Prohibition Compromise Discussed by Brewers and League Leaders
Two folding proposals stir the nation as brewers and the Anti-Saloon League move toward compromise on enforcement. Legal night wines and beers may be allowed if brewers back eradication of bootlegging, while state laws and campaigns loom ahead.
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New York World News Service
New York
Wo News Service
Anti- Saloon League
World News Service
Lincoln C. Andrews
Federal Council of Churches
Department of Research and Education
Prohibition
John A. Marquis
Council
Clarence True Wilson
Methodist Church Board of Temperance, Prohibition and Public Morals
Marquis
State
League
Anderson
William H. Anderson
State Anti-Saloon League
Washington D.C
Ready for Winter Home Repairs
Fall is paint up clean up fix up time with furnace coal bin repair roofs patched eaves downspouts cleaned floors refinished house and garage repainted plumbing repairs. The Fixit column Business Services in Classified Ads lists men and firms who can do this work.
Coffins Pulled From River Used by Rum Runners Found
Police in Hearney New Jersey recover two satin lined coffins found by children playing along the Passaic River long known for rum running. Authorities say the coffins were used to transport liquor.
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Hearney
N. J
Passaic River
Prohibition Debate Strains Federal Council Leadership
The Rev. Dr. Clarence True Wilson condemns a covert prohibition attack by the Federal Council of Churches as misrepresenting church policy. He says Methodists and other denominations have not authorized the council to speak for them on prohibition and deplores the underling’s actions on the eve of a new federal administration.
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Chicago
Prohibition Administration
Federal Council of Churches
Prohibition
Clarence True Wilson
Washington
Board of Temperance, Prohibition and
Methodist Episcopal Church
Wilson
Moline
Ill
Central Illinois Annual Conference
Ernest Johnson
Mellon
Lincoln
C. Andrews
Federal Council
Presbyterians
Baptists
Council
Churches of Christ In America
Temperance Department
Federal Council of Churches of Christ In America
Clarence Tracy Wilson
Methodist Board of Temperance
Samuel McCrea Gavett
The
Council of Churches
Friends of Prohibition
Gavert
Citizens’ Committee
Department of Research and Education
Atlanta
Taxicab Driver jailed three days over tip dispute
Benjamin Knaster, 23, a Bronx taxi driver, spent three days in jail after throwing five pennies at a dentist during a 20 cent ride. Magistrate Simpson warned that tips are gratuities, not legal obligations, and explained the difference while noting the driver’s good record and duty to his family. The incident began a dispute over a missing purse forgotten by a woman in the dentist’s party.
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New York World News Service
New York
Benjamin Knaster
Bronx
Simpson
Knaster
Joseph M. Klein
Jamaica
Dr. Klein
Constructive Program Urged for Temperance in Churches
A Federal Council of Churches statement calls for a constructive temperance education program in all churches. The move follows a prohibition study noting historical church involvement and urging renewed church leadership amid national prohibition pressures.
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American Social Hygiene Association
Malone Defies Bryan Final Plea Calls Evolution a Grave Threat
Dudley Field Malone, representing John T. Scopes, rebuked William Jennings Bryan in a National Convention address at Lenox Massachusetts. He warned that fear-driven religious power threatens academic and religious freedom and urged unity among progressive Christians against church state fusion.
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Malone
Bryan
Evolution
Associated Press
Lenox
Mass
Dudley Field Malone
John T. Scopes
Unitarian Church of America
William Jennings Bryan
Jesus
Galileo
Bruno
Jean d’Arc
John Scope
Mr. Bryan
United States
Dayton
Jefferson
Madison
Tennessee
Prince Recovers $14,000 Bonds After Misplaced Auto
Wilbur Nebraska story of R F Prince a wealthy farmer who misplaced a box of bonds under a rear seat in a car he believed his own Joe Svaro found the box in his car and promptly returned it indicating faith in neighbors.
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Wilbur
Neb
R.F. Prince
Joe Svaro
Newport Woman Leaps From Central Bridge to Death
Mrs. L. C. Bhlerding of 510 Washington Avenue Newport, 70, killed herself by jumping from the Central Bridge at noon. Coroner cites skull fracture after fall on rocks. a note named undertaker Mr. Stetter for body and funeral arrangements. No relatives. funeral plans not yet completed.
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L. C. Bhlerding
Washington Avenue
Newport
Central Bridge
Charles A. Smith & Sons
Monmouth Street
J. C. Spencer
Central Avenue
Dudley Roehl
East Second Street
Walter B. Hughes
L. C. Ehierding
Stetter
Ehlerding
Seventh and
Oak Streets
Hodesh
Hawthorne
Miracle Principals To Arrive Here Today
Morris Gest telegraphed that The Miracle company headed by Iris Tree and Langdon West would arrive in Cincinnati at noon today. The actors will rest in the afternoon and a 7 pm rehearsal of the combined New York and local companies will be held on Music Hall stage.
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Morris Gest
Iris Tree
Langdon West
Cincinnati
New York
Music Hall
Ford predicts homes fuel, city heat by electricity
Henry Ford, speaking at the Wayside Inn in Sudbury, forecasts a future where Americans grow their own fuel and heat cities with electric power. He cites alcohol from vegetables, underground coal use, and new flour from wheat germs as part of his forward looking plans.
