Wickersham Letter Pushes Joint Enforcement Question
Washington letter from George W. Wickersham urging division of prohibition enforcement between federal and state agencies stirs debate. White House distance noted, with critics likening the move to a public mood test ahead of Hoover administration inquiry into the Eighteenth Amendment and enforcement power.
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New York World News Service
Washington
George W. Wickersham
Gov
Roosevelt
New York
White House
Hoover
White’ House
Congress
Wife Sues O D Jackson Over Separation Plea
The wife of O D Jackson prohibition administrator of the New Orleans district sues for separation alleging cruelty and threats to her life. The case continues on the tenth page.
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O. D. Jackson
Prohibition
New Orleans
Florida Bank Failures Darkened Hour Before the Dawn
Fourteen Southwest Florida banks closed today with deposits totaling 22.58 million. State Comptroller Ernest Amos blamed unnecessary withdrawals and a mood influenced by fruit fly quarantine while noting aggregate capital stock of 3.63 million and assets near 29.64 million.
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Tampa
Fla
Florida
Ernest Amos
Associated Press
State Banking Department
MacDonald Dawes discuss visit plans to the United States
London July 17 The British Prime Minister and American Ambassador Dawes have pushed naval disarmament talks forward and plan a possible premier visit to the United States with a Washington meeting to precede any public announcement. A statement on full naval disarmament is expected from Mr MacDonald.
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London
Ramsay MacDonald
Great Britain
Charles G. Dawes
America
House of Commons
Labor Party
Hoover
Washington
MacDonald
A. V. Alexander
Admiralty
Newspaper Men Face 30 Day Term For Contempt
Cleveland July 17. Editor Louis Seltzer and chief writer Carlton Matson were sentenced to 30 days in jail and $500 fines each for editorial denunciation. They were released on $1,000 bonds pending appeal after a county jail stay. The contempt charge followed their editorial comment on Judge Walther’s injunction against Sheriff Hanratty over the Thistle Down track and betting system. Newton D. Baker aided in pursuing an appeal and stay from Judge Willis Vickery.
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Cleveland
of Common Pleas
Frederick P. Walther
Louis B. Seltzer
Cleveland Press
Carlton K. Matson
Liberty Tonight
Walther
Newton D. Baker
Beerstas of War
Willis Vickery
Seltzer
Matson
Hanratty
Thistledown
P. L. A. Leighly
Senate Tariff Bill Sparks Clash Over Bonded Wheat Tax
Senate Finance Committee hearings on the House tariff bill turn contentious over an amendment taxing Canadian wheat milled in bond for export to Cuba. Buffalo and Minneapolis milling interests oppose. Southwestern mills seek stronger safeguards to preserve Cuban preferential trade. Foreign protests arrive from Swedish entities as committee plans to end hearings and move behind closed doors.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
United States
Cuba
State Department
House
Swedish Match Company
Association of Swedish Granite Industries
Senate
John Pillsbury
Pillsbury Flour Mills
Minneapolis
W. L. Harvey
International Milling Company
Frank Henry
Washburn-Crosby Comy
Buffalo
E. H. Hogueland
Kansas City
Southwestern Millers’ League
Canada
William Fox in Serious Auto Crash Outside New York
William Fox motion picture magnate is in serious condition at Nassau Hospital after a car crash at Roslyn and Searington roads in Old Westbury. His chauffeur was killed, while Dorothy Kane and sisters faced a grand jury summons. Fox's stock briefly dropped as news spread.
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New York World News Service
New York
William Fox
Nassau Hospital
Roslyn
Searington Roads
Old Westbury
L.L
Fox
Rolls Royce
Dorothy Kane
Wilfred Post
Joseph M. Voges
Miss Kane
Mildred
Agatha Kane
Nassau’ County
Fox Film Corporation
Mr. Fox
Wilford Post
Warlike Preparations Proceeds in Siberia and Manchuria
Nanking officials ready to resist Soviet threat. Chiang Kai-Shek says the rail coup is the first move in a wider program against Russia as Moscow breaks diplomatic relations with China. The Soviet note blames China for unrest and recalls all officials from China and the Chinese Eastern Railway.
