High Court Rules Auto Seizures For Prohibition Valid
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that automobiles seized for unlawful liquor transport must be forfeited under the prohibition law. Lien holders and owners may recover vehicles if they prove the unlawful use of the car was not authorized. The decision impacts auto financing, as liens on deferred payments reach about 2 billion dollars. The ruling clarifies seizures and forfeitures when defendants are not prosecuted.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Justice Stone
Striped shirts spark alarm in hunt for escaped robbers
A tip to Sheriff William Anderson led officers to Claire near Newtown where two men were said to be Stein and Beaumont. Deputies chased a car to Claire but found two harmless youths wearing striped polo shirts, mistaken for the escapees.
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William Anderson
Claire
Newtown
Stein and Beaumont
Jack Stein
Paul
Morrow May Seek Presidency as Wet Candidate
In East Orange New Jersey Rev James K Shields state superintendent of the Anti Saloon League warned that if Dwight Morrow wins the United States Senate election he would become a wet candidate for the presidency within a week of taking office. He urged support for Franklin W Fort in the Republican primary against Morrow and Joseph S Freylinghuysen.
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N. J
James K. Shields
Anti-Saloon League
Dwight W. Morrow
United States
New Jersey
Swedish Methodist Church
Shields
Franklin W. Fort
Fort
Senate
Morrow
Joseph S. Freylinghuysen
County Jail Break Foiled by Concealed Saw Blades
Sheriff Anderson halted a jail break plot at the County Jail when five finely tempered steel saw blades were found concealed along hospital range bars. Deputy Sperber, acting on undisclosed information, climbed to expose the blades unseen by casual inspection. Prisoners questioned denied involvement. eight violent offenders in E range were noted, with investigation ongoing into how the blades were smuggled and by how many.
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William M. Anderson
E” Hospital Range
Fred Sperber
Hospital Range
Bishop Cannon Freed of Stock Trading Charge
In Dallas on May 19 the Episcopacy Committee of the Methodist Episcopal Church South exonerated Bishop James Cannon Jr. of Washington of stock market speculation charges by a 54 to 11 vote. They will draft a formal report listing accusations and findings for the conference with Cannon's letter included. Cannon said he fell into the hands of sharpers with the firm Kable & Co. and expressed regret.
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Dallas
Tex
The
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
James Cannon, Jr
Washington
G. T. Fitzhugh
Memphis
Josephus Daniels
North Carolina
Cannon
Bishop Cannon
Kable & Co
New York
Morrow Clinches G.O.P. Senate Nomination in New Jersey
Dwight W. Morrow secured the Republican nomination to complete the unexpired Senate term of Walter I. Edge after Joseph S. Frelinghuysen withdrew from the short term race. Fort and Morrow faced off for the six year term beginning in 1931 with Fort opposing Morrow. Miss Margretta Fort resigned from Morrow’s campaign committee to back her brother Franklin W. Fort. Morrow favors repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment and liquor control return to state authority. Pennsylvanians face a ballot with multiple Republican candidates.
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Trenton
N. J
Dwight W. Morrow
United States Senate
Walter I. Edge
Joseph S&8
Frelinghuysen
Franklin W. Fort
Morrow
Fort
West Orange
Margretta Fort
New Jersey
Miss Fort
Ambassador Morrow
Representative Fort
Eight American martyrs to be canonized at Vatican
Rome reports America's first Catholic martyrs to be canonized next month in the Vatican. The martyrs include Rene Goupil and Jean de Brebeuf among eight Jesuit missionaries killed by Indians in the 1640s. Miraculous cures cited include ten cures at the Quebec convent of St Hyacinth in 1927, notably Sister Maria Massima’s recovery from peritonitis.
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New York World News Service
Rome
America
Vatican City
Vatican
Pope Pius XI
Cristoforo Astorri
Rene Goupil
New York State
Jean Debrebeuf
Hotel de Dieu
Quebec
Gabriella Lemant
Debrebeuf
Antony Daniel
Charles Garmier
Maria Massima
N. Word Owens
N. Y. World
Press Pub. Co
Dr Herbert Edwards Found Guilty in Mail Fraud Case
In Cleveland, a federal jury found 62 year old Dr Herbert E Edwards guilty of using the mails to defraud. He allegedly collected about 5200000 from 2000 victims in a scheme to recover 7 billion dollars of Manhattan real estate.
