farm relief legislation. He said hearings have advanced to a point where an early report of some bill can be expected. The House also passed several winter agricultural bills including a measure to create the office of agricultural attaché in the diplomatic service.
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Washington
House
Tincher
Kansas
Agriculture Committee
B. F. Yoakum
New York
Congress
Flood danger rises as missing air mail flights reported
Illinois and Indiana rivers run bank full after record March snowfall and heavy rains. Wabash at Terre Haute hits 15.8 feet as flood risk grows. Garmi Illinois and Lafayette Indiana near flood stage. Maumee and White rivers swell. Memphis Missouri reports mail via airplane due to washed bridges. An aviator Franklin Rose, missing since flight, is safe after landing in a grain field then rode to a ranch to notify Boise authorities.
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Chicago
Ilinois
Indiana
Terre Haute
Ind
Garmi
Ohio
Lafayette
Wabash
Fort Wayne
Maumee
White River
Anderson
St. Joseph
Elkhart
Illinois
Memphis
Missouri
Mississippi River
Quincy
Ismail
Mississippi
Boise
Odaho
Franklin Rose
Avi
The
Statesman
Jordan Valley
Rose
Juniper
Prince Hardesty
Dunlap Eliminated by Robert Macdougal in North and South
Pinehurst N C April 7. George T Dunlap Jr, a youthful medalist, is eliminated by Robert Macdougal Chicago today in the North and South amateur golf tournament. Macdougal wins by two up. Arthur Yates Rochester NY defending champion and canemen Ellis Maples Southern Pines NC are mentioned.
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Pinehurst
N. C
George T. Dunlap
Robert Macdougal
Chicago
Macdougal
Arthur Yates
Rochester
N. Y
Canemen Ellis Maples
Southern Pines
Frank L Lowell Dies After Long Illness
Frank L. Lowell aged forty died yesterday at 4 p.m. at 508 Tyler street Minefield resident eight years native of Lexington Kentucky formerly railroad worker member of Modern Woodmen of America and Methodist Church. Survived by widow son and three sisters Lula Monk Minnie Puckett Dolly Stephens. Funeral at Crece Methodist Church Friday at 2 39 p.m. conducted by Rev. Frank Y. Jackson. Burial Maple Hill Virginia Side.
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Frank L. Lowell
Tyler Street
Lowell
Minefield
Lexington
Modern Woodmen of America
Methodist Church
Lula Monk
Lebanon
Minnie Puckett
Paint Lick
Dolly Stephens
Missouri
Crece Methodist Church
Frank Y. Jackson
Maple Hill Cemetery
Virginia Side
Ford Motor Company Posts Lower 1925 Earnings
Ford Motor Company reported 1925 operating profits of 94.56 million with 14.67 million in ordinary dividends, below 1924’s 115.11 million. Per share earnings fell to 547.71 dollars on 172,645 Ford family shares versus 567.48 the prior year, as assets reached a record level.
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Boston
Ford Motor Company
Massachusetts
Ford
Ford Company
Mussolini Survives Assassination Attempt in Rome
In Rome on April 7 Mussolini faced a gunman, Violet Gibson, who fired as the premier prepared to enter a car. A quick backward jerk saved him, the bullet grazing his nostrils. Gibson was seized as crowds surged, and Mussolini urged calm while continuing to plan official duties.
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Rome
Tdenito Museolini
Italy
Congress of Sargeons
Mussolini
Violet Albina Gibson
Baron Ashbourne
Compiegne
France
Roberto Allesandri
Raffacte Bastianelli
Bastianelli
Maresolint
Alessandri
Castianelli
Violet Gibson
Sheree
Filippo Turati
Fascist Party
Aosta
Badoglio
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Prohibition
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Means
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Goff
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Edge
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Edwards
Emor
Benito Mussolini
NEW National Press Club
Polar
Wilkins and
Eielson
ARMY
Notiges
Cleveland - Morgantown Coal Company
Mercury
Turad
Turati
Vatican
Gasparri
Austen Chamberlain
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