Prohibition Talks Inch Toward Safer Denaturants
In Washington on December 31 Secretary Mellon and Anti-Saloon League leader Wayne B Wheeler discussed denaturing alcohol. Mellon opposed poisons, Wheeler urged eliminating deadly adulterants as soon as feasible. New nonlethal denaturant hoped to deter bootleggers while avoiding harm to drinkers.
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Washington
Secretary Mellon
Wayne B. Wheeler
Anti- Saloon League
Treasury
Wheeler
Mellon
United States
Anti-Saloon League of America
Board of
Sendetande
Methodist Episcopal Church
Thomas Nicholson
F. Scott McBride
League
Methodist Episcopal Board
Senate
Boston Police Test Liquor For Poison At New Year Eve
Boston police would not arrest revelers during New Year Eve celebrations. Superintendent Crowley said officers would focus on testing liquor for poisonous content and collect samples from restaurant tables to identify chemicals.
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Boston
Crowley
Killer identified in Weiss shooting as gang member found dead
Chicago December 31 The gunman in Hymie Weiss's October 10 rooming house ambush near Holy Names Cathedral is identified posthumously as Hillary Clements found with three bullet wounds. Police call it a reprisal killing connected to renewed bootleg warfare and the recent death of Clements. W. W. O'Brien attorney and Weiss ally faced wounds in the same attack.
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Chicago
Hymie Weiss
Holy Names Cathedral
North State Street
Virginia Romain
Weiss
W. W. O’brien
Hillary
Clements
Romain
Mitters
Foley
Pollack
Pollack Joe’’’ Saltis and ‘‘Lefty’’ Koncil
Sheldon Beer Gang
O’brien
Saltis
Koncil
University Professors Rally Against Anti Evolution Legislation
The American Association of University Professors urged broader cooperation with groups opposing anti evolution laws in state legislatures. The move, tied to the AAAS convention, calls for defending academic freedom and church state separation in education. Mississippi and Tennessee statutes were cited as examples, with Arkansas and Louisiana actions noted as debated or introduced.
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Philadelphia
American Association of University Professors
American Association For the Advancement of Science
A. O. Lovejoy
Johns Hopkins University
R. H. Johnson
University of Pittsburgh
Texas State Text Book Commission
Association
Committee On Freedom of Teaching In Science
S.J. Holmes
The
University
California
Mississippi
Tennessee
Arkansas
Louisiana
Good-Will Flyers Arrive in Puerto After 20 000 Mile Trip
The Pan American flyers completed another lap of their 30 000 mile flight, landing near Puerto Mexico at 10 35 this morning from Vera Cruz. They flew over Puerto then reached Minatlatlan clockwise, fourteen miles up the Coatza coalcos River. The next leg heads to Salina Cruz on the Gulf of Tehuantepec.
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Puerto
Mexico
Vera Cruz
Minatlatlan
Coatzacoalcos River
Salina Cruz
Gulf of Tehuantepec
Procter & Gamble to Buy Rub-No-More Soap Firm
Col William Cooper Procter announces the Procter & Gamble purchase of the Rub-No-More Soap Company of Fort Wayne Indiana. The Fort Wayne plant will close, production moves to Kansas City, and the deal’s price is described as a substantial sum.
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Indiana
Kansas City
Col. Procter
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Procter & Gamble Company
William Cooper Procter
Gustave Berghoff
Berghoff
US Companies to Stand Put on Mexican Oil Law
New Mexican oil legislation takes effect at midnight as American interests, including 85 percent of Mexico’s oil firms, refrain from filing for rights under the measure. The Tex-Mex Company is the only affiliate that has filed, while others plan no immediate action or campaign for 1927.
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New York
Calles
Mexico
Association of Producers of Petroleum In
México
State Department
Tex-Mex Company
Immunity Vexes Traffic Director Over Diplomatic Incident
Washington reports a Serbian Legation official, Dusham Sekulitch, accused of bumping a city traffic director and aiming a blow after refusing to show a driver permit. Eldridge, head of Washington traffic control, sought State Department guidance as immunity complicates policing. Policeman declined to arrest, citing diplomatic status. The case highlights broader immunity challenges for traffic and prohibition law violations.
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Washington
Legation
M. Eldridge
Washington Traffic Control
State Department
Eldridge
Dusham Sekulitch
Sekulitch
Police Department
New Year Celebrations Fill Cincinnati With High Spirits
Crowds estimated at 15 000 packed public venues as Cincinnati rang in 1926 amid lavish suppers and dancing. Revelers spent about 225 000 dollars on meals and entertainment, with liquor flowing at many gatherings despite prohibition efforts. The night featured hotels clubs and private houses hosting expansive parties and festive displays as the year began.
