Wet probes in NYC to prove Volstead unenforceable say Sirovich
Rep William I Sirovich leads a wet bid for a New York City probe into the Federal Prohibition Administration as a test of unenforceability amid calls to repeal the Eighteenth Amendment. He names four agents he accuses of corruption and urges a House investigation while dry leaders mull a vote.
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Washington
William I. Sirovich
Dem
N. Y
Federal Prohibition Administration
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Borah
Jones
Sheppard
Tex
Representative
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Minn
House
House Committee
Treasury
Coast Guard
Sirovich
Prohibition
John Kerrigan
Samuel Kurzman
William Benenke
Engelberg
Col
Senate votes down bounty for U.S. sugar growers
The Senate rejected a direct bounty for domestic sugar growers and refiners by a 54 to 22 vote. Chairman Smoot signaled a possible two cent hike in the Cuban sugar duty as the tariff bill advances. The Howell bounty proposal would have funded 10.6 million dollars yearly, with most to growers, and faced opposition from both parties.
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Senate
Smoot
Finance Committee
House
Howell
Shipstead
Minnesota
Hawaii
United States
Smooth
Orestes Ferrara
City Manager Suspends Patrolmen Over Prisoner Escape
City Hall reacted with surprise as City Manager Cole Sherrill suspended Patrolmen Robert Lischner and Joseph Duffy for five days for allowing prisoner William Richey to escape. Richey had earlier robbed a fourteen year old and snatched a $146.60 purse, then fled from General Hospital after being injured by a crowd. Both officers admitted error in leaving Richey with an ungirded nurse and a physician momentarily away.
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Cole. Sherrill
Robert Lischner
Joseph Duffy
Loraine Hicks
Linn Street
Sherrill
William Richey
Thirteenth Street
Sycamore
Lischer
Duffy
General Hospital
First District
Richey
Col
Cooper Endorsed For Second Term As Ohio Governor
Springfield Ohio January 17 endorsement of Gov Myers Y Cooper for a second term was approved by Seventh District Republicans. The delegates also backed Senator Roscoe C McCulloch for U S Senate and endorsed Lieutenant Governor John T Brown and Secretary Clarence J Brown for re election.
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Springfield
Myers Y. Cooper
Ohio
Roscoe C. McCulloch
United
Congress
Charles Brand
Urbana
Harry G. Gram
L. T. Marshall
Xenia
John T. Brown
Clarence J. Brown
The Price Seven Cents By Carrier
A brief classified style note announces price seven cents for delivery by carrier with contact option via Canal 6300.
Appeals Court Upholds Governor’s Textbook Appointments
The Court of Appeals sustains Gov. Flem D. Sampson’s authority to remove from office members of the State Textbook Commission appointed by former Gov. William J. Fields. The decision affirms an earlier injunction ruling that the governor could act since the 1928 Senate had not confirmed the appointees. Bills introduced seek to consolidate power under the governor and reorganize state government.
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Court of Appeals
Flem D. Sampson
State Textbook Commission
William J. Fields
W. C. Bell
Superintendent of Public Instruction
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Fields
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House of Representatives
Denny P. Smith
Hopkinsville
Executive Department
Finley Selected G O P Successor to John Robson
Corbin Kentucky January 17 Charles Finley 64 Williamsburg attorney was chosen by a Republican caucus to run for the Eleventh District seat in the House of Representatives. Finley publishes The Whitely Republican, has banking interests, and formerly served as Secretary of State under Governor Bradley after 1900 Goebel assassination events.
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Whitely Republican
General Assembly
W. O. Bradley
Unique wooden still seized by federal agents near Newtonville Mil ton
Federal prohibition agents uncovered a homemade rectangular wooden still with a copper bottom and wooden condenser on a farm between Newtonville and Milton. Nancy Strong and Shelby Baker were arrested. Baker bond posted at $1,000, Strong released on recognizance for January 29 hearing. The device featured wedge seams and a gasoline burner heated by a compressed air tank. The man claimed the still belonged to him and he had found part of it. He described years of drinking and used English in court.
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Tennessee
Kentucky
Newtonville
Milton
Nancy Strong
Shelby Baker
United States
August Siemon
Breathit County
Baker
Strong
Germany France agree on reparations bonds issue terms
The Hague reports that France and Germany reached a deal on the first reparations bond issue for Germany. The plan raises the initial issue to 300 million dollars with 5 to 6 percent interest. Germany agrees to refrain from foreign borrowing until October, or a year from April if the issue is not floated.
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Hague
Germany
United States
France
Great Britain
Yale Murder Link to Chicago Massacre Reopens Cold Case
New York police Commissioner Whalen said ballistic evidence from Frankie Yale’s Brooklyn killing may match bullets from the St Valentine’s Day massacre in Chicago. Two NYPD firearms experts took slugs from Yale’s body to compare with those from Bugs Moran gang killings, with Chicago Coroner Dr. Bundesen providing the information.
