Washington sober trend in official circles hurts after six
In the July Ladies' Home Journal Mabel Willebrandt discusses Washington sobriety, reporting that officials are abandoning cocktails after six. She notes a shift toward quiet evenings and cautions that alcohol leads to chatter, with sobriety becoming the new smart in Washington society.
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New York World News Service
New York
Washington
Official Washington
Mabel Walker Willebrandt
Ladies’ Home Journal
Manhattan
Diplomatic Corps
Ory Chief Lowman to Quit Post
President Hoover seeks resignation of Seymour Lowman as assistant secretary of the treasury in charge of prohibition enforcement. J. M. Doran to be moved to the chemistry division of the internal revenue bureau with replacements to be named. Public denials accompany a plan for a quiet clean sweep of the prohibition unit amid administration frustration with recent publicity.
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New York World News Service
Washington
Hoover
Seymour Lowman
Secretary of Treasury
Prohibition
J. M. Doran
Internal Revenue Bureau
White House
Lowman
Prohibition Unit
Justice Department
France to face Aug. 1 debt payment or ratification
President Hoover told Senator Reed there is no way to extend the Aug. 1 deadline for France to ratify the Mellon Berenger war debt settlement or pay 407 million dollars for war supplies sold after the armistice. State Department emphasizes tied hands and prevents hard feelings as Paris weighs ratification over cash.
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Hoover
France
United States
David E. Reed
Pennsylvania
White House
Congress
State Department
Sec‘lary
Stimson
Claudel
Find Body of Aged Recluse in Forest Shack Murdered
An aged recluse living as a forest squatter near Specialville was found murdered at his shack doorway in Chicago on June 29. Police seek a hoboes hitching in the area who were seen talking to the hermit before the body was discovered. the recluse’s name is unknown.
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Chicago
Specialville
Hoboes
Kiddies Win! Judge Orders Separate Prisons for Brothers
In Cleveland on June 29 Judge Samuel H rules that Joseph Plesicia and his brother Dominic, both convicted of a law violation, will serve three and four month terms separately in parkhouse confinement. Joseph serves three months first. Dominic begins after. Dominic will exchange places after three months. Joseph must pay a $200 fine.
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Cleveland
Samuel H
Joseph Plesicia
Dominic
Prkhouse
Joseph
Cac
Groh Sells Road House at Dover
Former Dover mayor P. J. Groh sold Venice Tavern on Sugarcreek road to Mrs. Lorenzo Dinoflo, records show. Charges against Groh and Dinoflo’s husband for conspiring against the Volstead act were dismissed May 18 for lack of evidence. Groh allegedly purchased beer from Dinoflo, a charge not proven.
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United Press
Dover, CO
P. J. Groh
Venice Tavern
Sugarcreek Rd
Lorenzo Dinoflo
County Recorder’s Office
Groh
Edward Little
Dineflo
Perils of Numancia Spanished Air Crew Drift at Sea
Commander Ramon Franco described the crash and drift of the Numancia near the Azores after overshooting the islands in darkness. The seaplane ran out of fuel 40 miles from Fayal and drifted amid gale winds after launch from the Eagle.
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United Press
London
Numancia
Azores
Ramon Franco
Eagle
Franco
Fayal
Los Alcazares
TWO ENDURANCE PLANES DOWN IN CLEVELAND FLIGHT
The City of Cleveland endurance plane, piloted by R. L. Mitchell and Byron K. Newcomb, remained aloft at 12:38 a.m. in clear skies over Cleveland Airport pursuing a record as rival planes Miss Minneapolis and The Three Musketeers abandoned attempts. They aim to reach beyond 172 hours 31 minutes 30 seconds by the next Saturday at 12:10.
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Cleveland
R. L. Mitchell
Byron K. Newcomb
Minneapolis
Newcomb
Mitchell
Message tells of futile trip at sea
The New York radio report describes the freighter Point Breeze aiding Ivor Joelson the first engineer ill three days out from New York to London. Dr Mulligan boarded a boat to assist but could not save him. Joelson was taken aboard the American ship toward London where he was pronounced dead.
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New York
United States Line
mid-Atlantic
Cummings
Point Breeze
Dr. Mulligan
Joelson
London
Moving Experts Relieve Worries on Moving Day
The Canton Storage Co Ady offers expert moving services to ease furniture handling and relocation stress on moving day.
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Canton Storage Co
Ady
Livermore Couple’s Planned Wedding Ends in Jail Return
Ruth Livermore the 23 year old Pennsylvania school teacher turned burglar was not married to her common law husband Lester Livermore. A deputy warden and two guards arrived to return Ruth to prison where both already faced long sentences. Ruth received six to thirty years while Lester has life for burglarizing a dwelling in a Youngstown suburb.
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Youngstown
Ruth Livermore
Pennsylvania
Lester Livermore
Ruth
Fester
State Penitentiary
Livermore
Catholics Unite For First Annual Catholic Day Picnic
About 40 000 picnickers gathered at Meyers Lake Park in June sunshine for the inaugural Catholic Day. Parishes from northeastern Ohio sent crowds as Msgr Trieber Rev Kremer and James Aungst welcomed attendees and praised unity across race and color.
