State Officials Faced With Dismissal In Prohibition Inquiry
California moves to test use of deputy sheriffs as federal day agents under Coolidge order aimed at tightening enforcement of the Volstead Act. Andrews says must lean on states, with local consent, to back federal policing. Col. Ned Green pursues county and municipal involvement for closer enforcement in Northern California.
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League
California
Washington
Andrews
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Treasury
Coolidge
Senate
General Andrews
Ned Green
Prohibition
Grant
Gen. Andrews
Jones
Col. Green
San Francisco
Col
Green
Whittemore delay in murder sentencing hinges on appeal
Richard Reese Whittemore found guilty of fatally beating Robert H. Holtman with an iron pipe on February 20 1925 faces a delay in sentencing. Edgar Allen Poe his counsel filed a motion for a new trial and the Baltimore Supreme Bench will decide by late June. If denied Whittemore could seek a commutation from Governor Ritchie or the judge may impose the hanging.
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New York World News Service
Baltimore
Richard Reese Whittemore
Robert H. Holtman
Whittemore
Holtman
Maryland
Edgar Allen Poe
Therisoner
Baltimore Supreme Bench
Supreme Bench
Henry W. Duffy
Eugene O’dunne
Gov. Ritchie
O’dunne
Poe
Regu
Waterways bill battles filibuster to oblivion in House
In Washington on May 22 the Rivers and Harbors bill facing $33.5 million in authorizations drew a fierce filibuster led by farm bloc members and Republicans. The fight centered on developing the Illinois River to allow a nine foot channel 225 miles to connect Great Lakes with the Mississippi. The exchange saw the removal of a $100,000 all American waterway survey provision and it ended with no clear passage as leaders seek harmony among factions.
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New York World News Service
Washington
House
Illinois’ River
Secretary of War
Lake Michigan
Great Lakes
Mississippi River
St. Lawrence
Blocc
Dic Yn
Dowell
Iowa
Cramton
Mapes
Michigan
S. Wallace Dempsey
Rivers and Harbors
Dempsey
Longworth
Appropriations Committee
Dempsey Said That When the Bill Gets Before the Committee of the Whole
Redrafting Article XVI Pledge Under Six Nation Debate
At Geneva on May 22 French delegates proposed a strengthened Article XVI of the Covenant to pledge military economic and naval aid to an attacked state. The plan seeks fast action with no unanimous council veto and aims toward a disarmed, unified league response potentially creating a superstate. Britain and the US favor peace strength while maintaining unanimity rules. American input is limited as covenant hub talks proceed.
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Albert E. Johnson
New York
World News Service
Geneva
League of Nations
League
M. Paul Boncour
New York World News Service
France
Great Britain
Britain
America
Hugh S. Gibson
United States
Council Organization Commissions
Locarno
N. Y. World News Service
N. Y. World) Press Pub. Co
Independents push full slate in Cincinnati Republican fight
Leaders within the Cincinnati Republican faction urged nominating a complete State Senate and Representative slate plus county offices for the August 10 primary. Capt Victor Heintz said the committee would be named by Albert Morrill, with a meeting at the Cincinnati Club to decide on candidates and endorsements.
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Rudolph K. Hynicka
Albert H. Morrill
Cincinnati Club
Victor Heintz
Citizens’ Republican Committee
Stanley Isaacs
Boxing Commission
B. Stanbery
B. H. Kroger
Kroger Grocery and Baking Company
Washington Mortgage Company
Bank of Commerce
Charles P. Taft II
William Howard Taft
United States
Morrill
Hynicka Group
Robert Long
Michael Mullen
Hynicka
Premier Baldwin Moves to End miner subsidy dispute
London May 22 Premier Baldwin dispatches letters to coal mine owners and miners. He says subsidies cannot stay open beyond May and criticizes owners for obstinate attitudes while miners refuse wage and hour changes. He offers talks if miners submit viable proposals.
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London
Baldwin
Ronald Waterhouse
Miners’ Federation
Coal Commission
Sheriff Kohler May Lose Post Over Jail Feedings
Cleveland officials consider removing Sheriff Fred Kohler after the county grand jury accuses him of underfeeding prisoners. Judge Frank C. Phillips will urge adoption of a standard jail menu and tighter use of the 45 cent daily feeding allowance, with judges to follow grand jury recommendations to curb profiteering.
