Women push rigid enforcement of dry laws at Washington conference
At opening sessions of the Woman's National Committee for Law Enforcement in Washington, delegates vow to press for strict dry laws and oppose modification. President Coolidge and Mrs. Henry W. Peabody addressed the gathering as they plan to attend the Senate prohibition hearing.
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Washington
Woman's National Committee For Law
Senate Prohibition Hearing Committee
Coolidge
Henry W. Peabody
Beverly
Mass
Roadhouse Jazz Halts Wedding Celebration
Moderns celebrated a twenty fifth wedding anniversary at Swiss Gardens Roadhouse on Reading road when a police officer halted the music after neighbors complained about late dancing. Officer Homer Bierer cited a city ordinance requiring dance halls to close at midnight. Propriety owner F C Lohman said no liquor was visible and the event had run late but was otherwise orderly.
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Reading Road
Blue
Homer Bierer
Seventh District
Luther Burbank Dies at 77 After Infidel Beliefs
Santa Rosa Cal April 11 Luther Burbank aged 77 died here amid the flowers he created. The famed horticulturist declared he could not believe in an afterlife or personal resurrection a stance that drew religious protest. His last words to Dr. Shaw noted his illness and he died after a two week decline with wife and sister at his bedside.
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Santa Rosa
Cal
Luther Burbank
Lfe
Burbank
Joseph H. Shaw
Mr. Burbank
Emma Beeson
Healdsburg
Peaches Browning's Child Bride Faces Juvenile Court
In New York on April 11, fifteen year old Mrs. Edward W. Browning prepared to appear in Children's Court despite her marriage. Dr Howard Fox and other physicians questioned the union amid allegations of improper guardianship and pending court action.
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New York World News Service
New York
Mike
Buddy
Bess
Peaches
Browning
Pisarra
Edward W. Browning
Boyd House
Cold Spring
Children’s Court
Vincent T. Pisarra
The
Society For Prevention of Cruelty To Children
Justice Hoyt
Howard Fox
Fox
Deportation of Priests and Nuns Highlights Mexican Policy
Washington, April 11. Diplomatic notes reveal progress toward resolving friction over Mexico’s petroleum and anti alien land laws affecting Americans. Deportations of Catholic priests and nuns are attributed to hatred of political demagogues, per Notre Dame professor Charles Phillips, who spoke at St Xavier College Alumni event.
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Mexico
Washington
United States
State Department
Charles Phillips
University of Notre Dame
Phillips
St. Xavier College
Linton
Prof
Illinois primary looms large in World Court and prohibition fights
Washington April 11 Republican leaders see Illinois as a key indicator in the 193? primary battles over the World Court and liquor policy. McKinley vs Frank Smith centers the GOP struggle for control, with Indiana and Missouri senators weighing public stance. Brennan leads Illinois Democrats against the Volstead framework.
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Illinois
Charles Michelson
New York World News Service
Washington
Senate
House
McKinley
World Court
Borah
Reed
Missouri
Frank Smith
Republican State Committee
Coolidge
Smith
More Poetry and Less Legal Parchment Is Remedy for World Marriage Crisis
Archbishop of Paris Cardinal Dubois calls for more poetry in marriage and fewer legal forms. He criticizes civil law for reducing marriage to a contract and urges church weddings for their indissolubility. Psychologists note divorce as a social loophole, while authors discuss gender dynamics and fashion influence on matrimony.
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Paris
Alfred M. Murray
New York World News Service
Cardinal Dubois
France
Marcel Prevost
Marcelle Tinayre
Y. World News
N. Y. World
Tragic Gulf of Venezuela Fire Kills 25 Seamen at Port Arthur
Twenty five seamen die in a gasoline explosion aboard the tanker Gulf of Venezuela in Port Arthur Texas. Eleven are injured and two missing. Firefighters and refinery crews battle flames for two hours before death toll is confirmed. most bodies burned beyond identification.