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Chicago
Frankie Yale
Brooklyn
Grover A. Whalen
New York Police Department
Bugs” Moran
Whalen
Herman Bundesen
St. Joseph
Mich
Frankie Burke
Burke
Indiana Flood Spurs Rescue for 150 Families
A 100-foot break in the White River levee south of Decker, Indiana unleashed a nine-foot flood, marooning about 150 farming families across 20,000 acres. Refugees were ferried by boats from Decker and Vincennes, with food delivered by church volunteers as a north wind and snow hampered relief efforts.
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Decker
Hazleton and
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Wabash River
MacDonald and Stimson Hold Talks Over Naval Ratio
Secretary Stimson and Prime Minister MacDonald conferred at No 10 Downing Street with the American delegation on a London meeting agenda. They agreed in principle to discuss battleship tonnage if other powers consent, signaling potential early accord on that issue.
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New York World News Service
London
Henry L. Stimson
Ramsay MacDonald
No. 10
Downing Street
George Washington
MacDonald
Stimson
Ramsay MacDonald Makes Scotch Record
London, Jan. 17. Prime Minister MacDonald made a phonograph record titled Robert Burns a Man Amongst Men. It has been distributed worldwide for loyal Scotsmen to celebrate the Burns anniversary on January 25. An official said the Prime Minister thoroughly enjoyed making the record.
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MacDonald
Robert Burns
MacDonald Outlines British Plan to Handle All-In
The fragment notes Mr. MacDonald also gave Mr. Stimson an outline of how the British propose to deal with the all in. The brief text implies ongoing diplomatic discussions between British and American leaders on strategy and cooperation.
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Mr. Stimson
London Fears Limitation Beyond Mythical Year X
The piece notes British caution amid Anglo American parity talks and rising naval claims from Japan France and Italy. It says an immediate naval ratio conference is unlikely and Britain favors a six year agreement among the United States Great Britain Japan and possibly Italy with France abstaining from a formal treaty.
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MacDonald
Hoover
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Great Britain
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Italy
France
County Probation Saves Taxpayers Money In First Year
In its first year, Hamilton County Common Pleas Probation saved an estimated 39306 dollars vs. prison costs. The report by Probation Officer Samuel Haskell notes per capita costs of 43.36 for probation versus 254.83 for penal institutions.
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The
Common Pleas Court
Hamilton County
Samuel Haskell
Criminal Court
Prohibition Case Yields Jail Time for Local Indictee
Carl Wagner of 151 High street Hamilton and others were sentenced in Hamilton County Court. Wagner received three months for conspiracy to operate a distilling apparatus after aiding illicit distillers then aiding raids. James Dale of Pontiac and O Stanley Matson faced eight months and a $200 fine respectively for related liquor transport offenses.
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Carl Wagner
High Street
Hamilton
Elmer Sorber
Charles Davis
John Walsh
Hamilton County
Robert R. Nevin
United States District Court
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James Dale
Pontiac
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Piqua
O. Stanley Matson
Army Street
Detroit
Troy
Escape marriage tricks court and fools husband
William Burt, 22, obtained a divorce in Domestic Relations Court from Blanche Burt, 17, who had married him after being held by Juvenile authorities. Burt said she telephoned to marry after a weekend home trip. she left him the next month. Burt cited neglect.
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Sherman Avenue
Charles W. Hoffman
Blanche Burt
Hoffman
Burt
Covington
William Handley
Supreme Court weighs radio time restriction case
The Supreme Court heard arguments on federal control of radio broadcasting time. E M Webster Jr represented the Federal Radio Commission in a bid to limit General Electric WGY to protect scarce frequencies. The case seeks to force air time off air during others’ broadcasting periods. Henderson of Shreveport KWKH faced Senate scrutiny in a separate discussion.
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Radio Commission
General Electric Company
Washington
Supreme Court
E. M. Webster, Jr
Federal Radio Commission
Commission
WGY
General Electric
Far West
Court of Appeals
Coroner and Farmers Unearth Fresh Grave on Lonely Farm
Coroner Swing and a posse of farmers on the Miami River road near Blue Rock pike New Baltimore CO search a distant grave on John Stadtler’s property after finding a dug earth and eerie vibes. They uncover flower bulbs wrapped in straw not a corpse, and Stadtler resumes the hunt for his missing brindled cow.
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Miami River Road
Blue Rock Pike
New Baltimore, CO
Stadtler
Swing
Coroner Swing
Willam Faegele
Whitewater Detective Association
Viciniy
Zwick
Mr. Stadtler
Reform Proposal Calls for Direct Presidential Election
Washington January 17 a resolution by Representative Romjue Democrat Missouri urges abolishing the electoral college and amending the constitution to allow direct election of President and Vice President by the people.
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Romjue
Dem
Ancient Surrey Moonshine Ring Busted in Covington Yard
Patrolmen discover an old fashioned surrey with curtains in the back yard of 14 West Third street revealing a bootlegger inside and a basket holding twenty eight bottles of moonshine. Charles Blanton aged 26 of the same address is jailed to face liquor law charges in Police Court.
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West Third Street
Covington
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Emmett Hogan
Charles Blanton
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