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Lake
Guy G. Waltz
Daily News
Meyers Lake Park
Old Sol
Clement Trieber
Sebastian Kremer
Cleveland
James Aungst
Stark Ce
Canton
Rev
Kremer
Mexico
Jack
Aungst
MacDonald to visit Washington in August
The Sunday Express says Premier MacDonald plans a Washington meeting with President Hoover this summer, likely in August. Mackenzie King may join the talks focusing on the peace pact terms with Britain and the United States, with no war debt issue expected. The exact date depends on naval negotiations and reparations talks in London, amid circulating but unconfirmed reports.
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London
The
Sunday Express
MacDonald
Washington
Hoover
Great Britain
America
Charles G. Dawes
Gen. Dawes
Explosion at St Louis five and ten store kills four
An explosion under a fire works counter at a neighborhood five and ten cent store in St Louis Missouri during a Saturday shopping rush killed four people and seriously injured three others. Firemen and volunteers recovered four bodies from the charred ruin and bystanders feared additional missing. Proprietor Emil Schalott was detained briefly for coroner’s proceedings.
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Ity United Press
ST. Louis
Emil Schalott
North St. Louis
Rome Flyers Ready to Leave Old Orchard
After weeks of delays caused by weather and a crash, Roger Q. Williams and Capt. Lewis Yancey planned to depart tomorrow morning in the Bellanca monoplane Pathfinder from Old Orchard Maine. Preparations filled the beach with fueling, testing, and final inspections ahead of the long transatlantic flight.
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New York World News Service
Old Orchard
Roger Q. Williams
Lewis Yancey
Rome
Pathfinder
Bellanca
Purse Found Linked to OSU Coed Slaying Case
A brown leather purse found by a northside boy along Olentangy River Road near Ohio State University is being examined to prove Theora Hix was the murdered coed and to corroborate a murder confession by Dr. James H. Snook. Police seized the item late today after discovery on June 17.
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Theora Hix
Ohio State University
New Small Currency Out Monday
The new United States paper currency will circulate starting Monday with portraits of famous Americans on the fronts. One dollar and higher notes feature ornamental backs and buildings on others, with a standard size of 65-16 by 2 11-16 inches.
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United States
Jefferson
Lincoln
Hamilton
Jackson
Grant
Franklin
McKinley
Cleveland
Madison
Chase
Beer Baron's Son Saves Boy in Lake
Eddie Saltis son of Chicago beer baron Joe Saltis rescued a four year old neighbor at Barker Lake near Coudary Wisconsin. Eddie plunged into the water from the Saltis summer home and brought the child to shore. The feat was described as a moment of heroism by local residents.
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Wis
Eddie Saltis
Joe Saltis
Chicago
Eddie
Saltis
Barker Lake
Dance halls quiet as order to close takes effect
Deputies posted at Stark County halls early Sunday as Judge A W Agler enforces a state law banning Sunday dancing. The halls must close at midnight Saturday and stay shut until Monday morning. Owners agreed to close, with minimal resistance and little chance of reopening after midnight.
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Starkee
A. W. Agler
Agler
Ed Gibson
Arson and racketeering slayings tied to Marlow probe
In New York on June 29 the police chief said quick arrests are expected in the Frank Marlow murder case. Five days after Marlow was shot from an auto in Queens ten suspects were questioned at police headquarters. Louis Hurwitz, a Boston fish dealer, was questioned after admitting knowledge of Marlow's affairs but denied involvement and was allowed to return to Boston.
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New York World News Service
New York
Frank Marlow
Boston
Whalen
Marlow
Queens
Louis Hurwitz
Vistoria
Hurwitz
Chaplain Reed Resigns Post at Columbus Penitentiary
Chaplain Thomas O. Reed, a 16 year veteran at the state penitentiary in Columbus, resigned his post effective July 15. Warden P. E. Thomas confirmed the voluntary departure, noting no loss of efficiency. Reed was appointed in 1913 and served continuously until his withdrawal.
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Thomas O. Reed
State Penitentiary
Reed
P. E. Thomas
Thomas
Young sailor to cross Atlantic in 16 foot open boat
June 29 David G. Turner, 23, who traces Viking ancestry, loads supplies in a 16 foot open boat. He plans to sail alone from Boston Harbor tomorrow toward Sable Island 1240 miles away as the first leg of his Atlantic cruise.
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Boton
David G. Turner
Atlantic Ocean
Boston Harbor
Sable Island
Two Die in Alliance Double Slaying on Home Steps
A man and wife, Sam De Palmer and his wife Devina, were shot dead on the steps of their Alliance home as their two children watched. Police hold two neighbors. a former husband of Devina is being sought for questioning as a similar earlier crime remains unsolved.
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de Palmer
Summitst
Liberty Ov
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Allance
Ed Gibson
Harry J. Stark
T. C. McQuate
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Mahoningay
Stark
Mahone Ing Cos
Frank Irwin
Ford Sets Record Detroit Production Milestone
Ford Motor Co. announced a new record after producing 100 model A cars and trucks last Wednesday. The company also reported a daily production average of about 7600 vehicles.
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Ford Motor Co
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