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Port Arthur
Tex
Gulf of Venezuela
Charlton
Gulf Refining Company
Friends of
G. N. Bliss
Avenue of Parades Witnesses Bible Mission March
New York on April 11 reports a Bible parade on Fifth Avenue led by 25 police, two color bearers with flags, and 250 Young People's Conference members. About 7,000 Bibles were distributed to midtown hotels after the procession.
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New York World News Service
New York
New York Bible Society
Young People’s Conference
Greater New York Federation of Churches
Round Up Of 700 Suspected Aliens In Newark Chinatown
Federal agents and police rounded up 700 suspected aliens in Newark New Jersey Chinatown for questioning. Three patrol cars made more than twenty trips as officials acted under the state prohibition enforcement act.
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Newark
N. J
Navy officer challenged over 999 year land lease case
Justice Department seeks to void a San Geronimo Naval Reservation lease valued at 1 million dollars, alleging Lieutenant Commander Virgil Baker used unperfected title to gain a long term grant for a distant radio station. Judge in Porto Rico to hear equity action as former Secretary Daniels disputes profit motive and value.
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New York World News Service
Washington
Department of Justice
Virgil Baker
U.S. N
Navy Department
San Geronimo Naval Reservation
San Juan
Porto Rico
Baker
Navy
Cocktail Trial Opens Over Williams Army Board Case
Col Alexander S Williams suspended Fourth Marines commander faces general court martial in San Diego. He is charged with appearing intoxicated at the Coronado Hotel after a dinner party he hosted for Gen Smedley Butler. Brig Gen Butler testifies as key witness. testimony centers on orange juice cocktails served at Williams home and the potency of the drinks.
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San Diego
Cal
Alexander S. Williams
Fourth Regiment of Marines
Coronado Hotel
Smedley D. Butler
Public Safety
Philadelphia
Marine Corps
Col. Williams
Gen. Butler
Spring House Cleaning Pay Dividends
A column urges turning spring house cleaning into a profitable activity by inventorying belongings and selling unwanted items. It notes making a furniture and equipment list and using a Commercial Tribune classified ad to cash in, offering Betty Bell’s help to write the ad.
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Commercial Tribune
Betty Bell
Perpetual Motion Basket Mystifies Harvard Museum
In the Peabody Museum at Harvard a wicker basket from Borneo, hung in an air-tight glass case, has revolved since last October without pause. Scientists cannot explain the mechanism and visitors watch for a stop that never comes.
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Cambridge
Mass
Peabody Museum
Harvard
Borneo
Shortage at Ludlow bank estimated at sixty thousand dollars
After a hurried audit of the Ludlow Farmers and Mechanics Bank accounts, officers report a savings account shortage of about 60,000 dollars. Depositors are protected as First National Bank of Covington is named trustee, and officials promise payment of deposits in full. The building association has no balance with the bank.
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Farmers and Mechanics’ Bank
Elm
Butler
Ludlow
Thomas W. Balsley
A. E. Stricklett
Covington
Ludlow Bank
Kenton Building Association
Building Association
Sheriff Outwits Kentucky Mob in Madisonville
Special Dispatch reports in Madisonville Kentucky a mob formed after an assault on Nell Catherine Breithaupt by three African American men. County officials sent the prisoners to Louisville jail as two suspects confessed detailing the incident near the Country Club caddy house.
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Nell Catherine Breithaupt
New York
Louisville
Columbus Hollis
Earlington
Nathan Baird
Bunyan Fleming
Hollis
Fleming
Baird
Country Club
Miss Breithaupt
Adair Stum
Stum
Barlington
Elbert Samples
Edgar Watson
R. R. Watson
Altho Fleming
Charl G. Franklin
Hashes
Gooch
Armenian Refugees Face Severe Fate Over Aiding French in Damascus
BeIrut Syria April 11 More than 100 000 Armenians who fled Asia Minor over four years may face gravest danger as incensed Muslims seek retaliation. Armenians aiding French organized levies may anger Moslems and Arab Christians. 60 000 in Aleppo area may be forced to move.
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Gershon Agronsky
New York World News Service
Beirut
Syria
Asia Minor
Turkey
Lebanon
Aleppo
Y. World Press Pub. Co
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