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Siberia
Manchuria
Moscow
Russia
China
Soviet Union
Nanking
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Quit Cryin You Guys Boy Leader Dies in Cave-In
Lester Savage 12 of Chagrin Falls was crushed when a large tree and five tons of dirt trapped him in a cave. His friend Ernest Rufener 11 heard his final words urging others to stop crying and be brave. He leaves a widowed mother, Mrs. Florence Savage.
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Cleveland
Lester Savage
Chagrin Falls
Lester
Ernest Rufener
Florence Savage
Bathers In Excessive Clothes Cause Chicago Cop Scene
In Evanston on July 17 Magistrate Franklin fined two bathers identified as Dr. B Morris and Frank Bulo for wearing too many clothes while swimming in Lake Michigan. Police said the large man tossed the smaller into the water. the defendant claimed the act was to sober up the other after drinking.
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Evanston
Ill
Dr. B. Morris
Frank Bulo
Franklin
Lake Michigan
Deputies Battle Bees at Ohio Farm House
Deputy Jock Sellars and C Cunningham hunted a swarm infesting a Akron home on State Mills road. Armed with gas masks and tear bombs they fired tear gas into the living quarters, killing many bees and forcing the Browns to abandon the house. They planned a return to finish extermination of survivors.
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Akron
Jock” Sellars
C. Cunningham
Henry ¢. Brown
State Mills Road
Cuningham
Dowager Flirtation Debate Behind Divorce Easy Wins
In Macon Georgia on July 17 Rev. T N Lawrence rector of St Pauls church told a civic club that divorce is too easy to obtain. He urged a 30 day notice before license to marry would curb the trend. He blamed middle aged wealthy women who flirt rather than flappers.
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Macon
T. N. Lawrence
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Cincinnati Votes for Union Terminal Project Costs
Cincinnati City Council approved four ordinances for the $41 million Union Terminal project. The vacation ordinance clears streets for the Union Passenger Station. The C and O ordinance authorizes railroad structures and track relocation. The Southern ordinance allows railway trustees to build over streets and alleys in connection with the station and tracks.
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Cincinnati
City Planning Commission
Union
Murray Seasongood
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company
Indiana
Covington & Cincinnati Railroad and Transfer and Bridge’ Company
Cincinnati Union
Seasongood
Southern
Cincinnati Southern Railway
Fire at Rikers Island dump roars near Hell Gate
A lasting blaze in the New York city dump on Rikers Island has burned for fifteen years. Four pumps deliver 1,500 gallons per minute, yet water fails to quench the fire, with proximity to Hell Gate noted in the report.
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New York
Hell Gate
Riker’s Island
Catholic Women's Society Adopts Dress Length Resolution
At the national convention in Salem Oregon delegates urged women to wear dresses long enough to cover the knees when seated and standing. Other resolutions attacked birth control, modern dances, moonshine and unsupervised automobile outings as moral hazards. A Portland speaker called hit and run marriages a cancer to society and condemned immodesty in dress as a danger to young women.
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Catholic Women’s Society
Salem
Ore
Catholic Central Verein of America
Gregory Roble
Portland
Roble
Train Crashkills Two in New Mexico Mountains
Two men died when a Denver and Rio Grande Western passenger train derailed on Batanea Hill sixty miles southwest of Alamosa, New Mexico, injuring several passengers. Engineer John Reddington of Chama and fireman John Fish of Alamosa were the deceased.
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Alamosa
Col
John Reddington
Chama
N. M
John Fish
Denver & Rio Grande Western
Santa Fe
Batanea Hill
New Mexico
Lottie Pickford Seeks Third Husband In LA
Screen actress Lottie Pickford applied for a marriage license to wed Russell O Gillard a 33 year old Los Angeles undertaker taking the name Lotta Rupp again. She previously wed Albert Rupp in 1912 and Allen Forrest Fisher in 1922 and is sister to Mary and Jack Pickford.
