Doran Defies in Clashes During Alcohol Withdrawal Quiz
Washington report covers Secretary Mellon backing transfer of Volstead enforcement to the Justice Department. Prohibition Commissioner Doran clashes with Rep. Schafer over alcohol withdrawal inquiries as hearings adjourn. Details include raid links to the New Jersey Anti-Saloon League and a Palm Beach inquest.
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Secretary of the Treasury
Mellon
House Expenditures Committee
Department of Justice
Doran
Schafer
New Jersey
Anti-Saloon League
Col
A. F. Foran
Port of
New York
Foran
Customs Service
League
Moore
Palm Beach
Fla
Cleveland
Chuc” O'Neil
Omaha
United States Coast Guard
Guadelupe Islands
Washington
Justice Department
Rep
Wis
House Expenditure Committee
Hoover
Treasury
Prohibition Bureau
Sehafer
Lowman
Williamson
Wisconsin Representatie
Right to Raid Without Warrant Upheld by U S Commissioner
Former U S Commissioner August Siemon declines to dismiss Miss Georgia Turner for alleged prohibition law violations. Harry Neal Smith argues raids without warrants violate the Fourth Amendment, citing Weeks v United States. Siemon cites the 1914 Weeks ruling but refuses to dismiss, asserting adherence to Supreme Court precedents.
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U.S
August Siemon
United States
Harry Neal Smith
Smith
Georgia Turner
Woodburn Avenue
Siemoda
Siemon
Mr. Smith
Supreme Court of the United States
Supreme Court
Weeks
United States of America
United States Supreme Court
Mercury Dips Sharply In Four Hours In Cincinnati
Cold snap resumes as Cincinnati records a rapid temperature drop of eight degrees between 7 and 11 pm. Clifton Observatory reports shows readings around 3 above zero by 11 pm with forecast calling for improvement later. Rescue efforts continue in flood overflow areas along the St Francis and Big Lake in Missouri and Arkansas amid near zero conditions.
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Cincinnati
Clifton Observatory
Memphis
Tenn
St. Francis
Big Lake
Missouri
Arkansas
Walter Over
American Red Cross
Blytheville
Ark
Penitentiary Improvement Plan Approved by House
The House approved a $7,000,000 federal penal system expansion including prison reorganization, three new institutions, a single Parole Board, and work programs to reduce idleness. It also moved to extend the Chillicothe Industrial Reformatory age limit and allow probation officer appointments by federal judges. Products from prisons would be used only for government and prison needs.
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Washington
House
Senate
United States Industrial Reformatory
Chillicothe
Mississippi River
Medal Awarded To Ohio Teacher For His Heroism
Carnegie Hero Fund Commission awards twenty-five medals for heroism. Ellis O Braught of Columbus, a 24 year old teacher, received bronze for saving one man and aiding a second from a blaze in Aledo Illinois on January 10 1927. Clyde R Terry of Aledo Illinois earned silver for his attempt to save eight year old Lum amid the same incident.
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Pittsburgh
Carnegie Hero Fund Commission
United States
Barney Veenstra
Grand Rapids
Mich
Clyde R. Terry
Illinois Military School
Aledo
Ill
Ellis O. Braught
Neil Avenue
Columbus
Braught
J. Kenneth Lum
Terry
Commission
Lum
Paulina Longworth Poses for Dual Portraits at Home
The five year old daughter of Speaker of the House Nicholas Longworth has two Hungarian sisters Elena and Berta de Hellebranth painting her portrait simultaneously. One view shows a mischievous mood while the other is more serious reflecting her grandfather’s energy. Mrs. Longworth approves both.
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Sue McNamara
Associated Press
Washington
Paulina Longworth
Nicholas Longworth
Elena
Berta de ’Hellebranth
Paulina
Berta
Nine Children and Driver Die as Mail Train Hits School Bus
Near Berta Ohio a New York Central mail train struck a school bus carrying nine children and their driver at a railroad crossing. One child was badly injured but expected to survive. The crash tore through the bus, killing the occupants and scattering debris.
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Cleveland
New York Central Mail
Berta
Here
Berea Bus Crash Probed as Driver Accused of Carelessness
Cleveland January 22 Coroner A J Pearse opened an inquest into a Berea school bus collision that killed ten and injured many. He faulted driver Taylor for carelessness and urged a state rule requiring two crew members for buses with one man driving and the other watching crossings. Four investigations were started by Pearse and officials from the Utilities Commission and rail company.
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Cleveland, O
A. J. Pearse
Cuyahoga County
Berea
Pearse
Taylor
Ohio
Mng
John Taylor
William Davidson
Vernon
Rita Zelinski
Dorothy
Vincent
William Pastorik
Evelyn Kaltenback
Jacob Walter
Juanita
Ethel Davidson
William
Bellevue
State Utilities Commission
Railroad Company
Ray Y. Miller
John Hand
Toledo
Blaze Destroys Midway Department Store Block in Piqua
A fire in Piqua Ohio destroyed the Midway Department Store Block on Main Street at Public Square. The three story building housed the department store, Piqua Credit Bureau and several other firms. Damage was estimated at $200000. Fire crews fought the blaze from 10 30 p m amid bitter cold.
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PIQUA
Midway
Main Street
Public Square
Piqua Credit Bureau
Fokker Mail Plane Test Crashes in Teterboro
The first test flight of the F-14 air mail plane built for Western Air Express failed to lift off at Teterboro New Jersey. The aircraft collided with a parked plane then an automobile and the building, left almost demolished, while no details on injuries were reported.
