Federal Courts Staggering Under Load Says Stone
Attorney General Stone reports to Congress that federal courts are overwhelmed by prohibition and complex tax cases. The DOJ cites rising liquor tax prosecutions, increased fines, and calls for harsher penalties and more personnel while seeking legislative reform and clearer statutes to aid enforcement nationwide.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Stone
Congress
United States
Mra
Mabel Walker Willebrandt
Assatant
Willebrandt
Internal Revenue
Impedves Peeoling
Tarre
Jewet
Ecrand
Girl 19 Guilty of Murder Complicity
In St Joseph Missouri Florence McKinney nineteen pleaded guilty in circuit court to being an accessory after the fact in the murder of Cora May Raber during September. The crime carries a maximum sentence of seven years.
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ST Joseph, Bmich
Florence MckKinney
Emil Zupkels
Cora May Raber
Deeper Waterways Yacht Rechristened and Harbor Notes
Bridgeport No. 1, sold to Angrod Johnson of New Bedford, is renamed Deeper Waterways and sails on the Southern cruise. Jolson lectures for the Deeper Waterways league while Furlong undergoes repairs in a makeshift dry dock. Submarines reappear in the Sound during trials as the Peru government orders two submarines from New London Ship and Engine. Captain Joe Green recalls the Great Eastern’s Sound pass and Riker’s Stand anchor.
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Bridgeport Sistor Company
Bridgeport No. 1
Angrod Johnson
New Bedford
Deeper Waterways
Jolson
Deeper Waterways League
Furlong
Lake Company
New London
Yingine Company
Government of
Peru
Purinesa
Seaview Avenue
Italy
Joe Green
Ists
Great Eastern
Bridgeport
Naval board puzzled by Trenton disaster
The Naval Board of Inquiry could not determine the Trenton explosion cause on October 3 which killed 13. It found the extension not due to flare back or negligence and recommended posthumous valor awards for Ensign Henry C. Drexler and Boatswain's Mate George Cholister.
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Washington
Naval Board of Inquiry
Trenton
Owever
Henry C. Drexler
George Robert Challater
Wee
Coolidge
Drexler
Cholister
Amundsen's Ship Maud to Be Auctioned in San Francisco
The Maud, formerly captained by Roald Amundsen, will be sold to the highest bidder after its Arctic cruise plans shift. Amundsen spoke in Chicago about the venture, noting the Maud departed Seattle in June 192?, will resume Arctic travel when ice breaks next summer from San Francisco. He denied reports of being out of commission or fuel issues, saying the vessel runs on gasoline and lubricating oil with oil supplies expected from a Russian provision ship.
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Chicago
Trvald Amundsen
Arctic
San Francisco
Maud
Seattle
Wil Etart
Todiy i
North Polena
Amundsen
Maude
Sister's testimony links man to insurance fraud
Reluctant testimony by Vrs Fose Cohn of the Bronx helped build a fraud case against Max Abrams, an insurance agent from Hypoalyn, charged with deceiving Security Mutual Benefit Insurance in Binghamton by using a young man as a cover for an aged applicant. The trial stalled over proof of a 1890 larceny conviction. Mrs Cohn recalled Abrams’ first conviction when she was eleven. Abrams faces sentencing on December 12.
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New York
Dee 4
Vrs Fose/ Cohn
Bronx
Max Abrams
Security Mutual Benefit Insurance Company
Binghamton
N. Y
Abrams
Bux Abrams
Cohn
Tell
Robbers Hold Up San Francisco Office, Loot $41,000
Three messengers from the Pacific Gas and Electric Company were robbed in front of the company offices in San Francisco today. A band of four fled after taking $41,000. Police sought the suspects and described the assailants as spacers.
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San Francisco
Pacific Gan & Electria Company
Cadman Named Leader of Federal Council of Churches
Dr. Parkes Cadman of Brooklyn was elected president of the Federal Council of Churches, succeeding Dr. Robert Speer. The council spoke of uniting Protestant churches, condemning sin, and pressing Christ’s place in world life.
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Atlanta
Parkes Cadman
Brooklyn
Federal Council of Churches
Robert i Rper
Fdvingston
New York
Frank H. Mann
Union Mortgage Company
Alfred R. Kimball
Cadman
E. H. Talbot
Protestant Episcopal Church
America
Speer
Willam ¥. McDowell
Washington
United States
Waterbury Bus Line Sued Over $60,000 Injury Claim
Koward B Relifley Jr by attorney Fred Ritay sues Bridgeport and Waterbury Passenger Service Inc for 60,000 alleging severe injuries after a jitney crash at Beacon Fall on August 7. The complaint claims the jitney was driven recklessly at excessive speed around the power house curve.
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Waterbury
Bridgeport and
Jitney Line
Beacon Falla
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