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H. E. Edwards
Cleveland, O
Herbert E. Edwards
Cleveland
Manhattan
German Millionaire Rises From Ruin In One Year
Paris reports Michael Holzmann who rose from near famine and prison after inflation era losses to become a multi millionaire in twelve months. He started with a typewriter, pawned it to buy a train ticket to Paris, and with aid from Baron von Bethmann Hollweg built a rapid financial ascent making him a leading figure in finance.
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New York World News Service
Paris
Michael Holzmann
Germany
Europe
Holzmann
Ploetzensee
Berlin
Baron Joachim von Bethmann - Hollweg
Herr von Schubert
Baron von Bethmann- Hollweg
N. Y
Deadlock Breaks as Curtis Clears Tariff Bill Vote
Vice President and senators clash over tariffs in a pivotal Senate vote. Curtis breaks the tie, sending the bill to further conference with the House to finalize duties. The outcome hinges on subsequent negotiations and committee actions.
Senate Narrowly Clears Hawley-Smoot Conferees In Tariff Fight
Vice President Curtis casts the tie breaking vote in the Senate to free conferees from pledges on the debenture and flexible tariff provisions of the Hawley Smoot bill. The action prompts a conference with the House and a likely week of final action on the tariff. Navy delegates clash over treaty limits as Admiral Jones and Rear Admiral Bristol defend differing views on eight inch versus six inch gun ships.
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Curtis
Senate
House
Hoover
Smoot
Rep
Utah
Senate Conference Committee
America
Foreign Relations Committee
Reed
Hilary P. Jones
Jones
Senator Robinson
Dem
Ark
London
Mark L. Bristol
Navy General Board
Senate Committee Backs Roberts Nomination to Supreme Court
The Senate Judiciary Committee issued a unanimous favorable report on Owen J. Roberts of Philadelphia for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. The subcommittee vote was unanimous, with Borah Overman Hebert and their peers supporting confirmation. no protests were filed.
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Roberts Supreme Court
Washington
Owen J. Roberts
Philadelphia
Supreme Court
Judiciary Committee
Borah
Publican
Idaho
Overman
North Carolina
Hebert
Rhode Island
Roberts
Michmal Thomas
Hoover
John J. Parker
Coolidge Denies Borglum Edits to 500 Word History
New York May 19 Former President Calvin Coolidge disclaims responsibility for edits by sculptor Gutzon Borglum to his 500 word US history planned for Mount Rushmore. John Corbin challenged accuracy in a Times letter the president disputed saying changes were made without his consent. The added controversy centers on whether Coolidge will pursue restoration prior to Fourth of July unveiling.
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Calvin Coolidge
United States
Gutzom Borglum
Rushmore
Borglum
Coolidge
John Corbin
Washington
New York Times
Corbin
Associated Press
Taft Stamps Announced for Local Sale June 4
The United States Post Office Department will release four cent Taft stamps here on June 4. The stamps honor William Howard Taft, replacing Martha Washington on the portrait ribbon. The brown ink and border remain unchanged, with Mrs. Taft not appearing on the card's reply portion.
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William Howard Taft
United States
Supreme Court
United States Post Office Department
Phalatelic Agency
Post Office Department
Washington, D. C
Taft
Martha Washington
George Washington
Excess Condemnation Plan In Widening Fifth Street Invalid
Lamont predicts normal business conditions return in three months as Wall Street Journal says. Secretary of Commerce Lamont cites a curve study showing current business six to seven points below normal and compares recovery pace to 1921. He notes gains in department store trade, lower coal stocks, and hints prices may have bottomed with metals stiffening.
