Prohibition Verdict Echoes in Federal Ruling
Judge William Clark of New Jersey ruled that a constitutional amendment requires state conventions rather than legislatures for adoption, quashing an indictment for beer transport tied to the 18th Amendment. The decision sparks appeals and broader debate on how prohibition powers are exercised.
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William Clark
New Jersey
United States
Clark
New York County Lawyers Association
William Sprague
William D. Mitchell
Philip Forman
United States Supreme Court
Mitchell
Prohibition
Amos W. Woodcock
Supreme Court
Congress
Hughes
Sutherland, Butler
Stone
Roberts
Indiana Briefs Crown 1920s Local News Snapshot
Crawford County State Bank in English reopens after closing on November 21. Michigan City banks paid 175,000 to savings club members totaling 3,870. Indianapolis sees November fire losses 24,855 below last year. Gary reports 42,865 for November. Bellas Hess Laginsport damaged by 50,000 heater explosion. Mishawaka banker Joseph Colbert dies aged 75 after 50 years in city. Cant. Raymond promoted to assistant to Chief Lenon in South Bend. Dr J Brandt Wolf dies at 87 near Salem. November births 41 and deaths 19 in Michigan City. Diphtheria 12 cases. scarlet fever 5. Cock bird show wins for Rev. J W Dickman. Plane crash near Shanghai kills pilot Paul Baer, a passenger, and a Chinese pilot. Evansville’s centenarian Mrs. Sarah Whitehead dies. Heavy rains ease Pike County water shortage. farmers haul water. Julius Rosenwald donates 25000 to Indiana Dunes park. Vanderburgh first oil well in Evansville area at 920 feet. Will of Mrs. Hannah Loring funds hospital orphanage memorial. Indianapolis police officers convicted in federal case. 11 acquitted. Blue sky law deemed unconstitutional in major provisions. Whitewater river fish poisoning probe underway. John P White named referee in coal contract disputes. Indiana court case: Gloria Huffer kidnapping insanity plea. Greenfield murder case arraignments set. Oliver Farm Equipment resumes full production in South Bend. refi talks completed. Gary raids arrest 35, including 8 women, on vice and gambling charges. Miss Helen Hamilton kidnapped near Stackwell. released in Chicago.
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Crawford County State Bank
English
Chris Aginian Savings Club
Michigan City
Inanapolis
Gary
Frank Parkey
Bellas-Hess
Laginsport
Joseph Colbert
Mishiwaka
Mishawaka
David G. Raymond
Samuel J. Lenon
South Bend Board of Public Safety
J. Brandt Wolf
Paul Baer
Fort Wayne
Whangpo River
Shanghai
Sarah Whitehead
Evansville
Lfe
John Sterne
Pike County
Spurgeon
Velpen
Julius Rose1wald
Indiana Dunes State Park
Funt
Richard Lieber
Indiana Department of Conservation
Vanderburg County
George Hornby
County Prior
Hannah J. Loring
Valparaiso
Old Indies
D. J. Loring
Indianapolis
Dahl
Indiana Superior Court
No. 2
South Bend
Whitewater
Connersville
Brookville
John P
Des Moines
Tova
United Mine Workers of American
Raymond Cole
Oliver Farm Equipment Company
Planta
Charles City
Iowa
Battle Creek
Mich
Naguor
Heléh . Hamilton
Oscar Hamilton
Stackwell
Hamilton
Stockwell
Miss Halston
Christmas Day Delights Across Faiths and Cities
Read about Hedwig in Austria lighting a candle for the Christ Child and Jacko in an earlier parade of flowers and music. Marie waits for Pere Noel with sugar plums, while Florian prepares for Holy Night at Rome’s cathedral.
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Hedwig
Christ Child
Earth
Peole
Jacko
Little Marie
Pere Noel
Pete’ Noel
Alger
Marie
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Edward W. Pickard
House
Senate
McKellar
Tennessee
Hoover
Wesley Jones
Washington
Mr. Hoover
LaFollette
Wisconsin
Appropriations Committee
Col
Arthur Woods
John Barton Payne
Redress
Colonel Woods
Sen.LaFollette
Sen. Morrison
Vermont
St. Albana
Senator Greene
Cameron Morrison
North Carolina
Leg S. Overman
Central States
Department of Agriculture
Legislative Committee of the
American Legion
The
Legion
Edith Rogers
Farm Board
Legge
House Committee On Appropriations
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Eugene Meyer
Federal Reserve Board
Louis T. McFadden
Pennsylvania
House Committee On Banking and Currency
Meyer
Mr. McFadden
Barnes
Julius H. Barnes
Nicholas Longworth
Alice Roosevelt Longworth
Longworth
White House
Elizabeth Evans Hughes
William Thomas Gossett
Harry Emerson Fosdick
New York
Williams, Abernathy
Alfonrso
Pain
Alfonso
Jaca
Ramon Franco
Portugal
Berenguer
Madrid
Franco
Cuatro Vientos
Spain
Barcelona
Saragossa
Bilbao
Valencia
Mark L . Bristol
Navy General Board
Naval, Affairs Committee
Teatlty
Navy Department
Rof
Albert Einstein
New York City
Panama Canal
California
Einstein
A. D. Houghton
Los Angeles
American ‘Legion
Hinstein
Prof
Theodore Steeg
Iplatry
France
Nettiens
Paris
Ylaht Ahd
Wester Enapeper Union
Rep
Rogers
Indiana
Olher Lands
Louise Hastings
Ineko
Florian
Rome
Floria
Florians
Westeyn Newspaper Union
Austria
Jacka
Philippines
Marie of
Italy
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