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Los Angeles
Lottie Pickford
Russell O. Gillard
Miss Pickford
Lotta Rupp
Gillard
Muskogen, Mich
Miss. Pickford
Albert Rupp
New York
Allen Forrest Fisher
Mary
Jack Pickford
Poincare Wins Confidence Vote Over U S Debts
Paris July 17 The Chamber of Deputies resumed debate on ratification of the Mellon Berenger debt settlement with Premier Poincare and Foreign Minister Briand winning a new vote of confidence. Edouard Herriot supported the government while deputies Caheppe de Laine and Jacques Kern pressed reservations. Poincare, fatigued, remained in bed but was promised to return. The chamber also defeated a socialist bid to tie Young Plan adoption to Rhineland evacuation by 350 to 238.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Poincare
Briand
Edouard Herriot
Caheppe de Laine
Jacques S.kern
Afdrs
Associated Press
Rhineland
M. Poincare
Six Firemen Hurt as Dock Fire Ravages Seattle Pier
Six firemen were injured and about 250000 dollars in damage occurred when a blaze swept the Union Pacific Dock on the Seattle waterfront late today. The fire started under flooring at the bay end and was fought by engines from twenty stations plus three fireboats. The steamship Mauna Loa, loading at the pier, caught fire but was backed into the bay and the flames were put out.
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Seattle
Wash
Union Pacific
Mauna Loa
Fire destroys drydock plant and several vessels in New York
A spectacular fire at the National Drydock Corporation plant in West New Brighton S L wiped out the main drydock the ferryboat Union of the old Atlantic avenue line the tug Falcon and a government lighter. Nine other large vessels were scorched and damage was unofficially placed at $500 000.
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New York World News Service
New York
National Drydock Corporation
West New Brighton
S. L
Union
Falcon
Large steamer burning off Florida coast near St Petersburg
A Sarasota correspondent reports a large steamer apparently on fire about five miles offshore off the Florida coast near St Petersburg. The Coast Guard base is investigating with no official report available yet.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
Times
Sarasota
Coast Guard
Sharonville speed trap sparks warrant for police chief
Alfred Helfesrieder, a Sharonville butcher, swore out a warrant against motor speed cop Arthur Hull after alleging a Tuesday speeding arrest and assault. The Cincinnati Automobile Club backs Helfesrieder and aims to pressure Mayor McGrew. Joseph R. Gardner says a state tourist boycott will follow if Sharonville fails to act.
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Automobile Club
Sharonville
Arthur Hull
C. V. Dills
Reading
Justice of the Peace
Alfred Helfesrieder
Highland Avenue
Hull
Cincinnati Automobile Club
Helfesrieder
William Hochstuhl
Hamilton County
Joseph R. Gardner
Harry McGrew
Hal
McGrew
Hunsicker Receives GOP Backing for City Judgeship
The Republican Nominating Committee endorsed Elmer Hunsicker of Yeatman Leis Hunsicker for the short term judgeship now held by A L Leubbers. Leubbers was appointed to fill the unexpired term after W Meredith Yeatman resigned and is serving on the City Council. The committee will meet again Tuesday to announce council candidates among a strong field.
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Fred Schneller
Elmer Hunsicker
Yeatman, Leis & Hunsicker
A. L. Leubbers
Leubbers
W. Meredith Yeatman
Gov. Donahey
Capt Puthoff Duped By Fake Fight Tickets
Covington police Capt. John Puthoff, boxing fan, was refused entry at Redland Field Tuesday night after producing six German language tickets that proved fake. He vows action against the offender and warns he will jail the culprit if found.
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John Puthoff
Covington
John
Max Schmeling
Redland Field
Capt
Puthoft
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State Bank Department
Citizens’ Bank and Trust Company
Franklin Bank
Lafayette Bank
American State Bank
Citizens’ Nebraska Avenue Bank
Bank of Ybor
Ellenton
Citizens’ Bank
Citizens Bank and Trust Company
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Atlanta
First National Bank of
Federal Reserve
Give Bond
Farm Aid Board
Chiang Kai - Shek
Sia
Japan
Peiping
Daily Mail
Amur
Chicago
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Want
The
Commercial Tribune
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Dante
Undertaker
U. S
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Hart
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Puthoff
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