New York Day Law Killed and Federal Enforcement Debate
Governor Smith signs Covillier bill repealing the Mulian Gage minor enforcement act. New state freedom to enforce Volstead within a congressional maximum alcohol content, with states choosing their own limits. Governor condemns the one half of one percent standard as impractical and urges a sane nationwide amendment while leaving enforcement with federal law.
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Albany
N. J
Smith
Congress
Federal Officer Kills Two Men in Liquor Car Seizure
In Madison Georgia on June 2 a federal officer and a trio of agents attempted to seize a car carrying alleged contraband liquor. Henry Gaisley leaped onto the running board as two men in the car fired. The officer fired back with an automatic pistol, killing both men.
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Madison, Ga
Here
Henry Gaisley
U S Recovers 3 million War Plunder Says Attorney General
Attorney General Daugherty told President Harding that the war frauds section of the Justice Department recovered 3 198385 dollars and secured 1 223919 more in judgments in the past year. The department also obtained 35 indictments and noted the $500000 appropriation has been returned many times over.
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Washington
Daugherty
Harding
Department of Justice
Ten Die as Riot Over Religion Rocks Durango Mexico
Ten people were killed and seventeen wounded in a religious riot in Durango. A mob attacked the provincial palace while mounted police fired on demonstrators. Federal troops moved into Mexico City area and all public amusements were closed.
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Mexico
Mexico City
Durango
Smoot predicts U S taxes will rise above eight billion
In Los Angeles on June 2 Senator Steed Smoot of Utah told the Lincoln club luncheon that federal taxes will never be below eight billion dollars again and will increase in a few years.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Steed Smoot
Utah
Lincoln Club
Quake in Persia Fatal to 4600 Six Villages Lost
Allahabad reports continued quake shocks in north centre Persia. New estimates place the total dead at around 4,000 with six villages completely wiped out and inhabitants fleeing along the plateaus.
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Persia
Allahabad
Flood damages reach two hundred thousand in Beaver City
Beaver City Nebraska reports flood losses near two hundred thousand dollars with about fifty thousand dollars of damage to the Burlington railway. In New York Edmund Helier returns from a year long South American jungle expedition without collecting the 1 800 bird and mammal specimens.
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Nebraska
Beaver City
Neb
Beaver Valley
Burlington Railway
Heller
New York
Edmund Helier
Field Museum of Chicago
TIME TO STOP WARS President Declares Armament Idea Proved Practical
President Harding at Arlington Memorial addressing Memorial Day crowds frames aim to reduce armament and vow to keep war unlikely. He urges total mobilization of resources if war returns and hopes a grateful, united nation will share in sacrifice and uphold a stronger conscience in commitments.
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United States
Washington
Arlington Memorial Amphitheater
Harding
Great National Cemetery
Milton Wins Memorial Day Race at Indianapolis Track
Tommy Milton captured the Memorial Day 500 at Indianapolis on May 31 driving an H C 8 Special, posting an average speed of 1411 miles per hour and covering the 500 miles in 5 28 06.27. Harry Hurts ran a Durant Special three laps back, with Jimmie Murphy in a Durant Special finishing third. Milton earned 20000 cash prize plus 9500 lap prizes, while Tass’ prize totaled 10000 with 300 lap money. Murphy received 8500 and 1000 in lap money.
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Tommy Milton
Indianapolis
Ind
Harry Hurts
Milton
Jimmie Murphy
Murphy
French Government Fights Royalist Plot Across France
The government declares a vast royalist conspiracy to restore the king threatens the republic. Interior Minister Manoury, representing Premier Poineire, vows to stamp out the planned revolution with full power as deputies report unprecedented violence across provinces and cities.
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Paris
France
Manoury
Poiienre
Georgia Judge Threatens to Kill If Watched for Whisky
Savannah probate judge Judge McAlpin warned in a letter to Georgia prohibition director Fret Dismuka that he would shoot to kill any prohibition officer attempting to search his car for whisky without a warrant. He vowed to kill the next officer who attempts the search.
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Georgia
Atlanta
McAlpin
Savannah
Prohibition
Adrasa Wins Common Seat in London Division Vote
Miss Mabel Russell wife of Capt Hilton Phillipson won a Conservative seat in the Northumberland division of the House of Commons by a large majority in a June election in London.
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Adrasa
Commone
London
Mabel Russell
Hilton Phillipson
House
Northumberlane
Veterans Bureau Personnel Cut by Hines in District Offices
Washington June 2 Director Hines announced a 60 percent cut in personnel at subdistrict offices of the Veterans Bureau across seven districts as part of an economy drive.
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Veterans’ Bureau
Washington
Veterany Bureau
Hines A
President Harding’s Flower Barrage Riot at Capitol Park
In Washington on June 1 a serenade for President and Mrs. Harding ended in a chaotic rush as about 8 000 schoolchildren surged toward them. Flowers rained down, glasses were removed, and a silk hat filled with blooms. The President smiled and promised to play with the kindergarteners, while Secret Service and marines helped restore order after the surprise stampede.
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Washington
Harding
Indy
Secret Service
Mommnes
Kingergarten
Helen Briggs
Union Men Strike in Mine Owned by Organized Workers
Cleveland editors report a dispute over the open shop issue as Fred Mooney of United Mine Workers District No 17 calls a strike against the Goal River collieries in Huntington West Virginia, owned by a stock company led by Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers officers.
