Prohibition Hearing Highlights Senate Style Debate
A House Judiciary Committee hearing on repealing or modifying the Eighteenth Amendment and Volstead Act draws crowds in Washington. Walter W. Liggett testifies on crime and corruption in multiple cities while wets and drys prepare broad testimony for proposed bills and future policy shifts.
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Pennsylvania
Washington
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Hoover
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Mlinois
Sweden
Canada
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Liggett
Boston
Michigan
Kansas
Minnesota
North Dakota
Kaness
Detroit
Minneapolis
Drys
Springfield district favors Democrat in vacancy race
In the Springfield district Freddb Griggs, a Democrat and an avowed wet, won the election to fill a congressional vacancy. Democrats say the result signals a November victory for a Democrat to succeed Senator F. F. M. Gillett, who won’t seek renomination. The Springfield district resides in Musa.
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Oth Wets
Springfield
Musa
Freddb. Griggs
F. F M. Gillett
Senate Confirms Hughes Chief Justice After Fierce Debate
The Senate approved Charles Evans Hughes as chief justice 52 to 26 amid sharp attacks from Idaho's Borah and others questioning his views on big business and regulation. Support came from 38 Republicans and 14 Democrats, while 11 Republicans and 13 Democrats opposed.
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Hughes
Oprah
Supreme Court
Glenn
Naval Conference Debates Submarine Use and Fleet Parity
The London naval conference debates restrict and humanize submarine warfare against merchant ships. France proposes scrapping 1823 naval requirements under mutual guarantees, while Japan backs a battleship construction holiday and tonnage limits. A 3 2 ratio links French, British, and American strengths as talks proceed.
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Naval Conference
London
Stimson
Mr. MacDonald
Tardiew
France
Japan
Italy
Hoover party enjoys fishing trip at Long Key Florida
RESIDENT HOOVER with Mrs. Hoover Justice and Mrs. Harlan Stone and a few others spent a delightful week fishing at Long Key Florida. They all made good catches with Mr. Hoover and Mr. Stone each taking a big sailfish. Howard Taft’s steady recovery progress surprised physicians last week though he remained very ill. He left his bed and moved about with aid after better sleep.
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Hoover
Howard Taft
Spain’s Alfonso faces growing republican unrest and exile attacks
Anti monarchists returning from abroad renew threats to the throne during a 1878 republic anniversary. A speaker harshly condemns the Bourbons, urging frontier or scaffold as options. Berenguer limits disturbances while Romonaes proposes a constitutional model like England. Rededicates ties as Sackett meets Hindenburg as ambassador to Germany.
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Ing Alfonso
Spain
de Hivera
Alfonso
Fremier Berenguer
Count Romanones
Liberals
England
Federal farm board funds new Grain Stabilization Corp
The Federal Farm Board announced a one million dollar advance to the Grain Stabilization Corp formed in Chicago by grain co operatives to curb falling wheat prices. The entity, the first under the marketing law seven months old, can buy and store wheat to control surpluses and stabilize the market, incorporated in Dover Delaware.
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Grain Stabilization Corporation
Chicago
Dover
Del
Connie Mack Receives Edward Bok Award for Philadelphia Service
Baseball fans celebrate veteran Athletics manager Connie Mack after he is awarded the Edward Bok prize of £10,000 for outstanding service to Philadelphia during the past year. The award comes in an ivory case with a gold medal.
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Aseball
Connie Mack
Edward Bok
Philadelphia
Emergency take off saves farmer as airfield reshapes life
Mary Brent learns her land may become an emergency landing field for Coast-to-Coast Airways. Her father is saved after a rattlesnake bite when a pilot makes an emergency takeoff to reach a hospital. Mary later meets the daring young flyer, Alan Paige, who had tracked her after seeing her at a country club dance.
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Mary Bent
Mary
John Brent
Cliv
North Shore
United States
Alan Paige
Alan
Plentitoda Reading maker full man and eight water glasses
A Muocon Telegraph note reports a person consuming two cents worth of salted peanuts and four glasses of water after a filling meal. The account highlights a curious eating and drinking pattern.
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Muocon Telegraph
Mongolia Republic Grabs Big Estates
Washington reports a National Geographic bulletin detailing Mongolia’s post 1911 political turmoil. It notes Ulan Bator, the Living Buddha era, and the 1924 proclamation of the Mongolia People’s Republic with a parliament and no president. Estates of nobles valued around 4 million dollars were confiscated for peasant farms.
