Wheeler defends drys amid Prohibition hearing clash
At the Senate Prohibition hearing closing, Wayne B. Wheeler of the Anti-Saloon League said wets planned to exhaust drys by cross examination. He claimed he intended to testify but the crossfire would waste time and that the committee agreed to circumvent them. Representative Laguardia urged Wheeler’s appointment as prohibition director and argued the law cannot be enforced as is.
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Spain
Wayne B. Wheeler
Heed
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Wheeler
Laguardia
Ne Yora
League
Congress
Tinkham
House
Test vote eyed on liquor regulation bill in Senate
Washington April 25 War fare for modification of the prohibition regime ends after the Senate wrt and tre comnuttos will be debated on the floor with a view to a showdown at thus reign of Con eVeRs Senators Bruceter or Wary lard and Fedzefis of New Jersey In a bog at A test vote on the first bill afters by the administration affecting pro
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Senate
ConeVeRs
Fedzefis
New Jersey
Buckner Presents Figures on Dry Enforcement Costs
New York April 25 AP United States Attorney Mimery R Buckner sent memoranda to the Senate committee detailing his estimate of dry enforcement costs in New York State without a state law. He cites annual costs of 20,023,700 with no jury trial and 70,076,125 with jury trial. He also reports a 60,000,000 gallon rise in denatured alcohol production in the year ending June 30, 1917, arguing the 840 percent increase cannot be explained by industrial demand alone.
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Senate
United States
Mimery R. Bukner
New
ATR
Wairfield County
Nrmers Bowcott
Connecticut River
Stanford
Mitchell Martin
A. Tt
Plana
Ronda
Budgeport
Bridgeport News Highlights and Local Incidents
Bridgeport air raid of arrests after a gun raid kills Henry Fichler as he fled from trouble. Five Fairfield officers face charges while a department store head’s son shows no concern. Also reports on traffic, river levels, and plans for public works. sports note on Bridgeport winning streak and league results.
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Wolsalng
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Crap Eine
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White Sox
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Girl at Hospital After Party Fight
Misa Bertha Ferguson of 44 Inghian Avenue is in St Vincent’s hospital with a scalp wound after a christening party at Manuel and Grace Mandes home. Police report an August dope and Adolph Fanandas involved in a fight and alleged stabbing. Mandes were held as investigation continues.
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St Vincent's
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Adolph Fanandas
Hailam Street
Fanandas
Mia Fee
Arctic flight prep for Wilkins missing leader in Alaska
The Detroiter Arctic expedition base is loaded in Fairbanks for a test hop to transfer the base toward Point Barrow. Major Lanphier and crew await Wilkins missing for ten days. six hundred gallons of gasoline added, delaying departure to tomorrow morning.
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Detroit Arctic Expedition
Tonasoore
Arctic
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Andrew Hufford
Wright
Wilkins
Wilking
Point Barrow
Ben Hielson
Barrow
River pilot William Morse dies by hanging in Stratford
In Stratford April 25, William E Morse 87 a river pilot for Harttfort and New York Transportation died by suicide at his parents home after piloting to New York and returning by rail. He left a wife three months married and his parents. In New Haven on April 24 Nathaniel Sherman former city editor becomes member of Yale University state in September joining Robert M Hutchins office as executive secretary.
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William Ei. Mos
Gor
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Silver Lane
East Ftartford
Morse
New York
Startford
Jane
Saybrook
New Haven
Nathaniel Sherman
The
New Haven Journal-Comics
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Tower
Yale University State
Robert M. Dtutchins
University
Year’s Smuggled Liquor Imports Estimated at 40 Million
The United States faced higher prices for smuggled liquor in 1925 despite stronger Coast Guard actions and enforcement. The Commerce Department estimated total imports of smuggled liquor at about 46 million dollars, up from 29 million in 1923 and 20 million in 1922, with refinements noting most of the item being alcohol and a likely similar 1924 value of at least 40 million.
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Coast Guard
United States
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Finibaleree
Prckages
Professors Urge Immediate Action to Limit College Football
Cambridge April 2. Immediate faculty auction to regulate intercollegiate football urged to curb perceived ills. Report by a committee led by Ernest A. Willing says football distorts values, fuels drinking and gambling, and misleads public about colleges. Proposes a fall plan to limit the season or performance period and faculty wart to form a joint committee to implement changes next fall.
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Whittemore trial nears verdict in Buffalo bank robbery
Richard Reese Whittemore, leader of a New York bandit gang, faces possible Supreme Court jury verdict after afternoon sessions. Prosecution and defense plan cross examinations, with Alfred Guggisberg named as a key witness. Whittemore and accomplices allegedly robbed $93,000 from Buffalo Bank of Buffalo car and killed two bank messengers. Mrs Whittemore, the "Tiger Girl," attended a jail visit as the court prepared for potential closure.