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Boston
Henry Ford
Wayside Inn
Sudbury
Christian Science Monitor Today
Michigan
Ford
Longfellow
Navy to test PB-11 before possible Hawaii flight
San Francisco officials plan a full load test on the PB-11 Monday as a precursor to a potential flight to Hawaii. Commander James Strong, who commands the PB-41, has conducted several test flights and may attempt to keep the ship aloft for a duration matching the Hawaiian flight.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Navy
Hawaii
Boeing
James Strong
Strong
San Diego
Tokyo Prince Residence Fire Suppresses Suspected Incendiarism
The Sendagaya mansion of Prince I. Tokugawa in Tokyo burned early today. Authorities suspect incendiary arson. losses are estimated at 1,000,000 yen.
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Tokyo
Associated Press
Prince I. Tokugawa
Sendagaya
Republicans Nominate Six For City Council In Proportional Race
The Republican City Central Committee endorsed six candidates for the nine seat City Council. Edwin Kellogg Fred Schneller Charles Lackman Robert Schmidt Jr Martin Daly and Adolph Kummer were chosen to run with petitions due in four days. Lackman new to politics is ice cream firm sales manager and Junior Order member. others are long-time officeholders or active local leaders.
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Republican City Central Committee
Edwin E. Kellogg
Fred Schneller
Charles Lackman
Robert Schmidt, Jr
Martin Daly
Adolph Kummer
Central Committee
Rudolph K. Hymicka
Froome Morris
Frank Lewis
Alfred Deckebach
William E. Hess, Jr
al Bode
George Schott
Lackman
West Liberty Street
Schneller
Hamilton Apartments
Avondale
Grand
Fourth Street
Central Avenue
Schmidt
Bates Avenue
Fourth Ward
Rogers Place
Central Labor Council
British use Stonewall Jackson tactic in large scale maneuvers
A London dispatch notes British officers imitate Stonewall Jackson at Chancellorsville for a major peace-time exercise in Hampshire. The mimic battle features 40,000 troops, a radiocasting blackout, and plans to retreat troops after victory, with experts praising the operation as a landmark in modern warfare studies.
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Associated Press
New York
Stonewall’ Jackson
London
New York Sun
Hooker
Chancellorsville
Archibald Montgomery
Hampshire
Sir Archibald
Jackson
Frederick Maurice
Lee
Britain
France
Tilden Wins Sixth Straight US Tennis Title Over Johnston
William T. Tilden II defeated William M. Johnston of California in five sets 4-6 11-9 6-3 4-6 6-3 to retain the United States and world tennis crowns before a 13,000 crowd at the West Side Club. Johnston battled back from early deficits, forcing a decisive final set as Tilden showcased his enduring dominance and reserve energy.
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Forest Hills
N. Y
William T. Tilden II
America
William M. Johnston
California
Johnston
Tilden
West Side
United States Lawn Tennis Association
France
Australia
Japan
Spain
Situation in Syria Critical but Not Desperate Says Archbishop
Archbishop Cadi of Hauran Syria in a letter to Belgian writer Mme Myriam Harry says the situation in Syria is critical but not desperate. He reports more than five thousand Christians displaced and homeless due to Djebel Druse attacks, notes eight hundred French soldiers killed or missing and 700 besieged at Soueida, and mentions a French expedition preparing to move against the Druses needing 15 000 disciplined troops to restore prestige.
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Associated Press
Paris
Cadi
Hauran
Syria
Mme
Myriam Harry
Wreck at Illinois State Fair Opens Racing Day
Roy Humphrey of Keokuk Iowa died and three others were injured when five cars crashed at the first turn of a state fair racing event in Springfield Illinois. J Clancy cut across causing Schoaff to collide. Clancy and Schoaff suffered bruises, others escaped serious harm as 30 000 spectators watched. Dutch Baumann Homer Ormsby Benny Schoaff mentioned.
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Iowa
Springfield
Iil
Roy Humphrey
Keokuk
Homer Ormsby
Indianapolis
Baumann
Benny Schoaff
J. Clancy
Schoaff
Clancy
Schaaff
De Palma Wins Syracuse Race and Seymour Sets Dirt Track Records
Ralph de Palma won the 100 mile automobile race at the New York State Fair in Syracuse finishing two laps ahead of Leon Luray. Johnny Seymour broke five dirt track motorcycle records across four races and a trial including ten and twenty-five mile events.
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de Palma
Syracuse
Associated Press
N. Y
New York State Fair
Ralph de Palma
Fair Grounds
Johnny Seymour
Springfield
Mass
Leon Luray
Ralph Hepburn
Earl Cooper
Jerry Wonderlich
Ira Vail
Fred Comer
Phil Red Shafer
Bob McDonagh
Seymour
Paul Anderson
Indianapolis
Jim Davis
Columbus
Toledo
Davis
Milwaukee
Ohio Methodists Vote to Unite with South
The Ohio Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church voted 131 to 4 to unify the North and South branches in Columbus. It also approved admitting laymen to annual meetings by 104 to 32. Both actions await General Conference final action.
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Columbus
Ohio
the Methodist Episcopal Church
General Conference of the Church
Three Killed One Injured When Car Hits Auto
In Battle Creek Michigan on September 19 a car collision near Urbandale killed Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Shafer and Mrs. Ernest Simmons and seriously injured Frances Shafer aged six. Five others in the Shafer truck were bruised. All victims lived in Urbandale.
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Associated Press
Battle Creek
Mich
Clifford Shafer
Ernest Simmons
Frances Shafer
Michigan Electric Railway Limited
Urbandale
Here
Shaffer
Amnesia victim returns home after two-year disappearance
Philadelphia man J. A. Falck aged 67 long missing after vanishing near Niagara Falls is found alive and recovering from amnesia. He had last been seen in May 1923 when he began his daily duties and then disappeared, with earlier reports saying he had fallen to his death.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
J. A. Falck
Niagara Falls
Eveland
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