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Cleveland
Fred Kohler
Common Pleas
Grand Jury
Kohler
Ohio
Common Pleas Court
Frank C. Phillips
Phillips
Grand jury may demand resignations over Illinois prison graft
Joliet May 22 A Special Will County Grand Jury report will urge resignation and censure of state prison officials amid graft probes. Gov Small and Pardon and Parole Board chairmen have been and may be called to testify next week. Jury weighs appointing an army officer to head the prison after escapes and parole corruption concerns.
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Pardon and Parole Board
Tucsay
The Desire for a Home In The Commercial Tribune
An ad promotes a new historical series on the progress of the home. It notes number 4 in the issue and invites readers to sell their house via the Commercial Tribune Classified Real Estate Act with a contact number Canal 6300.
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The
Commercial Tribune
Volstead Attacks Prohibition Opponents In Duluth
Andrew Volstead speaker at a Duluth conference said America drinks ninety nine percent denatured alcohol and attacked amendments allowing wine and beer sales. He framed the Volstead law as essential, pledging firm enforcement and urging unity among supporters.
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Duluth
Minn
Volstead
Andrew Volstead
America
Yale junior prom may be abolished over deficits
May 22 New Haven Yale University weighs abolishing the junior prom after repeated deficits of about 1000 dollars on a 10000 dollar expense. Authorities urge reorganization to cut costs while attendance remains high from students and guests despite higher ticket prices.
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New York World News Service
New Haven
Europe
Sheffield Scientific School
Two Hurt When Salvage Corps Truck Collides With Stolen Auto
Early morning crash at Eighth and Vine Streets injures two men. Jack Brandt, 26, of Cold Spring, suffers a fractured skull after being thrown from the stolen car. Salvage Corps member Edward J. Braebender, Spring Grove avenue, is cut and thrown from the truck. Three other corps members escape injury. Police report the stolen auto belonged to an address on Lusitania avenue in Price Hill.
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Eighth and Vine Streets
Jack Brandt
Cold Spring
General Hospital
Edward J. Braebender
Spring Grove Avenue
Good Samaritan Hospital
Robert Schneider
Newport
Whele
Brandt
Acres Sonad
Automo Police
Lusitania Avenue
Price Hill
Quarter Million Welsh Miners Starving in Tin Huts
Tony-y-Pandy Wales May 22 A quarter of a million miners and their families in South Wales face hunger as they refuse to work for lower wages. May 1 marked two weeks without strike pay and local schools feed children. Debts from previous strikes linger as housing fails and rents soar, with some houses cracked or leaning and many in tin huts or box cars.
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Tony-Y-Pandy
Wales
South Wales
Rhondda
Merthyr
Aberdare
Mardy
Williamstown School Faces Book Removal Over Alcohol Distillation Text
Williams town officials urge the removal of a chemistry textbook that explains alcohol distillation, arguing it conflicts with state law. The district board of education did not act.
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District Board of Education
Two Floating Miracles in Newark Twins Reunited
In Newark two three year old girls who appeared to be twins were found abandoned separately and later recognized as sisters. Gloria and Norma share identical hair eye color and teeth and now embrace in the City Hospital ward after a reunion that astonished nurses and police.
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New York World News Service
Newark
N. J
Mary
Norma
Gloria
Oria
Newark Memorial Hospital
Widow of Cremaldi in custody. search for Mildred Kavanaugh
Chicago police chase leads on Mildred Kavanaugh after Frank Cremaldi is found murdered with five bullets in the head. The 21 year old daughter of a Pontiac farmer disappeared after a dinner date. authorities say she may be connected to bootlegger activity amid gangland killings. The Cremaldi case dominates investigations as officers also raid three large stills in a suburb.
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Chicago
Frank Cremaldi
Mildred Kavanaugh
Pontiac
Ill
Cremaldi
Miss Kavanaugh
Detroit
Kavanaugh
Gold Coast
Mildred
Agnes
J. F. Kane
Frank
Rochester
Red” McDonald
Irene Baker
Irene
United States
Cremalds
House defers Boulder Canyon dam bill in irrigation committee
The House Irrigation Committee voted nine to six to defer further consideration of the Swing Johnson bill proposing a Boulder Canyon dam on the Colorado River for flood control irrigation and power until the next Congress session.
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Washington
House Irrigation Committee
Congress
Boulder Canyon
Colorado River
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