Legitimate Use of Liquor Not Affected by Wheeler Dry Law Amendment
Connecticut State's Attorney William H. Comley addressed Rotary Club about enforcing the 18th Amendment. He urged statewide enforcement, rejected repeal, and outlined changes to define intoxicating liquor, broaden search warrants, strengthen penalties, and curb illicit transport, manufacture, and sale. He warned that lax enforcement harms law and order and urged the public to support strict implementation.
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Mother Dives Into Ice Currents in Desperate Rescue
A Mount Morris mother braves fast Genesee Creek ice to save her five year old son Edward Heinz. Divers searched for the child after he vanished when a cake of ice broke from the bank and carried him into the Genesee River. The mother witnessed his fall and then disappeared herself.
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Mount Morris
Edward Heinz
Genesse Creek
Henry
Genesee
Vigilantes demand padlocking Syracuse saloons in drive
A Syracuse committee calling itself The Vigilantes served a formal demand on U S Attorney Oliver D Burden to padlock 24 saloons in the business district for openly violating the law. Lincoln W Dygert led the drive as part of a campaign for a dry Syracuse in Syracuse New York on March 10.
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Syracuse
United States
Oliver D Burden
Lincoln W Dygert
Summer Probe of Senate Contests Authorized in Washington
The Senate elections committee will begin investigations this summer into disputes over Senate seats in North Dakota, Iowa, Minnesota, and New Mexico. Chairman Spencer Pec ta said recounting ballots would start during the recess with hearings after Congress reconvenes.
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Broedthart
Iowa
Schall
Minnesota
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New Mexico
Spencer Pxpecta
Congress
Woman Revealed as War Broker of Munitions Goods
In New York on March 10 a referee's report to the Supreme Court identified Miss Noyes as a war munitions broker and expert on military and naval affairs. The filing names George Batchelier of the Akron Company at Long Island City and cites a commission of 9,819 dollars. Miss Timothy Straus is noted as the court's first female accounting pro.
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Supremes Court Today
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George Batchelier
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Longsland City
Timothy Straus
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Washington Star Quips Highlight Jury’s Independence
A terse exchange shows the judge and prisoner toying with the jury, with a remark about intelligence and independence. The Washington Star notes the banter as evidence of the jurors’ impartial stance amid trial discourse.
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