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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1925
Page
7
Washington reports the MacMillan Arctic expedition unsettles Eskimos during test flights at Htab Greenland. Lt Cmdr Byrd notes a forced water landing on NA 2 due to a water pump blade failure. Planes must operate chiefly from water, compass variation is uncertain, and magnetic readings are unreliable in the region.
Reports from BOSPON say smugglers exploited a three day fog to land Hanoi along the Maine coast. Coast Guard cutters are absent from the area with four vessels anchored off the coast and no destroyers available for patrol. The Oesipee is in Portland and Tampa Gresham Acushnet remain at the Navy Yard.
Washington Aug 6 AP The Prohibition Commission status is explained as Haynes becoming the tight arm of enforcement and Andrews chief adviser on prohibition matters He calls Haynes his right arm and says details will wait until the reorganization is completed The move follows the removal of the commissioner’s authority over dry forces by Andrews directing the reshuffle and consolidating power within the agency.
Frank Carpenter of Springfield and alleged accomplices escaped from the Merrimack County Jail in Concord. Mrs George A Wooster, wife of the sheriff, was awakened by a loud crash as men fled in a automobile after sawing bars from the jail window. Authorities report the escape occurred this morning while Carpenter awaited trial on auto theft charges.
Prohibition agents from Albany raided the United States Hotel, headquarters for wealthy racegoers, shortly after racing ended. They seized seven pints of whiskey and arrested the bartender, as officers tighten enforcement of the dry law during the Saratoga meet.
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