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Richard Reese Whittemore
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Summer
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Lancaister
Moore
Whittemore
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Bank of Buffalo
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Lewis M. Yarrington
Whitttemore
Mussolini faces test in South Tyrol policy push
In a speech to Italy's Chamber of Deputies Benito Mussolini faces a delicate challenge in the South Tyrol, where about 160000 ethnic Germans live. A Reuters AP dispatch notes his bid to win over them while banning German instruction in schools. The issue echoes prewar Austrian policies and could test Mussolini's tact and patience.
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Italy
Benito Mussolini
Tyrol
Austria
Chamber of Deputies
Ida
Stussellin
Breiner Vass
Wno
Upper Adige
Connecticut River Still Rising Threatens Shoreline
A Hartford AP report says the Connecticut River rose to 186 feet by tonight, up over two feet in 24 hours, with flood warnings continuing. Waterfront areas along the boulevard and East Hartford Bridge drew crowds as current and driftwood hindered shipping, while one seagoing vessel from New Jersey attempted upriver passage.
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Wise's Son Abandons Jewish Theology
James Freeman Wise, son of Li Stephen Wise, announces he will not pursue rabbinic studies or succeed his father at the Free Synagogue. He declares four core Jewish beliefs untenable and says Judaism as a religion has ceased to play a vital wart in his view. He states the Jew is farther from Christianity than today. He spoke at United Church on a Sunday in April.
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Faprit
James Freeman Wise
Stephen $. Wise
Free Synagogue
Seven Held After Cottage Breaks In Milford
Milford April 28 Acting on owners reports of disturbances at shore front cottages at Woodmont Reach detectives with New Haven police traced and arrested seven Bet Haven youths for cottage break ins and alleged late night gatherings. Names include Alice Hagen Samuel Portman Joseph Devil Dora Borlhault Charles Deakin and Charles Day all of New Haven with ages ranging from seventeen to twenty one.
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Flanagan
Tinlon Street
Dora Borlhault
Charles Deakin
Howard Avenue
Charles Day
Sherman Street
Missing Bridgeport Cadet At St Johns Military Academy
Aaron Walders, a 17 year old cadet at St Johns Military Academy in Manlius, vanished from the campus. Authorities spread a description and launched a regional search, while his father claimed he remained at school and did not inform the school or Syracuse police.
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N.Y
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The
Caesar-Minch, Inc
Aaron Walter
St. John's
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Steli
Three Die After Still Explosion in Tenement
Bristol April 25 fire from a still exploded in a tenement house killing Ralph Vaccare age three and another infant died in hospital. Rae Malafon and Vaccare faced critical injuries. authorities plan criminal liquor prosecutions and two liquor-law charges against Vaccare.
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Farmers Boycott Trains Over Saving Daylight Time
Plainfield and neighboring towns suspend morning train service to resist daylight saving time. Milk is shipped by motor truck from Plainfield Moosup Central Village Flat Rock Black Hue Sterling North Sterling South Plainfield and outlying districts to Providence. Dairy agents in Lisbon West Canterbury Sprague push milk by truck to meet demand.
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Ban on conscription to be U S aim at Geneva parley
Washington reports that the United States and Britain will lead opposing groups at the pre diplomatic commission on disarmament. The American plan calls for abolition of military conscription to Geneva, promising drastic land armament cuts and forcing governments to rely on volunteers. France Britain Germany and others resist, fearing loss of military supremacy and national bankruptcy. Poland and the Little Entente may align with anti American coalition.
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Tax Collector Warns Late Payers In 1925 Installment
Tat Collector Howard S. Challenger warns taxpayers who have not paid the first installment of 1925 taxes. They must pay by April or face interest at a high rate. A grace period allowed those who paid in May 16 did not incur interest, but legal procedures require strict compliance.
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Chalenger
Once Stable Boy of Cossacks New Shah of Persia Is Thrice Crowned
The new Shah of Persia, rising from humble origins in the Persian Cogan lines, was crowned in a grand ceremony at the Muscun Sal of the Guilatan palace. The event featured the Nadir throne, the peacock throne, and a procession of officials, ministers, and foreign dignitaries as the crown and scepter were presented.
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Pertuyder
Khan Pehlevt
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Telerin
Five Fairfield Officers Arrested Over Youths Death Autopsy Fails
Five Fairfield police officers were arrested following the weekend shooting of Henry Fischer in Bridgeport. An autopsy failed to reveal a bullet causing death, leaving who fired undetermined. Officers Elwood Bennet Rengett Larson Hull Holmes faced gun-ownership seizures while in custody awaiting inquest at Fairfield Town Hall.
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Lee
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Willam H. Donall
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Jub Ful
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Fred
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Gover
Pole
Bennett
Pairfield
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Bly Ood
Italy plans mobilization amid war prep in June
The Chiasso correspondent of the Daily Herald reports labor organs claim authoritative confirmation that wartime mobilization is being prepared. Destruction orders are said to be sealed for army staff to be ready by June, with intense activity among divisions on the Adriatic coast.
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