Vermont church figure warns ruin for state
Rev Walter Davenport of Montpelier told the Vermont Methodist Episcopal Conference that rural decline and closed churches threaten the state. He cited West Townsend and other towns with no resident clergy, urging joint pastors, farming foreclosures, and open church doors to avert a moral decline hinted by the Coolidge era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brattleboro
Vermont Vilage
Coolidge
Walter Rice Davennport
Montpelier
Vermont Methodist Episcopal Conference
Plymouth
Calvin Coolidge
John Coolidge
West Townsend
Igstance
William H. Taft
Mr. Davenport
Vermont
Washington County
Moretown
State House
India
China
Explosion wrecks home near district attorney in Klamath Falls
In Klamath Falls Oregon at midnight an explosion of dynamite wrecked one side of the home of District Attorney F L Biliett a state Prohibition prosecutor. A 13 year old boy sleeping in a bedroom near the blast sustained only a slight scratched thumb as the house bed was demolished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Klamath Falls
Ore
F. L. Biliett
Termer
Elliott
Jack Elliot
Body of Youthie Found Near River in Massachusetts
Fragmented report describes a body found near a river in the town, with unclear names and locations due to OCR errors. The piece mentions local authorities responding and a possible identification attempt, but several details remain unreadable in the transcription.
High School Pupil Dismissed For Beer Drinking
George Winters, 16, was dismissed from Hackensack High School for cutting a gliss to drink beer. The board vows to crack down on vendors selling liquor to students, with the principal citing prior concerns of drinking during school hours. The school and parent groups advocate immediate action against sellers of liquor to youths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hackensack
N. J
George Winters
Hackensack High School
Board Education
Youns Winters
HK. T. Marshall
Winters
John WW. Sturge
Bears
Parent-Teacher Association
New Rochelle
Sailors' aged copper cent proves seafarer superstition
Marblehead Massachusetts May 11 AP old-time fishermen observed maritime superstitions. A copper cent found by Frank Broughton from Half Way Rock years ago testifies that crew members tossed coins to bring luck when leaving for the Grand Banks. Many coins lie in waters near the rock midway between Boston Light and Thatcher's Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marblehead
Mass
Marshhead
Frank Broughton
Grand Banks
Boston Light
Thatcher's Island
Searchlight Aids Worcester Police
In Worcester Massachusetts on May 11 the police report a new hotel top searchlight cuts crime response time. The beam signals all patrols, relays details to headquarters, and narrows escape routes, reducing automobile thefts by a large percent compared with prior weeks and the same period last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worcester
Mass
Hern
Lawbreaers
Building Loan Men to Meet in Shelton
The fourteenth annual meeting of Cannest Building and Loan association will be held with Shelton Building and Loan in Shelton Connecticut on Saturday in the auditorium of Shelton High School at the corner of Vuram and Hill streets. The meeting will convene at 10:00 pm and feature remarks by James F H McNish chief of the Building and Loan Association of New Jersey. Representatives from state and local banks and loan groups are expected, with more than 160 delegates anticipated from various associations.
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Cannest Building and Loan Association
Shelton Building and Loan Association
Shelton
Conn
Shelton High School
Vuram and
Hill Streets
James FH. McNish
New Jersey
Juan HH. Burns
Bank Comporer
Connecticut
Ridge
Modern figure health menace, says
Baltimore AP reports Dr Lewellys Barker of Johns Hopkins warns the modern girl’s obsession with extreme thinness risks serious health issues. He cites undernourishment, tuberculosis, nervous breakdowns, and higher costs to families and the state, urging doctors, parents, and artists to promote balanced, healthy figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Lewellys FL Barker
Madlecine
John Hopkins University
Barker
Familnes
April Ice Fills St. Albans Boxes
St Albans Vermont May 11. A gang cut ice ten inches thick in mid April on Lake Champlain to supply homes in the city this summer. The harvest follows spring’s arrival and will stock a large storage house for the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Albans
Lake Champlain
Clerical error frees man but police take him
Emil von Walden, who escaped from a Michigan prison while serving a ten year burglary sentence, was rearrested on a fugitive charge as he left Civil Superior court. Charges dismissed due to defective extra digital papers, bond set at 5600 dollars for June 8 hearing. Habeas corpus action to proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Havin
Emil von Walden
Michigan
Civil Superior Court
von Walden
Arthur F. Ells
Trumbull
Detroit
Ells
Destruction of $300,000 Squibb Whiskey Seized
In Indianapolis, United States Marshal Linus P. Meredith began destroying 14,400 quarts of Squibb whiskey seized under a destruction order from the Indiana District Court. The contraband stock valued at $300,000 had been held for weeks awaiting legal clearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
W. BP
Linus P. Meredith
United States
Ohio
Tindiank District Court
Meredith
Prohibition Officers Seize Whiskey Stock in Indiana and Washington Quake
Lawrenceburg Indiana in 1921 and the following year moved to Indianapolis and stored in a federal building. There was originally 1,484 barrels in the stock, cited by prohibition officers as pre-war whiskey in Indiana. A sharp earthquake shook Washington. A geophysicist noted the tremor occurred about 2,600 miles from Washington, lasting from 6:26 to 7:30 a.m. The quake was recorded on a seismograph at Georgetown University.
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Lawrenceburg
Ind
Washington
Georgetown University
Jhreetor Tondorf
Demurrers Overruled in Rum Ring Trial by Judge Knox
In New York on May 11 Judge Knox refused to dismiss indictments charging William Dawyer and others with violations of the federal prohibition law. The defense argued the indictments failed to set forth a sufficient cause of action in a case tied to an international rum running scheme. The Rum Ring’s fate followed the December crackdown described as a major break of the operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
CAI
William ¥. Dawyer
Ana Od Uthera
Knox
Trem Row Backhoe Organization Controls 18 Ocean Steamers
A fragment notes an organization based in Puues Quaee that operates 18 ocean steamers tied to rum trade, referencing Trem Row and backhoe as part of its designation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trem Row
Healey to Discuss New Bridgeport Baseball Club
Bridgeport business manager Michael Tealy will speak at a Lions Club luncheon in Stratfield this noon. He will discuss Bridgeport’s season prospects for the club and its baseball program with Bud Stapleton, the clinic’s playing manager, also expected to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Tealy
Bridgeport
Lions Clu
Stratfield
Bud Stapleton
Wrest
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Kandy
Lord Baltmore
Pure Foods
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