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Washington
Blan Bator Hote
Republica
Ulan Bator
D. C
National Geographic Society
Ulan Bator Hoto
Orga
Mongolia
Uren
China
Elberia
Humaldun
Outer Mongolia
Gobi Desert
Inner Mongolia
Russia
Ulan Bator Hato
Republic of Mongolia
Republic
Salvage Crew Abandons Alaska Gold Recovery
After eight weeks of futile work in Juneau the Wiley brothers Seattle report abandoning a salvage attempt for millions in gold tied to a 20 year old steamer disaster. The work barge was swamped by violent winds off Douglas Island forcing halt while seeking the hul k of the Island and a vast cargo buried with the steamer wreck.
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Juneau
Alaska
Wiley Brothers
Seattle
Island
Douglas Island
Pigeons Ordered Out Of Cologne Cathedral Nests to be Destroyed
Authorities plan to expel the pigeons that have inhabited the Cologne Cathedral towers for years. Nests will be destroyed as the birds are driven away to protect the cathedral’s ornaments and walls.
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Cologne
Cologne Cathedral
Paris Readies Vet Visit From Twenty Seventh Division
General John F. O’Ryan and Brig. GenJ Leslie Kimcaldine arranged a 1000 veteran and 24 Gold Star mothers delegation will sail from New York March 18 aboard the Republic for a May reunion tour of former battlefields in northern France.
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J. Leslie Kimcaldine
London
Brussels
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New York
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Quentin
Ryan
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Moe
Continent
Albert
Bony
France
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Roisel
Lonravesnes
Tincourt
Peronne
Peace Justice Court Marked By Two Year Gaps
In Wimberly area Eli Ali the long time justice of the peace recalls the saying Peace justice holds court every two years and that disputes are settled out of court with fines kept by the involved parties. Hays county officials record no trials in Wim berly during his term and County Attorney B G Neighbors says Justice Hin will be reelected.
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Houston
Eli Ali
Bean Weat
Pecos
Hays
Wimberly
B. G. Neighbors
Justice Hin
Lies to Shield Child for Death of Sister Berlin
Fried rich Peslo faced a court claiming he poisoned his infant daughter to shield his three year old from the horror. He said his wife confessed the act but he then admitted he took the blame to spare Frika from lifelong stigma.
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Berlin
Frika
Friedrich Peslo
Pesto
Frike
Meatless Days Ordered in Moscow Restaurants
The Soviet government imposes meatless Mondays and Thursdays in all Moscow restaurants to ease a meat shortage. Following a successful vegetarian day trial in co operatives, two days of abstinence were ordered and extended to private establishments.
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Moscow
Fall Caves "Trench Feet" London Ship Mishap
On Armistice Day a man plunged into a ship hold in London and was saved from trench foot by the fall, ending years of crutch use after the war.
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London
Dreams of Wealth and Death in Burton Carriage Tale
A historical note on Burton the early carriage maker whose dream of wealth ended in poverty and death. The piece traces the baby carriage’s rise from Burton’s three wheeler to global adoption by royalty and later industrial expansion, ending with a contrast to modern pneumatic tires and four wheel brakes.
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Burton
St. Bartholomew's “Hospital
Wint
Mayprese
Baroness de Rothschild
Hidden Money Linked to Aged Farmer Death at Richelieu
Theories in Richelieu suggest Mark Ward a 72 year old farmer was strangled in his bedroom possibly over cash. Investigators note a man and wife, hired as servants, were in the house and may know where Ward kept funds. Ward, a widower and patent medicine maker, was believed to be worth up to a million dollars. his wealth and the missing money fuel the inquiry.
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Richelieu
Canada
Mark Ward
Ward
Noone
Boy Finds Bag of Jewels Worth 15000 Near Moglion Farm
A bag containing jewelry valued at 15000 was lost from an automobile on January 27 last year and found by 13 year old Reginald Bone near the Moglion farm while returning from York High School. The bag belonged to B G Court of Portland.
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York, Me
Moglion Farm
Reginald Bone
York High School
B. G. Court of Portland
Virginia Urged to Tax Movie Theater Tickets
In Richmond Virginia lawmakers consider taxing amusement tickets including motion picture theater admissions. Proponents say tax revenue would fund public schools. Two prior attempts in five years to impose a ten percent tax on theater tickets failed.
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Virginia
Richmond
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