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Wall Street Journal Wire
Washington
Lamont
Federal Reserve Board
Reserve Board
Eagter
Zeppelin Makes Flight to Seville Spain
The Graf Zeppelin anchors at Seville ending the first leg from Friedrichshafen Germany. A heat wave disrupted the route and pushed the airship off course two hours over Northern Africa before reaching La Tablada Airport at 5 40 p m local time after about 25 hours 20 minutes of flying.
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Spain
Friedrichshafen
Germany
Equator
North America
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Friedrichsafen
Africa
Dr J Thesing Returns Home After Mysterious Absence
Dr John H Thesing 55 is back at 831 Rosemont Ave Price Hill nervous and exhausted after a disappearance from Sunday night 7 45 until 1 30 yesterday afternoon. Police suspect gangsters spirited him away to tend a wounded comrade under threat of death. He is not to talk until cleared by doctors and remains under care at home with seven children and a cousin managing the household.
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John Herman Thesing
Rosemont Avenue
Price Hill
J. L. Payne
Academy Avenue
Thesing
St. Mary's Hospital
Paul
Cyril
Marcella
John
Agnes
Catherine
Joseph
Anna Rehling
Wyoming City Officials Charged in Bootleg Conspiracy
Federal grand jury indicts fourteen Rock Springs officials and nine Thermopolis officers for conspiracy with bootleggers and speakeasy proprietors. Indictments allege monthly payments through occupational tax ordinances, visits to speakeasies, and liquor consumption by officials. Fines ranged from fifty to one hundred eighty five dollars and twenty five cents. Mayor Hoofnale in Thermopolis allegedly ordered monthly fines on June 1, 1926.
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Cheyenne
Wryo
Rock Springs
Thermopolis
Wyoming
Ralph Harns
E. E. Johnson
Hoofnale
James D. Atfield
Coroner Blames 70th Auto Death on Hamilton Ave Condition
Coroner F C Swing cites unsafe Hamilton avenue brick paving after a Sunday car accident killed David Linn 75 of 425 Clark street and injured his daughter in law Minnie Linn 50 and others. Mrs Ida Kinney 3228 Burnet avenue and her husband John Kinney superintendent of county buildings also injured. The crash pushes the county auto death toll to seventy for the year. Swing notes third such crash on the hill and blames brick paving with asphalt binder squeezed out leaving the surface dangerous. Local protest against brick paving had been ignored.
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Hamilton Ave
David Linn
Clark Street
Hamilton Avenue
F. C. Swing
General Hospital
Minnie Linn
Ida Kinney
Burnet Avenue
John Kinney
Linn
Swing
Hamilton Avenues
College Hill
Supreme Court blocks Cincinnati excess condemnation plan for East Fifth street
The Supreme Court upheld lower court rulings invalidating Cincinnati's excess condemnation method to widen East Fifth Street from Main to Pike. City officials must study the decision text before deciding next steps. council likely will not reuse the contested approach.
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Ellis
Cincinnati
First City Charter Committee
United States Circuit Court
East Fifth Street
Bishop Abbott Withdraws Resignation in Kentucky Diocese
Providence Rhode Island May 19 Bishop James DeWolf Perry announced that Rt. Rev. H P Abbott Bishop of Lexington Kentucky has withdrawn his resignation. The decision follows Perry’s exchanged letters with Abbott and Lexington officials and aims at the church’s best interests. Abbott had resigned after the Dayton Ky case involving Julius A Velasco and his marriage to a Roman Catholic girl.
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Providence
R. I
James DeWolf Perry
Episcopal Church In
Abbott
Julius A. Velasco
Dayton
Temperatures Rise Across Midwest and South Weather Outlook
Ohio to Tennessee and Indiana experience mostly fair conditions Tuesday with rising temperatures. By Wednesday, cloudiness and warmer air bring a chance of local thundershowers in several states, including Kentucky and West Virginia. Regional readings show highs in the 60s to 80s with scattered precipitation, while major cities report varied temps and rainfall amounts in today’s data.
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Bev
Nashville
Albany
Cleveland
New York
City
Marie
Chicago
Ville
Duluth
Atlanta
N.orleans
Omaha
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Hale Group
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Atantic
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