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Cleveland, O
Fred Mooney
United Mine Workers of America
Goal River
Huntington
W. Va
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Iowa Champ Campus Sheik Is Given a Molasses Coat
On the Des Moines University campus George F. Holler was smeared with molasses glue and feathers by students who claimed he persisted in “too much sheiking.” He later filed charges against two alleged kidnappers under the new abduction law.
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Des Moines
George F
Romeo) Holler
Des Moines University
Holler
Pair Killed Day After Dream Comes True
Lloyd Thompson, former commander of the Sterling commandery Knights Templar, and his wife were killed when their car was struck by an interurban on the Sterling Dixon and Eastern railway just after moving to a small truck farm east of Sterling.
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Sterling
Lloyd Thompson
Sterling Commandery
Knights Templar
Sterling, Dixon & Eastern Electric Railway
Wisconsin Bill to Hit Ku Klux Klan Vetoed
Madison, Wis. Gov. Blaine vetoed a bill aimed at the Ku Klux Klan saying it accomplishes nothing except to restrain youth. The measure would bar any person from appearing in public with a masked face or veiled identity.
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Madison
Wis
Ku Klux Klan
John J. Blaine
Immigration Law Bars Bride of U.S. Citizen
New York June 1 A British bride of an American citizen Mrs Blaze Demitron arrived aboard the President Monroe this week but the non immigration board ruled she must be excluded because Britain's quota was exhausted. She appealed the decision to Washington.
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U. S
New York
Great Britain
Blaze Demitron
President Monroe
Washington
Sun Yat Sen Captures Waichow in Canton Campaign
Sun Yat Sen’s forces seize Waichow near Canton on June 2 as Canton troops pursue retreating enemies. The report notes Waichow lies about dirty miles east of Canton and describes continued pursuit by Canton soldiers. Russia seizes a Japanese vessel off the Sihevign coast and imprisons seven crewmen.
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Sun Yat Sen
Waichow
Canton
Walchow
Russia
Tokyo
Sihevign
Zenith camera locates north pole to two feet
Yale astronomer Professor Frank Schlesinger unveils the Zenith camera, an automatic instrument connected to a 26 inch telescope. Over a month of tests in New Haven proves precise star photographs to determine pole motion and latitude shifts, with potential for global adoption and future southern sky studies.
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New Uhaven
Conn
Frank Schlesinger
Yale University Observatory
George Airy
Schlesinger
Yale
North Pole
Yhle
Equator
New Zealand
South Africa
Liner and Reindeer Mail Route to Alaska
Seattle reporters describe a unique Alaskan mail service that uses nearly every transport mode. Ocean liners bring mail to Seward, where reindeer teams and other conveyances finish the journey to remote communities.
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Alaska
Seattle, Wash
Seward
Modern Solomon Lets Dog Pick His Owner
In a New York City court a Pomeranian was claimed by Mrs. Ann O Connor and Mrs. Rose Cohen. The magistrate allowed both to call the dog and it chose Mrs. Cohen, who was allowed to keep it after the test.
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Solomon
Loomers
New York City
Ann O'Connor
Rose Cohen
Cotten
Sweetser
Mail Carriers Battle Alaskan Frontier Weather
Up-to-date mail cars haul letters to Nenana while dog teams river steamers and reindeer aid in rapid delivery to Nome St Michael and Bolivia. Seaplanes soon will replace some routes as Seattle to Seward ships hand off to railroad inland. Nine days Seattle to Nenana with ice snow rapids mountains storms and mosquitoes still hinder the mail carriers.
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Nenana
Iditarod
Nome
St. Michael
Golivia
Seattle
Interior Alaska
Seward
Prehistoric Bone Harpoons Confirm Maglemose Proof in England
Reports in the Anthropological Journal validate two bone harpoons found under peat at Holderness Yorkshire as Maglemose work dating 10 000 to 20 000 BC. Independent committees corroborate authenticity, linking them with Kunda Estonia and Bethune France finds. held by W Mortitt Atwick.
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London
British Isles
Anthropological Journal
Manchester
Holderness
Yorkshire
Maglemose
Denmark
B.C
North Sea
Scotland
Dogger Bank
Leslie Armstrong
Sheffield
Hull
Britiah Association
Sheppard
Hull Museum
Kunda
Esthonia
W. Boyd Dawkins
Lving
Bethune
France
W. Mortitt
Atwick
Oban
MacArthur Cave
Prizes for babies are given Papuan mothers
London reports Papua’s birth bonus policy awarding five shillings per child with extra for additional offspring. Officials aim to elevate maternal status and thrift, while villagers must maintain homes, repair roads, gather food, fish, and pay taxes under regulation. The census suggests shifts from violence to farming and orderly labor under British oversight.
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London
Papua
Pacific Ocean
Australia
Cal
J. H. P. Murray
South Sea Protectorates
Colonel Murray
South Seas
Young Man Cannot Love Old Woman Divorce Case Heard
Mrs. Mary A. Handolph eighty seven testified to Judge Burnell that she is old enough for romance while pressing divorce from Wee bey Barry Randolph forty seven. The judge granted the decree in open court in Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
Mary A. Handolph
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Pole
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Britain
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