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Teterboro
N. J
Fokker Company
Western Air Express Company
City to study annexing Mariemont in proposed expansion plan
City Council directed Col. Sherrill to investigate annexation of Mariemont and adjacent lands south of Madisonville toward Cincinnati. Mayor Wilson backed the move as part of a broader annexation policy. The proposal, if approved, will proceed to the Planning Commission then Council and County Commissioners.
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Council
Col. Sherrill
Mariemont
Col
Sherrill
Red Bank Road
Madisonville
Cincinnati
Wilson
City Planning Commission
College Hill
North College Hill
Carthase
Silverton
Edward F. Alexander
H. F. Shipley
Mary. Emery
Senate Haps Hoover Plan In Haiti Probe
Washington January 22 President Hoover faced Senate criticism after the Foreign Relations Committee rejected his bid for authority to deploy a commission to Haiti The panel did approve a 50000 study of Haitian conditions but the measure stalled in the Senate. Members argued the president may appoint commissions without Congress, delaying action on Haiti matters.
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Washington
Hoover
Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
Haiti
Blaine
Rep
Wis
McKellar
Dem
Blains
America
Borah
Congress
Parole Recommended for Dr Frederick A Cook at Leavenworth
Dr Frederick A Cook Arctic explorer and oil promoter is reported to have a parole recommended by the prison board after nearly five years at Leavenworth. The board’s finding goes to Washington for Attorney General review with expected February release if approved. Cook began serving 14 years and nine months after a 1923 Ft Worth sentence for using the...
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Leavenworth, Kan
Frederick A. Cook
Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary
Washington
Cook
Ft. Worth
Tex
Debtor Replaced Prisoner In Workhouse Escape Plot
Fred Smith, a 33 year old homeless man, swapped identities with Clifford Auburn to serve Auburn’s $103 moonshine sentence. Auburn fled and Smith served the time, prompting a judge led inquiry and potential contempt charges for both men. Auburn had been fined $100 earlier with stays then capias ordered.
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Fred Smith
A. L. Luebbers
Smith
Tennessee
Clifford Auburn
Gest
Luebbers
Auburn
Patrick Hays
Richard Sutherland
Regis
Wei
Poncisman
Chauncey D. Pichel
Pichel
No Wedding Bells For Groves After Dare Ends Plans
George W. Groves of Covington returned a marriage license to Kenton County Clerk Sam Furste after a dare prompted a quick wedding plan. The license had been issued to Groves and Miss Kitty Desha of Cincinnati. Desha, a telephone operator at Union Gas and Electric, is a former Margaret Hall School student and daughter of Robin Desha, a government railroad inspector. Groves, son of Mrs. Oscar Haehnle, declined to explain beyond noting the episode was a dare.
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Sam Furste
Kenton County
George WW. Groves
Oscar Haehnle
Glenway Avenue
Covington
Kitty Desha
Sterrett Avenue
Cincinnati
Miss Desha
Union Gas and Electric Company
Groves
Local man links missing sister to trigger woman bandit
Joseph Binkley of Madisonville hopes his sister Lola Binkley is alive after more than a year apart. He recalls her life, marriage to Harold West near Wilmington, and a move to Cincinnati before disappearing in 1928. He fears she may have joined criminals amid reports of a notorious trigger-woman gang.
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Joseph Binkley
Roe Street
Madisonville
Laurel Cemetery
Trieger
Lola Binkley
Harold West
Wilmington
Cincinnati
Hawthorne
Lower Maximum Taxi Rates Sought by City Council
Utilities Director E. Don Gilman said amendments to the taxicab ordinance will lower the present maximum rate of forty cents for the first half mile and ten cents for each extra quarter mile. Zone rates may be dropped, a uniform accounting requirement discussed, and a possible minimum rate studied as the Twin Cities Company license transfer request is taken under advisement.
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Don Gilman
Gilman
Twin Cities
Cincinnati
Julius Freiberg
Zumstein
Freibergg
Council
French push compromise on naval limits at Geneva talks
Paris leaders press a sliding scale approach to ship tonnage limits across four main categories with 25 percent leeway. Tardieu Briand brief British Japanese and Italian counterparts while US backs the plan as flexible, signaling fluid negotiations ahead of five-power talks.
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Arno Dosch-Fleurot
New York World News Service
London
Xatesgories
France
Geneva
Andre Tardieu
Aristide Briand
United States
Tardieu
Reijuro Wakatsuki
Briand
Grandi
Hotel Carlton
America
Great Britain
Paris
N.Y. World News
N. Y. World Press Pub. Co
Delegates of Five Powers To Soften Navy Conference Debates
In London on January twenty second reporters describe long conferences among the five delegations to the London Naval Conference and other nations. Traffic in West End streets shows urgent activity with many cars bearing national flags. The article notes important developments but states the five powers are not ready for a decision.
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London
West End
Japan
Italy
Marines Duped Parity Question at Naval Conference
In London 10 marines with the American delegation receive room and breakfast plus 14 shillings 8 pence daily for meals while stenographers get $8 a day for incidentals. Officials consider parity but no decisions have been made.
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London
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Ereereectsy
le Psitis Essucveertecasce
Chicago
Middle West
Iowa
Illinois
Petite Paulina
Longworth
Mariemont Company
DR. Cook
Prison Board
North Pole
Nashville
Romeo
Mrs. Schroeder
Arizona
Irene Binkley
MacDonald
John L. Balderston
New York Wild News Service
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