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Cincinnati
Husband of Slain Woman Goes Insane in Iowa City
J E Berard, husband of a woman found strangled in their home a week earlier, was placed in a straight jacket and admitted to a hospital after he began talking to police about the murder. Mrs Berard’s body was found behind the furnace by the couple’s two daughters and the husband.
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Council Bluffs
J. E. Berard
Berard
Diaz Denies U S Bankers Financed Nicaraguan Defense
Adolfo Diaz cables Nicaragua's legation denying US bankers fund his government. He accuses Mexico of aiding Liberals and warns continued Mexican arms could delay peace. Meantime fighting spreads from East to West Coast with 1800 troops deployed near Chinandega and Coseguina.
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Diaz
Mexico
Managua
Nicaragua
Coseguina
Gulf of Fonseca
Bartolomaeo Viquez
Chinandega
Corinto
United States
Quail
Las Perlas
City Manager Era Brings 1926 Cincinnati Progress
A year of smooth government under Col. Sherrill marks Cincinnati’s shift to a City Manager system. New departments, civil service, and a bold street and sewer program aim for continued reform, with Council meetings moving toward open policy discussions.
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Cincinnati
Col. Sherrill
Col
Sherrill
City Council
Washington, D. C
Edward Curry
Service Department
Grover C. Smith
Civil Service Commission
Colerrill
Cecil Gamble
Joseph Viner
Richard Crane
Seasongood
Graeme Mitchell
Board of Health
B. H. Kroger
Rapid Transit Commission
Frederick Chatfield
Park Board
Henry J
Kinglsey Kingsley dies after collapse in Union Central Station
Clarence Darwin Kingsley 51 renowned educational engineer, teacher and author, collapsed from a hemorrhage while climbing stairs at Union Central Station and died an hour and a half later at General Hospital. He had been staying at the Hotel Arms with his wife and was in Cincinnati returning from trips to Pittsburgh and Columbus related to school building work. He was born in Syracuse July 12 1874, educated at Colgate and advanced studies, and served as educator and consultant in multiple states.
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Union Central Station
Clarence Darwin Kingsley
General Hospital
Kingsley
H. Elizabeth Seelman
Brooklyn
Hotel Arms
Here
M. Kingsley
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Columbus
Syracuse
N. Y
Mr. Kingsley
Edwin A
Emma “Howell (Garnsey) Kingsley
Syracuse High School
Colgate College
Teachers’ College
Columbia University
Cornell University
Harvard
School of Philanthropy of
New York
Colgate
Manual Training High School
Massachusetts Department of Education
Massachusetts Department
Gay White Way New Year Celebrations Juiced by High Cover Charges
New York City s New Year scene saw costly celebrations with hotel and night club cover charges soaring to 40 dollars at Club Anatole and 30 dollars at Leperroquet de Paris as officials postponed a 3 o clock curfew. Prohibition head Mills planned holidays in Connecticut with no raids feared. Chicago meanwhile reported sparse reservations as prohibition chiefs noted a dry but bustling final night.
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New York
the Battery
Bronx
Broadway
Walker
Chester P. Mills
Connecticut
West Fourty-fourth Street
Roger Wolf Kahn
Paris
West Fifty-seventh Street
Te Guinan
Waldo ‘Ft
Chicago
E. C. Yellowley
Maitres de Hotel
City Manager Shows Record of Achievement
Cincinnati’s 1926 progress includes improved transportation street repair and new civic ventures under the City Manager plan. The piece traces past surveys and political shifts and notes renewed funding, a new library and street widenings as signs of a growing municipal resolve.
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Harold Wilson Coates
Cincinnati
Cincinnati Sees Strides Forward Says Col Sherrill
City Manager Col Sherrill writes to the Commercial Tribune that Cincinnati has made splendid progress this year toward high ideals. He notes government activities under his supervision show careful council and judiciary attention and a growing desire to serve among city administrators.
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Cincinnati
Col. Sherrill
the Commercial Tribune
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Castle Farm
Linton
Adolafo Diaz
Juan Sacasa
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Zelaya
Nicholas Longworth
Anak
Holy Land
Goliath
Neal O'Hara
J. P. McEvoy
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Stret
Robert Stevens
Kingsley Ouhool
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